THINGS BklrtQ EVENED UP.
ttol down br -he brooklet side,
aha moon wa? bright.
Jletole a dozen kiusee there,
.That blissful night.
i stole march oa other men;
I knew my part.
1 wu so good at stealing that
I stole her heart.
Jiow we are happy man and wife.
Why seera it strange
If, when I'm fast a sleep in bed.
She steals my change?
Tonksra Statesman.
JUNITA."
"Well, what Is itr
Lady to see you, sir."
,"By appointment?"
Ko, sir, but very Important, she
says."
"Very sorry. Too busyask her to
Trite."
Frank Hayler bounced away from
the telephone and flung himself Into
bis chair, muttering maledictions on
the beads of all ladles or otherwise who
would Insist upon calling or worrying
the life out of a busy editor, on what
they were pleased to term Important
business.
That was the third time during the
morning that he bad been rung up on
some utterly frivolous pretest, and he
was angry. But his anger was Intensi
fied as the telephone bell began to ring
again. He threw down his pen in
despair and rushed to the instrument
shouting at the top of his roice:
"What la It?"
"Very sorry, sir; lady won't go away.
Bays she must see you. She's waiting."
"Let her wait," was Frank's angry
rejoinder. "No," he added almost Im
mediately. "Show her up."
He sighed to himself with a resigned
Jr. and. as be walked toward his
writing table, he could not help think
ing what a fool he was to allow an Im
portunate woman to Interfere with his
morning's work.
And bis work that morning was par
ticularly heavy. He was the editor
of the Chatterer, a paper that bad not
yet taken hold of the public fancy. He
was convinced that it wonld do so
eventually that is. If his funds lasted
long enough. Meanwhile be was doing
nls best to turn out some attractive ar
ticles, and here was this woman
A timid knock at the door notified
hjm that "this woman" was close at
band.
"Come In." be said, in what ha prided
himself to be his best editorial voice,
although he really felt very angry.
The door opened and when he looked
it the Intruder he muttered to himself;
"Foe try or a subscription list."
The lady who had thus braved the
lion in his den, as it were, was neither
young nor pretty. She was rather tall,
though stooping somewhat, and very
dowdy looking. Little cork-screw
curls were banging on each side of her
face, which was almost completely hid
den by a thick veil.
"Pardon me for Intruding in this
manner," she said in a peculiarly weak,
falsetto voice, "but I felt that I must
call upon you in person, and I am ex
tremely obliged to you for seeing me.
I hope I do not interrupt you In your
work?"
"Not at all," said Frank, airily. "I
have one or two things waiting to be
done, but they are of no consequence,
VFontt you take a chair?"
"Thank you so much," she replied,
as she sat down very carefully on a
chair with her back to the window, af
some distance from Frank.
"What can I do for you 7" was
Frank's question.
- I Just called to asE tf you would be
so good " and she paused as she
opened her haml-bag and drew out a
flat brown paper parcel.
"I knew it," muttered Frank to him
self. "Poetry!"
Then, addressing lils visitor In the
firmest tone he could command, he
said:
"My denr madam. I can assure you
that we have no room for poetry."
"Poetry, sir!" she squeaked, and
there was a touch of lmliguatlon almost
In her voice. "I would not think of
offerini you poetry."
Frank thought thero was Just the
slightest amount of emphasis on the
"you," nnd he wondered whether she
was luughing nt him. He wished he
could see her face, but owing to her
position, with her back to the light,
addfd to her thick veil, he could not
distinguish her features at all clearly.
"No, sir," she continued. "I have
here three short stories, which you will
find eminently suitable for your pa
per, and I am sure that they will be
appreciated by your readers."
Frank was so used to hear people
speak In similar prnise of their own
work that the egotlsieal speech did not
at all surprise him, as he replied:
"I hope that when the stories are
published other people will think as
highly of your work as you do your
self." "My work!" she said, with a startled
air. "I did not say that they were my
work. I am here on behalf of a very
dear friend of mine to offer these sto
rles for your consideration."
"But why take all that trouble. Yon
should have posted them to us. They
would have been carefully considered."
"No. I would not trust them to the
post. I wanted to see you personally
and give them to you In your own
hands," and, suiting the action to the
word, she advanced toward Frank and
offered htm the parcel. He reluctantly
took it from her, exclaiming:
"1 am afraid I cannot promise that
they will be accepted. We are over
crowded with short stories."
"I do not want you to promise that
AH I ask Is that you will read them."
"I will read them, certainly."
"Thank you so much. This Is very
kind of you. Good morning."
Frank touched the bell and politely
bowed bis visitor out. She responded
with an old-fashioned courtesy, and
with another smiling 'Thank you,"
descended the stairs.
