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CM APTEK XV. f Continue!.)
"OM. Mabel, my poor dear!" And All
sou knelt down by her. Slie bud not
notiid how helplessly the left arm hung
down, aud how Missis would not let lier
touch It.
"It is all bruised and cut," "lie said,
ber forehead contracting heavily with
pain. "The doctor must see it presently,
when ha has finished in the other room;
not now. Oh, Alison, where are you
coins; ? Yon shall not disturb them. What
does it matter? If only " Hut hera
her fast whitening lips refused to utter
her fear.
"Let me go, darling," returned Alison,
anxiously; "I will not disturb them, you
may quite trust me." And without wait
ing for Mabel's answer she slipped away.
As she entered the dressing room, the
stranger, a dark, grave-looking young
man, enme out of her father's room. Ho
listened to Alison's account, and promised
to attend to her sister as soon as possi
ble. "We must finish the examination," he
aid, dismissing her, "but I will come
as soon aa I can. I thought there was
something wrong, but she deceived us by
hiding her arm under her mantle. She
was bruised, that waa all, aha told us.
Keep her quiet, and I will be with you
directly."
Minnie was leaning bark In her chair,
with her eyes closed, but as Alison en
tered she opened them full on her sister,
snd the blank miserable look in them con
vinced Alison that she was dreading the
worst.
"Do not look so, Mabel darling,' she
said, kissing her softly. "Indeed we do
not know; they have told me nothing.
Dear papa Is In God's hands; we must
leave him there, and hope for the beat."
A low groan broke from Mabel's lips.
"Oh, It Is easy for yon; even If the
worst comes, yon can bear It ; you have
nothing with which to reproach yourself.
If he dies, I shall have killed him. How
am I to go on living, and know that?"
And here ahe burst out into hoarse sobs.
"Mabel, my poor dear, oh I how am I to
comfort you?" exclaimed Alison, unable
to restrain her own tears at the eight of
her sister's anguish.
"You can not comfort me," returned
the unhappy girl. "What Is the pain of
my broken arm and my bruises compared
to what I shall feel If he dlea, and I
am not able even to tell him that I am
sorry for my deceit and disobedience? and
I would not say ao, because he was angry.
Oh, papa, papa, and I loved yon so!"
And the poor child hid hsr face on All
son's shoulder. It seemed a relief to her
to pour out her feelings. He bad been
so angry, and she would not own herself
n the wrong, snd then the horrible acci
dent had happened, and ahe thought at
first her father was killed. "When they
said he waa alive, and they must bring
him home, and aee what could be done, I
thought I would not add to the trouble,
and ao I managed to hide my broken
hrm." Rut here she broke off, aa Mr.
Cameron entered the room.
"rape?" she said, faintly, as he came
up to her.
"His consciousness Is returning; we
jihall know more to-morrow. It Is not
Hie head, as we feared," be said, evas
ively; "but now I must look at your
arm, please. Your friend Or. Greenwood
will be here directly, and we will soon
put it right." Hut, In spite of hla cheer
ful words, "Poor child !" came pityingly
from his lips as the blackened shoulder
was revealed to his view. Missis must
have suffered exquisite pain during the
drive home. The arm was broken, and
the shoulder dislocated, and the bruised
condition of the flesh filled Alison with
horror.
It was a painful ordeal for Alison,
but ahe bora It aa bravely aa ahe could.
Roger bad remained with bis father;
Miss Leigh waa not In a condition to
render any aaalstance; the sudden eon
fusion had brought on accession of ualn,
and ahe could only lay her throbbing
head on the pillow, and lie there In ut
ter helplessness. There waa no one but
herself to wait upon the doctors and re
ceive their directions, the very exigency
of the case made her helpful, lief one
thought was that aha must not hlydsr
their work; there waa little for her t do.
At the first touch of her wounded arm
Mabel had fainted again. Alison fuld
lot have borne to wltnoaa the poor child's
tufferlngs. Perhaps Dr. Greenwood knew
this, for he contrived some errand that
Jrtalned her for a few mlnutea out of the
room. When ahe returned the worst
eemed over, but the falntness continued,
aud It was only slowly and by degrees
that Alison, with Sarah's help, could as
sist her to undress and He down, after
which a sedative waa to be administered
as the pain of the brulsos and the misery
of her mind would effectually binder
sleep.
