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Show I On Tim Blalra. I. dalnllnt mould -Jliiriil.lnil pi' 'I ill, Huullirlil.aud m h I'lficmliix of IW, 4 trrv Ini nl lu Her anr whrn Iuul'IkiI evM! L)k d f . wlirrr j 1 Mirprte inirti- i- uiiiuliinirvliim: ttiai blight lint fk'itJnp iwk. nr him ii wnl nr wi nti io be A luaiiii)Ui4iihY iisi lur end inc; Hut llMn NLiit i'n fAtuml si It a fmut That bun ruv durni iu tiiu'kwl depth of Auon, bprake fhrftiifrn the clouds the Awreuvt a fit fWNn4tiin('ft "I I lilflil j i smirt. An April trlain of I ilV(uul iiMivt Hvttin hi ilrrumlitml, I fHr tin lucul iimiisruliM a Iiiitd4ihi iumI fcur iitko wiiire Of raunu- - t-tf. 11. lnti4iii c ilie Hln kti : i demure and I watch Aliy! rmini, ilreani-i- n ramifallirr. they were to reaii lordlier that day. Ilarlt! That wan nut the innnjuix' step. "Mile. A'lrienne. a mile a note from the youur niuut He la Vralle. lie ie at La ChcMie!'' The boy darted off. ami Adrienne j etoud trembling, holding the lit tie note iu In-- hand; her heart waa throbbing an violemly that aim eimld not open the envelope. There, her grandfather wax coming. Adrienne involuntarily . pul her baud behind so The old mail looked grave nnd xat dowu by llio table without removing hi hat or coat. What troubled the uiaripiis? Adrienne had started up. Now she ' wax alanding him; her fair locks floated over her shoulders; her soft white dre'X revealed the uiitlinex j of her slender figure; two white roses from the chsHsl, which she daily visited, were fa-- l nned on her breast. The note fairly xeorched her baud. No, her grandfather must know everything; she would have no secrete from him. Grandfather. elm timidly, I have a note; 1 must tell you about it please dout say anything, grandfather only listen to me. 1 will conceal nothing from you. and then we'll read the note together. The etory of her young love was pathetically simple, tier grandfather listened, then he kissed Adrienne more tenderly than be had ever done before anil remained lost in thought. He sat reflecting long after Adrienne had hurried out into the sunny park to show lho nclont limlons oversnd over sgain I sin coming to ,e dainty billet: my Adrieune. Your raul! So brief and so full of meaning, ! find Avalia uy oourujo-i'a- M IwdiiiHl Ail diffidence. icrliapa berauao Its dark, ihh aodark liil I luit I act lheun It left 1 kivedurhl In Hum eve. Weaiwuk ao low That not a word can ilaienlnir eara e er know Tel. doL ho low Inn ihal ahe near full well Karii pntiv llditir I mi. each flh 1 fell AInhiI and oUmt It vml But am we vuo we liuven'i gm, like 'ioetw, To hiJIinjr- - yct 1 fwl a dicadful foice PdMunnw; yeatenUr, wiiiioiit nnuorae. It made me pnna her hand. It may Indie M" anon lo holder acl. WhokmiwaJ 1ft night Wet urn completely uuawariw And make uie steal a kina upon ihe aiaim. -J- udiMHi Newman ntuiUk I brn AMIEXXE. St. Itoche bad aurvived royally in Frauen without ho- ing dislurlH-- in the possession of his extalcs. His peasants spared him. not merely because bn bad alwave been a kind master, but because they eonsid-- ! ered hint so unfortunate that they would do nothing to iucreaso his inis-ry- . The inanpiise, whom bo had passionately luted, bad lung iful daughter who bad dead; a accompanied the marquis to tlie court in Faria never returned Imnio, having died suddenly iu Ilm capital. Thu marquis' only son. tlm very ideal of Youthful chiviilrv. wedded' a young birth, to nlitiin the marlady of iiul-lquis soon transferred ail I lie warm lore of bis bereaved heart. Thu young t a part of the year iu couple Inris, aiiil the older peasants well tlm jor in tlm chateau when the daiigbier-in-fabrought homo to its lord a rosy little grandchild. After that tinm the toudj' nianpiisn never devulud herself to loft St. Kocliu. liut her child ami the poor there was not villager to whom she hail not rendered sumo kindness. Happy herself aim desired to see others happy. Adrieune was 4 years old when a lioy, an heir to