Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 21, Number 11, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 September 1890 — Page 2

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COUNTRY :LU(£K

By JOHN HABBERTON,

Author of "Helen's Babies," Etc.

Copyrighted by the J. B. Lippfocol* Company Publishers, Philadelphia, and Publi*hetl, by Permission, through the American Press Association.

CHAPTER XVTIL

TUB NEW CLERK.

OUR mother's oat, as usual, I sappose," said Mr. Tramlay to his oldest daughter, as he came home in the after no on apd roamed despondently abont the us a manner of family men in general when their wives are away. "She isn't back from her ride yet," said Lucia. "You no he a drive always keeps

her out untU about 0." "I ought to know it by this time, I suppose," said the merchant, "and I don't begrudge her a moment of it, but somehow the house is never quite the same when she is out of it."

Lucia looked at her father with a little wonder in her face. Then she laughed, not very cheerfully, and add: "Father, do you know that you're dreadfully old fashioned V* "I suppose so. Maybe it's forco of habit."

Lucia still wondered. She loved her mother In the instinctive, not over intelligent way of most young people, but really slio could not see what there was about tho estimable woman that should make her father long to see her every day of the year and search the houso for her whenever bo returned. She had never heard her father make romantic speeches, such as nice married people sometimes do in novels and as (or her mother, what did «he over talk of to her liege lord but family bills, the servants, the children's fault*, and her own ailments? Could it be, she askad herself, that this matter of fact couplo said anything whan alone that was unlike whnt tho whole family heard from them daily at tho table and in the sitting room* "Why are you looking at too bo queorlyf suddenly a«ked tho father. Lucia recovered herself, and said ... "I was only wondering whether you never got tired of looking for luubhor as soon as you came boma.** "Certainly not," said the merchant. "Most husbands do, sooner or later," said Lucia. "Perhaps 1 will, some day," tho father replied "and 1 can tell you when it will be." "Tell," said Lucia. "I think 'twill be about the day after eternity ends," was tho reply. "Not a day sooner. But what do you know about what some husbands do, you little simpleton And what

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upon the piano stool and making some chords aol discords. "It came into my mind that's alL" "Well, I hope that some day you'll And out to your own satisfaction. By the way, I wish you'd got out of that morning gown. My now clerk is coming to dinner." "Oh, dear) then I'll have dinner sent up to my room, I think. I don't feel a bit well, and It's awful to think of sitting bolt upright in a tight dross for an hour or two." And Lucia whirled from side to side on the piano stool, and looked forlorn and cross, "I suppose It would bo impossible to dine tn a dress that is not tight!" said the father. "Papa, please don't tease mo I don't feel a bit well really I don't." "What is tho matter, childf asked the father, touderly. "Too much candy f—too few partl«f' "Oh, nothing tliat 1 know of," said the girl, wearily. "I'll feel better when real cold weather comes, 1 suppose." She played with the piano keys a moment or two, and con* tinned "So you have a new clerk. 1 hopo he's nice—not a mere figuring machine!" "Quite a tine fellow," said the merchant. "At least he seems to bo." "Is ho—havo you given him the place you Intended to offer Philip Haynf" "Y*" "The iron business is real good for a young man to get into, isnt Itf* "Indeed it is, since iron has looked up." "And that stupid fellow might have had the chance if ho hadn't gone off home again without even calling to say good-byt" "Just sa* "Oh, I don't want to see him," said Lucia, pettishly. "I'm tired of youug men," "What a morcy it that they dont know Itl* said her father. "They'd all go off and commit suicide, and then merchants couldn't have any clerk* at all" "Now, sakl Lucia, with a crash on the lower octaves of keys, followed by a querulous run, with her thumb, over tho shorter strings. "Is the new clerk anybody tn particular What is his name*" "Philip Hnyn."

