COD LOVEs THE MAN THAT MAKES US LAUCH. The morbid man who wears a face Long as a mule’s—-his beastly brother- Who lets one chilling frown give place But only to present another; Who always is content to grope Along the path of care and bother And discontent, can never hope To win the good will of the Father, Ciod has no use for solemn chaff, But loves the man that makes laugh. us The sunshine of a =iile The music born of rippling laughter, Are sent by heaven to beguile The tedious march to the hereafter Their rays will pierce the darkest clouds And light them with a silver lining, Dispel the gloom that oft enshrouds The dreary lives of the repining Fun's golden cup is sweet to quaff— the man that makes us merry God loves laugh, We were not placed upon the earth To grovel in the dust of sorrow! fo-day should always ring with mirth Without a thought of the to-morrow And heaven has sent us cheery men To start and lead the merry chorus, To plerce with voice and pointed pen The earthly clouds {hat us; To stab the gloom with God loves the laugh. gather o'er humor's gaff tf makes us nin LI We stronger grow upon our feet When foes of clinging care engage us in our daily walk A man with smile that is contagious we meet His face lights up the darkened soul, Af sSun-rays pierce sad. Less, Adds sweetness to the™bitter And makes the with gladness: Suows us the grain hid od loves the laugh, comm—— ——— = ASSANAS ANAS] 3 AUNT DEBORAH. > By H. B. FAAS NANA the veil of + ’ gearisiring mn Mrs, Deborah Walton had been con fined to her own but now, was room for two me mths, to use hier own expression, “able to again, and to see after iy Mrs. Walton and old, and Mrs. Walton's chair was drawn up to the open window, that Lottie?" asked Mrs Walton, as the door opened behind her ‘Yes, auntie,” and a girl, with and walked over to where she be up and about th ings general Wis *T'y rich “Is you, prettily voung dark eves black Wal Wavy hair, Mrs ton was sitting, I'he pretty girl was Lottie Blair, the idolized niece who was to Aunt Deborah's wealth “Nit down here, child,” borah pointed to n the humor heat afternoon, Tell me, who here so often while | was nberit all of and Aunt Ik I'm vou talk this the 3 or footstool to was it called a prisoner up there” “The called quits tie,” said Lottie, seating bh Tremaine often. erself on footstool, “and so did Kitty Law. and-—and the +} § tiie rence, CGardners, and and Lottie paused while the scarlet crept from to her temples it thing escaped Aunt Deborah's brigh the and the moment she «aw ’ Hsion 3 jeri was seldom th Eray eyes that flush on her niece's pretty something In the air “Well, my dear, Who else wag here?” face she scented what's the ma “Only a young gentleman, a guest of the Gardiners,” and red grew brighter on Lottie's face, and she hung her head in a very suspicious manner “Umph! only a young gentleman. said Aunt Deborah, her bright fastened on the downenst faes. “Yes, auntie. He was caming to see You this afternoon, but 1 received a note a little while ago telling me that he couldn't come, as he had to start for Lome at once, in answer to a summons He is coming back again. thongh. In a day or two" “Lottie Blair, you like wan?" Lottie blushes, “Yeu, anntie.” “Lottie Blair, man?" “Oh. Aunt Deborah’ hands flew to her face. “Lottie Blair, you man?’ repeated Aunt Lottie was silent, “Lottie Blalr, you love this young man? Answer mie,” sald Anant Debo rah, solemnly, “Yes, auntie,” came in the faintest tones behind the Httle white hands, “Lottie Blair, take down your hands and look at me” sald Aunt Deborah, and Lottie obeyed, the eyes this young looked up, all smiles and she said frankly you love this young and Lottie's love this young Deborah, and gentleman!” and Lottie clasped her hands in delight. “What's his npame? Tell me all about him? What family does he be. long to? Where does he come from?” “His name is Ashton “Ashton?” “Yes, auntie; and he lives up at Ash has lived there ” “An Ashton of Ashtonville!™ Aunt ish shricked Deborah, before Lottie could fin her sentence, “Lottie Blair, spenk to that young man sgain, Ashtons of Ashtonville robbed your father: they robbed They are a pack scound rels Here Aunt Deborali paused for of breath, She had risen Her wrinkled face was purple with an ger, and her dancing with ire, Poor Lottie was the pieture of aston. ishment, Nhe at she couldn't get “To think that while 1 lay sick in my bed an Ashton should be making love to my Lottie Blair, if 1 thought an Ashton handled a Honey i wouldn't never The ge! of villains, thieves, want to her leet gray curls seemed fairly tempted to speak, but a word in edgeways, niece! penny of my rest guiet in my grave,” “But auntle “Don’t