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
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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
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