a
A lO year old street urchin, a profl
flct of the tenement, was recently ac
cused of stealing Jim from a woman
living In nn adj, lining house. When
brought to the children's court the child
confessed, broke down ami wept The
Judge liytkod nt him pityingly.
MMy boy," he said, kindly, "how
many times have yon done tills?"
"Onct." Was the reply..
"Will ou promise not to steal any
more Jam?"
"Yep." he muttered between his sobs,
"If she'll keen her pantry door lin ked
nil the time."
All for One Vote.
There are only Ore voters In a town--ship
near Santa Fe, N. M., and four ot
them serve on the election board.
'There la no doubt how the four will
vote, since two are Republicans and
two are Democrats ; but the fifth man
Is In doubt "
For his benefit speeches have been
delivered, red fire lias been burned and
ampaljrn literature has been supplied.
The voter declares he will not cast his
ballot until the last minute before the
polls close'. lie believes In making the
election officers earn their money.
As lis Frnnonneed It.
Teacher Dickey, how many silent let
ter are there in "through?"
Dickey Four, ma'am.
Teacher Four? What one, pray, bo
lides the last threp?
Dickey Dc "h," ma'am.
AWFUL EFFECT OF ECZEMA.
I
Sore lr-
st'orere I with Yellow
Worse Parente IMscouran-ed In n
Week Cutlcura l)rn Sore- Amr.
"Our little Klrl, one year and a un!f
old, was taken with eczema or that
was what the doctor enlled It Wa
oallc.l Iu the family doctor.and be gave
noiue tablets and said she would be all
right in u few days. The ecv-ema grew I
worse mid we called In doctor No. 2.
1le said she was teething, as kood as
fltc teeth were through she would be
-all" right But she still crew worse.
Doctor No. 3 sold It wns eczema. By
4 his time she was nothing but a yellow,
. Kreetilsti sore. Well, be said be could
help her, so we let bltn try It about
a week. One rooming we discovered
. little yellow pimple on oue of her
eyes. Of course we 'phoned for doctor
No. 3. He came over and looked uer
over, and said that he could not do
anything more for ber, that we bad
belter take tier .to some eye special!:,
ince It was an ulcer. So we went to
Oswego to doctor No. 4. and be said
' the eyesight was gone, but that lie
rould help It We thought we would
try doctor No. S. Well, thut proved tli
mine, only be charged flO more than
doctor No. 4. ' We were nearly dis
couraged. I saw oue of the Cutlcura
advertisements In the paper and
thought we would try the Cutlcura
Treatment, so I went ami purchased
.a set of Cutlcura Remedies, which (net
:tne $1, aud In three days our daughter,
-who had been Hick about eight months,
bowed great Improvement, mid In one
Wfek all ' sores had disappeared. Of
raurse It could not restore the eye
.night, but If we bad used Cutlcura In
-time I nm confident that It would have
Mved the eye. We think there Is no
remedy so good for nny skin trouble nr
.'Impurity of the blood as Cutlcura. Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Abbott. It. F. I. No. 9.
.Fulton, Oswego Co., N.Y., Aug. 17, "OU."
f Prepared.
"Does your husband let you uttend
'bargain-sale Jams?"
"Of course ho does, lie comes with
me."
"Comes with met"
"As fur as the door. Then be sits
on the curb with a 'first aid to the In
jured' box on lila knees and walls for
me to Como out." Cleveland Plain
" Deuici'. ' - - -
Titer Is more Cstatrh la this serttoa of
the rniintrr tlnin all other dlirascs put to
Ketlier. nm) until the Inst few years tvut
c m h Itirurablr. For a crmt uianv
yritr ilix rr proiiomirrd It a loisl itlseasn
ul resrrllieil loiml rvim-illea. and hy eon
t m lv falllni; to rtire lth Iim-sI trenluiHiit.
iriiiinuiii-i-d It Insurable. Hrli'iir hsa pror
n rninrrli to a eniiatltnlloniil dlaeaae
wild ilierif'.rr rriiilr rniiatltiitlniial treat
ueiit. Ilall'a t'atsrrb Cure, maiiiirafliired
liy I'. J. t'briiry A Co., Toledo, Ohio, It ibo
inly niiintltiitlnnal cure on the market, ft
l taken lntpr::r.lly la daes from 10 drnpa
n a lea 'Hiii fill. It neia dlrreily on th
IiIimhI mill iiiueniia aurfarra of tht system.
t"h,T offnr nne btiiiilred dollars for any rasa
It falls to riire. Head for circulars aod tea
tlmoiita's Addreat K. J CI1ENKT CO.. Toledo, O.
