IIKENSIBE
BY
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
ef mw," "TW Cifllik OtsIum" -"mmMmJ m A mn!4." "less IItws,"
mrt'ii." " laml iM SankiM," "Unls Ma," a.
CHAPTEH XVI. (Continued.)
Maddy could rot explain why It was
Hut ha felt ltd the doctor would tU
Ouy. She did not analyse any of her feel
lage, or atop to ask why ah should car
to have Guy Remington know tb answer
he had aiveo Dr. Holbrook.. II was
Joint to htm now, ah wa sure, for he
arose to leava her, saying h might not
? her again befor b returned to Now
ork. She did not mention hi bill. That
Was among th bygones, a thing never
again to b talked about, and ottering
Mm her hand, ah looked for an initant
arnestly Into hi face, then without a
. Word, harried from th room, while th
lector, with a aad, heavy heart, went in
uet of Guy.
"Refused you, did you any?" and Ony'
(ace certainly looked brighter than It had
be.'ore sine be left th doctor with
WAddy Clyde.
"Yea, refused ma, aa I might have
known ah would," waa tb doctor's re
fly, spoken so naturally that Guy looked
op quickly to m If he really did not car.
But th expression of th fao balled
fh calmness of th vole; and, touched
with genolns pity, Guy asked th cans of
th refusal "preference for anyone else,
m what?"
"No, there waa no on whom she pre
ferred, fib merely did not Ilk me well
nough to b my wife, that was all," tb
doctor aald, and then he tried to talk of
something else; but It would not do. The
round was yet too fresh and sore to be
orered op, and In spit of himself th
bearded chin quivered and th manly
Cloe shook as he bad good-by to Guy,
d then went galloping down th avenue.
Great was the consternation among th
loctor's patients when It was known that
their pet physician the one Id whose
All! they had so much confidence was
folng to Europe, wher in Paris he could
perfect himself in his profession. Bom
cried, and among them Agnes; some said
ve knew enough already; soma tried to
tlssuade him from his purpose ; som won
dered at the sudden start, while only
two knew exactly why he was going
Ouy and Maddy; th former approving
his decision and lending ula Influence to
afce hia tour abroad as pleasant a pos
sible ; and the latter weeping bitterly as
she thought how she had sent him away,
and that if aught befell htm on the sea or
In that distant land, ah would be held
amenable. Once there cam over her th
wild Impulse t bid him stay, to say that
she would be his wife; bnt, er th rash
Vet was done, Guy came down to the cot
lag, and Maddy'a resolution gave way at
oooe.
Two weeks afterward, Aikeoside pre
eented again a desolate, shut-up appear
ance, for Agnes, Maddy and Jessie had
returned to New York ; Agnes to continue
the siege which. In despair of winning the
factor, abe had commenced against a rich
Id bachelor, who had a house on Madison
Square; and Maddy to ber books, which
ers long obliterated, in a measure, the
Utter memory of all that had transpired
luring ber winter vacation.
CHAPTER XVII.
Two years pasa quickly, particularly at
school, and to Maddy Clyde, talking with
1 ber companions of the coming holidays. It
teemed hardly possible that two whole
. tears were gone sine the rreotful vaca
tion when Dr. Holbrook had so startled
f her by offering her his hand. He waa in
ssfliiVAthSk fill strtil attAeVu L. 1.1-
waa on the little office In Mrs. Conner's
yard. To Maddy he now wrote frequent
ly; friendly, familiar letters, such aa a
brother might write, never referring to
the past, but telling her whatever he
thought would Interest and please her.
Occasionally at first, and more frequently
afterward, be spoke of Margaret Ather
etone, Lucy's younger sister, a brilliant,
beautiful girl who reminded him, be said,
al Maddy, only she was saucier, aad more
ta teas ; not at all Ilk Lucy, whom he
Bribed aa something perfectly angelic.
Ber twenty-fifth birthday found ber on
a alek bed, with Dr. Holbrook In attend-
Koa, nd this was the reason given why
i marriage between herself and Guy
Was again deferred. Ther had been
Van? weeks of pain, succeeded by long,
ary months of languor, and during all
- (his Urns th doctor had been with her
aa tfc family physician, wall Margaret
Usw had been constantly in attendance,
pat Locy was much better now. Sh
Mid git op all day, and va walk a Ht
. E distance, assisted by th doctor and
ptartaret, whose name had come to be
almost as familiar to Maddy as was that
at Lacy. Maddy did not say much to
Ony Lucy, bat sh wondered why he
Aid not go for her, and wanted to talk
with hia about It, bat he was so ohanged
- (hat she dared not He waa not sociable,
of old, and Agnes did not hesitate to
'all him cross, while Jessie complained
'Chat he sever romped or played wtlh her
tow, bat sat all day long In a deey rev
-trie of torn kind.
