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A COLONIAL HONK. fc* B-Nchambeau tame riding down On bis prancing charger through the I town; With careworn wrinkle and weary frown HU brow was shaded; And she, wdth a gesture debonair. Threw him a rose from her powdered hair— Th# fairest maid of Washington Square, In gown brocaded. Fled for a moment war and wile As he caught the rose with courtly smdc. And thought of a maid of Franc*, lb* while His glance had met her— A maid of France, of an ancient race, A master painted her then, a face Whose piquant charm und dainty grace Le* mine forget her. And agal% he saw the old chateau Where the roses hung in garlands low When he rode away, long years ago— She died soon after. Ah, roguish maid of Washington Square. When the gray old Frenchman saw you fair. You little knew why ho lingered there To hear your laughter! —Charlotte Becker in The Smart Set. A Saintly Sinner. BY ELIZABETH M. GILMER. {Copyright, 1001, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) When handsome Jack Orton an nounced his engagement to Marian Harding to his sister, she being a dis creet woman, only lifted an eyebrow, and asked him if he was quite sure his choice was a wise one. The girl belonged to a very different world from the gay, fashionable, pleasure-seek ing one in which they were such con spicuous figures. Still, Jack was old enough to know his own tastes and mind, and when all is said, a man marries for himself and not his sis ter. So she forbore to say any of the nasty things a man’s people usually do when he marries out of his set, and merely laid a very tender hand upon his shoulder as she asked over again if he was sure it was for the best. “She is an angel,” he had riled en thusiastically, and his sister had made a mock gesture of despair. "My poor boy.” she exclaimed, “is she so bad as all that! Don't. Only fancy having to live in the house with an angel. You could never possibly do it in peace. You are not keyed up to the situation.” But Orton laughed with the fatuous self complacency of the newly engaged, and went off to his demure little Puritan sweetheart. In truth the girl's unlikeness to all the other women he knew had beea the first thing that attracted him to her. He had met at a big crush at a fash ionable house, where she had been present by virtue of being a far away cousin of the hostess, and in her sim ple white frock, among all the glitter, and spangles, and flash of jewels, and bold display of white, bare shoulders rin<l arms, she had made him thipk of a wild flower suddenly transplanted amidst the overblown roses in a con servatory. Then somebody had asked her to sing, and she had startled even that blase assemblage with a voice so pure, so sweet, and true, and with such a passion of expression in its tones that It had made the simple ballad she sung seem like a cry from heart to henrt. There was a minute’s silence when she was done, and then n woman standing near Orton ex claimed. "Fancy any one with a voice like that hacking it out teaching miserable iittle children. They say she had fabulous offers from opera managers to go on the stage, but that horrible old Puritan of a father of hers has brought her up to believe that the theatre is the very door to perdition.” "Go on the stage,” repeated Orton, still with his eyes on the pure little face, “God forbid.” The woman raised her lorgnette and gave him an amused stare. Jack Orton, and after all that story about him and the little comic opera prlma “She is an angel!’’ donna! Really men were too absurd! After that evening the acquaintance between the demure little music teacher, and the fashionable man of the world, had flown smoothly enough, and soon ripened into love. To Mar ian, Jack with his gay ways, his ele gancies, and extravagancies, was like a being from a different sphere, and one of whose moral standard she was not a little doubtful. She had been brought up in a hard, and narrow school, and It seemed to her almost pagan for one to enjoy things frankly and openly, while to love life and laughter, the delights of a good dinner, and a glass of sparkling wine, and the smile of a woman’s fair face, seemed to her noth ing less than a sinful pandering to the lusts of the flesh, as her stern old father called it. It is, however, the province of earth ly angels to always judge their fellow creatures hardly, and Marian deliv ered many a sermon to Jack on his worldiness and wickedness, which the big hearted, loving, generous fellow received with outward meekness, and Inward mirth. She really looked very delicious with that little earnest frown on hor face, and it pleased him to think she was considering his soul in stead of the diamonds he would give her. After all, though, one does not care to be always spoken to from the heights of superior spirituality, and there