cried the old Indy, “1'H tell you what I'll take noon and I'll into before auntie me,” stamping her foot, 1'H Lottie Blair train to Ashtonville do, the walk George Ashton’'s house night, and ler him know whether his son or anyone belonging. to him will Coe make love to The down to Starmount 1 anvhody belonging to me set of ives” Aunt found ile and expostulations Alter an ont Noon Ash Ars word fol f.ottie s Deborah Kept her her on board the train tony in spite of poor aouductor Aunt De satehel Aunt hour's ride the « “Ashtonville!” up went hobbled and sang borah pl ked fier Deborahnever anywhere without satchel AR Het oil of the oft satchel her and Car shir was getting the plat fell nd she would have fall form foot slipped, het from her hand it. but a strong hand caught fy . ald a pleasant, heart) ice sald ott t hiose dangerous you steps i hope hurt madam “Yes it is dangerous, and one might break their before the conductor would lend a helping hand,” sald Aunt I «till at boiling point “The sometimes DECKS borah, whose temper was conductors are not as attentive as they aml the might be” voung man who had savid Avnt Debo ral: ran from falling stooped down to pick up her satchel Ax he did so Aunt Deborah him full the it it 4 3 Ld some face, the picture of looked face was a hand in goon fumor, and corresponded well with his hearty Aunt Was Deborah Jdid not face or his pleasant Yi ££" i ’" know whether it his itiedd her most. She was her life in liked this young ma words that pa all and she a believer first impress qions, § oki] In his fae much, woment she le Only Io “1 thank you 1 might in Ashions The voung man was elegantly dress. ed, but Aunt walked hy her yOu very for been vou live ile?” not too proud to carry Deborah's satchel as he wile Yes, question ‘Young man,” «till and looked humored face; misfortune,” The young man had «tin when Aunt Debora did, and he could keep from laughing he looked down at her solemn face ed, madam, 1 thought 1 fortunate in living in Ashton I answel mndan Aunt Deborah up in man pnd stooxl the good young that's your stand 0 senreely as was very ville. “Fortunate in the Ash Deborali; then continmel, “Young Ashton living where tons live!” eried Aunt lowering her volee, she she laid her hand on his arm man, there an there is bad lock.” “hen, madam.” man, his eves twinkling, “there must bad nek right bere, for I am an A«<hiton.” “Yon are that your though as wherever iw answered the young hes an Ashton! Young man misfortune I like yon, in spite of your name Now, a =on or a nephew Ashton? noenhe Ww hor iI have three is who might yon he {roorge “Madam, I'm neither son, Ashton last any relative of George been living here for the months with my uncle, Mr. Jerome, | say living here, but the moxt of the time down monnt with my cousins, the Gardiners, [| saw von get on the cars at Star mount. madam, If yon live there, | suppose you know my cousins.” Aunt Deborah. stared at the young gentleman for fully a minute: then suddenly catching her breath she said: “Young man, are you with nn voung lady in Starmonnt named Mies Lottie Blair?” “I have the pleasure of being gquainted with Miss Blair,” and Ashton wondered what the old lady would ask him next. “Well, Miss Blair's at Ntar ae Aunt Deborah ing face between her palms, “My darling, did 1 ever deny you auything in your life?” and an expres. sion of love settled on the wrinkled face, “Did I say you ever did, auntie?’ and the pretty face looked grieved, “I'm not saying what you sald, Lot. tie. I'm asking you if I ever denied you anything?’ “No, auntie, you never did.” “Well, then, my dear, do you suppose I would offer any objections, If you love this young gentleman and he proves to be all right?” “Oh, nuntie, you're so good! 1 know you'll like him; he's a splendid young I think I'll go back to the station and walt for the down train’ And Aunt Deborah walked away. Aunt Deborah returned home and made poor Lottie's heart glad with the news that the young gentleman she had referred to was not an Ashton of Ashtonville. Judge of that young gen. tleman’s surprise when he called on Aunt Deborah next day and found her to be the old lady be had set down for “half crazy.” Her conversation with him the day previous was explained, and the ex ‘plaination must have been satisfactory, for there was a wedding before the close of the year, AN EYE THAT EXPLODES, Curious Habit of the Horned Toad or Liz ard—A Beetle Bombarder. out!” eried a Mexican in 8 big sombrero to an American, who was holding a horned tond near his face and examining it through n magnifying urn him the know he “look glass, “liis eye, senor, way; don’t you his eye?” “What!” the American, dropping the toad out of