the estate, was born; but. a few days after, the young molhnr, with her son in her arms, was laid to rest iu the marble vault of the castle chapel. Soon her statue gleamed there in its white beauty. Tea roses anil arniwy Iiy aeiiiths surrounded it with tlmir fragrance. Tlie young uiiuquis often stood gagon ing at it tv' lli despairing eyes and of her death tlm hand-som- e, tlm anuiven-arvigorous Imir to St. Kocliu was brought home with a bullet in Ids brensL Ati accident bail hnpHiicd lo while limiting. He was buried by tlm side of bis Moved wife. Tlie old marquis was surely stricken ji by these blows ho forgot io smile but he remaiued erect and strong. Ha loved little Adrienne with devotion, and the child ciiing trustingly to bur grand fat her. 1I taught the litllo one. read follies with her ' lid as she grew to inaiiieuliunil her in the history of France, the songs of the troulnidiiurx, and recited tlm Cid and l'lmdre. ' Adrienne lived in a beautiful, sunny dream world. She listened with glowing cheeks when Imr grandfather related the heroic ilccda of the nobles of hia day, and heard with quickened breathing the warlike songs snug bv the youths hurrying to Napoleon's s, standard, the rumors (if victorious nml spite of her aristocratic linkage her heart rejoiced at the tidings i fiuin the first cons'll, who was making beautiful France so great, so famous, i JCven Iaiil. the son of tlm dead count di la Valle, followed this mail's victiv ri'otis banner-- la til. tho owner of La Chesne. the litiest chateau in tlm iieiglilHirliood, and when, a youth of IS. Im hail set out lo join the army he hail whixicrrd to tlm child of 10: "Don't forgot me, Adrienue; I will ret urn.". Ho A id returned two years sinc- eAilriiniio wh 16 nnu ih h:ul told litr that h iiniNt go Imrlc to Ids great cont- - ' tuauder. blit would soon come home to bis Adrienne pivxiiiniiiuou Paul, to iiHii that word and live with her in splendor and happiness, pleasure anil love; ami then he kissed the girl's gohh-i- i hair only her hair. "Do nut forget me. 1 will write to you often bclore I return, my sweet ! ls-u- e siM-ii- w : I i pas-inna- te j hat-tic- j i ; : .i . sum. Tlm battle of Marengo wns over. It i rumored that Paul hail been pro- -' moled to the rank of ntajnr and marvels of daring. Tlm marquis do SL ltuche retained II the refined deganee of the ancient nobility of France; never, even in the occlusion of his chateau, did lie permit liiniM-l- f tlm slightest carelessness in stress; he was always clad as if he ex- peeled guests or an iiniiiedialo stun- limns from tlm king. Hu was a stalely feature flint lie-- 1 jnan, with clcar-cil- l 1ikfiiil a iikolnlt) will; good tier.tine In1 Ik'IiVwmI it p!clHian to do nrnmg; linn as steel where his principle were iiiiolnil. ohsiiiiate and pcond' of his noble blood, for God bail ordained as he gave kings a divine Bglil " to their crowns, i While walking in the park the niar-qui- s noiiced a pea-alad holding a i:iiniy 111 lie note in bis baud, hovering Imvii tne idiaiean. "WIsTii are tmi going, my boy?" "To Ml!c. Amlriciine. Tim note is for Him jonng lady." Wbo fiudd tlm writer be? Tlm niar-qli- s was star'.led, but. like a true id iy "Monsieur le Marquis, I ain a suitor for the hand of your granddaughter. Adrieune til. Itoche. "Faul tie Is Valle, I must refuse you Adrienne's hand. 'Impossible, Monsieur le Manmix! What objectiou can you And to nii-To you. the Smur de la ValleP Nothing! Yon are rich, of nurieut and stainless name; you snrvo France though the garb of modem France tlm old man glanced nt the glittering uniform has changed. "Well then Mousietir le MarquisP Taul. Adrienne is not my granddaughter; ahe ia not a St. Itoche. "Indeed, Monsieur lu Marquis! Well. I am sorry for tho house of St. . Itoche. for you, fur Adrienne, and fur myself, if in the future you will not love us and forbid us to calf you grandfather. For the rest I aiu a nobleman by birth, a soldier by choice, aud serve France from love