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THATLOW CREATURE

Don't touch me or speak to me-" said
Nina Wilbur as her betrothed husband,
Ashton Craig, came up the steps of the
low veranda Of the Farmers Rest.
"Oh 1 mean it. am not one who does
not know when she has been insulted."
nina, you do not know anything YET"
said Ashton. "When have told you''-
Told me?" said Nina. "Well scarce
~ need telling. You me to the races,
and when we are almost there leave me
alone here until they are over"
Il left you to save life, said Ashton.
1.-THE girl was not thrown out" said
Nina. TT was well enough for you to
stop the horses and carry her in when she
pretended to faint, but to send me note
telling me to stop where was until you
came for me and stay all this while-why,
as said, it is an offense beyond forgive
ness.
"Oh, I've been nearly wild with NORTH
cation, and that good old lady-ignorant,
of course, but SO sympathetic-how she
has pitied mel
'''You don't seem the sort to be used
SO, miss, she said. You don't know men
folks yet, my dear, she said. When you
are my age, you will to your cost That
gal that was run away with is one Of the
sort that come to tho races in crowds. She
game too quick enough once she got things
the way she liked 'em, and he's been with
her on the grand stand all this time while
you've been cooling your heels here, my
dear. "
blessed old lady," said Ashton, land
you accept her views"
Nina was visiting an aunt, and at the
door of this lady's residence he paused, as
sisted her to alight and drove away with
a very polite bow, never once looking
back, as she saw plainly
By this time she, being woman, was
nearly mad to hear from his lips what had
happened-to listen to some story which
might give her chance to forgive him.
At best it was very wrong of him-very
unkind, but If he had only confessed the
truth, and pleaded and offered excuses at
least she would have been able to play a
dignifled part
Now she felt that she had neither spoken
nor behaved as q lady should-no, not
kindly, as one should even to friend.
She should have listened to him before
she burst out into that TRADE, and she en-
tered her aunt's house with such face
that that lady cried
''Why, what is the matter9 Where is
Mr.. CraigP Why didn't he come in' I've
a lovely high tea ready. Why, Nina, be-
Heve you have quarreled with him."
And then she burst into tears and was
forced to tell her story-her version of it,
of course.
''We were very near the race course, -
she said, when carriage dashed past us
the gentleman was thrown, and the lady
was in danger. Ashton made me alight
and go into little country hotel by the
Foadside-then dashed on, and somehow,
q cannot tell how, stopped the horses.
"The girl was not thrown, and saw
Ashton take her in his arms, and carry
her up the steps Of an elegant hotel not far
AWAY. Later he sent me a note, telling me
not to come over on any account, but to
stay where was until he came for me. He
came, after the races were over, and made
neither explanation nor apology"
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Slams White Elephants.

among the ancient customs which are
passing away in the kingdom of SIAM"
said Captain W. e. Grantley of the Brit
ish army, lis the worship Of the white ell
ephant. These elephants, however, are
not white In any strict sense Of the word,
but merely lighter colored than other ele-
plants and are worshiped because they
are supposed to contain the souls of some
dead kings. These so called white ele-
plants are the interiors to their darker
colored fellows in strength, health and in
telligence, being usually weaklings, and
easily become the victims of all kinds Of
diseases. Many bloody wars have been
fought over the possession Of white ele-
plants. A few of these sacred animals
are kept in Siam today. Each one has a
separate place of abode and several serv-
ants to care for them. The tusks of the
males are decorated with small gold bells,
while golden chain surmounts the head
of each, and cushion of embroidered vel
vet is upon each elephants back. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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INTELLIGENT ANTS.
An Army of LAttap Insects Build Bridge
to Get at n Pie.

