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A LAUGH IN CHURCK
She sat on the sliding cushion,
Th dear, wee woman of tear;
Her feet, in their shiny slippers,
Hang dangling over the floor;
She meant to be good; she had promised,
And so, with her big, brown eyes.
She stared at the meeting house windows
And counted the crawling flies.
She looked far op at the preacher.
Bat she thought of the honey bees
Droning away at the blossoms
That whitened the cherry trees,
She thought of a broken basket
Where curled in a dusky heap.
Three sleek, round puppies with fring)
ears
Lay anoggtod and fast
inch soft, warm bodies to cuddle.
Such queer little hearts to beat.
Such swift, round tongues to kiss.
Such sprawling cushiony feet;
She could feel in her clasping fingers
The touch of the satiny skin.
And a cold, wet nose exploring
The dimples under her chin.
Then a sudden ripple of laughter
Ran over the parted lips
So quick that she could not catch it
With her rosy finger tips.
The people whispered, "Bless the child,"
As each one waked from a nap.
But ths dear, wee woman hid her face
For shame in her mother's lap.
Pittsburg Times.
DISAPPOINTED.
Of course it would bo a disappoint-mnt-
I had recently returned from abroad
ad bad been called upon by doty to
Journey down to the deserted village of
Mayburn to pay proper respects to my
aunt an to make the acquaintance of
the cousin who had Just left school.
I had never seen her before, except,
perhaps, as a baby, but I could picture
her exactly. Dressed in the vile coun
try style, very likely freckled, and. a
wearer of spectacles; crammed to the
throat with the new education and in
dividuality of women doctrine, cer
tainly. And, of course, for aunt pos
sessed no tact at the best of times, I
should be left alone with this Interest
ing female for the greater port of a
hot summer afternoon. She was 18,
too. A most offensive age.
Well, I should have to be polite; talk
to her aunt of my experiences abroad,
and then, if I had luck, I could plead
the excuse of dinner in town and es
cape by an early train.
The train Jolted Itself to a standstill.
A crowd of loafers posed as profes
sional eyesores in front of a grimy inn
and commented upon my appearance.
What a place! A stupid-looking ser
vant told me that the ladles were In
the garden, so to the garden, grum
blln , I had to go. Certainly It was all
awfjlly pretty. I began to wonder
bow I was looking.
"You've never met Ida before,
Philip," I beard aunt saying. "Well,
here she Is."
I believe I said something. I might
have remarked upon the weather, but
am net sure. I know that there was a
lot of goM, fluffy hair and some blue
eyes.
1 must leave you to entertain each
ether for a few minutes. You will hear
the loacbeon gong out here." And the
aid lady withdrew.' Really, aunt has
wonderful tact.
We began to talk. I never found
lung come so easily. "So you really
are my cousin?"
"I believe I am. But I hope you don't
mind. It's not my fault, you know."
A funny little smile quivered round
ber mouth. She covered tt op with a
white rose.
"I didn't think you'd be a Mt like
What yon are," I said, wildly.
"People never are what you expect
ahem to be. I'm sorry you're disap
pointed. Tra not. I think you're f I did
art know what to say.
"What?" She certainly was laugh
ing now.
"Indescribable."
Her face was half buried in the rose,
and two bright eyes looked at me over
the petals. "I've known lots of girls
Indescribable. They weren't all nice.
Same were horrid. But you must have
been disappointed really. There are
g)teans)t disappointments, just as much
As there are unpleasant ones."
"In what way were you disappoint
ed when you saw me?"
"I saw your last photograph."
"It was an awfully libelous one," I
hastened to say.
It was. It flattered you horriWy. I
wonder you weren't ashamed of K."
"I .was; not because It flattered me."
"I'm glad you admit that. I have one I
or two theories, you know. One must j
have a little excitement." I
"What Is this particular theory?"
"That men are vainer than girls. No,
you're not to say anything, It would
lead to an argument, and that would
n't be fair. It doesn't need a reply,
does it?"
"No; I suppose not"
Tve quite proved my point, have
n't ir
"Rather." Somewhat absently, be
cause I was wondering bow I could
rrfiss the last train from Mayburn that
Veiling.
I believe I must have moved. Any
how she seemed nearer.
"Now we'll talk about something
else'
"You, for instance," I ventured.
