THBN AND Wlwn my old beart was jwm, my dear, The earth and haven wars no nwr That In my dreams 1 oft oould hear The steps of unseen races; In woodland, where bright waters ran, On hills Clod's rainbows used to spun, I followed voices not of man, And smiled In spirit faces. HRS. PRODIGAL. How She Strove With Her Mother-in-Law, and Prevailed. (W. R. Rose lu Cleveland Plain Dealer.) A young woman was standing In front of the Hazen residence when Richard Hazen stepped, from the ear at the comer ot the cross streot. She waited for him. She was a trim young woman, straight and slender, and her eyos 'were grey and very bright. Rich ard Hazen did not see the girl until lie was close to her. Ills gray head was ; bowed and his thoughts were far away. Then he looked up and saw the blight eyes lnteutly regarding1 him. The owner of the bright eyes smiled and put out her hand. "I am Tom's wife," she simply said. The old man gave a llltlo gasp and bis lip suddenly trembled. "Tom's wife!" he whispered. "Wb why I was thinking of Tom at this yery moment." He stared at the girl. "Tom's wife!" he dully repeated. "Yes," said the girl. "Don't you see my hand?" He saw her hand and then took it in both his own. "Tom's wire," he murmured. "I am very glad to meet you, my dear." Then he gave a quick start and stared at jher garb. It was a walking costume of steel gray and he sighed with relief. "Tom is well?" "Tom Is very well and very busy. How is It with you, father Richard?" He gave a little start at the title. ' "I am always fairly well, and al 'ways busy." She glanced at the worn figure and itlred face and her voice grew gentlr. I "I have wanted for a long time to know you, father Richard. That's why I am here.'1 He suddenly looked from her toward the house. "Have you seen Tom's mother?" he asked. "Not yet. I waited here for you. They told me at the office you would stop at tho bank and so 1 took the car ahead of yours. Shall we go In?" He hesitated and again looked to ward the house. "Let us walk around the block, my dear," he said. "I have something to explain to you." "Very well," she said. "I dcubt your ability to tell me anything I do not ;know, but I'm glad to walk with you, ; father Richard. Don't forget that. I've wanted to meet my Tom's father for a long, long time," The old man suddenly smiled. "I like your appearance, my dear," ,he said. "I like your voice. I am sura iyou ar good to my boy, and I know he must be proud of you." He hesl 'tated as they moved away. "But have you thought of Tom's mother?' The girl softly laughed. "Very often," she answered. "And il'm not afraid." "She is very proud." 1 "So am I. father Richard." I "She does not forget." "I am glad of that.' ! "You may find hor sadly prejudiced." j "I expect it, father Richard." He looked at her and his face .brightened. I "You are not at all what I what iwe Imagined you might me, my dear. And I am very giad." ! "You knew Tom was married?" t "Yes. The news came to us through several hands, and there were no par ticulars. And now tell me about Tom." The girl laughed. "He la well, he is busy, he is hap- ;py. I am going to ask you to wait tor further particulars until I meet bis mother. I His face -clouded. "If she will listen to you." ' The girl she seemed no more than a girl in years nodded lightly. The old man laid his hand lightly on the girl's arm. ."You inspire me with confidence, my dear,'' he gently said. "I am sure that Toin'a mother grieves for her boy, but she is very proud and unyielding." I "I know," said the girl, "but she will find that I'm a Western girl and some ithing of a fighter myself, and dread ful Btubborn when I think I'm right." 1 And she laughed lightly. ! They ihad returned to tho houBe, .and now they went up the walk to 'getber and the old man opened the Idoor and they passed into the 11b jiary. i And the girl saw that the old man seemed to grow older and grayer when khe entered the house, and he locked About him with a nervouB air. "Wait here, please, and I will call rym's mother," he said. And she smiled back at him. ' As be passed through the door she ave a quick glance into the long mirror between the old fashioned win dows, and straightened hor hat and gave her plumage a quick little shake, and threw a confident glance at tho reflected Image. ' I As she turned away a lady came Onto the room, and Richard Hazen Was close bohlnd ber. "Do you wish to sea me?" tbe lady faked. Tbe old man stared anxiously at NOW. Now my old hurl Is old, my sweet. No long-flr earth and heaven meet; AH life is grown to one