An Army OF LAS99S Insects Build Bridge
to Get at n Pie.
The following story, told by an eyewit-
ness, is entitled to place among the in
stances of intelligence among the lower
animals. A cook was annoyed to find his
pastry shelves attacked by ants. By care
full watching It was discovered that they
came out twice day in search Of food, at
about in the morning and in the after
noon. How were the pies to be protected
against the invaders2
He made his preparations and did not
have long to wait, for at $3.50 O'Clock he
noticed that OF IN the left hand corner Of
the pantry was line of ants slowly max
ing their way in the direction of the pies.
They seemed like a vast army coming
forth to attack an enemy. In front was
a leader who was larger than any Of the
others, and who always kept little ahead
of his troops They were of the sort
known as the medium sized red ant, which
Is regarded as the most intelligent of its
kind, whose scientific name is Formica ru-
bra.
About 40 ants out Of 500 stepped out
and joined the leader. The general and
his aids held council and then proceeded
to examine q circle Of molasses. Certain
portions Of it seemed to be assigned to the
different ants, and each selected unerring-
ly the points in the section under his
charge where the stream of molasses was
narrowest. Then the leader made his tour
Of inspection. The order to march was
given, and the ants all made their way to
a hole in the wall at which the plaster
ing was loose. Here they broke ranks and
set about carrying pieces Of plaster to the
place in the molasses which had been
agreed upon as the narrowest. To and fro
they went from the nailhole to the molas-
ses until, at 11:30 oclock, they had thrown
a bridge across. Then they formed them
selves In line again and marched over,
and by 11:45 every ant of the foraging ex-
petition was contentedly eating pie
Rocky Mountain News.
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ANTIQUITY of Wire.

The manufacture of wire is of very an
cient origin. 1t has been traced back to
the earliest Egyptian history. Specimens
are in existence which can be proved to
date to 1900 b. G. The Kensington mu-
scum has a specimen which was made in
Minera 800 years B. G. Ancient literature
contains many references to wire. From
the ruins of Herculaneum metal heads
have been exhumed on which the hair is
represented by wire. There is no question
that this ancient wire was made by ham
mering out tho metal, which was always
bronze or of the precious group. This held
true of all made previous to the fourteenth
century, during which the process of form
ing wire by drawing or elongating the
metal by forcing it through a conical ORR
fee, made in some substance harder than
the metal treated, was invented.-Cas-
sier's Magazine.
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The LITTLE ONES.
DR.. GrinRGII Recommends
LaCtatGd Food.
Cholera Infantum is
Reaping a Harvest.
LaCtated Food is the SuTeSt Pre-
VentiVe.
II Has Saved Thousands Of Infant
Lives.
It Has Saved Thousands Of Infant
Lives.
Every Parent Should Now be Sup
piled With It.

"After using lactateed food for five
years in cases of children suffering from
cholera infantum, and in facilitating or
wasting diseases, dusing which time it
never failed me, have pleasure in call
ing the attention of physicians to it, and
in recommending it's use."
SO says A. P. Grinnell M. D., dean OF
the medical faculty of the University of
Vermont, and the statement is published
in the Ladies' Home Journal.
The statement is of inestlmable value
to mothers.
More than a fifth of all the babies born
in Vermont die before they have lived a
year. And two-thirds of these die in
summer of cholera infantum and kindred
diseases.
High temperature makes it difficult
for baby's stomach to digest its usual
food. 1t is then that unusual precau-
tions must be taken or the weak sickly
babies fall victims to cholera infanturl.
During hot weather strength must
somehow be kept up, and yet without
burdening and overturning the delicate
digestive organs. 1t is just here that
mothers and physicians find lactated
food necessary. The explanation of the
great success of this food in keeping
babies strong through the summer is
that in its composition natures food for
babies has been the model. 1t is pleas
ant to the taste, and is taken by the
babies with relish, and is easily digest
ed and assimiiated.
1t is what physicians term pre-di-
gested food, and is especially valuable in
all weak conditions of the digestive or
gans, not only for infants, but for inva-
lids and aged persons.
Mothers may stop worrying about
their babies after they have once been
put on a diet of lactated food
Trained nurses keep lactated food on
hand even when baby is fed on mothers
milk. In cases of failure of the natural
milk, or when weaving or during any
possible illness of the mother, lactated
food best takes the place of the natural
food. Try it. 1t saves babies lives.
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An Unsophisticated Maid.