Frank sat himself at bis table and
banged the brown paper parcel down
viciously. He took up his pen, but not
9
"I am sixty years of age and from
girlhood have been familiar with
the name of Ayer Five years
ago, I become nervous, sleepless, and
lo.t flesh. I took a variety of medi
cines without benefit. At last I be.
gan a course of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. X
became stronger, gained flesh, and
of effort. Does it answer you when you call? Does
it creep unwillingly to work? It's the natural effect
of the waste of winter. So much for the season.
Now for the word. If you would eat heartily, sleep
soundly, work easily, and feel like a new being, take
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
This testimonial will be found in full la Ayer's "Cnrebook" with a
hundred others. Free. Address J. C. Ayer Co.. Lowell, Mass.
Tto writ. The thoughts would not be
led away from the recent Interview. He
j could not help laughing outright at
the quaint old lady and her squeaky
j voice. Then he began to toy with the
j parcel. Finally he opened it; there lay
the three stories neatly typewriiveu.
He looked for the author's name and
address. All that he could see Imme
diately under the title of each story
was "By Junita." No name, no ad
dress.
"Well, this Is the oddest experience I
have ever had." be muttered to him-
! self. Then he thought be might as
J well read one of the stories. He did
so, and words of surprise and delight
kept rising to his lips. Then he read
the second, which gave him still mow
j pleasure. After reading the last on
he exclaimed:
i "By George! here's a find. Munlta,'
; my friend, I lift my hat to you, meta
phorically speaking. You are a genius.
If you don't rnake your fortune, and
at the same time give the Chatterer a
big leg up, my name isn't Frank Hay.
ler."
And after marking a big "A" on
each of the manuscripts be went ouf
to lunch.
When he returned he set to work
rigorously, and whether it was the
lunch or the satisfied feeling that be
bad accepted something that morning
which would enhance the value of bis
Journal from a literary point of view
be knew not, but be certainly sur
prised himself at the excellent matter
that seemed to flow from bis pen.
He wrote far into the afternoon.
When he had finished he proudly ex
claimed: "There, If those articles don't put
some life in the thing, and If 'Junita's'
stories don't send up the circulation,
I'm a Dutchman. Frank, old man."
be continued, as be slapped himself
complacently on the breast, "the Chat
terer Is going to boom large. I know
It. I feel It. 'Junita' hns come In the
nick of time. She has brought me
luck!"
He went home to bis bachelor cham
bers In an excellent frame of mind.
After a light dinner be dressed very
carefully and took a cab to the Pan
theon Theater, where he formed one
of the large audience assembled to
witness the debut in London of Miss
Agnes Trenderville, a new actress from
the provinces, who had been spoken of
very highly wherever she bad appear
ed. Frank was an enthusiastic first
nlgiiter, for be bad made up bis mind
that the Chatterer should be well U
the fore In all dramatic matters.
He was delighted with the new ac
tress. She was a revelation, and he
felt that be could honestly praise her
In the columns of bis next issue. As
be strolled into his club, on his way
home from the theater, the first man
be met was Jlmraie Fleet, the emi
nent dramatic critic, who greeted him
with:
"Well, Frank, old man, what do you
think of her?"
"Think of her, my boy? She's splen
did" "So I think. You mark my words,
she's the coming actress."
"Coming. Jinnnlc! I should say that
she has arrived, very much so; and,
what is more, she has come to stay."
He was right. The new actress was a
lucre from the very start. Inter
views, portraits, sketches concerning
her appeared day after day in almost
every paper, and Miss Agnes Trender
ville wis the most talked of lady in
London, while the Pantheon theater
was crowded to excess every night, a
thing that had not happened for many
months past.
Kmr.li Hayler was fortunate enough
to be introduced to the eminent actress
a few days later at a fashionable "at
home." He was surprised to find how
unassuming, unaffected and distinctly
ladv-Hke she was. What wonder that
be fell in love with her at first sight?
He was lutroduced to her as "Mr,
Hayler. the editor of the Chatterer."
The new number of the paper had
appeared that morning, containing an
exhaustive appreciation of the new ac
tress, one of his own articles, and the
first of the stories of "Junita."
'Oh. Mr. Hayler!" was the remark.
"your paper Interested me very much
this morning." ;
"1 am very pleased to hear you say
that," lie replied. "I nm glad you liked
my criticism on your performance." i
I did not mean that. I do not tnke
much notice of the criticisms on my
acting forgive me for saying so," as
she saw a shade of disappointment pass
across Frank's face, "for where they
are all so good there Is certain same-
ness about them that Just becomes
wee bit monotonous."
"Yes. I can quite believe that," was
all that Frank could say
"But what I was really interested in
was the story 'By Junita.' I read It
over and over again."
"Did you, really? I knew people
would like It at the time I accepted it."
"Oh, I do not suppose everybody
would be so stupid as I am," she re
plied. "But it seemed to appeal to me
strongly." Then after a pause, she
said: "I hope I am not prying into any
editorial secret, but do tell me, Mb
Hayler, who is 'Junita ?"'
"My dear Miss Trenderville, It is a
secret; so much so that I have not the
faintest Idea who 'Junita' Is myself."
