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and received benefit from it nc once
have taken it ever since and now
have no baekacfle. no pain "a my
side and my stomach and bowels are
perfectly well lean honestly say that
there is nothing like t. EIeould only
tell every woman how much good your
medicine has done me. tFrey would
surely tryit---MAsTHAM KEe- yoErH
ArTLEBoRo, Mass
The way women trffe with teaTtn
shows a degree of indifference that n
misunderstanding HappInessanduse-
fulness depend on physical health. so
does good disposition Disease makes
women nervous, irritable and snao-
pish. The very effort of ailing women
to be good-natured makes them ner-
vous- Write to Mrs. PfnlShan,- she viii
help you TO health and happiness
tcostsnothing to1et Mrs. Pfnsxhaunfs
advice. Her address Is LYME Mass.
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THE TEMPLE or FAME.

s.How far away Is the Temple Of Famer
Said youth at the dawn Of day: (
And he toiled and dreamed Of a deathless
name; r-trl arr a 40 "
But the hours went by and the evening
came, .s ~ 800. 'r
That left him feeble, and old, and lame,
To plod on his cheerless way. -.
For the path to Fame is weary climb
Z Up mountain steep and high.
There are many who start in their youthful
prime;
But in the battle with fate and time.
For one who reaches those. heights sub
Are thousands who fall and die.
The youth who had failed could never guess
The reason his quest was vain;
But he sought no other to help or bless
He followed the glittering prize, Success,
Up the narrow pathway Of Selfishness.
And this had been his bane.
'How far away is the Temple Of Good?'
Said youth at the dawn of day;
And he strove, in a spirit of brotherhood,
To help and succor. as best he could,
The poor and unfortunate multitude
On their hard and dreary way.
He was careless alike of praise or blame;
But, after his work was done,
An angel of glory from Heaven came
And wrote on high his immortal name,
Proclaiming this truth, that the Temple
of Fame
And Temple of Good are one.
For this is the lesson that history
Has taught since the world began:
That those whose memories never die,
Who shine like stars in our human sky,
And brighter grow as the years roll by,
Are men who have lived for Man.
Denver News.
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DON FRAkcIsco,s Sized.
Don Francisco's suit is blue
In silver buttons drest.
He wears a flowing neckerchief
And erred vest

Don Francisco's suit is blue -..
In silver buttons drest.
He wears flowing neckerchief
And silk-embroidered vest.
His hair is brighter than the sun,
His cheeks are rosy red,
And in his flashing deep blue eyes
The stars their luster shed.
Don Francisco has a steed
With skin as white as milk;
With sweeping tail and waving name
AS soft and fine as silk.
This noble steed can prance and trot,
Can jump and pace and rear;
Yet never does he overturn
His gallant cavalier.
He never wearies, though he runs
"A thousand miles day,
He knows just when to halt-and when
) To madly dash away.
He climbs the hills and leaps the streams
And scales the mountains DER,
Then bears the fearless-hearted prince
Back to his native shore.
, Upon little chair there lies
Francisco's suit of blue;
AS in little trundle bed
He sleeps the long night through.
And in those dreams Of witchery
Which little children see,
Are flying through the misty air
His Pegasus and he.
Marie Zetterberg, in Chicago Interior.
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HEAD
But what good would it do to tell?
They couldn't find her. Oh, why don't
they go to the river?"
Mary Emma set out for the river
alone, running as if for dear life. She
felt scarcely a ray of hope, but she could
not stay where everyone seemed to look
reproachfully at her.
At the foot of the little hill on which
the house was set, queer little sound
stopped her fight. 1t was just like the
gurgling, grieved little cry Alice made
when she awake and found herself
alone.
Mary Emma's heart seemed beating
in her ears so loudly as to drown all
other sounds; but she heard it again
the little grieved cry.
It seemed to come from a clump of
weeds, tall burdocks and thistles, and
one small alder tree, which the cyclone
had spared.
With trembling hands, Mary Emma
parted the leaves. There was the WELL
bucket, rolled upon it's side, and out
of it were thrust yellow head and a
small dimpled fist!
Rosy with sleep, cooling with joy at
sight of Mary Emma, without bruise
or scratch, was the baby!
Noah said:
"You might know Mary Emma would
do the very queerest thing that could
be thought off,
But Hiram and Eunice said they
thought the we'll bucket was -provi-
dence; SO Mary Emma was comforted.
Golden Days.
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Two Extraordinary Cats.

