a boob a nrm. a nu
rruk L. Btanton.
Lot a9 the Northland breeaes Maw;
rTve all that I desire
Her sheltered front the torm and
t snow
A book, a pipe, a lira.
Old aaara ot mum sonas of lovers-
lid friends beneath Ita friendly covers.
This little room a world shall seem
With many a merry party;
Before a tire a man may dream.
And toast bis friends right hearty!
Friends that wear out their welcome
never,
But, friends for once, are friends for
ever I
An this one's faults I may condemn
These virtues may admire.
And set no praise nor blame from them
11 y guests before my fire.
Slant's dragon wlnga and hearts may
tire,
.But I've a book, a pipe, a fire.
Five Dollars.
BY ALFRED TURNER TATE3.
(Copyright. 1900: Daily Story Pub. CO
When Walter McDowell had lost his
laat bet oa the faro table, he pulled
hlmaelf away from the chair. He felt
diary. A sickening nausea swept over
him; hla eyes danced In hla head. He
Jay down upon one of the sofas and
asked the waiter to bring him a drink
'of brandy. He anew be could get
that even If he had no money. He
drank the spirits and settled his head
back on the leather. Presently he felt
Ibetter. Then his eyes wandered aim
lessly about the room; took in the ex
cited players, the shifting of feet;
heard the muttered oaths ot losers,
the exclamations from winners, the
hoarse, mechanical voices of the call
ers at the roulette wheels.
In this room McDowell had spent
the best of his youthful days. He had
forgotten duty, friends, reputation, so
ciety, honor. He bad gambled away
-. ...t Mrtut- h had borrowed until
tbere were none to lend. Now he was
at his row's end. He had no relatives
whom he could call upon In this hour
of his direst want. The last penny
'was gone I The men who came In and
'went out, passed him, looked coldly
'at his prostrate form, but never said
a word. Many of them were as help
leas aa he. The lights glared; the
wheels of red and blue turned swiftly
upon their axles; the clink of ivory
rattled away. The room was filled
,vrtth smoke; the air was foul. Pres
ently McDowell, overcome with fa
tigue, dropped asleep. At midnight
;he awoke with a start. He stared at
the clock. Then he Jumped to his feet
and asked the waiter for aaother
jdrink. Swallowing this, he thanked
the servant and walked down the
sups.
! Outside the snow was falling. The
wind blew in fitful gusts. The tink-
11ns ot bells tola
him the electric
cars had stopped
and their places
A a t a Wee tT
D
J 1 H "ol" cars. The
I XX co1 alr Ue
111 X ,tre,t xmwhat
i braced him. He
V shook his head to
drive away the
clinging ditxiness.
Soon he felt re
rived. He walked
was asleep.
onward, not knowing, nor caring,
where. Vaguely be had in his
mind a saloon some blocks away.
The barkeeper had known him In
hls palmier days, and he had never
asked him for a favor. Perhaps he
could get enough for him to pay for
a night's lodging. If that were de
nied well, there was the river. He
'turned Into a street running at right
angles with the one be had been tra
versing. Almost at the corner, and
quite hidden In a doorway, was a little
girl, a waif, who eked out a precarious
existence by selling gum an! matches.
She was asleep. Her wares were scat
tered about her feet. The snow had
made little mounds near her. Some
times Sake Vua'iu but 6s umt fiS.
But the poor child felt them not Mc
Dowell halted and looked at the peace
ful face. A smile was on her lips.
Around the shoulders was a tbln
shawl. She did not look cold. "Ah,"
he thought, "If I was as contented."
He moved away, but before he had
made three steps his eyes became riv
eted to the sidewalk. Something which
.threw back the rays of the corner
light lay near the sleeping figure.
Stooping down and picking up the ob-
,jct McDowell's hand trembled. It
in a $ gold piece. Evidently some
kind soal, seeing the child, had placed
jjt la bar lap some -of the wandering
asms flTnri WhOSw SSSiffS STw7 t
print. He. this blessed giver, had In
tended the money as a snrprise to the
waif. He would not awaken her, but,
'whea ah opened bar eye to sure at
a cold world again, the gift would be
In her lap. For these well, there Is
tha kingdom of God.
McDowell could scarcely contain
himself. Vague emotions went through
his mind with the
swiftness ot -
trtdty. Would he
. take the money T
The. child. would
never know. No.
be was not a thief
yet And
m, If ever, he
woald spare chil
dren and Oa hwlav
H He drank the aptrtta.
hesitatingly. , The
child did not store. The street was
perfectly still. Far away came voices
of a drunken crowd. No one was
,wtefeiac htm He and the chUd and
the) iwinr warn alone la that part of
G Vi fcr. TwJ. ye.