Lucia sprang from the piano stool and almost *ir«ugK\i her father with her slender arms. "Gracious, LuP exclaimed tho merchant. "Your mother's family must have dreoetuied from a gruutly boar But why this excitement I "Because youY* a dear, thoughtful old man, who's always trying to do good," said 1 Lucia, "If

vtweren*t

for you that poor young

man might never have a chance in the world. 1 think it's ml missionary work to help deserving people who aren't able to help themselves 1 know it te, for our minister has said so front the pulpit again and again.1* "I'm teal glad to learn teat my daughter remembers tome of the things she hears in chtareh.w #aM the merchant. "So you think young ttayn deserves a chance hi the world, eht* "i only know what you yourself have said about him," saUd Lucia, demurely,

A qunrt«\r *.f aa hour hUMT Laria ff down s&EsSr* hi a rwi»

"Good girl! always t»Jw» your fathers ad- She did not modi care, and site knew wren vk*o about yottug and yotftt aofc bo mis- abisat delays a on taken in human nature. Which ewt erf the paper was as is any other s» far r*mt chiefcfitt shall setai up h»yottr roomr a* *hc knew "Oh, rn try to eoe» dswro. as JtYaaly understand no «r PfeU nmj'lw I can coax Jlargit W mother, wea... i_» ha*« .o:z sfc dress." I of Philis*'* pwar :»»&»*•. or evKCt a country-

Uicia slipped *4owiy frosa the i*W(u» wst. .-^CMOMr'ysN^:': r. ««W o.p the siait*. 13sft.ii. iririWWtoA. $ mn dMBdNff-nvcrc aascit^mai.sat at the pianoaad wadft m» om thing or -,t dreadful a of »0( ^m«b aiEiciwl itis4ninwnl had :Ll 8* had la d®

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firtwh and bright daws.

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"Sunrise at sunset!" exclaimed ber father. "Well, girls are possessed toupees the natural order of things, 1 suppose. But, my dear daughter, you've pat the rouge on too thick dont you think sol" "Father!" exclaimed tho girl, aid the flush of ber cheeks spread to her brow. "Edgar," said Mrs. Tramlay, who came in a moment or two after, "see bow foolish yon were to think Lucia UL 1

never

saw her

looking better." "Yes," said the merchant, dryly "I told her the doctor was coming. That's often enough to cure the ailments of some children, you know." Then the merchant devoted ten minutes of business tact to the task of explaining to his wife the reasons of Philip's return to New York he also enlarged upon the Haynton Bay Improvement company, and the probability that if the Tramlays were to build the first and handsomest bouse on the new property Mrs. Tramlay would, naturally be the fashionable leader of whatever section or sub-section of society might select the place as a summer home. Mrs. Tramlay was inclined to be conservative on the subject, but when she learned that Marge was a stockholder and director in the company she became quite cheerful. phil was not so happy as he should have been while on his way to the Tramlays'. He wondered bow be should be able to greet Lucia without betraying the mixed emotions which ho was sure the first sight of her face would cause hiin. He had a firm conviction that ho would feel awkward and act accordingly, and bis remembrance of various men whom he had seen behaving awkwardly in tho presence of young ladies made him quite certain that Lucia and Margie would laugh at him when his back was turtied. Ho did not realize that in meeting, as well as in fighting, tho burden of action does not all rest upon one persson. Neither did he take into con-» sideration tho tact which somo maidens a©-' quiro in a year or two spent in society. As he was ushererl into the parlor, with a face which ho was .-sure was sober and set, Lucia approached him with a, pleasant smile and exclaimed. as heartily and unaffectedly as if she were a Haynton girl: "How do you do, Phil? Pm ever so glad to see you back again."

