MOTHER'S REASONING. X mi the little Unjhing- babj face, The lorins ejM that always tntaefi ta ma; I miM the roguish waya nd elfish trace Of little forms that clostered at B17 knew. Of rosy lips that left such happy kisses Upon my erer-willing- cheek sod brow. And, oh! the thousaad nameless joys and blisses That once Ihad, bat only " dream of j now! ad yet I know full well if Time could bear me . Back to the days of proud young moth erhood, - ' rd miss the gentle presence eTer near me Of those who as my grown-up babies stood. To be without my boy's strong reassur ance. To be without my girl's sweet sympa thy. .Would go beyond my heart's most firm endursnce. E'en though my babies clung again to me! Well, mother-like, I miss the bonny tresses That lay upon my breast in tangled) curl; Yet I would die to lose the lore that blesses My whole life, in my grown-up boy and girl. New Orleans Times-DeiAcrat. ; A Dangerous Game. ARts I don't believe you truly, ' love we. Mildred Reynolds looked at her lover balf-uicbly, as If she di'fled biin to say he did out love her, balf plead ingly, as if sbe loosed for him to con tradict her warmly. Carl Langlois reddened under her gaze. "What nonsense, Mildred, of course I love you. Why else would come a hundred miles to spend an even ing with you?" he replied a trifle im patiently. "Then, why" Mildred began brave ly, but she in turn colored and looked embarrassed. Surely Carl knew that she longed to ask him why he had twice postponed their marriage, and on this visit, when sbe had expected him to ask her to set the day for the ceremony, he had not done so. True, he had brought her a beautiful brace let and had seemed affectionate and loving; yet somehow Mildred felt that caresses, and the fact that he did not broach the subject which she had hoped he would settle on bis visit vaguely alarmed her. For she loved Carl deep ly and was unbRppy in the home of a relative upon whom she was partly de pendent and longed to have a home of her own. . Carl had said, the last time he had visited her, that they would arrange . their plans for the future when be next came, but when Mildred had made the remark that sbe did not believe he really loved her he was on the verge of departure and still bad not asked her 10 name me uay wiueu nuum uiiut: them husband and wife. He must have known what the question was sbe wished to ask, yet he did not help her out, and so the question died, unasked, upon her lips. Instead, be turned sud denly to the clock. "I'll have just time to make my train," be said, hur riedly, "so good-by, my sweetheart. Give me a kiss and take good care of yourself, for my sake," so tenderly that for a time all doubts as to hts fidelity were dismissed from Mildred's heart. Only for a time, however, for while bis farewell kiss was still warm on her lips the question returned to her mind: "Why does not Carl, If he really loves . me and wants me to be his wife, claim me for bis own? Perhaps he Is growing to love some one else. I believe I am strong enough to bear It if It is true better to know now than when It Is too late and uncertainty is hard to I tear. I must find out, and if It is true that he no longer loves me as he did I will re lease him. But if I have wronged him by my doubts, I will atone by giving him added love and affection." Carl's mother bad often sent her kind messages, and bad also sent by Carl some very beautiful table linen for Mil dred to embroider for use after mar riage. She knew that Mrs. Langlois was her friend, although they had never met, and determined to go to see her and discover whether Carl had confided In her any change in his de sire to marry Mildred. She shrank from the trinl, yet felt It must be made for the sake of her future happiness. Accordingly, a few days after Carl's visit she took a trip to his home, ar riving there, as she bad planned, when Carl was absent at bis business. When she introduced herself to Mrs. Lang lois she was warmly greeted, but when she told the object of her visit her host was visibly surprised and disconcerted. "My dear child," she exclaimed, "there must be a mistake somewhere. Carl assured me only yesterday that you kept putting him off whenever he mentioned - your marriage. I can not understand It." "I can, Mrs. Langlois," said Mildred, proudly. "Your son has grown tired of me and Is seeking In some way to free himself. But, thank heaven, his fetters are not yet riveted, and are easily broken. I will release him from an en gagement which Is no longer a pleasure to him." "My dear Mildred," begged his moth er, "do not speak so bitterly. I am sure there Is some misunderstanding. Mildred had turned very pale, and an overwhelming conviction that Carl was false to her came upon her with crushing force, but she summoned up courage to face the truth. "We must find out." she