The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 16, 1898 Page: 4 of 4
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_ J a man who seeks to pry Into
neighbor'a air alrt for he has an
hear* ahun hjm ever.
Cm Oar I'M l>« BImmMT
If confidence can be felt in the opin-
ion of military and naval officers at
the aeat of government, auch la the
extent of our aea coaet that to blocade
' It effectually mama impoaalhle. When
a blockade of the bowela exists, relieve
It with Hostetlers Stomach Bittera,
| which also ourwa Indignation, malaria,
rheumatlam and kidney trouble.
I Will womankind ever tire of those
r tallamanlc worda of man, “1 love you?”
ISABELLA OF CASTILE.
THI GREATEST QUEEN OP THE
SPANIARDS.
To Iw Was Dm tha Dlaoavary of
AarrUa and Aba Saalualag of Kra of
a New ClvIUsatloa Thraoghoat All of
Boropo.
Appetite-Strength
Without the First You Cannot Hava
tha Laat.
Hood’s Hsrasparllla gives both. It
[ gently tones the stomsch end given diges-
tive power, c res tee in sppetlte end Invtg-
I oretee the system By making the blood
rich snd pure It strengthens the nerves
| and gives refreshing sleep.
lood’s Sarsaparilla
r |a Amertoo’s Greatest Medicine. $1 ;*tx for |a.
J’S f^MIs are the favorite cathartic. 20c.
Among the many expenses borne bj
[railroad companies the Ice bill figures
[quite prominently. For instance, on
[the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad It Is
| expected it will take over 60,000 tons
[of Ice this year to meet the requlre-
[menta of the service. The greater
{portion Is used in connection with
htpment of perishable goods; the Lal-
[ance In the passenger train service. A
[great deal of this Ice is put up by the
[company in its own Ice houses, but as
past winter has been so warm a
rery large proportion will have to be
purchased.
Reflection* of • Bachelor.
A woman gets her Ideal of nobility
[from men and a man gets hU from
[women.
The longer a man studies women the
[more he likes them when they are little
[girls.
There are more ways than one to
nake women love you, but there’s only
|one way for each woman.
You can always tell whether a
[couple are married by the way they
don’t talk to each other In a rastau-
int.
After she has spent a certain amount
! time with a man a girl always con-
siders it wasted unless he has proposed
i her.—New York Press.
Dead men’s shoes are not always a
[good fit.
We Pay Expense*
and liberal communions, refund the cash for
§1) goods not giving tho consumer nntUfurtl
igtbeconsu
>ng terms of credit First-els
teamen wanted. No bond requl
j from photograph* We
ion them mall order*. Add
ffg. Co.. Io
**tl*f*Ctl<
las* schei
nade
ermon
Srenard Ml
L’asca ret a. — beauty for ten cents. All drug
fists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, *J6c, fiOc.
No secrets for gosslpers have; they
$ay cease to be secrets.
Ilall’n Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
Fortunate Is he who does not lose the
love of his child.
___________ _ . ds DlgCNt-
■ok Regulate* the Bowels, cures the child
Sind makes teething easy and for the child's
Soothing Syrups and other like remedies
Sly lull to aulat and sleep, but I>r. Moffett’*
BETUINA (Teething Powder*) Aids
rulates the B
Id make* teething
,ke do give them at
' Nature's noblemen Is he who bears
burdens cheerfully
Shake Into Tour Shoes.
Allan’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the
Keet. It cures painful, swollen, smart-
ing feat and Instantly takes the sting
at of corns and bunions. It’s the
reatest comfort discovery of the age.
Mien's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting
Dr new shoes feel easy. It is a certain
(cure for sweating, callous and hot.
[tired, nervous, aching feet. Try It to-
ay. Bold by all druggists and shoe
Stores. By mall for 26c In stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen
Olmsted. Ia* Roy. N. Y.
Strawberry short cake and the Span-
ish are the chief topics.
For a perfect complexion nnd a clear
healthy skin, use COSMO
SOAP Hold every whore.
'SMD BUTTKKMILK.
Bright ryes and a loving heart have
bontentment as a counterpart.
Filiiml* Tour Itnwela With f'rtarnrrt a
Gaudy Cathartic, euro constipation forever
|0c.25c. If ('.('.l. fail, druggists refund money
Malice nnd hatred have no plate In
^ny mortal’s mind.
LN OPERATION AVOIDED.
Irs. Rosa Gaum Wrltoa to Mrs.
Pink ham About it. Hho Raya:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—I take pleas-
ure in writing you a few lines to in-
form you of the good your Vegetable
ompound has done me. I cannot
lhank you enough for what your triedi-
llne has done for me; it has. indeed,
helped me wonderfully.
Tor years I was trou-
bled with an
bvarian tumor,
bach year grow-
ing worse, un-
til at last 1
ras compelled
» consult with
physician.
He said
Nothing could
done for
ae but to go under an operation.
In speaking with a friend of mine
bbout it, she recommended Lydia E.
akh&m's Vegetable Compound, say-
• she knew it would cure me. I then
ent for your medicine, and after tak-
Iff three bottles of it, the tumor dis-
on.
crus
red. Sales
guarantee flk) iff)
rc.KK with ?
w» City, Iowa
i sump.
Always tell the truth, and keep out of
trouble.
ltFRUlJ I* Hlood l*e«p.
Clean blood mean* a clean skin. No Iteauty
{without It. Coscarets, ( andy Cathartic
>locxl and keeps It clean, by
fwlrrlng up tha lory liver and driving all ini-
puriUea from the body. Begin to-day to
Dish pimples, (toil*. blotches, blackheads,
nd that sickly bilious complexion by taking
beauty for ten cents.
10c.
^eared. cOh! you do not know how
inch gvvxl your medicine has done ianboila’a plana.
