NO PLACE LIKE THE FARM.
I used to kind o think I'd sort like to
settle down
An' snebbe quit thli farmin' an' enjoy a
house in town.
An' clean furgit the atmosphere e worry
an' of toil
That seems to settle 'roan yon when
you're tillin' of the soil.
I're tried it an' I'm satisfied. I'm coin'
home ag'in.
Compared to all them snow drifts country
tnml Is slick an thin.
An' when the fuel's gettin' low twill do
my feelin's good
To know the ax is handy fur to chop a
load o' wood.
I'm goin' home ag'in; out where there isn't
any law
To keep a man from sittin' down and
- nuitln' for a thaw.
I used to think 'twas bard to spade the
ground: but I duuno;
It's easier diggin' garden than it is to
. shovel suow.
I'm gnin back to where the pantry's alius
full o' pie.
An' the bacon from the rafter is a-hangin'
not too high.
Where nil you've got to do is lift your
rations from the peg,
An' the bens don't want a nickel every
time tbey lay an egg.
Washington Star.
ILLAKDhas gone
down the shady
lane for a walk,
and left me alone.
The great pile of
sewing we have
been doing for
Mr. Somerson in
all completed, and
I have written
out the bill. The
bill! Why did my
cheek burn, and
my band tremble over the task, as if
were a disgrace to ask for the money
' ' have honestly earned? Perhaps it
Is because it is something new for
Mildred and me to work for our daily
bread. Only two years ago we could
pay others for the stitches put Into onr
own dainty clothing. Ah, me! Two
years ago! Then small-pox took our
father, and brought me to the confines
of the grave. When the funeral was
over, and friends examined our fath
er's affairs, they found every dollar
was claimed by creditors, and we were
left poor, as well as orphaned.
Some of the friends, who pitied us,
saved enough to buy a wee cottage on
Long Island, and when I could take up
the burden of life again, I was allowed
to select furniture from our old house
for the new one. All through this
dreadful time Mildred was at the
White Mountains with Aunt Janet,
and we were glad she was spared. My
beauty was never very marvelous, so
when the small-pox scarred It, and left
my skin a deep, unsightly red, I could
not grieve as I should have done if
Mildred's exquisite loveliness had been
bo swept away.
She came home after all danger of
fontagion was over, to our little cot
tage. Aunt Janet had given her a com
plete outfit of mourning, made in the
latest fashlens for Aunt Janet would
consult a fashion-plate for her shroud,
if she knew she was dying and she
looked fairer than ever in the somber
garments.
Poor Mildred! She is only twenty
now, and she never knew what work
meant till father died. How can I
blame her when she smiles upon Mr.
Somerson, and lets his great,, noble
heart trust in a love Bhe only feigns for
him. He does love her! What else can
his constant visits mean?
True, he is nearly fifty, and Mildred
seems only a petted, careless child yet,
though she Is only five years younger
than I am.
Poor Mildred! Whein I spoke of Mr.
Somerson to-day, in spite of her care
less voice and the pretty toss of her
head, I could see a silent pain in her
soft, violet eyes. She will marry him,
while I am sure, oh! so bitetrly sure,
she will never forget Rodney. Rod
ney, who sailed over the seas when
Mildred was supposed to be a rich
man's child, and carried her heart with
him, only to crush it under his long
silence when sorrow came.
I never understood it I would have
have been so sure of Rodney's loyalty.
He seemed to me the very personifica
tion of frank truth, of tender love, yet
for two years he lias never written of
Mildred, who loved him, who loves him
still.
It is seven months since Mr. Somer
son came here, bringing a letter from
Annt Janet, who claims him as an old
friend of her own and onr mother's,
recently returned from California and
very rich. I wonder why I fancy he
loved our mother? No one ever told
me so! But be looks at me with such
tender, yearning eyes sometimes, as if
I reminded him of some one loved and
lost, and I am like my mother. She 1
was dark and small, not like Mildred,
who Is a blonde, tall and slender. Spite
of my scarred face I am like the por
trait of onr mother, who died when
Mildred was a baby. I have her large,
dark eyes and heavy black hair, and
I am small, too.
Mr. Somerson purchased a splendid
country-seat not far from our tiny cot
tage, and put in a small army of work
men to modernize and Improve it.
When he had finished It to his liking,
he sent to New York for upholsterers
and gardeners to make It perfect In
side and out And all the time he kept
Mildren and me busy over the sewing,
and paid us well. Such piles of table
linen and bed linen, most daintily made
as we have completed, would delight
any housekeeper. Finding Mildred
liked embroidery better than plain
sewing, Mr. Somerson ordered em
broidered initials on every piece of
linen.
