CINCS VESTgflAY.
n' "slnn. but yesterday
-strain that thrilled through Autumn's
dearth;
Qe read the music of his lay
Id light anil leaf, and heaven and earth;
The tttudilout-rs by the wayside swung.
Words of the music that was aung.
In all bia sonf the shad asd ana ''
Of earth nud heaven seemed to meet,
tin joy j nil sorrow were as one.
Its very sadDess was but sweef;
Be sims of summers yet to be;
s'ou listened to bis song with me.
The heart makes sunshine in the rain,
Or winter in the midst of May,
1ml tho'ish the maris sings again
His telf-same song of yesterday,
( tind no gladness in his tone;
To-day I listen here alone. , ,. i
and even our sunniest moment takes
Such shadows of the bliss we knew
To-day his throbbing song awakes
But wistful, haunting thoughts of yoi ;
tts very sweetness is but sad,
You gave it all the joy It bad.
THRIFT.
His mother bad Insisted on calling
dim Thrift. No one knew why she
had given him the quaint name. Then
when he was barely 2 years old. she
died. She left blm with a great wealth
or nllcut love, but that, like bis name,
could not help liiiu much, that U. not
as far as oue cau judge things. Tbe
ue!ghlors said it was a cough that bad
"set tied" that carried her off. Proba
bly the couch bad something to do with
it, but a starved-out life of lack of af
fection and bard work bad a good deal
more.
The neighbors also thought that Mrs.
Wutsou uerer bad much spirit. It
would seem as If tbey almost blamed
her for dylug, and leaving a husband
with a child barely 2 years old. They
bud misgivings about the child, and
there they were right. Thrift was deaf
and duuib. His mother bad struggled
against the kuowledge as long as she
could. When she realized It, she kept
the kimwleilge to herself with a fierce
love. Hut the cough came and settled
all the problems of ber life for ber.
Thrift's father took her death as apa-thetii-ally
as he bad tukeu ber all ber
life. Only Thrift seemed to realize
that fate was still against blm. He lay
crying fur limit's alone lu the little cot
ta;e, strapped Into his cot. It was a
weird, pathetic cry. The neighbors
were kind to him. They took liiiu In
turn tn their cottages, but the element
of teasing children and rough baudling
was discordant to him. The women
meant well, but It was a bard winter
and money and tempers were short.
liesMe. Thrift's baby nature was bard
to understand.
I'.rilitni ss came Into his life one day.
It came in the guise of a little dress
maker, Jean Lawrence. She brought
him a black frock. She bad been busy,
so had rmt olf the making till she had
time. No one else thought of the little
mark of respect. It was a tribute to
custom, but It was the one tribute of
Mrs Watson's life.
I "u ir little Iambi" said Jean Law
rence, as site came in.
Her eyes tilled with quite unexpected
tears as she s iv the louely baby.
Thrift could not bear her, but some
thing sympathetic touched his under
standing, for he held out his bauds.
' 1'uir little thing," said Jean Latv
reuce a;::iin and she caught him up
and eovtivd him with kisses.
Then she put Thrift back In bis cot
and untied the little black frock . the
turned to go, for she was lu a hurry.
Thrift's mood changed. His blue eyes
grew dark in the intensity of his las
sien. He kicked and screamed. His
iiuTy, fair hair was ruflled. He looked
tie- picture of a little demon.
"I'resairve us," said the little dress
nker. It was the first time any exag
geration of feeling bad come Into ber
life. She was half fascinated and half
terrn.sl by this unexpected burst.
Tresirve us:" she repeated still more
emphatically.
She never could explain afterward
what prompted her, but she stepped to
the cot, wrapped a blanket round
Thrift and did not stop to think till
she bad deposited him safely In her
owa house, n was characteristic of
Jean Lawrence that she had never rea
soned out why she had done this ac
tion. Certainly she never regretted It.
It was quite as easy a matter to settle
the disiKjsal of Thrift with his father.
He w as only too glad to be rid of the
burden.
The first clashing of tvllls occurred
over the same little black frock. Thrift
ungratefully refused to have anything
to do with it. Miss Iu reu e was per
plexed. It would never do to dress him
In colors on a Sunday. She compro
mised by making him white frock
with a broad, black sash. It set off the
child's fairness, but still more it satis
fied her sense of fitness.
Jean Lawrence always thought of
that episode as an epoch la ber life.
The uext epoch was the sudden resolve
of Thrift's father to go to America.
