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On tfcnt nift. Lawyer (cross-etnnilning witness) Art- you Mire you didn't dream that, jlr. l!iiscli? Iy the way, do you teller la dreams' Vlines Not e a fn'mt thing, but I kfiiw tlioy comm5 trie sometimes. lawyer O, they do, do they? Can yon mention a specific Instance? Witness Yes. sir. Yon remember, Mr. Kftrhnm, you psid tne $5 the other day Hint you had been owing m a year. Wall, 1 hut) dreamed the night before that you rift me on the street and paid it I was o istronly Impressed with that dream that I hunted you up tho next day, you rvoIlrct, and dunned you for It. Chicago Tribune. a. -)frV jii aw-a Ely's Cream Bab Isfulctilr abMrkad. ' les Relief at Ones. It cleansea, soothes Jiaala aad protoota the diseased mam brans. It cores Ca tarrh and drives away a Cold la the Bead qnicklv. Re stores tha Sana of JAY FEVEIl Taste and BmelL Full else 60 ot., at Dj a cuts or by mail i Trial BUa 10 eta. br mm v ElyBrothan.MWwwn8tit,NawIrlu A MID. WINTER VERDICT. "ItrlKbt Haaahlaa All Wlaler" la What s Western. Canada lady Say. . . Maidstone, Rask., Canada, Feb. 4, 1007. C. 3. Brongbton, Ksq., Canadian Gov ernment Agent, Chicago. 111.: lonr Sir Being so well pleased with Canada we wish my father and brother to come bere.. Will you please send them reading matter on Canada? We have been here nearly a year and are delighted with thla country. We hare lived In Illlnola, Iowa, and Mlchl gun and we find Canada away ahead of any of them. We have had bright sun shine all winter bo far, only two nice Pfi kv snow storms. If It was not all right yon knowi I would nq want my father and brtdher to como here, but sve think It 1 rand. Yours truly, jSlgnad) MRS. ED. TROUPE. A "census" of the vehicles punning over Londou bridge wan taken recently for sev .en diiyg. Tho number of vehicles wot : 125,373. ' uartiuia Tea, Matures remedy for a -torpid, inactive or disordered liver? for .constipation, sick headache, Indigestion, Historle Toy, Independence hall at Philadelphia "there la preserved among notable revo- lutlonarr relics a quaint llttla doll dressed In the fashion of Louli XVI. Lonk before there wns a United States 4tblspretty rnrlslenne found her way over sea, carrying with her Into Wil liam I'enn'a woodland a little of tho folly and fashion of tho old world, for he was not only a plaything, but tlio fashion plate of her time. : Can you picture toyi urself the count less multitude of dolls that hn follow- Kll 111 lltl VTtlJ I 111 ll!U IUHL Ull'IILlI, Tor Instance, Paris aent over to New York toys worth $218.810und over lmlf of that sum waa represented by 1ols. In recent years France has lost a 'little of her supremacy In the toy mnr ;ket. She can uo long?;' oomieta with Germany In homely toys the trifles i that nre sold for n Rninr: hut In nlnr. " things of n finer sort aim still holds her own. Not without effort, however. The local authorities of Paris offer tempt ing rewards for the invention of new toys. Vnuce Thompson, in Every, '.body'a, ,V Kabula It la. ills Reduep You are rlter, are yoo not, Mr. Feathertop? You wera not look ing at all well the last lime I saw you. Mr. Feathertop Why, when did you see me last 7 MIks Redpep At the Rwollham recep tion. Yon were waltzing, I think, with Miaa Flutterby. THE WHOLE FAMILY. .Mother Finds a rood for Grovra-ap ad Cblldrea aa Wall. Food that can be eaten with relish and benefit by the culldien as well as the older members of the family, nit keg a pleasant household commodi ty. Puch a food Is Grape-Nuts. It not only agrees with and builds up chil dren, but older persons who, from bad habits of euting, have become dyspep tics. , A Phlla. lady, after being benefited herself, persuaded her husband to try Orupe-Xut for stomach trouble. She writes: . "About tight years ago I had a se vere attack of congestion of stomach and bowelH. From that time on, I had to be very careful about eating, as nearly every kind of ftnxl then known to me, seemed to cause puln. "Four years ajjo I commenced to use tirnpe-Xuta. I gvuw atronger and bet ter u:ul froi.i tli.it time 1 M'ldout iiave been without It; have gained in health mid ettviiKlli and am now heavier than I ever was. ".My Iiuhu.uk'. tvn aluo In a bad con dition his Ntoiuncu became so weak (hut n could cut baldly anything with -o!iifoit. I gol 1 j 1 1 li to try Grape-Nuts anl he .on found Ills stomuob trouble ' liad dlf'opiii'itred. "My girl oiul boy, 3 