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A&tVALEKT!MIEl5 BAY REVERIE*
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It was the fourteenth day of February
' and- the lovely Estelle was sitting in
her luxurious boudoir when a package
was handed her which she opened and
exclaimed with innocent delight:
, "It is a valentine!”
How exquisite this wreatlr Of hand
painted roses—delicately tinted, as all
tea-roses should be. And this little
pocket! What can it contain? A ring.
' Amazing. And written on it this mot
to: “Think of me." There are no Cup
■ Ids, with bows and arrows, and lines,
rhyming with love and dove, charms
and alarms, rain and pain, etc.—but a
neat blank verse expressing regard and
admiration, and conveying no hint of
the donor or other information than
that he was one unknown to her, who
for the loves of art and travel, which
had always ruled his life, would soon
be far away on the other side of the
blue waves.
Estelle took the ring from its hiding
place and slipped it on her finger, curi
ous to know if it fitted, then her maiden
modesty suggested that she ought not
f to accept and wear a gift from an un
< known giver—and she withdrew it
quickly from her finger and determin
ed to return it. But now the question
arose: to whom? where?
After reasoning with her conscience
she again put in on her finger. It fitted
nicely and produced a mysterious pre
sentiment of coming bliss, and a sensa
tion about her heart which she had
never known before painted her cheek
with the lovely color of the tea roses on
her valentine, and she said emphatic
ally, “He shall be my ideal; I can con
struct him as I like—I shall make him
as handsome as Apollo and as gifted;
and who can chide me if I become a
hero worshiper?” And he only asks
that I think of him.
Her soliloquy and state of curiosity
were interrupted by a friend and con»
rade of the art school/ Mrs. • Bird, ! a
wjdowlady.of wealth and an enthus-1
1st about art,1 like herself, ’ Whose er
rand” was to prbpdbe a Journey together
to. the cradle-of art*. .Estelle; was only
too giqd to accomp^pyJj)er and.accept
ed without, hesitation. A feeling she
boultt* hot account for prevented her
- -i, 'from showing her valentine or speak
..i ing untll long afterward of the little
' talisman that now seemed almost like
v A betrothal ring. The congenial friends
made their trip a series of delights—
•• and would have regretted reaching
their destination so soon if they had
not been Just in time” for one of those
annual fetes which the American club
of artists delight to celebrate.
As they were speeding along on their
pleasure jaunt seated on the deck of a
comfortable beat watching their com
panions and enjoying a delicious breeze
and the varied scenery—mountain,
crag, castle, monastery and dark forest
—Estelle observed a picturesque look
ing young man, artistically dressed, as
suited the occasion, gazing with a sur
“HER ARTIST FRIEND.”
prised and earnest look at herself. His
rich brown hair and glowing eyes of
the same color reminded her of her
•; Ideal, the beautiful hero whom her im
agination had created, and she felt the
' linger encircled by. the mysterious ring
give a little throb in unison with her
heart beat. At this moment to her sur
i prise her friend Mrs. Bird gave him a
smile and nod of recognition and before
she had time to recover from her
confusion of mind, Mrs. Bird requested
permission to introduce her artist
friend, Henry St. Leger, and she very
soon found herself absorbed in conver
sation with the most attractive man she
twtd ever met.
But it was long after this, on another
St. Valentine day, when the artist
friends nomeward bound, sat gazing
down into the dark blue waves—that
she laughingly gave an account of her
first valentine and the little circlet of
gold, which she observed, but did not
know why, attracted his attention and
excited his curiosity, that he ventured
to tell of his long years’ study and self
denial, whilst at the same^ time he had
followed and worshiped a star which he
thought too far above him to be ob
tained, but which he now, by the aid
of St. Valentine, hoped would ever
more be his guiding spirit E.
A St. Valentine Dinner.
The New York Herald offered a prize
of $25 for the best design in table deco
rations for a St. Valentine dinner of
six. A large number of drawings were
submitted, and the prize was awarded
to the design herewith presented.
The table is seven feet by four and a
half. The cloth is white satin damask
and the center-piece a diamond shaped,
THE. piKN^TABJ^n'; ' ; tI
plate glass mirror, eighteen. Inches
long by fourteen vide/ Hearts flbebout
this outlined as solidly as possible In
red carnations. Within the hearts stand
five branched silver candelabra, with
red candle-shades. Three small heart
shaped cut glass dishes filled with
heart-shaped chocolates, peppermints
and wintergreens, and one with salted
almonds, are placed near the candel
abra.
