013 WONDERFUL PA. Paps went a-fistiing With li is pockets full of baitj He went all liv his lonesome, And the luck lie had wa great. lie came home, brinding with Mm A string of lisli that weighed Just twenty pounds he told us, And a lovely meal they made. Papa went a-fishing Upon another day; And mamma she went witU him-" He couldn't say her nay. Thev rame a-trudging homeward All tired out at night; And mamma told us pupa Had never had a bite. Jfy papa's broken records Of nearly every kind A greater man than he is It would be bard to find. He's always doing wonders, But here's what bothers me: He never seems to do them When folks are there to see. London Fishing Gazette. hses Her Guardian. By LOUISE BROWN. He stood on the broad vernnda and gazed down the long slope of green lawn. Yes, there they were, Just emerging from the wooded path which led to the lake. Hand In hand they walked, his nephew and his. ward, evidently In very earnest con versation, as the girl's eyes were bent upon the ground and the young man's head was very near hers. The watcher sighed, then shrugged his shoulders vigorously as though' to shake oft some feeling which pos sessed him. He was a tall, splendidly proportioned man of forty, with square-cut Jaw, grave dark eyes and hair very slightly touched with gray. "I have never gotten over the won der of It," he murmured, "that plain, shy little child has developed Into such an attractive woman. If only I were not so old" "Wallace," called a querulous feminine voice. The tall man on the veranda gave one last look at the approaching couple and turned to enter the house, where his sister evidently desired his help with her troublesome household ac counts. The two young people drawing near to the house were good to look at. The man, who would become of age on the morrow, somewhat resembled his uncle, Wallace Grant, with whom he and his mother made their honie, except that his figure was decidedly hoylsh and his hair was not cropped so closely as to prevent Its curling slightly upon bis broad forehead. Esther Charles, who had made her home here for the past year since completing the course of education laid out for her, would reach her twenty-first birthday the following week. Esther's blue eyes were bent upon the ground to hide the laughter In their merry depths, but In a sym pathetic voice she murmured: "Yes, Harry, dear, but which one are you In love with now? You haven't told Me the lady's name." She was ac customed to having Harry's affairs of the heart confided to her, but the weather vane of his affection some times veered so rapidly it was quite Impossible for her to be absolutely sure of whom he was speaking. "It is Madge Clereford," he replied reproachfully; then impetuously, "any other attachment I have had, Esther, was as nothing compared to the love I have for Madge. Esther," pleadingly, "won't you manage some how to prepare uncle? I think I can manage mother all right, but for some reason Uncle Wallace seems to avoid any conversation relating to love and marriage." The girl's face grew grave and her lips trembled Bllghtly.' The depart ing sunlight rested lovingly upon the shining golden braids which crowned her head. She did not smile now, but said slowly, "Do you not think, Harry, It would make a better im pression if you presented the matter to your uncle yourself?" ;Oh," he remonstrated, "I do not mean for you to tell him everything," then hesitat ingly, "Just casually mention how things are." That evening Wallace Grant sat In his library, deep in thought. He had never been in love until now and could scarce understand the pent-up emotion within him whenever his eyes rested upon Esther's face. He sighed as he mentally compared his age with hers and then thought of Harry. "Those two young people , were meant for each other." he thought, "and have evidently dlscov ' ered the fact. I doubt If Esther could ever regard me in any other light than as her guardian." At this Juncture there was a light tap at the door. He was ashamed of the rush of blood within him as he recognized Esther's knock. "Come In,", he called. The girl entered hesi tatingly. She seemed at a loss how , to begin, and he remembered that for some time she had ceased to call him "Guardy," her old pet name for him. He dully wondered why this was. Lately she had not addressed him di rectly. Finally she said in a low voice: "Harry desires very much that I break to you the news of his en gagement" She faltered and her eyes dropped before the steady gaze of the man before