POOR OLD DAD, t?e aim sea'ea pick up a paper Aa' Its "poets' corner" greet Cpt ya'll m r plrty poem 'Bout the mother, saintly, swtetj But ye'll have a time a-aarchln' Eyes will be er-acbln' bad Cre ye'll overtake er poem Writ about the pore ole dad! tin. It Isn't willful In 'em Them that write of mother dear That thar's never notice taken Of her ole man settln' near: No. It's never meant .to sIlRht him, Iiut hit looks a little sad All the bouquet made for mother. Not a bloom for tore ole dud! True, our mother watched above us Till her dear ole eyes wud ache, Cut ole dad, he humped to feed us Till his buck would nearly break. Mother crooned above the cradle. Gave devotion all she hud; 6UIU thar wasn't any circus All this time for poor ole 'dad! Do not take one line from mother When ye write the soul-sweet song. But If thar's a ward for father Now and then. It won't be wrong. Foor ole soul! He's bent and wrinkled. An' I know 'twould make htm glad If, while you are praisln mother, Somethln's Red for pore ole dad! -Unclnnatl Commercial-Tribune. AX unimportant function at the V Vonntry house was just con cluded; ii dinner party lind been given by its owner. On. Cnlnard, to in troduce his future bride to Rome of the country families nnd a few more of his intimate friends who were stayinp at the house. His engage ment had unexpectedly been an nounced; but (ien. Calnnrd had no hes itation in presenting Debonnaire San ley as his choice, for she wot tall, slender and beautiful, graceful and fascinating, a fiancee of whom he might well be proud. A ninrried sister had undertaken lo act as hostess and chaperon on the occasion, and some of the guests .were driving nway from under the portico, whilst others were making their way over the velvet-piled stair base, having murmured the usual pleasant words of congratulation on tie success of the evening to their fiost before they left. Gen. Calnnrd turned toward his lady love, whom he addressed in low tones. "I wont to speak to you in the li brary before we say good-night. I hare something to show you. If you go on, I will join you there in a miu tjte." i- Debonnaire turned toward the Boor and moved along the passage, glancing ovej her shoulder to see if her lover were following her as she 'entered the library. The French windows were wide bpen, and the sweet scents of a sum mer's night filled the air with de licious odor. . Debonnaire crossed the room nnd tood looking out into the semi-darkness to where mysterious shadows Stirred beneath a line old cedar tree. Suddenly an arm passed round her waist, and with a Hltle sigh of re lief the exclaimed: "Oh, 1'ertram, how glad I am that's over. It .'s really a dreadful ordeal lor such an inexperienced, quiet in dividual as I nm to hne to run th,e gauntlet of criticism at the hands of all these grand and pompous peo ple whom I "met to-nght." "I fear no criticism of you, dar ling, he said, drawing her close to him and kissing her lightly on the lips. "This has been a proud mo ment in my life; the proudest will be when I can call you wife. And now let me show you what I have brought you here to see." He went to a small cabinet and from an inner drawer took out some morocco cases which evidently con tained jewelry. These he placed up on a table near her, and opening them one by one, displayed the contents. A blaze of diamonds flashed into htt eyes from three splendid seta of tiaras and necklets, which lay op en their satin lining, sparkling and glistening as the light fell upon the tones. Choose which of these you would tie best to wear upon our wedding day. 1 brought them down from town with me this morning, and the rejected ones must be returned to morrow. That's why I bothered you to-night, and I'm sure you must be tired." "How lovely! How good you ere lo me," she tried. "Nothing is too good to crown your loveliness, my queen," he an swered, taking up one of the coronets and placing it upon Ler hair. She Lad ruddy locks coiled in wavy masses behind l.er head, and the precious stones flashed their bril liance above her white, smooth fore Lead and her dark, blue eyes. "I can't imagine what you see to admire In this red wig of mine." she said smiling, while he gazed loving ly at her. "As a child it was always a source of grief to me, for it gave me so many nicknames." "Glorious huirl" he