Ga altaaat irv back to the gamblers'
OH. CM taM 1 bom? dowa-the
K i ara wars gftasioa aad he
I jTT'M Co tot the fee lay. Us
tSh C kada whowk ha
She
K2Xt i Usu i hto wtaaiuga
Ip Ci mum -wwa wiihlwHj
t ' ,;.
Ho scarcely lost a single wager. The
dealer looked on with amazement
softly adding once In a while, "Basra
to be coming your way after all, Mac."
The minutes passed into an hour.
Still he was lucky. He threw his
chips with a gesture of certainty and
contempt But all during this time
there was a red-hot iron before his
eyes, that and the sleeping wait he
had robbed.
He cashed his chips. The bills were
piled high before him. He had never
had so much at one time in three
years. He crammed the money In bis
pockets. To the street he ran. Out
side his feet moved as rapidly as the
slippery walk would permit him. He
turned the corner. In the distance he
saw the child. It Is wonderful the
thoughts that can come to a mind In
a second. McDowell's moved with all
the motion ot his excited faculties.
God bless the child! He would take
her in his arms. He would take her
to a convent He would see that she
wore beautiful clothes. He would
wait until she was grown and he
would marry her. Then he would tell
her the story tell her how he had
robbed her one night and the theft
had been the means of his fortune.
He would never drink again, never
gamble again never, never, never!
Now he was at ber side. He picked
her up. he put the shawl closer around
her little body. He kissed her on the
Hps. A shiver ran through him. How
very cold the lips were! Ood, could
she
He had moved farther down the
street. It was dark around him. A
light was burning
at tbe corner and
be hastened to It
He pressed her
closer to his
breast Ten more
steps and he was
under the glaring
lamp. He looked
down into the face
and saw with ter-
lids were halt open
and permitted tbe
eyes to show fixed
and glassy stares.
Tou extravagant
man." '
He put his mouth quite near hers. She
was not breathing!
e e
Choked with an awful anguish Mc
Dowell awoke. There he was on tbe
sofa where he had fallen asleep two
hours before. He arose and went to
his rooms. The next morning he en
listed In the army. Last week he came
home bark to his mother and to his
friends. His uniform is not that of a
man In the ranks. He is a captain,
and with the small salary attach td to
that office be supports his mother In
splendid style. But he does not gam
ble. During the Christmas holidays
he was walking along a street which
long before had almost been deserted.
He was with bis sweetheart Passing
a doorway he saw a sleeping newsglrl
and he put a gold piece in her lap.
"You extravagant man!" exejaimed
the woman.
But then she did not know.
ft I
ZANZIBAR IVORY.
One of the Oldest of J Tory Market
HSr Pries Thaa on Wast Coast.
Zanzibar continues to send Import
ant quantities of ivory to Europe. It
is one ot the oldest ivory markets and
was formerly one of the largest, but is
now surpassed in the quantity of ivory
collected by Matadl on the lower Con
go. Elephant tusks are gathered in
the far interior and brought to the
coast on the backs of men. Sometimes
business Is good aad sometimes It is
poor according to whether good luck
attends the ivory colloctors. Now and
then thry are so fortunate as to come
across some native who has a large
quantity of Ivory burled in the grouad;
then again they will find m good many
tusks In native villages, where It is
often used to form a part of the forti
fications which every village must pos
sess. Few animals are killed to in
crease the present ivory supply, but
most of the tusks are those the native
have been collecting for yeai-r.
The profits of the business depend
in part upon the Ignorance of enlight
enment of tbe native seller. Not a few
of the chiefs of east Africa are still ig
norant of the fact that ivory is highly
arlued by tbe whites. If they have not
learned this fact they will sell their
Ivory very cheap.
The quality of the east African Ivory
Is for some reason or other considered
superior to that of the Congo or west
Mar ivnrv It hrinos a somarwhai
higher price in the market la order
to indicate the place of origin the cus
tom bouse at Zsnaibar affixes its stamp
to each tusk and make a small charge
for thus guaranteeing to purchasers of
tbe commodity la east African Ivory
New York Bun.
Mas lag Chaw la riaad.n.
The manufacture of cheese is one. ot
Holland's Staple industries, and yet the
two Belgian provinces East and West
Flanders have come to the front in
tola business recently, and even export
some of their cheese to the Nether
toads. Of course the Belgian cheese
will never be able to compete with the
famous Holland varieties Oyden.
