Marshall County Independent, Volume 6, Number 3, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 December 1899 — Page 2

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THi: NEvV YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS. Mak: 'cm, nuke Vm; own though, you break "oni (lood re-.ol v-i are comfort erc. aye. even far a Jay ; Siiivv ii little J i r, it make you stronger; Ami perfect! u m'.' y-r was found iii human c'ay. v-I?the ;t firm e ..-tan-ee pr.v to have assistance; Give thrt demor. Idui.. I'i'i dre'oi a tussle ijul ou (an! pii.,h the foo I '.liin! jy.j; 'Jo not let liim li i j you; And be.in the new yar, toiler woman, better man! A NKYV V'KA'ir STORY. By rs. 1). MoMar.us. I want to tell you thi? Nov Year's üint, wbat happein d ji-d. a year ag.) (o Hank Ilarimt.'s bk kstni: h shop. '1 ain't much to If It. noi over nana for an outsider to harkcn to. but it means - mighty feigb: to l;v and the boys. 9i' I. for one. jist like to think of it iii talk it over arid kind of hug and embrace, the worth, expreir;' it as ii PUT THE HO.iS BLANKET IT f. were, and bold tic stntoncei like a bitter i; wee', no sei und";- my tongue. My strengt ii C ni'i in any vif lay in 'latin lhir:Ko arj inridents. and it iftill be a pid prt.-aj-itio:i. whi n 1 warn you not ff ii er: i-. ih ir-t; ni- iind aec tidingly intern; ( i--e, for it will take Miu-h-iireil and i.-ij aivyer work ti make ny fct iy l'ok as i: it had any sense or meanir.' at all. exeent to lue mid the ooy.. i iii.t.-if ind il eorupkte. .list a yen -i, . louih' 't.f: luet in Hank Harmon's M;uii-ndfh s'nop to celebrato Die day '.Ulh to j,ariizi'i drunk, ili.ir ,.e cti.il l di.-.renienj-t "r Hie in is i ; ! '. boire s we had mer.kt-d av-i 'ihm ant t.'" batibro en aiol c: vii dv.o'niii' wiv.; and children we fud ; :t 1:. ti; in. WV hiur a hOKS blnnl.et o,f ; :l.r his.-'-.! r j.o bs in the si lea al'- i Har.S :.'d fa d the door, and I v.- v if; sliapt fii! Ci.ndi'iou j.i.ir down tht t' r-LiTK-. jit aliiiicli ' .1 a !... !'s ifd-i.ol, j)i?ribo( w)lkky a ' -'..Id j, .:!! to K:t with our Jrirdd j " I: .:.!-. 'i om .v-ak. Ai'tc-nii'. di f.t .; raoitli.-;. Ali r tbi.-'. we know wh :l w id i :n t iii. iy hapl'"ii. jalr.'a' ';' (o:o:-e i.v what bad ba;iper.fd ! f i w fall over air;oi;p;".i. 'J.'- ( i d-'r . :;d bo.ss Jj.,of J.-alim a.i o'd "i i: f i ; .-. arid dia;tcelh and tifraj. if.-n, h. h re w- v:i!.; ft!fCi Hk" ii-ty, : lios bad los-t thrir f lf-r.jrr 5 üiiiil il. io!d and tb.imc ontfoila Iii-nr uraib! ivakt and filer nr-4 rirMi;'.i , f r. v I borne to our wretched h'ui. ;'.. v.bicn we waab! rn?kt wre'f Ii"'!', r a"d inkv.-rabirr U our com In. Ve talke-i of fl.is to-did. and we a!! reriienibe.cd rvrrytbing that VM.-i done. nd said, a ; if it w- writ on the Llack vails of the f.b.op v.ih white heat runnin Iron fro:n the fore. and we all fcreel too. ne.f r to try to Ui-remcui-Lcr tli'it niri'it - tiu- night when Goj or ,oine of hi.-, hhiniti. holy angels come !own to us and shamed us Into bein decent, sober, Ciiriit-lovin' tccn. There is, rocclit -ttioni." Jim Carncron Bald, "that allcrs ought to be rccollf cted and kept like a blarln torch

i". ft nut rf us. So m of thnn f-r .-,.; anil some lr su.nne; and Jim I'm ri h. nnor: said we ought to a car tlie memory of them I graced w-du-d day.s about us a? aa anci" lit sailor or some old salt, wore a dead coose about his neck as a keepsake that ha., be it iovv down and

