C ta Pe "l.ndrllka."
Tie govei nots of . the New YoA
Mock exchange have Issued nn order
that hereafter thorp shall ho no run
ktnt on the floor. The now rnio does
t please the brokers, who fear that
lb dearest trnditlon of the exchange,
svoIb nnd hurly-burly, Is threatened,
n't la protested flint further reforms
In thin direction will mnke ttie ex
irtianga such a "ladylike" affair that
It will no longer be on of the pie.
reaqne sights of the great city.
Spring field Republican.
Their DIIKhed Mvn,
I Nan I wan thunderstruck to lenrt
Wat Mr. and Mra. Wayiipp have sop--fcrated.
What caused the trouble?
j Fan He alleges cruelly. He says eh
anade two athlptlc women hold him whilt
be marcelled bia beard. Chicago Trib-
BABY TORTURED BY ITCHING.
Covered Fare and Feet WooM
'T VmtlX Tired Oat Had "Cradle
. Cti, Tea Saredr Tare fc- Catl
. j ears.
"My baby was about nine months old
trren the had rash on her face and
jTeet. ner feet seemed to Irritate her
fenost, especially night. They would
irause her to be broken In hor rest, and
tmmctlmos site would cry until she was
tired out I bad always used Cuticura
Soap myaelf, and had heard of so many
-ures by the Cuticura Remedies that I
thought I would give them n trial. The
Improvement was noticeable In a few
ktoura. and before I had lined one box
fef the Cuticara Ointment hor feet
svere well and have never troubled hor
sdnec. I also used It to remove what
la known aa "cradle cap" from her
liead, and It worked like a chnrm, as
St cleansed and healed the scalp at the
Mime time. Now I keep Cuticura Olnt
went on hand In case of any little rash
r Insect bites, as It takes out the In
flammation at once. Perhnps this may
fce the means of helping other suffering
babies. Mrs. Hattle Currier, Thomas
4on, Me.. Jane 0, lOOO."
Death's Harvest Mnrhlnri,
'Upgardson Ever notice that the great
fortunes are made by men who invent
thins to kill people with? Take the
IKrtipp, the Colts, and -.
Atom Sure and the builders of tbs
'railroad systems!
How's This?
'We offer One Hir dred Dollars' Reward
ftter any raae of Catarrh that cauiiot l
eared 1 Hail's Catarrh Cure.
U. i. CHENEY CO., Toledo, O.
ST, tbe aoderslgnrri, have known P. J.
eaey for tbe laat IS yeara, and believe
raloi aerfertl nonarable In all hualnesa
4raaaactlona and financially alle to carry
wal any otillgaUona made ty hla firm.
WALIHNO. RINNAN MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Tolrdo. O.
i 'Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken Internally,
'acting directly upon tbe blood and niucoim
nrfacea of the eystrm. Teatlmnnlala sent
tfree. lrlee TS ceuta per bottle. Bold by all
jOmrslat.
. Take Hall's Family I'llla for constipation.
' Lest m Kale.
Feminine Customer Have you any
thing that la aod for a cold In the headl
Druggist's Clerk (sneeslng) Yes, bab.
Here's a Mxtnre I cad reeolihedd.
' PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYb
JPAZO OINTMKNT la guaranteed to rnrean)
jeae of Detain-, Blind, Bleeding er I'rotruA
'ing I'lUts la a te 14 days or aiaoey refuudd
0c
Haw Color Affrot Meatnllty.
j There are cwd and evil effects evet
Vln -calor, uot only In tbe Inartistic nr
irangenient of them to tho trained eye,
"of an artist, but In plain every-dny red
anu Diue aim crecn, to say nothing of
others.
According to Medical Talk for tbe
Home, if a person were confined in a
room with purple walls, with no color
ibut purple around him, by the end of a
month he would be a raving madman.
Scarlet baa even wom effecta. Blue Is
ery depressing; hence "the blues."
jCreen Is quite soothing, and yellow
jahw has good effects on the vision and
fplrlU of most people.
I - . .
! PROVE EVERY CLAIM
(Or. Williams Pink Pills a Specific
For Anaemia and a 8af Family
Medicine.
When the body becomes run dowu,
slther aa a result of overwork, worry
r a severe Illness, an examination of
lJt blood would show It to be weak
jauid watery. This condition la called
paaaemlo, which is the medical terra
ifor "bloodless." The common lymp
homa are paleness of the lips, giimi
Mud cheeks, shortness of breath and
palpitation of the heart after the
Isdlrjhteat exertion, dull eyes and loss
of appetite.
