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Don't Know Tbrlr Vain. There are some things which seem household necessities in the United States for which there is no market whatever iu France or southern Eu rope. One of these ia the range with ft hot water back, another is the re frigerator, and a third is the rocking chair. Americans living abroad often nt these articles so badly that they even send home for them, but among the French there is no demand for them whatever and American manu facturers only waste energy in trying to create a market for them. Ttala Dor Bu a Street Car Pass. In Detroit there is a remarkably af fable and Intelligent Boston terrier whose owner carries w photograph of the dog. On the back, of the photo graph is an order signed by the su , perlntendent of the lines directing the conductors of all street cars in the city to permit the dog Ben Bolt is his name to board their cars. As Ben Is known to most of the conductors it Is rarely necessary for bis owner to show the order When the white dove cooes to his drowsy nia te, ' And hfrda In th -irti O'j? Brahma sUmis on the barn-yard fate it7 . 1,1 'uwty voice: I feel better this mor-rnini? " And the bantam thinks 'tin true ?.rJ?!.answt"'8 har a tenor tone: Without a doubt you do-o." Th Saw"" dff Uo" 'Uh hls heai on hls And blinks at the morning call iiio rai wim a nelil-mouse In her jaw Comes running hr, r, f.. "While the Brahma heralds the ' morn aPTHln, And the Bantam takea the cue 't';; better thla mor-rnfntr," Without a doubt you do-o." The birds with a frlorion. burnt of eong Make ftlad the orchard boUKhs And the farmer, swinging hls palls along ioeK out to milk the enwn- '"B. The work of the day begins' ag-ain And the. roosters call anew: "1 feel better thin mor-rnlntr," "Without a doubt you do-o." va ' In Hit Fathrr-ln-Laws Palplt. Rev. Samuel Scovlile, Henry Ward Beecher's son-in-law, has become asso ciate pastor with Rev. Dr. Hlllls over Plymouth church, Brooklyn. Mr. Sco vlile has held several Congregational pastorates in Connecticut and else where and recently resigned as pastor at Vlneland, N. J., to take this place. The Problem of Life. Ibnn Getting- Well. Ibsen has almost completely recov ered from his Illness, but his physi cians do not yet allow him to do any brain work, so that "When the Dead Awake' remains his last effort Every aay he takes a ride In the park near his home in Christlanla, as well as a ihort walk, though his gait la still infirm. STILL TALKING ABOUT IT. Bryant, Mo., Oct. 7th. The case ot Mrs. M. A. Gosa, continues to be the chief topic of conversation in this neighborhood. Mrs. Goss was a crip ple for a long time with Sciatica; she was so bad she couldn't turn over in bed and for four months she lay on one side. She had tried everything without getting any relief, till at last she heard of Dodd'a Kidney Pills. She is strong and well today, and has not a single ache or pain. Mrs. Goss says: "I don't know If Dodd'g , Kidney Pills will cure any thing elao or not, but 1 do know they will cure Iclatlca, for they cured me, and there couldn't be a worse case than mine." Want 1,000 for Her Dog. A Brooklyn woman has brought suit against the Rapid Transit company of that city for $1,000 damages for kill ing her pet Pomeranian dog. Ladlaa Can Wear Shoaa. One size smaller after using Allen's FooU Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new ahoeseasy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores, Sc Trial package FREE by mall. Ad dress Allen 3. Climated, LItoy, N.Y. Some titled Individuals are worn-out brooms all handle. Ilka THINK IT OVER If you've takm our ad vice, your house is painted with Devoe ready paint. If not, we'll have a few words with you about it next spring. The advice may seem better then; the paint will be just as good; couldn't be better; no body can make better. Advice: When you paint, use Devoe for results. Get It of your dealer. Book on painting- free If yon mention thin paper GOOD-PAINT DEVOE. CHICAGO. LIFE OF WM. M'KINLEY gSLETStt Jnent men Lsnre. fully llhmrmted. Knr term. rreit,tp.ld. i.rrdli girrn. Ul( p.y for quick work. SitSi.reJ'iiJU1'-K- 10 for Pmum la ZCIOLKH CO., 324 Dearborn t..Cnlc.o, LOOK! A flne Mfthoftsny So. Intied, upholitered IIman Ctialr, oulr 1.71, wurtb 03 00 fcrerjr bauitkMppr will find rouni fur ono. Order at one a BY ETHEL M. C0LS0N. (Copyright, 1301, by Pally Story Pub. Co.) If there was one particular charac teristic or quality for which the Rev. Charles Billings was especially distin guished it was that of truthfulness. He was truthful, moreover, for