At the corners of the table are flat
looped bows of satin ribbon,five Inches
wide, with long ends reaching to the
bottom of the table cloth. On each bow
Is placed a slender cut glass vase, eight
een inches high, with twelve American
Beauty roses arranged carelessly. The
ribbon should match the roses. From
the chandelier four ribbon streamers,
four inches wide, of the same shade,
are suspended and fastened on to a rose
in each vase. In the center a carrier
dove Is hung, with a small white en
velope attached to its neck by a silver
cord.
At each cover are four forks, four
spoons, two knives and five glasses, for
water, champagne, claret, sherry and
cordial. On the napkin Is placed . a
white linen picture frame, heart-shaped
and embroidered with solid red hearts,
outlined in gold. In them may be In
serted either the dinner cards or a suit
able valentine verse, but who knows if
there might not one day be slipped into
some of these pretty favors the present
ment of that very face which maidens
long to dream of on St. Valentine’s
Eve?
To secure the vases to the table, a
simple device may be employed. Sew
a piece of kid the size of the standard
of the vase, in the center of each bow,
then sew each in turn firmly to the
tablecloth, and underneath, to the same
place, sew a piece of tape in the middle,
leaving the ends to tie to the legs of the
table or tack underneath. Mix plaster
of parts with water to the consistency
of cream, moisten the kid with water
and spread a thin layer of the plaster
over it. If the vase is placed thereon
and held firmly till the plaster sets, no
unpleasant disaster like overturning it
need be dreaded.
Overexertion on the football field
caused the death- of Joseph Kapp of
Brooklyn, N. Y. -
Tt Olden Valentine.
CeacefoL Slumber Unknown.;
DREADFUL dreams drive
GLEEP AW*Y.
For right Vran a (<aily of Emporia,
Kansas, Sulim Unspeakable
Agony—She Koliitn Her
Esiwrlwii'i'.
Troin the Republican, Knipnrla, Kan
! Mrs. Jennie Carlow resides at 718 Mar
; cliaut Stiect.'Kmpoiia. Kansas, and is the i
, wile of W. K. Carlow, proprietor of theCar
| low Wcpon and Blncksmiili Works, who is
' so well known us the “Past Grand'’ and as
ono of the mostuctivo members In Lodge 15,
! t. O. O. F., of Emporia.
! The distress of a condition of chronlo
; sleeplessness Is so terrible. Mrs. Carlow’s
lufforings from it so well known,onr readors
we fool sure, will wolcomo tho rood news
that she Is now well, and will be glad to
know how tho cure was accomplished.
Mrs. Carlow’s statement is hereto append* ;
sd in narrative form:
“For many years 1 was a confirmed inva
lid, suffering constant pains throngh my
breast and back, of the most excruciating
type, rendering sno absolutely helpless. I
was unable to rise up or lie down without
Assistance, and was subject on the least ex- ;
lion is flutterings of tho heart and such !
shortness of breath, or dyspnoea, that I ■
often thought I was dying. i
“ Peaceful slumber was unknown to me.
T would fall into a doze only to bo awakened
by the most horrible dreams, of too frightful
a character to describe, and in the morning
Instead of being refreshed and rested, I i
would ho utterly exhausted.
“ I was attended at various times by every
physician in the city, but none of them cou id
do tno any good. thouglL 1 spent hundreds
of dollars Tn my quest of health. About
three months ago, Mrs Elizabeth Drake,
whom yon perhaps know, spoke to my hus
band advising a trial of Dr. Williams’ Pink
Pills for Palo People, stating that they had '
permanently cured her after years of suffer
ing from milk leg, and he at onee procured
a supply for me.
