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CONVICT NUMBER 1307.
By Laitra Ellen Beale.
J
ACK POWELL snt with his been In Wisconsin, whero Jack had
bnck to the wnll of tin cell, nlwiiys lived prior to his going to Ok
occasionally glancing with lnhonin, ho was flnnlly forced to the
unseeing eyes ut the few ob-
jeets In the narrow space. As his
gaze fell upon the grating which
nerved for a window, with Its few
Inches of the eky of liberty mocking
him through the bars, he sprang up
and took a quick step townrd It, just
us the sweet strains of music drifted In
from a band passing near the prison
walls. Then n bell rang somewhere
In the distance.
Oh, those sounds from the great free
world without! How terrlblu they
seemed to the grief-stricken man! He
shuddered violently and dropped back
on to the cot.
"No, no! I must not ruin It nil now.
Oh, God, help me to live through the
next two years!" he exclaimed, and
burying Ids- face In his hands, he
groaned aloud In the agony of despair.
Though he yearned -for freedom with
a longing that was almost frenzy, still
the notion of escape did not often
tempt him; but to-day a man had es
caped, nnd the breast of every prison
er had been filled with envy and long
lug. Tim year already spent behind those
wnlls seemed an eternity. Could he
live through two more years of such
misery? ho nsked himself. Yes, he
could and he would, for he had work
to perform when the time of his sen
tence should have expired. He must
go back to Oklahoma and prove his In
nocenco; must live down tho disgrace
nmong the very people who had be
llovcd him guilty, where no
thought him Innocent.
one
Ah, yes! there was one who hnd be-
Ileved In him, who had stood by him
through It nil, nnd the fires of renewed
courage kindled In his eyes as be
thought of Nellie, his promised wife.
How brave she had been how staunch
and true! Even wh u the trial was
ended, and he had n6t succeeded In
making the judge and Jury believe his
story, she had not wavered In her loy
alty, hut ngaln nssurcd him of her
love, begging him to shorten his term
as much as possible by good behavior,
then to come home he would lind her
true, ami together they would prove
somehow, that he had been wrongful-
ly accused.
In the year of his Imprisonment Jack
had been a model prisoner. At times,
In the depths of his despair, he had
felt thnt he could not stand the mad-
donlng routine another moment, thnt
lie must attempt escape or ho would
surely die; but tho thought of Nellie,
his sweetheart, nnd her confidence,
had strengthened him to successful
ly combat these hopeless feelings. At
tempt nt flight, even if successful,
mennt only the destruction of his fond
est hopes nnd those of the brave girl
who had risked so much because of
her love for him.
. To-night, sitting dejectedly in his
cell, Jnck cursed the folly which had
caused his trouble. Many times he hnd
decided to "quit drinking," but wns
never stauncli in his resolution. Now
lie meant It, for If he had not been on
n spree" ho would never have been
nrrested for tlielt. Ho thought of tho
farm, tlio stock, and the neat little
house which she had planned, and
which wns soon to have been their
home. He groaned Involuntarily.
When he had begun to "drink," bis
less prosperous uelghbors had smiled
in grim satisfaction, and when the
xrouuie nnu come, the general verdict
nau ueen, "it serves lilm right." When
no insisted tnnt no had nought the
norse nnd snddle, hut thnt he did not
know tho mnn who sold them to him,
they winked knowingly. The property
had been stolen from the Cntonsvlllo
postofllce, and wns found In Jack's
possession, no was 'tore in conse
quence.
"Well," ho declared mentally, "It
does servo me right, but I'll prove, my
Innocence to those people I" It takes
mo yours to do it!"
A little before noon the next dny his
nttentlon wns nttrncted to n line of
new nrrlvnls, walking handcuffed to
gether In pairs, In clinrge of armed
guards. As they passed close to where
Jnck stood, the look of hopeless misery
on the fit co of ono of the men mnde
his heart throb with pity. Perhaps
he too was Inuocent! Just then u mnn
looked up nnd Jnck gave a sudden
start. Tho face seemed very familiar.
.Surely he had seen that mnn before.
The lino passed on Into u building, but
somehow he could not get the fuco of
tho man who wore the number "l.'iOT"
out of his mind, and ninny times dur-
lng the day he asked himself, "Who Is
he, and where have I seen him?"
