FLASHES OF FUN.
Philadelphia l'ie: "Then - no pro
gress about Mm." "No? Iiut lf, M,
doing business at the ol.) stand, isn't
he?" 'Say, rather, he in doing business
at the old ptarnl-Btill."
New York Sun: "Yes. pflI,ai j.Kk
ay he expects his Income will bo dou
bled next year." "That's good. Some
day he may make enough to export
himself."
PERONAL NOTES.
org..
said
Chicago Post: "No, r;
me glil .egrwf.illy. -I I, n.,, .t ln i!lt.
hammock with you this evening Papa
has attached a patent d-vl. e to It that
registers the weight."
ltrolt l ree Pies
think ulie'a a model
Yes,
pj pers for
"' "Don't you
mother?" "Win.
v. ...... . -.,.
uri woeiren are Hub. terror
uui nie writes jiu,-h K,
cur mothers' meetings."
Chicago Tribune: r;i, with the (Jib
son cjlrl Nek-Kan Bllllwink has be
gun to Mir.iv her age, hasn't the? Cirl
with the Julia Marlowe IHmple-1
should say not. She's begun to try to
hide It.
New York Hun: Madge-Dolly Is go
lng somewhere with that young man
this ei-ning. Murjoile-Y. s, g,,.f to
sit with hirn In the hammock. Klght
after dlnn-r she went upstairs and put
on a dark shirtwaist.
Detroit Free Press: "There Is only
our jonre wnere an American Is
icru iu nave another above him.'
ii.uiki-u iseinngham to ;iliersl"-ve
"And where s that, I'd like to know?'
"In the upper berth of a sleeping car.'
jri-
i e-
People have more respect for former
President Ham of Haytl since they
learned that he took dome Jla.OoO.OiM
to Paris with him. He Is a financier,
not a thief.
A Piaco To Spend the Summar
On the lines of the Milwaukee Hall
way In Wisconsin, Minnesota, and
leva are Borne .r the ri,.,st beautiful
places In the world to spend a summer
vacation, lumping out or at the ele.
Kant summer hotels. Filiating, fishing,
beautiful lakes and streums and cool
weather.
Okobojl Is the nearest of these re
Korta, but all are easily reached from
Omaha, and the round trip rates this
summer are lower than ever before.
Full Information on application.
F. A. NASH.
Gen. Western Act ('. M. & St I'. Fly.,
IjiJ Farnam .St., Omaha.
ii is a goon rule that works both
wa). The barbed wire that once
fenced the liners out Is now to be used
to fence them In.
" Knsseii r-age gays he does not
know bow to rest. Many of those who
have had dealings with him feel the
same way, too.
Commander Wafnwrlght has asked to
be relieved as superintendent of the
-Naval academy and desires sea duly.
It is possible he wlil be given a bat
tleship. Count Itonl do Castellan is In trou
ble again. His election to the Deputies
Is In controversy ami he will have to
light every rnnn who voted against
him.
S.irrui.l- Hr Michael Hicks-Beach, re
main in his present office for another
four jeari, and thus bring his tale of
budgets up to eleven, he will have
equaled Air. Hailstone's record ' and
surpassed that of any other English
chancellor of the exchequer during the
last 100 years.
Andrew Carnegie wants no backyard
neighbors overlooking the eroonrl of
bi'i new mansion in Ninety-second
street. New Yoi k. Therefore he has
purch'ared a flat building ln the rear
and Ihe tenants will have to move
when the multi-millionaire begins the
erection of his home.
In spite of the opposition of his fa
mous mother, .Maurice Fiernharrlt has
applied to the stale council of Paris
for permission lo change his name to
Maurice Clalrln. This is ln order to
conform to the uage which requires
that chlldien should bear the name of
their father, not their mother.
Archbishop I'.yan and Bishop Gb-n-nrin
were In attendance at n eimi-eh
Jubll'-e In St. Louis on one occasion.
the archbishop Is of portly build, while
the bishop Ih a slight man of rather
ascetic appearance. As they stood
together chHttlnr; with some friends
the archbishop said, with a comfort
able look at his own generous propor
tions: "In one ease I think It may
be MM that the difference between a
bishop and an archbishop ilea in the
arch."