That would be as dull as as the
books I read to mother. Such words!
t have to twist my mouth Into all im
aginable shapes."
"Give me an example."
She thought for a moment, while 1
thought, too, that I should like to b?
the word that she was thinking about.
"Psyehol-og-lc-al." It came very
slowly.
I believed I moved again, for stve
stepped back.
"Isn't that an awful word!" 8U
made a little distracting hoop of he
mouth. I began to feel strange,
"Don't say that again," I saia.
Her eyes opened In wondering cir
cles. "Why not?"
"Because I'll tell yon later on.'
"O h!" Suddenly "Isn't this c
pretty rose?"
"I have seen a prettier."
"Oh!" What a delicate ""drawing in
it a lower roseleaf lip.
"I mean I do see a prettier."
"I'm quite sure that isn't true."
"Did you ever know me to tell an
untruth?"
She pulled out the tiniest, most d?
Iightful watch. "I've known you Just
eleven minutes."
"And seconds?" I demanded, deter
mined to hare my due.
"Sixteen, about. But you shall have
'he beuetit of the doubt; I'll say twen
y. And you are surprised because you
haven't told me an untruth during that
time. On, Mr. Fercival!"
"You have caught me in the act," 1
mid. quite triumphantly, "unless you
i isii to withdraw your statement."
"I never withdraw anything."
"I shall bind you down to that.'
"All right. ReaHy, I don't see any
rose besides this one."
"I have the advantage over yon. Of
course, now. If I wee a looking
i;Uss "
"Oh, that ta what you mean. Not
Stand Just where you are, and don't
move until we hear the luncheon gong."
It had been a very little movement,
but I obeyed.
"But Ida "
"Ida!""
"Of course. We're cousins, aren't wel
Cousins always call each other by their
Christian names." "
"Are you quite sure?"
"Certain," I answered, recklessly. "I
shouldn't say so If I wern't. Yoall
call me by mine, won't yon, Ida?"
"Per haps. If I can pronounce ft.
If It Isn't a word like psycho!
"You're not to say that."
"I can't think why."
"My name isn't hard to pronounce.
It's Just Philip."
"I dare say 1 can manage that
P h 1 - L phll; U-p, ip; add. them up,
Philip. What funny musical Inltlala
you've got haven't you? P. P. pianis
simo, very soft. You're not very soft,
are you Philip? Oh! do you know
what" you're doing?"
"Standing here, talking to you."
"You know very well. Do you know
rhat you're holding?"
"I couldn't help it It seemed to come
quite naturally."
"That's not any answer."
"No. But It's such a sweet little hand,
and you're not angry, Ida, are you?"
"Of course I am. Suppose some one
-iiould be hidden In the shrubbery with
a a kodak. I've heard of such things."
"Oh, no; there's nobody there. You
don't want to take your hand away,
you know."
"I do; but how can I, when you're
squeezing it all up?"
"You said just now that you never
withdrew anything." That was the
moment of my triumph.
"Well, this Is the exception, stupid!"
I looked her straight in the face. This
was quite polite, because she was look
ing straight Into mine.
My attention was distracted. Wrig
gling about among the silky threads of
gold I saw a hideous, contemptible
black insect which had evidently fallen
from the tree overhead.
"Keep still!" I cried; "there's a hor
rid beetle in your hair. Don't move
your head."
There was a deep silence, which be
came broken by the faint clanging of
the luncheon gong.
"Hurry up! mother bates me to be
late." Then, In lower tones, "I don't
believe there's anything In my hair at
11. except your fingers."
It was curious how skillful that In
sect was in eluding my grasp, and how
difficult it was to locate. I kept finger
ing little shining curls, where I thought
I had seen it but somehow It always
escaped. At last it flew away, but I
still kept on looking for it Her face
was so very near mine I had to stoop
over her considerably to look for the
Insect
I glanced down, and suddenly the
lashes lifted. She tilted ber head back.
I looked upon the sweetest Hps In the
world, half parted, while little Imps of
mischief were darting about In her
eyes.
"Philip," she said.
"Yes." It's wonderful how expres
sive you can make a monosyllable.
"Will you tell me, please, why you
didn't want me to say psychological ?
I couldn't help It Who could have
blamed me?
I was unlucky enough to miss the
last train from Mayburn that evening
Another disappointment St Paul's.