Isabella of Caatile, when fourteen
years of age, was probably the most
beautiful and accomplished princess In
Christendom. Her father, the king of
Castile, died when she was an Infant.
Her mother still lived to be her friend
and counselor. Her only brother,
Henry, a weak-minded man. entirely
devoted to his own selfish and sinful
I gratifications, occupied the throne of
; Caatile. The wife of Henry was sister
of the king of Portual. Bhe was a very
beautiful woman, but, like her hus-
band, entirely devoid of principle and
devoted to pleasure. They bad but one
child, a daughter, Joauna. The king
and queen were so unpopular that a
powerful party arose In the kingdom
. In favor of repudiating the claims of
j Joanna and of placing Isabella upon
! the throne.
The mother of Isabella, who appears
to have beep & very judicious and sin-
cerely pious woman, had educated her
daughter In the secluded rural town of
Aravela, far removed from the corrup-
tions of the court At this time there
probably was not a more unhappy per-
* soTT In all Spain than the Princess Isa
! bella. She hid sagacity enough to per-
| reive that her person wan to be aacri-
, fleed to any matrimonial alliance which
would promote the ambition of the
nobles. As it yowh ho probable that she
would succeed to the throne, thero
were suitors for her hand from nearly
all the courts of Europe. She was first
promised to Carlos, heir to the throne
of Aragon. He was 60 years of age,
bloated, and prematurely Infirm from
a life of profligacy. Isabella, when she
first saw him, was so shocked at the
thought of marriage with such a
wretch, that she declared she would die
before she would consent to the union.
Fortunately Carlos, by sudden sick-
ness, sank into the gruve, and thus
Isabella escaped that woe.
The nobles then pledged her to the
Grand Master of Calatrava, a Spanish
noble of great wealth and power, but
who was advanced In years, revolting
in person and Infamous in character.
The anguish of Isabella was renewed,
and it became so Intense that she shut
herself up in her apartment, and wept
almost incessantly (lay and night. Her
prayers were so piteous that God would
come to her relief and save her from
the dishonor of such a marriage, by
either taking away her life or that of
the detested man to whose arms she
was doomed, that one of her attendant
ladles, Beatrice of Hohadilla, a high-
spirited woman, provided herself with
a dagger, and vowed before God that
if the Grand Master of Calatrava
should dare to appear and claim Isa
bella as his bride, she would plunge
that dagger Into his heart.
The Grand Master made the most
sumptuous preparations for his wed
ding; and, with a very gorgeous retinue
of friends and vassals, set out from his
palace at Almagro, for Madrid, to re-
ceive his bride. At the close of the
first day’s Journey be reached the little
village of Vlllambla, where he passed
the night. Here he was suddenly and
violently seized with an attack of quin
sy, which, after a sickness of four
days, terminated his life. It is not to
be supposed that Isabella shed any
tears over his grave, and still not the
slightest shadow of suspicion rests up
on her as having been In any way ac-
cessory to his death.
Isabella now withdrew to a convent
at Avila, where she pertinaciously re
fused the entreaties of many of the
nobles to allow herself to be proclaim
ed Queen of Castile In opposition to her
brother Henry At length the nobles,
who had been waging war against the
King, came to a compromise with him,
in which it was agreed that Isabella
should be recognized as heir to the
crown of Castile, and should be pro-
vided with a suitable revenue to main
tain the dignity of her rank. It was
alHO agreed that she should not be
forced into any nuptial alliance, and
neither should she marry any one with-
out her brother's consent.
The hand of Isabella was now In
greater demand than ever before, and
her modest court was crowded with
suitors. Richard, Puke of Gloucester,
renowned in the annals of crime,
brother of Henry IV of England,
sought the ambitious alliance, but for
tunntely In vain. The Puke of
Gulenne. also brother of L<>uia XI of
France, and heir presumptive to the
French monarchy, was eager, by mar
riage with Isabella, to unite the crown
of Castile with that of France. Hut
this alliance, from political considera
tlons. was rejected Isabella, not with
standing all these diplomatic scheme-,
was quite disposed to consult her own
inclinations in the choice of a husband.
Still she was exceedingly ambitious,
and was as desirous as any of her no-
bles of advancing her interests by the
alliance she should form. 'The king
of Aragon, n contiguous realm, hud a
son. Ferdinand. Ik years of age, Isabel
la being now 19. The youthful heir
to the throne of Aragon was a very
splendid young man. tall, handsome,
of noble bearing, and celebrated for
the chivalrous courage be had display-
ed in many a battle. By marrying For
dlnand these two realms would be
united In a truly magnificent kingdom,
homogeneous In language, manners
and religion. Isabella is described as
a beautiful blonde, of queenly figure,
exquisitely chiseled features, and with
mild blue eyes. ‘She was.'' Rays a
contemporary, "the handsomest lady
whom I ever behold, and the most gra-
cious in her manners." She was high
ly educated for that day. speaking the
Castilian language with much purity,
and quite well versed in the current
literature of the times. But a very
serious obstacle now arose In the way
The king of For
I shall recommend it to al I suffer- tugal. one of the most powerful inon
Dg women.—-Mrs. Rosa Galm, 720 arrhR of that day. was anxious to unite
fftll St, Lo« Angeles, Cal. .Castile and Portugal, and proposed for
The great and unvarying success of die hand of Isabella The king and
Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com- the court zealously advocated Mr pint.
and in relieving every derangement
the female organs, demonstrates
to be the modern safeguard of wo-
d'n happiness and bodily strength,
fore than a million women have been
aeflted by it. *
Every woman who needs advice
at her health is invited to write to
Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass.
AGON
t*M«r fleale fa
RometMnf
entirely
MW.
ritKIQMT PAID.
