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LOAFING ON A SUMMER DAY.
The lasy boy sprawled on hla back and
squinted at the sky, .
Wishing he were the long-winged bird
that slantwise sailed on high:
Per day was lapsing swiftly, half way
from dawn to noon.
the breeze it sang, "O, lasy boy;
what makes yoa tired so soon?"
Bat
the lacy boy was silent.
and he
slowly chewed a straw,
Vaguely mindful of the thrash that whis
tled in the haw.
And half aware of the bleating sheep and
of the browsing kine
Far scattered over slumbering hills to
the horizon line.
Hsppy, happy wss the boy a-dreamlng
sweet and long,
Fanned by the breeze that tossed the
haw and raffed the thrush's song;
For the whole glad day he had to loaf.
he and himself together.
While all the mouths of nature blew the
flutes of fairy weather,
year's great treadmill round n
done, its drudgery ended well.
And now the sunny holiday had caught
him in its spell.
' 80 that he longed, a lazy lout, up-squint
ing at the sky.
And wished he was the long-winged bird
that slantwise sailed on high.
Ifs good to work and good to win the
wages of the strong;
Bweet is the bum of labor's hire, and
sweet the workman's song;
Bat once s year a lad must loaf, and
dream, and chew a straw,
aau wisn ne were a r a icon, tree, or a
catbird in the haw!
Independent.
S Cupid with a Jimmy 2
HEN John Trumbull fell In
love with vivacious and
sprightly -Gertrude Moore no
one would ever have suspected that he
was a scholar, a thinker and a settled
. man of 40. His general actions were
those of a youth of 18 undergoing his
first case of love. The upshot of it
was that when these two became en
gaged Miss Moore pulled Mr. Trumbull
around by his philosophical nose and
made him dance to her fiddling as suit
ed her capricious and changing moods.
Matrimony found the same condition
of affairs. Every domestic question
was settled by Mrs. Trumbull, no mat
ter whether It was the choice of
apartment or tne selection or a new
coffee grinder. Mr. Trumbull, being
still in a state of blinding affection and
admiration for the little girl of 20
whom he had wooed and won, let her
have her way, with the result that he
was being henpecked to the queen's
taste.
But as the years went by, as the
years have a way of doing, Mr. Trum
bull gradually awakened to the one
sided state of affairs. Mrs. Trumbull,
being selfish and possessing a thistle
down intellect, fancied that It would
not do to let Mr. Trumbull know that
she was at all fond of him. Some old
lady had told her once that when a
man knows a woman loves him his af
fection becomes chilled like whipped
cream In an ice chest. So she stuck
up her nose it stuck up of its own ac
cord by the way and went her usual
pace of bullyragging and worrying
him. She would do this, she would do
that what John thought didn't mat
ter. But, as said before, a change finally
came over John's heart He still con
sidered that dainty wife of his quite
the smartest, cleverest woman In the
world, but strange to say, he was be
coming aware of her peculiar powers
of dictating and laying down the law.
John was quiet and inoffensive, and
just the kind of a man that offers
splendid opportunities for the woman
with a will of her own. For a long
time Mrs. John did not observe that
her husband's substantial admiration
was growing thin almost to a shadow.
But when she did realize It the blow
was something fearful. It had been
her opinion that even though she were
to sell her best clothes to the rag man
or burn the bouse up or turn his hair
white with her everlasting criticisms
John would ever remain the same
faithful, adoring, enduring.
One morning John didn't kiss his
wife when he went downtown to busi
ness. She moped and wept and scold
ed the baby and the kitchen maid, and
then decided she didn't care. From
that time on things went from bad to
worse and from worse to even worsen
than that. Once In a great while when
John's old-time vision of love for his
wife came up he would take her In his
arms and tell her that she was the
prettiest thing In the world. Follow
ing her old-time tactics, Mrs. John
would in turn comment on his bad
choice of a necktie or let loose the
pleasant Information that his collar
was soiled on the edge. John's heart
would sink and he'd tramp off to work
feeling like an orphan asylum In a
derby hat and creased trousers.
As it was not John's nature to war
against anyone, he simply kept himself
out of Mrs. John's way. "Sunday after
noons be went out for a walk. Some
times he went over to the North Side
to see an old college chum of his. These
trips were hla only dissipations.
One Sunday afternoon, when he and
his old friend were discussing some
particular exciting college scrimmage
that had taken place fifteen years back,
the telephone bell rang, and a woman's
voice begged to speak to Mr. Trumbull.
He went to the 'phone.
"Is that you. Gertrude r
"Yes, John. And won't you come
home, please. I let Sadie take baby
over to your mother's and everybody
In the building is out and I'm having
the fidgets. I don't know what I'm
scared about but I'm Just nervous."
