THE OTHER HALF. re mw tone that stncinf 1 half of the strain Is somewhere ! In f - . . 1 I ta sooths af mm sstielu sans if hrart. "ataraft of the power to staff Ita part. And the kail that floats a tha aJv wit melody M rich an4 rara, - will fall ths aaesaace to saafca If the aUaat half It doth mot There's sever ft message la masle nor art But Is seeking forever Its voiealasa part. And It Uea la the world Ufeleas thing Till the two together In harmony ring. There's serer ft message ana soul would give Hut a, brother needs It that he mar live; If St prove a message true and kind, Its other half It will surely find. -Julia F. Desna, In Union Signal HIS EVIL GENIUS l VYrTTaYalTTTOYlTilYJlT lion: Geoff, dear, how I hate to sea U your head burled In those pa pers; to see that anxious, worried look on your face, and to know what has brought it there! If you would only pive it all up, and and "And what, dearest?" ha replied, tearing his eyes for a moment from the latest stable tips and sporting Intelligenie, and letting them rest fondly on his young wife's pretty face. "What is the other grievance a real one, or only imaginary, like the first?" "They are both very real troubles to me, dear," she replied, sadly. MXot grievances, but troubles. And they press upon my heart night and day. The first is your terrible mania for peculation gambling, pure and sim ple, either horse racing or on the stock exchange; tho other in the In creasing influence which that man Sharp has over you. Week by week, day by day, I have seen it grow, and ' It makes my heart stand avtill with fear " "Fear?" echoed Geoffrey Grey, flushing deeply as he spoke. "Now, what on earth is there to be afraid of? Sharp Is ns good a fellow as ever breathed; he wouldn't hurt a fly, and I am quite capable of protecting my- self " "Physically, yes," she replied, sadly, is she looked at the Rtnlwart form and handsome face, ''but not morally. Fred Sharp In what men may call a 'good fellow,' but what wo women call a bad lott Ha leads you on to gamble, 1 he makes you fired with a mad desire or wenlth hastily made. Sooner or later "the end will come ruin, real - and complete, dismissal from your sit- uation, .bankruptcy pray Heaven it may not be a prison cell. It is my 1 love for you, Geoff, that makes my a-Lslon so clear. I see in Fred Sharp your black angel the man who ere long will Wind you so completely that you wlil be no longer able to Atin guish right frMn wrong." "You women are so fond of flying to conclusions," said he, irritably, be cause of the truth underlying her words, a truth he could not fail sec Ing, In 6pito of himself; "and as us ' ual you are all astray. The fact is tnat it cms me to ine quicK, nuns my pride to see you shabbily dressed, to see you cramped up in a box of a place like this, to think f you for ever ns only the wife of a clerk. Oh! Violet, my mania for wealth is all for your sake,' dearest, because I cannot bear to hide your beauty away in a cottage. I long to see you shine in tho society nature intended you for, as you did In your father's house, as your sisters do in their wealthier i husbands'. I alone am poor." "And I fell in love with you poor. "I married you poor. I desire no Tiehcs, only your love, Geoff our own dear pretty little home, nnd a clear conscience oh! if you would only set my heart nt rest and be con tentas I am with your salary. Is is that man coming to-night? Are you are you going out with him?" Geoffrey's eyes fell beneath her sweet, clenr eaze and her heart sank. Mie vns not one of the whes who grudged jser nubixmu ... , u. ..u. denied him tlio society of Ins old friends; but she saw the whirlpool bearing him off his feet and she ecmed powerless to save him. If Kred Shnrp was his evil genius his wife was his good nngel, and fair enough in appearance to 'udd strength to her pleadings; but for once her entreaties, her eloquence, her beauty, was wasted, for her husband buried b,iinself in the paper again, a moody gloom upon bis brow. The crisis she dreaded was at hand, nnd he meant to liiiil.e one bid for fortune then he would give it up forever. He shiv ered ns he realized how many barques had been shipwrecked on the sea of speculation; but this ono thing was so safe, so certain, there was no pos sibility of failure, or even then at the last moment