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& § ! H / INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION B CHAPTER n. rCo.VTiNOED.i B / She had kept her heart alive upon H nothing else for eight years dreams B of home , and love , and appreciation ; of H .liberty to speak out what she had H 'never lisped since her mother dicjl , and H of being once again , joyously and wlth- H out reserve , herself. There are no H harder specters to lay than these same H dreams. _ Memories , however dear and i j B sacred , are more easily forgotten or H dismissed , or smothered by the growth H of later ones. If she bade them fare- H Avoll now , it was for a lifetime. "A B llifetime ! " she repeated , shivering wilh H' ' ja sick chill , and crouching lower over H the register. "Maybe ten , maybe I B twenty who knows but forty years ? It H is a tedious slumber of one's heart , and H , a loveless marriage is a loathsome sep- H ulchcr for one's belter and real self. A H ( lifetime ! and I can have but one ! But ! H jonc ! If this step should be ruin and H .misery , there can be no redemption H this side of the grave. His grave , pcr- Hi 'haps ' just 33 probably mine ! " Hj 1 To-night , this very hour , she must H ! jresist the glittering temptation to fore- 1 < swear her womanhood , or murder , with H | 'her ' own hand , the dear visions that had H jcome to be more to her than reality.The H1 j jwinter twilight had fallen early. It waa H , ithe season host loved by her dream H ] ! visitors. She had not lied in declaring Hj \ to her inquisitor that she had never H ; bcen in love , but she confessed B | 'that ' she had equivocated as | j ithe shadowy figure of her H 'ideal ' lover slood beside her in tlve H | ifriendly gloom. Mrs. Romainc would H jhavc questioned her sanity had she H jguessed how the girl had sobbed her | 'gricfs into quiet upon his bosom , how H 'talked lowly hut audibly to him of her H J love and the comfort his presence H { brought. She had never looked into H [ his face , but she should know him in B fan instant should they two ever meet H in the flesh , as they did now daily in H spirit. Somewhere in the dim and H blessed future he was waiting for her , H and she had borrowed patience from H j the hope. She was to be his wife the1 H 'mother ' of children as unlike the prodi- H jgies of repression that lined two sides H jof her brother's tabic as cherubs to H ' .puppets. She welcomed them to her H 'arms ' in these twilight trances. They B { lolled upon her knees , slept in her em- B brace , strained eager arms about her B neck , dappled lifr cheek with their H kisses. Unsubstantial possessions B these , but cherished as types of good Hg things to come. Other women had such H i li'iches women with faces less fair and H j .affections less ardent than hers. If B ! 'the ' Great Father was good and merci- B j Iful , and the Rewarder of them who put | fl | ithcir trust in Him. a true and loving B jparent , who rejoiced in the happiness H | nof His creatures all these must "be H | lhers at last. If siie resigned them now H i jit was a final separation. H j "And I can have but one lifetime , " H f { She moaned again. Thwarted and fruit- | 'less ' thus fir , but still all she had. | The one idea recurred to her with the H persistency o a presentiment. The , life H which Gcd had given , the heart He had H -endowed ! B "If some one. stronger. "and wiser than | T , would only take the responsibility of B 'decision from my soul , would'hedge me H | in en the right and left , I would go H 'forward. As it is , I dare not ! I dare H 1 [ not ! " She sobbed and wrung her hands H I { in the agonies of irresolution. H § "You told Constance about the tele- H' gram ? " It washer brother speaking in H 'the ' library below. The sound arose B plainly through the open register. B "I did. But I regret to say that she is B not yet in the frame of mind we could H I jwish her to carry to the interview with B I Mr. Wither. ! . " said Mrs. Romaine. She B 1 jalways expressed herself with delib- B I erate precision even in conjugal tetc- Hj i K "No ? " Constance heard the rustle ol B j the evening paper as Charles laid it B ! down , and the creak of his chair as he B confronted his wife. "What is the matH - H I B t "Some overstrained ideas of the beau- B 'ty ' and propriety of reciprocal devotion B I believe. She looks for a hero in r B husband , and Mi * . Withers has nothing H [ jheroic in his appearance or coniposi- B B { "He is worth more than half a mil- B jlion , all accumulated by his own tal B ; ents and industry. " returned Mr. Ro B jmaine. "Constance cannot be such ar B legregious simpleton as not to perceiv * B ; the manifest advantages of this connec B 'tion ' to her. I have never complained o B ithe burden of her maintenance , but ' BBBBB ftBftBE 'have ' often wondered her own sense o B { justice and expediency did not urge he BB { to put forth some effort at self-sup B 'port. ' There is but one way in whicl B 'she can do this. She is not sufficient ! : B ithorougli in any branch of literature B