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WORK AND STUDY, ,
A SojnrMtt'Mi to MfwhanliHi nnd Other
lftorwra Kriuonta Yonnti'lf.
Whftt portion of the great army of work
men in Una country ever consider this sub
joot, or lire willing to tultnit that tliey have
time for both. Tlmy argue tint life Is too
short, and the tn'OMiwts of advantage too
few, to make it eltlior desirable or uw-ftwiwy
to ditvote their irt' Hiiip Umtody and kin
dred Improvements of the mlml Very few
ever ttnd any time to reud, even, except put.
tibly enough to keep postal on the result of
Iml I gaim-i, prize tight and the mltm-llunnouR
ienwitloiw of the day; although upon those
Important subjects ouwwill find hut very few
who are not thoroughly ported, and rail ex
)aln every dotal) very minutely,
Auk the average mechanic or other laborer
tosuhwritie to a trade pnjmr, the IwiiuflUi of
which you have carefully explained, and the
iiivurlahle aiitmor will be; 'I shouldn't
rend it if I had it; 1 don't get any time to
read, and uau'tafFoi-d It anywny; Iwaidtw, the
follows that write tho e articles are too high-tom-d
for me, and 1 can't understand M-liat
they nay.1' This 1m one of the Ininettt argu
ineuta possible to think of, and in one of the
best reniwns why tht'y fihould rtiud and study,
that tlmy may be able to understand and
profit by what tium high townl writers say.
Burn argument not only tihow their igno
rauce, but their willful disregard of their
own usefulness and education.
There in no totter educator than the trade
paper, for it lumps one posted ou what is
being done in the world of wiewe, and we
think that many or these dlHinterMtod men,
if they wi aid siend a small f ractinu of the
time they devot n muling trau in looking
over a giti trade wr, they would find
some thiu.M that wmili .ntortwt and instruct
them, and ul o wmiove the prejudice against
the coutj'HiutorH. J lie average working day
Is ton hours. Now it in wife to say that eight
hours MitH'p is enough for any bualthy man,
and tins leaves nix itours out or everv day
that may be divided up betwwu study and
recreation, Cor we wnuld not auk or eipeut a
man to devote ml of hi life U the fornwr.
Now the aoluai facts in the oane are that
nine out of every ten of tbtwe men do not
aluep even eight hours, neither do they study
one-eighth part of that time; and still tbuy
have not time enough to read a Routi, sensi
ble article that will ehuw them how to make
the Ubor they iwrform, and about which bhev
are pretty sure to grumble, much easier and
more pitmtuuly atwrnipUHhud,
Nuw lei us look at another side of this
qutwtiim for a moment, and mw what some of
the eitrctri of a Utile time devoted to reading
ana muay are. late, lor instance, toe great
inventors and prosjwrous manufacturers,
juauy of whom have risen from cumrrmn
latorer. They have in variably been the
most careful readers, even "burning the
midnight oil" tu their juinmit of inform
tiou, nut of the standing of the League Blue,
or of tho latest scandal , but of that which
was to Is? the work of their lives. Think you
that tliey found such time uninteresting or
unprofitable, or that they ever begrudged
the link' they aptttit of their hard earned
wages In the purcbuae of books aud papers
a. a. unme in ttostou fluugot,
4 Newly Hutelmt Oniric.
The ostrich eges arv huge affair, as large
around an n quart t intuitu re. They lay out in
the open field, aud juHt as J was bamriiic
over the fence, wickedly waving my jacket
tu make the mojeHtic ostrich perform an uti
dignified pirou tto, uuu of tlie eggs broke
open, and out pottpud a little otai-iuta. im
lnedtately there was a great commotion, and
everybody rushed breathlessly lu our direc
tion. The kweper was told tho news, aud
came tiurrying on with efaoulaUan of sur-
prlw. He vaulted the two fences at tho
farthest distance from the mother ostrich
aud mule iu the dirvctioti of the newcomer;
but wlum the mother bird took long strides
iu ms utroutiuii, ana mamfwiU'4 a lively
curiosity as to his purxw the keeper
vaulted again over the nearest fence and dis
apwai-ud tmm tho scene.
