AON BRL VER Sn My honrt Hpon the wind ¥ dean Keeps pace with kim the Jong through, When in their quaricrs hans y Xen And silence hold the Make straight as Peony dustant quay © sath of ight, ev My best beloved, Oh northern star, The Criterion. passage motey to prot sed to > employ fond enthusiasm. shat my cock's Nors watched ecetion. with solicitude. She directed her of no appeal. It goon ver, that Brid- hea pusceou * at hehe after fn Thursday out. ™ Pix | most Hike it's taken sick she was at the | Bogaos, whers she was callin’ in. She { was always free to come and go before «| she come over. I'll promise she'll not (| be doin’ It again” When Bridget retried the next «| morning she was so defiant and surly i that Bora and | both refrained from eriticlsm. Nora because of perplexity and mortification, and I becanse 1 saw but one outcome of the sitpation, and, for Nara’ # sake, was patient to awall results. The crisis waz not slow In 1 roming, sod 1 was not surprised when Nora informsed me that Bridget in tended to lemve. 1 was glad, but 1 i pltind Nora's evident distress. : “What's the matter? 1 inquired § Kindly. “Izn’t she satisfied with the { wares or Is the work too hard?” “Well, "tis prythor, mem,” said Nora, | soberly inspecting her twisting Hngers “Khe don't want to do nursin’ any { more. The Bogan gorris do be at ber i all the time to go into the factory. Is a young thing she is, an’ "tan't strange who's alther young company.” she added, stil faithful to ber crumbling ol Eo Bridget dropped ont of the hones 1 bold and I dare say she should pot be blamed for preferring association with 1 her own kind fo the restraining soviety of a plain, widdieazed woman, whose | conversation was {ireleasly reminiscent | of the afialrs of the Flabertys and the 1 O"rooles of a preceding generation. Hiidget's place was satisfactorily filed by a siolld Bwede, whose Roowl | edge of English 41d not include a fa A Bussey with the Irish brogue. Brig 1 zet came but seldom to visit hor aunt, | anid Nore, in serordance with weil gl reddnd hint, refrained fro ebhtruding | upon tlie society of the factory, and ancomplaingly fell back inte the old, dnl life which had been brighiviened hy thls brief period of Hlusive mother | 1 hood. : A Eother senzon of excitement Dogan { for us when Nora one morning project. {ed ber bristling forclock which sbe called her “lang” jo at a crack of my { chamber door with the startling an mouneement: Plrenc’s sick” Irena? 1 lugoired vaguely, Nora looked embarrassed. “Bridget, | 1 taean” she explained, following the “lang” with the rest of her person trembling with excitément. “lrene's | thie name she goes by at the factory. ol Bridget bein’ so queer an’ old-fash- ¢1 lone, you know ™ I repressed a smile at the affected change of name so characteristic of the shallow nature, and soon became _ | interested In Nora's story. Her niece Ind become suddenly {il at the factory, presumably from overwork, and had Iwn taken to the hospital, where she lay critically fl of typhoid fever. Nora was loud In her self-aconsations and expressions of sympathy. The swate lamb?” she cried. “To think of her workin’ herscl! to the point, an’ me takin’ no note! "Tis true for you, I'm a wicked woman?™ The warm and tender beart had opened again, and Bridget's desertion {spd peglect were all forgotten. It seemed to me that 1 could see canse other than devotion to her duties for .§ the girl's collapse, but I made no com. nieat. and gave Nora the desired per miisxion to go to the hospital, Then came a time when Bridget's {life hung in the balance, and Nora, her brary Bursting with grief and anxiety, vibrated Delween the girP's bedside aud her own household dotles, with stich detriment to the latter, During this periad she served up to us the mest Incredible and mysterious dislies, and went about with eyes so dimmed with tears that the kitchen floor was paved with broken china, grease spots and impromptu omelets. Every comfort and luxury she lav dshed on the slick girl, and in time Bridget was ont of danger. It Is safe -| fo say that the hanplest day of Nora's | {Hf was the one upon which she earned this fact. Bridget's convalescence was slow {and tedious, however. and daring ft n| she boarded with the Bogang her ex. penses naturally being met from Nora's pocket, for ber own earnings had gone long ago for finery. When ashe was able, she came to the nt house to