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FASHION HINTS
Something that's just housey, and yet
wot belonging to the wrapper family, it a
little hard to find. The house gown shown
Jiere is a pretty solution of the problem.
'Inexpensively developed in silk muslin, it
s charming. If a warmer gown is desired,
it would be very pretty in one of the fancy
dial lies.
Strata to Keep Vr Appearaaces.
Tli era ara plenty of people, ia all of
ur large cities, who do not allow
themselves enough to eat, and practlca
all torts of pinching economy at home
(or the Eaka of kaeping up appearances
In society.
What terrible inconvenience, hard
chip and suffering we endure on ac
count of other people's eyes and opin
ions! What slaves, what fools we
make ef ourselves because ef what
other people think! How we scheme
and contrive to make them think wo
are other than we really are.
It Is other people's eyes that are
expensive. It Is other people's eyes
that make us unhappy ami discontent
ed with our lot, that make as strain,
and struggle, and slave, In order to
keep up false appearances.
The suit, the hat must be discarded,
not because they are badly worn, but
because others will think It strange
that we do not change them.
The effect of all this false living,
this constant practice of deception In
appearances. In our manner ot living,
our dress, is undermiulng the Ameri
can character, ruining our genuine
ness, making us superficial, unreal
false.
No man can reilly respect himself
when he is conscious that he Is sailing
tinder false colors.
If you are wearing clothes and liv
ing In luxury which you cannot afford,
these things label you all over with
falsehood, and are perpetual witnesses
against you. There Is only one pos
sible result upon the character of false
hood, whether acted or spoken, and
that Is perpetual deterioration. It
does not matter whether you wear
lies, tell lies, or act lies, the effect
upon your character is the same.
Orison Swett Marden In Success Mag.
azine.
CHILDREN SHOWED XT.
Effect ot Their Warm Drimk. la tk
Morning,
"A year ago I was a wreck from
eoffee drinking and was on the point
ot giving up my position in the school
room because of nervousness.
"I was telling a friend about It and
6he said, 'We drink nothing at meal
time but Postum, and It is such a
comfort to have something we can
enjoy drinking with the children.'
"I was astonished that she would
allow the children to drink any kind
of coffee, but she said Postum was the
moBt healthful drink in the world for
children as well as for older ones, and
that the condition ot both the chil
dren and adulu showed that to be a
fact.
"My first trial was a failure. The
cook boiled It four or five minutes and
It tasttnl so flat that 1 was In despair
but determined to give it one .more
trial. This time we followed the di
rections and boiled it fifteen minutes
after the boiling be;;an. It was a de
cided success and I was completely
won by its rich, delicious flavor. In a
short time I noticed a decided im
provement In my condition and kept
growing better ami better month after
month, until now I am perfectly
healthy, and do my work In the school
room with ease and pleasure. I would
not return to the nerve-destroying
regular coffeo for any money."
Read the famous little "Health Clas
sic," "The Uond to Wellvllle," in pkgs.
"There's a Reason."
liver read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to,tJme.
They are genuine, true, anil full el
buman interest.
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NEWEST TIIIKQ VX CHARTERS.
LTHOt'OH TnloradA Rnrlnaa U a llttla city.
I whose claim to fame is more in the beauty
jf I of Its Immediate and surrounding natural
csnery man in its commercial or indus
trial Importance, it will now doubtleoo
succeed In holding for a time the Interest
of the rest of the country, because of It
new and unique charter, the features of which have al
ready been made public. The terms of this Instrument
seem to give the electors the largest possible oppor
tunity for the exercise of a choice of Municipal offi
cials. If the first election Is not emphatlo enough they
can repeat It until there Is no longer room for douot
of the popular preference.
Thoush this charter is different from any other char
ter previously formulated, It contains about all the rad
ical provisions of previous Instruments. It has bor
rowed the commission Idea from Galveston and Dos
Moines, and has grafted upon It the Initiative and refer
endum which have developed so extensively In the Far
West, with the recall from Los Angeles, and a few
original touches of the elty's own. Franchises are to
be made profitable. No chances are taken on net
profits, but the tax la to bo laid upon gross receipts
and 3 per cent Is by no means a trifling exaction. The
people seem to have the long end of the lever, and If
they do not rule righteously It will be their own fault
Boston Transcript.
TOTS DUTY OF THE LAITY.