But In all these seven months Mr.
omcrson has come often to onr little
cottsge. when no necessity of work
jailed him. He Is very careful not to
come ia the evening, or give any occa
sion for unkind gossip, yet how mnch
he has brightened our lives. How
many books he has brought for our
leisure time, how much new music lies
upon the piano, our one luxury, how
often rare fruit has been upon onr sim
ple table.
And when he talks of his home li
consults our tastes in such words, with
such hints, that 1 am sure be hopes
Mildred will preside ever it Why else
do her favorite colors reign In ene eu
tire suite of rooms? Why was the li
brary fitted up exactly like one that
took my fancy in a book I read, an.,
of which I spoke?
Sometimes I fancy my brotber-lu
law to be will offer me a home also i.
his splendid house, but I cannot II v.
there, when they are married.
My hand trembles over those word.--when
I have known for many lou.
weeks what was to be the end! It i
because I am mitt for both, wberc all
g s
I From My Diary. j
go o8
WOMEN are assailed at every turn by trouble peculiar
ta their sex. Every mysterious ache or pain ia a
symptom. These distressing sensations will keep
on coming unless properly treated.
The history of neglect is written in the worn faces and
wasted figures of nine
tenths of our women,
very one ef whom may
receive the invaluable aa
vice ef Mrs. Pinkham,
without charge, by writing
to her at Lynn, Mass.
f too ' T.iti TCvAWt. anf
Parkersburg. Iowa, writes of her recovery as follows:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham I had been a constant sufferer
for nearly three years. Had inflammation of the womb,
leucorrhcea, heart trouble, bearing-4ewn pains, backache.
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c , , r i r.-. i rSse i. r m
mfrt
E. Pinfcham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash a sure
cure for leucorrhcea. I am very thankful for your good advice
and medicine."
the love is on one side, only a weary
heart-sick submission on the other.
Oh, the pity of it, the true, tender
heart unanswered! Better, far better,
to toil on alone, bearing the burden of
poverty and sorrow, than to buy rest
at the price of tiuth, to promise love
and honor, when love has died.
I had written so far when a shadow
fell npon my paper, and looking np I
saw Herbert Somerson standing stand
ing between me and the window. His
tail, erect figure, the very personifica
tion of strength and manliness cut off
the light from my page, but his good,
noble face wad full of kindness, as hit
eyes smiled upon me. I thought what
a good brother he meant to be to his
ugly little sister, and then I was sorry
for his wasted love.
"Are you very busy? be asked.
"No, see, our great pile of sewing is
quite ready for your servant to come
for it," I said, pointing to the heap of
neatly folded linen on the table.
"Never mind the work just now," h9
answered, very gently; yet I fancied I
saw a shadow of annoyance in his
eyes. "Can you walk out with me for
a little while? I have something I wls'.i
very mnch to say to you"
It was coming. He wanted the grave
elder sister to influence Mildred, to tell
hi in if he might hope to win her. My
heart seemed to suffocate me with its
heavy pulsations. Suppose he were
to ask me if Mildred could be won to
love him! How could I be true to my
sister and not do a bitter wrong to
him?
I put on my hat and shawl, and we
went out. The cool September winds
were already whirling about the early
falling leaves, and the trees were put
ting on crimson and gold foliage. To
my surprise, Mr. Somerson did not turn
into the shady lane that leads to all
the pleasant walks hereabout, but'
crossed the road, and after a short
walk opened his own garden gate. He
had not yet gone to live In his new
home, but I bad beard that every de
tail was complete.
"I want you to see my bouse," be
said, as he led me up the broad steps,
"and tell me if your taste can suggest
any further improvements."
"Mildred's taste he means," I
thought, "only he did not like to ask
her directly."
He led me from room to room,
through the great, lofty drawing
rooms, the library, cosy sitting-rooms,
dining-room, pointing out where my
taste or suggestion bad been followed
In furnishing or decoration.
One full suite of rooms, finished In
blue satin and cool, gray reps, be open
ed for my Inspection, saying:
"Do you think this fills Mildred's
Idea?"
"Perfectly," I answered.
"Her pure, blonde beauty will shine
here," he answered, "If I can win the
dearest wish of my heart."
