FULTON COUNTY NEWS. Published Every Thursday. 13. W. Feck, Editor. McCONNELLSBURG, PA. Thursday. August 30, 1900. Published Weekly. 1.00 per Annum in Advance. AIIVKKTIHINIl RATKS. Ir luinnrn or llrn-o S times f fin. ler square euoh sutmcmienl Insertion.... H. All advertisements inserted for less than three months ceurged by the Houuro. S nniN, (lint in. 1 vr." ...IMI. I f-.li.iai. Tkioni. .. . am, 411.1m. rxi.oi. . ... t .. I Ni.UII. 7.MNI. line-fourth column.. One-half column f ine Ctllllllltl Nothinir Inscrterl fur less thnn ft. Professional Cunts one yuur 5. Illshop IStrkrr of Indln. Indln 1m nn Immense aggregation of peoples of most diverse type, Inn gun ges and governments. Our church began missionary work In the north west provinces In 1KTi7. Ir. William Itutlcr wim the pioneer nml founder of nil our work In Unit vast peninsula. In infill several men went lo his assist ance, among whom wan ltev. Kdwln W. I'arker, who after all thcHe year of con tinuous service was elected by the gen era! conference at Chicago In May last as mlsfdonary bishop of India. Illshop Tlioburn has been overburdened with the duties of his olllco and suffered In BISnOP K. W. PAIIKEU, health until It became necessary to Klve hi in additional help. Dr. l'arker, though advanced In years, was mani festly one of the best equipped men in the world for this place. With him was elected Hev. Prank W. Warno of Calcutta, a much younger man, but . one who has seen enough of missiona ry life and demonstrated by bis grasp of matters his ability to 1111 tbo re quirements of the position. Bishop l'urkor was born at St. Johns bury, Vt. lie Joined the church In 1853 and Vermont conference lu 1857. Ho was educated at Newberry seminary and Concord lllblleul Institute. He has ticcn presiding elder since 1804 with the exception of three years. Ho is president of the Epworth Leagues of India, which enroll nearly 12,000 mem-ben. Stranir Baaurt, On the walls of the general confer ence platform la the Chicago Audito rium were hung a score of banners such as never before decorated any American meeting place. They were the silk shields, squares and pennants from faroff India and had been se cured from the Epworth Leagues which used them In the grcnt gather ing In that country while Illshop Foss and Dr. Ooucher were on their inls tdonury tour of the bind. A Measure of Success. Friend Oh, by the way, 1 have been curious to know whether you wore suc cessful with that strange patient you were treating last winter. Doctor I was, partially. He has paid almost half of his bill. Philadel phia Catholic Standard and Times. Calves are never killed In Morocco because of a popular notion that If de prived of them the cows would cease to artva milk. Wearing Black Stockings. A frequent cause of trouble with the feet Is the wearing of black stocking!. Care should be taken to select those with white soles, as the dye Is extracted by the heat Induced by confinement in the shoe and acts as nn Irritant poison. Itching, burning and swelling often nre due solely to this cnnse. To mitigrute the evil In some degree the Blockings should be changed daily in summer nml nt leant three times during the week in winter. The feet hIioii I1 be bathed every night in warm wnter and bicarbonate of soda a tahlfspoonful of the soda to n busiu of Wuter letting tlieiu remain In the solu tion until it becomes cool. They must be rubbed vigorously In drying nnd then bathed with alcohol. New York Tribune. EPWORTH LCAGUE. Topic for tlte Week IIPHlnnlfiff . Frpt. it, "Seek Souls 'lemt, I.nke it, 1-10. "Tlila limn rccclveth sinners and cut eth with them." Nothing In the life of Jesus was more stnrtllng nnd revolutionary of the no tions of the times than Ills treatment of tho people who were not counted nn religious. "Then drew near unto Him all tho publicans and sinners to hear Him" shows 111m possessed of an at tractive power of personality such ns no other reformer, however eloquent, over had. Nowhere do wo rend of the multitudes of the common people of fering any opposition to Him unless llrst stirred rip by tho professedly good lenders of religion. The publicans were cordially tinted ns being for purposes of gain In league with tint foreign con querors and political masters of the nation. Oftentimes they wen- proliuhly extortionate in their demands and vio lent lu their methods of collecting the taxes. It is quite likely that lis a class they were socially Interior and morally of low type. They lire usually coupled, us lu this Instance, with sinners. These two classes were the openly liolirell glous people of the times. They were tin; most needy of spiritual help, and no effort was niiulo to reform them by those who made most profession of piety. One good thing remained true of them lu nil the-evlls of their occupa tion they inudu no pretense of good ness, of which they were destitute. There was no sham with them. They were openly In life what they were and concealed nothing under a cloak of false profession of sanctity. If they defrauded any man. It was not under the disguise of pious