HQ man who hears his country's call and
O-aas fstvftt im. Olartt 1t i.Ua 9m viyvf
i I forgotten by it when
. i VI y uyuu lt VU 111111 llllLlUB VL 111V
are felt He gets a pension. If he dies
and leaves dependent wife or children,
they, too, are cared for. The one who de
mm
vote his life to teaching In collage or uulveralty finds
some of the anxletiea lessened because of the knowledge
of a great fund for retiring allowances. The public
school teacher, the policeman, the fireman in the large
city, and sometimes ether publlo servants are provided
for by pension systems. Even some corporations have
devised plans for aiding these who have given long
service to their interests.
No work for humanity is counted more valuable than
that douo by ministers of the gospel. In the case of the
majority the opportunity for service appeals with
stronger power tl an the salary paid. All the pioneer work
Is done by earnest men who are poorly recompensed
for their toll, ao far as money goes. The missionary
la the newer settlements, the pastor of the country
church, the minister In the small town In fact, the
overwhelming majority of preachers follow out their
careers with Inadequate tmlp.rles, without opportunity
to save for the inovitable day of retirement, and with
no assurance of support in old age except that which
comes from faith.
The general recognition ot the worth of the minister's
service to mankind and the cash payments for that serv
ice stand In strange opposition to each other. In no
other walk of life is the contrast so sharp. It Is this
condition of things which rrmi,ed an article in a re
cent number of the Northwestern Christian Advocate
proposing that the laity of all Chnatian churches unite
in the creation of a larpe foundation for retiring al
r
ow "
WOES OF THE C0TTNTEY." j
An Atchison County farmer, says a
writer in the Atchison Daily Globe,
was "dragging his mile ot road," and
at tho corner met a neighbor, who had
a had place of road In front of his
farm. "Bad roads are the least of my
troubles," said tho second man, "and,"
he continued, "did you ever stop to
think that this Is a one-man country?"
The listener replied that he had been
bnsy dragging roads lately, and had
not no4Jcd It.
"Well," continued he who was not
worried about bad roads, "It Is a fact,
and we are but little better off than
Russia. I can get along for tha rest
of my life, but I am alarmed for my
children. This one-man country and
the trusts are sapping at our very vi
tals." It looks like rain," said the farmer
on the road drag, "and I wtint to get
this road finished, but I'll take time to
give you a few ot my Ideas of things.
'In the first place, good roads are of
more Importance to me than this one-
man-country talk you are putting up.
I should think a lot more ot you If you
would get out your drag and fix up
that road along your place. I believe
that bad road Is half responsible for
your Bour disposition. I know that
hen I ride over my good road I feel
all right, but the minute I strike that
rotten piece of road of yours I begin
to feel Just the way you talk.
"I have been an American and a
Kansan for fifty years, and I know
there Is nothing wrong with the coun
try. There may be a few bad spots
In It, just as there aro bad spots In
your farm, and In your own disposi
tion, hut those few bad spots are not
the whole country, by a long shot.
"You Bay you are alarmed for the
future. I should be, too, If 1 tallied
and thought as you do.
"If you will rend your Illblu oftenor
and subscribe for a few of the best
papers, you will see things differently.
"If you dreg that road of yours all
of your neighbors will think a lot more
of you, and even your own nous will
take a more wliolohome Interest In
farm life. Hut as It Is a mile to the
other end of the road nnd I have two
wore rounds to make, I must be get
ting along before that rain rat'-herf
nie."
Farmer niwnber one moved i ff. Il
looked buck and raw lil-t nel-'liimr r;;!!
standing, looking lntcn;l ;it the
ground. There was no I ml i -n t ion tli.it
his talk had any effect. It t;ikes work
to drug a road, whlln It Is not nni' li
trouble to read a rfildd, fix 1 i.-H news
paper nnd think about the "woes of
the country."
TOPE LOVE3 THE POOR.
Una 4tMllnhd I kli'H 'oi-niHlitd-
nn'I la a Man of Ihe I'e hiIh.
Tho extraordinary per-mnal ii innof
I'o.ie plus X. ami the denim it, ic tnfin
ners which obtain In tho Vatican today
are revealed In nn Interesting Inter
view In the Fortnightly. Pope Plus
3C unKi.e hU predece3or, Leo XIII.,
lowances for veteran ministers of the gospel. Quota
tions from utterances of the President of the Unltsd
States and from many governor are given to show how
general the feeling Is that samethlng of the kind should
be undertaken.