her. With an effort he strove to conceal he said, "My dear child, I have been expecting this, and congratulate Harry and wish you both happiness Xrom the bottom of my heart." Bewildered, she raised her head nd looked nt him.. "But you don't understand," she gasped. "It is Madge Madge Clereford." "Madge Clereford." he repeated s v L after her In a dazed way, "hut, Esther, I thought it must be you." "Oh, no no no, indeed," so ve hemently that she caught her breath as she realized. He looked more closely at the beautiful troubled face and downcast eyes. "Is it someone else, Esther?" he asked gently. For a moment she hesitated, then slowly nodded. He took both her bands in his, and trying to speak in a fatherly way asked her to confide in him. He could not eliminate from his voice the Intense feeling within him, and the girl, suddenly comprehending what this meant, grew more courageous. "You know him well," she whis pered. "Who is he, darling?" the name escaped him quite naturally Then, as the golden head inclined toward him, almost roughly he placed his hand under her chin and lifted the drooping face. The rioting blushes told him the truth, but before clasp ing her in his arms he made his last stand. "Sweetheart, I am so old ' and then capitulated as two soft arms crept about his neck. Half an hour afterward there was a timid rap at the door and Esther started in dismay. "You haven't said whether you ap prove of Harry's engagement to Madge, and Harry Is here to know his standing with you." "Do you suppose I could deny him what he asks when he has been so blind as to let a prize like this Blip by him?" he asked. "But Wallace, he never had any chance beside you so far as I am con cerned." And when Harry impntlently opened the door, the scene which met his eye told him his uncle would be In such a softened mood there would be no need for him to fear the out come of Esther's plea. Boston Post. A Few Deductions. By ELMS O. JOXES. "Ah, Mrs. Brown," said Mrs. Sher lock Holmes, "I observe that you love formality, that you own this house, although I am not certain about the mortgnge, that you are not very well connected, that you do not care for books, that you are trying to make a grand stab at being rech erchee, while only succeeding In a poor four-flush." "Perfectly wonderful, Mrs. Holmes. Quite as good as your husband. How in the world do you do it?" "It is very easy," replied Mrs. Holmes, as she deftly unBhlned her nose with a pocket powder rag, "When I came in you took special pains to ask me to remove my gloves and be informal, which showed that you have formality on the brain and that your remark was intended as an apology for anything which was not Just so. If you were really In formal, you would have said nothing about it. "You are not accustomed to good things or you would not have served that horrible cake with the tea. Then, when you called the maid to replenish the cake, most of which you ate yourself, you said, apologet ically, 'We bought this house without a bell In the library,' a remark which, though awkward, proved conclusively that you owned your home, but prov ing nothing as to the size of the mort gage. "Then you will recall your account of how your husband complained of having nothing to read and how you chided him by the reply that there were .three large book-casea down stairs and two upstairs, all well filled. This proves that you look on books as household furniture of the Junk type. Your whole demeanor proves that you are a very poor climber." "Perfectly marvelous, Mrs. Holmes." "It might seem so," replied the de tective's wife, "but the real secret, after all, is .that I have met so many like you before." From Life. Canine Etiquette. In their relations with one another, dogs have a keen sense of etiquette. A well-known traveler makes this un expected remark about a tribe of naked black men, living on one of the South Sea Islands: "In their every day intercourse there Is much that is stiff, formal and precise." Almost the same remark might be made about dogs. Unless they are on very intimate terms, they take great pains never to brush against or even to touch one another. For one dog to step over another is a dangerous breach of etiquette unless they are special friends. It Is no uncommon thing for two dogs to belong to the same person, and live in the same house, and yet never take the slight est notice of each other. We have a spaniel so dignified that he will never permit another member of the dog family to pillow his head upon