Mr. Louis U Clark, a painter, of 19
Lincoln Place, Plainfleld. N. J., says:
"Last May I was obliged to undergo
aa operation for append eltle and
while the operation in itself was suc
cessful, I did not recover my strength
and health. I was confined to my bed
for over a month and was under the
doctor's care. When I was able to
jet up my legs were so weak and un
steady that I could only walk with a
cane with difficulty.
"1 was getting no better and eould
oaot think of going back to work. I
Vwas discouraged, when a neighbor
jlold me that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
fiad cured her and advised me to try
ahem. I began taking them about tbe
piddle of June and soon felt so much
ifcetter that I kept on and was cured.
Dr. Williams" Pink Pills have cu--d
rheumatism, chlorosis, aftereffect
not tbe Kiip and fevers, and, aa the
ffcekUa of the nerves depends upon the
(parity of the blood, they are invalu
able In neural ula, n erven s debility,
!eeplesness. dlzzlaess and even lo
comotor ataxia and paralysis.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by
11 druggists or seat, postpaid, on re
ceipt of price, 50 rents iter box. sit
taxes tS.CO. by tte Dr. Williams Med
jlcla Co.. Schenectady, N. T.
Madame
Tiy FirjuJ Hum
CHAPTER lit. (Continued.)
"Drop It," said .Silvers severely, In his
rasping little voice. Hilly pretendod not
to undwtand, and after eyeing Rlivera
for a moment or two, resumed hla jour
ney. Slivers stretched out hia hand for
the ruler, whereupon Billy becoming alive
to his dangr-r, dropped th mifrret and
Saw off the table with a discordant shrirk.
Slivers leaned back In his chair drum
ming in an absent sort of way wirti hla
lesn fingers on the table. His cork arm
hung down limply, and his one eye waa
flied on a letter lying In front of him.
This was a eommnnlcation from the man
ager of the Pactolus mine ren.titlne Sliv
ers to get hlro aore hand, and Silvers'
thoughts had wandered to Madame Midna.
"She'a a clever woman," observed Sliv
ers In a mnalng sort of tone, "snd she's
got a good thing In that claim If she only
strikes the lead. What a fool I was not
to have collared that ground Wore she
did; but Mcintosh never would tell me
where the place was. Never mind, I'll
be even with him ytf."
Ilia expression of face was not pleas
ant as he sold this, and be graeped the
letter in front of him In a violent way,
aa if be were winning his long fingers
were ronnd the writer's thront. Tspping
with his wooden leg on the floor, he w;s
soon about to recommence his mna!nga,
when he beard a step In the passage, and
the door of his office being pushed vio
lently open, a man entered without fur
ther ceremony, and flung hlmeolf down in
a chair near die window.
"Well, Mr. Randolph Villlers." crooked
Slivers, sftei contemplating his visitor
for a few momenta, "how's buaines.i?"
"Bad," retorted Mr. Viiliera. "I've lost
twenty pounds on those Moscow shares."
"More fool you," replied Slivers. "I
could have told you the mine was no
good; but you will so on your own bad
Judgment."
' "It's like getting blood out of a stoue
to get tips from you," growled Viiliera,
with a sulky sir. "Come now, old boy,"
Un a cajoling manner, "tell us something
good I'm ncsrly stons broke, snd I must
live."
"I don't see the necessity," malignantly
returned Slivers, "but if you do want to
get Into a good thing "
"Yes! yes!" said fie other, eagerly
bending forward.
"Get an interest In llie Paetolita." ami
the agreeolle old gentleman lenned hick
and laughed loudly at bis visitor's dis
comfiture. "You know as weL as I do that my
wife won't look at me."
"Why don't you ruin your wife, you
fool?" said Slivers, turning vindictively
on Villlers. "lou alu't going to let her
have all the money while you are starv
ing, are you?"
"How the deuce am I to do that?"
tsked Viiliera.
"Get the whip hnnd of her," snarled
Slivers viciously; "find out if she's In
love, and threaten to divorce her if alio
doesn't go halves."
"There's no fance of her having any
lovers," retorted Villlers; "she's a piece
of Ice."
"Ice melts," replied Slivers quickly.
"Wsk till 'Mr. Right comes slong, and
then she'll want to get married again."
"Well?"
"You'll have the game In your own
hands," biased the wicked old man, rub
bing hla hands. "Oh!" he cried, spin
ning round on his wooden leg, "It's a
lovely Idea. Wait till we meet Mr. Right,'
just wait," and he dropped Info his chair
quite overcome by tho state of excitement
ba had worked himaelf into.
"If you've quite dons with those gym
nastics, my friend," said a soft voice near
the door, "perhaps I may enter."