answered, "I love it. l)o you know Hnnnie, I think you ere the most beautiful noinan I have ever srn." A vivid flush rose to the girl's tbwks, and the courtesied low to Mm. "I thank you ftr. I don't pretend I am nol pleased to hear a coiupli- tuent like that from you.' At last the selection of an orna-1 ruent was made, and he was about to slip the caws back into the drawer from which he had taken them, when aUe ventured to suggest I lli'S MB. BY GERTRUDE DONALDSON. that it was hardly safe to leswa tkm there. ' ' ' V; "Don't row think they are too vnl- liable to risk In this place 7 ". I "Well, Ita for only one night. .'But ' perhaps it would be wiser to keep I them in my own custody, so I will take mem wxn me up-stairs. ado now we must say good-night, dear est." "Your sister will be wondering what has become of us. You must tell her why you spirited me sway like this." "Kate knows. I told her before dinner. We shall find her wsitirg patiently for us in the drawing-room, I expect." As Debonnaire prepared to go 'to rest, her thoughts were full of hap piness and gratitude. What had she done to be so fortunate! A short, month ago she was living almost in penury, supporting an in Tnlid mother by giving daily lessons in town. One day when she was crossing the street, the collision of two hansoms, with the overturning of one, nearly brought about the end of her existence. Gen. Calnard sprang to save her from a dangerous fall and a new era in her life had begun. A crowd rapidly gathering, a few wordB hurriedly exchanged, and the next minute she had found herself seated in his brougham beside him driving away towards her home. Three weeks later she was engaged to him, and the good folks in Broad shire were amazed to hear that the most eligible bachelor in the county was going to marry a penniless girl. That night, long after every one at Gen. Calnard's country home hsd retired to rest. Debonnaire sat by her open window, gazing out over the fair domain of which she was to be the mistress so soon. The vague outlines of park and meadow land were dimly perceptible, and there was something intoxicating about the surrounding stillness and soft, fra grant air. At first she felt too excited to wish to sleep, but at last the peace ful Influence calmed her mind, and she turned away from the contem plation of future possibilities and went to bed. She swept back her auburn tresses with both hands as she lay down, whispering with a little laugh: "Glorious hair! I love it." Her 6lurobers were not sound; chaotic dreams disturbed them, and eventually one more vivid than the rest seemed likely to arouse her dor mant consciousness. She thought she saw a curious, blurred shape of some sort moving across the room and slowly ap proaching her. As it drew nearer and nearer a nameless sensation of horror crept over her, but she could not more. Suddenly an icy finger was placed on her forehead, and the finger murmured something like: "Listen, I come as the messenger of Death." With a violent start she awoke to find that some one was bending over her, and that a revolver wus pressed against her head. "Hist," said n hoarse voice to her ear, "if yer speak one word, you'll never speak another." Debonnaire lay quaking nnd star ing, but she did not utter n sound. "I wants them diamonds, and f means to have "em. You can git up nnd hand 'em over, jest as soon ns yer like. IJut don't yer scream, or I'll shoot yer, as sure as eggs is eggs." Debonnaire hod plenty of pluck, but her teeth chattered like casta nets while she rolled to the other side of the bed, and, stepping out of it, caught up her dressing gown and flung it over her. Between her trembling lips she muttered. "The diamonds are not here. I have not got them, so I cannot give them to you." "Oh, yes, a likely tale. I'll take yer keys if yer's no objection, and run my eye through yer trunks, etc." She handed him a bunch of keys! and he coolly struck a match and lit a candle; instinctively she shrank back from the sight of his villainous looking face, and watched him while, with the expertness evidently learned by long experience, he dived into her box and searched through her wardrobe and a chest of drawers: His exclamations of disgust at finding so little pilfer made Debon naire shudder and shake afresh. He came towards her with a threat ening