for my native land. I love Adrienne, not her name, and my wife need lie nothing save my wife, the countess do In Valle. I should like to receive Adrienne's consent iu your presence, Monsieur le Marquis. Shall we Keek her?" Slay, Paul; do not lie ovcrliasty. I do not know who Adrienue is; how can I betroth her to you? When my daughter-in-lalilanchede St. Itoche, died. Imr last words to me were: Father Adrienne lore her. She is not m'nH ltene'i child ask Ue'tth interrupted her words. My Rene would tell ine nothing inure, Blanche is an angel; love Adrienne,' was all I learned from him. "Cesini! Did you know Cesinif" asked the major. "Onee I did. lie was a musician, nnd instructed Keue in violin playing, When I spent a year with my children in Iaris (Wiui left us. 1 have heard nothing from him, and all my inquiries were futile." "But 1 closed liis crus in duath.Mon-sinin Marquis, i'esini fell in the front ranks of (he army at the battle of M inmgo ns an olilcvr of the republic. Comrade,' lie groaned. 1 have attained uothiug this portfolio Helene Blanche ' and died." Helene, ho said Ilelenc? Where is the portfolio?" gusped the marquis. "At my rlmiiinu. 1 haven't opened it. We forget curiosity in times of war. Blit, lay dear marquis, let us go to Adrienne." "My friuml, I must drive to La Don't oppose nm I must see Cliesne. clearly. Why did Ccxiui say Helene?" Tim old nobleman was feverishly excited. Quick, my carriage four horses! Come, l'nul' The marquis emotion had affected Paul also. Tlm spirited steeds swiftly conveyed the two men, representatives of the old and tlm new times, to the v fetl ,lf tll0 Valles. "J ho jiortfolio no, Paul, nothing no fiMil, uo drink tlie portfolio!" r' 1' ur u unlocked a drawer of his writing table, took out the worn case, and oieued il. It contained tlm rertilicale of tlm birth of Cexini, son of tlm violiu player, Cesini of Corsica, anil tlm marriage certilicale of tho musician Cesini aud Mine. Helene, daughter of the marquis de St. Paul Koehe. YRr.-- aceoin-jtlixiit- In-r- ; 111. nl Turn ' lirri lr ! The old marquis do I r ThoM'dimpid. roMHipiicii Jlnircra. loliuw play H atiida. Ivm wrM uu turn aay From N iMnd Jninf, that I him) cmU'Ii a aham Of jewel aid in IIiiim cup.d liirt a laiii 1 hen in IIm? Urn in room Vmmu blurry 1 Ueail iMiurnac imniiol talk: I futiic. Ib'tirc ami no iiiuft ; iimdo u wuk. And aiiiKiilarh mm 1 downwind iu!k 1 meet her omi.tiis upcjulu iiiniHarca, fioiueliuw, il'a uli KMiitfoicnt un UiCfiuira! Ah. rea! how diffeiviit on the afa'.r! oliil-- e i rt, meet her trtppluf up tlie slain. worl, iiitrri-ourx- l. nml wailin" fur her Ou the table lay the We meet each du) at lnakfaat and ut tea, We Ml i'll lam: 1 try to on. and une a litiie liltl. )kif eat a tiaii.lv With downcmai ije. a ini enuring etwroe a Wow HIm liith in with hi nearest relaiiw.-j- , aiul xaitl: Mile. Ailrienoe i in tlie run in oou-in- s from this terrace. i'ae Imy ran up ilm rtep. Tim man quia cnrilinuiM liix walk, wou.lcriuj what the content, of tlm note coulil Ailrienno wa hilling alnnu in the manilinni1y for tlm while : BnlilPiuan. lie wait mimlfiii of the galinnsof cnurtitNy, even "Go on, go on!" shrieked the old ntan. "Go on. Is that a!!? There is only this sheet of psper: ' "I loved Hiilenu aud she returned my lore. We dreaded tlm anger of ; her father anil ILne, a priest from my native hdaiid, married us secretly in Paris. I had undisputed admittance Helene, whom I taught to play on t10 violin, as well as Kuue. Holcno Pr-jmler anil paler. One night she attacked by illness. No one was lw watch beniue her bed ex-- s ccpt ldnnche. my voting wife friend. I called a (ihvsician whom I could im.