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By BELLE MANIATES
Tom Dulloa priced the blue gravel
road iu front of the palatial hotel
waiting for Dorothy. Waiting for Dor
othy had been Ills normal condition
this summer.
lie was n man whose well made shoul
ders alone marked him ns man of ac
tion. This new role of ills was not
consistent with his principles and hab
its. He consulted his watch frequently
and said things under his breath, but
the Instant he caught sight of the fair
young form In the doorway he forgot
bis impatience.
When Dorothy's Ingenuous, dazzling
eyes looked into his he drew a quick
breath and told himself she was well
worth the waiting, however prolonged.
Time was made for slaves, not for
Dorothy. It did not even occur to her
to ask blra if she were late or If be
"X HATH PROMISED TOM TO GET BP TO
BREAKFAST."
had been waiting long. She was the
only daughter and had been subjected
to no rules or regulations.
Her father, William Lloyd, had been
perceptibly troubled when approached
by Torn on the subject of his love and
desire for Dorothy.
"I don't know of a fellow anywhere
1 think as much of ns I do of you.
Tom. and there Is no one else whom
I would like to have for a son-in-law,
but you haven't said anything to her
yet."
"No. Still, of course, she mnstknow
I love her."
Lloyd smiled. j
"Very likely. T?nt I don't want yon !
to say anything to her until you have !
known her longer until you are en ;
tlrely sure you care enough."
Tom stared.
"Do you think any one could know ;
her at air and not love her?" 1
"I must admit," replied Lloyd, -'that
we have done all we could to spoil ;
Dorothy, and yet she Is not spoiled to
us. She has always had her own way. 1
but It has been such a witching, sweet '
way we were glad to give it to her. it !
is our dearest wish and hope that she j
may always continue In her princess
role. , j
"Slie ha many little characteristics j
that we can laugh at, but to a con-
ventlonnl, practical, systematic nature !
like yours 1 fear will prove distracting, i
Her oblivion to the flight of time, her !
Irresponsibility and utter disregard of
anything approaching a system will be j
wearisome to you. I fear, after the
glamour of courtship and honeymoon Is
over.' You must take her as she Is.
with no thought of alteration."
Tom prote-ted that he loved Dorothy
as she was and that in naught would
he have her changed, but Lloyd had
seen his looks of Impatience and their
sudden vanishing this morning.
"There'll coine a time when his Im
patience will linger after Dorothy's ar
rival on the scene," he reflected, with a
sigh.
Meanwhile Tom was mildly remark
ing to Dorothy that he feared they
would be late for the starting of the re
gatta. Dortjthy gayly rejoined that she
had never seen the starting of any
thing. "I am dreadfully unpunctual," she
added, with a little sigh. "It's Incon
venient for my friends, but I can't help
It I get nl late In the morning and
everything has begun. I've never seen
the first act of a matinee yet."
"Don't yon breakfast with yonr fa
ther and mother?' he asked gravely.
"Breakfast r she echoed, with a little
shriek. Tve never seen a breakfast
table. I was brought up that way. I
was a delicate child, and they never
awoke me, and now, oh, there's some
thing deadly In the early morning sun
shine! It seems so lonesome at the
starting of day. Do you think It such
a crime as your face Indicates?"
"I really think you ought to break
fast with your parents, Dorothy," was
the seriously spoken rejoinder.
"Do you, Tom?" she asked deject
edly. "He doesn't know he can't imagine
what a difficult thing it would be for
me," she thought "It would be as
strange lo me as It would to him."
An inspiration came to her.
"Tom," she asked, "if I turn over a
new leaf nv.d get ui to breakfast, will
you do something fo me?"
His f ue glowed with enthusiasm and
Houiething else.
"There's nothing In the world 1
wouldn't do for you, Dorothy."
"Well, I'll get up to breakfast and
make an effort to be on tiu'e if you
will part your hair in tlio middle."
"What?"
"Yes: It's the only (law I've discov
ered In you. Tom. 1 can't bear hair
parted on the side, it's so old fash
ioned." "Hut I'd look perfectly Idiotic with
my hair parted In (lie middle," ho pro
tested, appalled at the prospect.
"Now you can see." she cried 'in tri
umph, with dancing eyes, "how strange
It would seem to me to get up In the
morning!"
Tom saw that this was bis hour, am!
he met It unflinchingly.
"It's a compact. Dorothy. I'll part
my hair In the middle or anywhere If
you will get np In the morning and oc
casionally consult a timepiece."
