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Truth and
Quality
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i appeal to the Well-Informed in ever
walk of life and are essential to permanent
. success end ,-orC'li'table staling. Aceori
' Inglyi it lJ nt claimed that Syrup of Fig'?
and Elixir of Banna Is the only remedy of
known value, but one of nmny reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
', laxatives is the faet tfiftt 1 it rcleanars,'
sweetens and relieves tho internal organs
on wlildf it nets Without any dobilitatinj;
after effect.? an. 1 without having to increase
tho quantity frcm timo to tinio.
It acts pleasantly and-naturally and
; truly as a laxative, and its component
parts arc known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from nil objection
able iubstatirci.j tolppt it' lr jifrfklal
effects always 'ptirchas tho grJtiino .
manufactured by thn California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and fur slc by all leading drug
psta- ......
Drclnr.illnn of I iidc.i 'ciice.
For nine years Mr. Cirshorn had
been the bookkeeper and confidential
man of business for Kcrnpplo'ot Com
pany, a firm of rieb nmiiufiieturers In
tbo middle West,!, and h:ld served tbetn
faithfully flfty-two weeks In the year,
with no days oft except Sundays.' One
day In July he surprised tho head of
tho firm by saying:
, "Mr. Scrapple, I shall want a vaca
tion of, two weeks thin 'mouth." "
"What!" exclaimed his employer.
"I say I shall want a vacation of
two weeks this month," repealed tin
bookkeeper, "and the two weeks will
begin next Monday."
"But i' can't possibly sparo you, Mr.
Cleghorn." '
"I think you can. Anyhow, I hin
going to take the vacation and I slmil
expect my salary to run on us usual
while I am away."
"There's no um In talklns, Cleghorn.
. . VI know .lt, Mr. Scrapple. That's
' why I thought I Would have It over
with as few . words as possible. (Uu(
I am going Jo take the two w eeks off.'
. Just the. same. . Furthermore, I expect
to have a vacation for the same length
of time every summer hereafter - as
long as I work for you."
r ..The bead of the firm was astonished.
Such brazen assurance took his breath
away. i v f . v ,
"If you go ' ftway from here
Monday, Cleghorn," he gasped,
needn't come back !"
next
"yo'j
"That will be all right, Mr. Scrap,
plo," coolly answered the bookkeeper.
"I have an offer, of a permanent po
sition with 'Dodson & Company, at live
dollars a week more than you. are pay
ing me, Including a regular Hummer
vacation. I would rather stay here, of
course, but if you iiisint on my "
"You can take your two weeks off.
Jleghorn," hastily interrupted Mr..
Scrapple.
It requires a sudden shock to awak
ed 6me ''Mnployers: to a realization of
-the value, of a trusted employe; but it
Tiehooves tbo employe to le sure of Lis
.ground before ho attempts to admluls
, 4er the shock. Youth's Companion.
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f' ' t Life ot the Common Bel.
The life history of the common eel
Just completed by Dr. John Schmidt Is
'mentioned as one of .the most fnselnnt
Ung ever worked out by tho naturalist
'.Tns spawning ground for Europe
(proves to be the. Atlantic, Where tho
depth Is about BOO fathoms,' along the
coast from Norway to Spain, and to
this deep-sea region tho ells make a
long Journey from tho Inland fresh
waters of the continent
Here the females deposit their eggs,
whlch-gradually develop into deep, rib-'bon-shOjPed
larvae (leptocephalus bre--vtrostrJs).
The leptocephali reach their
;f reatest development about Juue, when
they cease to feed and enter Into a
retrogressive metamorphosis lasting
about a, year, la which they take uo
ood a&4 gradually decrease In size and
take, on 'the slender eel like jrorm. - i
Near the close of this metamorphosis
the creatures, now become elvers, be
come very active. They start In vast
numbers toward the coasts, entering
the nearest rivers Jo .September, to Io
cember, those further away In Janu
ary or February, but not reaching Dan
ish waters until April and May, Many
perish In the passago of tho English
channel and other waters on tho way.
f Hhe remnant of the army of young eels
finally becomes scattered In the streams
all ver Europe, where they feed and
grow and prepare to make the return
" migration to the sea. Philadelphia
Ledger. "
atlsrfct Interruption la Trade.
The matron who was making a small
purchase at the drug storo suddenly pars
ed, clutched wildly at the a) moNphcre, aud
gasped, with a contorted face ;
"O, wait a moment 1 I'm "
' The salesman behind the couuter start
ed to her relief.
"No, no!" she said, motioning LI in
away. "I I'll be all right in lu a mo
ment I It's only "
"Shall I get a glass of water for you,
madam V
"O, no I It's It's nothing. I I "
"Pardon nie, mailum, but "
"No I No I Ca-can't you see? I
I've got to Ah-klt-choo ! Ah-kit-choo 1
Klt-clioo! Woosb! That's all. 1 only
wanted to sneeze, and I'm awfully sorry
to have made you any t run Me."
The salesman politely Imt tint rut hbilly
responded that she liuilu't made a hit of
trouble. v
Whereupon Binte street traflie, which
bad been for a brief interval interrupted
by the' incident, n suv.ied its accustomed
din. Chicago Tribune.
JSt Here.
