SOAP BUBBLES.
The bubble rose
An emerald shallop on silver wing
O'er the silver sea;
Luminous, changeful, quivering,
1t slowly
castle yea to view,
and of rainbow
grew
A fairy «
With turrets
hue,
Moored on the sand.
The wondering child reached forth its
Land
And the bubble burst,
{OWS
"I'is thus that we
waveri dim
On the ing,
hold
Of the dawning day watch slow unfold
hopes,
light from gray
mystical,
our «
As they change in the
to gold:
And with bated breath,
Like children, we stretch our hands to
clasp
The
grasp
And, mocking, fly
« far o'er the blue of the smiling sky
Into nothingns
Lillian Cleveland Brock.
learest
cherished things that elude our
Far
88,
AFTER TWELVE YEARS.
Dy Louise Wellington,
Nhen the maid left
person for whom she ha
took a long ur 18 look
plain, stitily l room. The pai
lor it evidently was, and that the par
lor of a boarding house. She
found
could rear
y seek
inguin onl, Nik
around the
herself
which were set around
range th
the walls as if funer:
smiled to he
humorousl
and
for a
wrself
as
else
crons in
The
wilked o3
out on
ward the i
person alt
medium hel
fect figure,
haughtily,
what she
and
e proud
and
tu od
lacked
eves were
© and
5
xpression, th
Ij
he
turned
The
ing
ing
that
firm m
After a
“You are
did not
if
down.”
He did not
her with
while she
The blustering
drawing to a
pedestrians seemed
midst of
nd
knew,
se
you you
her;
a sort of dazed astonishn
looked
March afte
the few
answer
ent
out of
the window
rooon was
”e serliy
siraggiing
close;
to move
iist. The
ead slowly
again,
a thi
hin, gray n
held
saving,
turne<d her b and
+ hand
“ft
“How beautif
the plied
you al ad ;
The
expression,
Still, =
“1 see 3
+} i
the fire
id.”
ott to
# bitterly
ful you are
“Not
forty or
sti
man re a gray |
eves softe
she said ealinls
in
nineteen now.”
“Eleanor!” repeated t
“Yes, Eleanor; my daughter
yours. Have you forgotten her?
twelve years since you bh
The woman spoke slowly, his evident
confusion Keeping her calm. “Time
does not stand still with ehildren; and
Eleanor has grown quite pretty. |
think” with a quick glance at him
“1 think she resembles you.”
The man gave himzelf a little shake,
and came nearer the fire. He seemed
to shake off his astonishment at the
same time, for he sald, with a8 cynical
smile, which came so easily that it
must have heen babitual
“May I ask to what I am indebted for
*he honor of this visit?”
changes most people Eleanor
and
It
» geen her,
is
iy. but her voice
pression in her eyes when she replied,
She is your child too, you know;
i
have given me up.”
“Then why not send Eleanor, since
you are so loath to come? To be sure 1
should not know her.” He spoke care
lessly, indifferently.
“I think you would; as I said, Elea-
nor is very like you.”
“Ah, she is!”
The woman wondered whether it was
merely an exclamation or a question.
Suppose it were the latter? Well, she
would answer it.
“Like you, Eleanor is tall and dark
with beautiful gray eyes; they are soft
in expression, though she has also yom
disposition -and temper.”
“Ah, she has!”
This time it was only an exclamat oo.
and as such she lot it pass unanswered
At length he spoke again,
“How unpleasant for
did not inherit yours,’
cally.
The woman moved her muff uneasily.
“1 am glad she did por. Still it has
been hard, It was bad e nough to havi
but to have a :
abruptly, and
He noticed that
moved quietly, without the usual
companiment of silken rustle, He
liked that: the silken rustle had always
jarred upon him, As he st ng at
ithouetted against the Hght
indlow, it took no great stretch
you that
he sald frond
She stopped walked
to the window
she
oil 160
gray
the w
gain, The be asked her to marry
him she had worn some such little hat,
How well he remembered it! They had
and the erisp autumn
winds had brought the brig
her « confession of his
heeks, and the
love they had
to Lis lips, even
returned to the cosy little parlor of her
home, What a fool he had made of
himself! And the last time he had seen
her—twelve vears before—he had notice
ed the usual hat arlet wi
though he saw it
broken anger
1 jittle, ane
fay
been out walking,
color to
ght
hefore
ne.
midst of
turned
her
with Its sc
through a
Now
he
} he san softly; it
Yet she did
he saw the ret
heart she
head saw that
grown thin, not look
faded to his eyes,
ject
youth,
Mn the wind PW,
muff on the
Wie
} bet
She
on her
table
“Kk les
sald slowly,
“Y'¢ ~ ” he NS
interested; he
the
r to bet
anor is going
rid absently ry geemed
BninKing
f the , but of
“He Is = ory nice
vill, I think, make her a g
ns hus!