duty mid godly helpfulness. If they overreached any one, they did not make their evil doubly hateful by long pro yen und hypocritical ejaculations. They were not given to cant. Such people need the gospel nnd lire much inoro easily reached by It thnn those who appear to be more righteous, but who nre righteous only In iippeur lince. A publican Is an easier man to reach with truth and appeals of duty than a self sntislied Pharisee. Jesus shows the real heart of all truth In seeking those wiio nre most needy of Ills helpfulness. Ho reverses nil false estimates of the'worth of ex ternal forms of religion nnd centers all value In the Intention and soul desires. Mechanical motion and mere ceremony belong to the realm of the unfree, but whatever Is of the nature of compul sion, whatever Is forced and necessi tated, loses value In the sphere of tho free spirit of man. Oblige a child to repent n prayer, and ns n prayer It Is worthless. It limy be uneful, perhaps, ns a lesson of oboitlomv, but not ns a religious expression of soul desire. Tho publlcnn and sinner nre Ignorant of their real nature and nncils mid, not ns the rhnriseo, openly delimit of known right. Jewus nwnJtciis lu tbo evil ones the dormant desires and culls Into uctlvo exertion tbo powers of good. He seeks those lost to right nnd naves them by rousing theju to put forth their energies In co-opuriithm with tho spirit of holiness. Slimcrs recognize, in Him a Saviour nnd, penitently forsuk Injf their sins, follow I LI m In the re generation of purity mud power. So the followers of the Christ are called not so much to n routine and ritual of worship as to the uctlvo exer tion of godliness lnisccklnginnd. saving tho lost. Ills Part In Hie (Imiri-el. Magistrate (lo witness) I understand that you overheard the quarrel between this defendant and his wile? Witness Vis, sor. "Tell the court, If you can, what he seemed iu be doing." "He seemed to be doin the listeuln." Green ling. When some one remarks that u man lias a bud temper, all the. women pres ent suy, "Well, be looks It." Just hccuiis u man who iilfoutls a drove of sheep Is a shepherd, u nuin who attends a lot of cows isn't neccs Burlly a coward. Ouo freckle on the chin of the Sum mer girl means one proposal before tbo season's over; a f ruckle in tho middle of the forehead signifies that the pos sessor will be married before Christ- mus. Quito a sensation bus been caused at Berkeley Springs, W. Va., by the In uictment by the trrund jury of the County Court of County Commission w of Morgan County on tbo charge of misappropriation of county funds. It Is allugod the Indicted official, KH L. ltlce D. T. Housuholdor and S. D. Mosur, allowed themselves more than 2 a Uoy, the limit by law, for their services. Credo Ton flilo. It Is the fashion with many to de spise (feeds as lUlU-rul and a mark of narrowness iin mind und spirit lu those who bold to them. It seems so much broader und .more cultured toirefuxu all such restrictions to thought. Hut there Is a deal of arrant conceit , and non sense under it all. These professions of liberality cover quite frequently the utmost bigotry and lack of liberality. All thinking persons must have some opinions and beliefs on the great basal truths of religion. They view Cod In some manner und hold some Ideas of Jesus Christ, tho Holy Spirit, the na ture of tho lnimiin soul. Its capacities, duties and destiny, the lmturo and mis sion of the church und the lllble. It resolves itself Into rjils whether It Is nobler, more reasoiuUde and helpful to say, "I don't believe this, that and the other," wldch men have for ages, after deepest seiut-li nnd severest test ing, found to stand tho test of adequa cy, or to recognise' suedi facts us ra tional nnd worthy to be used ns a working busts of didlyfltfe und to say, "I believe Credo." Incredulity newer led" to strong, sus tained and noble effort. "I believe nnd I conllde In Jcstis tjirlst" bus been the keynote of all hecole endeavor for ages. Conlldeiice In Ood nnd the uscer tallied facts of religious consciousness are marks of greuttir hrciulth and depth lu culture than all the popular doubts of erratic though tbrllUojitt dlscrcditers of creeds. l'Mud some solliUrock for'your founda tion. If It is not on the surface, then dig for It, but Und It. Xo life can be reared substantially on the sand of "I don't know." lU'dnock-of "I believe, I confide," alone can grvo llrm basis for life work. The I.u Xll r utf 1.1 fe. It does not consist iu tho abundance of things which sin-ruund one. Klu gance In architecture and . Mulshing does not constitute a home, lttcliness and nbundaiico of viands cannot u in lie a feast. Coinpniilinishlp Is tlx: essential element, without which fife loses Its attractiveness. lVrsoiihmud not tilings niuko existeueO'doHirable. The luxury of life Is love. With It i)ll material things ussume slguittcnuicu and worth, ns they bear the ImprcHS of personali ty, speaking through thean to our In ner thought und feeling. l'Vlends and friendship ninku up our future good. f 00 OC'"O rvj-o 0'0-t 0-'0' I FACES 01 1 MIL HY llitll M. CIlVYMt. N3. People who arc. superslilious u bo ut, thirteen, should pause n moment, and if they have a twenty-livo cunt silver coin In their pocket, take it out and count tho array of thlrteens. They will find out that it's tho greatest kind of a thirteen lioodo. lleginning with tho stars there are thirteen, und tholr teon letter in the scroll, which the eagle holds in lis claws; tliiteen fcuthoi'B are In It tall, and there nre thirteen parallel Hues on the shield: thirteen horizontal stripes; thirlcou arrow head and thirteen letters in the word "quarter dollar.'' O o o 4001?