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1 RAND. Mi HALLY A CO. .
< 'HAf'TEH V,—fCogTtat »Ui
IHch, over whoa# half-conacloua head
tide •word-play waa nickcrlna, »•* only
that an argument waa going on, which
aide wae which, and why, he could not
und'-ietand. and ao r-aolvrd to apeak
with caution If he had to apeak at all
Camilla fell that Hie . ohm-1 w.ia
pceaalng her cloaely, and lrle-1 lo dla
ahle him by a atralghter Ihruat
"I don't aui-i-oac you are a blind fol
lower even of lytrd tllatnorgatt,'' ahe
•ahl to Ittck "you probably do not wlah
the emperor releaaed
"It would not ticncflt him If I did
Im replied, "hut I am aorry for him If
lo- tttjfferr aa they aay
Tide war wot a* than aver for
and the colonel waa prompt to aelr«
the opportunity.
"Ili d-«a Indeed iurtVr,'' It- »ald "I*
la out ar-aieat grief, for Madam- -I
Umlaut la eiilliely davoted lo him
"My devotion tflofl-d Cumllla, »l
moal Indignantly, "la natural enough,
hut I tie loyalty that t-lnda m- can have
no hold upon ao Kngllahman/'
"There ate no-re klnda of loyalty than
one, ’ returned hei Impetlurhahle an
tag-mlal "I, for Inatanoe, am loyal lo
tin- emperor not only a* a Frenchman,
but I’W'ii more afrongly from my loyalty
to you. who tiav« made hla < an*'- your
own; itoi) thin, or aomethlng like it,
may I'onoclvahly he ttie i'u*r wttb ot.li*
eta "
Camilla look' d until ter aide acorn,
‘•t’apt Kalrourt," atie *«ld. turning to
him with n how full of graceful mock
my al tier own 'jiicetlon, "Will you, a*
a klmlneaa to me, carry tti<* emperor Off
from HI Helena?"
I tick wae relieved at her apparent re
Into to n lighter mood “I can liatdly
undertake to go an far my«*lf," he re
piled laughing; “you had better corn*
nilaalon my friend Johnitnne, (lie aniug*
gler, to do It for you,"
"Hood!" egclaltned the colonel, Join*
log In the laugh with the loud tone of
mo* who wl*he» to emphaalae a Jeel
"Capital advice, Camilla, and you can't
do heller than fellow It,"
Hhe did not for the moment graap
hi* Intention In aaylng thla, and made
no reply beyond a dlatruatful glance,
I ilek. meantime, had bean looking al
hi* watch, and now held out hi* hand,
"I am afraid, he Mid, "that I mu*l h«
g"lna home: f have treapaaaed loo long
upon your klndne**, and the doctor
aald I mu*l he In hy MUiiaet "
"One moment," *ald Camilla, Imping
t>> gain an Inatanl * privacy in which
to give him aome kind of warning
"Htay a moniml; Col d« Montniit will
order the iairing' for you,"
1 It la al the door," replied III" colonel,
and he bowed Ith k mil before him, ami
followed him downelali*.