Oa this account Maddy did not look
'forward to th coming vacation as Joy
fully as the w?sH otherwise have done,
till, It was always pleasant going home,
and ah sat talking with her young friends
f all they expected to do, when a servant
stared th room, and glancing over the
group of girls, singled Maddy out, say
ing, as be placed an unsealed envelope
Jn her hand, "A telegram for Miss Clyde."
Ther waa a blur before Maddy'a eyes,
that at first she could not see clearly,
tad Jessie, climbing on the bench beside
Mr, read aloud :
"Your grandmother Is dying. Come at
nee. Agnes and Jessie will stay till
est week. GUY REMINGTON."
It was Impossible to go thst afternoon,
bat with th earliest dawn she was up,
Kd unmindful of the snow falling so rap
y, started on that sad journey home.
It waa tb first genuine storm of the sea
son, and tt seemed resolved on making
Amends for past neglect, sweeping In fu
adoos casta against the windows, sifting
4ewa in thick misses from the leaden
sky, and so impeding th progress of the
' trala that the chill wintry night had clos-
- 4 gloomily In er th Sommervill sta
r (ton waa reached, and Maddy, weary and
dispirited, stepped out upon th platform,
t trancing anxiously around for the usual
aanfbus, which sbs bsd littl hope would
lb there on such a night If not what
ishoald she do? This hsd been th burden
f her thoughts for the last few hours.
for she could not expect Guy to send out
his horses In this fearful storm, mucb less
go be there himself. Itut Ouy was there,
nd It was bis voice which first greeted
her as the stood half blinded by the snow,
smeertain what she must do next
"Ah. Mr. Remington, I didu't expert
this. I sm so glad, and how kind it was
of you to wait far m!" su exclaimed,
ber vole expressing ber delight and arap--t?
repay hue the young man, who had not
beew very patient or happy through th
six long hours waiting he had endured.
Hut he was both happy and patient
now with Maddy's hand In his, and press
ing It very gently be led her into the la
dins' room; then making her sit down be
fore the fire, be brushed her snowy gar
ments himself, and daxhlng a few Bakes
from her disordered hair, told her what
she so eagerly asked to know. Her grand
mother bad had a paralytic stroke, and
the only word she had uttered sines waa
"Maddy." Guy had not been down him
self, but had sent Mrs. Nosh as soon aa
Farmer Green had brought the news. She
was there yet, he said, th storm having
detained her.
"And grandma?" Maddy gasped, fixing
her eyes wistfully on him. "Sh la not
dead?"
No, Guy answered, end asked If be
should not remove from the dainty little
feet resting on the stove hearth the over
shoes, so full of melting snow. Maddy
cared little for her shoes, or herself, Just
then. She bardly knew that Guy waa
taking them off, much less that as he
bent beside her, her hand lay lightly
upon his shoulder as sbs continued her
questionings.
"She Is not dead, you say ; but do you
think does anybody think ahe'll die?
Your telegram aald 'dying.' "
Maddy waa not to be deceived, and
thinking it best to be frank with her,
Guy told her that the physician, whom
ba had taken pains to see on his way to
the depot had aald there was no hope.
Old age and an impaired constitution pro
eluded the possibility of recovery, but h
trusted she might liv till th young lady
came.
'She must she will I Ob, grandma,
why did I ever leave her?" and burying
ber face In her bands, Maddy cried pas
sionately, while the last three years of
her life -passed in rapid review before ber
mind years which she had spent In lux
urious ease, leaving ber grandmother to
toll In the humble cottage, and die at the
last it might be, without one parting
word for her.
The feeling that perhaps aba had bean
guilty pt neglect was the bitterest of all,
and Maddy wept on, unmindful of Guy's
attempts to soothe and quiet her. At
last aa aha heard a dock In the adjoin
ing room strike eight, she started up, ex
claiming, "I have stayed too long. I must
go now. Ia there any conveyance here?"