him; but, with the egotism of a true aris tocrat, he does not hesitate to make use of the other dogs for that pur pose. Henry C. Merwin, in th At lantic. Was Doing Her Best, ' William Pruette, the singer, tells of a servant girl who came to Mrs. Pruette In tears and asked permission to go home for a few days. She had a telegram saying her mother was sick. "Certainly, you may go," said Mrs. Pruette, "only don't stay longer than la necessary, as we need you." A week passed, and not a word from her. Then came a note which read: "Dear Miss Pruette 1 will be back nex week an plese kep my place for me mother la dying as fast as she can." Success Magazine, FOUGHT FOR LIFE WITH FANATIC A copy of an order issued in the Philippines, which calls the attention of the army to the gallant conduct of Private Jeremiah Cronln, of the Twenty-third Infantry, has JUBt been sent throughout the army by the War De partment. The order, officially, cap tioned "gallant conduct," tells what Cronln did, and this, according to of ficers on Governors Island, was one of the bravest acts in the history of the service. Army men who have served in the Moro country in the Philippines are a unit in declaring that the hardest man to kill in the world Is the Mohamme dan fanatic among the Moros. Colo nel Scolt, Superintendent of the Mil itary Academy at West Point, who was for several years In command of operations against the Moros, has said that the Moro bolo is the deadliest thing in the world In the hands of a Moro. Jerry Cronln, according to the or der issued In the Department of Min danao and signed by Lieutenant F. S. Young, his battalion adjutant, did nothing more or less than fight with a stick of kindling wood a Moro armed with a bolo. This was in a district of Mindanao, where the Twenty-third Infantry was on duty. The Moro's weapon, the order states, was "a heavy, keen edged working bolo." The order says that Private Harry Smith, of the Twenty-third, "while walking unarmed, about seventy-five yards In the rear of his barracks at 6.40 a. m.," was surprised and as saulted by a bolo-armed Moro. The Moro first indicted a wound in the back of Smith's head, then he struck him on the left arm. The force of this blow threw Smith to the ground with such force that his shoulder was dislocated. Thus he was absolutely at the mercy of the Moro. At this point Cronln comes into the affair. Cronln happened to leave the barracks and, hearing Smith's cry, hurried to the rescue. Cronln had no arms of any kind, but he knew he had no time to lose if Smith's life was to be saved. Seizing a stick of kind ling wood that was lying on the ground Cronln started for the Moro. The Moro was Just about to end Smith's struggles with another blow of his bolo when Cronln rushed upon him. Then bpgan the strange single corn hat. For ten minutes Cronln and the Moro fought, the soldier deftly parry ing every swing of the bolo with his stick of kindling wood. The noise of the struggle was heard In the bar racks and an armed detachment of soldiers was sent to aid Cronln. The rescuing soldiers were unable to fire at first without danger of hit ting Cronln. He shouted to them to take up a certain position, adding that he would fight the Moro into range, at the same time covering him self. He did it, and the soldiers be gan firing. Half a dozen steel capped bullets were Imbedded In the Moro's body before he gave up fighting and fell to the ground, dead. The order in which the story of Jerry Cronln is told closes by stating that his "coolnees and presence of mind and his fearless attack with only a club on a desperate well armed Moro, Indicate high soldiery qualities and reflect credit not only upon hlm Belf, but upon hlB company and regi ment as well." In passing It may be added that "Jerry" is on the way home with his regiment now. New York Times. HANDLING A TIGER. "In a cage near the room In which I lived while in Khiva," says Mr. Langdon Warner in the Century Mag azine, "was a tiger from the Oxus swamps. He had taken a dislike to me, and every time I passed his cage he got up and paced angrily toward he, snarling. "Into the cage of this beast, at the command of the prince, a Turcoman stepped, armed with a short stick as big round bb his wrist. With this stick he struck the tiger's nose as he made for him, and then, with the palms out and eyes fixed, he walked slowly up to the shrinking beast and stoked his face and flank. "The tiger snarled and took the man's hand in his open month. I held my breath and looked for the bleeding