said, very gently, for the mother's distress was also very great, "whether be is atten tive to some one else. Have you ever noticed his taking pleasure in the so ciety of any girl here?" "Oh, no," Mrs. Langlois replied, has tily, but suddenly her face changed. "Surely," she said, as If to herself, "be cannot care for Marlon Reed? Ami yet, now that my mind Is drawn to It, I have noticed him often with her. But Marion is such a gay little flirt, and then she knew of Carl's engage ment" "Ah!" Mildred said quickly, "that is aot enough to keep some girls from trying to win away a man's love. It may be that sbe has drawn him away from me. But we m;;t make sure, my dear friend for I feel that you are my friend and If It la tnx I will willing ly give him up to her if St is for his happiness." They arranged it that Mildred's pres ence in the house should be kept a se cret from Carl and that his mother at meal time should question htm in a way not to arouse his suspicions; so, as the two sat alone at dinner, afn. Langlois carelessly said: "What a ctarmla M Max Snd KCarir Isn't she. uotlMrr ba cttod atha slasttcally. "Do yon -know sb quit fascinate me?" "Carl." his mother said j-raTely.'ta Is not the way for a man sooa to b married to another womii " :- - "Pshaw, mother!" Carl exclaimed Impatiently, "you know I told 70a Mil dred would never set the day. and w may never be married at alL" "Yon are right, Mr. Langlois," said Mildred, who had been unable to re sist the temptation of listening unseen; "yon are right We never will be mar ried. Yon are quite welcome to ask Um fascinating Miss Heed to be your wife fnr T am hpnppfnrth it arrttniriki van9 Before Carl could recover from hli astonishment she was gone, and as net train was just ready to depart she waa out of bis reach, and the passionals protests of affection which he waa pre pared to make, the promises of f atari fidelity, were never uttered. Now that he bad lost her, Mildred ap pen red to Carl as a precious treason which he would give anything to post Bess. The attractions of Marlon Ileet paled Into insignificance and be took the next train In pursuit of Mildred, hoping that he could win her back. But once assured of the flaws In bet Idol Mildred had cast him oat of her heart, and though It was sore It waa not broken, because sbe realized bis on- worthiness. She refused to see Carl and returned his letters unread. With in a week, mortified at his rejection, be bad offered himself to Marlon Reed. "Why, you're going to marry some girl In Lawrence." she replied, opening her blue eyes wide. "No. I am not." he said, shortly. "1 am going to marry you If you will hart me." "Well, I won't." replied the pretty flirt, decidedly. "I was only amusing myself with you, my dear boy. I hope rour heart Is not broken," sbe added mockingly, for rumors of the true state Tf affairs had reached her ears. "Flirting is sometimes a dangerous game, my friend, especially If there is a Jealous sweetheart at the other end of the line," she announced laughing ly. And with her mocking laughter ringing In his ears Carl Langlois walk ed away to repent of his folly, by w-hlcb be had lost that greatest of gifts a woman's love. The Colum bian. Clans; to Border Veruaonla. Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, giving his experiences as "A Missionary in the Great West," tells of the baptism of a little daughter of a big cattle owner In Indian Territory. "In our baptismal service we sign those who are bap tized with the sign of the cross," he explains, "and when the little girl re turned to school after the baptism the children pressed her with hard ques tions, desiring to know what that man with the 'nightgown' on bad done, and If she were now any different from what sbe had been before. She tried to tell them that sbe had been made a 'memlter of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven,' but did not succeed in express ing the situation very well, and they pressed her for a clearer explanation. Finally, when she had exhausted every effort, sbe turned on them, her eyes flushing through her tears. 'Well sh said, lapsing into the vernacular, T will tell you. I was a little 'maverick be fore, and the man put Jesus' brand or my forehead, and when he sees me run nlng wild on the prairie He will know that I am His little girl.' Ladles Home Journal. . OLE OLESON AT THE RACES. lie Relates to a Friend His Bezpcrl- ence in Tnrf Speculation. "Hello, Ole, var yu baen to-day T said John Johnson, a sunny-natUTed son of Sweden, as he met his friend Oieson alighting from a race tram. "Aye baen tu da races." replied Ole "Aye hav fren an ha ask ma tu go tc da races an win sum monay. VaL Ay go to has office an be say ve vlll go an get Halgren. Halgren ba kno eberj horse In da contry. Val, va go an get Haigren and va go to da train. On