VOCATION. If T might choose my simple lot Far from town and quite forgot. All in a sheltered nook and warm, TU I would hare a violet farm. No daffodils should me eatice, . Nor hyacinths with their breath of spice. The tulip with her painted hood For me should wither where sbe stood. Instead of sheep upon the sward. The modest rioiet I should herd; Instead of golden heads a-row. Should sea my Tiolet harreat blow Under an arch of wild, wild cloud, Below an opal mountain bowed. All In a humid world and cool. With winds and waters beautiful. . What airs across my farm should farel Tla sweet where pinks and roses are. But pinks and roses hide the face Before, a Tiolet-peopled place. No shortest day of all the year Should fade without a Tiolet'a cheer. Invisible sweetness hid within And folded np In swathes of green. Though white and purple babes be born When Daffodil his- flaming horn O'er quiet hills and Tales shall sound And stir the sleepers underground. What country bliss can equal mine," With riolets for my flock and kine. With riolets for my corn and store? What could a mortal wish for more? Under a mountain pansy-dark, Lored of the eagle and the lark. And set too low for fear or harm, Tia I would hare a Tlolct farm. Spectator. HT was plain that thought lay very heavy upon the Impressionable Cassy. He lounged In the long chair which was his by ancient right. Ills yes had dreams In them; be nursed his right leg affectionately In the way I knew so well. And presently: "I'm a nice sort of a fool, taking things all around," he burst out of a sudden. And he sat upright and looked as though he had thrown a challenge to me and to the world. "You shouldn't say that," said I. "Self-depreciation Is the worst thing possible In these conceited days." "I didn't come here to listen to your tlnpot epigrams," said Cassy, fiercely. I was not offended I flatter myself that I have come to know Cassy a lit tle. "Very well, then. Who Is she?" I asked him. Cassy's lips moved, and I caught the word before he spoke It aloud. "Grace," he said' slowly. "It's a fine name for. a girl, isn't It?" The last assertively; the challenge was In his tone again. "It certainly wouldn't be much of a name for a boy," I suggested. He flared out anew at this, and I forced myself Into my old sympathetic mood. And Cassy, growing calmer: "Did you ever read do you ever road children's fairy tales, where everything Is right, and fits so easily Into its place; where the poor student comes always to the princess, with arms held out to ward her and a smile on his face. Aad. If there be any wicked people they go away, or die, or get out of the thing somehow, so that they can work no mischief. And everything ends Just as the poor student (and the princess) de sire, and they are happy ever after?" "I do read them sometimes." "I sometimes think," he said, "that It Is a great pity that we cannot live In that pleasant land of fairy tales. When I call now (he was applying his thought to his own particular trouble) I am never able" to see her. The old man's all right, rather a Jolly sort of chap altogether. But the mater hates me like poison. She comes into the room all smiling, and says that Grace Is out, or laid up with a slight attack of whatever illness happens to be fashlon ablo at the time. (1 give her credit for being a clever woman; she varies the eotnplalnt so neatly.) And then we talk about the weather ,and the last novel, and so on, and when I go, 'So glad you called, Mr. Cassy," and I get out onto the street. When I turn the corner I ask myself why It Is not fairyland, and why I can't go back with my faithful followers and carry her In triumph from the house." "Yet always," I reminded him, "the poor student bad many difficulties to conquer." "He did not have a Mrs. Hep worth Smith to encounter," said Cassy. "But she may be won over In time," I suggested. "Not by me," said Cassy. "I'm no body. You don't know Grace, do you?" be added suddenly. "It Is my misfortune," I returned. "Well, of course, then, you don't un derstand. You can't possibly under stand. She's " "That'll do. I'll take Grace for grant ed. The point now Is Mrs. Ilepworth Bmith, and the utter Indifference of, the once kind gods. You can't see her; you want to to let her know something?" "Yes," said Cassy with deliberation, "I think I do." "Why don't you write, then?" Cassy was aghast at my brilliant thought. He uncurled his knee and threw himself back In the chair as a man who has cast a burden from his shoulders. He said: "It's great. I never thought about that for a min ute." "I'm awfully sorry, coming round and worrying you like this. But " "I'm always glad to be of service," I responded feebly, marveling at my masterstroke of cleverness. "But what?" "Oh, nothing. Only, If you knew her I'm sure you would understand." And before he left that night we drank very sojemnly to the rout of Mrs. Hepworth-Suiith and the complete suc cess of the Knight Cassy. "How long is It since I saw you last?" Questioned Cassy. "Just over a week." "A week? It seems like a month." "Why." I said, a little amazed, "what's the new development?" "I wrote," said Cassy. He glured at me. "Don't you hear me? I wrote " "Yes," I paid. "And " "I wrote," he repeated for the third time. He leaned forward. He stared at me as If to re.id a riddle. Then he receded Into the chair again, disgusted with life. A long pause. "I've had no answer," he finished rather theatrically. "My dear fellow," 1 tald. "do jou think the lady hud her mind ready made up for you? I suppose am 1 right? it was not a letter to be an swered offhand?" "Offhand," said Cassy with great corn. "A week. One-two three five six seven days." 