Once at breakfast, at a friend's
Phillip itrooka. noticed tho diminutive
but amusingly distillled daiiKhter of tin
bousu buvl:i co:iHtant trotihle with fin
largo fiirk tliat slio was vainly trying
to handl ptiwly with Ucr tiny ltn
In a Kpirlt of klnducHs, minted
mischief.' the V,ditv s:ild !
with' mi
W'hF don't ion trive tin the fork, inv
flear,- and uso your nngersr ion iinw,
fingers were imide bet'n-e fiu-ks."
Quick, as a flash csi.io the crushinj
tetort : "Mine wei-n'f Salt Lake
Tribune. ,
75IKENSIBE
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
at "Den "Ts Fntllik 0rp! " " HWcs4 e tht HUM," "Lai Um."
" Mtetowtrenk," " Icapnl tn4 Smsslse," "Ceails MaaSc," CM.
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"It nns wicked In her to fetch you
here," khe raid Ui Maddy one day when
Jn Lucy's room she found her sittiiiR
Un the floor with her head bowed down
upon the window ill. "Hut, law, she's a
trillin' thing, and didn't know 'twould kill
you, poor child, ioor Maddy!" and Mrs.
N'oah laid her hand kindly on Maddy's
hair. "Maytie yon'd better go home," bIio
continued, as Maddy iinnle no re;ily.
'o, Mrs. No-ih," and Maddy's voice
Was strnady unnjitural A4 -Vi lifted up
her head,' fevenlin a face so hazard and
white that Mrs. Ndtth vtas ' fri;hteued,
and of.ked in much alarm if anything now
had happened.
"No, nothing; I was going to say that
I'd rather etay a littlo longer where there
ire signs and sounds of life. I should
iio to be alone at Houedale to-morrow.
Do you know that to-morrow will be the
bridal'"
Yes, Mrs. Noah knew it ; but she hojHd
it might have escaped Maddy's mind.
"I'oor . child," he said agnin, "poor
child, I uiintrust you did wrong to tell
him no."
"Oh, Mrs. Noah, don't tell mc that;
don't make it harder for me to bear. The
Tempter has been telling me so all day,
and my heart Is so hard and wicked I
enanot pray w I would. Oh, you don't
know how wretched I am !" and Maddy
bid her faco in the broad, motherly lap,
Bobbing so wildly that Mrs. Noah was
greatly perplexed how to act or what to
say.
Years ago, she would have spurned the
thought that the grandchild of tlie old
man who had bowed to his own picture
should be mistress 'of Aikensldc; but she
had changed since then, and oonld sho
have had her way, she would have stop
ped the marriage, and, bringing ber boy
home, have given him to the young girl
weeping so convulsively in her lap. But
Mrs. Noah could not have her way. The
bridal guests were, even then, assembling
In that home beyond the sea. She could
not call Ouy back, and so she pltfed and
caressed the wretched Maddy, saying to
ber at last : i , j '
"I'll tell you what Is Impressed on my
mind; this Lucy's got consumption, with
out any kind of doubt and If you've no
objections to a widower, you may J'
' She did not .finish the sentence, for
Maddy started in horror. To her there
was something murderous In the very
Idea, and she thrust it quickly aside. Guy
Ilemlngton was not for her, she said, mid
her wish was to forget him. If she could
got through the dreaded to-morrow, nhe
should do better. There had been a loud
upon her the whole day, a nightmare die
could not shake off, and she had como to
Lucy's room in the hope of leaving her
burden there, of praying her psin away.
Would Mrs. Noah leave her a while, and
ice that no one came?
The good woman could not refuse, and
lolng out, she left Maddy by the window
watching the sun aa it went down and
then watching the wintry twilight deepen
over the landscape, until all tbinRS were
blundod together in one great darkness
anrf'Jcsale found her at last fainting upon
the fhxHV j' t ' !
I Maddy was glad of the racking head-
acho which kept her in her bed the whole
of the next day, glad of any excuse to
stay away from the family, talking all
but Mrs. Noah of Ouy, and what was
transpiring in England. They had failed
to remember the difference in the longi
tude of the two places ; but Maddy forgot
nothing, and when the clock struck four,
sho called Mrs. Noah to her and whis
pered, faintly : " ..
"They were to be married at eight In
the evening. Allowing for possible delays,
us over before this, and Ouy is lost
forever !"
Mrs. Noah had no consolation to offer,
and only pressed the hot, feverish hands,
while Maddy turned her face to the wall
and did not speak again, except to whisper
Incoherently as she half slumbered, half
woke : ' : t i
"Did Guy think of me when he prom
ised to love her, and can be see how mis
erable I am?"
Maddy was indeed passing through deep
waters, and that night the fourth of De
cember, the longest the dreariest ahe ever
knew, could never 'be forgotten. ,Onn
past the worst was over, and aa the rarest
metal Is purified by fire, so Maddy came
rrom the dreadful ordeal strengthened for
what was before her. Both Agnes and
Mrs. Noah, noticed the strangely beautiful
expression of her face when she came
down to the breakfast room, whila Jessie,
as "she kissed her pale cheek, whispered :
"lou look as if you had bea with
angels." . 1
Guy was not expected with hi brido
for two . Weeks or more, and as the days
dragged on Maddy felt that the waiting
for him waa more intolerable than the see-
lug, him with Lucy would be. Bentlwa
and impatient, she could not remain quiet'
ly at the cottage while at Aikeuwide
she , longed to return again to her own,
noma, ana in mis way tlie trme wore on
until the anniversary of that day when
she had come from New York and found
Guy waiting for her at the station. - To
stay that day in the house so rife with
memories of the dead waa impossible, aud
Flora was surprised and delighted to hear
that both were going up to Aiketis'.do lu
the vehicle hired of Farmer Own, whoso
son officiated as driver. It was nearly
noon when they reached their domination
meeting at the gate with Flora's brother
Tom, who said to them:
"We've heard from Mr. Guy: the shhi
is In; they'll bo here sure to-night, and
Mrs. Nohji la turnin' things upshle down
with the dinner."
