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The Aim.
0 Thou who lovest not alone
The swift success, the instant goal.
But has a lenient eye to mark
The failures of th’ inconstant soul.
Consider not ipy little worth—
The mean achievement, .-camped In act,
The high resolve, the low result,
The dream that durst not face the fact.
But count the reach of my desire.
Let this be something In Thy sight—
1 have not, In the slothful dark.
Forgot the Vision and the Height.
Neither my body nor my soul
To earth’s low ease will yield consent.
I praise Thee for my will to strive,
I bless Thy ...oad of discontent.
—Charles G. D. Roberts.
Why They Grinned.
From Lipplncott’s.
Mrs. Grant was undoubtedly the disci
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who was a very busy lawyer, was regard
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eelves, subject to the laws of ‘‘mother.”
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and at luncheon Mr. Grant, who felt that
the children were already showing signs
of “running wild,” felt obliged to repri
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"Gladys.” he said, “stop that immedi
ately or I shall have to take you from
the table and spank you.”
Instead of making the Impression he
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little Imps glance In a surprised manner
at each ether and then simultaneously a
grin broke over the faces of both culprits,
and Gladys said In a voice of derisive
glee:
“Oh, George, hear father trying to talk
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THOMPSON’S EYE W1TER
A Gentle Cynic’s M usings.
From the Philadelphia ledger.
About the only people who don’t quarrell
over religon are the people who haven't
any.
Almost as much sympathy Is wasted on
the under dog as on the henpecked hus
band.
If she sticks to the Job long enough, the
girl who becomes a young man’s slave
may also develop Into an old man’s
darling.
Just because a man eats with his knife
and murders the King's English, don't
jump to the conclusion that ho is a mil
lionaire.
It requires considerable equilibrium to
be able to roll in wealth without rolling
out of it.
There is no middle ground with some
men. They either have to be on the water
wagon or on the tank.
When a girl stops wondering Just what
the sensations of love are, she has found
out.
Nature generally manages to adjust her
self. The quarrelsome people are usually
the ones who get married.
The principal mourners at many a man’s
funeral are the people he owed money to.
It’s a good plan to keep your trouble to
yourself till you meet some fellow who
is looking for it.
If the Lord can see all our faults, it is
hard to understand where He gets all the
angels.
Many marital difficulties can be traced
to the fact that it is easier to tell a
little lie than to answer a lot of questions.
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The Water Bite.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
He was 6 years old and had never gazed
into the mystic lens of a microscope. Sev
slldes containing anlmalculae had been
displayed to his astonished vision. He was
too amazed to make any comment until he
came to one slide that seemed more
wriggly than any of the others. It was
merely a drop of water.
The little fellow gazed at it a long time,
all its nimble particles of animal life, and
finally exclaimed to his mother:
"Oh, mamma, now I know what it is
that bites you when you drink soda wa
ter!”
A Change for the Better.
Prom the New York Tribune.
Miss Lillian B. Hill, an advertising
expert, said at a clothiers’ banquet in
Grand Rapids:
"I am glad you clothiers now adver
tise, now print pictures of men’s and
boys’ fashions. Thus you smarten up
the country, and you help to abolish
the cutting down of the father’s clothes
for the son. You have educated our
little boys to dress, and few of them
could bear to wear now their fathers’
garments made over by their mothers’
awkward hands. It was not always so.
I remember how, in the distant past,
my little brother rushed whimpering
into my room one night.
“ ‘Oh, dear,’ he whined, 'pa’s had his
beard shaved off, and now I guess I’ve
got to wear the old red thing!’”
To the Creditor.
A Toast by Oliver Herford.
Here’s to the Creditorl Long may he reign.
May his faith never waver, his Trust nev
er wane;
May the Lord make him gentle, and gra
cious, and gay,
Yet quick to resent the least offer of pay—
May he soften his heart, as he softened,
we’re told,
To the Israelites’ “touch” the Egyptian of
old—
And when on his last long account he shall
look,
The angel will say as he closes the book:
“The Lord give you credit for credit you
gave!”
So here’s to the creditor—long may he
waive! —Collier's.
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t A Philosopher of Philistia.
I’m an odd old duck, I’m free to admit—
As odd as they make ’em, an’ proud of it!
I hate all grooves an’ ruts an’ forms,
An' dote on sunshine an’ hills an’ storms.