begun to be jarring notes. He discovered that Marian was provinclal ly prejudiced against things of which she knew nothng, and that in many ways she was intolerant and bigoted. Her own life had been so removed from all temptation she had no sym pathy', as wiser people have, with those who have been sore pressed, and have failed. Finally they quarreled about some question about a woman whom Jack defended, and the girl had given him back his ring, quoting self righteously something about being unequally yoked with an unbeliever. It takes a saint to be unforgiving. Jack, who loved the girl with all his great soul, would have kissed, and made up, but Marion refused to see him the next day, and after making I various fruitless efforts he buried him ‘‘Yes, a blooming angel!” self ami his troubles in the depths oi a winter hunting camp. After he left evil days tell on the little household. The old father be came ill, and nurses and doctors ate up Marion's little bank account, and her cheek grew wan and thin trying tc make one dollar do the work of three. It had always been her custom to gc on Sunday afternoons to the hospital to sing to the patients, and it chanced, at tiiis time, there wh§ a IUU® 'a,l there in whom she took a great inter est. He was a jockey who had beeD badly hurt in a hurdle race and whe was slowly recovering from his in juries. To him, Marian with her pret ty face and glorious voice was the one bright spot in the dreary days of con valescence, and he literally lived upon her visits. One afternoon just as things were at their worst with her, when she had only ten dollars left and the numberless im portunities of the home and sick room were calling for it she went to see him, and he greeted her with shining eyes. ‘‘Say mls3,” he said, “'Ben, he's me side partner, he was here yesterday, an he give me a dead straight tip. an' I’ll put yer next. Anita’s just got a walk over.” “Anita, who's she? ’ inquired Marian vaguely. The boy gasped. “Youse don’t know Anita? By gee, she's a race mare, an say, de talent ain’t on to her. Say, it’s goln’ to be a hundred to one shot Gee, don’t 1 wish I was out of dis,” and he moved impatiently. “Hundred to one shot,” repeated Marian, “what’s that?” “Shucks,” he cried, and then talking very slowly as if explaining things tc a child: “Youse puts up one dollar, an’ de booties pays you one hundred ef youse win out.” "A bet,” Marian exclaimed, “but doesn’t somebody lose?” “De bookies dis time, sure," replied the boy with conviction, "but deys dead lousy wid boodle, an’ it's a charity to relieve ’em. Say, gimme a ten, an' iet Ben put it up for you. Dis ain't no graft. It’s a lead pipe cinch.” In the end Marian did. On the way homo she told herself that It was be cause the money was to use for others, but in her soul she knew she had been tempted, and had fallen, Just like every other sinner, but all her miser able self-righteousness was swept away, and she understood, and pitied, and loved, as she had never done be fore, all the great sinning, struggling, suffering brotherhood of mankind. As the boy had predicted Anita won, and the next time she went to the hospital he put in her hands a great roll of bills, but for answer she only gathered him in her arms. “Oh, Tom. Tom,” she cried, “I am nothing but a common, wicked gam bler!” Naw yer ain’t,” the boy returned digustedly, "yer ain't got de nerve. Yer ain’t nothing but a bloomin saint.” That night a very bamule letter went to Jack’s club, and being forwarded brought that gentleman in a few days to Marian's ( ror. Somehow, in the new light that had come to her, she knew that a fellow sinner would understand and forgive, and that it is only the wrath of the righteous we have to fear, so without one word she fled to Jack's arms and sobbed out her story on his breast—her temptation, her sin, and her yielding. Whesi she was done he looked at her with a very grave smile in his eyes. ‘'Sweetheart,” he said, "you were very earthly as an angel, but you are simply heavenly as a sinner,” and for the first time in her life Marian under stood. Earth is here (in Australia) so kind just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. Douglass Jer rold. The turks have seven different kinda of flutes. I Aruniin ftrngraptiy from Nuture. On misty days in autumn the schoolboy of the Black Forest in marched to the peak of some high hill. Frcin there geography is taught him, says a German correspondent. It is pointed out to him that be stands upon an island completely eurrounded i>y the mist., which, for the purpose of this comedy, has had handed to it the part of water, which it plays with much success. The twin rivers of mist on either side of him, filling both valleys, ere, for him, estuaries; the spur of mountain op posite is a peninsula. He descends, it is certain, with geographical idcas in his