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LONK alono at tho
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tint;) tny soul and
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Harking Bound of
tho wind's com
plaint, IIhUiik tho
tlnio gp by,
Wrontlnjr Mich to tho othcr'n thought, with
tho moon'n tn.ce, Rwcot anil thin,
A-wntch nt tho spaco of tho window place,
waiting the year begin
Waiting u UBhor tho Old Year out and wel-
oomo tho Now Year In.
Heavy my soul with grief nnd pain heavy,
and bowed with tenrs,
Worn with tho weight of Borrow'tt hand,
not with tho wolght of years;
And 'twlct us many a thing of woe, many
a thought of sin,
WliIIo tho moon outside, llko a puro-eyed
brldo, was waiting tho year begin
"Waiting us usher tho Old Ye-or out and
wolcomo tho Now Year In.
My bouI It apoko In the Btllly dark Bpokc,
and1 I shrank and hoard,
'The chords of my being pulsed and lotiped,
affrighted llko captlvo bird;
I heard, and I knew that such words wero
truo whllo tho new moon, ewect und
thin,
WUh sad surprise In her tender eyes' was
waiting tho yoar begin
Waiting uh ushsr tho Old Year out nrd
welcomo tho Now Year In.
And I plead with my pouI: "Judgo not
Judgo not!" and 1 prnyed: "Now Yer,
bring grace"
I foil on my knees In tlvo hush and dark I
wept und hid my faco;
For out of tho llnlto bounds of Time, from
tho realms of "tho might have been,"
To sepulchor -of tho lnllnlto past bearing
mistake and sin,
Tho Old Year Btolo ns tho church bella
chimed and tho Now Year entered In.
Mary Clarko Huntington, In Oood Housekeeping.
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II, If my darllnp
could only hnvc
the wine I How
linrd it Is to be
bo poor, ho noor."
Annie heard her mother's worlds, nl
4hougli. they were not intended for lier
to liear. She saw her brush nwny the
tears from her eyes and then go back
fto Teddy's room.
"What did the doctor say, mother?"
naked Teddy, in n wenk voice; "did he
say I will get well?"
Annio heard the reply: "lie snyii that
tho fever is broken, and thnt all you
Minvo to do now ia to got well."
. Teddy's voice trembled as ho replied;
"Oh, mother, I was nfrnid ho would
Bay I might die, nnd I wondered who
would tnke care of you nnd llttlo An
nie) I nm glnd God is going to let mo
Mive to do it. Now I must begin to get
strong! Can't you give me lots to cnt?"
'Annie saw her mother's lips quiver
as Bho turned her fnee from Teddy.
"Ycb, my son, but not too much nt
vonce, you' know," she snld.
"Teddy looked very thoughtful.
'"But is thero anything In the house,
mother? I have been sick n good while,
nnd my Inst wnges must bo nearly
jgone, nnd you haven't had time to color
many photos lately, hnvc you?"
The boy'a mother answered, brnve
ily; "Sick folks mustn't liothcr nbout
ithesd things, you know." Then she
flcft'the room, nnd Annie saw thnt she
did o to hide the tears which were
Btrenming down her worn face.
"I must do something; I wonder
-what it will be?" murmured Annie to
herself, nnd, crushing her hat down
over her curls, she slipped into the
street..
Annie thought constantly of wine for
,poor Teddy, and wondered if she sum
moned courage to beg n bottle whether
Anyone would be kind enough to give
it to' her for n poor sick boy, her only
brother. She knew that sometimes
grocers kept wine, especially around
holiday time, and felt nure if they only
knew how very, very much it was
needed nt homo by her poor sick Ted
dy thnt some one of them would sure
ly give her a bottle. Then there were
other places where they sold nothing
but' wine nnd such stuff, for she had
seen big windows full of the bottles,
with pictures of great bunches of benu
itlful grapes standing behind them.
Annio wasn't n bold, forward child;
she wns timid, but brave nnd resolute;
her love for her brother, ntlenst.mndo
her brave for the time; so she resolved
in her heart to beg for the wine which
'the doctor snld would bring back
'strength to Teddy. Christmas hnd
como and gone, but Teddy was so ill
nvlth tho fever that Annio thought
nothing about the absence of the gifts
usual to that happy day; but now Ted
dy was to grow hotter, and she did Jong
to be able to make his Now Year's and
her mother's brighter than Christmn3
had been, As she wandered down the
(Streets revolving these thoughts in her
nnind and wondering how she might got
the necessary wine she passed many a
,jray 'scene.
