Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 51, Number 43, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 July 1909 — Page 6

The Romance of a Blue Straw

s y a. l. I had been watching him for some time. It Isn't often that a man Is scon looking at the hats In the window of a milliner's shop at all events, not when the man Is alone. It's a different thing when he has a wife or daughter with him. Then It's. "Oh. do look at that sweet little toque with the violets! It would Just go with xny new dress," or. "Did you ever seo anything In better taste than that brown velvet hat with the long, shaded ostrich feather? U's exactly my $tyle." And the man. poor thing, generally yawns and refuses to see anything, or else looks at every hat but the right one. and says: "If you don't look fharp we will miss that train; and you've got enough hats already for a (woman with two heads!" That Is what I heard a brute say once. As I have said, it isn't often you see r man. a solitary man. without any feminine companions, take the interest that this man seemed to be taking In our window. He had rather a nice face, kind and clean-shaven, and with a look about the corners of the mouth as though he wouldn't grudge his wife every dollar she spent on herself. It was Just the slack time. and. as there wero no customers and I had nothing particular to do at the moment. I stood and watched him from hehlnd tho lone lace curtains. . . nn .11.. nnolilarlm. tt.nnl nil lilt. miumin v-'Maiuv ...v.. and apparently shaking his head over nAr,unt tn th inl.Pl "the latest Parisian model." representing n soait -...,, v,,i .,.c nniemi . r, VZr : so; ,n a e.'he"faVtened rone which seemed to meet his views exactly. And apart from the "Paris model." which, though awfully stylish, might not be everybody'3 fancy ho certainly showed admirable taste. "Yes." I said to myself, "you could not have made a bettor choice. That hat is the prettiest we have shown for Borne time. It was a very fine, light-blue straw. t..mi of h t.nnl- with n wi-Mth Ol Iliac WHICH IWhBU a inuubu ,1, f 1. 1 1 . I . tl.Atlvl. It nau oeen mown on iu iu Well, he looked and looked, and I . V V." if. .u . .1. rtnin watched him through he curtain and I0:! ?"Ci.L PSSrra..tt. ClZ shaven face to one with what our Miss Tompkins calls "a silky moustache." Then he smiled to himself; men ne iooKeu grave, i. u . eu 10 mase up ms minu auu puauou open the door. , i , . mt. i i, n - I 'Can you." he said, "that Is. have I 1. I . J .II m ,1. "J " M ul i uatp ii umu hoc in i.n. . There was more than one blue hat in the window, so I pretended to misunderstand him. "The one with the paradise Plume?'' 1 inquiruu. "No," he replied. "I don't approve of that sort of thing at all. I mean tho one all over lilac." TIV. Vinf? Thnt fcj nnlv ffvon Hol-I - v "" ' tars, l loia mm. "Only eleven dollars?' he repeated,

with a smlle-the same smllo I had though I couldn't see how. "You must and then she touched me on the shoulliked when I saw It through glass, let me put you right." der and I looked up. with the whole pea , , P BaW " ..' an ho nut mt In a smithhnmirl car ,Unln? rnnm now lookinc on: and then

mil wnicn was even nicer c.ose ai i

hand. "Seems plenty of money to nas"T e' iw rii . me. But still. It's a very pretty hat" bad e 8Jod-by. I inspect..rt. rL j,.vi i oi,i ed the various hats I saw la the mil-

He laughed and the' laugh was oven nicer than the smile. So I took the ... , tt.i nr! im,i it about and expatiated on Its per,..(ln. I ICCUOUS. 'Would you," he said "er would ,u mind trying it on?" you mind trying "Not at all," I declared; "quite me contrary!" I don't think I've ever seen myself in anything that suited me better than that hat did. "It's Drettler on than ofl!" he re marked, as I turned my head way and that for Inspection. this "I'll have it" h r .he' ZrimtoZnVW; , ji . . . t i I i ... iLl.l. M. . Perhaps It was a little bold of me. it I wanted to draw him out. And hut I Riicceeded "It is for" he hesitated a second "It is for my wife." he continued firmly, though blushing right through his tan. So he was married. Somehow, to mr mind, he hadn't the look of a married man. I'm sure It will suit her." I declared. "narticularly If she is fair with hluo eves."