range quick ly. “How he shoot his eye? What do you mean?” “Yon have | other shoot exclaimed can fut 1 dog eh? tod shoot a horoed and don’t believe it, seen the horned with his eye 1 have seen a tod shoot his eye al a man set him most crazy the tenderfoot sit ied “Here's the toad; now “Nonsense,” make him shoot his eye.” Mexican the ground, looking at the little anlmal, when along Mexican dog, common here “Eh!” ered the man, “this will fix him, Now watch, and, taking out a plece of cigarette paper, he asked the hold it in front of the “It is the The “nt upon ene un senor,” American to Hzard's eyes said Then in both bands that of the liz insta nianeons, he took the dog and placed nose The effect Hzard crouched down on its urd Wis i he Hs eyes be came swollen, puffing up; then as the dog's nose was pressed against it again there wis a curi muscular depres they blood and jets paper, sion in its eves suddenly became sitot ser 11 iE ae thie and ase of steve zal whi 1] rul bing peated hax re number horned toads as tl LOOT Te Hed it tiv « wus a hot day ane dittienit A hound was called and 1 and very lively 16h nose O ead, as made and began v ground aml serate hough In distress Ways. Yor ig Bo faite 0 20 A be Blind, its eves bulging out and suf Later another liz yellow ith blood bright fused Ww and aril rut dawn, and as the wr i Ane i seed 10 hand on it his dog « lizard fil onde iis eyes ind the next mo » was sprinkled 1 Lg] seinibling doen, an odor that for had =o singular * fTect lizard was sickening now appeared and suffused with pot POIROnOs protects » horned tond iw le doubt, and apparently Iw onfusion of the gland which he ove tri fst tig lizards enem =] at » dt 10 The yn in California of the ontain several, greens and We BOON CTosEing roads The in the largest in tly black, the abdomen a handsome beetle golf links the coups sre often found fi « ! morning beetle is an inch and a quarter dividuals, p points i} 11] it i= “ilonsly fits and lumbering ght and When immediately touched demoralizing to has had the an distance of long ged, perched high, ita 4 only flying at n poesibly at rare Intervals beetle is alarmed. it iis elevates jis body, and when a flulkd that is The hands at man writer strike hie r and that a «light dizziness was when inhaling The dark reddish on irritant York eight Inches, 0 overpow was it od. ns leaves a ether finid «tain he skin and is an New Nut A Left Handed Remedy. It ote is a very great misfortune for any left handed Everything is right handed people, hence the left handed are often at a disad- vantage, besides appearing awkward, There ix no need, however, of any one's growing up left handed if a little at. tention given at the proper time, That attention should begin when the baby ix 2a week old, In wrapping the little creature leave the right hand free for action. They begin to reach early. Take hold of the right hand, give everything to the right hand, and place Hits playthings where it can reach them best with the right hand, and you will ‘have no further trouble. If, however, from neglect or inattention the baby [has happened to commence using the Heft band, it may be easily remedied, Lif taken In time, by putting a little sack over the left band and tying it at the wrist, If they are started right, they will all grow up right handed. The Pathfinder, OI SU BA Extremely So, Mrs, Borem—-My daughter is very ambitious musically. She's determined to master the most difficult pieces, fhe's been trying all day. Mrs, Nexdore~ Yes, indeed, very, Mre. Borem--Very ambitious, you mean? Mrs. Nexdore-No. deiphia Press, to In made for i. Trying. Phila. é THE SOUTH AFRICAN “SLAVEY.” is an Unspoiled Zulu Boy. The Best of All » Only very rich people can afford to keep white servants in South Africa, All ordinary folk have perforee to (TS content with the well-meant if sionally rather casual ministrations of the native “"houseboy. A “boy” may be any age from four teen to forty: but if he is very young he 18 always called an “unfaan.'’ The best of all servants is a Zulu, especial- ly if he be that fresh from his native Lkraal and totally unspoiled by the of Such a "boy" Is honest, sober, quick, clean and anxious to learn the ways of the ‘umiungn” or white man, He soon becomes as deft as an Eng lish butler, and as handy the ideal housemald, He does everything, from cooking to answering the door, and af little practice he His knowledge of English at first is eanty, but he soon picks up a few words and mixes up Kaffir, Dutch and English In a quaint polyglot dialect, In Natal it is to mit a Zulu servant to speak Euoglish; the tress! must for Known as’ acon in, “raw” wiles civilization us ter a does 1t well, 100, considered bad per the “inkosigaas” (mis talk to h that, Kite queer sentences are often heard in For “John vi “baas’ or fin in Zulu, or what sometimes Nome [HsRes and is hen Kathi netapce, the "bags MLS L200 inyamna pudding.” compound uateh, “Take av pudding.’ When they the A lady atid men KiAKes “hoy 8" mal good but 1 fied once hi “raw” Very who did not understs nrils bys al 1s Iwan nsixd to work Of always have but COU Ne own tribal Haines, they pever use them in white men s WOR, afore-then chosen as usually “hays tening Vet namne 10 denoting . RIWAYS + In slippery When thes i“ Stee # sti Fis an Oo tonfa Dianer in 3 Duich Family. When th ily ¢ members of a doteh fam dine, the daughters join their moth rs 5 in contributing the pleasure of fhe din « simple, but the viands are excellent and the oocasion Well el. Soup or bouillon is served Fish ig the next course, served wit hen follows rich brown sauce or some other roast, staffed with chest nuts and garnished with riogs of eel dinner conclindes Kind of and milk rries amd I t and lemon The with a cold swoet-—some pac] with « orang flav ding made gE mented with dried che od with maraschino of the the table ix plain cloth ix of the fit The service flowers, but stale nie There a great variety of vegetables, and theese the table, damask and the silver and ory both massive amd sparkling in are placed on little stoves on hax been of visible peat, which entirely from any Evers tea kettle and urn which i= brought io the table is kept hot by a simple ap paratus of this kind, and by the same method tea and coffee may Ie had at any hour of the day and hot, After dinner black coffee ia and is Smoke uniform state fient fri alwys the daintiest of Sevres cups and sane era, No domestics wait at this Dutch fan. Hy dinner-table, the daughters of the performing the service. Audacity of a Burglar. While a burglar was visiting the flat of Mrs. Hl. 1. O'Brien he stepped on the cat's tall and the animals cries roused the household and frightened him away. In his haste to leave the burglar lost Lig bat in the inside hall. Fearing to go back and get jt Lidmself, he rang for the janitor, William Tibbs. “1 bave rheumatism,” he sald to Tibbs, “Here's a quarter, Please go up to the third floor and get my hat. I've been calling here and 1 forgot it. 1t les beside the door of fiat HL." The Janitor did not hesitate, but went off laughing and got the hat.~Chicago Becord Bouncers iu New York Hotels Many people have not understood why all the great hotels in New York city employ special detectives who are constantly in the main corridor. Some hitve had an Idea that these detectives are employed as “bouncers.” No such thing, According to one of the most intelligent of these detectives the other night, the work of a detective ln a Iw tel Ix arduous. “You have idea.” he sald, “how many soiex and speaks and ‘rubbernecks’ infest the of the New York hotels, These are employed to watch public men and if possible to listen to thelr utterances when in thu corridors, These spies and sneaks are no corridors talking to their friends matters, It that %0 many men acquainted with publi are gulleless as Le aware of the presence of these ‘rubber i= 1 remarkable fact affairs not ber wiy +} detectives In the hotels quickly spot these fellows, but so long they decently ix no ground for ejecting them. ny opinion that wellknown men who desire to discuss the and of finance who also kept careful to an conduct themselves there Nevertheless, t In secret things of politi “ und matters and of religion, business be 11 have should certain who is thie should desire to private, very ax them in they terse sr ho iddes iE Dexia corridors of our hotels, or their mat York discuss ine Where New Sun His Great Work. A yok ’ a pewly mal i benedict “Th % the i hn gratulations first oppo ug my con marriage off on recent From the look of thing GHEY Well That floor 1 Dave wel way, id a much lead of lars a week there was y retire from here 1 waornel and let HHHEs St. +3 ¥sl Louis Repu Rothschild Too Fat for the Milltary Service ion. Lionel Walter Rothschild The . was reejeted by the recruiting officer built Africa the lines of the Prince of short and big around Proportion is Ww hat we are The M. P. for the of Bucks i now and besides for South because he is foo mnen on Wales 100 to0 the middle after wrvice 1yivision + his Thirty-second year, a practical banker i« a noted His principal it is said that name of the 400,000 species of animal known to st ence, and hax Darwin, Cavier and Linnaeus fingers’ ends, This ix a high nt He i& a habitue of in the anter and a dead shot amusement is zoology. he ean each at his White's amd ix often to be seen at the and Royal He « his