"But Maddy," Guy rejoined "you can
not go to-night. The roads between here
and Honedale are one unbroken snow
bank. It would take hours to break
through; besides, you are too tired. Yon
need rest and must come with me to Aik
enslde, where you are expected, for when
I found how late the train would be, I
sent back word to have your room and
parlors warmed, and a nice hot supper
to be ready for us. You'll surely go
with me, if I think best"
Guy's manner was more like a lover
than a friend, but Muddy was in no state
to remark it. She only felt an Intense
desire to go home, and turning a deaf
ear to all be could urge, replied :
'You don't know how dear grandma
1 to me, or you would not ask m to stay.
She's all th mother I ever knew, and I
must go. Would you stay if the ene you
loved best was aylng?"
"Out th one I lore bout Is not dying.
so I can reason clearly, Maddy."
Her Guy checked himself, and listened
while Maddy asked again If there was no
conveyance there aa usual.
"None but mine," said Guy, while Mad
dy continued faintly:
"And you are afraid It will kill your
horses?"
"No, it would only fatigue tbem great
ly; It's for you I fear. You've borne
enough to-day."
Then, Mr. Remington, oh, please send
me. I shall die at Aikenslde. John will
drive me, I know. He used to like me.
I'll ask blm," and Maddy was coins in
quest of the Alkenside coachman, when
Uuy held her back, and said:
'John will go If I bid him. But vou.
Maddy, if I thought it was safe."
"It la. Oh, let me go," and Maddv
grasped both his hanJs beseechingly.
II mere waa a man who could resist
the eloquent appeal of Maddy's eyes at
tnat moment tb man waa not Guy Rem
ington, and leaving her alone, b sought
out John, asking if it would be possible
to get through to Honedal that ulght.
John shook hia bead decidedly, but
when Guy explained Maddy' distress aad
anxiety, the negro began to relent par
ticularly as be saw bis young master, too,
waa Interested.
'It'll kill them horses." he said, "but
mabby that's nothln' to please th girl."
II we only bad runners now, instead
of wheels, John," Guy said, after a mo
ment's reflection. "Drive back to Aiken
slde as fast aa possible, and change the
carriage for a covered sleigh. Lenve the
grays at horn and drive a pair of farm
horses. They can endure more. Tell
Flora to send my traveling shawl. Miss
Clyde may need It and an extra buffalo.
and my buckskin gloves, and take Tom
on with you, and a snow shovel ; we may
nave to dig."
'Ytm, yea, I know," and tying bis muf
fler about bia throat, John started off
through the atorm, his mind a confused
medley of ideas, the main poinU of which
were, snow shovels, and the fact that his
master was either crazy or In love.
Meanwhile, with the prospect of solnir
home, Maddy bad grown quiet, and did
not refuse the temporary supper of but
tered toast muffins, steak, and hot coftue,
which Guy ordered from the small hotel
Just In the rear of the depot It was
after nine ere John appeared, his crisp
wool powdered with snow which clung
to his outer garments, and literally cov
ered bia cap.
"Twaa mighty deen," be said, bowing
to Maddy, "end the' wind wa getting
colder. 'Twas a hard time Miss Clyd.)
would have, and badn't she better wait?"
No, Maddy could not wait and stand
ing up she suffered Uuy to wrap her
cloak about her, and fasten more secure
ly the long, warm scarf she wore around
ber neck.
"Drive cloae to the platform." he snli
to John, and the covered sleigh waa soon
brought to the point designated. "Now,
then, Maddy, I wou t let you run thu
risk of covering your feet with snow. I
shall carry you myaeif," Uuy said, and
re Maddy was fully aware of his Inten
tions, be was bearing her to the sleig'.i.
Very carefully he drew the soft, warm
robe about her, shielding her as well as
he could from the eold; tben pulling 1:1
own fur collar about his ears, be sprang
in beside ber, and, closing the door bo
hind blm, bade John drive on.
"But Mr. Remington," Maddy exclaim
ed la much surprise, "surely you are not
(nine; too? Ton must not It hi axkfnt
too much. It is more than I eipected.
Please don't go."
"Would you rather I should not that
la, aside from any Inconvenience It tuny
ba to me would you rather go alone V"
Guy asked, and Maddy replied :
"Oh, no. I was dreading the long ride,
but did not dream of your going. You
will shorten It so much,"
"Then I shall U pold for going," waa
Guy's response, as be drew still more
closely around ber the fancy buffalo robe.