Dulcinea and Trilby are the names of
a pair of cats distinguished in their
neighborhood. Dulcinea's speciality is
the catching of small, green snakes.
which she invariably brings home,
mewing persistently until some mem
Der of the family appears. Some of the
ladies of the family rather recoil from
these gifts of friendship, but Dulcinea
is certainly sincere. This cat always
goes to pond, and, sitting on the edge,
very frequently whips out fish with
her paw. Another of her feats is fight
ing for Trilby, who is great, coward
where dogs are concerned, whereas
Dulcinea will tackle the largest mastiff.
Then she comes back, washes Trilby's
face, and winds up by giving her a
smart slap. Trilby's speciality is bath
ing. Incredible as it may seem, this cat
regularly gets into a bathtub, waits
until the water is turned on, rolls over
and over until thoroughly soaked and
then jumps out and shakes herself dry.
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GENERAL SHELBY'S SLAVE
HIS Old body Servant In the war
Tells Some of HIS IntAresting
Experiences.

Gen. "Joe" shelby's old body serv-
ant, Uncle Billy" Hunter, in spite of
his Y years, isstill sturdy and vigorous.
He remembers the war times remark
ably well, and likes nothing better than,
to talk of the many fights and incidents
in the life Of his ''old massa,' the IA
nous confederate general, whose body,
rests in Forest Hill cemetery. With
the exception Of Shelby's expedition In
to Mexico-one of the most dramatic
events in our history and the 80 years
after the war when the general lost
sight of him entirely, ''Uncle Billy
was with him from the time he was 10
years old. "Billy" is at his best when
he gets started on Gen. Shelby during
the war. -rE
Deere never was man like Genl
Shelby, sah," said "Billy" the other
day to a reporter for the Star. Ellis
sojers jes thought the world of him.
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A THRILLING TALE.
The Capture of a Confederate Prise
Crew by {: Yankee
Negro Cook. 81.