.Early eveulnjr had closed down on
the city, and all the shops were aflame
with light nnd brightness. Annie gazed
wistfully nt the pretty things in the
great windows; she was but n little
maid, and could not help wishing for
pretty tlilngn for herself nnd for her
mother and Teddy.
Hut the wine she must not linger;
she would only look in one more shop
and then then she would seek the
grent shop where wine was sold in bot
tles; surely the big, rosy-faced mnn
whom she hnd often noticed standing
in the doorway of his shop would listen
to her tory of poor Teddy and give her
the wine.
So slip stood before UiIb last store It
was a jowelry store and, oh, how
beautiful the jewels looked snpphlres
nnd rubles and diamonds how they
glittered. The Bight was enough to
fascinate older eyes than Annie's.
Presently something In one corner
of tho window caught her gaze it
wasn't a jewel, It was a switch of love
ly hair; not one, but several, and be
low them in pretty, shallow, Batln
Hned boxes, were clusters of curls. A
sudden thought enmo to Annie; she
pressed her little hnnds together nnd
held her breath, then paused n mo
ment to gain courage, and passed reso
lutely into the great store. A kind
looking man came forward to meet her
and said: "What can I do for you, lit
tle lady?"
, "Do you buy hair?" she asked.
"Sometimes, little one; why do you
ask?" '
"Will you buy mine? Sec, I have
plenty!" she answered, taking off her
hat nnd shaking her curls down over
her shoulders, nnd looking up with
anxious eyes.
"Hut, my little girl, nrc your curls
yours to sell?"
"Oh, yes, sir; If you only knew why
I must sell them, I am sure you would
buy them. Teddy Is so ill that he needs
things, nnd mother " nnd here she
choked up so she could say no more,
"And you wnnt to sell your beautiful
days to sec her curls in' their pretty
flatln-llncd ense. After they hod both
kissed her nnd thanked her over and
over again she crept nwny.
"I'm glad I did It; but how lone
some my pretty curls will be!" said
the child.
Hut the curls were not nt alt lone
some. The kind man was looking nt
them when one of the boys showed a
gcntlemnn in. The visitor wns o blpr
man nnd he had gentle eyes, though his
face was somewhat rough to look at.
"I'm quite out of heart, Alfred; lean
get no clew; but what's that 3011 have
there? Pretty, 'aren't they?"
"Yes, benutifull"
Then the kind man told all about the
little girl who sold the curls to him, so
she could have money to buy things for
the sick brother.
"Alfred, this hair Is just the color of
Kllle's; could It be? Could it be Klllc's
child's hair?"
"She's coming here daynftcr to-morrow
to see her curls In their satin-lined
box; then if you will be here you can
find out who she is," answered the
jeweler. .
Sure enough, Annie ca'me to see her
curls as they looked ready for sale; she
wanted to sec the box. While she was
admiring it nnd telling nbout Teddy,
and how the wine was doing him good,
the stranger with the gentle eyes ar
rived. He talked to the little girl for
awhile, then surprised the jeweler and
Httlc Annie by bursting into tenrs.
"They've told you nbout Uncle Luke,
hnven't they?" he asked.
"Oh, ycf, often," replied Annie. "He
is in Australia, where the bnrk falls olt
the trees and the leaves stay on, nnd
where the birds have no wings, nnd ev-,
crythlng is so queer!"
"Hut what if he on me home?"
"Oh, he won't," she said; "mother
has lost him completely."
"Hut he has come home. I am he."
Then there was what Annie called "a
time."
That was how it happened thnl just
"DO YOU BUY HAIH?" SHE ASKED.
hnir to buy things for your sick broth
er; is thnt it, little one?"
"Yes, sir."
"I wouldn't take It, but "
"Please don't refuse me, sir; my hair
will grow In again; It grows u.wful
fast; see, It is below my waist!"
"It. Is beautiful, a very rare color, and
so curly," said tho man, stroking tho
rippling mass of shining hair.