-0 0y?10-? O'O': O'VO ''0 ,O'f O e My friend Topper l inclined to obesi ty, not to that cool, self possessed obesity that murks the iinin "t the world, not to that good iinnned, i-otmnl fullness of per son that knous It cun t hurry with com fort and so is content to stand serene in the throng of nervous humanity breaking out lu perennial smiles of complacent lu- diilirciK'C on all the fuming little world around, not lo well groomed portliness, but rather to the nervous, self conscious type of inlftiosity that characterizes the woninn with the market hasl et one see on street ears. Topper. In other words, is both fat and fussy. We, Topper nnd I. have an unspoken understanding that luimrs us together evry Monday uinlit In the hack row at the (i Iliad (peril liaise. I was a little enrly Inst Monday ulglit, but, crossing to tbo aisle rt tho left of the house, found Topper In his usual place. May lay friends never have the pain, tny foes the pleasure, of seeing me in such a state as I found Topper. His chin on his breast, Ids hands deep in his trousers pockets, my fat friend, the picture of uhject mis ery, sat staring at the wainscoting of nla bnster counterfeit nmniiiu mound the wnlls of tho audience room and lobby. I forced my vn;' past him, since he seem ed iu no way inclined to move, ami, sit ting down It, my aceiistonied place, awaited his tale. I know his moods, ami tiiis one was sure to have a tale. l-or some moments ho sat motionless, except for the heaving of his shirt bos om, which rose nnd fell with his labored respiration like the Nancy Leu anchored at full tide, ids starched linen creaking ominously ns it strained on his gold stud buttons. Surprised nt his lung silence, nnd more nt the faint odor I detected of high bulls gone by, for Topper rarely i n -dulges, I was about to spunk, when Top per turned. Laying his hot, fat limul Impressively on my wrist, he nionnnd iu a sepulchral tone, "Well, liob, It's nil up with me." I walled to hear whether It was a visit from his wife's mother or n lost bet, when, to tny great surprise, he continued: "Yes, I loti. this Intemperance Is u ter rible thing! Cut it all out, old mnn, be fore it's too latu!" "I'slinw!" I exclaimed. "Why, you old fat fool, when It comes to bibulosity you're not even energetic, let ulone ambi tious." Tills wus uctnally the first time I had known him to take anything for a month. "I know I don't often touch It, and even today I don't think 1 was in on tho Inst round, hut It's got me got me dead." "(.Jot you?" My friend edged over like some foolish young tiling an 1 iu a horrilied whisper exeiaiincil: "I see tilings!" Tills, coming from my supcrahstcmlotia friend, was certainly dry humor, and ony the helpless expression on Ids face over came my desire to luugli. It was evident Topper was serious. "There," said he, laying his linger on a spot on the marble baseboard of the wall, "I know you'll sny I'm a fool, but 1 cnu see n face there just ns plain ns though it luul been drawn by nn artist." "And so It lias," I laughed, for a strik ing likeness of u young girl, decollete nnd charming, smil. d out at me from the maze of Ii'in beneath Ills finger. "Ilns whnt?" he Inquired languidly. "Has been drawn there," 1 replied. "1 can sue it; any one can sou it." Tho faint smile of relief this assertion brought him faded nway us lie moaned: "Vus, but I see dozens of them. Did some one draw faces till over these wnlls und pillars and everything else'.' Here Bud here and there and here! Don't you see them?" Ail this time he was thrust ing and stabbing excitedly with his fore linger. "There's a num. and hero's nn old woman with a hooked nose, und there's a baby with a little hood on Its head, and here's" "Sit down!" I commanded, for iu his enthusiasm Topper had risen and was following the marble baseboard across the back of the house toward the lobby. Topper sunk down in despair, .tho tide of emotion in his troubled breast still threatening the illumines of his shirt bos om. My mind wits working on a tactful scheme lor drawing my friend's thoughts away from these forms of his Imagina tion, when, my eye rusting on tho mar ble, tho face of an old man met my gazo. Slightly disconcerted, I looked away, and, a pillar of this same material com ing within the circle of my vision, was confronted by two faces in profile, hack to hack like the mythical Janus. I felt a strange sensation down the scum of my coat collar and looked again toward tho slab on