rea sons quite apart and side from his calling. As a slim and pallid youth at boarding school he had been famous and popular-because of his exceed ing candour. Later, as the devoted and conscientious rector of the An glican Catholic Church of the Atone ment, he was popular and beloved in spite of it. And if ever the meek and lowly-minded clergyman knew a sus picion of spiritual pride It was because of the absolutely spotless and un stained condition of his life-record In the matter of truth-telling. To have expected the Rev. Charles Billings, therefore, to have deliberate lyalbeit unwillingly-yielded to the temptation to give utterance to an un equivocal lie would have been manl fastly outrageous. And yet The door of the church study opened, one evening, to admit a woman woman tail, slender, of good figure auu expresiBive race, mirroring Just men numerous unpleasant emotions. The Rev. Charles Billings knew her for one of bis parishoners, the wife of solid John Brewster, merchant of the old-time Chicago, and a man who was popularly suspected ot being a better business man than husband. Certain It is, the flne eyes of his wife had long since acquired a look of weary and patient resignation. Straight up to the table at which the priest sat hurried the woman, in her eagerness and agitation she never saw the surprised but soothing gesture which beckoned her to a chair. But as she sank into it mechanically it be came evident that she had been cry ing. "Oh Father Billings!" she exclaimed, wildly the gentle little priest being so designated by his High Church con gregation "Oh Father Billings do help me! If you do not" but It was some minutes before she could go on. "I met an an old friend this after noon," she explained, subsequently. "and we we had an ice together, Just to talk ofof old times. There wasn't a shadow of harm in it, although we used wo used to love each other. Per haps," with a sudden accession of reck lessness, "I love him still. At all events, someone my husband," her voice and face all concentrated bit terness, "plotted and came between us. Then I married Mr. Brewster, I i felt so helpless; I didn't know what else to do. And I've tried to be a good wife to him, a faf better wife than he has been a husband. I've never seen the other man since I was married, until louay. "We came upon each other quite by icciuent, and we only we only talked i little of of that other time. But as we left the confectioner's by one door l ltnow what he'll do. And I I don't know ah yes, God help me! I do know what will become of me. And I haven't a relative, scarcely a friend in me world, with tne exception of yourself, Father Billings. If you don't help mo, I'm I'm afraid I'm lost forever!" my "What do you want me to do, child?" asked the priest, quietly. or answer, she sank on her knees beside him, catching at his hand with small, beseeching fingers that burned like fire. "Tell htm that I have been making charity calls," she said, hoarsely. "He won't believe me, but he'll believe you, if you tell him. Everybody knows," without a suspicion of grim humor, "how Invariably truthful you sre." "But, my child," said the priest, gravely, "that would be a lie, a sin." "I kuow It would be a lie," she made answer, "but would it be a sin If you did it to, save another? And, there are worse sins than lying. Father, and some of them are hard to avoid. 1 don't know how to tell you, but I've no money, Father, I've no friends or relatives, and If my husband throws me aside there's only one person whom I can turn for assistance and and I do not want to en to him The face of the priest was pale and puzzled. As a clergyman he knew ly ing to be. sinful. As a man and Bt-.u-iurgei.uijr;. Also, we recurrent torture of hit wretched Inability t solve the problem of whetner or not he did right in telling the lie will ai- ways serve the purpose of an exquls aieiy painiui nair-snirt to the man whe told it. But there are rare moments now and then, when the problem and the repentance alike cease to trouble him when he is glad in the conviction that the lie saved not only a woman'! body from perdition, but also the wom an's soul. GAS KILLS FLUSHING TREES. to Pr' or tort V. IMtH will get loft. The Hume FumUber, ini mate hi., I'lU ck. Alu Kud for catalogue. Cheaper Than Passes. 10.1S to Indiana noils anil Return. On aula Sept. 15, 23, X; Oct. 7. 11. IS to Loulolllr, Kf., and Relorn, On sale Sept. 13, 21, 80; Oct. 7. JaUl.lO to Cincinnati, O., and Itetnrn. On sal fipt 16, 23, 80; Oct. 7. 