V tc -t-e'BOY BLUE. The little toy dog is covered with dust But sturdy and stanch he stands; And the little toy soldier is red with rnUt. And his musket moulds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was new And the soldier wan panning fair. And that was the time when our LfttTc Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there. "Now, don't you go till I come." he af9. "And don't you make any noise." Bo toddling off to his trundle bed He dreamt of the pretty toys. And as be was dreaming an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue On. the years are many, the years are lone. But the little toy friends are true. Aye, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand. Eafh in the came old place. Awaiting the touch of a little hand. The smile of a little face. And they wonder, as waiting these long years through. In the dust of that little chair. What has be.-onie of our Little Boy Blue Since he kissed and put them there. EiiKene Field. AT THE PLAY. HOW fun you!" sal tie sta OW funny to be here with said she. tarted. The phrase Jarred him; It was at once inapplica ble and undignified. He turned to her with a pained expression. "Delight ful." "perfect," "entertaining" he could have condoned expressions such as these, commonplace as they would undoubtedly have been. A man may be tender toward a woman's rhapso dies alM.ut her lover when that lover Is himself. But "funny !" ", O. Ol" She clutched his arm. "What funny people!" The fatal ad jective again. This time he winced, winced twice deliberately, lest she Kbnuld mistake the first signal of dis tress as a mere physical iutirmlty. She continued, quickly: "That reminds nie I don't know why it reminds me, but It does force of hiibit, perhaps, because he hates badly turned out women so Don Is up in tow n tonight. lid you know I won der if we shall come across bini?" "You mean Lord Kllinore's younger son V" "You remember Don?" Her gl:iii-e, meeting his full, showed some surprise at his obvious ill tem per. She put her hand out hurriedly, with a pretty, unaffected gesture of sympathy. D.-ar! You're not ill?" Nothing irritates a man whose liver Is out of order so much as being re minded of the fact. The deepening curves at Cliiunock's mouth grew pusl tively risld with irritation. "Of course not. Is anything ever the matter with me? How your imagina tiou runs away with you dearest!' The "dearest" was a dutiful collet s siou 'jo the situation, but. somehow, she shrank from it, her ardor chilled, the keenness of her enjoyment marred al ready. "We have still ten minutes to wait before the curtain rises." he said. iHe regretted his customary after-dinner coffee.) "What if I took the opportun ity of explaining to you the motif of the play? It is a trltle complex." "It would be kind of you." she said, wltn a little smile, but. notwithstand ing, her eyes showed some disappoint ment as she scanned the house. She was longing to speak the sweet banali ties to which most lovers find it pleas ant to listen: to make her bright little comments and butterfly criticisms, to sip to Its full the evening's cup of evanescent eiijo lucui ; to be. In a word, herself the creature of the moment, and his own. She had looked forward to to-night the first of her emanclp-j tiuu witn rapturous excitement. "It j will be almost as good as being his wife." she had confided to the married sister under whose chaperonage she whs spending the twenty-four hours in tow n. which broke her journey be. ween a tiloucestershire visit and her travels further north. "To have him all to my self for a whole evening! To feel that I really belong to him as he belongs to me! Can you imagine anything more perfect?" Lady Guthrie could, easily, but she did not say so. She had only met Chin nock once, and he Impressed her as a prig and a bore, and Margot's angry disclaimers could not alter her sister's opinion. "You have to marry him. not I!" she said, comfortably. "Wlr" does It mat ter what I think? He'.