SCALES
risers cuke: roR tJ
I QytoBfeESg '
' CNSUMPTION *
Isabella peremptorily rejected ,him.
The king, her brother, wag ho angry
that he threatened to Imprison the
persistent maiden In the royal for-
tress at Madrid. The citizen* of Oka-
na. where she then resided, rallied for
her protection The utmost enthusl-
asm was Inspired in her behalf. Even
the boys paraded the streets with I an-
ners, emblazoned with the arma of Ar-
agon, singing songs contemptuously
contrasting the old king of Portugal
with the youth and chivalry of Kerdi
nand. The conflict of lntrlgu- nnd di-
plomacy was protracted and bitter. At
length, however, tha marriage articles
sflth Ferdinand were algned on the 7th
of January, 1469 lanbella In the
meantime removed to Madrigal, where
nhe was aided by the counsel and aym-
pntby of her mother. The king. In his
Indignation, ordered a troop of horse*
ij • *
to procood to Madrigal and airot* bar.
Tha archbishop of Toledo, who was tha
leader of Isabella's friends, precipitate-
ly rallied a regiment of dragoons, and
advanced to Madrigal with auch speed
as to frustrate the movement of the
klM’e forces. The renointe
surrounded by the swords
fenders, was borne off In military tri-
umph to Valladolid, where her arrival
was greeted with unbounded enthusi-
asm by the whole population. Ferdi-
nand, who had become very ardently
her lover, was then residing at Sara-
goifa In Aragon, about two hundred
miles west of Valladolid It was now
the great object of the king to prevent
Ferdinand from entering Caatile to
marry Isabella. The king of Aragon
was so sorely pressed by a war with
his Insurgent nobles, and the treasury
was so exhausted, that he could not
afford his son an armed escort suffi
clent to secure his safety. Ferdinand
consequently adopted the resolution to
go In disguise as a merchant. Con-
cealed In a small party of half a dozen
of professed merchants, the young
prince commenced his adventurous ex-
pedition. Ferdinand assumed the dress
and position of a servant, grooming
the mules and serving the rest of the
company at the Inns on the road. To
avoid observation, they tr&velod ss
much rh possible by night. Unfor-
tunately the inexperienced merchants
lost their purse by the way and were
reduced to very severe straits. Isa-
bella, however, apprised of the move-
ments of her lover, dispatched an arm-
ed escort to meet him, and thus, In the
darkest hour of his difficulty and h!s
danger, he was rescued.
Preparations were Immediately made
for the marriage, and the nuptials were
solemnized at the palace of one of the
nobles of Valladolid on the morning of
the 19th of October, 1469. Ferdinand,
having left home In disguise and hav
ing Ipst his slender purse by the way,
had not a rial with which to defray the
expenses of the wedding. Isabella, al
so a fugitive from her brother’s court,
found her purse equally empty. These
penniless heirs of two of the most pow
erful kingdoms of Europe succeeded in
borrowing of tbelr friends enough
money to celebrate their nuptials with
splendor moderately conforming to
their rank; and, In the presence of sev-
eral of the highest nobility and about
two thousand spectators, the lifelong
destinies of Ferdinand and Isabella
were united
NO SYMPATHY AT HOME.
JiiRt tlir Wa j a Mmii'h WITa Alwayi
Look a at m Thing.
When the man of large business In
terests yanked the door bell at Mr
Warren avenue home the other night
it was 1 a. m. and raining In the steady
way that means a long siege, says the
Detroit Free Press. Fifteen minutes
of persistency was rewarded by the
presence of his wife on the Inside and
several minutes more were lost before
she had sufficiently identified him to
grant admittance. "Why. Henry." she
said In a surprised tone, I supposed
you were well on your way to Pitts-
burg by this time You bad more than |
an hour In which to catch the train
What happened?" "Oh, 11'h all the |
fault of that Jake Whlmsley. There’s
tho biggest bore In the town and I’d
just ns soon tell him so to his face.
I met him on the way down and said.
Just to wind him up. that we’d be In a
pretty fix If wp had free silver. Jake
came back with one of his fool propo-
sitions. I Just set down my valise and
there we had It, give and take, ham-
mer and tongs, up hill and down dale,
both of iih talking at once most of the
time, and the rain coming down In
chunks. When I looked at my watch
the train had been gone forty min-
utes. The Idea of that Idiot making
me miss so Important an engagement
down east " It appears to me that
you’re the one who acted foolishly,
my dear. Mr Whlmsley had nothing
special on hand." "Oh. of course. I'm
always the one to blame when you
pass Judgment You'd stand here and
let me get pneumonia. Go on to bed
nnd I'll try to find some dry clothing ”
Th« rktnrf*(|ii« Kimono.
In the May St. Nicholas Miss Ida
Tlgner Hodnett has a second and final
article on "The Little Japanese at
Home.** Miss Hodnett says: The
drest of the little girl Is the kimono,
made like (hat of her mother, both
differing from the father’s and broth
er's In being longer and fuller In
cold weather n Jacket and pair of tmu
sera of cotton cloth are worn under
noftth. and the kimono is sometimes
thickly wadded Among the nobles
and gentry thesa additional garments
are always worn, and are made of silk
The trousers, made quite full and long,
are called hakama, and are worn by
little girls of the higher classes. Be-
sides these a garment called the haorl
Is on some occasions worn over the ki
mono by both sexes. It has a cut sim-
ilar to the kimono, hut Is shorter, and
Is not confined by the girdle. All Ja
panese garments are usually fastened
with strings or cords, generally of
silk buttons, buckles, hooks and eyes
being found mainly on western gar
ments. The sleeves of the girl's kl
mono are much longer than her broth-
er's, sometimes even touching the
ground; but this extreme length Is
displayed among only the fashionables
and In robes of ceremony. When at
work, the sleeves are tied up to the
armpits, so as to be out of the way.