s; iuf -ankard.s :i av ail eertalnly a a? and !:ar is more, vermin dost onto bein' har-fer-ket-ps, old örunk-ard-a- -, as no lila ly salvation tor, we Aa'ri't aay of us so very hapny and vL'ta ft r table and i ay into our minds', at tae bei-uiin of that n'ht a yc-ar ago i'l Hank HarnTi's blacksmith Vaop a -iey, jist oft the Rudy o:not'.i; i -r . bid.lyartl in th city of Sardina;dis. ii we boys lived. Yo put 'ho ;.- blankeL or the gapinost ct a i !;.- ti Vep fi.- .xind 'tuui flarin" tt:h u 1. 1 la:ap t'ant .-'ood sniokin' trji , ! 'dy on an old table wbeie Hat-1: ,v? t. a.-r. ants, ariionst a lot o: tiL- and i.'drs and rivets and small :'' ill; a ja,; o! Joo Howards :;)', beiürd.est whl.-.ky ir. the mid- ' i- . Lind of di'vi! cent-r pit" t). .':.' I. uv.u ean't fill of :.s eronies jist nr.' is iif,' exactly, bow that jitfuly, !;v:nid, .isity o'd tj ide look-;! and I : !-ind tb.t it had th delirium r. ri a. - ii nnythiiif in the world bara ;i .m; u' fae t';ein. I can finell :i a: rii.t? Hank jpilled when he : -i :; ! finp with !ts nervous, -1. a :-y Ma::tiv aro! it ja" alon nrneingst 'h' ! i:oi. and under Hank's day ' . ,:r ' drojjpd over the idee onto a -n; went down a crack. And :!".:e v,i , white y,:z with th' blue j ! ...-Tin'- 1 j.-a! ," v.iih a shtaf of blue J h-.il :.daw to mak it bik tasty and A: i 'l-i- w'.s o Nvw Yar'. tabic! i !'..:: a. -'a--rna-b' in tiie ir-i ie of (Jod! J An! r.n n for their folks and neiyh- 1 io;.- ttj ') proa '. of -exi tpt they was K.i Th re was Jim Cameron, (.:.: two; Jirn (Irtrn, thiee, who f::tbk-r bad hver. a preacher Han!: Harmon, as owr"d the shop. a. I ;'td w" v.u'w't over happy aud i om u. i aale that nibt. eonsidtl in' we i. 'iil SU-, b a p-' kb-.-s layout and an .:r!y start. I hav' repient noticed. !l;a'. voi; can't always kbk consciemc ine table oj s-tt e as you can :.. an: uly i'.ok tlru whines and barks vie a to- has no call to. And some- ;;. '. cons.dcnee l-as a habit gf ettin' an'; in the way on su b d-du' f.ij, - as N( ;v Year'.-, C'hri.-tmas and the . And four onsej ni.ea us hadn't Ji id ib. ir jus:, deservia's nor innings i .r ;r; i"; a month, -lipix-d tb"dr halters tna- a year a.i and mnnaued to ii. irti' '...i':i;s an tih'H.sant for tlndr own- ' . I s!p.-t the troubled waters n.! 'j' .oiM -d in the si a ipture.-; w.' ans ;.-;;; tbT::' ii! - ?liis. Hut an; way we tr aia;! oiiac ouritably. ..aaccoai.-a'.dy Utb'r, for we . a' ;o old and b:irder.ed an.j t rusted ;; '.' ind ''rilikin'. !;ut what we all 1 t liiink when vAe vis- ouisclvcs a t.an- . "Ahieh we made su:e l ot to do .: ! i i .pe. :;1 , luruu.,' it wits not -. aid". i 1 e i'.'. tii.il. made Us feej a UinV ;- va an : i.'i-mal wa. 'Pat the keeper .!' Happy Home :ali.u, J(. How- ' ;, i i.i I ji -t iiiovf d a day or so ba'di, : i old bou." down by the gas and ibi- tannery, into his banu- - .;. o"w residence lionlin' tla? park ,i..d ;li- library buinlin'. It was the ; . ':i..-i. f;:;-.: i'-.-t. i:vpo:dn!.,t boioe in :' : ii'b .ind he bad made every doli : .f i out. of set Ii fellow-, as me and ' 1 . e:-il. of tiS. A:.d tiien Jira Cameron had moved ?i.t ry day N'w Yiar'.s day from ;tje i,o!i!e hi.; falber had zit) him ind ." r.. hiicU und hoai tl in it was Iii; a livi::', bain tiling to Jim had mowd into a littl ' old untidy frowsy !o.;so with a bowed in roof and anslin abutters, in a part of the town whore it df-iespftin folks didn't vnerally try to et. And Jim knew, and we all k:o-w that he and J.e lest of us and a h neue had Lullt Joe's house in the park, atal that evny nail in it if it was counted a dozen t laics, wouldn't co"nt up as many ner a tenth as many :?s tin' tfars shed fer its piittin' up! We al!ateil thut one of its had handid rr.oi:g!i lrjril e-anieii money ;er his '.-(.unter to pay for the grand stairway.