“Youn
yours,”
girl's moth
Young mi
ands go.”
ntinued,
SOON
fan
an said gen
be
deeclsio won if it
and the
abide by my
trary to your » yours
airl's ?”
“It woman
ne hb If to speak quietly The
cold come to but you
is nothing.” said the fore.
er
wis no one |
her A man has so much
out things about
a young man shows
ide of his life to the girl
this the only reason f
Aune? What did
expect for an an-
Oar
your
conning. the note of
pleading in his voice
awer?’
“ert
“You
and
1 brusquels
told
ainly, "sh
as Eleanor's father, had to be
I could not
“No,
send her”
I suppose not,” he said ironically
“It would not be proper for a
chi fd { to come to see her father; and i
this case is would be especially embar
rassi as we might not recognize each
other”
The woman did not reply, but she
drew her cape up around her shoulders,
as though she were cold.
“1 suppose you have given the girl a
' he continued.
The mother shivered slightly.
“I have not talked about you”
said coldly.
“No? Well
ter,
what else could 1 ex-
pect?
He did not look at her, so she did not
feel it necessary to answer him.
gto] in silence for some
noise in the grate,
“Have you had enough
I am richer now, you know.”
“1 have heard of it.” she said. “We
but Bhe hes
tated, and turned slowly, painfully red.
He looked at her inquiringly. but his
masculine mind failed to grasp the sit-
uation,
“Eleanor is going to be married,” she
added lamely.
“Yes; you said so before.”
Then for the first time during their
interview, she smiled.
“But,” she sald bravely, “a hundred
dollars a month will not provide a very
cisborate trosgean; and Eleanor is your
only daughter,
The man smiled too,
“Ah! 1 seo, A financial difficulty!
Eleanor must have clothes,”
“Yes. The girl is fond of pretty
things, and has not had many of them
L would like 10 have them
She spoke impulsively,
with frank, appealing
for her now,
ut him
thought
he
het
He looked slowly,
the daintily clad figure
fore him. “Do vou wish me to give
the wherewithal for them?’ he
The girl's other drew back
“1 hn in the matter,” she
gn fel, wit f her
“yo 9
fally, over
» asked,
ih
no Ww
bout a trace o momeniary
impetuosity,
hen why
ied, nluiost angril)
v I think it your duty to pro
I believe I told
Eleanor
did you come to me?’ he
grrily.
Seon use
vide for daughter,
von 1 would do anything for
i to you,”
a hint of petulance in her
be looked at her intently
moment he asked,
ould a thousand dollars do?”
She paused,
Eleanor.”
WOINARN'S eyes
but
Your
evel
There
ip call
tones,
for a before
“How Ww
“If you can spare it’
then add “It will please
By the soft light in the
he saw that she was pleased too]
he asked in pretended surprise,
“Would she be p leased with anything
a fro in me, i y
ted father?
the
not talked to her
the
ng
does not nate yon," Woman
atly, “ll
at all in
probably has a 1
*Bhe
sald ge
a bout
have
you
years, She
ness for you de oD down in
‘ ga ld
» turned
was not loo
think me 3
“After all i
tritely. “1 as he looked
in surprise—"1 Knew-after our
I knew then that I loved you: I
must have loved you all the time. My
tellin
sien”
YOree
wretched pride Kept me from
les, 1 had El
you had nothing.”
bh like
you then: bhesl
for, while y Khe
stopped with a little cat
hor voice
“You loved me, Annie?” he asked,
scarcely be rs hat he heard
ou
for twelve 3
“1 have loved you f ears
at least.” she went on softly;
I think, forever.”
band quickly, firmly
are you trifling
He took het
“Do you mean it
with me?" he demanded,
Iy
She looked up into his troubled face,
and he saw something new and very
tender in her moist eves. Then he
hor in his arms and Kissed her,
Presently she drew herself gently
away from her husband,
“It is growing late
expecting me,” she said,
“Had you not better have some tea
he asked.
She looked around the dreary parlor
“Wouldn't you rather,” she asked
with a tender smile—"wouldn’t you
anther come home?”