I-eaning back In the buggy, Maddy felt
for a moment as if ahe wero dying. NVver,
until then, had she realized how, all the
white, she had been clinging to an imh
nuablo hope, a preeuiiiueut that tome-
thing might yet occur to spire bt from
a long lifot.Hio of pain, such a 1st be
fore her if Guy were really hwt ; bat tho
babble bad bnrrt, leaving her nothing to
nope, nothing to clmg to, nolWim bti
,bJui iMMlr ami half bewildered uli
reeotvwd tUe ixtlry greeting of Jennie, who
mnt bar at the door aud diagsud her Into
the drawing revia, aocoratod with flowers
fruui tiMi aotbouds, told her to guuas Vi
was coming.
"L. know Tom told tne; Gtiy Is rainln
wrth LttflsV' tfaddy aruwereil, and reJIirr
Off heraeir rrwm Jte. Me turned to
.Agues, aking whve Mr. Noab wt4 oi
U be mUnt go to hy.
"Oft, Maddy, rtuld, I'm sorry you ve
ootue to-day, Mrs. Noah said, as "In
ch a ltd Maddy's cold bands, and haWlu
her to the fir, made ber sit down.
1 did net knew It or I sWuld have
stayed away." aladd replied j 1 skill
not stay, as It Is. I cannot see them to
day. Charlie will drive me back before
the train Is due; but what did he saj?
And how is Lucy?"
"lie did not mention her. There's the
dispatch," and Mrs. Noah handed to Mid
dy the telegram received that morning,
and which was simply as follows:
"The stamer is here. Shall be at sta
tion nt five o'clock p. m.
"GUY KEMINGTON.f
Twlee Maddy read it over, experienc
ing much the same feeling she would have
experienced ha'd it been her death warrant
t-he was reading.
"At five o'clock. I must go before that,"
nhe said, sighing as Rhe remembered how,
one year ago that day, she was traveling
over the very route where Guy was now
(ravelins with his br!d. Did he think
of it? Think of his long waiting at the
depot, or of that memorable ride, the
events of which grew more and more dis
tinct in her memory, making her cheeks
burn even now as she recalled his many
acts of tender care.
Laying the telegram on the table, she
went with Mrs. Noah through tho rooms,
wanned and made ready for the bride, lin
gering longest In Lucy's, which the bridal
decorations and the bright fire blazing in
the grate made singularly Inviting. As
yet, there were no flowers there, and
Maddy claimed tho privilege of arranging
them for this room herself. Agnes had
almost stripped the conservatory ; but
Maddy found enough to form a most taste
ful bouquet, which she placed upon a
marble dressing table; then within a slip
of paper which she folded across the top,
she wrote: "Welcome to the bride."
"They both will recognize my handwrit
ing; they'll know I've been here," she
thought, as with one long, last look at
the room, she walked away.
They' were laying the table for dinner
now, and with a kind of dizzy, uncertain
feeling, Maddy watched tho servants hur
rying to and fro, bringing out the choicest
china, and the glittering stiver, In honor
of tho bride. Comparatively, it was not
long Nlnce a little, frightened, homesick
girl, ahe first sat down with Guy at that
table, from which the proud Agnes would
have banished her; but it seemed to ber
an age, so much of happiness and pain
had come to ber since then. There was
place for her there now, a place near
Guy; but she should not fill it She
could not stay ; and she astonished Agnes
and Jessie, just as they were going to
make their dinner toilet, by announcing
her Intention of going home. She waa
not dressed to ,mect Mrs. Remington, ahe
said, shuddering as for the first time sho
pronounced a name which the servants
had frequently used, and which jarred
on her ear every time she heard it. She
wan not dressed appropriately to meet
an' English lady. Flora of course would
stay, sho said, "as 'it was natural ahe
should, to greet her new mistress; but
she must go, and she bade Charlie Green
bring around tlie buggy.
One long, sad, wistful look at Guy's
and Lucy's home, and Maddy followed
Charlie to the buggy waiting for her,
bidding him drive rapidly, aa there was
every indication of a coming storm.
lhe gray, wintry afternoon .was draw
ing to a close, and the December night
was shutting down upon . the Ilonedale
hills In sleety rain, when the cottage was
reached, and Maddy, passing up the nar
row, slippery walk, entered the cold,
reary room, where there waa neither fire
nor light, nor friendly voice to greet her.
No eimnd save the ticking of the clock 2
no welcome save the purring of the house
cat, who came crawling at her feet as
fflie knelt before the stove and tried to
kindle the fire. Cbarllo Green had of
fered to go In and do this for her, as in
deed he had offered to return and stay all
Ignt, out she had declined. Dreferrinsr to
be alone, and with stiffened fingera she
laid tne kindlings Flora had nrenared. and
then applying the match, watched the blue
name as It gradually licked tro the smoke
and burst into a cheerful blaze.