see ber sunt, aml to get money for an expensive tonic. Her face, still pretty in spite of its pallor, was thin and drawn. and {it did not require a physiclan’s eyes to see that her health was shattered; her {tral constitution had been weakened | | as much by Jat Bours as by (lgease. One mi 2 = The idea of faatrtmony In it : newspapers cannot have failed with awkward bashful Nora was sa the wnmusanl mamber of fanny that we both lsusb at hesrii | bint whem she Bad recove ered Ber breath abe oxvisinad patters, ident. or “Irene” as Nora scraowe | Joarsly ealled her, still continned fradl, and wih no proxpect of rugsed health in thee Totnes. XNors had. t “ sd the Wea of buying with hee own rareinlly hoarided savigeas a Jie ! house, and making a home for them | bails Wha perhimstasm And reverence with which Nova spoke the word “hare” 3 fold the whittle story of a fe of ungrat i edd Jomgings The Aeisils of the investroent wore oe 1 gindiy attended fo by my hnabend, and ph hy j then ithe furnishing of the little tt | © tage, at which I ssalied ek have taken pl : preset soneom. 1 ohay been 6x14 thet Gf he Prolite Jndge Si. that ole 3 etl sire i fons Thoie whe have gone a Bitlis duper ix fnta the sulvest than 3 mio Bathe 4 fend enlenintion must Bian hare 2 ant 2 fatiools given. by irene Was to pe kept tn prntonnd fpaor. | Kar ance of bo . tll #51 was ready, | by Nora's on wauiied wladified, and | i iA y fer persch | ey raisers ut adie | in the {ow inlile jelpation ju her delight was a nee CERRY. : the Invalid's connor? sad enjoywnl Ad easy chalr, sodlling of varnish and seeitehiy with a Brussels covering, stood at the sunniest window, in whieh sang 8 esnary, and the plelare of the Madotna, Which 1 bad contrisuled, Was strung op in close proximity to the oiling, ] Al last everviling was ready. and : the next day was fo see Trend's acces sion to the throne of the palace, 1 mats confess that the next morn. 08 ing my sympathetic thoughts were fa WE the cottage, It seomad to me almost | THE as if a lover wers bringiiy home hig | Woe Yelde. and 1 was consequently pogiied |! whee. date in the afternoon, [ was ine formed that Nora wished to see me On going down | was shored at the ehangs which had taken place in the expressive of delsction “Whe, Nora" 1 exclaimed in alary “What ts the matter? Tor 8 manent she 41 ont peak, Ble seamed to be Struggling With sane deep emotion. At last she anid fenlkeny ir. but with a pathetic effort to yorain bor old cheerfulness, “1 just called i ta 10d] ye, mem, about Tren. fhe martied-«to ~ to~Tim Bogan — yeu Es day. No, mem, theres nothing you do for me. "Tiag't strange si "8 be | wantin’ a home of ber own, and-and | then she didn’t know, of conrse” she added bravely, but with quivering Hom, 1t was some time after this before [ saw Nora again. My haeland's hes ness vecaived a trip to Earope, und the ciiiiven and [were to gocompany Din It occurred to me that Nera might keep our house dnring our absence of a year. 1 found her in the little cottage | ad vnch (he same as we had always Encwn ber. except that she serpusd older. and bad an slr of Hstlessness quite §i%eren: from her old, alert bear ing. he thanked me kindly for my offer. but declined Bt. Bhs wax not well, alie sald, and bad fost ber heart for work. Her eyes brightened when 1 asked | alter Trene. 1 Jearned that she was better, and happy, with bey hasband, who was good to her, and had bought her a complete parior ser. 11 was algo mentioned jncidents ally and with some pride that she bad lace curtains at all her windows, Business affairs abaped themselves : so that it was two Years before Wwe ve urped to America. Nora's sad face had followed me across the Atlantic and I bad often thought of ber during my absence. When | was reopening ‘miy house, my mind patarally reverted to her, and | went to see her, A vague senve of some catastrophe had oppressed we, but 1 was relieved fo find the lite cottage shining io a new coat of paling and presenting an { unexnectied air of cheorfalness. Nora | herself opened the door, sud certainly no une welcomed my Teturn more heartily than my old and trusty serv- ant, : I wan glad to note that she seemed happier than when I last saw her, and had regained much of her old vivacity. Consequently 1 was surprised on ask ing about her niece to see her face sel tie into solersa Unes and Ww bear ber gay in hushed and reverent tones: Steere (8 