Goods and Bdam. As tbere la practi
cally no duty on Belgian cheeses enter
ing Holland, French and Swiss cheeses
are often sent here by way of Belgium
to escspe duty. A. F. J. Klehl, In Chi
cago Record.
Osriaay aa4 Pnusee CosasatraeV
French census figure for 1891 report
births a S47,m, which Is 10.000 less
than the average for tbe past decade.
T1k excess of births over deaths was
hat n,m. U. Bertlllon, In an eaaay oa
these ftffurea. aas grimly that Franca
hi la tha position of a man dylnf under
tha laaaeace of chloroform. Oermany
aow ha a 00,000 lababltant aad
rraace but Ujmjm.
THE GREEN PERIL.
THAT STALKS IN FRANCE
ALARMING HER LAWMAKERS.
b tbe Last Ma Tears the CoaewsapMoa
f Absinthe Has Doable la the French
Hatloa. Says Thai Writer Utmdaeed
as Medietas.
At last tbe French lawmakers have
awakened to tbe green peril ot Franca
the deadly absinthe, says the New
York Press. Tbe consumption of this
drug has been for ean the curse of tbe
French people Its effects upon the
nervous system are such that It Is
especially harmful to an excitable peo
ple like the French. That It is respon
sible for the Increase In Insanity In
France is shown by the fact that the
growth In its consumption goes hand
in hand with the increase of cases of
mental derangement Cases of insanity
directly traceable to the use of this
drug seldom or never recover. In large
quantities absinthe produces epllertle
convulsions, as has been shown by ex
periment, and the continued though
moderate use of It produces symptoms
of an epileptic character which are not
due to the alcohol in the decoction. In
the last six years the consumption of
abslnijo has doubled in France, the
absinthe drinkers ot that country now
consuming, according to M. Vaillant,
2.200,000 gallons a year. The confirmed
absinthe drinker Is nervous. Irascible,
erratic and Incapable of self-contol or
of logical reasoning. He does not get
drunk like the whisky drinker, but is
driven to a sort of frenzy. Absinthe
also stimulates tbe lowest and most
abnormal passions. No man can re
main perfectly sane and be addicted to
absinthe. The French Academy o'
Medicine and the French memb ra ot
the Chamber of Deputies see grave dan
gers ahead for France If the use of the
drug is not checked. If the increase in
its use goes on with the same rapidity
Gas Belt Being
Exhausted
So great have been the demands
arising from the extensive line of nat-
u I at ua m wi iuuiiv . ---,--
and dwellings of Indiana, Michigan,
and Ohio, that the supply is rapidly
being overdrawn and it is estimated
that tbe gas belt of Indiana, where the
product la obtained, will in two years
at the furthest be practically exhaust
ed. Attention to this matter has been
called by the statement of the Indian
apolis Gas company that it is unable
to declare dividends "Owing to the fact
that three-fourths of the citizens of
Indianapolis are guilty of recklessly
wasting and stealing gas from the com
pany and the answer of citizens to the
effect that tbey have to resort to
seemingly sharp practices because the
quality of the gas.ls so poor that they
cannot get light without so doing. The
directors of the gas company alleg
that the violations of the law are not
confined to the poor or vicious, but in
Some Interesting facts regarding the
coffee tree have been printed recently.
The native home of this plant is said
to be Kaffra, In southern Abyss'la. It
was not until It had been in use for
centuries by the Arabians that the
plant was carried to Java. In 1706 a
tree from Jva was sent to Amster
dam, and when it flowered and ripened
seeds a young seedling was present
ed to Louis XIV. From this plant
seedlings weje sent to Martinique, and
ABOUT EAST AFRICA,
Two Notable Fart M hlrh Ur. Ha.Ub
rail AllealloB-
Dr. Donaldson Smith was the flrst
white man In the wide district be
tween Lake Rudolf In Bant Africa and
tbe Nile. Among the most important
of hi remarks before tbe Royal Geo
graphical society were those relating to
the meteorology of tne country. He
said there is no doubt that the d.sert
conditions of the lands inland from
the Indian ocean Is the rettult of the
fact that tha north winds blowing ov.
the mountains of Abyn.nia are wruu
perfectly dry of their mo.stuie in cross
ing the mountains and then descend
the southern slopes as dry winds.