ho would draw back; but Fred Sharp had hud a private tip hnd seen with his own eyes it was a dead certainty, and old Mason would not return for another week, lie bad control of all the cash, and 500 nt that juncture would be turned into thousands before he had to account for jt. But how late 6hnrp vvns. He said seven o'clock, nnd It was just on eight. "C'wie in ohl I thought it was you." "Stoppage on the line, horrid nul sance. Never mind, como along now. It's ajl right about that biz. You're s lucky fellow to be in it, Ysu have Jthe money all right, of course?" "At the offlce," weakly, wblie f,.i .!. But, Sharp, my wife Chi X forgot to astt about ssr," wMtf. "Pretty J wsssaa; aeear mw ft prettier, os asy hpnor. Aad Just think what It mesne to her. Why, ttfi little lass than a, crime to keep creature Ilk her boxed up in a wretched little plaee like yours. Ex cuse plaia speaking, old chap, but hell be the happiest woman i Kav gland whea you go to ker and tell her how much you are worth. &hoW her your bank book she's beam , used to bettor things than you caa give her yet, but well chr.ng al) that Geoffrey's heart was heavy aa itai, but his very power of speech janajned affected, his free-will goaa loot Ia4h suttle Influence hie aril genius exerted over biro.' ' J The evening was passed is difteresjk places but the society was all the same, the conversation all on the earns subject and ths papers wars caused by eager, bursing eyes, sad s volet kept whispering is his ess thst before snother week hsd fled that 900 would be 8.000 old Msion would never know anything sbout It he should buy partnership in some first-rate firm. And so the roseate dream went on, night passed, and Sharp, eager for the money, called st the office for it al most sa soon ss Geoffrey reached there himself. Just as he was handing the notes over s terrible revulsion of feeling set in. Confidential clerk; one who had been in the same office for 15 years; trusted by old Muson us his own son would have been. "Good heavens. Sharp," he said, almost ghastly in his pallor, "If if it fails; If there is any mistake, nothing can save roe. It a it s not my money. I I feel like a thief." He was a thief; but Sharp's airy an swer reassured him. "Nonsense! You are only borrow ing it. Think of this day week, lucky dog" with a facetious poke in the ribs. "I tell you you are the only friend in the world I'd have let ba this; it's too good, you know. To-morrow the shares will be bounding up like wild fire." How Geoffrey lived through the day and night be could not tell. His head seemed in a whirl; everything was confused nnd blurred. Sharp did not look in that evening and the next morning's papers had said things were unchanged. Twenty-four hours later an un looked-for catastrophe happened. Some hideous blunder had sent the shares down; they were dropping like lead down, down, down; but they never reached the level of Geoffrey's heart, for that was trampled to the earth crushed with the impending doom which no power of his could now avert. He would ere long be lodged in n felon's cell, sent there by his own act and deed, Sharp merely showing the way. Sharp had absconded just as poor Violet l-i.d told him a hundred times would 1)" the case sooner or later and he carried with him the reputa tions and situations of scores of men who all, like Geoffrey Orry, hnd lis- tened to his specious stories and risked their honor on the fairv tales ! he had told them. If -Geoffrey .could have called back that one week by the sacrifice of his right hand, by years of penance, he would have sacrificed them freely; but the past can never be recalled. He had stolen, embezzled his employ er's money he didn't decievo himself any longer 'with the specious word "borrowed nnd the brand of thief would be stamped on his brow for ever! He was so new to crime that he could not hido the fearful agitation which never left him, nnd gradually his fellow-clerks shrank away from him, whispering nmong themselves, nnd he knew they hud guessed the se cret. Someone knew the money had been paid iu but wag not entered in the ledger everyone would be a wit ness against him and see his depre dation! Could he lie to fuce it? Sometimes he thought not! Then again, he set his teeth nnd nuked himself if he were coward enough to leave poor