dc train Aye har a man say da hors valked aen, an another ha say da horse ha no com von top tra. an Aye tank ba baen queer races var da horse valked aen, an ba no com von two tra. "Vel, ven vay gat to da trak, ray go aen, an Yonson. ha baen fine plac. Dax baen vimmen, an yeldren, an Aye tank Aye var at da piknlk. Den va go up Id da bllden. Halgren ha say ha var gran stan. I ten purty qulk Halgren ha say, 'Par baen da horses,' an ba tak hat glasses an ba look at ham, an ha say ha plk a vlnner sure. An den ha say, 'liar baen da vlnner; nornber sax, ha vln sure.' Val, den va go an bet da mon ey on nornber sax. Purty qulk Aye tank abberybody ha var krassy. Da vas yellln, 'Da vas off,' an da all yump on da shatrs, an da yell. Aye look to say vot var da matter, an Aye say da horses commln an Aye yell, too. Aye look for nornber sax to vln, an Halgren say ha no com von two tra, an va loose da money. "Den da horses da com out again, an n.ilgren ha say ha plk a vlnner sure nex time, dat da yockey ba no giv norn ber sax a good ride. He tak his glasses an ha look again, an ha say nornber von ha could vin sure. VaL va bet da money on nornber von. Den da vai yell 'da vas off,' again' an Aye look foi nxtmber von an Aye no say ham. Ay ask Halgren var nornber von baen. ai ba say ha baen left at da post an v loose da money. "Halgren, ha say da nex race ha baet, steeple cbas, and dat ha kno all da yumpers an ha plk a vlnner sure, an Aye tal ham dat Aye go to sleep an ven da horess com out to vake ma up ax Aye vould bet da money on da first horse Aye saw. Val, putty qulk Hal gren ha say, 'Ole, vake up,' an Ay vake up, an da first horse bean nombei for. Aye go an bet on nornber for. Dei da horses da go out In da flel an den da vas off, an den nornber for ha yust ran an jump da fenses an da ditches, an ha var yust beaten dem all, an Aye say te Halgren, 'Aye plk a v timer sure,' an Aye would vln ma money. Nornber for, ha you st var vlrenln in a volk, ven on da las fense ba fall an break baa nek, an Aye loose da money. Aye go dar no mor. Aye baen busted sure." Chicago Inter Ocean. j An Interesting Japaase Custom, f 1 little Journey In the world and trlel At the birth of a Japanese baby a .0 break through the shell that holds II tree is planted, which must remain un- securely. The conrort:oua of the In touched until the marriage day of the sect are so fierce that they make the child. When the nuptial boor arrive shell bob about like a hot chestnut ovei the tree is cut down, and a skilful cab- the fire. inetmaker transforms the wood Into furniture, which Is considered by the young couple as the most beautiful of "II ornaments of the house. He is Indeed lost who is lost to sham. On woman seldom unless she has a 1 la the eei the earth. ftsas w Wak enra . fen Ut fetttn: . pern Little FOLiia A eOLtJMrt OF PARTICULAR IN TEREST TO THEM. atoaaatbJa- that Will Xataaaft the Ju vaaila ataasbaM af Bvcr HeaaeheM -Qaalat AsUhmuI Bciajks yiaj Of afaaur Carta asst Csmatlstfj Chi! "Oh, there comes papa, way down the itreet." said little Dora. "Come on. kitty, let's bide." 7 ! Kitty only said "mew." bat in .cat bilk tbat meant "yes" just then, so Dora ran to the big tree, for that was inch a good place to bide. The old tree lad low branches that made big broad teats some of them that yon could le back In like an easy chair. Dora did not stop at the beat seat Jils time, but with the kitty on ber ihoulder, climbed ap Just as blgb as sbe could. -.Then ah kept very still, for IITTT'S MAMMA CAMS SCHAMBLISG VP. ?apa came Inside and looked around Tor his little girl that was always In the front yard to meet him. Just then kitty's mamma came under :he tree and the kitty on Dora's sboul ler mewed again. Then the kitty's iiamrua mewed loudly and came icrambling up in the tree, and that Is low Dora's papa found out where his Ittle girl was hidden from htm. Then Dora and pupa laughed and bad a lot f fun and a big romp after Dora came lown out of the tree, but the kitties lidn't know how to laugh vey well. Ill they could say was Just "mew." but hey said tbat and helped in the romp. Vnd I guess they had fun, too. How Ted Lent a Hand. He Is such a little boy, this Ted, and lis legs are so short and his chubby Ists are so tery wee tbat you might :hink he would have to wait quite a ong time before be could lend a hand :hat would be of any use; but be does lot think so. There was a fine shower the other light, and In the morning what should '.Yd see, right In front of his home, on 'rim. precise Cottage street but a mud uddle; yes, a dirty, delightful niud- uddle! How be hurried through bis ireakfast so as not to lose a minute! He had a baker's dozen of beautiful nud pies on the curb, and was admlr- ng them for a moment while he rested, vhen bump! a big bundle came down pon those lovely pies, flattening them