A WOMAN'S WILL. : "It's no use trying," said Thymic, "mother bates me, and everything 1 do Is wrong." "Your mother can't help it Phemle," said Doetor Jasper. He was the new medical man, In huge favor with Mrs. Albatross, Phemle's mother. "Your mother Is highly strung—quite a wo man of genius—and allowances must be made for her temperament my di>ar young lady. Temperament rules everything." Indeed, Mrs. Albatross' temperament seemed to rule Doctor Jasper, the par son the squire, the parish, but it did not rule Phemle. "took here," said the girl—she was Just past twenty—"you and mother are always croaking about me, I know, but you 'do nothing to help me. At least I thdnk you would, but you're afraid—" "Your mother used to take an inter est in you, but you did not meet her half way. Is not that so?" "No, It Isn't When I was sixteen she had a fad of dressing me up in last century costume and making a doll of me—not my style at all—just to show off her own cleverness and queerness at my expense. She said I was ugly and only dressing could make me fit to be seen." "Well?" said Doctor Jasper, who was a rislug young medico of thirty, as be looked gravely and judiciously at the pretty, much tried girl, who only hall believed in his good will. "Well," said Phemle, "every one inughsd, and I Showed mother I would not stand It" "And then?" "Then she packed me off to school. The mistress said I was sort of dazed for a time, as if I bad been ill treated ami so I had—and quite neglected, hut they were kind to me there, and 1 was very happy for more than a year except In the holidays, which were al ways odious. Then you came along." And Phemle paused and stole a doubt ful glance at the doctor. "What then?" said the doctor, like a iK'tson coldly Inquiring for ordinary information, yet with a certain little twinkle In his eye which did uot es cape the aggrelved Phemie. "Then," said the girl, "I thought you were, my friend at first, but I don't now.' At least—" At this moment Mrs. Albatross en tered, and, turniug sharply on Phemle, said with a snap: "1 suppose you haven't fed the fowls or sorted the linen or done anything but idle away your time, as usual?" "I was called when Doctor Jasper came, because you could not be found." "I'm sick of your excuses. Doctor Jnsper does not wish to see you." Then, in quite an altered tone, as Phemle shrunk away out of the room: "Do you mind coming up to my sit ting room? I want to have ft talk with you about those changes at the infirmary. I am sure that you will agree with me and you will be mus: useful. We can't allow things to go on." et cetera. Dr. Jasper always did agree with Mrs Albatross, but somehow he mold ed her, and she usually came round 10 his opinion. He listened and she talked. He could wait, and when he had taken her bearings—without ever interrupting or contradicting—she list ened and he talked, and not then, but 1 uexi time, she echoed his opinions and fancied they were all her own. "It Is such a comfort to find a sen sible man to talk to in a stupid place like this," said she, laying her arm con fidingly upon the doctor's as he sat smiling und agreeing with her. Mrs. Albatross had worried one hus band into the grave—'she waß too clev er for him—but her intellectual vlvac ■ ty, Imagination and enterprise made her an Interesting companion. She was only a little past forty, and very well preserved, and she meant to mar ry Doctor Jasper. Whether it was hypnotism- or will power, the doctor came again and again and would not send In his bill, and the doctor's bill never was paid, lie paid himself. "Don't speak to me," said Phemie hurriedly, ag she met the doctor com ing down stairs after a long confab with her mother. "Mother's about. She's out all to-morrow afternoon. I've got to paint the doors." And Jospei passed out with a sympathetic smile. She knew be would call and advise her about painting the doors. He did call. "What a deal you know about mix ing paints and things! I'm sure I warn good advice a great deal more than mother does. But then, I'm not clevei tike mother," added Phemle, with a little aggrieved pout "So it's noi worth while talklDg to me." "I do feel for you," said the doctor, with an unusual warmth of manner. "I have done all I could to get yfiiu mother to be fair to you, Phenllc"— he had never called her Phemie be fore, and sbe felt her color "What's the matter?" he added for suddenly Phemle's eyes filled with bars, and she Just went off then and there and left the paint pots and things without saying another word. • • ••• Doetor Jasper's visits became mors frequent. Mrs. Albatross was con stoutly seen about the village with htm. They met In cottages. She wai devoted, so she said, to nursing the sick. It was cerlalnly a new develop meat She was never seen with hei daughter, nor was Jasper, but he saw her-daughter of toner than she knew gt ill it seemed less and less possible to do without Mrs. Albatross. Hot ability,. her cooked foods and pori wine in "cases:" her Influence with the squire, Who disliked and obeyed her; with the parson, whose good will was ipjportant to the doctor, and whe was ai'. .'d of Mrs. Albatross, for she browbeat him In the rthalr at parish meetings, picked holes In his sermons and the penny rendlnjrs, which he disliked, under Ills very nose —all Ibis nnd a good deal more—for Mrs. Albatross was a woman and not above feminine arts—put Ja®i>er In rather a tight place. He knew that Mrs. Albatross want ed to marry him, and there were days —yes, whole days—when he really thought he should Ik- obliged to marry Mrs. Albatross. The moment came. It wits In the little sitting room up stairs. Something had happened. Doctor Jasper saw that plainly enough. The lady was flushed and excited, and he missed