Speaking of presidents reminds me Of
an amusing incident Of the late Presient
Arthur's administration which, 1 believe,
has never been related before
AS Is well known, Mr.. Arthur was some
thing Of an athlete and pedestrian. He
seldom used his carriage for about town
visiting. One evening he called at the
residence Of a friend in the west end. He
rang the doorbell and colored woman
answered the call. The servant did not
recognize the president, and in a pert
manner informed him that none of the
members Of the family was at home
President Arthur apparently doubted her
statement, and In his most courteous style
said:
II am President Arthur"
II am Clara Brown" promptly replied
the domestic, acknowledging the self in
PRODUCTION Of the president. The latter re-
traced his steps TO the White House, while
Clara went down stairs to tell her fellow
servants Of the politeness Of the president
In introducing himself to her. The old
cook heard the unsophisticated housemaid
relate her story and exclaimed: "You'se a
fool Niger. He didn't tend to introduce
hisself to you. He was simply leaving his
name for de family. "-Washington Post.
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WHAT I LOVE.

love to hear the yelpln o. the long yeared, yal-
Ter houn
As he strikes the trail an hustles with his
nose close to the groun.
love to see him dartin like a streak o. shinin
gold
Through the brushes an the sage grass-it Is
music to my eoull
love to feel the jerkin of noddin fishin pole,
For ever bite is echoed by my throbbin, anx.
ious soul.
love to sit a-waitin when know thar's fisher
nigh
An car sec 'em bobbin up an down to catch q
d-rin fly.
love to see 'lSattOa that is managed on tn.
square,
Where thar amt no angry 'sputin a-fllin Of
the air.
1 love to see a candidate that won't fill out
note
An try to pass on me for the value o. my votel
Atlanta Constitution
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Peculiar to Itself.

Hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiar to itself,
in a strictly medicinal sense, in three i'm
pOrtant particulars, viz: First, in the
combination of remedial agents used
Second, in the proportion in which they
are mixed; third, in the process by
which the active curative properties OF
the preparation are secured. These
three important points make Hoods
Sarsaparilla peculiar in its medicinal
merit, as it accomplishes cures hitherto
unknown.
But it is not what Hoods Sarsaparilla
does, that tells the story. What Hoods
Sarsaparilla has done for others is rea-
son for confidence that it is the medicine
for you.
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THE DEEP SEA DIVER.
His Calling Is Likely the Most Grewsome
of all Occupations,


Beyond all question the calling Of b
deep sea diver employed in examining and
clearing away sunken wrecks is the most
grewsome. Putting aside the fact that his
life is in constant danger from the results
Of submarine enemies or accident to his
diving dress and apparatus, the sights that
he is called upon to see, and to see, more
over, amid the most horrible surroundings,
exceed in ghastliness even those which
the hospital or the army surgeon is called
upon to confront. Nowhere else on land
or sea are so many accumulated horrors
to be found as in the hull Of ship which
has sunk with crew and passengers.
The hideous condition in which the d.
yer finds the victims of the wreck, some
half devoured by fish, some standing up
right and floating to and fro with ghast-
ly parody of living motion, some still
locked together, as though yet in the last
agony of the death struggle, each fighting
for some real or fanoied chance of escape,
and some swollen to twice their natural
size floating about the interior of ship
and knocking and rubbing up against him
with hideous lifelikeness that is utterly
indescribable. These are some Of the hor-
rible sights which deep sea divers have to
work amid when they are employed on
sunken wrecks. When to oil these are
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The Remarkable Cunning They Display In
the Capture of Mathematics,


One Of the most interesting geological
oddities is the California ground cuckoo.
He usually is from 90 to 25 inches long,
including his tail, which measures one-half
of his whole length. On account Of his
small wings he is poor flier, but what
he lacks in aerial dexterity he makes up in
pedestrian velocity. With his four yard
jumps, he can outrun the swiftest race
horse. His geographical range is confined
to southern California, Mexico and some
parts of Texas. AS bird of prey the
ground cuckoo outwits his most avidious
follow creatures. Snails and large worms
constitute his principal food, which he is
busy all day in digging out Of the ground
But he does not hesitate to attack larger
animals 1t is no trouble for him to get
the better of small snakes, and when do
mesticated he beats any Gator dog in the
determination Of mice and small house
pests.
Most curiously interesting Is the strate-
gio sagacity he displays in the capture Of
large rattlesnakes. These he dare not meet
in fair and open combat. AS soon as he
.espies rattlesnake sleeping in the sun
near q cactus hedge he surrounds his vic
tim with heap of the prickly leaves I'M
til he is well hemmed in. He then pricks
at the reptile few times with his sharp
bill, which causes q sudden commotion in
the cactus heap. In his attempt to olsen
tangle himself from the leaves he wounds
his tender flesh, and it takes but an hour
or two for the average RATHER to die Of
sheer exhaustion and furnish much COW
eted tidbit for the sly cuckoo. His method
with his prey resembles that of the cat
with the mouse.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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A HousehId Treasure.

