The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, September 25, 1913, Image 2

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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
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MEDDLESOME OLD MAN
By DOROTHEA THOMPSON.
Thuy iiHcd to any, when 1 wns a
boy ut homo, that If I gruw up vvltti
out being Jailed for forgory It would
peak well for my homo training.
However that Is, I had a knnck of
copying to a nicety any Blgnaturcn or
addresses that I picked up. I used to
do It for tho fun of the thing, hut
never, even In schoolboy crises when
a nolo from homo would hitvo worked
wondorB with a hard-hearted teacher,
did I mpo tho gift to my own ends. Ho-
yond, that in, making tho boys' eyes
pop at tho way I could reproduce their
crudo boyish signatures or tho more
flowing and llowcry oiiob of tho teach
ers. I'm nn old man now, and com
fortably enough off, but what I have
haB come to mo honefltly. I havo won
dered, nomctlmcH, whether tho nccom
pIlHhmcnt was still at my Angers'
eiidH, but-It nt ill Is!
Next to my llttlo four-room bache
lor apartment Is Its twin, a rear Hat;
and not uo many montliH ngo It was
taken by two glrls-gentlo and well
bred, or I'm no Judgo of character.
The older of tho two 1 hud no lovo
for a quiet, dark girl, too Hober by
fur for her years. Hut tho young ono!
1 could hear her Kinging through tho
paper-thin walls of tho cheap flat,
and I r.iow to distinguish her volcu In
tho Indistinct murmur when they
wero talking. She was as full of
songs and thrills and sheer light-heart-edncss
as a bird.
Tho first timo I saw her I thought
to myself that sho deserved better
than to bo cooped up lit u four-room
lint with a sister who would probably
bo Just as happy without her. Hut
there I was mistaken. Her sister
adored her. However, 1 discovered
before long that I was not alono In my
opinion of her deserts, and many Is
the tlmo I've heard her laughing voice
In tho hall answered by a mascullno
ono, and not always tho sumo one, at
that.
Hut sho had hor fnvorlto. I could
bear the note of real welcomo In her
volco for ono of them a lino lad, as
deserving of her as evor n man was
of u woman. Tall and strong and
well-born, her choice was easily my
cholco, too. I used to pass them In
tho hall often on their wny to somo
merry-making, and sho had ovor a
bright nod and n word for mo. And
thon, when they cumo buck, muny's
the tlmo I'vo caught tho note of ten
derness In her volco ns sho said good
night to him at tho door. And ho
adored her ono look nt him when
they wero together would havo told
thnt.
In tho snatches of their conversa
tion I got ns they passed through tho
hulls anything said In tho halls was
common property to nil four Hats I
learned several things about them.
For one thing, there was real sympa
thy between them, understanding that
vita surprising, considering their
youth. Another was that each of
them hod not n llttlo pride, which,
but for the love between them, might
hnvo caused troublo of no common
soft.
Going through tho halls ono day I
found n scrap of paper, a note, folded
In half, but with no address on It. I
opened and read It rnther shamefaced
ly. It was In French, nnd said that
tho writer hod gone out, would bo
back In an hour, and pleaso to wait.
Thon a llttlo sentence of affection,
that old as 1 am made my heart beat
'faBter In sympathy. It wns signed
"Mercy," and Mercy was thu namo of
my young fnvqrlte. I turned It over,
find saw, what had escaped mo boforo,
that It hr.d threo Initials on tho out
tide H. L. C. I remembered a sen
tence of laughing remonstrnnco onco
"Why, Hert Carter!" Undoubtedly
Bho had tucked tho nolo behind her
mailbox for him to tlnd If ho enmo
over unexpectedly. I put It back
guiltily. Hless the babes! Did they
thinkthnt no ono else In tho city
spoke French? Still, I reviewed our
fellow flat-dwellers, and decided that
save for mo they would havo been
nfe. -
In winter camo a tlmo when my llt
tlo Mercy wns sick. A light case of
tcarlctlnn, her Bister said told mo
through tho door. Henlly nothing nt
11 dangerous, only too contagious to
allow Iter sister to go to and from
hor school-teaching, or even through
tho halls. Bo I got Into tho habit or
bringing up their mnll to them, and
every morning thoro was a letter for
Miss Mercy .ludaon In tho same hand
writing. I was rather interested In
thnt band-writing; If I had been un
able to class tho boy before that writ
ing of his would havo helped mo. It
waa unadorned, nnd rather smaller
than tho average mascullno hand
writing, but It carried with It a senso
of absolute reliability. Foolish, per
haps, but I have alwaya thought that
my gift carries with It the ability to
read character In writing.