In a day ot large giving, where people of great wealth
seek wise disposition of their accumulated millions, this
suggestion eome as one worth careful consideration.
The facts are well known. The self effacing service Of
thousands of faithful preachers is a matter of record.
The smallaess ef the average salary Is attested by many
a table. The worthiness and the need are alike under
stoodChicago Trlsune.
STJICTDH
A
cause he cannot get employment Is deserving of no such
honor. Vsiatly ho has some one dependent upon him
for support, and Instead of maintaining the struggle
snd doing Ills duty to the last he cravenly gives up the
fight and deserts.
Human life is a warfare against adversity. There
are those who triumph; there are those who go down
in the melee with their feet toward the foe, fighting
the good fight with their last breath; there are sulkers
and deserters and cowards. The suicide Is a deserter
and a coward and Is worthy of no honor.
Of courts, these who become Insane and then com
mit this crime sre morally Irresponsible and cannot be
condemned. Under the harsh laws of ancient England
the punishment for this crime, which could be Inflicted
In no other way, was visited upon the dead body of
the mnn who took his own life as an object lesson to
teach people the enormity of the offense. Baltimore
Sun.
old age begins to
T
trees have been set out on the Canadian prairies by the
ranchers. The ranchers do the work, and the trees are
furnished by the government nursery at Indian Head.
About 2,000,000 trees are going Into the ground each
year. The aspect of many districts Is rapidly changing
for the better under the arrangement between govern
ment and planters, and, of cenrse. the comfort of tho
ranchers Is Increased by the protection against wind.
Farmers on this side of the line have long been doing
what the Canadian ranchers are doing. The wind
break Is an established Institution in both countries.
But this planting of trees does not affoct the main
question, of course the waving and replanting of tie
forests. Tree-planting on the prairies can be left to the
farmers, who appreciate its value. The preservation of
the forests depends upon the public. Buffalo Impress.
is a man of the people. When he
donned the tiara he declared that he
Intended to be "the poor man's pope."
The inaccessibility that was a feature
of those who reigned before him was,
as far as possible, to be relaxed, while
much of the severity and the strict
and complicated forms of etiquette ob
servud by the holy see since the peri
od of the renaissance was to be main
tained no longer.
"Formerly," says the writer, who
with his wife was granted an "audi
enza privata," the etiquette was that
who had the honor of being admit
ted to an audience of the Pope should
make three v genuflexions as he enter
ed; the first on the threshold, the sec
ond a little farther, the third at the
feet of the pope, whose slipper, more
over, he was obliged to kiss. Leo
XIII. made only the rarest exceptions
to this rule; Plus X has abolished It.
He does not wish you to talk to him
on your knees, and, while you still
make a slight genuflexion on entering
and leaving, be hastens to raise you
up; and his friendly simplicity I was
almost saying his cordiality at once
puts you at your ease."
As an example of the pope's unas
suming nature. It is related that when
summoned from his home In Venice
to the conclave at Rome, he so little
doubted that he would return that he
actually took a return ticket on the
railway. Ho long kept thla ticket we
are told. "Wealthy collectors strove
by every means In their power to be
come Its purchaser; he Invariably re
fused them. Last year the king of
Greece, in the course of a visit which
he paid to the pope, expressed a keen
desire to poRsess this little piece ot
cardboard, which has become for all
time historical, and the pope gave It
to him."
There Is one humble relic with
which the pope could never be con
strained to part This was his watch
a quite ordinary and cheap affair.
"It marked the minutes of my moth
er's deuth struggles," he says, "and
the hour of my definite separation
from the outer world, from space and
liberty. It has marked all the sad, all
the joyous, all the solemn moments of
i:y life. What Jewel could bo morn
precious to toe?"
EOON WIRELESS TELEPHONE.
Mm
nn llii- Mrt-ei I ii n Slo fulled
Iki-fore Many truri I'hiii,
It is Kiiig to be a fairly comfortable
prni ." ilmn to penetrate any wilderness
with ni .Kb-m wireless devices Now
adays, in order to telephone a man,
one Juliet call up a certain telephone
li.caud in a certain place. 1'ulens the
man is there you cannot talg with him.