and 0 years old, do not waut anything elw for break fast but Grape-Nu'.s aurt more healthy children cauiiut bo fount.' Name given y . I'ostuiii Co., I'.attlo Crpck, Mich. Jad tna little booklet. "The Road to TVellvl!!," la pls, "Tberw'a a rea Madame 7ly Ftrjtu CHAPTER IX. (Continued.) There wera present Madema Midas. BelTna, Mclntmh and Vandelonp, and they wera all gathered round the table looking at tha famnua nugget. There it lay in the center of tha table, a virgin mnKa of gold, all water-worn and polished, hollowed out like a honeycomb, and dot ted over with white pebbles like currants In a plum pudding. "I think I'll send It to Melbourne for fxhlbltlon," aald Mrs. Villlers, touching the nugget very lightly with her fingers.. "Deed, mum, and 'tis worth It," re plied Mcintosh, whose severe face was relaxed In a grimly pleasant manner. "What's the time?" asked Madame, rather Irrelevantly. Mr. Mcintosh drew out tha large silver watch, which was part and prreel of himself, and answered gravely that it was two o'clock. "Then I'll tell yon what," said Mrs. Villlers, rising, "I'll take it in with me to ballarat and ahow it to Mr. Marchurnt." Mcintosh drew down ths corners of his motrth, for, as a rigid Presbyterian, he by no meana approved of Marehurst's heretical opinions, but of course aaid notn Inr aa Madame wished it. "Can I coma with you, Madame?" said Vandelonp eagerlv. for he never lost an opportunity o( seeing Kitty it he could help It. "Certainly," replied Madame gracious ly: "we will start at once." Vandeloup waa going away to get ready, when Mcintosh stopped him. "That friend o' yours Is going away t' the town the day," he aaid, touching Van delonp lightly on the shoulder. "What for'" asked the Frenchman care lessly. " 'Tie to aee the play actors, I'm think In'," returned Archie dryly. "He wants to stop all night I' the town, so I've let him go, an' have told blm to put up at the Wattle Tree Hotel, the landlord o' which Is a friend o mine." "Very kind of you, I'm sure," aald Van deloup, with a plenaant smile. The greet nugget was carefully packed In a stout wooden bos by Archie, and placed in the trap by him with such cau tion that Madame, who was already scat ed in It, asked him If ha was afraid she would be robbed. "It'a always best to be on the right Ide, mem," said Archie, handing her the reins j "we never know what may hap pen." "Why, no one knowa I am taking this to Ballarat to-day," said Madame, draw ing on her gloves. "Don't they?" thought M. Vandelonp, as he took his seat beside her. "She doesn't know that I've told Pierre." And without a single thought for the woman whose confidence be was betray log, and of whose bread and salt he had partaken, Vandeloup shook the reins, and the horse started down the road in the direction of Hallarat, carrying Madame Midas and her nugget, "Yon carry Cuesar and his fortunes, M. Vandeloup, she said, with a smile. "I do better," he answered gaily ! carry Madame Midas and her luck." 'CHAPTER X. Mr. Mark Marchnrst waa a very pecu liar man. Brought up In the Presbyterian religion, he had early displayed his pecu liarity by differing from the elders of the church he belonged to regarding their doc trine of eternal punishment They, hold ing fast to the teachings of Knox and Calvin, looked upon him In horror for daring to have an opinion of his own, and as he refused to repent and have blind belief in the teachings of those grim divines, he waa turned out of ths bosom of tha church. On this bright afternoon, when every thing was bathed In sunshine, Mr. Mar churst, instead of being outside and en Joying the beautlea of nature, waa mowed ! up in his dismal tittle study, with cur I tains closely drawn to exclude the light, a mp ot strong tea, and the Itible open at "The Lamentation of Jeremiah." He was a tali thin man, of a bleached appearance, from stsylng so much m the dark, and so loosely put together that when he bowed he did not aa much bend aa tumble down from a height. In fact, he looked so carelessly fixed up that when he sat down be made the onlooker feel quite nervous lest he should subside into a ruin, and scatter his legs, arms and bead promiscuously all over the place. He was roused from his dismal musings by Vie quick opening of the door of his study, when Kitty, joyous and gay in tier white dress, burst like a sunbeam Into the room. "I wish, Katherlne," said her father. In a severe voice, "I wish you would not