ireadfully. He jumped up, frowning, but when le saw the tired, sad face. of the loor Id washerwoman, Mrs. Connolly, the rown smoothed Itself Into a dimply mile; and he picked up that bundle, rhicb had dropped off the tired arms ,-hich held several others, and carried : 'way to the avenue, which was as far s mamma let her little man explore he city, on account of the electric cars, 'here he touched his hat and bowed, ust as he had seen big Brother Don do n the way to church when he met any f the college girls. And Mrs. Connolly stood and smiled ifter him as he ran back to rebuild his les. Such a happy little face! The olemn, slow-pacing professor whom le met brightened up and stepped off iriskly and began to whistle actually jvhlstle! Think of It! 80 you see Ted ly lent, not only a hand, but two feet ind a happy face, even If he was such a ittle boy. Youth's Companion. Bnlleta of Water. When you see the rain drops falling lo you ever think of bow swiftly they !ome down and what prevents them rorn doing gretwt damage? Away up In be clouds little particles of moisture pttlier until they form a tiny drop. The Iroplets and Ice crystals tnat rorm tne elements of the cloud gradually or sud tenly grow until their weight Is enough obrlng them to the ground before they an be again evaporated. The resistance tbat the air offers to heir passage keeps them from falling :oo fast . The drop soon acquires such 1 velocity tbat the air prevents It from jolug any faster. The larger and heav er the drop, the greater Is the speed at vhlcb It falls, but It Is never great :nough to Injure us or do serious da in ige to animals or plants. Were It not or the resistance of the air, a drop of vater, notwithstanding that It Is fluid, ailing from the height of balf a mile, vould be as dangerous as a bullet The iwiftness and force with which a pro ectlle travels can be made sufficient to .-ompensate for any softness or yield ing mialitv it dobs esses. A candle. I a lien fired from a min. will Dasu through a board. Dancing EaTaTS from California. Wouldn't you be surprised If you ibould see a swarm of little eggs danc ng under your oak trees some summer lay? In Shasta County, California, the residents are treated to such an ex hibition very often. It recently baa been discovered that the oak leaves of that part of the country are frequently covered on their under sides with masses of insect eggs that as the leaves ire shaken, fall to the ground and bop around like chickens with their head ?ut off. Some of the eggs are so lively :hat they spring Into the air to a height f sixteen inches, although they arc lot as large as a kernel of wheat The ?ause of all this disturbance Is a very lively grub Inside of the egg. This lit He creative becomes anxious to make Went to Bleep Quickly. The mother of a little three-year-old lad been away from home over night J ind on her return asked: "And how did my little girl get to leep last night without mamma?" Ob,"b replied; "papa twied to atag x me Ilk 'on one an I die west ta deep weal twtek I CV rail m D , l fait aa. to task ojnr nwaJlbw 1 sg iha spring 1 1 o WtfMIsi Koto' VERY delight bv . M'rf J can vwt. . ft Prayer Is the r ilVAW a walking dlrec- r l k - ... . . V tory or ma neigh bor's , affairs Is a poor ' director bla own. Friendship gives no license to d nose of courtesy A patent leather will pinch as pain fully as a raw-hide. Gratuitous advice may be valuable. but It la seldom highly prueo. It la noor economy to keep a carriage and pair to save sboe-leatner. Men could not come near to Sinai, but they are drawn to Calvary. 'The strongest araument for. the divin ity of Christ la the divine in ine nria- The cross Is our measure of the heart of God and His estimate of the worth of man. fanlty wlU paint your portrait as yon please, but conscience always innuraa I photographs. I It la a eood deal easier to pull ! man's reputation to pieces than It la to out It together again. Fellowship with God la the climax of religion on one side and fellowship with man its perfection on the outer. AN ODD SUPERSTITION. Walks, Haln or Shine, Bather than Bid Through a Tonnel. "Nearly every man has his supersti tion " remarked a La Salle street broker to a friend as they boarded a car. "I came across a little story the ! other day on that line. Every morning. year In and year out with the excep tion of Sundays, a " prominent xtiortn Side business man gets on the Clark itreet cable tar at Fullerton avenue, rides to Illinois and Clark streets, then tllghts and walks to his office, which a within a stone's throw of La Salle ind Randolph streets. "The other day a gentleman who was visiting this man's bouse rode down town with him, and on arriving at the turner of Illinois and Clark streets ex pressed his surprise when the Chicago man, with an apologetic tone, asked him t meet him at his office, as be al ways walked from this place across the bridge and thence to the office. The visitor, rather fancying the walk blm elf, swung off the car with bis friend. " 'What's your Idea In walking every morning? he asked the Chicago man. Like the exercise. I suppose? " " 'No, not particularly.' rejoined the ither. 