JUGGLING FIGURES 189a
Results of the Work of an Arithmeti
cal Genius.
If we add together the figures con
tained In 1899 we find they make 27,
and these added give us 9. Subtract
the first two figures, 18, from 99, and
we have 81, which added make 9, and
the letters comprising the words eighty
one are nine. Add the first two flguies,
18. to M. and we have 117; these
figures, when added, again give us 9.
If we add all the principal numbers
thus far mentioned, viz.. 1899, 18. 81,
117 and 27.-the sum is 2,142, and these
figures added give us 9. If we sub
tract 27 from 117 we have 90. which
divided by 10 again gives us 9. By sub
tracting 117 from 1899 the remainder
Is 1.782; these figures, when added, give
us 18, and these two when added give
us 9. If we add 90 and 1,782, principal
numbers, not included in first addition,
to 2.142. obtained above, we have 4;014.
and, these figures, when added, again
produce 9. Now, if we add the figures
1.890 to the last sum we have 5,913,
and these added produce 18, which
again being added the result Is 9.
The combinations obtained above are
very remarkable, but carrying them
still further, with stranger results, we
find that by adding 1,8:9 to the sums
thus far obtained, viz., 4,014 and 5,913,
the sum is 11,82, and by adding these
figures we have 18, which added proi
duce 9. Further, if we add the firs
figure of the above sum to the last twoi
viz.. 118 to 20, we have 144, and thest,
fipures added give us 9.
We have now tried the results of ad
dition and of subtraction on these mys
tic figures, and will now see what mul
tiplication will do. If we multiply 18
by 99 the product is 1,782; these figures
when added give us 18, and carefully
ad-i the numerals used in this multipli
cation we will find the addition to be
63, and by adding these we have 9.
Now we will multiply the first three
figures of the year by the last viz., 189
by 9, we find 1,701, and by adding these
figures we have 9, or if we add the
numerals nsed In this calculation we
find they amount to 36, and these add
ed again produce 9. We will multiply
the two products, obtained above, viz,
1.782 by 1.701, and we have 3.031.1S2;
these figures added produce 18 and
these added give us 9.
Innumerable changes could be rung
on these mystic figures, but the most
remarkable part Is that the letters com
prising the words eighteen ninety-nine
are 18, and these two. when added,
nroduce the Inevitable 9. Detroit Free
Press.
RECENT INVENTIONS.
To prevent check reins from slipping
off their hooks an Iowa man has de
signed a holder formed of a leather
disk from the center of which a second
disk is almost cut leaving a portion
unsevered at the rear, with a slit In the
Inner disk, which fits tightly over the
hcok.
An improved crutch has a rubber tlr
at the bottom for use In ordinarj
weather, with a steel point placed in
side the rubber and attached to a knol
on the side of the shank by which I:
can be pushed down below the rubbei
and held there for use when the pave
ments are slippery.
Ropes of all sizes can be automatical
lj measured by a new machine, whicl
has a roller jonrnaled in a casin,
around which ths ropes are passed am
then extended through openings of dif
ferent size to correspond with the diain
eter of the rope, the roller turuinj
pointers on a dial as It revolves.
Bel'eved Biaa.-
He (Indignantly) I beg your pardon,
miss, but I always keep my word.
She (complacently) I can easily be
lieve that for no one would take It
Washington Times.
At Home.
Indignant butcher That dog of your
has been getting into my sausage.
Pointer Welt he seems to know his
place, doesn't he? Yonkers Stai
la the Ckaaapionsr City.
Fanlelgh Did you attend the
ball benelit at Ford's last night? '
Wedlelgh No, the baby's teething,
and I was at home doing things to bene
fit my own bawl tosser. Baltimore
News.
. Miaanderetood.
"I am sorry I bought one of those
doormats with 'Welcome' on It"
"Why so?"
"Some stupid ' fellow mistook the
meaning of the word and helped him
self to It the first night" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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Two years ago I was a great
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I had four
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two' years. I
went through
treatment
with doctors,
but they did
Another Tumor
Removed by
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me no good, and I
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" The doctor said that all that could I
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decided to try it, and wrote for her ,
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Can truly say that I would never had
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Stahx, Watsoxtowit, Pa.
What Mrs. Pinkham's letter Did. j
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RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
,lns Notes Calling the Wicked ta
RcDsatance.