Both the Inmates of the office looked
a?' t this, snd saw that two men were
standing at tho half-open door one an
extremely handsome young man of about
thirty, dressed in a neat suit of blue serge,
and wearing a large white wide-awake
hat, with a birdaeye handkerchief twisted
round it. His companion was a short and
heavily bnilt, dressed somewhat tho sam.
but with his black hat pulled down over
his eyes.
"Come In," growled Slivers, angrily.
"What do you want?"
"Work," aald the young man, advanc
ing to tbe table. "We are new arrivals
In tbe country, and were told to come to
you to get work.".
"I don't keep a factory," snarled Silv
ers. "I don't think I wonld come to you if
yon did," retorted the stranger coolly.
"You would not bs a pleaaant master
either to look at or te apeak to."
Villlers laughed at this, and Slivers
atared dumfounded at being spoken to in
snch a manner 1
Slivers waa just going to anap out a
dismissal, when he caught sight of Mc
intosh's Utter on the tsble. Here waa a
young man handsome enough to make any
woman fall in love wkh him, and who,
moreover, had a clever tongue In his head.
All Slivers' animosity revived against
Madams Midas aa ha thought of the
Devil's Lead, and he determined to use
this young man as a tool, .. With these
thoughts In his mind, lie drew a sheet of
: pspsr toward him, and dipped tbs rusty
I pea ia the thick Ink.
"Names 7" ba asked.
"Mine." said the strsnger, bowing, "is
Csston Vandeloup; my friends Pierre Le
asalre both French."
Slivers scrawled this down In ths series
ef black scrstches which did duty with
him for writing.
"Where do you come from?" wss hia
next question.
"The story," said Mr. Vaadeloup, with
sasvity, "is too long to repast at preaent;
bnt we came to-day from Melbourne.
"What kind of work can you do?" aIied
Slivers sharply.
"Anything that turns up," retorted the
Frenchman.
"I was addressing your eornpani n, air;
not you," marled Silvern, turning vicious
ly on him.
"I have to answer for bot'a," replied
ths young man coolly, allpplng one band
Into hia pocket and leaning up ngnlnst the
door Id a negligent attitude; "my friend
!a dumb. But his leg, arms and y
re all there.
Slivers glared at this freah tilers of 1m
rertinence, but said nothing, lis wrote
a letter to Mcintosh, recommending him
to take eo ths two men. and handed it to
Vandeloup, who received It with a bow.
"The price of your services, Manur?"
as asked.
Hvs bob," growlid Slivers, holding out
sms ess band.
faaosloup fulled out two half-crowns
-9
and put them In the thin, claw-like fingers,
Vihlrh Instantly c!oed on thorn.
"It's a mining place you're giing to,"
said Slivers, pocketing the money; "the
Pactolus claim. There's a pretty woman
there."
Vandeloup put on his hat and went to
the door, out of which Pierre had already
preceded him.
CHAPTER IV.
Madame Midna was standing on the
veranda of her cotface, stnrlng far sway
Into this distance, where' she could see
the tall chimney and huge mound of white
earth which marked the wherenlmuts of
the Pactolus claim. She was a tall wom
an of tho Junoesque type, with firm white
hands and well-formed feet.
Scattered over this psstoral looking
country were huge mound of while earth,
looking like heaps of carded wool, nnd at
the end of ench of theas Invnrinhly stood
a tall, ugly irkelcton of wood. These mark
ed the positions of the mines the tow
trs contained the winding gear, while the
white earth was the clsy called mtillorh,
brought from several hundred fet below
the surface. Near these mounds were
rough looking slieds with tall rod chim
neys, which made a pleaannt spot of color
against the wh!:a of the eiay. On one of
these mounds, rather isolated from the
others, snd stnnding by Itself in ths midst
of a wide green paddock, Mrs. VillioiV
eyes were fixed, and she aoon saw the dnrk
figure of a man co.nin j slowly .lnwn the
white mound, nlnn-; the jrocn field nnd
advancing slowly up ili hill, fc.he called
out to some one Inside.
"Archie is coming, Selina you had bet
ter hurry up the tea, for lie will be hun
gry after such s long day."
The person Inside madj no p rawer save
by an extra clatter of some d.mvstie uten
sils. Madam walked slowly down Hie gar
den path, nnd leaned lightly over the gate,
waiting for the new comer, who was In
deed none other than Archibald Meln
tiuh, the manager of the Pactolus.
He was a tunn of about medium height,
rather thin than otherwise, with a lonx.
narrow looking head nnd boldly cut fea
tures. His eyes were gray nul shrew. I
looking, his lips wore firmly rompromcd
in fact, the whole npjwa ranee of liU
face waa obstinate the face of a man
who would stick to his opinion what
ever anyone eUe mijlit say to the con
trary.