Hold l-r Druralaia. TV.
Tk Hall's Family I "I Mai for constipation,
Franca Wealth.
The population of France la about
4()..))0,rt:o ; the wealth of France Is
ncurly C13.0OO.0C0. Robert F. Skinner.
In some recent statistics, shows bow
venly this wealth Is distributed. The
number of estates administered In HK4
swas 3f4"S7, and of these one-half wre
for values ranging from leas than
t0.000 to n little under $1CO,000. Only
hroe were 10.OC0.r.Cu. f
f Ptillllcal Cliat.
. . . "I rspect the successful candldatea
will be fearfully tired nfter the elec
tion Is over.'
Tea, but they can stand It. The
on't be half as tired oi the unsuccess-
,i .miirfnr. win iw .
mi
"1 " -' '
I'rcaa.
TO CUBE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
eke LAXATIVE UKOMU Uulnlne labieia
f sriigflxa refuad aiuoa If It talis to rurs.
U.V.LuOVK'tslaaaturelseaMcb sea. 3
There is somotbing uncanny la travel'
fag at great spend In a balloon. No mat
ter bow violent the gale, the atronaut
Jblsaaelf Is ia a d'ad rain.
mm. WisaiatVS aaaiaioe nwr u OIIIm
i
b Between Two Fires
By ANTHONY HOPE
"A wine man will make more opportunities
than he finds." FrancU Bacon.
chapter xx.( Continued;
V i bad no time to waste in abusing
the (Colonel; the question was how to
outwHi him. I unfolded my plan to the
Signorna, not at all disguising from her
the difficult I, and even dangers, attend
ant aon It. Whatever may have been
her Bind beforo and after, she was at
this B.Jiuent either so overcome with her
feat 1 the Colonel, or so carried away
by htt feeling for me, that she made noth
ing cf difficulties and laughe at dangers,
poir'lug out that though falhire would
be ignominious, it could not substantially
aggravate our present position.
' "Aie you going to take any of the
tnone away with you?" she asked.
"Nt," said I, "I don't think so. It
would considerably increase the rink If I
, wer seen hanging about the bank ; you
know he's gor spies all over the place,
j Besides, what good would It do? I
couldn't stick to it, and I'm not inclined
I to run any more risks merely to save the
, bank's pocket. The bank hasn't treated
me so well as all that. I propose to rely
' on your bounty till I've time to turn
round. Now. shall I come for you?" I
asked her when we had arranged the other
details.
I "I think not." she said. "I believe the
Colonel has one of my servants in his
pay. I can slip out by myself, hut I
I couldn't manage so well If you were with
me. The sight of you would excite cu
riosity. I will meet you at the bottom of
Liberty street."
"At two o'clock In the morning exactly,
olease. Don't come through the Piazza
and Liberty street. Come round by the
drive." (This was a sort of boulevard
enclrcllna the town, where the aristocracy
! was wont to ride aud drive.) "Things
ought to be pretty bus yaliout the hank
h then, and no one will notice you. You
1 have a revolver?"
"Yes."
"All right. Don't hurt anyone If you
can help It; but If you do, don't leave
him to linger In agony. Now I'm off." 1
continued. "I suppose I'd better not come
and see you again t
"I'm afraid you mustn't. Jack. You've
. . . u i ,t
vein tirrt IWU llilllli, nurnnj
I "I shall be in my rooms in tne niter
noon. If anything goes wrong, send your
carriage down the street and have it
stopped at the grocer's. I shall take that
for a sign."
The Bignorlna ag'eed, and we purtcd
tenderly. My last words were :
"You'll send that message to hitting-
bam at once?"
I "This moment," she said, as she waved
me a kiss from the door of the room.
CHAPTER XXI.
I was evidently In for another day as
unpleasantly Ctciting as the one I had
spent before t.hn revolution, and 1 renew
ed sadly that if a man once goes in for
things of that kind, it's none so easy to
null no. Luckily, however, I had several
things to occupy me, and was not left ton
fret the day away in Idleness First 1
turtxl my steps to the harbor. As I
went I examined my pockets and found a
sura total of nine hundred and fifty dol
lars. This was my all, for of late I had
deead it wise to carry my fortune on
my person. Well, this was enough for
the present ; the future must take care of
Itseii, So I thought to myself as I went
aloti with a light heart, my triumph in
love easily outweighing all the troubles
ar.d dangers that beset me. Only land me
safe out of Aurcataland with the Rig
norina by my side, and I asked nothing
more of fortune I Let the dead bury their
dead, and the bank look after Its dollars !