When he returned to his cell that
night, nnd the guard told him he was
to havo "company"" for awhile. Jack
would have been almost surmised had
tho mnn been other than "1H07" In
the closer rnngo of the narrow cell, he
was moro strongly than over filled
vith a perplexing sense that ho had
Bomewhero seen this sullen, defiant
face, but whero he could not remem
ber.
In the days and weeks thnt followed,
during which time Joe Stretter re-
mnliied idoomy nnd remorse, reimlsinc
all overtures, Jnck vainly racked his
memory for some clue by which to es
tablish his Identity. Gradually, how
ever, the now coiner began to "thaw
out" a little, and the two prisoners be-
como sociable, even friendly. Jnck
soon learned thnt Joe's home was In
Indiana, nnd as hu said he had never
conclusion that his fancy of having
seen Joe before was but a trick of his
imagination,
Occasionally, during the winter, .Toe
talked of escape; hut as Jack did not
enter Into any of the plans, the subject
would be dropped. Tlio acquaintance
of the cell mates deepened gradually
Into strong frlendsnlp, and when, one
night In the cany spring, the subject
uppermost In Joe's mind, escape, was
again mentioned, Jack told his friend
his reasons for not desiring o make
the attempt told him sometnlng of
Ills life; his bright prospects, his fol-
ly, his ruin
As he related the story, not defend
lug himself In the least, of his down
ward course, and finally of his arrest
and Inability to prove his Innocence,
Several'
Joe sat pale and uneasy
times he opened his Hps as if to speak,
then with feverish nervousness, he
would spring up and pace forth aSd
bnck ncross the cell. As Jack finished
tho recital of his sweetheart's fidelity
Joe suddenly stopped, and laying his
hand on the other's shoulder, said Im
pulsively:
"Jnck, I did not dream that Is, I-
of course you nre Innocent! I have
known that all the time; but I did not
Imnglno thnt It was I who could elenr
you.
"You elenr me?" exclaimed Jack, In
credulously. "What do you mean?"
But Joe had turned uwny and
thrown himself upon his cot; then he
said, hesitatingly
"I only meant that I could help you
to escape, Jack, that's nil," and do-
spite his friend's efforts to continue
their conversation, he would say no
more.
In n short time Jnck was fast asleep,
and drenmlng of the time when his re
lease should come nnd his innocence
be proven.
Joe Streeter, however, spent tho night
in fitful slumbers from which he
awolce witli a start, sometimes hnlf ris
ing' with the evident intention of
arousing Jnck; then his mood would
change, nnd after some moments of
Indecision, ho would again sink upon
his bed,
Hardened criminal that lie was ho
knew his duty, but ho was selfish
enough to light against and at last
overcome the promptings of his con
science, as he well knew that his
chances for escano alone were small.
If he could but persunde Jack to go
with him, why, ho could then find
some means of proving his innocence,
In fact Joe fully made up his mind to
tell Jnck all as soon as they were free,
so tlio "still small voice wltliln" was
silenced
After thnt night .Too kept constantly
urging Jack to accompany him in his
nttenipt nt escape, and nt last gained
his reluctant consent.
For some time Joe hnd been nt work
In the harness shop of tho prison, nnd
upon every opportunity ho possessed
himself of thoncs and bits of leather
A largo steel ring and n small file wero
also deftly concealed in his clothing
and convevod to tho coll. Then the full
details of the plan wero unfolded to
Jack, who was amazed nt the lugenul-
ty of his comrade.
It took some time for the ring to be
filed Into a hook, which wns made
very sharp. Then It wns carefully
covered with pieces of lcatlicr wound
around in such n manner that only the
point wns visible. After this was com-
ploted, mnny wearisome nights were
spent, one of the men standing upon
the shoulders of the other, working
ulternatcly to remove the bars from
tho window.
At lust this, too, wns accomplished,
the narrow strips wero cut from their
blankets, which, strengthened by tho
Ienthcr thongs, were braided into n
stout rope to which the hook wns se
curely fastened. Now came the most
tedious task of all, and many nights
were spent In futile attempts to throw
the hook over tho edge of tho cornice
and catch It firmly there. Hundreds
of times the hook fell bnck, and but
for Its leather covering, would have
struck the bricks with u ringing sound.
Sometimes tho hook caught anil held
slightly, and tho hearts of both men
would beat fast with hope, only to
hnvo their spirits drop to tlio depths
of despair tho next moment, Avhen tho
hook loosened nnd fell.
