tin Week-Ender. fSjf Carlyle Smith.) when old Jonesey tor the an! tIhUb me! 7 a brilliant chappy I He's antXnly a3 cau 1)e' t;.yjBi 'fmJfty until Monday he will -at .wound the place "' j at one set expression on his mfcnrocholy face. B:..j fetfe la tongue so last you'd fmit atnnehow he'd got it giueu; Waal imwu .doth he ope his mouth rnartH to. swallow food; Aatf I? amchance he stoops to smile fc wcV you think with joy jrantoiiciely little Blnks, the under- t.lrfrarts boy. ,Scsw Mniil the game of bridge. Sfe doesn't care for cards, lie ;nn reads, so little knows 9it the nation's bards. imtn of golf he doe not play. iwUier gutss he thinks Tit (frft chasing rubber balls itnat a silly links. ! Jtt HXards he's a duffer, and he al-. art tears the cloth ; &s .tffii he were descended 'rm St laodat and the Goth. Ste wwr"t care for children, and de-j upstmi pltunographs, jfcuj titrates his eyebrows If some ftet fellow lauKhs. j 'iw Mrrrinninir lie has no taste. He Ikm a rake a bore; Ctnrla wants flowers he can buy at at the store, mat the thrush his early song I Jonesey's window slugs . St ant to say he thinks that birds ere beastly noisy things; . .l.l.n Via im ins eri' Kei sinus iu uuuii u. TWife evening twit Jtesey rises from his chair arid trie to step on It. nJ ff the kiddles try charades, with wrarfal air 3h?Tft and yawns and goes to sleep tfrRped In a rorklng-chalr! "f Amwa he Is much afraid no fctrrscback stunts for Jones! Afwa't care to risk his limbs wr fcreak his Inner bones: .4 tt tor motors, goodness me! the ftinjrs he's never tried. Knim be really thinks they're tan- tstatnnnt to suicide. Tn waldn't get him In a car for all (hs cash in sight! to as Tot riding round the land, as oie folks do, at night, J!e ffeftrits It is a crime to run at any time of day JL. iwwaotive without tracks along Hn public way! fcwrat care for supper late. He vtfdoai touches meat. Tmr 4 be has no liking, and "he onrat live to eat." M. JftSs tit of spinach he allows Is aamttmes nice, 3 -as the whole he much prefers aided hominy or rice, had jndt despite hlr funny ways I love i tare him come aM spend a week en 1 with me down at my rural home 1 nt mjoy hhn while he's there, Mt tow my 3plrit glows i Monday comes and Jonesey vaeks his sui-i:a9 ' 1) an:', goes! Harper's Weekly. 'j9 Coward I 1 BY ANN PORTER phia Norris, spinster, stood he lm 4te door of her 'brother's house IkuHg very warm and very much t t temper. "1 d not believe mi fei a eoul at home," she said sngxjty. giving the bell a last fierce ; with her strong forefinger. The suddenly opened and a maid ery red and quite out ot nanX m it she had been running. H many times do you expect to hear the bell ring before you see m to answer?" Miss Sonhta demand ad. Sb gfrl looked frightened. "Ex- ate, mum," she. said, "but I SUm bear the bell. I was out tn fa yard hanging out (Miss Helen's svUto dress and" "Sirrer mind," " Interrupted the taUm ktdy as she entered the hall. ."tm any of the family at home?" mum;' Miss Helen is sham s' her hair on the back porch." Vhrt Sophia frowned. "I will go a kcr," she said. M.s she approached the hack porch laaghing voice called out, "Sally, waa It a book agent? I saw an old bada feonnct as I peeped around tho and I knew it was either a agent or van old lady vrAh a L" The girl turned her head tn at Sally, but her expression ajalJBy changed when she beheld her Sana, casing grimly at her. "Why . Sophia," she said, as she rose outstretched hand. 'This Is a i old lady glared at her. "Helen Wwiiis, you must have heard that a. Why didn't you answer It?" TDbct Aunt Sophia, I couldn't go a-Oa door. Can't you see my stream tac hair? The iact Is while you vera ringing the bell I was wrlngLng say bah-. Sally was wringing out mtj white dress; in fact, we wero a w ringing." She . smiled mis aasteroosly Into her aunt's face. "Where Is your father?" Inquire Iter aunt "Father Is In Boston on 'business and will not return tonight. Mildred Is at a picnic down river and will be home ut 5." "Your father gone for the night?" P?nped Aunt Sophia. She darted forward and whispered In Helen's ear, "'Helen, dear, I have $2000 In cash with me It came too late to bank and iny diamond necklace. I was going to Boston tomorrow to have It mended What shall we do? Not a man in the house'" Miss Norrls groaned. Helen turned a little pale. "Do not four, Aunt Sophia," she said; "noth ing ever happens In Clllfvllle and no one here ever burgles." "Why didn't you go to the pic nlc?" demanded her aunt a .little lat- ' er as they sat together In the guest chamber. "I did not want to. It was down I river, you