The roads, though badly drifted In some
places, were not aa bad aa Guy had fear
ed, and the atrong horses kept steadily
on ; while Maddy, growing more and mor
fatigued, at last fell away to sleep, and
ceased to answer Guy. For a time he
watched ber drooping head, and then care
fully drawing it to blm, made it rest upon
his shoulder, while be wound his arm
around ber alight figure, and so support
ed her.
Occasionally there fitted across Guy'a
mind a vague, uneasy consciousness that
though the act was, under the circum
stances, well enough, the feelings which
prompted ft were not such as either the
doctor or l.nry would approve. But they'
were far away; they would never know
unless be loid them, as he probably
should, of this ride on that wintry night ;
this ride, which seemed to blm so short
that be scarcely believed bis senses when.
without once having been overturned or
called upon to use the shovels so thought
fully provided, the carriage suddenly cam
to a halt, and he know by the dim light
shining through th low window that th
red cottage was reached.
Grandma Markham waa dying, but she
knew Maddy, and the palsied lips worked
painfully as they attempted to ntter the
loved name; while her wasted face light
ed up with eager Joy as Maddy's arms
wer twlued about her neck, and she
felt Maddy's kisses on her cheek and
brow. Could she not speak? Would
she never speak again? Maddy asked de
spairingly, and her grandfather replied i
"Never, moat likely. The only thing
she's said since the shock was to call
your name. She's missed you despatly
this winter back, more than ever before,
I think. So have we all, but we would
not send for yon Mr. Guy said you was
learning ao fast."
"Oh, grandpa, why didn't you? I would
have come so willingly," and for an In
stant Maddy'a eyes flashed reproachfully
upon the recreant Guy, standing aloof
from the little group gathered about the
bed, bia arms folded together, and a
moody look upon hia face.
He was thinking of what had not yet
entered Maddy's mind, thinking of the
future Maddy's future, when the aged
form upon the bed should be gone, and
the two comparatively helpless men be
left alone.
"But it shall not be. The sacrifice is
far too great. I can prevent it, and I
will," he muttered to himself, as he turn
ed to watch the gray dawn breaking la
the east. 4
(To be continued.)
THE BE AL WASHINGTON.
Charge of "T Dodging" Will Not
Dim Ilia Glorious Record.
Somebody Into whose bands a copp
of tho records of Fairfax County, VIr
jlj'.ln, has fallen has mode the Inter
esting discovery that George Washlns
ton, In compnny with fifteen other tax
pnvers, was "presented" by the graii'l
Jury In 1700 for not making n return
of "wheel carriages" for the purpose
of taxntlon, says the Bostosi Tran
script. Tho other Interesting fact
what became of the presentment. Is
missing, and we do not know whether
George Washington, Lord Fairfax and
George Mason paid fines or won a test
case, or whether the "prcsoMtment"
wa prosecuted to Judgment. The as
sociation of so many men of eminence
in one Indictment for substantially a
presentment of the grand Jury differed
In no essential from the modern Indict
ment, suggests that they had made up
their minds to test the constitutional
ity of tho statute under which their
wheel carriages were taxed. Their de
fense (.4 missing and, therefore, we
cannot know their motives or whether
they neglected or refused to make the
returns required by law.
The discovery will probably be fol
lowed by declarations that It reveals
to us "the real Washington," coming
mainly from that class of critics who
assure us that the gold-and-lvory
statue by Thldlas was in part plated
and that tho Ivory was of Inferior qual
ity. That great characters have Infirm
ities, that they are ngreeahly human,
Is no discovery, though a ccrtalu ele
ment of "historians" appear to think
tt is. If the "real Waihlngton"
should be shown to have dodged his
taxes It will be Impossible to deprive
the "real Washington" of the glory of
carrying through the American Revolu
tion to Its trumt,h in the field and Its
consummation in the establishment of
the Federal constitution. Washington,
it may be asserted, did not "value
money," and his Independence of finan
cial considerations was not entirely
due to the circumstance that he per
sonally was the wealthiest President
the United States has ever had. The
man who would put a great estate at
the hazard of war was not mercenary,
and his reluctance to accept any salary
for his services as President is well
known.