enter so noisily and disturb my medita tions." "You'll have to put your meditations aside for a bit," said Kitty, disrespect fully, crossing to ths window and pulling aside the curtains, "for Madame Midas and M. Vandeloup have come to aee you." A flood ot golden light streamed into the dusky room, and Marchurst put his band to his eyee for a moment, as they were dassled by the sudden glare. "They've got something to show you, papa," said Kitty, going back to ths door; "a Dig nugget snen a sise so large s your head." Her father put his hand mechanically to his hesd to judge of the size, and was about to answer when Madame Midas, calm, cool and handsome, entered the room, followed by Vandeloup, carrying a wooden box containing the nugget. It was by no meana light, and Vandeloup was quite thankful when hs placed It on Uie tame. "Wonderful!" reiterated the old man, passiug his thin hand lightly over the su'iace; "verily the Ixird hath bidden great treasure in the entrails of the earth, and the Pactolus would seem to be a land of Ophir when It yields such woalth as this." The nugget was duly admired by every one, and then Brown and Jane, who form d the household of Marchurst, were call ed iu to look at it. They both rxprRHed such astonishment and woml-r that Mar hurst felt himself rompelled to adiu n Uh them against prizing the treamitvs of earth above those of heaven. Vandeloup, afraid that they were In for a sprmon, beckoned quietly to Kitty, and they both Wealthily left the room, while Marchurst with Urown, Jane and Madame for an audience, and the nugget for a text, de llvered a short discourse. Kitty put en a great straw hat. Her piquant fare blushed and grew pink be neath the fond gate of her las as they in me nous xogetuer ana strolled up bs Black Seated on ths highest point ot & hill Midas Ham 2 nnder the shadow of a great rock, the two lovers had a wonderful view of Italia rat. Here and there they could see the rlvan I zed Iron roofs ot the houses gleaming like silver In the sunlight from amid the thick foliage of the trea with which the city was studded. All this wonderful panorama, however, was so familiar to Kitty and her lover that they did not trouble themselves to look much at It, but the girl sat down under the big rock, and Vandeloup flung himself lazily at her feet. "Rehe," said Vandeloup, who had given her this pet name, "how long la this sort of life going to last?" Kitty looked down at him with a vague feeling of terror at her heart. She had never known any life but the simple one she was now leading, and could not Im agine It coming to an end. "I'm getting tired of It," said Vande loup, lying bark on the grass, and, putting his hands nnder his head, stared Idly nt the blue sky. "Unfortunately, human life Is so short nowadays that we cannot af ford to waste a moment ot It. I am not suited for a lotus-eating existence, and I think I shall go to Melbourne." "And leave me?" cried Kitty, In dis may, never ha.'ig contemplated auch a thing as likely to happen. "That depends on yourself, Bebe," said her lover, quickly rolling over and looking ateadily at her, with his chin resting on his hands j "will you come with me? We will get man led iu Melbourne as soon as we arrive." "Why can't papa marry us?" pouted Kitty, in an aggrieved tone. "Because yonr father would never con sent," he whispered, putting his arm round her waist; "we must run away quietly, and when we are married can ask bis pardon end," with a sardonic sneer, "his blessing." A delicious thrill passed through Kitty when she heard this. A real elopemon: with a handsome lover just like the hero ines !n the story books. It waa delight fully romantic, and yet there seemed to be something wrong about It. She was like s timid bather, longing to plunge Into the water, yet hesitating through a vague fear. With a quick catching of the breath she turned to Vandeloup, and saw him with his scintillating eyes fastened on her face. "When do you go?" asked Kitty, who was now trembling violently. "Ah 1" M. Vandeloup was puzrled what to say, as he had no very decided plan of action. He had not sufficient money saved to justify blm In leaving the Pac tolus still there were always possibili ties, and Fortune was fond of playing wild pranks. At the same time there was nothing tangible In view likely to mnkc him rich, so, as these thoughts ' rapidly passed through his mind, he resolved to temporize. "I can't tell you, Bebe," be