'Sometimes letters go wrong in the pest," I said. It ni only a straw, but Cassy Jnrap 4pt t I HJd (it was the CtUy tfelu f 1 j The Behavior of Cassy. which occurred to torn, $a& It good): "Write again,", v- ... He replied: Tea, I suppose so," Indifferently. "I wrote again," said Gassy, deaolaU and- mournful. "Its Just the same. Nc answer." This time I could say nothing. ' "I've bad enough of this," sold Cassy with emphasis. "I'm going to see a steamship' Johnny I know. Big pot la a shipping office somewhere. Tbers must be lots of places where a fellow can go and enjoy himself a bit; and why don't you say something?" bit ask ed fiercely. "I'll wait Just a little longer," said Cassy, later. "And If Then I'D take a ticket for the Gold Coast, ot Tlmbuctoo. One of those places when It's not over-healthy unless you're used to It." "I'm done," said Cassy. "I waa corn fog through Stafford road the other afternoon, and I met Mrs. Hepworth Smith. I Inquired after Miss Hep worth-Smlth, also Mr. Hepworth Smlth. She thanked me. She said that Mr. Hepworth Smith was in very good health, bat that Miss Uepworth-Smlth was rather unwelL Sbe said: " The doctors hare advised me to take Grace abroad somewhere.' "I blurted out, 'Where? like a fooL I felt her look across at me (you know what I mean), and she said: "'Oh, we haven't quite decided that yet, Mr. Cassy.' "I don't know what else I said, bat I know that as I said good-by to her I hesitated for a minute. I must hare looked rather silly. She guessed what was In my mind. 1 ' "Grace is quite too 111 to see anyone, Mr. Cassy ,' was her parting shot" Cassy finished. There waa a mourn ful silence. "Well," I said at last. "It's as plain as anything to me," said Cassy. "It's Just her kind way of letting me know that It's no game. And I wrote two letters one after the oth er. What a supreme fool I must hare looked." "It's not so plain to me," I said. "I can't belp It if you're so thick headed," retorted Cassy. I was not In request as a comforter1 that night. Everything) was wrong. Things would never be the same again.' So the curtain of the last act but one! comes down (with slow sympathy) onj the Hero Sad. The hero In the long chair, sad and depressed beyond words. And finally ht said: j "I'm goln' away. Next week, I thlnki This Isn't like the others. You think If Is. I tell you it Isn't." But a week later the curtain rose again. "Oh, It was great," said Cassy. "I went down to that shipping office I told, you about to get catalogues and date and that sort of thing." (Cassy was al ways a little vague when be was ei4 clted.r-'It was a funny kind of a showi a long counter around three sides and) wire railing facing you everywhere, And yon can't guess- there was a lady there, with her back toward me, argu ing with a clerk. I beard her say some thing about Madeira as I pushed the door open, and I seemed to know the voice. There was another lady with her. It was Mrs. Hepworth-Suiith and Grace. I had a good mind to bolt when I saw her naturally but the swing door creaked, and Grace looked across at me. And somehow (I don't know how I did it) I whispered, 'You got my letter?" and she said, 'Your letter? No.' Her mater was ragging the fellow be hind the wire netting with her back to ward us still. And I don't know what e'se I said, or what she said, but It's ad rlgbt, anyhow. Mrs. Ilepworth Sniith turned round sullenly". Dick, her face was a study. 'Now, who would have thought of seeing you here, Mr. Cassy?1 'I should like my letter now, mother," said Grace, 'if you please.' Then we went outside, and -left her mater to fight It out with the poor chap behind the wire. "He looked a bit surprised, too. And afterward we all went home to Mr. Hepworth-Smlth, but be was all right at the finish." Cassy wound up breathlessly. I con gratulated him. "And I've got to thank you," said Cassy, "for listening to me and letting me tell you things, and all that " I said I was not aware that I had done anything, which In truth I had not. He flung himself in the long chair. He remained there for perhaps ten seconds. He got up; he stood with his back to the tire, his bunds In his pock ets, for perhaps another ten seconds. He faced round suddenly and stared Into the fir. Then he Jerked his hands out of his pockets. He walked to the window and pulled the blind aside with a huge noise. Outside it was ralnlog hard. The lamplight gleamed yellow pools In the pavement. "Let's go for a walk," said Casey. "It's grand." "Why, It's raining," I remonstrated feebly. "What's the matter with It?" he said. staring hard through the window. "You can't possibly stop indoors a night like this." That night he nearly dragged me off my legs. So that evidently Cassy's fairy tale had ended in the old approved fashion. renny notorial Magazine. THE JUDGE FINED HIMSELF. How a Kentucky Iflasrlstrate Broke Up a Friendly Game of Poker. "Judge Walker, of Maysvllle, was very strict on the bench, but not always so in his private life," said John I Scott, of Frankfort, Ky. "It bad be come the custom of the lawyers trar ellng the circuit to Indulge in a friendly game of poker after court adjourned