I don't know why I said this ; In ed, "whether you would care for these fact, I bit my tongue directly after. tickets for yourself and a friendBut ho didn't appear to resent It for a matinee at the Lyceum! I'm in the least. afraid I shan't be able to use them

I n.. ..n.ic tm mtirmiirmi niionni. i Thon -.nuine i,n. iu it wirn. he ftddod. "I don't know what color they that is. I moan I sunnoso it'll ho all rlnht!" How odd! ito nah! for It and. strance to sav. Actually Insisted on taklnc It away u-ith him there and then: It really Is nuoor to see a nice-looking, welldressed man carrying an only-too-ob-rlous lady's hat-box. t r..tin,i iiim ilnu-n thn ctrnni nml ihm.trht to myself. "Well, some worn,ot n iron,! hnshanil. nvnn if ho .. t Jt.i ihn othnr nniniiip nhnnt It n-.l Itinv nprooil th.H it wan ft I IV. .4 ..1pity there weren't more men of that ' ... .t t,nnr.i ihn hnt wni.M BUlt'her-meanlng tho wlfe-as then Hn.uAnn itrt vom M im v heir nnnthnr when the hat was worn out. . . I Bhook my head, and said that, for mv nart. I reearded the incident as closed. Hut It wasn't. We closed at two on Saturdays, Tho second Saturday after I had sold the hat I thought I would take a Sixth Avenue car to Nineteenth Btreot. and look at the Btoros, as they might Ivo me somi new ideas. The car was rother full. A Rent eman garo mo his seat. 1 thanked him. and. to my surprise, who should It be hut the 'blue slraw man. ' I don't know how elso to describe him at this Dolnt of the narrative. What wns moro, he recoculzod me I was suro of It and at the noxt stopping placo he took the vaetnt 9at on my rlnht I waited a r. ntont and than 1