! Thus musing, I came to the boat houso
where my launch lay. She was a tidy
little boat, and had the advantage of be
ing workable by one man without any
difficulty. All I had to arrange was how
to embark on her unpcrcelved. I sum
moned the boatman in charge and ques
tioned him closely about the probable stato,
ot the weather. He confidently assured
me it would be fine but dark.
"Very well." said I. "I shall go fishing :
start overnight and have a shy at thein
at sunrise."
i The man was rather astonished at my
unwonted energy, but of course made no
objection.
i "What time do you start, sir?" he
asked.
"I want her ready by two," said 1.
"Leave her at the end of your jetty, ready
for me. She'll be all safe there, won't
she?"
I "Oh. yes, sir. Nobody'll 11 about, ex
rept the sentries, and they won't toueh
hnr."
i 1 privately hoped that not even the aem
tt '.es would be about, but I didn't any so,
I "Of course, sir, 1 shall lock tho gate,
i y iu've got your key?"
"Yes, all right, and here you arc and
o i eh obliged for your trouble.
Highly astonished and grateful at re-
Ivlng a large tip for no obvious reason
ather a mistake on my part), the man
as profuse in promising to make every
t irangement for my comfort. Even wheu
' asked for a few cushions, he dissem
! led bis scorn and agreed to put them In
"And mind you don't sit up," I said as
; left bltn.
"I'm not likely to sit up If I'm not
i diged," he answered. "Hope you'll have
1 ii sport, sir.
I rom ins namor i maae my . way
straight to the Golden House. The Colo
nel was rather surprised to see me again
so soon, but when I told him I came on
business, be put his occupations on one
lide and listened to me.
I began with soma anxiety, for If he
us- ected my good faith all would be lost
However, I was always a good haud at a
He, and the Colonel was not the I'real
lent
"I've corns about that money question,"
I said.
"Well, have you come to your senses?"
e asked, with his habitual rudeness.
"1 can't give you tht money," I went
n.
"You sit there and tell me that? Do
' yon know that if the soldiers don't hava
( money ia a few hours, they 11 upaet me
They're read to do it anv minute.
I don't know now when I give an order
whether I shall be obeyed or get a bullet
. U"h 7 " . w ,
1 Triy be calm.' said I. "Tou dido'
.l.t me finlahl"
let me finish t'
I "Let you finish !" be cried. "Xon seem
to think jabber does everything. Tht end
t It all la, that either you give mt tht
aaoDty, or I take it aod if yoa interfere
, look out !
"That Is Just what I was going to pro
pose, if you hadn't 'interrupted me," I said
aulttly, bat with Inward exultation, for
, aaw be was Just in the state of mind to
l walk eagerly Into the trae 1 was prepar
ing far him.
"What do you mn?" be asked.
I explained te him that It was impose
Mt far ut U give ap the merit. My
i i . . , j
Vf " . . I W" mJ
to die In defense of that money a duty
which, I hastened to add. I entertained I
, ... :
no intention of performing.
'Hut,' I went on, "although I am
bound not to surrender the money, I am
not bound to anticlpnte a forcible seizure
of it. In times of disturbance parties of
ruffians often turn to sawder. Not even
the most rigorous precautions can guard
against it. Now It would be very possi
ble that evnn to-night a band of such
marauders might make an attack on the
bank, and carry off all the money In the
safe."
"Oh!" snid the Colonel, "that's the
game, la It?"
"That," I replied, "Is the game; and a
very neat game, too, If you play It prop
erly." -
"And what will they say In Europe,
when they hear the Provisional govern
ment la looting private property?"
"My dear t'olonel, you force me to
much explanation. You will, ot course,
not appear in the matter."
"I should like to be there," he remark
ed. "If I weren't, tha men mightn't
catch the exact drift of the thing."
"You will be there, of course, but In
cognito. Look here, Colonel, it's as plain
as two peas, (live out that you're going
to reeonnolter the coast and keep an eye
on The Songstress. IQraw off your com
panies from the Piazza on that pretense.
Then take fifteen or twenty men yon can
trust not more, for it's no use asking
more than you can help, and resistance is
out of the question. About two, when ev
erything is q-ii't. surround the hank.
Jones will open when you knock. Don't
hurt him, but take him outsido and keep
him quiet. Go in and take the money.
Here's the key to the safe. Then, If you
like, set fire to the place."