"D'ye know what this may be?" he said,
a smile relaxing his grim fealures nn he
held up a rather large nugget; "'tis the
third this week !"
Madame Midas took the linnet fram
him and balanced it carefully In her hand,
with a thoughtful look in her face, i if
she was making a mental calculation.
"About twenty lo twenty-live ounces, I
should say," she observed in her soft, low
voice; "the last we had was fifteen, and
tho one before twenty looks promising,
doesn't it?"
"Well, I'll not say but It rcifcht menu
a deal more," replied Mclntoah, with
characteristic Scotch caution, as he fol
lowed Madame into the house ; "it's not
a very bad sign ; I will not say but what
we might be near tho Devil's Lead."
"And If we are?" said Madame, turn
ing with a smile.
"Weel, mem, ye'll have more siller nor
ye'll know what to do with."
Selina Jane Sprntts, who now acted as
servant to Mrs. Vllliors, was rather on
oddity In her way. She had been Mad
noie's nurse and had followed her up to
Ballarat, with the determination of never
leaving her. Selina was a spinster. Sho
moved noiselesKly about the small room,
in a wonderfully dextrous manner, nnd,
after laying the table, placed the teapot on
the bob.
By and by Archie, who had been mak
ing a great splnshing In the back prom
ises, came In looking clean and fresh, with
a more obstinate look about his face
than ever. Madame went to the tea table
and sat down. Archie asked blessing.
"You have written to Silvers?" said
Madame, raising her eyes.
"That wooden legged body," retorted
Mclntoah. "Deed nnd I have, but the
old tyke hns not done anything to getting
me what 1 want. Weel, weel," In a re
aigned sort of a manner, "we miht he
worse off than we are, an' who knows but
Providence will send us men by and by?"
Madame rose to her feet and walked to
the window. Her thoughts were not pleas
ant. She had hopfd to cut herself off
from all the bitterness and sorrow of her
past life, but this husband of hers, like
an unquiet spirit, came to trouble her
and remind her of a time she would will
ingly have forgotten.
"If I could only get rid of him," shs
thought, toying with a flower, "but it is
Impossible. 1 cant do that without
money, and money I never will have till I
find that lead. 1 must bribe him, I sup
pose. Oh, why can't he leave me alone
now? Surely ho has ruined my life suffi
ciently in the past to let me have a few
years. If not of pleasure, at least of for
getfulness." And with a petulant ges
ture she hurled the rose out of the win
dow, where It struck Archie a soft and
fragrant blow on the cheek.
"Yes," said Madame to herself, as she
pulled down ths window, "I must get
rid of him."
CHAPTKR V.
Miss Sprotts waa much in favov of a
constant fire, because of the dampness of
the house, and Madame Midas did not by
any means object, as she wss a perfect
salamander for heat. Hence, when the
outward door waa closed, the faded rod
eurtalna of the window drawn, nnd tha
newly replenished fire biased brightly In
the wide fireplace, the room wns one a
sybarite would have contemplated with
delight.
Madame Midas waa seated now at the
small table in the center of the rnnm.
poring over a bewildering array of figures,
and the aoft glow of ths lamp tout-hod her
amooth hair and white drcta with a sub
dued li:ht.
Archie aat by the fire, half naleep, and
tlure waa a dead silence In the room, only
broken by the rapid scratching of Mad'
s rue's pen or the click of Selina's nood,
A' Ihi moment a kmv-k came to the
front dor, which caused Selina to drop
hor work with a audden start, and rise
. to her feet.
"Not you, Selina," as id Madame, in a
quiet voice; "let Archie go; It may be
some tramp."
"'PteJ no, mem." replied Archie, ob-stinit-y,
as ha arose from hia seat;
"'tis very l.kely a man from the work
aaying he wants ro go. Trove's mors
talk nor aense aboot thoitv l'ui Lhiului'
ths chattering parrots."
flollna resumed h.r knitting In a moat
phloirmnt'e manner, but Madame listened
Intently, for niie whs always haunted by
a secret dread of hor husbnnd breaking in
on her. siie hoard a murmur of voices,
snd then Archie returned with two men,
who entered the room snd stood before
Madame in the light of the lamp.
" 'TIs two men from that wooden-leg-god
Slivers," said Archie, respectfully.
"One o' them has'a wee bit letter for ye"
turning to receive the same from the
foremost man.
The man, however, did not take notice
of Archie's gesture, bnt walking forward
to Mar'ame, laid the letter down before
her. As he did so, she caught sight of
the dellescy of his hands, and looked up
suddenly with a piercing gasre. He bore
the. scrutiny coolly, nnd took a chair In
silence, his companion doing the same,
while Madame opened the letter and read
Slivers' bad writing with a dexterity only
acquired by long practice. Having fin
ished her perusal, she looked up slowly.
