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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-6-16, Page 6A Wean). er klelag,„ XotifellerS fi'elle the otnintry—yott h'eep away from town, t ion don't want to tinsettle thin4 Widget 115 upside down; Vor Yoaltietrztrleevirt(enion,orrottlioinesAlowo An' straightway get to wishin" au' to ftshial ftiraY lea ! Ten fellers from the country—when you strike true at my deSk The room begins to blossom an' the street looks Picturestine . Auct. the roarin' or the eity, with its engines ani its bells, Seems to melt into the mush, of the mountains and the dells You rollers trona the couutry—you got so much or life— So little or its sorrows, or its tears and or its strife; That I want to get oft' with you and just riot in yourty, .A.nd wade your cool branches like I used to when a boy ! The Advent or Summer. Tito tennis blazer soon will come To brighten up the emerald lawn, And in his fishing togs we'll see The fishery:tau steal forth tit dawn. In yachting: suit, with buttons big, The youth the quarter deck will strut; And thus arrayed in colors bright, 4. dashing figure he will cut. We'll sec him walk along the beach In outing suit of nobby style; Or else arrayed for mountain climbs. The summer hours away hell while. And. as the summer girl he seeks With suits unnumbered, far away Elis tailor will remain at home, And wonder when hell get his way. The msitiosophical noes:rotten. A NEW FABLE you mums. A cockroach sat on an editor's desk, With a cynical smile on his face, And watched the editor make grotesque Black nutrks on a clean, -white place. "Dear me 1" said the cookroach, "1 cata see Why he should labor so eonstantly, For he doestet accomplish a siale thing With all his writing and scissoring. Paste and scissors,' Scissors and paste— Think of the energy going to waste !" The editor listened, but di ,n't reply, For he had too nitwit to do ; But he said to himself : ")ne can't deny There's much in the point of vices ; One cannot measure his neighbor's worth By the gash he makes in the f MO of the earth, And I strongly sliSt)9Cit that he may be Perfectly right in his judgment of me. Paste and SCISSOrS. SCISSOI:S and paste— Think of the energy going to waste!" Then the editor smashed the cockroach flat With his scissors, and buried him deep In the pot ofpaste. and remarked : "Now that i I consider s getting oft' cheap. The critical faculty, as we know, Is a dangerous thing to have, and so I've forwarded you to a bdter land, For the sake of society, understand." Then the editor took up his pen and said. As he looked at the cockroach lying dead: "Paste and 9cissors, Scissors and paste— Think of the energy going to waste!" SPLINTERS' NOVEL. He Didn't Write it, But it Caused Him Plenty of Trouble, THE most odd part of the whole affair was that John Haverstraw Splinter had not the remotest thing to do with his sudden leap into fa me. He had left the Leiden saburb in which he resided early in June, a very ordinary little doctor intent on building up a practiee, and ever siuce, except for two short—and too short—weeks at Brighton, he had been buried iu a little fishing village away down on the coast of Dorsetshire. He had gone there to stuay, and there- fore ht left newpapers, story b Asks and cor- respondence behind. So far as the story books went it oost him no self-denial to forego them Splinterdidn't believe in them ; he consirered them very useless if not absolutely pernicious. A novel had lately dawned upon the literary horizon with the somewhat singular title of " The Girl with the Psyche Knot." It was an effusion in a paper cover, and it had a picture of the heroine with her hair screwed up into a Psyche knot adorning the front page. Just below it large red letters announced that its author was J. Haverstraw Splinter. Now, in the train the previous night, Splin- ter had read a criticism of this novel in oae of the evening papers. This paper spoke in the highest terms of its undeniable clever- ness and brought its article to a close with the following little eulogy : "To readers jaded with the recent glut of effeminate Effusions 'The Girl with the Psyche Knot' will come like a whiff of sea breeze. There is an unmistakable smack of masculinity about this little book which unconsciously proclaims its author to be a thorough men of the world. Mr. J. Haver - straw Splinter possesses the virtue, so rare in our day, of writing of wbat he knows," Now, when Splinter saw his name so an- expectedlyin print it gave him quite a little start, but never for one inetant did he real- ize than it was to his identical self that the article referred. It was not till he had reached his lodg- ings and had perused a few of the scores of letters which he found awaiting him that the full significance of the situation dawned upon his bewildered mind. Two or three of them were from publish- ers, offering liberal terms for his next novel. At last he found a letter, the hand -writ- ing of which was familiar. Continuhig his hero tell me it's capital portrait of Inc. Teries what I cannot forgive