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A CHANQE ABOUT THE PLACE1 bwth ad Ota slvawal
don't atem just like it did
fore "she went away.
It's ail eo atill and lonesome not a word
rrom aer an oay.
Che eld mare whinnies atill when Ipla
the atable door, .
Sat, somehow, thine seem different
aince she ain't here no more.
Tinea creep np along the porch Jaat
aa she trained 'em to; - -
The flowers grow along the fence, just
aa they nerd to do;
The hoose is left Just aa it was, bat atHl
It omi to-day,
As If It wasn't just the place from which
she went away.
The ana still gets to peepln' m that win
dow orer there
Along to'rds breakfast time,' and there'a
her high-backed rockin' chair;
The creek's still flowin' where it flowed
the water's cool snd clear
Bat still, somehow. It ain't the place It
was when she wss here.
The hedge still fences in the lane, just
as it did when she
Would come, at dinner time, and call
across the fields to me
Bat where that steeple peeps above the
aiu sue s sleepin now.
And everything's got all turned 'round.
It seems to me. somehow.
j to the seafaring men In southern wa
This doesn't seem like home no more, and tera. He is fond of the Gulf of Mexico
often through the day I and spends his winters cruising along
I get to thlnkin' 'tisn't her, but me that s Its shores.
?f wa .v .v un, "Sna11 I,le- tne sailor call It,"
And that I'm .rain' back, snd clad if.'
nearly time to go.
Chicago Times-Herald.
! a 1
NEWPORT IDYL
, HE ballroom at the Caalno waa
aglow with light and pulsing with
j i rpv Ka.ii . , . . .
a moment before supper.
Standing near a door was a young
man whose features
were drawn
and
wuite, ana wnoee sei ups maae a pic-
ture sadly out of place In that gay
throng. His dark eyes followed a slim,
graceful girl, with a crown of golden
hair and tender, violet eyes, whose
dark, long laahes lent them a pathetic
look Just then.
They seemed to be seeking for some
"m wnoever mey sougnt was not
found until the dancers had twice made
the tour of the room. Then the two
pairs or eyes met ror a second. Those
or the girl bad a WlStfuL Questioning
look; those of the man an expression of
stem relinquishment
The music ceased just then, and In the
little ensuing flutter they lost sight of
each other In the crowd.
The man, with a sigh so deep as to be
almost a groan, turned away, and,
scarcely knowing how he reached there,
found himself seated in an easy chair
on the wide porch. He gave himself up
to bitter reflections.
"I must be crazy to come here to
night I might In time have learned to
forget her, but to see her again, so
sweet and so far off. I could not ask her
to marry me now on 'little or nothing a
year.' She has been brought up to
wealth and luxury. It Is part and par
cel of her dally life, and I would be the
moat brutal of brutes to ask her to '
share my poverty. Poor little Nellie! .
She didn't look any too happy, either
Well, Jim, If you are not a coward you
will start now and go so far away that
she will never bear of you again."
Just at this stage of "Jim's" reflec
tlona, several persons came along, and
in their gay conversation Jim had no
part. He half rose to go when he heard;
his own name mentioned. In spite of!
the old proverb about listeners, he re-;
mained in his chair, which waa in deep
shadow.
"Poor Jim Alden! Did you see him?
He stood by the door looking like the
ghost at the feast. What a pity that
he went on Wall street! He might have
known better. He seemed to be par
ticularly cut up when he saw Miss Bur
ton dancing away and never even look-'
lng at him."
"I har that Miss Burton's engage
ment to Lloyd Appleby is announced."
"What, that old man! Well, he's roll
ing in wealth."
"She did not need to marry money."
"The way.7f wmen arTpastTudrng I
out1
The figure in the dark corner gilded '
away swiftly. He had borne all he 1
couid. He strode on down toward the
Pouvt, scarcely knowing where he waa
golnfc-, until with a sudden sense of a
new pain he found that he was stand
ing by the rocks where he had sat only
two days before with Nellie.
Then the hot sun blazed down and the .
heat pulsated from the sand and sea '
below, and the rocks above, and then, I
3
too, there was not the knowledge that
he had lost every dollar he had in the
world.
The long line of silver light laid
across the water suddenly wavered and
grew blurred and dim as his eyes filled,
and a sob was wrung from the aching
heart He remembered the dimpled
fingers that had clasped the parasol,
the odor of flowers at her breast and
the clinging against his cheek of a few
strands of golden hair tossed there by
the wanton wind. He stood there, a
black outline against the moonlit water
beyond.
Back at the Casino another little
drama had been enacted. Nellie had
seen more than her trained features
" had shown, and she knew that unless
she acted promptly she would have
looked her last upon Jim. Suddenly
Jim was more to her than all the world.
All the other men and women in the
world were effaced from her heart and
mind as utterly as If they did not exist
She must find Jim she must
Out on the wide portico she flew, with
her Aunt Elinor and Mr. Appleby be
hind her. Jim was not there. With the
prescience of love she knew where she
should find him, and snatching a white
scarf from her aunt's shoulders she
said:
"Aunt you and Mr. Appleby wait for
use; I am going to find Jim." .
"Nellie! Nellie! Tou will compromise
yourself fatally "
"I don't care; I love Jim!"
"Nellie r
But Nellie was gone. Mr. Appleby
smiled as, under the cover of the
shadow of a column, he said:
"Let her go. Elinor. Nettle is right
Jim Is worthy of any good woman."
"But he is poor."
"That be isn't I brought the news to
him that he had Just inherited a bigger
r ortune than he lost He doesn't know
it yet and, Elinor, we can all be mar
red together. Eh?" J
"O Lloyd r
"We've waited long enough, dear, I
think."