Aa soon aa aha could leave her In
Surah's charge, Alison stole Into her fath
er's dressing room. Dr. Greenwood came
to her at once.
"My dear," he said, taking hsr htn1
for he had known her from aa Infant,
"this la a sad business, but, thank Qoi,
(blnga are not ao bad aa they seemed at
first. Your father muat have received a
blow; he waa atunned, but consciousness
has returned, and he has spoken. What we
fear now la something different. lie seema
unable to move ; but tide may be due
to the ahock and temporary exhaustion.
There are symptoms that make us hope
ful that the full extent of mischief may
not be realised. We shall know more In
n few days; but he will require tba
greatest care. To-morrow I ahall aend
In a nurse from the Infirmary, Do vou
thluk yon and your brother can manage
10-11 If tit T"
"Olu yea," returned Allaon. with a
painful catch in her breath ; It seemed to
ber as though she were passing through
some hideous nightmare; the very horror
seemed to numb her sensibilities. She
Understood that night how people could
live through terrible scenes; the very In
tensity ot pain deadened fas anguish.
Dr. Greenwood thought her a very
brave girl. Kbe listened quietly to his di
rections, but he took her hand once,' and
felt her pulse, and then he kindly bade
hsr take some food and wine before site
went Into her father'a room, and as Itoger
came out til tat momsnt ha rapeated the
charge to him.
"Come, Allte," aald Roger, taking her
arm. "Dr. Greenwood will stay wirh
tut her until we come back." Aud he led
ier away.
Alison noticed with some surprise that
iiere waa a sort of meal laid in the din
lug room ; ahe had forgotten the early
aupper bad been placed there a couple of
hours ago in preparation for her father
Uoger carved souie chicken sod brought
a r.
"Yem mM.r fry and eat, Allle, and I
will no t!in same," he snid. with some at
terni at cheerfulness. "We have a long
night before us, and we must husband
our strength."
Alieon felt the force of Ms argument;
nevertheless, the food remained on her
plate.
"Iti'irr, how bad you look!" she said,
suddenly ; "but I do not wonder at it.
Oh! what a dreadful evening we have
I. .id ; and I can not imagine how It bap
I red."
"Ir. Cameron mas there, and be told
me," returned Uoger. shading hie fucs
frcm (lie light, as though It hurt him.
"It was not a collision : something must
have given way the coupling ohuin. they
think end they v. ere going down a steep
Incline at express speed. Dr. Cameron
says some of the carriages went over the
embankment, and were completely wreck
ed; one or two were turned entirely over,
lie waa in the same compartment with
father and Malwl. They felt a Jolting
sensation, and the next moment they were
thrown from their seats, the carriage side
was completely smashed, and they were
all flung In a heap. Dr. Cameron was on
the top. und was happily unhurt, with the
exception of a few brtilsea; father was
underneath him ; Mabel struggled np
somehow unhurt, and came to father,
ami no nin kr.tw she was muetli hurt."
"Oh, Itoger, how terrible!"
"Yes, It does not do to talk of It, and
hardly to think of It. Now, Allle, If you
have finished, we will go upstairs. P.y
the way. where Is Miss Leigh Y"
"Oh, I ought to have gone to her," ex
claimed Alison. "How dreadful for her
to lie there, and not to be able to help
us! She has been Buffering from one of
her alck headachea, and, of course, all
tbla will make It worse. Walt for me a
moment, dear. I will Just speak to her."
"Ia that you. Alison?" asked the gov
erness, In a feeble voice, as the girl came
to her bedside. "I know all about it.
dear, Ellxa haa told me. Poor children,
poor children! and I can not help you."
"Itoger ia good and thoughtful ; we
ahall manage nicely to-night, and Karah
will watch Mabel. You must not trou
ble, dear Miss Leigh; to-morrow you will
be better and then we shall be aure of
your help."
"You must not stay now. Thank you
for coming, my dear, but you must go
to your father." And Alison waa thank
ful to be dismissed.
In another moment she waa leaning
over her father. He unclosed bia eyes
as he heard her light footsteps, and a
faint smile came to his lips.
"How is your sister?" he whispered.
"Dear papa," ahe returned, tenderly,
"how happy Mabel will be to know you
asked after her! She Is lying quite quiet
ly, tie sedative is lulling her, but she is
not asleep."