Away went all sense of soberness, hesitation and doubt the young man's soul leaped to ills face, and ho held so long the little hand offered him that Lucia, perhaps remembering somo impulsive demonstrations toward that graceful member, withdrew it before any attempt to release it had begun. Then tho girl began a rapid sories of questions about Hayn Farm and its occupants, and Phil made cheery replies, and Tramlay, after gazing at the couple from the back parlor, retired to his library to indulge undisturbed in as much vigorous and affirmative head shaking as the situation seemed to justify. "How do you think you will like the iron dinner. "GroatlyJ #o far as I know it," Phil replied "Up to date my duties have been to go to lunch, read tho morning papers and chat with a railroad company's vice president about off shore fishing." "We always try to break In our young men pleasantly," said Tramlay, "so they'll be willing to promise long service for small money: then we begin to put on heavier chains, one by one." "Papa's clerks have a hard time if they happen to bo nice," said Lucia. "They have to got postage stamps for Margie and me when we happen in at tho office, and find •mall change for us when we lose our pocketbooks, and take us out to lunch when we coma down town and dont find papa in, and sometimes they have to oome to trains for us when we've been a few miles oat of town on a visit and the team doesnt get in before dark." "Then shall earnestly strive to be nice, said Phil. "There'* some down town place," said Margie, "where papa got* lovely candy a g^cat deal cheaper than up Broadway but ho forgets it half the time, so we sometimes have one of the clerks order it sent to papa's desk—that is, clerks who know how to select candy," said Margie. "My education in that respect," said Phil, "has not been as thorough as If I could have foreseen such necessity for it but I will resumo my studies at once." "Are you a good judge of tear asked Lucia. "Mamma has not been quite herself since one of papa's clerks went to Pennsylvania to take charge of a rolling mill. The good man used to spend hours in the tea importers' warehouses, down near the office, searching for the kind of tea that mamma dotes on." "You children are not to worry Phil with any of your trilling affairs," said the head of the house. "I want you all to understand that, besides having a desk tn my office, be is a large operator In real estate—a capitalist— a sort of monopolist, tn fact, for he is secretary and a director of tho Haynton Bay Improvement company, which monopolises one of the finest bits of shore front on the Atlantic coast" "Haynton Bay J" said Lucia, ta wonder "Why, that is where Havn Farm is." "Wise child said her father "and that flue bluff portion of the farm that overlooks the bay is She company^ property YottU never again cut your shoes to pieces cm the oat stubble on that, bluff, for when next you see the place it will be covered by fine villas, the handswrwsi of which you probably will someday some mentioned in the newspapers as the country tent of the well known merchant prince, Edgar Tramlay, £&)., father of the charming'*—— "Edgar! Bdgarr«aid Mr* Tnuniay. "And, as I was saying," continued Tnunla?, no purchaser1* title will he good without the signature and seal at Mr. Philip Hayo. Candy and po je stamps, Indeed! by, such a msnV time ought to be valued at abont a dollar a minute.*

Ttrni Phil was rich, Lacia said to herself.

sfe it, in 4ivftfatgd notion wad ta "fitew- mtM 'ber #w Mrs. Trasa&tjr ws

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thn young man than she ever had been before, and after dinner she even took Phil's

arm

in retaining to the parlor the act signified nothing to Phil, but it set Lucia* little heart dancing gayiy.

What Phil departed, soon after dinner, to accompany his father, by request, to a meeting of the "Society for the Amelioration of the Spiritual Condition of Savage Tribes," Lucia lost very little time in signaling Margie with her eyes and going np to her room. A moment later Margie bounced in, closed the door, and exclaimed: "Lucia Tramlay! I wouldnt have believed it if I hadntseen it wife my own eyes. The idea of mamma, with the blood of a dozen High Dutch and Mayflower families in her veins, "taking the arm of & countryman!" "When there was no call for her to take any one's arm," added Lucia, "the affair being only an every day family dinner." "Twossimply paralyzing," said Margie, "but it was a sign that everything will be all right from this time forward Dear mel I can imagine just how your new visiting cards will look: 'Mrs. Philip Hayn.'" "Margie, Margie," said Lucia, in a quick whisper, "do be quiet. I dont even know whether he really loves me." "That's because you didnt sit at table where you see his face all the while, as I did. fWir'-t»g a stone image would fall in love with you to-night you never looked so perfectly entrancing in all your life."

So, between all she had teen and heard, Lucia's head was crowded with pleasant dreams long before it pressed its pillow.

might be done outsjueuf business hours so be spent mauy evenings and occasional days in endeavoring to forward the interests of his employer, and of the Improvement company, in which Mr. Tramlay was as largely inter estcd as himself.