Nellie flew like a white angel down to
the Point, ber sllpnarsgLfe
touching the ground. Tea, there
Jim. Was he about to commit suicide,
as be stood there so rigidly still f NeUl
. I hswv, sninng mt rnroooans; mux uj
be- a miracle esT win power, a poirar such
as to only riven to womankind.. -
"Ifs a lovely errata. Mr. Aides, Isn't
' ttl- ah aalrL onUtr.
"Nellie, little NeUler, said -Jim, in
neb, a transport that It 1a lucky ha
couldn't aee the and den color leap to
NelBe's cheeks. "I bee partoa, Mia
Burton. I forgot for a moment."
"There la nothing to forgive."
"Ah! Where 1 your aunt and Mr.
.Applebyf asked Jim. stupidly.
"I left them on the porch, settling the
date of their wedding day." Boston
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ONE WONDER OF THE WORLD.
Strange Pkenoaneaoa of Basalt Jala la
the Onlf of Mexico.
"A day' sail from New Orleans lies
Snail Isle, a strange and lonely Island
with a broad, low,. sandy beach that
change color with every flow of the
tide." aaya Y. Burne Zelleka of tha
I Crescent City, who was at the Oxford
Hotel recently. - y -
I Mr. Zelleks 1 a man of wealth and
leisure, whose chief delight la yachting,
' and the outlines of his stanch and hand
some yacht, the Sea Gull, are familiar
.""" lwo ""le Ion- coverea dj
tbe warm waters of the trulf at hleh
tide. It seems to bear a charmed exist
ence. Other Islands larger and higher
than It have been swept away by the
heavy storms. Tet the little, low-lying
Island is aa large to-day as it was fifty
years ago, the old sailors tell me.
"Its sands are of golden yellow color.
J and when the rising tide spreads over
the wide, shell strewn twnh tha HMA
bite of earth glisten In the sunlight
But when the tide ebb e war.i in ohe.
1 .
, Ultulc w luai Buaute power wiueu
Ilinvea tha wnrM a tn.rr.1n...
takes place
rh nHn im ..
, If by magic. Men who see it for the
flrst .lnie thelr the
dreaming. As the tide recedes the pur
ple deepens, and the once bright glit
,J! . . . .
tering beach becomes dark as the royal
robes of an empress. Old sailors who
hare sailed round the world gaze at the
beach in bewilderment They have
never seen Its like before. It is a sight
never to be forgotten; an astounding
J spectacle which fills the hearts of the
, timid with a superstitious dread of the
unknown. Scientific men are startled
at the Dhenoniena and KetHn tn nnnder
over the cases of chemical changes of
which they have heard and seen.
"From the white deck of the Sea Gull
I watched the beach chance color one
winter afternoon. The splendor of the
southern sun shone over sea and land.
The sands of the Isle seemed more tru
ly golden than any I bad ever seen be
fore. The tide, which bad been at a
standstill for a few moments, began to
turn back to the ocean. Fascinated by
the beauty of the beach with Its wav
ing fringe of green leaved palms, I
stood by the bowsprit gazing shore
ward. Suddenly the color seemed to
darken. Astonished, I glanced more
keenly at the scene. Over the broad
expanse of glimmering sand a purple
wave was spreading. 'What can It be T
1 wondered. Richer and richer grew
tne purple hue, and t realized that my
e?es were uot deceiving. Beside me.
smiling with satisfaction at my aston
ishment stood our pilot Bob Allen. In
answer to my basty question he ordered
! the gig lowered and silently stepped
Into the boat. I followed and away we
were swiftly rowed toward the shore.
As we drew near I beheld upon the
beach myriads of little crawling purple
objects. Springing ashore as the boat
touched sand 1 picked np one of the
tiny spots of color. It was a snail.
Wonderfully purple In hue and as large
ss peanuts, the strange crnstaceons had
colored the beach. When the tide falls'
they Issue forth from the wet sand in
' search of food with remarkable rapidi
1 ty. The old adages about the slowness
of snails would not apply to the purple
ones on Snail Isle, lney nave elong
ated bodies and can crawl almost as
rapidly as small crabs. They are de
licious tidbits when daintily cooked,1
and after the suggestion of Capt Allen
we ate many of them. Their shells are
fnUr.y beautiful when first secured.
There are many beautiful islands along
the gulf coast, but none has for me the
attraction of Snail Isle. Den ve
Times.
Gen. Stark's Lost Mare. ,
In an old file of the Hartford Cour
ant, of date Oct 7, 1777, Is an advertise
ment sent to the paper by General Stark
of Bennington fame, which show that
military hero to have had an excellent
command of language and much cause
for Indignation.
Twenty Dollars Reward. Stole from
me the subscriber, from Walloomscock,
iu the rime of action, the 16th of Au
gust last a brown Mare, five years old,
had a star In her forehead. Also a doe
skin seated saddle, blue housing trlm'd
with white, and a curbed bridle. It is
earnestly requested of all committee
of safety and others In authority, to ex
ert themselves to recover said thief and
mare, so that he may be brought to Jus
tice and the mare brought to me; and
the person, whoever he be, shall receive
the above reward for both, and for the
mare a lane one half of that sum.
How scandalous, how disgraceful and
ignominious must It appear to all
friendly and generous souls to have
such sly, artful, designing villains enter
Into the field in the time of action In
order to pillage, pilfer and plunder from
their brethren when engaged In battle.
JOHN STARK, B. D. O.
Bennington, 11th Sept, 1777.
Staked His All and Won.
The coatless young man and his young
woman companion meandered into one
of the 8 well restaurants and sat down
at a table. The young man had met
the young woman when he had not ex
pected to. That explained the absence
of his coat.
The waiter took their orders. Then
he went over to the proprietor. Then
the waiter returned.