Whatever's uneven is good to see;
I said way back in sixty-three,
"There ain’t no man’ll ever classify me!”
I went to one o’ those poultry shows
Where the chickens an’ roosters air caged
in rows,
An’ cluck an' crow unusha! hard,
With their breed writ out on a colored
card.
My nephew was with me, an’ I says:
"Ben,
That mebbe’ll do fer a rooster or hen,
But it ain’t becomin’ in human men!"
I never’d vote no ticket straight,
No matter who head it. I gyrate
A little at ’lection, like other things—
There ain't no political apron strings
Kin keep me hitched to a party mill;
I ain’t agin no pertlcaler bill,
But when the boss say.: "Move!” I Jest
set still.
I set out an orchard an’ put the trees
All helter-skelter. I ngured the bees
Could git at the blodsoms wherever they
air,
An’ a quince er Greenin' er Bartlett pear
Looks jest ez good an’ tastes ez line
If it’s set a Ieetle bit out o’ line.
The neighbors complained, but that orch
ard’s mine.
They hed a revival down Dunbar way,
With extry people to sir.g an' pray.
They tried to git me to the penitent form,
But I set in the corner where it wuz
warm,
An’ wouldn’t be labeled. I says: "My
God
Is an outdoor Bein’ without no rod,
An' I kneel ev’ry day on the dewy sod!”.
I'm an odd old duck, I’m free to admit—
As odd as they make ’em, an' proud of it!
I’m singular, stubborn, old fashioned an’
queer,
I sprinkle red pepper on top o’ my beer;
But no man livin’ kin stan’ an' say
I’ve beat him in tradin’ er stood In his
way.
An’ I'll take my dose at the Judgment
Day!
—Richard Wlghtman, In Hampton's Mag
azine.
Dr. Roberts’ suggestion in 1881 of
sewing wounds of the heart was re
ceived as a Joke. Dr. Rehn, of Ger
many, in 1897 got the first recovery
from heart wound. Altogether there
have been 16 such operations, with
seven amazing recoveries.
The only thing that a woman was
ever known to ask for *hat she didn’t
get was the ballot.
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THE OLDEST LIVING TRIPLETS
From Leslie's Weekly.
According to Congressman Charles
H. Cowles, of North Carolina, the old
est living triplets in the world are thg
Gibbs, born in Wilkesboro. N. C„ May
2, 1833, and now living in their 77th
year. One of the triplets, William
Washington Gibbs, resides in Atlan
ta, Ga., and the other two, Robert
Jackson Gibbs and Thomas Lafayette
Gibbs, live at Boomer, N. C., within a
few miles of the place of their birth.
TTie three brothers are halo, hearty,
industrious, sober and splendid citizens,
in spite of the fact that they endured
the hardships and privations of four
years of civil war and years of strug
gle with poverty. All three of them,
volunteered early in the war, and
fought in the same company of the
same regiment In many battles. Bethel
was the first real battle of the war be
tween the states, Gettysburg the crest
of confederate aggression, and Appo
mattox the last of that struggle. The
Gibbs triplets, In common with all
North Carolinians, are proud of the
inscription on the state’s battle field
monuments, which reads: "First at
Bethel, farthest at Gettysburg, and last
at Appomattox.” The triplets are de
scended from long lived families on
both sides. Their father lived to a
good old age and their mother died
only a few years ago at the age of
almost 91. “Aunt Caroline” Grinton,
(colored), of Wilkesboro, -who is al
most 100 years old, claims to have
nursed the Gibbs triplets when they
were babies. She says: "They was
powerful strong young uns.” The
triplets are all married men, each has
grandchildren and great-grandchildren,
and they are most devoted to each
other.
NEAR PHILOSOPHY.
When a conductor overlooks a faro
the passenger’s happiness is of the
same order as when the wife overlooks
the dollar stowed away in his watch
pocket.
Yes, but how would Job’s record hava
read if he had been tried out as a tele
phone girl
The man who “thumps” a water
melon to see if it is ripe will spring a
‘‘coonlng’’ story if you catch him In
a reminiscent mood.
"Dyed” hair is said to be even a
great abomination than a "kiss with
out a mustache.”
The man who makes his mark usually
toes the mark his wife makes for him.
One kind of remorse is the memory of
kicks against 20 below, while swelter
ing at 90 In the shade.
