Love at First Sight. By Winifred Oliver. J<L M HE man or woman who loves at first sight misses half the sweetness in the game of love. The process called "falling in N(- i ;(/ love" is second only in sweetness to the actual fact of loving. H % a h'or the one who tumbles headlong Into this blissful state & 3 (1 there are many surprises in store. Having fallen In love with L &■ A the shadow, they proceed to Investigate the substance, and sometimes the substance Is alarmingly dlslHuslouiziug. Foots *i^ 55e38 have thrown a glamour over love at first sight They have r brought much beauty of thought and word to bear on tbo sub ject. Their theories are beautiful, but not convincing. Do we not lovo the rose that we have watched bud and blossom more than we do the one which Is thrust upon us in full bloom? Love at first sight Is not the deepest and truest of loves. How could it be? Vfo cannot learn the whole creed of love in ouc lesson. True love learus to condone the faults as well as to extol the virtues of the loved one. Love at first sight knows not the faults and has but a superficial Idea of the virtues. It is too ideal and ethereal a state of affairs to last. It is a gorgeous, gleaming bubble which may burst at any moment, and what is left? Nothing but wounded bones and gray memories. Examine well the love which thrusts itself too suddenly upon you; bo very sure that it is love and not mere fascination before you succumb to it. True love does not come as a thief In the night nor like an electric shock- Prom a small beginning It gradually spreads Into nil irresistible force, which sweeps nil before it. In love at first sight there is no gradual perception of love's cli;:cms and blandishments. There Is no glad capitulation after a pro tracted siege; it is nil sudden, stunning. Paradise is attained with no apprecia tion of the joys which led to it. We must learn tlic lessou of loving by constant conning of love's alphabet. It is a sweet lesson and happy the man or woman who learns it by earnest application and not by having it thrust upon them.— J, New York Journal. Art e-f Stump Speaking. By Lieutenant-Governor Curtis Gould, Jr. pswaSPv.—lav J? HE part that the public speaker plays in our National life Is fa p) Vj miliar enough, but the manner and method of it have changed v; j n late years almost as much as the methods of the stage. The || t| ) ■ old-fashioned stumper would cttjry little weight to-day, though || in tlmt select class that still regards politics as "low" a polit jj ' v ' j; leal speaker is still supposed to deal largely in personalities varied with comic stories more or less reflecting upon the methods and morals of the opposite party. It is a hopeful sign of the future that though abuse of men in public 11; unhappily still exists, it is no longer effective. The speaker who falls to r . gnize the honest intentions of honest men who disagree with liim carries i. • i vii-tion. Neither are audiences assemble at political meet ings satis with smooth generalities phrased in gracious language or even with the sarcasm, wit and buffoonery which may and docs provoke their amuse > incut aal a apis use. The sn alter who wishes to attract votes to his party to-day must have ' sometb't:;; i tore than a pleasing personality and a smooth tongue. He must state spot-Lb- facts and pre ••••at specific evidence in support of his argument. Mingling with a crowd In North Dakota during the speech of a noted orator alt a certain National issue, I heard his general statement as to the attitudes of the respective parties in Congress received with utter Incredulity and disbelief. A few wei ks afterward I heard a Massachusetts Congressman present the same issue in Massachusetts. He did not Indulge in eloquent generalities. He pro duced a copy of the Congressional Becord, read the essential part of the bill in question, read the vote and invited the audience to examine tho official record. That speech counted. The man with convictions who talks to his audience and tells them what he knows and believes, has taken the place of the gentleman who left his audience amused, but not instructed. The preparation of a political speech that is to be effective involves much harcl study and Investigation. Even then it is likely to fail utterly In its purpose If, In the excitement of delivery, the speaker over slates his case or forgets the rules of courtesy, which happily for our political future, are now more and more observed by all parties, jZ? j& xAn Ags of Dyspepsia. By tlie Rev. Dr. G. R. Van De Water. O far as I know Wall Street is no more wicked than any other gpiL-, street and dealing in stocks no worse than dealing in hides. vk Our country owes more to Wall Street and stock exchanges ff * than Is realized or appreciated. Business Is