He had more than business to absorb his thoughts.for his stock of knowledge regarding human nature was at

first

profit on the stock which Tai

received 'to boot." A pleasing relief from the work of his two offices was Phil's occasional evenings at Tramlay's home, which ho had been so heartily urged to regard as his own that he no longer waited for special Invitations. In spite of his pressing duties he had devoted himself to being "nice," as Lucia had termed the condition which made the family avail them selves of the services of Mr. Tramlay's clerks. He improved upon his instructions so far as always to have tn his pockets enough postage st&nips for the girl's letters, and to see that box&s of candies from 'the place somewhere down town" reached the house without first lying neglected for a day or two upon his employer's desk. When Margie and Lucia were returning from a short visit out of town he was at station, wharf or ferry to meet them, regardless of what railway magnate from out of town might be already aoOMsibfe at a hotel, and the pang of hurrying away afterward was always sweetened by the gentle protests that no subsequent conversation could banish from his ear.

And yet, as he informed himself In occa sional moments of leisure, the interest that lay closest to his heart was not being advanced vislhly. Lucia seemed always glad to meet him, always sorry to part with him but was she not so to all mere acquaintances whose society was not unpleasingl She never made an excuse to cut short his conversation, no matter if he talked on subjects of which die evidently was ignorant but had he aot always been.accustomed to patient listeners! She sometimes asked questions that seemed beyond her taste, as the subjects certainly were beyond her ken but might not ordl nary human desire for knowledge prompt any girl to do the samef

Sometimes he would bitterly Inform himself that of his host's two daughters any listener might imagine Margie, instead of her sister, the object of his affection. Margie, whom feelings and manner and enthusiasm lacked the restraint which a year or two of society will impose on an observing maiden. as artless and effusive and affectionate as If Phil were an ideal older brother, If not a lover. Of course Margie was not in love with him for was she not continually sounding Lucia's praises* To her the world seemed to live and move and have its being solely for Locio. Phil had never before seen such of lection between sisters, and it seemed all the more wonderful as he recalled seme frequent passages of words in which the two girls bad Indulged at Hayn Farm not a half year before. Margie seemed to have adopted him as a big brother, and it was quite delightful, as well as anew sensation, he baring no riMers «f his own, but be did wish that the some spirit—-not exactly the same, either—might be manifested by Locia. -ly

Another disquieting thought came from the frequency with which Marge visited the Tramlay abode. He had beard almost too much of Marge before he ever saw him, bat now he caw far mora Itsoetoed that Phil Mver conid visit the Tramlays without eithor fladtag Marge already there, cr having him eotae in jost as a pleasant tet»-*-tete with Lucia waft fairly under way. That U*r& did not appmve of the cordiality with which Phil was received was quite evident, in spite of fcta impassive denwanor, and Phil felt nome the easier that Marg^ -bowed him many cattrfeMfc*, ajr? introdbewl feint quite freely among his t. Koqaaintasees. Mxurge exthat of gesttemen lad nugai be psrsuaded to purchase tea of the Haysttm Etoy company bet if hfai parpen be not tkxmkm--£8S?!£ci8d thatthem were darfc deis Mar* k. tatk v- toqofet tt iab„ and hb ratb«r sneerrefcmls. that 01 geatifr

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men played cards sometimesj stili, sucHgames as be chanced to see were not for large sums, nor were they attended by any of the excite ment that is supposed to make inexperienced players reckless.

Almost

main

as disturbing was Mrs. Tramlay's

manner. At times she was affable and almost hearty in ho- manner toward Phil again she was reserved and distant. What did it mean

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CHAPTER XIX. ^v4 O E 8 A N E A S

ETWEEN his duties at the office of the Haynton Bay Improvement company and his earnest desire to master the mysteries of the iron trade, Philip Hayn found very little time for dropping into moody reflections. Like many another young man in business,he became convinced that a great deal of telling work

entirely inadequate

to the demands made upon it. At Haynton it was a safe rule that a man whose appearance and manner were those of a gentleman could be safely regarded as, at least, an honest man in New York he found this assumption caused some of bis plans to be utterly shat tered by Tramlay^ more experienced hand The railroad men who wanted iron, to be paid for partly by stock In their roads, ho learned to distrust if they were habitually well dressed and wore kid gloves when visit ing Tramlay's office, but he occasionally saw his employer neglect an appointment, even with his family, and devote his entire time to some insignificant, badly dressed little fellow, and even to an occasional awkward man who seemed, as he really was, the farmer secretary and treasurer of a lot of fellow farmers who had planned a short road for their bwri benefit. The amount of cash that such a man could pay was seldom large, but not so the

