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# 4 4 Tu au hlertric Lit^bt. Twinkle, twioklf, liule Arc. Bic^lv, blue, uncertiin sp^rk ; Up above my head you *wicg, Lgly, etTa-Qga. eipcnsiTe thiag. Wten itrtsi th<- fi^ffy air Scrtain^ the Iu:himag's purple glare , I><^i tLe li-avt-tler ia cbe dari lileu }our railiauce, li'.iin Arc .' When tcu fade with moiem blu^h. Rcarc4' tnyr- bri;;n: tbati farthiii< rus:;. Would be know whicb way to go 1' you ajwa) ft iwuikled ao '.' CoM. onlovinj?. blinding star. I've a ) U'Hi n what ycu are ; How i »ur w.^ndr"us " system' worki, Wh'j coutruli iiiijuaip«'and jerks '' Tours a lustre like the day! Ghastly, green, inconstant ray ! No ; where'rr tbey worship you All the wurld it black or blue. Th'jUih T.'ur ligii: perchance surpass Hi'mely oil ur vuk&r g*i. Sii 1 I <:l'">se wi'h this remark , I Ctftest you. Lctle Arc ' The SMiue Old St'arjr. ar â- â-  Ob love, my I'.vu. w!i-re art tl;ju now. My 1 1V.3 â-  f i^n;- a.; > **" Na answer to my ij'tevu^ cry. Alii I ha'i I'jveti her so 1 We wilke.! be.si le the ripp'mg bro'.k. Her h&n i in mice she laid . And into her h-art I stole a I«»k. My ii'ieenly b:ue-eyed oiaid. I saw what she (a;u would keep from me. My face en;:raven there ; Conraseouily then I stole a kiss, Aui luy hear: lo her laid bare. I asked lier t^i be my own sweet wife. And with a smile so '1eb..>nair She answervJ. " 1. 'Ve 1 wnuKi with pleasure. If you Were .i millionaire '" Wh. n we f* pearl im Coinpriii>atl*»u. to th? cates wh;oa ar«; each on Past toe waves' w;li rush, an 1 the dizzy whirl Of the Waters of Pea'.!:, s j aefp fo wi k-. Andaresvfeat last iiu thsparaiise side, I think we may *se clear wriUfii there O er the Rates, in some heavealvchdracter Ki>raU to read, t^i^' alti^!l word. First wek-juje ani i.i-dgs M Ite soul from I'.s Lord. For life seems $o little when hf* is past. And the aiemorie* i-f s,>rrow rtoet so fast. .^ad t'le woes wnich were so bitter t3 you and to me Shall vaniihas rainlrops whieb fall m the sea : And all ihat has hu't us shall be made noA. And tbe puzslt'S which bi'^derovl be underatood. .Vnd Um IcuK. hard march through the wilder- ness bare Seem hut a Uy s jjirney when oucj wc are there Kach tear we have sbej is the seed of a smile : Oar griefs msy r â- . 3icin.:s h-s after a while . The doubu tarn tJ saretie^. the discjrds to tune. Aad thee jld dawncallel " l..t* ' into heavenly The laiub >w is crtdle^i in st â- â- rtu. and the sn ws Are the shelicnug place of the fair, sieepiiit; ro*e .\nd. conte It with the will cf the Lori. soon or late. We shall resd the giaJ wjrd o er the beautiful gate. â€" ciijjtn Cjo2iJ<;e i>i <.':in(7r<n;ah>>ta;ij; I'EMESTLl AMORIi. In love, all men are just the satne. Both privlual and a' sent-utiuded. Let beaut> tii-r ^lesire but name, ,Vnd common sense at once ia bUndc^l There is no ditlereuce in caata. He may t>o*«e«« a pipe or peerage ; LoTo is a ihiiiR that can t be claaaedâ€" It travels cabia >tyle or su-erafe. .\ mild insanity, it seems â€" .\ tett)iK>rary aberrauon : The stricken man, as one who dreams. Is rambling in his conversation. No need takee he how runt hie puree. To count exi>enses savor* treason , He buve enough of silly verse To uuake young poeu loae their reason. Oh. vou who never yet have felt Tlieae symptoms of a happy loTer. Nor to a blushing girl have knelt. Nor timidly have leaned above her. .\ word with vou When you have foan 1 That only one for whom you tarnevl, Don't be euga-;ed a twelvemonth round. ,Vnd make yourself a dunce. Gel married ' The Sletth Bvlte. Jingle, Jingle, clear the way. Tie the merry, merry sleigh. As it swiftly touds along Hear the burst of happy song , See the gleam of glances bright Klashlng o er the pathway wiiite. Jingle, jingle, past it aics. Seaduig shafts from hooded eyesâ€" Koguish archers. Ill be bound, l.ittle heeding whom they wound : See them with capricious pranks. I'lowiug now the drifted banks. Jingle, jingle, mid the glee. Who among them cares for uie ' Jiugle. Jingle, on they go. Capes aud bonnets white with snow Not % eiugle robe they told T.» protect them from the cold. Jingle, jingle, mid the storm. Kun and frolic keep them warm litigle. jingle, down the hills. O or the meadows, past the mills. Now tisslaw aud now tis fast . Winter will not always last. Jmgle, Jiugle, clear the way. Tit the merry, merry sletga. 