Exhausted the Font.
Sir Samuel Sims saw sweet Sara Samp
ton swimming. Suddenly she seemed sink
ing. Sir Samuel stood stunned. Striding
seaward, spurning shingle, Sir Samuel
swiftly swam Sarawards. Sir Samuel
skillfully supported swooning Sara. Swim
ming shorewards Sir Samuel successfully
succored Sara. Seeming somewhat shaky.
Sir Samuel sampled some spirits—special
Scotch. Sara saw Sir Samuel’s self-sac
rificing spirit; Sir Samuel saw Sara's
sweetness. Sir Samuel soon sought Sara.
Striding slowly, Sara sighed softly. Sir
Samuel seemed speechless.
‘‘Say something. Sir Samuel.” said Sara.
‘Say Sam. Sara." said Sir Samuel.
Sara, smiling shyly, softly said “Sain.”
"Sara—Sally!” stammered Sir Samuel.
Sweet Sara •sweetheart!”
Sara solemnly surrendered.
Pleace etoii tide. We are chort of eccec.
(Fruiter).—N. Y. News.
Small Figures.
Mrs. Bacbn—1 see by the papers that the
average family in the United States has
lour and seven-tenths persons.
Mr. Bacon- I suppose I in the seven
ton ths in this family.—\ onkers States
man.
A Nurseryman’s Experience.
Tarlton, Tenn., April 18th.—Mr. E. J.
-Horton, proprietor of the Tarlton
nurseries, has given for publication some
ol Ins experiences, which, no doubt, will
interest a great many people who are try
ing to overcome similar dilliculties. Among
other things he says;
1 will answer all inquirers who enclose
a stamp tor reply and will be pleased to
tell them just now I cured myself of a
serious case of Kidney Urinary and Blad
der trouble which had tortured nie for
0 .cr three years. 1 had a fearful burning
sensation when urinating and was in very
oaU shape till 1 commenced to use a medt
oa *et^ llodd’s Kidney Fills.
In a very short time 1 found I was
getting better and 1 kept on till 1 was
i ,cur<,d. Every symptom of my
old trouble is gone and, besides being cured
at this particular trouble, my general
health is better than it has been for years.
1 leel like a new man and am ready at all
tunes to testify to the wonderful curing
powers of Dodd’s Kidney Fills.”
Wise Proprietor. (luest (in cheap res
taurant)—"Here, waiter! This food is
vile, and 1 don t propose to pay for it.
Wheres the proprietor?” Waiter—“He’s
gon" home to lunch, sir.”—Philadelphia
Ledger.
CUTICURA PILLS
Fur Cooling nod Clennalng tht^Jlood
ia Torturing. Diaflgurins Huiuom
—GO C'liucolnte IMlla Soc.
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plete external and internal treatment for
every humor rnav now be had for $1.00,
consisting of C'utieura Soap to cleanse the
skin, ('uticura Ointment to heal the skin,
and ( uticura Resolvent 1’ills to cool and
cleanse the blood. A single set is often
sufficient to cure.
As a man travels on in the journey of
life his objects of wonder daily diminish,
and he is continually rinding out some very
■ample cause for some great matter of mar
vel.—Washington Irving.
Putnam Fadeless Uyes produce the bright
est and fastest colors.
Politeness oft makes liars of honest men.
—Chicago lJaih Neves.
FLOWERS
THE WILD
THEY SHOULD BE SAVED FROM
WANTON DESTRUCTION.
11 Is Selfishness That Prompts the
Plucking of Them—Should Be
Left to Live Out Their
Lives.
There are tens of thousands of
pie who love wild flowers well enoi gn
to pick them; there seem to be few in
deed who love them so well that
they can leave them on their stalks.
Yet those few are the real lovers of
flowers; they do not demand the
death of the objects of their love, but
let the flowers live out their sunny
lives. They seek to share their pleas
ure, not only with their fellows of to
day, but with millions yet unborn,
whose only flowers must be the direct
descendants of those which have been
left upon their stalks. The love which
prompts some people to gather arm
fuls of wild flowers is often of a
selfish nature; at best it is a thought
less love, having no regard for the
future.
Of course, the destruction of our wild
flowers is due to many causes, and some
of these the building of towns and the
cultivation of farms, for example, are
not to be controlled. Others, like exces
sive lumbering operations, may be con
trolled in time, but there are many
causes which may be checked almost at
once, and they must be if we would
save from extermination some of our
most highly-valued plants. AntWhis
is the very time tolay plansforcheeking
them, for some of the early spring flow
ers are amongst those most badly in need
of protection. The Mayflower, or Trail
ing Arbutus, for example, lovable not
only for its beauty and frangrance, but
for its associations, has already disap
peared from many localities in which
at one time it was common, and is rapid
ly growing scarce in many other places.
This decrease is due largely to the gath
ering of enormous quantities for sale.
The gathering of rare or uncommon wild
flowers should be stopped by law. It has
been stopped in some of the European
countries, but some of them waited
until it was almost too late. Until
such a law can be framed and put in
force, property owners could do much
good by posting notices forbidding
trespassing—trespassing tor the pur
pose of gathering rare wild flowers, at
least.
Another serious menace to the ex
istence of the wild flowers is the ex
cessive picking by school children.
