w«■■« ■•go I ## l-> J4j) | NOT LIKE § !OTHER MEN ! £ I Ey Frederic ™ £ Van Rensselaer Doy, ° ® Author of"The Itrotherhood of Si- ® lenoe," "The Oualitj of u Sin," Ktc. A o Copyright, NUI, by Frederic Van o 0 Rensselaer l)ey. O !>»« • ■ » cS i [Continued from lvt We -k. ] "Do you wear a wooden jacket be neath this one?" asked Lisle, touching her waist gingerly with the end of one of his fingers. She burst out laughing then—Just a low. rippling laugh that was full o melody and so replete with amusement that Lisle smiled back at her. "Upon my word, you are original!" she said at last. "No; the Jacket, as you call it—and It isn't at all a bad name for It-that 1 wear underneath this one is uot made of wood. 1 don't wonder that you ask. though. Did you never hear of corsets?" "Never. What are they?" "They are instruments of torture which every woman Is condemned to wear. 1 don't know why unless it is because our Mother Eve once stole an apple and ate It. You've heard about that, haven't you?" "Instruments of torture," murmured I.lsle seriously. "You do Dot seem to suffer." "Oh, we get used to them. If you hail been Dice to me out there in the dark and bad brought my trunk here on your horse. 1 could have shown you a pair. 'l'hey are mostly made of steel." j "Steel! They must be bullet proof, J then." "Well. 1 am not so sure about that, and 1 haven't any curiosity on the point. Ha >e you unite finished study lng me. do you think? Are you satis fied ?" "I ought to be. but 1 am not. Have 1 offended you? If so. I beg your par-1 don." "Offended me? Not a bit. You're | too original to give offense. I'll make , papa stay over tomorrow, and you can j 6tudy me to your heart's content. Will j that please you?" "Yes. I wish that I might see you I without"- He paused irresolutely. | "Well, go ©n. Without what?" "Without your Instruments of tor ture." "My Lord!" she gasped. Her face I became crimson and then white with ' anger. She turned haughtily away, and ! the next instant disappeared through the window. CHAPTER VIII. A WOMAN I* A WOMAN'S WILES. j LISI.E rather regretted that h* had offended this remarkable prison that is, he felt a de gree of compunction because he realized that he had uot conducted himself exactly as his father would have desired him to do. He believed that he had been remiss In his duty ns a host. Upon the personal part of it j he did not conjecture. This woman could resent his curiosity if she chose to do so and might shoot him the next time they met it she was quicker with her weapons than he was. He shrugged his shoulders disdain fully, pondered a moment and then stepped through the window and join- j »d the others on the veranda. 'i am going to the corral," he said to ( ills father. "Ah Sin will have supper ; presently." He would have passed on then with- ; out further remark, but Erna Thomas had regretted her anger at something j which second thought told her was not Intended as offensive, and she saw in , this Incident an opportunity to atone for It. "May I go with you?" she exclaimed, | rising. "If you like," he replied, not pausing, , but slackening his gait so that she j could catch up with him. Richard Max- ; well would have accompanied them j also if he had been given an oppor- ! tunity, but his loquacious guest had j not permitted him to do anything but J jsten ever since his arrival, so that he j was compelled to retain his seat. "You're not overburdened with polite- j ness, are you?" said Miss Thomas, over- j taking Lisle half way down the path. "I suppose you're mad. Are you?" "Mad? Not at all. Why should I be angry?" "I left you rather suddenly, didn't I? I'm sorry. You—you ratSer took the wind out of me, you know." "1 should think your instruments of torture would do that," replied Lisle. "I ought not to have offended you. I apologize." "Oh, that's all right. Don't men tion it. Why don't you offer me your arm?" "My arm! What for?" "To take hold of—to lean upon, of course." "Are you lame? Have you hurt your self?" "Oh, dear, what a hopeless creature you are! I keep forgetting that you never saw a woman before. You are sadly in need of education. Tomor row I'll take you in hand. I believe I'll begin now. Stop just a moment; crook your arm up so; hold your palm against your chest—so. Now, 1 take hold of your arm—so. There! Isn't that better?" Lisle did