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It up. and, looking rac full In tho face, said: "Bxeuse me. but haven't I er didn't you buy " "Vos," I interrupted; "It was a blue straw with a wreath of lilac. Did she like it?" He looked confused for a second, then: "Like it? Rather!" he answered. "And it Is becoming?" I asked. "Why. of course! You tried it on. didn't you? ' he replied. "Yes." I said smiling; "but what suits one person may not suit another." "No," he replied thoughtfully. "I suppose not." He put his hand to his breast pocket, hesitatod a momont. and then produced ü round leather case. "I bought this today," he said. "I wonder I wonder If you'd care to " "I love looking at jewelry!" I exclaimed. "I've none of my own to speak of. except a little pear brooch that was my mother's. Hut, do you know, I flatten my nose against the jewelers' windows, and more than once I've mentally bought myself a tiara." "This Is quite a simple little thing," he said, opening the case, "but It took my iancy. It was the sweetest little gold bangle with a four-leaved shamrock in green enamel with a diamond cen tre. At the same time, it certainly ... ... . . . did strike mo as a littlo strange ha " should show it mo. I didn t think wife would have altogether liked it. If she had known. Looking up. I noticed a comfortable, matronly body opposite , watching us with a broad smile. Evidently she re garded us as engaged. I felt myself turn scarlet. Sho is a very lucky person!" I said, with a sigh. "Who?" he asked. "Your wife," I answered. "You I f nn t r Yt olinff hntMntr hAi thin ra " 7 - Z - i,i utr ni,,,j ,if .nnfucnii "1,7 " uihj uuiy rccwuMj. uv au.u. Then he changed the subject rather ,t k J u,. t Vnw x..i. ...v, t i,, n,..i v,,.. it, - '?r how I liked my occupation, etc. 8Omeh0w l found myself telli W about my old life-how I had be Ing .n left an orphan and had found myself, while still In my teens, with nothing but a few dollars and a natural taste f millinery between me and the noorhouse. iViiei natu i uiuiucu iu mci . , . . . ,,.. Afterward I blushed to think that I 3UUUH1 UUUTi 11 .4 UUV t"--stranger with such details. Only he didn't appear bored -if that w n Mrntct Cnre cnlrl ' Trr r I 7,;7" ;u-" ,r W....U- I the conductor called out "l 1null, iu our iii uuj rate, to my amazement we were at Twenty-third Street. 'I meant to have got out at Four teenth Street," I said. "How stupid or me: !" "It was all my fault," he said. A"::.- "i: Hnery stores, though I don't remember ayt.h.!.nP 1 ,aw In tncnV . I didn't tell any one about my little adventure, except Miss Walker. She IB uur ui-si Micanuuiaii, auu iuj tr 1 II V, l.l ":uuu'-u " " , " , j... "What a pity he a married!" I said: "Why?" She only laughed. The very next Thursday he came and bought another hat. I was attending to some one at the time, but he said he'd wait until I that is, the young lady who d served him before was disengaged. Fortiinntnlv nn hnrtn't tn VL'nlt rnri Inni TM imc U ; bü with cherries he bought. But I tried on nearly a dozen ueiore ne nnaiiy uecided on it. In fact, he took double the time he did on the first occasion At last, when he had paid the bill, he seemed to hesitate, put his hand In his breast pocket and withdrew It men iook oui an envelope. I see." ne aam "l see mere is a notice in the window which says you close at two on Saturdays. "Yes." I replied, with a note of in terrogation in my voice. "I I ws wondering." he stammer I mvRolf. and it seems a nltv to wasto thorn." "It would be a thousand pities. I agreed. "And my friend Miss W'alker and I would be delighted beyond words; but was he sure he could not uso them? Dldn t Mrs Wouldn't his wife want " "Sht she's away," he answered "I moan she she's not at home! To cut It short, we went. About half way through the performance wtin nhoiild turn tin and tnko nnssos sion of an empty chair on my left but mv "blue-straw man." "Wnll." said Miss Walkor as we drove off in a cab Into which he had nut us. "I've had a corneous time, I . - - - - . . thankB to VOU. But It's to be honed It won't come to his wife's ears, or thnriVll ho a rumniis!" Miss Walker has. I regret to Bay, I ji rnthor viiienr wftv or OYnroRHlni? It ... nerseu ai nines, au me same, l same. quite agreed with her In my heart. which, of course, accounted for my strenuous donial of the least shadow of Impropriety in the matter. Tho following week ho bought yet another hat a crinoline straw trimmod with hydrangea blooms. There was no one else In the store at tho time. As I gave him tho bill. receipted. I roit somotning touch my wrist. I looked down and there Good gracious: mere wxs tno bnnglo! Ho nau suppod it on my wrist, and"Will you marry me?" ho said beforo I could got a word out. ".Marry you?" I gaspod. "Why, 'you you re married." 1 "No, Pin not!" ho interrupted.

"I know l did. It was tho only way. I had seen you more than once In passing, though I don't suppose for a moment oven that you noticed me." Ho was right. I hadn't. "It was low at first sight. Hut how to got to know you bafllod me. All at once it occurred to me to buy a hat. When you tried on thnt blue straw It was as much as I could do to refrain from proposing to you then and there. Wo are rather an Impetuous family. My father proposed to my mother the first time thev met." He sighed and went on. "They were the happlost couple I ever saw, and died within a week of each other. When I bought those hats it was with a hope a very faint hope that perhaps some day you would wear them. That's why I said they were for my wife." "it's the maddest the very maddest thing I've ever heard of!" I said, half laughing, half crying. "Why. I might have been engaged or " "There was no ring on your finger." he interrupted eagerly, looking quite haggard with anxiety. "And you'ro not? Say you're not!" I shook my head. "Then will you? Can you? Do you think you could Anyhow, no one else shall ever wear those hats; I'll burn them first!" "That would be a sin." I said, "a dreadful sin particularly as they suit