"Mr. Hayler, you are trifling with
me!"
"Upon my honor. Miss Trenderville,
I do not know. I would tell you with
pleasure If I did."
"How very strange," she murmured.
"Yes, It Is a strange story. I will
fell It to you the next time I have the
pleasure of seeing you."
Frank had that pleasure over and
sver again, and made such good use
of his time that soon it was noised
abroad that the editor of the Chatterer
raa engaged to be married to the beau-
Uful and accomplished actress. Miss
Agnes Trenderville. The circulation of
the Chatterer had gone up. A series
of short stories "By Junita" was a big
attraction. The stories had been sent
in by registered post. The editor bad
eagerly accepted them and put tbem
In band at once. The only thing that
worried him was thnt payment had
never been asked for. He had no ad-
if
A Word in Season"
g The season is Spring,
opnng wnen you can on
your body for all its ener
gy, and tax it to the limit
dress where he could (wnfl Hie cliof
and be was wailing pnlhMiily for
"Junita," or someoue on her Ix-'luilf, If
make application for I he money. ,
He was sitting In the eilltorlal-rooiii
one morning wheu the telephone !el! '
rang. He went to the Instrument and
was told that an old lady wished for an
Interview. "Junita" flashed through
his mind. He sent word down that she
should be shown up. The old lady with
the squeaky voice, which had amused
Frank so much on a former occasion,
entered the room slowly and advanced
toward him. Frank met her with ex.
tended band.
- "My dear madam!" he exclaimed,
"have you brought me some more
stories?"
"You liked the others?" was her
question.
"I liked them? I should think so,
Everybody likes them."
"I am so pleased. I told you. If yon
remember, that they would be appro
dated."
"And now," the old lady continued,
"I have called to ask you for"
"The check?" Interrupted Frank.
"You are very kind. That to what I
came for."
"Excuse me for a moment I will flu
It in for yon," said Hayler.
He sat down, drew out his check
book, dated the check, then turned tf
his visitor and aald:
'Tardon me, bv.t to whom ahall I
make it payable?"
"To 'Junita,' " she said.
"Oh, excuse me; I can hardly do
that."
"Why notr she asked. "If 'Junita
Indorses it, that will be sufficient, will
It notr
"Well, I suppose so; but It will hardly
be the correct thing."
He wrote the check, tore It out and
Handed It to his visitor.
"You will sign the receipt, please. In
your own name." as he handed her the
form to fill up.
'She wrote her name In a bold hand,
and handed the paper back to him. He
glanced at it, and started back In sur
prise; for there at the bottom. In un
mistakable letters, was the name, "Ag
ues Trenderville."
A silvery laugh greeted bis ears, and
rhen he turned his head, Agnes In
reality stood before him. Sho had torn
off her disguise, and looked like what
she undoubtedly was a charming
young lady.
"Agnes!" was all Frank could say.
"Yes, dear; Agnes. Don't be cross
with me; It was only a little harmless
Joke, and It was successful. I can ex
p:ain all In a very few words. 1 wanted
very much to see what an editor was
like I did not know you then. dear. I
wanted my stories accepted, for If my
debut bad not been successful I should
then have had an opening In the liter
ary world. I thought if I came In the
character of an old lady I should have
a better opportunity of being admitted.
I came. You could not help laughing
at my' squeaky voice, but you accepted
my stories, and that's the great thing."
"Agnes, you are a born actress," was
all Frank could say.
T know, darling. All the paper say
diat."
The Chatterer is one of the most suc
cessful papers of the day. The stories
by "Junita" are quite the rage, but few
there are who know that the charming
and clever actress. Miss Agnes Tren
derville. known In private life as Mrs.
Frank Hayler, and 'Junita" are one
and the same person. London Tld Bits
FACTS AND FASHIONS.
" The ultra fashionable fair one, who
bad small sleeves made for her spring
gowns, has sent back the garments to
her dressmaker, with this order:
"Please take out the email sleeves,
and replace tbem with good sizeJ
o-mutton and top puff sleeves, and be
sure anl interline my new sleeves with
Fibre Chamois for I look horrid in
tight sleeves."
Large sleeves will die hard it
they die at all, for very few ladies
look well in small or tight sleeves
Silk lined jackets and capes of bro
cade, satin, cloth or fancy goods, for
spring and cool summer days wearing,
are interlined witu Fibre Chamois in or
near the cloth color, and in light,
medium or hesvy weight,
The newest skirts hsve full hack
widths, interlined throughout with
Fibre Chamois, and the front and side
widths are faced with it to insure the
correct Hare.
Uood housekeepers are now using
Fibre Chamois as table pad under the
linen table elo'.h, as it keeps the beat
of dishes from injuring handsome
woods, and it is quite as effective at
heavy cotton cloth for such purpos- s.
On the Floor of the Sen. .
