' ' ' A SONG. Ltnrc Is like these the hutihle mi the arrsaas Now eri.n. now antic; Tbe wild rod Imali that wits the mutt sclesm Alslnrmydawu: . . t , A wnnrlrmis Illy, hli.mln tut to dl Sprutip (mm tHrmiKt' mil, A purple llnwer til aoltlea ay. Aud iKilitol) frail: . , A rare red rose that shelters In the hand, Bui ki't'im Its thnrn; A laiiirltltilt mirage ruocVlnc thirsty sand in deserts lurtit The rami aay of blllhtwome suramer bird At winter (lixl: The painful sweetness of remembered word ined forward and touched her sou softly rrora llM inns floaa. "The devil, then." "Tlicn whack Uiedovil." - -They fell on the pnntelward drnjron and be labored him. TheMin poured down on the mayor' throne, and hit mother, who ant by Ills rljiht bund, tvomlerin nt his iense, p.:jve him water to drink from Ilia bouts. They brouRht n third case a boy who had been caught torturing a cow. He had taken a anw and tried to mw off on of her horna while she wa tethered In her Mall. The mayor leaned from hie seat. "Kill him!" he snouted; "take him off and kill hitnt" Hia fnce was twislwi with passion and h lifted hia flick. 1 he crowd (i ll back for a second, but the old woman At a fire in Georgia, there being no witter nt (mml, some little colored boys pelted it witl) watermelon which were growing in a neighboring Held, and the melons bursting soon quenched the dames.' ' A (log at Bern crept into a counting bouse when the owner's back was turned, and after stealthily appropriating 250 francs in notes, scampered off with them and laid them at his own master's feet. And tret, and veu while summer stars shall shine. Or breezes blow, love will lie king, and rule br rtsht divine O'ar ulirhamt low. -M. Williams In Harper Weekly. THE MAD MAYOR. 'on the leg. lie stopped short; the anger died out of his face and he shivered. No." he said. "1 was wrong, neighbors. The boy Is mad, I think, an 'tis a terrible lot to be mad. This Is the nevus noing, out o' doubt. Beut the devil." "Simme," said one of the crowd, "the slnso' Uantlck bewearlnout the smoky man at a terrible rate." "Aye," answered another, "his naughti ness hain't ekal to tiantick." And this observation was the original of a proverb still repeated, "As naughty as Gantick., where tbe devil struck for shorter hours," There was no cruelty that day on Drag on's moor. All the arternoon mo maa One of the mayors of Cornwall was "the mad mayor of Uantlck, who was wise for a long day and then died of It." It seems that the Cornish village of Gan fclnk was used once in every year to purge ttaelf of evil. To this end the villagers pre- mayor sal in the sun's eye and gave jutlg pared a huge dragon of pasteboard and 1 merit, while his mother, from time to marched out with it to a sandy common, alnr cut nn by tin works, hut still known u Dragon's moor. Here they would choose one of their number to be mayor, and sub mit to him all questions of ooiiM'tence and auch cases or notorious evil living as the law failed to provide for. Summary jus tice waited on all his decisious, and as the Tillage wag was generally chosen for the post, you may guess that the horse play waa rough at times. When this was over, and the public conscience purified, the company tell on the pastelioatil dragon with slicks and whacked him into small pieces, which they buried in asmall hollow called Dragon Hit, and so returned gladly time, wiped away the froth that gathered on his lips and moistened them with water from her bottle. From tlrst to lasl sne never spoke a word, but sat with a horror in her eyes, and watched the flushed cheeks of this grown up, bearuetl son. Ana an tbe afternoon tbe men of Gantick brayed the devil into shreds. 