the wall. There was the old mun's picture, unaltered. I rose, certain that it would fade uwuy on my approach. To my surprise, it bore the closest scru tiny and returned my questioning sture with the mildest nlTnbility. I spoko to Topper, who stood expectant at my elbow, and wo walked into tho lob by, where wu could continue our search away- from the curious stare of tho now rapidly gathering uudicuce. It was tho naino there faces of every possible con ception, formed by the multifarious lines veining tho composition of those slabs around thu lobby, stared and grinned and Kiniilifd and scowled and glured at us from whatever point we scrutinized. The attendants of the theater, noting our ac tions, joined us, as did one or two friends coming in, and all, with some slight ef fort, could discover the puzzlu faces. It is all like the old picture curds that con tained u fox nnd a goose and n crow nnd a man and an eagle, et cetera lid libitum, all lu the mystic recesses of one leafy tree top. After seeing them tho wonder grows iu one's mind that they have been go long passed by unnoticed. The orchestra struck up, and as Topper and I fell into our seats n smile of relief broke out on his face that lent un unmis takable effulgence to tho buck of his neck nnd bore iiiiiiiipeuchnblu testimony to tho fact that our greatest horrors nru born of the imagination. HltHburg Dis patch. A 51 ului lous ilox, There Is n mysterious pneknge iu tho keeping of the Hank of lOnghiuJ, the con tents of which will perhaps never he di vulged. This Is n box which was deposit ed witli the lunik lu the lifetime of the first Duke of Wellington, with instruc tions that it wns not to be opened except with his consent und that of two or three other persons of great eminence, all of whom have long ago been dead. It has ulways been supposed that It contained Kate papers of the highest Importtiucu Since ls',7 the Kuvul Arcanum fral- einal society has paid nut its beneli clerics o it tjtilti,(NMi,0iNi. its membership reuclies ncnrlj 2.i().(KH): its assessments are no higher tlinii any other reliable insurance society: in two years tiiui bus accumulated un emergency fund of nearly $1,000.1)011: membership in creasing rapidly; tho order lualios un claim they cunnol stand by : thut every wife, sister and mot her should ud vtincu tin) Interests of the order by persuading husbunds, brothers , und fathers to take out a hcucllt cct-Mliculo and proMs-t the homo in lime of death. ! ft tf 4 . ,, rTiiiyii si il : - 'A ft mm HI fie 1 AN UNPROFESSIONAL REMEDY M I' K t.t !..H I;,. ,1.1 ., II- .' ! ' I -tin iu 1., ci , ;l n.. , lit-o'iKhf i ' 1 '.It "No I must give up my tpyewriting and llv out of doors?" she snid. if you want to lire ot all," wn the doctor's answer. "Weil, really, sometimes 1 don't cure the snap of my ringer for living It's o inenotonilus und so hopeless." "No wonder. You have mnde a machine of yourself. When you go back to Mother I'arth you're a country girl, are yon not you will be in love wt'h life nguin, us you wore n dozen years sgo, when yon couldn't stay out of doors enough to satisfy your ernvlint." "I remember!" Her eyes brightened. "I loved to work In the garden -not the (lower gar lea, but among the vegetables, homely, useful thilms- bin. mjs,l(. No one cai give me points on planting. I'm a Inriner's dnuuht'T." The doctor took up th inoiniug paper nnd rend, "To let, a s.nnll eoting house: modern Improvements, with kltelifiii gurdeu; terms ensy." "Would that suit lire?" she snid. "I think so." "I'll apply." "Let me know the result," sold the doctor ns ho Ushered her to h" donr. It wns a pretty cottage, and the owner lived next doer. His imtnp wns Adam Kverett. She smiled when the ngulit told her this, for she ss hve Sher burne. "A new Adam and Kve," she snid softly, scent lug n iiunn e in this un tried country. "Your husband, inndnm," snid the agent suavely, "will be sine to llfce this pl.-ice, nod if he has u taste for fanning lie will find every facility o gratify it. The former tenant wns nn enthusiast and improved the place wonderfully." "Indeed! Lost his money, ran away or died V" "Married! It spoils u mun's prospects. I beg your pardon n thousand times. I Dicnn unless the woman Is practical and a home body. Now, you nnd your h is hnad will lie contented und propserous." "A happy prophecy. Does the owner object to lettlug the cottage to a smgl womnnV" The agent raised his eyebrows. "Aren't you looking for yourself? I thought you seemed no pleased with ev erything that you were comtng." "I am. Tho husband you credited lue with does not exist." Miss Shcrburuo learned a few days later that she would be n welcome tenant, so, tsking the doctor out to pass Judgment, she engaged Hawthorne cottage. She had lived there a week and had not caught a glimpse of the owner. She almost lived out of doors. Shu unpacked bur violin and practiced music al most forgotten in the stress of dully mechanical work. She sang, too, and tho ong floated In through the opim windows of the next cottage. "I wonder If it would be wise to call?" thought