Jeau Lawrence lived In a state of ten
slou till he had sailed. It seemed In
credible to her that be could wliu to
leave his boy behind. She only taw
the extreme desirability of Thrift in
any manner and way. Thrift's father
did not.
It was soon after this that Jean
I.nwreuce's old lover returned to bis
native village. This caused more
thought In the village than Jean her
self gave to It. It was ten years since
John Forbes aud she had been going to
be married, and ten years Is a long time
In a woman's life! Since Thrift had
entered her life she was utterly obliv
ions of anything except her work. The
n'ore money she made the more she
could do for little Thrift.
Jean Lawrence had always kept to
herself, and no one kuew why she and
John Forbes had never married.
Her old mother was alive then, nud
every one knew she would have liked
the match. John Forbes bad come back
grayer and older than he bad gone
away, but be was richer and even
more able to ufford a wife.
Time bad uo Knt' iry well with
Jean. Si" was thin aiel small always,
she hud li;i I u haul life of work.
Her t: - !:! Lair whs beginning to
! -i I with gray. She looked
o' ' ' -.ii she really was. The vil-
came to the conclusion that John
1' oi bes would go by her and rek a
younger and Vonnier woman. Tl.e two
moot coucerned gave no cause for gos
lp. John Forbes would Sometimes stop
as he was passing the llttlo cottage and
say a few word There was never
any allusion to pust times between
'hem. -rhey called each other Mr.
Forbes and Miss Iiwrence studiously.
T hat was the only clew either of 'hem
ha. I ih:it there was a mutual past be
tween them.
"ii the Sundays that Jean went to
church her thoughts were always divid
ed between the bairn at home and the
lliiis. To her great discomfiture
ion a Forbes would sometimes overtake
ber. They talked of the sermon, then
the crops and the weather. Bf de
grees these subjects gained an "easy
familiarity, and only varied with tha
seasons.
No one was more surprised than Jean
wben Jobn Forbes asked ber to marry
him. Se sta red at blm In emotionless
clu
"Ye must gle me time," she said.
Jobn Forbes agreed to this quits pla
cidly. It was bard to understand what
be saw In his first love In her faded
and aged old maldlsm. Possibly a ten
acity of affection and the same Instinct
of faithfulness that brought blm back
to the little village the Uttle village
witb no pretensions to beauty or plc
turesquenesa kept him true to Jean.
One was the home, tbe ctbe the wom
an be bad loved. He saw no reason to
change because he had seen many fair
er homes and younger, pruttler women.
Jean did not analyse her sentiments.
It was not her way. Besides, love nev
er entered ber bead as far as It concern
ed John Forbes. She merely reviewed
the advantages as they concerned
Thrift. The rumor that a new and
more modern dressmaker was going to
set up finally settled It, and .she said
to John "Yes."
Tbe day was fixed for the second time
In their lives. Jean bad given up her
bouse. She was waiting with tranquil
ity for this new step in ber Ufe. 8he
had quite come to the conclusion that
she could not do better for Thrift.
Oue evening John Forbes arrived.
Thrift lay contentedly on the hearth
rug looting at him. The last tune John
had been at the cottage Thrift had been
In one of bis passionate fits. This bad
set him pondering.
After this there had been several
well-meant efforts at kindness on tbe
part of his friends. They happened to
coincide with his own views. Tbey ad
vised him to send Thrift away. Jean,
they said, would neglect every one and
everything for tbe boy. She would
wear herself out for Thrift, but not
bother with anything that did not con
cern him.
How far be believed this, or how far
a man's dislike to scenes or a natural
desire to have his wife's affection cen
tered In himself had to do with his
resolve, be could not have told. He be
stirred himself, and with Infinite trou
ble and by some outlay be secured an
admission for the child to a deaf and
dumb Institution.
It was this fact be had come to tell
Jean. He rather wished Thrift would
help blm to lend up to it by a scene.
Thrift gave him no help. He lay smil
ing impenetrably.
Jean was not quick at reading signs.
"Jean." he said at last, helplessly,
"we'll be nierrit Tuesday."
"Ay," assented Jean, cheerfully.
Her eyes fell naturally on Thrift, and
she smiled at the boy.
"Aud Thrift?" he added, with a sus
piciously clear note of Interrogation In
his voice.
"Ay, Thrift," she repeated.
Then finding this even did not prog
ress matters, he said desperately, with
a snatch of humor:
"Ye ken I'm no merrying Thrift?"
The old clock ticked through tbe
room. The peats spluttered ou the low
hearth. In front of which on a curiously
woven rug Thrift lay.
There was absolute silence for a bit.
Then Jean's voice broke It.