not think it was better, but be thought it wise not to say so. If she liked it, she was his guest, and it should be so. "We walk together very nicely; don't you think so?" she continued. "You are Just enough taller than 1 am to make it comfortable for both. and. be sides, you step with me beautifully. Don't you think that you step rather short for a man?" "I do not know. Perhaps so. Here Is the corral. There are 30 horses in here tonight. I always come out to see that all Is secure before 1 retire. Shall we return now?" "What! So soon? Don't you think It Is nicer out here? See, the moon is Just coming up. It will be a glorious night after all. I want to ask you something. Mr. Maxwell. I want you to tell me how it happens that you never saw a woman before tonight." "I don't know. Do you know very many women?" "Do I know very many women! Well, 1 should say so! Oceans of them." "Are they all like you? Have they all got yellow hair, waists like a wasp and" "There, that will do. You'll say something that you ought not to If you are not careful. What a queer mortal you are. Mr. Maxwell! One might pos itively regard you as quite shocking if one did not know that you haven't got it In you to shock anybody. Women are Just übout as much alike as men are alike—no more, no less. Your fa ther and mine are not alike, are they? And Craig Thompson I know him; he comes to Kansas City sometimes— he isn't like any other man you ever saw. is he?" "He is one of the best men I evefi saw." replied Lisle, with enthusiasm. "I think so too. We're agreed on that. He says that I am the best girl he ever saw." "Does Craig Thompson say that?" ex claimed Lisle Incredulously. "Yes. Is there anything remarkable about It?" "I think there Is. If he said that. I shall like you." "Oh. Indeed! Thank you!" "Were you ever a mother?" asked Lisle calmly, remembering that Craig had assured him that mothers were al ways good women. lie heard a quick gasp from his com panion. He felt that his arm was re leased as suddenly as though it were a redhot iron, and he turned toward the woman in surprise. She had started away from him aud was standing In the attitude of oue who wishes to run away, but cannot. lie saw that she was trembling, and he fancied that there were tears in her eyes. He knew that she was angry. Oue glaace told him that. "1 have offended again." he said slowly. "I do not mean to do so. Do women regard it as an affront to be asked if they are mothers?" The young lady's composure return ed to her slowly She did not reply to his questions. Presently she approach ed more nearly to him and. seizing him by one arm. turned him so that the light of the newly risen moon shone upon his face. "1 wonder," she said musingly, ad dressing the words more to herself than to him. "if you are such an Inno cent as you would have nie think? Do i you know what you asked me Just then?" "Yes; 1 asked you If— "Stop! You need not repeat It.l heard it the first time, and goodness ' knows that once Is enough! It was not at all a proper question to ask a lady— a girl -a woman. If you give me man? more starts like that. 1 won't answer for the consequences. Kansas City girls can stand pretty much anything, j but you are oue too many for me! If ! you have any more questions like that I ; one to ask. suppose you write them ! down and let me read them at my lei ! sure. I'll think them over and reply ! ' to them by letter when I get back ! home. Oh, dear! Will you be offended 1 If I laugh? I've got to laugh, or cry, |or scream, or something!" And she I did break into laughter, uttering peal after peal of the musical sound, but It I was more hysterical than mirth pro i vokitig. Lisle only stared at her In amazement. His feelings were hurt, j but he was far too proud to say so. ' Presently she recovered, and they walked along silently side by shl«. "1 feel as though I were In China." the said at last, possessing herself again of his arm, which she had to shape to her uses before taking It."I have been told that they do cvery ! thing backward there, and here you are the one who Is offended, while I ought to be simply speechless with out raged modesty. You are certainly the liiost refreshing subject that I ever en countered. I wonder if It would wake you up if I should kiss you." The spirit of mischief was in her now. She felt that the arm to