at night, and Judge Walker frequently Joined In the game. One night at Brookvllle, In Bracken County, the court and the attorneys Joined In a game on the evening that they arrived, and the next morning, when court opened, the Judge, In giving the usual charge to the grand Jury, addressed himself to the attorneys: " 'Gentlemen, you are officers of tin court, and as such are sworn to uphold the laws and the constitution ot th State. You hare been playing poker contrary to the statutes In such easel made and provided. Each of you wil be f.ned $10 upon the return of Indict meuts the bringing of which I have In structed." "Turning to the prosecuting attorney be said: "Wadsworth, you are not onlj a lawyer but the prosecuting attorney, sworn to bring offenders to Justice. You will pay $25. " 'Walker,' laying his band upon his own breast. you are not only a lawyer but a Judge. You hare violated the law, and must pay $30.' "He paid the fine, as did each of the lawyers, and It broke up the game on that circuit" St Louis Globe-Democrat CfllLDGEira COLUIIIL DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE - BOV3 AND QIRL8. OeaaetlUnaj that W1U Interest the Jts anile Meaabera mt Kverjr Hi -Qaalat Actteaa ana Brisk rfaujClta aa "Little O-Dropper" that waa what unt Professor called Natalie. It waa julte a grief to Aunt Professor. Of wurse you couldn't be the wife of a professor In a great college and enjoy Uc-oring your only little niece that ever was drop g'a! : - r "I'm sorry, auntie, and I'm goln' to (top droppin' 'em right straight off," Natalie would say, penitently; and then Aunt Professor would squeeze her and laugh and say: "There must be two somewhere un der your feet this minute, Little K-Dropperl" . - It grew worse. If anything. There were so many "lug" words In Natalie's language, and they alwaya ended In in'.", without any g's at all. Aunt Professor corrected the little girl, in her gentle way. a dozen times i day, and a dozen times a day Natalie ald, "Oh, dear, there goes another one, tuutlel 1 keep droppin' "em!" When mamma and Natalie and Baby Hoy went away to the seashore there was no one to- correct Natalie, for It took all mamma's time to pick up other things besides g's that Buby Boy kept dropping. In August was Natalie's birthday, and of course there came an express bundle from Aunt Professor. Natalie had hud nine birthdays and nine ex iresses from Aunt Professor. This oue made the tenth, and it was such a beautiful fat oue! "Oh, what do you suppose there's goln" to be In It Baby Boy?" cried Na talie, dancing round mamma while she untied the strings. "Let's guess. A new Jumpln'-rope, a box of wrltln'-pa-per, a doll, a oh!" For the bundle was open. It waa full of birthday treasures ten of them, to match Natalie's years. The tenth one was a little square box wrapped In dainty pink tissue and tied with silver tinsel. Natalie felt of it and studied of It and shook It "e-asy." "What can it be?" she cried. "Can you guess, mamma, ever.. In your world?" "Never In my world!" laughed mam ma. And no wonder, for In the dainty Utile box were of all the birthday presents a little pile of gingerbread g's! Brown and crisp and spicy, good enough to eat! "Oh! Why!" cried Natalie. Then she spied a little white label on the luslde of the box cover, written In the form of a doctor's prescription. Mamma read It over Natalie's shoulder. "Take one every time you feel an Ing word' coming on. Bepeat dose. If not relieved." Natalie laughed and mamma laughed and Buby Boy laughed. "Isn't she Just the darlln'est aun tie " began Natalie; then shi looked it mamma with a queer little grimace. "I guess I'd better 'take one'!" sbe said. Youth's Compaulon. The Uaauulng Ball. Here Is a copy of a picture In an old, old English book on games. The game that It Illustrates Is so ancient In fact that I doubt If any of you ever beard of It, but your grandfathers may tell you bow they played It In childhood. It consists In keeping the "humming ball" spinning as long as possible by rolling it ou the cord connecting the two sticks he'.d In the hands. You can make oue of the bumming balls by winding each end of a very large spool tightly with twine, leaving a clear space In the cen ter for the cord to. work In. Then take two sticks, each about eight Inches long and connect them by a narrow ribbon or piece of hemp cord two and one-half feet long. Taking the sticks one In each hand, so that the cord forma a loop, place the bumming ball In the loop and raise first one and then the other hand repeatedly, thus making the ball spin. Keep this up and gradually Increase the speed until the ball Is go ing at a "bumming" rate, when you may toss It In the sir with the cord, catch It when It comes down and do a number of interesting tricks with It A real "humming ball" has holes bored through the two lobes which, as the dumb-bell like Instrument whirls, gives out cartons humming sounds. A toy of this sort may be made by Joining two small croquet balls on a piece of broomstick. Hare trie balls not more than an Inch apart and bore a "bum ming" hole through each ot them. Set your wits to work and make one of these new old toys. Then tell the other boys and girls of your success. Chi cago Record. Find the Panahlae. Georgle came borne from school the jther day with a big tear In bis Jacket Mamma sat down to mend It at once, put the Jacket bad faded a little, anal j new piece