"A , broken-down gentleman," she said
to herself, as she saw the easy bearing
and handsome face of the young man;
then looking at his companion, she saw
by bis lumpish aspect and coarse hands
that he occupied a much lower rank of
life than hia friend.
Monsieur Vandeloup for it was be
caught her eye ss she was scrutinizing
them, and his face broke into a smile a
most charming smile, as Madame observ
ed mentally, though she allowed nothing
of her thoughts to appear on hr face.
"You want work," she said, slowly fold
ing up the letter; "do yon understand
anything about gold mining?"
"Unfortunately, no, Madame," said
Vandeloup, coolly ; "but we are willing to
learn."
Archie grunted in a dissatisfied man
ner, for he was by no means in favor of
teaching people their business, and, be
iildos, ho thought Vandeloup too much of
a gxnlleman to do good work.
"You look hardly strong enough for
imch hsrd labor," said Mrs. Villiers,
doubtfully eying the slender figure of the
young man. "Your companion, I think,
will do. but you "
"I, Madame, nm like the lilies of the
field that neither toil nor spin," replied
Vandeloup gayly; "but, unfortunately, I
am now compelled by necessity to worx,
nnd though I should prefer to earn my
bread in nn easier manner, beggars can
not be choosers."
"You are French?" sht asked quickly,
in that lar.Tuago.
"Yes, Madame," he replied in the same
tongue, "both my friend and myself are
from Paris, but we have not been long
out here."
"Humph!" Madame leaned her hend
on her hand nnd thought, while Vandeloup
btnked at her keenly, and remembered
.what Slivers had said.
"She is, indeed, a handsome woman,"
he observed, mentally.
Xlrs. Villiers nither liked the looks of
this young man : there was a certain fas
cination about him which few women
(vnt'd resist. His companion, however,
she diil not care about he had a sullen
and lowering eounteuam-e, and looked
rather dangerous.
"What is year name?' she asked ths
yot;n; man.
"Gaston Vandeloup."
"You are a gentleman."
lie bowed, but said nothing.
"And you?" asked Madame, sharply
tnrning to the other.
He looked up nml touched his mouth.
(To be continued.)
T02ACCO TRADE IN CHINA.
American Dealers Mny Knlarge
Kli-lil Have Foothold on,
American dealers contemplating the
building up of a trade In American leaf
tobacco In China nptealpd to Consul
George K. Anderson nt Anioy for such
Information as lie possessed. Consul
Anderson, In response writes that al
ready a considerable business Is done
hi forels" leaf In China. Shanghai
alone Importing $l."ii,CKK) of this com
modity Inst year, but this was mostly
for the consumption of foreigners. The
real Chinese trade lias not boon reach
ed. When It la considered that the same
port imported through the customs
alone $l,U."0,(XiO worth of prepared
native lenf. with probably a similar
or even ;re!itor amount of ench Im
ported throusli the llkln routes. It can
be Keen that the real tobacco trade of
China la enormous. But the greater
part of the tobacco consumption gets
Into no trade reports, for the leaf la
produced, cured ami consumed on tbp
farms or consumed by the men, women
and children of the nenr-by villages.
Tims American tobacco If pressed In
China would necessarily compete with
thu cheap untive tobacco and the com
bination of foreign conipnnles.
The sale offoMlgn prepared tolm.vo
to China in 100 i reached S2,.1(M),(X0 in
poM. It was practically all In the shniie
of cigars and ol;:'rettes, In which
American enterprise had the largest
share. Karly in the development of tills
trade tbe American Interests concerned
found It advisable to manufacture tbelr
cigarettes In Chlua, and the factory
was established at Shanghai. After
UKlng Imported leaf tobacco for a short
time, the Chinese leaf was largely
adopted nnd It Is now being extensively
used In the manufacture. At the same
time the lumv.se In the use of foreign
tobacco and cigarettes ought to have
a favorable effect on Imports from the
United States. With tho trade, bow
ever. In powerful hnnds, as It la now,
American independent exporters will
nut be likely to And an easy market
Last year Anioy Imported 4,013,400
pounds of leaf tobacco, valued at from
flJ to 1-0 Mexican a pleul (1331-3
pounds). The reexports were 340,700
pounds. Prnctlcally all came from
Shanghai, Hankow, Kencbow and
Cliiingcliu. This tobacco Is light In
weight, and It Is probable that only a
light American leaf ooald be sold In
China, and that mostly for blending.