"Bravo, my boy!" said the Colonel.
"There's stuff !n you after all And what
are you going to get out of It? I sup
pose that's coming next?"
As the reader knows. I wasn't going
to get anything out of it, except myself
and the Signorina. But it wouldn't do
to tell the Colonel that; he would not be
lieve in disinterested conduct. So I bar
gained with him for thirty thousand dol
lars, which he promised so readily that I
strongly doubted whether he ever meant
to pay it.
"Do you think there a any danger of
Whittingham making an attack while
e'ro engaged on the job?
The Colonel was, In common parlance.
getting rather warmer than I liked. It
was necessary to mislead him.
I don't think so," I replied. "He
can't possibly have organized much of a
arty here yet. There s some discon
tent, no doubt, but not enough for him
to rely on." ,
There's plenty of discontent, said the
Colonel.
"There won't be In a couple of hours."
"Why not?"
"Why, because you're going down to
the barracks to announce a fresh install
ment of pay to the troops to-morrow
morning a handsome Installment."
Yes," said he thoughtfully, "that ought
to keep them quiet fur one night. Fact
Is, they don t care twopence either for me
or Whittingham; and if they think they'll
get more out of me they'll stick to me.'
"Of course, I assented. Indeed, It was
true enough as long as the President was
not on tha spot; but I thought privately,
that the t'olonel did not allow enough for
his rival's personal influence and pres
tige, if he once got face to face with the
troops.
Yes," the Colonel went on, "I'll do
that, and what a more, I II put the people
In good humor by sending down orders
for a free social In the l'inzzu to-night.
Delightfully old-fashioned and baro
nial," 1 remarked. "I think it's a good
lea. Have a bonfire and make it cmn
ilcte. I don't suppose Whlttinghnm
dreams of any attempt, but it will make
the riot even more plausible;
At any rate, they II all be too jolly
to make trouble, said he,
"Well, that's about all, isn t it?" said
"1 shall be off. I've got to write to
my directors and ask instructions for the
Investment of the money
You'll live to lie hanged. Martin,
said the Colonel, with evident admiration
"Not by you, ch. Colonel? Whatever
might have happened If 1 d been olisti-
nate! 1 shall survive to danco at
your wedding anyhow. Iss than a week
now !"
"Yes," said he, "next Saturday's the
day I"
He really looked quite the happy bride
groom as ho said this, and 1 left him to
contemplate bis bliss.
"I would bet ten to one that day never
comes," 1 tliouuut, as t walfcea away.
Even if I don't will I'll back the Presi
dent to lie back before that."
The Colonel's greed had triumphed over
his wits, and ha had fallen Into my snare
with greater readiness than I could have
hoped. The question remained, What
would the Pres'dent do when- be got the
Slgnorlna's letter? It may conduce to
a better understanding of the position if I
tell what that letter was. She gave It
me to read over, after we had compiled
It together, and I still have my copy. It
ran as follows:
I can hardly hope you will trust me
again, but it I betrayed you. you drove
me to It. I have given them your money ;
it is in the bank now. M. refuses to give
it up, and the C. meant to take It to
night. He will have only a few men, the
rest not near. He will be at the bank at
two, with about twenty men. Take your
own measures. All here favor you. He
threatens me with violence unless I marry
him at once. Ha watchet The Songstress,
but if you can leave her at anchor and
land in a boat there will be no suspicion.
Do not punish me more by disbelieving
me. CHRISTINA.
"P. 8. M. and the C. are on bad
terms, and M. will not be active against
you."
Upon the whole I thought this would
bring him. I doubted whether he would
believe very much In It, but It looked
probable. Again, be was to fond ot a
bold stroke, and so devoid of fear, that
It was very likely he would come and
see if It were true. If, as we suspected.
he already bad a considerable body of ad
hertnts on shore, be could land and re
eonnolter without very great danger of
falling into tht Colonel's hands. Finally,
even it he didu't come, we hoped tae let
ter would be enough to divert bis stten
tioa from any thought ot fugitive boats
and runaway levers.
To my mind it is nearly as difficult
te be consistently aelfiah as to be abso
lutely unselfish. I bad, at this crisis, tv
try Inducement to concentrate all my
efforts on myself, but 1 could not get
Jones out ef my bead. It was certainly
Improbable that Jonas would try te racial
tTie marandtng party; but neither tns
t'olonel nor his chosen band was likely to
be scrupulous, and It was Impossible not
to se that .Tones might got a bullet
through his head; indeed, I fancied such
a step would rather commend itself to the
Colonel, as giving a bona fide look to
the affair. Jones had often been the causa
of great Inconvenience to me, but didn't
wish to have bis death on my conscience,
so I was very glad when I happened to
meet him on my way back from the Gold
en House, and seized the opportunity of
giving him a friendly hint.