'Superstition, I reckon. Some ten years ago I was riding through the tunnel with a friend and we occupied ft seat on the grip car. The car was very crowded, passengers standing upon the foot board of the grip. The movement of one of these passengers accidentally brushed my friend's hat From his bead. In making a frantic attempt to recover It he pitched for ward between the tunnel walls and the ?ar. In spite of frenzied efforts uiton the part of myself and others to drag aim out he waa crushed to death be fore the car could be stopped. " 'Since that time I have always had 1 premonition tbat should I ever ride igain through the tunuel my end would be the same. You may think ne foolish and attribute this to super ttltlon, but I have never Iteen through :hat tunnel since. I walk to Illinois ind Clark streets In the evening and take a car; In the morning I always iligbt at that corner, rain or shine, and walk to my ofhee. If I accompany my wife to the theater I leave her on the ?ar at this corner and walk to the t be lter. I would not go through that tunnel again for S5.000. The strange part of all this Is that the other tunnels possess no terrors for me. I frequently ride through the Washington and Van Buren street tunnnels without a thought of danger, but the La Salle itreet never." " Chicago Inter Ocean. Be Elmo' Light. St Elmo's fire, or light Is the popu lar name of an appearance sometimes ieen, especially In southern climes, dur ing thunderstorms, of a brush or star f light at the tops of masts of vessels, tt the ends of the yards, or on spires or ither pointed objects. It Is occasional ly accompanied by a hissing noise, and a evidently of the same nature as light caused by electricity passing off from points connected with an electric ma chine. It Is said. In Grecian mythology, that Castor and Pollux, who were es teemed mighty helpers of men, calmed tempests, appearing as the light flames an the masts of ships as described, and the ancient mariners took the appear ance of these balls of light on their ves sel as a sign that they bad nothing to fear from the storm. M. L. Thompson A Oa., DrngirMs, Conders port, Kb., say Hall's Caturra Cure is the bmt and only snre care for catarrh they ever sold. Prosaists sell It. 75c Adversity Is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity there are a hundred that will stand adversity. FITS permanently cure 1. No fit or nervous ness alter first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Scire Keitorer. f2 trial bottle and treatise free Dr. R. H. Klixs, Ltd., B1 Arch St., Phils., Pa. All Violin Maker. The only place In the world when violin-making may be said to constitub the staple Industry Is Markneuklrchen in Saxony, with Its numerous sur-ound Ing vIllagA. Titer-- are altogether about 15.0(10 people In this district at gaged exclusively tu the ruanufa turc of violins. The Inhabitants, from the small boy and girl to the wrinkled, gray-headed veteran and aged grand mother, are all constantly employed making some part or other of this musical Instrument 10 isoo V. L. DOUGLAS S3 & 3.8Q SHOES &? Worth 4 to 6 compared Willi uiner masae Indorsee by aver 1, Th nsnwiaa have W. L. las name and nrice stamped on bottom. Take no substituts ciiiswd to be as good, lour dealer shoald keep them if not. we will sand s ceJr1 on receipt of pries aad les. . ") far carries. Sous kind of leather, LaSrf si, sad width, plata or cap toe. Cat. free. Mimm L DOUGUa H0 (xCtnektss. Bass. IPiDQY VBWDIRC0T1 sma- Booa e teetiaMolaie end lO days' DIRCOTBKY: dee. . raw. mm. a. n. aaaaa saeas, i 1 ynJb 11 I 11 f -nl Bast tat German surgeon mad th discovery tbat the delicate rnembrane that Unas toe lnald of an eggshell will answer aa well aa bits of akin from a human being to start healing over by granulation in open wounds which will not otherwise haX : The discovery waa used for the first time In this country on a patient In the Beney Hospital In Brooklyn, and It prove to be a successful trial. The natient Ed ear A Garbut leaves the hospital and resumes his customary work a well man. It waa a serious case. He sustained severe Injuries two veara aao by a bicycle accident . His age la 86. and being (relatively speak' Ing) still a young man, his age no doubt helped bla recovery, after the egg membrane bad been applied. His hurt bad led to the development of a disease of the bone, and It waa found necessary to remove parts of the bone from bla left arm, left shoulder blade and left end of the collar bone. These