head that coil'd never have been put there by mere maps hanging upon a wall. The C heapest * Keep.1' By actual experience the Ruskln ites, a colony of Bocia'.ists near Way cross, Ga., have demonstrated what is probably the lowest possible daily cost for food. They live at an actual cost per capita of less th n 10 cults a day. Of course, this could not have been accomplished except through co-operation. Everything they consume is bought at wholesale in large quantities, and is cooked in the community kitchen. In the com munity dining room tables are set for 300 people. Those who do not wish to eat with the crowd aie allowed the privilege of purchaing company stores and cooking them at home. Mat We Sell *£tu Sti el It tils. While England has sent out an earl to he governor-general of Australia, the successful bid of 17,400 tons of steel rails for the state of Victoria in that commonwealth gop.s to American firms in the face of the world’s com petition. Rheumatism, neuralgia, soreness, pain, sore throat and all bodily suffer ing relieved at once by Wizard Oil. In ternally and externally. You may be unable to oblige, hut you can at least speak obligingly. The system cannot be in good condi tion when the bowels are constipated, 'lake Garfield Tea, it cures constipa tion and effectually regulates the liver. itfonumrnt to tficot The memory of Nicot will no longer he perpetuated merely in smoke. The French government has Jtr t appro priated funds for the erection of a bronze statue of him who first intro duced to* area in Europe in 1550. It was from his name that the word nic otine was derived. 'I ho statue will be situated in front of the government to bacco manufactory in Paris. Oldest fS.. 1 v.iy Mall Clerk. George W. Putnam, a descendant of the famous revolutionary general, is is said to be the oldest railroad mail clerk in this country. He was ap pointed by Lincoln In 1861, and has been jp the service ever since. His home is at We-{.field, O., but his “run" is between Ashtabula and Oil City, on a branch of the Lake Shore road. Aft# r a Cromwell Fortune. William Dickerson, an engineer, liv ing at Chelsea, Mass., is the moving spirit in an organiz .tion ot fifty or sixty men and women of that part of the state who say they are descend ants of Oliver Cromwell, and as such entitled to a share in the division of more than $25,000,000, which, they have been assured, has been lying for general.uns in the Hank of England. It is a greater theft to steal reputa tion than to steal diamonds. Ar* Ton t'.lnj Allen'i Foot Ea«e? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken Into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress. Allen S. Olmsted. I^eRoy. N. Y. What poor, defenseless creatures women would he if they couldn’t cry! The well-dressed woman never adopts the exaggerations of fashion. F nix h for III « Conrt Caller*. One of the probable reforms under the new regime in England will be the serving of luncheon at the palace to hulls attending drawing rooms. Hith erto a sandwich eaten in a carriage under the eyes of a curious crowd has been the only refreshment obtainable at the most desirable but mest tedious functions. The widow’s might may be the re sult of practical experience. Each package of PUTNAM FADE LESS DYE colors more goods than any other dye and colors them better, too. Add a fcwr drops of ammonia to the blue water to whiten the clothes. I)o Tour Fort Achn atxl Burn? Shake Into your shoes, Allen’s Foot Ease, a pov der for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LcRoy, N.Y. If a musician utters false notes he is a counterfeit* r. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 1G oz. packago for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. Vanity sometimes spoils a multitude of real virtues. Lots of men know how to cure hams, but are unable to pro-cure them. That poultry should never be eaten until twelve or fifteen hours after It ts killed. King Victor Emanuel of Italy will visit London next May, it is announc ed. Hi* YJf entry A«piritt Ion* A correspondent writing to the At lanta Constitution from Liberty coun ty, Oa., says: “Desiring to embark in the literary business, I will state that I will swap one mule and two grown bogs for a first-e’ass bookcase, con taining By ran’? po in’s Bunyan’s ‘Pil grim’s Progress,’ Colonel Scott’s nov ers, Mr. Dickens ‘Lanipwick Papers’ and a few ‘Guides to Literary Compo sition.’ This offer open for tb rty days.’’ Sprink/e to it en a wine stain and pour hoi water through it until it Is gone. If You Have Dyspepsia Send no money, but write I'.*. sh<»tp. Uacine, VP!*., Pox 143. for *1* bottle* of l*r. sh.-op'* lictoraiivo; e*prca» paid. 1 » cured, pay *3.30—;t net it la free. Man Is an epitome of the world,— Pliny. Mr*. Whitlow** Soot hint: S.rrrip. t^nr children tccihlnK. anficn-1he uum», ri-<lun»* !?