1IA.\ ON AMERICA, U'Rell, the Critic uf People*. Giree Bia Viewt of Urotber Junathan. American womearaa their btiBbands and fathera very clojc in the matter ol wit. The liberty ecjj^ed by Atcerican girls aatonlshea the Eottiish as much aa the liberty of the English girl aorprisc-s the French. From the a^eof 19 the American girl id allowea alms^t every liberty. She lakea the others. Not to take the same of God la vain, the English have invented many eopbem. isms ; some men. imagining, I suppose, that the Deity takeii no cognizance of any lango&ge bat English, ventore so far as to say â- ' ilon Diea" or " Mein Gott." At this kind of thing the Americana are &a clever as the English. They have invented 'Great Scost." The Americans are Christianaâ€" that is to say, they attend church on Snndaya. • * • How resist :ne f.vo fallowing appeals, posted a: the doors of a Nev York and a Chioatiochnrcb : I copied them word for word with great care : M'-iical Evingelists. Soles, Short Vermont: The place t«j l-e happy and saved. Wala in. laiies and gentiemen, walk iz The other, more seductive stiiJ. was worded thas : No reason for not coming' Free teats; Cheerful servicea 1 Books supplied to the eoogregation The public are rerjuesttd to leave the booia m he seats after use. I SB'S- iti an American paper the appear- ance cf Miss Minnie Palmer (poken of in the following terms: " Minnie Falmer will wear all her diamonds in the third act." The booking office was besieged all day, and, 13 the evecini, money was refused. An amusing detail was the arrival of a ijood fourth of the andieuce at 10 o'clock to see the diamoadd in the third act. The population of America is 00,000,000 â€" mostly colotieU. An Ecolish old maid would do without her tea before an American woman wotild gj without ciamonds. Uh, iho»e diamond* in America! Voa see thein wherever yoa to 1 No: one woman in • hundred »ul yoa see without a pair of them 13 her ears, li is an obtuun. Jonathau admires all thai gliiters, even that w.^ich IS not gold. In his eyes the success of a thing answers for lis ']aa.iiy. and tbe charlatanism that sticceeos is snn^rior u tho meiii that veiietasea. The American men are generally thin. At a dinner party i,iven recently at Del- monico'a I heard thai each nenu bad a chain attached, consuting o( pearls and diamonds, and valued at S 1,000. Every American with the least sslf- reapec: is Colonel or JaJ«;e. Few escape it. A. UklMAL CLKKGYMA.H. He IVm Nut Afraid to Play CItUdrva. lith the The iaie Dean Burgon. though a bachelor, was remarkable for hi* love of childreti. It was no uncommon sight lo tee him dancing in the high street" before some de- lighted little ones or jumping up and down before a perambulator. Al a school treat he was in his element, and he would run. jump and play with the children until fairly exliausted. Oa one occasion be was fairly done up, and could run no more. A crowd of children was standing round him aa he lat on the gr«a«. " 1 can run no more," said the vicar of St. Mary's. Then said a little girl, -â-  All ri^jhl, you ail still and make faces al us." He did so. and the contortions of his face were truly marvelous aud delightful. Oa another occasion, however, he was not so fortunate. He was always devoted to the children, and upon calling at a house where some of his Utile friends lived he askeJ the servant, •â-  Are they -jp stairs in the drawing-room?" Oa being told •• Yes," he said : "AU right, I'll go my- self," The servant thereupon left him in the hall. Mr. Burgon then took un a large sheepskin rug and put ii over h's shoulder. Oa arriving at the drawing-room door he went down on all hii fours, slowly opened the doer a little way, and began to groan and roar like a beast ; then he advanced a little way into the room, making a hii-.vus noise. Unfortunately for him. i:one of the children wers present, only two visitors slaying in the house, who were scared out of their wits by this exiraordi;:ary appari- tion. They screamed