"Then, John Forbes, ye're no marry
ing me."
Again there was silence. Jobn said
In a quiet voice:
' "I hae made a' tbe arrangements for
blm, Jean. He will gang to a schule
fa they'll teach him to read and write
and understand talk of a kind."
"Will tbey teacb him to talk like Ither
fowk?"
Her tone was expressionless.
"No, they canna dae that."
."Then why should the bairn be both
ered wi' learning tbat'll never dae him
or any oue else ouy gude? Tell me that,
John Forbes."'
"It will give him employment. Jean,
aud beside " Here John Forbes, with
a mau's tactlessness undid every bit
of good bis arguments might have ef
fected He added, "Fowk tell me ye
just mak' an Idol o' him, and that ye
line nae ither idea but him. A man
could ua be expeck'd to stan' that, I nd
ither people kenning it."
Jean had been passing through a cri
sis aud she was but a woman.
"And if fowk care to gossip over my
affairs, Johu Forbes, and you care to
heed them, let them," she returned
vehemently. "If Thrift dlana gang wi'
me, nae poo'rs will tak' me to your
boose."
John was annoyed by ber tone.
"And suppose I say I wtnna hae
Thrift?"
Tbey sat on In a strained silence,
lohn was too angry to move or speak.
Jean had no wish, either, to break tha
silence.
"Ye ken this is the second time your
obstinacy has come in tbe way." said
John, finally.
"I mind," said Jean, briefly. "But I
didna mean ye to tak' it as ye did yon
time," she responded.
"I didna ken,' replied John.
It struck neither of them thst there
was any pathos in tbe sentence a
pathos of a ten years' mistaken silence.
"Are ye sure ye mean It noo?" be
asked, getting up.
"I certainly dae," said Jean, firmly,
"Then gude-by, Jean."
Gude-by."
Tbe Instant the door was shut Jean
almost strangled Thrift with kisses.
Unfortunately the practical things
could not be settled so summarily,
Jean bad given up her house and she
fraud it was let to the new dress
milter. She was not accustomed to
coupllcatlons in her life. Alternatives
seemed to crop up, and they worried
tier. At the same time Thrift was ber
one object. Everything was directed
to this aim.
After some few weeks she got a tum
bledown tittle c ttage about a mile
frou -he straggly village. It proved
too far, or the "taan." of the new dress
maker's skirts prov nl too much fot
Jean's old customers. Work and pay
lKt-ame scant The little dressmaker
bore up proudly and bravely. She
stinted and starved herself, but Thrift
grew and flourished. There loomed be
fore her always a t'uar . t the charity"
where her boy might be taught and no
one knew at what expense of unklnd
ness. If the worst came to the worst, she
would ask John Forbes to get hiiu In,
and she would beeomj a servant. One
wintry evening the child w fretful
and ailing. A knock came to V Ver
and John Forbes entered. He T4 art
appear to notice the extreme poverty of
tbe cottage, nor the miserable attetapt
at a fire. This fact brought a rush if
gratitude to Jean's heart. It was to see
if these things were as bad as report
said, that he had come.
He took Thrift upon bis knee and he
talked occasionally to Jean.
"Can I dae onythlng for ye?" he said
suddenly. "For the boy, ye ken."
A little flush came in Jean's cheeks.
She faltered her a-vr
No Idea that she Might work on ber
old lever's pity crossed her mind. She
bea-an timid! v nHn. him If he
T
manage to lend Thr'.f t to the home be
had mentioned.
"Why, noo, when ye were so ae?
against It?" asked John, with a te veri
ty that was not reassuring,
"It's circumstances," salt Jean, brltf
ly.
She felt that she would rather die
than 1st Jah Forbes know there was
nothing to eat In the house and no mon
ey. She would have risked everything
bnt for the fear of Thrift falling UL
"WeeL" said John, slowly, "I'll see
boot It. But boo wnU ye pay me,
Jean?"
Tbe Uttle dressmaker drew herself
up.
"There'll be no fear tf that, John
Forbes."
"But ye hlvna tell't me la fat wye,
Jean?"
"In honest money by honest wark.
The pink flush had deepened Into a
deep crimson on her cheek.
"But I dlnna want your money, and
as for wark, suppose you come and
wark for me."
"Na, na," said Jean, Involuntarily.
She bad bad her chance of being mis
tress at the farm. She could not stoop
to work for another, as she supposed he
meant.
"WeeL come wl'oot doing ony wark."