long street Where fact with fancy ilaslun; The volres now that Beak to mo Kpenk prose Instead of poetry; And In the faces now I- see is less of Boul than ashes. Madison Caweln In Leslie's Weekly. Tho latter stood In the center of the room, her head just a little raised, her eyes very bright. "I am Tom's wife," she simply an nounced. The lady gave a little start, and then her face grew hard. "This Is quite unexpected," she coldly said. The girl slightly bowed. "Yes, madum," she answered, with gentle dignity, "I quite appreciate the foot. My only aology 13 that even the most exacting courtesies have been known to weaken at the touch of kinship. I do not look upon this as a call of state, madam. I am you son's wife." The lady hesitated. "We are not prepared to acknowl edge you," she said. "In fact, we hve no authentic knowledge of your exis tence." A faint Bmlle hovered about the girl's mouth. "I exist, nevertheless," she said. "And if you don't mind I will remove my hat and coat. I find them rather warm." The lady was taken aback. "Am I to Infer that you consider yourself welcome In this house?" she slowly asked. The girl laid aside her hat and coat. "I only remember that I am your son's wife Tom's wife and tlmt The lady winced a little. "Perhaps," she said, "you do not know Tom's story?" Tho girl slowly nodded. "I believe I know It all," the an swered. "And you came here knowing this?" "There Is no doubt that I am here," said the girl. She looked around. "I have come a long way," she said. "I am- rather tired. May I be seated?" The lady flushed. She pointed to a chair. "Do not construe this Into any ad mission that you are welcome," she said. "It Is a courtesy that I would grant to any stranger who found her way into my home.'" The girl leaned back against the cushions on the davenport. "It Is a courtesy that your son's THE EASY CHAIR. Only the Englishman knows the science of sitting down. He alone has evolved the ohalr which recovers for Its etudenU all the comfort that has been lost In the day, all the hope that the morning may so inhospitably have barred. Watch, say, a Frenchman In an English easy-chair and you will find him no worthy apprentice ot the science. Ho is 111 at ease and out of sympathy with the chair. But the Englishman has no such quarrel with comfort. He does not, as tho Frenchman, sit at attention. There need not, in faot, be any doubt that England's position as tho optimist among the na tions is due largely to this appreciation of tho easy-chair. Had Schopenhauer lived in England and been instructed In the art of sitting down he would have written dainty testimonials to tne charm of human nature. Pope had no optimism, and it Is not sur prising that he complained of the "rack of a too easy chnlr," for only an optimist can be comfortable. Whistler reftwed to have an easy-chair in his house, and quite Inevitable wrote a book on the art of making enemies. Carlyle lived among the Tmrd angles of un comfortable furniture and wrote irritably. A mall's literary taste, it may as well be said, Is not fored so much by his education, or his early life, or hia friends, as by his chars. A man without an easy-chair would develop an austere taste. . He would read Bacon, Hume, Macaulay. A man with an uncomfortable eosy-chalr would read Hazlltt, Carlyle, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Ibsen. A man with a chalir which he had moulded to nil the whims of bis body would read .Dickens, Lamb, Shakespeare, Meredith, Fiaubcntj Tennyson. No o?.e fortunately has a finer instinct for comfort than the Englishman, and so long as this is so there should be no danger of the decline of good books and poetry and optimism. .Only the man who has an easy-chair can read the right books. ! wife also a stranger gratefully ar cepts." . The lady had seated herself and Richard Hazen had slipped into a chair near the door. For a moment or two the room was vory still. The bright eyes of the girl leisurely took in the furnishings of the room. The eyes of the lady watched the bright, young face. "I know this room," e-aid the girl. "Tom has so often described it. It was at this window that he sat when he learned his le3Boas. There Is tne bookcase where he found the copy of Robinson Crusoe.' This is the por trait of his grandmother, whose gentle gaze he fancied in his childish way followed htm about the room. But I don't see his little choir anywhere. Has it been taken away, madam?" The man near the door made a chok ing noise. "That was very well acted," she said. "I beg your pardon, but are