Some of the naval veterans were talk
ing of their experiences when this tale
was told: -.
The schooner S. J. Warning was one
of, those ships which tried to do little
trading in spite of the nests of con-
federate privateers that lined the
shores.
But she was brought up short one
day, her crew taken prisoners, prize
crew put aboard of her and her nose
turned for Charleston.
The prize crew consisted of some six
or seven men, and the Yankee cook was
left on board to fix the meals for the
captors.
He was big strapping darkey.
named Tillman, and as the two vessels
drew further apart and he saw that
neither one was headed for New York
he began to have grave fears that his
future was not so glowing as it might
be.
they were bound for, and what they in
tended to do with him after they got
there.
They saw, of course, that the darby
was frightened, and so, to scare him
more, they told him that they were
bound for Charleston, and that he would
either be killed or sold again as slave
to the highest bidder.
That didn't suit Tillman a bit. He
had been free in the north too long to
relish the idea of returning to slavery,
and he made up his mind that, if he
could prevent it, the good ship S. J..
Warning would never reach Charleston.
It took him some time to decide on his
course of action. To poison the
whole crew was impossible for lack of
poison, and he just about made up his
mind to do nothing when one night he
got to thinking things over, and be-
came almost crazed at the prospect be-
fore him.
He seized Ratchet and crept up on
deck. Things were very quiet there.
The second mate was almost asleep at
the wheel, and the chief mate was lying
in drunken stupor. Most-of the crew,
in fact, were drunk.
Tillman crept to the captains cabin
and with one blow crushed in the mans
skull. Then he went back on deck and
served the first mate in the same way.
The second mate, however, saw him
coming, and yelled. Tillman went for
him and, after wounding him, threw
him shrieking into the sea.
The commotion by this time brought
the crew on deck, and when they found
the crazed Tillman with his bloody
Ratchet, they took to the rigging for
safety.
One man only remained below at Till
mans mercy. The cook held parley
with him in this way: ee sts
n Say, you all own that Use cap'n %,
this hyar ship now, an ef you all'll come
up hyar an behave decent, you all kin
come up"
The man looked sheepish, but he
obeyed. Then Tillman and he turned
their attention to the men in the rig
ging.
Say" shouted Tillman, ''as cap'n O.
this hyar ship, Use gwine ter run FER
into New York. If you all wants t. sail
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deafened her, that the earth and the
sky seemed to come together with .
great shock. Z Il 8
When she came to herself she was
prone ON her face under pile of shingles
and hay-the lighter ruins of the barn
but she could help to extricate her
self; she was almost unhurt.
''Where is the baby?" said Hiram's
voice, hOarse and unnatural.
Mary Emma looked toward the house;
it was still standing. The cyclone,
which had swept the great barn away
like feather, had only brushed the
house in passing, and unroofed the little
ell. 12 q
Then Mary Emma looked toward the
we'll. The woodwork, was gone COM
pletely; even the great sweep. that
Hiram's grandfather had made that his
wife might have something to remind
her of her New England home.
Mary Emma shuddered as she looked
toward the well.
~ put her somewhere! can't tell
I hadn't time to think! 1t came just
like a FASH" she said, Trembling and
sobbing.
Hiram rushed into the house and
ransacked every corner, and came out
again, with his face more dreadful than
ever in its grayish paleness.
A throng of men and women had
gathered. All had their own troubles,
ruined homesteads and harvests-the
cyclone had devastated the Pillsbury
settlement, leaving the rest of the town
untouched-but there had been no lives
lost. no one was missing except Hiram
Pillsbury's baby. What were all other
troubles compared to his?
They searched under a great pile of
the heavy timbers of the barn. Poor
Towser's body lay there, stark and stiff,
but not the baby's.
Jonas Farley said there were timbers
of that barn over in Burnt river, and the
roof of the ell, too; and it was proposed
to drag the river.
Mary Emma felt a little thrill of hope.
Some things dropped into river might
float.
''The cyclones has Gurus ways. It
might have picked the baby up, and
dropped her down somewheres kind of
easy" said Uncle Lot Pillsbury.
But the others shook their heads.
Two men went down into the we'll.
Mary Emma put her hands before her
eyes. She expected to see them bring
up little golden head.
Eunice's voice broke upon her ears,
the poor mother driven wild by her mis-
cry:
"What did you do with her? Why
didn't you hold her tight? Oh, why did
l trust your"
Mary Emma tried to answer, but the
great lump in her throat wouldn't let
her.
She was straining her eyes now to
watch the men as they came up from
the well. No little golden head. The
baby was not there.
Mary Emma drew q long, sobbing
breath of relief.
''Perhaps could tell, now, what did,
or what thought of doing can't be
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The Gun That Wasu,t Lo.s.s-

''Oh, it isn't loaded" cheerfulIy de-
clared the Twenty-first street citizen
who was cleaning revolver, and to
prove it he turned the weapon toward
the friend of the family who had
dropped in for visit. The visiting
friend is of course in q hospital with a
bullet in her lungs and the Twenty
first street citizen, much surprised and
grieved, is butting his head against the
wall of police station. Is there no
way, asks the Chicago Chronicle, in
which to forefend the deadly conjunc-
ton of pistol and COMPOUNDED fool?
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JACK IN HIS STALL.