It wus qutte mimical to see the old bird
with her new born' offspring. At flint she
oiMiamou to notice the little thing, which
looked about the slseu of a tt-rmmths-uld
chicken, and sought to follow the parental
guiduuce by miming a few step and theu
uite uuex;icct-t!ily tuppiing over, or turning
a feeble somersault. I hud quite hntoful
foelings aj;ninsL the mother bird, who by tins
nme hukki prancing Lwi or us witli lier long,
U'uiiLil ul droopy plmm. I think she taw
byourexpixiwiiiiis that we did not approve
f such spartan motherhood, such unnatural
calming of th emotions, for she Immediately
turned up her hoe! and bestowed a motherly
kii upon Uor solitary gciou. There was a
thrill of satisl'uctnni along the whole Hue of
sjwetators when she dually sat berself down
upon heruest and drew the ugly duckling
uud;r the shelter of bur rarely plumagod
win:;n. Los Augelw Cor. New Urinous
TimiM-Dymocrut,
ylngs
KonntrltHlilfl Memory,
X received u visit from an old school
follow, who bud come to see theexhibitiou;
they had not met fur the last fllteeu years.
"Is that you?"
"My very own self."
A hearty grip of tho hand and a long chat
about old times.
"By the by," said the visitor, "do you re
member the day we last. mot I lout you ten
franosl" .
X looked at him In blank astonishment.
Then, after due reflection, ho asked him to
Walt. A few moments after he uame back
with a ten franc piece aud a book, both of
which he hauded to his friend.
"But I didn't lend you the book,"
"I know, .but it is a memory prhw which I
got at school, and you are' more eutitled to It
luau I amf-be Figaro.
fauiters of Political Portraits.
Sign painters graduated to portrait work
turnout from five to seven portraits is
twelve bourg, but the rapid aud careless
way in which they are doue la illustrated
oo tnauy of the bauuors now strung. Two
or three men often combine in painting
political portraits. One will do the draw
ing of the bead and the rough lines of the
face. Such Is known as the "likeness'
artist, and It is he who Is expected to
catch the expression. One or more men
fill in the coloring and details of dress.
In this maimer the work can be don
quickly and to a certain extent correctly,
Erovidiug. of course, that those engagod
avolmd any training iu portrait puUit
luff. Brook Ivn KiurlK.
BUMBLETHORPE AND BULL.
A rnrmor's SiiEnr-tion as tn How ll ii
Might Hmv Brett Clnttg-t, V
Gen. Bumblethorpo Is certainly a big man
big in stature and bigger still in his own con
ceit, brimming over as he constantly is, with
hisown importance. (Jen. Bimiblethorpo was
never iu the army; he ntrver was even in the
militia. But he was surveyor general once,
a good while ago, aud has of course worn
tho title of general ever since, aud has always
liiHlhtjMl upon It. Ho has been a shade more
overbearing since he became agmeral in this
way, though be was sufficiently overbearing
before that.
One fine afternoon last summer Gen. Bum
bitborpewas taking a walk through theout
sklrt of the country town which he had hon
ored by choosing It as his place of summer
sojourn. In the course of his wunderingK he
name upon a pair of bars leading into a
graasyana inviting meadow. The bars he
let down and walked into the meadow. He
had but half crossed the meadow when he
saw, to his horror, a great Muck and white
I ilolxtttln bull emerge from the dark shade of
an apple tree and advance toward him.
; Gen. Bumblelhorpe Is not an active man, but
the steady advance of this enormous animal
stimulated him for the moment to great ac-
tivity. And his own rapid flight also served
1 to stimulate the Imil, who lowered his head
and charged furiously, bellowing the while,
I It was a mud chase, but Gen. Bumblethorpe
had some good rods of advantage in the start
and the opusite fence of tho field wus not far
, away. The general rati wildly and succeeded
, in turning a somersHult over the fence Just in
time to escape the infuriated animal
And theu it was Gen. Bumblethorpe who
was iufuriated. From the safe side of the
fence he stormed and raged at the bull, and,
seeing a farm bouse not far away, be stalked
over to It The farmer was ehorlng around
the liarn when the general rushed up to him,
"Is that your bull over there, sirf" ex
claimed Gen. Bumblethorpe.
"Wai, 1 guess 'tis," said the farmer.
"Do you know what it's been doing?
"(JhaHhV ye, mebbe."
"Yea, sir, chasing me; and it Is an outrage
1 will not tolerate an outrage, 1 tell you,
that I should be pursued and humiliated in
this way I"
"WaV'says thB farmer, "It's a thing that
bulls will do; he can't help it, ye know."
"Help It!" said the general, black with in
dignation; "do you kuow who 1 amT
"No, 1 don't."
"Well, sir, 2 am Gen. Bumblethorpe.
"Isthat sof" said the farmer with great
deliberation. "Is that sof Why la thun
der didn't you tell the bull, gen'ralf Boston
Transcript. -
Mt Only la Swlety.