I could not answer. I bad known
that it was coming, coming soon, and
yet my tongue seemed to cling to the
roof of my mouth, and my eyes were
suddenly dim and useless. Very gent
ly Mr. Somerson led me down stairs to
the conservatory, where a tiny foun
tain tinkled in a marble basin, and rare
flowers made the air heavy with fra-
grance. i
"Do you like my borne?" Mr. Som
erson asked.
"It is perfect," I forced myself to
say.
"Will yon come, then, and share it
with me?" he asked, taking my hands.
I knew he would ask me Mildred's
sister would be his sister, too. I must '
refuse, though, and yet it seemed so
ungracious.
"Mildred!" I said, and then I choked,
and could not finish my speech.
"Of course Mildred will be welcome
here," he said; "have yon not seen her
rooms. When you tell me you love
me, when yon say you will be my wife,
preside over my home. I will invite
Mildred to come, too. But I am wait
ing to hear if you can love me. I
know I am old enough to be yonr
father, that I am a grave, silent man.
mt little fitted to win the pure young
heart I covet But I love yon, and I
have dared to think I had won a plact
!n your esteem, if not in your lover
In my esteem, I had battled It down.
I had never dared whisper the truth to
lay own heart but I knew long, long
ago. that I loved him. How could I
dream It was my ugly face, not Mlld--ed's
bright young beauty, that drew
uim to our cottage? It was hard to
cnlize the truth, even yet, though the
weet, wooing words came so tender
ly to my ears. I dared look np at last,
0 meet the pleading gaze of the deep
town eyes, and then my loug-guarded
ecret must have been betrayed in nxs
race, for I was folded in a close em
brace, and heard, "God bless you, my
own, my darling!" .
So we came back again In the glow
jf the autumn sunset, talking of out
future his and mine. I forgot Mild
red, till I saw her standing at the gate
of our little garden.
Is it the daze of my own happiness, 1
wonder, or Is Mildred's face lighted as
1 br sever seen It sue enr fathay
NEED TJ1RC.
PirJiaSATJJ'C AMD
neaoacae, aeacu au in,
at times could hardly stand on
my feet. My heart trouble was
so bad that some nignts
I was compelled to sit
up in bed or get up
and walk the Boor,
for it seemed as
though I should
smother. More
than once I have
been obliged to
have the doctor
visit me in the
middle of the
night, I was also
very nervous and
fretful. I was ut
terly discouraged.
One day I thought I
would write and see
if you could do any-
thine for me. I followed
your advice and now I feel
like a new woman. All
those dreadful troubles I have no
' and T tlnve) fnrinrl L.Vdia
died? Ever thoughtful. Herbert.
mj
Herbert, said:
"Ton will want to be alone with youi
sl6ter. I will come this evening to set
you again."
Then, bowing to Mildred, be left me
I went In at the gate my sister held
open, with a new pain. Would ah
grieve over my happiness, as the deatt
blow to her own hope of ease anc
wealth? Would she resent my offer o
a home as an Insult?
She put her arm about my waist anc
led me to the little parlor. Then shi
made me sit upon the uofav and knel'
so that her face was very near mine
to whisper:
"Rodney has come homer'
The very Joyousness of her tone tolc
me the rest, even before she spok
again. I kissed her as our mothei
might have done, too glad, too grate
f ul to speak.
"He has written again and again,'
Mildred said; "but his mother held th
letters back. She did not want a sew
tng girl for ber son's wife!"
"But she Is dead! We saw her deatl
in the papers," I said.
"And Rodney came home because oi
her death. All his letters wer in hei
desk, and as soon as he could, be wen'
to Aunt Janet for news of me. Sh
sent him here, and I met him on hit
way from the boat. He loves me! Oh
tell me yon are glad, for my heart
seems to be breaking with happiness P
I said all she wished, and when w
had talked a little longer, I told her my
news. She burst Into ringing, merr;
laughter.
"You dear old goose," she said, "anc
yon loved him all the time! I won
dered why yon defended him so sav
agely when I would call him old c
stupid."
"He is neither!" I cried.
"Of course not Only," and the rosy
blushes came to the fair, round cheek
"be is not Rodney."
Aunt Janet wrote to us the next
week. Now that we were to make
good matches, from her worldly point
of view, she could afford to be gra
cious. So we sold our little cottage
and went to visit our aunt, who gave
us a splendid trousseau apiece, and a
grand double wedding.
' Though," she told us -frankly, "1
never Imagined that nerbert Somer
son would fall In love with that little,
ngly Helen while my beautiful Mildrvr'
was unmarried!"