When he put on his greateoat, and
they stood equipped for the windy
night, he said, looking down with a lit
the laugh:
“1 did not draw the check I promised
you; I ean pay Eleanor's bills so much
~Munsey’'s
or
almost flerce
foo
Magazine.
Hours of Sleep.
The truth of the old adage that one
two hours after midnight is questioned
by Dr. E. P. Colby, who states that he
made some study of the subject while
The ship's company on shipboard of-
ficers and men alike—stand four-hour
watches, day and night, with the inter.
polation of a dog-watch of two hours
change the time of each set of men
on successive days. These men are
therefore obliged to get their required
gleep very irrgularly. but In more than
two years’ observation, Dr, Colby cond
never discover that the watch cSlcers
and men were not as fully refreshed by
their sleep as were the officers of the
ship who were required to stand no
watch at all. —Philadelphia item,
REMEDIAL FOODS,
i
CRECK AND ROMAN SWORDS,
to Have Medicinal Value.
invaluable food for
suffering from any form of rheu
for the and
dyspepsia
Celery is ns n
those
mantis disenses of Nerves,
nervous
those suffering from in
j.ettuee for
sommnin
Winter
I'eanuts
pecially
for
They are es
ress Is a remedy
sOUurvy.
for indigestion.
reconunended for corpulent
diabetes, Peanuts are made into a
nutritious
coffee,
Ki dd, Oar
wholesome and soup, are
used ns are
ply |
browned and
as a relish sin are pre
pared aud serve alted almonds,
best nervine
useful
Onions are
known, medi + is 80 in
tration i ti
cases of nervoln fan er
up a
Onions useful
coughs, © Is and
sum insomnin
ROUEN and kindy
plaints Jiten every
soon lu a clearing
mplexion
ul
Artisan Colony Experim
porated
place
avs it
Dignt. 11
gyatem of governm
portunity of participat
place ix run by jerrs
builders, A col
lated from the
f neceEsar Is bw a mimnnity
of low dead level
¢ lower the assessment
the higher the local taxation. In Tot
tenham. West Ham and Edmonton
all residential districts for artisans
the cost of loeval government is
cont of the value of the houses; that is,
if a man pays £30 a year rent, he will
pay another 825 in purely local taxes,
And, what is worse, there is extremely
little to show for the money.”
mus
The
of value,
POOr oo
houses ars one
and tl
50 per
Long Trip On a Prairie Schooner,
prairie schooner, drawn by a pair
of horses and containing a man and hia
wife with their household goods passed
throvgh Richmond’, Ind, a few days
ago en route frown Oklahoma City to
Newark, Ohio. Man and wife had tray-
and had been on the road since last
May 15.
man and his wife were a little weather
travel stained. but thoy
had enjoyed the long trip.—
Ran.
ss
Gregorian Calendar in Russia.
Russia, whose calendar is twelve days
days behind ours, proj« 's to change
to the Gregorian calencar after be.
ginning of the new century. The au
thorities have not yet decided whether
i» jmp over the thirteen days at once
or to accomplish their object gmdually
by omitting the first twelve leap years
of the century. It would require forty-
eight years to bring about the change.
«New York Independent.
Fighting at Close Guarters,
the na-
fhe
three
ABByriu
thie
the
Romans, we are
Or swords of
tions of antiquity,
great
11K,
able
the
Greeks, and the
from
bis
clear idea
have left
Assyrian
blade
a reely
ta remark:
they
The
10 ge 1hly
on ton and
sword had a
two-ed ged merging into a
andle that wi
haft. The
most entirely
than a
nl
heads
18 Me [Gre
decoration was limited
to carvings of the
#0) placed, fiK to
and
and bodies of animals
give a singularly triking distin
guished character 10 the w
In
took
the many Hivels
firounag
pl je
the Inmous ten
likened
leaf
vers
i a se]
and go to
thful animal.
had been
doing con
in general,
in some way become
it was nearly
ited] efforts to rise
ex ha ust
After
h ' Seed
had been helped fo its feet,
was on the
ap and
purring
if satisfied wi
acting in
th its noble
mate out of
back, and
ig its strange
alts.
deed
ts 3H
The Creat Swordmakers,
italian ©
swords, The
The Some ex-
cellent smiths of Milan
and Florence forged blades of exquis
ite temper, which they applied
tasteful decorations. Benvenuto Ce)
lini made many a noble masterpiece in
the enduring steel, and Andrea Ferrara,
whose swords were in high favor in
ities produced
to
nature on some weapons of fine
per and rare workmanship,
wose pelobrated sword-cutlers in
France, the armorers of Bordeaux be
ing especially noticeable. The German
tem
There
berg were admirable. It would take,
however, less than the fingers of one
hand to tell off the really great sword:
makers of England-—those worthy of
A AA
Canada's Black Musk-Rats.