Hut even In this their work wns ro-
warded, and there came a time when
the hook caught nnd held, the com
blued weight of both men In the cell
falling to dislodge It. Tho two prison
ers stood for u moment gazing at each
other, speechless with emotion. The
next Instant their hands clasped, and
each promised the other to notify his
friends In case nny accident befell him.
Joe promised to find some way to tell
Nellie of Jack's fate, but when Jack
was asked to tell Joe's mother whero
she would find thu last stolen valuables
ho drow back luvoluntnrlly, for In
tho close friendship existing between
them he hnd not thought of Joe us u
criminal, only unfortunnte. Hut to
suddenly rcnllzo that even Joe's moth-
or was Implicated, and hud no doubt
encouraged her son wns r. shock to the
honest but foolish nnd ensy-goiug Jnck.
It wns only a second, however, that
ho hesitated, then ho pledged his
word.
Joe insisted upon trying tho hook
first, nnd ns ho pushed himself through
(the. window nnd swung slowly out In -
to that terrible space, Jack held firm
ly to his clothing. He felt sick when
ho thought of the consequence If the
hook should slip or the Improvised
rope break. Ho breathed more free
ly when he saw Joe, after only n slight
hesitation, start carefully to ascend
the rope. Ho soon reached the corn-
Ice, and In another moment was on the
roof. Adjusting the hook somewhat,
ho leaned over the edge of It and sig
naled to Jnck, nnd, he, too, made the
ascent In safety
Crouching low for a few seconds
they waited breathlessly, tint heard no
sound. Thus far they had been unob
served. Taking the hook nnd rope,
they crept cautiously along In the
shndow of the cornice to the corner of
the building, from which they lowered
themselves to the roof of another, and
from this they swung out nnd down
upon the wall, and then to the ground
and freedom.
Jnck, who descended first, wnltcd for
.Toe, and for a moment tho two stood
In silence. Neither spoke. Jack felt
fairly bursting with emotion. To bo
outside of those walls free was more
than he could realize. It seemed too
good to be true. Hut suddenly the
booming peal of n bell and the sharp
clatter of feet aroused them, nnd they,
started to run.
Then came u yell, loud nnd terrible,
chnnglng quickly from rage to exulta
tion.
A shot rang out then several
0,llL,r, followed by the spiteful hum
of many bullets. Jack ran as he never
.-nil tmfnfn .T.in M-iia ulli.lttli- III nit.
Vn,.o .,n.i'.Tn,.l; kiim Im Tinnl'tnto nml
stumble, then with his hands tossed
high above his head, no staggered and
sank down.
in a nnsn .incic was Kneeling hcsnio
him. Joe turned townrd him mutter
ing:
"Are you mnd? Go! For God's sake,
Jnck, save yourself I Don't wnste your
own life!"
"No! I will not go. Are you bndly
hurt, .Toe?" nsked Jack, as his comrade
dropped uncu into ins outstretcncd
a a a . ..am
nrniB.
They were nlmost Immediately sur
rounded by tho guards, tint Jnck lift
ed the wounded mnn upon his knee,
holding li i in close ngnlnst him with
one arm, while with his free hnud he
tore open the neck of Joe's shirt, upon
which n crimson stain now nppenred.
As Joe sank back limply, Jnck shook
him, crying:
"Don't give wny, old fellow! Here,
Joe, don't die!"
Hut the head on his shoulder only
sank the closer,
Suddenly he opened his eyes, nnd
seeing the guards, said between gasps
of pain nnd weakness:
"Jack, I'm done for. Don't think too
hard of me because I didn't tell you. I
couldn't, help It I knew you wouldn't
come. Forgive me If you can, I knew
all the time since that night thnt I
wns the man who sold you that horse.
You are witnesses," he said falterlngly
to the guards. "Tell them governor
he Is Innocent. I stole the horso nnd
saddle and sold them to him for twen
ty dollars at Pawnee crossing In
Oklahomn. I never knew of the nr-
rest, Jnck, but when I cnine hero I
thought you were the fellow didn't
know for sure till that night you told
mo nbout Nellie. Forgive I'm done
for this time."
Then, .arousing himself with almost
superhuman effort, he again stam
mered to the guards:
"See, I'm dying you nre witnesses.
Jnck didn't stenl them I did Outons-
vllle, Oklnhoma. Met Jack two days
after coming from Knw Reservation.
Didn't know him didn't care Just
wanted to "get rid of stolen stuff. Ho
was drunk. Forgive me. Jack If you
He stopped spenklng, his head sank,
and the body stiffened In .Tuck's arms.