Camilla heard the front door do**
and (lie earrlag' drive away, A long
alienee followed The colonel had evl
detitly goto to the length of accotn
|mtiylng IHek to hla own lodging The
mlachlef might he done hy till* time,
and hen *h< aat pnw*rl»»a I" t'revent
H. Hhr fretted under I he Ihought al
llr*t, and to r Indignation chafed her In
the abaemi of an object upon which to
ajieml II*rlf, hut Ht laat It aeented to
h iv» worn n*' ii uni mi it uni”, aim iii»
fell Int" a quieter mood
„ All the mmi' ahe afaried guiltily when
ttie door opened alrnoai without a
■',uno. There Mood the colonel, like
Home wily irnteeary of evil, following
mi hie calculated opportunity at the
iniiat deadly moment of weakneae,
lie appeared In have entirely forgot
l”ii hie lali etrutinli with her. III hla
hand waa an open letter, which he held
lit* <" her V lev
"I have ju*t heard," he *nid, "from
t'liinac. wlio hue received a lellai from
Ml Helena "
Mhc lii Id oul her hand for It
"You are tired," he aald; "I will read
It lo you. Hr prepared, for II la far
from pleaaanl hearing." and lie heuan
al once
The leller or, at any rat”, hla read
ing of |i ran a* follow*
"'My ('ear M dc Moiilaiil A packet
dlepatclicd from Ml Helena at the end
of January conlaina the folhiwina nod
a rich idy Intelligence in the cipher of
Uen Hcrtiund Th« emperor, havlna
auffcicd aeveraly In health from want
of active occupation, on Jan 22 i»
auiiied Id* riilliiK eaerciae. aflei an In
|ciitil»lon of two yearn The affect of
Ihla iloleril < liana1 "f hahli waa on
happily the reverae of hcneflclMl, and he
ha* lucn more or lea* proatrate for a
wck paal ' "
The cidonet looked ai i'amllla, and
want on man alowly
Ilia IMHjealy ha* heroine Mihjnil It
III* of profound depreaalnn which arc
llo ilea pair of Ida phyaldah* He Id I
telly daclare* htmaelf deaerled and he
laayed, and hla reproach** are lerrlhh
to hoai He talk* openly of eionnill
ting hla lad wlahea lo paper,' "
In her HHiiailon al ihla new* I'amille
fin got everything *1** “Oh, no!" *h>
cried, claaplhg her hand* a* ilnmali ii
Ctiltiul I he cruel fMle* "We aliall hi
In llliMl) we mual We tnual'"
"We mual I he ei hoed gloomily! "limy
cipc t ua on the Mil iif Mai
"And when do wc alert ?"
|h fore Ihc laglnnlng of April. w»
have hardly mole than a week left It
which lo hhiIici m* forcca foi ihla itnal
atlernpi
Mhc wa» ailrnl and aeenied unwllllnr
to icniniv furilna into the icaiun ol
detail.
"The veaael la all hul ready," ram
tlnued ihe rnlofielj “a miaed erew car
ha collci'icd In a day ur I wo al heal o'
Hamagala. "
He pauard, a* If aitwdtn* a ipieallon
from her: hul aha waa ■till alleni. ami
h* wml «■ again
PY HENRY MZWBOuT
•’For the money Ism relying on you."
Hhe nodded
"As to the rest." he said, eyeing her
cautiously, "our friend* hme failed U*.
aa you know."
She looked straight at him. and her
face took a passive expression, as It In
expectation of a blow
"This Is our laat chance," he said;
"the emperor's supreme and only hope
, No consideration must weigh with us
against hia life and liberty.”
Slic drew her breath quickly; he saw
that he must give her more time yet '
'This man Johnstone," he said, “will,
I hope, consent to work the submarine
I bout for us. I will search him out to*
morrow mid make terms with him m>
Uelf If possible
She was relieved to find that so fur
this was all and assented reluctantly,
hoping against hope to find her further
suspicions unfounded
Itut the colonel went on relentlessly.
"There remains only between u* and
success, between the emperor and safe
ty, this one difficulty of discovering a
j suitable captain for our ship,"
'You have time to go to Frame for
Dial yourself, she said In desperation
j "Everything must he dsrsd, as you said
| only just now "
He shook his head
"Hating of that kind Is useless here,"
| hr said "No Frenchman can serve our
i purpose "
Hhe feigned astonishment at this,
"My dear f'amllla," he said, "you mie
Judge our friend In thinking him so ran
I colon* ||» has fought, as he told us,
j chiefly sgainst Hanes and American
! and has no cause to bear malice to the
{ French,''
"I was not thinking of the French,"
i al.M lot.. "l.nl II..,i .
i Incited both Imnmark unit Alimilca In
war, Hint thereby mad* hlmaelf tticr en
aniy iif nil trim Kngllahrnen "
"Mutely not quite all," aald the rob
orml; "tlm opposition have often, both
In parliament nnd out of It, pleaded
with tlm government for hi* release,
i l,ord Olarnoraan," Im continued, look
I in* at Katcourt, "I,out tllsmor**n, for
| Inatance, le a member of that party,
and y«t In every way a true Kn*ll»h
nian "
"No," Im continued, "I have eormld
eretl tlrln t>art of the >|iieNt|on Ion* arid
thoroughly, for It I* thm upon which
all the reel depend* Three are the two
rmeeaaary qualification* for our cap
tain Klrat, he nmai not only he u good
ally, In th* wiiae of being a bold ami
competent aenman, hui he muai he
bound to ua hy a tie allonger Ilian that
of nmre pecuniary Inlereat,"
"V»a," aim Interrupted, quickly, "he
nmai set from patriotism, too, and
tllcreforr^hc can he no other than a
j Kremdiman,"
lie ahoo* hla lieud nauln, with the
1 anno* gentle regreifulrm**,
"Where will you find auch a aelf-im
rnolatln* pairloiiam ui u moment'* no
tice, and among thoae to whom our
Idea* are alnuige?" Im aaked "In, you
foigd that even the Inner circle of our
confederate* liaa failed ua?"