Most foreign prepared tobacco Is too
i;wiig for the Chinese anioker, who
u--os a long pipe with a very small
bowl. The tuhneco business of Anioy
Is largely In the ha ml j of a score of
native firms.
I neinollnnal.
"You sluuld be grateful for the ap
plaiue your (s:istltiienta give you."
"Peril.!!."' answered Senator Ror
gliuni. "But I am Inclined to regard
applause as u popular diversion habitu
ally Indulged In. The pretext Is largely
a matter of choice." Washington 8tar.
It' a wise wotiinn who knows Just
when to rtop talking and turn on ths
flow of briny tears.
All popular sons are composed, but
many of them rtctii to be decomposed,
felMntcroM ink shattered lusny
nian's lo.'ty Meal.
Tnno tites J
Gnae with a Handsomer Man.
John
Ie worked in the field all day, a-plow
ing the stony streak ;
I've scolded my team till I'm hoarse, and
tramped till my logs are weak.
I've choked a dozen swears so ss not to
toll Jane fibs,
When the plow point struck a stone and
tho handles punched my ribs.
I've put my team In the barn and rubbed
their sweaty conts;
I'vo fed 'em a heap of hay ami half a
bushel of oats,
And to see the way they oat makes me
like eating fool,
And Jane won't say to-night I don't make
out a meal.
Well said, the door Is locked out here;
She's loft the key
1'iider tho stop in a. phice only known to
Jane and mo.
I wonder who's dying or dead that she's
hustled off pell-mell j
Here on the table Is a note. probably
this will toll.
Good God, my wife Is gone! My wife has
gone astray ;
The letter it reads, "Good-by, for I am
going away.
I've lived with you six months, John, and
so far I've been true,
But I'm going away to-day with a hand
somer mini than you."
A handsomer man than mo why, that
ain't much to say ;
There's handsomer men thnn mo go past
here every day ; v
There's handsomer men than me I ain't
of tho handsome kind
But a loviner man than I was I'll vow
she'll never find.
Curse her! Curse her, I say, and give
my curses wings ;
May the words of love I've spoke be
chnnged to scorpion stings.
Oh, she filled my heart with joy ; she
emptied my henrt of doubt,
And now with the scrntch of a pen she
lets iny heart blood out.
Curse her! Curse her, say I, she'll rue
this dny ;
She'll some time lenrn that hate Is a game
thnt two can play.
And long before she dies she'll grieve she
wns ever born.
And I'll plow her grave with hate and
seed it down to scorn ;
And when hor fuce grows pale and when
her eyes grow dim,
And when he is tired of her and she Is
fired of him,
She'll do what sho ought to have done
Bhe'll coolly count the cost
I'hon she'll see things clear, she'll know
what she has lost,
And thoughts that are now nsieep will
wake up in her mind.
And nhr'll mourn and cry for what she
has loft behind.
And maybe she'll sometimes think of me,
of mp, but no,
I've blotted her out of my heart and I'll
not have it so !
And yet there was something or other she
bad
Thnt sort of fastened a man to her, and
she wasn't entirely bad.
Anil she loved me a little, I think, al
though it didn't last ;
But I mustn't think of these things I've
buried them with the past.
I'll take my hard words back, not make
a bnd matter worse;
She'll have trouble enough, she shall not
have my curse.
But I'll live a life so square, and I well
know that I cau ;
She always will sorry be she went with
that handsomer man.
Ah, here is her kitchen dress; it makes
my poor eyes blur;
It seems when I look at it as if 'twere
holding her;
And there's hor week day shoes and
there's her week day hat.
And yonder is her wedding gown I won
der she didn't take that.
'Twas only this morning she came and
called me her dearest dear,
And said I was making for her a regular
paradise here.
0 God, if you want a man to sense the
pnngs of hell,
Before you pitch him in just keep him
in heaven a spell.
I'll worship no woman again, but I guess
I'll learn to pray
And kneel as you used to kneel before
you ran away.
And if I thought I could bring my words
on heaven to bear,
If I thought I had some little influence
there,
1 would pray if only it could be so
That I might be as happy and gay as I
was half an hour ago.
Jnne
Why, John, what a litter here you've
thrown things all around.
Come, what's the matter, now, and what
have you lost or found?
And here's my father here waitng for
supiwr, too;
I've been riding out with him he's that
handsomer man than you.
Ha, ha, ba ! Come, pa, take a seat while
I put the kettle on
And get things ready for tea and kiss
my dear old John.
Why, John( you look so strangecome,
what haa crossed your track?
I was only joking, you know ; I'm willing
to take it back.