every inch of which was the premium work of an artist and a man as made Ktand stairways for a livin and never batched, and I reckoned, jist makin' a rough, unfigurin estimate, that I had traded enough with Joe one time and another to as much, or may be more, than pay for the plate glass windows, not mentionin the staiued ones, that looked like flower bods set Into his walls, with wreaths and reises and young children and blue sky and grass and thing?. And there was my wife and youngsters at homo if such a place as we bad finally got to could be called a home with the windows filled with old quilts and cushions and not enough in the cupboard to eat to much more than prevent them from goin' to bed hungry. And this was New Year's night! it wasn't a cheerful, glowin outlook, ne odds bow persevcrin' one tried to be chirk cbeful over it. Hank Harmon remarked as he took his place at the table, with his back aizin the door to prevent anyone from droppiu' in tmexperteil. that likewise.

u.akii;' a rough: uneducated callation. j t be bed helped Joe Howard in the buildin' eif his mansion, as the newspaper calUd Jo'"s hotii - (juite a consbler-a:d-, even to the pim lun' of his family for provisions and eh.ihin. Hank calbrted he bad done as much toward the house, as the puttin' in ef the plumbing pipin' chandeliers, with the furnace th rowed, in for fair measure and good feelin'. And speakin of the furnace, Hank happened to recol lect that there wasn't a stick of wood or a pound of coal iu his house, and Lis wife was sick and his children not sw eat in' with bein' overclothed or ovencd. And reirinc.-ceiiing along this line. ve naturally got dismal and do .i n-be ai ted and some of us It was me. for I needn't pretend to confuse ir forget anything that happened that night- moved that we unanimously take a drink and I aeeordiif pulled the cork from the white stone jug, with the blue letterin' and wheat sheaf. Hut Jim Cameron nor Hank nor Jim Green held up the-ir cups, but I tilled mine in a manly, don't-care way and set close to the edge of the table by me. Jist then, Jim Green br-f an to cry. And it .trunk, maudlin' swashy cry that makes one tired, but a great, man, heart-breakin' heart full cry, not loud nor noisy, but low and heavy v ith b'tterness aud remorse and the useless wishin's that yon hadn't done some things. And while Jim cried we all looked away and kinder above eaeh edhers heads and I sneaked my cup of whisky from the- table aud emptied it without makJIM BEGAN TO CRY. in' any splash in in the pail where Hank tempers his boss shoes. After a spell, Jim got where he could speak, and we was all willin ho should have the floor. He Faid he didn't know how many houses he had helped to build, but expected he bad done bis Bhare. but he did know, with a sad certainty of on heart he had broken by his wayward wicked ways. Jim didn't say whose heart it was, but wo all knew It was hi? mother's. And sh hnd died alone and neglected jist a year ago. fco many things happen Just a year a:! Then Jim brvm aain. (he could talk like his father I suspect) and said that while he knew he

had killed the one who loved him L?3. and th? one that be loved best ia the world, killed her with cruel shame and sorrov. with God's help ho was resolved to make her glad in heaven tonight, that he would never touch another drop of liquor as Ions as he lived. Thro was stillness for a time and the edges of the old blanket flapped like big. ragged evil wings and the unroi'kvi! jug sent out a smell that nut one in mind ef venomous snakes and dte by dang.T. while the smutty, creacke'd lamp tlaied up and then almost vent out as if con lh.it little puny, crippled light was ashamed of its ceuipany. l'reity fron. Jim Caraeron pulled his legs out from under the trembling tabl and straightening himself up as b.vt he could, Ida' so nil ami .standin' as he did right under the eaves ef Hank's shop said, "Boys. I have a notion that amounts to dead certainty, that my wife and I will move b:ick to our old home before long. W'e are both homesick for the gra.3 and geraniums and big trees in the front yard, aiid the stone dog on the door step, and the little, room where our babies died. I think we shall go bark pretty soon, because you see with God's help and God for a witness and Hank Harmon and my neighbor, William Wren, for witnesses, I now solemnly promise with my dead children to hear, too that I, like our friend who has jist left us, will never