I took him and sat him down beside me
.... - k.w.u l - r : t - i.
"u n in inn I lUMfl. ft nan iu ii
disturbed by the curious glances of
fh. .,,' nh .Mntl.
i,,,i , x. ... . .
rinrgea to keen an eye on the bank and
my dealings with If
I began by pledging Jones to absolute
secrecy, and then I intimated to him. In
a roundabout way, that the Colonel and
I were both very apprehensive of an st
uck on the bank.
"The town," said I, "is In a most nn
settled condition, and many dangerous
characters are about. Under these cir
cumstances I have felt compelled to leave
the defense of our property in the hands
of the government. I have formally In
timated to the authorities that we shall
hold them responsible for any loss occa
sioned to us by public disorder. The
Colonel, in the name of the government,
has accepted that responsibility. I there
fore desire to tell you, Mr. Jones, that In
the lamentable event of any attack on the
bank It will not be expected of you to
expose your life by resistance. Such a
sacrifice would be both uncalled for and
useless; and I must instruct you that the
government Insists that their measures
shall not be put in danger of frustration
by any rash conduct on our part. I am
unable to be at the bank this evening;
but In the event of any trouble you will
oblige me by not attempting to meet force
by force. You will yield, and we shall
rely on our remedy against the govern
ment In case of loss."
These Instructions so fully screed with
the natural bent of Jones' mind that ha
readily acquiesced in them snd expressed
high appreciation of my foresight.
Take care of yourself and Mrs. Jones,
my dear fellow," I concluded; "that is
all you have to do, and I shall be satis
fied." I parted from him affectionately, won
dering if my path in life would ever cross
the honest, stupid old fellow's again, and
heartily hoping that his fortune would
soon take him out of the rogue's nest in
which he had ocen dwelling.
(To be continued.)
PRICELESS MANUSCRIPTS.
How Titer Are Preserved and Cared
For at Washington.
On tlio second floor of the eoPTres-
sional library, reached through n great
hall filled with exhibits, the visitor
finds a lofty pavilion, fifty feet square,
with desks, catalogues, and other spe
cial equipment for the consultation of
manuscripts, says the Youth's Compan
ion. This Is tho administrative head
quarters of tho manuscripts division.
In n room of equal area above It sis
repairers are continuously at work
cleansing, mending and piecing out doc
uments that require this and re-enforc-Ing
will) a mask of transparent silk
gauze the most valuable of theiu.
To the rear of the main pavilion
stretches the storage room n hall more
than J()0 feet long by nearly 40 la
width. H Is shelved with three tiers
of metal cases, the lower of which Is
Inclosed In glass, tightly Bet, with
locked doors. In tho alcoves opposite
the wide windows are lurge steel safes,
burglar proof, -with combination locks.
There ure twenty of these and other
may be added ns needed.
In these cases aud safes are now
housed the manuscript collection.
Among theiu are the volumes which
until recently transferred to the library
have formed a distinction of the De
partment of State, the pnpers of the
Continental Congress In more than
!100 folio volumes the papers of Wash
ington, Jefferson, Mudlsou, Monroe,
among the Presidents; of Hamilton,
Franklin und other statesmen. Contin
uing the presidential nerles are tlm
papers of Andrew Jackson and Martlu
Vati Huron, acquired by tho library by
gift, and of Franklin Pierce, James K.
Polk and Andrew Johnson, acquired by
purchase. The papers of Salmon P.
Chun? and a large collection of papers
of Daniel Webster fit .u usefully Iu
their appropriate eiwhs.
Back of the?e In date and touching
another side of our history aro the pa
pers Including the letter nnd log
boo!;s of Oomtnotlme Preble and many
of Commodores Harry and Porter. Brill
iant earlier passages , in tne achieve
ments of our navy and the career of tb
most picturesque of Its heroes are In
the twelve volumes of r-npers of John
Paul Jones.
The letter books nnd diary of Robert
Morris as superintendent of linn nee
(17S1-.84), acquired three years ago.
after generations of vicissitude, Includ
ing tho perils of tho junk shop, contain
copies of every letter written by him
and a minute of every transaction and
Interview in hi office during the four
years of bis Incumbency. They have
never until now been accessible to tho
historian. WHhout them the final his
tory of the revolution cannot te writ
ten. Asked aad Aaasrered.