Violet alone and disgraced in the world. Woman's love! Ho had often heard of it, nnd his wife's lovo for hjm f0 t ,mt wQuM ..... i... him nt the prison gates when the time was up, nnd never utter one word of reproach for tho havoc he had made of her life. God bless her! God bless her! Oh! if he could ever atone, ever retrieve! Hut It was too late! How clearly lie saw then, with a felon's cell awaiting him, the truth nnd beauty of the words she had 60 often said to him: "It is not wealth and luxury that bring happiness, Geoff, dear. It Is true love, sufficient for the daily wants, n contented mind, nnd a clear conscience. All the rest is super fluous pleasant sometimes, but su perfluous." A clear conscience! Would to- nenven he hud it! It was worth every other thing in the whole world. Aye, he realized It all too well, w hen he hnd lost it forever. The time hurried on. Everything seemed dim and blurred. Mr. Muson came back, and Geoffrey's very face and manner condemned him. It was impossible not to see something was wrong; and the face, hitherto always so pleasant and genial, became white and stern as ho found out what sad happened. Ths receipts and the entries in the ledger did M 'corre spond. Someone had been tampering with tho figures. Did Mr. Grey sus pect anycnsT Rot hut everyone else down to the office boy suspected Mr. Grey! Ho had been so strange ill, they thought at ftrst-now merely a thief! Teal toe U had naething M Sssm prsof ts cs cf L!j LI. L sa4 ts ssts his Km he soU sot i .Ur oss word la his own defease ts tjc there was Bothfaeg to bs sail mm was guilty; hs would sot sdd s tissue of lies to his other enormities, so would hs stoop so low ss to try sad throw his sins oato laaocsst shoulders. It wss terrible being taksa throst tho streets to prison, torrtbls stasd lng is ths dock, terrible to hoar his counsel plead for him, tell of ths sud e tempts tioa. sad o hear biassed sowlsissed to tvs years' penal serri- tp! .; - . -- V -' ',. :-' Aut most dreadful el sj was M to f- Violet, hit wifa-rtth Us pallor sfdesth pa her beautiful face,, sad to hoar her sweet lips murmur: - , . Tl wss only you wanted, Geoff, dear not luxury, not wealth, not a grand house sad jewelry. If X had wanted them, I ahouQ hsve married Mr. Watson, ths millionaire, who asked me s week beXors you did; It Is the knowledge that you did it for my sake that is kiaing dm." s e e e e e e "Come in." i , The words were uttered drowsily sa Geoffrey Grey opened his eyes sad saw his wife standing by his tide, - There is a knock at the front door, Geoff, darling," she whispered, hurriedly; 'it is Mr. Sharp. Geoff my sweetheart my husband, there is still time to draw back) but I fear the crisis really is here your sleep has been troubled you havs muttered such strange things, Geoff. I went up to my bedroom, and I knelt down and prayed to God that you might be kept from sin, and that the erase for speculation might burn itself , out." . He was wide awake then wifle, wide awake, and he looked from the sweet, anxious face of his wife to tho crafty, crocodile smile of his evil genius, as Mr. Sharp began his apology- for being so late. "Was kept in the city very sorry, really couldn't help myself. Yon will excuse me, I'm sure, Mrs. Grey, for taking your husband out to-night, but we have most important business to transact together" Violet's breath cams quick and hard; she did not speak, slthough her lips moved, but she kept her eyes on her husband's facs and set up one last prayer for help help that no hu man being could give her. Geoffrey's hand wandered mechan ically to his. breast-pocket, - where there was a thick, soft packet or roll of paper bonk notes paid to him that afternoon after office - hours; notes belonging to Mr. Mason, his em ployer; notes that Sharp knew he ex pected to receive that day, and had wrung a promise from him should be entrusted to him to put on "s dead certainty." "I'm very sorry, Sharp," said Geof frey, slowly; "but our little business is 'off', now and forever. I've done with speculating. It costs too much. I can't afford it on a clerk's salary. And I feel sure Mr. Mason would pre- sort left, namely, the drug treal fer choosing his own investments; ! ment." When medicines are used don't mean to choose them for him,"!' for chronic constipatlOD, the most With