rare and difficult operations, and of doubtful result were duly per formed In tne hospital. Bat while Garbut rallied, the surgeons found tbat sucb was their patient's condition tbat tbo wounds left by the cutting would not heal on the surface. The surgeons have long known that healing by gran ulation requires. In a weak patient some point (or points) around which the granulations can cluster and grow. For this purpose they have had to rely upon bits of human skin, taken from some person who la willing, for love or money, to submit to the pain mi process of having these bite cut out - In Gar- hut's case his wife, bla nephew and a young man In bla employ all .offered to furnish th required cuticle. But luck ily one of tbo surgeons then remem bered th German discovery, and. get ting some fresh eggs, tried the lining membrane of the shell It proved a luccessful substitute. Hartford Times. Ash Taar Dealer fee Allen's S-mee-ktase. A powder fo shake into your ehoea; rests the i ccx. t.ures corns, Biinmaa, swollen, sore. Hot Cat Ions. Achinar. Sweatinc Feet and Iu- arowingr Naila. alien's Poot-Fsse makes new or tig t anoes easy At ail arusawts ana snoe stores, zocts. ssmpie msnea nisK. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Lett or, N. V. No man Is worth reading to form your style who does not mean what ne says. nor was any great style ever Invented but bv some man who meant what he said. What Shall W Hav For Denser t) This Question arises In the family dally. Let us answer It to-day. Try Joll-O, a delicious aud healthful lessert. Prepared In 3 mln. No bolllntfl no baking I Simply add a little hot water A set to eool. Flavors: Lemon.Orange. Itnspberryand Strawberry. At grocers. lOo Neither wealth nor poverty, neither labor nor Idleness, will or can create classes in any real or important sense In this nation. Ta Cans n Cola In One Day. Take LkXanva Baoa-o Orrants TisLara. All druncl'bi refund the nv.ny If it falls ui enre. K. w. Osovs's slaaatura to oa each box. 25.- I think it is as scandalous for a wo man not to know how to use a needle as for a man not to know how to use a sword. Mrs. Wlaslow s Soothlag Eyrap for children teething, softens the gums, reducing lanantma. A FOUR-FOOTED POLICEMAN. He Never Took a Drink Nor Naslccted Die Duty. Joe belonged to a firm In Leith; bui be resolved to be a policeman. He wa sent back several times to his owners, but returned so persistently to the force that finally be was allowed to loin them, says Chambers . Journal. lie had no ambition to rise ba his pro fession. The sergeants treated him well, but he took little notice of them. lie ordained to go on duty with con tables only, and bis particular beat was the east end of Princess street n-itb an occasional Inspection of Rose itreet lie walked at a measured, dlg iltied pace, or ensconced himself at the rtase of an Island lamp-post opposite the Register house, watching and ob servant. Like Spot in Waverley, bustle nd noise pleased him. His tall was run over by a lorry once. and when any of his blue-coated friends Inquired about It be roae to show them the Injured joint People In civilian dress he did not encourage to speak to him. Tramway Inspectors or postmen he permitted to commend him, but the constables alone were al lowed to pat him. He never shirked bis self-imposed work, for It was not only when the sun shone he acted as otHclal watchdog. In foul or fair weather Joe was on duty superintending the regulation of traffic or parading his beat He fared sumptuously, for the neighboring ho tels kept their scraps for him. He was given a collar and a coat and for six years he was on the force; but walk ing along Princess street In August. 1897, be fell dead at the heels of his biped comrade-guardian of the peace. He is burled near to the scene of his constant though unpaid, labor. In St Andrew Square Gardens. Joe, having placed himself under the eye of the law, could afford to wink at the tax collector. Old eat Love-Latter In the World. The oldest love-letter in the world is a proposal of marriage for the hand of an Egyptian princess, made 3,500 yean ago. It Is In the form of an Inscribe brick, and Is therefore not only tlu oldest but the most substantial, love letter that has ever been written. Bleep Protects Them. A medical paper says that In railway collisions nearly all the passengers whi are asleep escape the bad effects o shaking and concussion, nature's owl anaesthetic preserving them. Th "City or Champaane." The town of Epernay, In France. U vast subterranean city, the streett for miles and miles being hewn out o the solid chalk, flanked with piles o sbampagne of all blends and qualities There Is no light in this labyrinth o: streets, crossings and turnings, excep. what the sputtering candies afford All is dark, dank and damp, with the thermometer down