* llaiiiinaUuQ, allays pain,cures wlndculte. i>c a buttle* Men were gave deceivers ever.— Shakespeare. $148 will buy new Upright piano on easy payments. Write for catalogues. Schindler & Mueller, 1313 Faruam street, Omaha. Man Is a sample of the universe.— Theophrastus. TO Cl'KK A COM) IN ONK DAY. TakeIiAXAtivk HiiiiMoyi i.MNKTAHi r.rs. All drucaists refund the money if it fnils to euro. £.. tV. drove's signature is on the bo*. 85c. The skillful man should know how to disguise his skill. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 1G oz. package for 10 cents. Ail other 10-cout starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. Probably the most diffhu’t ascent la getting up a subscription. IVruRR have their uro, but don't store them In your stomach. Heenran * I’Cjfudn duni aids the natural forces to iierfurm I heir functions. There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers. There ts more Catarrh in this section ef the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few yours was supposed to lie Incurable. For a great many years doctors pro nounced it a local disease, and proscribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to euro tvitn local treatment, pronounced It incurable. Science bus proven catarrh to lie a constitu tional disease, and therefore reunites const i tutional t real niont. Hall's Catarrh ('tint man ufactured by K..1 Cheney & t o.. Toledo. Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It Is taken Internally In doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system They offer one hundred dollars for tiny cuseit fall-loeure, bend for circulars and test imonials Address F. .1. CIIKNKY A CO . Toledo, Ohio Sold by Druggists, 77>c. Hall's Family Fills are the best. Laws, like sausages, often cease to inspire respect when we learn how Flso's Cure for Consumption Is an infallible medicine for coughs nml colds. —N. W bauuKb, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. Most men are had.—Bias. for the TEETH and BREATH I Hew Size SOZODONT LIQUID . . . 25c New Patent Dox SOZODONT POWDER . . 25c Large LIQUID and POWDER ... 75c At the Stores or by Mail, postpaid, for the Price. A Dentist’s Opinion: “As an antiseptic and hygienic mouthwash, and for the cure and preservation of the teeth and Sums. I cordially recommend Sozodont. I consider it the ideal entifrice for children S use.” [Name of writer upon application J HALL & RUCKEL, NEW YORK. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & $3.50 SHOES S The real worth of my gn.oo and gil.M shoes compared with Ollier makes Is $4.00 to £*.00. My $4.00<>ilt Kdge Lino cannot he equalled at any price. Host in the world foi men. 1 make and tell more men's tine ihot a, Goodyear Welt (lknml-S(>w«d rroceu), than uny other nuiaiilae. turer In the world. 1 will pay 91.000 toauy one nbocau prove that my stutcuient is not true. ( Hiicned » W. I.. Douglm. Take no substitute! Insist on having W. L. Douglas shoes with name and price stamped on lndtom. Your dealer should keep them ; 1 *l\e one dealer exclusive sale In each town. If he does not keep them ami will not get them for you, order direct from factory, enclosing price an Over 1,000,IHK) satisfied wearers. Fast Color Eyslets used exclusively. W. L. DO YOU FEEL UTKE THIS? Pen Picture for Women. " I am so nervous, there in not a well Inch in my whole body. I am so weak at my stomach and have indi gestion horribly, and palpitation of the heart, and i am losing flesh. This headache and backache nearly kills me, and yesterday I nearly bad hyster ics; there is a weight in the lower part of my bowels bearing down all the time, and pains in my groins and thighs; I cannot sleep, walk, or sit, and 1 believe I am diseased all over ; no one ever suffered as I do.” This is a description of thousands of : cast's which come to Mrs. i’inkham’s attention daily. An inflamed and ul cerated condition cf the neck of tha womb can produce all of these syuip Mrs John Williams. toms, and no woman should allow herself to reach such a perfection of misery when there is absolutely no need of it. The subject of our por trait in this sketch, Mrs Williams of English town, N .!,, has been entirely cured of such illness and misery by Lydia E. I’inkluun's Vegetable Com pound, nml the guiding advice of Mrs. 1’inkham of Lynn, Mass, No other medicine has such a record for absolute cures, and no other medi cine is “just as good.” Women who want a cure should insist upon getting Lydia E. 1’inkham’s Vegetable Com pound when they ask for it at a store. Anyway, write a letter to .Mrs. l’ink harn at Lynn, Mass., and tell her all your troubles. Her advice is free. “SAL2ER?3 SEEBSI w - V.'ILL MAKE YOU MOH” Thin it*‘faring 8al 'C cer'BfHxtq bear it cut cveryiima ^ Combination Corn OriMieetcom on earth. 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