you still in the profession?" The bright eyes opened wider. "The profession, madam? What pro fession?" The lady suddenly frowned., "Is the phrase puzzling? Then let me ask If you are on the stage?" The girl suddenly smiled. "Now I understand," she quickly said. "No, madam, I am not on the stage.'' "You left It recently; perhaps?" The girl ahoott ber head. "I have never been on the stage, madam." "How can Uiat bet" ehe coldly asked. "When. wihen Thomas left his home disgraced, disowned1 "Emilyl" cried the man. "Hush," Richard," said the woman. "When Thomofl went away he vowed he would marry some dancing girl of the stage." "Yes," the girl assented. "He told me of this girl. But he did not mar ry her. He saw the folly of such act. Without money, without friends, he had no way to hold her fickle re gard. No, madam, he did not see ber again and I am certain he has never regretted the fact In one way, mad am, you did your son a great service when you took from him the means of gratifying his extravagance. It would have been better had you done this before." The lady drew bark. "I am not used to having my acts made the bncls of oritlcisra or even of conversation," she coldly said. "You are not an actress, you say. Perhaps you will tell us who and what you are?" The girl pm!Id in her quick way. "I am Tom's wife," she answered. "That's all I can remember just now." She looked about the room apain. "Poor little Tom," she softly raid. "The rooms Beema so big and ho must have looked so very email." The lady stirred uneasily. "If you are trying to harrow up my feelings," she Bald, "I will ask you to remember that even the torn heart of a mother in time becomoB seared." The girl slowly nodded. "I am sorry if I hare hurt you, madam." "You have not hurt me." "I did not mean to hurt you, madam. I am young, 1 am forgetful. To me my Tom seems all that is man ly, and worthy find true. I cannot picture to mysslf any other Tom ex cept the little lad who sa here alone by the window. J like to think of him. I like to picture him looking up at your mother's portrait, madam, and meeting that loving glanee with a trusting smile." The lady suddenly arose and went to the window and looked out The girl glanced at the old man. He nodded quickly and waved his hand. The lady turned. "Do you think that I forgot?" she suddenly asked. "Do you understand that the son I chensned, and hu mored and pampered, turned upon me and shamed wo, nnd defied me? Do you know that ho clsobeyed my commands, that he slighted tho girl he should have married, that he chose companions who were unworthy of him? Do you think I can forgot all this?" Her voice rose, her hands woro clenched. "And you sent him away?'' "Yes. Ho had disgraced his home. T He was no longer worthy of it." "Do you know, madam, that the hour you sent him forth was, after all, one of the most fortunate hours my Tom has ever known?" "What do you mean?" "I mean that It threw him on his own resources, that it aroused all that was manly in him, that tt gave him the one incentive he needed the in centive of bread and butter, of lodg ing and clothes." "He has prospered then?" "Yes." "I did not mean to ask about blm. My heart is very blttor. Tell me what you will." Tho girl smiled. "I will tell you gladly. He is well, and happy and .prospering . We live in Virginia City, where Tom is regarded as a coming citizen. No man's word Is better, no mac's record is cleaner. It has meant hard work and many set backs, but the strength and the am bition were in him, and he was sure to win." The old man by the door suddenly moved. "My son," he softly murmured. "I will not dony that what you have told me has a oar tain measure of gratification in it," she slowly said, "but it is not the way the story of the prodigal saeald end for my son was a prodigal, i wicked, defiant prodigal." lbs girl's smile still lingered. " "And ! am the wife of the prodigal,'' she said. "And that brings It all batik to me. I am to be la the dty a few days. There is some machinery for our mines that I aim to Inspect before It is shipped. We learn to do many things in those far western towns. Will you take me in during my stay in the city?" The lady hesitated. "You try to beat me down at every turn," she feebly protested. The girl nodded. "I fear I should have presented my credentials sooner," she said and drew forth an envelope. "You do not even know that I am what I claim to ba This is a letter of introduction from my Tom. When he found I was deter mined to come here he gave me this. Believe me, I have not