- .1 off. which Is something. At least j mi can con gratulate yourself so far. No one can patronize you. Your women friends won't be able to pass you on their un becoming last year's clothing nor their husbands stale tobacco." "You're prejudiced," Margot replied; "all sisters are." Which in a sense was true, for Lady tluthrle's sympathy was openly enlisted on behalf of the scape grace of the Kilmore family, young Oil rick, who had adored Margot biiice she trespassed barefacedly and barefoot in the Kilmore deer forest as a little child. Hut Margot, having sys tematically dominated him for eigh teen years, already felt the pleasure light pall if long continued. "He has been so much to me all my life; It would be lorlng for him to become more still during the rest of it. I know him so w ell-too well," she said. In excuse for her cold-heartedness. But at objections such as these Lady (Juttirle shook her head In stern dis claimer. "Walt." she said, eagerly, "wait." And Margot waited. To night for the first time she saw something of the reverse side of her new picture, the canvas-back. Was it disloyal to wish that Mr. Chiunock be haved more as one expects a lover to behave even in public, that he should s!;uu- !:;! sort of open pride of pes ses.-io;i. of glad proprietorship? In the .,v immediately in front of them there was a : Imttil:-' -cadiiiu into the 'venintr. -ilia tot I ay. absorbed young couple. laughing, looking, smiling I h-ir own tender meanings most trivial incidents of the Margot watched them, fas :i spite of herself. How dif ferently tln-y behaved to herself and : er lover! The man leant slightly for u a id -li -had got it badly," Don would have said -every now and then iiis coat sh-eve touched the little Ini aioval.Ie white-gloved hand next his 4i:d lingered for a moment caressing y. Margin's eyes grew tender, ab i'-:sct. ' ' s pretty, so natural! It ke 1 r ymp ithy and gave her a ; c.sa.nt iiltle feeling of companion- '. : a!;aot unconsciously she heiself i. Hiked a little closer. "Are you attending? Margot, I don eiieve you've heard a word I've said!" .!arg"t started, her cheeks aflame. .;; I inn:' i ' t.'m in gemrous-apologv. Iicar. I'm r-o sorry! How dreadful of i.ie. It's all so fresh, and new. and Yoiiderful to me. you see. I'm a bli leatter-biaiucd: such intelligence, as 1 i?ave is limited to only taking in one lining at n time. Tell me all about It igain. I'll listen, truly. Do forgive me, Uichard. uleas"' Her pleading broke down even Chin nock's indention. But his shirt front ooked extraordinarily stiff and starch ed and white, rather like polished mar do. site thought, or was It only pupier atche, and Margot moved lnstlnctlve y a little further from him as be con inued: "foremost In the ranks of our latter lay satirists, James Lee Hoey stands unequaled. She it was who practically founded the New School. She stands alone. Her disciples imitate laborious fy her brilliant dialogue, her scintillat ing epigram " "Her?" the girl repeated vaguely, "her? Why do you speak of him as her? Surely he is a man!" "Do yon mean " he asked. "Is W possible that a living woman exists who does not recognize the supreme fact that this one of our greatest writers I had almost said our one great writer honored her sex by belonging to it?" "I never realized that to belong to either sex was a question of one's own volition," Margot said quietly. "I did not know that 'James Lee Hoey' was a woman, and, what Is more, I'm not especially proud of the fact. I don't admire her. She Is cynical, and hard, and morbid. I like Rhoda Broughton far, far better I love her, in fact, she's so human, and and Mrs. Hungerford, and dear Mrs. Clifford, and Beatrice Harraden. and heaps of others." She choked a little In her excite ment, trying to keep back her tears. It was nil so trivial, but she had been petted and made much of all through her happy eighteen years, her criticism asked, her opinion deferred to, and now Repulsed, hurt, suffering, she shrank away from him. His kiss on greeting had been cold: his kiss on part ing might reasonably be expected to be frigid. She sat in outward quietude, her head avrrted. her thoughts tumultuous. If this was the beginning, what, O what would the end lie? When the curtain rose at length It was a relief, but the relief passed when it fell again. If an hour of him was so trying, what would a lifetime prove? At the second act he left her to have a cigaret in the foyer. She sat listlessly. What a fool she had been! What a mistake she had made! Was it irrevocable? One't. people kuew soirething after all; so much she must ndmit. 