The lower ends are sewed up, and
serve as bags or pockets in which
various art hies may be stowed away.
Skater* In the Norwegian Army.
The Norwegian corps of skaters, a
force peculiar to the army of that conn
try. Is a body of soldiers armed with
rifles, who can be maneuvred upon ice
or over the snow fields of the moun-
tains with a rapidity equal to that or
the best trained cavalry. In ascend-
ing steep slopes the men tnke a zlg
zng course, tacking up In the mountain
side as a ship does against a head
wind. As an Instance of the speed at
which they <^n go It is mentioned that
a messenger dispatched from Roerass
nt 3 o’clock in the morning arrived at
Dronthelm at 9:30 In the evening of
the same day. having consequflflfly ac-
complished 123 miles In eighteen and
one-half hours
Mystery of I>lnmonri Combmllnn
No one can tell where the diamond
goes to In combustion Burn It and It
leaves no ash. The flame Is exterior,
like that of a cork, and when It has
blazed Itself out there remains not
even so much as would dust the an-
tennae of a butterfly.
The Ml—In* I,Ink.
“Ah, ha!" exclaimed the great dis-
coverer. Joyfully. "At laat I have found
the missing link/’ And. crawling
from under tha bad. he proceeded to
put the small gold affair In hU clean
cuff.—Naw York
mam.
__
WOMIN IN BUSINBSO.
(Traa Mama Twee. DMi.li Mich )
▲ prominent bulDM. bm recently «-
yrud tb. opinion that tb*r* D on. Mint
tba* will pr.T«nt woman from completely
MUac mao'. piano in tb* inl.m *wU-
«b*y ou'l b* depended upon because tb*jr
to maiden, oro Nob too ofton. Thteierolumd by Mra
of her do- w MonNIold, • basin**, woman it H
fbrmr Si. Detroit, Mlcb , who my .
•‘A omnpllmtlon ot tmu*J. lllmuU kapt
m« swab, night, rod war. om out. I could
got’nv r*U*f from msdiai** and bop* wu
dipping *w»y from m*. A young lady In
my mini07 gar* in* n box of Dr Willi**..'
Pink PiU* For Pol. PmpU. I took lh*m
•nd w*. *bl. to rot *t nlgbt for tb. flnt
tlm.lu month.. I bought more and took
tb.m nod tb.y cured uie *» they al.o cure.!
•ererol other p*ople to my knowledge. I
think that If you ahould wk *ny of tb.
druggist.of D.trolt whosr. thebmt bu
ofiSTr -
I* FrigbtwMd by tha Uw n. Cn.pi
1st* tb* t'.llor of MM former Horn*
sad N.lghbon Minlator to IIU W.aU
—Pathetic night.
William.' Pink Pill, they would say
woman. Thw* pill, crtslnly
tb. young t
build up tb. n.rrou* ay.tam and many a
yonng woman own bar Ilf# to thorn.
MA. a bu.inM. woman I am pi.Mod to
r*eotnm*nd
tbem m tb.y
did more fur
m« tban any
p h y . i 0 lan,
ana I can
T*Or.WU
Pink
Pitta forPnl*
Ceopl. crwi-
lt for my
geieril
good health
to-day.”
flo diicor
•ry of mod- Suddenly Pro&lraled.
time* hu don* to much to en.bl*
glr.D
Hama’
PflUft
1 orad-
r my-
Rudder
*rn nines nan done so mnob to enable
women to take their proper places in life by
safe-gnarding their health ae Dr. Williams'
Fink rllle for Fale People. Acting directly
on the blood and nervee, invigorating the
body, regulating the functions, they restore
the strength and health to the exhausted
woman when every effort of the physician
vailing.
growing girl thay ere of the
neflt. for toe mother iudispansa-
•ry woman Invaluable.
CLINGS TO OLD HOME.
OLD MAN WHOSE FAMILY
DESERTED HIM.
HAS
ale People. Acting directly ,
invigorating the
restore
lausted I
ten every effort of the physician
proves unavailing.
For tb# gi
greatest bom
ole. U
For paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and
other disease* long supposed incurable,
these pills have proved their efficacy in
thousand of cases.
Ancient Libraries.
Among the many curloua thing* re-
realed to the gaze of a wondering
world are the clay hooka found among
the rulna of ancient cities. Paomlnent
among the.e are the wonderfully pre-
served records of the once proud capi-
tal of the Assyrian empire. Far away
beyond the plains of Mesopotamia, on
the banka of tho Tigris, lie the ruins of
the ancient city of Nineveh. The chief
library of the olty was contained In the
place of Kanyun. which not long since
was brought to light by an English ex-
ploring party. Referring to clay
books which composed Its contents, an
eye witness says they were sets of tab-
lets covered with very small letters.
The tablets are all oblong In shape and
when several of them are used for one
hook, lb. first line of the tablet follow-
ing waa written at the end of the one
preceding It The writing waa done
when the clay of the tablet was soft.
It was then baked to harden It. Each
tablet was numbered. Just as tho libra-
rians number the books of which they
have charge.
Tariffing Spirit of Prayar.
All sorts of Ilfs experiences are only
half complete, unless they go out Into
prayer. Our troubles and disappoint-
ments, the great sacraments, us they
have been called, of marriage, birth,
and death, our delight In nature and
music, the impulses of popular and pa-
triotic feeling sweeping over us, the
stories of heroism, the sudden dan-
g( rs which bring us up with a start —
nil such experiences move ua to
prayer, and are never so rich as when
they most completely merge them-
Helvos In the purifying spirit of prayer.