Author
Ball,
1 rTcz
A ROMANCE OF MANY LIVES' ERRORS.
BY ERNEST DE LANCEY PIERSON.
"A Slave of Curcumstances," "A Bargain ln Souls," "Tii Blaelr.
" "The Cruel City," "A Woman's Will," "At the World's Mercy,"
'The Scarlet Cypher, "The Secret of the Marlonettse." &.
(Copyrighted,
1902, by
Pierson.)
CHAPTER IX.
The WEBER l . P.
Gttoline Enginetp
f..r .linliif.f -eJl
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Chicago l'est: "What is a politician?"
asked the boy. "A politician," replied
the father, bitterly; "that Is, a suc
cessful politician, is a man who can
evade his promises without seeming to
hn ak his word."
Rheumatism. Neuralgia, soreness,
pain, rorr- throat, and all bodily suffer
ing relieved at once by Hamlin's Wiz
ard Oil. Taken internally and externally.
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Our Omaha oirices, 30H New Yoik
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who cannot come to our office for treat
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patient at home. It Is not a belt, but
a scientific Invention of great value.
Hcores of patients testify to its cura
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without medii ine, as each case de
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This electrical battery is invaluable
In the treatment of diseases "f women,
nervous diseases, weaknesses of men.
heart disease, stomach diseases, liver
ml kidney diseases, rheumatlm. deaf
ness, etc. We aiso furnish our patients
uor new Ozone Atomizer for home use
in the treatment of lung and catarrhal
Jlseases.
Free consultation at olllce or by mall.
Kend for a symptom blank and litera
ture pertaining to your disease.
C. M. Headrick, M. D.
308 New York Life Building,
OMAHA, NF.B.
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THE IMPROVED
Washington Star: "It comes naeh'l,"
said 1'ncle Kben, "foh a man to blame
all his misfortunes on bad luck an' to
gib de credit foh all his success to good
Judgment."
He;id Dr. Neal's ail. in this paper. He
Kua run tees to rure any case of piles,
.inn rii.es not accept one cent of pay
unui uic paueni is wen.
Philadelphia Press: "Pa." querl
the young bass, "why do we have to
ear scales all the lime." "No doubt
my child, replied the elder fish, "they
are Intended to enable us to iz"t
weigh quickly."
Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnslow's
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use
ior meir rnildren during the teethlnir
pei ioj.
ia.-iimgion Mar: "vvny should we
are so much for golrl?"asked the phil
sopniv. N e don t care as much as
we used to," answered Senator Sor
ghum; 'Id rather have sugar or oil
or ftcveral other thlnirs than eohl 'heso
iys."
It will pay those who are afflicted
with piles, fistula or any disease of the
ectum to read Dr. Neal's ad. In this
paper. lie guarantees a cure.
Anions: the speakers announced at
the Big Stone Lake. Minn.. Chmitnn.
Ilia, are Airs. Carrie Nation, William J.
iryan anil Lieutenant Commander
tlchmond P. Hobson,
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Dc C. M. Headrick. ?,HS V Virl;
i-ire tiuilding. Omaha, has ail estab
lished reputation for successfully treat
ing nervous, kidney and liver, stomach
ami other diseases, including rheuma
tism, by electricity. You do not have
to leave home to get the benefits of
his treatment. See his advertisement
elsewhere.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Yes, sir,
my wife Gomez'd me this morning."
"Kh! How did she do it?" "Said she'd
start up a wild domestic rumpus If I
didn't give her II."
Millions of sufferers use Hamlin's
U Izard Oil for pain every year and call
It blessed. Ask your druggist' h"
ki.ows.
Philadelphia Press: "Have you really
no affection for any other girl, dear?"
she asked of her fiance. "No," replied
the drug clerk, absent mlndedly, -but
I have something just as good."'
Mr method is absolutely rnliabln. Do not use MNIFC. LICATIib r,r m..t.. ' B
. do not ACCtlT ONC CENT OF fV until cure 1 elteetud, aud VOU docids whmi vou
ire cured. Consultation and examination free at oflice or by mail. I will toll you hi t
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DR. . E. NEAL, Omaha, Neb
Reema SO. I mn4 SI Oeualaa look.