a snarl like an anorv terrier-mild and centle obtainable, such as npter wnt sway. . Ua . was beaten beaten by a woman who 1 .1 l. l 1 . t f didn't know enough sbout business to indorse a check properly. ' No! but the knew right from wrong she knew what real love was; she knew victory from defeat; and as she shed teara of joy on Geoffrey's breast when the front door slammed behind his black angel, banished forever from that house nnd its owner's presence, she heard Geoffrey's dream and realized that it had been sent in answer to her prayers to pull back the slipping feet just on the edge of the precipice; and tlint night, perhaps, Geoffrey Gsey and his wife were the two happiest peo ple in the whole of London. London Tit-Bits. Spinster Mnilogi, When a man wants to say some thing particularly idiotic he begins it thus: "Thinking men are now com ing to believe &e., &c." A man thinks the woman who has remained single fur his sake is the most wonderful woman God ever made, but the one who has remained single for some other fellow is men tally lacking. Jealousy in a husband is more often n sign of self-love than of wife love. Men regard flattery ns truth and truth ns abuse. The weak man has friends, the strong man admirers. The drinking man is often weak and lovable, the abstemious man oft en strong and despicable. A man never disnlava his crief ex ,.ot ,.i, i,n ino. hu, ,nt ....... ..v. ...... The nnufls are masculine: thev are in lleuven. X. Y. Herald. A Well-Kcpt Secret. "They say woman can't keep a se crtt," said Mr. Henpeck, "but " "Well," the old bachelor , urged, when the meek little man hesitated, "did you ever know of a woman that kept one?" , "I should say I did. My wife and her mother fixed it all up between themselves nearly a year before I proposed, to have me in tho family, nnd I don't 'spose I'd know it yet if the old lady hadn't made a deathbed confession." Chicago Hecord-IIerald. Nearby Treasures. Lucie I always give the prettiest embroidered things I do to my moth er. Marie That is kind and thought ful in you. "Yes; then I can borrow them, you know." Detroit Free Press. Feminine Charity. Sylvia I sung in an amateur con cert last week and everybody was mevsd to tears. rhylllls Indeed! I hsd no Ides your roioe wss as bad as that. Chi cago Daily News, , A tlAHPSJt EXrtTCa. AM. X 1 j, .r .- " 'SL, : nccorarc "How old is ths baroness?" "Oh, that's something thst nobody hss yet been sble to find out! 1 "And still people ssy thst women san't keep secrets!" Pollchlnells. Strenuona Ufa. ' Peaceful business methods oft Succeed where others fall: ' Yet dentists and chiropodists Keep fighting tooth sad natt. Chicago Dally News. I " 1 His Worst Enemy. "I believe statisticians say mors men are killed in war times by beans than bullets," remarked the thin black cat. ' "I can believe it," responded the white cat with one eye. "I have never been hit yet by a revolver bullet, but I know that boys with bean shooters will be the death of me!" Brooklyn Eagle. What llroke the Encasement. She But I would never marry a man who loved me for my good looks. He Of course not, dear. I never thought of such a thing. Philadelphia Bulletin. The Frlneliial Thins. "How do you like your new board ing place? Have you a good, square landlady?" I guess so. She gives us good, square meals." Chicago Tribune. The Mala Thin. "Did you see this? A Pennsylvania woman stopped a fast mall train just to ask the engineer the time of day?" "Well, what time was it." Cleveland riain Dealer. An Explanation, ne Your friend, Miss Dashway, has quite a military air about her. She No wonder. She has partici pated in no fewer than 17 engage ments. Chicago Daily News. Won't Follow Ad vice after Paying for It In a recent article promibeDt physician says, "It is next to im possible for the phyt-ician to get his patiento to carry out prescribed course of hygiene or. diet to the smallest extent: ho has but On vn. vjnamoerJain 9 iTiomacn LAret i l&Dlete, should be employed. Their use is not followed by constipation as they leave the bowels in a natural and healthy condition. For sale by Middleburg Drug Co. Wo id llrek the Fall. He had been trying to skate. "Toman," he said, ns he got up, introduces many absurdities into aer toilet, but now and then a man :an see the advantage of some of the