about zero. The largest champagne manufacturers In Epernay possess underground cellar whlch cover no fewer than forty-flvt acre, and contain 5,000,000 bottles of wine. Potato. In Ireland the potato does not occup; the position which It held some years, ago. The cheapness of foreign flout ha done much to reduce the value oi the potato ba the diet of the Irish peas an try. The First Shataa. The first skates were made sot of tht bones of animals. Sometimes childrer would sit on the Jawbones of a hone o thi Bfa would be sensible ff thare war not t orea In and around tenaansT to repair th M Ob fmmmJm orgmmUnt tStmt a as -- eWaaaaihaas vmry things that rV vy oronmptiy jr-? --- troubims, kMnay troublma, uloBrmtlomm, tumorm, cm -usual dSsohargast bmok aohas and painful pariods thass ara the Ills that hang on and wraok health and haoalness and d!s- poatuon. m Compotistd" Lydla E. naUiam's Vegetable has a wonderful reoord of absolute our as of these troubles a constant series of successes for thirty years. Thousands of women vouoh for thhtm Their letters oonstantly In this paper. It Is better to say, "This one thing I do," than to say, "These forty things I dabble in." What a world of gossip would be pre vented If It were only remembered that a person who tells you of the faults of others Intends to tell others of your faults. Jell0, tha !ew Dessert, I'leases all the family. Four flavors: Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry, At your grocers. 10 eta. The man who dies rich dies disgraced. That is the gospel I preach; that is the gospel I practice. Th Bast Prescription for Chills and Pave Is a bottle of Ohovs's TasTBLms I'aiuTono. It Is simply iron andquinlno In e ears uo pay. race sua True dignity Is never gained by place, and never lose when honors are with drawn. Piso's Cure canno! be too highltr spoken of ss s coush cure. J. W. O'BtiKM. 821 Third Ave, N , Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1U00. There are people who are never un happy simply because they have never known what it Is to be happy. Frey's Vermifuge saves the lives of the little ones. Druggists and country stores. 25c., or by mail from K. St S. Frey, Baltimore, Md. A happy marriage depends much more on a good, loving, patient char acter, than all the circumstances of time, place and money combined. Spring surely, leaving your blood pure and nourishing, your stomach and bowels clean and lively, and your liver and kidneys healthy and active. Try a 10-cent box today, and if not satisfied get your money back but youll see how the cleaning of your body is S x tit i N! CANDY CATHARTIC 10c 25c 50c T. 1.. -I.JX.- , , , , n oowct troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETS we will send a box free. Stolmg Remedy Company. Chieaeo or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. d luya lIFN, Package of This only shows a few of the premiums. We have many more. A Complete Premium List sent on application to FRIENDS' OATS, MUSCATINE, IOWA.' j ' ' w-wawawZwTM"MM'"M'SWS'; "t' ' L Sterling Silver Gold Bowl Bon Bon Spoon. Belt BucklM ' liTf" ( A ICovwJ Drlah-. , Tbo bams? of thirst I ottos expert need by travelers in tne sana-Deiis oi Soutb Africa. Dr. Schulz. In "The New Africa," tells of a strange device to Which hi bearers and guldea resorted me night when the pangs of thirst be came unendurable. We bad no water that night snd the boys got so thirsty that some of tbem went off to search the nlgbborhood, carrying firebrands aa a protection against possible lions. A shout In the distance Induced us to walk over to where they were. There we were sur prised to find two boys squatting on the ground holding the legs of one of their companions, who had gone down bead first Into an ant-bear bole In search of water. By and by be gave a signal and was hauled up, but what was our astonish ment to find, when he was pulled out tbat be bad bold of the legs of another boy, who In his turn brought up a cala bash full of wet mud tbat be bad dug up at tne bottom of the ant-bear pit. - This moist earth was duly shared by tne crowd, who filled their mouths and sucked sucb fluid out of the stuff, as It contained, and then spat out the re maining sand. While the first lot were enjoying the moisture thus obtained another cycle of boys took up the job, and so the night was spent by them in getting up the mud with which to wet their parch ed throats. As for ourselves, we could not touch It; It was accompanied by a fearful smell of decaying material like sulphur ated hydrogen, w.hlch we could not stomach. " Abyssinian Cnrr-ncy. For small change the Abysslnlans use the amole. or bar of salt This is a block of hard, crystallised salt about t I..I.M inns- and two and a quarter Inches In breadth and thickness, slight ly tapered toward the end; live go 10 the dollar at the capital, but Its