me so well!" After considering the matter very carefully. I have decided to be marri0d jn the blue straw. N. Y. Weekly. JOKE ON THE LANDLADY. The Unpardonable Crime of the Vet eran Boarder In His Youth. 'I never had but one row in a boarding house," said the veteran boarder, according to the Boston Horaid, "and that 1 brought on myself. "In this house we certainly did nave tough steak. Where tney got u l never knew. I used to think they bought the sole-leather remnants from a truuk factory that was then about four blocks from our house and cooked them for steak. 'Be that as It may. the steak was tough, and one night I conceived what I then thought was a felicitous fancy. You have seen those knives with a rttiftlnr ortpo on nnp sidi and saw teeth on the other? They sell 'em to housewives for cutting off slices of ham, the knife to cut with and the . V .. 1 saw to saw ine Done, wen, in my vnnthfiil fnnlishnpss I haucht one of those saw knives and took it home and the next night we had stoak for dinner. I took it down and laid it beside my plate on the table. And it made a sensation. "When my piece of stenk came in I tried It first with the knife side of my saw knife, but there wa nothing doing, and then I turned the knife over and tried the saw side, and I . i reVaM.r.w.",.T"lu?.uu" over ine iimiu uuu unuiu uu auu Unwimr hard, with all hands slttine around my table stopping eating and looking on and "We were all having lots of fun and then, without any warning, the land ladv came In. She came In and stood alongside of me. all without my know Ing. with n.s keeping right on sawing. "rT, i "i.-V 7 she stood there and looked down at me Just looked at me, that was all but the look she gave me was enough, a great plenty. I put down the saw. 'I hoped It would end there I had put away the saw knife for good but it didn't. It was on Thursday that I performed my great feat for the amusement of my table and on Satur day, when I paid my board for the week, the landlady coldly informed me that my room had been rented to a boarder who would take possession of it the next morning, Sunday, and that day I had to spend looking for another boarding place, which was not at all funny. It Is difficult to find anything per fect all the way through. Tough as the steak undoubtedly was. my room b. I. order, and I certainly did hate to Jnin tw "öni h i. no -iwnon on öf sentence, for, as every boarder should know, there Is one thing that no land lady will stand for; whatever It may be. she will notstand making fun of her table." No Place for Levity. Arthur Q. Lobinger, of Indian Mills, X. J., Is noted in Burlington county for his Interesting collection of dental curios. As Mr. Loblngex was showing a re cent visitor his case of medlaevel dental instruments, the subject of pain In the dental chair naturally came up It's a place of pain, that chair," said Mr. Lobinger. "Hence a success ful dentist must have a soothing, rather mournful manner. In fact, a good dentist has very much the same manner as a good undertaker. "And levity" He frowned and shook his head. "My cousin, a famous dentist, once hired to assist him a youth who had worked in a photograph gallery. An aged millionaire patron of my cousin's a chaP. In fact from wl?om .he nad expectations came one day by appolntment to have a half dozen stumps extracted. He was going to order a full double set of teeth. t. wneii uiu uiu ui.ui, uiiu and scared, arrived, my cousin, for the sake of show, whispered to the young assistant, to go and arrange him in I ,m. "Tho lad was absent-minded or something. He got the frightened old man In the big plush chair, placed a bright, large pair of forceps handy to him on a tray, and then backed oft and said: " 'Now, look pleasant, please.' "My cousin tried to explain that the boy was an old photograph hand, but It was no use. The millionaire grabbed his hat and rushed out, and my cousin has never laid 0703 on him from that day to this." Boston Globe. Indian Children. "Affection for children Is an Indian charactorlstlc." says Dr. Charles S. Moody, of Idaho. "I have never seen an Indian mothor or father punish a child, nor bavo I ever seen an Indian

"HOOSIERISMS"

Little Items of Interest All Over the Length and Breadth of Indiana.