Him trembled In alienee
"No," t'caurrmd llm colonel, "he must
Im an RngllNtiman, and one upon whom
We can e*«rt ail lll'ealalllile moral force
Kill that la not enough," he added,
quickly, and ahe almoat breathed again
"The aecond quallflcailuri la thla he
nmai lie a man known favorutdy to
tlm MUlliorltle* Imre in Kngland, or ai
Dm legal In thoae at Ml Helena IIIlie
Wlae Im would lie unolih In ohlaln leave
to anchor, and Im could not fans Ihoae
naval police wtihoui fear of au*pl«|on.
We aliould Im aqarchad," and hare lit*
voice fell lo a low, dear lone, "aeurdied
and *els*d, or driven from tlm coast,
and Km emperor mun die a broken
It It I'lnll (kill "
<'amills hul led her fin e in her hands.
I Th« colonel hmked down upon her with
' it faint atnlle of self-congratulation.
"Very well, Ihen," he said, "for the
present we will dlaeuaa the tiueallon no
further 1 will do my teat to aaeura
Johnston*, and I leave you to think
the other matter over hy yourself; It
la unite possible that you may he uhle
to discover among your lOugllah friends
some one -an officer, tier he pa who will
al your persuasion, If for no other rea
aon, help iin to save tie emperor and
fram e "
! Mhe did not move or apeak; when at
leal she looked Up he was gone Jiul
| every word (hat he had apoken, and
1 every lone of hi* subtly modulated
i voles, puseed through her brain over
! and over nualn with a paialyKing clear
j ness; and aim ant on, as If under some
; horrible spell
At the end of half an hour she was
j wttll there, her mind wearied out with
vainly lieailna asalnat tie constraint
of this hateful necessity, like a bird buf
feting Itself to d»atli aMainet the bars
of a trail
Mhe was roused by the crackling of
1 paper beneath her hand, and looking
i down found I hat she hud been clench
ing a latter in her unconscious grasp
A atari of aurpilao followed as she rcc
ognlaed the appearance of tie paper
It wua fdck'a application to the ad
lull ally The oltli lal to whom the col
onel had preasntsit H had glanced at
i Its content* and handed It hack with an
oil hand atu|ciiici|t that It was too late,
another man bavins linen already up
polnleil to the favorite The colonel
j had accordingly hroiighi It ha‘ K to
I tick, and In the confusion which fol
lowed llic tailor s sudden allsek of ill
flees It had fallen untici col veil in hind
, a cushion of lhe sofa upon which i'a
| mlltn waa now will Inst
Aitaloua to free hcraclf from the toll*
without a moment s delay, ahe lose ami
| a, til down lo look fur Inn hiotlnr -ln
law
Mhe round him In the study, huay
' among Ida papers; tie liaiked up t« gicct
i her with an Indulacui smile, as If in
assure her llial lie felt for hei past
siiuggte, and waa ready in receive lor
submission grai'loitely
Mhs saw It, and ang>i clinked the
wordn In hei till oat
"Wsll," lie asked, "amt upon whom
| b*s »oui cltolee fallen '
"There Ip no .-►..fee" she
' I have no friend capable of an t t of
treason '*
He hw that he had l*c* n over-cowd
deni, and was read) on the instant I»
meet he, with fr*ah laitierxe
Trees >n • hs paid. <|U|-*,J ; it la n *
treason , > undo the work of treachery."
"Wliat do you mean?"
The Kngtlah nation, or rather thslr
go\ eminent, betrayed the em|>eror'»
voluntary trust in them, and aa I have
heard you maintain with truth a hun
dred times, faithlessly made a prisoner
of him after he had accepted their pro
tection a» a guest."
She laughed scornfully to see him
uaing still the methods of an hour ago
Hs little suspected how trenchant a
weapon chance had pul Into her hand
since then
"If Is true." ahs cried, "and their
treachery must be undone; but II can
nol be by Capt. Kateourt a hand.”