touch another drop of intoxicating liquor so long as I live." And Lc picked up his hat and went away. And me and. Hank was left alon?. I?ut Cameron hadn't much more than shut the door, when 'Hank, as owned the shop. kiek"d the box out from under him and come nigh to upsettin' the infirm old table and while he put on his ragged overcoat, kind of careless remarked only anyone that knowed Hank would have known that he was iu solemn, awful earnest that it didn't look neighborly nor civil to leave company like this, but he auesse-el no, I'll be damned if I guess - (Hani; wasn't a swearin' n an, never; he said, I know 1 mu-t do as Jim Green am Jim Cameron have done, and with God to help me and God and you, William Wren, to be my witnesses, I, Henry Harmon, will never drink another d'op of intoxicating li(,uor so long as I live. And the rickety old door dragged hack to pdae e and he was gone, and I alone. There was but one decent, manly thing left for me to do, and by this time it was the only thing I wanted to do and standing up with euily God for witness and He was enough I promised as the other boys bad promised, and then, with a thread of a prayer that would tangle itself with my other thoughts. I took the jug and smashed it upon the air. 11. While it eeune to us unexpected that we should begin a new and decent life iisi like a message from God, almost, it was put upon u.r to help ourselves, jist all that was po.-.sible. God stood

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tri TllKKK WAS NEW YEAR'S DINNEKS TODAY, dost by us, though, and was always In reach when we most needed Him. It was a hard won victory, but we won it. "In e onelusion," as they say in story books, it is only fair to mention that Jim Cameron and his wife have; pessession once more of thdr stone dog and geraniums, and Jim Green lives with them, and there is another baby in the hou-r whoso name is James G. Cameron. There are no blankets in the windows of my home today, and Hank Harmon is as happy and prosperous as a decent, hard-woikin' Godfearin" man can well be, and in every one of our hon.es there was New Year's dinners today, that makes my mouth water to even think of now. A NEW YEAR'S CALLKR. A year ago, artiand last Nevv Year's. I was ealled upon by a gorgeous young creature a saving beauty who bore a letter of Introduction from a mutual friend in St. Louis. The substance of it was: "The girl is stage-struck. Can you do anything for her?" She was the u)oit artificial thing I had ever seen I doubted whether she could sueezi naturally. "Have you had any stage experience?'' "Only with amateur;,." "Ah! Have you any money ?'' She looked at m? much as a wellposted countryman would gaze at a "bunco steerer." "My dear girl. I don't want your money, but it might be to your advantage to take a course in somo good training nhool. ami that requires cash." Her nose went up. "Oh. I don't wish anything like Hint," she said disdainfully. "I want a r. ciigaeiiie-nt wh-re I can et a salary." "Will, you mh'ht po-.ildy begin by playing very small parts," l replied. "Mr. Daly geneialh has a corps of fifteen or twenty youni; )irls connected with his tin .iter who are oecashmall v beted." "No. no!" she interrupted, "I must do better than thai. Will you hear tue reeit n spee. b from 'Pat Ihenla?' " This was pnlly bard, but I was pre pared (o go some lengths 'iu friend diip'.H name." as the gentleman blagin "Iolanthe." "Go ahead." I said hoarsely. She we nt ahead. If was prctly bad. "My dear." said, "there a no call for l'arlhetiias up.b'ss they have cas! Liilore, ;md even then the 'call' come

prist '-jWlly from the manager, irr.o wants his rent guaranteed, and the actors, who need thejr talarle3. We .ire also over.-?t)ek-d with Juliets aaJ fairly reek with Hos;Jinds." .She ins impatiently. "Then you don't ghe me any eneouragenicnt?" "Not in that Mhf ; no." ' You don't think I spoke well?" "Let us talk of something else." "No. I should like an answer please." "Wdl, then, if you must insist. I didn't care for you jr. the speech." She walked out, trembling with indignation. Yesterday I met her. iteautiful stilh but with a look of bard exp-rbni'e in her eyes and her dress o,uite shabby. My he-art warmed toward her. and I seized her poorly gloved hand with fervor. "I am sorry jru wert offended with me," 1 murmured. She heaved a sigh. "You were quite right." she said. "and I wish that I had known it then." "You have ber. on the stage?"