father's heir, and as the old gen 15.400 acres of tee finest England, Desides millions of Walter would jose in the Societies land in eiit-edged securities, great deal to Transvaal —New York Prose, Coming On. \ certain recruit, who had evidently better days, In a reghmont posses. education, found it difficult at first to confine himself to words of less than three syllables in conversing with his messmates. One day he was talking about an event which happened to him in civil life, when one of his chums, trying to get a rise ont of him, sald: “1 suppose that was previous to your attestation?” “No,” replied the gentleman recruit, “it was before 1 blooming well came up.” nd then it was known that he had {aken a step in the right direction. Answers. A A A i MW An analysis of the marriage records in Oklahoma discloses that the aver. age age of brides there Is twenty-two if the re-marrying widows should be counted out the average would fall below nineteen years, Too Mueh for Him. They are telling this story in Wash- ington about Congressman Clayton of Alabama, who used to he district ats torney in his state: It became his duty at one time to prosecute an old man for making tllicit whisky. It war not a very serious Infraction of the law, but the old backwoodsman had been reckless In his open violation and it was necessary to make an exam ple of him. He was brought into court and, after the government had stated its case, the old man, who had no law yer, asked to be allowed gO upor the stand. He was told that this wouls render him liable to answer any ques tions, but he insisted. “Well, John,” sald Clayton, “did you make any whisky in your still?” “Hen ry,” replied the old man, with pathetic tone, “I know'd your pa; | voted fon your pa every time he rau for fedge to Uncle really Acceptable? I should say so; they all say the same, too, when they get them. Who is thers that wonld refuse such works of art when they can get them for almost nothing Ask your grocer for a coupon book, which will enable vou to get one largs 10¢. pack - age of "Red Cross” starch, one large 10«. package of “"Habinger's Best" starch, with the premioms, two Shakespears panels printed in twelve beautiful colors, as nat ural as life, or one Twentieth Century Girl enlendar, the finest of its kind ever printed, all for Be. The Earmarks. “Your son devoted he?" asked Reynolds. 1 replied Easel, ing on is 10 isn’t 80," aw. Suppose “He's continually dr me.” We refoud 102 for every package of Pur. ¥am Faverrss Dre that falls to give satis faction, Moproe Drug Co., Unionville, Mo, Fold by all drugeists Clouds that move in a contrary direction to that of the surface current indicate » chauge of weather, because they prove the existence of two alr currents, one warm and the other cold, and the mingling of these frequently causes rain Seare or Ono, Ciry or ToLrpo, ! Lucas Coury, ”: Frave J Onesey makes oath that he fs the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cugrey & Co. doling business in theCityof Toledo County and State aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRE that cannot be cured by the use of Hart's Carannn Cone. Frask J. Cugssy. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my { ~~ | presences, this 6th day of December, CSRAL A.D, 1888, A.W, GrLeasox wg Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, ff 3 F.J.Cnuexey & Co. Toledo, O, Sald by Druggists, Hall's Family Plils are the best, An electrical device which drops & fesd of oats into a horse's trough has been invented at Youngstown, O. Virariry low, debilitated or exhausted cured by Dr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic Furr $1. trial bottle for 2 week's treatment. Dr. Kline, 14, Wil Arcs 5t, Philadelphia, Founded 1871, A bill bas been introduce 4 in ture of New York to abolish marriages in that state, the legisia- common aw More Winslow's Soothing Syruptor rhildren teething saltens the gums, reducing inflamma von, allays pain, cures wind colic, 2c. & bottle The statement is made to all seriousness that Lord Hob rts is afraid of cats, His fear is due to superstition, Pise's Care for © Asthma med] »h, Il. April 11, lk i» an A Neo. 1} BL Witaraws, Anti. fie 1M In Tyrol the rose is believed to be a sieep producer, and rose leaves are thrown inte the fire for ‘good luck Wild boars still abound in some parts of Morocco, one hunting party having lately killed over 100 in one week. I am Past 8o and Not a Gray Hair “I have used Ayer's Har Vigor for a great many years, and although I am past eighty yeas; of age, yet I have not a gray hair ™n my bead.” — Geo. {a lott, Towson, Md., Aug. 3, 1899. Have You Lost It? 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