1 said there was no cruelty on Dragon's moor that day. But at snndowu the mayor turned 10 his mother and said: "We've been over hasty, mother. We ought to ha' found out who made the devil what he is." At last the snn dropped; a shadow fell on the browu moors and crept up the The habitual ashermen of Boston har bor say that the receut naval commotion there caused all the fish to strike out for deep water, and that they are slow about returning. The celebrated military balloon works in Parts him produced an aerial "torpedo boat, of which one has been bought by the Russian government. The trials will be secret The oldest living ex-member of the cabinet is James Campbell, of Philadel phia, who was one of President Pierce's secretaries. He is a lively old man of eighty. ATHLETES OF THE PBESKNT DAT. OOMt'I.ltTKIY Ul'ItOOTED. Row mauv remedies there ste which merely relieve without uprootiits disease. The con tract with sterling medicines which such pallia tives afford not only enhances the dtRillly of the former, hut Nerves to eniDlmstau the folly ol employing half-way measures when thorough ones are avauaine. a iiiaraeu msiHiiru 01 uhb Is the effect, on the one hand, ol Hosteller's Htomsch Hitter In ensea of oh Ilia and fever end bilious remittent, and on the other 01 ordinary remedies In maladies of this tyiie. )ty the Hit lers malarial complaint In every Htngeand of the most mullgiiant typo are completely conquered and lose their hold noon the system. They are rarely, If ever, dislodged by the ordinary re sources of medicine, although their symptoms mayunqueslionably he mitlgaled through such means. The same holds good of Indigestion, biliousness, kidney complaint, rheumatism, nervousness and debility. By the Bitters they arc cured when many remedies tail. When Fogg has run upstairs and arrived st the top out ot breath, he very properly refers to 01s pneumatic tire, BurTtma and files cured. We positively care rupture, piles and sll rec- tsi diseases witaimspam orueujuuouiniui ouhi nm. Nn cure, no nav. Also all Jrivate die- eases. Address for pamphlet Drs. Porterfleld A Lose;, ass Jaarsot street, can rTaacisoo. ot didn't know It was so Iste." ssld the vol csno, swaklt:g from its long slumbers. "1 must start my tire." Use EnamellneStove Polish; no dust, no smell. Tar Gbrmia for breakfast. J. K. Sullivan, Secretary of the Amateur Athletlo Union, President of the Pastime Athletic Club and Athletic Editor of Thel Sporting JVmei, writes: " For years 1 have been actively con nected with athletic sports. I always found it to my advantage to use Atuoca's Po aotjs PLssrtBi while in training:, as they quickly remove soreness and stillness; and when aitacsea witn any amu ui puma, wb result of slight colds, I always used Au coca's with beneficial results. I have no ticed that most athletes of the present day use nothing elte but Allcoci's Piasters." Th mlu lht the anarchist is willing to con tribute lor the promotion ol his cause is dynamite. to their homes to start on another twelve 1 mound where the mother ami son sat, iue months of sin. brightness died out of the mayor's face. This feast of purification Tell always on Three minutes after be flung up his the ISth ot July, and in the heydey of its ' bands aud cried. "Mother my head, my flelebrstion there lived In a cottagea widow : bead!" woman and her only son. a demented man I She rose, still without a word, pulled about forty years old. There was no harm down bia arms, slipped oue within her In the poor creature, who worked at the ' own and led him away to the road. The Lanihorne slate quarries, sti miles off, asa crowd did not Interfere; they were burying "bollibubber" that is to say, in carting the broken dragon, with shouts and rough away the refuse slate. Every morning be play. m.il-oI to hi. work, niiimhline 10 himself I A woman followed them to the road and as he went; and ihough the children (ol- tried to clasp the mayor's kneea aa he towed blm at times, booting and Hinging itaggcred. stout, they grew tired at last, finding that I Bis mother beat her away. he never resented it. His mother a tall, "Off wt you!" she cried; "'tis your re- aiUnt wnm.n. with an Inacrulabie face nroach he's bearin." bad supper ready for him when he re She helped him slowly home. In tbe turned, and often was forced to feed him, shadow of the cottage the inspired look while be unlocked his tongue and babbled that be bad worn all day returned for a over the small