D. W. Fuller of Canajoharie, N. Y,
says that he always keeps DR.. King
New Discovery in the house, and his
family ha' always found the very best
results follow its use; that he would not
be without it, if procurable. G. A..
Dykeman, druggist, Catskill, N. Y, says
that Dr. Kings New Discovery is I'M
doubleday the best Cough remedy; that
he has used it in his family for eight
years and it has never failed to do all that
is claimed foa it. Why not try a remedy
so long tried and tested. Trial bottle
free at G. D. Gioson's drug store. Reg
ular size SOC. and S100.
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Beauty More Than Skin Deep.

Take the case Of a lovely human face.
1t may be asked. what can science say
about this without detracting from it's
charmW If beauty were only skin deep,
we might dread her interference here But
science says that beauty Is not skin deep.
She can tell YOU that half the charm Of
that face-at the least the expression of it
is matter Of little muscles and COM
pick labyrinth Of nerves; that the curves
of the lips, the glance Of the eyes, the
droop Of their lids, are a matter of the
prevalent use of certain muscles in
obedience to prevalent aspect of the mind;
moreover, that the use of these organs of
expression has come down long ancestral
lines, and that the molds of the features
themselves is question Of heredity.
"What is lifeP" Is a question with which
men have puzzled themselves in vain from
all time.-Sunday Magazine.
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When Grisi Was Thirsty,

One evening, after her performance at
the opera, the great Grisi, then in her
zenith, came in to supper. She was at
q glass of wine was offered to her. "Oh,
no, she exclaimed, THAT glass is of no
use. You don't understand a singers
throat. Fill this for me-" and she held
put tumbler which held no more than
the necessary amount of refreshment re-
quired after singing through such part
as Lucrezia, or Valentino in 1.-THE Hugue-
nots, Temple Bar.
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Saving the Skirt.

There are women, plenty Of them, who
con walk through the muddiest streets for
hours and come home without a scrap or
Jtain Of the earth earthly on their gar
ments unless perchance they get spattered
from some car or the feet of some passing
horse. Women who can go about in this
way consider themselves highly accom-
plished. Those who cannot are loud in
their expressions Of amazement as to how
it is DONE and it is simply a matter of care
and practice. Any woman can learn it If
she cakes the trouble. 1t is only necessary
TO wear comfortably short petticoat.
Then gather the skirts, not at the side, but
from the back, and raise them very slight
" with one hand
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Tender Hearted.

Two Rochester women were discussing
the subject of salads and their construc-
ton. The first said, Nov, for lobster
salad always get a nice live lobster that
weighs about l \ pounds or pounds and
boil it nicely" The second broke in With
"How do you kill the lobsterP You
know, never buy live Holsters because
think 1t is SO inhuman to kill them by
putting them into kettle of.hot water"
The first woman replied: "Oh, I never
kill them that way. That would be too
horrible. always put them on in cold
water and let them come to boil. -
Rochester Post Express.
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Hoods Pills are gentle, mild and effective.
Our Decndents.

Flipbutt (the famous young art critic),
-'Ullol What's this pencil sketch I've
just found on this easel?
Our Artist-Oh, it's by Pumpkin, the.
impressionist fellow all you young chaps
are so enthusiastic about, you know.
Clever, amt it?
Flipbutt-Clever! Why, It's divine Such
freshness, such naivete! Such splendid
scorn Of nero conventional techniquel
Such o.
Our Artist-'Ullo, ole man! A thousand
pardonsI That's the wrong thing you've
got hold of That's just scribble by this
little scamp of a grandson of mine. His.
first attempt. Not very promising, fear,
but he's only 4.-Punch.
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Walter! Beefsteak, Ham and Eggs
for ONE"