seen a single word he has written there." She arose and handed the letter to the lady. The latter turned it over in a hesitating way. "Richard," she said, and her vokse had suddenly softened, "will you read this aloud to me. My eyes are trou bling' me and the light is pool"-" He took the envalope and went to the window. Adjusting his glasses he bent his gray head and slowly read the lotter aloud. "Father and mother," it began, "I am sending you the dearest treasure I have on earth. No, that is not quite right. It was my wife's wish to go to you it had been hor wish for a long time. I only consented when I saw that she was determined to make the journey. No doubt she has told you why she comes. But there are some things she will not tell you. She will not toll you how immeas urably much I owe to her, how poor we were, how her courage never falV er, hor love never failed. She will not tell you how we prospected togeth er, and how I foil end was hurt, and how she fought away the wolves, and all alone in that cruel desert nursed me back to health again. Nor will she tell you that we are joint partners In ell our ventures, and that she means to send me to congress next year. I ask nothing for myself, but I would be glad to have you treat her as ehe de servesno matter how yon may re gard her mission. I am going to miss her greatly we have nevor been part ed before, but if Anna wants me she knows she has but to hold up ber hand. From your son, Thomas Hazen." The letter fluttered from the old man's fingers. Then he aros9 and went to the girl and took her hands In his and kissed her cheek. "My son's wife," ho proudly said. The lady's hood was bent. But pres ently she arose and took a faltering step toward the girl. "Oh, my dear," she suddenly sobbed, "hold up your hand and bid my son come home!" Then the arms of the girl quickly encircled her and the prodigal's moth er, and the prodigal's wife clung together. CHEESE MAKING MONKS. The Trapplsts of Canada and Their Farms and Vineyards. Scattered throughout Canada are many curious religious communes, es pecially in tho province of . Quebec, but thore is none more curious or in teresting than tho settlements of the Trapplst Monks. .This brotherhood has three settle ments In the Dominion In Nora Sco tia at Tracadle, in the wilds of north ern Quebec, near the Lake St. John district, and on the banks of the Ot tawa River not far from Montreal. One of tho most interesting of the monasteries Is that near tho village of Oka, on the Ottawa River. The Trapplst is a farmer as well as a priest and the Oka farm of 800 acres is one of the best tilled in that part of Canada. All klnd3 of grain are grown, an excellent vegetable gar den is maintained, and a large or chard and vineyard add pictures quoness to the rural scene. But the Trapplst is a stock grower as well as an agriculturist. There are few finer thoroughbred stocks than tho Per cheron stallions and huge bulls kept there. The or(l?-r owns nt Oka sev eral hundred cows, 300 sheep and thirty-five horses. Adjoining the barn is the dairy, wherr? a fancy cheese Is produced that has a high reputation in the Mon treal market, as have tho claret and wines produced from the vineyards. Busy Man's Magazine. Why She Couldn't Speak. A photographer in an Iowa town was called upon not long ago to mako some pictures of an old lady of 70 years or so, but of surprising agility and quickness of perception. The picture man was, therefore, somewhat surprised to find that no words of address could induce the old lady to speak until tho operation was completed. Then she put her fingers into her mouth, whence she withdrew several wads of paper. "You wouldn't have me photo graphed with my cheeks falling in, would you?" she asked tha photogra pher. "I stuffed two pages of a news paper in my mouth to fill out." La dles' Home Journal. The Signal. The Bachelor and the Boned'.ct were wending homeward their weary way. "Ah, you lucky married man!" sighed tho Bachelor. "ThinS of bcvlng a hearth, a real home awaiting yon. Look there Is a light in the window for you!" "Gee! So there is," muttered the Benedict. "Well, there's only ot way out of that let's go bach to the chib," New York Journal. PEARL8 OF THOUGHT. The Just man falls seven times. Bible. Luck is a small j matter. U. S. Grant. A good resolve will make any port. Horace. Make your life your monument. Ben Jonson. Who sows courtesy, reaps friend ship. Basil. In all thnlgs let reason be your guide. Solon. Joys are our wings, sorrows are our spurs. Rlchter. Suspicion is the