Mine. Chaperon Is Mr. a professional
man f
MlwPrue-Idontknow,
Mme. Chaperon Is he a man of braiiuf
Miss Prue I don't kuow that, either.
Mine. Chaperon Why, aren't you ac
quainted with him I
Miss Prue-Yes, but Tve met him only in
society, BcMtou Post
A Siiriirlfte.
The Young Man (as he wipes the perspira
tion from his brow) This asking the parents1
consent is a trying ordeal. If Arabella wasn't
such a prise, and I didn't love her so dearly,
I would uever have the courage toattemptit.
Arabella's Father Waut to marry Ara
bellut Yes, young man, yes, take her1, and
may the Lord have mercy on you. Sit down
aiirt I'll write von nut h liMlt fnr I.YOIM) tn
start housekeeping on. Life,
How He Paid the Lawyer.
"My first cae in San Francisco," said At
torney James JC Wilder, to a reporter, "was
the defense of a young fellow charged with
stealing a watch belonging to a Catholic
priest. I was appointed by the oourt, be
cause the primmer said be had no money.
"The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty,
and as the defendant was leaving the court
room I culled hhn back, and just as a joke
bunded him my card aud told him to bring
me around the first $50 he got.
"Next day he walked iuto my office and
planked down two HJ0a and a $10.
"'Where did, you get all that moneyf I
demanded, as soou as I got over my surprise
enough to epeak.
" 'fciold the priest's watch,1 he replied, as he
bowed himself out." ban Franoisco Exam
iner, Identified.
A couple of friends were returning home
on a dark night when they were attacked by
a band of mill ana. A general melee ensued.
At last they muuuged to escape from their
awailante. When compariug notes after
ward, one of them said: "1 mauuged to get
one little stitf fellow down ; I nearly strangled
him and iu ttie scuffle his scarf came off In
my bands."
"Let me seel" said the other friend, put
ting his huud to his neck, "why, it's uiiue!"
Le Hoir.
A lUttcr Revenge.
Mrs. Semper Well, if that is the kind of a
man he is and you disliked him before you
were married I euu't see why you got wedded
to him.
JJrs. Temper 1 did It to spite him, I hated
him so. ' I
Mrs. Sempor Quite a revenge, I oee.-
Kitows PiurorMi to a T.
Yellow I y That's a fine picture yon have
rot there, lirnwnly.
Bi own ly Well, 1 flatter myself that It Is,
yon know.
Y. Is it one of the old masters, do you
thinkf
B. Well, I alnt exactly sure, but I am go
ing to have the opinion of a friend today on
the matter.
Y. Indeed I Aconnoiswurt
B. Why, I should say anl Pshaw, man,
he's been In the tea business for twenty years
and knows everything about pictures Bos-
fon courier.
' Keeping Vp A piMranec.
The Maiden Claude, dear, hold th' nm
berelly more over me or else th' people'll
think we're married. Life.
Poor PInm for Stamps.
An amusing incident occurred in the post-
omce recently, Stamp Clerk ijemcke had
just sold a natty old gentleman a dollar's
worth of "3s." The obi man was wondering
where to put them, when be accidentally put
his damp fingers on the sticky side of the
stamps, and they began to stick together.
"Bay, how do you keep these things from
ticking?1 be asked.
"Rub tbem on your bead," the clerk re
plied. "Ah, that's a new scheme," said the pur
chaser of the stamps, and be removed his hat
and began to rub them over bis ball head.
"The longer we live the more we learn," he
said, smiling, as he allowed the stamps to re
main ou bis bead while he paid for them and
put some papers back into his coat pocket
The stumps stuck.
"There, now, that's" he said, as be
reached up and tried 'to remove the stamps.
They were sticking closer than a brother to
the shiny white scalp. He tore one of them
off, and be said it brought the skin. The
clerks could not contain themselves, and the
bald beaded old gentleman slapped his bat
over bis bead and hurried off to get a sham
poo. Savannah News.
Tli Buokcases Were To Large.
A story is told of a gentleman who Is now
and has been for some years past engaged in
rearing an elegant mansion of stone a dozen
miles or so out of Boston. Much care has
been taken aud no expeuse spared iu its erec
tion. The other day be went out to see bow
the work was progressing and visited the
library. It is a noble room, aud it had been
surrounded by elegant bookcases of carved
oak hi elaborate design. The owner gaveone
glance about the spacious and beautiful
apartment and then exclaimed to the con
tractor: "What made you build the book-
eases so-high f Cut them down two feet and
put Cupboards underneath I Do you think I
am gomg to buy books for oil those shelves?1
Boston Advertiser.
Must Han Died Hurriedly.