That will nil be changed In the future,
tin i can foresee too tlrna when the
man on the btiurt, on the trolley car
or wherever he may be will carry In
hi' 1 1. ,i . ft u:i nudlon or receiver, llKted
t:.ii!i r h.s own number and tuned to
; ii nl'ii.i v (Liferent from that of any
o' 1..T :. i;-,.oti, Harper's Weekly says.
S'l.dild :. rne one call that number,
i ii i ii i iliately the audioii will buzz a
w;irnlii,;. True, the. man will not he
able to telephone without connection
with k traudinitttd apparatus. Bat
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AW ACT OF OOWARDICB.
'A
CCORDINO to our New York dispatches, a
subcommittee of the National Committee
for the Relief of the Unemployed was ap
pointed to arrasge for the decoration of
the graves of these who committed suicide
because of the failure to obtain employ
ment. The man who takes his life be
PLAIT TUTG TREES.
HE need of aavlng the forests has been
discussed much of late. While this dis
cussion has been golnj on. and before it
was beain, millions of trees were being
set in the ground. This fact is called to
mind by the report of the Domtnlon Su
perintendent of Forestry that 13,000,000
these will bo found In all vehicles and
even on street corners, as letter boxes
now are. All he will then have to do
will be to connect his receiver with the
transmitter, drop a coin in tho slot,
and communication will be set up Im
mediately. A strong argument against the wire
less telegraph was that outsiders
might easily pick up the messages
transmitted. This wus true so long
as all instruments were tuned to a
single key. But a certain recent in
vention applied to the telephone has
changed all that. Central will be able
to change the tune for different sub
scribers as often as ihere are num
bers In the telephone directory. It is
done exactly as a violinist tunes his
Instrument by tightening or loosen
ing a dsvlce which In Infinitesimal de
gree increases or decreases the vibra
tion as the impulses are sent forth.
It may all sound visionary enough,
but not so far-fetched as did tho prog,
nostlcatlons concerning the wire tel
ephone that were made some thirty
years ago. Even tho wireless tele
phone advocates do not claim that all
these promises will come to pass in a
day. They contend, however, thai
within twenty years the wireless tele
phone will have entirely superseded
the present systems, and for the very
good reason that it will be cheaper to
Install, maintain and operate. And
they claim that It will do things thai
the wire telephone cannot do thlngl
that will be as necoBsary In the futuri
as ordinary telephoning Is today.
Thar Draw Crowd la New Yos-lc.
A man tilling a slot machine wltk
chewing gum.
The dally drop of the Weston
Union time ball.
A steeplejack painting a flagpole.
A sign painter lettering a window
Two draymen cussing each other.
An automobile with a punctured
tire.
A muskd woman In a shop win.
dow showing off a massage Instru
ment.
A Turk rolling cigarettes In a clga:
store.
A shipment of silver bullion arrlv
Ing at the Sub-Treasury.
An ambulance stopping anywhere.
The arrest of a pushcart man.
A cat up a tree.
An owl, a woodpecker or blueblri
In City Hall Park.
A trolley car with a burned out fuse
A broken down wiigon.
Smoke coming from a subway en
trance.
Any argument. If the dtsputanti
stand still.
Some on asking. "Is he hurt?"
A siiffrBijette speech wagon.
Two doi;s arranging the prelimi
naries of a fight.
A mouse that has lost its way.
Hoisting a safe Into a skyscraper. '
Ducklings fresh from an Incubator
on view.
A baseball bulletin.
Anybody standing still and looking
Intently nt the sky for fhe consecu
tive mlnu'.es.
There Is one thing a gossip knows
tor sort, who the other gossips are.
THE REff0 PLATWL
By a dim shore, where water darken
Inn
Took the IhkI light of spring,
t went l)0oiiit the tumult, Darkening-
For some diviner thing.
aaw the flreflle- shine below the
wood.
Above the shallows dank.
Ae I'rlel, from some great altitude.
The planets, rank on rank.
And new unseen along the shrouded
mead
One went under the bill,
He Mew a endence on his mellow reed,
That trembled nnd was still.
It seemed ns It a line of amber fire
Had shot the mathcred dusk.
As If had blown u wind from ancient
Tyre
Laden with myrrh nnd musk.
He gave his luring note amid the fern;
Its enigmatic full
Haunted tho hollow dunk with golden
turn
And argent Interval.
I could not know the message that lie
bore,
The springs of life from me
Hidden; his Ineotnmunleiit.lp lore
As much a mystery.