These breexes are tbe northern trade
winds and aa they cross the lofty
mountain ranges of the Abyrslnlan
htgblaads practically all the moisture
In them Is condensed and precipitated
and only a pitiful drop or so la per
mitted to reach tbe more southern
Isnds. 8o Somsllland and th.' low
lands to the south of Abyssinia are
vary dry. All the rivers. sod lakes
which cam under his observation this
year were half dried up. The- other
striking fact which he mentioned Is
that the whole fauna, both birds and
mammals, appears to change as soon
aa Lake Rudolf is passed. In other
worda of tbe fauna between tbe Indian
ocean and Ike Rudolf and the Nile.
Gazelles and heartbeasfs were seen on
both aides of tbe lake, but the varie
ties were different Waller's gazelle,
which had been a constant companion,
jras nowhere to be aeea, but the or I hi
and reedbuck took hla place. More
thaa oae hundred specie of birds
were seen to the west at th tok aad
Spread of the Coffee Plant. ""
which It has la tb last tow ywm tt
Is only a question of time whea Praam
will become a nation of lunatics. IaV
this country little absinthe la eoa
sumed. Ten years ago there was quit
a "fad" for absinthe drinking In tha
United States, but It was of short dura
tion, American common sense soon
relegating the dangerous drink to ob
scurity. Later It became the custom
to say to the bartender when ordering
a cocktail, "Just a dash of absinthe is
it" Now the bartenders in the bsst
drinking places in New York say that
absinthe in a cocktail is seldom called
for. Now and then a young man who
is Just "learning the ropes" of the big
city and wants to appear "knowing-'
will call for an "absinthe frapp," or
some old "rounder," whose flickering
candle is almost gone out, will order
an absinthe as a "bracer," but as a
general drink it is seldom used here
now. The real "rounder," the man
who has drunk all bis life and Intends
to drink for the remainder of It,
eschews absinthe as he would a tem
perance pledge. In restaurants and
cafes frequented by foreigners one may
occasionally see men sitting over their
cloudy green liquor, but as a rule tbe
"drip glass" remains unused behind
the bar, and the absinthe bottle keeps
it company. The history of the Intro
duction of this drink into France is cu
rious. When the French soldiers were
sent to the Algerian war In 1844-7, they
were advised to mix absinthe with the
water they drank as a preventive
against fever. It was as pleasant a
tasting medicine as any man had evtr
taken, and the result was that tbe
whole French army in Algiers became
an army of absinthe drinkers. . Wh'.n
the soldiers returned to France they
brought the absinthe bablt with them
and introduced their friends to the new
drink. The absinthe habit spread
throughout France with remarkable
rapidity, and has now become a great
national evil, calling for strict legisla
tion if the country would save iUo'.f
from Its green peril.
RAPID DWINDLING OF
THE SUPPLY IN INDIANA
CHARGED TO RECKLESS
: VASm
clude city and county buildings, city
officials, lawyers, churches, ministers
of the gospel, physicians, architects,
and some of the most prominent resi
dents and business house In the city
of Indianapolis.
As described by the company, the
method of stealing Is to cut additional
small holes in the feed pipe, without
paying the extra charge due for the
incivad supply. Everybody, appar
ently, according to the company, does
this; or, at least, it was found that out
of 1S.000 consumers, three-quarters
were using more gas than they paid
for. As a result, the company's earn
ings decreased $110,000 a year, and the
dividends had to be deferred.
No gas meters have been used In In
dianapolis, despite the efforts of the
company to secure their adoption, and
tbere Is no means of definitely deter
mining the amount of the product
used by each consumer.
from theso plants again seedlings wre
sent to Jamaica, Cayenne and San Do
mingo; while from Amsterdam plants
were sent to Surinam. In fact H was
from th one plant sent from Java In
the beginning of the 18th century by
Governor General Van Horn, that
everything In the French possessions
and West Indies sprang. la tbl way
has traveled the progeny of the orig
inal coffee plant, introduced from Ara
bia at the end of the seventeenth cen
tury. were found to belong principally to
West African type. New York Sun.
A Maalelan's rrettv Cosspllsaeat.
M. Uemberg, the celebrated com
poser, gave this week a tea party
which was honored by tbe presence of
the Grand Duke and Ducbesa Valdl
mlr, ot Russia. It was a great suc
esg and the !n)lt were splendid, The
clou of tbe evening was a tour de force
by M. Bemlierg himself. He handed a
sheet of music paper and a bat pin
to the grand duchess, saying: "Will
Madame la Duchesse prick holes on
the scale, just wbnre and how she
likes? I allow her four lines." The
duchess, greatly puzrled, did as sbe
was asked. Then M. Bemberg beggel
to be excused for a quarter of an hour,
at tbe end of which time he came back
and sat down before his piano. He
had given tbe right values and music
qI punctuation to the grand duch'
pin-holes, snd bad composed an air out
ot them, which he played, and which
proved to be well worth bearing. The
lady at once claimed a partnership In
tho wt.rk and took the quaint score
awsy with her. Indon Onlooker.
