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Old Ocean, let me spend with you These autumn days o bright and blue, For though your bc-ard is white, I gee You're not too old to romp with me. Tou play at tast, and try to reach My feet that fly along the beach; Then we are soldiers, and you take The little sand forts that I make. When In your waves I venture out Oh, how you tumble me aLout! For you are old, but merry, too, And so I lose to play with you. After Forty Yeacs. BY D. H. T LMAGE. Copyright, 1901, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) There died not long ago in a cer lain home for soldiers a certain mau who shall here be nameless. He died 'n his bed at night, with none watch ng beside him. He left no word. He did not straggle. So nearly did the ieath cairn resting upon him resemble the slumber of life that one of his com :ades, a jest upon his lips, shook him by "the shoulder In the morning. And Lhen the word went forth that another orn and weary one had passed '.hrough the Valley of the Shadow with aut suffering, and silently the prayer went up, "O Lord, will that as he was taken so also may it bs with us." They buried him with militar,y hon ors, and then wrote to his mother an nouncing briefly the facts. They gave no details. And presently a letter writ ten by the faltering hand of age was received. "Tell me, please," it said, "how my boy died, and let me know what be longings he had." The answer was necessarily short, there was so little to te!L He had been buried in his only suit of clothes. There was a sum of money, amounting to thirty-six dollars, in a tin box be neath his bunk. In his valise were two shirts, a suit of under-vear, two pairs of socks and one brown cotton glove, nothing more. The official making the Inventory contemplated the glove somewhat cu riously when he came to it, and j scratched his head with the blunt end of his pencil. "One glove," he said, half aloud "Evidently a woman's. Wonder how It happened?" He continued to wonder for several days. Then the matter was explained 'x him. A woman, leading by the hand a :hlld, appeared in the commandant's Dffice, seeking information regarding :he departed soldier. She was not a relative. Neither was she a friend it least she had cot been a friend. She lad known him in bis youth. She had seen him march away to the war. She tad not seen him since. The official questioned her guarded !y, and learned largely by inference, from her replies that the soldier had jeen her lover, but that his Idea cf loyalty bad not been her idea of loy vlty. They had Jived in the borderland etween the North and the South. Her father and her brother and another on also wm dead, and her son's wif and she were not In sympathy. The child the held by the hand was her grandchild, her one comfort. She bad come to see the soldier who bad been faithful to the flag of victory She had known where he was throughout all the years. She had saved a little mon eyenough, if eked out by a small pen sion, to carry two people of sixty to the end of their lives. Would the of ficial be so kind as to call tho soliler at once? The official cleared his throat vigor ously and scowled. He always scowled when he had a painful duty to perform And this woman, with the love of for ty years ago intact in her bosom, was so pitiful a spectacle under the circum stances that his courage was hardly cuii 10 temng tne truth. Uut he was not a man to shirk a duty. "My dear madam." r.c said, "I re gret to inform you that your friend hi dead." She seemed not to understand at first; but gradually the import of the statement was borne in upon her, and she moaned hopelessly, trembling as the leaf of autumn trembles In the north wind. The official said nothing more. He was waiting for her to speak. "Did did he leave anything any thing marked for 'Sarah'?" she asked at last. "Not anything." replied the official. And then, as gently as he might, he recounted the circumstances attending tile soldier's death. "He went alone," whispered the woman "alone 0 God: But you say he left a glove?" Was it a brown glove, such as women used to wear?" I The official nodded. "I have the mate to the glove," she announced calmly, the look of weari ness and despair coming again to her face. "It is bloodstained and falling apart, but I have preserved It because something here" placing her hand upon her breast "told me that the other would be found some time, and I would know the truth. And I know the truth now." She raised her eyes, and for an In stant her lips moved silently. "My