know, and I am afraid of I boats." Almt g01,i,a snorted. "You always were a coward, Helen," she said. -Afraid of boats, afraid of mice, afraid or the dark I wonder what makes you so timid?" ..j cn.t lplp t returned Helen. j nm a coward. t kllow jti but it seems to be rooted too deeply to b 0Vur,.fMie Hithoimh i confess I nm rather ashamed sometimes. Now, deur, I must ' make myself present able nnd will leave you to take n little nap, as yen must be pretty tired from your journey," and she slipped out of the room That njlit wh,,e tho tWQ glr,3 g.lt fnlk:nB together in their room Aunt g,,,,,, enU,,.ej ln llsr nightgown. sh . .,.. , rH.i ipnih- - - er case, wUch the carefully deposit- ed on the dreisslnc table. "Girls she said, "I wish I could sleep hero tonight. I can't seem to get out of a draft In that room and I hato to sleep without the windows wide open.'' Helen offered her bed to her aunt. "It will be conferring a favor on me," she said, "for I want to finish rending the most absorbing love story I have read for a long time, and Mildred hates to have the light burn ing after she Is in bed." An hour later Helen laid down the book she hnd been reading with a sigh of satisfaction. "Good story," she yiawncd. As ehe seated herself before the dressing table she was horrified to see reflected In the mirror a man's hand grasping the dark drap ery which hung at the side of the east window. For a moment she thought she was going to faint, but liy a heroic effort she controlled her self sufficiently to hum a little tune. She knew the man was covertly watching her, and she divined that he had come to rob and perhaps murder lier aunt. In some way he must have discovered that her aunt had a large amount of money and Jewels with her. What should she do? She tried to think; but .her brain seemed ln a whirl. Slowly she began to take the pins from her hair. The moments dragged like hours, and still her brain refused to work. Just as she had taken the last pin out and ha.l begun to braid her hair, she be came possessed of sudden courage; The man did not know she had seen him and probably was only waiting I n'i the room was quiet before he . " I t tlia toll hair and stepping over to the tall chiffoniere (which also had a mirror) she stood thoughtfully gazing at her reflection. Then she lifted the small pitcher which stood on a small table near the bed and poured some of the wat er into a glass. After tasting Its contents Bhe said aloud: "How nasty! It's as warm as milk and I'm dying of thirst." She Belzed the pitcher and slipped out of the room. If she only dared to lock the door! Once In the hall she tiptoed quietly to the door of her room, open ed It softly, and removing the key very gently locked It on the outside, then she sped down thewide stair case and darted Into the library Carefully she closed and locked the door, and after turning up one of the electric lights sped to the telephone. "Give me the police station," she breathed. "This Is Mr. Norrls' house 62 Chestnut street. There Is a thief in the house. Hurry!" After she had hung up the receiver another feeling of falntne3s seized her. "I must not faint," she said hastily bathing her face with the cool water from the glass which she had placed on the table. She slip, ped Into the embrasure of one of the windows and watched the street. After a few moments ot ' angulBhed waiting she eaw tnree policemen run ning swiftly up the street. Stumbling to the library door she managed ti unlock It noiselessly. In a trice she was at the front door fumbling with the lock. Just then a pistol shot rang out from the top of the stairs and with a last violent effort she wrenched open the door and admit ted the policemen. She then dartei behind the door and pressed the elec tric button and there standing re vealed 'by the brilliant light was the form ot a rough looking man with a smoking revolver in his hand. A sound as of rushing water filled her ears and she sank fainting to the floor. As Helen slowly regained, con sciousness halt an 'hour later, she heard the voice of her aunt as from a great distance. "And to think I called her a coward. Tho darling, brave girl! I am ashamed of my self. I would have been robbed and murdered In my tied had It not been for her pluck. I always thought she was more like the Morrises than the Calleys. As soon as I get that neck- lace mended 1 -shall give It to her. She has earned It." Boston Post. WHY W00O DECAYS. Government Seeks Methods for Pro longing Life of Timber. Piles driven by the hut dwellers ol the Baltic centuries ago are as sound today as when first placed. The