"All right dear." said John, and
home he went not stopping long
enough to finish up the recollections of
the college fight
At home he found his wife sitting
curled up on a little settee looking
very much as she had looked when
five years before he had begged and
entreated and kissed her into saying
"Yes." She was twisting her hand
kerchief into little wads and ropes,
and he knew by that that she was dis
tracted about something.
"I know you think I'm a silly to feel
this way when It's not even twilight
yet But I know positively that some
body tried the kitchen windows while
I was lying down, and I Just couldn't
get over it I always was afraid of
burglars and ghosts." And then she
had a nervous chill.
John said nothing. He took out a
copy of Spencer and lighted a cigar.
After a time the baby was brought
home and put to bed. Mrs. Trumbull
had recovered from her nervousness
and was peeking out from behind a
, window shade listening to a conversa
. tlon that was going on In the court
The servant employed by the family
'n the apartment Just below the
bolls' abode was hi fee fiat Apposta)
telling the occupants of that plaee that
she was unable to get la to the house.
"I can't turn the key, and If yoa
don't mind, ma'am, I'll go through
your window." . , ,
The people didn't mind at all. They
even held the girl's parasol and pock
etbook while she clambered from one
window to the other.
Then came a crash. It was a ter
rific crash. Had the girl fallen into
the court? No. The sounds that cams
from the floor below were unlike these
beard when Bsndrlck uoflnM playee
ninepins In the Adlrondacka. At tbal
point came a shriek, such as the stags
heroins gives Tent to when the vlllaia
rets after her with a butcher knife. 11
was sickening. Mrs. Trumbull waited
half a second, then stuck her head oat
of the window, and with the help of
half a dosen other feminine voices
called: "Mary I Mary! What's the
matter?
The reply was a volley of sobs and
saueals winding up with: "The flat
been robbed P
Mr. Trumbull was surprised to i
his wife with hair streaming down bet
back and hands clutching the folds of
a bath robe, go scooting through the li
brary out Into the haH and down the
stairs.
In ten minutes she returned. H
eyes were big and black and scare
Her teeth were chattering, and her
hands were busy with each other. She
curled up on the divan and looked at
her husband.
"John, what do you think? The
Smiths' flat has been robbed ai
there's hardly a scrap of anything left
They came through the kitchen win
dow. They even took some Persian
rugs and Mrs. Smith's sealskin. And
the silver's all gone, and the bolM
oh, you Just should see it! Ifs knee
deep with the things that they've
pulled out of the dressers and ward
robes." ' John continued to read hla Spencer.
"That's too bad," he said.
Silence of five minutes.
"John." she spoke very softly.
"Yes?" be asked, not looking up from
Spencer.
'John, do you know I'd just be seared
stiff If you weren't here,"
John smiled sadly.
"You won't go off on that hunting
trip, will your
-WeU 11 11," he drawled uaoertala
iy.
I Just won't let yon, now. They
might come in and take my old oaadle-
tick, or the baby, or my grandaaoth-
er's set of china. And I'm not a bit
afraid when you're hero. Honest, m
net."
John's chest swelled up. This was
something new. He throw Spenosr on
the floor and west and looked at hla
revolver. Then hs tried the dining
room windows. After that hs threw
bis arms out and doubled them up to
see If his moscls swelled np as It did
when be was a lad at school.
He walked back and forth through
their bit of a flat and held his bead up
t&gh. Then he sat down beside that
Ifttle tyrant of a wife and looked her
In the eyes.
She giggled hysterically and ran her
fingers across his mustache. Just as
she used to do when poor John was so
crazy with love for her that she could
have pulled out every hair of his head
snd he'd never have known It
Dear," John said softly, "I never
knew before that there was any place
for me In this house, that I filled any
want here. But now I find that I am '
useful, that I am a burglar-acarer. Ood
bless that man that stole those things
downstairs. If U be hard on the Smiths,
but It's a mighty fine thing for me."
And they lived happy ever after. Or
had for a week, as the burglary only
took place that far back. Chicago
Times-Herald.
The American College as
The American villa stands on land
that onoe formed part of two villas, one
Leiong ng to C'lodlns and the other to
Titus Sextius Callus. Of the historic
leuiple there Is but little left to-day. A
road, paved in the antique- style with
large polygonal blocks of lama well and
losely set together, leads stoat she ad
joining Appian way to tola temple, and
ndlcates the honor In wfoieh It was
held and the frequency of vtetts to It
few low walls in reticulated work.
formed of tufa, some sanaso blasts
scattered here and there, the bases of
colnmns and slabs of pavement, ars all
that (s left of this suburban shrine to
which the women of the neighborhood
thronged of old. Three oohtmas of
peperlno stone are standing hero, but
tuey are of very recent data, see cited to
commemorate events or persons con
nected with the recent proprietors of
the villa. On one of them Is an Ineortp
tlon In Ital'an referring to the day of
suffrage for the soul of Fitnoe Don
Douienlco Orsial (3d July, 1874), Whose
children came here Glacinta, FlUppo,
'iiulia with a number of bis nephews.