a good thing nnd II 6 work a divine order. A man who does not work is a leech on 0 3 society. The num who nover rests wastes, and waste Is sin. ■ J 1 There Is no real business In rushing, but real business is the H W exercising of common sense. £ We are In danger of a great commercial decline, because men as a whole are too much Interested In the selfish motive to (J Uet wealthy, ami in consequence the great National questions arc not getting the unbiased, unselfish, heartfelt consideration which they should have at large in the hearts of the Nation's men. There are tliousuuds of men who do not take time to eat properly. The sidewalks are filled with a rushing, hurrying, hustling crowd of men, women and children who are rusblug through life. There are more tliiugs going on In a week than can properly fcs done In a month. This disposition Is stamping out family life and Instincts. It Is entering the church nud shortening the ser mons. The State Is affected by it. The dominant spirit is to get wealthy, and this Is tending to make our halls of government more like marts of commerce. I Are not United States Senators optioned ill some cases to the highest bidder? y A poor man cannot go to the United States Senate. The first consideration is 1 always, "Can I afford to go?" The business spirit is crushing out the sweeter elements. Home should re ceive first attention; yet how many children are greater strangers to their fathers, and often mothers, than to the servants? How many men are there who really take time to indulge In the luxury of doing nothing? As a result we have an age of dyspepsia, morose dispositions, sleepless nights and selfish humanity. 1 am glad to see that the remedy is beginning to he applied, aud that men are beginning to realize that their bodies need rest and recreation; to see that they have immortal souls; that truth Is truth !u business as well as anywhere. Ar7 JS3? Animals and intoxication. By Ellen Velwln. F. Z. S. f'-yni,. in <3 LTHOUGH it has often been said, when speaking of drunken ■ J uess, that even the beasts of the field do not get drunk, It is, B nevertheless, a fact that a great many animals do get lntoxi n yC 1 en ted. Take the elephant, for Instance. He Is particularly fond m I of tl)e fruit °* tlle Uhga" 11 tree, and although he appears to ■ I have some idea that It Is not good for him, he will go on eating, A v 1 H fi when he has once begun, until he is wildly excited, and so In 'v J toxieated that he will stagger from side to side. Every now and then he will pull himself up, shake his huge head, and tear madly through the forest trumpeting at the top of his voice, aud terrifying every living creature. It is said that he will even dare aud defy his most dreaded enemy, the tiger, when in this condition, hut we have no means of veri fying this. It is well known, however, that an elephant Is In a most dangerous condition when suffering from the effects of entiug this beautiful fruit, aud all who can take cave to keep out of his way as much as possible. Tlic sloth hear Is another animal given to tills fulling. The natives of India are In the habit of hanging little vessels on the palm trees for catching the juice. This juice Is so attractive to the sloth hear that, although such a poor climber, lie will scrauilile up, go on drinking the juice until he is so drunk that he can only slip helplessly to the ground, and lie there In a druuken stupor uutil the effects have passed off. But the sloth boar is not the only animal who la so partial to this Juice of tlie palm tree. The curious fruit, or fox, bats (family I'teropodldae), are par ticularly fond of It. This peculiar little combination of beast and bird, with Its fox-like face, reddish furry body, and black, uncanny-looking wings, the delicate membrane of which la always quivering down to the very tlpa, will - * liy to these vessels In company with some hundreds of his companions, and they will suck the juke until the ground below the tree will be dark with tha bodies of these hats, who will lie there too helplessly intoxicated to move or defend themselves, no matter what may turn up. The biggest drunkard of all Is, perhaps, tlie palm civet. So addicted Is tills animal to the drinking habit that he has been termed the toddy cat. Aud a more helpless, foolish-looking creature than he Is when he Is thoroughly intoxi cated with the palm juice it would he difficult to fliul. There arc many other animals given to this falling, but all those I have spoken of live in India, and it may he that the heat which Induces extreme thirst—a frequent excuse among men—is the direct cause of it.—(Jollier's Weekly. filial mK, rASfttCWS? New York City.