which she clung belonged to a child—a child who was sleeping, who had slept long enough and who ought to be awakened ! —but she was not prepared for the calm reply that she received ton proposition that would have startled any other man than the one beside her. i "You may do so, if you like." said | Lisle, unmoved and with the utmost seriousness. "1 have never kissed any ' body but my father. In all probability j I will never do so again. I have no ' objections, if you have not." She was shaking with laughter, j Presently the paroxysm passed, and then demurely she raised her pink and white face until it hung Just beneath his. The moonlight shone full upon it, and Lisle noticed then for the first time i how delicately formed it was. how soft ) and clear and sweet it appeared in that mellow light. He saw how round and blue and perfect were her eyes, half i plunged in shadow by the drooping lashes that fringed them, dancing with mischief. They reminded him of fairy elfins, peeping out from their rose leaf j concealment, prepared at the first I alarm to pull the leaves together and ; hide. He saw two perfect lips, be- I witchingly puckered, red. like ripe ! cherries; soft, like new velvet, like the j rose leaves behind which the fairies llew to hide, and he leaned over and touched them with his own. They walked on in silence after that. "That was funny," she said pres ently. "What was funny?" asked Lisle. "That. Your lips are Just like a woman's. You kissed me Just like a woman. 1 wonder if you were not cut out for one and spoiled In the mak ing." Lisle shook himself free from her arm and leaped away. His eyes blazed at her. his nostrils dilated with anger, his lips quivered, and his whole being trembled in the effort he made to con trol his rage. "Y'ou are my guest." he said when he dared to speak, but his voice was low and tierce with passion. "I cannot re sent that as 1 would like to do. Hut 1 will tell you this; A man—a cowboy, one of Craig Thompson's men said those words to me once, and I shot him." "Shot him! Good gracious! Did you kill him?" "Not then, but afterward I did." "B-r-r-r! Well. I guess you're a man all right—in some ways. If not in oth ers. Are you mad?" "1 am angry." "Bosh! Because I said that? 1 didn't mean it. Will that suffice? I'm sorry. We're even, anyhow. You offended me, and 1 didn't cherish it up, so you mustn't. Kiss me again, and let's be friends." "You will say that 1 kiss like a wom an." "No. I won't I won't say a word. Here!" She put her arms around his neck then and drew his face down to hers. She did the kissing this time without waiting for him, and she held Lisle'a She itnt her arms urrrund his neck. face against her own until he put lief from him and turned away, with a wondering sigh. "That was better." was Miss Thorn i as' comment as she grasped his arm again and led him toward the hou> . i "Look! There are our daddies still ■ talking It over, and as sure as 1 live i there is a Chinaman in the doorway Supper must be ready, aud I'm simply starved." CHAPTER IX. THE TRUTH MADE KNOWN. r IRAKI THOMPSON' never drew I I a truer simile—aud he was rwTjj full of them than he did |l3>ic| when, while advising with "Lisle, he assured him that he could not , throw a loop over circumstance and i drag It along, a willing captive, as they did the steer, clinching his argument with the additional statement. "It's got a way of slipping out and roping you Instead." It is the experience ot j every man sooner or later to be roped fn by circumstance, and, although Rich ard Maxwell had battled with and de fied events all his life, he, like others, Was destined at last to fall a victim to that wily foe which knows so well how to watch aud wait. As soon as the guests had partaken af the ample supper which All Sin had provided they were shown to tlicii rooms, for the fatigues of the day had it last forced even the vivacious ener gy of Erna Thomas to surrender. Then father and son also parted for the night. Both were strangely silent, and nei ther noticed that the other was so. The house had not been planned for entertainment, and particularly had fe male guests and their many require ments been left out of the plans of construction and furnishing. There was only one room within it that was at all adapted to the uses of a woman, and to that one—it was I.isle's the