' notlier column bears an Inscription ro
ut uj; that on 8d of Baptembse. 1874,
r!ie: were brought here the mortal re
:t.a ns of Taolo Giordano Hodolfo Or
'ni. These are family memorials ef the
Lr.'inls who owned the villa, and they
relate chiefly to death snd sorrow.-
Catholic World Magazine.
L.I titen the Postman's Load.
A reform which Is being pushed la
K upland is intended to lighten the bar
, .ens of the postman. The people whe
rlte are earnestly requested to ust
iht-weight paper snd never 'two
thecU where one would be sufficient
The promoters of the reform have some
formidable figures to Illustrate what
the total r, dm tlon in weight would bt
:f the suggestions were carried out
Cenoh Bern.
The latest combination In furniture
Is the couch bath. On the top of the
couch being removed, whleh can be
done very easily, a regulation bathtub
is dl8cloed, with a water tap at the
pillow end of the couch.
A Neighborly Weakness.
Mrs. A. Are you troubled mash fat
your neighborhood with borrowing?
Mrs. B. (innocently) Yes, a good
deal. My neighbors don't seem to have
anything I want . .
Professional Sarcasms.
Young Doctor Congratulate me, old
man. I'm just preparing to visit my
first patient
Young Lawyer Good! I'll go with
you. Perhaps be hasn't made his will.
The Decoy.
' "Out - doors and windows have
screens, so we sit oqt on the porch In
comfort"
"How's thatr
"The flies alt stay on the screens,
trying to get In."
OOLUMti OF PARTtCULAIt IN.
TSRMT TO THKM.
sthaac treat Will Iatosva the J-
Issshsrs of Bwif Hei
HssJa Actios aad MarXst
f Kaay Case mm
Another nest gone! O doarl O
I was Just afraid (hat high wind last
night would carry tt away, because I
couldn't finish raatsoiog It to the
branch. This mskes the second time
we've lost our home In the same way.
Here It Is May day and oar boms Is
not done yet I certainly thought we
should have been ready to have gone to
honeakseptng by this time."
"Why! why! little wife, what's the
matter r said Mr. Bobln Redbreast
flying hack from bis hunt for worms.
"Don't you sea, Bobln? All our
work's gone for nothing."
"Phew! This Is rather bad. Bow
ever, don't be discouraged, dear; It
Bight have been a great deal worse.
What If all our eggs had been In there 1
Here, sat this nice, fat worm I've
brought for you. I'm sure tt wffl make
you feel better."
"Bat, Robin, Bluebird and bis mats
looked as If they were going to begin
their nest ever so long ago. I expect
Ifs all ready to Bve in now. Deary
me, I can't bear to be so late.
"Tea, I know; but we're dene the
best we could, and we'll not trouble
out solves about that. Anyway, I've
been thinking that this willow tree
was not a good place for a nest The
wind gets at ft too easily, and Mr. Bee
told me yesterday that the leaves
would never grow close enough togeth
er to protect us much. ' Perhaps Ifs
Just as well the nest did go before' It
was ready for our eggs. Gome, let's
fly up to the orchard and see If we
cant And a cherry tree. Mr. Bee ssys
a cherry tree makes a very pleasant
home for rebtne."
"Why, so It will! "1 had forgotten
bow well we all liked cherries lsst
rammer. We'll go this mlauto, Robin,
to that wo can begin to build again."
It took some time to find Just the
tree for the new house, as there were
to many from which to choose. In Mr.
vernon s orcnara. A large one near
the barn seemed to suit the pair best
"For you see, said Mrs. Robin, "If
anything should happen, we could take
our young ones right In there, and
they'd be all safe."
From the barn window, Mary, Flor
ence and Fred wars quietly but eager
ly watching the robin.
"Oh! ifs too nice for anything to
have them make their nest tight here,
where wo can see bow they do every
bit of It Isn't It Florence?" whispered
Fred. Lef s come eevry day to watch
them."
And so they did; but the robins did
not mind them at all. They knew the
children too well to be afraid of such
kind friends.
'We're all done. Robin," said Mrs.
Redbreast some days later, "except
putting, the soft wool Inside. Do you
think we'd better ssk the old sheep for
some of hers? I know she would be
perfectly willing to give It for Dobbin
let us have all the horse hairs wo want
ed out of bis tatl.