husband brought it with hira when he returned, wounded, from Shi loh. A Union soldier whose name h would never tell me had stood between him and death there, fighting hard against his own people that the reb el's wife might not be deprived of hei Pictorial Pujor jj WANTED TO MW. Soker I never take a drink during business hours. lopcr How long have you been out of work? In the Far Wet. "How do you feel?" asked the lead er of the mob, aftr the tar and feathers had been applied in liberal do?es. "Oh, I feel like a bird!" smiled the barnstormer, glancing at the feathers. For such wit they allowed him to write home and tell the folks be was leaving town by the all-rail route. A KKSI'KRATE MAX. "No, Gladys McGoogle," he said In his deep and earnest voice, "life with out you would be of little use to me.' "Do you mean you would take the suicide route to escape It," the fair girl murmured. "Yes," ha answered, "you have guessed It." "Revolver or rope?" "Neither." "Gas, thrn, or poison?" He shook his auburn locks and smiled at her baflled air. "What, then, would you do?" "Gladys," he slowly answered, "if you refuse my love I will take no chance of failure. I have determined to let a malarious mosquito bite me.' That fetched her. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mo Tobeeeo at Italian Court, The King and Queen of Italy can not endure the smell of tobacco, and none of their ladles and gentlemen In waiting are permitted to smoke when doing their turns In service, and no smoking Is allowed In the royal apartments. This aversion of the royal couple for tobacco is the mora surprising when one recall the fact that the young queen's mother and sisters all smoke cigarettes, that she wag brought up at the Russian court, where smoking by ladies is the rule rather than the exception, and when one remembers how passionately fond of his cigars waa the late King Hum bert IMPAI5TI.r Tess "I never see Miss Spinner out wheeling that Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Sprockett are not with her." "Jess "Yes, she's got them both on her string. The girls are calling het .aiiss lanaem. nut the noes on Individual wheel." "Yes, but she's a 'bicycle maid for two.' "Philadelphia Press. Tba Boo ml of West. "I was In a little Wisconsin town the other day," said a Boston man re cently, "and know of a gentleman who came there with some etock of an eastern concern to dispose of at par. It was good property, to be sure. but In that one small town he sold $G,000 worth of the stock in less than a half day. The West Is far more prosperous this year than last, al though last year was looked upon at the time as a record breaker. The railroads are carrying a vast amount of produce to the Orient, and, mind what I tell you, our exports by the Pacific coaBt before many years will equal and surpass our exports from the Atlantic seaboard. Only two or three years ago nobody ever dreamed of a mighty export trade on that side." ' (II1IK WORK. "You," said the angry customer to the clerk, "said this cloth was fast color, and it faded out within two months after it was made up." "Well, madam," replied the clerk, "I don't think you ought to have expected it to fade any faster than that." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Cjreat I'roNperlty, Stranger "Are the farmers thrifty down here?" Crawfoot "Thrifty ain't no name for It! Why, they put their scare crows on the railroad track, swear they arc hired men an' then recover damages for loss of service." Shu Danced for Charity. A French woman has Invented a new plan for securing contributions to charity. She is a great favorite in her own circle. Recently while staying at a country place near Paris she attended a charily fete. One of her men friends sought her hand for a dance and the lady said: "With pleasure. Twenty francs, please." "I beg your pardon," said the puzzled man. "I had the honor to ask you for a waltz." "To be sure," said mad emoiselle. "I thought It was a qua drille. A waltz will be 40 francs." Then she explained that for that ev ening she was dancing for the poor and her partners must contribute. Tho other belles took up the idea und the result wag a handsome increase in the fund. w .U..i. ue a uiny college our boy Jim is attending. He sez ... ... itniT nere met ne won in a scratch race. AS HE LIKED IT. "Anything marked for Sarah?" husband. The gioves were mine. He reached out from the ranks and pulled them out of my hand the day he went away to join Grant's army, and I struck him in the face when he did it. One of them he used to stanch