Jean looked at him In utter bewilder
ment. "The difference a-tween us lay In
Thrift. If he gaes awa' there's naeth
lng nede hinder your coming to the
farm."
"I didna expec ye'd think I meant
you," said the Uttle woman. She was
thoroughly hurt. "I'll thank ye a' the
days o' my Ufe If ye'll dae for Thrift,
but I'm no seeking to be beholden to
yoa for myself."
"Ye'U be gey lonely wl'oot Thrift."
"Ay."
Jean nearly smiled because she was
so near to tears at the thought.
"I'll be lonely at the farm." , :
"Ye can tnatrry," said Jean.
She suddenly felt that she bad CO)
herself off from every possibility by
her suggestion. She had done It fot
Thrift all along; she would have mar
ried him for Thrift's sake, she gave him
up for Thrift's sake. Now Thrift by
ber own act was to go away from her.
And John Forbes was nothing to her.
The unexpected touch of kindness had
brought a rush of sympathy to ber
heart. She did not know it, but It bad
broken down the barrier that her love
for Thrift had built up round ber wom
an's heart.
"Ay," answered John Forbes, slowly.
"But ye maun ask me this time, Jean."
"0) I couldna," faltered Jean.
She felt confused and trembling. She
looked down.
"And I winna, nae a third time."
"I'm no fit to be a leddy, noo," she
murmured.
Then she looked up. John caw In her
eyes a look he had not seen for more
than ten years.
"Jean!"
"John!"
That was all the love-making that
passed between them, but tbey under
stood each other.
When John went out Jean seized
Thrift and kissed him as she had done
oi.ee before. But she knew that for the
first time since he bad come into hei
Ufe be had only the second place. She
thought she hid the fact In her Inmost
heart, but Jobn Forbes guessed it. He
had tbe tact to bide the knowledge
from bis wife. For tbe tact that love
brings Is often the highest wisdom.
Waverly Magazine.
Better a servant from love than a
ruler from lust.
Happiness is lost by being intemper
ate in Its pursuit.
Intelligence Is largely In knowing
what we do not know.
Reflection Is a key that unlocks the
treasures of tbe memory.
Better a Uttle understanding than
much useless knowledge.
Selfishness Is often so refilled that it
Is deeply wounded at the least remon
strance. Act without thought, and you are a
fool; think without act, aud you are a
visionary.
No matter in what part of the world
he lives, the man who loves Christ
hates sin.
Every one may be a co-worker with
Christ who Is wlUlng to begin by doing
small things.
Courtesy and etiquette aro flowers;
the one has Its roots in tbe heart; tbe
other, In the Intellect.
We can see one way with a Uttle
thought, but It usually takes a second
or third thought to see the best way.
Bella-loss Poniards Used by Moo dr.
It does not pay to get sour as you get
old.
Moody's heyday will never be In the
past. He's a boy at 60.
A He Is a Ue whether It Is a poUUcal
Ue, a social lie or a business Ue.
Many Christiana .have not enough
grace to make them hold their tempers.
I pity a man who Uvea. In the past.
He lives on stale manna. He gets
stunted.
Some preachers get drier than Gid
eon's fleece. Tbey need the dew of Ood
upon them.
Christ never preaches a funeral ser
mon; he broke up every funeral that
be attended.
There are no hearses In heaven; there
Is not a word In tbe Bible about celes
tial graveyards.
Don't you borrow trouble by thinking
that there wlU be no good men on earth
after you are dead.
The man who refuses salvation flings
back into the face of the Jehovah the
promise of eternal Ufe.
A Christian who Is a lazy man beats
false witness in favor of himself by
claiming be Is a Christian.
Christ did not teU his congregations
that they would be saved In return for
building fine churches or endowing col
leges. I bate balf-heartedness of any kind:
If a man is going to come only half
way into tbe church he had better stay
entirety in tbe world.
You never saw a shadow in the dark.
There must be light near by or there is
no shadow. Get out of the shadow;
move over Into tbe light.
Many Christians never get beyond
the third chapter of John; others live
and die on tbe fourth chapter; a few
get as far as tbe seventh.
A great many Christians keep men
out of tbe church by their gloom and
solemnity; they hang their heads down
perpetually like bulrushes. -
There are too many congregation
that throw the sermons of tbe pastor
buck into bis face like a rubber baU
returning from a brick walL
A man antaht as -well try to eat
enough at breakfast to last him all his
Ufe as to try to ct grace, -nrngh at
nee last htm nntil be dies.
Connecticut oas 64 women who are
daughters of soldiers who fought in the
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The first arrival Why. what Is that
aolse. Willie?