gesture, suddenly seizing her hair, which still hung loosely over her shpulders. "Look here, I mean to have them dazzlert; just yer make no mistake about that. Where has the gent put 'em, sfter yer was s-sportin' of 'em down-stairs? You show me round, and hurry up about It." Then the wretch had been watch ing them In the library? Probably he had been hidden somewhere in the room all the while. "I cannot tell you anything about them, nor can I show you the way, for I don't know it isyseif. I only came to this house lor the first time this morning." He pondered, for a moment, then said lets roughly! "I don't want t6 hurt yer, rolssie, but yer must Veep a quiet tongue In yer head while I makes my tow'r round the premises. But I shan't give you the run of the bouse till my Job's finished, I promise yer." He twisted her hair up tightly, tied it into a knot, and, drawing her close to the chest of drawers, he pulled her head down to the level of one that stood open, flung the i knotwd hair into it, and with a dex- terous movement closed the drawer, J locked it, and put the key into his pocket. , Then he blew out the candle, and, kith a siuull lantern In, one hand and M rsmbei la tha other, wards tha door. Tv got my pal below aid, nodding his head to where the open window was, "and if yer make one sound, aa sure as your alive he'll come up and strangle yer." And with this ominous menace he disappeared. JJehnnnalre warn i A darlcneaa anil m. nrlaoner. What ,1.1 ah. H to alarm I the house? shouki the burglar find means of life and of the. en- his wsy Into Gen. Calnard's room joyment of life of thousands cf ne might easily be awakened. o ' J j umj doubt the diamond, were lying in 'men. women and children. their cases close beside him on his ' To the men Scott's ElTlUi dressing table. But her lover would son ves the flcsl anJ not relinquish them without a strtig- . .V t .1 gie, and this man was armed. She Strength SO nCCCSSaiy for the knew where Gen. Calnard's room Cure of Consumption and tllC was, for he had taken her all around repairing of body loSSCS from the mansion that afternoon, and she ' j remembered that the one she occu- any Wasting disease, pied wbs down a short passage from For Women Scott's Emill tbe main corridor and not far from sJon docs th;s an(J more It js the back stairs. If only she were . . . , , free, she thought, she would have the a most sustaining f ood and courage to descend by these, make a tonic for the Special trials that circuitous route on the first floor, re- women ,ave to fear. turning up the front stairs near the ... . . other end of the house. 1 . Children bCOtt S fc.mul- she tugged at her hair with all sion gives food and strength her might hoping to loosen it and r crrnwth of flesh and bone drag it out through the interstice by , ,0r, grow" 01 Jcn ana ?nL muin force, regardless of the pain ! and blOOd. ror pale girls, it caused her. But her efforts seemed only to tighten the knot, and time was precious. Could she resch her scissors on the dressing table? It would be a sad sacrifice, but that was the only wav With nil tier atrenirth ihfl pulled herself forward. Thank' Ib recnt Pech' Mr ."! heaven, the drawers moved, msking anggested the following as an appro but little sound over the thick car-! AblI1yol.eMh.prlate epitaph for pet. One more pull, and yet another, I his tombstone: and her fingers touched the table; j ' Bralee. jIere jle a man a Inst final effort and the scissors who knew how. to get around him were in her hand. ! much cleverer men than himself "Glorious hair! I love It." The . , . , ... ....... , , ,. Andrew Carnegie. The great ma thought flashed through her mind as . . ... B. , the shears did their work of destruc-! irit! ot men who 8Ucceel in Ur tion. Something like a sob escsped j way do so becu ot their ability to her, standing upright and free once more. Then ahe gathered her gown more closely round her. With bare feet and noiseless tread, and arms out stretched in front of her, with ears sharpened to catch the slightest sound, she was outside the room, and creeping as quickly as she dared towards the friendly staircase. How dark it was downstairs, how hollow the empty passages, how every crack resounded upon the boards, and how her limbs shook as she began to ascend once more! ' At last the corridor was reached, and there was