Oa the bottom of the ocean, beneath
I vast field of weed filled with animals
living sad dying, an immense deposit
if animal and vegetable remains must
be gradually forming. Should that part
of the floor of the sea be upheaved at
lome future time by volcanic action it
would furnish mines of manure sufficient
to fertilize the farms of the world. Sup
posing that it were possible economi
cally to fetch to Europe or America
great quantities of this water plaat
which now floats useless it would he
normously valuable as a fertilizer.
Many "derelicts" 1. e., deserted an l
oter-logged vessels find their way intit
the Sargasso Sm, where they float about
lor a long time and finally breai up or
link. An important feature of the work
if the hydrographic office is the finding
t such dangers to navigation, the ap
proximate location of which are plotted
monthly on the pilot chart distributed
to skippers. Four years ag great
ilarm was felt on account of a gigantic
rift of logs which went adrift south of
Nantucket. It was composed of 27,000
trunks of trees from fifty to 100 feet
long, bound with iron chains in a cigar
lhaped mass 56 J feet long and weighing
11,000 tous. It was constructed in
Nova Scotia, starting from the Bay of
Fundy for New Tcrk la tow.
The hawsers parted in a hurricane,
eaving the raft in the direct traek of
commerce. The biggest of the ocean
greyhounds, on striking such an ob
traction, would have gono down at
once with all on board. Two Govern
meat steamers and a tug started at
Dnce in pursuit of the isft, which had
luckily been broken up by the storm,
the remnants of it oeing found scattered
ver a wide space about 100 miles
loutheost of the point where it was lost.
For some time it was imagined that the
loafing logs might do damage, bat,
ihough many vessels encountered them,
so har-a resulted. Washington Star.
(
I Men will skin one another alive In
tide who would starve rather than ge
nto housebreaking as a business.
I Whensver a bird goes to ij, it looks
ip, but some men shut their eyes when
iver they take aa important step.-
Ebtm's Horn.
Anger is an expensive luxury in
which only mea of a certain inoomi
can induLoe.
AN IMITATION.
It Gives Ca Flaasare to FabUek the get
lowias; lisisisiMiisl,
All women suffering from any form
of illness peculiar to their sex are re
quested to communicate promptly with
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All
letters are re an. calved, opened.
read and an, awared by women ;
A woman cun
freely talk cf
her privets
illness ton
woman;
thus has
been estab
lished the
eternal
confi
dence be
tween Mrs.
Pinkham
and the
women of
America.
This con
fidence haa in
duced more than
100,000 women to
write Mrs. Pinkham for
advice during the last, few months.
Think what a volume ef experience
she haa to draw from 1 No physician
living ever treated so many cases of
female ilia, and from this vast experi
ence surely it is more than possible
she has gained the very knowledge
that will help your ease.
She is glad to have yon write or call
upon her. You will find her a woman
fall of sympathy, with a great desire to
assist those who are sick. If her modi
cine la not what yon need, aha will
frankly tell you so, and there are nine
chances out of ten that aha will tell
you exactly what to do for relief. She
asks nothing in return except your
good will, and her advice has relieved
thousands.
Surely, any ailing woman, rich or
poor, is very foolish if ahe does mot
take advantage of this generous offer
of assistance.
Never In the history of medielne haa
the demand for one particular remedy
for female diseases equalled that at
tained by Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vege
table Compound, and never In the
history of Mrs. Pinkham'a wonderful
Compound has the demand for it been
to great as it is to-day.
Ddd Provision for Safety of Liners.
"Do you know," aald a prominent
shipping man, who had been discussing
the St. Paul disaster with a party of
friends, "that It is a rule with the big
transatlantic steamship companies that
the wife of the captain sbsll not travel
in his ship? It'a a fact The company
strongly prohibits Its captains from
taking their wives aboard with them.
The supposition is that if anything
should happen to the ship the capteaf,
Instead of attending to hla public duty,
would devote hla attention mainly to
the safety of his wife. So that If the
wife of a captain wanta to go abroad
she must take paaaage In some othai
vessel. This rule also holda In many
of the freight line."
PIRACY STILL EXI8TS.
In
the Chinese Beea the Old
Trade
lias Manx Followers.
In the Malay Peninsula piracy haa
declined considerably since the expe
dition of twenty years age, but Perak,
Salangore and Ramhow still distin
guish themselves new aad again by a
little undisguised business ef this kind.
In China (he two great hotbeds of buc
caneera are plaeea which hare been
celebrated hi this direction for cen
turies Amoy and Caatoa.
The Amoy people prepec, who speak
the Amoy dialect and live In the walled
city, are very quiet, peaceable and or
derly and have a pronounced antipathy
for fighting, whether oa sea or shore.
But back of Amoy la the mountain
ous district of Tongan. It la connected
with the ocean by many arms ef the
sea. Its soil Is startle and its resources
are very few; Ita people, like moun
taineers, are thin, muscular, brave and
resolute. Even to-day they preserve
a semi-independence of a military na
ture.