Adam Kverett. "I hardly know the etiquette." He wks a Horlst. He loved Mowers, and their cultivation was to hlin u pleas ure lis well at profit. Whim he saw every avuilnble Inch of his tenant's ground Isilng planted and sowed, he succumbed to curiosity and interviewed ,Viss Sher burne's gardener. "What does Miss Sherburne intend to do?" he asked carelessly, "I see you are planting." She wants to raise nnd sell vegetables," said the country tun n. "nnd, by gum, she knows more nhout it than a regular fanner. She can give me points. She' a worker too. She can handle the tools as well as a man. If lie were only a little bit heuvior but she's gaining. Her cheeks are as rial as poppies." Eve Sherburne sut on tho piazza at dusk, resting. She heard the gate click and a step on the graveled walk. A voice said: ' "I'm Mr. Everett, your landlord. I came over to get acquainted. I have brought some flowers.' ' "They nre lovely. Oh, thank you! The country is beautiful." Silting in the rocking chair in the dusk, she talked and he listened; then lm talked and she listened. They found much In common. One dny, returning to Ills J o'clock dinner, he found on his table some uspura gus In n delicate dish, temptingly served. A card beside announced "Miss Sher burne's compliments. It will be her pleasure to supply i-ooked vegetables ia their season." To her door he carried every morning flowers enough to miike her lo ans fra grant uud beautiful. The rain, the winds, the charm of the woods and tield, tne quiet and the freedom, won Eve back to hculth again. She was iu love witU life once more. Was It because of the frieudship that had grown between a lonely mnn uud woman, she wondured, or because she was iu better health? Adam Everett, man fashion, wasted no time iu wondeiing. At the gate way Eve stood ouo lonely night, resting her arms on the bars, sinking softly. Up the oath to the other side came Adam. She made a moth u lo unclose the gate. Ho stopped her, saying: "Keep it shot, Evo, until my fate is settled. Am I to enter paradise? I found ou my tulilo tonight a plate of upples, a woman's gift. I have eaten. You have tenitud me uwny from my solitary existence. The first Eve tui.q.tid mac - it of paradise. , Yon are tntpting me iu." A blush .suffused her face. She stepped back nnd swung the gute wile in answer. Adam entered. Hoston 1 ost. 4 !!;.. I""' I -ihK to .V.-V-. .' 1; 1 til il." T " ;in l i, t, Sep ! v !r, i , ,. fa: .v;,; Wl.t, ., r,s, I, I ,'.; ,.,v.--t IU. 11, !. tx te lliah .a t Ir. t ,l, Sti.ul wo iln-iiia !i iilvlimi, itirmighT Y it hoc pi ul'r.sn ,",1 uh'Bin IViiw In Bw . il' Ml p' pining; H hp l.nl .tin t 1 1 if ilni.lin, Si.otl w.ll he itic (Vi fimtaTl Holy do mn nri't ao? Vc-i, II l-r ill Imvr 11 Ataiat-i c.'irmtpiiltoft. tllKi! ill till' letle.-s II tie Wiling II,,, 1, ciu.ld undci sl.ual ,,j nine stupid, t , a box before, ciigaj.-, .1 gil l be did not low., and , ', ' woman he did le ,1 ,'"'" left UO clinuee for expl ,,,.,., could see. IVi-haps (T " a wny to enlighten .Mi i,"' ' I.. .... . . " I' .-.-in. !. n.. o e.Hs, t it port without cineliv pride nnd making man...... . ' cotirso he must cull tic,iK ll" her to the concert, ti-,wl,' , chuncc to straighten out tins John llollllS ll.'WM ', p.,,, . lug. mid how he avoid, if,,' ' mining himself Isv,', ) tlou he presui'ied tl ' nsk. but In spit,. ,,f 1,J','. IKiHltton und unenvla' I,. ;ril, he found himself eti.,iV',. and could not but ii..tie,,",i, Ion's attractive f:l,.,, nl) milliner, nml that her w.-H poMire wns enhanced hy esty imd seriousness f ,", which he bud been blind k r,," Somehow ,Io!,u rm, he would cnll on Sn- . which he did, nnd really compnnloushlp f women. Till- c,iii ,V:H fi,' ernl times during the rn'j, und still John bad nt . tton, but on the utrary , to wonder why he had ,,'nt tlced the many n'trnrtiv,. Miss Davenport ;'i.ss. si.i woru or explanation haj tweeu htm and Mnhill,. w,; wns useless to untlelpat,. !' this direction. As for Mildred liavrm,,,,, grown to admire the ur.uiy ' (Iiialitles of her womanly As a daughter she wns . thrmghtful. and then t;,,, ij,,,,, In hl.sinliiil, .would shea, ,t mb' Wlfetothe man who slmuM , enough to w In la r: ll.nl u. chaius.', he asked hiiasr.f, : times a day, nnd one ai.;,( . he Quietly told Milh,, ti story, saying. "And ti.,w ti,;u take has Is en the u... ( lug out. what r.-al love ! 8:. be, will .Vou, l.nos'.in:: up i;, iny stupid 1 hmdei a:..I I . p.v lug to a belter, tr-ie.- at'. u devotion wlilch I mil ,rm whole life Is yours a id nml .Mildred's acecpiamv v. and not implied. V.,, .loll lb The Vtiiin Tln.j "The current lmpr. -s,. t: men em ruis- i nnai, onaaat' can rats-Is nil iiote'c-.sc," James .1. Mason, a .,:i kn tiese missionary, liat!ig nW Iieriences In the I'inuc! I'.!: "The t lllth In r.g.