"I shall feel better when It'a warm.
she said, crouching over the fire, and shiv
ering with more than bodily cold.
mere was a kind of nameless terror
stealing oi-er her as she sat thinking of
me year ago when the lrrmatea of three
graves across the meadow were there be
neath that very roof where she now sat
alon. i :
II atrfke a light" aha said, riainv to
her feet and trying not to glance at the
shadowy comers filling her with fear.
lamp was found, and ita frlendlv
beams soon dispersed the darkness from
the corners and the fear from Maddy's
heart, bur it could not drive from her
mind tbougbta of what might at that mo
ment be trinwplring at Aikenslde. If the
bride and groom came at all that tiight,
sho knew Uiey must have been there for
an hour or more, and in fancy ahe saw the
tired. Dot happy, Lucy, as up In her pleas
ant room ahe made her toilet for dinner,
with Guy standing by and looking on Just
ns ira nao a right to do. Did he smile
ajiprovlngly upou bis young wife? Did
.M.i eye, wnen it rested on her, light up
with the same expression she had seen
so often when It looked at her? Did he
commend her taste and say his little
wife wa beautiful, as he kissed her fair,
white, cheek, or 'was there a cloud upon
Ms hanihmrne face, a shadow on his heart.
nesry with thoughts of her, and would ho
rather tt were Maddy there In tlie bridal
room? If so, his burden wns hard lmlee.1
but not so bnrd ns hers. atiA Lneelm oil
tun IMor, poor Maddy laid her head in the
rtmir. and, 'mid piteous means, asked God
to help tr era bnth to rear their lot.
The prayer emlod, Ma Uy still sat upod
llx tkxjr, while over her pale faco the
lanrptbit faintly flickered, showing the
huk fiiM-s fcith !kt eve and the tears
MiiM on hT cheek. Without, the storm
till was raxitwt, and fhe wintry rain, min
gled with elewt and mow, brat plteonslv
s;ii!ik tht enrtained windows, vMIe lh.
w'v1 &rwUd mournfully a it shooV fi
d; stkl ewaapl-g itft th9 oottaj' went
crmanfcig over th till. Bnt Maddy hsrd
rowhi g ei lb tiunolt HH lud hrouiat
a pi;Vw Cruw the hdrm, and placing
Ix upou ffcs cfcatr, eat d-rwa aalu npon
the floor and iwcted her bead cpou it
S!m 811 not even know that her yt cat
bait crrjt iy beside hur, purrhig content
edly 4 wvlcmalry llck'ng her hair,
fonoh leas did aha b above Che sturm
tat swift tread el bnasiW' tot M some
oiu dsjow 4btng flown fa road, the rldnr
peuir-ng an taetaat as kt caufbt a gUmr
o the rrtfs lamp ajwt tttea hurrying
is at tfce ptrrfln him beyond, w&eTo the
hwrsv tnewned moodily at being called
wK to esra for a Mvajlfar's hone, th
staansae- saaanwafl aoiutng bevk afaet
fc V's Ska eoftaga) kwire atioue, a bee
eeai Mat ahreesya fm ? dartiMaa. TLe
r Started 0 Net fata and, da
doing the fastening, went hurrying ap fhe !
walk, his step ujion the crackling vnow
catching Maddy's ear at last aud muklng ,
her wonder who could be coming there
on such a night as this. It was probably
Charlie Green, she said, and with a feel
ing of impatience at being intruded upon
ahe arose to her feet just as the door
turned upon its hinges, lotting in a pow
erful draught of wind, which extinguished
the lamp and left her In total darkness.
I!ut It did not matter. Maddy had
caturht a sound, a peculiar cough, which
froze the blood In her veins and made her
quake with terror quite as much aa if the
footsteps hurrying toward her had been
the footsteps of the dead,' Instead of be
longing, as ahe knew they did, to Ouy
Remington Guy, who, with garments sat
urated with nain, felt for her in the dark-
ncra, found her where from faintness she
had crouched again beside the chair, drew
her closely to bim, in a passionatefl almost
painful, hug, and said, oh I so tenderly :
"Maddy, my darling, my own 1 . We
will never be parted again."
1 .CIIAITER XXIII.
. Iiours had gone by, and the clock hands
pointed to twelve, ere Maddy compelled
herself to hear the story Guy had come
to tell. She had tliru.it bim from her at
first, speaking to him of Lucy, his wife,
and Gay had answered her back: "I have
no wife I never had one. Lucy la la
heaven," and that was all Maddy knew
until the great shock had spent Itself
in tears and sobs, which became almost
convulsions as she tried to realize the fact
that Lucy Atherstono was dead : that the
bridal robe about which she baa written,
with girlish frankness, proved to be her
shroud, and that her head that night was
not pillowed on Guy's arm, but was rest
ing tinder English turf and beneath an
English sky. . She could listen at last, but
her breath came in panting gasps ; while
uuy told her how, on the very morning
of the bridal, Lucy had greeted him with
her usual bright smile, appearing and
looking better than he had before seen her
look since he reached her mother's hornet
how for an hour they sat together alone la
a little room sacred to her, because years
before it was there he confessed his love.