But I cannot think. In my deep hap
piness, looking at the perfect content
in my husband's noble face, that
Mildred would have made him any
happier than be Is.
We bear from my sister, traveling
In Europe, v-.-ry often, and we call the
blue suite of rooms Mildred's rooms;
but when she returns. It will be to her
own home, with the husband she loves.
New York Ledger.
GOOD BEOS.
It Ia an Unnccooatable Fact that Few
Home Have Comfortable Beds.
"We spend one-third of our lives In
bed; and yet beds are not made a su
preme or even a very important consld-
jeration
In the equipment oi most
homes. The fact Is strongly unaccount-
jable." writes Ella Morris Kretschmar
In the Woman's Home Companion.
"Anne of Austria told her friend Car
dinal Mazarin that her Idea of future
punishment was to be put between
linen sheets. So would say many if
questioned at least the protest against
linen would be long and loud. In win
ter It borders upon refined torture, in
summer it Is fairly comfortable, but
not sufficiently so to Justify Its expen
slveness. Nice cotton sheets, made long
enough to tuck In generously, are the
sensible thing, and good enough for the
most fastidious. Sheets should meas
ure at least two and three-quarter
yards. This will make the sheet long
enough to tuck It well In at the foot
and give enough at the top to turn back
and prevent the blankets from coming
In contact with the face and hands.
Why will peopte make sheets too short V
It is one of those sins of domestic mis
management which encourages male
humanity to profanity and women to
hysteria. Did any woman ever save
ten dollars In a lifetime by shortening
her sheets? If she did, her family, if
nomal, have taken It out of her nerves.
"In providing a bed for a family one
should guard against misfits. II hus
band, son or brother Is six feet three,
let him be spared at home the discom
fort he Is sure to suffer abroad in the
accommodating of his superfluous
inches. He Is entitled to the privilege
of stretching out. The length of a bed
for an adult. should be ntt less than six
feet six Inches.
"The use of a folding bed Is either an
accusation or a matter-for congratula
tion, it a necessity, by reason of space
limitation. Its use must be condoned;
but if used as a matter of choice it
stands as an accusation against the
sense of propriety ef Its owner. Its
presence In a roomy, well-appointed
home, unless for emergencies, la unjustifiable."
Jtto Sltteth, Waiting and Watching, with
( 7 ST. JACOBS OIL r
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A BIPARTMBNT FOR UTTL1
OYS AND OIRLa
Boatethlna; tbnt Will latarast ta Ja
wealle Heathers of Kwarjr aasabala
Qmaiat Action a ad Brlajas Majriaa-a
f Maaf Cat aaf Caaalaat Chlldraa.
I wonder bow many of the girls
know bow to make a doll's sleigh out
of cardboard. Of course. In the winter
the fine ladles of dolldom love to dress
in their furs and go sleigh-riding. And
one good thing about it la that they do
not have to wait for snow to come In
the regular course of nature. Th-y
simply command their servants (the
little girls) to tesr np enough white pa
per to make a fine, fluffy roadway
across a corner of the nursery. Paper
snow is the best In the world, for It
never melts. And slong such a white
pathway the dolls may ride delightful
ly If they have the sleighs to ride In.
If you will closely study the follow
ing directions and the accompanying
Illustration, you may learn bow to be
your own wheelwright and make as
many doll sleighs as you have card
board to supply the material. Here are
the directions:
Cut In a piece of light pasteboard ot
heavy cardboard of tough and flexible
make the model shown in Fig. L Bend
the four flaps. A, B, C, D, over the cor-
responding dotted lines, a, b, c, d, and
"asten the edges, rr. ss, vv, and oo, to
;ach other by means of a slip of paper
vlth strong glue. Bend downward the
runners, as Fig. 2 shows.
The bottom of the sleigh may be cov
red with a small piece of bright-col-wed
cloth, and a seat, as represented
n Ftg. 3, can be cut from some scrap
f heavier cardboard.
The artistic decoration of the sleigh
s left to the maker'a taste and fancy.
Chicago Record.
The Qaarrelaoaae Klttaaa. - .
Two little kittens,.
One stormy night.
Began to quarrel.
And then to fight
One had a mouse.
And the other had none;
And that's the way
The quarrel begun.
"I'll have the mouse,"
Said the biggest cat
"You'll have that mouse?
We'll see about that!"
"I will have that mouse,"
Said the tortoise shell;
And, spitting and scratching.
On her sister she fell.
The old lady took
The sweeping-broom.