loudly and rung the bell violently, thinking a madman was coming. However, a few words of explaua- tiju soon pat matters to rights. MAKKY OK BK IJISMISSKU. Carlou* Kegulatlons Kuforred on the B»1I- ntads In Ueuiuark. llverv one who haatravelled in Denmark has noticed the tremendous number of guard houses along the railrciads, and. in fact, that women usually signal the trains, aays a writer m th-o I'hiladelphia Prfn. As a uieisure of economy man and wife are emploved by the Slate, the former as track walker and the latter aa guard. The roles specify the relationship to eiist be- tween these two classea of eiuployeea, aud the rules are made to be obeyed. When it hapixnis thai either dies the survivor haa just SIX weeks in which to find another partner. Neglect to do so ia disobedience pnnisheil bv dismissal. The employment of brother,' sister or servant to fill the vacancy is not allowed. The guard or track walker iiinsi marry in si\ weeks or leave, .\ case of the kin 1 occurred rtvently near the old town of Kibe, on the German frontier. The stiickeu widower pelilioueil the Government to allow him an extra week or two, alleging that hia work of walking all day along the railroad track did not give him a chance to look for a wife, but his re-juest was refused as in itself an iufractiou of discipline. Thehap less widower had only six daya of gract^ left, but ho did not want to loae his job and went akirmishi.ig with such energy that before the end of the fifth he had a new wife tlagging the traina. Mr. Jinksâ€" I don't know how you will feel about it, sir, but the fact is that luy wife, your daughter, iii a dreadfully hard woman to live with. Mr. Blinksâ€" I oan aympathizo with yon, sir. I married her mother. Ur. KalusforU on Church Defects. l>r. Hainaford. speaking of one of Ihe weakest spots in lucdern rroleatantiam. aaya : " It doea not viaibly, by means of its great churches and services, embcsjy any great gospel or Christian idea. Kvery one knows what the saloon means. The cotton, the prodaoe eichanjjes embody a very defi- nite idea. 8o should our churches. They should ever witness to those deei>esi veri- ties ct human nature. In our age, sosrrely tempted to selfishness and materialism, the Church should surely stand aa an evident witneas, first to man's divine nature and consequent need of more than earthly food : seoond, to man's sonship to God. and hence the due of brotherlineM owed by him 10 all his fellow men, aud thiril, to (.lod'a love and goiid-will lo men revealed in tha Christ whose words all Christian Churches profess to regard as their law. This weak spot, ho saya, ia the exclusive character of most of our large and faahionable churches, which seem to exist /or and are supported almost entirely by the rich people of the community. â€" Ev\ingtltc<il ('Aiin-Armin. The l)e»rest They Must Have. Says an Englishman : ' Many wealthy people in the I'nited States have little arliatic taate in the matter of tlowers. In orderiug dowera for a dinner or a reception they invariably order those which happen foriha moment to be the moat exivnsive. If cabbages wore the most expensive they would insist oii having them, to the exclu- sion of everything else."â€" -V. X. In'^ani. THE LADIES' COLUMN. Fiithioos of a Day. Tartan hoae for ladiea ia wool or ept:n silk appear to be comicg into favcr fjr wearing with dark gowns. This year fashion, which ia ge-eral favors tall, slight ligares, seems more thooghtful o! those of her vctariea -s-ho are gifted with a certain amovist of ein'ioa- poiat. Some of the newest jeraeya have waiered silk revera and cu^s, or a -A-idlh of soft silk coming from 'oeaeath the arm en the right side, tapering ictD a poict and fastened at the waist oa the left side. airipts ana pekiaa of all stvlcs are ia vogue, garments falling i-a long lines, r^in- goies of sober outliae, all tending to give length to the figure, and to conceal or atleaoate any ex:eaa of atoatnesa. A magniscent ball dress is of pale, sil- very green satin, with long court train lined with old-rose satin, and trinmeu with a boideriag of Alaaka sable, above »h;;h are deep arabes-jues .