Willie Oh, that's papa and mamma
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Mnveaaeate oa Foot.
Jinks There is a man who has a
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Blnks Who Is be?
Jinks I don't know bis name, but
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Mill Mora l)reatfol.
He It must be dreadful wben a pro
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voice.
She But It is still more dreadful when
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rabbaae.
"IT ml" said the doctor, who bad sam
pled his patient's box of cigars and
listened at his chest witb his stetho
scoe. "It sounds to me like cabbage
heart." Minneapolis Journal.
Authority.
"Some men." said Uncle Eben. "kin
train er dog ter do anyt'ing dey tells
'im an' at de same time raise de mos'
disobjectionest cbillun In de neighbor
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Tried to Tell the Trata.
8he (after the honeymoon) Ton de
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the bottom of a barrel, and ordinary
black treacle is poured over in sufficient
quantity to cover them. Then another
layer Is added, and more treacle, and so
on till the barrel is full. Tbe idea Is
that an egg can be kept good almost in
definitely if tbe air can be prevented
penetrating tbe porous shell to the con
tents within. When the eggs have all
been used, the treacle Is given a fresh
boll up and is thoroughly saleable
again. In Northern Russia the farmers
use warm tallow In precisely the same
way; but this Is said to slightly affect
the flavor of the eggs.
Abaarblaa.
Female Book Agent You seem much
absorbed by that paper.
Tatient Victim Yes, It Is a blotting
paper.
Exit agent. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He VYonll.
"Would Willie miss his grandma.
If grandma were to die?"
lie would. She always helps him to
A second piece of pie.
Indianapolis Journal.
laws la a ciase of t-aopla
who are Injured by the use of coffee. Re
cently there has been placed in all tbe grocery
stores a new preparation called tirain-O.made
ot pum grains, that takes the place of colfee.
The most delicate stomach receives it without
distress, aud but few cau tell it from coffee.
It floe not cot over one-quarter as raucli.
Children may drink it ivitti great benelit. i&
ctx. aud 2u cts. per package Try it, Ak for
Urain-U.
A popular Bath, Me., school teacher
priKent liT pupils with ban and balls
mheii he considers the baseDall season
open.
Just try a We . ttox of Cascmrets. the fine
liver aud bowel regulator ever made.
Trees can be isoned as easily as ani
mals; all that is necessary being the in
jection of a little arseuic in a hole boi'ed
into the tree.
Rs.Ts.lsi fa ntty Cants.
Over 400.0UO cured. Why not let No-To-Bae.
Mrnlate or remove your deal nrtor tobacco?
Slw health and manhood.
ctirTieed. W owU and ll.OQ at .11
drace&ta,
The new Shah of Persia is anxious to
open the country to international com
merce, and favors the introduction of
electricity and steam.
Flta permanently eared. Ko fltaor nervwis
nees after Bret day's urn of Dr. Kline's Great
Merva Reetorer. tS trial bottle and treatise tree
DiTsL ttTiUiHri-td, KU Arch ttt,PhUwIa
More than 10,(XIO persons are engaged
in the manufacture of explosives in tireat
Britain. l.ast year 40 persons in the bus
iness were killed, and 167 injured by ac
cidents. CaSOanarrs stimulate liver, kidneys am
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grip; loo.
Since tbe beginning of this century no
less than 52 volcanic islands have risen
out of the sea. Nineteen of that number
have siuce disappeared, and ten are now
inhabited.
Plso Cure Is a wonderful Cough n ediclne.
Mas. W. I'icaEST, Van Siclen aud Blake Avea,
brooklyn, M. V., Oct. -J6. IsH.
A cow owned by an
Conn., man gave birth
cal ves.
East Killingly,
to four living
boDimoi
port. Pa., say Hall's Catarrh Cora is the best
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold
Druggists sell it, ttc.
The New York stock brokers are said
to wear out tbe door of tbe stock exchange
every five years.
Cnre Guaranteed by DR. 4. B. MATER loll
AHCH ST.. PHILA.. PA. Ease at once; no
operation or delay Irom business. Consultation
Iree. Endorsements of physicians, ladies and
prominent cltuens. bend lor clrculac Olios
hours V A. M. to 3 P. at
As a gendarme on his way to jail with
a prisoner in Mexico City was about to
be run down by a train at a railroad
crossing, tbe prisoner dragged him from
the track, saving his life.