lor any accomplishment , to become : " ' successful teacher. In the event of m : B' ideath or failure in business she wouli B jbe driven to the humiliating resourci B ( of raking in sewing for a livelihood , o : B ' to seek the more degrading'position o B' a saleswoman in a store. Her futur * B 'lias ' been a source of much and anxiou : B [ thciight with me. This marriagi B- Avould , I hoped , quiet my apprehen B Istons by settling her handsomely ii B ( lifeIf she refuses Withers I shall bi B' both angry and disappointed. She i : H old enough to leave off school-girl sen HB timentality. ' ' B The listener put out her foot and shu H | the register noiselessly. She had had : Bjf eurfeit of disagreeable truth for tha B Yet it was truth , every word of it H | She was a mean-SDirited hanger-on t < B B B B Mf ' JU . * * * * l" tf * * \mWJIW < U > W i iUAlUt ta' ' M ' i if m . iwi mill in i i.i her brother. She was incapable of earning a livelihood by other means than those he had named. Her mode of life from her infancy had unfitted her for toil and privation , such as must bo hers were lier plain-spoken benefac tor to die to-morrow. Nor had she the moral nerve to defy public opinion , to debar herself from accustomed associa- tionsand pleasures by entering the ranks of paid laborers * Hesitation was atan end. The wish that had been al most a prayer in solemn sincerity was answered fearfully • soon , and she would offer no appeal. Her destiny was taken out of her hands. There was no more responsibility , no more strug gling. Hedges to the right and to the left bristled with thorns , sharp and • thick as porcupine quills. But one path lay open to her feet a short and straight course that conducted her to Elnathan Withers' arms. CHAPTER III. Tjsp < v&/ ALP past five ! I IBli * Is wrote to Harriet to , fjcO J § have dinner ready nl at sixWe sha11 be , ' fll Just in time , " said Jjplr. Withers , as he * took his seat in the f carriage that waste to convey him with his bride from the depot to their ' home. Constance was jaded by her fort night's travel , and dispirited almost be yond her power of concealment , but she had learned already that her lord dis liked to have whatever observation he was pleased to make go unanswered. "She is your housekeeper , I suppose ? " she replied , languidly. "No that is she does not occupy tlie position of a salaried inferior in my establishment. I must surely have spoken to you of my cousin , Harriet Field. " "Not that I recollect. I am sure that I never heard the name until now. " "Her mother , " continued Mr. With ers , in a pompous narrative tone , "was my father's sister. Left a widow ten years prior to her decease , she accept ed my invitation to take charge of my house. She brought with her only child , the Harriet of whom I speak , and the two remained with me until our family group was broken in upon by death. Harriet would then have sought a situation as governess but for my objections. She is a woman of thirty-five , or thereabouts , and I pre vailed over her scruples touching the propriety of her continued residence under my roof , by representing that her mature age , even more than our - relationship , placed her beyond the reach of scandal. For eighteen months sl\e has superintended my domestic af fairs to my entjre satisfaction. That I have not alluded directly to her before . during * qihv acquaintanceship is only to . .be accounted foi' ' by the circumstance \that , we . have had'so many other and more engrossing topics of conversa tion. " He raised her gloved hand to his lips in stiff gallantry , and Constance smiled constrainedly in reply. His endearments , albeit he was less profuse of'them than a younger and more ardent bridegroom would have been , we're yet frequent enough to keep his wife in unfailing remembrance of his claims and her duties. He was , ap parently , content with her passive sub mission to these , seemed to see in her fprced complaisance evidence of her pleasure in their reception. He was too i sedate , as well as too gentlemanly , to be openly conceited , but his apprecia tion of his own importance in society : and in business circles was too profound - • found to admit a doubt of the supreme bliss of the woman he had selected to share his elevated position. Without : being puppyish , he was pragmatical ; ; without being ill-tempered , he was tenacious - ! nacious in the extreme of his dignity - and the respect he considered due to this. Had her mood been lighter Constance - - stance would have been tempted to smile at the allusion to his cousin's age , i his own exceeding it by three-years , as ' , she had accidentally learned through - the indiscretion of a common acquaint ance. He was sensitive upon this point - she had likewise been informed. She - had yet to discover upon how many - others. 