A small Iowa kid stood lu the Capitol
grounds on the east side one morning and
held his father's hand.
"Papa," he asked, pointing to the ball
draped statue of aMimgton, wws tuatf
"That's George Washington, my boy."
"Hay, pa, George Washington's dead,
ain't her
"Yes, my boy, he's dead."
"An' that's himf"
"Yes, Kupert, that's George Washington,"
"Hay, pa, he died before he could git 1m
close off, didut her f red rye in ashing
ton Critic.
Punctual (try,
"You've beeu writing poetry to slster,r
said Willie. 1
"Yes," admitted the youth.
"What kind of a poem was that last one
you sent her?"
"Oh, it-was a sort of apostrophe!"
"Well, if you'd a seen tho way pa acted
when he saw it you d a thought it was a
whole lot of exclamation points." Washing
ton Post.
After Palling Three Times.
"Beeu skating this year, old manf
"Yes; I went out the other day for aboul
five minutes."
"Why didn't you stay longerf
"I stayed until one of the small boys asked
me if I had skated before for a good many
years, and theu I thought it was about time
to give it up." Lowell Citizen.
Eaxy tu Plense,
Tramp Haven't you got something for me
to dot
Farmer No, I guess not ; there Is not much
work just now. .
Tramp I don't need much. You would be
surprised to see with bow little work I could
worry along. Texas Sittings.
; ' Crushing. .
He had asked her the momentous question
with great warmth.
"You kuow," he said, after a pause, "that
a soft answer .turnerh away wrath."
. "That's very true," she replied, with a sar
castic tinge iu her voice; "but a soft question
daWt. ""-Washington Post
Slightly Mixed,
" Jones How these papers do get mixed Uf
souietiuiesl
Brown What's the matter nowt
Jones Why, ihere's a story of a miner whe
was killed by a lump of coal striking him iu
the lumbar regions. Biug bam ton Leader,
What Was Wauled.
Tobey Wedd (nervously, just Wore the
oeieEuony)--Say, Fred, see that everything
goes off all right, I'm so afraid there wilt
be a bitch in the proceedings somewhere.
Best Man A hitchU Of course. I'll set
that there is. Lawrence American,
The Twlliition of the Ohio river is h.
Ing investigated by the Htste Board of
Health. Dr. Probst aaya that his report
will be very unfavorable as to the use of
Ohio-river water for drinking purposes.
An interstate agreement woul I be neces
sary to prevent further pollution.
A "robbers' roost" has been unearthed
at Chicago. It was fitted up with under
ground passages in various directions to
facilitate the escape of the robliersin
case of a police raid. The nelghlwrs had
been so terrorized by the gang that no
one dared to inform the pqlice of the
doings in the vicinity.
VI It TUB IV IIRANDKKTH'S PILLS.
CHAWOEM Of CLIMATIC
Kill more people than In Kenerslly known. Par
ticularly Ik ihi the cm in iubtHiires where tho
cniiHtltutioii U ilcIlcHle, and ameno. our imml
gnmt population wekliig new hemes In those
portions of the WeM. and where immImMhI bikI
typhoid fevent prevail ul oertiiin setiHons of the
yenr. I he Jml preparative for a change of eli
mHte.orofdlet mid wster which thntclumire no
coMltates. in Hotiteuer's Htomach Bitters, which
imt nn y fortifies the system eilnst imilaria.a
vsrlHble temperature, damp, and the debllltatlna
eftertauf tropical heat, but Is hIbo the leiulliiir
remedy foi ; constipation, dyspepsia, liver own.
pin bit, bodily troubles specially apt to sttack
emlirnmte and visitors to regions near tho equa
tor, mariners Slid toiirUta. Whether lined its a
si.remisrd by sen voyatrera, travelers by land,
miners, or of aarleulturists in newly popiilnted
dii-trlcta, this fine speclfiu has elicited tho most
favorable testimony.
t" ARwnsefarm nun been started In Mlehbjan It
will be mauaired by a Mlchbntuder.
There Is more virtue in one Bkandbktk
I'ii.j, than in a bottle of the beat Sarsapu
rilla. The solid extract of Sarsuparilla con
tained in Brandhetm's Puts, In combina
tion with other Vegetable Extracts, makes
them the strongest blood purifier known.
One or two at night for u week will remove
all pimples, and eruptions of the skin and
make the complexion fair us an infant's.
llKANiiftKTii'e Vium are purely vegetable,
absolutely Imrmletw , and safe to take at
any time.
fold in every drug and medicine store,
cither plain or stigur-couted.
"Where i that black cloud going to?"
