, WHIN ADAM WAS A BOY. Bsrth waan't as It la to-day ' When Adam was a boy; Kobody'a hair was streaked with gray When Adam was a boy. fhen when the sun would Bcorch and stew here wasn't anybody who eked, "Is It hot enough for you? When Adam was a ooy. There were no front lawns to be mowed When Adam was a ioy; No kitchen gardens to be hoed When Adnm was a boy. Vo loe eroam freezers to he turned. No crocks of cream that must be churned, No grammar lessons to bo learned. When Adam was a boy. There was no Mnylng after school. When Adnm was a boy, Because Homebody broke a rule When Adnm was a boy. Nobody had to no to bod Without a sup of broth or broad, Because of something none or suld. When Adam was a boy. Tet life was pretty dull, no doubt, When Adam was a ;oy; There wcro no bnsebnll clubs about When Adnm was a boy. No street tiinno stopped each day In front of where ho lived to play; No brass band ever marched his way, When Adam was a boy. There were no fireworks at all When Adnm was a boy; No one could pitch a drop curve ball When Adam was a boy. But here Is why our times are so Much better than the long ago There was no Santa Clans, you know, When Adam was a boy. Nixon Waterman, In Woman's Home Companion. ! ONE MAN'S PRESUMPTION. (A Short Story.) The plaintive echo of the muezzin drifted through the open window where Mrs. Wilderming stood watch ing the big, red sun drop behind the pyramids as the Egyptian sky melt ed pink and saffron Into a lurid after glow. The quiet was intense, and the woman was congratulating her self upon the restfulness of Shep beard's hotel before the season had fairly opened, when a sharp rap broke the drowsy stillness. Bhe opened the door to a messenger bearing a tray ot letters and cable grams, directed to James Wildmer lng. "Pardon, madam, a mistake in sup posing Mr. 'Wilderming your hus band." "Not for me," she reiterated; then, Impulsively "And out for whom they are; If the gentleman is tall and of dark complexion, tell him that these were brought to me by mistake, and, boy say that I am dining within half an hour. Hurry!" Kitty Wilderming was bewlldertng . ly beautiful tonight. She was wear ing one of those soft, fluffy, white gowns with its indescribable ruffles and masses of foamy lace that make womankind so persuasive. As Mrs. Wildermering drifted down the veranda to a table secluded by tropical foliage, she knew intuitively that the sender of the roses was watching, and was not surprised to receive his card bearing a scribbled message to be allowed to join her. Kitty was a woman of quick re sources and infinite tact. She smiled acquiescence, through the interven ing space, into the man's expectant yes. "How good of you!" he exclaimed, grasping her welcoming hand. "I am glad to see you, Jim im mensely glad," she drawled In the low sweet voice that always had the power to thrill him. "Pray, what turn of the wheel of fate has brought you here so early In the season?" -she asked, blushing under his constant gaze and admiring ils clear-cut profile and splendid physique as he stood before her. "I simply drifted into Cairo; I had no Idea of finding a friend here, least of all, you, Kitty. I have lost all traces of old friends during my long ojourn in India." "Dine with me and let me tell you the news. Bring your chair over this Bide; one can't be confidential across a table," she said, daringly. "Why did you not marry Mc Queen?" he persisted. This time she met his eyes bravely. "Perhaps Mr. McQueen did not honor ,me with a proposal of mar riage, 01? perhaps I did not love Mr. McQueen as a woman should love tho nan she is to marry. Believe either way you wish. It is embarrassing to be questioned so persistently." Kitty's cheeks glowed as she open ed and closed her fan spasmodically; then lifting her shining eyes to his he said, with charming naivete: "All women have their limitations, ' and oh, Jim, I believe I am going to cry." "Kitty," he ventured, leaning to ward her, "If you continue looking at ' me like that I shall demand com pound Interest for all the misery I have suffered theBe past five years. Dear me, It is the same old story; I thought time had dulled all roman tic passion in me; I thought It pos sible to meet you as a friend, but I was a fool, Kitty," he went on hus kily, "you are incomparable; I am mad about you tonight, and my In ner consciousness tells me you are not pretending but have suffered long rough. Let me read your heart through your eyes; they could not lie." "No?" she smilingly demurred, flusnlng In happy bewilderment and surprise. Then recklessly, she went