"Sorry, sah, but we can't serve shirt
waist gen'lemen in the presence ob
ladles, sab."
The young man favored him with an
Icy stare. So did the young woman.
Then they started out, but the young
man fell behind the young woman long
enough to press the fourth part of a
dollar into the waiter' band and whis
per: "Your kindness and that of the pro
prietor will never be forgotten." My
lady friend Insinuated so strongly that
she was hungry that I was actually
forced to ask her to dine. I have not
tot money enough to pay for the lm
pl'jat kind of a lunch. If you had served
as I woold bava had a fit I awaked my
all and won. God Mesa your Indian,
n polls Sua.
Faithfulness 1 the soul of anndnsa
ciiiLDiiEirfl ooiunn.
DEPARTMENT FOR UTTLf
: ' BOYS ANO QIRL&
it WUI Xa
tknja-
bam of atvasw
QmaUnt ActUae as Ma Seyiaa
of ataavr Cat aad Canada CkMfta
Barefooted ' boy and bena form a
curious partnership la the making of a
pair of line glove. Thousands of do
ens of hens' eggs are used In curing the
hide, and thousand of boy are em
ployed to work the skin In clear watej
by. treading on them for several hours.
ays the Philadelphia Record.
When a woman buy a pair of kid
gloves she speaks of her purchase, a
"kids." If the clerk who sold her the
"kid" gloves knew the secrets of the
glove-making business he might i
prise his fair customer by telling her
that those beautiful, soft, smooth-fit
ting "kid" gloves came from the stom
ach and shoulders of the S-weeks-old
colt, whose neck waa slit on the plains
of Russia, and whose tender hide was
shipped, with huge bundles of other
colts' hides, to France, where they were
made up into "kid" gloves; or he might,
with equal regard to the truth, tell her
that those gloves In the other compart
ment once darted from tree to tree In
South America on the back of the ring
tailed monkey.
And If he made the round of the
(tore and could distinguish one skin
from another he could point out "kid"
gloves made from the skins of kan
garoos from Australia, lambs or sheep
from Ohio or Spain or England, calves
from India, muskrats from anywhere,
musk oxen from China and other parts
of Asia, rats, cats and Newfoundland
puppies. But the Russian colt, the four-
! footed trom P,a,ns where
i Cossacks live, the colt from the steppes
of Siberia, where horses are raised by
the thousand, supplies the skins which
furnish the bulk of the dainty cover
ings for my lady's bands.
Tha Whlrllna- Pea.
Stick a pin through the center of a
pea, then obtain a straw, clay pipe-
stem or anything with a small hole
through It Now If the pin be Inserted
In the tube and it be held straight up
ward and blown through, the pin will
leave the tube and circle rapidly around
It the pea meanwhile remaining sta
tionary in the air.
Playtime In Italy.
In Italy they have very few games,
but the little Italian boys and girls ex
cel you In one pastime that la model
lug. A little Italian boy will pick up a
clump of clay In the street and model
you a horse, or dog, or cow In no time,
and a more experienced boy will at
'jvour request speeauy reproduce tne llt-
hands, or the herdboy blowing hi horn;
in fact almost anything you like to ask
him for.
The favorite game both among boys
and men seems to be one called
"flashing fingers." Two men or boy
place themselves opposite each other,
and at the same Instant each throw
out his right hand, with so many finger
open, or so many shut or bent upon the
palm, and each of the player, also at
the same Instant cries out the number
made by adding the number of his ad
versary's open finger to hi own. If
both cry right of course the throw
counts for nothing.
As a boy gains a point by hitting the
right number, he marks It with a linger
of his left hand, which hand Is kept
motionless. Five points make the game,
and when the thumb and four fingers
of the left hand are extended, then the
lucky owner of that band cuts a caper,
nd cries, "Done I have conquered."
The Italian people say that the very
best actors of Italy come from Naples,
and the reason they give Is that the
people all speak In pantomime, even
the children being too lazy to talk, so
they make signs to each other Instead,
rhc-re are no startling screeches that
Make all the neighbors look;
His playthings are all piled away.
books bestrew the floor;
But f have found a hair to-day.
Deep-rooted, glistening and gray.
That hid itself before.
Since Willie goes to school, I hear
No pounding on the stairs.
Nor am I called to help my dear
Make horses of the chairs;
A sense of peace pervades the place,
And I may be a fool
To shed the tears thst stresk my face.
But a boy is in my baby's place.
Since Willie goes to school.
-Chicago Times-Herald.
Another Search for the"Mlaatne-Link."
' The German biologist Haeckcl, has
been so captivated by the discovery of
certain foesll remains In Java UTat he
means to go out there himself and In
stitute further Investigations, says the
New York Tribune. The bones referred
to were found by Dr. Dubois about six
years ago, and were believed by the lat
ter to belong to a species Intermediate
between the highest apes and pre
historic man; In fact the "missing
nk." Dr. Dubois called this creature
':thecanthropus Erectus. . His opin
ions have been received with favor by
many scientific men. among them Prof.
IlaeckeU who has never ceased to ad
vocate the Importance of making
further excavations in the district of
lava where Dr. Dubois found the re
al ains.
Had Fee f later.
It was Dot's first visit to the country,
ind she was very much interested hi
me pigs curly talis. At last an Idea
tccurred to ber.
"Auntie." she said, "does uncle put
lgs tail In curl pacers every ntantl"
"I dare any every great taveatlea. be
fore It to finally hit upon," remarked a
New Ortoaaa lawyer to a Timea-Demo-crat
man, "ha been within a haxT
reach of desena of bmb who were un
aware bow near they stood to fortune.
There to nethmc more aincnlar la fact
than the way people can skate around
some hog idea without seeing It .