—Blouse jackets are among the notable features of the sea son's styles and are much liked both for general wraps and jacket suits. illßp BLOUSE JACKET. The smart May Manton model illus trated is adapted to both purposes and to all the season's suitings, to etamine, to cloth and to slllc; hut in tho original is made of tan colored canvas with trimming of fancy braid and makes part of a costume. The blouse consists of fronts and hack and is exceedingly simple and eas ily made. It does not require any snug fit of a jacket and Is, therefore, far less exacting and better suited to the uedds of the home dressmaker. The hack is plain and without fulness, but the fronts are gathered and blouse slightly at the waist. The cape is cir cular and fits smoothly over the shoul ONE ders, hut can be omitted and the blouse left plain when preferred. Both nock and front edges are finished with a shaped baud. The sleeves are the new bishop sort and are gathered into pointed cuffs. The lower edge can be finished with the close fitting peplum or with the belt only as individual taste may decided. The quantity of material required tor the medium size is six yards twenty one inches wide, three yards forty-four Inches wide or two and three-fourth yards fifty-two inches wide. Tuckotl lUonsfl or SMrt WaUt. Shirt waists that combine horizontal with vertical tucks are among the nov elties of the season and are shown in a variety of styles. The very stylish May Manton oue shown in the large picture is adapted both to washable fabrics and to the many waist cloths and silks. The original, however, Is made of white randrns and Is held by four large pearl buttons at the centre of the box pleat. The waist consists of tho tucked fronts and plain back, with the fitted foundation, that can tie used or omitted as the material requires. The fronts are laid in narrow vertical tucks that extend to shallow yoke depth and in wider horizontal ones below, and are gathered at the waist line, where they droop slightly. The hack is smooth across tho shoulders and the fulness Is drawn down snugly In gathers at the belt. The sleeves suggest the Hun garian style and are made with snugly fitting upper portions, tucked on con tinuous lines with the waist, and full puffs that are laid in narrow vertical tucks at their upper edges. The cuffs are oddly shaped and match the stock. The quantity of material required for the medium slae Is five and one-half ysrds twenty-one Inches wide, live yards twenty-seven Inches wide, four and one-half yards thirty-two inches wide, or two and three-fourth yards forty-four Inches wide. Fabric Gloves. While plain silks, lisles, taffetas and Berlins are as yet the most active Hues In this part of the world, says the Dry Goods Economist, a feature of steadily Increasing Importance is the large de mand for fnucy effects In these. It is the open-work and particularly the Ince patterns that are fast coming to the i front This development Is the natural ■ forerunner of the craze for lace mitts i that is to be the feature of later busi ness. Lace mitts, In fact, are even now moving freely, and are taken for early delivery by the smallest, as well as by the largest and most exclusive retail houses. The fad for laces permeates all parts of the dry goods market that provide for women's adornment, and there Is nothing strange In the fact that plain silk, lisle and other fabric gloves should be early forced to give way to lace effects and to lace gloves and mitts. Gray Hoses in ITats. Gray roses are among the poetic things pressed into the service of the milliner this season, and very pretty they look, too, mingled with pale pink and green buds. This novelty was seen on a big picture eapeliue of rose-col ored straw—tho pale rose of the sea shell—the wide brim of which was draped with lace. At one side this brim was raised by a big posy of forget-me nots and pink roses, and in tho heart of the knot of roses was placed half a dozen gray buds. The effect was strik ing—in a gentle way—and very pretty. Royal Blue. Royal blue will be used to a great extent this season for costumes and millinery. Woman's Tucked Waist, Waists tucked to form yokes are ex ceedingly fashionable and are charm ing in all the soft fabrics that are so much in vogue. This stylish May Man ton example is made of dotted black Brussels net, over white taffeta with trimming of Chantiily lace, and is daintily attractive, but all the thinner cotton and linen materials, soft, pliable wools and silk are appropriate. The flowing sleeves are graceful and new, hut those in bishop style can be sub stituted when preferred. The model is made over the lining, which Is cut away at yoke depth to give a trans parent effect, but thicker materials can lie used over the entire foundation. The tucks are hand sewn, hut machine or fancy stitching with cortlcelll silk is effective on heavier fabrics. The waist consists of tlie fitted lin ing, fronts and hack. Both fronts and hack are tucked to yoke depth, then left free to form soft folds and are gathered at the waist line. The clos ing can be made at the left shoulder and under-arm seam, as ill the case of the model, or Invisibly at the centre front. Tlie sleeves can be cut In full or elbow length and are tucked at their upper portions, left free below. When used hi full lengths they are gathered Into narrow cuffs. At tho neck Is a t plain stock that closes at the hack. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is five and one-fourth i yards twenty-one Inches wide, four and one-half yards twenty-seven inches wide, three and three-fourth yards TUCKED WAIST. thirty-two Inches wide, or three yards forty-four Inches wide, with five and one-half yards of lace tq trim as illus trated. GROWING STRAWBERRIES, Thero Is ono advantage in growing Btrawbecries in preference to other fruits, which is that less capital is re quired and the crops come sooner. Plants set out this spring will send out runners and fori 11 matted rows full of berries next year, and if kept clean the rows will give two or three good crops, with a partial crop after tho bed is oli The proper mode, however, is to mako a now bed each year, as the cost is but little comparatively. AN ORCHARD CROP. Growers of peaches are using eery peas in the orchard. The vines shade the land and may be turned under when the pods are nearly ripe, or may remain as a mulch in winter. It is more profitable to use the vines for food for cattle, but at the same time, If a mulch is required, it is well to grow the mulch, especially when a le guminous plant answers so well. One advantage in growing the cow pea Is that it is almost a sure crop, and lime or wood ashes may be used as a fer tilizer with It. The poach orchard will In no manner he injured by growing the cow pea as long as the land is given tho benefit of the crop from the manure or by plowing under, WHAT MANURING WILD DO. I have found out what manuring will do for land. Some manure was placed on land which iiad not been so treated previously for fifteen years and which had been steadily cropped with berries. In 1001 corn that had been planted on it grew three feet high lmt did not ear. I then drew on twenty-five loads of manure from a livery stable and plant ed to raspberries and corn between the rows. From tho eighteen rows of corn eighteen rods long. I husked sixty-five bushel baskets, which though light in weight made thirty-five bushels of sev enty-two pounds. The raspberries are a good stand with canes four feet high. The land is very light, there being a forty-foot depth of sandf—A. Seydell. In Americaiu Agriculturist THE ORCHARD. To have clean, smooth-harked trees whitewash them. A good p'.ace to put the ashes from the wood stove is around the apple trees. Small grains, timothy or blue grass 6liould never he grown in the orchard. If tieos from the nursery get frozen in transit thaw them out slowly in a cold place. If you did not cut out the horoys from peach, quince or apple in the summer or fall, do it now. Believe me, n light coat of horse ma nure now on the orchard will put the trees in bettor heart; then in April or May GOO pounds of some good potato manure will be just the thing. Have you drawn away the brush trimmed from the apple trees last win ter? If not, do It now before other work presses. Whether you plow or mow the orchard, brush is a decided nuisance it left under the trees. A peach tree In rich ground should have Its hranchos shortened in .Tune; In poor ground, where there is a less vig orous growth, pruning should be done now. Talco off half of last year's growth. This Is the rule for peaches, and same will apply to plums.—Farm Journal. A HANDY IMPLEMENT. The cultivation of long rows of plants is an operation requiring time and skill, and if care is not exercised the plants, us well us the weeds, may he uprooted and destroyed. While tho gardener has used the hoe for this work for years past, and in addition thereto employed the cultivator to good advantage, there is a promising field for the weeding and cultivating imple ment presented in the accompanying picture. Its lightness permits it to ho easily manipulated by hand, covering tho ground much more rapidly than could ho done with an ordinary hoe, whlla tho adjusting mechanism per mits the implement to be readily ac commodated to the size of the plants in the row. The Invention 1b especially designed for weeding, blocking out and cultivating beets, onions, cotton, etc., and by loosening the bolt# which clamp WEEDISA non WITII ADJUSTABLE BLADES the blades In place, the lattor can ho adjusted in relation to height and dis tance apart, thus bringing the cutting disks as close together on cither sido of the row as is desirable.