vised box built in the left-hand corner
of the door through which he backs.
% Jacks popularity was discovered the
evening of the first day he spent at the
institution. His introduction was a
days work at grading, and when he was
relieved from the harness and led to the
door of the stall assigned to him he re-
fused silently, but emphatically, to go
into it. The men thought this was due
to the fact that everything was strange
to him, and they began to coax and per-
suade him, but to no avail. They then
resorted to force, but this brought no
more satisfactory results, for Jack could
not be made to enter. After working for
some time the men became exhausted,
Disguised, angry and weary. They sat
down on boxes and barrels to discuss
the stubbornness of mules and to devise
some means of making the new one
obey instructions, when, to their sur
prise, before even suggestion had been
made, Jack turned around, lined him.
self up evenly before the door, and was
soon standing in the stall calmly and
with an air of satisfaction, staring at
the men.
He was led out and another effort
made to have him 60 in the stall in the
proper manner, but he again, and just
as emphatically, refused; yet as soon
as released, he repeated the operation
of backing in.
Since that time he has been allowed
to have his own way, and never has he
followed the example set by the other
mules and the horses in the stable Jack
is an honest and conscientious worker,
faithful and dutiful, and is prime IA
vorite with the employees and prison
ers who work about the stables.-Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
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SMART WOODpECKERS
They Saved Themse1ves Much Hard
Work by Calling Chemistry to
Their Assistance,

A Chicago professor who has been in
the Maine woods this summer tells an
interesting story of the intelligence Of
a family of woodpeckers which he en-
countered near the headwaters of the
Allegash, and which were most uncom.
monty bright birds. AS everyone
knows who has observed these birds
at all, they feed on the worms which
burrow into trees. Any worm with a
fair amount of activity can bore a gall
lery three or four feet long in a tree,
in a single season, SO to find his prey the
woodpecker has to make several holes
in the tree in order to get at his victim.
This particular family of woodpeckers,
having some difficulty in getting at the
worm after they had drilled hole in to
his gallery, proposed to save themselves
unnecessary work. And what do you
think they did? In the Allegash woods
grows the Indian poke" plant with
berries possessing an alkaline Juice
particularly disagreed BILE to all animal
life. And so these Allegash woodpeck-
ers, having made an entrance into the
DOMAIN OF the DOTer, proceed next to
drop berries of the Indian poke into
the opening. And so much does the
worm dislike the odor of the poke ber-
ries that he comes out to get away from
it, and incidentally to see who has had
the impertinence to cause him so much
discomfort. He never gets any farther
than the entrance, because Mr.. Wood
pecker is waiting there, and that worm
is gobbled up so quickly that he never
knows what happened to him. This
seems. like good deal of fairy story,
doesn't it, but Prof. Eastman J. Clarke
says he saw it with his own eyes.-Chi-
cagO Post.
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General Lees Fruitful Hen.

1t was Gen. Lees custom to leave his
tent door open in the morning for a
sprightly hen that had gone into the
egg business promptly and thus had
saved her head. When she stepped in,
Gen. Lee would put aside his work and
walk past deferentially upon the OUT
side until her cackle announced the
mysteries of egg-laying at an end. She
roasted and rode in his wagon, was an
eyewitness of the battles of Chancel-
louisville and Gettysburg, and was final
" sacrificed upon the altar of hos
pitality at Orange Court House, in 1864.
Ladies' Home journal.
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H0W,a ThiAY

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free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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The MonoB Route and C. IT. & d. R'y run
four trains daily from Chicago to CINCINNATI.
eago, at $50 a. m. and Has a. m, and are
equipped with elegant Parior and Dining
cars. The night trains leave at $50 p. m,
and 2:45 a. m. These trains are equipped
with elegant sieepers and compartment ears,
the sleepers on the latter train being ready
for occupancy at $50 p. m. Ask for tick
cts via Monon and c. H. & d. City Ticket
Office, 232 s. Clark ST., Chicago.
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Protection ut Both Ends.

A nervous drummer, who carries with him
wherever he travels coil of rope, was asked
by the landlord of a small hotel up in Shasta
county what the rope was for That's a
fire escape" explained the drummer, "and
/ always have it with me so in case of fire
can let myself down from the window y
Seems like pretty good idea," said the
landlord, "but guests with fire escapes pay
in advance at this hotel''-San francisco
Wave.
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A European scientist claims to have discov-
cred an apparatus which will stimulate the
brain. 1t has been tried on school boys. and
consists of an electric band. While scientists
have been busy ipventing unnatural WAYS
OF making the brain work, Hostetter's Ston,-
ach Bitters has for fifty years been doing it
aeh troubles and builds up and invirorates
the entire system. There is nothing '.iust
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though I must
tell about it. A
year ago I was
taken very sick
DoctorseOuIdGo
me no good only
to deadeu the
pain which +
had almost con-
SANITY I got
some Of your
Compound and
forL aro E1s%N
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pic That CATE, well.