GOOD deed
never dies.
Cant carries no
conviction.
Conscience
without Christ Is
a sun dial with
out the sun.
By using what
we have, we gain
that which we
have not.
Don't be mold
ed by your cir-
umstances; mold them.
True religion bolls up from the bot
tom. Cultivate the Held of life clear up to
the corners.
The Christian runs ahead of the com
mandments. Unbelief puts up the bars when troth
roes hunting.
The cry of the needy is the echo of
he call of God.
A church race may be Just as ungodly
is any horse race.
The way to get over your troubles Is
to get under them.
You cannot be crooked with men and
straight with God.
Don't be molded by your ch-cum-itances;
mold them.
The man who lives for self Is not
missed when he dies.
Don't blow out the lamp of reason
cor the gas light of wit.
Either the saloon must go or our boys
must continue to go to hell.
The wise preacher looks for most
trouble where he finds most taffy.
The man who does his own thinking
becomes a focus for all the reflectors.
There is no slave so sadly bound as
die one who thinks he is free to serve
bis own lusts. . . r
What is the use of praying for the
merchant when you make no effort to
pay what you owe him?
Don't build the ginger-bread house of
;heap reputation on the 10-cent founds
Son of inexperience.
We pray the Lord's prayer and then
ten. for things that would lead us into
temptation and deliver us to the evil
)ne.
PRETTY UNDERWEAR.
The variety of pretty silk and wool
m underwear to be had at such rea
sonable prices is very tempting to
lainty women, yet many refrain from
jurchasing such on account of their lia
jllity to injure in laundrylng. If the
work is properly done this trouble may
ae avoided. When ready to begin fill
i tub half full of warm water, in which
llssolve a fourth of a bar of Ivory Soap
uid wash the articles through it with
;he hands, rinse in warm water, and
iqueeze, but do not wring. Hang on
Jie line and press while still damp.
ELIZA R. PARKER.
Gratitude In be Elephant.
An engineer In Ceylon being about
to approach an elephant was warned
by its keeper to stand back because the
animal was vicious. But the engineei
paid no heed to the caution, and went
straight to the stall of the creature,
which began to caress him with ltt
trunk. Seeing this strange thing, the
I; ec per asked for an explanation. Then
the engineer said the elephant bad once
been employed during the construction
of a road from Jaffa to Kaedy. One
day a large thorn of an acacia-tree "a
jungle nail" as it Is well called entered
'is cheek Just below the eye. The thorn
broke short while the attendant wat
trying to take it out and an angry, in
tlained wound followed. The engineei
fed and talked to the elephant and
then applied hot water poultices to the
wound. This he did for a day or two,
when, having thus won the creature'!
confidence, he cnt down upon the thorn
and got it out. The elephant had nevet
forgotten this act of kindness, although
years had passed since the engineei
saw It again.
"Is tJIister so wealthy?"
should say he was! Why. li
' that he doesn't have to j-.a..
S.I.S.-
Every man has some peculiar train
cf thought which he falls back upon
w ben he is alone. This, to a great de
gree, moulds the man.
Be patient with every one, but above
all with yourself.
FROM SUDDEN WEATHER CHANGES
Z3Z2TtmSorenes9 and Stiffness mmum mm loimtm.
ST. JACOBS
WORKING THE RUNNING OINCK.
Its Measilaa; aad Ecsae leal "Cos B
pi aimed ay a Western SaterlC
"It is in the newly settled regions of
the far West, where bad men congre
gate and turn loose, that the running
cinch works to best advantage, and It
saves costs ta the community and
trouble to the sheriff,", said an ex
sheriff from New Mexico In the office
of a downtown hotel last night. "It
works well all 'round, and satisfies
everybody concerned except the man
that Is cinched, and he never com
plains, because he's dead. Yon see If
often happens that a sheriff In a wild
and woolly region, with the beet inten
tions, has- a live prisoner on his hands
that ought by all good rights to be
planted. He Is responsible for his safe
keeping in a jail that a cow could walk
through, and he knows that the man
is dangerous every minute that he
lives. The prisoner's friends outside
are plotting to help him escape, on the
one hand. and. on the other, there Is
always the chance that the citizens get
up a necktie party and call for -the
prisoner with a rope, which Is a re
flection on the sheriff, and gross disre
spect to the majesty of the law. These
things worry the sheriff, and be thinks
he's stood enough of It; so he leaves
matters loose in the jail,-and there Is
not much of a watch kept that any
one can see, and the prisoner, seeing
nothing to hinder, walks out some day
and runs for it. He does not get far.