the usual confidential hand squeeze. "I—l wanted to see you," she said, and paused. "Nothing has come t your ears, I suppose?" The doctor looked inquiringly. "Well, then, I'm dreadfully troubled, anuoyed beyond measure, put out Ol course, you know my maid, Susan. She has been with mo ten years, and Is not a gossip—" "What on earth do you mean? Do be plain. Surely with me you might be quite plain." And he moved a lit tle nearer, feeling at that moment a curious kind of attraction which til most compelled him to lay his hand upon her arm and force her to b quite honest. "Don't keep me on ten terhooks," he said eagerly. "Tell me." "I will," said the lady. "I feel I can tell you anything. I don't think I have any other friend In the world— at least, not like you. No one under stands me, no one has helped me as you have, and we've got to part. Jliat is nil—" "What on earth?" Bald Jasper, reallj shaken and troubled —he had nevei seen her grow pale like that, or bet lips quiver like that, and she was not of the crylDg sort, and she did noi cry now—"what—vtliat has Susan beet saying?" "Only Chut It's all over the place and that she thought at lost she ought to tell me—" "You don't mean, you don't mean"— He couldn't quite say It. "Yes I do." she said. And she rose and walked up and down the room full of a sort of angry vexation, mingled evidently with a conflict of passionate feeling she could neither conceal noi subdue. "Sit down," he said. He had risen. He took her arm Site was positively trembling. He led her to the sofa by the fire. "I shall have to leave this place,'' she said dn a sort of hard voice. The angry tArs came Into her eyes He had never seen her weep. Thii was the nearest approach to It "1 know wtiat you are going to say. Don't say it No, you shan't go. Yos are useful. The people trust you. II is your sphere. I am the marplot Why should you go?" said Jasper, hardly measuring his words. "Why should either of us go? Why not stay —and stay—stay together?" "You don't mean it?" Men at such times are more tools than knaves. "Yes, yes—l do." Jasper had taken her hand. The woman with the Iron will, the keen Intellect, the nature self-contained, which seemed at times as hard at nails, turned towurd him, and in an other moment fell crying and laugh ing hysterically Into his arms. Ai that moment, as 111 luck would have It, Pheuile, bearing unusual sounds, and thinking some one needed assist ance, entered. "Go and fetch some sal volatile Your mother Is not very well." Indeed, at that moment Mrs. Alba tross seemed to have really fainted away. Whether ahe fainted or not na one will ever know. The doctor him self was doubtful. • ••••' Jasper never entered the house again. He went home, packed up hit things, wrote a hurried note In a dis guised band to Phemie, who on tb following day would be twenty-one years old, and come into Ave hundred pounds a year, which hod been left her, to the disgust of her mother, by her fond father—and Jasper went t bed. He must have risen early. No on at his lodgings saw him go out. Hit hot water was brought up at elghl o'clock. His boots had not been put out over night. The servant knocked again at nine The door was not locked. She enter ed. She saw beqees packed' and la beled "Left till called for." The bed was empty. The station was a mile off. There were only two passengers by the early train. When Mrs. Albatross came down U breakfast she inquired for Phemle Fhemle was gone. i A llttggar'ft Ketort. An anecdote of Bishop Thomas W. Dudley reveals In his own words the secrets of his success: When it was first known In the city in which he was settled that he was to go to Kentucky some of bis frlendi were disposed to be critical. "You are not going to Kentucky, are you?" asked one. "Yes, indeed." "Do you know what kind of a state that Is? I saw In a paper that one man killed another In a Kentucky town for treading on a dog." The bishop said nothing and the man continued Impatiently: "What are you going to do in a place like that?" "I'm not going to tread on the dogs,' was the calm reply.— Sioux City Jour THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. How Relief Came. This is the sequel of a terrible calamity which' affected many sections of the country some years ago. A host of victims suffered disease and death. The survivors have now a new reason to rejoice. About uvea years ago the La Grippe visited various sections of the country in its deadly might scattering disease and death among its hosts of victims. Most of those afflicted who escaped death then, have lived on in suffering, broken in health and ambition) for the after-effects of this disease arc dangerous. A large portion of the survivors have a feeling of oppression in the chest. A little exertion causes a violent action of the heart, described s "palpitation." There is mental anxiety, depression, blueness of the skin, indicating impaired circulation of the blo^d. The sluggishness of its circulation im pairs the functions of most of the organs) the stomach and intestines fail to perform their work, while the appetite and diges tion become seriously affected. This complaint has baffled eminent physicians and exhausted the results of pharmacopoeia. Recently, however, a means for a cure has been obtained. Among those who have been restored to health by it is Herman H. Eveler, of 811 W. Main Street, Jefferson, Mo., a resident of that city for thirty-eight years, well known as a successful contractor. He was one of the victims of the "Grippe" seven years ago and has since been troubled with its after-effects. "That he lives to-day," he says, "is due to a remarkable occurrence. " I was taken with a malady just after the "Grippe" visited this section and caused so The Bogus Check