yen—snaking fun or your pool! cdcl wont„klenceforth e'en are no longer rue neenew II wash my lienne of you entirely, and, dear little Rosie is now to bo my heir. ecinir aunt that wae, but is no 1onger- $4.1uAltriXa Vraremere, Splinter ley back la his °noir and fairly gasped, It it hadn't been for his misuse. derstauding with. Dexter, Splinter weld have felt, comparatively speaking, light- hearted, He could exist without the patronage ef tbe Messes Fry, and he knew quite well that some of these (lays "Rosie would be putting her hair upor wearing e mealy waistcoat er incurring Aunt netnanthals anger in some other peculiar way, a.nd then it would be his turn to be its favor inte!,n. ' Whet on cattle does' he memn about my betraying his confidence ?” groaned Splinter to himself. "1 never breathed that affair of his to a living soul" And yet—wait a bit, now—I did, teo, after a fashion. It was last mutineer'up at Aunt Samantha's. Rosie was in the haat. mock half asleep, and she asked Inc to tell her a story to 'liven her up a bib. And so I began : Once upon a, time I kneW a fellow,' and then, half unconsciously, Frank's story slipped out bit by bit, I changed the sur- roundings and did not mention any names whatever. " It's Rosie—that's who is ab the bottom of the whole affair !" Presently, when he grew calmer, he opened Rosie's letter : MY DEA.R OLD Joux.—W'eft, old fellow, and how do you take your new honors 1 Think or you as a novelist! And you have brought it all on yourself, you know. You musn't blame poor little me, for I wrote and gave you a fair warning that I was going to use your name, and I took your silence for consent. I am sure you ought to feel very grateful towards me. And uow, I've just one little favor to ask of you. Don't peach on rim, John, dear; at all events not until auntie gets a little more settled down. I was very indiscreet to introduce that little Danger Signal." I never saw auntie in such a rage in alt my lire, and that's saying a good deal, you know. It is nob very much to ask, seeing that you are so far away tioin the volcano_ Your affectionate cousin, Rosta. Now, Rosie was a very nice—a most par- ticularly nice—little girl, Splinter used to think, until he paid that memorable visit to Brighton. Even now he would do a great deal for Rose, and of course he must grant her request. There was a rap at the door, and a note was handed in. It was written from Brighton, and said briefly than mamma and the writer would be in town on the morrow a.nd wouldn't Mr. Splinter come and dine with them. They had not read "The Girl with the Psyche Knot" yet, for they could not obtain a copy of it at Brighton for love or money. They would get copies as soon as they reached Lotidon, however. The letter was signed by "Violet Lansing." "1 suppose it would be as well to read the book myself," he thought. " It would be rather a singular thing for an author to know nothing about his own 000k." So he went out to the bookstall and asked for a copy of "The Girl with the Psyche Knot." At the Imnsings' hotel, to his dismay, he met Frank Dexter. Splinter came towards him and held his hand out. "1 say, Frank, old man," he exclaimed, "1 got that letter of yours. 13u1 it's not true what you think of me—really it's not. Trust Inc just for a day or two, old fellow, and I will then be able to explain every- thing." leexsta. rose from the piano and stood facing him, with a stern look upon his face. • "It's not one of those things which admit of explanation. But this is no place to discuss this matter. 1,11 see you again. I'd no idea you were coming here to•nighg." The ladies came in presently, and after Mr. Splinter had submitted to effusive compliments from both of them, Mrs. Lansing suddenly exclaimed: "Dinner won't be ready for half an hour. Mr. Splinter., I leave Viola here to entertain you, and as for you, Frank, do play something like a good fellow. As for me, I want to finiee the "Girl." It's per- fectly delightful." Splinter knew that such an opportunity would probably never occur again. While Dexter in his sonorous voice was informing the community at large that he was " O'Donohue," of the Square," John Haver - straw Splinter asked Viola Lansing if she would be his wife. She blushed of course and hung her head down, but before she could give any definite answer Mrs. Lansing broke in suddenly upon them. Mrs. Lansing's pleased appearance had undergone a sudden change. "Mr- Splinter," she exclaimed, "is this true? Are you really a married man?" " Why, my dear Mrs. Lansing, of course not! What makes you think —" "Indeed! Then how does it happen that you have dedicated this novel to your wife? Read that, Viola." She held the book up so that both of them could see, and pointed with her forefinger to an inscription on the opening page: "To my wife, whose unwavering love has ever proved my source of inspiration, this little volume is affectionately in- scribed by the author." For one instant Splinter stood there striving vainly to frame some words of excuse. Then, as Viola fell fainting into her mother's arms, he tore into the hall, search until the bottom of the pile was and seizing his hat, rushed breathlessly reached, he found in all four letters which he laid aside. 