said, In a caressing tone, smoothing her curly hair. "I want you to think over what I have and when I do go, perhaps In a month or so, you will be ready to come with me. No," he said, as Kitty was about to answer, "1 don't want you to reply now, take time to consider, little one," and with a smile on his lips he bent over and kissed her tenderly. They aat silently together ror some time, each Intent on their own thoughts, and then Vandeloup suddenly looked up. "Will Madame stay to dinner with you, Bebe?" he asked. "She always does; you will come, too." Vandeloup shook his head, o "I am going down to Ballarat to the Wattle Tree Hotel to see my friend rierre," he said, In a preoccupied man ner, "and will have something to eat there Then I will come up again about eight o'clock, In time to see Madame off." 'Aren't you going back with her?" ask ed Kitty, in surprise, as they rose to their feet. "No," he replied, dusting his knees with his hand. "I stay all night In Ballarat, with Madame'a kind permission, totsea the theater. N;-. sod-bye at piesent, Bebe." kissing - iter, "I will be back at eight o'clock, so you can excuse me to Madame till then." He ran gnlly down the hjll, waving his hat, end Kitty stood looking after him with pride in her heart. He was a lover any girl might have been proud of. CHAPTER XI Tho Wattle Tree Hotel, to which Mr, Mcintosh bad directed Pierre, was a quiet little public house In a quiet street. It waa far away from the main thorough fares of the city and a stranger had to go up any number of quiet streets to get to It and turn and twist round corners and down narrow lanea until it became a perfect miracle how be ever found the hotel at all Any one going Into the bar could see old Simon a stolid, fat man with sleepy looking face always In his shirt sleeves end wearing a white apron altting in a chair at tho end while bis daughter, a sharp, red-nosed damsel, who was 8S ye-i of age, and confessed to 22, served out the meals. Mrs. Twexby had long ago departed this life, leaving behind ber the sharp, red-nosed damsel to be her father's comfort. As a matter of fact, ahe was just the opposite, end Simon of:en wished that hie daughter had departed to a better world in company with her mother. Thin, tlght-Iaced, with a shrill voice and an acidulated temper, . Miss Twexby was still a spinster, and not even the fact of ber being an heiress could tempt any of the Ballarat youth to lead her to the altar. Consequently Miss Twex by s temper was not a golden one, an she ruled the hotel and Its inmates with a rod of iron. (Mr. Viliier was a frequent customer a the Wattle Tree, and was In the bat parlor talking to old Twexby on tho da that Pierre arrived. The dumb man enme into the bar out of the dusty road, and, leaning over the counter, pushed a letter under Mlsa Twexby'a nose, and although it was directed to her father, Miss Twex by, who managed! everything, opened It and found It was from Mcintosh, saying that the bearer, Pierre Iebaire, was. to have a bed for the niht, meuU end what ever else lie required, and that he Mcin tosh would be responsible for the money, lie furthermore added that the bearer was dumb. "Oh. so you are dumb, are you?" a i id Miss Twexby, folding m tV letter and looking complacently at Piwrre. "I wiiih there were a few more men the Mine way ! then, perhaps, we'd have less r.lmt." Meanwhile, Viliier having heard the nama of Pierre Iemalre. and knowiua h was engaged in the Pactolus claim, cam round to see him and try. to find on all aliout the nugget. Pierre was sulky at first, and sat with his old black hat drawn down so far over his eyes that only his busby black beard was visible, but Mr. Villlers suavity, together with the pres ent of half a crown, had a marked elfect on him. As he wns dumb, Mr. Villlers somewhat perplexed how to carry on a conversation with him, but he ultimately drew forth a piece of paper, and sketched a rough presentation of a nugget there on, which he showed to Pierre. The Frenchman, however, did not comprehend until Viliier produced s sovereign from his pocket, and pointed first to the gold, and then to the drawing, upon which Pierre nodded his head several times In order to ahow that he understood. Vil iier then drew a picture of the Pactolus claim, and asked Pierre in French if the pugget waa still there, as he showed iilm the sketch. Pierre shook his head, and, taking the pencil In his hand, drew a