>! silver, eold and white embrciiery. The front of the skirt ii almost solid with tha same em- broidery. The petticoats for thia season are very tempting. Une in black- atriped satin and n-.oire had horizontal stripes beiweea the mcire, 'x-hile another had bands of black lace let in, with colored ribbons run thrcigh the lace. The riiace! pstticcits ar-> made with fill dciinces, clabcrately embroidered. The divided maif is a r^veliy. and de- rives Its principal merit from thai fa.-t. as it -.i neither very uief'i' nor very Tna- mental, resembling two cifs. gathere-d at the eJge to show a ccntrastini; i.airg, tbrcigh which the hands pass, connected with a large bow and ends, which orna- ments the centre. Briefs for the Intfllert. Boiled Starch raskes an er.^Uen: paste. ^Vhen dat irons become rujty hlaoken theai with stove polish acd rtib well with a dry brush. Use charcoal to broil wit'a. The ilarnes close the pores .;uickly and make the meat very tender. Silver can be kept bright for aiont'r^a by being placed in an air-tighi case '.'iib a good sicdd piece of camphor gam. For ink •pots on -doors mb with sand wet with water and oil cf v.iriol, and after- ward ricae with pearline water. Oracse peel, when thorcughly dried or baked, is a capital thicg for lighting th-.- ires. It bams £:rc«ly and gives Oit an intense heat. Windows caa be cleansed m witer and the frost entirely removed by usicg a giU cf alcohol to a pint of hot »»ter. L lean jaicklyand wipe dry with a warm chamois ekia. Large .]aantikieaof vegetables ihooid not be stored in a cellar under the house. They will vitiate the air of the whole boose and cause sickness. Belter have a root oellar or store them in a pit. A Maine historian saya that in old timea the fine ladiea cf Easiport, then a gay, dourishmg town, used to iCvjuire beautiful complexions by sleeping with their heada out of the windows in fog>ry weather. Cat c:T the top of an old leg boot or tcp boot, cat out a piece cf the right i':z£. lice it with woollen aud you will have the beat kind of a holder for flatiron and stove ware â€" better and safer than old cloth holders. An All-Round Kls<«r. A story is toli of a young lady who kissed a baby held la htr f ather i arms; thea, in a moment cf temoorary insanity of the Senator s friends hot.hoose straw. berrica were served that cost ii a dozen. When a bride ia China kaowa that she is to be married she must evince by word acd manner the deepest melancholy, and she gains commendation and repate if her lamentaticas are poetical. Aa Indiana court has decided that unless a woman is pleased with her photographs she need not pay for them. If, ssya a croaty bachelor editor, this ia law the photo- graphers in that State may as well obscure their canieraa at oaoe. Their vocation is gone. TO MAKH IT si KE OF UEAVKX. The Beason Gtveo by an Insane Mather for KUlioc Her Baby. A Scranton. Pa, ieejiucfa saya: John Geer, of Backinahim township, Wayne county, left his wife with the baby .ociag in her lap as he w-at to work m the mom iog. When be ret',imed al noon for dinner the baby was m the cradle, and stretched oat on the door lay its mother, stoae dead. with a hideous gash in her throat. When Geer locked at the 'oaby he found that it hsd been also killed with a knife. On the table was a letter fcr him from Mrs. Geer, which said : I thoc^'at I w ilJ kill the baby, l-eeaase taen wjold .CO to bcsveti I' I io not Jj so. I woold tli-.3 act know wiiat mi^t becoaie of it. You n*edc..t tiami i; was aay-.amg .t.u done taat aiade a;e do this. 1 wast my r.'^g \^tz oa my ftc- cer. aai I w^sh c:>- L>aby laid in my arms and Mrs. Geer had cever ahowa any symptoms of a dii-ordered aiiad. bat her terrible act evidentlv ahoxed a disordered brain. Au lc»liaa Klval of Mnie. lisruhjsrUt. A Xapl ccrrespocdent writes: At the S»E:i».:zaro Theatre the Itaiian rival cf Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonore Dase. has won the sympathies of a critical au- dience. In I'ae great scene of the third a:! of " Fedora" she was rapturcusly applauded and called thrice before the curtain, together with Fiavio .