That same evening Dorothy received
the first piece of advice ever bestowed
upon her by her ndorlir: father.
"You are quite grown np. Dorothy."
he suggested gently, "and don't you
think you should be a little more sys
tematic or punctual In your mode of
life?"
" 'Et tu, Brute!' " she thought, saying
aloud: "Say no more, papa. I have
promised Tom to get up to breakfast
every morning and that I would try
and be on time generally."
"You have?" he exclaimed In surprise
and with the thought that she surely
must love Tom.
"Yes, for a consideration. Ho Is to
part his hair in the middle."
"Tom Dalton part ills hair In the mid
dle! I'd as soon think of Abraham
Lincoln dressed as Little Lord Tauntle
roy." This comparison amused Dorothy,
and she begau to wonder how Tom
would look.
"I've Invited him to breakfast with
us tomorrow, so we will have an op
portunity to see how his hair becomes
him."
Dorothy did not face the next morn
ing In a spirit of buoyancy. She came
Into the dining room listlessly and
with a feeling that life was a desolate
waste.
Her father and mother were already
at the table, and Tom soon entered,
looking sheepish and conscious. An
unwilling smile of amusement was
forced back by Dorothy as she looked
at his hair and expression. It was In
congruous, but she was not going to
admit It.
Her words were few, her voice sad.
her manner martyred throughout the
meal. When later Tom came to take
her for a drive she was patiently and
dejectedly waiting for him. In the
evening she was again on schedule
time.
Three days of methodical life drag
ged on, and then Tom felt that he could
no longer endure the new life and the
surprised glances at his head.
"Dorothy," he said Impetuously, "you
seem unhappy. Will you tell me why?
Is it coming to breakfast?"
"No, Tom," she replied, w)th a little
laugh that was more like a sob. "I
think It's y"ur hair. I er.n't l."r ti
look at you," and she burst Into tearful
laughter.
"Dorothy, darling," he said, "1 am
glad you can't. Let me. too. luake ti
coni't's.doii. 1 have learned that your
most delightful trait was your blissful
disregard of time. To come in from
the cily where man, woman ami child
were on a mad rush for trains ajiM
see your delicious oblivion to the
twelve figures on a timepiece was most
restful."
"Then shall we go back to our old
life?" she cried joyfully.
"Yes or will you begin a new life
with me, Dorothy?"
"Without breakfast?" she asked en
treatingly. "Without breakfast!" he replied solemnly.
Horron of Clone ShnTeii.
A Now York barber has on u corner
table a fine pocket microscope and a
framed announcement that says:
"Do you know what a close shave
means? Bring a frieud here. If you
don't, have him shaved close, ami then
look at his face through this micro
scope. The entire skin will resemble
a piece of raw beef. ,
"To shave the face perfectly smooth
requires not only the removal of the
hair, but also of n portion of tho cuti
cle; so that close shave means the
removal of a layer of skin a!l round.
The blood vessels thus exposed nre not
visible to the eye, but under the micro
scope each little quivering mouth, hold
ing a minute blood drop, protests
against such treatment Bring a friend
and see!
"Tb,e nerve tips are also uncovered
by close shaves, and the pores are left
unprotected, which makes the skin
tender and unhealthy. This sudden
exposure of the Inner layer Of the skin
renders a person liable to colds, hoarse
ness and sore throat" New York
Press.
National Bank ITatea.
The government guarantees the cir
culating notes Issued by national
banks, but not the deposits. Each na
tional bank is required to deposit with
the treasury In Washington govern
ment bonds to the amount of the notes
Issued by It and If the bank falls the
bonds are sold, and out of the proceeds
the notes are redeemed as they are
presented. In fact, the government
redeems these notes at any time, charg
ing the amount so paid to Its bond ac
count with the hank. But while the
government does not guarantee the de
posits In national banks It safeguards
them by close Inspection of the condi
tion of all of them, so that there is sel
dom a bad failure of a national bank.
St Louis Kepubllc.
INEBRIETY A DISEASE.
All DmnknrilR Rxliiltlt Miirkei! Symp
tom of ItiNnnlfy.
Dr. T. D. Crothers, superinteihlent of
the Walnut Lodge hospital, Hartford,
Conn., and editor of the Quarterly
Journal of Inebriety, In an address at
Toronto. Aug. 21, before the British
Medical association, made a powerful
appeal to the medical men to join In
a great movement to teach the public
the scientllle facts regarding alcohol.
In this address he said:
"Exact studies show that fully 100,
000 persons die annually from alcohol
and drugs, and up to this time the
principal remedies offered are the
prayer, the pledge, the line and Impris
onment, of which the latter actually In
creases and Intensities the condition.