wooden coffins In which the Ey.ptlans burled their dead are still preserved In ' perfect condition after thousands of years of service. Tho longevity of timber under ; these two extremes of climate and ' moisture conditions has naturally made people ask what causes vsood decay? The answer Is, fungi and bac teria, low forms of olant life which ' live in the wood and draw their nour I ishment from it. The little organisms are so little that a microscope Is re quired to see them, yet their work . results In the destruction of billions of feet of 'tliwber each year and the railroad corporation with its cross-tie bill running up into seven figures and the farmer who spends a hundred or , so dollars a year for fence posts ure alike drawing upon the knowl edge of expi-rts In all parts of the world ln efforts to learn the most economical and most 8ntl8factory method of preserving wood against ( the inroads of decay. 1 The small prganl.-mis can grow I either In light or In total darkness; but nil of them require air, food, moisture nnd heat. If one or imore i of these essentlul requirements Is j lacking they can not live, and the 1 decay of timber will not take place. ! Wood constantly submerged In water never rots, simply because there Is nn Insulllclent supply of air. This condition accounts for the soundness of the old Baltic piles. On tho oth er hand, if wood can be kept air dry It will not decay, becnuse there will then be too little moisture. The tim ber used by the Egyptians will last Indefinitely so long as It Is bone-dry. There are a grent many cases, however, whore It Is impossible to keep wood submerged ln water, or In an absolutely air-dry condition. De cay may be prevented by two gener al methods by treating the wocd with nntlseptles, thus poisoning tho food supply of the organisms which cause decay, nnd by treating it with oils which render it waterproof. A combination of these two methods Is most coni'monly 'sped, as when 0'd Is treated with creosote, which fills up the pores in the tlnVber and keeps out water, and is also a powerful antiseptic. The United States Government considers the investigations of the preservative treatment of timber of such Importance Uiathe business o! one branch of a bureau ln the De partment of Agriculture the office of wood preservation ln the forest service at Washington Is given over entirely to the work of experiments in co-operation with railroad com panies and Individuals, In prolonging the life of railroad ties, mine prop3, bridge timbers, fence posts and trans mission poles. United States Fores ter. NEVADA'S IRRIGATION PLAN More Wealth Will Come From the Soil Than From the Mines, it is Planned. Nevada has two main Bources of wealth Its soil and its mines and the former will probably outstrip the latter -whim fully developed by Irri gation The old Comstock mines are practically dead unless good ore la found tclow the present working level, but in Tonopah and Goldfleld mines are now being put In working shape which will pay good dividends for years. The new camps around Tonopah and Goldfleld have been hurt by wildcat manipulators, but the new district is too rich to be Injured permanently. The financial strin gency seriously hurt the develop ment of the mines, but this year promises great progress. The Truckee-Carson Irrigation pro ject, on which the Government will spend $9,000,000, promises to do moie for Nevada than Its mines. The 3oil ts very rich and when, water Is brought upon It any crop may be grown profltaMy. More than 200,000 acres are 'brought under Irrigation by canals from the Truckee River. Fil ings are now being made on this land. In addition to Irrigation the canals, which drop 1,000 feet from the Truckee source, will furnish enor mous electrlo power. Reno Is the commercial centre of Nevada and has more than doubled in population In two years. The Southern Pacific Railroad shops at Sparks employ 600 men all the time. The Western Pa cific Railroad crosses the Nevada and the roadbed Is 'being rapidly built. Pulled Out on Potatoes. "Irish potatoes have ibeen the hap py agenoy of keeping many of our truck growers from 'going broke' this year," said Mr. E. W. Brown, a 'busi ness man, ot Suffolk, Va., at the Ren nert. "They were the only paying crop our farmers have connected wilth this season. In the Norfolk dis trict thousands upon thousands ot tons of cabbages have been plowed up because they were at too low a price to send to market, lettuce, kale, spinach, tomatoes everything ln the vegetable line has 'been a failure owing to bad weather conditions Only in potatoes have the