He raised his eyebrows. "I did not
mention Capl. Kateourt."
"No, but you thought of him. and of
him only. It l« a proof of how little
you know or understand his character "
He sawr the change of her position,
and was yet once more ready for her
upon her own ground
"Oh. as for that.”, he said, "men are
all alike In on* respect When they are
in love they are deaf to every other
call; a woman may lead them where ahs
will."
"Nol friends like mine," she an
swered proudly "not a man like this "
"('apt Kateourt Is as honorable a man
us moat," he replied, "but I undertake
to say that Ills devotion to you. coupled
with a clear explanation of the case
from me, would ensure Ida adherence to
our cause "
"Never!” she cried. "Your cunning
fnlladea may Mind weak women, nr
men whoae Intellect la keener than tlielr
aenae of honor, hut you could not even
tempt hlrn for a moment!"
"Will you wager on It?" aakrd tha
colonel with a mocking arnllc of
aeeurlty,
"My life la not my own," ate- cried,
"hut I would atake my fortune on hl»
gnawer."
"I>me," aatil the colonel; "I accept."
Ht.i' aaw the trap now, but acorned re
treat,
"Try II!" ale- cried, with paaalonate
defiance In her voice, "Try It, and l«arn
with aliafne what duty mean* to a
atrong heart!"
Cl!Al'TKK VI
Of, DK MONTAHT
aaw no more of hla
alater In-law that
evening.
On the following
day he wua up ear
ly and brrakfaated
alone In hla room,
occupying hlmaalf
at the aama tlm^
with the detail* of
a toilet which wa*
Intended to make
him unrecogiilr.ilMr to thoae who or
dinarily knew him. and acceptable to
Ihiiae with whom h«' had to deal.
Hla Identity waa lliua concealed with
out arty loaa of peraonal dignity, auch aa
la uaually Involved In a dlagulae, and
yet could he reaumed without difficulty
and almoat at a moment’* notice. Ha
gave a final glance at the general ef
fect, Completed It by the addition of a
low-|*-uk*d cap of weather-beaten ap
pearance, and turned from the glaaa
well aatlaflad. He took with him a
email mini of money and no arme; wlnit
itlfftr ul11< a he might meet he hardly
knew yet, hut at any rate they would
not he of a kind to yield to force.
The doard carriage In which he left
the houar a«t hlrn down at the entrance
of the narrow atreeta beyond the houarg
of parliament, and Immediately dl*ap
pealed In the direction III Which ll hud
ionic lie ipilckly made hla way lo the
liver aid* and hailed n waterman to
take him over to the other bank. When
■ he boat wna rather more than half
way acroaa, however, ho appeared to
change Ida mind, and naked whether lie
could lie taken aa far aa the Tower.
Tha waterman uaaented readily, gave
a alngln *troltc with the left hand, and
In u moment the current wna aweeplng
them rapidly down toward the bridge.
It wua a blight, keen morning, and
1 the boatman wu* In a cheerful mod
j unit Inclined to he iHlkatlvc, it* la tha
I cuatom In hi* trade; hut lie got little
rcaponac or attention from hla fare, who
wna iioiiderlna hi* oral move, and had
not yet conic to the *tuge when oonvar
antloii would he of uac to him
•*»-.«»•«» .
(TO HI CONTI*IfKD.I
AH OOOD AH WHEAT.
The far mar, tha Fannin* Mill au*l tha
IU(i of Alnumipher*.
"I ace," remarked the wide awake
farmer to the Muffalo ICxpreaa man,
"that wheat haa aorta up to 70 cent* In
Chicago, and there'* a report Chut It
will ko p linin' till It geta to |l Now,
i d like to contract to noil you my crop
! for 70 cent* Hevenly cent* will do m*.
, I'd rathci have a aure thlna while IP*
i goln1 than to take my chance* on doin’
! Iiettcr hy waitin',"
I "Hut," replied the cioririilaalon m«r
1 chant. "I can't agree to contract for
J your wheal at 70 oenta."
' Why not? IP* goto' up to |l, an'
you'll make ;iu cant* a buahal. An’t
Ihal enough'"
"Oh, yea; hut, you *ee, ihal 70 cent*
la only « apeculatlv* price, It an’t what
they pay for reul wheat."