"Oh, what do you call those things
you hang clothes on?" said Dumley,
who waa trying to think of "clothes-
tree." ,
"What things?" asked Jlgglns.
"Why, they have arms that stick out
like this and "
"Ob. dudes!" Philadelphia Ledger.
Ona of Few.
Hyker 'My w ife seems to possess the
bargaln-couuter instinct
Pyker So?
Hyker Yes ; she can tell at a glance
whether a 4i)-ceut article baa been
marked down from CO centa or up from
48. Chicago News.
Ill Lack.
Peter Did you ever borrow any
motiey In case of emergency?
Pan Not a cent
Peter You don't mean It?
Pan Fact I've often tried to, but
I cau never get anybody to lend tna
any. Detroit Free Press.
A Mai of Doabta.
"Do you think that municipal own
ership would eliminate graft?"
"I am not quite aura," answered Sen
ator Sorghum, "whether It would elim
inate It or simply orlgtaata a new
kind." WitWajitoa Bur.
"Are yoa fond of music?" asked
the bill clerk, as he Jerked himself into
his new overcoat and settled the lapels
with rather mora than usual care.
"Why do you ask, my son?" respond
ed the cashier. "Is It your Intention
to surprise me with a phonograph or
a piano player? Some people labor un
der the impression that those things
are musical devices. Perhaps you want
ro take me to a concert? Sixteen, twenty-four,
twenty-nine, thirty-eight, forty
two dollars nnd elghly-three cents pre
cisely, and that makes the balance.
Hello! What's the matter? Do you
know that It's two minutes nnd several
seconds after 5 o'clock? What's keep
ing you?"
"I don't know anything about music
myself, but I know what I like and
what I don't like. I was sort of won
dering. They tell me I've got a musical
ear, but I don't know. Suppose that I
have got a musical ear, do you think
that In course of time I could get ued
to something that didu't seem to me
very darned musical? Do you think
that I could get to like It?" The bill
clerk spoke with some anxiety.
"It depends," replied tho cashier.
"You might, and then again you
mightn't. I've heard of Instances where
people with musical ears resided In the
Immediate vicinity of boiler shops nnd
In the course of time got so they didu't
mind It a particle rather liked It I
never lived near a boiler shop myself,
so I couldn't prv.'end to speak with
authority. I never heard of anybody
getting used to a pnrrot, however. Is
there a parrot In the flat below you?
If there la, I wouldn't go to the trouble
of getting used to It. I'd lodge a com
plaint with the agent. Which of your
ears Is muslcnl? I hadn't noticed any
difference In them."
"You're a fierce Josher," said the bill
clerk, sarcastically. "Well, It Isn't of
any particular cou.oquence. only I
don't see why you can't ever answer a
civil question without trying to be
smart."
"Don't be offended," begged the
cashier. "Walt till I put these books
nway and I'll consider your question
seriously. I had an Idea at first that
you were working some gag on me, and
If I said 'yes' jpu'd tell me to do some
Idiotic thing or other and make mo lose
my temper. Do I think Say. state
your case? What Is It that you want
to get used to?"
"I'll tell you," said the bill clerk,
confidentially. "I'm calling on one of
tho nicest girls you ever saw.','
"Nothing new about that," comment
ed the cashier. "They're all the nicest
THE OPERATOR'S VISION.
Cincinnati Tost
GREAT COMET OUE IN 1910.
Mailer's, Most Famous of Them All,
Will Show In the Year Named.
The most famous of all comets,
though not the largest and most bril
liant, will again be visible In 1010. This
Is Halley's comet so called from Its
Identification by the great astronomer
who was the friend of Sir Isaac New
ton. Halley's Investigations of astro
nomical records led him to assert that
the comet which be had observed In
16S2 bad appeared In 1531 and lft(7
cd to predict Its reappearance In 175..
The fulfillment of bis prophecy ex
cited the most Intense scientific Inter
est and astabltahed beyond doubt the
periodicity of codiets and their move
ments In orbits determined by the law
of gravitation. Ita last appearance was
! In 1835, Ita period varying between sev
enty-five and seventy-six years on ac
count of the perturbing attractions of
Jupiter and Saturn In certain parts of
Its orbit. It was ny that time possible
to calculate Its movements with so
much greater accuracy than before that
It made Its perihelion passage within
four daya of the predicted date.