the flow ol oiood from my husband's wound, and then stuffed it Into the pocket of my husband's coat, where I found It The other he kept forty years." She quite broke down at this Junc ture, and the official essayed to com fort her. "His mother still lives." he said, and named the place. "If you wish, you may take his things to her." She readily accepted the commission; but of the meeting between the two women only themselves know. "Evidently woman's glove." had cone out to battle for the south, while this man had remained faithful to the old Has. She bad siren him to understand plainly that he must choose between the Has and her. And he had chosen with maddening prompt- Tba other man had returned from Um war. and she had married him. He waa sadly crippled, and her pity went at to him, masquerading as love. That was years ago. Her life had not been M amhapry one, she said, although the .atrawa face, the lack-luster area, the slaoilag sfcoslders and the dragging Caeasups told a story erf toll beyond tar atraagtfe and at devotion forced tfmi the proatptlngs of her spirit Ear teaaaad waa dead. He had been ha tana days ago. Her sly When Romanes Is Kcrallnd. The Windsor library is one of the most perfect retreats in all England for a rainy day, says a London news paper. It has a superb outlook across to Stoke and away to Harrow-on-the- Hill, and as the privileged ladles and gentlemen of the court loll in Its cozy chairs, leathered in brilliant scarlet. and rest their books upon Its polished ebon tables inlaid with ivory, the spirit of the past of Anne and the duchess, of Elizabeth and her tiring maids, of Charles II. and Lely's beau ties aecm to pervade tne fireplace and ore!!, alcove and mulllon. Little won der that such a corner became a fa vorite retreat of Sunday afternoons. Arizona Pete What play is on tonight? Ticket Agent "As You Like It" Arizona Pete-Well, give us either de "Black Crook" er sumpthin with a train robbery la It. Fan at Newport. Charlie (owner of the Blue Devil) Bah Jovei Seems as though every one in Newport is going to own an automobile." Willie (owner nf thn niol Chii- "Yeas, dean boy, they are spoiling th( Umn6 tha Phricl'- iun. Charlie "How go?" Willie "Why, aftah while won't be any horses to scare." A DISTINGUISHED MISSIONARY. Washington, Ind., Sept 23d. Then! Is at present, living at 108 East IStb street in this city, a most remarkable man. He Is Rev. C. H. Thompson, and ho came to Washington from Llttls York, Ind., a short time ago. Rev. Mr. Thompson spent many years of his long and useful life as a missionary among the Indians of the vest. The great exposure and th drinking of so much bad water brought on Diabetes, and at Wagoner, Indian Territory, he was struck down while preaching. Phyaldans, one of them a Chicago specialist, pronounced his case hope less Dodd's Kidney Pills were recom mended, and as a last reaort he tried them. He was completely cured, and restored to good health and his ease and Its cure has caused a sensation there Very Nuaplrlout. Young Wife "How strange It is when a man gets married all hi? friends become invalids." Young Hubby "I don't understand. There are none of my friends Inva lids." Young Wife "Then how It is you have to sit up with a sick one every night?" His flllrrr Wedrilne at Ho. Most Reverend Frederick Temnle. archbishop of Canterbury, who Is SO years of age, has been celebrating his silver wedding. He was not married until he waa 53 years of age, yet ba is an excellent specimen of Queen Victoria's favorite type of a bishon and happy family man. Hull's Catarrh Cure Is a constitdtiouol euro. Price. 75a ' arrle.a John. "I brought this milk back," said the angry patron to the mi.k dealer. "It's three-fourths water." "John," said the milkman, sternly to his son, who was standing near "md you give the cowg a drink before you milked 'em this mornltg?" Ohio State journal. Introduced Christmas Trees. Empress Frederick, according to the London Daily Chronicle, wag the cause of the Introduction of Christmas trees Into England, Her father, Prince Albert. Insisted on having a German Christmas tree with It lights and decorations for bis baby daughter In 1840. and the fashion spread quickly. Perfcaae This Writer Keews. The Lapps, a people of northern Europe, never wash. They abhor wat er, and from Infancy to age their cloth Ing is never changed except when It la worn out. They wear the same gar menu, made of reindeer skin with the hair nest to tha flash, day and nlzht winter and summer. Vitality mt TyahaM Oarsss. Typhoid germs retain their