-- l. a Corsican like myself. Adrienne was Ixtrn and Helene died. What a light of horror! Biauche, overwhelmed by grief and terror, gave birth to a lead child. She was a heroine. Sho wliisicreil a few words to nio and to luim. I buried the lillhi one. and then, pursued by the furies of despair, tied to tlie army ami liecniiic a soldier, to vanish, to' die. Never since tlmi. have I eeru a St. Kodie; never have I known oue .tour of humiiuess. Adri : , i : enne. my child, child V? my Helene; CAX YOU EXPLAIN' IT? never shall I embrace you?" Paul, deeply moved, was silent. Go on. go on. groaned the matv quis. "Read, I wish to know all. A WEIRD TALE OF MODERN WITCH. A new genius rules iu France. CRAFT IN PENNSYLVANIA. Tim little Corsican, with bis fiery spirit, is accomplishing marvels. With God's assistance there are still goals fur manly streugt'i. On. to win name llllavrri hi lasBatallons, and fame! As a French cuhnie.l I will aud PmrriilloHi ts Ward clasp my Adrienue lo my heart.' Off Ilia Iuwsrs of till. "Poo; Cesini! lie fell a captain on the fluid of Marengo. murmured Paul. The marquis seemed petrilird. That I was ou n business trip through Heleuecuidd have thus deceived him reulrul Pennsylvania reeeully," said a secretly wedded a musician. Cesini, New York traveling man, "ami utop-ie- d liis servant! As such 1m hud always one night in a quiet little old Pennregarded Sig. Cesini. Buryiug bis face iu his bauds he longed for tears. sylvania Dutch tuwu. An obi woman "Now. Monsieur le Marquis, you bud died lit the place that day, and the village her know all. and now let us go to Adri-enu- e. wherever 1 went alnut Wiiat must the dear girl think death seemed to Ini the leading topic. 1 finallv asked the landlord of tlie hotel of our abneuct!?" Thu Paul interwhere t stopped who or what the old his reverie. rupted woman had been. "WouM you wed Cexiui's child?" "U. she was a hex,' thu landlord reMarquis de St. Ruche, 1 have but one plighted troth, oue love; belli are plied. Not having the least suspicion of Adrienne's. Besides. Cesini fell an oflicer on the Imtiie-fleh- i; he is vuur what iu tlm world a hex might be, I aud learned that a equal and my superior, for I still liave pushed inquiry, iu that vicinity, nnd great niauy people a life to lose for France, cried Paul. iu fact throughout that entire part of "A Cesini can not be my the state, were still firm believers in "But she will be my wife. To St. witchcraft uud iu the power of certain Roche, i beg! Adrienne shall come persons, by ridiculous incantations, with me to my chateau this very day. ceremonies and prescriptions, kuown I will force iny betrothed bride ou no under tho generic name of to drive the witches away from one." ersons, animals, wells, crops or whatThe marquis and Taul sileutly entered the carriage and drove to St. ever hail fallen under the ban. These Roche without exchanging a word. witch doctors were usually women, As the equipage turned into the broad and were known in lcniisvlvania avenue leading to the chateau they Dutch as hexes. They were Leid in aw Adrieune sitting ou the tetrace. great respect, and the death of one was her sweet face wearing a most wistful regarded as a calamity by the bclferer in witches. The woman who had just expression as she gaxed into the dis- died hsd been a particularly successful tance. Paul." the marquis began, his hex, and her death was an eveut of no in the village. breathing heavy and belabored, "say little importance Now, I dont believe in witches nothing to Adrienue about Cesini and myself, or in the power of a hex,' said Helene. I will keep silence, too." the landlord, 'buL I would be obliged Msrnuis de St. Roche. replied to some one who could explain to me Paul, ''Helene's grave, iu Paris, thirsts for a daughters tears, and Cesiui's an occurrence with which this woman shades haunts the plain of Marengo. I who has just died was concerned, and can not rob nty comrade of my wife's which came under my observation. T djn't know how old tho hex was remembrance." No one knows. But "Paul, make my grauddaughtcr who died twenty years ago she was an old happy. There she comes." Adrieune. love!" The young count woman. She was the widow of a was already clasping bur in bis arms. Pennsylvania Dutch farmer, "Grandfather, give its your hless-ing.