These are the gentlemen who make
their living by piracy. They and the
men of Canton have learned wisdom
by experience. They no longer cruise
the wide seas, attacking any craft that
may come along. There are too many
gunboats patrolling the east too
many rifled guns and tee many yard
arms. Law and order, la the east half
century, have sbet, haoaesl, drowned,
blown up or burfled at least lfte.000
followers of the "black aag." May
the work Is done open a smaller, but s
far shrewder and safer, balls.
They keep spies at various plaeea la
their neighborhood, who report to
headquarters whenever some Junk Is
about to leave that has a rloh cargo
or carries a large amount of money.
Along with this goes the Information
ly.
.rGV?V
1
It J 1 S lVl
of who commands the boat, haw huge ! which has the eSsct usually of dls
a crew It carriea and how It Is armed. arming his adversary until that party
The pirates then plan to Intercept the : learns tha Ouaaa's style ef fighting,
craft in some river or arm of the tea, I An axhert fancar. seeing two Cubans
or else In some shoal water near the 1 use the falls, said that they reminded
coast, where there is no chance of
meeting a gunboat, and where, after
the robbery, they will have a safe
means of escape.
Their calculations are carefully
made, but come out right only once in
fimr nr flw lmM It mif he that 1
foreign or Chinese gunboat suddenly
appears upon the scene. It may be
that the Junk they are after gees past
their rendezvous with a European
steamer or river launch, or mayhap the
prospective victim Is delayed by ad-
verse winds and tides, and so does
not appear at the time and place fig
ured upon. When they do make a cap
ture they are not so brutal and cruel
as In the old years. For the rest, any
one who knowa China and the Chinese
will not need to be told that tha booty
Is easily disposed of without risks, or
questions asked. Pall Mail Oasette.
CT Sharks aa Oontpai
A citizen of Tocama haa found a new
n,1 Ita la n nmnrl of ft It la
a O-pound shark, which he spaared
without killing it, and then seonred
by the tail to a float in front of his resi
dence. The shark soon showed a dis
position to cultivate his mastafe ac
quaintance and displayed many signs
of amiability. Familiarity riiwned in
to friendship aud now while sharing
bis meals with his new friend the hap
py Tacoman declares that sharks are
very much abused and misunderstood
creatures.
-- . a s a""" -
If you can bear all year ssw.lt trials
ou will never break down uader year
(reat ones.
It always makes a bad man feat settee
aca he Suds out that there is somebody
ie just line nun.
It won't help your owa ores aato
oo'x over the fence and eoaat the weeds
a jour neighbor's garden.
The moment a man finds eat he has
eea making a fool of himself he has
earood something valuable.
" WAS A MAKE-BELU.VE PROXY, j
How a Hick Texas Girl Woa a Poof
bat Proad Lover.
Te the knowing girl there are more
ways than one of availing oneself of
the maiden's leap-year privilege. A,
story cornea from rural Texas illustra
tive of this truth and showing how a
, courageous girl may overcome dlfflcul- '
tie In winning the man of her choice.
In a certain county of the Lone Star
State there lives a very charming girl, I
who. being yet la the heyday of her
youth and withal rich In her own right,
has always had a long train of admlr-1
era. The majority of them were well
off at to this world's goods, but Cupid
had In his usual mlachlevoua style so
arranged matters that none ef theta
found favor in the girl's eight The
only man among them all that had the
power to set her heart flattering and
to whom her fancy had paid tribute
even when be waa absent never press
ed his suit. He belongs to that Innu
merable army of poor but honest, and
hla pride withheld the words that the
Texaa belle waa so anxieus to hear. ..
The other day she went to him la the
most bewitching costume and a smile
that exactly matched. 80 told him
with blushing candor that ha was old
enough and sensible enough te be get
ting married. She had a young lady la
mind that would1 make him a capital
wife, and If authorised by huh she
would volunteer to carry on negotia
tions. This made the young man mad
and took htm entirely out of himself.
He served notice In very Icjr terms that
he did not require the services of any
one In conducting bis a if a Irs of the j
heart, and It was particularly exaeper
ating to hare the only weanaa he ever
did lore er could lore coma to Intercede
for eomeene else.
Mow, rhls was exactly what the aensl
Me gtrl knew, and accordingly aha had
laid a tra for the man of her choice.
Her calculations had been accurately
made, and when the poor but proud
lever had been betrayed Into the de
claration ef hla passion and blushed
mart furiously than before and stain
meriDfiy Insinuated that perhaps If he
bad dleelesed hla feelings earlier she
might have been saved the perform
ance of a very embarrassing task. The
young man, finding the ground slip
ping from under him. grasped at the
aeareat. protection, which waa, of
course, the girl. She did net object
strenuously, aad arrangenenta are now
being ceasftleted for a wedding, which
for gayety aad general happiness shall
cast lato the shade everything hltherte
aeen in that section.
ARTIST AND COMPOSER.