-Wnverley Magazine.
THE CHURCH "AD." TAKES.
Ohio Minuter rut it in iiujiiny Typo
nni1 !"lJ,,, 11 Mnkon Convuvu.
A decided Innovation In church clr
cles has been Introduced by the Kov
Dr. E. E. Whlttnker, of Ashtnbuln.
Ohio, pastor of tho Park Street Moth
dlst Episcopal Church. He is using
lnrgo display newspaper advertising
to nnnounce his church services, and
testifies to tho fact that two ten-Inch
ndvertlscments resulted in doubling
his nverngo Sunday evening attend
ance nnd were Instrumental In inak
lng converts to religion. Ills ndver
tlscments nro set double mensure, "top
of column next to rending matter."
They are written In nn attractive man
nor, nnd nro set In heavy, black-faced
type. Here Is a sample of one of
them
"Wanted A few more saints, n few
moro men, a few more Methodists, a
few more sinners, to become saints.
Meeting to-night at the First M. E.
Church. Subject
Companions.' "
Fools and Their
The dodger cannot take the place of
n newspaper display advertisement,
the Itev. Whlttnker says, and he Is not
sutlslled with the "Church Notices'
department. Dr. Whlttnker pays full
rates for his advertising.
Mimicking thoQui'itii
Few people nro perhaps aware how
thoroughly Queen Victoria enjoyed u
Joke. A (lentleinan-ln-Waltlng, whom
we win can .vir. it , distinguished
for his Imitative powers nnd dramatic
inienr, was a irequem visitor at notii
Windsor and Osborne. Ono day tlio
Queen, looking with a certain auster
ity straight into his face, demanded:
"Now, Mr. H , I nm perfectly "well
aware that when my back Is turned
you Imitate me; I wish to seo how you
do It this minute!" Poor Mr. U fell
stralghtwny Into the royni trap, crlm-
soned, fnltercd nnd utterly lost his
countenance. "Ah!" exclaimed the
Queen, "I see I was right. Y'ou ought
to bo nslinmnd of yourself!" nnd then
added, laughing as heartily as nny
schoolgirl, "but, mind you, don't do It
1 ugalu." Londou Chronicle.
It requires pluck to succeed In Wnll
street, nnd tho most successful mnn Is
not particular as to whom he plucks.
And now tho X-rays may toll
us
whether old masters nro genuine or
not. The only thing t lint hns nothing
to fear from science Is truth.
Tho farmers of Southern Wisconsin
nro being rapidly supplied with tele
phone service nt $12 per year; nnd In
some cases electric cars stop nt their
front gntes.
If you want to bo really Interested
read the dictionary. It will tell you
how very badly other pcoplo spell our
language, and, Incidentally, whnt a
tiny cupful of words we each dip up
out of Its ocean.
Trofessor Hayes, of Wellesley Col-
lego "fcays that unlike the men of Mas
sachusetts those of Pntagonln mnke
equals of their wives. Yet, we hnvo
never heard a Massachusetts woman
express a desire to exchange places
with her sister of Patagonia.
The Washington Humane Assocln-
lion has ndoptcd u resolution declaring
ngnlnst the clipping of horses In win
ter as cruel. One member expressed
tlio opinion that In some peculiar cases
the effect was beneficial, nut no saui
that as a general thing he was opposed
... u
'A mnn In New Jersey has had n
young womnn nrrested because she
kissed him on the street ngnlnst his
will. What Is n mnn worth, anywny,
who has to bo kissed "against his
will?" And whnt Is n woman, worth
who can't make the mnn dream that
he Is doing the Insisting?
In the section whero Irrigation pre
vails tne pjcopic are miiepemieiii iouch
lng crops. Tho rnlnfnll Is Immaterial
to them. Old Mother Earth will al
ways respond when her thirst Is satis
fied. There Is water, water, every
where. Why should not humanity ex
ercise Its Ingenuity to discover nnd
disseminate It?
A short time ngo It was stated that
black hair was all the rage, and that
fair hair was no longer the fashion.
Now matters have progressed a little
further. At a fancy-dress nffnlr In
New York City hair artistically gray
is much in evidence. In certain
cases the wlgmnkers had done the
needful, whllo In others tho effect was
nroducod by a dye. The question
arises What next?