Did she divine his purpose anJ resent itf or could it be that she was impatient that he did not pay his court with more fervor! Could be have overheard some of the conversations of which he was the subject, he would have been enlightened, yet scarcely more hopeful. "Edgar," said Mrs. Tramlay to her husband (Hie evening, "young Hayn comes here so much that no one else Is likely

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with any serious intentions." "Well, why should theyf' as$3»'Tier mb? hand. "Isn't he good enough for a son-in: lawf% V. "Pm not even sure that he aspires to that position," saia airs. Tramlay. "Arent you/ I'm afraid, then, you'll soon need to wear glasses, my dear." "Dont joke about it, please It's a serious subject," "Yes," sighed the merchant "one's first

know very well I dont mean glasses,"

said the lady, with some petulance. "This is Lucia's second season, and desirable young men are rare. Twould be unfair to her to have a man dawdling about her, acting frequently as her escort" "Assisted by her mother""That doesnt alter the case it makes it all the graver in other people's eyes." "Well, my dear, 1 see plainly enough that iing Hayn has fixed intentions and I'm as satisfied that they are entirely to Lu's

'•Then the question is, should it be allowed to go on "Why not, if they love each other, or want toF "Because we want our first daughter tier make as good a match as possible, and I don't see that the young man's prospects are very brilliant. If the Improvement company shouldn't succeed he'll be nothing but your clerk, with no certainty nor any expectations." "I fefel entirely easy about the money I've pnt into the Improvement company," said the merchant, "and Phil will do its well as 1, he having an equal number of shares. If worst comes to worst with him from that speculation, and ho and Lu continue to like each other, I can take him into partnership. That would give him financial standing there are plenty of young men of good families who would pay well for such an opportunity, for iron is up, and to stay."

Mrs. Tramlay tossed her head and replied. "1 didn't over suppose it would be necessary to set young man upon his feet in order to get a husband for ono of our daughters." "Quite right dont suppose so yet, either, for I assure you he is fully earning whatever it might me necessary to give him. 1 find that it makes a very favorable impression upon the class of people who visit the iron houses, or whom the iron houses look after He's already got two or three desirable little orders, besides being on the track of others." "But he's only ajclerk. after all," persisted Mrs. Tramlay

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"Say but the word and I'Unmake him my partner to-morrow," said Tramlay. f- "Don't be hasty," replied the lady, In some "ftlnrW "He is not Lucia's only chance, you know."

Tramlay looked Inquiringly his wife appeared embarrassed, and averted her eyes. "Ob# You mean Marge, I suppose! Well, lJ^should really want him I wouldnt like

Ber mOiaw? «y sn.yme no. But

really, my dear"—here the merchant put bis arm around his wife—"really, now, dont you think that a man who was a beau of yours a quarter of a century ago is rather mature to be the husband of an Impulsive girir "Young wives cant live on Impulse alone," •aid Mrs. Tramlay. "Mr. Marge has means." "Not to any great extent, that any one has been able to discover." interrupted the mer chant. "And be has social position, which Is of more importance in New York than any thing else," continued the wife. "He knows many prominent people whom we do not, and if he were to marry Lucia it would Improve Margie's opportunities. We haven't gone into society as much as we should, and Pm afraid our daughters will have to suffer for it." "Dont trouble your head with any such fears,* said the husband, with more than his usual earnestness. "Girls like ours—bless thsml—arent going to make bad matches." "Besides," said Mrs. Tramlay, retracing -her thoughts, "Mr. Marge doesnt look the least bit old he Is not the kind of man to grow old. I cant see that he appears a day older than be did years ago." "Bless your sentimental heart 1" said the merchant. "He doesn't, eh! Well, It does you credit to think so, and It doesnt make me jealous In the least." "If the company succeeds," continued Mrs. Tramlay, "Mr. Marge will be as much the gainer as you or young Hayn, won't her "Certainly." "Then he'll be that much better off than this young man you're so fond of!" "Yes, if he does nothing foolish in the