Mra. Window's Soothing Srnn tor cblldrsa
teething, softens the gums.rednclnglnllamma
tion. allays pain, cores wind colic Jbca bottle
"About the year B. C. 220 edible ser
pents were sold at a penny each in the
Egyptian markets. Tbey were shipped
to "Koine. Italian vipers were cheaper,
costing about a half penny each.
If ailHctedwtth eoreeyaause IV-Isaac Th wrap
ton's Kye-water.Dracgiats sell at 25c per bottler
Watches are adjusted to heat and cold
by being allowed to stuud first in a room
heated with drv heat to 120 decreed and
then in cold storage, being regulated af
ter eacn treament.
More fish have been shinned from Al.ee.
deen, Wash., during the last few months
than ever before, mora than $80,000 hav
ing been paid for fish bv Aberdeen hav
en since the beginning of last August.
aafca lata Tear Mmm
Allen's Foot-Base, a powder for tha feat. It
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet, and In
stantly take the sting out of corns and bun
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Allen's Foot-Eaaa makea tight-fitting
or new shoes feel easy. It ia a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, ach
ing feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists
and eboe stores. By mail far age. in stamps.
Trial packaare FRKk. Adttrsss. Allan 8. Olm-
Le Boy. N. Y.
According to a recent census the tjod-
nlation of Greece is 2,418,000 souls, or an
increase of 230,000 over the figures of 1889.
Whea billons or eastjva, eat a Casoarat
ttwii astaarsto; easa guaranteed; loo-, too.
The worst thing that can happen to a
maa ia Siam is to get into debt, owing to
tae exoroiiant interest caargea
Every maa ia oar neighbor, who needs
it 00 niaT sains and ha lev
our
difference.
Chronic '
Acttta.or
Inflammatory
Cne of tJje merrlellt of murry evening
Karnes goes by the name of "mum
mies.' AU the boys and girls, except
ing four or live, leave the room. Two
of those remaining act as dressers
Tbey place the others In chairs and put
over the head of each a tall newspaper
cap, with boles cut In It through which
the eyes may be seen. Cover the
dresses or the three mummies with
sheets, so that they will not reveal the
owner. Now call In tbe other boys and
girls and set them to trying to find out
who each of the mummies Is by peep
ing through the eye-boles. This causes
great laughter and fun. After tbe par
ty is all agreed as to who Is who re
move the papers and see how many
mistakes have been made. This game
Is almost as much fun for grow le
as it hi for children.
How Fozea Ptar 'Preensa.
A fox can play 'possum almost as
well as a 'possum Itself. Two cases
are on record of foxes being discover
ed in ben houses. In each case the fox
not only completely deceived the find
er, but allowed himself to be dragged
out by tbe brush and thrown down. In
each instance the fox then Jumped up
and ran away. Another example is
that of a fox which dangled across a
man's shoulder as it allowed itself to
be carried along a road for more than
a mile. At last it bit the man and was
promptly dropped. A cat was observed
to carry a weasel borne In Its mouth,
the weasel dangling helplessly. The
door of the house was closed, and the
cat. In conformity with Its usual babif,
mewed to gain admission. To mew,
however, it had to set down the weasel,
which jumped up and fastened on its
nose.
Thus animals show almost human
shrewdness In protecting themselves.
Most boys wjuld be too much frighten
ed under similar circumstances to do
anything.
Anta that Were Ueefnl.
In cold countries ants make very lit
tle trouble, further than getting Into
the cake-box or the sugar barrel. But
In tbe tropics they are often an abso
lute pest. They march In great armies
and destroy everything in their way.
And yet even these ants have their
uses. An Australian explorer says In
regard to them:
"In justice to the ants, I am bound,
however, to admit that I have found
tbem useful In more ways than one.
For Instance, I bought an opossum
skla vug from a native. I soon became
painfully aware of the fact that It lit
erally swarmed with fleas and other
vermin. In vain did I exhaust my
stock of pepper. Even turpentine
seemed to have no effect beyond In
creasing the reckless activity of these
irritating settlers.
"At last, in despair, I threw my rug
down an ant hill. In less than half an
hour every flea and objectionable para
site was eaten, but the rug was full of
ants. I therefore hung it on a mimosa
bush, and as soon as the ants found
they were suspended they haxtencd to
leave the rug and descended by the
bush as best they could.
"Again, I bad killed a snake In Tas
mania and wished to clean and bleach
the skeleton, which I intended to have
mounted as a necklace. I left the body
near an ant's nest. In a few hours
there was not a vestige of flesh on thr
bones. The sun soon did tbe rest,"
How Tlsnmie Earned Nia Position.
Whether this story of Jlmmle Brown
Is true or not. It certainly ought to be
true.