"Mother's Is just like mine, only it
i n little fady here and there. You
will take my hair, won't you? Please
do; it will) surely grow again, and my
brother needs things "so very, very
much; the doctor says so!"
The man led her into n back room
and himself cut the glossy locks, lay
ing each curl carefully down. Then
ho called a man who wore a white
npron nnd gave the llttlo shorn hend
into hla charge.
"I believe that you nrc prettier than
before," tho kind man said, when the
hairdresser had finished. Then ho laid
a little roll of bills in the child's hand
nnd bade her bo careful not to lose it
on her way home.
Annie hurried home. When she ar
rived mother was rending -to Teddy,
and Annio crept in like a little mouse.
Sho removed her lint carefully, so as
not to spoil tho hnirdrcsser's work,
then dropped tho bills in her mother's
lap, with n "Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year, mamma!"
"Oh!" screamed Teddy.
"Oh!" pcreamed mother, as they both
saw nnd knew all.
"How could you, Annie?" they both
cried nt once; but the child looked as
pretty as ever.
"How came you to think of it, my
poor baby?" nsked the mother.
"It's for wine wlno is better than
curls nny day," nnswered Annio; then,
turning to Teddy, she hugged him in
joy nnd said, softly: "Get well, Ted
dy, and pay me back some day!"
Then she told how It all happened,
nud how she wus going in a couple of
as tho doctor was praising Teddy's pa
tience, and saying how the wine had
helped him, there was a great flutter
In tho hall, and Annie bounced In, drag
ging a big mnn with kind eyes in a
rough face by the hand.
"My curls found him. It is Uncle
Luke, mother, and ho' has money
enough to buy my curls back two or
three times. I know, because ho
said so."
And then there was much more of "n
time." And the doctor held Teddy's
hand while Uncle Luke told about his
long search for his sister, and mother
explained about father's death ahdhor
removal to the city, and how site lost
Uncle Luke's address nnd could not
get n letter to rench him. Then they
talked about Annie's curls, nnd the
doctor blew his nose furiously and dug
nt his eyes, and Annie heard him sav:
"Old Idiot that I nm! I guess I'll try
to see nbout n wny of getting wine
when I prescribe it again for n boy
whose mother has thnt frightened look
in her eyes."
Annie tucked her little shorn hend
under the doctor's arm and whispered:
"Hut you see how it was best, don't
you? My curls found so much for us
they brought us an uncle. Just look nt
mother; don't she look happy? Isn't
a good uncle the best New Year's pres
ent in all thin world?"
Wine is n good medicine when one
needs it, and Toddy improved rapidly
so rapidly that he wns almost ready
to try the new sled that Uncle Luke
brought home to him on New Year's
eve. A for Teddy's mother, the roses
began to tint her cheeks again, and
Annio wns sure she was the prettiest
and best mother in all the world. La
dles' World, New York.
Supply Unlimited.
"Give me a kiss, my charming Pearl,"
A young man snld to a bhie-eyocl girl;
Sail,sho; "Yon grent big lazy elf,
Pucker your mouth and help yourself."
Chicago Dally Newd.
PROMINENT PHYSICIANS
USE AND ENDORSE PE-RU-NA,
w 1 ggmr " .1 1
C.B.CHAMBERLIN,M.D,
Wf WASHINGTON, D.C.
C. B. Chambcrlin, M. D., writes from 14th nnd P. Sts., Washington,!). C.
Many cases have come under my observation, where Pcruna has
benefited and cured. Therefore, I cheerfully recommend it tor catarrh
and a general tonic." C. D. CHAMBERLIN, M. D.
' - g '""-inruw
Mi
I Dr. Li. Jordan.
Medical Kxnmlner V. S. Treasury.
Dr. Llewellyn Jordnn, Medical Ex
aminer 01 U. 0.
Treasury Depart
ment, graduate of
Columbia Pnlloirn.
tL - B nnd who served
West Point, has
tho following to
say of Pcruna:
"Allow mo to
express my grati
tudo to you for
the benefit iln-
? rived from your
wonderful rem-
month 1ms brought forth n vast change
and I now consider myself a well man
after months of suffering. Follow suf
ferers, Purunu will euro you."
DR. LLEWELLYN JORDAN.