One reason why brain fever never be
comes epidemic is that it confines itself
to brains.
It Is all right to "get there with both
feet” if you are built that way, but the
mosquito does it differently.
A touring car taste with a bicycle
income identifies the man as a near
relative of the chap with a champagne
thirst and a beer pocketbook.
Mrs. Besant insists that the thirst
for liquor continues after death. Now
It is plain why some people imitate the
camel. They want to take a supply
with them.
Wonderful.
From the New York Times.
"This is a remarkable world!” exclaimed
O’Brien. "I was walking aown the street
this morning and I met a man I hadn’t
seen for about 12 years.
"Yes,” rejoined Murphy, "it is a re
markable world. I Just had an experience
much like that myself. I was walking
down the street not 10 minutes ago. and
I met two men—two, mind you—that I’d
never met before.”
The figures of the London police
courts show a very decided increase
during recent years in serious crime.
IT WORKS.
The Laborer Bata Food That Wonld
Wreck an Office Man.
Men who are actively engaged at
hard work can sometimes eat food that
would wreck a man who is more close
ly confined.
This is illustrated In the following
story:
"I was for 12 years clerk in a store
working actively and drank coffee all
the time without much trouble until
after I entered the telegraph service.
“There I got very little exercise and
drinking strong coffee, my nerves grew
unsteady and my stomach got weak
and I was soon a very sick man. I
quit meat and tobacco and in fact I
stopped eating everything which I
thought might affect me except cof- ;
fee, but still my condition grew worse
and I was all but a wreck.
“X finally quit cdXNae and commenced
to use Postum a few years ago and I
am speaking the truth when I say, my
condition commenced to improve im
mediately and to-day I am well and
can eat anything I want without any
bad effects, all due from shifting from j
coffee to Postum.
“I told my wife to-day I believed ! !
could digest a brick if I had a cup ot
Postum to go with it.
“We make it according to direc- |
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use good rich cream and it is cer
tainly delicious.”
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“There's a Reason.”
Ever read the above letter? A
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They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest. J
&Ae Belle of San
Pedro Springs ^
V By Cewrrl© Elizabeth Logan V
(Copyright, 1902, by W. R. Hearst.)
Dress parade and the review was over.
Silently the vast assembly of men stood
nt parade rest, while the flag floated out
in the soft, mesquite-scented breeze. The
spell was broken by the sunset gun. Down
< ame the flag. The band played the
"Star Spangled Banner,” and the men
blood with heads uncovered.
Leslie Somers watched from the broad
porch of her father's cottage. Suddenly
but of the growing dusk a man’s face ap
peared, a proud, clear-cut face, with full,
red lips, and large, dark eyes that held
her own by a strange magnetism. Black
hair, escaping from an unbecoming cap,
Waved softly on his broad forehead. She
gasped and drew back in the shadow of
h post until the man, evidently a strayed
recruit, had passed. Leslie sighed. How
like Tom Howe’s had been the face in the
dusk! Then she smiled as her eyes caught
h gleam of white fire from the ring Lieu
tenant Grayton had placed on her hand.
The mind of Tom Howe was troubled
by no doubts. He knew that the fair
haired girl on Colonel Somer's porch wa^
his one-time sweetheart, Leslie Somers,
fche could not recognize, In an enlisted
man. the son of a New York merchant
find the heir to a largo fortune. Alas!
pis father had died bankrupt, and he had
hidden himself in the great military ma
chine. A blue uniform is an excellent dis
guise. Tom had some misfortune-proof
friends who were trying to obtain a com
mission for him in some volunteer regi
ment, forming for service in the Philip
pines.
Tom’s mind traveled back five years to
his last year at the Bayliss Military
school. He was then a lad of 18. George
Grayton came to the school as drill mas
ter. He had spent two years at West.
Point. Leslie Somers, a beautiful Texas
girl, was visiting her uncle, Colonel Bay
liss, the proprietor of the school. Leslie
had been willing to accept the attentions
pf the young heir, Until George Grayton
kppeared on the scene. He was 21, and
pis age and experience gave him an ad
vantage over his wealthier rival.
' The early maturity of the south made
Leslie appear older than 16. She was flat
tered by the devotion of the older man.
He had an eye to his own advantages.