1 from the house. That night, and the day that followed, One was from Miss Fry, a wealthy patient I seem all a blur to Splinter. He entered a of bis; another was from Frank Dexter, his train, he remembers, and after a long greateat chum, and the other two were from iourney he reached Rosie's home. The Aunt Samantha and his pretty little cousin Rosie. He opened Miss Fry's letter first. SIR,—My sisters and myself would be greatly obliged if you would favor us with your account at your earliest convenience. We find ourselves the victims of a confidence wholly misplaced,. We had no idea that you combined with your medicalpractice a capacity for writ- ing novels My sisters and I have considered you far above the flippancy and worldly ten- dencies of the average medical student. It is with deep mortification that, we BOW discover that the man whom wo trusted is guilty of writing a most obnoxious novel, which is on sale at all the bookstalls. Then came the signature, "Catharine Fry," and Splinter could see the icicles upon it. Splinter gave vent to a long, low whistle and then tore open the letter from Frank: It was a long letter, covering many pages, but when he had finished it Splinter'face wee a eight to behold. There was a time, wrote Dexter, when he really flattered hiniself that be had enjoyed Splinter's full eonfidenee. He had lived to see his mite When, however, for lack of an original idea he had taken the incidentof en affair from real life, which had been con. fided to him under condition a of the strictest eecrecy, and had used them in the most barefeced manner for the plot of his novel, it wag about time for some, body to characterize him as an teemiti, gated cad. AIM'S/ Sametthens Unsays. Wat short, but extremely t� the point: Sohn 1 didn't believe you, bad eheligh 10 yott to Wrlto a book of any seet, let rileile a novel read the bear end laughed over it, end thought that eld frutnre Lady Thermo - MUM is edefeet Mint. Arid:neve 111 my' friends servants said that she was down in the garden, and there he found her curled up in the hammock, looking prettier than ever. There was a bunch of dog rosea pinned into her belt, and somehow all of a sad len tho charms of Viola began to wane. And then Splinter sat down and told her of all his troubles from the beginning to the end --all except the Lansing episode, which he omitted foe reasons of his own. " Oh, I'm so awfully, awfully sorry, John 1" she said. "Ansi yours we.s such a lovely long name, John, that I "— They went up to the house in a little While after that and had an interview with Aunt Samantha. Then a long letter was written to Frank and another to Mrs. Lan em g. It 'was just about a woe.k later that Splitter remarked : " I say, Rosie." " "toyou remember what my name being so long ?" Yee, John." "1 say, Rosie." "Yes, John ---what ?" "Do you think itni long enough for two ?" --Boston Globe. you taid about —Strangei—e' Hoes is New York this Season—pretty lively ?" Native—" Jest so iso. The preachers • seem no. be healing all the fun."—)Veto Yoelt Ifercads —It has been noticedthat the dining - town gh'i who pays most attentien 10 elm personal eppnatancein of her oust:timers inakes Meet Mistakes in nerving et teible. " GATERRINQS FR0111 Gonuau The !narks, the Churches and the Fro. ceemato of Decoration. pay—leo Trollen' Wires in the city. New York never looked mtsre attractive than it does at the present time. The recent rains and seemlier weather hem° developed the foliage. Tbere was a great demand for flowers to supply Memerial Day wants. There were rare displays ef roses, spirma, hydraugeas and dentzlas, mignonette, heliotropes and pansies. Manyfloral tributes will be placed over the graves of departed heroes. With the advent of summer, ap- pear gay coaching parties in Central Park. The roads are kept in perfect order and the trees ansi shrubs show the gardeners' at teatime In Madison Seuare the floral &- plan' is limited to pansies and daisies. The fountain in the centre of the square is bun rounded with Urns of granite, filled with choice flowers. The seats in this park are mostly occupied by the better class of people, The park is a nursery play gonad. Union Square, in the centre of the city, is an invitiug spot and affords a convenient breathing place forbusy shoppers, City Hall Park is a haven of rest from the turmoil of Wall street and the busy com- mercial centres. To study human nature in its verrous phases Battery Park should be the objective pant. Here the emigrant first sets foot on American soil. All nationalities are represented. A party of Daniell and Scandinevian women landed yesterday to join their future husbands in Wisconsin. This perk has been much im- proved. A new sea wall and promenade have been built, from which a good yiew of the harbor and shipping may be obtaaned. The Statue of Liberty lifts her enlightening torch and stands in bold relief in the dis- tance. All these parks are well arranged