'lie had thought him cultivated, charming. They had met on a northern visit, and he had been out deerstalking all day; at night he was too tired to prose over much, and his prigglshness had passed for culture. Since their en gagement they had met for the most part at big functions, and there It hap pened that, until to-night, they had re ally seen remarkably little of each other. And what an awakening to-night had brought! She held her program in her hand, looking at it with unseeing eyes. How blurred It was how stained how like her future life would be, lived out with him! A shadow crossed the page. She looked up. A well-rememlered pres ence made itself felt. "Margot! Crying!" She sprang to her feet gladly, tri umphantly, catching with her two hands at the firm, protecting fingers which gripped hers. "Oh. Don." she said, brokenly, "take me back. Please take me home before he comes again, dear. I can't stand hlni any more. Talk nonsense, Don; tell me I'm 'ripping,' and 'a brick,' and jolly.' in all the rest of the dear, de lightful, slangy terms. And Oh, Don, If you love me. dear, make love to me, real love, for always. Don't ever, ever, be cultured or superior." "If I love you," he said. And before the look of his eyes het own fell. But it did not matter, for he took her home. The Ladles' Field. A Natural Fog Horn. At the Kara Hones the erosive agents have worked with queer caprice. This rock being granite, has been acted upon by the sea at all levels, and throughout the long period when It has leen rising out of The water depths. Through a long, narrow hole, slanting and communicating with the ocean, there conies at intervals a terrific stream of air, forced by the spasmodic heaving of the waves against the lower orifice. The government, which us.s this island for lighthouse purposes. In closed the upper end with the nozzle of a fog horn, and every few seconds there was blown an ear-splitting brawL which was heard far out at sea and above the din of the breaking rollers. It was allowed to roar only in foggy weather, but rt was eccentric in that it would only sound at high tide. When the ride was low, althongh the weather might be very thick, the thing was silent. For lack of Its warning a ship went ashore upon the Island rocks, and then it was that the government abandoned its location on the wind hole and erected a steam --.Wen, or rnecha.r.i.-al fog horn, which has since very faithfully performed the necessary service. Harper's Magazine. No I arttaly Use for 'En. "I don't see why so many cranks are trying to invent a flying machine. There's no earthly use for them." "No; that's true; they are meant to navigate the air." Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. 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The Chinese must be past masters ol the art of household discipline. Hert Is a typical happy family of Pekln. A DWELL. TOOETHKM parrot, a cat and a small dog dwell amicably together inside a cage, wh.lt an eagle aud a big dog are outside They never quarrel, which speaks vol umes for the tact and firmness of theit trainer. j A Chlldren'a Party at a Palace. How time tiled, to be sure! It seemi haxdly more than yesterday since th Queen of Holland was a child a merry, sunshiny little girl, usually seen is white, a large, broad-brimmed hat with a white ostrich feather half hid ing the pretty face, and the long, fail hair rippling down her shoulders. Now she has changed Into a tall, slender maiden, full of grace and royal majes ty. The new Queen of Holland has been a very popular person ever since she was born: and Dutch children nevet tire of hearing about the time when Queen Wllhelmina played many a merry game with her thirty dolls, and with the little boys and girls who used to be invited to the palace to amuse her; never tire of hearing of her warm love for animals horses especially and her admiration for soldiers and all that concerns them, and her great ca pacity for learning, and her quickness in seeing a Joke. And if the young Queen has by thi time perfectly acquired the art of be havingwhen necessary In quite a stately a fashion as the dignity of a queen demands, she is a very lively and bright girl, nevertheless; and there is at the Hague a boy who would most emphatically convince you of the truth of this statement. If you were to doubt it. When, several years ago, he was about nine or ten years old, be had the good fortune to be Invited to a chil dren's party at the palace. His mot het was glad, but somewhat uneasy, too. Such a very independent and noisy lad. her boy was! Surely there was some reason for her being afraid that he would not behave so well as she wish ed him to. She told him to try to mind his manners, and not to "stamp in that dreadful way," and not to talk too loud ly. "And. mind you, don't forget to say Mevrouw (Madame) to the little Queen when you speak to her." But this was too much for Wlllem, who had been listening attentively. If a little Impatiently, perhaps. " 'Merrouw!' " he exclaimed indig nantly. "I am not goUig to be such a silly as to call ke.r all that! 