AmnalneT Meeting- Between Llent nnd
Vereatctaaain.
The memoirs of Veres tchagin, the
Russian artist, contain an amusing ac
count of an evening with Llazt, the fa
mous pianist It was a reception given
In the artist's honor. Several of the
master's beautiful and talented pupils
were present and treated him like a
father, hanging on his arms, his neck.
kissing him on the brow, the cheeks,
the hands. Lhszt returned their atten
tions by patting them on the cheek,
chucking them under the chin, or even
bestowing a smacking kiss, generally
ou the head. Terestchagln kept hop
lug that "the master" would play,
though be had been warned that he
rarely did so. At last Liszt seated
himself at the piano and struck a few
chords, but instead of playing, he turn
ed to his guest and asked: "Do you
play anything?" "No, monsieur, I do
not play at all." "But play something!"
"I only play 'cat wai ties' with two
fingers." "Let's play than!" aald Lisxt,
moving along and making room for
Vererchagla beside him. The latter
began to pick out waltzes with two
fingers and Liszt improvised an ela
borate accompaniment He kept poor
Verestchaghi playing thus, the same
things over and over, until he was near
ly worn out while he made one of his
pupils after the other take his place
and Invent accompaniments. It must
be confessed that this was pretty good
practice for the pupils and great fun
for Liaat, but as hla victim remarks,
"I can now boast that I not only have
played duets with Liszfs best pupils,
but even with Liszt himself!" That Is
certainly far more than many of the !
ae-caned. the self-styled "pupils of
Llssr" can boast of. Their clalma are
said to rest In many cases upon the
fact that Liaat once heard them play
a piece through.
Ottasj Are xfixaellent Penoere.
Otrs tha Ouban a machete aad he Is
quai to ave af the average bay aeU
nan ih the Ipaalsb aaatjr is Oaba. The
Cuha, as a rttta. is a gead taooar, for
he haa gsTy lost aa asaattaattr to
ptaaflas U a way that weald sesse day
hel him to gat kU fseaaam. Be haa a
styts 0 tanAiM VbJab Is peexdlatlr his
own, but vfeWa is aet aoeordlng te the
Freneh code aad Whleh will very
often fool his antagonist. Tbe great
difference lias in the auhan's manner
of coaelBually disengaging bis sword,
him of the Frenonman ana us Irian
man. This was the story he told
"The Frenchman bad Insnltart the
Irishman, vthe lnmeUlately challenged
htm to light a dnaL Tha challenge was
accented. Aeeaadlng to the coda the
Frenchman had tha selection of the
weapons, aa aamrsuy cnoas sworaa.
Anything tram a cleaving knife to a
circular saw would have salted Pat,
for he knew aa much about one as he
'did about tha cht-and-thrust sword,
Tbe Frenchman waa a famoua dnel-
1st, but that made no difference to the
whose friends were very
much wanted over tha seeming tn
eqaaTUtr of the two duelists.
"AX tha appelated time the two fight
ers, with tfcalr seconds and physicians,
wen ready for tha four.
-Wfeatt tha rafaaae aald 'Beady tbe
FraaeJtsaaa ant hiiaaalf In position to
paxny sami is (at now thought that
f T4! bad hrsjiin and, with bin
usaad Batt tightly la both handa,
hauled Oat aad struck the Frenchman
f on the top of the head, and won tbe
fight."
Bomanrto of a "Fall.
The proverb that to stub one's toe
i while Itaslrg at one of the opposite
sex Is a sign of matrimonial bonds be
tween the two will probably be proved
true by a young couple of a New York
village. It happened on Broadway,
Troy, not hmg ago, that a pretty young
' lady made a mlaatep and fell into the
arnasatsnlsraaagar. RaatAsfemgher
I to a4ssag susalshsl ha saldi Tm
; glad yaasaa anettV Tha compliment
known to eaeh eaaer by a Quasi latre
dactton, They are new sagagsd. and
It la said that Xaatar heUs wffl dag
i ,hti, y, TJ aac aaaa seyn be
aetgf gfrjoet to rough sidewalks
aaljhi- '
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j
I . ,. mU -w
abodt WOO seat of aaelssl flat.
Saved by a Shot
Sir George Tula, of the Indian Glvu
service, was a mild, sweet-natnred
man, but a "mighty hunter," who bad
killed hundreds of boars, and shot ti
gers on foot and from horse and ele
phant. Sir Edward Braddon, In his
natty Tears of Shikar," tells of BU
QeorsVa narrow escape from death in
an encounter with a tiger.
He was stssfilag outside of a jungle
from which a tiger was being driven
by beaters. The tiger came from the
lungle within a few feet of the spot
where Tula stood and rushed at him.
He bad only time to bring hla rifle up
to his hip and Are as the beast sprang
upon him, knocking him to the ground,
smashing: la his sun-helmet and tearing
hla shoulder and chest.