The sheriff has everything- prepared,
with men waiting, and the prisoner la
bored and ballasted with lead before
he una time to make much of a show as
a pacemaker.
"The Mormons have used the possi
bilities of the running cinch the most
systematically, and in the days when
they held cards and spades In Utah a
'gentile' prisoner in their hands was
liable to be overpersunded If he de
clined to take advantage of the chances
they gave him to run. During the
building of the Union Pacific road
came famous tor tius. Aimougu me
prisoners comprised the toughest class
of. men. such as naturally flocked to
the country as the railroad advanced,
no effort was made to hold them in Jail
and a door or window was always left
open somewhere at their service, should
they feel inclined to 'walk out But
none ever got away, or outlived his ex
periment In breaking jail. -The Mor
mons In official authority are always
good shots, and the prison guard kept
their practice up In this way.., ; . ' '
"It was through an atrocious misuse
of the running cinch that the great
Apache chief, Mangas Colorado, was
killed by United States soldiers about ,
m . - it. i i a .
I on j yeara ago. ntr uiu suitruunru
as a prisoner of war, and was held
under guard In camp when the plot'
was msde for his death. As he re
fused the opportunities given him: to
run, he was pricked with a red-hot
bayonet thrust through the wall of the
tent In which he was lying. . At that ha
sprang from the tent and was killed by
the guard as an escaping prisoner.' This
dastardly murder. Which was wholly
without Justification,, proved a .costly
crime for the government In 'the end.
After this the Apaches would doTJtrust
the white man's word, and longywafrs
followed as a consequence, in which
thousands of lives were lost and vast
expense incurred." Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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He who seeks after what is impossi
ble ought in justice to be denied what
Is possible.
A Minnesota woman has designed
a buttonhole opener for use with but
tonholing machines, consisting of a cen
tral handle with one end formed with
a tapered point to cut the hole open.
vhen the tool Is reversed and a flat.
double-edged blade is nsed to make the
hole of the proper length.
A handy clotbesrack for use outside
of windows Is formed of a number of
bars hinged together to unfo'd on either
side of the window, with rods running
across the wludnw from one set of bars
to the other, to be brought within easy
reach for hanging the clothes and ex
tended for drying them.
"What have yon here T asked the
fresh young man of the waiter at a
Srst-class restaurant "Everything,
sir." -"Everything?" sneerlngly; "have
It served at once." "Hash for oner
rolled tk waJteYv-DstroU Fro Frsss.
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Alexander Williamson went cosily to bed,
And on the soft white pillow he laid als
weary head; .
But at the very moment that bis heavy
eyelids fell.
a. certain something happened which it
terrible to teU.
and he waa filled with wonderment that
' made him cold and mute.
For, standing up beside his bed, he saw
his Sunday suit. "
"0. Alexander Williamson" it lifted up
"Teurconsclence is upbraiding you, Pm
happy to believe.
For all the things you've done to me to
such s careless way
are quite enough to fill the heart with
horror and dismay.
The first three daya you knew me, you
i were careful as could be: ''
You kept me nicely dusted, and you didn t
spill your tea.
But oh, those happy days are gone, at
happy daya will go.
And if I seem a little dull, the reason you
must know.
You've bulged, my trooser-pockeU until
no one thinks them nest;
Yon tore a batten off my coat and lost it
In the street;
Yea scrambled up a bramble bank to catch
a bumblebee,
and la your very shocking haste you tore
a trouser knee."
rhan, coming close beside the bed, it
shook a wristband low; -"New,
Alexander Williamson, 'tis well
that you should know
That though I do not often come to visit
you in wrath,
I won't submit to every shame'you heap
upon the cloth.
Your roughness and your tyranny ahall
HI go.."an7t and you ah.,1
not have a suit!"
And
then it got so angry
as it knelt
against the bed.
That Alexander Williamson he covered
up his head.
Now if on any morning you should wan
der down our way
and chance to meet a little boy In won
: derful array :. '
In clothes full neatly dusted, and highly
' polished boot
It's Alexander Williamson and in his
Sunday Suit.--
-Little Folks.