John
Well, if this isn't s joke with rather a
bitter cream,
It seems as if I'd awoke from a mighty
ticklish dream ;
And I think she smells a rat ; she looks at
me so queer.
Good Lord, I hope she don't ; I hope she
didn't hear.
'Twas one of her practical drives; she
thought I'd understand.
Before 1 break sod again I'll get the lay
of tho land.
One thing Is settled with me to appre
ciate heaven well
It's good for a man to have some Gfteen
minutes of hell,
Will Carleton.
Cheap l.lvlaar ta Japan.
A college professor who had spent
four years at Yule and two lu Berlin
acquiring hla foreign education, Uvea'
with his wife at Kyoto, Japan, a city,
In a rentod house, having a little gar
den, at a total cost of 4tI5 yen a year,
or about $233. This Is divided as fol
lows: Rent. $120; house tax, $5; ser
vant's wsges, $15; fuel, $13; light, $.1;
clothes. $25, and food, $50. His salary
is $400, snd he Is applying $l(io a year
to the debt he Incurred to obtain his
education.
About tbe best luck that can bappeu
to an old woman Is to have for a con
temporary some one v.'ho recalls that
she was very pretty as a young girt
STUDYING THE GORILLA.
The Kniclhhmnn la l.nylnir llnre the
Urn rla of a I). irk Continent.
Mont rivld ftliiue of the thorough
ness with which KngllHliineti are laying
bare the scores of the dark continent
la had In the interesting papers which
tbe Hun. Walter Rothschild has re
cently contributed to tbe Zoological So
ciety of fiiidon. These relate to the
gorilla, tlw largest ninl most terrible
of all the manlike aiara. The name of
this anlinnl Is unfortunate, in that It
was originally applied by 1 1 an no, the
Carthaginian voyager, to a baboon,
says C. William Bcebe In the New
York Post.
Little was known of those hairy wild
men, as t!iey were thought to be until
IitlCliaillu hunted tliein up and brought
skins from Africa. Up to within a year
or two s,;'U':itls!a had known this ani
mal ns the gorilla, but from Roths
child's stui'.ics of many skulla, skins
and ji iia;? living animals, he has de
cided that there nre numerous races
or varieties) of these nies, In this re
spect nypruaclii'.'.g niiuikiud.
Tin dUTercnors between the five or
more kinds are various; some having
black hair on tho head, while In others
It Is a blight rod. The length of the
head differs, nnd the color, especially
of tho head on the side of the face Is
given as diagnostic. In one race It la
black. In another yellowish gray, while
a third has an ashy gray beard. Size
Is lniporlant, too. ns Is tho breadth of
the fiu-e, recalling the characteristic
high cheek bones distinguishing the
North American Indians.
Tins Cnmarooiia comprise a tiny
wedge of country along the innermost
edge of the Gulf of Guinea, nnd al
though so small nn area, yet three of
the five races of gorilla live there.
It soc.iis unreasonable to think of
three kinds of these great apes dwell
ing so close together, but the fact that
they are unable to swim across rivers
proves thnt they must live In greater
Isolation than Is generally supposed.
The characters dividing the several
groups ore so stable that It would
seem probable that they do not Inter
breed. There Is something terribly fascin
ating nlxut the families of these nwfnl
creatures, moving leisurely through the
jungle, the great low-browed, red-headed
male leading, nnd his mate nnd
yoir.ig following. They sliuine along
on feet and knuckles or stand erect
ami pluck the Tniit nnd berries which
form their food.
The girilla is almost the only onl
iiinl which will not run nt the sight
of mail, but Invariably, af.cr uttering
a Ion;.' n:itl piciving yell, sounding like
kh-nh. kh-nh! It beats Its breast with
Its hands and advances to the attack.
The natives always: flee In terror at
once, but several times the method of
a;taok of t'.iese animals has been ob
served. It strikes or pushes its enemy to the
earth with its i.iiinense hands, nnd
then, holding it In tho grasp of both
hands and feet, tears it to pieces with
its fearful canine teeth. The great
danger nnd expense Incident upon se
curing even llii- skin or skull of one of
these great npes give n special interest
and value to the observations of the
Hon. Walter Rothschild.
The late Sir Henry Irvlng's famous
London production of "Henry V I II."
ended with the christening of the li
fnnt Princess Elizabeth, for which, of
course, a large, life-like doll was used
il.Btcnd of n real baby. The play had
run n good many nights when one day
the actor received a letter of protest
from one who made it plain that he
was a firm believer In renlism on the.
Hinge.
"The complete success of 'Hent
VIII.' was marred last night," the let
ter ran, "when the king kissed the
baby. The whole house tittered.