The tiger waa dead when ft reached
the ground, killed by the chance ahot
o coolly tired.
Ton can't atop to laugh at all the
foolishness tn the world; you must pass
some of It by la order to accomplish
anything.
An ngly woman can get uglier than
any other thing oa earth.
When a little nun can sing, his voice
borer hanrssnlias well except with the
roice of a very tail wi
After afl, an aching heart does not
tilt Uke-aa aching tooth.
Call on a business man at business
times only, and on business; transact
four business and go about your busi
ness. In order to give him time to
attend to his business.
WOOD(D1
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Is the season for purifying, cleansing, and
renewing. The aoobmulatlona of waste I
everywhere axe being removed. Winter's
icy grasp is broken and on all aides are
indications ol nature's returning life,
renewed force, and awakening power.
pcoimg)
Is tha tune fo purifying the blood,
cleansing the system and renewing the
physical powers. Owing to elose con
finement, diminished perspiration and
other causes. In tha winter, lm parities
have not passed oat of the system ss they
should but have accumulated in the blood.
t, tiwKton tha imt tima to taka Haod's
Sarsaparilla, because the system Is now
most in need of medicine. That Hood's
Barsaparilla la the beat blood purifier and
Spring medicine is proved by its wonder
ful cures. A course of Hood's Sarsaparilla
now may prevent great suffering later on.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Isthe One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $L
Prepared only by C I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Haas.
r:is. c" "
nOOJ S aIIIS take,easytooperate.3Sc
It Wee la His Bill.
That reminds me of a story they tell
tbout Kudyard Kipling indeed, I
won't be sure thst it isn't be wbo tells
It He stayed at a hotel once upon a
time, in Montreal, I think It waa, and
when he came to go away he asked for
the landlord. The landlord appeared.
"I wanted to see you," aald Mr. Kip
Bug, "because you are a wonderful
nan. I have never known your equal.
I have sojourned in hotels all around
the world. I have never seen one like
(bis.
Tbe landlord swelled with pride. He
ntlmated that the thing waa really
tothing when you knew how to do it.
tie waa in a seventh heaven of de
light. Mr. Kipling waited till he near
(d the earUt- again. Then be resumed:
"I want to tell you that of all the
hotels under the shining sun I have
never seen one that for unmitigated,
tU-round, unendurable discomfort
eould not even be named in the same
day with yours."
And whan Mr. Kipling's bill was
made out, one item In It read: "To im
pudence, IS." But whafs S3, when
ne has spoken one's mind Wash
ington Poet.
aiee stewara. aioe.
Thereaderof this paperwUl be pleased to
sarn tha there Is at least one dreaded dlswise
that acienoe has been able to cor, tn all Ita
states, end that la Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh,
Cure is tbe only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh bains: a oonacito
tloual diaeaae, requires a conaUtaUuoal treat
menu Han's Catarrh Cora is taken internally,
acting: directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the dlsssan. and elvin the pa
tient streosta by baUdlnw np the constitution
and aaalstins nature in doing Its work. Tbe
propttetoiehave so much faith in its . curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
For any caee that it (alia to cure. Sendforlist
et testimonials. Address , ,
F. J. Gas IT A Co.,Toledo, O.
sarSold br Druggists, no.
A spoonful of Chicago black snow
iras recently analyzed by a skilled
chemist and found to contain thirteen
ingredients, the most of which
was black soot.
TaMTATIOW OF THE THROAT SND ROABSKNmS
ire immediately relieved by " Brown' t Bron
thiol Trochet." Have them always read y.
If wrinkles must be written on our
brows, let them not bo written upon
our hearts. The spirit should never
row old.
Flnatlnf-rloraz costs more to make than an'
stberBoatlnf soap made, bat the eonennterr
have tit pay no more lor It. Dobbins Soap HCt
l a. i blla., suaraatee that It la 100 per oent.
is a sort of smoke that comet
from the dirty pipea of those who
dift se it. It proves nothing but the
bad taste of the smoker.
We think Plso's Ca-e for Consumption Is the
snlr medicine for Oouahs. JnfHia Pikcxasd,
Springfield. Ills., Oct. J, la4.
Abhor one hoar's idleness as yon
would bo ashamed of one hoar of
IrunkenneM. Time is the only thing
f which it ia a virtue lobe covetous.
I Km, WmaiOWa hootnmi eyrap for children
lecthlns, softens the sums, reduces laoemma
I uon. alliurs pain, cares wind eoue. sOaaootue.
Nice manners are invaluable; the
jharm of politeness cannot be over
tstimated. True etiquette is inborn;
it is rarely acquired in mature Life.
rm
by
Da Kuars Ukbat
"save
Mo
flu
its after flsst day's
Matt alow cures. Treatise and 12.00 trial bottle
free.
Dr. Kilns, tU Aich ot Falla fa.