"Don't pay that for leal wheal” What
In thunder do they pay It for. then?"
"Why. for options."
"Well, What the hlaxea are option*?"
"Why, they're prorulaea to get wheat
and mdl II for auch and *uch a price."
"Well, then, they got to get the
a heat, au't they 7"
j "No, they acll the promt*** again, ac
cording aa the market rlaea or fall*,"
All' iloii I they loiy ail m il any real
, wheat at all?”
Not much."
' dual nuy and aell wind at 70 eenta a
lilodol 1"
Thai * iiIhiUI IP”
'Thliudi'l all' Mara' W'InIi I d knowmt
Ihal la "I fall I wouldn't a lowed any
all, al I d lied luy gialn hag* to III*
hack o' luy faiiuln mill an kept the
liny till 11111 It all a till'd, till I d filled
all tin l"ig* I could gid hold of llul It
a it' t loo lale >'t Hy M"*h It IP* wind
they wain vicad of wneui I > gu aupply
Hie non kei foi Hie Pull I'ounlty right
i off my farm!"
Hleaactl la the man Who ha* found
Ida wrk dii« niuiiatar there |* in the
a "i Id III* Idle Ilian Cgrlyle
It was a clever Knglisliwomau who. '
wheu M. Hlatic was mistaken at a
garden-party for a i*oge, replied:
-Well. II. Hlane la a |Mtge of history.
• • •
I .earned men do not always appre- !
riate the achievements of tbelr fel
lows. it la said that a friend brought
Milton's "Paradise 1.0*1” to a greet
Scotch mathematician, who remarked
when he had finished It: “It's verra
pretty; but, men, what does It prove?”
• • •
A Scotsman once neatly turned the
tables on au Ktiglishuian who had
lieen alluding to the nuinlier of Scots
in London. "Well.” replied the Scot,
“I know a place lu Scotland where
there are thirty thousand Kuglisbmeu ■
who never go hack to their owu couu- j
try." "Why, wherever can such a
crowd be?" said the Kuglishnian, to
whom the Sen* dryly remarked, "at
Kaniiockhurn."
• • •
Speaking of the Ignoruuce of sows
newspaper interviewers, llenry Wat- j
terson relates un Incident lliat happen ,
ed In New York, when a young man
was sent to the Kiftli Avenue Hotel :
to Interview Hutherford It. Iltiyes on 1
some matter of prison reform. When
the interviewer had gathered all the
facts, lie shot a last ipu-stloii at Mr.
I >.. nil., it.. ...... ti. It_ tt 1. —
suit], "what were you president of?"
0 0 0
A young Indy In charge of tin* eap
lain of a I*, and <>.. le>ai had two suit
ors, on hoard and a pug dog. The lat
ter fell overltortrd, and one of her
swains Instantly Jumped after It Into
the sen. 'I lie other routined himself |
to h-nnlug over the side, and crying, 1
"Poor doggie!" When the reseurer
enme on hoard, dripping llie young
Indy turned lo tie- captain and asked
him which of her two lovers, after
such an Incident, he would recommend
her lo take, lie mss a practical mini,
uud replied, "Take the dry one," which
she accordingly did,
* * »
Among the "hulls" compiled hy flit
National Tribune ns having been made
by Uicinhcrs of congress In the bent
of debate, are the following: A meru
Ikt 1n referring to one of bis collea
gues, said: "The gentleman, like a
mousing owl, Is always putting In his
oar where It Is not wanted " In an
other speech occurre I this expression:
" I he Iron heel of stern necessity dark
ens every hearthstone," And snothcr
member, In a very forcible and dra
matic manner, asked tbe house this
►tartllng question: "Would you stamp
out the Iasi flickering embers of a life
that Is fast chhlug away?"
* * •
"My doctor," said a somewhat volu
ble lady, "was writing me a prescrip
tion yesterday, I generally ask him
nil soils of questions while he Is writ
ing them. Yesterday he examined me
and snt down to write something, I
kept talking. Huddetily he looked up
and said: ‘Ilow lias your system been?