time but I have my doubts of the financial stability of any man who can't pfto a stock ticker without looking at It. Wall street exists solely for the purpose of absorbing such men's money." "Mr. Marge is no fool," said Mrs. Tramlay. "He's no wiser than some veterans who have had to leave their millions in the street and live on their children forever after." "The Improvement company has only about forty acres, I believe yon saidf "Just forty." "And two thousand an acre is the most you hopo fori" "Yea.* "That would be eighty thousand dollars. four into eighty goes twenty times, and" "If I'd known ywrtl such ahead for business! would have asked you to put a housekeeper in charge of ti» family, so 1 could have yoorserrfcses at the office." said Tramlay. "Twenty thousand dollars would be very Utile for a young man to marry on la New York—and in our set." "Twenty thousand, and a salary which 1 mostsoon tnerease in simple justice also, expectations fSroja his father's estate in the course of tim*v dont remember to have toldyott, though, that the young man was headed enough to suggest that his faXher sbooid bay options cm the continuation of tfa» ridge—there are several hundred acre# la all, distributed among different farms— and the ofei fellow lias worked it so skillfully that w* have tfc# refusal of it all, for a year, at a tridlag outlay in money. Tbertfo getttt* «aty bi&HMi capacity in that yooag isaa^ hpsd—eh "It appears so," Mrs. Tramlay admitted. 3fcis admia&K might have, been of great comfort to Pb2 oosid be bar* heard it* bwi aabenererr^vedaaylaformatioo^excepit through his alJtenmiag: hopes -id wtspi

Hi*iriacipa!b8^a^ ffr that btm~i oo Locia^ wiiiiajros* to 4em tsmeto' hhn, manner of tb» bead of U»a farnay. Tramlay wise merchant* uso-

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ally are to their employes be was also confidential evidently he trusted Phil Implicitly, for he told the new clerk all his business expectations and hopes, instructed him carefully regarding every one whom the young man was to see for business purposes, and threw much important work upon him. It seemed impossible to misconstrue the purpose of all this at the very least, it implied a high order of respect: and the respect of a possible father-in-law was not an ally to be underrated. Besides, Tramlay frequently put Lucia in his charge when she was out for an evening and this implied a still higher order of trust.

But, after all, the hopes that were strongs est and most abiding were formed in the Tramlay parlor, while Lucia was apparently only acting the part of a listener. The young mnn occasionally found himself expressing his own opinion freely, and to great extent, on subjects that interested him, and the flow of language was interrupted only by badly concealed yawns from Mrs. Tramlay and Margie. Where to them could be the interest in the latest campaign against the Indians, or methods of ventilating school rooms, or the supposed moral purpose underlying England's continued occupation of Egypt! Such questions were fit ouly for men, thought Mrs. Tramlay aud her second daughter: the mother sometimes said, after excusing herself from Impromptu lectures on these or kindred topics, that the young man from the country loved to hear himself talk, and Margie half believed that Phil only began what she denominated "harangues" in order to clear the room, so that he might have Lucia to himself.

But to all that Phil said, no matter how heavy the subject, Lucia listened patiently, attentively, and often with an air of interest. Sometimes she attained sufficient grasp of a statement to reconstruct it, in words, though not in facts, and return it to the original maker, who in the blindness of bliss immediately attributed it to Lucia's mental superiority to the remainder of the family. Had he seen her afterward perplexedly pinching her brow as she appealed to cyclopedia or dictionary to make his meaning clearer, he might have revised his opinion as to her in tellect yet ho would have been the surer of what to him just then was more desirable than the collective intellect of the world. [To be Continued Next TFccA.]

A Society Coach.

A lady belonging to an old New York family which has been financially wrecked is earning a substantial living by coaching people for socicty. She charges her pupils $5 an hour for her services, and her speciality is to supply the newest gossip as to fashionable engagements, coming marrUges and other social events of interest.. She has also an excellent stock of stories suitable for relation at luncheon and dinner tables, and is well up in tho gossip about the latest literary and dramatic successes and tho newest books.—Chatter.