"I'll see about it; but what's that
hanging on the fence?"
"It looks like wool!" exclaimed Mrs.
Robln( flying over to the gayly colored
threads. "It Is, Indeed! Just exactly
what we wanted. Now we can flnlsb
the nest before bed time."
Florence! Fred! Come up quick!"
railed Mary, as she heard her cousins
at the foot of the stairs the next morn
ing. "They've used our wool! Look!
Isn't K pretty? red, white and blue?
j, don't believe robins evsr had a flag
nest Derorer-
But, Mary. I should like to know
srhy Mrs. Robin is staying there In
stead of flying off for her breakfast
Here comes Mr. Robin, and why, he's
reeding her!"
I know what it Is, Florence," cried
Fred; "there's an egg In that nest, ss
ure as can be!"
And Mr. Redbreast looking up with
i stsrt nodded his head very wisely.
if much as to say. I ou re light; an
egg Is In there a beautiful light blue
one and in nve days am there'll be
Ix."
He was so proud and happy ho began
to sing with all his might Little Mrs.
Robin looked lovingly up at him from
her warm resting place, and as be fla
shed his song she chirped softly: "Rob
In, dear, I won't be J salons of the Blue
birds any mora. I'm sure It was s
great deal bettor that our other nests
were blown away, for I think this la
the very nicest place we could hare for
ur borne." Home and Education.
The KmI Beaaltive of Birds.
The eagle, our American bird of lib
erty . la a very hardy and self-assertive
creature. It la fearless and keen after
rame, and H will fight man If cornered
r If Its neat la disturbed by him. If
taken captive It makes the best of cir
cumstances and thrives If given suftV
:lent food to gratify Its appetite. Quite
i characteristic American, you may
lay, representing the kind of liberty
that knows how to take care of Itself.
How different Is the delicate bird
pictured on the postage stamps of
Qautemala and used by the people of
the South American republic as a sym
bol of liberty. This frail creature.
sailed the "quixsel." dies Immediately
If captured. So Irksome Is any sort of
.-estrslnt to It that If liberated after
being held for a few seconds It win fly
a few feet and then drop to the ground
lead. Attempts have been made to
trap it alive, but It Is slways found
dead In the cage. If the young arc
taken from the nest they die Imnie
dlately. The bird has beautiful plum
age, the most striking features of
whiob are two extremely long tall
feathers sad a superb crest on Its
head. So sensitive Is the bird that If
one ef its tail feathers Is broken It
hides Itself In Its nest and dies of
grief. The nest resembles a muff , la
form, having holes at opposite ends
ind a covered top; this is to enable the
bird to get on and off Its nest without
endangering the tall feathers by turn
log. Do Tour Beet,
A minister tells how when a boy be
was a great whistler, and sometimes
whistled In unusual and unseemly
places. One day, not long since, says
an exchange, he came out of a hotel
whistling quite low. A little boy play
ing In the yard heard htm. and said:
"Is that the best you can whistler
"No," said the minister; "can you
beat lti" .
The boy said he could, and the min
uter said:
"Well, lef s hoar yon."
The little fellow began his whistle,
and then lnalated flsat the sataJstar
should try again. He did so, and fas
boy acknowledgad that It was anwjl
MUsiaVI
MU fs)'ow said: ' .
"Won, tt yon can whistle hsstor. whst
were yoa whistling that way for?"
Sara enough, why should not anyone
do hla bast, tt ha doss anything? The
world has plenty of pose, slip-shod,
thlrd-alass work dona by people who
could do better If they would. Lot
every boy snd girl try to do their best,
whether la whistling, singing, working,
or playing; and whatever they do, let
them do It heartily. National Advo
cate. (Ramaiaflag aad skirmishing through the
mssty closets.
(Bringing dustily to light all their old de
P sesHs.
jLooktaa for a trundle chair, seeking for a
dolly.
Resurrecting broken toys, seems such
awful folly;
Secreting the brie-s-Drac, cleaning off the
tab Ira,
Starting up the furnace fires, hunting
books and fables;
What a seeming lot of fuss, still I
wouldn't miss it
When my married sister Bessie's
mskes a visit.
OHAT WITH THE PAWNfMOKIRJ
Oddaat Thisis: Kver Offers a
Hulana la Met AU TrreaX
"The oddeet thing I ever had
to me," said a pawnbroker, "was a
skeleton; and I didn't take It I hadn't
any doubt that it was ail right that
the man that offered it owned It and
had a right to sell It I suppose he was
a medical student who wanted money
Just then more than he wanted the
skeleton. But I didn't know anything
about the value of skeletons, and how
much to advance on It and so I didn't
take It But that will give you some
sort of an Idea of the variety of things
that the pawnbroker has' offered to
hint.