I
1. E. Cap. lath .. n... ... EI
New York Tribune: "Do you never
.insider," asked Ftev. X. Horter, "that
iven prison hus Its bright Hide?" "Sure,
ird I cun't help thlnkln' and longln'
lor It," replied the convict. "For
what?" "The outside."
For the first time In seventy years
he cathedral bells In Peterborough
ere rung recently.
It Is estimated that Canadian forests
jr 111 furnish wood for the pulp Indus
try for M0 ytatf.
Philadelphia Press: "Here's a lot o'
talk In the paper about 'uniform di
vorce laws,"' said Farmer Korntop.
"Wonder what that means." " I reck
on," said his good wife, "It's lo com
pel divorced folks to wear a uniform
so's other folks kin rec'nlze 'em, an'
p'lnt the finger o' scorn at 'crn."
That the slave trade Is still being
carried on at Muscat was shown re
cently, when Portuguese funlioats cap
tured sluve dhowa and set free 700
tlavei,
lob had net left the scene. Hidden
from view he was a orllghted watcher
of the meeting of the two young peo
ple. He seemed to take almost a pa
rental pleasure in witnessing the ten
der demonstrations of feeling between
tne lovers, though he had discreetly
withdrawn to a distance, where he
could not hear what they said to each
other. "He seems to be a worthy voune
man, and she loves him; that Is plain
and evident," was the thought that ran
through his mind. "Such being the case,
they can count on my help to make
the path of true love run smooth."
He stood in deep though making
plans for the future. The two young
people had drawn away from the house
and, now seated under the big tree,
were talking in a low voice.
Job took advantage of their preoccu
pation to Blip away to the path by
which he had entered the garden. Since
the young man had escaped, It would
oe well that some one should he on
guard, for perhaps the burly constable
might come In quest of him, and. stu
pid as the fellow seemed to be, It would
be Henslow'g house that he would seek
for his prisoner.
The young man's sudden appearance
had rather disarranged Job's plans, and
If. wax necessary that he should rear
range them to meet the exigencies of
the case.
His meditations were disturbed by
bearing his name uttered In a low voice
Just as he was passing one of the win
dows of the house. The shutters were
fastened, but a pale light filtered
through the (date. He stopped' for a
moment, rubbing bis nose thoughtfully.
"Am I a subject of talk already In this
town?" he muttered. "Guess I'll have
to look into this. When you're brought
up for discussion, Job, it may mean
trouble."
He looked up at the window, the sill
of which was almost on a level with his
head, for a moment, and then, reaching
out his hands, he drew himself up with
ease, so that he could look directly Into
the room. There was no place on the
ledge for anything but his fingers, yet.
owing to his great strength, he was
able to maintain himself in that posi
tion with ease, as If he had been stand
ing on the ground. At first it seemed
that the room into whica he was looking
was unoccupied, owing to the dimness
of the light which came from a lamp
burning on a table in the center. As his
eyes became accustomed to the sur
roundings he gradually made out that
thero were two men seated near the
table, one facing him and one ln a big
arm chair with his back to the window.
When for a moment one of the men
leaned forward and he caught a
glimpse of a white beard, ho knew that
it was Henslow; as for the other, only
the top of his head was visible. The
latter was no doubt the person he had
seen slipping Into the house ln such a
surreptitious manner.
'I shouldn t wonder if the fellow Is
an impoHter," Henshaw was saying,
"and I should treat him as such."
"Listeners hear no good of them
selves. I should think the rule will !
hold good in this case," Job said to him
self, having no doubt that he was the
subject of the discussion.
What the lawyer's visitor said he
could only make out In part, since the
latter spoke In a low voice. He could
distinguish such fragments of sentences
as almost threatened, "seemed sure of
his ground," "knew the whole affair "
nenshaw was silent for a moment.
and took a sip from a glass of wine at
ills elbow.
You need have no fear that the visi
tor was Martin Fralo, for ho is dead,"
he said at length.