Mold out your tongue.' I put out that
member and be began to write, lit '
wrote and I held out my tongue, and
when he got through, he said: ‘That
will do,' 'Mut/ said I, 'you haven't
looked til If.' 'No,' said be, 'I didn't
care to. I only wanted to keep It still
while I wrote the prescription ' "
* * *
The Into Kdward Meechcr on one
occasion, was dining with friends and )
limdvertenllv swallowed a mouthful
of exceedingly hot coffee. I mine
dlalely he deposited It upon Ills plate,
and, turning around, remarked: "A
fool would have swallowed It,"
• * *
<me day at (he table of tieorge the
Knurl h, when 1'ilme Urgent, the roy
Ilf llflMf mill “ll'l.t/ t */.l mu i. •//..<
older than } am." "Oh, no, air," r«
idled Column, "I could not take the
liberty of corning Into tie* world tie
lore your royal hlghm-aa .”
• * *
otec upon a time Lord Mclltouru#
flatted the kitchen of the Kcforni (,'lub
(Moyer aeeni* to have held a tegular
levee then- In the afternoon;, and re
marked to the great chef that hie
hend-maldeim were remarkably good
looking. Moyer bowed with deep r*.
aped, and unewered wltli gravity:
■Vex, my lord; you nee, we do not
want plain cook* here,"
* * *
A Hoeton man traveling through the
Mouth waa obliged to atop over In a
anmll town where there waa but one
hotel, at. Which the accommodation*
were hardly to he called elaborate.
When the colored waiter brought hie
dinner, the Heaton man found that
ho wa* to have roaat beef, ate wed to
mato* a, corn, pea*, potato#*, and cof
fee, the vegetable* Nerved In tho umml
atone china canoe*. I’reNentiy he
raid to flic waiter, "Dick, pa»* tho
*pnou*." The waiter rolled Id* eye* In
genuine a ma cement. Spoon*, aah!
What you want with the apoomt?
There'* yo' Npono lu yo* corn."
A Mew Nchemr.
.Iona* Dead hen t I’leuNe, mum, kla
yer give u* NUttip’n to eat?
Lady What? You two atrapplng fel
low* la-gglng?
CiiHpar forker No, lady, ter *eo
wc’n In out of doao rouu' do’ worl' trip*
widout money, mu' wo ain't got tlmo to
•top an' work. Chicago Itccord.
Heaaoaefele.
"Wllleky," Halo the lemperauro ora
ior, lu lotto* of much oarneNtuoN*, a*
he polilted hi* linger at the audience,
"whlekey ha* killed more men than
I bullet*."
".Ill Hie mint," «nld the watery eyed
! cltliteii near Hie mlddlo al*le, "I’d a
I Iimmp ruther a man tilled mo with will*
' key Ilian with bullet*," ludlailNpoll*
luurual
Uoud M>a*«n for II
llouilder Mil Hull I* N picture of Old
Monk eh ' The eye* are particularly
, »uinly ami bright
flounder Vmi The photographer
I tilaieil a w Maker bottle where Ue
* anted the eld fellow to look while
> Him picture wa* belug lakeu Truth
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kkrlk tar H all I’arheta.
“I have often woodered. ’ said a Ash
erman. "that aomebody didn't ll up a
lot nt horseahoe crab shell* aad pvt
them on the market a* wall pocket*
They are commonly used for that pur
pose in fishermens' bouses for . at' halls
and for slipper holders, ami eery pretty
they are. too The horseshoe crab
is in two parts, joined by a hinge acroaa
the back about two-thirds of the way
from the front. In making a wail pock
et the rear part of the shell iacut away;
that leave* the top of tiie shell aa it
hangs, cmu-eut-shaped A hole ia bored
in each part of the eresccntfor the ends
of the cord or ribbon that is to supfsirt
the shell, which is backed with paste
board. Ntine dye them with analme
dyes, but ofteoer they simply varnish
them. showing the natural color of the
shell, which is a dark brown New
i It >un
Batesre of Otnl meats for Catarrh That
Cantata Merrary.
As mercury will surely destroy the
Sense of sm*ll and completely derange
the whole system when entering .t
through the mucous surface*. Much ar
ticles should never be used except "ft
prescriptions from reputable physi
cians. as the damage th*y will do Is ten
fold to the good you < an p .sslbly derive
from them Hall s Catarrh Cure, manu
factured by F J. Cheney it Co.. Toledo.