rough r;reentation of a horse and cart, and put a fquare box In the latter to show the nugget was on a Journey. "Hullo'" aald Viliier to himself, "it n not at her own house, and she's driving somewhere with It; I wonder where to? She's got the nugget with her In the trap, and she' taken it to show Marchurst. Well, she's sure to stop there to tea, and won't utart for home till about nine o'clock; It will be pretty dark by then. She'll be by herself and if I " here he stopped and looked around cautiously, and then, without another word, set ore oown the street at a run. The fact waa. Mr. Villlers had come tc the conclusion that as his wife would not give him money willingly, the best thing to be done would be to take It by lorce. and awordingly he had made up his mind to rob her of the nugget that night it pos sible. , The afternoon wore drowsily along, anc the great heat made everybody inclined to sleep. Pierre had demanded by signt to be shown his bedroom, and having been conducted thereto by a crushed-looking waiter, who drifted aimlessly before him, threw himself on the bed and went fast asleep. Even Martha, the wide-awake, wai yielding to the somniferous beat of th day, when a young man entered the bai and made her sit up with great alacrity. .... . .1 f V.w1 xnis was none oiner uinu ,u. auuc loup, who had come down to see Pierre. Dressed In flannels, w ith a blue scarf tied carelessly round his waist, a blue necktie knotted loosely round his throat undei the collar of his shirt, and wearing a straw bat on his fair head, he looked wonderfully cool and handsome, and ai he leaned over the counter Miss Twexbj thought that the hero of her novel must have stepped bodily out of the book. Gas ton stared complacently at her while h pulled at his fair moustache. But b waa not looking at her somewhat maturi charms, but at a bunch of pale blue flow ers, among which were some white bio soms she wore in the front of her dres (To be continued. FANTASTIC PLAY. Cape Ilatteraa Balltlina-s Knsulfcd liy Wind-Driven Sand. The prevailing winds from n littl west of south have played In a fantas tic way with the sands of Cape Hatter- as, off the main beach of North Caro lina, heaping up great waves that en gulf wholo buildings In their smother ing folds. Those wind rlppples, started In sands exposed by tho removal of a strip of forest next the shore, have grown in slzo to grent sand waves, which are ndvnnclng on forests, fields nnd homes. As the sand wave has ad vanced It has taken up several feet of the lose soil over which It has passed, undermining houses, laying bare the roots of trees and exposing tho bones of tho dead In tho cemeteries. Diurnal winds from the sea have piled the sands Into small wandering dunes und hillocks, and even sometimes into sand waves, which ore marching steadily inward and shoaling the waters of the sounds. At Nag's Head a large hotel, constituting a solid obstruction, soon had a snml wave built up a short distance In its rear until the level of its ro6f wns renched, when the wave moved forward and engulfed the hotel. In the Immediate neighborhood two cot tages suffered a similar fate. Here the land gained on the sound 350 fet-t in ten years. On the northern end of Hatteras Isl and a fishing village had been similarly burled, while tho sand had entirely crossed the Island nt several places north of tho cape. This movement of the sand started just after the Civil War by tho cutting of trees next-the shore for ship timbers, nnd the section Is still known as the Great Woods, though not a stick of timber stands upon It to-day. Pamlico sound for two miles from the Hatterns shore Is grow ing steadily shallower from the deposit of blown sand. On Siitlth's Island a pilots' village has been burled beneath the sand wave for a number of years, but this has boeu qulto recently resurrected and Its Iiourcs are again occupied. On Curri tuck, below Cnffeys Inlet life saving sta tion, the sai hns advanced entirely across tho land, and one man, moving before It, has at Inst built his house on piles In the sound. Ortoated" Orientals. Knowledge of direction Beems to be Instinctive with the Burmnns, says tha author of "A People at School." They always reckon by the needla, not by relative position. They do not sny "Turn to tho right," but 'Turn to the west." If a table In a room hns two tum blers on It, one of them will be the east tumbler, the other tho west; and the table Itself