You see, Jlmmle wanted a position
very much. Indeed, for be not only
needed wages, but be bad an ambi
tious brain in bis head. One day bis
eye lighted on an advertisement in one
of the daily newspapers. It seemed to
appeal to him more than any of the
others, and he determined to make a
desperate effort to secure the position;
only the "Address lock box 441" was s
very discouraging In the beginning,
for Jlmmle had already cudgeled his
poor Uttle brain and cramped bis stiff
little fingers over many an answer to
advertisements to say nothing of the
precious stamps he had risked and
til to no purpose. No! Plainly in bis
;ase some other method must be
thought out.
Tbe next morning Mr. Adams, a
wealthy contractor, took a very fat
mail from lock box 441, most of which,
however, he was destined never to
read, for close at his heels followed a
sturdy boy who managed somehow to
iUp Into the office with him.
Said Jlmmle. for It was nose ether:
"Will you give me a chance to try- to
suit you as office boy T'
"Why, how do you know that I want
en office boy? asked Mr. Adams.
"I read your advertisement In the
paper, and ever since I have been
watching box 441 to find out who you
were and where you did business, so
that I might get In my work before
you had a c ha ace te read about the
ither fellows. Will you give me a try,
fir?"
"Well," replied Mr. Adams, looking
amused, "if you are smart enongh to
io that I guess you are about the boy
we want. Yes, you may stay and go
right to work. First, sort out these
letters and dump all the answers to
that advertisement into the waste
basket"
This all happened many years ago,
tad to-day Mr. James Brown is one of
the leading partners In that very firm
which he first served intelligently and
conscientiously as office-boy.
Deer Race with a Train. "
A GloversrviUe (N. Y.) correspondent
fends us this from his local Adirondack
paper: "Deer are evidently becoming
quite numerous in this vicinity, as two
were recently seen near the Broadal-
bln Railroad, and people on tbe train
from Xorthvllle had an interesting ex
perience with two of tbe animals on its
trip to this city this afternoon. The
train had reached a point about half a
mile south of Cranberry Creek depot
when the engineer saw two deer 1umD
( on the track. After waiting until the
approaching train was within about
100 feet of tbem, the deer turned and
ran down the track directly ahead of
the locomotive and maintained that po
sition for nearly three quarters of a
mile, when tbey turned and passed In
to a field through an open gate. The
engineer kept the whistle tooting con
stantly while the a aims Is were on the
track, and several of the passengers,
desire oa of learning the cause of the
repeated alarms, saw the animals In
their race with the train." Forest and
Stream,
Tha Portland Board of Health
talks of quarantining grip patients.
. Coal from Tarf.
Another plan for turning to account
forces of nature as yet dimly under
stood is reported from Scandinavia,
where a savant has discovered a meth
od of converting turf into coal. The
turf la placed in retorts aad gradually
heated ta 3S0 degrees. Tha retortn are
then closed and the temperature kept
nn tar seven hours. The tar and gas
products are thus retained In tbe coal
mass to the extent of 80 per cent, and
the resultant Is said to contain 65 per
cent of carbon, 6 per cent of hydrogen,
3.7 water and 5 per cent of ashes. Turf
coal gives about the same amount of
neat as secondei, and has been tested
both In Krupp's Iron foundry and for
domestic purpose. One thousand kilos
are sold for 7s, tbe cost of preparing
1 being about 3a.
Taterestlaat to tha Clergy.
A minister who used to preach In
Somervllle bad a little boy. A few days
before his father left the city to go to
bia new parish one of bis neighbors
said to the little boy:
"So your father is going to work in
New Bedford, is her
The little boy looked up wonderingly.
"Oh, no," he said. "Only preach."
Somervllle Journal. - -ttt
The Modern Method.
"Has Mr. De Broken proposed to you
yet, Beatrice?"
"No, but he has a lawyer looking Into
papa's Scandal affairs." Detroit
Free Press.
GlTlaa-Hina a Lift.
"I thought perhaps you would give
me a lift, sir," he said, as he entered
the office.
"You will find the elevator in the
front of tbe building," replied tbe
bookkeeper. J udge.
Peter and John didn't have a barrel
of sermons to fall back on. They had
something else to do besides preaching
. MiA .1,1 .ti...
on science, mua, armcum, j
or geoiogy.
A lot of people would deride Rebecca
did she live to-day. They would cry
aloud to wait and see. They would
advise her not to say much until she
saw whether the well was going to
hold out or not.
At tbe Top.