'Mevrouw,' Indeed'. Aud she is cot married, and uly twelve years old!" For quite half an hour his mother took pains to make him understand that etiquette demanded the little Queen should be addressed as "Mad ame." He obstinately refused to be brought to reason. "It Is so absurd!" be jaid. "How can I call her 'Mevrouw,' when she has no husband?" The attempt to make him understand had to be given up. He looked a per fect little gentleman, though, when he drove to the palace, accompanied by his little sisters. Solemn-looking lackeys stood ready to conduct them to one of the beautiful old rooms in the palace, where some other little guests were already assem bled, and they were welcomed by la ilea of the court. When all the guests had arrived, a lackey, opening a door, xnnounced in a loud voice: "Her Maj ;sty the Queen!" And all eyes were ea gerly turned in one direction. A hush, a patter of quick little feet, then In walked nay, ran Queen Wil helmina, simply dressed in a frock of loft, cream-colored silk. Wlllem gave I quick little nod of content. He liked hat. She did not behave or look like a 'mevrouw" in the least; and be clapped lis hands when she said gaily: "Let us lave a good, noisy game; blindinan's juff. or or anything jon boys know!" nd "noisy" games they bad, several f them blind man's buff among the est; and Wlllem thoroughly enjoyed II in self, and twice caught the Queen vheu his eyes were bandaged. "I knew it onee It was she." he said afterward, as soon as I touehed her sleeve. It VI t so soft and nice, quite different from the others. But. of course, I never ailed her 'Mevrouw.' I Just said 'Kon :gln' (Queen), and I am sure she liked t." Well, what Queen Wilhelmlna cer ainly did like was to play and to romp i nd to be merry as well as other ehil Iren. Perhaps no Putch girl surpasses icr In her love of skating and riding. si. Nicholas. The Sheriff's Joke. "Talking about neckties," gayly re narked the western sheriff, as be deftly arranged the noose, "there's something Jist is perfectly killing." 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This prison was taken dowi in 1758, and the debtors were remover to a larger and much more commodiou place on the other aide of the stree south of Lant street the site Is noi marked by a number of new and very ugly houses and mean streets. In thi year 1776 the prisoners had to lie tw in a bed, and even for those who couh: pay there were not beds enough, am many slept on the floor of the chapel There were 395 prisoners; In additio to the prisoners many of them ha: wives and children with them. Ther were 279 wives and 275 children a to tal of 1,399 sleeping every night in thr prison. There was a good water sup ply, but there was no Infirmary, no resi dent surgeon, and no bath. Imagine ; place containing 1,399 persons, and m bath and no Infirmary! Among the' prisoners, about a hundred years c was a certain Colonel George Hanger, who has left his "Memoirs" behind him for the edification of posterity. Ac cording to him the prison "rivaled thr purlieus of Wapplng, St, Giles, an.l St. James' In vice, debauchery, and drunkenness." The general immoral ltjr was so great that It was only possi ble, he says, to escape contagion by liv ing separate, or by consorting only with the few gentlemen of honor who might be found there. "Otherwise a man will quickly sink Into dissipation: he will lose every sense of honor and dignity, every moral principle and vir tuous disposition." Pall Mall Maga Bine. gatavnisti Spoken by SS.OOO.OOO. According to aa authority Spanish 1 spoken by some 65,000,000 people, mns of whom Inhabit the southern port! of the western hemisphere and adj.i cent islands. It la far from bctug ill language of a decaying race. Fine feathers often make sorry jait birds. Don't parley with wrong. The fretting; horse galls