"Of course you understand that not
all pawnbrokers take everything; there
are men who advance money on noth
ing but watches and Jewelry and dia
monds and pictures and that sort of
thing, and who wouldn't give anything
on the handsomest satln-llned overcoat
that aver was, because It Isn't In their
line. They have no place to put such
things; no conveniences for taking care
of them. And then there are pawn
brokers doing a general business who
take all sorts of things, watches and
Mnjos, boxing gloves and sliver spoons,
practically anything and everything
that offers. They might occasionally
run across something that they
wouldn't take, aa I did with the skele
ton, but not often; there's practically
nothing but what they will take, aad
practically nothing but what is offered
at one time and another.
"On some things the amount ad
vanced Is very small; but still I've got
things In safe that I never should net
my money back on If I had to sell
them. You'd suppose It would be easy
for the pawnbroker to give on a thing
no more than he could get for It if be
had to sell It and so It would be; but
as a matter of fact be may give mors
than be could get back. He would be
governed by circumstances, and by his
Judgment of the person offering the
goods.
"The question of whether a man who
wants a loan Is likely to redeem what
he offers Is often taken Into account
It Is a common thing for the pawn
broker to look at the man, maybe a
stranger, and lend on his Judgment of
the man as well as on his knowledge
of the value of the thing the man puts
down on the counter. Of cousee, he
makes mistakes In this, but he tsvkes
the chances, and I suppose he eftener
gets It right than not There might
come In here, you, or anybody, needing
aoney, with an oia-rasnionea ksy-wina-lng
watch that I could not get 10 for,
tnd want to borrow 10; and very like
ly Fd lend It though I know I never
eonld get my money baek If the watch
wasn't redeemed. But I know, or I
think I know, at a glance, whether'be
will redeem the watch or not what
sort of a man be is, and bow much hs
values the watch for Its associations;
and I go according to his Judgment
'No doubt as a general proposition,
the pawnbroken sets oat to lend on
things no more than hs could sell them
for; there are times when Instead of
making money he loses It; what hs
tries to do Is to get a profit aa the net
resale.'' Chicago Inter Ocean.
Making Hnroes step Blab
Spectacles for horses have been pa
tented by sn Inventor, and are being
used with considerable suocess. Tbalr
object Is not so much to magnify ob
jects as to make the ground In front f
the horse appear nearer to hla head
than It really la The result Is contin
ual high stepping, which, after awhile,
becomes natural, and gives to a horse
sn aristocratic gait which he will re
tain for many years.
Jell-O, the Mew Or rt.
flesses all the family. Four flavors:
Lamen, Orange, Raspberry aad Strawberry.
JL: your grooaia. 10 els.
Happiness may resemble either - a
mountain or a molehill. It dependa on
the distance you are from it
To Oeve a Oof S la Oae Dev.
Taks I -ax ati tb Bsomo qonma Tablets.
All
iti'unfeu rsfnne tkt m ,aer If It tolls u aura
W. Oaeva's stsaaaars is os taak box. 23c
The man who doesn't know himself
very well, can't make extensive ad
vances in knowledge.
a K. Onsvrn. Vtar CWta Bent, wrttaa ; m1
fla4 Hall's OaiaiTb Cam a valoaMe lamsilj
DrawkMaaU it, no.
We will never have clean streets In a
great city until someboiy wants the
dirt
I do act bclisva Piss's Con for Cmuataiptloa
uaa eaosl for coach aa4 al4. loan P.
Sovaa, TrlaitySBrlaKS, tn4.. Pak it, lM
A true man never frets about his
place in the world, but Just slides into
It by the gravitation of his nature, and
swings then as easily aa a star.
II a nrst U US FAILS. II I Ouroogk
aaas nasa ayraa, xasteauooo. uaa
u.U?Tk:z:s:a's En Witer
Mates Keaaa CaJlteaT saw WisTosd
. - SjsBintisss
B N O hf I If Ac
tions are but view
points.
Your llTlng
speaks lender than
all your logic.
Washing, a pig
will not make It
stop liking mud.
Walking with
Ood wl always
lead yon
What yon are to
men depends on what God la to yoa.
Only a fool forgets Ms foHy.
A cigar Is usually a bar-magnet
The nourished soul makes steady
nerves.
Every man Is serving sons kind of
master.
He who loves foliy may weH Hates to
flsrtery.
Nothing can be done till the past Is
undone.
Power with man proceeds from power
with God.
A man Is never poorer for the ques
tions he asks.
We ars punished by our sins rather
than for them.
When the devil la sure of you he will
let yeu alone.
The stilts of pride do not help la the
walk with God.