on. "Why do you say these things to me? Why do you remind me ot of all I ought to forget?" Her glorious eyes flashed a chal lenge; then a deathly pallor spread over her face as she saw that the woman entering the dining room was the one who had come between them. Neither spoke. Every man's eyes were riveted on the barbaric beauty of the newcomer. "Jim, I have been cruel. I knew this must happen when I sent word to you. I wanted to see with my own eyes, if you still care for her." "Care for her!" he exclaimed, scorn, hate and fury all compressed in the three words. "Kitty, some time I want to tell you how that woman crept into my life; when y.ou know all and there is nothing you may not know perhaps your woman's heart will pity and forgive." He saw that every nerve was at its highest tension and her self-control must soon give way. She followed him without comment. "Kitty, it Is not yet 10 o'clock; my dahabeeyah is tied up a short dis tance below. I would ask a favor of you if I had not forfeited the right." "Jim, I know that you want me to come out on the river. Very well, I will come. I love to do unconven tional things occasionally." The clumsy dlnbeeyah loomed tip as they neared the river bank. Wlldmering gave orders td the dra goman, and scattered coins among the crew, as he assisted Kitty on board and made her comfortable with many pillows In a cozy corner of the open cabin. When they were well on the voy age Wildmerlng threw himself on the rug beside her, saying: "Five years ago circumstances were against me; you Judged that I wae unworthy of you, and told me that I had ruined your life; you said you hoped never to see me again, accusing me in your Inmost heart of shameless and unthinkable things. "The best women are always the most cruel. Before God, Kitty, you misjudged me. I wanted to make a clean breast of the whole affair, but you were cold and unresponsive, and would hear no explanation; so, know ing McQueen adored you, and think ing you had grown to despise me, I got out and gave him a chance it seemed the only reparation possible. J went to India; it hurt I loved yon so, dear, God only knows the dlsmal ness of these past yeafs." "I never knew I never knew," she wailed, shivering nearer to him. "I was not very angry with you, Jim; just frightfully jealous, I didn't mean half I said. I was simply desper ate to think that you were learning to care for someone else. I would not receive McQueen after you had gone away." Two strong arms drew her face down to his until their lips met, stinging hers with the sweetest bliss she had ever known. Then, drop ping his arms comfortably about her waist he said: "Oh, they understand," Wildmerlng answered. "I mentioned at the desk that you were my wife and that we dere leaving in the dahabeeyah for Memphis. I also told your maid to pack whatever was necessary for your immediate comfort and take it over to Memphis with her in the machine, which my man is motoring over early tomorrow morning. The other bag gage will be forwarded." He lowered his eyes to hide their look of glad triumph as Mrs. Wild merlng accepted the situation with a laughing exclamation of: "That's just like a man's presump tion!" Illustrated Tid-Bits. COLLEGE BOYS ON FARMS, A Place for Graduates to Learn Ap plied Economics, Kansas has sent forth her annual cry for harvest hands. She wants 21, 000 young men to bring in her crops from the fields, and offers the usual promises ot "high wages." As usual, Kansas so times her demand that fhe colleges have turned out their thousands. The quota of workers will be largely made up ot college gradu ates, who will here learn their first valuable lessons in the practicalities. They will work blisters on their hands and their muscles will ache from two months of unrelieved physi cal toll, at any price their shrew em ployers choose to pay, for, being far from home and moneyless, they may not rebel. All of which is a wholesome experi ence for young men who thus learn the ways of the world. In addition to learning to earn their own living in the sweat of their faces, and to bear disappointment, they may in Kansas learn much of applied economics, for every Kansas farmer is a past master of larger politics, and, knowing how to run a state, so runs it. Sitting at the feet of such wisdom the young collegian cannot but absorb much knowledge that will benefit himself and his community when he shall have Journeyed home by the box car route. Indeed, it would be well to make it obligatory upon all college men to serve a turn in the Kansas fields as the best possible