It was not then a very grand object
to tha nnked eye. but the light of Ita
nucleus surpassed that of second-mag-nltud
atara aud waa comparable wtth
I ever saw. You've got the largest
acquaintance among nice girls I ever
heard of. I don't quite understand how
they can be really nil they're said to be
If they let you hang around. They may
bo all right at henit, but they're cer
tainly a little weak In the head."
That's all right," said the bill clerk.
"You can sny all you want to about
me, but I wnnt to tell you that I don't
stand for nny funny business with re
spect to this young lady. She's nil right,
nnd you don't want to forget to re
member It. I'm not fooling now."
"Serious matter, Is It?"
"You bet it Is. She's tho real thing.
She's a looker, and she Isn't only a
looker, but she's there with the goods
In every other respect. If I Well.
I'll tell you. On the dend, there Isn't
anything the matter with her. only
she's been taking a lot of singing les
sons and she's a little swollen on tier
singing. I am, too. She's a singer,
all right, only Well, some of those
pieces that she sings are fierce. Do
you know The Holy City?'"
"It seems to me dimly that I've
either heard of it or heard somebody
sing It."
"That's one of the things she's stuck
on," said the bill clerk. "The Palms'
Is another, nnd she sings 'Dearie.' Most
always when there's a bunch of com
pany she obliges the lot with 'The Holy
City' or the other thing. I liked to
hear her at first, bnt It's getting old.
She sings 'Dearie' or 'Lust Night the
Nightingale Woke Me' when I call on
her by myself. We'll bo sitting nil com
fortable and a nice line of talk going
on when she'll jump up and say. 'I'll
sing to you.' And she does , I've
kind of hinted around that I'd sooner
visit, but It ain't no use. Now. If we
was to get well, if 1 had to heir It
all the time would I get used to It? Her
folks Bcem to like It. nnd they've bad
more of it than I have. What would
you do?"
"I'd reason with her," replied the
cnsliler. "I'd sny, 'Maud, darling, for
give me if I tell you that the partiality
of parents nnd friends has fostered In
you an unhappy delusion. You think
that you can sing, but believe me. yoin
can't. You can't sing for sour apples;
It's painful to listen to you. Dour
girl, cut It out.' Be frank with her.
She'll appreciate It."
"You're crazy," said the bill clerk.
"You naked me my advice," fcnM
the cashier. "You tell her what I told
you and I'll bet she 11 never sing to.
you any more. It's the only way I
know to stop 'em." Chicago Dully
News.
tbat of some reddish stars of the first
magnitude, such as Aldehuran and An-
tares. Its tall while the comet was
approaching the sun attained to a
length of 20 degrees.
St or j- of Mhci la Itrtold.
The social settlement worker had
been telling the story of Moses to u
class of small children In a mission
school.
"Now, children," she said, "you shall
tell me the story. Who found the baby
lying In the river?" I
"A beautiful lady," came the prompt
reply.
To whom did the princess give little
Moses to be taken care of?"
"Ills mother," shouted the delightful
class.
"What did Moses' mother do with
him when be grew a little older?" ask
ed the teacher.
For an Instant there was alienee.
Then a email girl was seixed with a
sudden Inspiration and replied:
"I know. She put him Into panta."
Harper's Magazine.
Beat tha Laadlord Fortr Years.
At St. Osyth, r.ssex. btigianu, an
ejectmeut order has beeu granted
against a tenant who. It was o'.ated, bad
j paid no rent la forty jeara.
T- JmA
A 1. Idle I.lna-alst.
flessle Doyle, the 4-year-oM c'.illd of
n Iron manufacturer In Basle City,
Va has a good working knowledge ot
six language beside English. Her
father Sa a French scholar and taught
the language, her mother, who Is of
German descent. Instructed the child
In the tongue of the fatherland, and the
Swedish nurse carries on communica
tion with her tiny charge In a Scandi
navian dialect In addition to tbla, an
other servant has drilled Yiddish Into
Bessie's brain, and a Cuban lad at the
Iron factory Is now teaching her Span
ish. A Russian domestic servant has
also taught her a good deal of the
czar's native tongue Philadelphia Tel
egrapb.
TERRIBLE TO RECALL.
Fire Weeks In Bed With Intensely
Palafal Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Inry Wagner, of 13C7 Koa
auth Ave., Brldgejairt, Conn., saysj
"I was so weak
ened and gener
erally run down
with kidney dls
ease that for a,
long time I could
not do my work
nnd waa five,
weeks In bed.