"Sure of that?"
"Had It from the prison authorities
themselves."
Then who Is this man?" The other
had raised his voice, and spoke In a
more animated way.
Henshaw shrugged his soulders.
"I wish I was able to fell you, he-
au.'ie I am glnd to do Ellison anv ser
vice. Must be a fellow-convict to whom
Frale communicated the story before he
ilid. No doubt ne wants to trade on
the Information."
Th.t's likely enough, but he must
have the documents In the cane to speak
so boldly."
"That mny all be mere bravado."
"And he would take no money "
"That Is a poser. Didn't want any
money?"
"Not a cent, even when It was offered
to him." I
What can the
De Lancey "That astonishes me.
IeJiuw s object be?"
"I'm afraid we shall have to wait and
fliid out," muttered the man with his
back to the window."
"And he made no declaration of what
he intended to do?" asked the lawyer
after a moment's pause.
"No, nothing of the kind, except that
he seems to be Interested In the voim?
school teacher."
"Know him?"
"Says he never saw him but once in
his life, but he wants him to be free
for some reason or other. Urged Jim
to do all he could and threatened things
if he did not."
'That man. whoever he faf, will bea
waicning, was Henfilow'd comment as
ne resortPd to his glass again.
A chuckle came from the chair where
tne omer was seated.
"Bless you, we don't Intend to lo
sight or the chap while he is in the
neighborhood
Job. slinging to the window, still
smnea quietly to himse f.
"Then I wasn't wrong ln thinking that
I was being watched."
He had no chance to hear nnvthtnir
iui mer oi wnat was Being said In the
room, for the visitor had risen and now
moved to the door. The two men stood
tnere ror a moment in decD conversa
tlon, but though he listened Intentlv
Job could not catch a word of what was
neing gam
He dropped to the ground from his
uncomfortable position, for he was anx
ious, if possible, to catch a sight of the
visitor wnen he came out
With this intention he slipped around
to the front of the house and ln the
snauow waited
Presently the door opened quietly, a
man popped out, his hat pulled down
over nis eyes, so that the cairer wntcn
or had no opportunity to get a good
glimpse of bis face. Then the man
stepped into the middle of the road,
looked about him for a moment and
set off at a brisk pace down the strpet
Job Hendricks had Just seen him dis
appear among the shadows when from
tne other direction a man suddenly ap
peared, running ami out of breath.
He was a portly individual, and as
he came up to where Job was standing
me iarier recognized him as the fat
constable he had seen that day ha
raneuing the people before his house.
now we are in for it," muttered he
to himself. "Here is the law in sparch
or the prisoner.
The fat man drew up with a guln and
a gasp and mopped his red face wildly
wun nis nandKerchier.
"You sem to excited, friend," said
.loll, soothingly.
"Excited? Well, X guess I be." Then,
looking Hendricks over from head to
foot: "I'm the town constable, and
I'm look In' for a man what has skipped
from Jail."
"Sure of it."
"How sure of it? Didn't he knock
the bars out. the murderous young vil
lain? Next time I get hold of him he
shan't have no more privileges."
"There was a man just passed by here
on a run." Raid Job. thinking of a ruse
that would give the school teacher a
respite until he could find out what his
plans were.
"Slim fellow in a light coat?"
"Just so. and dark trossors. Came
out of the house a minute ago." Jerking
his thumb in the direction of the law
yer's cottage.
"Must be the worry man. And which
way did he go?"
Hendricks pointer In the direction
the other visitor at the cottage had tak
en.
The constable sighed and mopped his
brow vigorously.
"Phew! This is a job I ain't no llkin'
Tur. And that it shou'd happen to the
only genuine criminal wo ever had in
town. Well, so long, stranger, and
thank you kindly."
Then, with a mighty groan, be set off
on a run ln the direction pointed out.
Job could not resist a laugh at the
grotesque figure the man made as he
disappeared In the night. He turned
Just In time to see young Harnett come
out through the gate.
For a moment the latter hesitated, and
then, recognizing bis visitor ln the
moonlight, advanced.
"What, are you still here?" he asked,
rather testily.