adventures of the day. He moment, lhen a convulsion wo mm. ... not one nf Lhoe trifled idiots who bear eastinff him on tbe 6oor. voices iu the wind and know the lanituage At o'clock he died with his bead oa her of the wild birds. Histalk was merely im- lap. hn-ilm nd. for the rest, he had larae itray She closed bis eyes, smoothed the wrin eyes, features of that regularity which we kles on his tired face.and sat watchingbim oail tireek, aud stood six teei two in tna for some lime, at lengiu sue iuia-u uu l,nL laid him on the deal table at full length, i, hot mortiintr It was the ISth of bolted the door, nut the heavy shutter on Julv he was starting for his work, when the low window and began to light the fire. an Indescribable hubbub suunded up tbe For fuel she' had a heap of peat turves rosd, and presently came by the whole rah- and some sticks. Having lit It, she set a tie of Gantick, with cow horns aud luairu- .crock of water to warm, and undressed the neuta of oercusaion. and in their midst man slowly. Then, the water being reaay, tbe fnmoua dragon, all green, with fiery, she wushed aud laid him out, chafing his painted eyes and a long tongue ot red Han- limbs aud talking to herself all the while. ii Uehiud it the Drlaouers were escorted i "Fair, straight legs," she said; "beauU- -a pale woman or two, with dared, terrl '' ful body that leaped in my side, forty years fled eyes, an old man suspected of egg back, aud thrilled mel How proud J wasl stealing, a cow addicted to trespass and I Why did God make you beaut if ulr" aooit. All night she sat caressing him. And The mayor was not chosen yet, this cere- 'the smoke of the prat turves, finding no .n.,v Wim, defern-d br rnle till the crowd axil and no drauulit to carry them up tbe eeuched Dragon's moor. But drawina near chimney, ctept around and killed her the cottage door aut! cntcujng sigui. ui iue , quietly ueaiue tier auu. iu mnuoauv, half wlttcd man, with his foot on the j threshold, a villutre wit called out and she Hoodooed the House. nroDoaed that they should take the . sior.u Kti-eet landlord some time aio Mounster" (as he was called) along Willi bad a curious exierieuce, which illustrates them Tor mayor. - the superstition -uid credulity of the peo- It hit thetuob'ehutnor.and they cheered, Au elderly colored ttuntuu waa occu- The Mounster's mother, standing in the pying abasemeul room In the house and doorway, went while, as If painted. . or ,nonibs laud no rent. He hated to have "Man in the lump's a Imteful animal," toe 0 creJiiur0 evicted, and so sent the she said to herself, hoarsely, "Come in- ,gent l0 it if something could not be doors, Jonathan, an let 'em go by." collected. To his aurprise the old woman "Come an rule over us," the crowd in- ,ftlKWitrl nnv. and wheu the aireut threat- Tiled him, and a gleam of proud delight eue(i put, lcr out, deciured that if be did woke in his stilly face. 1 Bh.e would hoodoo the bouse. The slate of "The lienl hia head won't stand it." wa8 reported to the landlord, who The woman looked up at tbe cloudless sky. oriiore(i herto be turued out without more "ForGod'ssake.takeyourfunelseivherel" tbe cried. So a constable and one or two helpers "The women who were led to Judgment I put uer Bu(t ner belongings out into the looked at her stupidly. They, too, tufferftl, ,treet, while an awestricken crowd listened without understanding, the heavy sport of j,er frightful curses and predictions of men. At last one said: vengeance. A few days later the man of "Old woman, let blm come. We'll have tm) family living p stairs got his head more mercy from a maaed man." ; broken in a fuss, and befure he got well "Bister, you've been loose, they tell me, Bi, wi(e te aovlll tUim anj her leg. answered the old woman, "nil must eat the jj,, famy i once moved and new tenants bitter fruit o't But my son's an innocent. came ieM tbna a week one of their Jonathan, they'll look for you at tbe cbildren died and they moved out. The : works." ; house begau to have a bad name. An- "There'a prouder work forme 'pon Drag- other tenant