for the comfort of the people. The best of order prevails and the police enforce a strict surveillance. Decoration Day was observed an a general pablic holiday. There was a parade of all the posts of the Grand Army of the Re- public, escorts of regular troops, and the New York regiments a the National Guard. The State troops were the 691h, followed by the 8th, Oth and. 22ncl regiments, the 71h next; then came the 12th and 71st regi- ments. The 1st Battery, the Naval Reserve Artillery, Torpedo Corps and Signalmen and three battalions of ma ines, ambulance corps and a battery of artillery, with four guns, completed the military display. The parade was 8,000 strong ansi was reviewed by Mayor Grant More than 3,000 veterans passed the stand. The parade formed in Fifth avenue, just below Central Park, and marched down ts Union Square, and then to Fourth avenue and Fourteenth street where it dim banded. Memorial services were held at General Grant's tomb. General Horace Porter delivered the oration and the Loyal Legion was present. There were , also exercises at the Seventh Regiment monu- ment in Central Park. Flags weie at half mast and impressive services were held in many of the churches. The statues in the public squares were all decorated. Lincoln's stenue in Union Square was decorated with flowers contributed by the school children. On each side of the base of the statue were floral shields bearing the words "loyalty," "prosperity, " " charity," "peace, " "liberty." The statue of Lafayette was encircled with wreaths and garlands of flowers. The Worth monument and Farragut's statue were decked with flags. At the close of the wamon April thesixtlethe first post of theGrand Army of theRepublic was organized. The movement met with popular approval and poste were established in every part of the north from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The 131h oE May. is desig- nated for the „purpose of strewing with flowers and decorating the graves on com- rades who died. in the defence of their country. The ministerial vacations are now in order and many of the prominent pastors go abroad for the summer months. Ihe Rev. Dr. Parkhurst preached an effective sermon in the Madison Square Presbyterian church, on Sunday morning. He chose for his text " There remains a rest." The church was crowded to the doors, and those who went expecting to hear a sensational sermon were disappointed. The doctor read a carefully prepared sermon. His logic is forcible. He is keen of intellect and proclaims the Gospel of the New Testament with no uricertain sound. His sentences are short and crisp. He does not aim at rhetoric. His voice is clear and may be beard distinctly in every part of the church. In his opening remarks he said : " Rest lies in the distance. It Is ever before a Christian. To -day we live in expectation, Expectation is the ;prolific mother of disappointment. The Imes we expect of life the easier we get along. It is this continual thinking that to -morrow is going to be different that makes the trouble." Perhaps no clergyman has had soe much publicity of late as Dr. Parkhurst. He has not escaped contumely. His friends in the ministry who have expressed adverse views object to his methods and not to the prin- ciple. He has succeeded in arousing public sentiment and has the sympathy and confi- dence of the community. He is President of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, and did not represent the church or go as a minister. He went to get the facts to prove that the laws were being openly violated. His own congregation did not know of his intentions, so his wife says, and she ought to know. He is a power for good in Neve York. Dr. Rainsford, pastor of St. George's Church, is working on the same lines. He would confine vice to certain districts. He believes that every successful movement for cleanliness and order should have its force and strength in the church, politics ex- cepted. lie believes that vice should not be licensed. To enforce the present law would be to make the evil stronger. He thinks the evil would then be forced into the tenetnent houses, boarding houses and hotels. In the ceurse of his serrnon he said : "You cannot remove an evil witisottt putting something better in its place. Let us know where vice is and it will be easier to deal wibh it. We can then be sure that the police cannot blackmail it." He dis- cussed the drink evilesed favors making bar -rooms as good as possible and keeping them open at certain hours on Sunday. Rev. John Belem Shaw, of the West End Presbyterian Church,' is preaching "Municipal Reform." He wants to unite all the churches hi the crusade against vice. He approves of Dr. Parkhurst's plan. He maintains that a minister ia a spiritual physieian, and should not refuse to go into the midet of the worst disease if duty calls him there. Christ himeelf mune to this vile earth and moved among publicane and sinners. The subscriptions tO the Grant Memorial fund ensure the building of an appropriate monument. Contribution boxes were placed in /*bile resort§ throughout