"Hxactly, and It seems that I was
Just In time to save you from being cap
tured." (To be continued.)
SHIRT WAISTS GALORE.
I have seen shirt waist constructed
In ft thousand different wava.
And been thoroughly Instructed
In the fashion' walsty maze;
I have seen them long and bob-tailed,
I have seen them short and stout;
I have seen them cut with bian,
I have Keen them cut without;
I have seen them done up glossy,
in have seen them in the rough;
Anil I've seen them thin and flossy,
And I've seen them thick and tough;
I have seen them high In collar,
And so low they made me laugh;
I have Been them worth a dollar
Or that didn't cost a half;
I have seen them tucked and plaited,
I have seen them finished plain:
I have seen them, when completed,
Kipped apart and made again;
I have seen them In repose and
I have seen them on parade
I have seen more, I suppose, than
Any mortal ever made.
Baltimore News.
FOUR MILES OF LOVE LETTERS.'
WANTED A LEG.
Mississippi Boy Pluckily Works His
Way to St. Louis.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Jesse
Reaves came all the way from Vicks-
burg, Miss., to St. Louis to look for a
leg. It took him a month to get here,
but he got herea(nd here be will stick
and grow up with the World's fair city,
and be either a doctor or a lawyer, just
as good as anyone who has two whole
pegs to stand on.
Jesse is only 13 years old, but he 1s
as full of sand as a rooster's craw. Ke
isn't much on "book larnin' " yet, but
he has a pleasing voice and a bright
eye, and one ran tell by the way he
pounds the flood with hia wooden leg
when he walks that he has all the grit
of a Klondiker.
He was all tight until three years
ago, when a horse ran away with him
and broke his right leg below the knee.
Ihe doctor said it would have to come
off, and off it came. By the time his
father, Henry Reaves, a brickmason.
had paid the bill he had but little left.
Jesse could not get through the world
in that shape, so he made himself a
wooden leg. He stumped around on
that so hard that he wore It out, and
then he made himself another. That is
the one he stumped into St. Louis on.
His mother died six years ago and
his father four years later, and that left
the boy alone. The loss of hia leg
handicapped him in the race of life, and
one day he determined to come to St.
Louis and get another start.
When he crossed the river on the fer
ry to St. Louis he had 30 cents left.
That was last Friday evening. The
very next morning he set about making
more money, and he made it. Then he
hunted up a maker of artificial legs and
opened up negotiations with him. The
man offered him a leg for $50 cash, or
one year's services without pay. But
the terms were too severe. The boy
could not meet them and live.
Aa the next best thing he stumped
around town and hunted up a few jobs.
He now has a week's board paid for
be has been taking his meals at a res
tnurant at 915 North Broadway and
has an option on three jobs, either of
which will feed and clothe him tempor
arily, but several places have been de
nied him, because of his crippled condi
tion. This is the thing he most , re
grets. 'Ihe proprietor of a hotel said to the
boy: "Why don't you go to see the
Post-Dispatch. It always helps people.
It helps everybody."
So to the Post-Dispatch Jesse came
Tuesday morning, and when he left
at noon, after a short session with the
staff photographer, it was with the
p.ssurance that he had found friends at
the Post-Dispatch, and that the Post-
Dispatch would help him find other
friends in St. Louis.
Jesse has a brand new shoe, which he
bought with money he earned while on
his way from Vicksburg.
"They split the pair for me," he said,
and I paid $1.25 for this.
"If I had two feet I could buy the I
shoes for them, all right." said the
gritty youngster, in his politest man
ner. "I have nothing to fear, and with
two good legs I will take a chance with
anybody."
$100 REWARD, 81 00.
Now the Writer Sue Acties for Re
turn of Presents He Gave Her.
Inter Ocean: Unrequited love Is giv
en by Dorothy Usner, formerly au act
ress, as the reason why Maurice L.
ifeaves, an Englishman ln the insur
ance business, is suing her for $3:i8,
money loaned and for pictures and bric-a-brac
valued at $."00. The trial is im
minent in the supreme court, and a few
days ago Miss I'snvr's counsel, Moses
K. Grossman, advertised for her. She
vas then out West, but she was in the
cflice of Mr. Grossman yesterday.