31. IA to t'alumbna, Ohio, and Itntnrn, On sal Bept. 10, 23, JO; Oct. 7. II. IA to prliuMfli, O., and Hetorn. On sala Sept. 16, 23, to; Oct 7. S1.6S to Sandii.hr, O., and Return On sale BepU 16, 23, 14; Oct 7. 4I.7B to New lorn and Hetam, Dally. is. 7a to Buffalo and Retara, ball. LI. SO ta SI. Louis, Mo., and Betara, On sal Oct. I to 1L noMRDKKEfir EXOfBSIONk. Qn Ml 1st and Ird Tuesday of Mall month. Tourist rates on sals DAILT to all sum. rue resorts, allowing stop-over at De troit Niagara Falls. Buffalo and other point. Tor rate., lake trips, Pan-AmarU M dscrlpUv matter sod all Iniurcaa Uon, oall at ciTi ticket orrtoa, 141 Faraaoi street, (Paslaa Ratal BlkJ writs I1ARRT B. HOOBBs, O, A. P. D., Oauba, -I f.rvL "Oh, Father Billings!" my husband came In at another. If he saw me and I'm almost sure ho did he'll believe the worst In a moment. He Judges everybody by himself. And the fact that he had another woman with blm won't make a bit of differ enceto him. If he saw mo and 1 know, 1 feel that he did he's at home now, questioning my maid. He always does so If he finds me out of tho house, no matter where I am, nor how short a time I've been absent. And If he discovers that I haven't been making charity calls this afternoon, as I told my maid I Intended doing, he'll he'll throw me aside like an old glove, or a answered letter. Oh, I know him," as tna priest looked Incredulous, "and "No, sir," he heard himself saying, gentleman he hated lying on general principles. He was firmly convinced of the wickedness of doing evil that good may come. And yet It was all so clear before him. if this woman did not still love the the other man she would not so fear and dread being thrown aside by her unloving, unloved husband. And, If so thrown aside, to whom else could she turn? That she was speaking the truth in regard to her husband's harshness and her own penniless con dition the clergyman knew well. He knew more about solid John Brewster than most people, and for a hard man and exceeding close with his money all men knew him. That he would re fuse to believe the meeting between his wife and the lover from whom he had parted her, by unfair means, solitary and as innocent as accidental was also tolerably certain. Then, certainly, the problem lay be tween this woman's soul and his own the priestly soul which had never yet Decn stained by lying. Heavy steps sounded along the pass ageway leading from the street. The woman, springing to a chair on the other side of the table, looked at the priest beseechingly and bent hurriedly over some papers. A moment later and solid John Brewster himself strode into the room. At sight of his wife the hard face changed, the expression faltered. The priest, rising to confront him, taw in bis eyes both doubt and hesitation. i see my wire is with you," the man said, sullenly. "May I Inquire If she has been with you all day?" For a moment the priest struggled against, a most Human impulse, the mad, natural, all but uncontrollable Inclination to knock down this ln- timldator of a woman and trample upon him, Then he remembered that ho was a priest, and that there seemed but one way of helping the lntimlda- tor's victim. He turned h.s eyes to ward her down-bent head, momenta rily, and again the Problem of the Lie lifted its double-headed torment and regarded him. He saw, as if In vision tho Kecordlng Angel who was bo real a personage to him tako down, with sorrowful sternness, the white scroll of his unstained vcruclty and degrade it, degrade it to tho dust. His eyes filled with tears, suddenly, as though he had witnessed another's downfall. But, over and against this vision, was set the soul of this woman and her peril. For him, repentance and remorse In plenty. Nay, was ho not already re penting the very thought of the sin In contemplation. For her in case ner roars were realized no place of repentance, though she sought it care fully, with tears. And, right or wrong, the unselfish Impulse triumphed. 