And, us I followed fur the muKlc pla-'
er,
He passed the nut pie wood.
And when I passed, the etHrs hnd risen
there
And there was solitude.
Itunonn Campbell Scott.
A Gentleman of
The Old School
Sir Deans Cosway stopped out of tho
French window on to the hotel verau
dah, looked to the left and to tho
right; then, espying a red parasol, ad
vanced on rather tottery legs toward
it His age was doubtful, but he could
hardly have been less than CO, despite
his well preserved figure, his mobile,
expressive countenance, and keen,
bright eyes.
"You have spoken to her?" aBked
Mrs. Stephany.
He nodded. "Yes."
"What did she say?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing! Mrs. Stephany s eye
brows climbed her forehead. "What
did she do, then," she inquired with a
sigh.
"Laughed," answered Sir Deans
ruefully. "I had looked for a little
tender regret, at least, and
she laughed."
"She Is very young," murmured
Mrs. Stephany consolingly.
Meanwhile, In a distant part of the
hotel gardens, KHa Stephany was
HOW CAN I SEND HIM AW AT?
talking with a tall, erect young man,
named Richard Havers. That they
were perlloutdy near tho verge of a
Quarrel was plain from the ugly scowl
on the young man's face and from the
girl's look of flushed expostulation.
"How can I help it?" she tvan say-
nig.
"It seems to me," he said morosely,
you don't try to help It But, of
course, he's a baronet and rich and all
that. And I"
"You are a most disagreeable boy,"
she pouted. "And unreasonable, too,"
she added.
'I'm not disagreeable," be protest
ed, "or unreasonable. I'm Just sick,
that's all. Why, he wears stays! lis
Is old enough to be your grandfather.
He ought to be thinking of the grave,
not marriage. Fatuous dotard I"
"He Is not really old at all," said
Ella. "And Cosway Park is a para
dise, simply."
"He being tho old serpent in It,"
muttered Dick. Ho faced her, frown
lng darkly, "flut I will not stand It,
Ella. I will go straight to your moth
er she at least likes me and tell her
Just how I feel about you. She was
young herself once. She "
"I shouldu't begin by Baying that to
her," said Ella. "Don't be cross, Dick.
Haven't I refused him?"
"But you don't send him away!"
"How can I send him away? The
hotel Is open to him as well as to us.
And," she went on, with a sudden ol
stlnate contraction of the lips, "I don't
see why I should send him away, even
if I could. Ho nniUHcx me. lie talks
most wittily. And he pays rne the
most delightful compliments."
That night she flirted shamelessly
with Sir Deans.
There was an open air promenade
concert held among the hills, fido f(.t
above the gleaming lake In the wooded
valley far below. The air was hot and
still. The moon hung In the sky like
a lamp of pearl. There were a fe
torn scarves of silver-edged cloud in
tho nocturnal blue, wound mi -Illy
about the higher peaks. The printed
softness of the air, throbbing with
poignant strains of music, seemed to
wenvo a npell of enchantment over the
senses. Kllu's bosom yearned for Dick,
whom she passed and repassed ncain
and again In the chattering crowd;
but she clung to Sir Dean's arm and
only bestowed tho most perfunctory of
chilly nods upon her black-browed
young lover, whilst to the elderly bar
net she was all sweet, maldeuly tow
ardltness.
Presently thoy Kit down and Dick
seized on thla opportunity to come up
and accost them.
"Good evening, Mrs. Stephany," he
said In a strained, husky voice, to the
gpyrehsnslve mother. Ella be Ignored
pointedly. "Sir Deans, may I haw
word with you?"
"Is It ah very important, Mr. Ha
vers?" he inquired.
"Very," said Dick.
The old gentleman lifted appealing
eyes. "The matter could not, I sap-
pose ah wait?" ho suggested.
"Not an instant," was the Inflexible
reply.
In that case," quavered Sir Deans,
"If the ladles will pardon my defec
tion "
Then tho two men strolled away.
"No doubt," began Dick tempestu
ously, "you think me an awful young
ass. Sir Deans."
'I ah not yet," was the guarded
reply.
You're an old man. I am a young
one," Dick went on heedlessly.
Ah very young, I should say,"
said Sir Deans, smiling at him.
Dick gulped down something that
seemed to rise In his throat "In plain
English, I'm in love with
Miss Stephany," he announced gruffly.