"Poor child !" was all his reply, and
Uien he closed his eyes again, but as Ali
son withdrew Into the shadow of the cur
tain tears of thankfulness came to her
eyes ; there waa no bitterness In her fath
er'a heart against poor Mabel. "Aa a
father pltieth hla children," the words
came to her mind, ah I "ao might their
Heavenly Father have pity on them."
CHAPTER XVI.
The dreary night watching waa a new
experience In Aliaon's life, for she had
been too young at the time of her moth
er's last lllnesa to ahare In the long anil
tedious nursing; the silence and inaction
made the hours drag heavily. Itoger, fa
tigued with hie day'e work, was sleeping
heavily with his head against the wall.
Alison pitied his weary position, and
fetched a pillow from the other room and
put It gently behind his hrad.
Once or twice she went across the pas
sage to look at Mlssle. She waa glad to
find her sleeping. Sarah was at her post,
sitting blot upright and nodding. Now
and then her father spoke a few words;
once he asked what the doctors bad said.
Alison was thankful that they had not
Informed him of their feara.
"They do not aeem to know, papa,"
she returned, gently; "they think you
have a great shock, and you are suffer
ing from nervous exhaustion. They will
tell better by and by."
There seems something wrong with
my limbs," be muttered uneasily; "you
are sure yon do not know what they
think?"
'Quite sure, dear papa," she replied.
ao earnestly mat ne coma not aisoeiieve
ber. "but I hope and trust," her lips
quivering a little, "that you may soon be
better."
You are a good girl, Alison ; your
mother always said so, and if I am
spared" He sighed heavily, and turn
ed his fact away; and Alison, remember
ing the doctor's Injunction, dared not say
any more, leat it should Increase his agi
tation ; ahe only took hla hand and softly
laid ber cheek against It, as' though she
would show by this action a child's love
and devotion. Her touch seemed to quiet
him, and by and by he dozed a little.
Morning came at last, and Koger
roused himself with difficulty.
Alison felt weak and Jaded; the strain
was beginning to tell eveu on her vigor
ous vitality. She was glad the night's
Inaction was over, but she felt too weary
for the day's work. Hut Roger had not
forgotten ber; be came back presently
1th a refreshed look on hla face, and
told her that breakfast was all ready In
the dressing room.
A strong cup of coffee has made mu
a different man, he said, cheerfully ;
"you must try my recipe, Allle." And
Allaon found the benefit of his prescrip
tion.
Tier hands were soon full ot business
Dr. Greenwood came early, bringing the
new nurse with him, and Allaon had to
make arrangements for the stranger'a
comfort. She aeemed a pleasant, capable
woman, with a neat figure, and a bright
face that prepossessed Alison in her fa
Tor. She took possession at once of her
patient, after a feeble protest on hla part
that he objected to nurses, but after the
first few minute he ceased to grumble.
Dr. Greenwood soon convinced him that
Roger waa too tr.isv.
young tor auch a reaponalbllty ; besides,
the chief oare of her alster muat devolve
on her.
Missle's sleep had not refreshed ber as
they hope ; the pain of her bruises was
making her feverish. She could not turn
In her bed without suffering, and her
anxiety tor ber father added to her dia
com for" AlUon tried to console her, uod
Miss I.rlgh, who was sufficiently recov
ered to sit In her room, spoks reusMiir
Ing words to her; but it waa evident that
Mlsste could take no comfort; only when
Alison was alone with her, miserable,
aelf-ticctia lig words enme to her Hps.
"Indeed, dta rent, there la no need for
you to speak so," Alison said to her onee.
with a strong yearning to cousole her.
"Dear par a asked after you the first mo
ment ho saw me. You should have heard
how tenderly he said 'Poor child!'"
"ITuit Is lecause my arm is broken
and he knows I am suffering sui'h pain
It any one liateu me they would pity
Pl now," teturned Missle, in a stifled
voice
"No, no; you must not take it In that
way. exclaimed Alison, quite shocked,
, a sli smoothed aliasie's fair hair. ftUt
liH.1t. 'd so 'pale sn1 pretty, snd the Mae
eyes had suck a pathetic look In them.