"Been on :h.. KEEN DOING SMALL PAKTS. with, a b'Ue- Miole. 'Why, I've hardly been oft it for the hi-t four months." "Well?" "Well. I've been doing small parts ir. a twice a day performance company, and I'm half (bad. We even playe-d on Sunday, r.nd the mornings were given up to rr'ncarsals. I tried Important parts just twicewhen, the leading vornan was ill and made a botch of thera both! And one was our old frbmd Parthenia." She laughed cynically. "But jour experience will count in the end," 1 ventured. "No, it won't." she retorted. 'Tra one of the actresses who 'don't offend. I haven't any talent, and fourteen performances a week is a little too much! I'm going back to St. Leu is to get married." "Very sensible." And she -;ped away and was lost in the crowd of Thespians thut decorate Broadway ami Fortieth street. THE CHRISTMAS ROSE. "fwas Mad. bm, the. little maid, Alone t. pon the wintry hill; The stars were bright, the Aim! wa still. Gritf at her hear', she wept and prayed. The shepherds passed Ier on their way; The magi, by Ihe omen, b-d, She saw thtir gifts, hoard what they said; But she mud wait, and weep and pray. The while she gri med. ;i shape drew near. And stood in dory ;it her side The "warrio," anv;d," wise and tried, Gabriel, in hev.veii without a peer. Sweetly he spoke and very low, Ho laid his hand tiprui her head. "I have no gift to give." she said, "And cannot wiih the shepherds go. 'Tis winter, and the cold wind blows, And summer is far away; And if she beard mo weep and pray, Sho could not come, and bring tho rose.." A burst ei glory burned around. Clashed up and down the barren hill; "Hun. Madelnn, pluck where you will Along the warm and blossomy ground '" Flying along the flowery sward, She plucked a dower (the summer goes. But stili it stays), the Christmas rose, A gift fir Him. the infant Ird. --h.hu Value Cheney-. Try ,a a. Resolve upon this New Year's day To "stop it." whatsoe'er it be! Perhaps you like "the cup lhat cheers," Perhaps you gamble recklessly; Percha nee you're libellous in tone; Pe-rli Hps you're- prone to sigh aud groan; iVrhaps you're temper's very bad; You 4alk enough to diive folks mail; You think that no one else is right; You flirt with everything In sight; You have an overbearing way. Or tell your "symptoms" night and day: Perhaps you dye the hair that's gray; Perhaps your debts you do not pay ; Perhaps oh, well, whule'er it be, If with your orb.i It don't agree, And hrl.jf.es you care or misery. Strike now the biow that sets you free.! - Polly Try. The l r;ti Irr ThI". "Smoking in Holland," s-aid l traveler. "Is i;o common that it is iniposiblo (o tell one person from another in a roeun ef smoker-." "How Is any onn who happens to be wanted pickeil out, then?" asked a listener. "Oh. a waiter goes round with a pair of bellows and Mows the smoke from beforu each face till be rocoi;iii.es the person, ailed for." Swlnlou Advertiser. I ted fro llopll-il In Iii ir.. Something entirely new In China It that the ted cross floats over a fully equipped hospital, where from fifty to me bundled or more patients ar reatrd dally. The hospital Is la chargl f four native physicians.