young lady had been shown. The li brary couch was roomy and comforta ble, and upon that Lisle threw himself after the others had retired. It was a much softer bed than he required for a good night's rest. 1 Richard Maxwell's bedchamber ad joined the library, and the two were connected by a door, which was rarely | closed, the portieres suspended from the frame above it doing ample service In the matter of isolating one from the other. Lisle selected a book and read or ap peared to read long after his father had retired. At last he put it down, di vested himself of his boots, coat and waistcoat, loosened his belt and, hav ing covered himself with a Navajo blanket, went speedily to sleep. During the night he was awakened. An unusual sound startled him, and lie sat erect, listening. Impressed with the Idea that his father had called. lie rose and tiptoed to the door, pulled the curtains aside and peered into the room. The moon, now resplendent, shone in at the window and athwart his father's bed, and Lisle could see him plainly. "Did you speak, father?" he asked in a low tone, so that the sleeper might not be disturbed if he were mistaken, and, receiving no reply, he returned to the couch and composed himself to sleep again. He remained wide awake, however, while hour after hour passed by, thinking upon those perplexing problems which refused sufficiently to shape themselves for recognition. The moon passed over the house and set tled In the west. The heavens took on a transparent hue in the east. Dawn was near at hand when he was again startled by a repetition of the sound that he had heard before. This time he was not sleeping. He knew there could be no mistake. The noise came from his father's room, was made by his father. He leaped to Ills feet and hurried past the portieres straight to his fa ther's side and came upon a sight which filled him with sudden and un namable horror. Richard Maxwell was lying upon his back. His eyes were wide open and star ing. There was a deathlike, leaden pal lor upon his face, which in the imper fect light seemed ghastly. He was breathing, but that was the only sign of life that was evident. Lisle knelt down beside him, chafed his hands and called to him, but the stricken man made no reply except to utter that half articulate groan which already had alarmed his son. The young man procured restoratives, but they were of no avail. He endeavored to force brandy between liis father's lips, but Richard Maxwell could not swallow. He chafed his hands, but they were cold aud deathlike in his grasp. Power of motion seemed to have been retained only by the optic muscles, for whichever way Lisle turn ed his father's eyes followed him with agonized entreaty. Dawn Increased and developed Into day while Lisle worked over his fa ther, but his extremities became colder and colder, so that at last, with that intuition whicli Is born of parental love. Lisle knew that his father was dying. The eyes that watched him un ceasingly while he worked became more dim as the minutes glided Into the past, and death hovered nearer and nearer to Richard Maxwell. Accustomed all his life to being alone with his father. Lisle had forgotten the presence of strangers In the house, but suddenly he remembered. He Bprang from the room and ran to the one occupied by Mr. Thomas, bursting precipitously into it aud shaking the Bleeping man fiercely. "Will you come, sir, at once? Some thing has happened to my father!" he cried. "He is dying!" "Good God! What is It? What has happened? Your father? Dying, did you say? Shot? Hurt? What Is the matter?" exclaimed the suddenly awak ened man. "I do not know. Please come. I know that he Is dying." "That I will. It may not be as bad as you think. Where Is he?" Mr. Thomas had leaped from the bed and was rapidly drawing on his trousers. "In the room off the library. Hasten, ' please! Hasten!" "1 won't be a minute. Call Erna. ' Nothing like a woman in a case like this, and she's worth a dozen ordinary ones!" Lisle darted from the room and has tened to that which was ordinarily his own. He rapped upon the door. There was no response. He threw It open ami entered, arousing Miss Thomas as j he had done her father. She started up with a scream, but 1 Llsle's quick words reassured her in | stantly. "My father Is dying." he said, with more calmness. "Mr. Thomas said th.at you would help me. Will you come?" "Yes: at ouce. Where Is he?" "Come to the library." He hastened then to his father's side, hut Thomas was there before him, bending over the bed. When Lisle would have recommenced his efforts at resuscitation, the Missourian waved ilm aside. "Walt, young man. Has Erna come?" 