came, and while moving his en's moor," the Mounster decided with furDtur Into the house ran a splinter amlling eyes. "Come along, mother, an fron, piun)c in the floor three Inches into see me exalted." hia foot aod concluded be had enough. The crowd bore him off at their bead, and . jD making some slight repairs about the the din broke out again. Tbe new mayor bouse to render It more attractive to ten alrutted among them With lifted chin and UU rout ,tps were taken up, and radiant face. He thought It glorious, underneath one was found a genuine vou Hls mother ran Into the cottage, fetched a wm bair. eoutaininir some nones, hair. bottle, and followed after the dusty tall of BfrDI , bit of suakeskin, some pebbles the procession. Ouee, as they were passing lnd a variety of other things. The bag running stream, ahe baited and filled the waa destroyed. The spell waa now sup bottle carefully, emptying it again and poaed to be broken, but it was a long time gain until the film outeide the glass was before another tenaut could befouud for to her liking. Then aba followed, and came the house. In fear aud trembling audio- to Drauon'a moor. ritieeil hv a low vent, one haa moved in. Tbev aal the mayor on a mound, took oft Vtb what result baa not yet been made tils bat, placed a crown on nia neau uuu kuown.-lulerview m ui. Lou la blob- broomstick in his baud and urougui Dim im0crai. the cases to try. DEAFNKSi CANNOT Bis CDKKD Bv loesl sppllestlons, as they csnnot resch the diseased portion ol the ear. There is only one wav to cure clearness, ana inoi is uuohuiu tlolisl remedies. Deafness is caused bysnin fistned condition of the mucous lining of the eustscbian tube. When this tube gets Inflamed rou have a rumbling souna or impeneci nesr it.ir nri whpn It Is enilrelv closed deafness Is the'result, and unless the innsmmstion can be taken out alio mis tune resvoreu w 110 ooruioi condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh. h ch is nothing nut an tnnsmea condition 01 the mucoUB surfaces. We will give une Huuuree jamais lor any mu nf neufnpU ICflltNOO !V OaULTrO I LnaiCtllUOl be cured bv nail s tjalarrn ture. nena ior cir culars, free. . J. Uitt-Mi at uu., tuteuu, u. gy- Bold by druggists; 75 cents. WHO DOKSN'T KNOW FrsdT. Merrill. the Pioneer Bleyrle Dealer of this toast? tie is reuaoie. write unn-i-oruim, vi. BIX POINTS, out of many, where Doctor Pierce's Pellets are better than other mils: 1. They're the smallest, and easiest to take little, sugar- coated graumei that vArv child takes readily. 2. They're perfectly easy In their action no griping, no disturbance. 8. 'ihelr enects m lucres u reaction afterwards. They regulate or cleanse the system, according to size of dose. : l Thev're the cheanest. for they're truoronfeed to give satisfaction, or your money 18 returueu. wu fj the tjood you get, 5. Put up in glas are always fresh. 6 They cure Constipation, Indiges tion, Bilious Attacks, Sick or Bilious Headaches, and all derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels. THREE TROUBLES. Three things which all workingincn know give the most trouble ia their hard-strain work arc: Sprains, Cruises ' and Soreness. THREE AFFLICTIONS. Three supreme afflic tions, which all the world knows afflict mankind the most with Aches and Pains are : Rheumatism, Neuralgia and Lumbago. THREE THINGS. to do are simply these Buy it, try it and be 11 prompt-l lv and perma nently cured by the use of SOCIETY BADGES A. FELDENHKIM ER, leading Jew eler ol the Paciflo Northwest, keeps lare stock of all SECRET SOCIETY BADOK8 on hand. Best goods at low est figures. Badges made to order. Hood'ssrCures "My troub'o boraa with lofl&mmatory rhen- atatlnn In my kit leg above tbe knee. Ai a result ol poulticing a running lore formed, auft I was In a terrible condition. In about tlx montni mf physlctan rcraoTcd a piece ol '. bone, I H the time sul " Bering great pain. I oou14-hk4 itand an my ' leg and was obliged to ,wuU witn cratch, i hnnsThtlulf adoren botleirf Hood Bareapa- rtiu. -nrt (vn .iter i began taking It the lore a 4i..tn mi hfiliul nt). 