vitality for many weeks; iti garden earth twenty-one days; In Alter sand, eighty two days; la dust of tha street, thlrti days; on linen, sixty to seventy davs: oa wood, thirty-two days; la lea, a year or more. IIK "Ll'ISHKU" HIS IIOMCV. it is not orteu that a fond young :ouple will repeatedly expose them selves to the ridicule of hundreds oi people for the pleasure of a kiss, but such is the case with a young man snd a young woman who part a few moments Derore 7 o'clock each morn- lag at Randolph street and Columbia svenue, says the Philadelphia Record. The young man is a tall, handsome fellow, who nja'to think lhre Is no prize In the world half go fine as the little woman who clings affection ately to big side. They Invariably stop at the corner for a few momenta, chat before part ing, and the ad look on both faces Is almost enough to break the ice man's heart When it Is nearly time for the whistle to blow the young man takes big darling tenderly In bis arms and plants on her pretty lips a long, lin gering kiss. Numerous remarks, such as "Oh, baby," and "Does you lub your hon ey? are cast at the couple from the mill windows, but do not seem to af fect the young man's nerve In the least. The crowd which assembles to watch the occurence grows larger each day. VWf LS,. I "What's de mattah wlf yo head?" "I fell offen de roof las' week," "Do any damage?" "Yesslndeed. Smashed a chicken coon an' killed twn n.iii.t. ftllAltBT TREATMENT. ' "So your country relatives didn't treat you well when you went there this summer?" "No, indeed. It was shabby per fectly shsbby! Why, we had to come home In two week. Instead of stsylng six or eight as we Intended," "You don't say!" "Yes. Why. they had their farm house so full of uUUimer boarders that Frankle and Oracle and Hamle and Willie and I had to go to another place and pay hoard." Boston Traveler. A rig. Willie WlIllsms-'MammaT" His Mother "Well, Willie?" Willie Wlllleme "Sister Harriet Is a pig! She wants the biggest peach of those two you gave us, and I want that foi myself!" Brooklyn Eagle. Qslefc Bate KipeaUd. Stubb "I see the Younger brotheri are going to sell tombstones." Penn "Hope to goodness Tm not around when they start to create a market" Nataral Inferenre. Stubb "Our foreign cousin lg gt ting more Americanized every day " Penn-"Ah?" iM!u ',T.,,ed.bl0ck ,n C'co he asked aiaerman lived there. Ex Aula Damage Hrlrk Paving. A curious menace to brick street paving has come to light In Council BluBs, la. Numerous ants . began burrowing into the sand beneath the bricks and removed so much of it to other and unknown quarters that the city engineer was called In to re pair the damages. One street was made unlit for travel for several blocks. 83 Incubator Triplets. The triplets of Morris J. Cohen, who were sent from New York to Buffalo to be placed In the baby Incubator there, are expected homo in a few days. The little things not only lived but have more than doubled in weight and are as fine a collection of babies as could be found anywhere. They would undoubtedly have died bad it not been for tho Incubators. Tho triplets are the first in this country o.iu me second in tne world to torougn me incubator process. Indies Caa Wear Shoes. One size smaller after usinirA Hen's foot Ease, u powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot. sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. All drurgixts and shoe store, 21c Trial puckage r'KEE by mail. Ad dress Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Uoy, N Y. Won Ills Wagsr, A wager was made by a resident of Indon that he could cook a plum pudding ton feet beneath tho surface of the Thameg. He won the bet by placing the pudding In a tin case and putting the whole In a nark nr iim The heat of the lime, slacking when coming In contact with the water, wag sufficient to cook the pudding la two hours. 7rcbli4raa taait'ag. aafMsa tba guma, r4 n-a ta tsaasiallga, slaia pais.osraa wind colic Sfeabotue. 'Heart shakes" are anllta radiate from the center to the circum ference of a tree. Credit Where ae. .TU.?.Vr!.ben.vry Mecasaful this iT '. u "eatrlcal friend. "Yes, msnager's '""" tne manager. "I twk my lucky star. for that" 'w We thank you for trvinv ufi.as. mi for rbeumatlgm or neuralgia, then you will thank us. Ask your druiL ' Live aa 0 a Tear. Life on W a year was the experience ?L U T""n. chairman of the tendon county council, when, at the 1 "J' cre' beg" In Olae-RT-JI Tor.r"c md" MO meet all his needs, and he bought a book or S.e.TL v dmln Punctuality. w'kror,t0ry W,U B0 r, - - t ." .'s ''