no glimmer of light nor sound of movement; so far she was safe. The man was In some room, evidently seeking for the treas ure. A few yards more and she would reach the door. At that instant the merest flash illuminated the end of the passage; she was only just in time. Her fingers grasped the handle; thank God, the door was not locked. With' two steps she was beside the bed and was shaking the sleeting man by his shoulder. ' ' "Bertram, Bertram, get up!" she whispered. "Good Lord, Bonnie, what are you doing here?" "Hush, hush, it's a burglar, and he has a revolver. For heaven's sake, tuke care." Then, having accomplished her mis sion, from womanly weakness her nerves gave wav; she staggered backwards with a little cry, and sank in a heap on the floor. A shot fired from Gen. Cal nard's window had nwnkened the household, and warned the burglars that their presence was discovered, Kxcited women rushed about "in side, whilst enterprising visitors and men servants led by Gen. Calnard, searched the gardens and avenues outside; but the thieves had made oil and got clenr away with some booty, jewels removed from some of the guests' rooms while Debonnaire was struggling to free her tresses from the toils. The diamonds, however, were quite safe. A few weeks later they served to crown a radiant bride. But as Debonnaire stood before a mirror in the drawing-room upon her wedding day she surveyed her shortened curly locks regretfully, sighing as her husband touched them lovingly. "'A woman's glory,' they say. Alas, the pity of It. Mine has gone." "The woman is the glory of the man." he answered, "and you are ne answerea anu yuu arc forever, love." Chicago Trib- ' 8 mine tine. The leaal War. The great alienist was examining the condemned murderer wno naa, as a matter or course, entereu ine plea of insanity. "Is he insane?" we ask. "Without a doubt," he answered. "He is irrevocably insane." "Not the slightest chance of recov ery?" "Why, no," says the expert, impres sively; "that man is bo Insane that there can be no chance of his release from the asylum in less than six months after his commitment!" We were, of course, greatly gratified at this. Baltimore Herald. Hand-Made Eplsrama. Regret is the most elastic word ini our language. I Truth and error are twins, and no one is ever sure when they are changed in the cradle. Wisdom and age are supposed to go together; but you never see age waiting around for wisdom to catch up. Plenty used to mean enough. A successful present makes past decidedly more interesting. Triumph forgets the other fellows Laurels once were won! now they are supplied commercially in quan tities to suit the purchaser Indian' spoils News. ECMSMF1 . ' tt S tmUlSlOIl IS the , for thin and SlCklv bovS Scott S Emulsion is a great help. Send for free sample. - SCOTT A BOWNE. Chemists. tOO-415 Peart Street. New York. koc. and SI. OO 1 all druggists. surround themselves with able and shrewd associates. Americans, es pecially, says O. S. Marden writing in Success, seem to have on instinc tive genius for estimating and meas uring men. No man can be a leader of a great enterprise, ran stand at the head of a great undertaking, un less he knows men, unless he knows how to measure and weigh them, to estimate their ability, and to place them to the best advantage. A bank president, a prominent man at the head of many large enterprises, told the writer that he owed his success to his natural instinct for selecting men. He said that he had rarely made a mistake in picking out a man for a responsible position, and that, after he had placed him, he gave him to understand that his whole reputa tion was at stake, and that he should hold him absolutely responsible for the success or failure of the enter prise. He said that, after he had se lected and placed his men, it took comparatively little oversight or abil ity to manage them successfully, and that the results are very satisfac tory. Not everyone, however, can place men properly. Many able men have totally failed in great under takings, not because they have not worked hard, but because they have not known men; they have not read human nature correctly. They have put men at the head of departments, or in posts of responsibility, who lacked executive ability and the qual ities of leadership. It does not fol low that, because a