Wireless telegraphy Is expected to
ronilnr valuable assistance In tho
search for the pole. Communication
with a scries of supply bases may be
kept up In that way a most Impor
tunt consideration In nil exploration
Whether tho North Polo Is worth dls
covering or not It Is going to bo visited
by white folks before this century Is
many years old, optlmlstlcnlly predicts
the .Minneapolis Tribune.
Tho evils of lndlscrlinlnato street
almsgiving nre shown In tho recent
exposure of n school for teaching boys
to beg In New York City. The bend
of this new educational scheme was
making out of It nn Income of about
?-" , day, besides tho greater cost of
the demoralization of tlio boys he in
strutted. So many of these schemes
hnvo come to light that It is a matter
of wonder thnt even the nverage easy
going benevolence will glvo unhesltu
tlngly at any kind of nn appeal n
clever roguo may make.
A woman in Pennsylvania worked
for weeks In a coal breaker, dressed
as a boy, to support her children nnd
her sick husband. Sho worked nine
hours a day for sixty-five cents. Her
fingers wero cut nnd bruised by the
tumbling coal, but she kept on until
she was found out and discharged
On the same day on which this dlscov
cry was miido a woman In Hiidgeport
died two hours before her daughter,
for whose sake she had worked herseit
to death. When you rend about Idle
women In society, remember that
there are also women who do thing
like these.
Tlio development of electric trolley
systems throughout the country Is sun
to mark the immediate future, say;
tho New York Independent. In some
of tho Western States these are al
ready creeping out Into the farming
districts. Those cars can bo made to
servo to a great extent ns mall car
rlers. St. Louis was the first city t
use her street cars for carrying the
mall. Tho system Is now very per
feet. Communication along routes is
almost as speedy ns, by .telegraph
nosslbly moro so. A letter can bo
mailed and an answer received wlthl
n few hours. Somo letters never seo
post ofllce. They nro taken up by tho
carrier, put on a mall car, and handed
by the car to another cnrrler, who do
livers them to tho person addressed,
BOA CONSTRICTOR HUNTERS.
Men In South America Who Hunt tho
Mink o l'nr n r.lvHIhnml.
"The boa constrictor Is fairly com
mon In the forests of Western Nlcar-
agun nnd Costn ltlca," said one of the
canal engineers who was In the city
recently, "nnd there are natives In
that section who hunt them exclusive
ly for a livelihood. While we were
engaged In tho survey work we heard
n good deal of these big snakes, ami
all the white men In the party stood
In the greatest dread of them, although
they arp not half as dangerous as the
small poisonous variety. During two
and a half years spent In the coun
try I snw only one live boa, but the
xpetience Is pretty firmly stamped on
my memory nnd I have no yenrnlng
for nnotlie;. I had gone out, with u
couple of native assistants, from n
town called Znpan, on the south side
f tho lower lake, to shoot some plum-
ngo birds, nnd w'lllc we were crossing
rather open piece of forest I noticed
lint I supposed to bo u pecullnrly
malformed limb on a large splcewood
tree. It sagged down from the trunk
f the tree nnd seemed to bo attached
o another growth nearer the ground.
started toward It to Investigate, and,
hen only u few yards nwny, the thing
hif taken to be n limb suddenly
nlscd Itself In the air, nnd I saw that
It was a gigantic snake, hanging head
down from an upper hough. I had
often heard the expression 'paralyzed
fear,' but I never knew what It
meant until then. I wns so badly
scared that I couldn't have moved If
the fnte of the universe depended upon
nnd I simply stood .there, stock
till, nnd stnrlng while the boa swayed
bnck and forth a few times nnd llnal-
glided Into the upper foliage. It
seoniod fifty feet long and as big
around ns it barrel. I think it was
really nbout twelve. '. t that Juncture
my natives came up, and when they
heard what hail happened they ut
once Insisted upon catching the mons
ter. They mnde u noose which they
nttnehed to n pole, nnd whllo I retired
to n safe distance one of them climbed
the tree and seized the snake by the
tall, while the other tried to slip the
loop over Its neck us It lowered Its
head. It was too agile for them, how
ever, nnd escaped Into another tree.
where It went too high for pursuit.