When Mercy recovered the spring
came on as If by a signal, 1 heard the
boy'a voice again In tho halls, and met
them going In and out again, as happy
and overjoyed as if sho had come
back from tho brink of tho grave to
him. The sewing machine waa busy
those days I could tell by the whir
It made and onco when I brought up
a letter that someone hnd dropped
Mercy came running to the door with
her bands filled with fluffy whlto stuff.
I felt as happy, and yet ns bereaved,
,aa tf sbo were my own daughter and
'Retting ready to leave me. Everything
was quite as It should bo though, and
I hoped fervently that thoy'd bo as
happy aa they deserved.
Then in April something happened.
II heard them at the door one nicht.
(and listened deliberately for the
"Good night, Hert, dear," that always
came. Hut this tlmo I was disap
pointed. Instead, I heard the boy suy
with feigned cheerfulness:
"Good night, Miss Judson," and her
nnBweriiig "Good night, Mr. Carter."
I didn't llko that. It sounded seri
ous beneath tho banter. Then the
boy sntd soberly,
"He sure I'll como when you send
for mo, Mercy."
And Mercy answered with gentle
stubbornness, "I'll never wrlto till I
hear from you, Ilort," and the door
closed slowly.
Hert didn't know, as I did, that she
stood waiting nt tho door Instead ol
hurrying down tho long passageway;
waited till tho clatter or Ilcrt's feet
on thu stairs and tho slam of tho door
proved to her that Hert had really
gone. Then I heard her go back down
tho passage, and after a mlnutu sho
began to play tho piano. Hut In a mo
ment moro thnt stopped with a dis
cord, and I guessed, though I could
not hear, that Mercy was crying.
I waited almost as eagerly as sho
for tho boy's step again, nnd tho boy's
volco In the hnllway; but two wockM
passed, nnd I knew that, stubborn
young things that they were, they
stood a good chnnco of spoiling tho
wonderful thing they held between
them. Mercy crept In and out of tho
lint llko a pale llttlo ghost, nnd ono
ilny 1 spoke to her sister of It.
"No, she doesn't look nt nil well, Mr.
Homier," her sister admitted, "but I
don't know what the matter Is," I
stole n look at hor outof tho corner
or my eye. Tho woman mennt Itl
Wns sho blind?
Well, tho long nnd short or It Is,
thnt It got to bo t oo much for me, and
I put nn end to It. Ono day when Mer
cedes had stolen out as usual, I wrote
o note In French, nnd In tho boy's
unadorned, dependable handwriting,
nnd tucked It behind their mull-box.
It was Just a scjitenco or two, but I
ended II with the phrnsu that hud end
ed Mercy's note to him. 1 had an Idea
that It was a sort or pass-word or
theirs, and I wns right.
From tho window, I saw Mercy
como In. Thero was a pauso In tho
vestibule, then tho henvy door opened
and Mercy stumbled up tho stairs. I
watched her through tho hair-opon
door, nnd her young rnco was alight
with Joy almost too great to bear. A
moment Inter tho door opened nnd sho
Hew out again. I know Hert was to
havo his answer.
Tho next day was warm, so warm
that windows were open everywhere;
nnd so it comes that sitting In mine, I
henrd tho end or tho story. Oh, tho
sound of that young volco again! For
mo nnd ono other, thero wns no sound
llko it on enrth. Then thero wbb a
duet of voices. They were evidently
Bitting on tho deep window-sill his
arm around her, I hnd no doubt.
Atter n moment or sllenco, tho opl
sodo or the note was reached. In tho
boy's volco I heard Incredulity, aston
ishment. Thon Mercy's volco camo
clear nnd convinced.
"Hut, Hert, dearest, It was In your
ilenr, runny writing, nnd In French.
And oh, Hert, It ended you know
how!"
Then I gathered that sho got up and
found It for hlm. Thero wbb a mo
ment of blank silence then in n volco
of nwo and wonder:
"Hy Jove, It la! You're right."
"Let's koep It always, denr." Mercy
Bald softly. "We can't quarrel again
after that."
Ah, well. Rvon meddlesome old
men have their uses.
(ComrlKlit. WIS. bv the McClure News
imptr Bynillrnti-.)