She is now the wife of George Baxter,
."he says that when she and her moth
er took a flat at 152 West Kighty-fourth
street in January, 1898. Reaves came
there to board. She got a few small
presents from him, worth about $50
in the aggregate, She never got. any
such sordid thing "as money,- but- tie--.
ciares that many long, burning love let
1ers followed on her trail while she waa
traveling for several months. Theso
ran, she says, sometimes to 3,000 words
apiece, and sometimes she got two a
day. Altogether, the letters would ex
tend a distance of about four miles.
She makes no counter claim for time
epent reading them, but she asserts that
t.he will offer some of them in evidence
to indicate the animus of the action.
She is sure that no court could keep
out two of them, which she showed.
One of them began: "Pure and Beau
tiful Little One," and after running
out about 500 words more, warmed up
with :
"I would that I could hear the whis
pering of the angels in heaveu aud as
quickly put the words on piper and
with their angelic poesy draw my dar
ling to me. Beautiful Queer.ie. absolve
me Irom my sins; teach and help me.
I will hear and heed your wmsels ever
in the future with the meeknebs of a
listening child. I entreat you, as I once
rejected' the idea of a God. O! Merci
ful God, give me back my lost love, my
despised pardon, and my vanished
peace. Give me back my little Queenle.
Only hope, 'the best friend' we have,
dear brown eyes, sustains me that I
may live until the day I get word from
you that you forgive me. But knowing
your thorough hatred and dislike for a
liar, for an instant I hesitate to con
tinue; but my God, I can't bear this
torture longer. My conscience is the
criminal, hunted by the inevitable law
of remorse.
"Oh, girlie, can you forgive me? No
impossible but I don't blame you,
dear heart; I have deceived you . so
basely. I did not lie about indorsing
the note, for I did do that, but the
second mortgage was not a second,
mortgage, but was in stocks and about
the time you left I thought I had a
chance to get out with $1,000 loss, and
then when I wrote you about property,
I felt sure I could get out, but did not,
and after you came on I told you I had
the money in bank, which I fully ex
pected to have, but the stock went
against me again and I lost all. Then
I did not have the manhood and come
out honestly and tell you all. Oh, how
I wish I had now!
"If you were to forgive me I could
Mazeppa-like rise again a king, and to
you, 'to the ideal of my great love,'
would be truth and fairness in its en
tirety. I shan't blame you, dear, if
you doubt me. You may think after all
my lying to you that one might as well
expect to see a hallowed saint in the
whirl of a ball masque as that I could
tell the truth."
Here is a section of the other lettert
"I cannot stand this living torture.
If you wish me dead I am willing to die.
If I do not hear from you by Wednes
day evening I will tidegraph you good-
rjy and end it all that night, and this
time there will be no meddling old man
rear to stop the act It will be a press
of the trigger and with the report my
soul will have stepped into eternity
whether it is prepared or not does not
matter. I can't live without you, and
it's useless trying to be brave when,
you do not help me.
"I know you do not believe what you
have heard about me, you cannot. I do
not do the act because I am a coward,
nor because I fear to face my accusers,
for I've told you I would do that any
time, but because I can't live under
Tlirt eno.li.ru nf fhfa nnor tell! V.. nlnn.a.l
to learn that there Is at least one dreaded v""r 11 Inere W a UOd he Is my
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall'B
atarrh Cure is the only positive cure
now known to the medical fraternity. Ca-
arrh being a constitutional disease, re
quires a constitutional treatment. Hall's
'atarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur-
aees of the syiem. thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
witness that I have in no way injured,
wronged, or harmed you in thought,
word, or deod. I would say this on my
deathbed, and some day, too late, you
will learn that never was a conspiracy
so carefully managed as this, probably
bearing proofs on its face, but there is
not, them cannot be, one bit of evi
dence that I could not disprove. If I
do take mv life it will all enmo nut
"T " "i i, . I some ume it may be years after, but
much faith ln lis curative powers, thnt
they offer one Hundred Dollars for anv
ise that It fails to cure. Send for list of
stimonlnls.