"I had an experience of that kind
one myself. It occurred to me that a
revolving bookcase would be a handy
thing for office nee, and I bad on Darn
to order. It proved
several occasion I thought vageuly of
having the device patented, but I dis
missed the scheme as Hot worth while."
Nearly two year afterward a more in
telligent gentleman np in New England
did what I wouldn't do, and to-day be
la rolling In riches. . I have been obliged
to buy one of his cases since, and I nev
er hated to give np money so badly In
my life. Several other instance In tb
same line have come under my personal
observation.
"I have a friend, for instance, who
stumbled upon the principle of the Bell
telephone tongtbefore the war. He w
at college at the time, and he and a
fellow student actually went so far as
to construct an experimental line, over
half a mile long. They had It In suc
cessful operation for several weeks,
when It was discovered and destroyed
by a cantankerous professor, and thus
vanished what might have been one
of the biggest fortunes In the world.
The incident had almost faded from my
friend's mind when Prof. Bell launched
his Invention on the public.
"Another gentleman, who was for
merly a client of mine, anticipated the
pneumatic tire years before somebody
else patented it He Is fond of horses.
and away back In the 70"s be had a light
road cart made that waa almost the
exact counterpart of the modern pneu
matic sulky. The big, clumsy-Iooklog
tires excited great merriment among
bis friends. They dubbed them "sausage
wheels,' and he has told me more than
once that that foolish Joke waa tb
thing that caused blm to abandon the
experiment Pneumatic tire have since
made half a dozen big syndicates rich.
"Still another acquaintance figured
out the exact mechanism of . the self
binding reaper nearly ten years before
the machine was covered by patents.
Not being a farmer, be failed to appre
ciate the Importance of the thing. It
Impressed him aa being chimerical, and
he pigeon-holed his drawings to gather
dust until he awakened to the fact that
he had fortune by the throat only to
tec go again, his comment on the incl
dent wouldn't sound well at a prayer
meeting."
HEALTH IN OLD AGE.
low It May
Beat Be Cared
For and
Preserved.
Many reasons there are why we look
pon the aged as having a slender hold
ipon life, one that may be loosened by
i slight shock of Injury or disease
vblch. In the young or middle-aged.
.vould serve only as a stimulus to the
operative vital powers.
This is a conservative belief, for It
rami us to shield our loved ones, who,
lave rougnt the ught from all Influ
nces that might shorten their stay
vith us. But we must not go too far
n our solicitude, for Injury may be In
dicted and life shortened by coddling
be ohI, almost as surely ss by coddling
:he young.
The vital processes In the aged are
slow, but they are still existent and
ihey may be kept active by gentle oppo
sition and stimulation, Just as tbey may
'e Increased In childhood and youth by
ougber methods.
Reaction Is feeble. It Is true and well
hat It Is, for the weakened arteries
vould with difficulty support the rapid
ilood-stream and the bounding pulse
hat follow the cold plunge or the spin
in the wheel of the 20-year-old. But
reaction Is there, and It must be exer
cised up to the limit of safety.
One of the dangerous places for the
ld man Is the chimney-corner; ' Its
.rarmth and Its restful quiet tempt him'
o Inactivity,- and we let him rust away!
here because we know no better. But
ve ought to know better. Fresh air
ind exercise In moderation, of course
-are as essential to the man or woman
jf 80 or 90 as to the child of 8 or 0.? -
Cool sponging once a day is also a
. aluable means of maintaining the tone
f the body and of overcoming the Im
pulse to sit still and muse.
The old body needs to be warmly clad,
for It is sensitive to cold and Is unable
to manufacture Its own heat In. the
tame measure ss the younger snd more
rigorous organism. But with proper
lothlng, warm but light there are few
lays, even In winter, when the old man '
tr woman ought not to walk a mile In
he open air and sit for two hours at
'east well wrapped up, In the sun by an
pen window, or preferably In a shel
tered nook out-of-doors.
This Is a rule we should persuade our
ild folks to adopt If they will follow
t, their days will be brightened, - and
vlll not be shortened. Youth's Com
lanlon. "
VAUDEVILLE AT KEITH'S.
For enerpy. enthusiasm and excel
lence in entertainment Keith's has no
superior as a play house. It is really
a pleasure to visit Keith s in that tbe
bills offered each week are such that
delight and in a majority of instances,
educate.
We use the word educate for it la
the only one to use in stating that
the sketches seen at this house each
week really Instruct and teach a les
son in one act aa what we often see.
In other play houses, In three or four
acis.
conciseness in everything, but art
ana attainment in that brevity wltbal
is wnat maae Keith's theatres rise
to the front rank in high class vaude
ville circles. . -
When a public theatre holds
thronged audience In the gallery that
ever manes me siigniest outbreak In
the way of comment of any descrip
tion, save that of enthusiasm in ap
plause, that theatre can b pritiii.
said to be refined and first-class in ev
ery department of theatrical etlquitte
And It la a salient feature of Keith's
that the best people in Philadelphia
visit and patronise this pretty play
house during the twelve months of the
year. Philadelphia Item. . .
Charming Princess Lonise.
There are many stories of the Prin
cess Louise, and one in the Young
Woman tells how a boy on the Bat
moral estate, when asked which mem
ber of the royal family he liked beef,
said: "I think I like the Princess
Louise best, because she's so jolly to
talk to." Even Carlyle, we are told,
found her fascinating, for, after meet
ing her when she was about 2L the
sage of Chelsea wrote of her to his sis
ter, "Decidedly a very pretty young
lady, and clever, too, as I found oul
In talking to her afterward." West
minster Gazette.
Tbe- needle yen hunt far ta a aaf
tack never pricks your Anger.