Alison had parted the soft fringe, and
the soft curly ends lay quite smooth and
showed the broad white forehead. A dif
ferent Mabel lay there, with the poor
wounded arm folded on her breast, and
all the little vanities laid aside. As
Alnon stood looking at ber, Mlssle rais
ed her uninjured arm with a sudden
movement toward Alison, and lr. another
moment the sisters were clasping each
other close.
"Oh, my poor dear, my poor dear!"
whispered Alison, In the softest, most
pitying voice. Missie kissed her hastily,
and then seemed na though she would
push her away, only Alison held her.
still.
"No, I don't deserve It ; please don't
lie so good to me. I have been altogether
horrid ever since you came home."
"Never mind all that now, dear."
"Yes, but I must mind It," turning rest
Icssly away and then uttering a low
groan. "Oh, this pain, Allaon! Shall I
ever be able to move again without It?
I did not want you to come home; I
thought you would be in my way. and
thHt made me cress. I was jealous, of
you, and I did not want the olhers to
care for you. Itoger was never fond of
me as he was of you, and I wanted him
to be fond of me. And obi how horrid
and small It all seema now I" finished
IHior Mlssle, reading her past conduct
under a new light. In the dark hours
when one's strength Is low, conscience
sometimes flings a vivid torch Into the
recesses of one's being, bringing hidden
faults to light.
"Dear Mabel, we will forget all that
now," returned Alison, gently; "we will
try and love each other more."
"Oh, It is easy for you to love people,"
retorted Mlssle, almoet pettishly; "every
one Is so fond of you, and you are never
cross and disagreeable as I am. Roger
mokes you his companion, and Rudel Is
lees rough when you are In the room, and
now papa will love you best."
"Hush, dear; what nonsense!"
"It Is not nonsense," she returned, In
a despairing tone. "I have forfeited his
love. lie will never forgive me now. He
told me that he hated deceit; that ha
should never be oble to think the same
of me. He said 1 should never see Eva
again if he could help It. Oh, he was
so angry, so unlike himself! I suppose
my obstinacy vexed him, for I would not
say I was sorry. He took hold of my
arm and almost shook me to make me
speak, but I think I was like that maa
who had a dumb spirit."
(To be continued.!
CITY FAILURES ON FARMS,
It Is Asserted .Newcomers Espeot
Too Much I'rom Nature,
"Moto city men turn farmers at
this M-utMHi than at any other," said
n fnrmcr who bus become a city man
to n Now York reporter. "There is no
tU'iiyliitf Unit the country In summer
looks chuiinliia to the city dweller.
"Tiio city man passes the cozy farm
Iiouhcu where the rich grass in the
front yards is set off by flower beds of
ail sorts, while In the pastures the
own ure either gracing lusslly or lying
down peacefully, and iu the fields tba
crops appear lo be growing without
tiny attention from the farmer. Farm
ing looks mighty easy to the city man,
tuul the cntliiiHiuHui he stirs up in hla
wife ami children when he speaks of
going to the country Is not chilled by
the rcul-ci tute man to whom ne appeals
for a good, small fnrm.
"Hundreds of city men move to th
country every year, aud about ninety
nine out of every one hundred go back
at the end of the twelve months much
wiser. The one man who succeeds out
of each hundred has a real love for
farming, und etipltul enough to buy
or rent the right kind of a farm to
experiment on. His wife and children
are able to adapt themselves to the
hours of farm life, going to bed at
dark and getting up with the sun.
"Such u man gets a moderately good
living out of farming, although he ma
not make a fortune out of It, He finds
that nature Is generous, but she will
not be trifled with. She gives up her
treasures when properly approached, j
but resents undue familiarity from
amateurs.
"Tho principal cause of the city
man's failure as a farmer Is lack of
capital. A man who would not think
of trying to support his family and
lay up a competence from the proceeds
of a business established with a capi
tal of $2,000 will not besltnta to en
gage In farming on half that or less.
Tliero huve been cases iu which a
farmer achieved success on a small
capital, or no capital, but they ars
few.
"A farmer must buy seeds, lmI-
mints und live stock, and have hired
help, and he cannot begin to take his
living front the eoll for at least six
months after ho starts, and even tbea
only a Kinall part of It. These things
cost money, and without It the city
farmer will qutcMy find himself la
debt, despondency and despair.