did not look Just like the iid. Georgle's quick eye saw It too, and said a little sadly: ' "There are two colors, mamma." "I know it, but I can't help It dear. The Jacket has faded, you see." "It will be all rlgbt by-and-by," aald the little boy, with a happy smile, and turned away to his play. "Dear little fellow," thought mam ma, while the tears came to her eyes; "he always sees the sunny side." All He May Kspect, "So. there," said Mrs. Henpeck, coo- :luding her remarks, "A word to the ivlse Is sufficient.' " "Yes, my dear," replied Henpeck, 'and to the average married man a ft'ord In edgewise is sufficient." Phlhv lelphla Press. A Financier. Browne He's to marry Miss Sumrox, h? I didn't think he bad enough money to support a wife. What's his business? Smytbe Banking. Browne Really T S my the Yes; he's banking on the noney her father wlH give her. Phils lelphia Press. FLAT ISO "HCMMl.se BALL." WIT.TT FATZS iX CZ. It Wee by aa aacaaaIJaai la im We are awe of na familiar with tiki weU-kno'wa engraving entitled "The Vint Prayer la Congreea," bat few per tona hare erer heard that prayer. Is Thatcher's Military Journal, un der the. date of December, 1TTT. la found a Bote containing the Identical first prayer In Congress, made by the Rer. David Bucbe, D. D an Episco pal clergy ican. at the time rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia. The aub lotned U a copy of It: ' . .''-"' "Oh, Lord, our Heavenly - rather, high and mighty King of Kings and Lord of Lords, who dost from thy throne be bold all the dwellers of the sarth, and relgnest with power su preme and uncontrollable over the kingdoms, empires and governments, look down In mercy we beseech thee, on these American states, who bare (led to thee from the rod of the oppres sor and thrown themselves on thy gracious protection, desiring to be beneefoith dependent only on thee; to thee have they appealed for the right eousness of their cause, to thee do they now look for countenance and support which thou alone canst give. Take them, therefore. Heavenly Fatbfr, un der thy nurturing care: aire them wis dom and ralor In the field. Defeat the malicious designs of our adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness of their cause: and. If they still per sist In their sanguinary purpose, oh. let the voice of thy unerring Justice, sounding In their hearts, constrain them to drop the weapons of battle. Be thou present O flod of Wisdom, and direct the counells of this honorable as semblage; enable them to settle thing on the best and surest foundation, that the scene of blood may be speed ily closed: that order. har mony, and peace may be I stored, and truth and Justice, religion and piety prevail and flourish among the people. Preserve the health of their bodice and the vigor of their minds; shower down on them and the millions they here represent such tem poral blessings as thou seest expedient for them In this world, and crown them with everlasting glory lu the world to come. All this we ask In the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ thy Son, our Savior. Amen." Current Lit erature. A LIGHT CANNON, A Weapon Adopted Recently by the Congo Free Mate. The great steel works of the Belgian Cockerll! Society at Serai ng hare re cently supplied the Congo State with a new, light type of cannon which may easily be transported either by man or animals. It Is so light that It may be carried on a wagon or In a small boat A single man can haul It and two men at the rope can keep up with a column of infantry. When It Is desired to carry the gun on the backs of horses or mules three animals are necessary, the first to carry the cannon, the second the gun carriage without the wheels, and the third the wheels and the boxed munitions. Three or four minutes are all the time needed to mount or unmount the cannon and prepare It for transportation. The cannon baa a caliber of about two Inches, and Is made of one piece of steel, while every part of the gun car riage ls0f forged or cast steel. The cartridges are ordinary shells, and the black powder or cordite may be used. A considerable number of these wea pons are to be supplied to the Congo State army. The gun is regarded as a very - substantial, light and simple weapon. The tests bare been most sat isfactory. nd It Is thought the gun may nave a great future, not only In coun tries where roads and transport ani mals do not exist but even In the, mountainous regions of Europe. New York Sim. Few Persons Fear to Me. 81r Lyon Tlayfalr, who represented the University of Edinburgh for seven teen years, naturally came In contact with the most eminent medical men of England, and. according to Health, he put this question to most of tbeui: "Did you. In your extensive practice, ever know a patient who was afraid to die?" With two exceptions. It seems, they an swered "No." One of these exceptions was Sir Benjamin Brodle, who said he bad seen one case. The other was Sir Robert Chrlstlson, who had seen one case, that of a girl of bad character. Feminine Intuition. Mistress Jane, you may dear away (be breakfast dishes and put the bouse !n order. I'm going to my dressmaker's to have a new gown fitted. Jane Yes, ma'am. Are yon going to take your latchkey, or shall I sit up for you? Chicago News. Nothing Berloua. Sweltering Passenger (on railroad train) This window sticks so I cant get It up. Conductor Yes. Wood Is swollen a little