the citY. Up to date over three thousand dollars hee beet ilubscribed. The first of a series of eoneerts Was &en la illiadisen Square Amphitheatre On Mon- day evening. aihntire'S and wart the at, traction. The. saloiste Were Signor Itafftty, Signor Camparaini, MISS Ida Xleih„ Mr, Herbert L. Clarke and Signor Sartori. The toot garden Of the &me building and the tower were dedioat,ed, This will be an Attractive place during the warm Reasons („phe performance on the mai was given by a mandelin orchestra, and okirt dancing by WM Minnie Renwoo41, The New York %Jerald is Openinga fend to eupply the poop with ice during the heated teem, The politicians are organizing for the eampaagn. There are to be no trolley wires in New York The objections are not to the polea but to the wires themeelvem New York wants no overhead wires, A syndicate are anxious for the right to build and operate the trolley emitera under the elevetecl roads. A commission has been formed to inquire whether the people of New York and Brooklyn want to be united under one local government for a greater New York. The warm wave has arrived and the mercury rose to 90° at 3 o'clock yesterday, Wednesday. Two days of summer heat will be followed by cooler weather. The ways that are dark aud tricks that are vain still flourish. Bunco men lie in wait for the unwary. Thefts °emir in broad daylight, and the precaution to "look to your watches" and "beware of pick- pockets" is impreased on the public mind by censpicuous notices in all public places and street cars. Hemzemon. BONNET STRUMS. To Year or Not to Wear Them, That Is the question. "1 am getting old," said a pretty woman in a Sixth avenue car the other day. "1 realize it this spring when I try on those gauzy, girlish -looking hats. The other day 1 pas nu one of those hats with a Tam o' Shanter crown and Madded ten years to my age. I must have fallen into the 'sere and yellow leaf' state, for I used to look well in anything a little rakish. I affected fore and eft caps, saucy little turbans, and looked well even in a billycock hat Oh, the times that was I" And she heaved a sigh that sounded eenuine. Spealing of headgear," said her com- panion, "how much bonuet strings become some WO1BOO I They cover a scrawny neck, and hide the tell-tale line that is so apt to lurk under one's min. Some one has said that no woman over 25 should omit them— strings, I mean. "Jo," she said, turning to the third girl, "you ought to have them on this minute." " Humph," said number three. "11 wearing strings is equal to owning that I am over twenty-five then I am not going to do it. It would akvertise my age. If I don't wear them the fact that I am twenty- seven may never dawn on people. See ?" "1 have been called Mrs. several times lately," remarked the first speaker. "1 wore that little black velvet hat last winter with a matronly strap under the chin. I had occasion to wait in a drug store while a prescriptiou was being tilled, and I gave my name without any Miss or Mrs. Presently the clerk called, Mrs. Smith, your parcel is ready.' The same thing happened in the Eepress office one day. I felt quite set up 'about it, and I charged the dignity to the bonnet strings."—New York Recorder. Couldn't Get Ahead of Alger. "The boys in blue know how hard that is," he said. "11 put on the Republican ticket, the devil himself won't catch him, I followed him up through Michigan a few years ago. At a farm house I met a lovely young girl and asked her if she knew Gen. Alger. " Oh, yes! she replied, he hes just been here.' Then I took out a stick of candy and game it to her. Did Gen. Alger give you candy?' I asked. Oh, yes she said, he game me a whole paper full of nice candy.' Not to be outdone, I pulled out a dimmend gave it to her. Did Gen. Alger give qou any nioney ?' I asked. Oh, yes.!' she answered, he gave me whole giver dol- lar.' Then I thought I would get ahead of Alger. I gathered her right up in my arms —8110 wasn't over 15 or 16 years old—and kissed her rosy lips. Did. Gen. .Alger kiss you?' I asked. Oh l' she said, Gen. Alger is such a nice man. He kissed me, and he kissed ma, too!' Then I gave up in despair. I couldn't get ahead of Alger."— John M. Thurston. Fasten the Dugs DOW11.. Rugs have nearly driven carpets out. There is a gain here in health and cleanli- ness, though with some disadvantages. There are rugs that will not stay in place, but insist on turning up, tripping the unwary foot and committing all kinds of mischief - malting wbich such a depraved floor -covering may be guilty of. Where such is the case it is best to have sockets sunk in the floor at the corners to held them down. Any carpet man will prepare such sockets and fasten the rug in them in such a manner as to make the fastening almost invieible. Rugs which are made up from carpeting are often very troublesome and refuse to lie in place until they are shrunk to the fioor. In order to shrink such a rug it must be free from all dust. The floor must then be cleaned as clean as possible and the rug stretched and nailed firmly to the floor. When it is securely down