“ By tho time I had taken two boxes ac
cording to directions, for the first time in
two .veal’s, 1 was able to enjoy peaceful and
restful sleep, and as I continued to take
thorn my health improved, so that now
while using the fifth box, 1 fee] quite recov
ered and my health is entirely restored. 1
still take two pills every night just before
retiring, and wake up every morning per
fectly happy
“ 1 advise every one whom I hear com
plaining to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, for
although I recognize the fact that medicine
that will cure one, will not another, still as
most diseases aro duo to a bad condition of
tho blood. Pink Pills in such cases will
Frove a certain cure. 11 is hut natural that
should have tho most unbounded faith in -
them. I am only too glad to bear testimony
through yoar paper as to what they ha vs
done for mo.”
The above is an exact report of Mrs. Car
low’s statement. Charles Mauris,
(Signed) Reporter, Emporia, Kan.
Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills for Pale Peoplf 1
aro now given to the public as an unfailing :
blood bnilder and nerve restorer, curing all i
forms of weakness arising from a watery
condition or the blood or shattored nerves.
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 oentsa
box. or six boxes for *2.50 (they are never '
sold In bulk or by tho 100), by addressing
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co , Schuectady,
N. Y. _
Rtora, .i.. o. y Far.
A Belgian nobleman onee managed
to catch 200 storks and labeled every
one of them with a piece of paste
board, giving' the address of the ex- 1
perlmenter and requesting to inform j
him where the bird had been caught
or killed during the winter season. •
These.curious passports were attached j
in a conspicuous manner to the neck
or leg of the birds, and one of them
returned next spring with a message,
to the effect that he liad,'bepn caught
in a pieadow near Sidi Belbez in west
ern Algeria, ,r-'
1 Vibrating In Tuneful Accord
Like the strings of a musical instrument, tbe
nervous system In health harmonizes pleas
antly with the other parts of the system. But
weakened or overwrought. It jangles most In
harmonlously. Quiet and Invigorate It with
the great tranquilizer and tome, Hostetter’s
Stomach Bitters, which promotes digestion,
bilious secretion and a regular action of tho
bowels, and prevents malarial, rheumatic and
kidney complaints.
English In the Coart Room.
"Who are those students with books
under their arms?”
“They’re taking up the law."
"And what’s the old man in a gown
back of that bench doing?"
"Oh, he’s laying it down.”—New,
York Press.
he unmnnw^
UO^y^ncr^
. _with gold
The page that I
, cherish, for
^ •, memories old;
,1 £aze at the coup
let that’s homo- '
ly and true.
"The rose It Is red
and the violet
blue;” - ■
And here is the heart that was lovingly
drawn
By one sleeping now at the gates of
the Dawn,
And oft as I linger o’er picture and lino
A tear lies empearled on the old valen
tine.
’Twas wafted to me in the long, long
ago,
When the world sweetly slept 'neath
its blanket of snow,
When high on the mountains and deep
in the delis ' ■■r.* *
We heard the clear notes of the silvery
bells; - ,c..
But fairer to me than the feathery
fleece, vj -
As white as the wings of the Angel of
Peace
That covered the earth in the winter
sunshine.
Was the once snowy page of mjr 0I<S
valentine, * B , {j <
■<; 'il/ 1
A thousand have smiled at its quaint
little rhyme - ' vi'1"
Who know not the story, that clings to
its time;
It brought to nyr cheeks then a health
ier hue,
Love’s roses are red and its violety
blue—
As red as the cheeks of the sender, I
know,
As blue as the eyes that I loved long
ago;
No wonder I cherish in shadow' and
i shine
The fast fading truths of the old val
entine.
Whenever this page and itB rhyming I
see
The portals of Memory open for me,
And back from the years with their
shrouding of snow
Come a hand and a voice that I missed
long ago;
And over a picture that hangs on my
wall
Rays that are golden a moment doth
fall.
And beautiful grows in the winter sun-,
shine *
The wee, crumpled page of the old val
entine.
Why Ha Did Nat Start.
A lazy man is seldom so very lazy
as not to be able to invent some excuse
for his inactivity. Harper's Round Ta
ble tells a story in pqlnt.
Patrick was the captain of a schoon
er that plied between New York and
Haverstraw on the Hudson. One day
his schooner was loaded with bricks,
ready to start for New York, but Pat
rick gave no sign of any intention to
get under way. Instead of that, he. sat
on deck smoking a pipe.