Seated on a low ottoman, with her
golden head lying on his lap, she had
that morning told him, in her artless way,'
how much she loved him, and how hard it)
sometimes was to mako her love for the
creature second to her love for the Cre
ator; told him she was not faultless, and
asked that when ho found bow erring
and weak aha was, he would bear with her
frailties as she would bear with hlsj
talked with him. too. of Maday Clyde.
confessing in a soft, low tone, how once
or twice a pang of jealousy had wrung
her heart when ahe read his praises of his
pupil. But she had conquered that; she
had prayed It all away ; and now next
to her own sister, she loved Maddy Clyde,
Other words, too, were spoken words of
guileless, pure affection, too sacred even,
for Guy to breathe to Maddy: and thea
Lucy had left him her hart-bounding step
echoing through the hall and up the wind
ing stairs down which she never came
again alive, for when Guy next looked
upon her she was lying white as a water
lily, her neck and dress and golden hair
stained with the pale red, life current
oozing from her livid lips. A blood vessel
had been suddenly ruptured, the phyaU
clan said, and for her, the fair, young
bride, there waa no hope. They told her
she mmrt die, for the mother would have
them tell ber. Once, for a few moments.
there rested on her face a fearfully fright
ened look, Buch as a harmless bird might
wear when suddenly caught in a snare.
But that soon passed away aa from be
neath the closed eyelids the great tears
came gushing, and the stained lips whis
pered faintly: "God knows best. Poor
Guy I break it gently to him."
At this point In the stoc? Guy broke
down entirely, sobbing as only strong men
can sob.
"Maddy," he said, "I felt like a heart
less wretch a most consummate hypo
crite as, standing by Lucy's side, I met
the fond, pitying glance of ber blue eyes.
and suffered her poor little hand to part
my hair as ahe tried to comfort even
though every word she uttered was short
ening her life; tried to comfort me, the
wretch who was there so unwillingly, and
who at this prospect of release hardly
knew at first whether he was more sorry
than pleased. You may well start from
me in horror, .Maddy. I was just the
wreteh I describe; but I overcame it.
Maddy, and heaven is my witness that no
thought of you Intruded itself upon ma
afterward as I stood by my dying Lacy
gentle, patient, loving to the last. I saw
how good, how sweet she was, and some
thing of the old love, the boy love, came
back te me, aa I held her in my arms.
where she wished to be. I wools have
saved her if I coold ; and whea I called
her 'my darling Lucy,' they were net Idle
words. I kissed her many times for my
self, and once, Maddy, for you. She told
me to. , She whispered : 'Kiss me, Guy,
for Maddy Clyde. Tell her I'd rather she
should take my place than anybody else
rather my Guy should call her wife
for I know she will not be jealous If you
sometimes talk of. your dead Lucy, and
I know she will help lead my bey te that
blessed home where sorrow never comes,
That waa the , laat she ever spoke, and
when the sun went down death hnd claim
ed my bride. She died In my arms, Mad'
dy. I saw her buried from my sight, and
then,' Maddy, I started home ; thoughts of
you and thoughts of Lucy blended equal
ly together until Aikenside was reaohea.
I talked with Mrs. Noah; I heard all of
you there was to toH, and then I talked
with Agues, who was not greatly surpris
ed, and did not oppose my coming hers
to-night. I could not remain there,
knowing you were alone. In the bridal
chamber I found your bouquet, with Its
'Welcome to the bride.' Maddy, you must
be that bride, Lucy sanctioned it, and
the doctor, too, for I told him all. His
own. wedding was, of course, deferred, and
ho did not come home with me, but be
said: Tell Maddy uot to wait. Life la
too short to waste any happiness. Shs
has my bltywing.' And, Maddy, it must
be so. Aikenside needs a mistress; roa
are ajl alone, 'ou are mine mine for
ever." The storm bad died away, and the
moonbeams stealing through the window
told that morning was brenkinK, but
neither Guv nor Maddy heeded the lapse
of time. Theirs was a sad kind of hap-
jriucss as they talked togsther, and could
laicy have listened to them ahe would
have feJt Hatfa.led that slie was nt for
gutuai. One long, bri'.it curl, cut from
lit head ly his own band, was all there
wn Vi ot her to Guy, eave the hl
hnvod inwuoriea of her parity a:d gondr
no-atfsnorlea which would yet mold the
VT.!k Imimtalre Gay Into the aaroeat,
rr4-teut Christian which Lucy la bee
UtH bad desired that be should be, aud
Wtesh Hitddy rejoiced to see bim.
. , (The End.)
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Void la lloeerv.
Tewory Colonel (at the elub card
MM) Good heavens, air! Ilavaat
rm got a black suit?
IrrotarsMtfble Snb Yea, sir; hut Iia
sarthc jf your fAinerai. Lo-adar
laaoflb.
TACT3 IN TABLOID 1?0SM. '
LJJ.
Aufctralta'H n'y IkusI of'J.roy Is tJiS
dliuo, r wild .1. ;;. ' ' 1
-. .
Loiiilun uyvft fi'V'tf.o inns tif sugar an
nually for J-ini-ii' ikii k. '
In Aus-mlla ':!:wr.5 nearly 'l'47,000
ir.nre nun tliaii v nu"i. ' - ' '
. Fur every tun of i;r-!,l ti circulation
there nr'? fifteen, t !:fl of h'UVer. '
The tcl.-.l , i,s pal, I to textile vcr!
cii'. in ;.;:. i ;-.y iuAt front .y.t:2.
UfveV.o :'. . .!,Jl,.r.TO.tX'fi!ln VX.T,.