Cantaloupe Season Here. Southern Indiana began shipping cantaloupes to market last week. Damaged Indiana Crops. Severe storms damaged Indiana crops to the tune of many thousands of dollurs last week. Where Is Eugene? After drawing $40 from a Columbus bank Rev. Eugene St. Clair, a well known young Christlau minister, disappeared and no trace of him can bo fouud. Made Sure of Death. Lot Barser. a farmer, committed ßiilclde by shooting himself after plac ing a rone around his neck and top pled off a railroad bridge near Indianapolis. Two Victims of the Fourth. Two boys, both thirteen years old, died at Hammond as a result of using blank cartridges on July 4. They wero Clarence Dolson and Harold Lacy, both victims of tetanus. Were the Girls Kidding? Standtnir with unllftod hands, their faces serious with the importance of the momont, eight young women took a solemn oath at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Frohnm, in Columbus, that they would never, .is long as they live, get married. Killed in Ball Game. John Chenault. catcher on the Pluto colored baseball team at French Lick, was struck Just over the heart by a pitched ball, and died almost instant ly, during a game wnicn was oeing played at French Lick ball park. Believed Wife Unfaithful.. Too arduous attention of his wife to a salesman was the allegod cause of a double tragedy near Oaktown. when Andrew Huff killed his wife with a shotgun and blew his own brains out with a revolver. Danville Holds Banana Record. The banana merchants of Danville think they hold a State record. With a population of 2,500, something over 20,000 bananas were sold there last week, an average of eight to each person. One merchant sold thirty-five bunches in one day. Tobacco Growing In Owen. If the experiments in tobacco grow-

ing which are being made by a num- of Pardons Governor Marshall last ber of farmers near Spencer prove week pardoned four convicts, paroled successful Owen County may soon be-. twelve and refused clemency to seven, come one of the leading tobacco pro-; Leniency was shown to five men servducintr counties in the State. Four; ing time for murder. Four of these

acres produced J1.S00 worth last year. Turns Down Fool Scheme. The Governing Committee of the In-1 dlanapolls Board of Trade has turned down a proposition from the National Daylight Association of Cincinnati in favor of obtaining legislation providing for clocks to be advanced one hour between May 1 and October 1. Killed Redblrd; Fined $41. It cost W. H. Klngery of Terre Haute $41 to kill a little redblrd. That was the amount of fine and costs when he was arraigned by a deputy game warden. It Is not commonly known that redblrds may not be killed or caged and that the fine Is a heavy one. Where Are They; In Kentucky? Colonel Oran Perry, Adjutant General of the State, for the last two months has been engaged In tracing the surviving colonels who commanded Indiana regiments during the civil war, and he finds that while 171 were commissioned only twenty-six are now living, and of these only eight are now residents of Indiana. Picnic to Be Biggest Ever. Preparations are being made to en tertain 30.000 visitors to the Indiana Soldiers' Home, four miles north of Lafayette, In Tippecanoe, at a State picnic to be hold August 12. The pic nic is to be In the nature or a rally of the veterans of two wars the civil war and the Spanish-American war. Big Business In Autos. The Secretary of State Issued 3,200 automobile licenses from April 1 to July D. There were 2.951 issued during the three months ending June 30, and 249 were issued during the first eigth days of this month. In the Srtme length of time last yenr 1.559 licenses wore Issued, showing that the automobile business this year in Indiana is nearly double that of last year. All On Equal Footing. By order of Superintendent David C. Peyton, 1.2 10 prisoners In the In dlana Reformatory began work last week on an equal footing. All the men behind In their tasks have been relieved of the necessity of making up work and nro to ho given an op portunity to gain privileges for good conduct Tho order was recolved with much pleasure by the men. Ida Tarbell Invades New Harmony. Miss Ida Tnrbell, famous for having "roasted" John D. Rockefeller to neat brown without aid of the kitchen fire, has been In New Harmony. Pos ey County, for several days gathering matorlnl for a story of the early Intel lectual settlement. Her Matrimonial Seas Stormy. Mrs. Samanthn Bennett of Sullivan is dofendant in hor fifth divorce suit by action fllotl by her husband, Charles Dennett, who charges she drew a re vol vor on him. Bonnctt Is a team etcr.