Not for worlds would I suggest that
children should not be allowed to
pick wild flowers; it is in the hope that
children may forever have the de
light of picking them, that this article
is written. But they should be
taught that each wild flowers is a liv
ing, precious thing, and that to de
stroy it thoughtlessly, is a great mis
take. The teachers throughout the
country could make themselves a
power for good in this matter, as they
do in so many others, by teaching
the children moderation in the pluck
ing of flowers. Instead of allowing them
to go into the woods and bring back
wilted sheaves of miscellaneous blos
soms in their hot hands, why not send
them to definite places for limited num
bers of particular flowers which are
known to grow there, giving them sim
ple instructions for keeping the flowers
fresh until they return? The flowers
would then be in a good condition for
study, and when they finally died, there
would be a feeling that rhey had done
some good. How many millions of flow
ers, I wonder, are every year thrown
away at the roadside before the children
reach home or school, or are cast on the
ash heap as “rubbish,” with never a
word to suggest to the children that
it would have been far better to have
left them in the woods. The rarer the
flower, of course, the more danger there
is that it will disappear. The children
may pluck thousands of the commoner
flowers without doing much apparent
harm, but one little band may unthink
ingly exterminate the only colony of
Ladies’ Slippers or Fringed Gentians
there may be in a locality. Above all,
they should be instructed to be careful
of the roots of the plants; the latter may
survive the picking of the blossoms, but
when the roots are torn up, there is an
end, of course. Perhaps the worst
root destroyers are those who collect
the roots for medicinal purposes. They
gather such plants as Bloodroot and Sol
omon's Seal, and many others, and they
should be prevented from doing this, be
cause these plants may be easily culti
vated on a commercial scale, as similar
plants are grown for this purpose in Eu
rope.
In many places there have been or
ganized societies for the protection
of native plants, and these are doing
for the wild flowers pretty much what
the Audubon societies are doing for
the birds. All such societies are more
or less beneficial.' as they at least
call people’s attention to what it is
desirable to do, and most people
want to do what is desirable if their
attention is called to it and if it is not
too much trouble.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.
!
Don t use Stimulants.
You need a bracer or strengthener at
this time of the year, but you do not want
to be left with the depressing effects which
follow the use of stimulants. As a tonic
or purifier, there is nothing better than
I)r. Caldwell’s (Laxative) Syrup Pepsin,
which acts gently, but effectually, on the
liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. Don’t
take the nostrums which are advertised
under the name of Sarsaparillas, Blood
Purifiers, etc. N'ot one in ten contains a
single grain of the genuine Sarsaparina
Root or Potassium Iodide. Take only Dr.
Caldwell’s (Laxative) Syrup Pepsin, which
is sold by your druggist in 50c and £1.00
bottles.
‘‘When you borrowed that 100 marks
from me you said you needed it for a
short time.” “Exactly, and 1 only had it
a short time—1 spent it all that day!”—
Fliegende Blaetter.
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thousands of varieties of Furm and Vege
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Paying Teller- "What is your name, any
way?" Indignant Presenter of Check—
"Don’t you see my signature?” Paying
Teller—"Yes. That’s what aroused my
curiosity.”—Baltimore American.
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“If you would not be forgotten as soon
as you are dead, write things worth read
ing, or do things worth writing."—Frank
lin.
Do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consump
tion has an equal for coughs and cold?.—J.
F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,11)00.
Great minds must be ready not only to
take opportunities, but to make them.—
Colton.
New Caste.
Two men were discussing the social sta*
tion of a lord who had married an Amere
can girl.
"You say his social position has im
proved since he married her'.'
“Yes, indeed. Formerly he was only a
nobleman, but now be belongs to our heir
esstocracy.”—Washington Star.
“Good Afternoon” to Corpse.
One’s risibilities are sometimes stirred
even at a funeral. The other day in
Brooklyn, after the pastor had said Ins
word and turned over the services to the
undertaker, he was surprised to hear that
worthy announce from alongside the
casket: “Now the friends will please step
forward and say: ‘Good afternoon’ to the
corpse.”—Homiletic Review.
Not Committing Himself.
A man who is noted for the reluctance
with which lie declares definite and posi
tive judgments was talking to some friends
in lus office.
A tioek of sheep, newly sheared, passed
by.
"Those sheep have just been sheared,”
observed one of the visitors.
The non-committal proprietor of the of
fice gazed out the window while his guests
waited. Finally after the last sheep had
passed, he said:
"It looks like it, on this side."—
Yrouth’s Companion.
Private ’Johnson’s Mount.
In a certain yeomanry regiment there
was a private of very small stature, who,
to make himself look as big as the rest,
had a very tall horse. It was well known
that Private Johnson could not mount un
assisted, so there was great amusement
when one day they heard the order:
“Private Johnson,dismount!’’
Private Johnson gave no sign.
Again the order was given with a like
result.
A third time the captain gave the or
der: "Private Johnson, dismount,” but
the little private could keep patience no
longer, anu fairly roared out:
“Don’t be a tool, captain; you know
T can’t get on again.”—London Tit-Bits.
DANGEROUS NEGLECT
It's the neglect of backache, sideache,
pain in me nips or loins
that finally prostrates the
strongest bocty. The kid
ney warnings are serious—
they tell you that they are
unable to filter tlie body’s
waste and poison from the
blood—the sewers are
clogged and impurities
are running wild to im
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brain and every organ of
the body with disease ele
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valuable they are, even in casesof long
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L. C. Lovell, of 415 North First St.,
Spokane, Wash., says: “I have had
trouble from fay kidneys for the past
ten years. It was caused by a strain to
which 1 paid little attention. Hut as I
neglected the trouble, it became worse
and worse until any strain or a slight
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pain across my back. Then the action
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their good effect was apparent. All
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and the kidney secretions became nor
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