'No, sir," he heard himself saying, distinctly, after so brief an Interval that even tho angry husband noticed no hesitation, ''she has not. I did not see her until after uincheon. But this afternoon she accompanied me on a round of charity calls, and, 6lnco our roturn, she has been busily engaged In making out her report to the Charity Calls Committee of the Woman's Aux iliary. She will be ready to accom pany you home so soon as this Is fin ished," For this lie Father Charles Billings presently and iong repented, and he will never cease to be anxious con cerning Its moral effect upon Mrs, Brcwater now slowly acquiring the bablt of a negative bapplneas by utter Leans uul ot the Mains anil A(T,t tho Tree Roots. The people of Flushing, which has become famous for the beautiful shade trees which line its streets, have no ticed recently that many big, sturdy trees have withered, and become life less without apparent cause or injury, These trees were not confined to any one variety nor was any single lo cality alone affected. Horticultural experts examined the dead trees to see if they had become affected by insects or rust, but nothing of the kind was found. Then Samuel B. Parsons, a vet eran nurseryman, was asked to make an investigation. He reported: "The condition of the trees indicates- that they have been killed by illuminating gas which has escaped through the mains In the streets and has found its way to the roots. In several cases where the dirt has been dug up around the roots of the dead trees there has been a strong odor of gas. If a similar test was made with all the dead trees the same odor would be discovered. I do not know of anything else that would kill the trees." Most of the tres were planted more than fifty years ago. At the present rate, however, Mr. Parsons says he fears that all of them will be killed within five or six years. The same cause he says has killed many of the trees planted in Manhattan. Another nurseryman said that there Is no doubt about the gas Killing tne trees in Flushing. "Last spring, ' said he, "we planted six trees in front of a residence here. All the trees budded, but Just as they were about to put forth leaves one of them died. We replaced it, but when we dug the dead tree up there was a strong smell of gas. The second tree planted also died. Then we made a complaint to the gas company and lounu mat not fifty feet away there was a leak in the eas main " Tl, - . , iut. uiauagera 01 me riusnine sras plant declare that they are not to blame for the destruction of the trees. They say that there are dead trees on streets where there are no gas mains. The Flushing Association has promised to employ one of the best experts in the country to examine the trees .New York Sun. - a i Mrs. Ellen Ripley, Chaplain Ladies ASWSi Grand Army of the Republic, No. 7, 22frJ 10th Ave., N. E., Minneapolis. Minnl : :-"J Strongly Endorses Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound. " Dear Mrs. Pinkham :Your Vegetable Compound cured mi' ' of ulceration of the womb, and getting such a complete cure I felt Ual'- 'I the medicine had genuine merit and was well worth recommending ' to other sick women. ' Tt - " For fifteen years I have been your friend. I have never written yoi before, but I have advised hundreds of women to take your medicine, 'x& iacr. 11 is tne only real reliable remedy I know of for a sick woman.- I J " I have not yet found a case of ovarian or womb trouble whiclf has not been relieved or cured by the faithful use of LydiaSf !"T Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. W"" : " You have brought health to hundreds of women in Minneapolis you have no doubt to others over the country." Mrs. Ellen Ripley. $5000 FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT OKVTT When women are troubled with irregular or painful menstruation.! weakness, leucorrhcea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bear. -uum, ;m5, ummiiiiiuua 01 tne ovaries, backache, natulenoe, general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, thev should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham'ag Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. W ; No other medicine in the world has received such widespread andfe unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures I of female troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine. by DEFECTS IN THE CAPITOL Whitenoaa of Main ,. Ketain.rt Frequent Painting. i-reaeric Harrison's admiration for the capitol as an architectural work ana me central object of the Washlne- ton landscape Is shared by so many one can always send a thrill of paineci surprise through a part of ev ery group of visitors by a reminder that only its two wings are built of marble, and that for the whiteness of us main body we must thank copious and oft-renewed applications of white paint. But quite as much astonish ment is likely to be felt by most ner sons at the discovery that the great uome, wnicn nas been the delight of all beholders, is not precisely in the axis or the central portico, but about six feet out of place. Yet such is the case, it has been necessarv tn r.c,.t to some trickery to deceive the eye in laKing in the whole effect of the edi flo K... 4L. -1 a l uui iiic tneai. nas