landowners obtained a decent return for all their toil and exipense. A fair crop of the Murphys' was made and tolerably good prices were secured." The Power of By George Harvey. O-DAY, despite tho partial elimination of distances through th amazing discoveries and Inventions of recent years, It Is still ao Influence of magnitude to be reckoned with and regarded with considerable thought. Because a member of fi flnanclul com munity places commercial stability above other considerations, it does not follow that he Is an enemy of his country. Because a resident of tho seaboard, undulv amirehensive of foreign in X vasion, deplores immigration nnd incites aggressive resistance to It, we have no right to assume that his motives are unworthy. Becuuse, as many ot us telleve, manufacturers demand excessive protection; or because tillers of the Boll, regarding themselves, wrongfully to some minds, as consumer rather than as producers, would abolish custom-houses; because poverty Insists that wealth should bear the main cost of maintaining government; because wealth would and, as many of us believe, does, place an unequal and consequently unfair burden of taxation upon poverty, the actuating motives need not neces sarily be condemned as wholly base. The trie cause often lies, not In lack of patriotic Impulse, but In that Instinct for ascendancy whose manifestations, however distasteful in concrete Instances, make, as a rule, tor individual achievement 5F Twenty Years. By Winifred Black. WOMAN died of Joy in Sacramento, California, the other day .be cause her son was coming to visit her. She had not seen him for twenty years. A He telegraphed her that he was on his way, and when she went down to the station to meet him the excitement was too much for her and she dropped dead In the waiting room. Twenty years? I wonder it it was worth wuue waning an that dime? Twenty years and the fcoy she kneiw was a man grown, a man with a -family, and she hail never seen him since she kissed him goodby when he was a rosy youngster, and let him tune. Twenty years! they were short years to hlra, full of life and interest ana adventure-but oh. how'thev must have dracged to that lonely mother. I wonder if you realize in the faintest degree, you men who leave your tnother alone for years and years, what the loneliness of those years Is to her? You have a thousand Interests, a dozen friends, a score of new Ideas every year; and she has. If she Is like most women who are mothers, nothing on earth that she really cares the weight of a single nair ror dui you. Who Is there in the world that Is worth while keeping you from your mother? That friend you care so much for? why, he'd leave you in a minute for the first pair of laughing eyes that called him. The woman you are so dead ln love with? she's In love with you, too, wnn anv wil mnvOm olio is has she (riven the best vears of her life to you? Has she sat up with you night after ntgth? Has she defended you against every hint of accusation fought your fights as if they were her own? If she has, perhaps you ought to give up your mother for her; but if she Is the right kind of a woman she won't admire you for doing It. Don't ibrlng your mother home to live with the woman you love; that Isn't fair. It isn't fair to your wife and It Isn't fair to your mother but don't let anybody In the world keep, you twenty years away from the truest friend von ever had In the world. Twenty years! I wonder how much the things that kept him away so long were worth to that man when he his mother dead. Dead of joy and the loas: aw of The Fear of Death. By W. H. Wilson ILL you allow me to add wholly Independent testimony to that given by Dr. Keyes in his article on the fear of death ln Har- W ' per's Monthly for July by describing an experience of mine which brought me painlessly though violently to the very verge of death? About three years ago and on account of my health was urged to lane a great aeai oi exercise in the way of walking, and as the only available roads were sandy I invorin.hlv maUroii olfhpp nn nr ihpulria ttip main line track of a great railway. Having been ln my earlier life a constant safety and no idea of risk ever entered full uossesslon of all mv five senses. 