it must be damp. ened thoroughly and allowed to dry on the floor. Lord Melbourne and the Church. • Mr. Gladstone relates an amusing story which gives a very good insight into the prevalent opinion on the uses of theology among a certain class of old-feshioned politicians. He says that on one occasion he attended a country church in company with Lord Melbourne, the celebrated states- man. The minister was rating the con- gregation soundly upon their personal irreligion. On the way home Lord Mel- bourne said, after censuring the preacher, "No one has greater respect for the church than I, but when religion invades the province of private life, it is in my opinion, going beyond its limits." In practice, if not in expression, this would be the senti- ment of many. Meassured. Spencer Swayback—Doctor, I fear I had a slight touch of the delirium tremens last night. Doctor—Indeed I What where your sensations ? Did you see anything? S. S.—No but I heard the most horrible noisee. It seemed that a thoturend demons were yelling at me. Doctor—Oh, you're all right. That was the Bi -chloride of Gold Glee Club. They bad a rehearsal at your hotel lad night. Tit for Tat. Chumley (who is off the track) --Tell me, Pat, do you know where the C. H. & D. depot. is? Patrick—Shure how did yez know me name Was Pat? Chumley—Oh, 1 guessed it, dear boy. Pat—Well, then yez cati just guess where the depot id. —To the woman editor of a women'a paper who is seeking something new in bathing suits this year, the Detroit Free Press suggests more material and a little modesty. afterallianet speech ." Cheek, pleme." Women Make good light housekeeper& They kno* when the buoys are all right. A TRENTON MIRACLE. A, Remarkable Oure Irk a Case Prenounced lioPoleee. An Estimable Young Lady liaised Frani a fresitkaged Atter Being Given Up By Several Doctors—A Simple Statement or rae". (Trenton Courier.) At intervals during the past year the pro- prietor of the Costner has been publishing newspaper reports of miraculous cures OCOUrring in various parts of Canada and the United States. Perhaps among the most notable of these were the cases of Mr. John Marshall, Of Hamilton, Ont.; Mr. C. B. Northrop, of Detroit, Mich. and Mr. Chas. A. Quant, of Galway, N. . Mit Marshall's case was more prominently fixed in the publics mind by reason of the fact that after being pro- nouncesi incurable by a number of eminent physicians he was paid the $1,000 disability claim allowed by the Royal Templars of Temperance, and some months afterward was announced his almost miraculous restoration to health and active life. The case of Mr. Northrop created equally as profound a 801188410B. in Detroit, where he is one of the best known, mer- chants in the city. Mr. Northrop was looked upon as is helpless invalid, and could only give the most desultory attention to his business on days when he could be wheeled to the store in an invalid's chair. In his case the same simple (yet wonderful) remedy that has cured Mr. Marshall re- stored. Mr. Northrop to a life of aotive usefulness. The case of Mr. Chas. Quant is perhaps the moth marvellous or all, inasmuch as he was not only perfectly helpless, but had had treatment in one of New York's best hospitals under such eminent medical scientists as Prof. Ware, and Dr. Starr, and in Albany by Prof. H. H. Hun, only to be sent out as incurable and looked upon as one who had but a few months before death would put an end to his sufferings. Again the same remedy which restored Inn Marshall and Mr. Northrop was resorted to, with the same remarkable results, and to -day Mr. Quant, restored to health, anticipates a long life of usefulness. The remedy which has succeeded, where the best physicians had failed, is Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale People—and a name that is now a familiar household word throught the continent—and a remedy that apparently stands without a rival in the tamels of medical science. Having published, asnong others, the cases above alluded to, the curiosity of the publisher of the Courier was aroused and he determined to ascer- tain if anyone around Trenton had been benefited by the use of Pink Pills. In con- versation with Mr. A. W. Hawley, drug- gist, he was told that the sale of Pink Pills was remarkable, and steadiling increasing. And Mr. Hawley gave the names of a num- ber within his Own observation who had been benefited by the use of this remedy. Among others Miss Fame Fleming, grand- daughter of Mr. Robt. Young. It was stated that Miss Fleming had been raised from what was supposed to be her death -bed, 'after all other remedies end physicians had failed, by the utse of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. This statement was so startling that the 4 Courier determined to investigate it further, and if true set the facts before the public for the benefit of the other sufferers. Mr. Robt Young, grandfather of the young lady was first seen, and in reply to an inquiry said it was a miracle the manner in which these pills had restored his granddaughter. As a last resort, 'end with is prayer in