(t ti. : 'l'liere Is a small a'i'.:ail A M JIIJjNDEll. It H'tt iff.hu IloM'-j T'riti Mmvry litc; t.lu Wrmifr Hr nnd ImmI lllrn to Mm ry tli Ittalit One, t4 The operatinu promised to be quite siieeesslul, viewed ma nn operation simply, and yet the great surgeon did nut look entirely sntislied usibe removed his operat ing garments and made ready to depart. The eyes of the. nurse who hud waited upon him gleamed with professional satisfaction us they regarded the work of the morning, but they grew troulsV'd as they foil upon the ipatient. She bent over and laid her ear against the faintly beating heart. "She is siuklug, doctor," she suid. The great specialist turned back from the door he wns passing through and came up to tho bedside. The young sui-reon who bad boon usslatlug lilm ana who bud modestly stepped aside as the patient w-i-i brought iuto tbo operutlug room nnd prepared for the (anesthetic which lie un to udiniulster became as pale as his opcrutiug apron. The patient, who hud borne the operation and the journey from the operutlugitiible hack to her own room admirably, looked up at them suddenly, with eyes lil! dim and unseeing with weakness nnd languor. Then she lapsed back Into iiiieousciousni ss, ami the great surgeon shook his head gravely. "Shu must be stimulated quickly," he told the assistant, "uud she must be reminded of the highest possible incentive to live which you can thluk of us soon as she becomes conscious. This collapse is rather remui kahle, considering how Well Bhu I sire the operation and that she is not of an extremely nervous temper ameut. Hevive her uud sec that she wishes to live just as quickly as possible." "Shu has no incentive to live," the uurse told the uuor surgeon ns the grout man hastened off to the waiting appointment which he con hi defer no longer. "Shu told me this morning that she is all nlone iu the world; that .she would lie rather glad to die than otherwise, and sho only consented to undergo the opera tion at ull because she considers it the duty of every one to make ull reasonable efforts to prolong life. She hinted ut.an unhatppy love affair," she concluded as they worked over the patlout together, "and said that when the accident which necessitated this operation hnpiwiied she had 'hoped thut it was all over with her, young as she is." The young surgeon mude no reply, and. the nurse, fearing-thut lie thought her forward or unprofessional, blushed scarlet .us she bent over the patient. She wns a pretty womun herself and still in her first youth, although iiefehcmu young nor so beautiful as the motionless girl on the bed. Hut' the young surgeon hud no eyes for the blush which his sllenco had culled forth. His face was us pule us hois was rosy, and the hands which lifted the unconscious head of the puticnt so that the nurse might administer some brandy und water trembled. When the eye lids of the fainting woman began to nicker a little, he moved so that the eyes they shaded should fall upon no one but the nurse. Standing iu this position, the patient saw him uo more thau she hud done when he stood behind her lit the head of the operntlng table holding the coue by menus of which he wax uihiiinisteriug the ether, lint the young surgeon could, sue hek- perfectly, and lie scrutinized the delicate, blisHiless face with a care-and a 'degree of attention uot entirely duo to professional interest. "What do you mean by fuintiug. Miss Stanley?" exclaimed the nurse iu her cheeriest, most professional necouu, as tho widu eyes opened fully. "Don't you know that every time you faint it weakens you a little and that you've got to grow stronger instead of weaker If you want to live?" "I don't want to live, uot really" whispered back the patient weakly. "I don't care whether I llvo or not. I suppose I've got to try to get l ett-r because it seems to be iny duty, but I'm too tired to feel lfje trying hard. What have I got to livo lor?" she finished to herself, the fnint voice truilintg off Into a scureely au dible murmur. The young surgeon stepped out from behind the beilhead and tool; firm hold of the little patient's hands. "Live for me, Mnrgnret," he said Intensely. "I was. a fool to be jealous of you, to d'Miht your love and goodness even for n. second. I haven't known a hap py or a peaceful moment since we parted. I thought niy"heart would break wheu I limned that you bad bomi rii over and so nearly killed, and it almost stopped beuting when yon wore carried in this morning. Foi'giwMinc, Mnrgnret, and live for my sake. We'll prove how good andhnppy life cun b( together yet." The nurse had slipped out of the rodin for a moment, and they were quite alone, lie stooped and kissed her lips. The little patient' wns still too uenr to the mysterious realms of uneoiuieimisiiess to be astonished at anything that huppcneil, and she took the happiness the gods provided in such unexpected I . i . :l 1 1, .u tioiic simply. Win n the muse returned, she was sleeping like a baby, one frail little huud clasped in that of thu young surgeon, and when tho.gncot surgeon stopped at her bedside the next morning her eyes were already bright-with tie- hope of re turning health, if no more. "What's this I hear about your fainting yesterdsiy!" he cried iu cheery pro fessional reproof. "Don't you know that sislh tinriiusonublc conduct retards your recovery, my dear young lady, and don't yon want to get well quickly?" "Indeed I do, doctor," came thu little patient's -iustuulauujus reply. "I've so much to live for!" And the nurse, although she mniiitaiiud a dis'ivet professions! impassivity of attitude nnd facial expression, found it diiliuult o -repress, n fymathefle smile, Clileugo Tribune. it "nan Jui. t ::;;in by the du.aty (dock ' tb.if did duly lu tin1 editor's otiiee of ; The Daily H lei;rai:i, when John i 1I, ibs, inuiinger unit general factotum I for that end i p: l! lug paper, from which ' he derived u snug little Income, stul ' (Vnly reineiulii n .1 the day of the week. 1; was i'b'ii-.