Mudi 'i.iijt i-.ifns In knjihuid, Uiere
;:i!J pi'vj f s ,-ui liiilinpotiittiui on the
fvill't nt' lm::i.' !;:eu ni;d" wxiW t6 woal
ruMiiV ov.-;V;::; s. ' ' ' '
Givut nMcuUc'i is he-liii ;iven In l?o-lie-uhi
to !-:i:rt!:l1l:rs of mountain dm-:
not ' only '-. jwrl wal or-power' but
to le-i.-:i ! : . ,:.un.i-c4 tY,M (,mrf,.:
' Mii'liM ( t'l t!:c tnirreiir:il(I, w'ho has
Just bi-r.-ift !i.:if!:t hel--Voili' e-bllflreii
l'ro:n
i v.-s'l!;)
-Dear i:i:' Anna, 'how
i'!t;iii:.l i s:i i.Tii :1m k sliK'H. I i,it
,1
raw Mj::u! Ai j ymi qnito Hire, tlie
are the li"!:!; nr: -FiUrMule Bluet ter.
Ab.rn I,: tiiv unine pi von to n new
ini'tfl. whir-li la .-v:ntM!std of two putts
of nltinil:;u:n nid cue inrt of ssltic. It
Is eaid t) c;u:il cast Iron In strength,
Imt b; i:;;i;i mure eliiKtlc. Alzeiv la
superior l;ivitti:u it- do-.-s not rust nnd
raises it hisli lMlis!i.
Out of Cio Ho oinili'efi' wlilelv tho
State of Kama lms wkiiln ita domains
nt least fifty have no pnuiiers. One
half of the county poor farms are emp
ty, save for the k'cvinr, who draws hla
saary and walls for p!itronase Kan
sas City Journal. '
In 17!)0 the opulatlon o Italtlmora
was only l.l.nOo"; It was fifty years, or
In ISiO, before Iialtlnioro had ellmlied
up Into tho' 100,000 class; sho could
first count half n million 111 .1000; nnd
to-day lhe odiclal records disrlose h
population of OSO.SIO.
Lecturing before tho Institution of
Eloctrlcnl i:iii!lniers, nt London, Sir
William rnwe said that tlie proposal
to make the metric system compuls
ory seemed senrcely 'within the raiUM
of practical politics nt present, for the
Amjlo-Snxon race of manufacturing en
gineers were nearly nil opposed to It
"In Old Lynne, Connecticut, Is one of
the celebrated Franklin milestones
whlotii lu 1770 saw Washington ikiss
Into Lynne on bis way from Cambridge
after the British had evacuated Hus
ton. Franklin measured tho miles bv
I n luechfnp of h ih..vn Invention, jittnch-
ed to his fbaiw, the ancestor of our
cyclometer.
"It Is always a delimit to tour with
Fddlo Foy." f"ys an actor. "Once In
the town of Keokuk, Iowa. Foy nnd I
went Into u barber's to get slinved.
When tlie barber jrot t'.irnusrh with bim
Foy applied hin handkerchief to bis
fa iv and sr. Id: 'Youu man. you have
ir.isped your vocation. You ought to bo
an oyster opener.' "
Tn marl ml seeda ore to be reckoned
among t.'.ie fairly nutritious plant pro
ducts that have Ikvii reported to pro
vide food during, periods! of famine in
India, says Nature. yTlio pulp of tho
fruit Is an esreeuied Ingredient, of cer
tain condiments. . Tho kernels of tha
seeds when freed from the skin nnd
roasted furnish a not unwholesome
Hour suitable for mixing with cereals
to mnke small cukes.
At n meeting "f the IiOndon Zoologi
cal Society tlio secretary pointed out
that tho young giraffes have relatively
much shorter necks than their parents;
the mck In the former being not, long
er than the fore-legs, which It largely
exceeds- In length in the latter. This,
of course, Is only whiit one should nat
urally expect to occur, but It, never
theless, serves to bring tho giraffe one
step nearer the okapl.
Mexican, lands in a virgin state,, suit
able for tlie growing of sugar cane, nnd
situated In the tropical portions of the
oountry-thit 'si ,u tho States of Vera
Cruz, Chiapas and Tabasco range la
price from f 1 to $3 gold nn acre. In
the Taiuplco section. State of Tamulla-p-as,:
one finds such lands higher In
price, the influx of Americans thereinto
having had the effect of, Increasing the
value of property.
An Egypt Inn mining center proba
bly worked as early as 2."00 B. C.
was In tlie eastern desert, between the
Itexl Sea and the Nile. The lately dis
covered remains deTllel by C, J. Al
ford Include small Irregular stone lints,
arranged In groups of two or three ro
towiifl large enougb for 1,000 men. The
ancient working are burled In sand.
The only vestlgo of mining appliances
nro elllptlcalTubWng stones for coarse
crushing and ifiartz mills for reducing
the rock to tine powder, ready for wash
ing tmt the gold.
Scotland possesses several railway
anomalies, of which probably the most
nut aide Is Hint of the stations of Mal
lalg and lyvle, of Iioohalsh, whk-a,
thousT'i "ll.v twenty mllea apart In a
straight line, are separated by 110 less
tliitn SHU miles of rail by the shortest
ryiU viz., Crlanlarb-h, Ralqubldder,
Fertli and Inverness. Yet another
Scotch huMiigrulty Is that tho nearest
railway station to the town of Fort Fl
len, on U10 Islr.nd of Islay, If we except
the small ! cal line nt Campbell town. Is
Uallycastlc, in Ireland. London i;iibe
llmv Our Armr 1 Forme, I.
lhe average citizen, It is safe to m.
lias a very li.tr-y idea coinvrnlug the
sl;:e and constitution of tlie l'nitid
States r.riiiy. A writer In Harper's
Wn-iuv gives soim? Interesting facts
leafing upon tils' matter. The govern
ment dreams of an army numbering
"0,fxV men. The present strength Is
57,:fo. Of tiie theoretical 7).iHtO sol
diers the lo rccinients of . cav-uliy,
wlileli never l:u k their full complement,
mprlKe nearly H,0iO oncers ntal men.
the six reglpieirts of Held artillery,
ri.rJHl; tlu co:'st artillery corps eiae
upon 20,00'i; the engineers, S.lsm, nnd
the ropiiiliidi-r, (vr.alsts of ' the Rtal
jin, Indian SiHiu'ts and a;mmill uuu
bor of native soldiers In Porto Iileo
ind tho riillipplnes. Tho total number
of ctniinilstiloned offleers amounts t
tbout 3,000.