Aitked the boy of hla grandma dear; 1
Aim the old lady said, an niie shook her head,
"it's going to thunder, I fear."
81TKB CITKR FOR FILES.
Sire care for bltuu, oieeding and itching Piles.
One box bos cared the worst esses of tea yuars'
standing. No one need snffet ten minutes after
asrog Kirk's German Pile Ointment It absorbs
tumors, allays the Itching, acts as a poultice,
gives relief. Dr. Kirk's German Pile Ointment
is prepared only for Pi tea uid itching of the
private parts, and nothing else. Every box is
wariinted
Sold by Druggists and sent by mall on receipt
of price, f 1.00 per box. J. J. Hack A Co., Whole
sale Agents, Ban Francisco.
What is lacking is truth
and confidence.
If there were absolute truth
on the one hand and absolute
confidence on the other, it
wouldn't be necessary for the
makers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy to back up a plain
statement of fact by a $500
guarantee. .; - .
They say "If we can't
cure you (make it personal,
please,) of catarrh in the head,
in any form or stage, we'll pay
you $500 for your trouble in
making the trial."
"An advertising fake," you
say.
. Funny, isn't it, how some
Eeople prefer sickness to
ealth when the remedy is
positive and the guarantee
absolute
Wise men don'i put money
back of " fakes."
And " faking " doesn't pay.
Magical little granules
those tiny, sugar-coated Pel
lets of Dr. Pierce scarcely
larger than mustard seeds,
yet powerful to cure active
yet mild in operation. The
best Liver Pill ever invented.
Cure sick headache, dizziness,
constipation. One a dose.
OUTING.
The onlv llbiHtmted mwirnXw nf Mnirl Tmvil
and iteereation. Itegnlar features of Owfnr? are
articles ou Amateur Photography, Hunting, Fish
lug, Canoeing, Bicycling, Athletics, Football,
Tennis, UeroBW. Price, 25 cents per copy; ja.OO
milium, emu pi? ropy, iu cents, nifc vvi
1M( CO., Limited, New York and London.
Faber's Golden Female Pills.
ForFemsle Irregular
tttesiuothlngliketheia
on the market. Never
fail Saccesif ully used
by prominent label ,
monthly. Guaranteed
to relieve suppressed
menstruation.
SURE1SAFEI CERTAIN!
Don't be humbufnr.mlL
Bave Time, Health,
and money ; take no other.
Bent to any artdresa,-
ftMMIMt hw mall nn m.
.ceipt of prloe, 2.00.
t Addreai.
THE 1PHR0 MFDiriNF MlPm
Western Branch, Box27, tOKTLAND, o
wqiq by wisnoK Dane on., ftwland ftp
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Sold Everywhere!
WANTED TheaddressesofaUsoldterswno
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UflMP CTrMQ PJ00' on the Bame 'lefore Jnne
nUlllL0ILAUU22, 174. W. E. MOSES, P. 0.
box 7tw, Denver, Colo, Mention this paper.
f JrCnres I tTVj
ito&DAYS.1
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. TniMprlhltn(lfMlafat
I THE vM8 DHEWins t Co. in recommending It t
SWin J uraniMn
MUCK
AFRAID TO TRUST.
We are not afraid wow would not psv, but some
body would certainly netdect or refuse, and we
would lose dollara and dollars: miri ihPi vmiand
others who did pay would have to make It up, or
nciiyiiiuueurneiiuuiui ousniesH. e preter
to well for dish at even 2 or 3 per cent, net profit.
We have one line of Hhirtinif and Apron (Jinir.
hams, Kod width and fuir qualHv, at (M cents
ueryurd; on this yu wive about one-half. Wo
have the best Hue of Domestic Drv Goods In town
for family use, aud all very cheap, indeed.
Bend for our July list, now ready. It will be
sent free to nil Inquirers. Hhoes, Drv floods, No
tions, Wearing Apparel, Canned Goods, Dried
fruit, Tinware, Hardware, Crockerv, (jlunsware,
Provisions. Groceries everv thin ir vmi wuitt.
quoted at lowest caBh prices.
uuHiguraeiiisreceiveu. Aaaresi
SMITH'S CASH STORE,
! I !1 'ront St., Sn FranoUpo. Cl.
HAY FFVPR CURED 10 staV cured:
llrtl I LI Lll We want the name and ad.
dressof every sufferer in the
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liW I llllln P.E.roldE.Jii.I.a.Btf'MI.
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.wins a.lL-
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1
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some i it is worth all it costs, especially if you reduce the outlay ef
time and strength by using SAPOLIO.
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