"Tlio central American boas are
brownish red in color, with black
splotches on the sides nnd back, ami
the native hunters tan the skin by
stretching It over n log. A good skin
with no bullet marks and Including tlio
hcud sells for $10, Mexican, down
here, and to avoid holes nnd mutila
tion the hunters always catch the
nakes In n noose nnd kill them by u
stab under the jtw. They make nil
kinds of leather articles out of the
hide belts, pouches, leggings, slippers,
nnd even neckties. I made many In
quiries during our stay, but I could
never 'hear of a case In which u boa
had attacked u human being. The
sniike I saw was undoubtedly lying In
wntt for some small animal, nnd, If
ono had passed under the tree, would
lave dropped on Its bnck. The In
dians of the region call tho boa 'chuln,'
which Is the snme word they use for
cownrd; so, you see, they have no
ri-mif- nntnlnll nf Itu llfllHrif' nllollt loti '
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
A Morguu Clerkship.
Among places eagerly sought nftcr
nre clerkships In tho great banking
housu of J. P. Morgan fc Co. Fathers
with soua just starting out In life
wntch for openings ut tho corner of
Wnll nnd Hrond streets. Tho Avnltlng
list Is nearly as long as that of the
Union Club In Its palmiest days. Tho
head of tho house takes a personal In
terest In the Avelfaro and advancement
of his employes, nnd never engages a
beginner nt n salaiT of less tl.un $1000
u year, only capable, worthy young
men nre admitted to his employment,
and he feels that a boy who does not
deservo $1000 n year deserves nothing
that Is, ho does not waut hlin nt any
price. While clerks In tho nverage
bnnklug-busliiess houses nro starting
off Avltli $10 a week, nnd glad to get so
much, the lucky ones nt Morgan's are
receiving $1!).1S,
Morgan has made n grent mnny sue
cesses nut of men under him. Faith
fill clerks soon buy homes in desirable
quarters of tlio city. Whether the firm
puts them hi the market or not the
writer Is In no position to say. Possl
lily when Morgan makes a million for
reorganizing u railroad ho declares an
olllchil dividend, taking In all the
staff. Phil Armour had a similar way
with him. He, llko Morgan, would
not pay a sa ary of less than $1000 a
jx...Mo aierklnh s olllce.-New-iork
Letter to Chicago Inlor-Occnu.
Mitehlni) to I.lelt I'iihIiiko Slump.
As a result of tho persistent com
plaints of persons licking postage
stamps tho French Minister of Posts,
Telephones nml Telegraph Instructed
thu engineers attached to his depart-
liient to design u slot stumping ma
chine. Two types nro now being ex
perimented with. Ln one, after tho
coin is Inserted, tho machine wets and
nfllxes tho stamp automatically if tho
letter Is properly placed. The other
weighs tlio letter, shows the amount
of postage required nml immediately
upon the insertion of tho price tho
stump Is printed directly from lulled
plates. Hnth machines nro speedy and
reliable. Every French postofllce will
be provided with several as soon as
they can bo inaiiufactured.
An Kplliipli,
In the churchyard of Leigh, near
Holton, will be found u tombstone
bearing the following umaziug sen
tence: "A virtuous woman Is Ds. to
her husband," The explanation seems
to bo that space prevented "a crown"
being cut In full, and tho stonemason
argued that a crown cquuls Os, Notes
and Queries.
GRANDMA,
When ernnilnin puts Iter rI.imci on
And looks nt tne just so
If I hnvc done a inutility thing '
She's sure, somehow, 'to know.
How is it hIip enn nhvnvn tell
So very, very, ycry well?
Sho nays to me: "Yes, little one,
'Tin written In your rye!"
And if I look the other wny.
And turn, nnd norm to trv
To hunt for omcthitiK on the floor.
She's mire to know it nil the more.
If I should nut the tjlnmcs nn
And look in grnudmn'" eye.
Do you xitppoic thnt I should bo
So very, very wite?
Now, wind if I should find HL true
Thnt prntulnm hns been nnught', too!
But, nh! what nm I thinking nf.
To drenm thnt urnndmn could
He nnythint; in nil her life
Hut sweet nnd kind nnd Rood?
I'd better try myaclf to be
So coml thnt when she looks nt me
With eyes t loving nil the dny
I'll never wnnl to run awn v.
' Sunshine.
PITH AND POINT.
Do you mean to Insinuate Hint. I
can't tell the truth?" "Hy no menus.
It Is Impossible In say what a man can
do until he tries." Chicago Post.
The mnn who never stop to think
Tliioujh haste is oft bereft.
The mnn who stop to think too long
Stands round till ho acts hit.
WnfthiiiKtott Stnr.