'T am here, papa," replied her voice ; from the doorway. ' Mr. Thomas raised himself slowly 'l erect and turned so that he stood be- I tween Lisle and the bed. His kind face '' 'old what his tongue had not yet ut- tercd, ;ui(i Lisle crouched half down, awaiting the blow which was about to i 'all. "Courage, mv bor," he said—"cour- I j age. You need more bravery now than , ' ever in your life before." j I.isle crouched low r ;ii<,i ik er and then grew dim. lie did not speak; he waited still. "Vuur father is dead. He was dead . when I entered the room. Nothing j earthly could have saved him. He is j dead." , I.isle tried to speak, but his voice , failed him. He could not utter a sound, j and he sank down in his tracks limp, j lifeless, insensible. t Father and daughter sprung siuiul j taneously to his side. Hetweni them , they lifted him from the tloor and bore j him to the library, placing him upon I the couch where lit; had passed the . i night. Water and brandy were near at hand. One was sprinkled liberally I over his face; the other was poured, j drop by drop, between bis lips, and ' } then, while Mr. Thomas industriously ; fanned him with a newspaper, his j' daughter chafed hands and brow, but j' unconsciousness still held sway. t I "Open his shirt, Erna," said her fa j: ther at last. "Give the muscles of the . j throat a chance to act." J She obeyed. Her father bent down r to assist her. His rude hands and muscular strength tore the buttons away, and father and daughter started back simultaneously, stood erect and gazed into each other's eyes. They remained thus a full minute, neither breaking the silence. At last Erna spoke. "Papa, what shall we do?" ! "God knows! What, in heaven's ! name, does it mean:" "I suspected it last night; 1 almost ' knew it," whispered Erna. "I did not. Ido not believe that any body but her father and herself knew the truth." "She knew it least of all, papa." "Do you mean to tell me"— "Hush, papa!" "There isn't a woman in this infer ' nal neighborhood. 1 can't imagine"— "Yes, there is. lam a woman, and I am in the neighborhood—very much in i . 1 IP i j | Father ami ilnuqhti r stnrlco you think, papa, that be tween us we can carry lier to her room V" "I can carry her alone. Thank heav en there are no stairs in this cursed house." "Take her there at once, before she revives. She must never know that you were with me when—when we made the discovery." "She does not aet now as if she ever would revive," said Mr. Thomas as he took the unconscious form in his arms and with some difficulty bore it from the room. As quickly as possible Lisle was deposited upon the bed late ly occupied by Erna, and Mr. Thomas paused, waiting his daughter's further commands. "Sow go, papa," she said calmly. "I will do all that is necessary to be done here. This fainting spell will pass away presently of its own accord, and I must be alone with tier when she re vives. There is a great deal for you to do in that other room. You must rouse ' the servants and send for some of the men. The cowboys sleep In that build ing beyond the corral. I'raig Thomp son was known to Mr. Maxwell and to Lisle. I think you had better send one of the men for him at once. There doubtless are a minister and a doctor at Belmont, where we came from. I think another man should go after them. Lisle would like to have theia both, I am sure. As soon as she re gains consciousness and I can leave IUT I will come to you. In the mean time you must have your wits about ' you and attend to everything. lam so glad thut we are here!" "You are!" exclaimed her father, j "Well, I'm banged if I am!" "Yes, you are, papa. You're a little ' rattled just now; that's all." "Erna," said the father fondly, tak ing the young girl tenderly In his arms, I "you are an angel!" She smiled upon him, kissed him and pushed him from the room just as Lisle opened her eyes—the feminine pronoun is again in requisition—and | fixed them wonderingly upon the figure at t' e door, and Erna went immediate ly to