-ihiy und on the following c cuing the Heist select concert of the 1 Me.isoii W"iihl take place, where the social set of Vrenn ille would be in ' evidence. I Now for nearly a year John bud been a l'l'eipii iit nml more or less regular 1 culler oil Miss Mnbidle Whitney, tbo very pretty ihitiuhtcr of a very rich men bant. Uo had Intended to Invite her nil iilung, but Ibis delay in his Invitation might mean n disappointment. lie would soon know und why not emlsxly lu his noli! a declaration of his nlTcc lions. and no put to the test whether hlie returned his love or not. This M'oiueir n Imppy thought, so lie begun: Vc ll- iir Knoiiil - Mnv I 1him for til' jiti'Murif of ymn l uiiai: "V jt Un1 cuacrt loiii'Tiow i-veiitnn the S'.-.u, rs cll.lil I l;:ivi! ,1 ilt,:.ticn to (ink II. ('a- line.1 r t.i wliii ti w.ll n,..'ie nil- eltll.T tlw I. o- r ti:i:u i ..Mr er ti'tpi'l'st fit mi a If y.m nreejit no Invi tul am t, tlai ciiiicirl, 1 "hull im.Vrstr.ad J. ,111 III.I.U,; ,11 llet II," "Nl," ti. tllv Ml'liC IIIO- lic.l.lnat. a . leai, ant 11 refusal et lay iavinition ! ' ;.ll - ia, '!t U a refusal et yuuiH, with aVi'K'Ht I 'U'"!. .T'ai.-.- lM.lr,TT IloilLH. I or 11 niii'i of ro brilliant a mind this eis i-" a'iv a very l.-inio proposal, but 1 din signed pis- nnine with n conscious-iii's-i of having snli! just (uiough and not 'i linn h. feeling (iitlte sure Itf the t 1 1 1 1 1 s ( f his honest devotion to her thi!' her tiuswor would be what he b i'"''. With this load off his mind be (trued In the perui.nl of his afternoon II. ull, wl.li which ills desk was littered. Another story from the sui of Miss Ii:ieii; int. Well, this one be hud bet ter 11 . Icet. for she was ritilly getting beyond her depth, or so it seemed to Mm. 'I'o be sure, she sketched her cl.:ii:oters v !b nn artist's skill nnd v."s decidedly original In plot ;nv1 nc !, 'mt pub'le. !';! pu'ili-. .nvet ' I,. ;l. ,11 t I ' ! ".. . II.'V.'" i se. m-'d 1 ri ;sy .in-1 writ was more, I never married the heroes", nor any one I else, for Pint m.ffer. He di.i not I v:itit 1.1 pet-v.iiidly say "na" to tbl.-i girl, Id whom uuroiiY.i Ir.usly he bad be : eoilie so Int -rest', d ml whom be recog- iil.'.ed as a c,e,,i , iper. s;.-c to win for herself a t ii , i. in 1'ie v. .ild. I! u lie bu 1 ab-e-nlv mad up 'lis inilid not to sieooi't more of 'ict- worU. and so taking ui the ttub pen which had cer ta.'nly sei'ti better ibiys, ho (lushed off wa follows: My )V:o :.i'liea 'Iwlilitniullag oar lippni. fia(ina"t 'in: leta.iri lea f r lir .-tyle wu tlnd wa iini-t 'lis . a." 1..' u i. ta.'i,i' ler (tic i)i'e-nt. Viasi'.:. t" I', 1 1. a .0 . ',' fill ae it.iri-, I ula. yiiii):' ver ti'.! '. .1 aw Kl.l.lurr lleiais. "1 tlatter myself that Is neatly done," thuiijln John, 1 hit-'t.!.'- pliielng the 1! di n 111 their rc-piallve inixeliipes und inMre islng the s.uue he ran.i for the otiiee lio.C. , Friday morning dawned dull and rainy, with liilie m,si i-l of clearing; wi uther, and ns .lobn snt In his olllco bis eruiaje n:nl spirits were ut el ill tide. It was nil owing to the weather, he thought, iii"! not a prenioultiou of failure Anyvu..- lie bud stopped ut the ll'iilst's inn! ordered n li-ix of gorgeous violets sent his love, and they must be received by tills time. Just then the postman opened thu door Not a bin- 1'm.iii her lu this mull, unly some advertisements, a bill or two, three curds of Invitation, u check, thanks tor thut. und lust of all, a small envelope Iii the well l.tiown hand writing of Miss Davenport. A reply to his illsintssul of the day before, he presumed, und, rearing to open the note he read: My Uenr Mr. llel li Tlio root, oly of your let ter, ultlimiuli a very great Hui'prltw tu ine, have uncle nif very luip,v. It U liunlly neeewwry lor uie to iicld Unit 1 "ms-ept" yuur iuviUtion and aliH'l cMlU'et ell tliln evening. With regui'ila from lay ni'.iarr mal dell, I ma, most blnivrcly, Mu.ianai K. P.vi:xrouT. W hat did It ineiin. What liivlui..on did she accept fllnl why should his let ter niiiko her very Imppy? ijulte the l-eviise. he had supposed. It solluilcd like .some ui;. stei y of romance from her versatile pen, but It was no Jesting matter lie retleeted, remembering the (Min-crt und bis anxiety of nil ml con cerning bis answer from Miss Whitney. Jinn then, iu bis rellectkm. the (hsir was Hung opeu and a messenger bov snug out : "Mr. Hobbs! Very Important. No answer" And depositing ti pacU in.,i liaiu'. -il John his book for t-.lgntl-tui" John recognized the handwriting el the address n:id linstlly tore It open. A huge bunch of violets met his listen-l.