' Indians' Weak Day.
Indians have an old way of launder
ing their clothes. The garments are
thrown in a trough and trod upon with
' .
toe reet.
The effect of such treatment Is to
squash up the clothes into a soft condi-
TKOCOH WHKBK THF.T DO LACIDBT
worn.
tlon and squash out much of well, we
shall call It the foreign matter: that
does not legitimately belong to them.
The water in the trough Is repeatedly
replaced and the process of treading
goes on till the clothes begin to as
sume. If not an Immaculate appear
ance, at least a faint resemblance to
tnelr pristine hue.
A Fallow-Feellaa.
jiarjo sat on the upper stair, listen
ing. Every time a fresh wail reached
ber ears she groaned softly in loving
sympathy. She bad her little scal
loped handkerchief squeezed together
In one hand, and it was quite damp.
"O dear me! I wish he'd been a good
boy, then mamma- wouldn't have put
him to bed and he wouldn't be feeling
so dreadf ly," Marjo murmured. "I
wish he had been good, poor Bobby I
It hurts in my heart when he cries so."
New, re-enforced wails drifted out to
the stairway. They were growing
more heartrending all the time. Marjo's
little mouth-corners drooped more snd
more, and the scalloped handkerchief
got still damper.
"Marjorie! Marjorie!" mamma called,
"why don't you come down and play,
dear?"..
"I guess I can't mamma, I feel so
sorryful for Bobby," Marjo called back.
"You mustn't feel too bad, dear.
Bobby was naughty and ought to cry."
"Yes'm, I know it" the sweet, shaky
little voice called down to mamma;
"but but you see I have to feel bad.
You can't do It well's I can, for I've
been there an' know how It feels."
Youth's Companion.
Waa Bonnd to Blae.
. President R. B. Wright, of Georgia
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
who was recently highly commended
by President McKlnley, is one of the
lending negroes of America. A story is
told thst Wueii he was a child in a
free school at Atlanta Gen. Howard
visited the school and asked the little
darky pupils: "What shall I tell the
children of the North about you?" All
was quiet for a moment, and then the
voice of young Wright piped up: "Gen
eral, tell 'em we're rising." The Inci
dent was afterward incorporated in a
poem written by John G. Whittier and
called "Howard at Atlanta." The little
colored chsp who made the answer
lived up to bis words, and Is now a
prominent citizen of the South.
The Safety-Valve of Teasper.
Mrs.- Dumpsey For shame. Willie)
You've been fighting again. Your
clothes are torn and your face Is
scratched. Dear me, what a trial yon
are! I wish you were a little girl
girls don't light
Willie Dumpsey Yes; but ma, don't
you think It's better to have a good,
sqi'nre light and get all the mad out of
you, than to carry It around, the way
the girls do, for months?
"Back la a Minnte."
"Is your mamma at home?' asked a
caller of 6-year-old Nellie.
"No; but she'll be home In a minute,"
was tbe reply.
"How do yon know? Inquired the
caller.
"'Cause she said 'bout an hoar ago
she was just going to run orer to a
neighbor's for a minute," answerer
Nellie. .
Wisdom Beyoad Hie Tears.
"What is an orphan r asked the
to know. -won. a i - , a
"uT Z own" ex
hand popped up. aaa
claimed: "An orphan is a
wnt, to get married and can t
Wtter. "lslting'
A little 5-year-old mi was
tn the country for the nt t
witnessed the ope10! tor
2 watching ior.
tfano she inspsoted tne cow
and then asked: "Grandma, wtoere oo
tfeey put the milking
OagUt to Have Wed. .
A bright Bttk, glri of 4
watching a balloon "'fS
exclaimed: "MAmma, I f ouI?;.
ZTTA would like to have that mM
come np to heaven alive.
PATHETIC. YET LUDICROUa
A Doaf mm d Dasnb Father's Fl-
mmnt of His Bad
-I witnessed something the otter day
Aat made me feel bad and at the -am.
time there was a laughable phase to the
affair." remarked a Denver ent
-Out a few doors from where I
a deaf and dumb couple have been Ur
lug for several years and sin et
along with their neighbors better than
any of us. The husband has good em
ployment and the wife is a frugal and
prudent woman; so. taking e""!1
into consideration, they have gotten
quite a nice little home for themselves
and some money ahead. But they hart
one thing that Is not a credit to them,
and that thing is In the shape of a
great big. overgrown boy that is one
of the meanest evidences of humanity
on earth. Some day. If he is not check
ed, the hangman will get him, but that
has nothing to do with the story.