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JAPAN AND CHINA BEAT ALL THE WORLD. 1lat 1, la tl l"ii.ri of tli I'llu r Haiid-Madf Paper of Kir mioI Mow --Some Vtirirti' . tu 1 1 t-rst will March. The lesults of the inquiries of :be t'omniissiou of industrial experts which was appoint. .,1 by the German government to visit ;u,d report upon the markets ef ea.-t Asi;. . show, according to the Kansas City Journa!. the various markets present exc lb nt prospects for the p;..r trad-? and tiepaper industry generally. Th" Korean hand-mad" papers, thus far very Iii tie know n in foru markets, are of much interest. 'J icy ;,r? of yellowish, color, silk-like and ti aee dnai y strength. In puniy tlcy ale behind the better grades of Chinese papers. Tnese pa pets are made in sheets about 2!)L. by 7A inches. Oiled papers of this Kind are oeq in p!ar oi. window glass and very impure but extretra-ly strong board is aiso made of the ar.c jaw material, as wdl as blotting and wrapping pa pei s. The Japanese handmade papers are divided into two classes. The so-called 4 hansi" thalfpape.i is loaded witii about p-r ce,t ,, r'ce starch; the "minogam" eonsisis entirely of fiber. The hansi pa pet are the stronger and the eoarsef and ate1 made in smaller si.v;s about "a3, by :', incbesi, while the miwigami papi.s are thinner and better and larger-- ; i 1J l'l im iies. V quiie of paper is caii d "jo" in .JajiaiK'.-e. .ind hjs fneu to !S sheets; a raiu is i-alb-d "shine ."' and has from 1 s.o. tt -j.omi s'neers. The prices of hand-made paper have recently ri-en about 'per cent. bc- 'u:mthe growers of bast d"mv.ml and ob'r.in higher pi ices for their product. Printing paper is used in Japan mt only for priioiror purposes, but also for writing, 'du- most poular sizes of printing paper are L'-'t by L'T incb-s and :tl by Mi. hes. fiat. The consumption of paper has increased extraordinarily i' Japan, and. although tic home production is larg-a. tlere a goo-! market fr imported paper. io4 'straw is an important factor in the manufacture of Japanese machine-made po per: only when theie is a jeor rice erop is wood fiber imported u any appreciable extent. Among the most curious things to be seen In Japan are I he jackets and troui-ers of strong hand-made paper with which the Japanese soldiers were supplied during the war between Japan and China. The seams and buttonholes were sewn with cotton thread. Chinese handmade: papers are made mostly of i ic e straw, and are colored or stained on one side; by hand: for instance, crimson for visiting cards (which are thin, large octave sheets), pale red for bills, yellow sprinkled with gold or gre-eii for wrapping goods.otat.ge for wedding finery, etc. Large quantities are consumed in the principal place of it manufacture for decorating varieei-. places of worship, whhh are visited by Chinese t'rom all over the couutrv, and considerabl" quantities are also sent to the id joining pro-, inces. There U no doubt that (heap imported machine-made orirnlm? papers, stained or unstained, could .successfully compete with these home-mad- and hand-mad' papers. AMERICA'S CHEAT ENGINES. iiall-r Innige tit I"n-r (;Iii-ii l.ncliili I.ecoiiuitUf. Tlie AmeM'ican buomotive engineei deems it advisable to design his engine with a huge margin of power, .-ay.-the Engineering Magazine. If an extress engine is designed to take a "Oe-ton load at fifty miles an hour, and if that hiad should happen to be increased to "pe tons, the locomotive is still e.pe( teil jo be aide to take- it and keep time, and usually do.