RECOVERED FROM JUNK HEAP
Enormous Sum I the Aggregate That
la Saved, Ascribed to "Second
ary Metals."
Tho vnluo of "secondary metals"
exclusive of gold, silver, platinum, Iron
nnd aluminum recovered In the Uni
ted States in KM 2, reached the enor
mous total of $77,'.l'.iri,Ki:i, compared
with $G2.GSG.:i90 In l'JU. according to
J. P. Dunlop of tho United Stuto geo
logical survey, an Increnbo of nearly
?25.000,000, or almost GO per cent.
"Secondary metals" aro thoso re
covered from scrap metal, sweepings,
skimmings, dross, etc., and aro so
called to distinguish them from metals
durtved from ore, which nro termed
"primary mutnls."
Tho values given for tho secondary
metals nru arbitrary mid aro bused
upon the npprovlmato nvernge value
of tho prlninry metnls for tho year.
Whllo Junk dealers and collectors fre
quently pny low prices for small quan
tities of scrap mutnls, competition re
sults In good prices for carefully as
borted products In largo quantities.
After romeltlng or refining tho met
als nro sold nt only slightly lowor
prices thnn now metal. These second
ary metals dlsplaco nn equivalent
qunntlty of primary metals and must
bo considered In any estimate of
stocks avallablo for consumption In
any year.
Quite 8lmple,
Hoston Five-Year Old Father, what
Is tho exact meaning of tho verso be
ginning, "Jack Sprat could eat no
fat?"
Father In slmplo terms It Is as
follows: Jack Sprat could assimilate
no adipose tlsBue. Ills wife, on the
other hand, possessed an averslo
for tho moro muscular portions of
epithelium. And so between them
both, you see, thoy removed all tho
foreign substances from tho sur
face of that utilitarian utensil com
monly called a platt6r. Does that
make It clear, son?
HoBton Flve-Year-Old Perfectly, fa
ther. Tho lack or lucidity In these
Mother Gooso rhymes is amaziugly
apparent
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Colon, C. 55. Frequently tho offi
cials of tho Republic of Panama
tho minor ones have been ridi
culed for the combination of stu
pidity nnd pomposity that governs
tholr conduct. SomotltneB tho rid
leulo Is not deserved, but often it is.
Somo months ago an American resi
dent of tho city of Panama imported a
pair of riding bootB from tho states,
nnd In his mnnlfcst submitted to the
native customs authorities he so listed
them, with tho prlco, J9.G0. Tho paper
was returned to hlm with curt Instruc
tions to correct It. Not knowing how
ho had erred, ho consulted tho customs
man and was told tho bootB must bo
listed nB two separato nrttcles, thus:
"Ono riding boot, vnluo $4.75; ono rid
ing boot, vuluo $4.75." Mr. Amorlcait
compiled silently, and rocolved bis
boots.
The Isthmuu of Panama doefl not
belong to tho English, nover did, nnd
thero aro not many real Englishmen
thoro. Yet tho presence or a largo
numbor of British subjects tho Ja
maican negroes has rorccd on tho in
habitants an English custom, that of
vehicles taking tho left sldo of tho
road. Probably this le duo to tho fact
that most of tho cab drivers nro Ja
maicans. All tho peoplo of that Island
nro Intensely proud of being subjects
of King George, and they nro tenacious
of such British customs aa thoy know.
Every cabby in Panama and Colon
nnd their numbor Is legion carries
either a blcyclo gong or an nutomobilo
horn with, which to warn other ve
hicles and pedestrians of his approach,
and on n busy day tho nolso la more
unpleasant than that of tho blasting
In tho Culobra cut.
Speaking of tho blasting reminds mo
that ono of tho very high up engineers
on tho canal Job Is exceedingly afraid
of dynamite. Ho is also a strict dls
clpllnurlan and docs not allow tho
workmen to lonr. Whenever ono of
tho frequent "doby shots" or small J
masts is to do flred, tho nearest steam
shovel emits a series of short, quick
tootB and tho men scurry to covor. As
soon as Mr. Engineer appears In tho
cut to sco that thu laborors aro losing
no tlmo, tho warning whistles nro
heard from steam shovels all along tho
wny nnd ho speedily returns to his jf
flco on tho hill, leaving tho unprodded
workmen to resume their leisurely
gait.