1 threw mVX""nir? "u -nri t, W.lk .nwell anever. All my friendi kiww to9jp&J& Hood's Sarsaparilla lor ay perfect earn.'' Cutvf i W. Usuja, 2il W. Pstri, k Streat, FTedenck, Mil. YOUNG MEN! The Specific A No. I. Ceres, wlthon? fsil, sit esses of Conors'. been and Ulel, no matter ot bow long standing. Prevent stricture, It Doing sn ln-u-rnal remedy. Cores wlien every toitit else baa fulled. Bold hy all Dnaotlsts. atiifaoturers:TbeA.BcliOeiihet.MedVclitt . ..nn. . Ca.eaoJoK.lM. Soothing SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHINO For ule by all UrucfMi. S5 lent. battla. 571; Ml to $250.00 M,?To0rn,u' 9IU.UU B. F. Joh.vsok &Co., KiamopD, Vs. DR. GUNN'S LIVER PILLS KILO PHYSIC ONE PILL FOR A DOSE. A noyoment of the bowels eaob day ts necessary fw beiltb? Tbew. puts .upply wbat .tie ra'tem UoJ. makettreEularT They cure Headache, brighten the S5ee and oleS tte tompleilon better than ooe SSfJmS: -t mil,. Either srrtoe nor etoten as other pill. do. To oonLj you ot ihelr merttsws will mill samples tree, or atull MI fcrMa. "Jlft avsrywbare. PffssoKo tfed. 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Sl.tJOpor UottleC Ooeoeuta Ttrta Orejt Cotob teai prcmptly cures where all others faiL Coughs, Croup, Sore Throat, Hosrseness, whooping Cough and Asthms. f or Consumption It ass no nvai; has cured thoussnds, snd will CUR Ton If takenlatlme. Bold by Uninglsta on a f uar. ante. For a lama Baek or Chst use SH1LOH BELLADONNA PLA.STJiR.20o. HIL0H'S k CATARRH 'REMEDY, jvnvrni(ktiiri-i.? Thta ivmedria ruaran- teedtoounyuu. Price, 60 cU. iuMitorrree. Cauitlo Crttlclan. "When tn London," nays Nut Goodwin, "I went to the Lywum to tee Irving, and my attention was rather diftractud by the ivuinrkM of two well dressed women occu- jnaro'stHll while she eatii her feed, no ICU Ml pyiug adjoining eUlls. At lut, in the I ... it I.;- .. .i,...tl a tut tliut. atAulti nuf 1 i,,,;. ........lUn .. UUT II M1V 'I'D! 1 VI V ass- fJUUnQ Vi VUISII WUIWWUVH) VU V VUEUi Irom hit. nmnger, 'i'liey npiHaitded hti wisdom and brouplit forward the wumau who lud pleaded jiut How wltb his mother. "Who made herf" be ul&, barlnx listened to the elmrtffc, 'Ciod, 'tin to be mi p posed." otukei no evU." said: " 'Quite too nice, Iwi't hef H Ob, quite uiuru than too nicer answered Iier Gontituniun, "only, doetsn't it strike yoa, a ht.lu weakness in the knees I' 'Wuiknii!' wtorted her friend. 'My dear glil, Mint's his puthr " Viakuiel" lbia Music end Drum "Almost as Palatable as Milk" This i9 a fact with regard to Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. The difference between the oil, in its plain state, is very apparent In Scott's Emulsion vou detect no fish-oil taste. As it is a help to diges tion there is no after effect except good effect. Keep in mind that Scott's Emulsion is the best promoter of flesh and strength known to science. . IVtmrell br Seott gem, It, T. AtUrasslsts. EVEB MANUFACTURED ON. THE, COAST . is eold' by DOLE-PEARSON HARNESS CO., at prices that will astonish -yotr, Onlythe best Oak-Tanned Leather used, and all work guaran teed. Send tor line Illustrated Catalogue fbke. Illy Union AvennelRast Side), Portland, Or. 'a 1 j uMl ui.. r.R IK Bicycles, ta-Goi.i iii.Ra pint aiie. POKTI,jrn. TACOMA. KA1.K1W. 'DON'T BORROW TROUBLE." BUY SAPOLiO 'TIS CHEAPER IN THE END.i RHEUMATISM CURED BY THE USE OF Moore's Revealed Remedy. Ahtoria. Obiqon. Jannarr 10. I ohii state ith o'eaBure that by the ol MOOKE 8 KKVKALED KKMEDY my huBbaud waa Mlievod frnm an old fitue of RHKiJMATWM ana my youiigrtiW'ycun'aeiitirBiyor.t.rijiMMAiuKi khku MATltiM wJieu Uie bwii doctor I oouLd get did him no good. Yuiira In gratltudt. MBS. N. V. 8TEJELB. BOLD BY YOUR DRDOOIST. V. P. N. U. Ko.48-fl. V N. V. No. 676 ft Flood Coming! So Say Old Timers. I want to flood the eountry with good "HIGH-GRADE" BICYCLES. Have just rereived 200 Safeties, whieh I will sell at $40 tliwuunt for cash. Writs for Bargain List, or call at tuy store, 326 Washington Street. Lessons and Catalogues Free. Fred T. Merrill, Plssw DsssH si Iks PatlM OsaM.