Consider It a crime to Injure a broth
er, even though he be unbrotherly.. .
It Old Xs-
ly aeerted that at one period of the
world's history a great lea "
moving down from the polar regions
.a ...i aw North America a far
Booth aa latlt 88. carrying with
treat bee Mans-which 11 about on
elope and hilltop to this day to prove
It-and seratobtna; tb racoro
scratching tb record
Bsondueaand
Ten
thla ice can kindly melted and
peaMj. This we tougfat la tb aohoola.
to Ooabt it waa heresy; for science,
when U takes up winh a theory, la dog-
matte, and all geoJeglsto sua: -nenota,
bow wonderful to oar knowledge; what
secret w can wrest from the pastr
After a while adenco rather ge np
tb potox Ice cap theory and told down
a new dogma that of a suets conti
nental Ice sheet tor North America.
The recent Investigation of officers
of tb Osnadton geological
prove that the scientists evolved their
glacial theory out of a vivid imagina
tion, it has been found that in north
ern Alaska there to no evidence that
that part of the country ever was cov
ered by a glacier in fact conclusive
evidence exists that It was not At the
mouth of the McKenxle River to plenty
of evidence of glacial action, and also
that the glacier which left Its records
came from the south. On the western
shore of Hudson Bay are marks of a
glacier which came from the west and
on the eastern shores of one which
came from the east East of the Cana
dian Rockies la a long belt which shows
no evidence of ever having been ex
posed to glacial action.
These and stnauar discoveries have
put the geologist "all at sea," and they
nan have evolved a new theory regard
lng the amctol period. It is that one
blsT glacier did not at one time cover
all the North American continent but
that several glaciers, moving, at differ
ent times from different centers of dis
tribution, made their way In different
direction and left the glacial records
which are now found. They have even
given nsmiw to these glaciers, such as
the "CordlUerah glacier." the "Labra
dorian glacier" and the "Keewatln gla
cier." Prof. Lawson, of the University
of California, In writing on the subject
In the International Monthly, says that
as yet It cannot be said that the suc
cession of these great glaciers In time
has been established well enough to
warrant an unqualified acceptance, but
he seems to have little hesitation In ac
cepting the theory of different glaciers
moving from different points.
Tosaasy Waa Big-lit.
"What to bread chiefly used for.
Tommy T" asked tbe teacher of a small
pupil In the juvenile class.
"To spread butter on," was the logi
cal but unexpected reply.
"Bow Awfallr Greedr."
"How awfullygreedy you are!" said
one little girl to another. "You took the
biggest apple from the basket Just as I
wss going to take It myself."
Since Willie Goes to School.
Since Willie goes to school, the dsys
Are always full of peace.
And In a hundred little ways
'The cares of life decrease;
The halls are littered up no more
With blocks and tops and traps;
No marbles lie upon the floor.
But are we happier than before?
Ah, well perhaps perhaps!
Since Willie goes to school, the eat
Lies dosing In her nook
Tm Cam Cold la Om n.
Take Lsxstivb Bboho Qunmrs Tssun
An
arunrlBis rsfuad ttw money It II falls to ear,
g. w. Gaova's atsnatara to oa MOh box. ass.
The spirit of Independence Is not
merely Jealousy of our own particular
rights, but a respect for the rights of
other.
WsoffarOaa Hundred Doners Reward fo
uiyeassof Catarrh thateaaant be eared by
Hall's Catarrh Care.
F. J. Chssst Ool, Piepa. Toledo, O.
We, tbe nnderslB-ned, have known Y.J. Che
uey tar the lt H years, and belleva him per.
fectlr booonble n all
i traa-'i
wuoo
ana -"t l'
It able to earn Ml aav ahHM.
tion aaeda by their flra.
Wss aV Tbuax. Wholesale Drelsia, Toledo.
Ohio.
WALDiira, ZxsxAif afaavT, Wheteeale
Droaaists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hairs Catarrh Cnia la taken hlanull, nt.
lag directly apon the blood and ra noons sar
raoss of the system. Prior, Tio. per bottle. Sold
brail Dnutists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family pills are the asst.
'The Ideal citizen ia the man who be.
lleves that all men are brothers, and
that the nation is merely an extension
of his family.
- rreys Vernaifnge Far Tears
Has been the family mz-dlclne for worms. It
cures. cta. At Uruggists and conn try stores,
- Humidity is a divine veil which cov
ers eur good deeds, and hides them
from our eyes.
Carter's Ink
fs assd by millions, which is a sobs
proof of
nklinga,
Its auamy. Bena lor rree booklet. "I
address Carter's Ink Cov, Boston, Maae,
His Theory.
- A novel explanation of the cause of
thunder showers was once given a so
journer In a little Nova Scotia town by
one of the Inhabitants.
"Do you know what makes thunder T"
the Nova Scotian Inquired of his guest
"I've got a theory of my own, and I call
it a pretty good one."
i snouia uae to near it," wss the
diplomatic reply.
"Well." said tbe host, slowly, "my
Idea this: Tou know we hear about the
air circulating and circulating ail tbe
time. My notion Is that the pure air
rrom above comes down here In sum.
mer, snd gets foul with aU the smoke
and dirt and grease; and then the heat
drive it np again Into the clouds, snd
wnen it gets up there It's pressed on all
round by the clouds coming together
and It explodes! That's my theory, of
course," he added, with becoming' mod
esty, -oiner routs may have others."
Sugar tn Germanr.
In thirty years Germany, from being
xye more man sev-sttstaining, has be
come the largest sugar-exporting coun
try. ; - .
laateet Insurance Sobei
"Insurance for bathers Is the newest
enterprise In the Insurance line In En
gland. ' Penny -In-the-slot machines are
to. he erected at the popular bathlnc
resorts.