by the rain. It'll be all right In a few days. New York Weekly. Got It AIL Superintendent I was watching you and observed that you entered but one bouse In the square between TJpth and Blank streets, yet your report gives full statistics of every family In that square. ' Please explain this, sir. Census Taker The lady whom I saw In that one house belongs to the same card clubs as do all the other ladles In that neighborhood. Baltimore A inert- It Impressed Her. Bob Nan, what first attracted yoot attention to me? Nan Welt Robert, If you must know, It waa your pale, sllly-looklng little mustache. Indianapolis Journal In the Case. Stubb Young StlUman said that his girl always kept blm waiting. . Penn So I heard. Srtbb Well, be has bad her picture reproduced on hla watch so that she will always be on time. In Dear Old tannoa. Ida la the air very thick hi London 1 May So thick that It frequently chokes the air-brakes on the trains. Good Dennitlon. Little Willie What la a hypocrite, pal Pa A hypocrite, my son. Is a man who always acts differently when b cnows some one la watching him. Soft Boiled. Ida When we were In London out waiter Insisted upon calling an egg a "begg." I told him to drop the "h." May And did he. dear? Ida Well, my allk gown ahowa that he dropped the "egg." Froaa the Isatk. Ida X wonder where the new board er got those sandy whiskers? May I irons he set theat frta est- taCftts aa asjs naSSSnVasswasV - - BMX who walk with God emanot wander. . The beat creed la not a fence, but a defense. The best way to lift np the world Is to Utt up Onrlat There is a great difference between a schol ar and a thinker. The man who Is never weary la well doing does nothing well. The emotr barrel soon falls to pieces. Dreams of bigness are not visions of greatness. A giant aba may lire through s very small loop-bole. The only safe way to climb life's tad der Is to keep looking up. .New truths will always break the bottles that held old thoughts. Recreation la of the Creator, but the devil turns It Into desecration. There la no tree more fruitful than the cross planted In the heart Locality is not so potent as love In making a health-giving climate. In the measure In which yon say "I am not my own," all things become yours. If everything waa done to the glory of God there would be a good deal leas done and a good deal more accom plished. There are some Christiana who may be pinched everywhere but In the pock et without feeling pain. A man'a profession is like a founda tion; It la not a house, but It gives you a good Ides of what It will be. Theological changes do not affect di vine truth any more than traveler's books affect the shape of the earth. If yon depend on the price paid for your redemption yon muat not forget that the purchase makes yon God's pos session. ' CHARGED THE BOARDER EXTRA. Bat the Landlady Foaad She Bad Overreached Herself. They were seated together In s car of an Incoming suburban train the other morning, so near to The Saunter er that he could not avoid hearing every word of their conversation. The fat woman got on the train two sta tions ahead of the thin woman. '- "Well, how do you do?" the Utter began, effusively, as soon as she had dropped Into the seat alongside of the former. "Why. how do you do? . So glad to see you. Didn't know I started to take boarders since I saw you last did your The fat woman admitted her Ignor ance on that subject . "Well. I have," continued the thin woman. "How do I like It? Well. It has Its draw-backs; lots of 'em." "Yes, I suppose It must have," as sented the fat woman. "Boarders who grumble, boarders with big appetites and all tbat sort or thing." "My. talking of boarders with big appetites," rejoined the thin woman. "You ought to see the new boarder I got yesterday. A young fellow, and be seemed to bare so much money I charged him $2 more a week than any of my other boarders. But say. he. can certainly eat Had breakfast at the bouse this morning. What do yon think of sending out for chops three times, hot cakes twice, and coffee, why, he must hare swallowed five cups at least Then .the potatoes he ate were enough for three ordinary men. I never dreamed there could be so much food put Inside of such a small man. Of course. It made me nervous all the time he was eating. Why don't I tell him he mustn't eat so much? Why. I don't want to lose him. don't you under stand? I'm making money off of blm, all right but goodness knows he car ries off the prize for big eating. Come out and see him some time. It's worth your while, I'll guarantee you." "She'll be too late, madam," Inter posed a young fellow who, sitting one seat to the rear of the two women, had remained unnoticed by them. "I don't believe I'll return to your house any more. It doesn't exactly suit me, any way. The money I paid you In ad vance. Including the 12 overcharge, will pay Jou well for the trouble and expense I've put you to. Good morn ing; I get off here. It was fully live minutes after the train pulled away from the station be fore the woman spoke, and all she said was: "Welt who'd a thought-it?" Phila delphia Inquirer. Seed lean Fruit Apples, pears, grapes, and other fruits produce Individuals at times that are coreless or seedless. Aa a general rule In these cases the resultant fruit Is smaller than In normal condition. The value of these abnormal forms de pends on the uses to which they may be put No special