O, contains no men ury, and Is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mu oua surfaces of the sys
tem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure, be
sure you get the genuine. It ia taken In
ternally, and made |n Toledo, Ohio, by
Y J Cheney A Co. Testimonials free
Hold by druggists, prbe 75c per bot
tls. Hall s Family Fills. 2Sc.
kook Vlafisseil It
A Liverpool inercb mt recently went
to hi* head clerk and said:
"John. I owe alxiut fclO.oOO, and all I
pos*e>s is fcl.outi, whii It is locked up in
tin* safe, I have been thinking that
this la the right time to mnae an as
hitfliHinfif I,lit lAllSlt III U Uhl hit*
I enn give iny creditors, f know not.
Von nave plenty of t/rams; trunk the
matter over ami lei in" have your de
cision in the morning
The cierk promised to do so.
On entering the ofllcc tie- nest morn
ing the nierciiant found tin* safe open
the money gone, and in its piace a let
ter which read as follows
"1 have taken the t„ i ‘ i) > and have
gone to fw/uth America ft :» the nest
excuse you can give your creditor
London 'I Id-Hits
PITS - III Vif» •o/prs-a free I. Or. K Use's Or»»t
flrrrr Itenforrr. S« Vitsst'sr l < In -t ,i» '» i*S,
Sf*rv«-lou«r',r#-«. Tr-rfe*i/ *io."l- /--■ l>,
titisssa, fci-i. I U/Or. Kni,.-,v;l Ai< u st ,Km.Ks.
A llmt Stall
Hugh Tudor. of Hawn, Mo . strives to 1
combine business with humor, On ids
business envelope* is printed tne fol
lowing in one corner "If not called
for within ten day* return to Hugh ,
Tudor. Hawn. Mo, secretary of tne
Farmer* Mutual Insurance t o of Liv
ingston County, and secretary of the
Second Congressional Cyclone, Torna
do and Wind Storm Co.," and the fol
lowing additional statement appears in
another corner: *T sell insurance!
against accidents, fire, deth. wind
storm*, sigh kloans, tornadoes, loss of
stupe, lossof rent, poverty and .’d ho*
bands, and issue bond Insurance
A l.ait llitslmn/t
A country newspaper report* a brief
colloquy or tween a woman and her
lazy husband She was busy, and the
(,aby was cry ing and the man -o far
as appears, was doing nothing
"John," she said, "I wish you would
rock tne baby "
“Oh, bother," was the answer, "why 1
shot)nl I rock the bat»y'
"Why, because he isn't very well and
J have tills uicnding to do. Ileside*
half of him i/elong* toyou anyhow, and
yon ought to i/e willing to help take
care of him."
"Well, half of him belong* to yor,
too, and yon can rock yotir half and let
my half noller."
"AMONG THE OZARKS,”
The l/imd of Big lied Apples, U an
stlraetlv* sod interv-iing tio .k, hari'lsom/dy
iliustr ted sl'h view* of south Missouri
scetisrv. ine udifii/ ttin f • rnou, 1/ Oa
turin ill ,'f/y/t acre# in Hownll county. It
p-rtalaa to fruit fusing in that great fruit
belt nl America, the eouthern slope ol Ih*
Qzard*, and will prove of greet value, no|
only to fruit grower*, hut to gurry farmer
and homts*rl(*r looking lor a farm and a
hem*.
Mailed free,
Adiiraa,
J. E. Loriwood,
Xanana City, Mo.
An Important paper, "The future in
delation to American Vavul I'owrr."
la contributed to the October Harper's
by ( aptain \. T. Mahan. ( . S. V, who
advocate# the maintenance of a atrong
navy, not only for national defence,
but for the promotion of the intereate
of the United Stale# in tin interna
tional complication# which lire certain
to nrlae in tin- near future through the
growing importance of f bins and .la
pan and the approaehlng anaorplion of
all the unclaimed Inland# of the *ea by
the great powera of the world.