Tho late Gen. Butler made an at
tempt to demonstrate that George
Washington was a "salary grabber"
and demnnded and received "back
pay," but the attempt recoiled on his
own head, when It was proved that
Washington as commandor-ln-chlef of
tho continental army rendered an ac
count at the close of the war only for
his personal expenses, and those calcu
lated on a most moderate scale. lis
never charged his country one penny
for his military services, and when
during his qnast-wsr with France he
was appointed nontenant general he
stipulated In accepting the appoint
ment that It should carry no pay and
emoluments unless he was called Into
actual service. lie died lieutenant gen
eral, unpaid. Few more dlslntersted
men than George Washington ever
lived, since not only did he risk bis
life, his fortune and his sacred honor
In the cause of hl country, but his
benefices to bis less fortunate compan
ions In arras were nucounted and by
lil m unrocorded. Washington was
"ono of Tlutarch's men," as lnvulner
nble to the "muck rake" as to British
boyonots.
John Bull figures out that his coun
try has beeu successful In 82 per cent
of the battles In which It has engaged.
STREETS d THE AIR
NEW
SUGGESTED STB. LET
Proposed by a New York Architect,
Traffic Congestion in
The problem of how to handle tho 1
strwet trafBc In Lower New York,
where the streets are narrow and
buildings are high, Is becoming Increas
ingly difficult, as sky scrapers, housing
thousands of occupants, multiply In
numbers. It Is a matter of easy dem
onstration that If all the people In any
one of the tall buildings of Lower New
York were to try to make their exit
at the same time the street could not
hold the crowd, with the Inevitable
danger of life and limb caused by the
great number of people brought to
gether at one point in a given time.
A New York architect, Mr. Charles
R. Ltnilv has therefore devised a
unique plan whereby he believes tho
sltuntlon would be relieved, and the
streets at the same time assured of
continuous light, which would be im
possible If a sucecMHion of tall build
ings, 'all casting shadows across the
street were allowed to be built. Mr.
Lamb would adopt the French scheme
of "an angle of light" for New York
streets. That Is to say he would not
allow the construction of any building
that would cast a shadow In the street
at all times, the height of the cornice
line of any building being taken Into
consideration with reference to the
width of the street. But Mr. Lamb
would modify the French plan to this
extent however, he would permit a
building to be erected higher than the
restricted facade, provided the addi
tional buildings were set back from
the facade sufficiently fur to permit of
the construction of an upper street u
what would be the rtxf of the lower
building as seen from the street.
These upper streets would be con
nected at Intersections by viaducts
running north and south and east and
west, and the street could be continued
as far as necessary, according to the
development of the conditions of con
gestion and the erection of tall build
ings. Mr. Lamb la full of enthusiasm on
the possible development of bis idea,
and declares It would be worth while
even for a block square (without con
necting with other squares), as a
means of communication from build
ing to building, aud relieving the ex
cessive work that the elevator system
of each tall building has to do.
"Again," he says, "the great advan
tage of the upper street would bo an
entire new possible series of stores
for all the llghfer businesses appealing
to pedestrians. Such a street would
be an ideal ono for restaurants as be
ing that much further removed from
the dirt of the lower thoroughfare. As
to the removal of snow and dirt, If
letters can be dropped from the top of
tall buildings through chutes so dirt
and snow can be dropped at regular
Intervals along the streets Into recept
acles, to be removed by the Street
Cleaning Department Just as now
when a building U taken down under
the best management all the dirt and
material are removed through chutes
without difficulty and danger."
In the accompanying sketches the
underground system Is shown with the
express and local trains, which have
been put there to emphasize the fact of
the congestion of the population, which
will become more and more inevitable
as the transit facilities are Increased.
By establishing the angle of light,
as suggested, and restricting the build
ings even though stepped back from
the front facade, the building could
never rise higher than the angle would
permit. When the buildings on the
upper street may rlso to a point higher
than the angle of light would permit,
they, in turn, would le required to be
Stepped back toward the center of the
block.
The tendency of such a rule would
be to Induce the selection of larger
areas of property and the erection of
Important buildings so proportioned as
to leave the streets free for light air
and sunshine, and would effectually
prevent the erecting of lofty towers on
restricted ground areas, as is the pres
nt day practice in New York. Mon
treal Star.
TELLS WHO IS COMING.
tasfbodf Is the Useful Device Km
ploy r A bjr Philadelphia!!.
If you were to nsr: the average per
son what a busybody is tho reply would
probably be "on who dos not mind
,,1 iifvV y-C'll
a m mlVVli ' ' 1 -S 'Mill
isVLz. a iter
TO BELIEVE
YORX'3 TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
07 THE UPPER AIR.
as a Solution of the Problem
Lower New York.
of
his or her owii business." Such u
definition would lie laughed at in Phil
adelphia, says tlip New York Trib.
une. A "busybody" In Philadelphia
Is an Inanimate object which reveni:
animate objects. Nowhere In the coun
try are busyhodles employed so exten
sively as In the Quaker City. They
are to be found on almost every house,
at least on every house of any pretctii
slous.