The owner of the brickyard, who was
also the owner of the schooner,'and
who had reasons for'Wishing; the bricks
landed in Ne\y Yorjcat t^' b^rliest pos
sible moment/came hurryjpg on 'board
and demanded of.the captain, why he
did not sdf Bath' */#-*«<=»
"Sftibre, ybur honorsaid Patrick,
“there’s no wind.”
P "NO whifl!Why, what’s the matter
with you? There’s Lawson’s schooner
under sail, going down the river now.”
“Yis, J’ve been watchln’ her, but it’s
no use‘my gettin’ under way. 8he’s
got the wind now, and, faith, there
isn’t enough of it for two.”
Her Card* Well Flayed.
The fair young woman looked her be
jeweled and florid employer coldly in
the face.
“No, Mr. Boodlemuch,” she said, “I
cannot afford to make social acquaint
ances of those whom I meet in my
business 'life. I must decline to go to
dinner with you this evening, and I
shall certainly not attend the opera in
your company. I am exceedingly sor
ry, for you have been kind to me. If
I have displeased you, be it so. I can
not help it. I am your typewriter. It
ill becomes one of my station to speak
so to the man whom the whole busi
ness world fears and honors and upon
whom society has smiled. Tet I apeajt
from the heart. What,I h&ve spoken
that have I Bald.” ,j ' '
They were married a wtfek later.—
New York Herald. J ■ ^ * • '.»«*•
■> : -■
‘n«‘. * •/>
The First Valentine.
(According to Darwin.)
From Sentimental Sally
"Sentimental Sally” Bends us the tal
lowing valuable and seasonable contri
bution:
He who would have me for bis valen
tine
Must have no other love than mine;
I cannot share his heart,
I will not have a part,
I must have all, or none.
For he my heart has won,
And there he reigns alone,
A monarch on his throne.
For Sweet Charity.
The total revenue of the charitable
institutions having their headquarters
in London amounted to over 6,000,000
sterling—or, to be preoise, £6.060, -
763. _
Witt biUious or costive, eat a Cascaret.
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c, 25c.
A good whist player nearly always drlfta
Into poker. _
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Strop
For rhlldrrn teething .softens the some, redness tnflsm*
metton, sllsys pstn, cures wind eollc. tfi cents a bottle.
One cold, clammy woman with her nos«
t urned up can ruin a reception.
REV.
T. DEWITT
TilMAGE
In one of his wonderful sermons
very truthfully said, “ My brother,
your trouble is not with the heart;
it is a gastric disorder or a rebel
lious liver. It is not sin that blots
out your hope of heaven, but bile
that not only yellows your eye
balls and furs your tongue and
makes your head ache but swoops
upon your soul in dejection and
forebodings,"—and
Talmage is right! All
this trouble can be removed !
You can be cured !
How? By using
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We can give you incontrovertible
proof from men and women, former
sufferers.
But to-day well,
and stay so.
There is no doubt of this. Twenty
years experience proves our words
true.
Write to-day for free treatment blank.
Warner'* Safe Cure Co., Kochmter, N.Y.
A Modern Wav to Stop a Cough
As Triad by • Prominent l ui Minister.
Tn a reoont letter he says: “Many win
ters hare I coughe 1 nil wi- icr onsr. Twice
have I been r. to rest from my
ministerial duties, for n renod of several
years. When 1 tool: mm in winter ttao
roughing would he intenso. Last fait I
took cold about; ho i.'lh of October, and
was sick with It for about a week and be
1 pan what I eupiiosed was a winter of
coughing. My wife called mv attention to
Ur Kay's Lung Balm, and utter much per
suasion on her part, nud a free expression
(of n not flattering character) about patent
medicines, or. my part, 1 concluded to try
the Lung Balm. / fell at once that It touched
a place in mg inlatlu that nothing rise hail
ever done. I begun to improve. 1 used
about B boxes and can now preach irffhiut
couching. I keep It by me and if 1 take
cola I use it. If I havo a bronchial irrita
tion nftor preaching I tube Dr. iTcp't Lung
Balm. 1 can cheerfully say that tile Lung
Balm prepared by The Dr. H. J. Kau Med
ical Co. o/ Omnhd, A'eh., has been a great
help to me. It has no bad effect upon the
siomach. Respectfully yours. J. D. Da Tab,
Pastor M. B. Church, Spring Hill, leva, Dei
Maine* Conference.'1 —
The .itlelaberg Care,
The Adelsberg cave, with its recent
ly discovered Bide caverns, baa lately
; been carefully surveyed, in aooord
i ance with the instructions of the
■ Austrian minister of agriculture; Count
Falkenhnyne. In the course of the
operations some very beautilul parts
of the cave, which could formerly
be reached only with the greatest dif
ficulty, were made easily uccesable.