The Teeth,
**Kven absolutely clean teeth will de
cay," an cl a dentiat, "but eonatant care
In thla respect greatly prolong# ihe life
of a tooth. The general health usually
hit# a good deal to do with It I'eople
used to think that It waa a useless ex
peudltiire to have children • teeth filled
before the arrival of the second set, hut
more of them are being educated to
the fact that the longer the first **t la
preserved the better the i|iiailty of the
aecond set wilt oe l.verv child, aa
aooii aa he la aide to handle % brush,
should have one and l-e taught to il#e
It regularly "
Marriage I* n failure whenever It I* a <11*
s|>| ulntfurut
tW tdkw •* **"*• Cab**
Mrt Harriet fcwbrr M»« <**«*
ted be* Urd year mm "«*h* ago aan*d
nlroont Mtmaal rrjdfitfa TW 1**^
eral health of tbe faaaMa aatbocaan of
( art* Torn a labia- tauter tbaa it
wa« on ber birthday iaet year: bar a|r
petite in exeetWaa. aad bar atreagtb
•wh that abe m t» be ie»» daily darta*
floe weather waikiag abwat the pretty
aeigh borbood of Hartford, ber faaaea
i wot home Mm htowa'a pbyahaJ pow
er* are remarkaMw, ia new of ber ad
raneed year', aad aodoabt ber foadaeaa
for oaldoor life baa doae waeb to heap
her ia aoeh good eoaditioa.
Mae a tea■■■»«■» »erpe—
Hidden ia ike xrnan walark* aat watt* oar
appmark Ui tprtux at aad fa*tea t* faaga
uaor. <** There In aaaaWMt a certain aatt
■•> lt» rmemt whwk iwadera »power
leaa f<ir e»tl llnnceiier . Mower* Klttam la
thl* aeU nowledged aad world- f»awd M—’ I -
nr iwt u u. he<ide« tki* * ihfwii rwr*
ti«e for r he it mainm dy*pey«a t«»na
plaint, ron.tii.at -,r, la tr>a*w aad aerrawa
ne*e la rowraleweoee aad M* if la • err
•err We able
The dmfweaioa of the h,.Wvr ooeatnoa
in an important featore of the Jfcrlk
Atperx-ao Keriew for inetofear. Ilka
VVnldo and W»:n» denerttnasr in toe,
light of Kngi—n ntalkd wn the inilweaea
of enr.ronment in deeeioping toe drrafc
habit, and the lie* Irr r (. IgWbart
pa*tor of the I’ark A»enne Merbod—t
Kp «eot>»l ehnreh in V«“W Yewfc ei*y, ad
rotating •» "Tba naloM aad the tab
bath.' the enfor r»*»i of the preneat
exeia* law in Slew York
Jtof Ike r.(pee«ed Annweo
.lone* naked hi* wife, ''Why kt a kih
bar,d like doughT' He expected toe
would gire it np. and w*% going to fell
her it wan "beentrue a Woman needn
him.” bat abe *akl it wan reeanae be
wan hard to get off ner baad* T he*
the domentie en'ente eord.aie wae
rnlfteri fk «tor> 1/ or.e
Nerves i
and
Blood
Are lu*4f tounmettA, Jhtt fhf'
tfWT *Ieperj.I 'ftplf* ty,
upon ff«e Utter If ft ►< pur fdey *f*
pft/pefly t**\ f theft! Im h<» h+f tt*t+
nem.” If if J* fc»pr»re *re fed a#
refuse nr»*l the hMt<tf+ 'A htrttt**
pfortrttlou result feed Cft* **r*r«
r/O pure M'evl. MekA pure M*n*f usd
keep K pure ^ foklu^
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
The One True ffclAod Porfder,
Hood’* Pill* t»*My AuSZlirM* 'itrT*
I j" WmM'i f«*r r HKiHfcWf AWAtdt. , 1
ii IMPERIAL:
j: * ORANUM!
i Is unquestionably a most;
valuable FOOD ^ sick:
: room, where either little i <
one or adult needs dell- i
cate, nourishing dietII:
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AYER’S SARSAPARILLA ,
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««IIIt a Mpvvia i ii*« "f «■*"• wlili wIinI Ui M •
Ilia, Ounli" tor If iuiiiwitil<'<l j «’**• < f In Ilia (art, Mb*?
Ayi'i’a Mi*i»i»|"inlU «» ImN CUTCO tr'iUninf ta<ln|f t4 tm laarM,
llm |>«<l IiIimiiI |ilirlll«r wlllilii I Ill' ll Ajiaf a R#*a#f«Mifl#,
lilt r*|n'rl*’iii « Wf tf**" I" r these Tim raanit la tlial In otmpmt, I
till# liiiitlliMiin, Hlttl «i "Mi|',i<li all If "# 1*1 * aii' "# A#a law#
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IT WILL CURE YOU TOO.