- Jacob Freit her, who died a quarter of a century ago. Although she was left Spring t (Must.) wealthy, li daughter wcut out to front tku (JtTiittin nj L'lnru Svhriebtr. semen as ,s tlie custom with the girls Whet Ktockin-j- t Cloth Is. of 1eunxylvaiiia Dutch parentage, althey may be prospective heirStrictly speaking, stockinet is not a though esses thousands. This girl, then to doth, for it is not woven fabric, but a about SO years of age. worked at this knitted texture. "By a process of very hotel. Her name was Barbara, knitting, and not by weaving, the intlie wifo of one of the she is dividual threads of which a stockinet and fanners in the county. The fabric is composed are. says the Dry richest was a leading Uoodt Chronicle, interlaced into oue landlord at that time man in this county, and usually a texture. work The is perregular His name was formed ia a kind of a frame or loom, jovial sort of fellow. For some reason he Boyer. Joseph which tlm in yarns are arranged iu never could he took no intense parallel order, at uuiform distances dislike to theexplain old hex's daughter, who apart, as iu ordinary weaving. Of worked for him. I have often heard course, the machine is automatic in its him ' say that when he was near the movements and capable of producing girl, or she was in his presence, he a great length of cloth in a very short could scarcely restrain himself from time. The fabrio thus formed u orna- tnenled with a fine ribbud pattern, doing ber personal injury, and was Nimilar iu character to that seen iu constantly, against his will, wishing that he or some oue else might make common knit goods. This article genher suffer. It was a most singular Me soft, full and elastic, hail erally for the girl was liuuest and infueling but larks those valuable characteristics dustrious. and, as the landlord freof strength aud firmness of texture or said, tho best girl he ever bad makn, which obtaiu in a woven cloth quently iu his house. jier." Boyer's unaccountable hatred of he difference between the structure daughter was not the only of this fubric and that resulting from the hex's fact connected with the two. strange and weft varni together The weaving warp girls fear of her employer may be illustrated as follows: Take a amounted to terror. She trembled ample of stockinet cloth and try to visibly when he was in sight, aud that withdraw a thread and what is the relie suffered greatly could lie seen by sult? The whole construction is unexpression of her face. At times raveled. Next submit a loom product the he fell fainting tits after Dover to a similar examination aud it will be had left into licr sight, out of which she fouud that if a longitudinal or warp was revived witli dilliculty. Another thread is removed the transverse or thing was that thu girl quit weft thread, will remain, while, on the singular landlord's employ aoverai times, othur hand, if the latter are withdrawn the the warp threads will, although the but after an alwcnce of a few day hi and texture may be partly destroyed, still service. Mite bark told hi wife tiiat site remain, to a certain extent, undissuch turbed. Again, thu manucr iu which bad sho pains while she was away was forced to come back for knitted fabric it constructed limits that the designer to one class of weave relief.It scents that Barbara, who wis a effects these being of a stockinette to tho character whereas tlm principles of sensible girl and not inclined lieiieved siiMntition. her mother was of such are to a a weaving description to hold the chnrms against, did not admit of uuliinited change or variamake known to her mother the pecution in design. liar sensations nml sufferings she and endured until nearly a The Mon' Primmer. year after they firl apiieareil. Then, 'finding that site got no lieLtiir. she conThe following is told on ilm authorifided in her mother, who told her ul (.'nw missionary. ty of a once that she was lNwilchnd. A man having sat down on a