Along some of the rivers in Eastern
Ontario. says the Pilot Mound (Mani.
tobad Sentinel, there exists colonies of
jet-black musk-rats, The fur i= much
more beautiful and valuable than that
of the ordinary brown musk-rat. It
would be an interesting experience to
introduce a few of the little black ani-
mals lato the lakes and rivers of the
northwest, where they wonld soon in-
crease in numbers.
caine
In 1820 thers were 100 practic'ng den.
tists in the United States »
Actors Like to Playin ga Company that
Utilizes the Animals,
There Is an old theatrical supersti-
tion that horses are very lucky to have
a play, and theatrical superstitions,
¢ hard, There are one
in
reveal thelr inmost
in this superstition,
day. “Cut the eackle
'osses,” wns the favor.
d Ducrow,
believe in
one of the
were to
thought belleve
and to this very
to the
of the
and come
maxim
and he had
celebrate
good
they
cause to
made him
most prominent men of bis time
Dir Aug
the
fi recent s
‘osses ” for
ry
bellever
not
ustus Harris is a firm
horse for there has
Drury
h
theory
114M f i
uccesaful
i in in
cared,
;
owed thelr
hd a hoe
WICH a Lorse
while a great m
wt in
Rye BIRO
wi
sure i the futroduction
the presen
nted
story of
represe
time i the hi stage A
that
the
the
thie
i
ponies,
dilaeg
in matches on
{urling!?
urlingham, in
ion of which, on the
every night
tells a good
beautiful
of
re
OroOnertyY
propert)
1 of the
was lving on
ny caught
got
and
- final
every
Hous
not
used
being
[POBER From jose stables
England wit}
Often there
OTHER tras
One Thing Left Out,
and athletic train-
out: a
prevent
In acrobatic, gymnastic
ng one thing seems to be entirely left
thing which, if practiosd, might
many serious ox be-
the
thereby
naoquencss and
mes! 11d port of training. How to
easily and gracefully, with the
unt of resistance by the muscles,
Why not adopt a
practice fest-slipplog with § Tuewes
Leet in view Evervhody knows that at
bi® season the worst injuries result from no
knbwiog how to fall. There on be
always a ocompliestion
every fail, such as sprain, bruise
broken limbs, It is true that
mishaps, sither separately or in
and especially for sprains, 8!
fs the best known and surest « ure Bpeak-
of spe wing, the very worst ten result
talis, becanse the muscles sustain such
violent twists from resistance. But whether
there is practios of the art or not, the wrest
for pain is sure to cure,
roe
a down
east amd
Rit be made a fine art
slide and
r
1
Henny
; and often
for all these
rom plicated
form Jacobs
oil
ing
from
remedy
Brute force is th
Mind over Matter” will
8 war exist
logic
beat
SAvARery.
nm as long
Best of Al
To cleanse the system in 6 gentle and truly
benefic
use the true and perfect remedy Syrop of Figs
One
iad manner, when the Springtime comes,
bottle will answer for all the family and
costs only B conte; the larye sive $1. Try it
and be pleased. Manufastured by the Califor.
via Fig Syrup Co. only.
It needs a better sort wal
than to storm a redoubl.
S :
is the season for purifying, cleansing and
repewing. The assumuiations of waste
everywhere are being removed. Winter's
fey grasp i broken asd on all sides are
indications of nature's returning life,
repewod force and awakening power,
& :
i» the time for purifying the blood,
cleansing the system and renewing the
physioal powers, Owing to close eon
finement, diminished perspiration asd
other ecausea in the winter, impurities
have not passed out of the system as they
should, but bare accumulated in the blood.
Is, therefore, tho best time to take Hood's
Sarsapariila, because the system iz now
most in neod of medicine. That Hood's
Sarsaparilia is tho best blood purifier and
Spring medicine Is proved by iis wonder
fal euros, A oourse of Hood's Sarsaparilie
oR
cao arsaparilla
a ly Jy SI rt & ve Ta, Nam hn