man succeeds In doing one thing, that he can do something else successfully. Many men wrongly think that, because a man can write a book, or a good leading article, he can manage men. There is nothing in common in the requirements of the two tasks. The leader must have executive grasp; he must be an orgnnizer; he must have systematic plans; he must work by programme, or everything will be in confusion. Two bicycle riders who announce that they do the "nerviest trick ever done on a bicycle" are touring Mis souri. Unlike some show, they ful fill the promises on the billboards. After having done some tolerable trick riding, they ask 35 pieces of ' silver from the crowd besides the B,read contrlbutcl, 1Iaving A ' ' . , , . . got the money, they do a few stunts "to get up their nerve," as they ex plain, and then, laughing in the faces 0 tne crowd, ride swiftly away with jt moy, Tfce War Hew. "Do you think she is going to mar ry Lord Do Broke?" "Very likely. I understand that the expert accountant who has been go ing over her father's books has re ported very - favorably to his lord ship." N. Y.' Journal. , DR. FENNER'S KIDNEY 1 Backache All dlieaset of Kidney., , CURE sUaaaer, urinary organ-. iL.. BtiaiiMatr.m .V nisu nuiuuia visuii icha.HeartDUeas. Gravel, Dropsy, rtmaie Troubles. Don't become dlseonragsd. There is a ears for you. If ueceiwury write lir. Fenuvr. lie bas spent a Ufa time curlrm Just such cases a yours. All consultations Free. "I had severe com of kidney disease snd rheuniallam. dlscbanrlns bloody matter. Suffered Intense pain. My wife wussrlouiily affyt4'd with female troubles. Ir. Kenner i Kidney ana Hackai'hH Cure cured us uoin. V. M. WUEELEtt, lUndoipu, la." Pruf (Tints. BOe., tl. Ask fordoes Book Free, U.YITUS'DAIICETrrSy ANOTHER OPERATION President Rooserelt Again Submit to Surgeon's Knife. BONE OP LEFT LEQ AFFECTED Doctor Give Assurance Tnat There la No Cause For Alarm, and Say Area Affected It Very ,8llghL Speedy Recovery Looked For. Washington. Sept SO. Another op eration was performed Sunday on the abscess on the left leg of President Roosevelt. In the former operaUon, a simple needle was used to relieve the trouble, but Sunday the surgeons with a knife made an incision into tue mall cavity, exposing the bone, which was found to be slightly affected. The president's case has been progressing satisfactorily, but it is believed by the physicians that the further operation mvjo Sunday will hasten hir com plete recovery. While none of the doc tors is willing to be Quoted, they give the most positive assurances that there is not the least cause for alarm, and say that on tue contrary there is every Indication ot a speedy recovery, that tue area of bone effected is very slight. and will not result in any Impairment ot the president's limb, and that there is no evidence whatever of any matter, that would produce blood poisoning. They confidently expect that the presi dent will be on his feet within a rea sonable time and will have his robust constitution to aid in bis recovery. Dr. Shaffer of New York, who long has been acquainted with the Roosevelt family and has attended the president's children at various times, and who also Is a well-known bone specialist, joined the president's physicians in their con sultation Sunday. It was noticed that there had been a slight rise in the president's temperature and an Increase in local symptoms and the physicians thought his recovery would be aided by making an Incision to drain the wound. The president stood the pain very well and expressed his satisfaction at the result Dr. Rixey, the surgeon-general ot the navy, performed the operation, assisted by Dr. Lung, the president's regular physician. Dr. O'Reilly, who also was present with the other phy sicians, is the surgeon-general of the army. Drs. Edward R. Stitt, another of those present Is In charge of the na val museum of hygiene and medical school. The physicians took a roseate view of the president's prospects for getting out again. He has become somewhat restive because of his close confinement and the physicians, are considering the advisability of permitting him to take a ride in a few days. The physicians say the question now is simply one of the healing ot the wound and re iterate that this will be hastened by the operation performed Sunday. Mr. Roosevelt