"I was passing by the house yester
day morning and I noticed that the oW
man was angry at the boy. Now, ths
latter can talk and hear as well as any
body and rather seems to enjoy getting
a crowd of boys together and curslns
the old man Just so the other boys will
laugh. This time, however, the old
man was mad and did not propose to
allow his wayward son to have bis own
way. Just as I was passing he mo
tioned me to stopi and then, pulling hit
hand from behind him, brought to light
what shone out In grand style as a n -ly
purchased rawhide.' Then I knew
there was going to be some fun, and 1
walked Inside the yard. Well, sir, he
just grabbed that boy, nearly as large
as he was. Jerked him into a half-upright
position, and then began laying
on the leather. The boy began to sweat
snd use language that would shock any
neighborhood, but o course the fathei
did not hear a word of It
"The father quit a second and then,
coming over to where I was standing.
took out his pencil and paper and asked
In a line or two what the son said. I
wrote out the brutal swear words just
as I heard them. He read the words
as I wrote them down and then, fairly
shaking with rage, returned to the boy
and began anew the work. It was fully
ten minutes before that boy was con
quered, but when he did give in he waa
the most penitent fellow you ever saw.
Before the old man had finished half of
the neighborhood was present and con
gratulated him on taking the boy in
hand. Here Is what he wrote on a slip
of paper when they suggested thanks
to him:
"I know he is a bad boy, but the
Lord has made me without hearing, so
I cannot know these things like you
can. I got a .letter from a neighbor
woman this morning, saying thst he
said bad words about his mother. That
Is what I punished him for. . Please tell
me when you hear him say bad words
and help me to make a man of him."
Denver Times. . .
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Mississippi JuMmm whe Tboaarht tmmp
Indicated Good Blood.
Judge Alonzo a. Meyers was sittlnc
under a W tree In Brandon, Miss, one
fine day exchanging experiences with
Dr. Hart, the minister, and some mors
of the folks of Brandon. Judge Meyers
has a circuit which Includes twenty
seven counties and nineteen of them
are off the railroad lines. On that ac
count things happen to him once In
awhile which he thinks are worth re
counting. .This day It chanced that Dr.
Ilarf s . attention was attracted by
Judge Meyers' feet There was some
thing peculiar about them, to tell tbe
truth. They were quite long, but tney
were wide and the Judge made no at
tempt to conceal the fact. Dr. Hart
had very small feet and he was just as
proud of them ss If he reserved any
credit. He had his boots made to or
der and kept theni nicely polished and
otherwise sought to direct attention to
Ms cute little feet.
This particular day, while the group
was sitting out under the tree at Bran
don, Dr. Hart said:
"Judge, that's a pretty fair under
standlng you hare there, Isn't It?"
The court looked at his foot rather
admiringly, and said:
"Yes, that Is a pretty big foot. That
was remarked to me by a horseman
that rode down from Nashville with me
a month ago. He said I bad a big foot
and I said: 'Don't you always find that
good horses that Is, blooded horses,
you knowr-always have big feet T .
"He says, 'Oh, yea, that's the rule.'
"'Well,' I says. Isn't K true that
Jackasses slwajs have small feetf
"And ho say, Oh, yes, that's true,
too.'
After that Dr. Hart changed the sub
ject to roe prospects for a good eottoa
crop, wbioh wore not encouraging.
A Bararlaa.
"Did yon hear about the funny thing
that happened np at Dumley's house?"
asked Wigwag.
"No. what was it?"
"Dnmley added two wings to tbe old
building and a chimney flue." Phila
delphia Record.
A Many-Slded Question.
Miss Ivonely You ought to be care
ful, Kitty. Marriage Is a serious mat
ter. The Maid (who has bad a proposal)
Yes, ma'am; but staying single la s
serious matter, too! Puck.
A Blood-Curdling Bat.
She I wonder why the Kurds per
sist In mnrderinir ths Armnnlnna?
He Oh, I suppose It's just a whey 1
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