And swept them both
Right oat of the room.
The ground was covered
Thick with snow;
They had lost the mouse.
And had nowhere to go.
So they lay and shivered
Beside the door.
Till the old lady finished
Sweeping the floor.
And then they crept in
As quiet as mice.
All wet with snow.
And cold as ice;
And fonnd it mnch better.
That stormy night
To lie by the fire.
Than quarrel and fight
-Selected.
Tops Then and Now.
"The boys of the present times know
jiany things the boys of forty year
go did not know," remarked a 14th
street toy dealer to a Star reporter.
but in the way of toys they are far'
liehind what their fathers and grand
fathers were. The boy is now satisfied
n i:h a penny ash or poplar top and
with n string for his top cord, and b
jots all the sport out of it that he seems
to want Now, such a thing as a paint
ed top would not be used In my boy
hood days here In Baltimore, where I
jpeut some of them. In those days
no; hi rig but a hard turned dogwood,
hickory or mahogany top was consid
ered the proper thing. The little cast
iron i.iugs of the tops of to-day would
be laughed at then, and the boys would
be ashamed to be seen carrying such a
thing or playing with it on the streets.
The plug then was a steel bolt, nan
navy, and was strongly screwed in.
Of course, the top then cost from 5 to
15 cents, but It waa rigged up to do ser
rice, and did it too. Such tope are not
to be had now In the toy trade, though
now and then I have bad some turned
jut by the old man who made tops for
me when I was a boy, but the boys
won't touch them, preferring the palnt
d machine-made tops. The leather top
xrd Is also one of the things of the.
?nst. and the ordinary boy knows no
norc about it than be does of the other1
lost arts.' Several of the old shoe'
cobblers of Georgetown who were so
famous for making top cords have told
3ie that they have not made a top cord'
'or thirty-five years, and tbat they have
lot had a call for them In that time."
Washington Star.
The Teacher' Lintuic
School children are so observant, says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, especially
it their teachers, and more especially
when they are just starting out In
school.
A little Cleveland girl of 6 years cams)
some one day with her mind filled with
Jthat new wonder, the ecbMlreePa --
TBI PAPIB bLKIOH.
"How do you like your teacher?" her
mamma asked.
"She's a very nice teacher," said the
little one, "only It's such a pity she
doesn't speak so many of her words
right I Shouldn't think they'd let her
teach tin she learned to say them so
people could understand."
"Why. what does- she say that la
wrong?"
-Well, yesterday she was going to
say 'Pass from the room quietly,' aa4
what do you think she did say? Bhe
said 'pawis.' Just like that I guess
nobody didn't understand her at first,
and then this morning we were talking
about trees, and she said brawnches'
yes, ma'am. Just Uke that She's a nice
teacher, but you got to get used to her
before you can understand her lan
guage. maJadKla Willie.
The little boy had come in with his
clothes torn, bis hair full of dust and
his face bearing unmistakable mark I
of a severe conflict "Oh. Wllliet" ex
claimed his mother, "you have diso
beyed me sgsln. How often have I
told yon not to play with that wicked
Stapleford boy?" "Mamma," said Wil
lie, wiping the blood from bis nose, "do
I look as If I had been playing with
anybody?"
Aa Xataraal Warfare.
A little girl was found rolling on the
floor In the agonies of colic. Between
her sobs she explained the reason for
her trouble aa follows: "I ate some
pickles and drank some milk, snd the
pickles told the milk to get out, and the
milk said It wouldn't and they're hav
ing an awful fight Oh, myl Ob, my!"
A Triple Coaabiaatloa.
The teacher asked her class to put
the nouns, "boys," "bees" and "bears"
Into a sentence. The scholars thought
Intently for a few moments, when one
ragged youngster, with a look of vic
tory on his face, raised his - band.
"Well, Johnnie, what Is your sen
tence?" "Boys bees bare when they
go In swimmin'."
Where Prayer Was Needed.
Mrs. 8 11m son My little boy has been
very wicked to-day. He got into a
fight and got a black eye. The Rev.
Mr. Drowsle So I perceive. Willie,
come Into the other room and I will
wrestle In prayer for you. Willie
You'd better go home and wrestle in
prayer for your own little boy. He's
(ot two very black eyes.
Bohemia's Strange Minerals.
Not far from Treblsch, in Bohemia,
are found many glassy-looking objects,
of a bottle-green color, and tending,
when unbroken, to an egg shape, to
which the name moiadlvltes has been
given. Professor Suess, of Vienna,
from a recent study of these curious
minerals, concludes that they are real
ly meteorites, and should be added to
the list of foreign bodies that have
found their way to the earth's surface
hs falling from space.