will bo not the "table near tho window," but the "table In the east of tho room." So they speak of the north or south Hide of a street or of a tivc, not the shady or sunny side. Even lu rnln or mist they know the direction at once. An English traveler, waking In the Burmnn forest In a foggy morning to find all trace of the road wiped out by rain and every apparent means of as certaining direction gone, was ot a loss vrtiat to do; but his Burman servants knew nt once. "That Is north," they snld, pointing, "and that Is cost. Our coure lies lie tween," nnd straight to the northeast' they marched unerringly. fcisplalulua" It. What do you think of Mr. Bras anyway ?' exclaimed Nell. What's tho matter? asked Belle. "Uo told mo be could marry any girl he pleased. "That's about correct, for I don't be- i Ueve there's a girl living that he could J please, "Philadelphia Ledger, 0 y "Wilbur," aaid the lady, suddenly, "I've decided bow I want that dress made." "That's good," said hor husband from behind his paper. "I don't b'lleve I'll have a tucked yoke at all." "Fine!" said the man. "I think I'll hove it all lace." "Uh-buh." "Don't yon think It will be much prettier, yourself?" "Eh?" "I say, don't you think It will be much prettier?" "What's that, my dear?" "The yoke. Wilbur, I think you might put down that old pnper for a moment or two whllo I'm talking to you." "My dear," said the innn, 'you do me an Injustice. I was paying the strict est attention. I Just didn't catch the drift of your lu&t remark about the yoke, wasn't It? Yes, I think It will bo bnlly." "What will?" "Why, the yoke, of course. I think It will be a great Improvement having !lt. Now are you satisfied?" "Having a yoke?" "Thnt's what you said, wasn't It?" "I said I believed I would have It lace Instead of tucked." "I thought you were talking about a yoke?" "I was telling you I had decided how I was tfolng to hnve my dress made." GERMAN EMPRESS . ty w.7 r - .r v' EMPRESS VICTORIA AUGUSTA AND YOUNGER CHILDREN. The German Empress, accompanied by her younger children, Princess Victoria Louise and Prince Joachim, has decided to .spend a few weeks at Felixstowe, England, next autumn. Her imperial majesty has already spent an autumn there during one of the earlier years of the Kaiser's reign. It has been inaccurately stated that the late Empress Frederick also paid a Tlslt to Felixstowe. GLADSTONE AS AN ORATO&. How He Attacked the Ararnmrnta of th Opposition. In his prime in a great debate when Klltlcal parties were set In battle ar ray Gladstone's transcendent oratorical gifts had full play, says Henry W. Lacy In Putnam's. There was marked contrast In his manner of answering a question addressed to htm In his minis terial capacity. After punortlng to make reply and taking some ten min utes to do It he 8a t down, frequently leaving bis Interrogator and the house In a condition of dismayed bewilder ment hopelessly attempting to grope their way through the Intricacies of the sonorous sentences they had listened to. If, as happened in expounding a bill or replying to a debate, he desired to make himself understood, be had no equal. Ills manner In speechmaklng was more strongly marked by action than was that of his only rival, John Bright. He emphasized points by smit ing tho open palm of his left hand with sledge-hammer flat Sometimes he, with gleaming eyes, "like a vulture's." as Mr. Leeky genial ly described them, pointed his forefin ger straight at his adversary. In hot test moments he bent the brass-bound box with clumorous hand that occasion ally drowned the point he strove to make. Sometimes with both hands raised above bis head, often with left elbow leaning on the box, right lvmd with closed fist shaking at the bead of an unoffending country gentleman on Urn back bench opposite; nnon stand ing halt a step back from the table, left baud hanging at his side, right up lifted, so that be might with thumb nail lightly touch the shining crown of his bead, he trampled his way through the argument he assailed as on ele pliant In an hour of aggravation rages through a Jungle. Not tho Hltfbt Ktad. "You needn't tell me that pluck al ways, win out," said "Uncle Josh" of the Chicago News. "There's Hen Tib- Look at ulm. Ain't a pluckier "I know. You decided yesterday, or was It tho day before? I guess It was yesterday and the day before. Three decisions; that ought to make It a cinch. No show for an appeal after that, Is