tbe bedside. (To be continued.) Wait ted a l)o^. J Fair Customer 1 live in the suburbs, and 1 want a good house dog. Healer- Yes, mum. "But of course I don't* want one that will keep us awake all night barking at nothing." "No, muni." "He ' must be big and strong and fieree. yon know." "Yes. mum." "Yet as gentle ' as a lamb with us, you know." "Yes, mum." "And he must pounce on every ' tramp that comes along and drive him off." "Yes, mum." "But he mustn't interfere with any poor but honest man looking for work." "No, mum." "If a burglar comes prowling about at 5 night the d"g should make mincemeat of him in an instant." "Yes, mum." "And of course he mustn't molest peo ple who come hurrying in at all hours 1 ! of the night to call my husband, lie's 'j a doctor, you kno v." "No, mum. I 1 ' see what you want. You want a thought * reader dog." "Yes. 1 suppose so. Can you ' send me one?" "Very sorry, mum, but t I'm just out of that kind."—Scottish America!. Tin* *•(<>*«• Toaster. 1 • A toaster for tie gas stove is like t ) any other :oast?r in the upper part. ; with wire* and a long handle, but be low it ami willi support- which hold the t< ■ ■ «•! away from the live from ' 1 one half I" tv.'o ii:«-h- is a piece of Wire gatt:;e through which the gas tlames cannot pass. 1 , Hotter ISf«lMvn>* Are Wanted ni!«! Why The> »re iteiielieinl—Wlwtt tbe I'riiilut'iis S:-.te l>? Illiolilltf Over t.m,i! ICoatlx. Why are I etter i -Is wanted and why nr - better roadi- beneficial to the owner 112 r..rill- el mines, ot maun facte, ;ag est.ilili.-hmcnts or other pro due* i - of material to be transported? That | . much as possible the c.i>t of tra'i-poi i.ti iii iay I - eliminated, .-.aid Senator E-rh of Mie'.i- ui in a speech before a good r id <• i:\ention The eo ,: t M transportation does not eii- I ai "e the value of a.iy kind of product. There is a market everywhere for ev ery kiln! of produei. where the price is st t. and what the producer t_t ts for his product is tic price set at tii's natural | in.'. *ket h-s> the cost of transportation ! ft"'.! the producing point to the market si i i aig point. So tiie farm owners the mine owners and the owners of factories in Michi gan are or ought to be interested in anything that will have a tendency to i eliminate any portion of the cost of : production, and ttie co>; of transporta ; tion of a product to its natural market is a part of the cost of production as much as are the wages paid to the la 1 borer. If the producers were as eco : nomical with King Mud as they are | with King Labor, v.e would have bet j ter roads, and much of the cost of | transportation would be eliminated, and a portion of ihis saving might well : be handed to King i.a) or. It is a fact that the carriers are transporting wheat ! from Nebraska to Liverpool for less : money per bushel than it costs a farin ; er to haul it over a common dirt road ; ten miles to market. If it costs *1: to draw one ton to mar ket over a bad road and only ,?li to i draw two tons over that same road ; when that roa 1 has been made better, then the better road is the machine to obtain and use that a portion of the cost of transportation may be elimi nated. provided that the machine (the ! better road) and its repairs do not cost ! more than can le eliminated by its use for the cost of transportation. If | r ton is a fair average of what is saved bv tin ll* e of :I good road over the use of a bad i . ad, it is only ncees sary to find out how many tons are hauled o\ • r any road a year to know whether that road can be improved to a profit or not. To explain, if a given " I ft :) k* - ' " *•'' pj s? - O " V 1 MT'MNit HAY IN MILLJIAMIV, IRANI I, I [This load w.-ighs upward of lour tons.) road cost -SII»,t MH » to build, there must be a travil ol at least !.