oeen accom plished so cleverly that it may be for given. Another fact little known to the public ia that the exquisite propor tions of the dome are the result of ac cident, not design. The present lines do not follow the architectural draw ings, because when the base of the dome proper was measured preparatory to lowering it into the collar, whict was already in place for it, it war found to be too large. The collar coulc, not be changed to fit, so the original base was cut off at the point where th' diminishing diameter would slip intt the collar. The result was most grati fying. If, as many experts assert, the present dome Is perfect, it follows that the dome as first designed would have been imperfect, and if it had been used one of the most satisfactory public edi fices In the world would have lacked a large part of its present charm. Boa- ton Transcript. Good for Bad Teeth Not Bad for Good Teeth Sozodonft 25c Soxodont TootK Powder 25c. Iartfe Liquid and Powder 75c. AH stores or by mail for the price. Sample for the postage, 3c. -I Mebraaka BualneaH and Shorthand College. Ho.T.l Huildlnir, Omaha Neb. The most thorouehlv onnlnnerl institu tion In the west. Send for free catalocue. A. C. ONG, A. M., LL.B., Prest. A man can never be a true gentle man In manner until he la a true Ken- tleman at heart. Charles Dickens. Bronklvn N V Ront sth rs Tn-TirT -n HEADACHE POWDERS HAVE fJilM. ED THE RIGHT OP WAY! They are the kind people want simple, harmleds and ALWAYS effective. The Garfield Tea Co. of this city will bend sample powders upon The Horn of Cremation. Japan is the country where the cre mation of corpses is practiced on the largest scale. The custom dates back about 1,200 years. A GREAT COUNTRY The eyes of all America are turned t ward North Dakota's magnificent crops, Just harvested. Over 80,000,000 bushels ot wheat and 19,000,000 bushels of flax, food corn and abundant grasses. Thousands of farmers raised 14 to 18 bushels ot flu per acre on new breaking, now bringing them $1.25 a bushel.- Think of your (! ting free government land and reallitag' $25 per acre for the first breaking! ;, There is plenty of good government lao4 left, but It is being taken up fast. Also excellent chances to go Into any buslnsM In new towns on the "800" Line. If 70) want free land, or are looking for good business locations, write D. W. Casseday, Lamd Agent, "Soo" Line, Mlnneapolls.MlM If afflicted with sua aaa 1 Thompson's Eys Csto WONCO-DESTEDS CARTRIDGES IN ALL OALI BERS t;22 t-5?,,0'ded.w!,h ci,her BIack or Smokelet8 Powder always give entire sansfaction. They are made and loaded in nncr' y e"ct machinery operated by skilled experts" THEY SHOOT WHERE YOU HOLD ALWAYS ASK FOR THEM & IN CASH PRIZES! beMU KlTlng them 40 commit. Men. Womfcys and iri" have theTKoS WJfSESS! riv.miiL.bl I'lLl'lUrvlrtL flLllKLS JN CREDIT mlKi,!Lnln? ana lrRS8' wrl,'e us "Krwlnir to Bell them and return us the monevTeiw vnm i iihza:k sent w pictures. Write to-day. It ma, mean f 1,000 to you. HOUSEHOLD QUEST CO. th tha epL B. CHICA60. ILL. ' 6 . "'l . .It'-" ! $ Ji'trL;j ? I' W 1 f ' i J Hi A Remarkable Anatritllan. Sir George Dibbs, who has jut-t pre sented King Edward with a walking stick of his own make, is one of tho remarkable men of Australia. He ia probably the only man in the empire who has passed through the two ex treme experiences of a prime minister and a prisoner In jail. Sir George has twice ooen premier of New South Wales, and has held many other posts or tne niRnest importance in the colony; and it was while he w.m n p'romlncnt public man that he had the courage to refuse to nav whnt h thought an extortionate bill of rnata He was committed to Darllmrhnroi jail, Sydney, 1st a year, and serrod the sentence through to the end. HI flMiry's minlstrel company i performance at the Alhambra Satur day night and Sunday afternoon mm evening, ano gave good satisfaction tc me imiences wnich gathered In Man ager Minor a tneater for a preliminary un oi tuju) Mivni ueiore the regulat season oi in urana avenue houst opens next Sunday afternoon witl) 'minting lor Hawking." lH m tkt. Vs-" ti aaaassl ah a M -m mm If wwfiOfw 1 1 tE Wmmtxm ffiRWu Met ' I , - .- .a.a.-.WMAHr1I0." "Defiance" Starch fires a beautiful, stiff and lasting finish to the goods and makes them look like new. A cold water starch needs no cooking easy to use. Does not atlck does not streak on colored goods. If your grocer does not keep it send us his name and we will send you a trial pack age free. At WholMSLte by NcCord-OmxIy Co. and Paxton & Gall&ghcr, Omsxttsw NshrMfcs. If . i v " It -" ' '