Geo. C. navenor, M. D., of Anncostin,
D. C, writes:
The Pcruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen "In my prnctico I have
had occasion to frequently prescribe
your valuable medicine, and have found
its use beneficial, especially in cases of
catarrh."
GEORGE C. HAVENER, M. D.
Dr. L. S. Smith, of Wllliston, Fla.,
writes :
" I have found Pcruna n most valuable
remedy for chronic catarrh of the bond,
thront, lungs and bronchial tubes, in
fact, no matter where located.
"Few people realize- that most sick
nesses start from colds which develop
into different affections nnd finally be
come chronic, settling often on tho
lungs and frequently causing serious
trouble in tho pelvic organs, while in
women it develops into diseases pecul
iar to tho sex.
" From my experience with Pcruna I
hnvo found it very efficacious to euro
these discasos, and I recommend it."
L. S. SMITH, M. D.
Dr. Mary Smith, Winfield, Lud.,
writes:
"A weak and sick woman must not
expect to bear well children. For over
31 years my efforts hnvo been spent
among sick women especially, and
among all tho remedies I have used,
none excel Poruna, and I believe that It
is tho bept and safest medicine to givo
a woman suffering from ovarian
trouble, inflammation, nnd profuse)
menstruation.
" T Wfllllll linf. lin rlninrr m. I,,
physician did I not advise its uso. I
know by experience that Peruua cures
sick women, nnd I therefore gladly in
dorse it." DR. MARY SMTTTT.
If you do notrcceivo prompt and satis
factory results from the uso of Peruna,
write at oneo to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, nnd ho
Will bo Tllnasncl tn (rim trmi Vile ,.11.1
advice gratis.
Auurcss Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus.O.
The Hello Habit.
A nervous-looking girl consulted n doc
tor, who asked her wnat she was guttering
from. Her answer was as follows:
"1 am a telephone girl, doctor, and the
work is a terrible strain on my nerves. Tho
monotony of having a receiver constantly
at my ears, and saying 'Hello!' tells upon my
nerves. When off duty I am always hav
ing 'Hello' rincinc in mv ears, anil I nm
constantly saying it. When I po to bed T
waKo irom my sleep saying Hello! nnd
when I kneel down to say my prayers 1 in
stinctively say 'Hello!' before I commence
them." bporting Times.
IlcHt for i!io Ilovrela,
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels aro put right. Cascarets help nature,
euro you without a gripe or pain, produce
easy, natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Lascarets Candy Catliartio, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C.
Btamped on it., Hewarc of imitations.
The Intelligent Artlinn.
'"And what are you making?" we asked ot
the intelligent artisan, as we admired the
piny of his brawny muscles.
"Makin' cowcatchers for milk trains," he
replied, without looking up from his work.
Whereat we passed on, marveling greatly
at the intricacies of modern science. Balti
more American.
The dime museum man doesn't mind hav
ing a skeleton in his closet, especially if it is
alive. Harlem Life.
Not in Hiii Mne.
Gayboy I say, parson, this lady and
myself want to get spliced. Will you obligo
ub by tying the knot?
Parson Um let mc see! If I remember
correctly, I married you and this same ladjj
two years ago.
"Right you are, parson. But you see wo
wero divorced six months ago aud now wt
want to couple up again."
"Well, you'll have to go elsewhere. I'm
not running a repair department in connec
tion with my business." Chicago Daily.
News.
I .
To err is human, but to rub it in that w
did is inhuman. Puck.
Few of us live to learn; and fewer learn to
live. Wrinkle.
Greatness magnifies a man's mistakes.
Chicago Daily News.
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Kverr fnrmor bis own
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Increasing year by year,
land valuo lncroattnif,
stock Increasing, splon
did climate, ezcellont
schools and cburcbos.lai
taiatlon, blgh prices for
cattlo aud graiu. low rail.
WAV rufn. ftnrf nwnwm
possible- comfort. This Is tho condition of tho
farmer la Westorn Canuda- 1'rOTlnce of Manitoba
and districts ot Asslnlbola, Saslcatchenan ana
Albortn. Thousands of Americans aro uow settled
thero. lleducoil rates on all railways for homo
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Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa, Canada,
or to J.S.OIlAWlfOlU). 2U W. Ninth St.. Kansa
City, M0.1 Vf. V. HENNICTT. 801 New York MM
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