•100 Reward, Ml 00.
The readers of this paper will be pleased
ti learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been nble to cure
in ull its stages, and that Is Catarrh.
Ball's Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity,
catarrh being a constitutional disease, re
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Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blond and mucuoua stir
fares of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of tlio disease, and giving
the patient strength bv building up the
constitution and assisting nature In doing
Its work The proprietors hare so much
faith in its curative powers, that they of
fer One Hundred hollars for any case
that it fulls to cure. Send for list of Tes
timonials. Address._ __ . . „
F. J. CHENEY & CO„ Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75 cents.
Ball’s Family Pills are the best.
The Dutchman’s Army,
Dutch military cycling volunteers
have to pass a rent examination be
fore they are accepted for the maneu
■ vers, but when passed they get 5 florins
a day, first-class fare traveling and are
. lodged as of&cers at the expense of the
! state. They have to be able to ride
j sixty-three miles in seven hours, and
| thirty-one miles in two hours and a
i An Opportunity of a Lite Tims
To secure a first-class vehicle below
cost to manufacture. We are closing
out the stock formerly belonging tc
■ the Columbus Buggy Co. in Omaha,
Neb. nothing reserved. Send for cat
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Take a Look,
Doctor (to Irish patient)—Do yon
sleep with your mouth open? Irish
! Patient—Shure. Ol don't know, doc
j tor. Ol’ve never seen myself whin
l Qt’ve been aslape, but Oi’U have a look
j to-night!—Tit-Bits.
1 ■egomu’s Camphor Iso with aiyeoriao
The original and only genuine. Cum Chapped Hand
i nnd Face, Cold Soree, Ac. 0.0.Clark ACo.,H.Heven,C1
1 Moat people like to be called bad In i
laughing sort of a way.
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The good die young, but the bad ontllvi
their usefulness.
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It's marvelous how we progress! Tor.
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when you get 264 bushels corn, 230,
bushels oats, 173 bushels barley, 1,600»
bushels potatoes per acre! Salzer’s
creations in farm seeds produce.
• 10.00 WORTH FOR 10 CENTS1
dost lend This Notice sod 10 Cent
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La:
Crosse, Wls., and get 12 (arm seed -
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Couldn't Stand It.
Tennyson used to tell the story of
a farmer who, after hearing a red-hot
sermon of never-ending lire and brim-1
stone, consoled his wife quite sincerely,'
with the naive remark: “Never mind,1
Sally; that must he wrongl no conatl
tooshun could stand It."—Tit-Bits.
Just try a 10c box of Cascarets. candy
cathartic, the finest liver: end towel regu
lator made. ~--r>
It la false pretense that halt received tho
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Naked PHls
an fit only, for naked-' sav
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of civilization—in pill3 as veil
aa people. A good coa&'idoca
not make a good pill, any more
than good clothea make a good
man. But aa sure aa you’d
look on d clothealeas man aa a ~
mad one, yon may look-Da a
coatless pill as a bad one.
After fifty years of test no'
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Every ThursWay afternoon
a tourist i1m»1d( ear for
Denver, Salt I.ake City, San
Francisco, and Loo Angeles
leaves Omaha and Lincoln
via the Hurllndton ttoute.
It la carpeted, upholstered
IjllMfip
Htiu-fe
In rattan, bos spring seats
and backs and is provided:
' with curtains, bedding, tow
provided:
witut;uiidius< ucuuuifii ivw
ela.soap.etc. An experienced
excursion conductor and a
uniformed 1 ullman porter
accompany It through to the'
1'actUe Coast,,
While neither as expen
* - - 1 1 dn— -- *
look at as a palace sleeper.lt
Is Just as goodAoi|lde In. see- .
ond class tickets are honored
and the prlceotH tiovth.wldo
enouvh and big enough for
two, Is only
For a fpMpf .giving full
particulars .Tflntotg,
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