shelving, "But who would want to bewitch low rock near a small fonntaiti lo take me. mother?' she asked. i little rest after his hearty drink, fell 'I don't know, replied lier mother; isleep; lint the heat of the reek soon but I will find out." listnr bed his dream, when lie licheld Tlie old hex took apiece of black large lion crouching lieforo him. with its eyes glsriug iu his face and within paper, took down her witch book, little more than a yard of his feel. something every hex Im. copied somelie was at first struck motionless thing from itou the paper, nml folded the paper. She then gave her daughwith terror, but, recovering his prester a hammer ami a sharp nail ami ence of iniud. he eyed hi gun anu began moving his hand slowly toward it, told her that at 1 j o'clock on tlie first when the lion raised it head and gave night of the first new moon she must tremendous roar, the same awful take the paper, thu hammer and the warning being repeated whenever tho nail with tier to an ash tree that stood a mile Imrond the ntau attempted to move his hand. The at the cross-road- s rock at length became so heated that village. Kite must place the paper lie could scarcely bear Ms naked feet against thu tree, ml with one blow of to touch iL The dav passed and tlie the hammer semi the nail homo night also, but the lion never moved through the paper. That, thu hex said, would not only destroy the from tho spot; the sun ruse again and its intense heat soou rendered his feet witch, blit would discover tlm person nr thing that the witch bad acted past feeling. At noon the lion rose and walked to through. "I remember it was a night in early the water, only a few yard distant, ' looking behind as he went, lest the fall that Buyer, three others, and myman suuuld move, when, seoing him self sal down iu tlm hack room yonder stretch out hi hand to take bis gun, to play a few games of euchre. Just it turned in a rage, and was on the before we sal down the' 110110101 glanced nut of the window there: point of springing upon him. Anil an"IIullo! a new moon, and 1 saw it other night had passed as tlie former had done, and the next day again the over mr left shoulder. I won't have lion went toward tho water, but while anr luck here lie listened to some noise apparMVe played along nntil it got to lie ently front an opposite quarter and almost midnight, and we dealt fur tlm disappeared in tlie bushes. Tho man last game. As tho clock in the hall now seized his gun, but on first essaystruck twelve Dover picked tip bis cards. The next second lie sprang to ing to riso be dropped, hi ankles being without power. At leugth he made his feet with a look of terror I shall the best of bis way ou his hand nnd never forgot, lie rried out. almost knees and soon after fell iu wiihauulh-e- r shrieked, ilm name of the hex's daughnative, who took him to a place of ter. and fell back in bis chair dead! 0f course, we were nil paralyzed safety, and. ns lie expressed it. with Ids "toes roasted. lie lost his tucs witli horror for a inmncut, bill, recovand was a cripple for life. ering, we hustled about to do what we could. Wo summoned a doctor at A woman at Hagerstown, Md., has a onco, but lie was of uo use. The landgoose which came into her possession lord was dead dead, undoubtedly, of heart disease, (lie doctor said. when she was married, iwenty-on- a "A few miuutss after - that night years ago. Tlie fowl is ia good health. Rld-eului- grand-daught- Or-uiual- er. g, to-da- well-kno- "- to-d- ay espo-rieuc- well-kno- 1- the Ininstu of a house half a niileup the road yonder, tuwaril tho crossroads. were amused by some one knocking violently at tlm door. The person who was knocking proved to lie Barbara, the hex's daughter. She was palii us n ghost, uud us ooou as she . could find her voire she startled the familv bv exclaiming: I ham killed Mr. Enver! the girl was out of her 'Tuinking mind the family tried to sooth ber, but sho declared that she hod seeu him fall dead