dead” She received my eundolences with gratitnde and appreciation, bat with » complacency and absence of all expres. stony of deep sorrow for which 1 found | ft hard to account. Sbe told me with proeh velubility of lrens's last Hlness of lier death after much suffering, aul of the number of carrigges which fol jowvd ber to the grave. Then she hes ttatusd, mx il there were more to tell |uddeniy, as T walted for her to con tinge, there came from belind me the sound of 8 faint cry. Hurriedly 1 termed, and on the jpunge saw what 1 had pot before poticed, a bundle wrapped [n Nora's familiar, old plaid shawl Nora rose, approached it gravely, sud took It in ber arma Carefully | she unwrapped it, and there appeared | from its folds the face of a luvely, | dimpled Infant that thrust out its rosy ttle bands in a frantic effort to free {tself. Nora beld It forth to we with shining eyes weeps Irepe's baby.” she sakl ime pressively, Then she sdded in a volve that shook with emotion, "She gave it to me with her last breath!™--Yonth's Companion. : St ARNE ES A nL A Davies For Sewing Machines, ; In sewing machines for heavy ma A BA A pxneh | uf om : Bel i woman Her shoulders drooped, hey | ; foe was worn, ber eyes were dull and Lo vas oi tations. aud her whole atliade was bg RA AT a ng i ERAN Chioab | RBANG Sne The plan was ta Balk & vale pesseneeld those habits of fo he 8 fumes wife” Now an egal fa of euch notices will recite Whe fa a fitte miasician, that eadnnte of tach sud such an sian: that sha won & prise in eb platy, or That sive Was nein amony hor nessciates for probcieaty IB some | of the aris Aad hw A ®arence In thets nodlcen makes the vast gull Ww) i Fat Ses hp 3 han TH Hy fey otiig eanehdered “ty fra Aipas Loam Tin tite athee fe & rel ihe tliat Ta 3 can play fhe vane SHAY Hist aut eo oan # to the faemer 1 a : machine. arnin hE : TRdUNLEY wh ho. former. ir was dle yore of jineeess, And this revointion has come a3 much to the farmers wile as He the farmer. So hera'n fo the farmer's helde who sang lay a pociurne while the electri wir bs churning, ior who Yazies the Emamate Gy of hw Paays on Decadent A i {Mal Tourn: New Glacial Rypoihests, A Ruswan serviLnl, Yrafogaor BE Nos Fy dabhed paper Sn A AN ih Re pi - gata tha 5 hss b 4% the glacial serial olf a ert Har Ya eazliy sceounted for. Formerly the earih hud ua big bh tesipersiave ef ite own. bur received Pigate was then waricer and fore gniform then at present on opoling gradually, the saris surface attained | retard aa einsed a goeals part of ‘he: serinoe of Hs northern aod ganthern hemisnhwires to be eonversd with len; but the san’s radiation a creasing. the glachire melted, and the climatic comililons beens as they are pow. In a word, the temperature of the sarili’s surface depends snon two guantities~one decrrmaing (the earth's own heails the ather tncreasiog fhe mas radiant, asd consequently there fay be a ‘simon, aod this) minimum was the glacial period, which, ss bas been shown by recent investigations, was not leesl, but was gounral for the whole earth. Rattioad Can Built a Hams Colonel Kyle, who teed to enastruet ears for the Leuuwville and Nashville: Lharitt them se Dalibring rama & that if they got into eollision they would come gat whole, They did, tne. When a Kyle ear rammed any other car it made sawdoat of It. This was on the prigeiple of a well knows steamship sompany, whose oilers te officers an to run fall spend fn a fog. so that it there fs x collision the enmpany’s ship will ent through the other lke choese. Baan ol the weivate ers of mM riway | offotaly gre badly on te Dattering ram. i principle, Satot ¥. lige charlly, begios BY Dodo : John Sabine Smith once lost {wo or {urea hundred 1 aud Jullars, par! value of stock in 8 far cunsirdction eampany whose lileas were dilvy ses cheaply, wiich preant Bahl and fragile. There was whers the me Everpih ng was done wilh an eye to | industry which se penliariy fitted hort apricultare bas sraailer guaniity | af haat feomn the yan than sdw Ib OWES to Pa nultte | When Mildred 2 gore 0 8 Her Fwerlast roi § Forgars ee Ensiates. “ard ho dled it peace wit Ball the | Forbl” ; Yow, Be even Coa re the doctor who ® jenended fin Bai imsre Word A i SR Abwsrbing. : Clava 30s a hrilliog story. lead ip Mand “Ome of the meet thrilling 1 ever read. Fo conlbin't slip more than L halt of it" -Drtenit Frea Hoots, Yooking pe Far Combat, Henry "How t8n & nian Li when Ge Be tor o get aa John ail A man Bate | Bb reg to pet he would Sher sit ty fhe re. ae fo sla igh eidiniz"—Detrote Fre Press. ; Mmesnsregive: Pheenologit- And tha bunp of ae guisiticenengw", : Cholly--=AN. _{ buve np ng of ac guinitivensss?” His Friend" Dah Jove! Chally, gay be you're golug 10 many Miss | Gotrax! i PE i de fur domhit fo the i ea MEI Protevting Mine After 6 Fashion, real” Vion “Pt 1 shall ef eniited je 1 disrobe.” Burglar-"No, you won't. TH keep you covered whb ibis gun’ ~Chelsea (Mars) Gazette, 3 HR AG Sh SOA Word Froese tlhe Wanderer. Tiege Tomer i le three wesks after Christmiss, amd as © write this 1 git wich my window sien. Thisk of ding that back bu old New England” wd WRREH Ewntlennen, : “Yon don't Koowk how to ake love Pameored the enteman of the Gul Se hool “Xo.” langhed the Gantionian of the women. I Bave wpoed oly fo make | wepey "Lite, As OL Story. Castleton" Willie, for a younger prothier, you don't seem to have much turiosity about your sister asd my- sell. > Willle—"Neo. 1 did when the fellows first ene, bul sow [| guess ey seen #11 there 8 to: be sven.” Detroit Free Press. Tie Henllng Touch of Time, Mra Dash-"The idea of Mm Rash aarving society spirations; why, her : tather was a Luokster” Mr. Dash—~"ie3; she's antirely too forwanl She ought to bang back sot people have forgotten it. Now, in our enue, my dear it was your peandfathet who was a bocouster”—Dwtrols Free Presa. Cool. “You doen't pet sully poeiry AS was written in da ys gove by." sakl the re gretinl person, “Of course you don’l,” answered the grog modernist, “There is po farther demand for It, Thire Is so much days goge-hiy poetry already on the market that there 38 no further de mand for iL"--Waasldagton Star, is 2 iy oA A Cont Rejoinder. “Tiere ain't much sympathy in dis worhd an” dass a fool sald Meander ing Mike. “I took dat poliveman nin moe confidences. § told hime sat I bad had all de roubles extant, dat I was {Jes a colletun of gorTows.” Shar db Be dat “ite doooksd mie over an’ den salt RR was shout ee far him to fake 0p 8 collection.” Washington Sar, The Conventional Dollar. The bey finally confiend to me that be In the big returns for cars ob the pout | was coming to New York, and with al en Batrue tan. op m the ar % nde et and came down in phen hig nx matches prs! wenden toiapicks ~New York Press. The Deer and the Hosters. Once upon a tinke somes deer In the woods of Malpe wore ig conversation »Poavidence Ia tot fust to us” sald one of the yupngdr snes “Our swift) legs are our only hope, and even with them ths Bunters (an overtake us with | their wach swifter bullets. Where & sur protection I “wnt tak so Moilshly, BIT an swerwl an age i. “Leek about you nn the woods and yim will see wha have fallen by the rites of ti r companions. Our terial an awl Is attached to the needle © : 18 Junctire the sloth s 5 as ke may appear | THLO0 [nn Bis plain “Yaa are tepping Fal” 1 ex claimed, and urged him Ly all mesns to throw the Balldelar ne the bay. as we crossed over on the ferry. Bat be was brave, and declared he wank suceend, ba spite of convention. alition Puck. Whnrein He Palled. “Fore,” suid the preshlent of the street railway compaay. “you'll bave to leok for spother job. We must aake a charge” “What's the troubie? We baven't had any strikes lately. Ive succeeded in keeping the men satisied on low wages, aud Pye been cutting down the other operating expenses right along, haven't 1? You, but Pre just been Inspecting the cars, and 1 tnd that the straps io most of theip are nearly as s good as Dew. You aust nn ‘wtand New Sehbot, “1 lemve all that to the goin tive by teens andl i once 1 the disagreeable imbrosiion of Ha Ing past a Arsidase price for at Phisdolaes sriicle Fail of resentnent, 1 posted sf to the dialer in elironuineters from whem fie warele had boon porchesed and soos Bim of hav ay treated Te unfaiely. : t Hie anenisnd my Gaetan gh cot tinued, “snd Baving exdnided 8 Ae ternal sennomy very slossly, remarked aw & singly 3 care of mReoBSCNY oe Telly toon fale thiul bart eensitive fjend) Pras Brie Workers that thielossly tok Alonl, tvea when thole owners mee asleon ave worthy of far be(tor Goats ment than ey versie. Folly ninety pine por cent. of th o pestle who CAYy watohes pever give (hein a thought, Serake, for Inutanen, the siziple pro-. eons of winding a watch There B A right and a wrong way of doing { Whether Jt