RECENT INVENTIONS.
One of the neatest-looking gear cases
on the market Is formed of an endless
flexible tube sUtted along Its Inner face
and stretched over the chain, complete
ly Inclosing It between the sprocket
wheels and opening partially for pass
age around them as It revolves with the
chain.
To oleaase the dust from railway
seats and other upholstered cushions a
new device is formed of a suction pipe
entering a casing having an open bot
tom thA latter belna: drawn over the
cushions or used to beat them to dis
lodge the dust, which passes on
through the pipe.
tn an Imnroved letter box for the de
livery of mail matter the entire face of
the box is opened by the carrier, dis
closing a series of pigeon-holes for the
reception of letters. After the distri
bution the face is closed snd sub
scribers can open their private boxes
with a key.
&n itnnmvod par brake is formed of
-
two semi-circular bands surrounding
friction plates attached to the wheels,
one end of each band being attached
to the car frame, while the other is con
nected to a beam operated by the brake
lever to tighten toe oanas arouna me
disks.
rv.r ..so In excavatimr for the founda
tions of bridge piers and other work
under water a wooden caisson is fitted
with an air chamber and weighted to
sink it to the bed of the stream. Jets of
water being used to dislodge the dirt
and cause it to flow toward a suction
pipe to be pumped out.
Krally Regulated.
A New York man of wealth and leis
ure, who has tried many obesity cures
without result, has succeeded in reduc
ing his too solid flesh in a very simple
way. His usual diet is not modified;
but everything taken Into the mouth is
masticated till It slides down the throat
without the voluntary action of the
person eating. Nothing is forcibly
swallowed. This may seem impossible
at the first thought, but a single trial
will convince anyone of its practica
bility. Not only solid food is chewed
in this way, but liquids of all kinds,
tea, coffee, milk, beer, and so on. From
the standpoint of economy this new
method of eating is very satisfactory,
because in following it one cannot take
more than half the amount of food con
sumed In the ordinary way. When the
food Is thoroughly mastlcsted, hunger
Is soon satisfied; and physicians have
said for a long time that people eat
very much more food than Is necessary
to keep tbem in health and strength.
In the Instance cited, at the end ol
twelve weeks the patient had reduced
his weight fifty pounds.
Parnrll'a Superstitions.
Parnell had some pet superstitions,
according to his biographer, Barry
O'Brien. "He would not pass anotli
er person on the stairs. He was horror-stricken
to find himself sitting
with three lighted candles; the fall of
i picture In the room made him de
jected for the entire afternoon; and he
would have nothing to do with an Im
portant bill drawn up by a colleague
because It happened to contain thirteen
clauses. He also thought green a most
unlucky color a strange and Incon
venient feeling for a Nationalist lead
cr and the sight of green banners at
the political meetings be addressed
often unnerved him."
A Hqnlrrel ta Amber.
Flies are not the only things fonnd
in amber. In a big mass of clear am
ber, dredged up out of the Baltic Sea
recently, there was distinctly visible In
Its Interior a small sguirrel fur, teeth
snd claws tetat
IMITATION RUBIES
. i.ha nrlmi doIUltt at tlie Mt
ropolltan opera, hou , wta
d she horrified another atoger laths
"mpany by telling ber that they r.
French imitation, that ha Inol ; cort
jne-flftleth of wnat uwj "
have cost. M.tmmmS ha-
The other woman was
cause all of hers were real, and
thought of the money Invested in them
was too much for her.
Immltatlon Jewels have come to b
M finely made that detection la almost
Impossible. Even xor "
.. -tA bMntlfnL and It Is
utey are aw ' .
,oly the knowledge of their falsity
which makes them unpopular, roi
very ordinary purpose they are aa
useful aa the genuine P--
The last Jewels to be Imitated with
. a rnhlH. and they
happen to be a fashionable stone Just
sow. The manufactory which has
these imitation rubles on the market
Is situated In London, and It has al
ready been said there that the price of
real rubles will certainly
.t k dlaeoverv of these
wonderful Imitations. The profits of
the company making the rubles are
aid to be $185,000 a year.
Artificial iubles weighing 40 carats
can be produced, but are not, as there
would be no saie ior iwbw v.
lize. An authority has saia uuw mere
!s no way known to mm oy wmcn
these stones can be told from the genu-
ne ones.