Dr. Bull's Cough
Cams a coaarh er coM at ance.
Syrup
Canaasrs croup, broarliltli.
alts ana
"SUPPOSE I DIE"
" We have helped the people to answer
(bat question for half a century or more;
to make provision for their survivors.
. Ws do more: We assist men in mak
ing provision for their old sge, when
the money producing power is waning.
Get our free booklet, "The How and
The Why." it brushes cobwebs frem
tbe brain. -KNN
MUTUAL UFB INSUtANCB CO. -
at -
2
TAP
,1 M 1 ' k .
veaitn
Al nair la
0 Iwjetlth
indeed,
to a
s I woman.
physical attraction is
secondary tb it.' We
have a boot, we will
gladly send j you that
tells just how to care
for the hair, j
If your hair is too
thin
or los
ing its
luster,
get, '
Growth, becomes
vigorous "and all dan
druff is removed.
It always restores
color to gray or faded
hair. Retain your
youth ; don't look old
before your time.
SI. I
An i
"I hare need yoar Hair Vigor
now for about tS years and I hare
found It splendid and satisfactory
la overy way. I believe I have
recommended this Hsir Vigor to
band reds of my friends, ana they
all tell the suds story. It any
body wants the best kind of a Hair
Vigor I shall certainly recommend
to them just as stronrly ss I
can that they get a bottle of Avers
BalrVteor."
Mrs. H. B. Hamiltox,
Nov. SS, UN. Norwich, if. V.
It yea Soot obtain aU tbe beneflta
yon desire from tbe ase of tbe visor,
wrtta the Doctor aboatn. Add rex.
Da. i. c. AVER,
Low.ll.Wc.
Small for lcaAge.
Pat called as usual one morning at
the Cow and Pall for his threepenny
worth of whisky, when the following
conversation ensued between the land
lady and himself:
Pat This be good whisky, mum.
Lady Yes, Pat. Can you guess the
age of It?
Pat No, mum.
landlady Well, it's thirty years old.'
Pat (eyeing the threepennyworth)
Oim a-thlnkin It be molghty small foi
Its age, mum. London Spare Moments.
The Baa rrosti iptloa for Chills
and Feuats a bottls of Grove's TASTBLras
I 'MM , T.ll I. tm .In.l. I . .
. -..!.!. W BUU UU IU1U. UJ
care as nay. rnce sua.
The man who thinks himself Inferioi
to his fellows, deserves to be, and gen-
rally is.
All goods are alike to Pctsim F&dblbss
Dtbs, as tbey oolor all flbers at one boil-
lug. Bold by all druggists.
The secret of success in life Is for a
man to be faithful to ail his duties and
obligations. .
Piso's Care s tbe best medicine we ever tued
or sll snections ol tnroat sol lungs. wn.
O. Endslkv. Vsnburen. Ind., i-'eb. 10 1HU0.
Many people's knowledge is estimated
by the number of books they nave
read.
Dyspepsia is the bane of the human
system. Protect yoursen sKnn .i
lavages by the use of Beeman's Pepsin
Sum.
Rnw within vour means, then you are
sure to be able to pay in like propor
tion. vi i.. aoothini Svrne toe chttdre '
.retains, aoftens tbe tumm.j a5'
iica. alCy. pain. core, wind colic. 2Lk. a bottle
Borrows of Mies Coroin.
a. story Is being told in London of an
amusing passage at aans between Miss
Marie Corelll and ue scnooimisrress
of a school Just acrots from the house
where the authoress lad taken up resi
dence. Part of tbe school exercises
consulted In the stuy of music, and,
agreeable though ttis proved to the
school children, it jiovea particularly
disagreeable to Miss Corelll, She there
fore sent the follow ng note to ine
schoolmistress:
"Miss Corelll presents her compli
ments to Miss ind begs that she
will be good enough t arrange so that
there may be no singug class between
tbe hours of 10 and 1, these being Miss
CorelU's working hours, when distrac
tions are peculiarly dstastefuL"
Tbe following camem reply:
"Miss presenti her compliments
to Miss Corelll and bers to state that If
such a course were Iltely to prevent the
writing of such books as The Sorrows
of Satan' she would rejoice In arrang
ing a singing prr-gram for evry day
from 9 to 2."
Only Two Method it Papers Profitable
It came out In tbe .reports of the re
cent Methodist conference that only
two of the fifteen tfSclal journals of
the church, publish! in different sec
tions of tbe country under the common
name of the Christian Advocate, bad
been conducted at a profit Tbe net
loss on tbe others $108,000 In foui
years had been borne ont of the prof
its of the publishing business known
as the Book Concern. -
Biggest Si nr a; eon.
The largest sturgeon on record was
caught In the Norfii Sea, It weighed
B25 pounds, but tbe delight of the fish
ermen was tempered by the fact that
It did $750 worth of damage to the nets
before It was given the coup de grace
Richest M Minerals.
The soil of Peru contains the larveat
number of minerals of any known
country. At Plura, In the north, ne-
troleum and sulplar; silver, lead
per and coal In th great mining basin
of Cerro de Pasco in central Peru, and
phosphate, quCksIlver, anrifrvn,.
grounds and bortx at Arequlpa, in the
south. At the present time the numbei
of mines being worked Is 2,000 em
ploying 70,000 wirkmen. '
' Food of Jananean.
The Japanese are not heavy meat
consumers, snd Jet they are wonderful
ly muscular. Japan consume ,
; rice than any otter nation In the world.