"The Insanity of Inebriety Is a med
ical subject. There Is now the army of
the Insane, developed by our civiliza
tion, and tills is now the Held of prac
tice for medical men In every commu
nity of the country.
"It is our duty to lift It out of the
realm of credulity and quackery and
bring It into the field of exact science.
"A scientific study of Inebriety indi
cates a definite disease, with distinct
causes, progress and termination,, the
same as other diseases.
"Two marked symptoms of Insanity
are prominent one in the periodic
drinker, who drinks to excess for a
short period, then abstains. This drink
period Is practically an' acute mania,
Insane Impulse, which resists all efforts
of control.
"It is often preceded by insomnia,
headaches and great irritability. Such
persons drink both secretly nud openly
and act like Insane persons. It resem
bles epilepsy in Its sudden convulsive
onset and Inability to break up or con
trol except by the harshest measures.
"Often the drink paroxysm brings out
a different personality. The patient
while drinking Is an entirely different
character In reason and conduct.
"Another form of Insanity Is seen In
the constant drinker, who dally drinks
In so called moderation and because he
is not incapacitated or seems not to be
changed In feeling or degree of com
fort believes that be is benefited.
"Persons who drink regularly, even
In ao called small quantities, are the
most degenerate and defective of all
Inebriates and the most positively in
sane In a general sense."
LUNACY AND ALCOHOL.
Inaanltr Increasing- Among- Brltlnh
Beer Drinkers.
A movement Is on foot In England
to Induce the government to appoint a
commission of Inquiry Into the subject
of lunacy, with especial reference to
the part played therein by the wide
spread use of alcoholic liquors. The
movement Is being pushed by tem
perance and reform organizations, and
it is quite likely that the scheme will
be successful.
The fifty-ninth annua! report of the
commissioners of luuncy for England
and Wales, published last year, af
fords an excellent basis fyr such a re
quest upon the government. Comment
ing on the Increase In lunacy among
the beer drinking people;;, tho commis
sioners make tlie following cautious
; comment:
' "It should bo borne In mind that such
Intemperance Is frequently ns much an
; effect of brain weakness aa a cause,
and the intermingling of these renders
It Impossible to arrive at precise con
clusions. In any case. It cannot be de
nied that alcohol is a bruin poison, and
.it is therefore Incumbent to show what
i part It plays In Insanity."
The most significant Item of this
; comment Is the declaration that alcohol
Is a "brain poison," and the govern-
ment Is thus confessedly in the position
' of licensing the business of poisoning
i the people's brains. New Voice.
WHISKY A3 A MEDICINE.
1 Alcohol n I.ouircr Itenrded as a
Eminem For iiitimiii 111.
: It is not long ago that alcohol en-
j joyed a wide range of therapeutic use-
i fulness. It was glveu to produce
I warmth. It was prescribed for sleep
lessness as well is for tho purpose of
arousing flagging mental activities. It
was supposed to stimulate the appe
tite and to furnish food, nud in the
treatment of Infections alcohol has
long played a prominent part.
But tho role of alcohol as a panacea
Is being rapidly curtailed. Tho light
of exact Investigation has shown that
the therapeutic value of alcohol rests
on an Insecure basis, and It Is con
stantly belug made clearer that alco
hol Is a sort of poison to he handled
with the same care and circumspection
as other agents capable of producing
noxious and deadly effect upon the
organism.
The researches of Abbott, Laltlnen
and others do not furnish the slightest
support for the use of alcohol in the
treatment of Infectious diseases In
man. Journal of American Medical
Association.
A Dans-em Drif,
After sixteen years of active prac
tice of medicine I can find absolutely
no use for any of the alcoholic bever
ages In prescribing. I will presume to
say that the physician who prescribes
beer, brandy or whisky in cases of Ill
ness Is Ignorant of our great remedies
and by his acts Is substituting a poor
and dangerous drug, a mere makeshift
for something reliable and trustworthy.
W, Stuart Leech, SI. D.
Franklin on Temperance.
Temperance puts coals on the fire,
meul In the barrel, flour In the tub,
money In the purse, credit In the coun
try, contentment in the house, clothes
on the children, vigor In the body, in
telligence in the brain and spirit in the
whole constitution. Benjamin Franklin.
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An An
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this quality of cigar for a quarter.
The bait cigars are new sold in &a 2,000 Drug Stores
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some with leather soles and others with felt soles. Prices
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