A astral Ian OUMfc Harkslsr Ooveraora.
1ord Beauchamp's failure .as gover
nor of New South Wales Is declared to
have been due mainly to the fact that
be was unmarried. Australian do not
like bachelor governors, aad have In
the past ao emphatically manifested
this dislike that candidate for the po
sition hsve been known to qualify by
getting married In a hurry. Th so
ciety women of the colony wsat more
"doings" at the capital than ar easily
obtainable with, a bachelor executive;
hao( Lord Beaucbaaip' aaaia,
Result of a Prompt Reply. Two
.Letters from Mrs. Watson, Pub
lished by Special Permission.
For Women's Eyes Only.
March 15, 18W.
To MRS. PINKIIAM, Lyxk, Mass. :
Dear Madam: I am suffering from inflammation ot th
ovaries and womb, and hava been for eighteen months. I hare a
continual pain and soreness in my back and side. I am only free
from pain when lying down, or sitting in an easy chair. When
I stand I sutler with severe pain in my side and back. I be
lieve my troubles were caused by over work and lifting some yearn
ago.
"Life is a drag to me, and I sometimes feel like giving up erer
being a well woman ; ' have become careless and unconcerned about
everything. I am in bed now. I have had several doctors, but they
did me but little good.
"Lydia E. l'inkham's Vegetable Compound has been recommended
to me 'by a frieud, and I have made up my mind to give it a
fair trial
I write this letter with the hope of hearing from you in regard
to'my case." Mkj. 8. J. Watson, Hampton, Va.
November 27, 1899.
"Dear Mns. Pixkham: I feel it my duty to acknowledge to
you the benefit that your advice and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound have done for me.
" I had been suffering with female troubles for some time, could
walk but a short distance, had terrible bearing down pains in lower
part of my bowels, backache, and pain in ovary. I used your medicine
for four months and was so much better that I could walk three time H
the distance that I could before. ,
"I am to-day in better health than I have been for more than
two years, and I know it is all due to Lydia E. Pinkham'g Vegetable
Compound.
" I recommend your advice and medicine to all women who fuller."
Mas. S. J. Watson, Hampton, Va.
This is positive proof that Mrs. Pinkham is more competent to
advise sick women than any other person, . AVrite her. It cosU you
nothing.
S as KKWAKII. W. Usdpoltl with lb. National City Bank nl I.Tan, S60O5,
aft Ml 111 hJrli will nsld to may paraon who on Snd that th. . toatlmnnlal tollers
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Tbe Hllss of lcaeraoee.
Among the good atorios In circula
tion about the late Joceph Harris, the
well known maater cf the city of Ixwi
don school. Is one In connection with
Ird Mayor Owden. That worthy
gentleman was not a Greek scholar,
and tbe Grk oration or speech one
lav in Christ's hospital, to which on
a memorable occasion, he 1 Intoned,
was not Intelligible to bin), save one
word. That was "Owden" so pro
nounced and Mr. Harris used to tell
his friends privately how, each time It
occurred In the Greek oration, Blr
Thomas, fondly supposing that compli
ment was being paid to hlmaelf, rose
and tolemnly bowed.
Left-Handed I'arlles.
Iieft-hanried parties art! amusing
some of the Chicago stay-at-homes this
cold weather. Tbe invitations are writ
ten with the left band and the host
greets you with tbe left hand Instead
of tbe right band. The guests must
draw pictures or write with their left
hands and prizes r !cu for t!ir
best and worst efforts.
(trend Deae Hoe Kmbreldery.
The Grand Duke Heae has a curi
ous taste for a man. His royal high
ness I niotit skillful with his needle,
and his embroidery is exceedingly
beautiful. He takes tbe greatest In
tercut In his work, and Is particularly
clever In the arrangement of colors.
He has a very artistic nature, as be Is
devoted to music, dancing and acting,
while be does not care much about
more active pursuits, though he twill
shoots and rides.
A Winnies Torr Arsemenf.
The I'rlmrowe Dames of Knglund re
sorted to an artful dodge on behalf of
the Tories at the reent election. They
flooded many conntltuencies with cir
cular that under the fou: years of
Hallsbury's administration there had
been 23,836 more marriage thin under
the previous year under the llba'ai
party. It Is believed that the clrrnlars
had do Inconsiderable effort on tbe
campaign.
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