"Herewith I offer the hire of on
real baby my own for the purpose
of personating the offspring."
It was a delicate matter for Sir
Henry to alecline the services of a
man's own baby, but with the help of
his manager, Mr. Brain Stoker, tho fa
mous actor comiMJsed a reply which
combined courtesy and hrraor, and has
row been incorporated in "Personal
Rr uiinihcences of Henry Irving."
"Mr. Irving fears," wrote Mr. Stoket,
"thnt there might be some difficulty in
making the changes yon suggest witu
regard to the Princess Elisabeth In the
play.
"If reality Is to be neitleved, It shoula
of netvssity be real reality and not
seeming reality ; for that we have al
ready on the stage. A series of difficul
ties then arises, nny of which you and
your family might find Insuperable.
"If your real baby were provided, It
might be dllllcult. or even Impossible,
for the actor who Impersonates King
Henry VIII. to feel the real feelings
of a father toward It. This would ne
cessitate your playing the part of the
king, and further would require that
your wife should piny the part of
Queen Anne Boleyn. This might not
suit either of you especially as In
reality Henry VIII. had afterward his
wife's Load cut ofT.
"To this your wife '.night naturally
object; but even if she were willing to
accept this form of reality, and you
were willing to accept the responsibil
ity on your own part. Mr. Irving would,
for his own sake, have to object.
"By Inw, If you bnd your wife decap
itated you would lie tried for murder;
but as Mr. Irving would also lie tried
as an accessory before the fact, he, too,
would stand In danger of his life. To
tbl he distinctly objects, as he con
siders the end aimed at Is not wortt
the risk Involved."
Prompt Action.
Landlord I went to collect the rent
at one of iny houses yesterday and th
tenant told me to go to the devil.
Sheriff Yes?
Landlord So I've come to yon.
ftomervllle Journal.
In a love affair the least aTectioo
shown In public Cie better for the lovs
affair.
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When Love Dora Fly.
"Love," remarked the sentimental
maid, "makes time fly."
"It does during courtship," rejoined
the young widow, "but after the parson;
has said his say, time begins to make
love fly."
-Manufacturers of the United States
almost monopolize the Libcriim trade in
firearms, and keep large stocks of their
goods in the country. v
Mra. Wlaalaw-a
tar OMMraa
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kind hImu U
mm laflimaiUMi,
Mu. wiaa
Walton Itoadi tn Klondike. .
There are many miles of good wagon
roads In the Yukon territory, especially
In tbe region Immediately tributary to
Dawson, according to the New York
Herald. The construction of these
ways of communication Is due entirely
to tbe enterprise of the government
nnd assists materially in the opening
up of the country.
The building of roads In this im
mediate region has reached a total of
Just about 300 miles, not Including
the White Horse trail, which is In
tended only for winter use and la not
a first class carriage rood.
Stage lines are maintained on sev
eral of these roads, but they are open
for the free use of vehicles of all
kinds and are In constant u?e.
They greatly facilitate not only the
regular travel between Dawson and
the creeks, and between principal
points on tho different utreams, but
they assist greatly the movement of
heavy machinery and afford a distinct
economy In the working of properties.
The roads will not he less appre
ciated now that a railroad Is being
built through a part of the Klondike
region.
This rond has now been construct
ed as far as Grand Forks nnd will
be extended If the promoters carry out
their plans.
She Murder ll.
"How long Is the life of the average
so called popular song?"
"Till the girl who lives next door to
ns gets hold of It " Houston Post
BREADED TO EAT.
A Quaker Couple's Experience.
How many persons dread to eat their
meals, although actually hungry nearly
all the time!
Nature never Intended this should be
so, for we are given a thing called" ap
petite that should guide us as to what
tbe system needs at any time and can
digest.
But we get In a hurry, swallow our
food very much as w shovel coal Into
the furnace, nnd our sense of appetite
becomes unnatural and perverted. Then
we eat the wrong kind of food or eat
too much, and there you are Indiges
tion and its accompanying miseries.
A Phil, lady said, tho other day:
"My husband and I have been sick
snd nervous for fifteen or twenty years
from drinking coffee feverish, Indiges
tion, totally unfit, a good part of the,
time, for work or pleasure. We actual-,
ly dreaded to eat our meals
"We tried doctors and patent medi
cines that counted up into hundreds of
dollars, with little if any benefit.
"Accidentally, a small package of
Postura came Into my hands. I made
some according to directions, with sur
prising results. We both liked It and
have not used any coffee since.
"The dull feeling after meals has
left us and we feel better every way.
We are so well satisfied with Postum
that we recommend It to enr friends
who have been made sick and nervous
and miserable by coffee.' Name given
by Postuiu Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
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