Unless you have lived In I'hiladel.
I'hla su?h an explanation would no!
prove satisfactory, however. A busy
body Is eouipn?c(l of three pieces ol
r.ilrror set at three different angles,
m that the lljilit reficcjed from cithei
one rf the two angles Is reflet-ted Intc
tin' ulass Net at the third or opposlm;
angle. The three glasses are arrang
ed on u piece of Iron rod so bent and
fastened to the lintel of the window in
the second story of the building thai
any person on the second floor of tlni
building can, by looking into tbo top
most piece of glass, see what is going
on In the street below or who or whet
may Is passing up and down tie
street without opening the window to
look out. The mirrors take the placo
of bay windows.
The primary object In setting up a
busylMidy Is to see who Is at the front
div)r, or who may be approaching from
either side of the building to the
door. The topmost piece of glass Is
tilted so that It will show the front
doorstep. Ono piece of glass Is set
at an Hii.gle to catch a reflection of all
that is going at the right side of
tin1 street and another to reflect the
upproaeh to the left.
In Philadelphia, where' ninety-nine
cut of every 1H) houses are built out
to the sidewalk, and all houses are
built in a Um'. ln;sylndies lify-onie g;-iat
time savers for housekeepers. If un
desirable callers come to the front door
the busybody gives timely notice of
their approach, and the person sought
need not be at home. By keeping an
eye on the busybody the woman at
her sewing can detect the caller the
moment he comes within rango of the
mirrors, and plenty of time is given
for prinking.
The busybody Is useless on a house
which has Its front covered with a
porch or which sets back from the
street.
SMOKES A PIPE 100 YEAKS.
Kanaas Cltr IVearo Womii Sara She
Is 125 Tears Old.
At the foot of Lafayette avenue, Kan
sas City, Kan., lives a negro woman
who says she ia 125 years old and
that she can prove it, declares the Kan
sas City Star. Mrs. Nancy Gordon Is
her name. She was born near Alexan
dria, Va., about 1782. She was the
slave of Mathlas Boone, a wealthy cot
ton planter of that vicinity, who was
an officer In the Continental army.
"I was sold, the first time," Mrs.
Uordon said recently, "to satisfy a
sheriff's warrant. My master's daugh
ter, Ellen, was married to a young
planter, William Gllllss, and I was giv
en to them as a dowry. My new mas
ter was a spendthrift That's why I
was sold at a sheriffs sale to John
Gordon of Vlcksburg, Miss., a cotton
grower. I was put to work weaving
cotton cloth. I was married soon after
I went to Master Gordon's home. We
had nine children, but all except two
are dead."
Mrs. Gordon lived with the Gordon
family until after the Civil War. Then
she moved to Kansas City. Kan., four
teen years ago. She Is wrinkled and
rheumatic, but still retains all ber fac
ulties. She Is an ardent Methodist and
expounds Its doctrines to all who will
listen.
Mrs. Gordon, while telling the story
of her life, drew from her apron pocket
a clny pipe, filled tt with tobacco, and,
lighting It with a piece of paper which
she hnd touched to a live coal In her
tire, said: -Well, boy, I've told you
enough. Go 'way and let me smoke.
I've smoked a pipe for more than 4
hundred years, und I can't stop it"
In Melodrama.
Knightly Hero 1 say, old chap, that
tady'n glove episode makes a great hit
Admiring Super Yes, sir, you're al
ways sure of a hand on that Balti
more American.
"Were the amateur theatricals good?"
"Splendid I I never saw anything
worse." Life.
Jones Is your daughter a finished
musician? Smith No; but the neigh
bors are making threats. The Club-
Fellow.
"Is she a hlli-climhcrr "Yon bet!
This machine will get 'em unless they
take to trees." Louisville Courier
Journal. Miss X Wouldn't It be horrible to
have to die an old maid? Miss Y.-
Not half so horrible as to have to live
that way. Cleveland Leader.
"What do you think young Chumpley
weighs?" "About ,200 pounds on the
scales and about ten ounces in the com
munity." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Can I have a pass over your line?'