Tourists flocked to the canal zone
In such increasing numbers that tho
Panama Railway company which
moans tho United States govornmont
decided to erect a. now Washington
hotel In Colon to supplnnt tho old hos
telry of that namo. Tho architect de
signed a handsome fouratory struc
ture of concroto and, to tako full ad
vantngo of tho cool breezes from the
Atlantic, provided In his plana for a
largo root garden nnd two dumb wait
ers running up to It. The builders made
tho roof nil right, and put In tho dumb
wnlters, but when tho hotel was noau
Ing completion somo ono discovered
thoro wob no opening in tho roof for
tho nforcenld dumb waiters. Tho nec
essary changes would cost several hun
dred dollars, and tho government of
ficial who pnssed upon tho expendi
tures decided ugainst making them as
tho hotol already had cost moro than
had boon expected. Consequently
thoso two dumb waiters run up to tho
celling of tho fourth story and thero
Btop, whllo tho roof garden, having no
servlco, rcmnltiB unoponcd.
Charlie Ying, a moon-faced celestial,
had prospered on tho isthmus and de
cided not long ngo to open nn "Ameri
can bar." IIo know sonfo English for
ho used to work on tho docks at Can
ton, but when it camo to tho Impor
tant matter of wording his sign ho
thought best to consult another China
man, who formerly lived in Chicago.
This was tho result of their Joint ef
fort: AMERICAN BAR
WE SERVE WHISKY COCKIES
AtfD GIN RICKTAILS.
Closo to the shoro of Taboga Island,
bo close, in fact, that thoy aro con
nected at low tldo, lies a llttlo, rocky,
wooded (slot known as Morro. For
many, many years It waB owned by a
Spanish family, tho present repre
scntatlve of which is a widow of
small moaus. On Morro la a flowing
spring of excellent water, and ono of
tho Pacific navigation companies de
sired to acquiro tho Islet as a water
ing station for Its vessels. The widow
was paid a fair prlco, and as a bonus
was given llfo passes for herself and
her children on tho boats of tho com
pany. No soonor had tho deal boon
consummated than tho estlirmblo lady
jacked up hor duds, stored her house
hold belongings and with her family
boarded ono of the steamships for a
.rip. The Journey was so pleasant
hat thoy havo boon traveling contin
ually on tho company's ships ever
l-Vfc
pau&eA pvr
since, and tho man who engineered
tho purchnso of Morro la wondering
who got tho best of it.
Panama City's water supply is de
rived from tho Rio Grande reservoir,
a llttlo lake qulto closo to tho canal.
For obvious reasons bathing or wad
ing in it is forbidden, and all around It
aro signs stating that fact. Recently
tho wlfo of a member of the canal
commission was entertaining friends
from tho states, and In tho course of
their wanderings ono day they came
upon tho reservoir. They were tired
and dtmty nnd tho cool water looked
so Inviting that thoy all took off their
shoes and stockings and wont In wad
ing. Unfortunately for them, ono of
tho ofllclent zono pollcomen camo upon
them and arrested tho whole party.
Thoy wero taken beforo tho nearest
magistrate, and desplto the. pleading
of tho commissioner, who had been
hastily called to tho rescue, each ono
was compelled to pay a fine and listen
to a sharp lecture on law-breaking and
sanitation.
In one respect at least, Panama la
llko no other Latln-Amorlcan city that
I havo eeon. It has no distinctively
resldunco quarter. "Now that we have
Been whero tho peoplo do business,
lot's see whero thoy llvo," Bald I to my
amateur guide.
"You have been seeing that too."
was tho reply. "Tho peoplo live over
tho shops In all parts of tho city all
the people, Including the wealthy ones.
Tho latter, how'ever, also havo beauti
ful country places In tho savanna lands
a-fow miles away, and spend much of
tho year there."
Tho asylum for the Insane on Ancon
Hill is inhabited mainly by negroes
from Jamaica and Barbados. These
colored folk seem to go crazy In large
numbers, and I asked a doctor thero
tho reason. "Rum nnd religion" wao
his torso roply. "They use a lot of
both, and not much Is needed to throw
them off their mental balance."
Ono of the Jamaicans In the asylum
Bponds every "evening sending vocal
"wireless messages" to tho governor
&q:';f?-'
One Pair of the Immense Gates of the
Gatun Locks, Seen From the Floor
of the Lock Chamber.
of his homo Island, tolling him how
badly his compatriots aro being treat
ed on tho Isthmus. He utters the
words of tho messages with a sputter
Ing exploslveness that Is curiously like
the sound of tho wireless eendcr.v
Visits of congressional Investigating
committees are no novelty to tho peo
ple who are making tho canal. Neither
are thoy any pleasure. It is tho gen
eral belief down thero that these aro
moro Junkets, and It must bo admitted
that tho visitors often show a colossi I
Ignoranco concerning tho canal. Col
onel Slbcrt, engineer In charge of tho
Atlantic division, one day epent hours
showing a congressman over tho Ga
tun locks and explaining it all to him.