12.30 p. m. I was while walking between the rails struck ln the back by a passenger train with so much force that I was mrown some ten iem uuuvo baggage car, falling head first on a small patch of grass alongside the track. In explaining the accident the engineer of the train declared that he had whistled when he got near me and put on the brakes, but too late to stop the train before reaching me, and that I had paid not the slightest attention to the whistle nor made any attempt to step off the track. Now I am not In the least hard of hearing, yet I have absolutely no recol lection of hearing train or whistle, nor do I remember anything until three days later Beelng two physicians at the foot ot my bed In consultation with the relatives with whom I was staying, though I have since learned that I told one of them on the day previous that I felt as if "I had rheumatism all over me." It was a wonderful thing that not a bone In my body was broken, though since the accident I find great difficulty in raising my left foot clear of the ground in walking. As you will notice, my unconsciousness of the accident was even more remarkable than Dr. Keyes' when he fell from his horse, for I had the accom paniment of a roaring irain and a loud whistle. Everything that I know about the accident has been told me since it occurred, and the whole thing has strengthened my early belief that except in very unusual cases the act of death or dying is not accompanied by pain, and the only thing I fear is, I must confess, what Is going to come after when It is too late. This tale may seem hard to believe, yet I assure you that It is strictly true In every respect. I have had three other near approaches to the verge and In none or them did I feel the least fear or pain. All that I can recollect was a sort of dreamy Indifference. Great Results May Come From Trifling Events By John K. Le Baron. ANY of the interesting events in history and literature have been the result of what Cervantes would term "A very happy acci dent." Important results are often the fruit of trifling Incidents. Gibbon tells us that his visit to Rome in 17G4 was. with no thought ot writing Its history, but while musing among Its M ruins on that October day "the idea of writing tne ueciine ana Fall of the city first started to my mind." To that chance vUIt to the Eternal City literature owes one of Its most valued historical possessions. At one time in his early career Oliver Cromwell, accompanied by John Hampden, set sail for America. By a mero accident the infamous Archbishop Laud heard of the embarking of these young men, had the vessel overhauled and Cromwell and Hampden brought back to Bhore. Little did the Archbishop realize that that trivial act among his COO proved crimes was to change English history and bring his own despicable head to the block. Out of that act of Injustice came much Justice. Rossini is authority for the statement that while writing one of his great est compositions, he dipped his pen by mistake Into a bottle of medioine, thereby causing a blot, which changed the whole Idea. "To this blot," he writes, "Is all the effect, if any, due." The picturesque historic career of the French adventurer, Louis de Fron tennc, including his Canadian conquests, would probably not have been a part of American history had it not chanced that his marriage was an unhap-.iy one. To the incompatibility of a shrew America is indebted for one of Its most dramatic heroes. It is not probable that our literature would have been enriched by that most famous ot religious allegories, "The Pilgrim's Progress," had not t:3 Intolerant Conventicle Act caused John Bunyan's unjust Imprisonment. "The Pilgrim's Progress" was conceived and cradled In a dungeon. On the roster of early Philadelphia lawyers the name of Brockden stands conspicuously. That this young man became a noted legal conveyancer ras due to a peculiar Incident which barely escaped being a tragedy. Y- :ng Brockden was an Edg'Ish student, and nnwittlngly overheard the conspirators plotting against the life of Charles 117 The conspirators bo coming av.'are that Brockder possessed their secret, determined to kill him, but Inter -elded upon banishment to the -wilds of America. A BrltlsJ state seen. gav3 Philadelphia an able Larrlstcr. Tolerance. 