his heart, he had purchased a box of PiniMPills at Mr. Spaulabury's drug store, and so much good resulted that the remedy was continued until his granddaughter was as well as ever she had been. Miss Fleming's aunt was next seen, and she corroborated what had already been told the Courier, giving as well some additional particulars. Miss Fleming was next seen, and we must confess to being surprised, and at first somewhat incredulous, that this young lady in the bloom of womanhood and health was the person whom we wanted to inter- view. Miss Fleming, however, soon con- vinced us that it was she who was so miraculously saved from death, and cheerfully consented to give a state- ment of her OSSO. Her father, she said, was for years miller under Mr. Spence, and afterwards at Gordon's .mills, near Trenton, ancl is now miller et Union. Three years ago Miss Fleming's mother died of con- sumption. Up to four years ago Miss Fleming stated that she had enjoyed good health, but, taking a severe cold then, she had not had a well day since untilshe began the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills last December. She was reduced in weight to 90 pounds, but now weighs 111 pounds—a gain of 21 pounds. She consulted a number of doctors and took their remedies, but never obtained more than temporary relief. A physician at Newmarket whom she con- sulted said ehe was going into a decline, and that he could do nothing for her. Her Tren- ton physician said that a sudden cold would go to her lungs, and he had no hope of her ever getting better. She felt very miserable, strength continually failing, suffered so much distress from food that she had no desire for it and lost all appetite. She kept continually growing worse until last fall she was not able to stand without support, and gave up all efforts to help herself. In December she was taken with inflammation of the bowels and Dr. Moran was called in. He gave her medicine that relieved her and cured the inflammation, but her strength was gone and she had to be lifted in and out of bed and could not sit in a chair at all. She had taken her bed expecting never to rise again, and this was the opinion of all her friends. It was at this juncture that her grandfather, having read in the Courier of the wonderful cures effected by Dr. Wit. Hams' Pink Pills, and as is lest resort pur- chaeed a box, and urged his granddaughter to take them. Miss Fleming had been be- fore this recommended by a friend in Tor- onto to try Pink Pills, but declared she had no faith in them. Now, however, to please her friends she consented to take the Pink Pills, on the seventh day after beginning the use of the Pink Pills, ehe was able to walk down stake, and has not gone back to a sick bed since. The .efrect upon her sys- tem was 'truly nearveloute Her appetite was gone, strength gone, prostrate upon her supposed death bed, in seven dame she was able to Nvalk down deka, feeling re- newed strength and a better appetite than ever before. Miss, Flattingcontinued the um of Pink Pills, daily gaining health and Btrength, until ahe was able th take part in the household ditties without the least injurious effect. Miss Flem- ing still continues to • take one pill after each meal, and now feels as well as elle ever aid in her life. She kelp truly grateful tot what this great remedy has done ter her, and only a Senile e gratitude enables her to overcome her modett scruples in giying this ,testimony to the Wonderbil virtueS of Dr. William? Pink Pills for Pale %Tit: Plaiting has recommended Pink Pills to a number of lady friends wins riey they are doiag them much good: ' A itirther investigation revealed the fact that Dr, Williams' Pink kills are not 04 Patent medicine in the sense ja which that term is usually understood, but are a Wien- tific preparation succeesfully need in generat praetice for many years 'Jame being offered to the public generally. They contain in a• condensed form all the elemente neoesearY to give new life and richnesa to the blood and restore 'shattered nerves. They aro an unfailing speaific far such diseases as loco, motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatisnt nervous headache the after effects' of. la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and mallow complexione, and the tired feeling resulting from nervous prostration; all diseases depending upon vitiated humors in the Wood, such as ricrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc. They are also specific for troubles peculiar to females, ;such as suppresaions, irregularities and all forms of weakness. They build up the blood and restore the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeka. In the case of name they effect a radical cure in all mines arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. These pills are manufactured by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Brockville, Ontario, and Schenectady, N. y., and are sold in boxes (never ia loose form by the dozen or hundred, and the public are cautioned against numerous imitations solcl in this shape) at 50 cents