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Laying upon the altar p revolver and his kit of 'burglar tools as evi dence of Iris good faith William Ilill startled the 300 persons who were atiending religious services at the | Faeltle Garden Mission, 100 Van Bur en street, last night, by confessing that he was a thief, but now desired I to turn from evil ways and live a Christian life. Tlie Rev. J. S. l)ot "wiler of St. Faul, and Assistant. Harry Monroe of the mission, had been preaching and tlie latter had just fin ished his address when the self-con fessed burglar walked to the altar. ••Friends," lie said, "I have been cracking safes, robbing stores and picking pockets a good many years for a living. I have served terms in Sing Sing and Jollet. But to-night 1 am going to end my criminal career and start out on a new life. 1 was walking along State street to-night when 1 heard the men speaking front your Gospel wagon. They said some thing that seemed to touch me. I fol lowed the wagon here and entered With the crowd. The more I heard the more I became convinced that this 1s the time for me to reform. 1 want you people to help give me a start in the right direction. I have found it easier to steal than to work, but now I want to work for my living, and if you will help me I will work for your mission." Tliip significant conversation was received with the greatest enthusiasm. The man left at the close of the moot ing, hrst promising Mr. Monroe to re turn to-day, when an effort will be made to get him work. True to his promise ITill appeared at tlie office of the Pacific Garden Mission to-day and declared itlyit he had not repented his resolution, but was rather more firmly determined to gain an honest livelihood. Mr. Mon* 4*'' roe started out with tlie now convert \ at once to see if he could get lihn some employment.—Chicago Daily News. The driest place on the earth is the little town of Payta, on the coast of Peru, where seven years is the aver age interval between two rains. In old times tlie water supply of Payta was brought down from the moun tains every night by a herd of little donkeys, who returned in the cool of the evening. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES DO not spot, streak or give your goods an unevenly dyed appear nnco. Hold by all druggists. Ireland produces 210 tons of honey a year, worth It is. perhaps, natural that the aeronaut should fee! uppish. Ar It Tonr lriler for At ten'* Foot-TTai*. A powder to shake into your shoes : rest* ths foe*. Cures Corns, Bunion, Swollen, Soro, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and In growing Nails. Allon'a Foot-Easy makes new or tight alios* easy. At all druggista and U pbofl stores, 25 cts* Sample mailed FREE. T Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leltoy, N. Y. There is an opening for every ipau— in the cemetery. Frci ? * Verm it'll go For Worra* Has many imitators. Get the genuine, uiado by E. & S. Fr.KY, BALTIMORE, MD. The dark ages must be the ages of eld erly spinsters. ,T. S. Parker, Frcdonla, N. Y., Kays: "Shall not call on you for tho SIOO reward, for I be lieve Hall's Catarrh Cure will cure any caso of catarrh. Was very bad." Writo hiui for particulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c. There is no filter that will make a clean conscience. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial boltlo and treatise frej Dr. P. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Pliila., Pa. All men are not homeless, but some arc home less than others. Mr. Winslov's Soothing Syrup for children, teething, soften the gum*, reduces intlnmma > tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottlo., £ Tlie people who sing their own praise don't indulge in duets. I nm sure Piso's Curo for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—MRS. THOMAS ROB BINS, Maple HI.. Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Australia has more than 1000 newspapers. Experiments made at Kasan, in Russia, of the petroleum found in Si beria prove that it is almost Identical, with Ponnsylvau'ian naphtha. Tin wells o utlie lake of Baikal are snn'i to be rich and reliable, so far as the borings go down. Patience is a virtue, especially in people to whom we owe money.. Garfield Headache Powders aro carefully prepared front remedies tba*. build up the nervous system; thay relieve mental sirain, cure headaches and make one well and cheer ful ; they are liarmlcsj. Try thorn. In China trades and professions OTM he reditary in families. 1 Experiments are being tried near some of tlie coast towns in Moioceo " for the destruction of locusts by means of fungus Imported from Hjuth Africa, which is said to have pi 0 red efficacious in that country 'our budget of humor LAUCHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. On tlie Bridge at Midnight— Art Cookery —Needed Explanation—Calmer Topici A Lending tjnentloii Extenuating Circumstances, Etc., Etc. I stood on the bridge at midnight, As the clock was striking the hour, And 1 wondered what the hour had done That the clock should strike it twelve times one. Within the old church tower. —Philadelphia. Record. Art Cookery. "What lovely brown biscuits she makes!" "Yes; in colorature cooking she if quite unexcelled."-—Puck. Needed Explanation. Mrs. Homer—"My oldest boy is get ting to be just like bis father." Mrs. Gailboy—"ls that compliment ary to tbo boy, or otherwise?"