A oreed may be either a compass oi
a strait-Jacket
The saddest truth is less severe than
the merriest lie.
Ooosolaaos Is ths better man within
the best"' of men.
Ths biggest coward is the one who la
afraid to do right
The sun Is always shining to the man
who walks by faith.
. Ws all bate self when, we see it crop
oat la somebody else.
Chrlafs rule Is everywhere, but His
throne Is In the heart
The Bible Is the mirror of conscience
held up to man's heart
A short prayer will gst to heaven
quicker than a long one.
The harm of a creed Is In converting
It from a staff into a club.
The perfect man in Christ was before
the Imperfect one In Adam.
No parent weeps over the fact that
She boy outgrows his clothes.
Every time you turn your eyes on
evil its shadow falls on your heart
The way to flee from the Justice of
God Is to flee to the Justice of God.
It will hurt you more to live a day
without prayer than to llveit without
Dreaa.
One reason why Job did not get en
tirely In the dark was because bs kept
looking op.
It Is better even to stumble along In
the right road than to step Arm In the
wrong one.
Many a man lights for his creed who
never thinks of carrying an umbrella
for his wife.
Better the pessimism that persists
against odds than the optimism that
makes no effort at all.
It Is the privilege of every Christian
to have a mountain-moving faith, and
yet bow many grow faint at the sight
of a mole hill?
The nation holds open the front door
of the saloon while the devil tends the
back door, that leads to the gutter, the
brothel and helL
What Ran Across the FloavT
A Lake View father had impressed
his little son with the value of observ
ing things and reporting anything that
seemed strange and Interesting
Though not more than 6 years old, h
had already taken his father's advice
although his reported discoveries of a
halo around the moon and tbe manner
In which tbe hens scratched up the
early vegetables were more enthusias
tic than valuable. Tbe other day he
came running In to his father In great
excitement and said:
"Oh, papa, I Just seed something run
across the kitchen floorF'
"EatsI" exclaimed his father
amusement.
"No, It wasnt wats.
"Cater
"No. It wasn't cats. sMher".
"A dog a bowwow?"
"No," he continued. In great glee
in
at
pussling his father.
"Tour
"No."
"Brother Tommy?"
"Ho."
"LKtle sister?"
"No. It was something that haeat
any lags.
"A worm?"
"No."
"A snake?"
"Mb, it wasn't a make."
By this time the boy had excited his
father's curiosity, but exhausted bis
knowledge. So he had to say:
"What was It? I can't guess."
"Why, papa. It was just some water."
Aa Aateo Eight Feet Tall
Prof. Moorhead, the archaeologist.
Who has been exploring an Astee ruin
three miles west of Phoenix, Aria has
discovered portions of ths skeleton of
a human being whose stature bs com
pute to have been about eight feet
He baa also seme weU-preeerved pot
tery and other utensils used by the
early dwellers In tbe valley, and which
he found in the ruins. Tbe professor
Is working In tbe interest of an Hast
en! museum.
Instructions la Bveadlgaklaa
Secretary Wilson bss undertaken to
teach the women of this country how
to make good bread. He has prepared
and published a bulletin which will be
sent to all who apply to the Agricultu
ral Department for copies. It begins
with the kernel of wheat and gives
both a scientific and a popular descrip
tion of Its properties and tbe way te
use tt to the best advantage.
fMamond ntt-ra fn Aanatertlam.
There are ninety-two firms In Ams
terdam registered as diamond cutters.
In one 830 to "0 workmen are constaav
ty employed.
Tbe man who Is as honest as the
day Is long never gets up at 4 o'clock
In V irnlng to be led Into tempta-
The telephone baa conferred more
benefits upon mankind than all the
political orators that ever talked
8ome women are near-sighted, but
they manage to bear all that a going
dP
So many
Eertuns
ave hair
that la
stubborn
and dull.
It won't
grow.
What's
6
)
the reasonP Hair
needs help just as
anything else does at
times. The roots re
quire feeding. When
hair stops growing it
loses
its lus
ter. It
looks
dead.
acts almost instantly
on such hair. It
awakens new life in
the hair bulbs. The
effect is astonishing.
Your hair grows, be
comes thicker, and all
dandruff is removed.
And the original
color of early life is
restored to faded or
gray hair. This is
always the case.
!
SLOOabstUe. All
"1 have nsed Aysr's Hair Vgc,
aad as really astonlsbsd at the
Ha It has dona in keeping; my
Sair from coming out. It is tne
bast toafci I have tried, and I
sba.ll continue to recommend tt to
Hi
4
'J
my friends."