Address. F. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo
Pold by Druggist. 7,"c.
Halls lamlly Pills are the best.
O.
Official statistics show that there are
17,000.000 children In Russia between
the ages of (! and 14 years receiving ab
solutely no education.
The production of beer ln the German
empire during the year ended March 31,
1901, was 1,860,624,800 gallons. The es
timated consumption of beer per capita
of population watt 132.2 quarts for the
whole of the empire. Tho government
revenue derived from the manufacture
of beer amounted to $22,715,976, of 40.9
centii per capita.
The municipal council of Havana has
decided to Issue a new loan of $28,000,
000 for the purpcae of redeeming the
first and second mortgage bond of the
city, to take up the floating debt, and
to provide money for tne payment of
tb city tewer and pavlnjr contracts.
Work on the Important new railway
line Pyraetis-Athons-Larlssa will
soon be started. The headquarters of
lite company are In Athens. This new
lino will connect the Greek capital with
Thessalla, tho richest province of the
Hellenic peninsula. It Is Intended later
on to connect this line with tho turklsh
railways, and to send the Asiatic-European
malls via Pyraeus, Athenu, Vien
na, Berlin, thus Having about two day?'
time orer the present delivery.
There are not fewer than 40,000 Syr
ians In the United Statea, and between
z.uuu ana 3,000 In Chicago.
A correspondent of tho New York
Times says: "How beautiful the
Statue of Liberty is now! Nature has
unerring taste and cannot abide a
crudity. The soft green mold she lays
over bronze has brought the splendid
torch-bearer into a wonderful tone in
harmony with water and sky colors."
The IT. F. Ilrammer Manufacturing
company of Davenport, Iowa, have a
unique puzzle souvenir, which they are
sending free to persons writing for
same. The Branimer company are
manufacturers of the 0. K. Washing
Machine, one of the best machines ever
placed on the market. Any goods bear
ing this company's stamp may be relied
upon as being what the trade mark im
plies, "0. K."
A Pretty Sure Sign.
"Does she slnz as if she had had her
voice cultivated?''
"Oh, yes. I couldn't understand a
word she said." Philadelphia Bulletin.
Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnslow's Boom
ing Kyrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
Nmely-eeven American nitiniclpall
tif s report that they have established
cremation or reduction plants, for sew
age, according to Engineering News.
"Pennsylvania and Indiana lead ln the
total number of plants, having 14 and
12, respectively, and also ln the num
ber of crematories, which Is 10 fo:
each. New Yorlt, Pennsylvania and
Ohio each report four reduction
' plants."
as sure as there is another day you will
learn I have been wronged and if you
hear it no other way I venture to say
deathbed confession.
"If you do not telegraph me, little
you will hear it through some one's
k( ep you, my darling, my love, my Ufa's
blood, my more than queen when I
am gone, dear heart, pray for Maurice,
this is Lent, and it won't be much trou
ble to offer up a short prayer for me,
will It? You told me in Philadelphia
that you prayed for me. Then, can yott
pray for Maurice dead? If I don't hear
from you I will write Dr. King Wed
nesday night before committing the
deed, telling him what to do for me.and
you can get any information from him
afterward if you care to. Again, my
soul, good-by, and God's choicest bless
ings be with you ever and always."
A Double Team.
Youth's Companion: A man who
was bicycling in southern France waa
).' riing his machine up a steep hill
when he overtook a peasant with a
donkey cart. The patient beast was
making but little progress, although it
was doing Its best.
The benevolent cyclist, putting his
left hand against the back of the cart
and guiding his machine with the other
hand, pushed so hard that the donkey,
taking fresh courage-, pulled his load
successfully up to the top.
When the summit was reached the
peasant burst into thanks to his bene
factor. "It was good of you, Indeed, mon
cleus!" he protested. "I should never In
the world have got up the hill with
only one donkey."
Not as Aunty Meant.
Baltimore News: "Auntie. Charlie
Oass proposed to me last nltrht."
"The Impudent fellovl Somebody
ought to sit down on him."
"Why. auntla, I rather think aonu