\,adc, who worthily supported her. She wore three magnificent t .' Jettes, la the firs: act the had on a dress cf eau de nil piosh. The front breadth was of whits brocade embroidered with delicately tinted dowers. The dress waa cat Ic* a: the aeci with a fall .! lice, the hal: sleeves were lace, and she wore a louit feathery white bos. The only jewels were two solitaires la the second set her dr.'ss waa a white brocade, embroidered with white slightly mixed with oold. In front two large stiripa of white silk, en',braidered with gold, hie two By.;aatiae stoles. The iovn was high- waisted and richly trimmed with lace. In the third act ter dress '-'is ot creveite- colored silk, entirely covere-d with white braii. the ir.-at cf crtvette silk, with a tablicr cf oauij cf tae same tint. It had a large ccUar and co^s. and pockets turned back with copper-colorevi velvet, and no train, l n the last act she appeared in a train dress ot dark blue silk, with tunic cf very dark blue, embroidered with burnished With this dress she wore A DO'DAJITK'S TKAVXLS. laterMting Letter from Blct^nl Talba* frt>iu Japan. Mr. Richard Talbot waa for fully fifia^ years boss of the weaving room in tha bandaa Cotton Factory, When he left b« went to the Lybster Cotton Milla at Moc- ritton, where he remained a'ooui three ye and since then he has been over a gr part of the world as traveller for an Eng- lish firm. He spent ccnsiderahle time ia Spam and France, and now he is ir. Jap The other day hia brother, who works the Cottoa Factory here, received a lewnr from him from Osaka. Japan. We bai« been perndtted to glance throo^h it, and have foord it ao interestine that we ooo- denae it for our r^^ders. The letter i* dated Deo. 17th. l^â- ^>. aad saya the writer, after passing thirty uiiTs in Yokoham* and twenty dnya In Tckio i the capital). had arrived a: Osaka, Japan, o?0 miias from Tokio, where he had been ten days. He found in Japi^n an agreeable flimawi and an iatereatmg people. Referring to his ;curaey thither "from California, ba says two Chinamen, retaraiag home, died onboari. The doctor seemed jubilant, •• he received $20 each fcr ern'oalmici; tta* bodies of the Celestialr . The passage on the Pacific was very rccgh. WniJe traT«l- Ung from Tckio to Osaka by steamer tbey had a splendid view of the sacred and vary high mountain, Fajihaaia. It is ixitMi shaped, built by volcanic action, haa » crater at the tcp, bat inacti'.-e. It is one at the sights of the world. The top and aide* for a loci" way down are covered with ever- lasting snows, and its app«aran--e. whila crand and majestic, is pleasing :o the eye. Thousands, aajs ilr. faibot. qqts.^ and maae their devotions tc thia moaaiain. Ha likewise visited Buddhist a^d Shmto tem- ples ard saw the wc«oden sod cf trouhto and grief. He saw the reopie rus parts of the iioda body ana tc=a with their band rub themselves on the corrssponding por- tion of their own bod ;. , Nose, ears. faoe. in fact every prctuberaace originally on the ; i, hs i b<ia ruo'oed smooth by the people who had ccme to be cured hi thia way cf their oodily and mental aiimenta. The aeacripiioc of an Ui,xka temple ia interesting. At the far en i is the collection box. orated over to prevent people from getting tha money thrown into i: attain, and it ia aa large aa a " lemp«ranoe plat- I'orm. Priests were iajide makir-j every- thing right fcr those who threw their money in. Mr. Talbot waa impressed With much thai was beaaiiinl in tha Buddha and Shii,.to rtiigioas, and he saya they incolcitte a venetaticxi (or aBossicra. for national hercea, and that aader it chiidrcu always respect their parents, and infants are carried about in the fresh air bias black gloves. or abstraction. kissed the papa. she stcy^i on tiptoe and Kcali^ico lastantlv what They Often Are. Mrs. M'.iggins (reading^â€" Every luangeta the wife that heaven intended for him. Mr. Muggins (muainglylâ€" It mnsi bo true, then, that men are punished in this ' world for their f ios. » dreadful thing she bad done, she wheeled around and kissed th--- baby's mamma, who was staadiag near, and retired in gcvod order. Her satirical sister i-;uelcbed the poor young woman as thsy left the house by asking her if she didn't wan: to go back and finish by kissing thebir-. i