There was con
tinual bearlni
down pain, terri
ble backaches,
headaches and al
when everything
me. The passages
times dizzy spells
was a blur before
of the kidney secretions were Irrcgu-
lar and painful, and there was con
siderable sediment and odor. I don'l
know what I would have done bul
for Doan'a Kidney Pills. I could see
an improvement from the first box,
and five boxes brought a final, cure."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-M!!burn Co., Buffalo, N. X.
The range in weight of the jewels in
watches is from one one-hundred-nnd-fifty-thousandths
to one two-hundred-and-fifty-
six-thousandths ot a pound.
1 horouahl)- Itellablc.
If ever there was a reliable and taft
remedy it is that old and famous Doroui
plaster Allcock'a. It has been in use foi
sixty years, and is as ponular to-day at
ever, and we doubt if there is a civilized
community on the face of the globe wheri
this wonderful pain reliever cannot bt
found. In the selection of the imrredU
frits and in luoir manufacture the greatest
care is taken to keep each plaster up ta
the highest standard nf excellence, and so
pure and simple are the ingredients that
even a child can use them.
Allcock'a are the original and genuine
porous plasters and are sold by druggisti
in every part of the civilized world.
Had GroMii Cautions.
Lorenzo Dow on one occasion took
the liberty, while preaching, to de
nounce a rich man In the community,
recently deceased. The result was an
arrest, a trial for nlander, and nn Im
prisonment In the county Jail.
After Dow got out of limbo he an.f"
nounced that he should preach, at a
given time, a sermon about "another
rich mnn." The iwpulaco was greatly
excited, and a crowded house greeted
bis appearance.
With great solemnity he opened tho
Bible and read, "And there was a rich
man who died and went to ." Then,
stopping short, nnd ceenilng to be sud
denly impressed, he continued : "Breth
ren, I shall not mention the place this
rich man went to, for fear lie has some
relatives in this congregation who will
sue me for defamation of character."
The effect was irresistible and he
made the Impression permanent by tak
ing another text. Boston Herald,
Mlaaed ttv'uelliinir.
"This Is the office of the telephone com
pany, isn t it? saiu the caller.
'Yes, sir, answered the man behind
the railing. "What can I do for you?"
"Well, it's this way." rejoined the oth
er. "I'm a subscriber on a ten party line.
and my te'ephone is out of order. I
want it "
"I see. We'll send a man out to look
at it right away. I hone it bavn't incon- -
venienced you greatly V" '
"O, I don't mind tho inconvenience. We
don't use it mote tl:an about once or
twice a week, but my wife has got so used
to hearing it ringing day and night that
it makes her nervous wheu the darned
thing gets out of whack."
An Important Question.
He wns an Iniinvunlous, sttedy. outf
at-the-elbowa person, and the doctorw
when he prescribed for nun, knew buU
ter than to expect a fee.
"For the Inflamed eyes," sa!J the be
nevolent physician, "dissolve ns much
bornclc acid as you can put on a ten-
cent piece In half a sl'isw of wat.r."
"Thank you, doctor," murmured the
patient, turning away. A moment inter.
however, the office door was opened
and the patient sidled in. '
"Say; doc," said he, with an ingra
tiating smile, "where do I get the ten
cent piece?"
WHITE BREAD
takes Trouble for People vrltk Weak
Intestinal Dlarestlon.
A lady in a Wis. town employed a
physician who Instructed her not to eat
white bread for two years. She tells
the details of ber sickness and she cer
tainly was a sick woman.
"In the year 1SS7 I gave out from
over work, and until 11)01 I remained
an Invalid In bed a great part of the
time. Had different doctors, but noth
ing seemed to help. I suffered from
ctrebro-splnal congestion, female trou
ble and serious stomach and bowel
trouble. My busbund called a new doc
tor and after having gone without any
food for 10 daya the doctor ordered
Grape-Nuts for me. I could eat thet
new food from the very first mouthful.V
The doctor kept me on Grape-Nuta
and the only medicine waa a little,
glycerine to heal the alimentary canal.
"When I was up again doctor told
me to eat Grape-Nuts twice a day and
no white breud for two years. I got
well in good time aud have gained in
strength so I can do my own work
again.
"My brain has been helped so much?
and I know that the Grape-Nuts food
did this. too. I found I had been made
111 because I was not fed right that la
I did not properly digest white brea
and aome other food I tried to live oil
"I have never been without Grape
Nuts food since and eat It every cay.
You may publish this letter If you ilka
so It will help some one elae." Name
given by Postum Co., Hattle Creek,
Mich. Get the little book, Toe BoaA
to Well villa," In pkga,
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