-lied giii'.o and a letter, which read as follows: Hr. liuU.tc Sir All.'W iae te return your pr.'i'"rty, which l-v- heme tntrlale- leu Kent to me. .c In my HI y le, 1 eiai'liter il iO'Siili.itlleUtl ell yuur JiJl't la pan ar o a iiii i't ca wluit euonot pehslMy U' of lll ti rei,t er oai'dii of ymiiij. 1 meet lieuiitly lie ..i.M' j-.iur 'li-Hiifc n, dihi-oiitinuv ull tuluie oerre- m.iia.ll aiv, .m ' ur ll.;.ul(H are only lehd l-lever tliua y.air t eiiipllaiWi-H. t':l' 1 .-(itlllj- ;-, nml 1 i s!.:l lh SW'l lams that Slionld he Cluinncd. lu tliirl.v-seveii (if the I'nited States a married mother bus no rig-lit to her (diililren. In tiixteeu stutes u wifo lias 1111 legal right to her earnings outside of the Inline. In night states u wnuiun has no riylit to her own property uftor mart-luge.. In seven there Is no law to compel u man to support his own family. A well known physician has recently Ueclurod that the thnn is not far di tant whim the man who dies under a hundred will be charged with having eonimitueil suicide by violating the laws of lieiillli nml sanitation. This may be the view of un extremist: but it is a fact that with in it half century the avorugo of life has been extended over ton years. Fiir u long time it was llxcd ut thirty-live years, but il Is now dosti to forty-live. Whistling, It is said, isone of the best methods of preventing wrinkles about the motilli. Jt is a great thing to have ability, but it is no small thing; to hn ve opportunity. Yours, etc., M viaa.i s Wiiitm-v. l'oor John lend It with sinking heart, too utterly miserable to expreas the tuu-prlsc II merited. Another riddle to I mil, be thought. Was the whole world turuiug topsy ttjrvy uii.i with it bis powers of comprehension? First, a tetter of ncci ptniieo for no Invitation which be had not given, and now (Jds Hither, 1,;; r: 111. ml and thu return of his per, di ipiiiid violets. Well, good ly to Ida dreii ma of love uud future bliss nil 1 tlie ca: ties he luul built In klb vulu aiiillthn. The Uisnpiiolut uient be would bear so bravely no ouo would niii peet Its existence. Hut how explain lo Miss Davenport her mis take, and, picking up her letter, he curcfuily rereud It Her quotation of the wold "accept" was a bit strange. Its bllndiici B suggested his own use of lie word. Whut If he had made u mls-i known colloipi'aliy that is often bred c It infests the ri'-' ti the Kb.o ol an ...na. longer body and a I tiling like licit ol' a i prolific creiitih' am limns lunula 1 . m all tae ii.:::,:i great cities neatly i :!i.nl ; . ered npnrt nnd siiiim i . !,.. -0 or .'IU 0:1 biijiihoo iceils. "The tstii-cliow Is strictly :i niilinal, und, feeding i tidrely m liaturally bus very l-lb-:it"- an llesb. I have eiiicn them, nml hecu able to get the nit Mm " mind would have iyIIkIicI I' They ttiHte something lilie vein rels, mid alive or dead are ' much less repulsive than ii.it1 we cdniliionly cstc"!:! :n eels und frogs, t ..r i .i:a'l'." A Holiat.il'i ot s-..-ltli The Noltfrieiv. ei - -1 1 ; i 11 tain, Is coiisl.l 'i cii to l i t,i' natural curiosiiy ol (;t. I fact, of the West Ind.-i- It I n'oout half un Jiotn's rik i town of Soufrlci-' . t '!ik-l. e-lven Its name, and Tii-ni ly t to the east of the l'ili as. ini'l ' foot of two small lull. ' lire quite bare of vegetiitl'H sides facing tiie miter. It space of about three nnvs. ; ed over with sulphur mi'1 !llul' nre several eiildrom- In state of ebullition. Tin' black iu the largei' 1 1 snialler ones It Is "l'"''"' ' !":': never fall to boil's.aac i-ss" ; the smaller caldrons, iiMnl of the ci-cim' gun. keeiis a supply on buicl lor til pose. n.. Aim l'lioit' Ants nre very Indiistrious s lectors nod IllllV W SWII their pnths laden wild Ore stored up In granaries I" In the clear space i-ouim m. Is frequently a pal''!" "r I1'1 peciillnr kind of go""4 .n-e iiiiii-lt sal;-'11 ...... .... , , the ants. It mis ants make the clcnrlir-'-seed of this grass en P'-'n'" the crop, but evlilcnc !' to show that the guo- i sown and not a. cldctiw" rcmnlns, however, tlmt ' many nests there ti"' "" ; grass, und that It H other vegetation by tW"-' " iTiiiii oi i-'11' HOW to j rellli'll1' i Here are man' whereby the house may Almost us nunlcreiii' :w little pests wo Und thrive, but l"' i"-'1' 1 . . .Hi ...'.. I ..kill) IU'1 I men or swltzcriuiio -of buy rubbed on t"',,r about the walls rid " , A dairies of Ilics n '" , to protect the cluiinh'11"-.. frames from spec"-' ( ui preventive may be lm1' ' 1st, is inexpensive "J ' effectual. , iinl" ited 1""' Mow tt o1' . ....I i ine cupi in - , ,( .) i quart of boiling ".lie . Bait, half u ciipl'd' ful, lukewarm, add hall 1 let raise, cnu u'l u'"''' 1pf,il cellar. Two-tlilr-l " loaves of bread. Tho barbers in -'"'t' u'""' ii i in- la 111 ninny arc uumpi'lled nj und illsiufcct tla'ir co',"i' ra.ors Iminediuldy r,'' for they urc'ttPl'1'''11 l" hettil of another cikI""""'-
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