girl. Inlervstlng Social Stattttics. Have you any idea how many miles a dancing girl gels over in a single evening ? I don't mean a mors or less walldower. or one who sits out her dancesâ€" alone or otherwise â€" but a real lover of waltz- ing, who dances everything from the beginning to end. and looks almost aa Iresh at the end of the evening as she did at the beginning. Some man has been attending several dances with a pedometer in his pocket, and he finds that tbeavens^e distunce traversed daring an evenmi; cf twenty-two dances is 13^ miles' U any girl of one's ao<iu»inta:ioe was aske^l ta go aa equsUy long walk, she would just say it was impossible, at least I know 1 should, but somehow when one hai a (-leaaant partner, good music and a good â- .'.-'Hjr i:i a well lighted room, one scarcely stops to consider how much ground one has got over. The average length of one wait.: is half a mile, whilst a polka is three >iaar:ers, and even the lancers are a quarter of a mile long. I am going to try and remem- ber these figtirea â€" though 1 am a fearful hand at anything of that sortâ€" so aa to euterlaiu my' future partners, when I find they are talk-aboutihe- weather men. with only the m-asic. the ilc>or and the dreases for variety. Xew* Notes About Women. The F'inccaa of WaJos ia 4;.. Empress Frederick is »o go to Kiel next month. The Kmpress of Austria is attended by a woman physician. The C.iarina of Kassia prefers En^ilish books to thoae of »uy other langna<e. The lO'Jnd birthday ot Mra. Ly^iia Wat- son, o( Leicoater, Mass., was oelebrated a few days ago- Two Oorean ladies, who are the first to set foot on American soil, are r ow en ronte from San Francisco to Washington. Mm?. Lavrofifsky, a celebrated Kussiau chess player, ia said to have amaased a for- tune by her proficiency in the game. Mrs. Humphrey Ward haa paid heavily for " Kobert Elsmere " in the way of ill- health. She has suffered badly from insomnia. There are about TO.OOO lacemskera iu Sormandy, and iu all France there are nearly '.'OO.OOO women engaged in this in - dnstry. I At the dinner given on Friday evening 'by Mrs. Stanford at Washington io sixteen WbT the BrIJce Ulew Uown. T. M, GriSth, an engineer, writes to the Niagara Falls jat::-: on the causes cf the wreck of the suspension bridge In the late gale. He says, " I am as well satisfied as if I bad seen it ;us: how ii acted in the stcrai. The ca'oles and platform danced up and doivn. aatU the motion became so iaiple that they couli no longer be ia aaisoa. then the slackened suspenders were jerked v.\ fvo oa the -juarters A-hcr-.- the vertical motion is greatest, and after a few were broke^n the rest tore c:'. My plan cf conitmctioa ia .o put in spars oa the .jaar- tera. door stays to the same point, acd buffers between the end cf the platform and towers, and also to build the tloor so that it allows all the cbance possible for wind to passthrcugh. 1 loet two bridge platforms before 1 began to find it necessary to find cat the cause. My firat Mississippi bridge lost its platform. I sparred ana guyed it after that, and it stood some terrible gsles." • A UikJy's Chance* of Mariylnc. tlvery woman has a chance .f " .alching a husband, â-  bat it is conceded that young ladies be'tweec .>0 and 15 years of age are more likely to draw the matrimonial prices. However, it ia not an unnaual thing to hear of the marriage of a lady who haa psissed the thre?--iuatter century mark- 'Vet. bow can a woman, we^, dispirited, ener- vated and tormented by dis«ase comi-aon to her tex, hop^j to become a hippy wife and mother.' Of coarse she cannot: yet by the magic aid of Ur. Fierca's Favorite Fre- scnption all theae obstacles are swept away. As a powerful, invigorating tonic. Pr, rieroe'a Favorite Frescription imparts sirengtb to the whole system, and to the womb and ita appendages, ia particular. For over- worked, " worn-out," "run- down." debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls.' housekeepers, nursing mothers, aud feeble women »;ene- rally. it is the greatest earthly boon, being uneijualled aa an appetiziag cordial and restorative tonic. aud cared for a remarkable manner. Fciiteneas la racy