postgraduate course to fit him for the affairs of life. Kan sas is something of a "model state" in its governing, and its older citizens are qualified professors of political economy. It should be recognized as a univer sity and all young men compelled to attend it, as those in Germany art) compelled to serve a term in the army. "Graduate of Kansas" would be a certificate of worthy citizenship. St Louis Globe-Democrat. At the village of Bottesford, in the vale of Belvolr, England, the ancient custom of ringing the curfew bell Is still observed. The day of tho month and month of the year are also tolled on separate bells every evening. ll lit'? I BlacR and White Seed and Havana ; as good as was ever bought at 9 for 25c. Cuba-Roma Clear Havana; Cuban leaf, 3 for 25c grade - College Days The best domestic cigar ever sold at - Ad ad A first-class domestic cigar, presenting superior workmanship )f Stirling Castle Fine, clear Havana cigar, 10c. quality Ia Idalia Choice clear Havana in many popular sizes at -Jr THE STOKE $ FEICHT DRUG CO., PROMINENT PEOPLE. Major Alfred Dreyfus will retire from the French army in October on a pension. Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles and General Anson Mills are abroad for a pleasure tour. The Hon. Henry Lindhnrst Bruce, son and heir of Lord Aberdare, will marry Miss Camille Clifford, an American actress. Sir Robert Hart ha9 written to a friend that he has finished his work for the Chinese customs, and pro poses to retire to England. King Edward is largely his own physician, and a happy combination of exercise and self-denial accounts for the preservation of a fine con stitution. Professor Adolph Harnack and probably Dr. Koch will be among the Germans to visit the United States in 1907 as guests of the Carnegie In stitute, of Pittsburg. The largest single gift ever re ceived by the University of Califor nia, $800,000, is the estate of M. Theo. Kearney, of Fresno, who died last May while on his way to Europe. Sidney Smith Lee, son ot Captain Dan Murray Lee, grandson of Cap tain Sidney Smith Lee, of the Con federate navy, and grand-nephew of General Robert E. Lee, will be ap pointed second lieutenant in the ma rine corps. Professor Edward Perkins Clarke, the newly appointed principal of the Central New York Institution of Deaf Mutes, was led to make the pro fession of teaching the. deaf his life's work owing to the fact, that both his parents were deaf. Major-General Sir Reginald Pole Carew, since 1903 commander of the Eighth Division of the Third Army Corps, and who distinguished him self in East Indian and African cam paigns, has been retired. Genera Pole-Carew is fifty-three years old. Whether Journalism be classed as a trade or a profession is a matter of no consequence whatever, observes the New Orleans Picayune. The fact remains that much of It must be learn, ed In the shop, while at the samf time all the universities in the world are not beyond the reach of its de mands. There is no real school ol newspaper art and science but the newspaper office Itself, and yet all human knowledge is needed In thr conduct of a newspaper. THE TRUTH OP IT. The world is doin' purty well, An' even would do better If some would jest git out the way An' only let uer! Atlanta Constitution. Not Only Lower Prices But Improved Quality Also If the straight-line methods of the National Cigar Stands did no more than to show the reduction in prices which all their cigars do show, the triumph of the idea would be plain enough. But the plan has effected more than mere price-saving it has given better average quality throughout, a better system of cigar keeping, an invariable uniformity of character in short, a higher degce of safety to the customer. The purchaser of a cigar of any one of the thirty exclu sive National brands takes no chances whatever. He is defi nitely assured that he is getting The Best Cigar Value the Money Has Ever Secured Jt Whatever the price he pays, it purchases better tobacco and more of it than the same price has ever bought before. He is getting the cigar nearer to the actual cost of production than cigars ever retailed before the National plan was evolved. He is getting a cigar that was made in million lots (thus ensur ing uniformity), and which came direct from the producer, thus saving cost. The drug stores which belong to the combination, display the National emblem in their windows, and sell from a new, scientific, condition-proving case brands, among others : RXYNOLDSVILLE. SPORTING BUKVITIES. George G. won the sold cup for free-for-all-trotters at tho Pittsburg