Ted's friend treated him to piece Of
pie. It was so good that he wanted an
other, but thought it would not be po-
lite to. ask forit. So he sided up to her
and said: miss Turk, that pie eats
well. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Soldier and COurtier,

Lord Kitchener, of Khartoum, is a
straightforward soldier, but he does NO:
scorn the art of turning compliment
gracefully,
1t has long been said of him that he
is proof against all feminine charms,
and when he waited upon her majesty
at Windsor the queen was curious
enough to put pointed question.
us it true, my lord" she asked, ''that
you have never yet cared for woman ~
eyes, your majesty" replied the sir
dar, "quite true-with one exception
''Ah!" said the queen, "and who is
she?" 49,. ~
The sirdar bowed. "Your majesty
said he.-Youth's Companion.
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Origin Of Thank.uixInu D,x

eve ought to do something to make our.
selves solid with posterity," remarked one
of the Pilgrim Fathers
That's so, replied his companion How
would it be to inaugurate national holiday
that will be a convenient time for football
games?'
The rest is history-N. Y. Journal.
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Suspicious.

Stranger-Do you know a man around
here by the name of Brown?
Man in the Door-Er-taIl man?
Cant say; you see, never met him. +
am an attorney and a rich relative of his has
died and left him a fortune
I'm Brown-walk right in Do you
know, thought you were the new gas col
lector. Ohio State Journal.
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Great disappointment.

Excitement is often the cause of
strange kilograms, as well as other
queer manifestations. -
A man who had been one of the pas
sengers on shipwrecked vessel was
rescued almost by miracle. On ar.
irving at a place from which he could
send "a telegraphic message, he for
warded the following dispatch to his
brother: sss
i am saved. Try to break it gently
to my. wife. Tit Bits.
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The rich, talented, handsome stranger
prostrases himself at the feet Of the beauti-
full cashier in the laundry
BE minef" he impiores
Am Dreaming the your 9 girl asks her.
sell, anxiousiy-
She has not long TO remain IN Doubt For
shepresently spurns the ricn, talented. hand
some stranger and marrIes the bow-5exged
bo,lermaker to whom she had piightsd her
troth
This, OF course, makes it ei1eh that she
Is dreaming.-Defroit Journal
Two-thIrds Of the stealing done NOWADAYS
goes under another name.-Chsca9p Daily
News.
He who builds according TO every
ADVICE Will nave queer ssrucsure-C
Daily News.
The gossip IN home decreases as me
library increases--Chieago Daily VIEWS
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Sweat and fruit acids will not discoior
goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS
DYES. Sold by all druggists.
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After physicians had given me up, was
saved by Piso's Cure-RaIph Erieg, vii
Transport, Pa, Nov q, Is93
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By the time man succeeds in reaching
the top of the ladder he is too old to enjoy
the scenery.-Chicago Daily News
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When you see a man eager to confess a
small fault the chances are he has larger
one to conceal.-Chieago Daily News
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"How do you pronounce the last syllable
of that word 'butteriney asked the Gus
toner. THE last syllable is silent" stiffiy
replied the grocer.-London Answers.
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The Public Awards the Palm to Hale's
Honey OF horehound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies Toothaehe Drops Cure in one minute
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lLFrrEn 70 xTx 7Tsxzsx 10. s4EGI
"Iam 50 grateful to you for what
Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me that T feel az
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Thinking and Knowing.

What the fool thinks he knows the
wise man knows he only thinks. Chi
5cago Daily News.
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To Care - Cold - one nay
Take Laxative Bromo Quiniue Tablets. All
druggists refund money IL iS faiIsto cure. &c
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Cost OF = Muddy Day.

Cont OF . Muddy Day.
It has been calculated that the cost
Of a muddy day in London is something
like $4,000.
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Do Not Always Glitter.
Golden opportunities do not always
glitter. Chicago Daily News.