there?" "I wish you wouldn't be absurd. I say, I've decided to have the yoke lace Instead of tucked." "It will make It fit snugger, I sup pose," said the man. "As long as you don't lnco It too tight Your figure Is pretty enough, as I've often told you, without trying to Improve It. I think women are foolish about that. Give yourself plenty of breathing space, my dear; that's all I care about" "I said lace, not laced." "I see. Makes quite a difference, of course." "How could I lnco a yoke, do you sup pose?" "Didn't yon soy lace, my dear?" "Lnco. Don't you understand? L-a-c-e Mechlin." "Oh, Mechlin!" "Well, you understand now, don't you?" "Sure. Now, can I read my paper?" "Well, tell me first If you don't think It will be prettier?" "The yoke?" "Wilbur!" "I mean Mechlin." "Now, Wilbur!" "Excuse me, my dear. I Hhould have said lace. Yes, I think it will look swell." Chicago Dally News. TO VISIT ENGLAND. :v -7:y. ;v rVi Sr V .y:f Z Am ;( V man than blm round here and yet what has he got to show for it? Pluck? Why, when he gits started on a thing he never lets up. "Tother day I was over to his place when one of the cows got Into his corn patch and commenced eating and tromplng down corn. " 'Consnrn her,' says Hen, 'I'm Just goln' to stay bere and see how long It'll be afore she gets all ' she wants, and goes out the way she got In.' 'Thar he sot hour after hour, never letting up nor showing any signs of giving In to her and after a while she saw she'd met her match, and began to weaken. . "She et all she could hold, and then she tromped down pretty nigh half an acre more, but still be sot tbar. "It come to be dusk, fln'ly, and still Hen was standing by. Then the old cow saw It wa'ut any use for her to try to make on that she was plucky as he was. She give In complete went back to the pasture, laid down, bloated up and died. "Hen's been wnltlng weeks now for his potatoes' to dig themselves, and he says If they can stun It he can. "Pluck! He's got enough for ten men. But somehow, with all his pluck. be ain't ever caught on, 's ye might say. He nln't got ahead. So, s I'm tellln ye, there's something niore'n Jes' pluck needed for n man to get ahead In this world." One Esceptlon. Ned I called uion Mlsa Outertown last night, determined to win her. She accepted me nil right. Dick Good for you! Carried ..very- thing before you, eh? e(l jot everything. When I start ed to catch the hist train home I car ried her father s bulldog behind me. Philadelphia Ledger. Exception. IHgcs Poplelgli seems proud of the fact that hi boy is unusually large for his age. plgga Yes, except when he is trying to convince a railway conductor that the kid Is entitled to ride for half fare. , i yW:myMl A, GENERAL BREAKDOWN a. Condition Which Or. Williams'-fink Plils, ths Great Blood Tonic, Have Been Curing for Years. There is no mora perplexing troubU for a physician to treat than debility cases, especially In women, in which there Is no acute disease but In which tha patient every day sinks lower and lower despite changes of medicine and limllar experiments. That Dr. Williams' Pink Pills win rasters health under these conditions It no speculation but tue fact has been proved la hundreds of cases similar to that of Mrs. Sarah Ramsey, of 1008 St. John 8t, Litchfield, 111. 8h says "I never felt well after my first child was born. I had a gnawing pain la say stomach and could not hold any food down. My head ached a great leal and sometimes the pain went all through my body. I had dlzty spells io taet I could not stand and seemea to be half blinded with pain. These pelli would often last for over an hour. My blood seemed to be in very poor condition and my hands and feet were like Ice. I seemed to be gsowlng weaker and weaker and could aot get around to do ray work In the house. I was extremely nervous and the least excitement would bring on a dizzy spell. 'For a number of years I was under a doctor's care but seemed to get no better. I had heard about Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills and I began to take them. I soon felt better and gained in weight and strength. My nerves are strong now and I am a well woman In every way." Dr. W lllams' Pink Pins are sold by all druggists or will be sent, post paid, on receipt of price. 