Then our burdens seem shared, man's | has but little value
toll and pain seem Interpreted, an In-
definite access of vigor, courage, and
thought seem to flow In, as though In-
deed God were speaking to his chil-
dren, and actual connection were
made between our finite spirits and
the universal life. Prayer thus seems,
at least In those moments when we
most truly pray, like the sweetest
symphony, to sooths and to Inspire.—
Rev. Charles F. Dole.
Hateful Old Man.
“And when your wheel broke down
seven miles from home," said tho "old
man," “you repaired it all by yourself,
did you?"
“I did," answered the typewriter,
proudly.
"It seems mighty funny to me, then.''
he continued, "that when the ribbon on
your machine needs shifting you have
to call on that dude of a hook keeper
to fix it for you every time." Indian-
apolis Journal
Drinking suss -afrits ten does not al
wayh make a child Impudent.
Tli#* Trnn*->11 —I —Kipoilllon nt
Omaha. Nfilunuk*,
Is now oprn uml will rotil
Wih. The Kix'k Inland Is
roil
lhf» way.
F.x«Mir*ion tlrkrt
Hal*' evrry day.
Frtr folder* showing rout*'
detulU uddren* ( 'll
(i t* A . ( l{ I A 'IVx l{
Frederick Freunnlng la nearly 70
year* old. He haa Been hie family and
home slip away from him, until there
la nothing left but a few battered rem-
nants of furniture with which he haa
surrounded himself In the cellar of hie
former home in St. Louie. The lot and
building* which were once hie have
paased from him. He did not well them
them and lias profited nothing by their
rapid Increase in value. He borrowed
perhape on.-sixth of what the prop-
erty waa rgorth and permitted the
deed of truat to be foreclosed. The
sale brought not enough to puy the
mortgage, and the old homestead with
It* adjacent oottageo passed Into the
poeaeseloD of another man. Old Frcun-
ntng knew (hat he wa» In a bad fix,
but be believed that he still had eonie
rights to the property and refused to
move out. Hie former tenant* quit
paying him their rent. Then the new
owner gave him order* to move and
rented the house to a strange family
Freunnlng was frightened and went to
see his lawyer. He could submit to
the lose of his rents, his grounds and
his money, but he must have a place
to shelter him at night. He is a lone
ly old man. Hie first wife Is long
dead. Ills second wife divorced him
Hla children think he Is queer and
leave him alone. He te old. He has
lost his grip and doev business like a
child. Freunnlng doesn't know whether
he was swindled or whether he Just
threw his chances away. A few weeks
ago the furniture vans began to lay
down stuff at his doors. A strange
family came, and old Freunnlng was
frlghtenod. He Is a peaceful, timid
old man, and he took shelter In the
cellar. He rigged up an old stove and
table, piled his stuff up on the earthen
floor and locked the cellar door*. It
was cold and musty, hut the damp
wind could not reach him, and there
was a good roof above his head. The
new tenant did not offer to inoleat him.
She moved Into the building and took
some pains to accommodate the old
man. but he seemed very queer and
stayed In his cellar. Then the land-
lord threatened to sue him for poaees-
slon. Meanwhile, however, the neigh
bors have been very kind to old Freun-
nlng. Many of them have been ten-
ants In his houses and they cannot
suflcr the old fellow to want. Imme-
diately adjoining the house where he
lives on the west are two comfortable
little cottages the lnmatee of which
have been paying rent to Mr. Freun-
nlng for nearly twenty years. Their
sympathies are with hlin and every
morning, noon and nlgbt a messenger
is Rent to the cellar window to ask what
Rapa Freunnlng wants. His dim can
die may be seen through the dusty
windows of the basement at night and
he accepts the charity of those who
remember him as a wealthy man. with
a sad old heart. He gathers fuel for
his old cracked cook stove during the
day and waits In grim silence the re-
sult of the suit which mny drive him
from Ills former possessions Into tho
street. His collection of old furniture
Is very much the worse for wear and
Flemming's once
llitm until NovonilM'i'
the Dent nn«! 4|u|cke*t
reduced rules are on
Mine and oilier
Fort. Worth
Eternity may 1>p full of Hurprisos
each ami all of us.
Don’t Tobarco Spit . nd Smoko Your llfo Away.
mac
till of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To
To quit tobacco easily amt forever,
etlc. full of life, nerve and vigor, tnkr
>c, the wonder worker th'-.t makes weak men
nr 9i Cur
netlc, full of life, nerve and
Hac, the wonder worker th*;
strong All druggists, hOr. or #i t :uregu«
teed Hook let and sample free. Andre
Sterling Remedy Co . < hlcago or Now York.
erllng Remedy Co .
All that wo are
doing our duty.
hleago or Now Yorl
responsihlr tor
Scrofula, a Vile
Inheritance.
Rerofula is tho most obstinate of blood
troubles, and is ofton tho result of an
inherited taint in tho blood, fc. H. S.
is tho only remedy which goes deop
enough to roach Scrofula ; it forces out
every trace of the disease, and cures
tho worst cases.
My son, Charlie, was afflicted from Infsuey
with Scrofula, and he suffered so that It was
lmpoMlble to drea* him
for three year*. Hla
head arid t>ody were a
masff of aores, and his
eyesight also became
affected. No treatment
was spared that we
thought would relievo
him. nut ho grew worse\\
until hlff condlUon was]
Indeed Dtttahle. I had|
almost despaired of his
ever being cured, when
by the advice of a friend
we gave him 8. 8 8
(8Wilt;* Specific) Ade
nrovement was the result, and after
iken a doxen bottles, no one who knew
r dreadful condition would Iih
HwlT
elded lm
he had ta'
of hla foi
smooth, aud he him
health.
the sores on his body
In Is perfectly clear ana
Men restored to perfect
Ms* 8. 8 Mabrt.