stump to fall away. But keeping that hand perfectly still, with the other he tickled the tiger's Jowl and scratched his ear. till with a yawn and a pleased snarl the bigVat rolled over on his back to have his belly scratched. "The man then sank to his knees, always keeping his hands In motion over the glossy fur, and with his foot drew toward him a collar attached to a chain. This he snapped round the beast's neck and. rising to his foet, laid hold of the chain and dragged the tiger out. "This was only the second time that the cage hrd been entered. As soon as the tler was outside he es pied the watching party and started for them, but' came up short on the collar. If he had chosen to use his weight and strength no four of them could have held his tether, but as it was, the Turcoman found little diffi culty with him, and held him, snarl lng, while a camera was snapped." HIS "BOYS.' There are times when the so-called "red tape" of the army gives way under the stress of circumstances. At the Battle of Chickamauga, General Wllllch, who was commanding a bri gade, incurred the displeasure of Gen eral Rosecrans, the commanding gen eral, by some very slight omission. General Wllllch was sent for, and Informed by the general commanding that be must consider himself under arrest for the present. "General," said Rosecrans, sternly, "consider yourself under arrest, and leave your sword here until your case Is tried." "Yes, general, I will consider my self under arrest," was the reply, "and shust so zoon as dls fight's over I'll come and fix htm up." "But, sir," said the astounded Rosecrans, "I want you to consider yourself under arrest now." "Of course I do," responded Wllllch promptly, "and so zoon as I get oil dls fight, I'll be up and settle him." "But, sir," expostulated the com manding general, "I can't let you go Into this fight. You are under ar rest. I will assign an officer to your brigade." "You send an officer to fight my boys! " cried Wllllch, indignantly. "He can't do It; they don't know him. Me they know; I teach them. I fight them, and none of the boys would know how to fight or what to do, only when I go with them. My boys belong to me; yes, me, General Wll llch. I command the brigade, and I must fight the brigade!" General Rosecrans gave it up. General Wllllch was requested to re turn and "fight his boys," which he did most successfully. And that was the end of the matter. PUGNACIOUS EAGLE OWL. On his way home one evening last October from Karbenning railway sta tion, in central Sweden, a young man when passing through a small wood was vigorously attacked by an eagle owl. Alighting on his shoulder, the bird Inflicted some severe woundswlth its powerful beak and claws, and when beaten off it carried off his cap In token of victory. Some years ago several similar at tacks by eagle owls occurred during the summer months In the province of Vester Gotland, in one of which an unfortunate old man lost an eye. A correspondent of the Swedish pe riodical Fran Skog or'a SIo states that in the part of Vermeland to which he belongs there was an eagle owl which became well known for its repeated attacks on humanbelngs who chanced to come near Us abode. While cut ting timber one day a man was as sailed by the bird, which drove Its claws into the upon part of his body. He managed to get rid of It, but it at once came on again, when a blow from his axe put an end to its further attentions. A peasant in the parish of Stammar, Nerike, had a similar experience in April last. He was fetching water from a lake cIobs by his house when an eagle owl suddenly flew at him. A kick made It retire a few yards, when it came In contact with the fence. This seemed to irri tate it, for It returned to the attack, but the man seized it by the neck, tucked it under his arm and carried It off home. On the way the owl's mate kept fly ing around In unpleasantly close prox imity. Ultimately the captor had to despatch his prisoner, his wife and children being much scared at its for midable aspect. From the Field. AN AVERTED DUEL. There was 'nothing old Pomp en Joyed more than telling stories of the importance of his position In the days "befo' de wah," when he was a con spicuous figure on a Southern planta tion of the best sort. "I brung up Marse Charlie an' Marse William," he often said, solemnly. "Delr own fam'ly 'lowed I saved bote deir lives once, besides all de res' I done fo' 'em. " 'Twar Jes' like dls: Marse Charlie an' Marse William, dey bote tuk de mos' 'grejus fancy to a young lady dat