"No," replied the railroad man, "law's
too strict. We can't pass anything but
a dividend now." Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
, Out of Town Friend Say, old man.
where Is the best place to get umbrel
las? New Yorker Oh, a large recep
tion or a cl'.ib meeting. Llpptncott'a
Magazine.
Bacon Has bo been successful with
his new airship? Egbert Partially so.
lie goes "up In' tho air" every time he
tries to start the thing. Yonkers
Statesman.
"I didn't notice you at the mothers'
congress." "No," replied the woman
addressed. "I'm not u theoretical
mother, you know. I have six." Phil
adelphia Ledger.
Ella I'm to be married to-morrow
nnd I'm terribly nervous. Stella I
suppose there always is a chance of a
man getting away up to the last min
ute. Brooklyn Life.
Kllza Did you say Sam was malcln
a lot of money out of his voice? Cloe
Sure thing! At de opera. Eliza At
de opera? Cloe Yes; he calls de car
riages! Yonkers Statesman.
MifUins I understand you said that
I had outlived my usefulness. Blfklns
You have been misinformed. I said
that I didn't believe you ever were of
any use. Chicago Dally News.
Redd I understand that new auto
mobile of yoiirs goes like the wind.
Greene That's right. Nobody can tell
Just w hen the wind Is going to start or
when it Is going to stop. Yonkers
Statesman.
"Did you aud your wife take a long
trip on your honeymoon?" "It seemed
long to me. Her father had promised
to settle a snug sum of money on us
aa soon as we got ba(k." Chicago Uec-
ord-IIerald.
Reddy (putting down a gold piece)
Ticket for Del Monte. Ticket Clerk-
Change at Castrovllle, 4f you take this
train. Reddy I'll wait then, for I
want my change right here, uncle.
Monterey Gossip.
She I see where a fellow married
a girl on his deathbed, Just so she
could have his millions when he was
gone. Could you love a girl like that?
He Sure, I could love a girl like that!
Where does she live? Puck.
"What would you do if you was one
o' dese millionaires?" said Meandering
Mike. "I 'spose," answered Plodding
Pete, "dat I'd get meself a golf outfit
an' walk fur pleasure Instld o' from
necessity." Washington Star. '
Mabel Jack proposed to me last
ulght. Stella Poor fellow! So he did
keep his word after all? Mabel Why,
what' do you mean? Stella When I
refused him last week he said It would
cause him to do something desperate.
Chicago Dally News.
The Actress In this new play I'm
supposed to die from a broken, heart
Now, how am I to know how a person
with a broken heart behaves? The
Manager I'll tell you what to do. You
study the author of this play after he
sees the first rehearsal. Illustrated
Bits.
Mrs. Ascum Have you any 5-cent
stamps? Drug Clerk (absent-mindedly)
No, ma'am, but we have something
Just as good. Mrs. Ascum Ha! hat
force of haolt That's where I caught
you. Drug Clerk Not at all, ma'am.
I can give you two twos and a one
Philadelphia Press.
"Katy, who's In the high school," re
marked Mr. Dolan, "have been readln
Herbert Spencer to me." "Who's Her
bert Spencer?" "He's v wan It the
Bmartest mln on earth. He could ex
plain anythln' at all ty yez If yes
eould only be polite enough to stay
iwake an' pay attintion." Washington
Star.
"Which Is the cow that gives the but
termllk?" Innocently asked the young
ndy from the city, who was Inspect
ing the'herd with a critical eye. "Don't
nake yourself ridiculous." said ths
,'oung lady who had been In the coun
:ry before nnd knew a thing or two.
floats give buttermilk."' Springfield
foumal.
Youiighuh What are you crylnf
ibout, my dear? Mrs. Younghub The
-cook got in-mad and 1-left to-day wlth
wt g-glvlng me a m-iumiet'a notice,
k'ouiighub Well, you ought to be glad
)f It. You said you were going to dis
charge her, anyway. Mrs. Younghub
I'-ycs, b-but the m-inean thing b-beat
no to it.
True t Xalure.
"Are you satisfied with your dea
:ist?"
"Perfectly. He's a real artist Huj
'ulse teeth are perfect Jewels."
"Can't you tell the difference?"
'They are exact Imitations of na
:ure. There Is even one that's so good
in imitation that It aches sometimes."
Paris Journal.
Don't take up a man's time in talk
ng to him about th. smartness of your
hildreii. He wan :s to talk to yoej
ibout the smartness of bis children. .
Simplicity and Nobility.