Fiction begins when the first Idea ol
private interest, preferred to public
hood, gets footing ia the heart. It is
Lways Alangaroas, yet always con temp-
4 V
ITHE rciLIQ CURE OVER ALL FOB
EisjnxraXaQaJ
I
COULD NOT BE BLOFFEU
' ret Prete -"--!
Better ef tea Cones' seen,
J A aomewhat gay and gallant member
I the house, unusually handsome, even
! tor a member, was tailing to a small
group af Ustaners. ef which a Star re
I porter was one, some of his campaign
ixperieacea.
Tin ana trtn In the mountalaa," Be
said, after narratimg several good enee,
"I was riding along a road up a plc
rareoque valley with my campaign
eomnanloa, when we met a buxom,
pink-cheeked, good-looking country girl
an foot. Aa I spoke to her after the
ruatem ef the country, she stopped us.
Have you seed anything of a red
headed, freckled-faced feller down the
trick T she inquired.
- ffe have met three or four men in
the mat hour I replied, -and one of
tbem was red-headed. How old war
er
""Bout my age, I reckon.'
" 'So young as that? I naked with all
toy courtliness,
" That ain't so powerful young,' she
aid, without the slightest apparent
comprehension of my compliment
Tie's 21 and so'm L'
" The man we met with the red bead
waa twice that old. He couldii t have
been the one you were looking for,
could he?
" i reckon not The man I'm look
n' fer and me wus to git married yla
Uddy, an when the time come he was
n't thar. Pap started up the road fer
him with a gun this momln' an' l come
this way.'
"This made it interesting and I at
once felt it to be my duty to offer my
assistance,
- Tell me hla name,' I said, "and I'll
make inquiries along the road.'
" Sim Johnson, and I'd giva tea.
acre farm to git holt ur him.'
"Her anger heightened her color and
put such a brightness In her eyes that
she was positively handsome and I
Just couldn't help trying another deli
teste compliment on her.
" "You muat excuse me, I smiled and
bowed and sent forth my softest
glances, 'but with such a pretty girl
as you are after me I'd like to be Sin
Johnson."
"This time It waa a ten strike."
" Wall,' ahe responded, aa ahe looked
xie over critically, not to say admiring
ly, 1 hain't no objections.'
4 UT. Kk ..I 41mA V lo 11
iown before a bluff." continued tne
' member, "but that one knocked me flat
and I never did know how I got away.'
Washington Star.
A MODERN WEBSTER.
or
Conree with Bach Agencies n Big
Dictionary Waa Unnecessary.
A good story comes from Meeker
County, this State, and haa to do with
a well-known country school district
there. When It came time last sum
mer to hire a teacher the local board
discovered that there were two appli
cants, both young men. As to salary
there waa no difference between their
; Dids, out tne second one insisieu mm.
j ,f he were employ, tne board ahouid
bids, but the second one insisted that.
provide a dictionary for the school
room. The first one made no such de
mand, and said that he would be well
able to get along without a dictionary.
As he expressed It, it waa useful only
In the matter of defining words and
giving their proper "pronunciation."
Number one got the school. Last week
the board made Its first visit to the
building. Everything went well for
the first fifteen minutes, but finally a
red-headed, freckled-faced youth in
the rear of the room held up bis right
hand and snapped his fingers In a very
energetic manner.
"What la it, Charlie?" asked the
teacher.
"I want to know how to pronounce
a word," said Charlie.
"Spell It," replied the teacher.
Charlie, in a loud voice, spelled out
fhe word "vocabulary."
"Vo-ca-bnll-ary," responded the
teacher, placing the accent on the
"bull ;" and be added, as to Its mean
ing: "Appertaining to horned cattle."
The board cut short Its visit and is
now looking for a new teacher and
getting ready to buy an unabridged
dictionary. Minneapolis Journal.
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To else nee the system In a gentle aad truly
beneficial manner, when the Springtime
cornea, nan toe true and perfect remedy,
eyrap of Tige, One bottle will anawnr fop all
the family, and costa only 50 cento; the large
atse SL Bay tne genuine. Manufactured by
the California, gig 8yrnp Company only, and
or sale by aU dnggista.
It is believed that shooting stars are
small solid bodies, revolving round the
sun. as they are traveling in a con
trary direction to the earth, the velo
city wuu which thv enter our atmos
phere is very gieat m an average
about thirty miles a tecoui.
Ae Taa Oa, of those aobapry P ople suf
fering wlto weak nerves t Bememt er fiat tl a
serves maybe made strong by Hood's Samapa
rllla, which feeds them upon pare blood.
Bead's PUIe are the best after-dinner
assist digestion, prevent eoostlpaUon. 25c.
pill.
A good character, good habits and
an iron industry are impregnable to the
assaults of all the ill-luck that fools ever
dreamed of.
lf.sffilcted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaae Thorn p.
iu a a,Te-natec. Druggists sell at 2Sc per bottle
Twenty millions of meteors are said
to fall upon the earth every day, the r
ggregte weight amountiug to several
tons.
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