a she drove a nail into a pa--1 pur at the ash tree to l:iv a witch, to her mother's liiatructloni.at just li! o'clock that night. Shu told wiiat Boyer was doing when she saw him drop dead in his chair. He was piayiug cards, she said. "As soon as 1 struck the nail I saw him. lie called out my uaniu so that it rings in my cars vet! Thun he fell dead." "All this came out at the inquest, which was held tho urxt day. The showed conclusively, that had died of disease of the heart, but Barbara and her mother declared then and ever after that the witch was in Boyer's heart, aud that the nail Bat liara drove hail lieen buried there. There were few people in tlie place but w hat shared in that same Mief.aud the popular verdict was that Boyer's death was just. Aud Hex Freitcher liecanie a greater hex thau ever. That is why her death has made so profound an impression iu the village. "llow do vou explain that strange occurrence? 'there is uo doubt Barbara saw Joe Boyer as she said she did. Did Joe see ber when she struck the nail, and know his fatef "I, of course, ceuld give my host no explanation of the uncanny affair. Ia there anyone who could ?" V. Y. Sun. ai Iiost-inorte- The Venerable Gradaatoi r: n. lie x tils debts arc paid, alive; that i UK HMHUKO. CSC He enters his (otle at twenty, and ia through al I wr ii Tlie law school dauns tlie graduate, be stud lee three yean more. His sliliiirlc flutters to Hie brrexe at twenty-seveaud still He flylils for clients I liree yean more bis father foots tiiu hill. At thirty-fou- r ONU ENJOYS Both tLe method aud results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant nnd refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneya, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sya-teeffectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrun of Figa ia the only remedy of ita hind ever p duced, pleasing to the taate and ceptalile to the stomach, prompt in ita action and truli beneficial in ita effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeal substances, ita many excellent qualities come mend it to all nnd have made it the most potiular remedy known. Syrup of Figa is for Bale in 60o and 1 bottlea by nil leading druggist. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept anv substitute; CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP CO. Is, if And the col loav roan begins to lire at tlm age of tblrty-ilre- : And bis iloinu of iliiuiabt protrudes tliroueli Ills hair, uud Ills beard ia slruuked with tomt an, a. um ton. at. German Syrup G. Gloger, Druggist, Watertown, Wis. This is the opinion of a man who keeps a drug store, sells all Itynin bnd written some very yowl verse, and medicines, comes in direct contact with unit the rankea been illcd, (treat, sray. And ilm maid tic loved In jnmh has tiecouie a nml run with children al play. the patients and their families, and knows better than anyone else how remedies sell, and what true merit they have. He hears of all the failures and successes, and can And Keats had made lilumctf classic, aud died, therefore judge: I know of no aud UHildered, and crumbled away. And flnaksiieara had writ certain comedy medicine for Sore Throat, Coughs, won bo Unit iu a forum t day. plats And elmlloy had made lilinsclf famous with or Hoarseness that had done such efsong Immortal at thirty he died fective work in my Aloxauiler bud fuugbt aud eniniuercd the world, aud died and was drilled. Coughs, family as Boschees German Last But you have studied quadratics, and roots. JSora Throat, winter Syrup. lid Sanscrit, and Latin, and Uirct world And various tongues of the ancient who was that are far liai dead lo speak ; Hoarseness, at my store, llut you have hat tlie glow of the fray and suffering from a very tlm glorious Joy of the strife, Nia larlori the sweet of the meal of the world, severe cold. She could hardly talk, nor tlie Juice of tlie riutage of life. and I told her about German Syrup -- A W. Voss. and that a