easily. ChlldUkeness is not chUdlsbnaa. rs upht hills. i u ' Satan'a snare. Man advises God commands. Education la a mental mariner. Vanity is the yeast cake pride. Beading Is planting seed thoughts. Character Is the .mirror of thought Effort converts the Ideal into the real. Moderation la a check to presump tjion. " The past ta the schoolmaster of the future. Reason Is the dissecting knife of thought. Religious Instruction saves from de struction. Make education a science, and It will become an art. It la not right for any Christian to fight for his rights. It takes an independent thinker to go hunting for new Ideas. Sympathy is the channel in which the current of a man's thought runs. With Christ within, it matters little what are the conditions without. Some professed Christians would rather do wrong than suffer wrong. Some men blow their own trumpets by praising in others what Is most con iplcuous lu themselves. Showing tbe Dead. A writer describes a curious custom In Havana of laying out bodies In state during the night before burial. They are placed close to an open window fronting the street, on a couch four or five feet from the ground. The corpse Is surrounded by high wax tapers, and the Whole room Illuminated. Frequent ly, when returning from a tertulia or ball. I have been startled to pee the fixed and rl:id features of some old gentleman or lady, dressed In their best attire, and apparently reclining before the window. It used to appear an un necessary mockery of death, dressing out a corpse in a new suit of clothes, with tight patent leather boots and white neck-cloth. I remember one night In particular. I was returning home through one of the by-streets, when, seeing the lower windows of a house illuminated, and concluding that there was a body lying in state, I went toward it. There, close to the window, so close that I could have touched it through the bars, lay the body of a young girl about fifteen years of age. She was dressed as for a ball, with flowers in her hair, and white satin shoes on her feet; her hands crossed on her breast, her eyes closed, and her pouth slightly opened; and, altogether, her face and expression was one of the most beautiful I ever saw. Coat of I.annchlng a Warship. The total cost of the launch of a mod ern battle-ship often amounts to over $10,000. About five tons of tallow and over a ton of oil and soft soap are used Jn greasing the ways that Is, the slip down which the cradle In which the vessel is placed, glides into the sea- No Cause for Alarm. "Look here," said the barber to the restless man in the chair, "if you don't keep still I'm liable to cttt your throat." "Oh, I'm not afraid f tjhat," replied the helpless victim, "as long as you continue to use that razor." "New occasions bring new duties," says the poet. Our little spat with pain must have been one of the occa sions referred to. Mean TbIbbt. "A dinner such as we have had to day," said the elderly boarder, "makes me feel like a young man." "Indeed," was ail Mrs. Hasheroft deigned to reply. "Indeed. When I think of that Iamb we had for dinner I feel tbat If that was lamb I must still be a boy." Washington Star. r3 jpeepa Consatnption Do not think for a single moment that consumption will ever strike you a sudden blow. It does not come that way. It creeps its way along. First, you think it is a little cold; nothing but a little hack ing cough ; then a little loss in weight; then a harder cough; then the fever and the night sweats. The suddenness comes when yeu have a hemorrhage. Better stop the disease while -it is yet creeping. You can do it with Aprs Yau first notice that you cough less. The pressure on the chest is lifted. That feeling of suffocation is removed. A cur is hastened by placing one of Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plaster over the Chest. A Book Froo. It is off the Diaeaaea af the Throat and Lungs. M Mm ass Frmmty, If you hare any complaint whataswr and deslrs the best medical adrle. you can possibly receive, write th doctor i V wltnont oo rreviy. s .a will ncavs eprossassvpij. I aosi. jmnrai. c. Ai Ell, Leweii, : 4T 114 CtlRfSMMfttf ill (lit Ikuk. Best Cough Byrup. Tastes Good. Us I in nine, bom or drnagiss. r V 1 $L L Asitem which JiK s- has become run dawn ' 1 A system which has become run dewn by the try in weather of the fiast summer is not in a condition to meet tbe severe