passed an uneventful day yesterday, spending the time in his wheel chair, by which means he was I able to be moved to various parts of the room. Last night he' was reported to be' progressing satisfactorily. There were no visitors except Dr. Lung, the regular White House physician, who made his usual call. Dr. Newton M. Shaffer, the New York bone specialist who came here Sunday at the presi dent's request and joined the other physicians IV their consultation prior to . the operation, returned to New York yesterday afternoon. No ar rangements were made for another visit from the doctor. Misses Alice and Ethel Roosevelt joined the president and his wife at the White House last night, the for mer coming from Tuxedo Park and the latter from Oyster Bay. Miss Ethel is to attend school here. PENSION STATISTICS Total of Disbursements of Government Amount to 12,992,609,019. Washington, Sept 29. The annual report of the commissioner of pen sions, Eugene S. Ware, made public yesterday, shows that the number of names on the pension rolls Is still un der the million mark, despite a net gain of 5,732 pensioners since 1898. The total enrollment July 1 last was 999,446, against 997,735 last year. The total comprises 738,809 soldiers and 200,637 widows and dependents. The aggregate Includes 4,695 pensioners outside the United States. The report says that the death rate among the pensions for the coming year will be about 40,000 and the losses to the rolls from other causes will be about 6,000. The total amount paid for pensions during the fiscal year was $137,504,268, and the yearly cost of operating and maintaining the bureau and the agencies, outside of the pay ment of pensions proper, aggregates $3,590,529. The pension system, says the report, since the beginning of the government, has cost $2,992,509,019, exclusive of the establishment ot the soldiers' homes. The pension dis bursements by the United States from July 1, 1790, to June 30, 1865, were 896 445 444 A PURE BUTTER CIRCULAR Philadelphia Merchants Issue a Cir cular to Farmers and Dalrywien. Tha combined pure butter Interests of Philadelphia have Issued an unusual circular during the past week. It Is addressed to the Farmers and Dairy men ot Pennsylvania and reads as fol lows: "We, the undersigned dealers In pure butter, being especially interested la the success of the Grout bill, made re peated visits to the national capltol when this measure was under consider atlon In the Senate and House. "We take great pleasure in stating that the Hon. Botes Penrose of Penn ylvanla was untiring iq hjs efforts Harness TMetSiMitgw mma m toil tm a ad aa touch aar 2 lasYMIttUS-aiak?S 11 !fu??22 "T?Sn VI nUaartly woatd. mm V.zrzzzz O takes aaarlaaklne at aaai like aew. Made of Sara, hoary bodied oU. m. "daily atepand lo will Maad the weather. . old everrwheis la east-all MtjSTJUCAMaoILNLl to aiu in me passage otthTihilCwSfi Is of Inestimable benefit to th a.- interests, and we rery much douht i ij v i . "l a " ' ucroino a law, with tta many desirable features, it snjt Penrose had not labored so In It behalf. "Wealthy oleomargarine dealers iu manufacturers, from various ttcttm. ui me uuiieq oiaies co-operating )ik other powerful Interests, worked wm unceasing seal to defeat this menu, and thereby seriously cripple the grot dairy interests, but on account of q, unswerving fidelity of Senator Penro io tne iarmers ana dairymen, theft efforts were rendered unsuccessful. "In view of this we would respect, fully urge all farmers and dalryme. a advocate the election ot rrtembert f me senate ana nouse or rppresents. tlves In Pennsylvania who win support for re-election to the United Suts Senate, the Hon. Boles Penrose,; v nuaaeipnia, ra." Thls circular is signed bj v. I Bryce tt Co., 23 South Water street, Blckel ft Miller, 322 South Front strK and twelve other of the largest who!, sale butter merchants and Arms In ut city. PATTI80N OPPOSED BY LABOR Tlnptate Workers Urge Wage Untn to Oppose His Election at Governor, At the recent tin plate confereu of the Amalgamated Association ta following resolutions were pasaed:- "Whereas, R. E. Pattlson has bee) selected as one of the candidates h governor of this great commonweilu, and "Whereas, It Is well known to orrul lzed labor that said R. E. 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