few doses would give reThe American Olive. lief; but she had no confidence in The growth of tho olive ie to lie. it patent medicines. I told her to take seems to me, one of the lending and a bottle, and if the results were not most permanent industries of southern satisfactory I would make no charge California. It will give us, what it is lor it A few days after she called nearly impossible to bay now, pure and paid for it, saying that she olive oil. in place of the cotton-see- d would never be without it in future as and ianl mixture in geueral use. It is a few doses had (D given her relief. At uIkiiiI tlie solute Hire you begin to live you Irre- writh And Arteniux Ward bail tickled tho world unlit il held lie breath. I'nlll Ilm tul.rof its In lighter was l.uxlied ia tlie a fill stillness of death! adcalled a most wholesome aud palatable article of food. Those whose chief experience of the olivo is the large, conrse, and nut ngreeablo Spanish varietv, used only as an nppelizer, know litiTe of the value of the best varieties as food, nutrition us meat, and always delicious. Good breud and a dish of liickled olives make an excellent meal. The sort known as the Mission olive, plsuted by the Franciscan a century ago. is geucrnlly grown now, and tho Umt fruit is fnnii tlie older trees. The most successful attempts iu cultivating the olive and putting it on the market hare lieen made by Mr. F. A. Kimball, of National Pity, nnd Mr. Ellwnod Coiqior, of Santa Barbara. The experiments have gone far enough to show tiiat tlm industry is very remunerative. The best olive oil I have ever tasted anywhere is that produced fnnii the (uiqier and the Kimball orchards; but uot enough is produced to supply the local demand. Mr. Coois-- r has written a careful treatise on olivo culture, which will be of great service to all growers. The art of pickling is not yet mastered, and perhaps sumo other variety will lie preferred to the Old Missiou for the table. A mature olive grove in good bearing is a fortune. I feel sure that within twenly-tiv- o years this will be one of tlm must profitable industries of California, ami that the demand for pure oil and edible fruit in the United States will drive out thu adulterated and inferior present commercial products. But California ran eusily ruin iis reputation by adopting the EuroLhnrlre pean systems of adulteration. Duil'cy It (truer, The IVorth in Jlnrh-r'- Magazine. of Autograph. Autograph collecting is a very innocent tiiongli somewhat costly hobby. My collection lins cost me over foOO. is over f and its cash valuo y Autograph.! have their cash prices and will always fetch them. Tlie signature of a President of tbo United Slates is worth 1 that is to say any since Garfield. Garfield's is cheap at $2. and Lincoln's at f 10. A letter written by Liucolu early iu the war has been solii for $o(). Thomas Jefferson's signature fetches f 10 and is very scarce. Foreign nulographs run high. The first Nuihi-loor- 's is worth lietween !0 to (&); Dr. Johnson's niiout tlie same. Queen Victoria's is sold a low as fii.iio. and is often a forgurr at tliaL The Prince of Wale lias uten very sparing with hi autograph, and the only one 1 ever knew of licing sold brought flii.ot). Lord Benconslield's is worth $o. Imt as Mr. Gladstone will courteously reply to uuy letter sent him, his autograph is a drug in tlie market, nml has scarcely nny cash value nt nil. Biiiiliinj,er's autograph used to still for (1. and Bismarck's is worth three lime that mtinniiL A new (3 000.000 British bnttle-shl- p, the lluutl, is being built at Chatham, The Soap that Cleans Most is Lenox. Did you ever have Dollars rat fiSSS n ar this auBwat W tor Original Advertising Novel i"" RIDGESmryFOOI Vnr Inthnti and Invalids In addrsss fur flutlisr lnatmctkms WOOL-RIC- him In Anrrlea. Advertising Drg & H PALM SR, MASS. C., iiMtfUuapfipwvhitmviW BOILING WATER OR MILK. EPPSS GRATEFUL-COMFORTI- NQ. 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