1 Most young wives would not have - relished the idea of finding this inval- - liable relative installed as prime man- f ager in her new abode. It mattered lit- I tie to her , Constance said , still languid- f ly , who ruled and who obeyed. She r had given up so much within thiee - months past that resignation had bc- 1 come a habit ; sacrifice was no longer ' an effort. Having nothing to hope for , she could sustaiii no further loss. How 1 long this nightmare of apathy would ' * continue was a question that did not * present itself in her gray musings. 2 Having once conquered Nature , and r held Inclination under the heel of Resolve - * solve , until life seemed extinct , she an- 2 ticipated no resurrection. She did no ! 3 know that no single battle , however 2 long and bloody , constitutes a campaign - " paign ; that length of days and many ( 1 Sorrows are needed to rob youth ol 2 elasticity ; that the guest who lingers 3 longest in the human heart , clinging " to the shattered shelter from which all other joys have flown' is Hope. It is t doubtful if she thought-with' dis- i tinctness at this period. She was cert - t tainly les actively miserable than in that which'immediately preceded hei . engagement That was amputation ; ) this , reactionary weariness. How sk . . . . . , Nn ' < • - - ' > - i -1.- < - * MHWIwUIFifrMJUI y"1 m * iiihiii > iii iwi th H inW > iP' ' " " ' ' m would faro by and by , when the wound had become a ocar , she thought of least of all. It was a handsome carriage in which she rode at the master's right hand. A pair of fine horses pranced before it , and a liveried coachman sat on the box. She had sometimes envied other women the possession of like state. She ought to derive delight from these outward symbols of her ele vation in the world. It was an impos ing mansion , too , before which the equipage presently paused , and a tall footman opened the front door and ran briskly down to the sidewalk to assist the travelers in alighting. None of her associates , married or single , lived in equal style , she reflected with a stir of exultation , as she stepped out , be tween her husband and his lackey. Mr. Withers' address dampened the rising glow. "This is our home , my dear. You will find no cause of discontent with it , I hope , " he said , in benign patronage , handing her up the noble flight of stone steps. "Thank you , " she replied , coldly. "It is a part of the price for which I sold myself , " she was meditating. "I must not quarrel with my bargain. " Miss Field met them in the hall a wasp-like figure , surmounted by a small head. Her neck was bare and crane-like ; her face very oval , her skin opaque and chalky ; her hair black and shining , the front in long ringlets ; her eyes jet beads , that rolled and twin kled incessantly. "My dear cousin ! " she cried , effusive ly embracing her patron's hand and winking back an officious tear. "It is like sunshine to have you home again. How are you ? " "Well thank you , Harriet ; or , I should say , in tolerable health , " re turned Mi\ Withers , magnificently con descending. "Allow mo to introduce my wife , Mrs. Withers ! " Miss Field swept a flourishing cour tesy. Constance , as the truer lady of the two , offered her hand. It was grasped very slightly , and instantly re linquished. "Charmed to have the honor , I am sure ! " murmured Miss Field. "I trust I see Mrs. Withers quite well ? But you , cousin did I understand you to intimate that you were indisposed ? " with strained solicitude. "A trifling attack of indigestion , not worth mentioning to any ears except ing yours , my good nurse. " Miss Field smiled indulgence in thi3 concession to her anxiety , and Con stance , who now heard of the "indis position" for the first time , looked from one to the other in surprised si lence. "Perhaps Mrs. Withers would like to go directly to her apartments ? " pur sued Harriet , primly , with another courtesy. "By all means , " Mr. Withers replied for her. "As it is. I fear your dinner will have to wait for her , if. as I pre sume is the case , you are punctual as is your custom. " "Could I fail in promptitude upon this day of all others ? " queried Har riet , sentimentally arch , and preceded the bride upstairs. 'TO US CONTINUCH. HER CONTRIBUTION ACCEPTED. Iter Urother Paid for It at Advertising : .Rate * . Here is the amusing experience of an amateur literary aspirant which was told to me a few days ago , says a writar in the New York Commercial Adver tiser. A young woman in New York wrote one day a short skit intended to be humorous. It aroused favorable com ment from her circle of friends and she made up her mind that it was good enough to be published in one of the humorous periodicals. Accordingly she submitted it to first one periodical , then another. It was a brief skit , only .about fifty lines in all , and , as her brother indulgently said , "couldn't pos sibly have done any harm. " But still the hard-hearted editors failed to see the humor of it and kept sending it back to her. Finally the young author lost heart completely and was about to bury her poor little skit in the depths of her portfolio. Then her brother took pity on her and said : "Here , give me your skit. I'll get it published or know the reason why. " A week or two later her skit