Walt a minute. And try not to laugh,
please. I've loved her ever since I first
sot eyes on her. And 1 am conceited
enough to believe that In a woman s
way she she likes me, too.
"Do you think it fair, Mr, with youf
advantages of wealth and position, to
try to cut me out with the girl, when
you know you don't really love her
yourself and I do
while It stands to reason she can't pos
sibly feel any genuine "
Pardon me," Interposed Sir Deans,
blinking rapidly. "I have no desire to
balk your confidence. But Biirely you
must now agree with me that It is
Indiscreet to be so much in earnest
after dinner? Ict mo put it to you.
as a mm ot the world, that It would
be wiser for us to return to the ladles
at once."
I don't want to be wise; I want to
be happy," Dick answered miserably.
"Sir. give me a chnnce. Don't dazzle
F.lla. She Is only n child, really. Don't
lead her on to act unworthily, to be
have In n way that she would be sure
tc regret regret very bitterly, with
tears In the future. I'm not rich, ns
you are. I cannot make her 'my lady.'
as you can. But I Clod, how I love
her!" And the boy's eyes filled with
tears.
"If you married her," continued
Dick, "do you think either of ;ou
would be happy? Wouldn't everybody .
know that she had married you, not
for yourself, though she admires and
respects you Immensely" this was a
shrewd thrust "but for the wealth,
the establishment, the name and posi
tion it Is within your power to confer
upon her? And don't you think when
the glamour of possessing all those ad
vantages had faded away, that she
would feel humiliated and ashamed?
She might even get to hate you, know
ing that everybody knew why she had
become your wife and despised her La
consequence. Some women would envy
her, no doubt; but their envy would
be an added Insult, because It would
rank her along with them. She would
grace your household she could not
give you her heart; and at last you
would grow to realize that you had
ruined her life and, Inci
dentally, mine, too, not to speak of
yours,"
But I am not aware, sir, "exclaimed
Sir Deans, "that you personally have
any sort of claim whatsoever upon my
consideration. You see, I leave myself
out of the matter entirely as you do
No, no," he added hastily, test
ily. "I have heard enough more than
enough. You assume too much, young
man." He put up a deprecatory hand
between them. "Not another word.
Let ub go back to the ladles."
Anl then they walked slowly back.
"Ah-h! I am tired," sighed Sir
Deans, as he sank into his old place
boslde Mrs. Stephany. "I say, Havers,
why don't you take Miss Ella and show
her that waterfall. Most wonderful
sight, with all those colored lamps
bung about it," bo remarked address
ing the dumbfounded Mrs. Stephany.
Ella rose slowly, regarding her lover's
face curiously.
Then, as the two young people wan
dered oft together, Sir Deans turned to
Mrs. Stephany, again with his rare
charming smile wrinkling the crow's
feet about his ces,
"To-night," said ho, endeavoring by
an unwonted tenderness ot tone to
soften the asperity of her demeaaor;
"to-night, Amelia, I have been indulg
ing In a pernicious habit that I
thought I had completely discarded
many years ago."
"Indeed!" quoth the lady.
"I have been what Is called
thinking things over," he ex
plained. "And It I may say so, Sir Deans,
you have also made me think," shl
said softly, after a pause.
"When we were young together," ha
said, "we were sometimes grateful fol
a little kindly Interference, were w
not?"
"I don't know what you mean," sh
said.
"I mean what I meant then," he re
plied; "in those golden days when w
had dreams of a future In common. 1
think it was because Ella reminded mi
so much of you that I thought I want
ed to marry her."
Mrs. Stephany fingered the stuff ol
her dress. "I hardly follow you, even
now," Hho faltered.
"Hut, why," he whispered, drawing
eloser to her; "why should I seek U
possess a replica whilst hero Is th
original? Will you marry me, dear?"
Tor answer she slipped her soft,
warm, motherly hand into his dry,
shriveled palm.
"1 have often wondered why you
never thought of asking me, Instead ol
Kiln," she confessed demurely. Kdwln
l'ugh In Sketch.
I'olltleal lllaeuaalon.
"The motto of our party Is 'Turn the
rascals out!' "
"Well, I guess your party has turned
out more rascals than any other."
Cleveland Leader.
Often a niau has drifted Into tha
old bachelor class because by tho time
he could afford to marry he didn't
want to.
Many a man has man led a widow
who had no Idea or doing bo the Ideaj
'being exclusively hers.