value haa resulted from the seedless applea or pears. In the grapes the seedless raisins and cur rants fill a useful place In culinary art Meeban's Monthly. Postmen's Work In Central Africa. The postmaster general for the Brit ish Central Africa Protectorate gives one or two Interesting Items of news In his latest report The malls are still conveyed for the most part upon the beads and backs of native postmen. The men are recruited chiefly from the Yao and A tonga tribes, and wear a uni form. Fully 300 bags of ' malls are made up each month at the different postofflces la the Protectorate for con veyance her these men, the total dis tance traveled being close upon 10,000 miles per month, the cost of transit be ing less than d. per mile per bag;. The system of forwarding malls at night by relays of carriers haa been greatly ex tended; the night mall services now represent a total distance traveled of some 8,000 miles per month. The post men travel In pairs, and are armed with rifles, aa Hons are not Infrequently encountered. Intuition Is something that tells s woman her husband la lying when he comes home, at 2 a.' m. and begins to explain tbe whys and wherefores. Occasionally a man gets married be-! cause be wants some one around ta Uame things on. Doctors keep a rich sick man alive longer than a poor one. but that la the only difference. Both die when they get good and sick, sad the poor raas's doctor bin Is lass. The circulation of the blood Is aa af fair of the heart. people are chronic thus, bat thr hW KaTaZS -Slow growth of hair comes from lack of hair food. The hair has tin Ufa. 4 It is starved. It keeps t Anmino nut. TCIS k. thinner and thinner, I , , A . m m a r then actual baldness. The only good hair food you can buy is I t feeds the roots, stops starvation, and the hair grows thick and long. It cures dan druff also. Keep a bottle of it on your dressing table. It always restores color to faded or gray hair. Mind, we say "always." . 1I.M a bsttla. AH eraggtsts. I have found your Babr Vigor to lw the beat remedy I has ever trted for the hair. My hate was falling on very bad, so I UbmM I would try a bottle of It. I had lined only one bottle, and my bate topped falling out. and It is bow real Ifefck and lone. TNawct J. MocnTCAinxr, July 28,108. Yonkera,H.T. Ha will wad yea Ma book aa Th I u I. . . W him U, M uoa yoa wian " r a. will receive a promi i,w.r free. B i wi.h .boat voar hair. Voa WOUtD NOT BUILD A CHURCH. As n Conaenenc He Was Compelled to nklp the Country. "Twenty-live years ago," said a mln- 1ns man. "I waa In a Colorado town, and one day a sbeep herder came In with a report of a gold find and collect ed eleven of us to go with him to It to organize It Into a district and stake off our claims. We got through with It too late In the day to start home again, so we camped in our blankets. We were stretched around the. fire when some one proposed tbat we devote the time before going to sleep to telling who we were and what brought us to that re mote country. Scarcely a man In the party was known by bis name, 'Judge and Doo and 'Parson' and "Shorty' and Cockeye" and such characteristic sobri quets designing each of us. Most of the men were simply floaters and drift- era, and they were there because It happened so and there waa a chance to get rich quick and easy. When it came to 'Shorty's' turn to respond be star tled os by the story of a tragedy in which he had killed two men In Ver mont and escaped because the sym pathy of the community was' with him, although not sufficiently so to permit him to remain at home. The wild West waa his best opening and be had come there to end his days In whatever way he might. The story cast a gloom over tbe assemblage, so to Bpeak, which was lightened somewhat by the spokesman calling on tbe 'Parson.' "'Well. Parson,' be said, wbat brought you out here? " 'You've . called me right,' laughed that member, 'for I was a parson. had a place In a small town In Penn sylvania, a wife and five children and S400 a year, with mighty dern few do nation parties. I struggled along the very best I could, trying to be a Chrl- ttan under the circumstances and will ing to lessen my chances to enter the kingdom of heaven by 25 per cent, for a 25 per cent. Increase of pay, when the end came by my refusing to build a church.' "The Idea of a preacher In that fix building a church seemed to be so fun ny tbat everybody laughed, and 'How was that. Parson?' came from half a dozen questioners. " Oh, be replied, hesitatingly, the congregation raised $7,314.00 to build a church and I skipped out with 14' " Washington Star. New Toes. ' hoe Clerk "Entirely new toes will be seen In shoes this year." Customer "Well, I guess I will be iatlsfied with the same toes I've always had." IutarlcaL Little Willie Where do sea horses some from, pa? -Pa Why. from the sea, of course.' Little Willie "Then bay horses must come from the bay, don't they, par I.lka. the Hew neases at! the family. Four flavors) Lemon, Oralis, Baspberry aad Strawberry. St your grooara, w A cynical woman says that when a man Dreaits nis nean u i mc as when a lobster breaks one of Its claws another sprouts Immediately ana grow i v1- Te Co n CalS ta One Day. Take LaKavrrs Bnose Qonmra TaaLem Au ironhto refuad She awaey If It faUetoeare. t, W. Oaevs'S ataaatare to an eeea box. SVa The more a man has tbe more he wants with the possible exception of