Simplicty forms a main ingredient la
1 noble nature Thucydldec
LlixirJfSenna
Qpanses tliCvSy.stcm Effect
ually, Dispels (jolcU and Head
oclios clue to Constipation;
Acts naturally, acts truly as
o Laxative.
I3o.st forMenv()mrn and Child'
rpn-younpana Old.
Always liuy the (jenuine which
lias the full name of the
CALIFORNIA
RoStrupCo.
by whom it is manufactured , printeo on the
) front of evory package.
SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS.
one size only, regular price 50 p-bottle.
Ifn Smoker.
The bishop of London, at a dinner
(n Washington, told a story, as ths
cigars came on, about one of his pre
lecessors. "When Dr. Crelghton was bishop of
Londou," he said, "he rodo on a train
Due day with a small, meek curate.
Dr. Crelghton, an ardent lover of to
bacco, soon took out his clg.ir case
and with a smile, said: '"You don't
oilnd my smoking, I suppose?1
"The meek, pale little curate bowed
and answered humbly: 'Not If your
lordship doesn't ml : id my being sick.'"
.New Siyle of Sl-t-lnar Cor.
On the Shore life or the Now York
& IltirUorJ Ra!'r.'.:d a i:cw irt.-le of
b!ee;liig car lir.s btc: iuloptol fr the
midnight express. It -.vim used for tho
first time a few niyhls ago 0:1 the ex
press leaving thi city nt "midnight, says
the New York Times.
Instead of the berths being separate!
from the rest of tin: cor by curtaiiia.
each passenger will bo able to oiit.iiu
a compartment which approaches in
size the average sixe single' rooms of
a hotel, nnd fitted with toilet conveni
ences. There will be ton of these ia
each compartment with two berths in
each roouu The rooms will open out
on a corridor running the length of the
car, and may be. taken In suites. Doom
open from one compartment to another
so that members of the same party will
not be separated.
In the new cars rare woods have
been used. In one apartment the finish
ing is In tigerwood, which resembles
the markings of a tiger. In another
0. wood from the Philippines Is used,
of which the experts at Washington
have not yet determined tho origin und
(ipecles. Jlgue wood, SpiinNli mahog
any and goubaril are other of the un
usual finishings which have been em
ployed to make these cars luxurious
and comfortable.
Fins Crop of Kenre 1'omIs.
The sand bills, considered worthless,
along the Salt Fork river have been
demonstrated by J. W. Bird, of Pond
Creek, to be especially adapted to the
growth of black locust trees, says the
Ponca City (Okla.) Courier. Mr. Bird
bought some raw land In the sand hills
for his project and broke out several
acres and planted about 300,000 black
locust seed last spring, expecting to get
about one-fourth that number of plants.
He now has between 80,000 and 100,
000 rigorous, healthy young trees which
have made an average growth of three
feet. Next spring he will transplant
them on eighty acres of the sand bills.
In five years the trees will be large
enough to begin cutting posts out of
the forest, and within ten years for
posts alone tbe value will exceed $100
an acre.
FB LENDS HELP
t. Paul Park Incldeat.
"After drinking coffee for breakfast
I always felt languid and dull, having
no ambition to get to my morning du
ties. Then in about an hour or bo a
weak, nervous durahgement of the
heart and stomach would come over me
with such force I would frequently
have to He down.
"At other times I had severe head
aches; stomach finally became affected
and digestion so Impaired that I had
Berlous chronic dysin-psia and constipa
tion. A lady, for many years State
President of tbe W. C. T. VS., told me
she had been greatly benefited by quit
ting coffee and using Postuni Food
Coffee ; she was troubled for years with
asthma. She said It was no cross to
quit coffee when she found she could
nave as delicious an article as Postum.
"Another lady, who had been trou
bled with chronic dyspepsia for years.
round immediate relief on ceasing cof
fee and beginning Postum twice a dav.
She waa wholly cured. Still another
friend told me that Postum Food Coffee
was a Godsend to her. her heart tmnhu
having been relieved after leaving off
coffee and taking on Postum.
So many such cases cam tn m no.
tlce that I concluded coffe . ,
cause of my trouble and I quit and took
up 1 oa cum. 1 am more than pleased to
say that my days of trouble have dls
appeared. I am well and hr.r-
"Tbere's a Reason." Read "Tbe Road
w iveimiie.- la pkga.
Ever read the above letter? a
new one appears from time to time.
Iney are genuine, true, and full of
ns interest.