-, o. Such, at any rate, is the expi l ie -uee of sin h an impartial and Ievel-hi-a.de I observer as Mr. V. M. Acwortb. If an American express be late at one point of its jou'tiey. the engine is e-xpected to make up the lost tine even if the load be larger than usual. And. again, ft) is if generally done. But if an English engine is ghen a single coach above its prescrHed load, the driver at once insists upon ;aing a "pilot." and commonly he geis one. Or .should the weather be bad, with strong wind or a slippety rail, be demands au assisting engine, and is accorded one. as a matter of (ourse. Obviously this apples f-.wperit'iy to the case of sdngle-wbrvl--is. which are so largely used on sm A English railways, because their range of power is much more sharply limited, by advers conditions than i the .-ase with coupled engines. But in either i ase- it seems, indispuialde that a smaller range of power Is given to ay English locomotive than to an American. A (ieniilntt Aiitliii. Mrs. Suburb--Is this the bouse you've been talking about? I don't like it at all. Agent-It's the latest Queen Anne style, num.. Mrs. Suburb - I don't like it. The kitchen opeus right into the parlor, or nearly so. Agent--Ves, mum. Queen Anne was a famous cook. mum. She named that line old apple pudding, "brown Betty." after Queen Elizabeth, mum. li'ice n Elizabeth was noted for doing things up brown, you know, muni. Mrs. Suburb Anil, dear me! the cellar is half full of water. Agent Yes. mum. Iu those old days people always kept water on hand to use in t i in- of a siege, you know. mum. -New York Weekly. . luli Story. From the Woman's Home Companion: There is a good story told on Mrs. itliam Tod Ih litinth. Aflrr a .doriny session of a woman's ehih, over which she- piv.-dded. one morning, she said, prior to the afternoon program: "Ladies, after we have fraisle-d the Lord s prayer, bt us silently ask that there be more knowledge and less noise vouchsafed us." And iu an instant, it Is saM, that prayer was answered. tiiiinn Iii' K-Mrl fr loin Trump. A Pet is gymnasium instructor c laims the r cord for long tramp, having walked äi.ouo kilometres, or about :'."..- nco miles, on ordinary roads. Among his trips were Paris to St. Petersburg, in "8 days, Pai is-Geneva-Ye nice aud Pari--Berlin. He Hied to walk to Madrid 'but was stopped by the Spanish authoiltles when he reached HarceUm a.

im isifu.i in.i.i. hiki. GIVEN '1 be'- pre at, iooovi purities Zac-iTt't's u 'ii-h B.seii AWßY;,. I. tie ! to be CU .V.va o l't'.t'cr- oT T I i I IlkiU 'It:!- re-m.'i'i.ae-lr rrir.'uc'r.e 1. as an ,vii'n th-i'v :t'iVes the entire system. 3 tone- up the stomach Bud creates an appetite; work"-: ou the liver and has a :i.Hd. c..'i I'revU j tfev't Upon the liowrls. tl r. ce.it:.ng oat tlci entire system; it makc w ri-.-h blooel, regulate- the heart au. 1 'ibhicyf and. rids ti e hodv " a-I : ;i-te mat'r It a'.so induces a ci.'Je jicr-piratior, thus preventing fevers and ci.g -.tior: Ithcumatisni, ,ac"'..;;.,e ;n.i hcadaclie.v biI:ou.,nc.s and all in-n'ii di asos are rapidly cai-. .t. a- ail discae of women.. N i one n.-.-.l trouble tbeu;Selves tO bnb Whether t'Cs ICUifdy W Iii 00 TU 1 the-.- ! ii!):; have a free tri;' ta. u.ii " you e-an -t and -e-i : - s,- v, r ! )i!i'7il( r -i r,g it, loi a :r; e tt ial til an bat it d- ,cs ;'. it- vi -i;. known that, pr.-bai.ly omt. Of OUT le ader, al.tVini'. ". this mak ; di ii'erei,. e paeka- ' r i rr .-i -i v Oe ve J, J i) lUT' !,. I) writes. Do not i.e;;.-. ; ,(, .-, t in volt application at o:ce. , ... st n r.', is to sit down t !! nion'e. -a ?-: a b-ttcr toM. P.. .a.-ol t Co. I. o. p.ov sjl. Sliebovg:in. Yi-.. :.r,i ..a. that ou want a trial pai-ka-j-e ..f se-.livh Es feenee of Life. 'J i-is i: b. -on you by mail and ; " irge eiiouct; '..i run virceyou if the merit of t lr's eeU brated household re um y. A "-cent stamp should be enclosed in your letter to pay the pestaje on th's ret" vt tuple. I'rofessnr Groos, the well-knowr. au tiior of "Games oi Animal.