twlna. FITS permanently cotei Mo Sts or servoaa. aeae after Bret day's aae of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Heatorer. $t trial battle and treatise free Or. K. H. Kun, UlL, Mil Arch SC. Phil., fa. It's a good thins that man wants but little here below, for woman wants the balance. Mm. WlaaloWa Boothia avnrn Urn ririUn. teethlag, aofteas the game, reducing inflamma tion, aiiaye paw, carea win cojk. zoc a bottle. Kvery time a man Invents a good scheme some other fellow comes along and makes a fortune out of it. ' The stomach haa to work hard, grind ing the food we crowd Into it. Make Its work easy by chawing Bee man's Pepsin Oum. . Tou may oppress truth, but you can hot suppress It. , When your foe.laugaa with yoa your friend will weep. . I do aa believe Pun's Care for Coaaamotion baa aa eonal for coagaa aad cold. loaav Bovaa, frtaky 8priaa, Frt, i liS? P" The humble are always lifted up in aria Wan Car Thtrtr-tw T' , rw Mxnl P. OoodWla. for tnlrtywe' years pastor of the First CoaTCtlonal unurcn, in uaiawk eently preached hla Anal sermon. Dr. goodwill's ministry In Chicago has for several years been notewonny i . mint have extraordinary rifts, physical as well ss mental and temperamental, to now so eu.-ua --itiii f an inns a time. Chicago Is no easy place for a preacher, at least for s preacher wno is to maintain cv tnflnanre and leadership. The Fust Congregational unuivu, nt Mia mtnlatrv of Dr. Pattou, Dr. .. .i Qoodwln'a predecessor, waa the most aggressively missioosry courv-u m u iw Rnt hra waa no SDlrlt of out- reaching enterprise exhibited In those early days which waa not connnueu nr. aood win. Especially note worthy was bis relation to roe moaern form of evangelical work, unaer sr. uwi. anit Mat. Whittle. The first public Bible readings which Mr. Moody ventured to give anywnere were gau In this nhnrvh. and the success of that series of twelve "readings," with the meat riven him by Dr. Good win, confirmed Mr. Moody In Ms pur pose to enter upon bis evangelistic c- lCCla Dr. Goodwin was born In Rome, N I, In 1832. Ills early educauon was received In the school at tbat ?Uce, and later he was graduated from Amherst College. Believing that he was called to the ministry, he entered the Union Seminary, and there received his knowledge and training. He bad charges In Vermont and Ohio, and u was called to Chicago in 1SUS. Whal Snnll We Have rer Deneert) This question arines In tbe family dally. Let as answer It to-day. Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthful leaenrt. Prepared In 3 mill. No boiling! oo baking I Hlmply add a little hot water set to cool. Flavors: Lemon.OrnnRS, Baspberry and Strawberry. Atgroeers. lOu. An unregrenerated conscience may make you a conscientious brute. People do not grow much in grace while they are having tneir own wny. A woman dies twiee the day that she quits life and the day that she ceases to please. as FieeuilpUon for Chlllo aad Paver Is a bottle of Oaova'a TaaTBLKas C'BUX ToatO. It la simply iron a nil quinine la a laateleee tons. Ma care do pa jr. frftoe tuc He who thinks most of his own happi ness knows least of It. Strong prejudices Indicate clency of present Judgment. insuffl- W. H. Griffin, Jackson, Vi.-Mran, writes t "Battered with Uetnrrh for ttftaea years. Ball's Catarrh dure eared me." dold by brag gleia,Taa. If we pay no attention to abuse. It recoils upon Its author. Nothing- will kill a man quicker than perpetually feeling- his own pulse. DM Ton Ever Baa Across aa eld letter Ink all faded ontr Couldnt have been Carter's Ink for It doesn't fade. A MUllonatrs tn n Moment. It falls to the lot of few men to make the discovery that they are standing on a mine of gems of fabulous value. This good fortune has recently befallen T. C Bassett s mining expert, whose keen eye and a stroke of luck convert ed him In a moment from a poor man to be master of millions, says Titbits. Mr. Bassett, who Is attached as expert to a mining corporation In South Amer ica, was on a short visit to relatives In California, when It occurred to him that he might utilize some of his time prospecting for gold. Ills wanderings took blm In the direction of the famous Death Valley, where one day be- mount a small cone-shaped hill In order to ;et a better view of the surrounding country. He was about to descend the hill, to continue bis tramp, when a patch of blue at his feef arrested bis mention. Bassett's trained eye recog nised In the blue patch tbe "blue float," which Is a sure Indication of tbe pres ence of turquoises In the soil. He lost no time In locating a claim, and was toon hard at work with pick and shov el. His most sanguine expectations were more than realised, for at the depth of six feet he found the "boxlte vein," which was thickly studded with beautiful stones. The deeper he dug the more magnificent were tbe gems, and within a fortnight he was able to return to San Francisco with no less than seventy pounds of the most bril liant and flawless turquoises that have ever been discovered. - A Feminine Trait. Mrs. Hoon "They say that Mrs. Swlftsmlth te greatly troubled with In omnia." . Mr. Hoon "Yes; I understand that she discovered the fact a week or so ago that her husband talks In his sleep, and she hasn't alept a wink since for fear of missing something." Harper's Bazar. A Tragedy In Five Acta. As Ben Zine and Mag A. Zine went walk ing out one day, It chanced that