Attentions to the pretty daughter of a
colonel In the regular army would not
be wasted.
» Leslie had promised to meet To^i In the
jnoon-light glen one May evening, but
she met George Grayton instead. After
that the "major,” as the drill master was
called, had an undisputed field and Les
lie Somers departed for her southern
h#me without one word of farewell from
Tom,
George Grayton made good use of his
time. He enlisted, passed an examina
tion after two years' service, and received
a commission as a lieutenant. Then ho
waB transferred to Colonel Somers’ regi
ment, where he speedily engaged himself
to Leslie.
Every bright morning Leslie had her
horse saddled and cantered out to the
beautiful San Pedro park and springs.
“You will be killed!" shouted the crowd,
but the warning fell unheeded to the ears
She seemed to prefer a time when her
fiance was on duty and could not accom
pany her. She was well-known as a
graceful and fearless rider. People spoke
of her with pride as the “Belle of San
Pedro Springs." Her beauty was the del
icate loveliness of the tea rose.
.This lovely May morning the greenness
and brightness of the park seemed to
enter the soul of Leslie as Black Prince
trotted under the stately oaks. Pecan
trees and graceful Bhrubbery caught her
nature-loving eye. The freshly-cut green
grass framed small mirrors of quiet lakes,
reflecting the blue and brilliance of a
Texan sky. The sun poured Its golden
radiance on a happy world. Birds sang
In the trees or drank and tilted to let the
cool draught from clear springs drain
their tiny throats.
What was that passing with a roar and
a hiss on the graveled drive? Black
Prince had not made the acquaintance of
racing automobiles. He shied and began
to rear. Leslie could not control the
spirited animal. Tearing down the road
at record-breaking speed went the fright
ened horse with the plucky girl clinging
to his neck.
of Tom Howe. White and desperate he
managed to stop the terrified Beast. Oth
ers tenderly lifted down the almost un
conscious girl. They laid her on the cool
grass, and presently Tom had his re
ward. Leslie opened her eyes and said
faintly, “Thank you, Tom."
Tom disappeared In the crowd. He was
an enlisted man and dared not raise his
eyes to his colonel’s daughter; besides
she was the promised wife of his hated
rival.
Leslie kept the secret of her rescuer's
identity, believing this to be the best way
of showing her gratitude. She knew that
she had treated him badly, but pride had
stood In the way when she wanted to ask
his forgiveness. With her tardy remorse
the old love for her boy sweetheart re
turned. She was strangely changed,
more Indifferent to her fiance, more af
fectionate to her father. None guessed
these were the fruits of “ secret sorrow
and a hopeless love.
There was great excitement In Com
pany L, when it was learned one morning
that Tom Howe would leaye the ranks to
become a lieutenant in the—volunteer In
fantry. He had been called the "Fift
Avenoo” soldier, but his whtte muscular
arm had won him both respect and popu
larity. This news rivaled the Bensatlon
caused by the broken engagement of Les
lie Somers and Lleuteant Grayton. Ru
mor said the colonel’s daughter had ob
jected to the lieutenant’s propensity for
gambling.
When the summer moon hung In the
sky Leslie gave Tom an interview on her
father’s porch that should have been his
five years before In the “Ramble" of the
Bayliss school. The moon smiled on a
different scene, and scattered Its silver
through trailing vines on a happy, golden
head.
Philadelphia Times: A recent West
Philadelphia political meeting was
marked by the telling of the following
story as illustrative of the evil of being
too laconic in everyday speech. Brev
ity was the distinguishing character
istic of the village wherein lived Jim
and Zach. farmers, and each the own
er of a horse. They met one day and
spoke as follows:
"Mornin', Jim!"
"Mornin’, Zach!”
“What did you give your horse for
the botts?”
"Turpentine.”
Good mornin’!”
Good mornin’!”
They again encountered each other a
few days later, with this result:
•’Mornin’, Jim!”
“Mornin’ Zash!”
“What did you say you gave your
horse for the botts?”
"Turpentine.”
"Killed mine.”
“Mine, too.”
"Good mornin’!”
"Good mornin’!”
What the average man needs U a
censor for his conversation.
Proverbs of People.
Merry meet—merry part.—German.
Gifts persuade even the gods.—Greek.
A pet child has many names.—Danish.
Dexterity comes by experience.—French.
When doubt comes In, love goes out.—
Irish.