Whon the colonel concluded his llttlo
lecture tho lawmaker clasped his
hands behind him, gazed about and re
marked ponderously: "Weill So this
Is tho famous Culebra cut! I'm glad
I've seen It and learned more about
If
Poor Colonel Slbert collapsed.
Nobody now lives where once stood
the proud city of Old Panama that
is, nobody except ono old native wom
an who has a little shack by the beach
and sells liquid refreshment to the
thirsty tourist. Her stock tncludei
various soft drinks, beer and, hang
ing from tho walls by strings, bottles
of Imported champagne. These last
look as though they bad been hang
ing thore since the day when Mor
gan and his buccaneer departed
from the ruined city.
XZ..S. . b t . . 5 .. i . . .. i
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GOVERNOR APPOINTS
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL LAW RE
VISION COMMISSION.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Governor Morchead has named the
following educators of the state as
members of tho school law revision
commission In accordance with a reso
lution passed by the lower house of
the last legislature:
State Superintendent J. E. Delzcll,
chairman.
Superintendent N. M. Graham of
South Omaha, Second district.
William Ritchie, Jr., of Lincoln, First
district.
Superintendent Charles Arnot of
Schuyler, Third district.
Superintendent Earl M. Cllno of
Geneva, Fourth district.
County Superintendent Edith M.
Lathrop of Clay Center, Fifth district.
Superintendent P. M. Whitehead of
Gothenburg, Sixth district. ,
Tho commission will recommend n
revised sot of schoi laws for passage
by tho 1915 legislature.
Special Dairy Train.
The first Nebraska dairy special
milk cow train to be"sont throughout
tho state under the auspices of the
stato university and the Nebraska
Dairymen's association stnrtcd Mon
day ror a trip covering approximately
2,000 miles, touching one-halt of the
counties of the stute, and lasting two
weeks. Tho special Is the first at
tempt of the association to educato
tho farmers In the remote portions or
tho state as to the benefits to be de
rived from tho proper feeding and
care of their live stock, especially the
cows, and what constitutes a good
type of stock. Tho equipment for tho
train Is being furnished by the North
western railroad and the exhibits aro
prepared and furnished by the dairy
department of the state university,
under tho direction of Prof. J. H.
Frandson. The train will consist of
bIx cars, one car of which will be
filled with some of the best speci
mens of the Holsteln, Jersey, Guern
sey, Ayrshire nnd milking Shorthorns
from the barns of the stato farm.
Stallion Registration Board.
Members of the stallion registration
ooard have announced their first allot
ment of places with that division of
tho stato government. A dozen Inspec
tors were named who will work on a
per diem basis and who will be given
territory adjacent to their places of
residence. Thoso selected were: J. C.
Bowman of Tecumsoh, J. A. Boyd of
Mason City, A. A. Eddlngfleld of Plain
view, I, W. McEachran of. Geneva, I.
W. McGlnnls of Grand Island, H. L.
Prouso of Allen, W. I. Randall of
Genoa, F. L. Reed of Cody, A. W.
Kpraguo of Cruwford, J. D. Sprague of
Pavld City, G. Sprenger of Hastings
and J. S. Vinndego of Ord. Thoso
chosen for tho office positions wero:
H. A. Sleuth of Lincoln, Thomas
Palmer o'f Broken Bow, Ethel Meier
and Jcsslo Austin of Lincoln and Mrs.
Harris of Fremont.
Confined on Account of Threat.
Chaplain P. C. Johnson of tho peni
tentiary, In explanation of tho punish
ment of convict St. Clair, said that
St. Clair wa3 not confined In his cell
because lie refused to attend church,
but becniiEO he had mudo a threat.
Mr. Johnson Bald that St. Clair mudo
tho remark that tho ofllclals of tho
Institution would havo another Prlnco
on their hands nnd that they had bet
ter got their gallowB In order. For
this remark, and not' becnuso ho re
fused to attend chapel, is ho confined,
previous to his remark ho had only
been confined "during chapel services
for nou-attondanco at chapel.