"Kven if he has the capital the city
mini must not thluk he can be a farm
er without some exact knowledge of
the occupation. Rut with a little of
both, a good supply of faltii and cour
age, business common sense and lor
of the soil, a mau can safely abaudon
the city with Its long hours of labor,
Its Indifference and greed, for the free
dom, henlthftilness and sure reward of
the fnrm."
A Medical IiMI.
Patient I have a touch of ague.
Physlclnu Yes
Patient I shull keep within door
for a week.
Physician Yes.
Patient Shall diet myself carefully.
Ph.vblclau Yes.
Patient I shall take ten grains of
quinine twice a day.
Physician Yes.
Patient How much Is your bill?
phKh'liiu Half a guinea. Punch.
Tba Katural lolereue.
"Ma, didn't the heathens have a go4
for everything?"
"Yes. my child."
"Well, who was the god that ruled
over kitchens?"
l don't remember, but I think It
wns the great god PHn." San Fran
cls 'o Bulletin.
The Nest qaeatloa.
"The liupudeut thing wanted me t
marry blin."
"Whan is the wedding going to bet
Nasuiilla Amerlcao.
Oil
A
"I'm going to quit 'era," said the
young man with the drooping lower
Hp. "They can't make a monkey of
me, you bet your life. If anybody got
promoted I ought to hare been the
one, and everybody knows It, too. I'va
been working for 'em close on to three
months an' he hasn't worked two
months yet. Do you call that a sfpjars
deal?"
"I think long and faithful service
ought to count," said the cigar-stand
proprietor. "I ain't In favor myself
of turning down a tried and trusty
employe for somo Johnny-jump-up who
hasn't anything but novelty to recom
mend him. While you're quitting, I'd
advise you to quit smoking them cigar
ettes, too. It's money out of my pock
et to give you that advice, but I never
did care anything about money."
"They ain't hurting me," said the
young mnu. "I could smoke 'em all
day and they'd never feaze me. Well,
I'll show 'em I don't have to stand
for any such work as that"
"Are you going to break It to 'em
to-day?" asked the cigar-stand pro
prietor. "Not on your postcard photo," said
the young mnn. "Rrenk nothing! I'm
going to get another Job first."
"That's right," said the cigar-store
proprietor. "I wouldn't be in a hur
ry. I'd Just take my time to pick
the one that would suit me and hot
close with the first that came a'ong.
I'd make 'em agree not to promote
anybody over my head, too. I'd have
that understood from the start If
anybody goes up it's to be yori and no
foolishness about it. It seems funny
lo me, though, that your bosses would
lake a chance like they did. What do
you suppose made 'em?"
"Oh, this guy put up ft great front,"
said the young mnn with the drooping
lower lip "He started In with a hor
rible bluff of breaking his neck to get
things done, ne'd come In mornings
two or three minutes before time and
shed his coat and go to It like there
was somebody behind him Jabbing him
B'ith an Icepick. There wasn't no need
f It. He'd have got along Just as
well If he'd taken his time same as
the rest but he thought he ought to
make a gallery play all the time.
Bure! Say, he'd get so busy he'd for
get when It was time to go to lunch
ind when It was quitting time. Don't
It mnke you tired to see one of those
ahnt-can-I-do-now boys? It does
me. Well, that's how It enme he got
shoved up. He made his bluff go.
lie's smooth, all right. It was smooth
ivork. There's lots of fellows who'll
put on an extra spurt If the boss Is
locking, but hVfl work If the old man
was out of tenrn."
"Pretty foxy guy," commented the
rlgnr-stnnd proprietor.
"He wasn't satisfied to do his own
work ; anything he could do that
Tasn't done was good enough for
him," pursued the young man In an In
jured t-i'e. "If there was anything he
didn't fcnow how to-do he'd pdke
around and find 'out, whether It was
any of his business or not. It made
lots of the boys sore. I wasn't the
r.ily one. I knew what he was after,
out I didn't suppose he'd make It work
the way he did. I didn't expect to
see him Jumped over my bend."
"Well, that's because you haven't
had as much experience as I've had."
said the cigar-stand proprietor. "It
nln't an uncommon thing by any
means. Every once In a while you run
across a bluffer like that. He'll go
Into some office or store and hell put
up Just that kind of a front, starting
to work on the second, humping and
hustling along and keeping his eyes
gklnned and looking as cheerful as If
he liked it, and the first thing you
know the man who's hired him is
chump enough to raise his wages.