poison of friend ship St. Augustine. Jealousy Is a secret avowal of one's inferiority. Maslllon. Men prize a thing ungalned more than it is. Shakespeare. What oi&kee life dreary Is the want of motive. George El lot Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. Joubert In marriage there is always one who rules the other. Home Notes. Thore is nothing on earth so cruel to a woman as woman. Oulda. It Is the duty of men to love even those who Injure them. Marcus An ton 1 us. Frugality is a fair fortune; and hab its of. industry a good estate, Benja man Franklin. The blessedness or misery of old age Is often but the extract of our past life. De Malstre. Opportunity knocks, but Importun ity grabs one by the buttonhole and hangs on. Home Notes. A woman may only believe half she hears, but she generally repeats it all. Philadelphia Record. One of the greatest sources of hap piness In young married life Is a lack of relatives on both sides. Puck. . Whon a woman goes to call on an other to see how well the baby is do ing, it's a sign she really came to tell her something Bbe heard somebody say about hor. New York Press. GROTT08 OF THE LAMAS. Voluntary Exiles for Life From the Light of the "Sun. Of the people who live where tho mountain tops in the morning are "dreams of roses and eternal snow," Dr. Hedln had much of absorbing In terest to tell during a recent lecture delivered by him In London. There were the Lamas, or priests, who vol untarily go into grottoes, the entrances to whloh are closed against them for the rest of their lives. They live In this solitude in absolute darkness, not even the secondary light of the sun be ing allowed to enter. One man, he was told, went into darkness when 16 or 17 years of age, ami lived there for 09 years. The reason for this volun tary martyrdom Is that the Lama be lieves after death he will be reborn into a very happy existence. He has no communication whatever with the outside world, and the other priests of the temple send In his food by means of a long pole, to which are attached bowls. These are withdrawn after an interval, and the only means of ascertaining the death of the In mate of the grotto Is by the food and drink not being touched. These grot toes are found in many places in Tibet on the banks of the Upper Brahmapu tra, and in the Interior of the coun try. The Tibetans have some strange tests for ascertaining the character of a man. One 1b by moans of a hole In a block of granite, through which the individual has to crawl. If he Is an honest man ho will, according to the theory of the Tibetans, creep through, but if a scoundrel he will stop in the middle. "We had a very funny experience with one of theBe blooks of granite,"- said Dr. Hedin. "A fellow could not continue and could not oome back, and so all our men had to tio ropes to his foet and drag him out in that way." Roman Waterworks Still In Use. The town committee of Ezamosvar has decided to utilize tho remains of the thousand year old water mains and reservoirs which have remained since the Roman occupation. The wa ter mains were discovered by Profes sor Ornsteln, an archaeologisct, who states that the groat reservoir and the extensive canals sorved the water supply of a large late Roman military camp Congrlcastrum. The great res ervoir ltee on a high hill near the town. The dirt which has collected In the basin and mains during many cen turies has been removed, and now it Is almost incredible that they should be a thousand yea old. The medical officer of the town haa declared the water basin and the mains to be tit for use. Budapest correspondence the Lancet Some Old Story. Tho budding playwright was read ing his latest creation, to a party of friends, but as he plodded through the second act be heard an odd sound and looked, op, to see one of his audience asleep and breathing heavily. He was greatly annoyed. "Sir," ha said, "sir,- wake up. You might remember that I &:n reading this play to the company, in order to get i opinion. How can a man who Is asleep grre an opinion?' "Howl" said tho drowsy one, with a yawtv ,T3st!y enough. Sleep is an opfnlonO 3ock. Tb tramMpalrty of Peterborough, flpt", baa eoriohed its treasury psnMptfbrj by engaging m the celery TRIALS of A NEEDEMS IM NOT GETTING ANY) THROW AWW ALL THIS BETTER. THE DOCTOR DOE 311 T 3EEM TO BE DOING ME ANY GOOD RESOLVED THAT KmPltlUUSIItSS. P5TO1 UNdThdIGFTION MIINYUN5 IW.W-PAWP1I. AKE Vk.1 !fc.K THjlAPLK- iqK.IUmiS IHABUX.m! Mnnyon l'nw I'nw I'HU coax the llrer Into activity by gpnlks mfltlioK Thry do not loour, grlpt orwvaken. 