— Ch icago News Calmer Topics. "Our next-door neighbor is getting old." "What do you go by?" I "He's quit talking baseball and gone to talkiug garden."—Detroit Free Press. A Leading Question. Ilobb—"I put one hundred dollars in the bank for my baby the other day for liis majority." Nobb—"That's good. How long are j you going to keep it there?"— Harper's I Bazar. Extenuating Circumstances. | She—"You know we are told to lore our neighbors as ourselves." I He—"Yes; but when that was writ j ten it wasn't known that I was going : to have my mother-in-law for a neigh bor!"—Youkers Statesman. Could Peep Over It. I I entered the place trustingly, as is ' my wont. I "I should like to look over your eol | lars," said X. "Alas!" giggled the haberdasher, "I fear your neck is too short!" For, in despite of our vast commer cial expansion, there are still among us those who would rather be bright than succeed iu business.—Detroit I Journal. An Oi.timi.tic Confession. "Don't you tlituk you are a little ex- I treme in your optimism?" I Possibly. But it is due to my love |of originality. This world lias so many conspicuous faults that there is i no use of trying to make any impres j sion by pointing them out. But if you can call attention to anything that is in the least degree praiseworthy the j chances are that you will be bailed as ; a discoverer."—Washington Star. Friendly Treatment Ka.l Enough. Towne—"l'd liate to have that man for au enemy." Browne—"Who is he?" Towne—"l dou't know, but he punched my head once." Browfte—"Well, If be wasn't nu en emy I'd like to " Towne—"Ob, you see it was all a i mistake. After lie punched me bo I said, 'Excuse me. Buddy. I took ,ver J fur a friend of mine.' "—Philadelphia Press. An Objector. "I nearly fainted during the cere mony," said the bride. "Really! Why so?" "Well, you know, when tho minister asked if any one knew any reasons why the couple should not marry?" ! "Yes." "Well, in tho intense hush that fol lowed, Mr. Lougwed leaned over to Jack Davis and I heard him whisper: 'I do; thousands and thousands of 'em.' "—lndianapolis Sun. Maslied. The beautiful Uriselda beamed radi antly upon me. "I do not care for potatoes unless they are mashed!" said she. "Showing," said I, "that woman's love is for the most part responsive, merely!" Here the waiter cante with tlie beef steak, smothered, and as we tilled our faces with these our conversation be came naturally less philosophical and more desultory.—Detroit Journal. Sweet Conceit. There was moonlight and the waters of the lake glimmered like molten dia monds. A thrush sang sleepily and front a boat rocking 011 the bosom of the placid waters came the faint tinkle of a guitar. "What would you say," ho cried in low, husky tones, leaning toward the dainty vision occupying the other end of the boat, "if I were to tell you that X think of you (jay aud night, and even dream of you?" "Well," she replied,, with a soft-stop gurgle, "I would say you were capable of most beautiful thoughts." After that he rowed viciously.-- Denver Times. A Cautions Millionaire. Mr. Midas (about to make will)—"In disposing of my estate, while I am anxious that my sou should have tlie benefit of a goodly share of it, I do not wish him to become possessed of It in bulk." Lawyer—"Excuse mo for saying it, hut tho Inference of that instruction seems to do your son injustice. lie has always seemed to me to he a young man absolutely free from any tendency to dissipation." Mr. Midas—"Very true, but you can not tell t. what channel ambition for notoriety may lure hint; he may take it into his end to become a United I Stup"i senator."—Richmond Dispatch. INSIDE JAPAN. Fist Fights Preface Death Struggles No Wlfe-IJeatlng. In spite of qualities of easily aroused antagonism, of priue and Spartan Idoala, tlie Japanese are an essentially gentle race—more so than the Anglo- Saxons. Broils in which one man hits another are of rare occurrence; blows are generally the preface of a death struggle. The women may often suf fer from the prevailing ideals of mo rality, which are yet much lower than ours, hut there are few wife-heaters, and the home atmosphere Is almost al ways outwardly peaceful. It follows that a little true pollioness on the part of the foreigner goes a long way. and almost invariably meets with a warm recognition; you rarely appeal to the Japanese in vain. They are as quick to respond to an act of real kindness as they are to resent an act which has a tinge of arrogance. Our Government allowed several transports with re turning volunteers to stop at Yoko hama, and so hundreds of American soldiers visited that city and Tokic. One of them hired a bicyole and was taking a ride about the streets of Yo kohama when he ran down an elderly Japanese man. The soldiers rang his bell several times, but the Japanese apparently paid no attention to it, and the American found himself promptly arrested and taken to court, where he was fined ten "yen" ($5). He protested that he had done everything possible to avert the accident, and asked why the man made not attempt to get out of the way. The policeman' then told him that the man was blind. The sol dier looked dazed for a minute, then felt in his pocket and brought out a ten-dollar bill. "Here," he said, "It's the last I've got, but he can have it," and he turned it over to the blind man. The Japanese were deeply touched, and that same day a delegation of po licemen hunted up the soldier and gave him bnck his line.