Very Tantalizing, Indeed. Alleging that her husband, Scott Hancock, would show her photographs which he had taken of himself and other girls and then tantalize her about his other sweethearts. Mrs. Emma Hancock of Columbus has brought suit for divorce against her husband. Warn Virgil to Desist. Virgil Morrla, the lS-year-old son of O. M. Morris, a wealthy farmer near Columbus, received an anonymous letter in which the writer threntens his life if he does not cease his attentions to Beulah Remy, to whom he has been paying court since tho Remy-Caldwell-Hunt sensations.

Big Stone Rose for Grave. A beautiful monument, the larger part of which will he a gigantic reproduction of the American Beauty rose, Is being planned for the gravo of Herbort Heller, who died recently at his home in Newcastle. The stono will be placed In the cemetery there, where ho Is burled. Heller was one of the most famous rose growers In the country. Monkeyed With the Buzz Saw. While an assault and battery case was being tried at Hartsville. Blaine Beck, aged 23, played news reporter, and for his Insistent queries and exhaustive note-taking .Justice Baugh fined him $3 and sentenced him to three hours in jnil for contempt. He served the sentence. Episode in Carmen's Strike. Henry Tudor, n legless cripple, who says his home Is at Aurora, stabbed Charles Roth, a street car motorman, on Roth's car at Evansville. The assault occurred In tho heart of tho downtown district when hundreds of people were on the streets. It served to arouse now interest in tho car men's strike. Girl Is Master House Painter. Miss Willie Mae Corbin Is one of Lawreuceburg's girl painters, and one who paints artistically. The result of her work may be seen by observing the residence of her mother. Mrs. Emma Enyard. which Miss Corbin has just given a new coat of Ivory white with green trimmings. It is a twostory frame structure, with front and renr porches, and the girl applied the brush to the entire surface. Marshall Pardons 4, Paroles 12. On recommendations of the Board , were under life sentence. The mur derers released irom prison are laylor Hughes, Lawrence Smith. Vincent Glnn, Andrew Koerner and Fred Ellis. All are paroled. Against Benzoate of Soda. The State Board of Health, which has been fighting against the use of benzoate of soda as a preservative in the preparation of foodstuffs, recently sent out several hundred pwtal cards to health officers and physicians throughout the State asking them five questions in regard to the use of the drug. The answers received indicate that the doctors are almost unanimous against the use of benzoate of soda. which they consider a hnrmrul buu stance. Fighting the House Fly. A campaign against the house fly has been launched in Richmond, mem hers of the Civic League, the Y. M C. A., and various women's clubs be ing actively Interested. One of the important things proposed is the screening of all windows and doors in the houses of the poorer classes, the organization to put in screens free of cost where landlords refuse. The city council will be asked to pass an or dlnance requiring all householders to provide garbage cans with lids nnd to fix a penalty for those persons who permit garbage to be exposed and thus become tho breeding place of files. Dislike Idea of Skunk Farm. Property owners In the vicinity of the farm owned by Robert Baker, near Idavtlle, threaten an Injunction suit If Baker persists In his purpose of starting a skunk farm. Baker is a trapper, who has made much money from skunk oil and skins nut skunks nro netting scarce, ana this has led him to believe that he can make more money In raising them than In hunting. Experiments which he has made convince him that they m mm n a . - can be successtuiiy ana proniaoiy raised, and he is now arranging to go Into the business on a big scale. He s ko ng to fence in live acres with fine me?hed screening, which will bo six feet high. Baker figures to raise about 1,000 skunks every year, and ho has con tracted for machinery to extract the oil. This Is almost as valuable as the skins, which average about $1 each. Nelchbors fear that the odor from the skunk farm will make life unbearable In that vicinity, and wish to pre vent Baker going into the business. Death and Damage In Storm. Vevay wns visited last week with a cloudburst of unusual magnitude, 3 Inches of wnter falling In ono hour. Houses and barns wore swept away, and cattle, horses and other live stock sent floating down the Ohio River. The total loss will reach $200.000. The damage at Oaklnnd City, where lightning struck several oil tanks, was $50,000. At Scottsburg the damage was $100,000. At Noblcsvllle Rachaol McDonald, 12 years old, was struck by lightning which came down a chimney and killed.