A London Jeweler questioned aa to
She possible results of these good and
.i sntd that the atones
;uciiy
Impossible to Imitate might become the
most valuable and most fashionable,
eventually. New York Sun.
New Story of Mark Twain.
ir.r. a new Ktorv of Mark Twain.
whose after-dinner speeches are
unique. At a recent dinner to which
he was Invited his name waa asso
ciated with the toast of "Literature"
by an orator, who referred with great
eloquence to Homer, Shakspeare, Mll
ak and Mark Twain. In resDonse.
the' humorist thanked the speaker for
his kindly references, ana excused
himself from making a longer speech
by saying: "Homer is dead. Shak
speare and Milton are no more, and I
I don't feel very well myself I"
To Care Coaatlpatloa Foravaa,
Take Cascareta Candy Cathartic. 100 or Be.
kaGatailWcSre. druggists refund money.
TTa rhn Mvi what he likes will hear
what he does not like.
LITERARY NOTE FROM THE CEN
TURY JU.
'Tt nanhirv" will issue thre special
miTnherc- .Tune "Out of Doors Number:"
July, "The Story-tellers' Number;"and
August, "Midsummer ana Travel num
ber." An article Dy Henry van uye
tin "U'lahOTTTmn'B Luck." and a dozen
striking pictures of Niagara Falls by
the artist casiaigne, are iwo ui i
features of the June issue.
Be careful of your promises, and Just
In vour performances, and remember
it is better to do and not promise than
to promise and not perform.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn 7
Shake Into yonr shoes Allen's Foot-Ease,
a powder for the feet. It makes Tight or
New Shoes feel Easy, Cores Corns, Bun-
ijns. Swollen, Hot. Callous, Aching and
Sweating Feet. Sold by all Orncgists, Grocers
and Shoe Stores. 25c Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Here Is .the manliness of manhood.
that a man has a good reason for what
he does, and has a will in doing it.
KSaeata Toar Baa-els With Caaearats.
Candy catnarac aura romupuwi
10c, SSc It C.C.C. taU, dragsiats retand money.
Love of Justice in the generality of
men Is only the fear of suffering from
Injustice.
Ho-To-Baa for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
saaaautoac, blood para. a0e,aL All drufgls ta
Be what you wish others to become.
Let yourself, and your words, preach
for you.
To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 2 So
The thing that makes pessimism is
failure to find in men what angels
possess.
Bcaary fa Blood Deep
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
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tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascareta, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c
None are rash when they are unseen
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ours V A. M. to 1 P. M-
It Is an easy matter to love our
friends, but it requires some effort to
love our enemies.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reducing inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2jc a bottle.
Our prayers should be for blessings ,
In general, for God knows best what
is good for us. j
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Pirn's Car for Consumption Is an A No. 1 f
A "Vi ma menicine, vv jt. vv lu.T.m Anuoch.
IDa. April 11. 1MK . '
A man seldom forgives an injury
until after he has availed himself an
opportunity to get even.
Deal Tsbacee Beit sad Sawks Toar Lift Away.
To qnit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full ot life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-.
lima, the wonder-worker, tbat makes weak men
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A man who does not know how to
learn from his mistakes turns the best
schoolmaster out of his life.
H. H Giiis'i Sons, of Atlanta, Ga., are the
only successful Dropsy 8pec'llsM in the world.
Hee their liberal offer in advertisement In an
other eulnmn of this paper
We have all of us sufficient forti
tude to bear the misfortunes of others.
Prosperity doth best discover vice,
but adversity doth best discover vir
tue. J. O. Mmpsnn, Harqnam, W. Ta says:
Hall's Catarrh Care enred me ot a very bad
rase of catarrh. Drngirbits asllif, T5e
All that Is human must retrograde
if it do not advance.
Fits permanently cared. No tits or nervous
sea alter first day 's use of lr. Kline s Orpat
Kerve Kesto er. (2 trial bottle an tRaHH r
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The man who procrastinates strug
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I l',"on8rrat Castas God7 Baal tla
I 1 mthna. aeutZmE? I I
Examine the new oil doth on the kitchen floor; its color and
eloss are being destroyed and you may see where a cake of common
soap fresh from the hot water in the scrubbing bucket has been laid
on it for a moment, the free alkali having eaten an impression of
the cake into the bright colors.
A more careful examination will show small "pin holes" here
and there where the alkali has cut through the surface to soak into
and gradually weaken the whole floor covering.