matinee races. The Joy, owned by W. II. Childs, won first prize in the ManhaBSct Bay Yacht Club's seventy-mile race. Captain J. C. Semon, of the Ohio National Guard, won the Wimbledon Cup on ranges at Sea Girt, N. J. The Auk, an American yacht, won tho first race In the series with Gor man small boats for the Roosevelt Cup. Angus Pointer won the !!.04 pace at the Hudson River Driving Park In 2.03 V and 2.03, record for the track. William Marsh, of Boston, won six events at the fiftieth annual games of the Caledonian Club, at Washing ton Park, Maspeth, L. I. Richard Glendon, of Boston, has been engaged to coach the Naval Academy crews next year for tho fourth consecutive season. W. J. Clothier won the national !awn tennis championship by defeat ing Beals C. Wright, the holder of the title, in the challenge round. Private E. C. Simpson, of Connec ticut, with a total score of 193, won the President's match and military championship at the Sea Girt ranges. Frank B. Greer, of Boston, won the senior singles, quarter mile dash nnd senior doubles with Courtney Guild at the Middle States' Amateur Row ing Regatta on the Potomac. Driven hyJames Butler, the black stallion King Direct, paced the fast est mile on record In a race at an amateur meeting, turning the Empire track, New York, to wagon In 2:04 , Nut Boy, owned by Lotta Crab tree and driven by M. E. McHenry, won the Charter Oak Stakes of $10, 000 at the Hartford Grand Circuit meeting, trotting In 2.07 and 2.07. To all external appearances, evem. in Russia are shaping themselves Tor the enactment of a drama which may outvie, in Its somber and portentous settings, anything In the long perspec tive of tho chronicles attending the birth and the death of nations, prop hesies the Atlanta Constitution. Nich olas, consistent only in weakness and vacillation, has iound the thing of his own creation the duma a veritable Frankenstein. The work largely of his own hands and those of his ad vUers. it has erown bevond bis reach. Of every 1,000 miners In Great Britain 1.24 lose their lives by acci dent annually. In Germany the rate a 1.000 Is 1.90; in the United States, S.35. 01 NOTHING PITTSBURG EXPOSITION Opens Wednesday Evening GREATEST MUSICAL PROGRAMME EVER PRESENTED CREATORE August 29 to September 8 THEODORE THOMAS ORCHESTRA September 10 to 15 80U8A September 17 to 22 new and tuc dauih uinDnniniic STARTLING ink nuniMii nirrwunuiHt KNABENSHUE AND HIS WONDERFUL AIRSHIP "Destruction of San Francisco" United States Government Display Magnificent - Exhibit of the Resources of the South "Around New York" Vlto graph Moving Pictures Enormous Ferris Wheel One Fare for Round ADMISSION The true moral is that ef Solomon: "Who maketh haste to be rich shall hot be innocent." If Mr. Rockefeller is confident that he has made all hit money by the practice of those prin ciples which he professes, suggests the New York Times, he can entirely affbrd to let the barkings of the yel low journalists and the yellow maga zinists, and even the yellow clergy men, pass by him as the idle wind which he regards not. But If he has any doubt on that crucial point, then be is necessarily "hurt," and his hurt is of a kind and degree to compensate for the absence of purely legal pains and penalties. The yeltaw prosecut ors, of whatever class, should b somewhat assuaged by that consider atlon. The most awful accident In history was the fail of a Roman amphitheater In the time of Tiberius. Fifty thous nd people were crushed. ...rl'P',1 ll fffiiS Ilk 111 i s m i f: mmm mm I.- ' ' ! Mi wmmmm. mm 2w, Cigar Stands' the following ..... 5c 5c . 6 for 25c 1 fo 25c 6c 3 for 25c and up LIKE IT" AUGUST 29 HERBERT September 24 to 29 ELLERY'S BAND October 1 to 6 DAMROSCH October 8 to 20 Where will be shown wonderful teatt by man and animal Trip on All Railroads 25 Cents SWEET POTATOES. Wash and scrape (do not peel) the ikin oft of six or eight sweet potatoes, acok with meat (either pork or beef) with a tablespoonful of sugar. Let boil down dry, bni don't let scorch. Of if preferred, when tender, It may be put In a shallow pan, with brown sugar sprinkled over, and set In the hot oven to brown. Another way is to stew in clear water till tenderf drain and make a gravy eut of the water with flour, adding butter and sugar. E. E. W., in the Epitomist. HIS IIJKA. Mr. Otto Bile "I cmue very neni runuiug over a man this morning witi ny automobile." Mr. P. Destrin "You were fortun ate." Mr. Otto Bile "I should say so. Why, I jtist had it pulnte lust week." Indiiftjupolls Journal.
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