.ue rita. v pounas a person
per year. I - -
1 1
I T
f
J
1 V
L X XT
jpmbUo liul In IsBehWrao. J (I I
Ml&lgaa hole the title toover 500.- LO
II nm IV noma ss4.m. . rr
reuesBsyraaa. . ef nave a I M
muarnnuence wkmi id. ii . i
TttUMFKT CALL
myan Hera a WaraJstst Ketoj
T take two to
make a quarrel.
bat an may
mend It
11 baits awn
clothe Is always
Impotent.
Easy preaching
eomea from bard
preparation.
- It la Impossible
to pat off sin tlU
you pat oa Christ
A sincere
is nine-ton the tight and 09 per cent
sore. . '
The best heart purifier Is to be filled
with thoughts of God.
The lights of tbe world need focusing
In the lens of Christ's love.
nuuiwh tha flm la ertinsnilsbed In
death, tb gold will remain.
If home mean only fine furniture.
children will mean only bitterness.
It la nraJaoworthv to aWDtlw U the
stsrs, but yon must also plan to drop
on tbe earth.
Tou must live a royal Ilf If you
would hare the world believe you are
the child of a king.
tUiuoMas mar fnrnlsh yon a head
light, but only the grace of God can
help you make steam.
Too many Christian workmen wear
their overall on Sunday and their
"best clothes" all the week.
YOUNQ REFORMERS IN CHINA.
Uer Hon I4e 1 the New and tlberaJ
Generation.
-Rama, have a tendency to say that
the present troubles in China arose out
of the missionary question. This ta an
extremely narrow view, and it Indicates
that the one who holds It knows noth
ing back of what has occurred during
the. naat year. The present troubles
are the last efforts of the old Conserva
tives to preserve the conditions wmco
have existed in China for four thousand
tears.
"I have a number of friends smong
the young scholars, first, second, third
and fourth graduates. They are young
men who have studied Engusn, ana
who have started English schools.
Their schools have been destroyed by
tbe Conservatives, and for the past two
rears they have been out of employ
ment. All of them, so far as i mow,
are. still pursuing the same line of
study, confident that conservatism is
a thing of the past, that reiorm must
come, and when It does come they will
be ready for It Such men are of the
cIam of Minister Wu Ting-fang, io
Feng-lo and Mr. Yu, Minister to France,
who called upon me a few days before
be sailed for France. During our con
versation I alluded to the attempt he
bad made to entertain some foreigners
on New Year's Day, and to serve them
with tea, coffee, wine and cakes.
"The Conservatives of the Tsungl!
Yemen would not allow you to enter
tain the foreigners on New Year's Day
s you wished," I said.
'No, he replied, 'but this thing will
not continue. The world is rapidly
slipping out from under these old men's
feet There are not any strong men
among tbe young Conservatives. They
ire simply hangers-on, and when these
few old Conservatives die, China can
oaslly be reformed.
"The wife of Mr. Yu is a Eurasian
.vomao. Ills two daughters dress In
European clothing when they go call-
ng In Pekln." They converse freely In
fapanese, Chinese, French and English,
is do also his sons. On one occasion
wm of the old Conservatives went to
he Empress Dowager and said to her:
'Do you know that the man whom
ou have had as Minister to Japan, and
viiom you are about to appoint as Min
ster to France has a foreign wife 7
" 'Has he any children r tbe old Dow
ager asked In return.
'Yes, Indeed, he has grown sons and
daughters.'
Then It Is late In the day to report
him to me. Why did yon not report
him beroreT We cannot separate a
msn from his wife and family even
though she Is a "foreign devfl." " I. T.
Headland, tn Alnslee's.
Beetle's Eye a Camera.
Thousand of years before the in
ventive genius of men discovered the
multifold mysteries of photography and
worked out the problem of tbe lens the
little beetle was carrying round with
him a snap camera of the most unique
ind Interesting character. This camera
waa provided with at least 100 photo
graphic lens, each perfect and In na
ture's finest working fettle.
AU know that the beetle bas the curi
ous projecting eye very similar to the
sort one sometimes sees In man hlm--elf.
The eye is large and round, or
almost so. It can hardly be called a
perfect sphere, for it la slightly convex
-n shape. Such Insects have eyea called
compound, formed not of one lens, but
of several hundreds, set side by side,
like cells In a honeycomb.
Dr. Allen, of England, the famous sci
entist as well as physician, took the
cornea of the eye of a beetle and em
ployed It In place of the usual photo
graphic lens of the camera used for
making photographs of microscopic ob
jects. A silhouette of a head was
pasted on a pice of ground glass and a
lamp placed behind It A photographic
dry plate wss exposed to the light com
ing through the beetle's eye from the
silhouette and developed in the usual
manner.
The resulting multigraph waa circular
and contained several hundred imng. s
of the profile one. Indeed, for each
facet of the eye. It seems reasonably
clear that Insects form their Judg
ments of distance from such multiple
Images, depending upon the power of
each facet to refract light rays. The
nearer the object the greater would be
the area covered by the Images on the
retina. Cincinnati Enquirer.
a2 5'Vt" very bird Ita food, but he
does net throw It Into the nest
A OAArl naalA e a. . . .
everfbodv-a .TiJi J.lre " to take
onu7ra?wVtT,0e mek'y' then ,oUow
jS Speedy, Prompt and Sure
" k. fl. ?UiC.,er' nver gripes and obtains better results
V A3 than any laxattre known.
I Its action Is marvelous. Its effect immediate.
mt , --JS? Pnie7 Wl"
Arf Dot r One-half
aTary urugriat and general
or the full nana.
HnnysaUJaaos..
Seem
C3 YCU FEEL UXE TH1SP
Pen Picture for Women.