May your shadow never grow less.—
Oriental.
Better a master be feared than despised.
-D*tch.
There is no colt but breaks some halter.
—Italian.
False friends are worse than open ene
mies.—French.
What the eye sees not the heart rues
not.—French.
When misfortune sleeps let no one wake
her.—Spanish.
A hint for a gentleman, a club for a
clown.—Portuguese.
Every one feels the cold according as ho
*s clad.—Spanish.
Still Mooted.
From Harper’s Weekly.
Who was the Man In the Iron Mask?
Who hit Billy Patterson?
Who killed Lieutenant Sutton?
Is Thaw insane?
Was the wrong Halns convicted?
Sea-level or locks?
Was the revision up or down?
OUTGREW THE NEWSPAPERS.
Prom the New York Sun.
A member of a publishing house Is
telling a story which he says goes to
show that the spread of the popular
novel Is constantly Increasing. He was
on his way from Pawtucket, R. X., to
East Attleboro, Mass., by trolley and
stopped off at the little village store
at South Attleboro to get a nibble of
crackers and cheese at noon. The usual
rural characters were about the coun
ter. He got into conversation with
some of them and was Interested to
know how' their political Ideas ran. He
sounded them along various lines and
at last came to an old farmer who was
sitting on a sugar barrel waiting for
the mail.
"Think they’re going to make a good
Job of the tariff?” he asked.
“What they doin’ to It?" w’as the
astonishing reply.
"Why, revising It, of course. Don’t
you read the papers?” said the pub
lisher.
"Wal, I used to," said the farmer,
“but ’bout a year ago I stopped ’em
off. They got to be too frlvolln’ f’ me.
Since then X’ve been took up readln’
a book.
TT ATI WEEPING ECZEMA.
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and sore that I had to put a piece of
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Miss Ann Pearsons, Northfleld, Vt..
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A big commission house is experi
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dictate them than letters, whi*h have
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Some of the out of town customers get
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MISTRESS OF WHITE HOUSE IN ’49
From the New York World.
When "Uncle Joe” Cannon was a
gamboling boy of 13 in Illinois, far
from dreams of speakerships, a gra
cious young woman presided at the
White House who was known to the
popular tongue as “Miss Betty.” She
was the daughter of President Zachary
Taylor, taking as hostess the place of
her invalid mother. The wife then of
Major W. W. S. Bliss, her father's sec
retary, she has just died at Winchester,
Va., as the widow of Philip Pendleton
Danrldge.
In 1849, when "Miss Betty” went to
the White House, there were the days
still of Clay. Webster. Benton, Everett,
Calhoun, Marcy. Lincoln had been sent
to congress, but made no national fig
ure. Grant was a lieutenant of 27 at
Sackett’s Harbor. Hayes was in his
late twenties. Garfield was learning at
IS the trade of a carpenter, having been
graduated from his course in driving
on the Ohio canal, and Chester Alan
Arthur, a young blade of 19, was fol
lowing his college course with the study
of law.
Grover Cleveland was a boy of 12
at this time, with Tom Reed two years
younger. James G. Blaine was a 19
year-old teacher at Blue Lick Springs,
Ky„ while Benjamin Harrison was a
college boy of 16. McKinley was 6
years old. Theodore Roosevelt was to
be born in nine years and William
Howard Taft in eight.
It was the year of the Argonauts,
that 1849, when prairie schooners set
the path westward which the Pacific
railroads were to follow later.
Those who knew "Miss Betty" as first
lady of the land remembered her as
one of tlie most gracious women who
ever adorned the place. She entered
the White House at 25 a bride of three
years, loved and petted and proud. Nor
was hers the only romance of the Tay
lor circle. It was her sister Sarah who
went quietly away into marriage with
Jefferson Davis, the young West Point
er, of whose aspirations to his daugh
ter's hand the general had been unable
to approve, but who was destined to go
far in his own way in the chronicles of
America.
The unattainable may be very near,
like the end seat on the trolley car.
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OWLS’ HOUSES.
From St. Nicholas.
Owls’ houses are, for the most part,
quite without lining. Whether from de
sign or pure laziness, the bones and
skulls of small animals which they have
killed are left scattered about the floor.