This is what cheap soaps do. Use Ivory Soap, it will not injure.
av TMt
REVISED VERSION A UKUO.
Bo.ka.llar. -till OTert,,R,.e lt
Copies at ha BIhla.
Those who remember the enormous
sales which attended the introduction
ef the revised version of the holy scrip
hires will be not a little surprised at
the general collapse which has gradu
ally made this publication a drtuj on
the market Over sixteen yean so
the first edition of the revised New
Testament was published by the Ox
ford Press, and at the time so strenu
ous were the efforts made to obtain ad
vance sheets of It thst one bouse alone
offered 3,000 for a single copy without
success. When the revised version of
the entire Bible waa published, four
years hvter. the run on the Oxford
University Press warehouse was un
precedented, upward of 1,000,000 cop
ies being Issued between one midnight
and the next midday. At the New
York branch of the Oxford Press, in
Sleeker street the office was besieged
the night before publication, and spe
cial detectives were placed around the
building to prevent over-eager purchas
ers from obtaining copies, even by de
positing their money.
It Is estimated that 1,000,000 copies
were sold In this country during the
first three weeks after the publication.
Such a sale had never before been
known, and several American firms,
including Harper Bros., D. Appleton &
Co., Dodd, Mead & Co.. and Torter A
Coates of Philadelphia, issued Amer
ican editions in large quantities to meet
the demand.
The collapse was experienced less
than two months after the first appear
ance of the new version. The total loss
to the American firms Interested has
been variously estimated to be between
ISGO.0O0 and $600,000. From Unit date
until now the sales have been extreme
ly small, less than eight copies being
sold to 100 of the King James version.
Thst the revised version will ever
supplant the King James version seemt
extremely doubtful from the present
outlook. As is well known, the new
version Is never used in either the Ro
man Catholic or Protestant Episcopal
church in public worship, and can nev
er be, unless authorized by those in
power, which Is extremely unlikely to
occur, owing to the origin of the re
vised version. The Douay Bible is at
present used almost exclusively among
English-speaking people of the Roman
Catholic church, and the King James
Bible in the Protestant Episcopal
church. In churches of other denomi
nations the revised version has made
little or no headway, and the regular
Scripture reading for the day Is rarely
taken from It
As a text-book, however. It is con
sidered almost invaluable, and Is used
extensively by clergymen of all de
nominations and In many Sunday
schools. Its superiority In technical
accuracy is everywhere recognized. Its
lack of popularity in public worship
seems to grow ont of a loss of senti
ment, which is found to so large a de
gree in the authorized version. One of
the passages which has evoked the
most unfavorable comment Is the
translation of the Lord's prayer, which
In Matthew vl., 0-14, is msde to read
as follows:
"Our Father which art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done, as In heaven
so on earth. Give us this day our dally
bread. And forgive us our debts as
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And bring us not Into temptation, but
deliver us from the evil one." The
substitution of "the evil one" for "evli"
brought forth a flood of criticism.
Another passage which has attract
ed attention Is the translation of "Glor
ia in Excelsls." Ids ead of "Glory be to
uoa in the highest snd on earth peace,
good will to men," the revised version
has It: "Glory to God In the higjest
and on earth, peace among men in
whom he Is well pleased."
These two passages, perhaps, alone"
have decided the fate of the new ver
sion ss a book "appointed to be read In
Churches." New York Times.
Culture does not supersede Christ
but Christ precedes the best culture.
There are not manv hetter enhloa in
a storm than a mother's apron strings.
The schools may grind good glasses,
but God only can make the seeing eye.
The sun-shiny Christian is the one
who keeps near the Light of the world.
Can we expect light on our difficul
ties when we refuse It on our duties?
Storm-clouds hide the sun-lit peaks
as sorrows hide the heights where sor
row Is unknown.
When we believe that God has a plan
for our lives, we will cease planning
for our selfish ends.
The "occasional glass" Is the devil's
string baiter on the neck of the man
who thinks that he Is free.
You may double one good action by
praising it, but It is certain you will not
"lalve a bad one by blame.
Do You Know That There
aTa a a a a
Be Wise
SAPOLlO
Mocrca a
co. catcwMun
Japanese Churches.
Of the 6,000 Japanese on the raciUt
coast 800 are Christians, and there are
a number of regularly organized
churches among them that are entirely
self -supporting.
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44 1 have heen troubled a great deal
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tion. I found CASCARETS to be all you claim
for them, and secured such relief the first trial,
that I purchased another supply and waa com
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