I Old Favorites 3
J
flnrttnrn Aln,
.(I'pglish Version.)
In Scarlot Town where I was ixn-n,
There was a fair maid dwelling,
And every youth cried, "Well away,"
1 And ber -name wos ISarliara Allen.
All in the merry monUl jof , May,
When green buds were n-swelling;
rciing Jimniin on his death bed lay,
For the love of ltar1iira Allen.'
I'e s-nt his man uuto her then,
To tlie town where she did dwell in;
Saying "you ride to thy muster, 1 '
If your name, be Itarbara Allen." '
"For death is pifntud on his face,
"And( pvVr his he'nrt is stealing; -Oh
' ,haste' away to comfort him,
' Oh ! you hniely Rarbara .Alien."
Rlowl.Vj -sbtwty, dhe rose up,
1 And slowly sho came nigh hiia; 1 :
And all slie said when there she came:
"Young man, I think you're a-dying.
"Recollect, recollect, recollect young man,
Wnen I boarded at your ,tav;rn ;
You d-uuk, you walked with the ladief
rounil,
'And' you' slighted" Barbara Allen."
"Oh yes, oh, yes, oh yes, oh yes,
Whea you boarded nt my tavern,
I made the health go round and round,
My love to Harbara Allen."
i
lie turned his face unto her then,
With deadly sorrow sighing;
Faying, "Come, pretty maid, and pity me,
For I'm on my death bed lying."
t
"If you on your death bed lie, '
What neod the tale you're telling?
No better will you ever be,
For your bonnie Barbara Allen."
As she waa-ruising over the field,
She heard the death liell knelling;
And every stroke did seem to say,
Unworthy Barbara Allen.
She turned her body round nnd about,
She spied the corpse a-coming;
"Lay down, lay down the man," she said,
''And let me gaze upon him."
With a sorrowful eye she looked down,
Her cheeks with sorrow swelling;
While her neighbors cried all In a moon,
"Unworthy Barbara Allen."
When he was dead and in his grave,
She was stricken down with sorrow;
"Mother, mother, make my bed, ;
For I shall die to-morrow.
"Mother, mother, go dig my grave,
And dig it both long and narrow;
Young Jimmic has died for me to-day,
I'll die for him to-morrow."
When she on her death lied lay,'
She begged to be buried by him;
And sorrowfully repented of the day,
She ever did deny him.
"Farewell," she said, "ye virgins all.
And shun the fate I fell In ;
Henceforth take warning by the fate,
Of. cruel Barbara Allen."
Young Jimmio was buried in one church
yard.
And Barlmra in another, '
And out of her grave sprung a rose
And out of his sprung a brier.
They grew and grew to the church top.
Until they could grow no higher,
They locked and tied in a true love knot,
The rosy and the brier.
(Scotch Version.)
It was in and about Mart'mas time.
When the gren leaves wer a-fn!lin
That Sir John Graham, in the west coun
tries, Fell in love wi' Barbara Allan.
lie sent his man down through the town,
To the place where she was dwelling,
"Oh, haste and come to my master dear,
Gin ye be Barbara Allan."
''' ' - - .
Oh, slowly, slowly rose she up,
To the place where he was lyin'.i
And when she drew the curtain by,
"Young man, I think ye're dyin'."
"It's oh, I'm sick, I'm very sick,' '
And it's a' for Barbara Allan ;
Oh. the better, for me ye'se never be
Though your heart's blud were a-spill-in'."
i
h . - ,; .
"Oh, dinna ye mind, young man," she
said,
"When ye was in the tavern a-drinkin'
That ye made the healths gne round and
round,1
And alichtit Barbara Allan?"
He turned his face upon the wa
And death was with him (leal in',
"Adieu, adieu, my dear friends a',
Aud be kind to Barbara Allau."
And slowly, slowly rose she up.
And slowly, slowly left him,
And sichin' said, she could not stay,
inee dejth of life had reft him.
She hadua jrane a mile but twa,
When she heard the deid-bell ringin',
And every jow the deid-bell gi'ed.
It cried, "Woe to Barbara Allan!"
"Oh, mother, mother! mak' my lied,
And msk' it snft and narrow;
Since my love died for me to-day
I'll die f.r him to-morrow."
.New Ilr-nl roer of llaelerla.
To the Hctentilii marvel mysteries ot
this age must 1k added ozone. It has
lxni found that the greatest purifying
agent in existence Is cuidaluetl in this
new g:l that Is generated by eleo
tricity fi'i-n the free air around us. It
does tunny wouderl ul things. In the com
inerclal world it is used for bleach
ing nnd refining mineral oils, for whit
ening w:t., gum lacquer, Ivory, bone,
fen i hers mid various other things.