—Anna N. Benja min, in Ainslee's. Dislike the Illustration. Superintendent Bright takes excep tion to a brightly colored chart in use In country schools which represents the farmer as painfully mowing grass with a scythe at sl3 a month, while opposite an elegantly dressed clerk cosily sells a bolt of gingham to a beautiful young lady at S4O a month and another city clerk below keeps books on a little mahogany desk at S2OO a month. Mr. Bright objects that the churl conveys a false idea, for the farmer, who really does his mowing by ma chinery, gets board nud lodging will) his $lO, while the dapper clerk has to pay $30.50 a month out of his S4O for board, lodging and car fare. Also the business houses which are looking for bright young men to keep books at S2OO a month, carefully keep their wants out of the small "ad" columns of the newspapers. The only defense of the chart Is that It is calculated to "Inake pupils think." This is true. It will make them think that the authorities which display the chart have something the matter with their intellectuals. It Is rather odd that so much energy is devoted to making pupils think when very likely a small part of the same energy directed to the desirable end of making ths educators think would have a much better result.— Chicago News. Remarkable rower. A dear old lady was taken one day to a musical service in a Boston church. She had heard much about prepared for a treat. She sat in rapt enjoyment until the service was over, and then turned a radiant face toward her escort, who was a young grandson. "Dear boy," she said, "you've given me a great treat. Her voice is per fectly beautiful. It made cold chills run all up and down my spine." "It's too bad, grandmamma," said the boy, "but she didn't sing to-day, though she was there. The gentleman next me says she's been suffering from a bad cold, and one of the chorus had to sing the solos for her." "What, dear?" said the old lady, looking momentarily distressed. Then her face cleared, and she patted his arm reassuringly. "Never you mind," she said. "We can come again some time; but after all, if she can make me feel that way without singing, I don't know as 'twould bo wise for me to hear her, no'w would it?"— Youth's Companion. A Much-Looked-At Clock. There is a clock on a building near the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge which is looked at every day by more persons than any other clock in the city, perhaps in the whole coun try. The clock is In plain view from the promenade and from the cars. The hundreds of thousands who sleep in Brooklyn and work in Manhattan re gard it as an infallible guide, and every morning four-lifihs of them set their watches by it. Every one knows when he arrives within seeing distance of the clock, and there is a general craning of necks to get a peep at Its face. If it should ever run slow or fast, the business en gagements of 100,000 persons might be disarranged.—New York Mail and Ex press. Samlwicli .Wan*. Day la Over. The twentieth century and the pass ing of the old-time "sandwich" adver tising pedestrian made their advent si multaneously. Instead of the historic canvas-back aud-front sign wearer, It Is the custom nowadays to see on the populous city thoroughfares the ban ner supporter, who has troubles of ljis own at all times, but especially In windy weather.—New York Sun. Tup rarest nog 1a the world Is said to be the magnificent Tibet mastiff, Dsainu, belonging to H. C. Brooke of New York, a known lover of pets and curios and unique reptiles. At the last great dog show in the Crystal i a lace Dsamu took the first and spe cial prize for the best dog of any variety. He is a beautiful and docile creature. Garfield Headache Powders are pood for all sufferers from headaches, weak nerves, in lomnia, depressed spirits and other common ailments. The nerves and general health are improvod by taking this simple remedy. The reason given for the substitu tion of the drum for the trumpet in the Italian army Is that In these days of short service a young soldier learns to march to the drum far sooner than to the trumpet. 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Increase during the past decade, 220,098, com prising 102,045 males and 127,353 fe males, or 1.87 per cent per annum. DROPSY ZSSSWZW&ii onae*. Book of testimonials and I Odnya' treatm.ol Free. Dr. H. H. QUEEN'S SONS, Box B, Atlanta. Ga. •'The Stucellinf marie West Point fnmona." fifIcILHENNY'S TABASCO. V%"sn , nTr,::.::. r ty-& srss'rsvss be cquullcU J *A.\' J £}} 1 1' 1 ' 1 *'* "I* 1 t I of the fool, and the constrnctlon of the shoe. I J*! *' m• h an!caT 'iik 11 i" ami L knowledge that have made \N. 1.. Ooutrlas shoes the heut in the world i>r men. rake no mibtltiitr< Insist on having \V. 1,. l>outrl;iß Hhoes with n.iuia /iJB.L ■tamped on t, ,V ,n - Your dealer Should keep them, if he (loeS not. Is&bl. aeud for catalog giving full lnstriu-tions how to order by innM. W. JL. IU V GLAM, ItrocUtou. HI use. J|ENI3IONK,?g.^ " Clajjrjs. 3jr* lu ciVllwar, ISiuUudicatiutf claiuis.utty Biuce[ CHEWING GUM FREE As 2 box of No. 1 Chewing CKun FREE. Writ© for partlcnlars rnd ©ample. 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