•»<• • loads a year over that road at a sa\ing of a load. of course, it dot - not cost to haul j one tori one mile, but the average dis tanee ti .t farm produce i- hauled is se\t;i tail's, and a fanner "ill not go to town twice in one da\ seven miles away, over a bad r<. id. and going to town will about u-e up the day. so that it It: • cost to haul one ton to market u hate or one man and one team for one day are worth, or a I tout • v -. ,"»o. If the road w..s a first class macadam I road, tine tons «.r more at a load would be hauled find two trips would be made, tints delivering at the station or market live tons more a day than i could be \ ih a bad road, saving srj.r.n, a | o, :':on of which the producer can well ."Oortl to pay for a machine that lie!; - to eliminate it. l'ot a locs \ i eld about six tons to the ! acre, sugar beets about twelve. The : grower can multiply the number of 1 acres by the number of tons and then multiply the number of tons by ,S2, and lie will have the amount he can afford to pay in taxes or subscription to build a macadam road if scvfct miles from market that is. If lie is seven miles from market and has fifty acres of 1 sugar beets he can afford to pay for a macadam road Sl.li'itt, which is j times (JIMi tons. But lie won't have to pay anywhere near this sum. so he need not go into hysterics at the as 1 sertion. You cannot save the c >st of excessive transportati) n over a bad road more than it costs over a good road until you have the good road to save It for you; then you can save, and what you save, or some portion of it, you can pay toward the retiring of short term bonds that you bought the road with, the same as you did to retire the notes that you gave for the binder, and there is no more reason to be afraid of a I bond than there is to be .afraid of a note Neither can be afforded for lux uries. but either can be afforded for machines which will save more than they cost, and it is only the timid and foolish that will continue to cut their grain with a cradle or haul their grain through mud to the market if there is enough to cut or to haul to pay to get the machine to cut or haul it with. » I't' lupf rattle*. ! Wood-, n p'.cturt hnun s. u hether oak, ; walnut i r air. «■;» -r polished wood, may be greatly improved in appear ance |.\ b. i' i bbe.l with a mixture ! of turp ntine i u 1. ist d oil. The pro : portion is t„. t •;• -nful of turpen tine to tli*" •< i lit' -I oil Apply with a small i i. - i tli or tlannel and rub tin.i • s-1 the milk and cause it to halle'nuit the Jeans and pans to the de'ri'mnt of the Iniik which is afterward I laced in i: THE BIRTH OF JAPAN. t ill :• Ke tl of lli,* I rejitloia ' I ' . T" II L#> tlie .1 A|>N :i 'i ii • foil "• ii.'g is the ctiri ouse Yza:;ui.:-i .od pondering on tJic rid tile of i '.istonce, whether the begin nii!"s of w-aliis and the beginnings of life i:y sl:;u.tiering in that se:i of chaos, "i . iglii. apparently more en ti •' iv uinii philosophically in- ! t<. d. i; d liis shimmering spear ! aml |"li.': il it into the black and ' i i I i.i! : ' Culling it in> again, he disc-overt d sc. • ti sait drops tin its din- i i: end ;. iii whe 11. dropping, con- ' tlens. d ai d . •• ■tiled the island of t'uso- | kor. -ii: a Tlier up n Y.ai eglii and los spouse selected the sp»t of earth which had tins : nil id as their permanent dwelling pint . i.d petipletl it with in li i-eral ! • .< is'i of animal and plant life ai d piriis ol lie elelnetits And ar i. ! ,I■ i - 'palace of immortality" fi ■ »•', lit o!!i r i lands Aw.-.dsi, the '.-■' d ffi . th •ni intain uis ("ho, Y; I I - d << i fruit: \o, un sur; -si d in *s Ii .my; the ipiinquan j .'.' i! :• T-ikousi. J- oio. ricl in copper and g Id. Y ki. one of the pillars of hea• t-n, and <>ko, surrounded by three , satellites Such was the birth of Japan, of that c.i i >us la of I'lisiyania. with its imi able |> • ilatio . ,112 artist artisans, its gracefu. teaho; .s. giistening \ silks, its gr itesqiie dwarf trees, its : white cranes and tlreamy lotus ixjnds. —Harper's Magazine 1 lie ! «>«>!. A lady v,: - watching a potter at his i work whose one foot was kept with a "never slackening spied tuii.ing .i> , swifi wheel rouin!" while the , 'lj.r rested patiently ou tin groand Wheii . the lady said to hint in sympathizing 1 tone, "How tired your foot must l.e!" tht; man raised his eyi sand said ' No, , j ma'am; it isn't the foot that work* that's tired. li's the foot that stands That's it." If you want to keep your strength, use it. If y u want to get tirtd, do notlilng. As a matter of fact. w. all know that tin- last i.aiii tog ■ a le ;p I lug hand to liny new unthriaking is j the man \. h » has plenty of ;inieon his i hat. is It is the lll. in and woman who | doing th,' most u iio are always v. ,ili;;g t i tl i a little more." I'liiladel phi i I. dger \inltinK FI«R«LM 111 ltal>. 