"God gave us meat, but the devil sent
us cooks" is trite saying. From bad
cooking, fast eating and overeatlng,N
comes a whole train of diseases-indi-
gestion, dyspepsia, billiousness, catarrh
of the stomach, headache, dizziness, and
the like. God also gave us brainy
man who compounded the Golden
Medical Discovery" a corrective of all
the ills resulting from overeating and
impure blood DrPierce of Buffalo, has
furnished in the discovery" a great de-
sideratum in America, where everybody
are in such hurry to make money, they
have no time to eat, and scarcely any
time to live. 1t invigorates the liver,
cleanses the blood and tones up the sys-
TEN.
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Use ItIn Time,

Catarrh starts in the nasal passages,
affecting eyes, ears and throat, and is in
fact, the great enemy of the mucous
membrane. Neglected colds in the head
almost invariably precede catarrh, caus-
ing an excessive flow of mucus, and if
the mucus discharge becomes interrupt
ed the disagreeable results of catarrh
will follow, such as bad breath severe
pain across forehead and about the eyes,
a roaring and buzzing sound in the ears
and oftentimes very offensive dis
charge Ely's Cream balm is the ao-
knowledged cure for these troubles.
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A Scientific Experiment,

Observation-Disclosures am now about
to remove both hemispheres of the cere-
Drum of this frog, when you will see that
1t is no longer capable of hopping. (The
operation is performed. The frog hops
from the table to the floor. General hilar-
ity among the audience.) Gentlemen,
now you see what small amount Of
brains 1t requires to set an entire audience.
in q roar.-Fliegende Blatter.
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The Vermont delegation at the G. A.
r. encampment at Pittsburgh is made
up as follows: Gen. G. f. Branch, de-
partment commander; Kendrick Rich
mond, Acknowledgements; Thomas @.
Gale, acknowledgement, and j. w.
Currier, chief of staff. The National
delegates are: Ex-Gov E. J. Ormsbee,
Col. T. j. Conner, W. w. Foster, G.. w.
6 Ks9neSy p X P "a f. o. Hi CGie Mai "a rag a.
B. Valentine, Gen. Hugh Henry and
Capt. A. E. Foster. With the command
is delegation of women among whom
are: Mrs. Amanda T. Newcomb jr.,
vice-president of the National Woman's
Relief Corps; Mrs. Alice A. Henry, pres
ident of the Vermont Woman's Relief
Corps; Mrs. Julia Needham, senior-vice
president, Mrs. Della f. Cutting and
Mrs. E. ]. Ormnsbee.
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His PURPOSE,

'Do you believe in the novel with apur-
poser" said Squildig to an author friend.
Certainly" the latter replied. "All
che novels ever wrote have tho same pur-
pose"
'What is it9"
ITO improve my bank account. Pitts
burg Chronicle.
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Naturally.

Under the espionage of the gallant and
witty cashier party of ladies wer9'going
through the vaults of big Detroit bank
and gazing with awe at the Wads of wealth
stored therein.
My" exclaimed one of the party as
they came out into the corridor, chow
chilly it is!''
Naturally" smiled the courteous cash.
Ter, with bow; there's a cool million I'D
there. "-Yonkers Statesman.
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President Cleveland's letter to his
Great and Good Friend, President Dole
of Hawaii, is not the voluntary utter
ance of generous and sympathetic well
wisher. 1t is rather the perfunctory ex-
preston Of an official whose words are
belied by his acts, and who if he could
safely do so would approach the object
of his honeyed phrases with palm leaf
IN his left hand and a bludgeon in his
right.
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What Emboldened Him.

She (tenderly)-Tell me. dearest, what
smboldened you to proposei How did you
guess that loved you, darling3
He-To be frank with you, love, your
papa intimated that if didn It mean busl-
ness after coming to see you for two yeahs
1 had better clear out aud let some other
fellows have chance.-DNtroit Free Press.
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A Grand Feature

Of Hoods Sarsaparilla is that while it
purifies the blood and sends it coursing
through the veins full of richness and
health, it also imparts new life and vigor
to every function of the body. Hence
the expression so often heard: Hoods
Sarsaparilla made a new person of me-"
1t overcomes that tired feeling so COM
mon now.