winter of this dimate and will easily fall a prey to disease unless a prober tonic is used. Dr.WiH Urns' Pink .Pills f or Pale Peoble are the best medicine in the world foT build in a up and strengthen ing an enervated system. Oo not confuse thcai Hill & uiils nrA J bv the trvinft weather f I . s : mj m aw inary fcurjative pi llv They do NOT act on the bowels.thereby further weakening the body. They build up the blood and strengthen the nerves; Major A. C Bishop, of 715 Third Are., Detroit. Mich., W a wtll-known civilenVineer. He soys: ''When I had my last apellof sieklieas n4 came out of the hospital I sra a sorry sight. I could not rr7in my stsvpfftn, and could not walk ow a block for several week. I noticed unse article ia the newspapers regarding Br. William' Pink PUls for I-ale People, which convinced me that they were worth try in and I bought two boes. I did sot take them for my complexion but for strength. After usingthem 1 fett better, and know they did me world of good. I am pleased to recommend them to invalids who need a tonic or to Duuo up a nattered a constitution." Dtlrtil fnt Prttt. At all dvuddiat vr divect from the Dt. William Mdi- t cine Company, Schenectady. WHAT TH ' TvV DECIDES. Blowing a locomotive whistle loudlj Mveral times under a bridge ovet which vehicles are constantly passing Is held, in Mitchell vs. Nashville, C. & t. L. Railroad Company (Tenn.), 40 (.. R. A. 426, to be so unnatural and reckless an act as to create a liability for resulting damages. The delivery of a telegram to ths wife of the addressee when he Is ab jpnt from town is held. In Western Un ion Telegraph Company vs. Mitchell ( Texas), 40 L. R. A. 209, Insufficient, as a matter of law, to satisfy the obllga iion of the company, but its duty In this respect is a question of fact. The liability of a street railway com imny to a spectator for Injury by some thing that flew from a target hit by a bullet at an exhibition of marksman ship given by an independent con tractor employed by It is sustained in Thompson vs. L., L. & H. St. R. R. Co. ( Mass.). 40 L. R. A. 345, where the spec 1:1 tor had come to the place on one of the street cars and was at the place provided for spectators. A verdict of a coroner's Jury is held, ;n Small vs. State (Ga.), 40 L. R. A. 369, r be advisory merely, and not binding is a Judgment or possessing any proba tive effect as evidence In a homicide case, and therefore not subject to be reviewed, set aside or quashed In the superior court. Evidence of the killing of a woman by a locomotive or other part of a train while she was sitting or lying on the track at night between 12 o'clock and daylight is held. In Parish vs. Western & A. R. Company (Ga.), 40 L. R. A. 'M'A, to establish as a conclusion of law that she was guilty of negligence which would preclude liability of the railroad company. Voluntary exposure to unnecessary danger is held. In Fidelity and Casualty Company vs. Chambers (Va.), 40 L. R. A. 432, not to be shown by sitting on a bag on tbe railroad track at a highway crossing, without knowing that a train was due and after being warned of the train and starting away, turning back to get t& bag. Voluntary exposure to unnecessary danger within the meaning of an acci dent policy la held. In United States Mutual Accident Association va Hub bell (Ohio), 40 L. R. A. 458, to mean danger of a substantial character known to the aaaured, who purposely and consciously exposes himself there to. Intending to assume the risk. An attempt of a traveling salesman to cross a slough In a road, thinking there Is no danger. Is held not to constitute such exposure. With these cases Is a note analyzing the various decisions on the subject. CANTON PIRATES. In China Their Bnalneaa Is Neither Hard Nor Dangerona. Probably never since Cantos was pen to foreign trade, t-ays Consul Bren an In his report on the trade of the city. has piracy been so rife aa during the last year. The boldness of the pirate is, however, surpassed by the apathy of the provincial government. Perhaps -he word piracy is scarcely applicable tc the acts of these adventurous rob beu. They have no armed craft of their ewn with which to give chaae and run down their victims. The usual plan Is fcr a band of half a doaen men to go on board a passenger launch dis guised as (onest men. When a suitable spot is reached they throw off all dis