"My wife," boasted the happy young
Henedlck, "Is an open hook to me."
".Mine, too," declared the old married
mnn; "1 can't shut her up." Philadel
phia Press.
Muriel "Your brother proposed to
mo during the service In church Inst
Sunday." Zoo -"You mustn't mind
him. He often talks In his sloop."
Smart Set.
I.enu "1 don't know whnt to mnko
of Hurry Harmless." Alma "Well.
If you wero to do ns n good ninny' of
the girls have done, you'd make a fool
of hlm."-Phlln(lelphla Hulletln.
"What's new?" nuked llorem, then to
mnkt!
Himself ut home commenced.
Tho patient mnn replied: "Thnt paint
lou ro leaning up nuaiiisi.
lMiihulelphia. Press.
"I understand," said the neighbor.
"that your husband Is a dramatic
critic." "No," replied the little wom
an, bitterly, "be Is even worse than
that, lie Is a household critic." Chi
cago Post.
Trump "Madam, hnvo you an axe?"
Lady of the lIouse-"No." Tramp-
"Have you a saw?" Lady or thellouso
"No, 1 hnvo no saw." Tramp-"Then
give mo something to eat. please."
Harlem Life.
'What do you think, Clarice went
out ami sang at an entertainment In a '
private Insane asylum." "Did shu
say whether they showed their Insan
ity much?" "Oh, yes; they encored
her three times." Philadelphia Hulle
tln.
"Alia!" exclaimed the policeman,
reading a paper, are you? I thought
you claimed to be a blind man." "So
I nm," replied tho beggar, who had
been taken oil' his guard; "my trade Is
putting blinds on windows." Philadel
phia Press.
Mnnnger "What do you mean by'
using such language? Are you tho
manager here, or am li" Linploye
I know Pin not tlio inanager," Mnn
nger "Very well, then; If you're not
the manager, why do you talk nice an
ldot?"-Tlt-HllB.
"Your daughter's voice," snld tho
professor, after tho tlrst lesson, "really
has a lino timbre." "There," snld Mrs.
Uookslov. "I always knew It. I've told
my husbnnd ever since tho day Adeline
wns born that sho took nftcr him. II
was in tho lumber business when we
got mariicd."-Chlcago Times-Herald.
An limlmmcnt Miulo In WnililiiRtnn.
WFniilitllfP inn iiiiiv not lu ii (rrciit
lnamifuctuh1.ln; elty ,,, ft llunl,atf
but there Is one little Instrument that
Is mndo hero that goes all over the
world. It Is an Indispensable article
In the dental business, nnd one Hint la
familiar to thousands of people, proba
bly millions. It Is the Instrument
with which tlio dentists roinovo tlio
nerve of a tooth arter the nerve bus
been killed. Tho purposo of killing
the nervo Is to till tho cavity that ex
ists and that has exposed the nerve to
ulr, causing pain nnd trouble. After,
thu dentist has (rented tho nervo somo
time nml believes It Is dead, ho taken
ouo of these Instruments, pushes It
down Into tho cavity, turns It urouml
a few minutes and pulls out tho dead
nerve a ong, strlng-llko thing. Tho
end of the little Instrument Is miulu
rough, having tiny teeth. When llicso
, u u mUc ,, ant,
lm(kM.tlst tukes It out without nny.
trouble. It Is called n canal cleanser.
come in couiaci. wuu uio uuw uumi
In technical terms. The Instruments
nre made In Washington, and nro dis
tributed throughout tho world by
means of u New York firm that has
tho solu agency. Tho owner of the pat-
,, imH probably inadu a fortune."
Washington Star. i
ItoniitKitn Hmjh for lliiMnnHN,
At a meeting of the Vienna Society,
of Physicians Dr. Klenliock Intro
duced u man, twenty-six years of age,
whoso hair had been partially restored
by the application of the Hoentgeu
rays. IIo hnd been bald for some
years, 'i no euro was euecieti in uiu
following way: A round patch on thu
scalp was subjected six times to the
Influence of the rays for fifteen inlii-
utes, nml during the two months the
treatment lasted the man regained his
old thick, dark-colored hair on the
parts exposed to the action. Tho parts
not yet treated remain us before
During tho discussion which fol
lowed several members expressed
doubts un to whether Dr Klenliock
has really found a remedy for bald
ness, but ho was encouraged to con-
tlnuo his experiments, and invited to
report on them to tho society nt a
later date. London Stuudurd.