You try It the next place you go and
gee If it Isn't so."
"I've got too much self-respect," said
!he young man with the drooping low
r Up. Chicago Dally News.
SOME EXPENSES IN 1851.
Interesting- Disclosures Made by an
Old Memorandum nook.
Au old memorandum book has Just
come to light In which some Interesting
prices are recorded. They make us
groan. As we read them we begin to
believe what the old people told us
that former times were Indeed bettor
than these.
The woman who kept this account
book paid, to be sure, $3.25 to go from
Westfield, Mass., to New York, and $3
more to go from New York to Philadel
phia, but she pnld only 2S cents a doss
en for her washing beautifully Ironed
0,11(1 brought to her door aud flO a
month for her board, and says It was
good, too.
She had her daguerreotype takeu, a
single picture, and paid $1.50 for it.
(We cun Improve on that price.) She
bought a pair of shoes for SI. 25, ami
had a dress cut for 37V6 cents. The
accounts bristle with half and quarts
centt.. Things cost sometimes n "flip,''
sometimes a "levy," the former wit
ij'4 cents, the hitter l'ZVj cents.
Hhe bought a pair of rubbers for
87 a cents, ami wrote them down it
"gums." I-'or her iev rent at church
she paid (Ui 2-3 cents a quarter. Her
"gowns" were made of "debage." "de
laine" and "mull," and she paid 51.75
for the fitting mid making of one. S!ie
wore congress gaiters, and paid the ex
orbitant price of 52.25 for a pair She
bought ji copy of '"Agnes; the Key to
Her t'oflin," a book which many of ih
remember to have seen lying on ptirlor
tables Iu the seventies. It was ,r:ild
crcd a wonderful book in Its time, aiul
most comforting to those In atlUc'ion.
Tor teaching school eleven weeks this
woman received J?S2.
She had .'!) cents to go froi.i West
field to Springfield, and 51 from' Spring
field to Hartford, with cnrriuip) hir.
She i.sually went from Hartford to
New York by boat, but she makes one
entry, "Hartford to New York, across
the land,'' and then neglects to record
the price. Sho has a tooth drawn and
rays 23 cents. T'e reflect that this was
before the day of anesthetics.
She burned In her lamp "fluid"- a
highly Inflammable oil which preced
ed the safer kerosene. ,
These seem primitive and homely
days to some who read these lines. It
Is true that llfo was simple then, but
In New England and Eautern New
York and the vicinity there may have
been higher living, In many respects,
than now. Rrooklyn Eagle.
STANDARD OIL'S SPY SYSTEM.
( ases of "Oterseal" That Even Mr.
norkefeller Will llardlr I'phold.
And while I am suggesting topics
there Is another department of Mr.
Rockefeller's great business which orig
inated with him and which I wls-h he
would be explicit about, and thut Is the
spy system, writes "Interpreter" lu the
American Magazine. Certainly Mr.
Rixvefeller will not venture to attrib
ute this peculiar activity to the "over
zeal" of sonre employes "nnxlous for
his own or his company's advancement"
the general explanation he gives In
the first chapter of his reminiscences
to the criticisms mude In hla concern.
I at least know that far from being a
case of overzeal, the spying on com
petitors has been a well-organized and
most efficiently managed part of his
business organization for many yeurs.
I once hnd in my hands a great bundle
of the anonymous "reports" and
"forms" which had been used and dis
carded by the bureau which looks after
this kind of thing a division of that
great bookkeeping system to which I
see Mr. Rockefeller attributes so much
of the success of the Standard Oil Com
pany. A boy employed by the Standard
Oil Company to burn such papers regu
larly In the furnaces noticed frequently
on them as he stuffed the'm Into the fire
the name of a man who had once been
kind to him. The man was nn Inde
pendent dealer In oil. The boy studied
the papers. He saw from them how
this man's shipments were reported
from the freight offices by railroad em
ployes secretly to the Standard. He
found a telegram ordering agents to se
cure a countermand of the orders a.iw
reports that the ordering had been suc
cessfully discharged. So often did ho
see this that he became alarmed for his
friend and finally, unable to endure his
secret, he gathered up complete sets of
the documents and carried them nt
night to the man's bouse. It was from
there they came to me. The papers
now are buried In the iiiotintaln-lilgh
pile of testimony the government Is tak
ing In Its stilt against the company.