WM) Kim 8t., Macon. Uft,
For [real blood trouble* it I* a wn*t*
of tima to expect a cu™ from tho doc-
tors. Blood diaoaaa* are bovond their
skill. Swift’s Specific,
S.S.S.rThc Blood
reaches *11 deep-seated cases which
other remedies hare no effect upon. It
I* the only blood remedy guaranteed
durely vegetable, and contain* no pot-
ash, mercury, or other mineral.
beautiful homo Rfnnds upon a broad,
deep lot nearly 300 feet square and set
with fruit trees, vines and shrubbery.
On the west end of the lot are two
small cottages where well-to-do ten-
ant* si 111 maintain nice little homes,
The houses and grounds have been per-
mitted to fall Into decay, hut still hear
evidences of natural beauty and de-
parted affluence. Steps will he taken
by Mr. Fremmlng’s friends to have the
former sale, under a deed of trust, set
aside. It is believed that a guardian
should !>« appointed to care for the old
fellow and his property, and his at-
torneys have the matter under advise-
ment now.
SOME RAILWAY STATISTICS.
One I’miMigrr Mint Me Carried dvr
Mile* to Kuril i» Out.
l,aHt year the railways of the United
States carried over 13.000.000.000 | as
sengers one mile. They also carried
96,000,000,000 tons of freight one mile.
The total amount paid in dividends on
stock was $87,633,371 call It $88,000,
000. Of the total earnings of the rail
wavs about 70 per cent came from
freight servlie and 30 per cent from
passenger service. Let us assume,
then, that of the $88,060,000 paid in di-
vidends 70 per rent, or $61,000,000,was
profit on frleght service and $26,400,000
was profit on passenger service. Let
us drop fractions and (nil It $62,000,000
from freight and $26,000,000 from pas-
sengers. By dividing the passenger
profit into the number of passengers
carried (13,000,000,000) we find the
railway* had to carry a passenger 5(0
miles in order to earn $1 of profit, or
five miles to earn I cent. Their aver
age profit, therefore, was less than
two-tenths of 1 cent for carrying a
passengei (and his baggage) I mile.
By dividing the freight profit into
the freight mileage (96.000,000.000) we
find that, the railways had to carry
one ton of freight 1,530 miles In order
to earn $1, or over fifteen miles to
earn 1 cent. The average profit,
therefore, was less than one fifteenth
of a cent for carrying a ton of freight
(besides loading and unloading It) one
mile.
HOW TO CHOOSE A WIFE.
In HdliTtlni ll**r Alvrny* do by tit*
Mother of lit* Ulrl.
"I have great faith," *al(l the old
married man who waa telling a young
er companion Just how to ohoonp a wife,
according to the Hoaton Journal "In
the old saying which calls the mothers
of fair young daughters 'warnings.’ In
selecting a wife always go by the moth
er of the girl. It's a good rule, and
I've never known It to fall. There's
a good long stretch of future before
most people who make up their minds
to get married, and for a considerable
proportion of thnl stretch the girl will
be much more like her mother than
herself.
"It’s easy enough to choose n wife
so far as the present Is concerned, hut
If you want to know something of your
wife for the future you should lake
her mother Into account. When you
see a truly charming mother you may
be pretty sure that her daughter Is to
be depended upon when she reaches the
same age. Ik>ng before I was more
than aware of the existence of my wife
I thought her mother wae one of the
loveliest women In the world. I was
only a l*kte chap, and she, a brilliant
young matron, was, of course, una-
ware ot my devotion, but my allegiance
never lost Its bold, and when I grew
np I promptly fell in love with the
of the woman whom 1 had so
<io ta tb* rvaaU
A Chicago woman who waa
Washington when Captain Slgsbe*.
formerly of the warahlp Maine, left to
take command of the ft. Pool, hap-
pened to be nt the railway depot when
he took the train. The captain won
accompanied by the members of bln
family nnd when teen by the people
nt the station was given n hearty
cheer. The captain klaaed the women
of hi* family affectionately before be
passed through the gate for bis train,
but they made no tearful demonstra-
tion. They looked thoughtful, but ap-
parently hod themselves under pW-
fect control and refrained from mak-
ing even the slightest suggestion ot a
scene. The Chicago woman and some
female frleads who were with her
marveled at the quiet parting and
could not help commenting on the
scene. "How can they let him go at
that?” they Inquired of each other.
"After what be has been through,
saved from death only by a miracle
less than two months ago, how can
they see him departing to face more
danger without being almply out of
their minds? If he were my husband
he shouldn't go!” The women who
made thene comments did not bear In
mind the fact that this sort of self-
restraint. which appeared so strangj
to them, Is as a rule the fruit of years
of training on the part of women
whose male relatives are attached to
the land or the sea force* of the gov-
ernment. Self-control Is bred in the
bone of army and navy women. In
no country In the world Is there so
much "service” Intermarrying as there
Is In the United Htates. There are ex-
traordinary ramifications of relation-
ship by marriage In the American
army and navy. The resulta of thla
la that moat of the women whoae hus-
bands, fathers and hrothera are now
likely to mix In the thick of the Im-
pending war are thoroughly Imbued
with that spirit of abnegation that an-
imates the men They arc subscrib-
ers to a code of nerve of their own
and the very first clause of the un-
written but all-pervasive code Is that
It would be quite as weak-kneed and
cowardly for them to wilt In the face
of trouble aa It would be for their men
to show the yellow There Is, of
course, no lack of womanly feeling on
the part of the femlulne members of
the households of American army and
navy officers, but their whole environ-
ment la such as to bring out the
atrongeat common sense of which hu-
man beings are capable when the dan-
ger to their men becomes more Immi-
nent. Their spirit Is such that they
would lake shame unto themselves If
they Interjected any whimperings Into
the preparations for the departure of
tholr men.