60 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Sehenec-, tady N. Y. A booklet of valuable In formation, entitled "Plain Talks U Women," sent free on request Farms That Grow No. 1 Hard Wheat (63 Pounds to the Bushel) Are situated In ths Canadian Westwhera Homesteads of too seres can be obtained free by every settler willing; and able to comply with the Homestead Regulations. During tbe present year a large portion oi New Wheat Growing Territory has been made accessible to markets by the railway construction that has been pushsd forward so vigorously by the three great laiinajr companies. For literature and narticulars address th. Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa, Canada, jr the authorized Canadian Government Agent, V. D. Scott. Sfloerlntendrnt of Immigration. Ottawa, Canada, or E. T. Holmes, 31 Jackson St., M. raul, Minn, and J. M. MacL.acnian, cos 116, Watertown, bo, Dakota. Authorised Ciofero oient Agents. riHM ear where ynn saw this adTertlMmenk. The Foxy Wooer. "Why were you in such a hurry to plcl up my glove when I dropped it?" "I thought there might be something It It for me, some time." Cleveland Leader SAVE US ntOM OUR FRIENDS. Mary, I have sold the farm for 150,000, and we will now move to the city and enjoy the balance of our life In comfort Five Tears Later. It Is all over, Mary, I must pay John Brown's bond, which will take every dollar I own nnd you and I will mve to go to the poor house. MORAL. Do not sign a friend's bond, and when you require a bond, buy it Write for particulars or see our agent at the County Seat WE ISSUE SURETY BONDS. The Title Guaranty & Surety Com pany, Home Office, Scranton, Pa., Cap ital and Surplus over $1,000,000. Presence of Mind. "If you have anything to say befon we string you up," said the leader of the band of regulators, "we'll allow you tlmt enough to say it." "Gentlemen," responded the condemned horse thief, with emotion, "I thank you, I have nothing of a personal nature U offer, but I feel that I cannot allow thii solemn occasion to pass .without making a few remarks on the child labor bill. Is the first place " But be went no further. Ilia audlenot had disappeared. Of tha CeaTentional Type. "Anything peculiar about these peopU that hav just moved into the house next door to you, Mrs. Crosswsy?" "No; there's nothing unusual about them. They've borrowed a step laddei and a tack hammer, and turned theil children loose in our back yard." Verdict for Dr. Pierce AGAINST TUB Ladles Home Journal. Sending truth after a lie. It is an old maxim that a Ho will travel seven leagues while truth Is getting its boots on, and no doubt hundrodi of thousands of good people read the unwarranted and malicious attack upon Dr. R. V. Pleros and his "Favorite Prescription "published In the May (1904) number of the Ladles' Home Journal, with its great black dis play headings, who never saw the hum ble, groveling retraction, with its Incon spicuous heading, published two months later. It was boldly charged in the sland erous and libelous article that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, for the cure of woman's weaknesses and ailments, con tained alcohol and other harmful Ingredi ents Dr. Pierce promptly brought suit against the publishers of the Ladles' Home Journal, for t?oo,0oo,oo damages. Dr. Pierce alleged that Mr. Bok, the editor, maliciously published the articlo containing such fa! so and defamatory matter wit the Intent of Injuring hli buslneiiirfi vthermore, that no alcohol, or other urious, or. habit-forming, drugs are. or ver . ivere, contained In his "Fa- vortte Iption"; that said medicine natlvo medicinal roots and harmful Ingredients what- is-mad 'ft conta. ever. d that Mr, llok s malicious state- me t were wholly and absolutely false. f. Jni cerTmayilidl itL !'"' "L ny tlUhe sllem:d )i a,r ii f tiTdrT72? The fact were also prortn lu ihe1?!i 0! the act loo In tha Baprvma Court. But tha buaiaeaa of Dr. Pierce waa greatly lnjarud t)jr tbe Dul'liretton of tha libelous article with tie great chi,Uy heading, while hundreds of thousands who read the wickedly defamatory article never saw the humble ;Avellng re traction, set lu small tt ne and made aa Incon spicuous as posliila. The matter waa. bow er brought befura a Jury In the buprema Court ot New York Htate which promptly rendered a verdict In ilia Iioctora favor. Thus his traducers rams to griut al thai hase aUudara vera rciuied. p rptrart.mn nrinten uv :itn Jruirnrtl they were U'f' ed to tf KU"Wli Mite tlipy iaij tifitaineditnalvses of t ai "lt Prtf sanction." from eminent rhpmixt all f r -. ... 1. mm m. Im