Members of the state board of agri
culture, havo not received tho resigna
tion of State Publicity Manager
George Kline, who Is said to have
been offered tho position of editor of
the Nebraska Farm Journal at Omaha.
Mr. Kline Is at present In Wisconsin
on a vacation.
Extra Sleepers for Employes.
As tho result of a request prcsenteo
tome tlmo ago to the railroad compa
nies of Nebraska to discontinue the
prnctlce of allowing employes on the
dining cars to sleep In the same cars
whero meals are served, the Union
Pacific and the Burlington have both
given assurance that they will here
tftor provide extra cars on trains
where tho employes hnve to Bleep on
route. The stato law prohibits anyone
ileoplng In a place where food Is
manufactured, sold, cooked, prepared
or sorved.
Linseed oil, If adulterated and of
fered for sale In the stato of -Nebraska
In the future, must bear the word
"compound," or some similar' phrase
to make clear the fact that It Is not
pure linseed oil.
Stato Engineer Price has announced
the completion of the state aid bridge
across tho Platte river near Monroe.
The structure, when paid for, will cost
in the neighborhood of 140,000. It was
erocted by tho Omaha Structural Steel
works. The bridge consists of six 136
foot spans.
Uric Acid It Slow Poitoi
Excess uric acid left In the blood by
weak kidneys, causes more diseases
than any other poison.
Among its effects are backache, head
ache, ditziness, irritability, nervousness,
drowsiness, "blues," rheumatic attacks
and urinary disorders. Later effects
are dropsy, gravel or heart disease.
If you would avoid nrlc acid troubles,
keep your kidneys healthy. To stimu
late and strengthen weak kidneys, use
Doan's Kidney Pills the best recora
meuded special kidney remedy.
A Wlacoaala Casa
Mrs. Jan Smith,
lar..Bt'
nasha, Wis., aaya:
"KWTV PittUTt
jiw rt tnory.
couia naraiy
ret out of bed My
hack ached, my
body bloated and
my ankle were
swollen. I loit U
pounds In weight,
bo a tore didn't
know what ailed
ma and couldn't
help me. Finally,
I took Doan'a
Kidney Pills and
they cured me. All
the awelllnira dis
appeared. Doan'a
Kidney Pills saved
my lira,"
Cat Doaa's at Aay Slat. 80 Boa
DOAN'SWlSV
FOSTER-MILBURN CO- BUFFALO. N. Y.
Knocking, as a profession, is badly
overcrowded.
PIMPLES ON FACE AND ARMS
411 Howard St., Dayton, Ohio.
"About a year ago my face, neck, arme
and back were beginning to become
afflicted with ptmplea and blackheads.
My pimples would got very largo and
appear to cotffe to a hoad. If I tried
to open them the pain would bo terri
ble, but nothing could bo taken from
them. They Itched very badly; I suf
fered terribly from Itching. After
scratching, the pimples would swell
and after the swelling was gone my
face would become very red and re
main so for somo time. My clothing
cauBcd the Itching to be worse. When
it was warm It was utterly Impossible
to sleep.
"I used a cream and the more I
used tho worse they got. Shortly after,
I read the advertisement of Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment and determined to
Use them. The Itching stopped almost
Immediately. This was about three
monthB ago and I um entirely cured
now." (Signed) Miss Marguerite B.
Jacobs, Jan. 13, 1913.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free.wlth 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cutlcura, Dept L, Boston." AdT.
Scorned.
"It's true. MIbb Plummer, that I
should not have tried to kiss you on
such a ellght acquaintance and I am
heartily sorry. What can I do In
palliation of my offonse?"
"If you aro sincere, Mr. Plnhead,
in what you say, you might botake
yourself to some other part of the
lawn and leave the coast clear for a
man I seo approaching who has the
reputation of getting what ho goee
after."
Caution.
It was the' last day of his vacation.
He had Just finished carving her name
on the smooth bark of tho birch tree
"Dear," bo said, "will you promise
to wait for me till I camo again next
summer?"
She looked up at him with tho love
light in her eyes. "Yes, Henry," she
murmured.
"Then I'll cut my Initials beside
yours."
Something Else Again.
"How's the doctor today?"
Gardener Very poorly, air.
"Has ho got a locum tenons?"
Gardener No, sir. I think he haa
got a touch of Influenza.
Remarkable.
Frost Sometimes ono runs across
his friends In the most unexpected
places.
Snow True. Yesterday I found
Agnes nt home.
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