Wanted More "Set Dps."
"Say, squire, haln't you got your
head clear on that fowl case bptwlxt
Hud Hope an' Hoi Phillips ylt?" "Yep;
done flggered out the law pints a week
ago," "Wal, why In thunder don't you
announce your decision? The thing
hex been a-hangln' Are fur three
months ' "Az 1 wiir anyln', I've got
the law pints all flggered out plum
plain, but the lawyers hain't sot up
quite enough seegars an* drinks ylt.
an' I'll Jest have to keep standln' 'um
off till they come across."—Atlanta
Constitution.
The struggle with Heredity.
The Right Side of the Color Lh
To Mtty, to tk« tronffmUfflon of
trolls (rum oire to ton, wo owe rao*t of the
possibilities of growth aud development.
If each newly toru being fflarled out anew.
without tho force of heredity tho level
of life nirtt he expected to be that of the
digger Indian or Buahots. Naturally bod
trait* dcoccud like the good. PacoUoritieo
of feature, exceotrieltica of apecch and
■Mmoer. birth mark*, etc., ore hooded
down )uat oa auroly aa manual dexterity,
phyaical beauty, mathematical ability,
and tho mental and moral qnolltiea in
feoerol. A curioua example of thia dt-
acent of family traita U furnished by lira.
Maggie Pickett. Canton. Or, in wftooe
family fray hair woa hereditary. She
writoa;
-Oray hair ia hereditary In our family.
As longua 1 can recollect,my mother * hair
haa bean gray. About twelve year* ago*
my hair began to show algos of turning.
I resolved to try Ayer’s Hair Vigor, and
after using it ouly a few times my hair
was restored to Us natural color, l still
use this dressing oecaalonr.lly, a bottle
lasting me quite a while: and though over
forty years of age, my hair retain*.its
youthful color and fulloeaa. To oil who
have faded and gray hnlr. I would heartily
recommend Dr. Ayer's Holr Vigor.*'—Mr*.
Maooie PicsgTT. Canton, Oa.
There ia no shame in gray hair, but there
,i... lh. hair iu aatatal tlit. Thia
lag matter can he aup*U«4 artil-
and ia ao .uppllrd by (t. J. C. Ayvf'a t
Vigor. It fa by aupplyUg «*•'*«)
pUmra^h^lS^^ A/.r’.^air _Vt,.r
colo
1rd&tfg&K
ri'WMw
cleanse* the _
Mount Airy, Oa
rnu~ —
scalp. Mrs.
writoa:
w
aoyauc.; jf
L
r.T.7-t Tti.-na* al be.
Mai, Vigor .topped the kair - ,
Dr. Ayer'. Hair Vigor la
drr.alag It t. u.td eeery <W
aaud. who.. chle< claim to b.
oa baauttlal hair. Bead f
Curebook. a atory *t care. _
carod. Free. Addre.a the J. C.
Lowall, Maaa.
“IRONING MADE EASY,
ST.
TB
MAKES COLLARS AND GUFFS STIFF AND NICE
ONE POUND OF THIS STARCH WILL GO
AS FAR AS A POUND AND A HALr
OF ANY OTHER STARCH.
ACTUM D OmyBy
'"LI.C.HUBINGER BROXC?^
.Keokuk,Iowa. NewHavenjConnaSI
\_ C OPVRIwHTKO (QBrk
Thf* «(sn-h Is prepsred on srlfwtlflr principles by men w!
laundering, it restores old Itnei. sod summer dresses io tbel
l*»tlug f
alum or
nir;
inly March manufactured that Is perfectly harmless. i-oDlsIning neither oraoi
any other x ibstsm a Injurious to linen aud can be used even for a hah? fMiwder
I
restores old Unci, and summer dresses I
It I* the u«lv starch manufactured th*i
k'lbstsnce Injurious to llneu and ran
For Sale by All Wholesale and Retail Grocers.
-WHERE DIRT GATHERS, WASTE RULES."
GREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM THE USE OF
SAPOLIO
Rellitttre on Topolnr Feeling.
"They ain’t enough pudding to go
round,” the waUreas aald hoarsely.
"Tell the rest of ’em rh they come,"
Bald the landlady, "that It In Spanish
HAUce. Then they’ll reftiHe it."
FOR THE FRIVOLOUS.
Worts; "(’all It alcohol.’"—London
Graphic.
"What nre you tnklng that chenp-
John watch to war with you for, Pete?"
" ’Cause it won’t run,"—Detroit Free
Ureas
"That dog certainly seems almost
human at times,” said old Mr. Fussy.
“YeH," replied .Mrs. Fussy. "He growls
over his food quite ns much as you
do.” Harper’a Bazar.
"My husband Insists upon riding a
hobby," announced the anxious wife
to the cross-grained family physician. I
"What can you do about it?" "Bet-
ter consult a horse doctor."
"They say If you fix your gaze on !
the bark of any person's neck you can
hypnotize them.’’ "Not so. The other I
day I tiled It on a tnndem for an hour,
and the girl didn’t work any harder."
Life.
"So he is a Frenchman, and a fugf-
tlve from Justice?" "Yes. In his own
country he |h under suspicion of hav-
ing guilty knowledge of the innocence
of one who has been convicted and
Imprisoned." Life.
Professor: "If you are at all Inter-
ested in geological specimens, madam,
will you not accept some of these
beautiful specimens of quartz?" Mrs.
Mushroom: "They are almost too i
largo for me to carry. Have you any
pints?" Pearson’s Weekly.
Mrs. ('rimsonheak: "I read in the!
paper the other day that during the I
first day of her married life a Korean \
bride must not speak, not even to her
husband. It is considered a very repre-
hensible breach of etiquette." Mr.