11l Italy, says Luigi Villari ill Italian ; Life In Town and Country." you are the slave of the visiting card. If a gentleman is casually introduced to a married ladv, even if he does not ex change two words with her, he must leave his card for her and for her litis band, if she has one. within forty-eight hours. Kvcn a casual introduction to a man, strictly speaking, necessitates an exchange of pasteboard, but it is not so rigidly enforced, if you fail to do your duty in the card line, you are re garded as nil ill mannered bore, or the omission is taken as equivalent to a tit sire not to know the person you have met. Moreover, at New Year's you are obliged to leave cards for Jill your friends mid acquaintances. Another rule which you must lie careful to ob serve is not to be seen too often in the company of a young gir!. If you -p« nk to her or dance with b< r too <> r 'e-i there will probably be rune r- that you are engaged to her. wh'eh i,ia.\ ' • awkward. Al-o the subjects o( c.in versa tion are strictly limit, d. «■ al though you may tall, to a ■ ed lady in a far freer matin, i t . . be considered seemly in rngland. yon cannot be too careful as to v t.,1 yi>; say to an unmarried girl, an I yo i a., shock her by saying things to \.,ie ! no Knglish girl would object Sick Headache ? Food doesn't digest well? Appetite poor? Bowels constipated? Tongue coated? It's your liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills; they cure dys pepsia, biliousness. 25c. All druggists. Want |"tir noutK KM « r Uird .4 kMßttftl brown or rich blink" 1 IM'II » BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers I Or 0' ll.p ;:aul!Hh Ail mi ru I nml the Ocy. Tl • Moors hold by their beards when they swear in order to give weight to their oath, which after this formality they rarely violate. The length of beard seems to weigh with them more than the stock of brains. Admiral Kcppel was sent to Algiers to demand satisfaction for the Injuries done to his Britannic majesty's sub jects by their corsairs. The dey, en raged at the boldness of the anibassa dor, exclaimed that he wondered at the imoli nee of the English monarch hi pendim: him a message by a foolish, beardless I ev. The admiral, somewhat nettled, re plied that if his master had supposed wisdom was to be measured by the It ii.th oi the I ward he would doubtless have sent the dey a he goat. This answer so enraged the dey that he ordered his mutes to attend with the liowstrings. saying that tjie ad miral should pay for his boldness with his life. Nothing daunted by this threat, the ambassador ttxik the dey to the window and. showing him the English licet, said if it was his pleas ure to put liiui to death there were Englishmen enough in that fleet to make him a glorious funeral pile. The dev. who wore a long beard, took the hint from the man who had none. Nasal CATARRH In all Hi i-tu-.H Hli.nikl bu cleanliness. t 1 Ely's Cream Balm cl.- inse?,ge tbe-anil In en ff ■ % % It cure* catarrh and drive Jr VC< aw.'iy a cold in the hcail quickly. ( ream liiilm if placed Into the nostrils, spreedtf over the membrane and IP absorbed. Ke.ief is im mt'diate and a cure follows. It is not drying-doe* not [irofluce »nee/inc. I.n'gc Sire, 60 cent* al Ilrut;- or l>y mail; Trial Size, 11 cent* !»y mail. ELY liKOTIIEKS. sf «r.f, r,jl I iti\er.ll>, l.tiglaitil, I • > it . ft a itiarv• v -1 >liflicult to I !!l • ,\f of a r I exhaustive and <•«•rupN-tt*. I:\ < ' • >n it net «>:.4y wl. t t llnd in sun a vr< but In- .t ~ ■ 112. sI ' U8 would ever hate tli HI (i I A -U|>|>i« Ill« 111 !• 11,- • ... P brmurht it fully u|> t -lit# In I looking throuirh tin latter « • V of astonishment ut it ;i i !• K tli® amount >-ii'- r . L into it. I LET US SEND YOU FREE | " A Test in Pronunciation " I pk-ii-Hiit and iiiMrui live eteiui. • '-r-B I taininent. Illustrated painplilt t also Ir>- G. (112 C. MERRIAM CO., I ifcs.. ! Sprlngfield, Mas*. _ t PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. TIME TABLE In Effect May. 25, 1902. A M Scran 1 01,, v s» - I *l2 437 •• 44 ? m 2!" 4 -j * mr m imi VVilkeM.arre Iv ' ;1 > . » 1 riyio'tti Feny 11" 4*2 t - V.' 18 - T N |9t i •K '■ •' .•» »•' *' I • IT *" .!• ♦* I W .. 1 1t» " 4? Ne!><'<>|»erk ar .1 *i». . 4." 7 ' ■— A. M. 112 yi • I'ottM i!le I* 11 ». ' Hailetur. •' .... IJ : 4"> . 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