come a-visittng de house; an' some body had fill delr foolish haids all up wid talk about duels; an' dey Jes' promulgated to hab one, an' find out which ob 'em was to hab de young lady. "Marse Challo he was sebenteen, short an' fiery, an' Marse William he was sixteen, slim an' cool; but dey was bofe sot an' 'termlned on de duel. "Course dey didn't tell me 'bout It, but I s'pected It, same as I always did, 'kase I looked after dem boys fo' deir paw an' maw, when dere was comp'ny. "So I watched out, an' I follered, an' I crep' up to where dey was be ginning to take p'sition fo" de duel, an' an' I jes' broke It up." "How did you do it. Pomp?" each listener is sure to nsk. "How did I do it. chile? Why, I jes' emptied a pail o' water right on Marse Charlie's ha!d, an' I tuk an' spanked Marse William dat's how." The Hot Air 1'iirnnce. There' was a young publleher who made a sudden fortune by appealing to that largely neglected class which we call society. Gaining riches, the young publisher retired and was seen less and less in his old haunts. "Where's Lawrence?" some one asked of "Mr. Dooley." Dooley answered: "Oh, he's up town now warming his hands at the Social Register." Success. The flour mills of Minneapolis grind 120,000,000 bushels of wheat ever year. ON BEING BROKE. O gentle reader, wast thou ever broke, Financially embarrassed, up a tree, With not one dollar, not one sou markee, And not a friend whose aid thou might'st invoke? With rage and thirst did ever all but choke, And pause and wonder whence the bully gee The next square meal was coming unto thee, With watch and chain and diamond stud in soak? If so, kind friend, I hail thee as a brother! No mercenary bard, in truth, am I, But this one fact, which I have tried to smother, Is universal, and it cannot die: A dollar is thy friend as is none other. And poverty's a crime. Dispute it? Try I Willis Leonard Clanahan, in Puck. THE REASON. "I am tired of being made the goat." "Then why don't you stop butting In?" Baltimore American. THE NEW GIRL. Mistress "There, Emma, that's how the glasses should go." New Maid "Yes'm, yes. You see I've never lived in a drinking family before." London Punch. THE NATURAL REASON. "Why is Mrs. Cashit's fine new whispering gallery with its rubber plants so unpopular?" "Paradoxically, because it Is a tell ing success." New York Journal. OTHER INTERESTS. "Just a word, my dear." Yes?" "Can't I Interest you In votes for women?" "Not until after I get my winter furs." Kansas City Journal. WATERED. "How's your chicken farm getting on?" "I gave tip chickens. There's so much water on the farm that I'm specializing ducks?" New York Evening Telegram. ONE DID, ANYWAY. She "Do you suppose a man ever spoke the truth when he told a wom an she was the only one he ever kissed?" He "Well, I don't believe Adam lied about It to Eve." Tit-Bits. BEAT THE RECORD. She "How far can your ancestry be traced?" He "Well, when my grandfather resigned his position as cashier of a county bank they traced him as far as China, but he got away." Pitts burg Observer. THE REMAINS. A negro died without medical at tendance, and the Coroner went to in vestigate. "Did Samuel Williams live here?" he asked the weeping woman who opened the door. "Yassuh," she replied between sobs. ' "I want to see the rt mains." "I Is de remains," she answered proudly. Everybody's. AN EXPLODED THEORY. "Do you believe there Is anything In mental suggestion?" "Not a thing." "Don't you think it Is possible If one person keeps his mind steadily fixed on a certain thing which he wishes another to do that the other will be influenced bo that he will eventually do It?" "No, I don't believe in the theory at all. I've been wishing for a week that you'd pay me what you owe me without making it necessary for me to ask you for it." Chicago Record Herald. HOW TO KNOW THE TWINS. The Eeverly twins, Fred and Frank, were such exact counterparts of each other that none of the neigh bors could tell them apart, and even their mother sometimes had her doubts. The resemblance is accen tuated by the fact that they are dressed exactly alike. "How in the world can you your self tell which Is which, Mrs. Eev erly?" asked a caller one day. "To tell the truth," she answered, "I can't always; but if I hear a noise in the pantry and I call out, 'Fred, is that you?' and he says, 'Yes, mam ma,' I know it's Frank, and that he's in some kind of mischief." Youth's Companion. - W " " -, . TRIALS of the NEEDEM51 (HERE. MR NEEDEM. TAW MSlTT PAW-PAW .XxATlVE PiasSsih1 THEY