'J7mv nre m tonlo to the itoiucht Uvar and tkM-Tea; Invigorate lnvt-ad of weaken. Tbey en rich the hlooil aiHl euelile tile stomach to Ret all tho nourlHhfuent front fond that la put Into it. Theto pUlaoonlalii no calomel; Uiey are Mjothltw, heallnf and atlumltiUnff. For eale liy all driuwiit In lUo and Hex.- aired. If you need medical artvlco, write Mun yon'a Doctor. They will adrlanta the bent of their ability absolutely free oft'harfre. MUN VON'. 03d and Jetlemon rite., f hllndelphln, ls. Munyon'i Cold Remedy enree ft cold In one day. Price &c. Munynn'a lUieumattnm Remedy rellerea In a few bourn aa4 coree In a f ew daya. rrlooltto. In elgteen months there wlM be di rect railway communication betweem Iluenos Aires and Ascunclon, the cap ital of Paraguay. Only One "I'roino Onlnlne," That in Laxative Bnmio Quinine. Look for the signature ol E. W, Grove, lsod tho World ovtr to Cure n Cold in One Day, S5q The new bridge over the Ganges river at Sara, India, for the Eastern Bengal Railway, is to cost $0,500,000. Did yon ever hnv a gnod, nld-fnahioned boj-' stomach itchel Of course you have. A little doe of Unmlins Wizard Oil will chase swny a colicky pain in tbe atomacb like magic. England sends many of her orphan and deserted children to Canada. Mra.Winslow'a Soothing Syrnp fnr Children teething, softena theiriima, reduce inflamma tion, ulluj a puin, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle. Teaches Children by Toys. The most Intellectual women in Eu rope is said to be Mrae. Marie Montes sorl, a lecturer In the University of Rome. An eloquent and convincing speaker, she has gained a still wider reputation from her Ideas as to th teaching of children. She plans t carry Instruction to the minds of the young by means of toys, and has built a model house In Rome especially equipped for children, the rooms of which are furnished with toys of her own Invention, tlttaned to teach the little ones to read and write without taking them through the laborious rudiments of the alphabet and ordin ary spelling. The model house in Rome has proven so successful that Mme. Bontessorl has been invited to build a similar house, exclusively for children, in Milan. New York Press. Perjury a Common Crime. Even a cuual observer cannot have failed to notice that there is much false evidence given in our courts. The fact is thrust upon one's atten tion. Not only in sensational mur der trials, but in almost every civil proceedings or quasi-Judicial investiga tion which is of sufficient general in terest, to gain publicity, the reported testimony is always contradictory, and nearly always to such a degree as to be utterly irreconcilable. There seems to be little or no regard for the sanctity of an oath, and yet with this multiplicity of instances of reckless or wioked swearing one rarely hears a word of reproof from the bench, and, to Judge from the number of prosecu tions, perjury would seem to be the rarest of crimes. Buffalo Express. WIIKN m.VXKIt OOIrfES One Ought to Have a Good Appetite. A good appetite Is the best sauce. It goes a long way toward helping in tho dlscstlvc procf8s, and that is ab solutely essential to health and strength. Many persons have feund that Grape-Nuts food Is not only nourish ing but is a great appetizer. Even children like tho taste of It and grow trong and rosy from Its use. 1 's especially the food to make a we stomach strong and create an appetite for dinner. "I am 57 years old," writes a Tenn. grandmother, "and have bad a weak stomach from childhood. By great care as to my diet I enjoyed a reason able degree of health,' bnt never found anything to equal Grape-Nuts as a standby. , "When I have no appetite for breakfast and just eat to keep np m strength, I take 4 teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nnts with good rich milk, and when dinner comes I am hungry. While If I go without any breakfast I never feel like eatingdlnner. Grape Nuts for breakfast seems to make a healthy appetite for dinner. "My little 13-months-old grandson had been very sick with stomach trouble during the past Bummer, and finally we put him on Grape-Nuts. Now he Is growing plump and well. When asked If he wants his nurse or Grape-Nuts, he brightens up anil points to the cupboard. He was so trouble to wean at all thanks to Grape-Nnts." Read the little book, "The Road to W-ellrtlle," in pkgs. "There's a Reasoa." Ever read tbe abve fettorT A new one appears from tine to tune. The; are genuine, true, and full of hamas interest. fossa IMtU re.". 2 i mfTCT PAT I'M