a bog, or six lsoxea for $2.50, and may be had of all druggists or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Company from either address. The price at which these pills are sold Makes te course of treatment comparatively inex- pensive as compared with other remedies or medical treatment. TUE LATEST GERMAN FEMME: A Suggestion to Seashore snaannerere. Ten couples up and. waltz. At signal change partners. Geutiemen propose. All waltz again. At signal change partners again. Ladies accept. All wait z. At signal change partners. New part- ners exchange the salute proper to the oc- caeion. All waltz. At signal change partners. Geutlemen produce and give the engagement rings previously provided. All waltz. At signal change partners. New couples are immediately married by resident min- ister, who receives his board at the hotelfor this particular figure. All waltz. At signal—seats. The beauty of this figure will be greatly enhanced if the original couples are in love, engaged, or even married. —Trials. flow Men Fall When Shot. The manner in which men fall depends also upon the nature of the action in which they are engaged. Nearly every one is familiar with the traditional stage fall, where the victim of a supposed death -shot strikes an attitude, clasps his bawl to his heart, stiffens every joint and muscle, breathes hysterically, and goes down like a log toppled ovee from the end. Another popular yet erroneous notion is that men shot through the vitals leap into the air and go down in a dramatic attitude. Sometimes men are founci on the field in striking positions, but often on examina- tion shows that the position was taken after the fall. As a rule, a man who is hit above the hips goes down. The slighter the wound the more commotion, for the body in- stinctively resists, just as it does when one slips or is pushed or collides with some object. But a wound in a vital spot weakens the resistance and men sink at once, or reel and tumble with very little self-control. — From First Actions of Wounded Soldiers, by George L. Kilmer, in the Popular Science Monthly of Tune. Take Care of Tram rdmbrella. After coming in out of the rain, let the umbrella down, and stand it on the handle that it may dry in this position, the water will thus drip from the edges of the frame, and the cover dry uniformly. When placed with the handle upward, as is frequently done, the water runs to the top of the umbrella, and the moisture is there retained in the lining underneath the ring for some length of time, causing the silk or fabric with which the frame is covered to become tender and soon rot. Ordinarily the top of an umbrella wears out sooner than the other part of it, and in the majority of cases may be thus accounted for. A silk umbrella ia much injured by being left open to dry; the silk becomes stretthed and stiff, and will sooner split thus mimed for. When not in use let the folds lie loose, net fastened. down; the creases are less apt to split from this usage. Dispense with an umbrella case, except in travelling, as a protection from dust and cinders. Oa the Wrong Track. He—Congratulate me, Miss Bella. In a few days Miss Goldthwaite will be mine. She—I am glad to hear it ; but I didn't know you were— He—Of course you didn't, nor any one else. Didn't want any competition, see'L But it's all fixed now. She'll be worth $10,000 a year to me. She—Really? The name's unfamiliar. New York family? He—No; Kentucky family, and one of the best. Sired by Bang Up, dam Queen Elizabeth—why, you must remember her. She made 2.13 last season, and not half trained at that. She—Oh, I thought you were speaking of a marriage engagement. He—Now, Miss Bella, that's pretty hard. I know I spend half of my time m the stable, but that's no reason you should take me for an ass.—Einn. /lard to Answer. "1 want to ask one more question," said little Frank, as he was being pat to bed. " Well ?" acquiesced the tired mamma,. "When holes come in stockinga what becomes of the piece of stocking that was there before the hole came ?" A Wonderful Comedy. "How did you like the comedy ?" " le's better than any I've Been for a long time. My husband was so carried away with it that he failed to keep his appoint- ment with the man.'" —Seven -eighths of the bread baited in London is made of foreign wheat. —The household maintained by Queen Vitoria consistes of nearly 1,000 persons. —The Hawafian Queen has lately testi- " fied her interest in the W. 0. T. U., of Honolulu, by paying the license on their Coffee Nouse, thumb/Ling oVer Ir.,11.0. Her total abstinence principles are preyed by the banishment of all aorta of liquors from her table 8,nd her receptions. She also forbids in her presence the performance of & lascivious native dance, formerly a great favorite in court circles. A cablegram frim Berlin says the heat is intense. On,Tuesdayfive deaths were caused by eunstroke, and tin Wednesday a soldier died from sunstroke On parade and others were prostrated. As a jewel of gold in a swat' e'n elient,co, is an effeetive tadverfiseine.iit izt aa loutiar L *Matt clecktlatiOnl.