Game. The swindler who gulled a number of Shenandoah and Sharaokin merchants by presenting checks for purchase of goods, disappering alter receiving the excess in cash, has been heard from in Sehnsgrove. The fellow, who travels under the name of Baker, called upon George F. Stetlor, an undertaker, and stated that his sister died at Paxtonville at the home of Mrs. Dobson, and he wanted to buy a coffin. Undertaker Stetler showed him the different styles and prices of the caskets and Baker finally selected one for $55. Stetler made out a bill for it and was handed a check for $65 on the Lewistown bank. He suspected something and tele phoned to Paxtonville to assertatn whether there was a corpse at the Dob son house The answer was that there was no corpse m town. On this Baker then unceremoniously ran away and bas not been heard from since. How IT HURTS! Rheumatism, with its sharp twinges, aches and pains. Do you know the cause ? Acid in the blood has accumulated in your joints. The cure is fouud in Hood's Sarsaparilla which neu tralizes this acid. Thousands write that they have been completely cured of rheumatism by Hood's Sar saparilla. HOOD'S PILLS cure nausea, sick headache, billiousness, indigestion. Price 25 cents. The Ooffee Heart. The coffee heart is the latest to be added to the classifications of the functional derangements of that or gan. The coffee heart is due to an over indulgence in that beverage, just as the tobacco heart is credited to the use of tobacco, or the bicycle heart to extravagance in wheeling. A medical director in a life insurance company avers that over-indulgence in the use of coffee shortens the beat of the heart, and that the excessive use of it hereafter will be regarded as risks in life insurance. IT HAS BEEN FULLY demonstrat ed that Ely's Cream Balm is a speci fic for Nasal Catarrh and cold in the head. This distinction has been achieved only as the result of con tinued successful use. A morbid condition of the membrane in the nasal passages can be cured by this pnryifying and healing treatment. Sold by drggists or it will be mail ed for 50 cents by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren street, New York. Spreads over the membrane, is absorbed and relief is immediate. Loaded With Germs- Physicians declare that the pens and pencils used in the school rooms are loaded with deadly disease germs. They say that parents should caution their children not to put the end of a I pen or pencil in the mouth. A pen or pencij furnished by the school, is in time passed through the hands of every scholar in the room, and by the time each has taken a chew at the end, the germs, if they exist, will be thoioughly distributed. FOODS FERMENT and Indigestion follows as sure as night follows the day. Nature has supplied in the pine apple a wonderful supply of vegetable pepsin. Dr. Von Stan's Pineapple Tablets contain all the elements in a pure, harmless vegetable compound that heal all forms of stomach disord ers in quick time. Make you well and keep you well. Pleasant and positive. 35 cents.—3o. Sold by C. A. Kleim. many fatalities about seven years ago. " I was troubled with shortness of breath, palpitation of the heart and a general de bility. My back also pained me severely. "I tried different doctors and carefully followed their directions, but no benefit was apparent I used numerous remedies that were highly recommended but no satisfactory results were obtained. " I began to give up all hope of receiving relief. My condition was deplorable. "In reading a St Louis newspaper I noticed an article extolling Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. "After making inquiries regarding them I concluded to give the pills a thorough triaL " I used the first box and was wonderfully relieved. " I bought two more boxes and continued taking them. "A marked improvement was soon noticeable t the shortness of breath, the pah citation of my heart and kindred ailments began to abate. " After taking four boxes of these pills, I was restored to good health. " I feel like a new man now, and can trans act my business with increased ambition." To add strength to his story Mr. Eveler made affidavit before Notary Public Adam Poutsiong and he will gladly answer in quiries to those enclosing stamp for reply. The reason that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are helpful in such cases as this, is that they are composed of vegetable remedies which act directly on the impure blood, the foundation of disease. Hoax—"l hear your friend Kan dor has been wonderfully successful in his milk business." Joax —" Yes ; he's progressive and up to date. He advertises that he uses filtered water in preparing his goods." BABY HUMORS.—Dr. Agnew's Oint ment sooths, quiets, and effects quick and effective cures in all skin erup tions, common to baby during teeth ing time. It is harmless to the hair in casesjof Scald Head, and cures Ec zema, Salt Rheum and all Skin Dis eases of older people.—33 cents. —28 Sold by C. A. Kleim. THE DEVELOPMENT of Bloomsburg, notwithstanding the late fi nancial and business depression. HAS BEEN PHENOMINAL. Its permanence and prosperity are now as sured. The Bloomsburg I .and Improvement Com pany now offers for sale the most desirable lots for residences and business purposes to be had in this town, at moderate prices and upon easy terms. A SMALL PAYMENT down and small monthly payments thereafter will secure a lot. Those purchasers desiring to build, and own their own homes the company will as sist by advancing the money there on. WHY PAY RENT when you can own your own home ? Factory Sites Given Away. Maps of the town and our plotted prop erty furnished on application. 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