Wit of the Youngsters $
"Oh, mamma," said little Lola, "I've
got a awful pain. Won't you please
give me some of that medicine with
sugar In It? Quick, mamma, before the
pnln goes away."'
Teacher Now, children, remember
that whatever yon sow, that shall you
reap. If you sow turnip seed you'll
get turnips, and if you sow Small
Janet (Interrupting) Please, teacher,
If I sow bird seed will I get canaries?
"Bobby," said the teacher to a small
pupil, "what Is the hardest stone ever
discovered?" "I don't know," replied
Hobby. "Can't you think?" queried the
teacher. "Yes. ma'am," answered the
little fellow, "but I can't think hard
enou'li."
"Cyril," said his mother, as they sat
down to the breakfast table, "did you
wash your face this morning?" "Well,
no mamma," said he slowly, evidently
casting in his mind for an excuse,
"but," he added reassuringly, "I cried
n little before I came downstairs!"
Eleanor, aged 4. was given pennies
for Sunday school. Upon her returt.
from Sunday school mamma discovered
she still had her pennies. "Why did
you not give your pennies to the teach
er?" she was asked. "Teacher said the
money was for Jesus, and I thought
I'd keep mine for gum."
Mrs. Browne was shocked beyond
words to hear her small son speak of
little Jane Smith, who had spent the
afternoon at the house, as a "darned
fool." "Why, Charles," said his moth
er, "where did you Lear such talk?
Come right to the butbrom and have
those naughty words washed out of
your mouth." After a thorough cleans
ing of the small mouth with nasty soap
and water. Mrs. P.rowne asked: "Now,
what do you think of little Jane?"
"Just the same as I did before," was
the reply, "only I ilasn't say It."
Counting Postal Cards.
Of the many Interesting machines
employed by the government in its
dally work, there may be mentioned
those used for counting and tying postal
cards Into small bundles. These ma
chines are copable of counting 500,000
cards In ten hours, and wrapping and
tying them In packages of twenty-five
each.
In this operation the paper Is pulled
off a drum by two long fingers, which
emerge from Ih'Iow, and another tlnjrer
dips in a vat of mucilage and appli-s
itself to the wrapping paper in pre
cisely the right spot. Other parts of
tin- machine twine the paier round the
pack of cards, and then a thumb press
es over the spot whereon the mucilage
has lii-en applied, whereupon the jiack-iii-
Is thrown on a currying belt ready
fur delivery.
Cost of lllif linuie Miuolluu.
Ill the (itTinaii -possessions in Africa
a pi-rnill to shoot costs $J(H. Special
permission required to ki'l more
than two giraffes, four rhinoceroses
and six zebras. In the case of ele
phant shooting the authorities must
be given one tusk from each animal
killed. The hunter receives a small
payment If be shoot a lion, pant'ier,
wild boar or hyena. A i-oniiit to kill
gazelles, antelopes and monkeys costs
only $10.
Higher I'liser,
Hardly any power Is so exalted that
it does not bend the knees to a higher
one. Where there's a czar there's usu
ally a czarlua. Richmond Tliucs-Dls-patcb.
Aailelpated Causa fee Sot row,
Ih a came In from the country on bet
ifth birthday to. visit her cousin May,
At ntrhf ther u-n mil ti m.i
- m - - - j - - - . i j imi 'u ij i
Aa hour r,'. when heartbreakln
aaii were heard from the children's
tearoom.
"Wast is the matter, chtldrenT
asked May's mother, entering the dark
reen.
Frost ander the bedclothes Ins
sed out, "May won't give me any
f her peanuts."
"But May has no pea nuts," replied
her auat
"I know that." sol.bed Ina, "but she
said If she did have peanuts sha
wouldn't rive tr" 'v" Delineator.
BACKACHE IS KIDNEYACHB.
Usaallr There Are Other Symptoms
ta Prove It.
Pain In the back is pain In the kid
neys, In most cases, and it points to
the need of a special remedy to relieve
and cure the con
gestion or Inflam
mation of the kld
fieys that Is Inter
fering with their
work and causing
that pain that
makes you sny :
"Oh, my back!"