Mr. Parlor Match along the road did stray. II. They met him with disdainful look, and coolly passed him by; Poor Parlor Match was struck with rage flr flashed from out his eye u -WI-He burned with scorn aad Jealous rage. . onfe WS Maggie's lover- In POTSuit he catches them, Igniting "Sine's cover. ; nr. mT'' taMcU e threats and cruel names. P IsM a"e,P" to teed the angry flames. U b0t roin v- tT fwklng trail N ten r I -ttatserg it. . ipwabuf. eooDwm, p. p. Lr-UuuUULlUU PopUqdcHg Plmkhmm'm Vegotmkl Fifty tbeummrt Aajmy wontwt testify to this In at mA.A .at SS an grmiBWiu tmnmra wo Kir, Ptmkht Mammtruatlon la Mvort strain on a wo- ssasisif IfHalltV. If It Im painful something at wrong wnnn j LydU E. Pmkhsm'1 Vegetable Compass. will promptly set right H axoesshfa or Irregular n4im to Mrs, Plnkham. Lynn, Mass,, for advice. Cvldenoe abounds that KHrsm Plnkham' s advice and medlolno have for many years been helping women to be strong. Me other advloe Is so un varyingly accurate, mm other medicine has such a record of cure. FRET'S VERMIFUGE rarag children of W0HM3. Removes them effectually aud without palu or an noyance. 6ii ynnrH un u broken record ot u- Q J It Is ffce r-inmly for - - worm troulilmf. Entln vegeiahle. 'iMi. nt t1ru.'el vrm. all Entirely country store r l mall. oV H. FKKV, lluhlmurr. la, ke-aV.eVa.e ... 4b FOR FIFTY YEARS! MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP Imn been HMd hy nillHMiftr ifn.thfM fir Ibt-lrctolltlrt-n while' itiiiiii( f.r v.-r Km a 4 am. il aiMtuMt in- eini.i, sot c.e i 1 1 1 guuut, llaty' mil fJHiri. rum Min i coiu-. 1 1 it Uw bent reiuttjy lor tUtrrlirA. Twenty -fiv Cents Bottle. 31 I'll I DHDCY NEW DISCOVERT: mPg. kgF m) m9 S quick riiln4w. w x-t rtnM. HouS ot IsHtiintiniaVM and IO dii)' trlm. i tree. Dr. U. u. eat" ona. kw . AtUuw turns whii :Kfc All llSt IAIIS. Beat I'-outfh tivnin. THu-fl (JimrL In time. Htr1 hT rtrutrtM-tfl. That Littl. Brek For Ladies, f, Al.ICK MASON. UJ4'Hkr,H, M. V. Asthma. KIDDER S PASTILlS.s'':v ''"";-; FARM THAT FLOATS IN A RIVtR. Araeaal Island, in the Mlnnlnnii.pl, Conatantly (hangiog Ita 1'ositinn. Many of the inlands in the MUMissiiii Ulvcr are known to be couMt.iutly L-kanging their positions, but the uiuxt lestless of them, and perliuim the most remarkable lsluud in the worlti. Is Ar senal Island, now of Illinois, but wmie tiiues of Missouri. Besides Ita jour neys up and down tbe river, the inliunt occasionally takes a trip across the Jeep-water channel, couseiueully shift ing from the Missouri to the Illinois shore. Major Thomas II. Ilandbury, of the corps of United States enKiueers, 1k? Ileves tbat Arsenal Island will eventu ally become a part of Missouri terri tory, aud says Its constant movement Is easily explained. The dirt on Its upper eud washes away under the f. n-e of the river current aud neeietiong form at tbe lower end. Arsenal Island has also leeii known as Quarantine Island. Both iimnes in dicate tbe use to which it was put le tween 1S50 aud IS;7. when a unnin tine statical and the United States itr senal were maintained there. I'-ut Ar senal Island Is the ollleial name ami Is used lu all land grants and deeds that have been made with reference to It. Tbe Island is the proerty of J. S. I'lttsfleld, of Illinois, but Is leased hy Joseph U. Jobin, who lives iiihi it. His house Is In the midst of n pretty grove of willows, elms, sycamores ami cottou woods at the tipper end of the island. It Is a modest little one-story building with five rooms, whi.li ure very clean and comfortnU - It Is sur rounded by tttorace-hoi-.st s and p ultry raids. Stretching away from the K'ove are many acres of fertile In ml. u hich is In an excellent state of cultivation. The proprietor told a leimi-ter of the I'ost Dispatch that his hope is to convert the place Into a stock ranch. Sinee he landed there In lS'.i't he s-nys that more than fifty acres have leen washed from Its upper end "and fully as many neres have been added to Its lower end. Since 1853 Arsenal Island has moved southward 8.000 feet. Ft. I,onls 1'ost Dlspatch. I-tlrl Irs ii ii V, II t n IliH'i. One size smaller after usinp Allen" ruiii-tnsF, a potvaer for the reel. It makpfl flB-tlt n,- nan at....,. . swollen, hot. sweating, ni hiiii: f.-. l, in- KinninK nniix. corns anil Minions At ttll ll.llinrlal. a ...I 1 .. - ! . 1 ...fthiom aim mutt f-iui t'r-, . .1 1 1 mi package FREK bv mail. Address Allen 8. Olmstead. Le ltoy, N. Y. (irrat Zoologlc-nl Card New York's zoological pardons will be the largest In the world, comprising within its .boundaries no less than -ol acres. "The next largest is at Wash ington, which has 1(18 acres. The Ber lin garden has (50, the Purls garden M, and the London garden 31 acres'. Curiosity of Lift Insurance. "Accident insurance com panics d' more business when times are hnrtl than they do when everyone Is pros perous," says an Insurance man. '"The worklnemon thinks he should Insure his family agaiust danger wlo n he i out of work." A Prairie Tale. "Hank" Green enme iu the oilier d.-.y With a drnva nt Olhi-j "Hunk" .Ll4 there is a man In his settleim-in " rangy that he wants to die riijiit aw:t. because he heard tombstones are goiu- OP. Never Limited. "Somttfnlmoa " ..1,1 ,l,o lunitor llllil- Jsopher, "th' solre af a doctor's practice Is limited, but thor's nlver Iny limit to th soize ar hla bills." Beware the funr Use HI
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