('rimsonheak: "Now, that’s something
like a honeymoon."—Yonkers States
man.
Measure your words when a supposed
enemy Is near.
Mr*. W ln*l«i» '* Moot Mug Syrup.
ForrhlUtrrn teething, •often* th** gums, rrilurr.* Ii*
fl*iniu*tt'Ji>,allay* p*Tn, cure* wludcolic. 2V shuttle.
Thors aro two siflos to a atory; you
think yours tha right stile.
I’tsn', Cura for Consumption i. tho heat of
all.rough curoR, (ioorgr W, 1 -ot/ Kshucber,
l.a , August Ufl, 1W.Y
The caterpillar anti the mouse are
woman s main terrors.
Ahaad of Him.
Mr. 8prockett—"You are It
tn your bicycle ridlag, the*?"
Dloomer—"Oh, yes; I rod*
miles today and' I kept abeai
brother all the way.” “You
so!” "Yes; we were on t t
Yookers Statesman.
F|TJS P*rm*nanlljrf)urart. Nolil* nr n«rYft*i*n*M*f»«w
nrit d*y * n*« of Dr. Klin* allrsat N#r»* lt*Mor*r.
bonrl for Fit RE V4.IH) trial bottU and traatis*.
Un. R. H KLIM. I.ui .FI! Arc It hL, Ptiiladalpbi*, Pa.
Hobson’s choice could have been a
Cervera one.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
VV*> are asserting in the court* our right to the
exclusive itm* of the word “CASTORIA,'' and
“PITCHER'S CASTORI A." »aour TnMIe Mark
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of ByAnnln/Mnssa-
rhuMetta, was th« originator of "PITCHER'S
(’ASTORIA,'' the same that has borne and does
now bear the far-slnille nlgnaltire of CHA8 H
FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the
original "PITCHER'S (’ASTORIA" which hat
been used In the honien of ihc mother* of
America for over thirty years. Look carefully
at the wrapper and see that It la "the kind you i
have al way* bought." and ha* the Klgnatum of I
CHAR H. FLETCHER on the Wrapper No)
one ha* authority from me to uae my name ex-
cept The Centaur Company, of whlol Chan H. •
Fletcher la President.
March 8. IW. SAMUEL PITCHER. M. D.
A pipe of peace and a piece of a pipe
are different tilings
COSMO BUTTERMILK TOILET SOAP
makea the Kkiu soft, wliito and healthy
Sold everywhere.
Too much "practice’’ of a brass hand
Is a bad "practice.”
No-To-line for Fifty Cent*.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, make* weak
men strong, blood pure. IMJe. $| All druggists.
Uneasy consciences, rather than bad
cooking, oft keep us awake.
Brown bread lee cream is a d
dessert for summer days.
A bath with COHMO BUTT]
HOAP, exquisitely seen tod, la aoot
beneficial. Sold everywhere.
I>ook out for the person who
you to your face, but "roaeU"
your back.
To Cura Constipation Forov
l ake ( ascarets Candy Cathartic. I
ifC. C. C. fall to cure, druggist*refun*
When scandal delights a mi
him as a venomous reptile.
Chain!]
makk mu. rxixnixe na*Y|
Columbia
Chain Wheel,. *75
Hertford,. - • 50
Vedettes. *40 A 35
Pop* Mt(. Co.
Hertferd,
Conn*
*
at ••
-v
■y<>.
ODDS AND ENDS OF FASHION.
The most luxurious parasols have
hand-painted medallions of white silk
«*t tn white lace.
dray gowna look very pretty with
Jnat a touch of positive color at the
throat and wrtat, given, perhaps, by
a folded cottar or cravat, and then
again by a waistband of mirror velvet
In vivid emerald green, bright violet
or deep orange. All these combina-
tions of color will be very much worn
with gray.
Tho wallflower and the nasturtium
are to have alt their own way In the
coming colors of the season, ao we shall
be reveling In tawny browns, reds and
other wonderful colorings which are
not unbecoming to brunettes, and.
moreover, the most fashionable new
ecent of the moment Is wallflower. It
Is difficult to realize how exquisite is
the perfume till you have smelled It.
It Is soft, fragrant and lasting.
Cashmere will certainly hold 11s own
among the new materials and atveral
fresh varieties have been prepared, not
ao thick and heavy, of cottrae, aa the
"Muscovite” cashmere* of the sinter
season, but still of sufficient substance
to set out smartly when cut on the
croaa In these deep flounces which are
ao eminently characterlatlc of the
skirts of the Immediate future. A
eashmere with a corded back items
likely to be a very favorite fabric and
haa been prepared In every conceivable
shade of color suitable tor the com tag
springtime.
Lazy Liv
**I ks»* bae* troubled * |re
• torpid liver, whloh product* <
1 found OAHOARETS to basil j
wHa
tloo i found CA80A
for th*m. and aooarad
auch ralM tba !
jsw/sssn xMy'tfr”
oaimand Caaearafca whenever tl
la prroentod." J. A
•U-fc.
rigfeu.
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THE EXCELLENCE OF SYEUP OF FWS
Is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which It U
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the Calipobhla Fie Sirup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the J
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured |
by the CiuroKtu Flo Sraup Co. I
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthies* j
imitations manufactured by other par-
ties. The high standing of the Cam-
poRirta Flo Hvhup Co..with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs haa
given to millions of faratliaa, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of ita remedy. It Is
far In advance of all other laxatives,
aa it act* on the kidneys, liver and
bowel* without irritating or weaken-
ing them, and It doe* not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get ita beneficial
effect*, please remember the name of
the Company —
mm Rusqushaaas At#., 1
CANDY
CATHARTIC
r**ot SMI
... OUffg CONSTIPA1
£ \ -
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pensions;
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