be by key or A stem, : should be jvonnd in the nicrpine Tam slowly aod avoid all jerky movements The wateh will then work lest during the day, 38 the spring will exert Mw strangest {raction power wharehy the externsl jostlings inflicted om the ‘watelh by vour daily works and wolke a 3 vo falrily eonnterbalmnend. When 8 7 “teh le wound of night If has only | oh eke Apelng 3 after as ro or si : dati, danger of Bruins os on ! mainepring. which, Boing no longer at {fall fenslon af nighi can stand the i 9 : aan Borglar— Take of thst coat and esl halter. » “X11 tratches keep Dotter time an the result of regulir habits, oat lay it | down one night and hang Bt up the poxt Kean ft in the same position as nearly an elrenwsstances will permir, In secgndiclass waiches he rate 415 ferences letwesn the herizpnial aad versio] position fa offen quite signifi. Leant Nar should you bang your watch on a nail where I cas swing to and fro like a peadulom. It will either gain ov lee a great dial while In that : position. “The differnnre In femprrature bee i tween yaur breast of a man's waists “eon? pocket and a wall, thar may be nearly al the fréezing point Ia about event aryen to elghiyaizht degroes Fabroabelr and a walch should there | fore never be suepenmied or Tald soninst a cold swriace. Sudden changes in the temperature of the atmosphere are the snuEed of mst mainsprings breaking, The wath wearer should clean his or Ber Dockets frequentiv, carefully brushing out all dust and fhwe, fo@ there ever wax a joluing made tight sonal 9 Keep ont all dust. This gets indo the oll which has thickened whh time, mm necessarily produces frrege faritien of rate. Feen with the great. edt care & watch should be cleaned ance in elzhoen months, sod every ‘year would be better, Ry tils time the oll dees up and mites with metsille dust: it prinds away on the works like emery. When I tell you that a wateh tieka INR. 800 times (none day, you can computa the gigantic task It performs 5% in a yesr, Treat your walch reasons. bir. and it will appreciate such eave, snd will serve you foithfolly as 8 friend in Bred.” Watitsgton Sue. : Slippery sidewalics. that have been | the rile for the past few mornings have texded to bring out emphatically sie of the pecalinr sides of human a ture. No matter Bow much the fall injures ® man physically, it seems a8 pothing to the damage to his selfes teem If perchance his misfortune hap pens to be withessed Ly some ono else, The first thing the unfortunate does after plitking himself up is to Jook all about him with sa idiotic smile on his face just ux if he tok the whole ing an a joke, hut anxious to ses If anyone has seen his tumble. If ture happens to be some one near iy who ban witsesved the fall the smile vinishes and there is a display of temper that is lodiccous. It Is his hat that suffers. It Is pounded in- stead of brusinad, as If that hat was responsible for the bumiliation, or as If he eould get square with the hat by a “rough bouse” sort of brushing If, however, no ope Is io sight, and no face ls seen at a window, the walor tunate goes bis way after a few pres Hminary limps, as If the thing was & mathrof-course tocident that wos de taken good-naturediy in common with the other trifting affairs of a Uisthne, Tha poanit is about the same when 8 soft. slushy snowball, hurled by ® wisclilevous bay, finds its mark on the broad back of an otherwise dignified : pesto. Washington Siar, a SOE Anise Sometimes Kil Thamanlves, You often~ more’s the pityl-hear about men killing themselves, but did you ever hear that antmals take thelr own lives? There is a Florida beetle that dles in one's hand the instant i fs aught. from excitement, maybe, and ao sen cucumber, akin to the stars fish, that gets so mad when you dis turb it that it throws out ail ite diges- tive organs. The crab often throws away a limb, If In any way it is made ‘useliss. It 1s easily done In the erab's upper arm there is a little groove. and when he grows excited and wants to jerk off his arm, he jerks it back and off ft comes at the little grooved ring. There is a kind of lizard that drops Its tail in the grass when the captor draws near. The tall syuirms on to uftract attention, while Mr. Lizard slides out of sight The fox will gnaw off a paw te release ‘himsel? from a trap, and the “map : an. inseet, bites off itn lows When
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