—Philadel phia Record. LIKE FAMOUS SIRE. Churchill a3 War Correspondent Rest less and Energetic. Ono of tho most enorgotic and promising; young parliamentarians of England, is Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, oldoot son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill, and Conservative member for Oldham. Mr. Churchill, who must not be confounded, as ho often is, with Winston Churchill, tbo American uovoiist, is snly 2S, but he has had a moat adventurous career, which he sooms now U> have cut short to settlo down at home and devote himsolf to politics. He has recently, on the strength of his two or three years' expertenco as a subaltern in.a Hussar regiment been criticising the army policy of War Secretary Brod eric. Mr. Churchill resembles his far rnous father in many ways, not the least in his nervous, excitable and restless energy of mind. His father ' was dark; tlio son has roddisli hair 1 and a pallid face. lie has less dash ' and go than his sire, but this i:i per haps duo to inexperience in political i warfare. He has had plenty of exper . lonco, howovor, in real warfare. Ho entered the army from Sandhurst, in | 1895, and served with tho Spanish forces in Cuba in that year. After serving in various small wars in 111- 1 ilia and the Soudan he acted as corres -1 pond cut of Hie Morning Post during ! tho Boer war. He was captured by ' tho enemy, imprisoned at Pretoria, I but managed to escape, and after ; many exciting adventures reached i Delagoa bay. Driven south by tlio storm a buzzard hawk measuring nearly four feet across its outspread wings, has been shot, at Mumbie Head, Dumfries, Scot -1 land. [ [ Tho value of tho wheat crop is 3.7 per ; cent, less than that of tho cotton crop. EITB permanently ourod. No i noofcftftorlira* day's uso o.' Dr. Kline's Great h orvo Restorer. li al bott Uu ud tro:; . roe Lr. lt.li.Ki.iKi:, Ltd., yjd Arah.S:..l , hi.a.,i , a. A red-colored solutiou now obviates tho need of a dark room iu photography. Mrs. *Vi t.s low's :ioo bklug Sy ru o for oil 11 dra i teething,softoatlu) reduces inlla .ma lion,alleys pain.ouxos wiud 00Uc.25c. abottle A little lie geaorally travels faster than a great truth. Putnam Fatm.i;ss Dviis produce the baightcsfr and fastest colors. Tho unexpected taldiua happens to tho peoplo who are always looking lor it. I'iao'r.Cuce istiiobo*J v-o ever used tor all ftiloofcioua. oX throat ak-1 War, I l>. Yiu&.iuna, liiik, Fob. 10, IJO3. A woman dowi't have to be a conjurer U change her nukJ- Yotir Dfldlflv Vor Alton's FooM.'aw, A powder to shako into yourr.h e.s; rests the ' feet. Cures Coma, liuui >ns, bhvoollen. Sore, Hot, Callous, Aohbi;*, SworitH;; ''' : 'Uitl In growlu 'Nails, Alloy'slfoot-Easama'cesnow or tight shoos easy. A: all druggK:s and shoo stores, 25 cents. hauipl j: t !!e I Free. Address Allen K. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. . . An iceboat is now propelled by an clec -1 trie motor driven fan. Stati or Onio, Oust ofT oledo, > om Lucas County. \ " ' Frank J. Chunky, make oath that ho Is the ponior partner of tho llrai of F. J. Ci.knky ,fc Co., doing bifsluo-vw ia tlrn City of Toledo, County and Statu uforusaid, and thai h ii<l firm will pay tho sum of osu ixuxoitzo dol lars for oaoh. anduVury oosoof catarrh that oaoaot bo cured by tbu use of Ball's Catarrh Cuius, Fjux&J. Cheney. Sworn to bofaoo mo and suAsociood in my .— v presence, tkto fctluluy of December, ■J SHATV jA. lA, lisiU. A V*. Gun A SON, ' —>— ' JVW7/ l'nblic. Hall's Catarrh. C.uro Is takuniniernally, and acts directly oil tlio blood and mucous sur face* of tho-sysjtom, Sand fos testimonials, lroe. F. J. Chsxky <W Co., Toledo, O. tfold by Dnnjgista^oo. Hull's Family FLis aru the best. Wo sftll tho China** about $5,000,00.0 a year more than wo kay from tlnan. Look for this trada mark:: "Tho Kloan, Kool Kitchen Kind." Tho without smoke, ashes or heat. Mr.ku oujuA'.,rUkJ.:o ing. Ilerr Krupp's Luoome, the largest over ! known iu Germany, was sd,7Bt),oou a year. riw#?i 1 mi iini;.i' i —rrranwiw-.' am .v. :,"J I" For tv/o yenrs I suffered ter- ij rtbly from dysjepaia, with great y dpr9sioa, and was always feeling n p.ply. I thoa tried Ayer's Sarsa- tj pariila, aad ia ono weoJt I was a i] a.w man."—John McDonald,! Philadelphia, Pa. Don't fwget thct it's | "Ayer's" Sempsrilh ij that will miia you strong j| and hopeful. D}'t waste !| your timo aad Money by trying som oiher kind. !j Us the old, tested, tried, ij and true Ayer's Sorsapa- H rilla. Axle yo.T wkt) Um •** Ayor'n t| k* lim aj .it A!t Rra-h J j •Id fttmllT wwlwmiJ il wo will MjudteA. „ a 14 J. . Avi* CO., LwU, tu.R. n I—i m 1 "B— l w- J deli.irltf*il f^^lf Mjß scriiviUMi. crry •Jrj u i 1 R - KaP t r^ hu
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