"I 1? ," nervous, there is not a
well Inch in my whole body. I ZZT
weak at my stomach and have
fon horribly. n?d palp,n-
heart, and Iam loeln, esh. Thl,
headache and backache nearly kfiu
m. and yesterday 1 nearly had hvstar!
of my bowels bearing down all the
d Pin my groins and
VsLf.10 'P' walk' or sit
and I believe I am diseased all over
no one ever suffered aa I do "
This is a description of thousands of
eases which come to Mrs. Pinkham's
attention dally. An inflamed and ul
eerated condition of the neck of the
womb can produce all of these aymp.
Mas. Jobs Williams.
toms, and no woman should allow
herself to reach such a perfection of
misery wnen there is absolutely no
need of it The subject of our por
trait in thla sketch, Mrs. Williams of
Englishtown, N.J., has been entirely
cured of such illness and misery by
t - r: 1.1 vi t-
uy ui. x iiuimui b iccwuu; com
pound, and the guiding advice of Mrs.
Pinkham of Lynn, Mass.
No other medicine has such a record
for absolute cures, and no other medi
cine is "just as good." 'Women who
want a cure snouia insist upon getting
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound when they ask for it at a store.
Anyway, write a letter to Mrs. Pink-
ham at Lynn, Mass., and tell her all
your troubles. Her advice is free.
Hie real worth of W.
I- Ious;laa 3.00 and
:UtO shoes compared
with other uiafcee Is
at.oo to S.OO.
OurS-tGlltlCdirrl.lne
cannot be equalled at
anyprire. Overl.oOO,
OOO eatlafled wearera.
Ost stir ef W. I. Omit lit
sjorei.su hum wiu
sosltlmiy (utwaw
two fttn of rdlun
or i
Wears the largest makers of men a 3
' and SJ3-SO shoes In tbe world. We make
and sell more S3 and 3JM ahoee than any
two manufacturers In the 11. g
The r Mtot... of W. L,.
Doajrlaa. $3 M and t&AO ah oca for
tjie. comfort, and wearia knowo
everywhere throng-bout the world.
They have to girm belter eatiaiac
tioa than other makaa because
too standard has always btcn
paaead so high that th wearers
expect mora for thtr .money
BEST
$3.50
SHOE
BEST
$3.00
SHOE.
aaa tact can rt else w nere. I
THEKKAsO.I mora YV. I. Jjuuflaa $3 and ft Jt
3 snd ttm
thEt
shoes are sold than any other Make
AK THE HKnTi
i sjur dealer aoould kaam
them i wm five oa dealer rxcluatvw sale in each tows.
Take m Msatitatct 1 Deist on ban or W. L
Door, las shoes vith name and nt-ice stamped on bottoai
If your dealer will nc ret then for yoa, send direct
factory, eaclosinf; prire and tie. extra for camafs
Stale kind of leather, stae. and width, aiain or can ina.
Our shoes will reach yon. anywhere. Catalog r.
Ee Va. JsTwJS Msasn,
48
1X80
FOR FIFTY YEARS!
i
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
bas area ased or millions of motnen far
tbelr children wblle Teetblns for orer rift?
Years. It sootbts tn cbUd. eorteus toe
nms. sllars all pain, cures wind col la and
tne beat remcdjr for dtarrboea.
Twenty-five Cents a Bott'.
k s topped rati
1 'eminently Caree ki
OR. RLIIE't RtaT
i NERVE RESTORER
rita oner ftrat oar s aaa.
leJ ate bv Snail: irsalln anta
I TRIAL. B4rTT.UK FRRB
I WH ta wan sjaty Mnr.ee age eaty ea eeUry.
j ss sna a ssii iwt, aeioeiy teaapsrary re iter, strati
weresei jsaeei atei s. assrp'T. BPSataas. a) a. v I IBM "
IUhmIh. DB BL. H. BLINK. L.
'311
sswetnty,
i area street, miiiimpaia.
W00DR0FFE & BERNHEIMER
Wholesale Florists
16CM LUDLOW ST.,
hone. 1-42-69 A. PHILA
PATENTS!:
1 Mil A m ainsiienar a
HOI T I I K
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BratU'l. oiBcfjsj; Chit ago, CleTflapd snd rvtn.n.
TO SELF-SUPPORTING WW EN
r'.trltie with yoor nwnlw dntlw ji
'".f"" money br Dniu ol our uttv of MI7..1U
TOR Wliwrn 8kI ror luUfani
"J". fill! ufLRiiATflii.
V f IT W. 13ta Ht- M.wV.,1,
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rinnrniA ftanw., . .-a
reli-f forHMIIIIId.
MUUCn a rAollLLtS. Moid i.t Mt It .-.-.
BcaF r.ai wi
iUATieMOHlU lJtasV
"rS"h6lTt,n- IsstesUuud. Use I
uuiuo. poia or drninrlitu.
lDODQV HEWDISCOVl
taVlla "O sniek rll.lu4
'a aeoaettaniaHiaial.ua lOaaTa'
DISCOVERT: i
nnf wont
-raw. a, a. a. esxaa'esosai iu a iuu.a
Drearv.
In the paresis ward a venerable old-
man accosted us.
"What a drearv world this would be.
he fervently exclaimed, "If uils dlJ not
rhyme with kiss, and kisses with
Mrs.!"
Then he wrung our hand and turned
Upon Inquiry we learned that tli
man bad been a humorous poet whorn
the luxurious living Incldt-utal to nil
calling had driven uiad.-Detrolt Joor
uaL care constipation and biliousness so
Ti'll!! SHOES $fc2,
y . Jl ay UNION flADt
Sf USE
Iff awal CI ans XOars
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aTTnl
" w.wi aoeojuieiy no aiscomtori as
adu rMraos
claWul on sxlalne- In the moraine.
wholesale grocer ia tne world scU
i mm., m, with
I KLUt Kd Centre PsoeL
r rVss at ANHOPit iti bmucd u Pltoa St.. N-
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