Father's Approval. "What do you think of tny gr , Hon osbay?" asked Miss Clarissa tossol. "Well," answered hor father, must say you'ro ahead of your br Josh. It's easier to understand tlu college yell."

A Russian Wooing, A Russian wooing culminates in betrothal breakfast, at which the t a elect casts off a long tress of hair a gives it to her betrothud, who In t , presents her with bread and salt a i almond enko and a silver ring set w 4 a turquoise. Self-Defense. "I seo that the Turks have b-in killing tho Armenians." "Yes, but the Turks say that o Armenians attacked them." "Reminds ono of the sheep ü. f when ho was caught Just after la Ing killed a sheep; he said he wa t going; to let any doggono sheep i j him." Admirably Equipped. Cardinal Mezzofantl. tho faro-- s Italian linguist, who died at tin- , of seventy-flve. knew and could t-j hi. more than fifty languages. He c j ontertaln his English friends w specimens of the Yorkshire di and his French or German vIm- a with tho patois of their respe countries. "Dear me!" exclair m ord Hyron. to whom this was t ile ought to have been the cust,. r of the tower of Habel''' A Prohibition Tale. Jerome Beatty lays the respi n 1 ity for this story on a Hutch m minister: It is all about an Irishman wh never taken a drink and who w.tacked by a heavy cold which h f himself unable to throw off. H lted the family doctor, who ad him to take a hot toddy beforIng. O'Reilly demurred on the er t that he would lose his standing v t his spouse. "Well. it either wniskey or r i monia for yours," said the pbs "If thot's the case. thin, sait t victim of the grip bacilli, "Ol g Ol'll hov to take the whiskey I . how shall I kape the ould lady tra folndlng It out?" Tho physician advised him n R" the hot water for the toddy by snd ing his shaving mug down to be fi 1 O'Reilly thought It a good plan and went home. Tho next day the doctor stoppe! v his house to find out how the treat ment was working. He opened thi door and found Mrs. O'Reilly an all her brood standing In tho hall ta.h di together In hushed tones. "WTiat's the matter?" Inquired hi man of pills. "Oh. doctor, doctor," sighed M O'Reilly, wringing her hands, in afraid Pat's gone crazy entolrely. He'i takln' a shave Iv'ry foive minutes' -Kansas City Journal. Saving Time. Joshua had Just made tho sun s'aad st'- .... "My own greater daylight plan te obtain more time for recreation, hi explained. Herewith ho continued to flgntNcw York Sun. HOME TESTING. 9e mnd Knr Tet on CotTe. To decide the all Important qupa' of coffee, whether or not It is rea "y the hidden causo of physical alls and approaching fixed disease, one sh: & make a test of 10 days by leaving 2 coffee entirely and using well maia Pc-Ftum. If relief follows you may know to s certainty that coffee has been yc r vicious enemy. Of course you can tak it back to your heart again, If m like to keep sick. A lady says: "I had suffered with stomach trouble, nervousness and terrible sick headaches ever since I a little child, for my people were 1 ways great coffee drinkers nnd let ai children have all we wanted. I bo I thought I could not live with "it coffee but I would not acknowledge that It caused my suffering. "Then I read so many articles aboi Postum that I decided to give It 0 fair trial. I had not used It two weeks In place of coffee until I began to feel Hko a different person T headaches and nervousness dapr" ed and whereas I used to be sick wo or three days out of a week r' drinking coffee I am now well arJ strong and sturdy seven days a we-V thanks to Postum. "I had been using Postum three months and had never been sick a day when I thought I would expr ment and seo If It really was coffc that caused the trouble, so I began to drink coffee ajfaln and Inside of week I had a sick spell. I was so I was soon convinced that coffee wai the cause of all my misery and I wt back to Postum, with the result tha was soon well and strong again arl determined to stick to Postum ar leave coffee alone In the future." Read tho littlo book. "Tho Road ' Wcllvlllc," in pkgs. "There's a Rca son." Ever read ihe above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are Rcnulnc, true, and full 01 human Interest.

dropped my handkerchief.

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child cry."