value varies according to the distance It has to be brought from Lake Arral, a sail lake near the entrance to the lied Sea. rj..,.i . verv nartlcular about this, too; If It does not ring like metal when flicked with the linger nan, or u u is cracked or chipped, they won't take It It Is a token of affection, also, when friends meet to give each other a lick of their respective amoles, and in this way the material value of the bar Is also decreased. For still smaller change cartridges are used, of which three go to the salt It does not matter what sort they are, whether "scatter gun" or rifle cart ridges, nor. In the latter case, does It matter whether they are Berdan, Gras, Remington, or any other ammunition. Some sharpers use their cartridges in the ordinary way, and then put In some dust and a dummy bullet to make up the difference, or else they take out the powder and put the bullet in again, so that possibly in the next action the unhappy seller will find that he has nothing but miss-fires In bis belt; but hi. la anch a common fraud that no one takes notice of it and a bad cart ridge seems to serve as readily as a good one ' Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from our Impatience. Body Cleaning Every spring you clean the house you live in, to get rid of the dust and dirt which collected in the winter. Your body, the house your soul lives in, also becomes filled up during the winter with all manner of filth, which should have been removed from day to day, but was not. Your body needs cleaning inside. If your bowels, your liver, your kidneys are full of putrid filth, and you don't clean them out in the spring, youTI be in bad odor with yourself atri everybody else all summer. DON'T USE A HOSE to clean your body inside, but sweet, fragrant, mild but positive and forceful CASCARETS, that "work while you sleep, prepare all the filth collected in your body for removal, and drive it off softly, eentlv. but none the less 7AADE EASY u wi n ill ..... oat and how to obtain nrinni UAId VALUABLE PREMIUMS FREE! el!)' ?8 It I SavelMabels mam . wrr na m pnrniams mm offer tram for tbam. MORES The f,-.. e'vaill uniiner drink LABASTINEJ Is the original and only durable wall coating entirely different from ail kaU somlnes. Keady tor use in while or fourteen beautiful tints by adding cold water ABIES naturally prefer AT.JC, BA8TINB tor walls and cell, lng-s, because It Is pure, clean, durable. Put up In dry po. derad form. In flve-pounil .auk ages, with full directions, LL kalsomlnea are chenp. tem porary preparations made from whiting, chalks, clays, etc., and stuck on walls with de caying animal glue. ALAiiAS TINE is not a kalsomlna. KWARB of the dealer who says he can sell you the "pams thing" as ALABASTIN'E or "something Just as good." He Is either not posted or is try ing to deceive you. KD XN OFFERING soms'hlrr ,iw o uyue hi entrap nro! tries to sell on ALAtiAriTINE 3 de mands, he may not realize tt dajiage you will suffer by a kalsomln on your vtulld. JDNSIBLE dsalers will not buy a lawsuit, dealers rlhk one by selling and consumers hy using Infringement. Alabnatlne Co. own right to mak- wall coat ing to mix with cold natsr. HE INTERIOR WALLS of every church and pcliool should be coated only with jmre dur able ALvABASTl N K. It 'safe guards health. Hundreds of tons used yearly for this work. N BUYING ALABAfTIXR. customers should avoid t-vt-tin(r cheap kaUomlns under different names. Insist on having; our goods In fockacos and properly labeled. TJTSANCE of wall pacr Is ob viated bv ALiAnASTl.N h.. It can be used on plastered walla, wood ceilings, brick or can vas. A child can brush It on. It does not rub or seals off. STABLTSTTED In favor. Shun all Imitations. A?k paint deal er or druKKlst for tint card. Write us for intercotinfc book let, free. ALABASTINE CO.. Grand Rapids, Mich. PILES If yoa have got the PILES, you Imve not ued Danikl Schk flLl Ct'HE. or you would not havt tbem now. ,i he only Guaranteed Cure Nodeteutiou from bOfiiiefctf, no operation, no opium or morphine 2 SupMsltori-8 Wc. or 34 and box of ointment !.(, postpaid by mail. Send for bonk of valu ble information on (-'ilea, 1 KKE.whether you ums our remedy or not. THE DANIELS fcL'REPILK Cl'FE CO., Jb4 AaylumSt., Hartford, Conn. FOR FIFTY YEARS! MRS. WINSLOWS J SOOTHING SYRUP f Has been umxi by millions of mother fir j tbfir children whtlt 'laethhiK for ovr t-'ifiy Yeara. It aooth- toe child, fwftii, tti kuiuh, allays till putn. riirin wlu4 colic, auj V M Oiebeitt remedy fjf tllarrhta, A Twnty-five Cents a B0UI4. BY rDT Tr.r.icTc lWVJUWlt Address 423 mm a if w m m v . a jy I CD) THE ROUND TRADE MARKS ARE VALUABLE. Many Valuable Premiums to all users of FRIENDS OATS. Save the ROUND TRADE MARK oa tvery a-ib. Package- Stiver Plated Salt
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