Grewsome playthings for the owl chil
dren! But ono can scarcely Imagine
even a baby owl being anything but
wise and dignified. It is easiest to pic
ture them apparently gravely musing
on these skulls like monks in their
dark cells.
Since so many of the owls have their
homes in hollow trees, we might ex
pect some of their near relatives, the
hawks, to be inclined to live In the
same way. One of them, the little spar
row hawk, does nest In the flicker’s
abandoned home and In comfortable
knot-holes. Once I found him quar
tered snugly In a branch which had
decayed at the end where part had
been broken off. This bird, too. Is satis
fied with perfectly bare walls and
floor, though the floor consists of small
chips left by the decaying wood left
by some woodpecker.
A New One on Mary.
Mary had a little lamb
Aiul it began to sicken;
She sent it off to Packlngtown
And now It's labeled "CHICKEN.”
—Upplncott’e.
One Thins that Will Lire Forever,
PETTIT’S EYE SALVE, first box sold
In 1807, over 100 years ago. sales increase
yearly. All druggists or Howard Bros.
Buffalo, N. Y.
GRANT IN THE SADDLE.
From St. Nicholas.
Grant was at his best In the saddle.
The one real record that he made for
himself at the academy, the one time
that he excelled all his fellows, was at
the final mounted exercises of his grad
uating class, when, riding a famous
horse named York, he was called upon
to clear the leaping bar that the gruff
old ring riding master had placed
higher than a man’s head. He dashed
out from his place In the ranks, a
smooth faced, slender young fellow on
a powerful chestnut sorrel, and gal
loped down the opposite side of the
hall, turned, and came directly at the
bar, the great 1 orse Increasing his
pace as he neared it, and then, as if
he and his rider were one, rising and
clearing It with a magnificent bound.
The leap is still recorded at the acad
emy as “Grant’s upon York.”
Whalebone was first used by Queen
Bess. James, after her, compelled all
men and women courtiers to have wasp
waists. Terence, 160 B. C., speaks of
“town ladles who saddle their backs
and straight lace their waists to make
them well shaped." May 24, 1266, "Item:
For nine ells, Paris measure, for sum
mer robes, corsets and cloaks for the
same,” from diary of Eleanor, countess
of Leicester, first mention of corsets.
-- I
The tendency of women to reign
may be noted in the rise of the girl’s
hanging braids to the wife's head dress
adjusted to the position where crowns
are worn.
Mrs. WlaaUw'a Boothiwo Atbup for Chtldren
teething, softens the gums, reduces lnflemmetl on,
ftllsy spsln, cures wind colic. 25c* bottle.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
From the New York Press.
A woman has the faith to believe aha
has It. ]
The reason a man likes to travel Is soma
other liar made him think It was the,
thing to do.
The only safe way for a man to escapa
marrying a determined girl is for him t»
be married already.
A woman has such an imagination she
can think it is rorrt&ntic for the custard,
pie to get sat In at a picnic.
Some men are so unlucky about money
matters they can even- get Into debt with
out having a family to do it for them.
PERRY DAVIS’ PAIN KILLER.
A feeling of .county coiaee with elweye Aerial tbte
famou. remedy oa bend. It lie dependable eareeu.nl
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Too Much for the Frenchman.
From the National Magazine.
A story is told of a Frenchman who waa
very anxious to see an American businesa
man at his home. The first morning when
he called at the house the maid replied
to his query:
"The master is not down yet,” meaning
downstairs.
The following morning he called again,
and was met with:
"The master is not up yet,” meaning
that he had not yet arisen from his bed.
The Frenchman, looking at her with
doubtful eye. paused for a few seconds.
"Eeet ees very deefcult, but eef ze
mademoiselle will tell me when ze mas
ter will be neither up nor down, but in
ze middle, zen I vlll call at zat time.”
BOYS AND GIRI.S—A gold plated watch
or camera for selling 34 cards beauty
pins at 10c each. Champion Mfg. Co., Al
ton. 111.
GRANNIS land gives greatest returns In
fruits, garden truck, no malaria. Finest
health, best water, lands cheap. State
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MANY $$$ can be made by mushroom
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If you but
knew what harsh
cathartics do, you’d
always use Cascarets.
Candy tablets, vegetable
and mild. Yet just as effective
as salts and calomel. Take one
when you need it. Stop the
trouble promptly. Never wait
till night. ta
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Ekch tablet of the genuine is marked CCC