Hattib Holt,
Sept 34, 1M. Burlington, It. C
If Tea do aet obtain all the benefits
B expected from tbe nee of the Hair
r J vea expected from tbe nee of tbe Heir ,
I Viaec. write the Doctor about It. f 4
Yj Da. J. C. AXKB. Lowell. Maee. I j
Made a Husband by a Trick.
By a trick Annie Van Doorn, of Pas
saic, X. J., several years ago was mar
ried to John Duncan, while she firmly
believed that she was being made tbe
wife of John Martin, whose best man
Duncan was to have been. On Friday,
In this city, she was married to Duncan
again.
The mix-up In the first ceremony Is
charged to Martin. Duncan had bevn
celebrating, and was In a confused con
dition. Young Miss Van Doom was also
confused because the arrangements
seemed to have been unduly hurried,
and she was aware of Duncan's conJi
tlon. The party went to Rev. Uco:ge
M. Dor wart, who had been engaged by
Martin to perform the ceremony. Miss
Van Doorn stood between Dun. an and
Martin.
Several years afterward, when Mar
tin refused in any way to longer recog
nize her as his wife, she discovered
that on that memorable night she Lad
really been married to Duncan, and
that Martin himself posed as best man.
There was a separation, several unsat
isfactory legal actions, and then a pro
test from Duncan, who had not In en a
party to the trick. Then Duncan went
to South America and remained for
several years. When be returned his
first act was to make Annie Van Doorn
really his wife. New York Journal.
Mrs. WlneloWs Sootblaa Sttop for children
teeth
ilna. softens the gum, reducin
nor innamma.
Lion, allays pain, cures wind colic
29CI
i bottle.
It is strange how often some people
prove themselves fools, and yet have
no knowledge of It.
The stomach has to work hard, grind
ing the food we crowd Into It. Make Its
work easy by chewing Beeman's Pepsin
Gum.
The politicians have a greater desire
to rule badly than the people have to
be ruled well.
Rev. J. R. Brldares. Columbia. Mo.. I
says: Please send me one bottle of )
Frey's Vermifuge. None to be had
here. I
f
Men of a-reat renin are aJwav. nnnr
business men.
,. '
Cattle and men have two kinds of'
marketable weleht-Hve and dead
welgbt..
R
9
KM IT
Toanra.1 L J" rAZ, DRUGGISTS
SutKamGrlrr1r V CASCAXETSirt wffl send a boa free. Address j
sssataoeaaaervsiiiiiiinl sad paper. - a
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jHE BET 8 A tfaUg'stfa-THIMQ
misitr Kaew If Aeridesit tJceanred
on a Trestle Wtger Would Be Oir.
'Speaking of railroad accidents,
said a veteran commercial traveler at
the Cosmopolitan yesterday, "I am re-
...i.i r nnrioua exnerlence and
incidentally of the most Incorrigible ,
gambler I ever met In my life. I wss -1
going West over the Atchison, Topeka
! it Santa Fe some years ago, and one of
1 my fellow passengers in the Pullman
1 was a race-horse man from Louisville.
' tt a aa an Interesting fellow and a
' good story-teller, but his conversation
was marred by bis babit of leading
' ... . .IMam malia
everything up to a prvyuBi" - ,
a wager. Every statement be made,
was clinched by an offer to back It
with money, and finally the thing be
came rather tiresome, and I made some
excuse for avoiding bis society. Our
sections In the sleeper happened to be
directly opposite, and that night we
wars sitting on ths edge of our raspec -
7w?iorrtb. nreparing to retire
when all of a sudden the whole car was
shaken by a aeries of swift and heavy
concussions.
"We both realised - Instantly what
had happened. The train had Jumped
the track, and was at that moment
bumping its way over the ties prelim
inary to heaven only knew what kind
of a plunge. We were at that time
In a part of Kansas that Is full of ra
vines and gullies and short bridges are
of frequent occurrence. That disquiet
ing fact flashed Into our minds slmul
tanously. 'Bet y' a hundred we're on
a trestle!' yelled the Louisville man
above the pounding of the wheels.
Take yT I yelled back, and with that
the coach gave a sickening lurch and
rolled completely over. When I extri
cated myself from "a broken window
I found we had stopped on level
ground, and, while everybody was
more or less cut and bruised, no one
was killed. I encountered my Ken
tucky friend wandering about the
wreck, and he promptly handed me a
$100 bill. 'What made you take me
up so quick? he asked. 'Because If
we had been on a trestle we would all
have been killed,' I replied, 'and you
couldn't have collected the bet I stood
to win, but not to lose.' That's so,' he
said regretfully. 'Next time this hap
pens I'll take the other end.'" New
Orleans Time-Democrat.
An Honest Finder.