I wonder," said the pal, blonde
one, "if she really Is as high In society
ns she claims."
"I know she Is," said the brunette,
w!rh the wealth of raven locks. "She
Is ibt only woman In town who dares
t. harp reporters received by the but
ler." -Cincinnati Enquirer.
ANDY
CURE CONSTIPATION
Hsuwife
I DQAf nwrr W rniD IVPtrrt to care aav
aUJUljU 1 Cilil UUnunJIlIiCiLr Hn-smriris or arrine.bst raae rssy aataralresatta. baas-h
als sad sank let fr. Aa. STERI.IWW BKViKPT
Good Farmland for
Brautifhl L-rcalioB. Healthy Climate
KailroaJ, Malls, Telegraph Depots. A so Land in Other States,
Agents Wanted. -TERMS OF PAYriENT VERY EASY. For Intern! Aoa'
F, Mfssler & Krimmert, ,06
Bankers and Brokers. Checks for
A resident of Shawnee, Tennessee,
1 X received irom uicinf r-
IRipams Sabylles.
My stomach had got Into such a t?x I could not digest my victuals at all :
everything I ate I threw up, with great pains in my chest and bowels. I
tried several doctors, who did me no good. At last, alter spending about $75,
a (riend advised me to try Ripans Tabules. I commenced taking them and
soon I could eat almost anything, and I had the satisfaction of knowing that
what 1 eat would stay with me." I am grateful for such a medicine, and I
hope before many years it will have place in the bouse of every family ia
eeihese United States. "
REASONS
Walter Baker & Co.'s
Breakfast Cocoa.
a cup.
Be sure that yea get the genuine article Busts sr WALTBB
BAKER a CO. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. Established 1 7 SO.
Tl-A hITy CUU foQDdaVttOD.
LI H HT-Waioha Hnr Mfc I Ha. im, i
? b w- s r" w M- wnfo
flceitVorkinan. i-"- or o
M W J O W S-VrC K
H. W. JOHNS MFC. CO., I OO
CHlQAao: s.as.,andoipbs. phhWlpui a
Yoa Will Realize that "They Lire Well Who Lire
(Seal j," if Yoa Use
SAPOLIO
Pmbsds,
nut , ah n re created eauaL" Doubt.
less this Is what the glria mean when
they turn up their noses and say "tha
men are all alIke."-Boton Tranar-Hn.
. X HEALTHY WHfB of.
Is a Husband's Inspiration.
K siikly, half-dead-and-alive woman,
especially when she is the mother of
family, is a damper to all joyousneas
in the home.
1 sometimes
marvel at
the patience
of some hus
bands. If a woman
finds that
her energies
are flagging
and that '
everything"
her sleep isj
by horrible
dreams,
and that
she often
wakes sud
denly in the
nicrrtt. with a
feeling of suffocation and alarm, aha
must at once regain her strength.
It matters not where she lives, ah
can write a letter. Mrs. Pinkham,
of Lynn, Mass., will reply promptly
and without charge. The following
shows the power of Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, accom
panied with a letter of advice:
" Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I have suf
fered for over two years with falling,
enlargement and ulceration of tha
womb, and this spring, being In such a
weakened condition, caused me to flow
for nearly six months. Some time
ago, urged by friends, I wrote to yott
for advice After using the treatment
which you ad
vised for a short
time, that ter
rible flow
stopped. I am
now gaining
strength
and flesh
and have
better
health
than I have
had for the y Past ten T6"
Iwishtosav to all distressed
suffering women, do not suffer longer,
when there is one so kind and willing
to aid you." Mrs. F. 8. Besnbtt, Westr
phali Kans.
CATHARTIC
! issiaa
ALL
DRUGGISTS
rawer cnnstipstlna. Casesrsts are the laeal Lasa-a
rO..Oiiraro. Montreal, faa. . or Krm Term.
S.ti
Per Acre in Georgia
liood Water. Woodland. Ms Bush
" STREET.
Europe. Collections
2tmeritaBca.
says :
'I want to tell of the benefit
FOR USING
VlVTA 11 -v-M
TO
t X
SBBwP
Because it is absolutely pure.
Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in
which chemicals are used.
Because beans of the finest quality are used.
Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired
the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans.
Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent
cay
'
...
i.i comnlAta.
ith-tr-If Ire plfabflitT and t-ttM
stntlla.. i!an Hah ImlA Ka u. a.si.
trior expensive .ptu..
K'PTlVK PAMPHLET.
WILLIAM st hcisi vnnv
tl?J&Km!,iS&?J!'Jktm.