HAVE )OSE W0NDERSS3KT BY INDIGESTION OR SOME LIVER TROUBLE WHICH CAN BE CURED BY MUNYONS PAW-PAW PILLS lO PILLS IO Alunynn's l-nw ,w coax the llrer Into activity by gentle method. They do not scour, grip or weaken. They are a tonic to the slomach.llve and nerves; Invigorate Instead of weaken. Thoy en rich the Mood and enable the stomach to tret all the nourishment from food that Is put Into It. These plllscontaln no calomel; they are soothing, healing and stimulating. For tale by nlldruuKlotalnlUoanS 6c slzo. If you need medical advice, write Una yon s Doctors, They will advise to the bout of their ability absolutely free of Charge. MUNVON'b) OJdand Jellcrson ht., Philadelphia, fa.. MnnyoD's Cold Remedy cures a cold In one day. Price tte. Munyon's Kheumatlsm Kemedy relieve IB a few hours and cures in a lew days, ttlot tto. Callous the bowels with harsh cathartics, and you'll need physic always. Help them gently, with candy Cascarets. and you'll need them rarelv. Once learn the difference and you'll never take a harsher laxative than these. i gss Vest-pocket box. 10 cents at drnr-storet. Bach tablet ol the genuine Is marked C C C Keenly Observing, Carelessly Observed. Lincoln, one of the greatest of ob servers, was himself the least truly observed. God had built him in the backyard of the nation, and there, wrapped in homely guise, had preserv ed and matured his pure humanity. He was heard, but seems rarely, If ever, to have been truly seen. The re ports we have of him do not satisfy, do not Justify themselves, are Incon sistent. The Eastern, old-world eye could not read beyond the queer hat, bad tailoring, and boots you could not now give away and he was so long he fairly had to stoop to look the little world in the face. Never had bad tailoring and homely deferential manner so completely hidden seer. Jester, master of men, as did these simple accoutrements this first great gift of the West. The world ever reads simple, deferential manner true evidence of Innate refinement as weakness, timidity and Indecision, Just as It reads strength in noise, and power Jn abuse. It is eald of sound that volume will start a tear more quickly than quality of tone. But It is surprising that professional ob servers, artists and writers alike, have drawn and redrawn an untrue picture of this man. Everybody's. Japan's National Spirit Toklo now has a monthly review which was established to promote and explain the national spirit of Japan. It is authoritative, being edited by Colonel Takahlshl, under the patron age of Admiral Ito, General Terau chl and General Nogi, and it contains some notable expositions of Japanese ethics. Thus, the editor, declaring it to be the object of the publication "to lead humanity to true happiness," proclaims that "it is the duty of all men to improve their condition of life by forming good habits and acquiring refined customs, and to carry out the divine will with unswerving faith.' GET POWER The Supply Comes From Food. If we get power - from food, why not strive to get all the power we can. That Is only possible by use of skil fully selected food that exactly fits the requirements of the body. Poor fuel makes a poor fire and a poor fire is not a good steam pro ducer. "From not knowing how to select the right food to fit my needs, I suf fered grievously for a long time from stomach troubles," writes a lady from a little town In Missouri. "It seemed as if I would never be able to find out the sort of food that was best for me. Hardly anything that I could eat would stay on my stomach. Every attempt gave me heart-burn and filled my stomach with gas. I got thinner and thinner until I literally became a living skele ton and in time was compelled to keep to my bed. "A few months ago I was persuad ed to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such good effect from the very begin ning that I have kerjt up its use ever since. I was surprised at the ease with which I digested it. "It proved to be Just what I needed. "All my unpleasant symptoms, the heart-burn, the Inflated feeling which i gave me bo much pain disappeared. My weight gradually increased frum SS to 116 lbs., my figure rounded out, my strength came back, and I am now able to do my housework and enjoy it. Grape-Nuts d!1 it." A ten days' trial will show anyone some facts about food. Look in pkgs. for the little book, "The Road to Wellville." "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new . one appears from time to time.. They are genuine, true, end full of human Interest. -