A South Missouri paper contains this
announcement: "Found, a pocket book
containing a sum of money. The owner
can have the book If he will permit the
advertiser to keep the cash, and will
pay the costs of this advertisement.
Apply early to this office or the offer
will be withdrawn and tbe money
blown In."
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Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's
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There are lots of men like guide
boards, able to tell you the right road
to take, but can't follow It themselves.
What Sfcawll We Haw rev Bewawrt?
Tbls question arises In the family dally. TM
ns answer It to-day. Try Jell-O, a delicious
and hqalthful 4assert. Prepared In 3 mln. No
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Raspberry and Strawberry, at grocers. lOo.
There are but a few first-class things
In this life, and we ought not be sur
prised if we fail to get any of them.
S giaeuslpUae for Cfcl
sag Fever Is
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"to at oaeva's Ti
ILB8S
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Life Is at best but a forward f-hnn
which must be coaxed and played with
until the end comes,
FITS permanently cured. No fits or ncrvous-
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He who comes up to hIs ,d
of greatness must always have had a
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mum
Fight on for wealth, old "Money Bags,"
your liver is drying up and bowels wear
ing out, some day you will cry aloud for
health, offering all your wealth, but you
will not get it because you neglected Nature
in your mad rush to get gold. No matter
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bowels act regularly CASCARETS will
J1 Nature help you. Neglect means bile
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In the back of the head with a loathing
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Don t care how rich or poor you are, you
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yowill be regular if you take CASCA-f-get
them to-day CASCARETS
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it like candy and it will work gently while
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POnDCilksim
TZsm om tSilmg that quJL
fimm m poraom to glvm ad.
vlom om any subjaot
rnxmrnrlmmom expmrlmmom
oromt kmmwlQdgm.
tSa othmr pmramn has so
wfcSa ma axmmHmaou with
famala Kla nor suoh m
i muoiti . of auooess as
tZrOm PbMuun has had.
Ovor a hundred thou
aaad oaaaa oonto baform
horonohyvar. Soma par.
1 Tr Zm u.. '.7
moimlly, Othf by mall.
And thin has been golna
om for20 yaara, day after
day and day after day.
. Twenty yearn of con.
etant auoonma think of
the knowledge thus
pained f Surely women
arm wlae in aeeklng ad
vtoo from a woman with
muoh am experience, os.
menially when Ills free.
tt yeu are III get a bottle
of Lvdla Em Plnkham'a
Vegetable Compound at
aneethen write Mrs.
! Pmkham, Lynn, Mass,
DON'T STOP TOBACCO SUDDENLY
It In Jure nerrone system to do so. Blnn AIIM
la the onl; core th.f Keally Oarea BluU-aUIH
tnd notifies yon when to stop. Sold with
ruarantea that three boxes will core any case
nlCfl.RURil vseeble and harm 1ms- It has
DSUU-UUnU enred thonsands. It will enre yon.
it all druggists or by mall prepaid. S 1XK) a box:
I boxes. S2.60. Booklet free. Writ EUREKA
3HKMICAL pp.. La Crosse. Wis.
FOR FIFTY YEARS!
MRS. WLNSLO WS
SOOTHING SYRUP
baa been nsed by millions of mothers f?r
their children whUe Testblas for ever fifty
Veers. It soothes the child, softens lbs
seme, allays all pain, cures wind colic aal
Is ibebsat remedy tow diarrheas.
Twenty-five Cents a Bottle.
nsenl
Whole Tow of Fiddle-Makers.
Tne only place In the world where
rloUn-making may be said to constitute
he staple Industry Is Markneuklrcheo.
n Sazorry. with Its numerous surronnd
ng TtHages. There ars altogether about
tfirOM people In this district engaged
txclnaively in tbe manufacture of v lo
ins. The Inhabitants, from the small
tor aad girl to tbe wrinkled, gray
leaded veteran and aged grandmother,
ire all constantly employed making
lonte part or other of this must! To
rtrument. One who spends money lmpruderrrr
:s not apt to have money to AV;
Jently.
Not our logical, measuratlve facul
ty, but our imaginative one IS tftni
is.
To have a respect for ourselves guides
tur morals, and to have a deference
for others governs our manners.
Our misfortunes may drag us down
from bare heights to fruitful valleys.
Liberality of opinion is often but cre
dulity for long-exploded fallacies.
I It la the folly of the world con-
itantly which confounds Its wisdom.
- Hundreds would never have known
want if they had not at first known
waste.
(br sd oinrn
map?" For yoar tAuxUja comfort I
and joox own. m
HIRES Rootbeer h
wtn contribute more to It tjum f
lf, ions of Ice and a gram offluX 1
NS sallona fur li cents. Jink
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Wfi . tim Ur Ub.lt. g
caa.ur.niKuco.
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