David. Price,
Corydon, I o w a,
says: "My buck
was so weak and
lame I could hard
ly walk. The kid
neys showed bad
disorders. I ran
in
flown until almost a skeleton. I thougl,
there was no hope for me and noth
ing helped me until I began usin
Donn's Kidney Pills. I improved rap-
Idly and Anally became so well that the
trouble never returned."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Same Maa.
"There goes the nest talked about maa
In this cenmunity."
"You surprise ma. Who talks about
kin?"
"Ha does."
A Domestic Eye Remedy
Compounded hy Expeitenrsd Phytlrlsns.
Conforms to Pure Fsod aad Drugs laws.
Wins Frlesds Whsrsrsr Used. Ask Uruj
gists for Maria tjs Remedy. Try Murine
Ta Your Eyes. Tea Will Uk Murine.
Estreats af A4 vertlslaar.
"We want to da something big to ad
vertise that new play," said tht New
Terk manager.
"Well," answered the preas agent,
"whick kind of a play Is It? One to
which yeu Invite the attention of tht
clergy er the attention of tht police?"
Washington Star.
PILES CURB IN 6 TO 14 DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any
easa f Itchlaf, Blls, Bleedlna; or Protrud
Uc Piles la t 14 Says er money refunded.
.
Hon It Started.
"George, I am going to cook you a
dinner all by myseif on Wednesday I"
"Make it Thursday, dear."
"Why?"
"I'm .going to be out of town Thurs
day." Houston Tost.
Sore throat leads to Tonsilitls, Quinsy
and Diphtheria. Hamlins Wizard Oil
used aa a gargle upon the first symptoms
of a sore throat will invariably prevent
all three of these dread diseases.
AUTOS PRESERVE HEALTH.
London Physician Says Gases De
stroy Germs and Act as Tonle.
The death rate in London in a re
cent week was only 10 per 10.000, the
lowest rate In over half a century. A
physician whose anonymity Is pre
served declares this is due to the de
crease In horse traffic and especiallyr"
tne increase in motor traffic.
The fumes from the motor cars and
taotor buses, according to this authori
ty, are the finest possible disinfectant
clearing the air of germs and Impuri
ties. He says the burr carbonized
Baatter Is a splendid antiseptic and the
creosote vapors that come from the
aiotor art In reality a health tonic and
bracer.
There has been a campaign recently
against the motor buses in London, the
ehargee against them being that tbey
art frlvtn to the common danger, cre
ate a tremendous noise, and make tha
air retk with a foul stench. Thos
who abject on the last mentioned
greuad art now besought to regard it
as a kltsalng la diseutse.
An Inlncky City.
Port au Trince, capital of Haytl, ha
a population of about 70,000 and is one
of the unluckicst cities In tne worm.
It was shaken to pieces by an earth
quake In 1S42. Ia 18S."j one-fifth of the
city was destroyed by fire. Another de
structlve fire occurred In 1894. In 1897
a third of the city was reduced to ash
es, 800 houses were burned and 4,000
persons were made homeless. In ISM
there was another serious fire aud thin
was fallowed by still another In 1902.
Quite recently there was a conflagra
tion which swept awnv 400 house.
GOOD CHANC3X.
Coffee ta Postnm.
Tht large army of person who have
fouaal relief from many chronic ail
ments by changing from coffee to Post
am as a dally beverage Is growing
ach day.
It Is only a simple question of try
ing It for oneself in order to know tht
Joy of returning health as realized by
in Ills, young lady. She writes:
"I had been a coffee drinker nearly
all my life and It affected my stom
al h caused Insomnia and I was sel
dom without a headache. I had heard
about Postum and how beneficial It
was, so concluded to quit coffee and
try It.
"I was delighted with the change.
I can now sleep well and seldom ever
have headache. My stomach bus got
ten strong and 1 can eat without suf
fering afterwards. I think my whole
system greatly benefited by Tostum.
"My brother also suffered from stom
ach trouble while he drank coffee, but
now, since using postum, he f:els so
much better he would not go back to
coffee for anything."
Name given by Postum Co., Ita'tle
Creek. .Mich, liead "The Itoad to
Wellvllle," In pkgs. 'There's a Itea
son." Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full ot
human Interest.
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