guise. oven.we the crew and passen gers by flouiishlng revolvera, and then half the partj stand by ready to ihoot while the rest proceed to search tha passengers and their luggage, and when they have taken all they want they transfer themaelvea to another boat or land near a friendly village where a division of the spoil takes place. They are not devoid ot a certain chivalrous feeling. Cases have been known where, after having robbed some rich passengers and made a good haul, they have restored to the poorer passengers what had already been taken from them. On other occasions they have overpowered the master and crew of a launch and "borrowed" the T!i- Bot Whet-i for Him. Harrow That's a dandy wheel you have there, old man. I'll take a little spin on It some day. By the way, what kind of a wheel do you think I 'ought to ride? Marrow One of your own. Brook. lyn Life. He Waa Kn tea t?er. Owner of the Show What did you say your specialty was? Applicant for Job I am a crack and fancy shot with pistols. "Does your act take well?" "Does it? I have made a hit every place I've exhibited." Cincinnati Tribune. Don't Put Off Till To-morrow the Du ties of To-day. By a Cake of SAPOLIO & f U H.Y. PtU. i?ty crvt pev boa. W use of the vessel for a few hours, dur ing which they have overhauled a Junk known to have valuables on board. Having pillaged the Junk, they have steamed away to their own village, aDd before landing they have offered to pay the master for the time bis launch has been detained. The owners of passen ger boats are now given to engaging some old pirate as a detective. He points out suspicious-looking charac ters whom It Is better not to take on board, and keeps in check any of his Wd friends who may have been pre meditating a coun. St James Budget. BAD BLOOD "CASCASETS do all claimed tor theaa and are a truly wonderful medicine. I bare often wished for a medicine pleabaut 10 take and at last bare found It In Cascareta. bince taking tnem. my blood baa been poriUed and my complextuo bas im proved wonderfully and 1 feel much better In every way. ' Mas. Hauii K. bkllah. Luttrell. Tenn. CANDY Plnnnt Palatable. Potent. Taste Gjod. Good, Never Blrken. Weaken, or Gripe. 11e.Uc. SOc. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... SOrUs SNMtf Owsaer. Oifea, S.lrl, aw Tsrt. 11 HO-TO-BJC Sold snd miaranteed by all dmc- Daalallailaa l-BA V Baker's Chocolate, 3 ? or I & ' e ft : ft i ft I & ! ft i ft : ft ft ft . ft ft ft ft ft ft celebrated for more than a century u a rj delicious, nutritious, 3 rl and flesh-forming beverage, has our j well-known 2 ? Yellow Label ? on the front of every J package, and our - .1. trade-mark,wLa Belle x$ Chocolatiere,"on the 3 Baci: 2 r NONE OTHER OENUINB. y MAOa ONLY BY r ft ft ft g WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd, g ft Dorchester. Mr jia ? I2(3r3t3i$t3r3t3r3t$t3r3r3r3r3r3r3r), --CHILDBIRTH- an be made painless, safs, sor and easy by using MITOHCLLA COMPOUND. Mas. T. K. I.an. Oarboadal. Pa, writ: I think it Is the arandast raadlotn la the world for woman. I was sick only a vary abort Urns, did not hav anf doctor end got along aa. My llttl girl 17 month) old I healthy and rassd. I Ira praiaes wherever I . My mothsr also used it aal thinks it a sal cadis' saedlelae. Address: PR. J. H. UYS MBP. INMT, Banal, ft. Y, JiJdJ m v. Bead Postal for ilnm List to th Dr. Beth Araoiq slsdlfal uon. woonsock, a. I. FOR FIFTY YEARS 1 MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP XTMyf tM wlad coUo. aaa kTBahasI f1sYrabw ta av Hatala. - esfV'rWWWsjvwssjJi RHEUMATISM ALKKANrtrn Kki CTOFD On bottle Positive relief In M hours. Font paid. SI J EMKnTt'o.,946 Green wif-t i-h(it.,Ji.Y. If anHtdwtth wS? I Thompson's EyiWaltf DRO PSY1IE,M,CCTI": " -T . quick rslist sod cams won trm,,tf;;:,.,r'J!.,;i''',"d S SPSS. Atlaats. Oa. W.T?r2!,or J h"n n-i p a n a 'oMT A HonaeTToider'a Opinion. ...... ire i don't It1aw . exactly like the war It. . I,e f ,Ue DeW hips Of war the American fJirl. m1!rw,bat ls ,he n,atttr i Bh3 I rTU 80um,s to Tha IndnJ,?(rUC,i,," 3,1,1 "Eolation. Indianapolis JouninK. The Tronl.le with the Nasabera. "I have heard," said the pensive-looking girl, "that poeu naturally apeak In numbers." "Yea," replied her father. "The trout ble la that the numbers never have any dollar marks in front of them." Wash ington star. mm
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