In the manufacture of starch, ozone
lias hcvn utilized for bleaching pur
hi,s; 11 lias been fu;ui;l possible to
use it to bard 'ii and ripen the kind of
wood that Is used. In musical instru
ments; in Paris tlie linen from hospi
tals Is disinfected by ozone and In lu
irtiniernble ways the pis has been put
to work by Ingenious man to accom
plish things that have heretofore beeu
lone with dlrmnilty by other men us.
The Bri-eliliiiz I'oliil.
Mrs. Flynii Th' landlady lias rals
ied
tn' rlut f nfteon dollars, Molke.
Mr. Flynn Th' bear-rtlms writch!
It wor all we could do Ivry mouth
bete blai out av tluj Puck.
to
Followed Hie Orel ere.
Tresldent Hadley, of Ynle, coming
back to Now Haven late one night, got
onto otie of the enbs at the station,
and, "taking It for granted that the cab
h." krW who lie was, said:
' liTtflVr- fast, en buy."
' "AH Tight,- sir," replied cnbby. Th
, aorsosM tod off with a plunge nnd
kept up. .his rapid rate for half an hour,
gohifl tip ono street nnd down another.
Finally Ir.' Ilndley, seeing that he
whsl'.Mns-laUen In the wrong direction,
t!.V his bead out of the window and
r.!;ed :, i "Are, you not going In the
wroi.g -direction, cabby?"
" "Hnt'erl If I know, mluter," was tht
Of. finishing reply ; "where do you want
to g- .'"
Positively cored hf
tnese Little Pills, i
They also relieve Dla
tresa from Dyspepsia, la
digestion and Too Ho arty
Eating. A perfect rem
edy tor Dizziness, Kansea,
Drowsiness. Baa Taste
Ui the Mouth, Coated
Tongue, Fain in the Bide.
TOltPID LTVKH. Then
iCARTER'S
2tv
ITTLE
IVER
PI US.
(afi.iiii
regulate tne Bowels. Purely 'Vegetable.
SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE. SWALL PRICE.
Genuino Must Bear
Fic-Simila Signatur
BEFUSE SUBSTITUTE..
' Colleges are now regarded as rather un
desirable insurance risks, and it Is prob
able that the rates will be generally in
creased. In eighteen years, 7S4 fires have
occurred in college buildings, entailing a
loss of $10,500,000 in money and a heavy
loss Of life. This makes the average
money losa over $13,000.
ECZEMA COVERED BABY.
Wnrat Cna Doctors Ever Slaw- Snf
ferert Untold Misery Perfect Care
l7 Catlcnra ItemcMlles,
"My son, who- is now twenty-two
years of nge, when four months old be
l'uu to have eczema on his face, spread
ing quite rapidly until be was nearly
covered. The eczema was something
terrible, and the doctors sold it was the
worst case they ever saw. At times his
whole body and face were covered, all
but his feet I used many kinds of pat
ent medicines, to no avail. . A frleud
teased me to try Cutleura. At last I .
decided to try Cutleura when my boy
was three years and four months old,
having had eczema all that time and
suffering untold misery. 1 began to use
all three of the Cutleura Remedies. Ho
was better In two months; In six
months he was well. Mrs. R. L. Ills
'ey. Flerniont, N. H- Oct 24. 1005."
COrilN WOOD MINES.
John Chinaman Diss for Material
Most Prised fur Caskets.
There exists no object which the av
erage Chinaman exhibits more regard
for than the narrow box which Is des
tined to contain all that Is mortal of
bim," Bays the Grand Magazine. He Is
never happy until it is a bis posses
sion. It occupies a conspicuous position
In his house, and the richer he. Is the
more he expends on Its acquisition aud
udornment
The coffins most esteemed by the Ce
lestials nre manufactured from a pe
culiar resinous wood, poM.sesslug quite
extraordinary preservation properties
aud founr only In oue small district In
Tonkin, burled In tile earth, no living
specimens of the tree now being In ex
istence, . -
The natives search for It quite as
eagerly as elsewhere gold nnd precious
stones are run after; mid, Indeed, the
deposits, for such they ore, are to all
intents and purposes mines of wood, the
origin of which has never been satisfac
torily explained.
Ijocal legends have It that In a far
distant past vast numbers of these trees
existed tn tlie dense forests with which
the whole region was covered, and that
as a result of some tremendous cata
clysm they were uprooted nnd precipi
tated into the ravines. Whether this
account Is true or not, tho burled trees
tiro to-day a source of quite consider
able wealth to the lucky person who
finds them. For a cotliu made ef this
8)eclal wood a Chinaman does not con
sider 50 or 00 at all too high a price
to pay.
BUILT UP.
night Food Ulvee Strength and
i llraln I'owrr,
The natural elements of wheat and
barley, Including the phosphate of pot
ash, are found in Grape Nuts, and that
is why persons who are run down from
Improper food pick up rupidly on
U rape-Nuts.
".My system was ruu down by ex
cessive night work," writes a N. Y.
n un. "in spite ot u liberal supply of
ji'dinary food.
"After using Gripe-Nuts I noticed
Improvement at once, in btrength, aud
nerve and brain power.
"This food seemed to lift me up and
stay with me for better exertion, wlta
bus fatigue. My weight increased 20
llw. with vi'or and comfort In propor
tion. "When traveling I always carry the
food with ma to insure huvlng if."
Name given by I'ostum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "Tim Uoud to Well,
ville," In pkys.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human Interest.
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CARTERS
tJIVER
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