Sara Bernhardt pays tho penalty of her high strung, delicate nervous organization by hours of wakefulness. Her plan of ensconcing her willowy self in the arms of Morpheus is to fix her mind on a little carved Cupid at tho foot of her bed. Then she closes hor eyes, turning the balls downward as far as possible, and repeats the alphabet slowly over and over until sho is in a half comatose condition. wwi

For most people once in four weeks Is often enough for a thorough shampoo, although daily brushing is absolutely essential. Strong, still and naturally oily hair will require washing at lojjut oncn i\ fortnights iu ordor to keep it clean snielli ng and bright. Thin, soft, dry hair may go for six weeks and then be less in need of tlip bath,

A frying^ pan should never touch water. Soour them out with salt the moment tiicy am done witnand then wipe with a cloth. Swashed omelet pan makes a poor omelet. f',**

Value of un l?g?.

An egg is said to contain as much nourishment as a pound and one ounce of cherries, a pound and a quarter of grapes, pound and a*half of russet apples, two pounds of gooseberries and four pounds of pears, and that 114 pounds of grapes, 12? pounds of russet apples, 103 pounds C'f pears and 327 pounds of plums arc equal in nouriihment to 100 pounds of potatoes.

The Pulpit aud tlie Stage.

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Arthur Love, Manager Love's Funny Folks Combination, writes: "After a thorough trial and convincing evidence, 1 am confident Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption beats 'em all, and cures when everything else falls. The greatest kindness I can do my many thousand'friends is to urge them to try it." Trial bottles 10 cents at J. A C. Bauj's drug store. Regular sizes 60c and #1.00. 3

The Old Made Young.

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ointment: both have been discarded by reputable physician# «a injttrton*. A ptuuapblet explal ng this new treatment. sent free on retfcxyi of W pot-W*. by A H. Dixon A & SS? »West Kii._ tamt, Ttwtof a rondo.—Cbrlatfaa Advocate, |J|

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Dyspepsia

Makes the lives of many people miserable, causing distress after eating, sour stomach, sick headache, heartburn, loss of appetite, a faint, "allgone'*feeling, bad taste, coated tongue, and Irregularity of

the bowels. Dyspepsia does

After

not

well of Itself. It

requires careful attention.

Eating

and a remedy like Hood's which acts gently, yet efficiently.

It tones the stomach, regulates the digestion, creates a good ap- Sick petite, banishes headache, jm*l ivfroshM tho mind. W0flC18Cfl© and refreshes tho mind.

I have been troubled with dyspepsia. I had but little appetite, and what I did eat UoQrf distressed ine, or did me if little good. After eating I

PUm would have a faint or tired, all-gone feeling^ as though I had not eaten anything. My trouble was aggravated by my business, paluting. Last Sour mtot I took Hood', S»t-

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saparilla, which did me an Immense amount of good. It gave me an appetite, and my food relished and satisfied the craving I had previously experienced." Geobgb A. Page, Watertown, Mass.

Hood's Sarsaparilla

Sold by all druggists, gl six tor $3. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.

lOO Doses One Dollar

D:LINDSEYS

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SEARCHER.

„akos a Lovely Comploxlon. lendid Tonlo. and euros Bous, les. Scrofula, Moreurlal and all B1 Diseases. Sold by your Druggist. 'Sellers Medicine Co.f Pittsburgh

SURE CURE FOR CATARRH

FOB OVER .FIFTY YEARS this old SovereignBemedy has stood the test, and stands to-day the best known remedy for Catarrh, Cold in the Head and Headache. Persist in its use, and it will effect a cure, no matter of how long standing the case may be.

For sale by druggists.

Cream Balnii

Cleamtea the

SU9

-FEVER

A particle is applied into each nostril and Is agreeable, Price 50 cents at Druggists by mail, registered, 60 cts. ELY BROS., 66 Warren St., New York.

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*ale At

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TO $101 DM

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"By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operation# of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-aeiected Coeoa, Mr. Epp* has provided our break fart tables with a delicately flavored bevemgs which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It in by the judicious use of such arttcles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resiat every tendency to dineafte. Hundred# of subtic maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there ft a weak point. We may escape many a fatal *baft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pare blood and a properly nourished frame."-{Civil tiervlee

Made simply with boiling water or milk Bold only In hall pound tine by grocers, la* beledibus: JAMK8 KPP8 it CO..

Homoeopathic Ghamlsts. Loudon, 2£ng

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