0 , go out into the world to seek his for walked into tne waning room ana saw waiting. I was living in a small Soutnern town traveller by trains I felt confident of my mina. I was men ana am now m Yet one clear, sunshiny day at about RELIEVED PRICE 25 Cts. Mailed postpaid on re ceipt ot price. You can't have ' beautiful complexion if your blood ia impura or if you auffer with ladiaartion or any itomach or liver ailment. Alunyons raw-raw I'uu rcguinta tna bowels, correct indigestion, constipation, biliouneiis, torpid liver, jaundice, sallow and dull complexions. They purify tha blood and clear the akin of pimple, aora and moat eruption. One pill is a gentle laxative; two pill thorough phyxlc. They do not gripe, thf do not weaken. Price 25 cents. MUNYON'S REMEDY CO.. B3d and Jeffernon Rt., Phila., Pa. To Reform the String Quartet.. Prof. Herman Rltter of Wurtzburg is trying to reform the string quart by substituting the viola or the viola alta, invented by him, for the second violin, and giving the usual viola part to a tenor violin, which Is a smaller and higher sort of vlollncello. It cannot be denied that chamber music is apt to be mono tonous, and an occasional change la coloring will be welcome. Prof. Rifr ter's object In making the changes re ferred to is to approach more closely the soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices of tho yocal quartet by a con blnation of Instruments built accord ing to the laws of arithmetical pro gression. New York Evening Post A little bottle of Hamlins Wizard Oil SJ a medicine client in itnelf. It can be a plied in a larger number of painful tA tnenU than any other remedy known. The soli and climate ot Southern Manchuria, especially throughout tha fertile Mao Valley, are naturally adapted to the abundant production of Indian corn. Mr. Window Soothing Syrup for Children teething, noftenn the gumn, reduces inflamma tion, allay pain, cure wind colic, 25c a bottia. 38 What the "Tips" Come To. To illustrate the evils of the "tip ping" system In vogue, the following extract from a letter written by a lady who Is chaperoning two young friends on a trip to Europe, may prove Inter esting: "Our tickets for two connect ing staterooms for three persons on the liner cost $2,000 for the round trip. Bofore landing at Liverpool w distributed $65, as follows: To our steward. $14; to the stewardess, $12.50; to the head steward, $10; to the steward who served at table, $15; to the porters, $3.60; head waiter, $1; "boots," $1, and the balance to bell boys and miscellaneous calls." Ol the return trip the "tips" will prob ably amount to the same, thus aggre gating $130 for service which should be Included In the $2,000 paid for 19 days' transportation. Surely this lfl the limit of this form of graft! Springfield Republican. "V. D. B." A Missouri Solomon. A righteous and practical Judge Id Missouri, where they take nothing for granted, decides that when the sur geon forgets and sews up the tools of his trade inside an appendicitis pa tient the party of the second part can charge storage. No delicate person should be asked to make a human Junk cart of himself for nothing Chicago News. Dentistry In Greece. In Athens there are three foreign dentists two Englishmen and ona German who have modern equip- f ments, charge high prices, and hava so many clients that they are obliged i to turn some of them away. There are also 60 native dentists. Hoiy outside of Athens dentistry is ui a function of the barber, whof draws teeti. PRKSSED HARD ) Coffee's Weight on Old Age. When prominent men reayize Injurious effects of coffee and chanea in health that Prisfiim bring they are glad to lend tfhelr tJ timony ror tne benefit or otHers. A superintendent of public scho In North Carolina navs- , "My mother, since l--r ehrly chil nooa, was an lnvetera' coffee drln er, and had been troi heart for a number of :' plained of that 'weak a and sick stomach. "Some time ago I v Official visit to a dlstr- ' (I with ifs. and con : over' feell making a! part of th country and took dinner with nn nl the merchants of the place. I noticed a somewhat peculiar flavour ot th coffee, and asked him concerning it He replied that It was Postum. "I was so pleased with It, that af ter the meal was over. I bought i package tQ carry home with me, an3 had wife prepare some for the next! meal. The whole family liked it so' wen that we discontinued coffee and used Postum entirely. "I had really been at times very anxious concerning my mother's con 's con-1 using V felt so I to Its 1 th her at the anion, but we noticed that after us Postum for a short time she felt much better than she did nrlor nse, and had little trouble with heart and no sick atnmsrh that headaches were not so frequent, and ', her. general condition much improved. This continued until she was as well and hearty as the rest of us. "I. know Postum has benefited my self and the other members of the family, but not in so markeil a dp?rp as in the case of my mother, as rhe wa3 a victim of long gtaning." Read "The Road to Wellville " in pkgs. "Ther's a Reason. "v Ever rend the nbove'-'Mer? Anew one appeurs from time to time. They are genuine, true, nnd full of humu interest. I )
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