cf the country Boota must be puUec off when entering a bonaa, acd the waiters bow nearly to the ground. Refiaemeat and pcliieaess. says the letter writer, about these prvrle surpasses any- thing he hau seen in Europe. Brief referenoes are made to the worship of the suu and the significatica cf the symbola used by the Japs in their rehgiotu exetcisea, and the ia:er«sliog letter closad. â€" r'amias c.'imiiarJ. Do >*ot Think for a Moment that catarrh will m lime wear out. Tha theory i* false. Men try tc oelieve it beciiuse it would be pleaaaai if true, but it ia not, as all know. I>o noi lei su acuta attack cf cold lu the head remair. ucsii^ doed. It is liable to develop into catarrh. You caa rid yoaraelf of ih-.' ccld acd svoid ail .hacce of catarrh by ui;:'.>: I'r- Sage sCattarh r.eme.iy. If already s:'tii;led rid yourself of this iroublescme oiseasa speedily by the same means. Al. cruggista. la Hart! Luck Mother â€" What is the matter, my son ,' Adult Son â€" It's all up ; no use struj^ling against fate. I'm bound to land in the poor- house. 'â- You: Why. my son, yon are plumber." " Yes, but all hope of wealth is gone. My physician hiksonleredme lolivein Soothem Caiifornis. Vipes ;ii>ver burst there. " Popular Women. Miss Lor.gpiirs?â€" Why. of course. Helen of I'toy was beautiful. Po you suppose there would have bosn a twenty-year war over bor if she hadn't beon beautiful .' Mr. Shcirtcash (forgetting himself)â€" Oh. I dou't know. Msvbe she was rich. Aa l'n»Ui-ce4»f ul Itavesilropper. First Boyâ€" ' I hid under the scfa iba ot:-er evec:2.^ to listen to what ycung Smith, would say to my sister. Second Boy â€" â-  What dia he say ,' First Boy â€" " lie oaly talked aoout religion and kicked me about twenty times oa th^ bead.' second Boy â€" •â-  He knew you were there. I guess." Firat Bo) ' I'm afraid he suspected it." Th» Life Current. deprive the vegetable wcr'.J of moistur« and It pales, withers and aies , the whole earth 'cecomea parched, and desolatien per- vades the landscape. Deprive the human system of pure blocsl scd health is im- possible, disease inevitable. The skin Moomes charged with repulsive humors, the lunga loaded with foreign secretions, fevers ecs'-ie. and. ualt-ss speedily arrested, death fciiows. Kecew to healthy action the liver, the great blood -purifying gland, with I)r, Fierce a Golden Medical Dis- covery, and health rfows through every avenue, restoricg every organic vigor. All druggiats- ^ Col. Jacob L. Green, rresidenl of tha Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, Hartford, announced last evening that Joseph A. Moore, the financial corraa- j>ondent cf the company at Indianapolis, after sixteen years of service, during which bo haa had unlimited confidence of tha directora aud ofiicera and of their predeoea- sors. ia a defaulter. The extreme amount involved ia about ?oOO,000. Moore haa restored to the compsiny property which may reduce the actual loss toJiOO.LHX). The loaa will not afiect the company's solvency nor interfere with its dividend. Th? home of Mra. Folter Falmer, tha millicoaire Chicago hotel-keeper, ia one at the most sumptuous residences in the West. Mra. Falmer is at the head of many philanthropic enterpriaea and gives theoa- auda of dollara to charity every year in aa tinoatentatioua wav. O O M 1, 6 »!> Peoullarltiee of Car Windows. Fasaeuger ^shiveriniil â€" I wish to gracious car windows were made so no woman could get them open. Conductor lapologeticallytâ€" The dry, wi'.iltj air takej out the dampness and loosens 'em so they move too easy. They're ighter'n waix iu susimer. Slsed Hliu I' p. Uoting Mother ii'jc'.iaed to b? faoetioaa â€" '• Have you any toys thai my|boy won^t be likely to break in three minutes ' " Dealer (looking the 'boy over)â€"" Yea, madam, ijtap right back to tho rubber conuter." SALESMEN; NVe wish a tew uieo to sell .^cr sevJs I y saiupla to Uie wnole«alo aud r^ tail trade. Lar^eet uiauo* tsot'urers ia o'.ir I. as. Kuelose ii-c«ut stamp Wa^es ii per day. Fatiuaueat i-osjtiou. Xo l<ostals answercvl. Money advanced K>r wages advertising, etc. Centennial MaBUfacturlas Cix, ClBclunatl, Ohio. BAKINC POWDER THE COOK'S BEST ^RIE^^i