-." lia. just given to the public an account, of the games of children and adults which is of use to the psychologist ;s web as the anthropologist. His treatis shows that he is as mm h at borne ic the nursery as in the Sambiers' den c on the football field. He believes thai the "surplus activity" theory of pal does not give suflicienf. jus ice to ta pastimes of adults, while the "recreation" thory errs in not sufficiently considering 'he garnet of children. His own view is that play is, biologicaily, the great perfecter of iniperfer-t instinct. Winter In the South The season approaches when e-na'j thoughts turn toward a place when the inconveniences of a Northern winter may be escaped. No section of thl? country offers such ideal spots a3 the Gulf Coast on the line of the Louisville k. Nashville Railroad brtween Mobil and New Orleans. It possesses a mb'J climate, pure air. even t ?rar:crature and facilities for hunting and tithing enjoyed by no other section. Accommodations for visitors arc- fira -class, and can be secured at moderate prices. Th L. & N. R. R. is thr only line by which it can be reached in through cars from Northern cities. Through car schedules to all points in Florida by this üd are also perfect. Write for folders, etc., to J. K. Riugdy, N. W. I'. A.. Chicago, Ilk Winter I toirnlon. The Southern Pacific Corn pa ay aril bs connections operate the best first and second-cla -s service to California, Arizona, Tevus fnd .Mexico. Through Pullman Pa I act": Sieeptrs and Tourist Sleepeis from all principal eastern points. lYrsohallv conuu'ted Tourist Excursions from Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis. Chhaeo, St. Paul, Minneapolis, lbs Moir.es, Omaha, Kansas City. etc. For particulars and descriptive literature write W. G. Neimyer. Gen'l Westeru Agent. Clark St., Chicago: W. H. Connor, Com'l Agent, eihami'i r Commerce- Bldg., (Cincinnati. Ohio, or W. J. Berg. Trav. Pass Agt., ft'JO Eil:-oM S4.. Buffalo. N. Y. f- rnclind Tlirlft. The New England woman had been telling how much money she had mad 3 during the summer in eggs. Someone expressed his surprise that she could do that and have a houseful of sunnier boarders besides. "How did you manage , said. "That was easy enough," she r plied. "I just sent all those fresh eetrs away and sold thera at eä cents a dozen and then went to th-a tora and bi ought limed egg-: at Z cents. The summer boarder doesn't know the difference." Von Suffer from Worin Or other stomcch troubles? SLOCl'M S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC WORM CAKES are sold under positive guarantee to cure or money refunded. At all druggists, L"ic. Insist on getting the fp'culne. Our Kr moved. Raynor I bear there is a now baby next door to you. Shyre You don't hear it half as often as I do. Chicago Tribune. The B. O. R. R. has placed an order with the Pullman's Palace Car Company for l.r.ee box cars, and with ihe South Baltimore Car Works for 1.000 bex cars. The ears are to be built according to the B. and O. standards. This makes a total of SSl-0 box and coal cars ordered for deliverey within th next six months. What we call liberaltiy is often but tin vanity of giving, which we more like than that we give away. La Rochefoucauld. to crrtE a coin in onk iat. Take Laxative memo Qmnino Tablets. AU druggists refund the irencyif it f ids to euro !e. K. W, U ruv c's siyuuiuiu un cUv'U l ot. The laughter of girls is, and ever was, among the delightful pounds of earth. Ie Quincey. FITS Irrmnei.tlr eiir.l. fa ,- n-rTcn-no. ft frrt. tiaj' f l'r. K.ii-' ;r- I rv hrMivr, Sen! f r I Kl'i: 'i.OO irUl l.,tt' nrd treatis PH. K. II. KMMi, I.tJ .V U Juv'iM.. 1 ruia.Jili hi, l a. Any man may m..ke a mistake, but none hut a fool will continue lt. Cicero.