Innovations he has been accustomed to deride nnd condemn." "How is that?" they nsked. "Oh, it's n small matter," he re plied; "a minor detail, as you might say, but I can't help wishing that I could wear a bustle without creating comment." Chicago Tost. Wanted .o Frill. "nave you gut what they call table fly hote dinners at this eatiu'-honse?" asked the man in the bearskin overcoat. "No, sir." "Stepping to the door, he beckoned to somebody on the outside. "Come in, Wlnndv," he said. "They eat in English here." Chicago Trib une. Xo 4nh ul Tliur. I have eold Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera nnd Dmrhoea Remedy for j ears, and would rather bo out of ;oflf e and Hugar than it. I sold five lotilea of it yesterday to threshers that could go no further, and thev t iire at woiK ncr!iin Hi is inoinini? H I ire at work ni ,,- , - --- ? e'Pi x'lyinouin, untuioma. aB Mill be seen bv tlio above the thresh c-rs were able to keen on with their work without lot-1 dc a Binele day's time 5 You should keep a bottle of t his v,medy in our home. For sale by M'udlebuier Drug Co, ,' Secret of Her Sncceas. Fond Mother I understand you made quite an impression nt Mrs, tTrmerten's nink ten yesterday. What subject did you discuss? '! Fair. Daughter I didn't discuss anything, mamma; I I sat down on n plate of cake. Chicago Daily News. ' ' . Soothing Explanation.' H lie I hear that you have been talk Inir about me.. i She No, indeed; I make it a point never to sneak of my friends unless 1 can savsomcthing good of them. and so I knve not mentioned you at Jit ft t:am a,"- iv-jJiio. CANDY CATHARTIC N ffl-fsl CCC Never ssld la bulk. Msf fassshrwhstriuUKs ' ' CiaahH lust at less." Mrs. Hospitality (to Mr. Henpeck) I want you, Mr. Henpeck, to msks yourself perfectly at home. Mr. Henpeck Well-er, have ths dishes been washed? St. Louis Globe-Democrst. . . sVaes of ths Great. Great Caeatr dead and turned to elsy May stop a crack to keep the wind away; Napoleon gone, they alia bis portrait la To advertise a patent medicine. Chicago Record-HeraUl. To Be Envied. Castleton I envy you! Clubberly What for? "Didn't you say you were obliged to attend a deep .philosophical dis cussion lasting several hours?" "But I don't see that's anything to envy me for." "Well,- I've got to go to a society function and talk about nothings Detroit Free Press. A Small Apprehension. -. "I suppose they will make a lion of you when you strike American so ciery." '"Well," answered the distinguished personage who ' knows English but slightly, "I hope they will stick to that department of the menagerie and not endeavor to make a monkey of me." Washington Star. Shocking. . A Mr. Doubleduff I suppose you know It is now possible to see the person with whom you are talking over the telephone. i r Mrs. Doubleduff Goodness! And I telephoned to Rev. Steenthly this morning while my hair was in curl pa pers! Brooklyn Eagle. The Old, Old Tale. Bumptious No, sir, I cannot under stand how men allow tGemselves to be led by the nose by their wives; and I can assure you, sir, that I drive my family coach. Sharpshins That may be, but from what I have heard your wife tells you which way to drive. Ally Sloper. Regular Thins with Him. ' "I was nearly overcome by gas again," remarked the man who had come from the suburbs. .. "When did it occur?" t- - "At the usual time. When the com pany rendered its bill." Stray Sto ries. Children as Blessings. Good Minister And those beautiful little ones out there with the nurse are yours? Ah, madam, children are among Heaven's choicest blessings. Mrs. De Style l es, indeed. It's per fect bliss to shop for them. N. Y. Weekly. . 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We had some trouble with, our cook and I went to the kitchen to arbitrate the matter with her. Come up to the house some time and I'll show you what remains of the suit of clothes I wore that day. Yonkeri Statesman. To all our Subscribers H. BRIGH AM, Assistant tbe Uuited States, Assisted i ' and giving the farmer something t day humdrum of routine duties. is made to all new subscribers, I up all arrears and renew witb copies' free. . Address: 'V; . Aliddlebufffh. r ts s Sa.1 1. neatu aral Uold dut jrlng.i Vsorsnce Peak won" 7itce' I Jhe reg ST heals i Ul cures Ssdmen ,btlettei leble hu. Bel 1BTHE IkL