ap peared in one of the humorous papers , and the young contributor enjoyed all the delights of first authorship , sending marked copies of the paper to friends , etc. , etc. The contribution did not oc cupy a prominent place. It was among the advertisements , but the author had seen many comics among the adver tisements and she was too contented to see her contribution in type to in quire farther. She never knew what that twinkle in her . brother's eyes meant and that he had paid full adver tising rates to insert her skit in "fifty lines space , single column , one inser tion. " Uerore and After. "Do you really think he knows verj ; much ? " "My dear , sir ; lie knows as much as the average politician thinks he knows. " "As much as he thinks he knows before or after the nomination ? " The Finishing Touches. Husband ( to wife in full evening I dress ) "My stars ! Is that all you are ; going to wear ? " Wife ( calmly ) "All , except the flow- ' , crs. Which of these clusters would . you select ? " Husband ( resignedly ) "The big- L | gCot. " ; The man who don't forget ennything t isn't a going to learn mutch more. "I iiHIWIHWi ltnimimwwii ji HJM i iMMM 1WllWi mi UMBMWmm * t' * i CHILDREN'S CORNER. TIMELY TOPICS FOR OUR BOYS AND GIRLS. Z.ijjhtiiis A'iro with Ice How to 3r Ito 1Mb Soap IJulble.s Tim ( inmo or Hull Jh Not a New Onu Johnnie' * Kzcuho How Mobility Is Illustrated. < 7 CHESTNUT burr , TtIjJjPbI I uP ° n tne Parent % jjx 3j 3hfiL S One autumn day was heard to fe S ® ! iP/ f W0 To rBumble - ' l "How sad ani. I , V Mt | _ "W -s { wj10 CIinnot fly Or run or leap or hop Like beast or bee , but on this tree Am always doomed to stop. "The birds and bees float on the trees , The rabbits leap and run. The nimble squirrels and boys and girls Indulge in active fun. But day and night I'm stuck here tight , And tho' I long to roam , As you'll perceive , I ne'er can leave My leafy tree-twig home. " A fairy small , who'd chanced to call , O'crheard this fretful talk ; She shook her head and gently said : "Your wish to fly or walk I'll grant you. Which will I do ? Just name it and 'tis done. " Then cried the burr : "I'd much prefer To be a beast and run. " i A gentle wave the fairy gave , Of jeweled wand so small , When with a bound unto the ground The burr was seen to fall. Lo ! there appears eyes , mouth and ear3 , Four legs , a tail , some feet , ( Strange , you'll agree ) and then v/e see A porcupine , complete. lighting a Fir * with Ice. If anyone was to tell you that you could light a fire with a piece of ice you'd bo very likely to shake your head. But it can be done , and if you have a liking for surprising your friends you can try it after a little private prac tice behind the barn. Take a piece of clear ice about an inch thick from the water cooler , whittle it into the shape of a disk and with the palms of your hands melt its two sides convex , thus giving the form of a double convex lens , or burning glass. This you should do with considerable accuracy , and you may have to practice some time before you can accomplish it. When your ice lens is complete hold it where the sun's raj's will fall on it and focus them so that they will be directed on a piece of light paper or tinder. A blaze will burst up at once. The experiment works well only when the sun is very bright. .Tohimie'h K. .cusc. Not far from Boston a little boy named Johnnie , who is only nine years of age , is continually causing amuse ment by his quaint and original ex cuses whenever he gets into a scrape. He is never at a loss , and before you speak almost , he interrupts you with an excuse that is so funny that you cannot help laughing and forgiving him. He has been last down to break fast several times lately , and he was told that the next time it occurred he should go without. A day or two back he made his ap pearance when breakfast was half over. "Now , Johnnie , " said his mother , "you know what I told you last time y9u were late. " "Yes , mother ; but I could not really and truly be down be down in time this morning. " "Well , why not ? " "You see , I was half asleep and half awake , and somehow I dreamed that I ws at church , and I knew you would not like me to get up during the ser mon. " Johnnie did not go without his breakfast that morning. The Game of Ball. Ball is by no means a modern game , for it was a favorite pastime of the Egyptians four thousand years ago. It was an outdoor sport as at the present day. and was indulged in not only by men and children , but by women as well. Throwing and catching the ball was regarded as wholly a woman's game , and one method of playing was that the person unsuccessful in catch ing the ball was obliged to carry the successful player on her back the vic tor continuing in this position \mtil she also failed to catch the ball. The ball was thrown by an opposite player mounted in the same manner and sta tioned at a certain distance. Some times three or more balls were thrown in succession , the hands of the player being crossed upon the breast after throwing the ball. Another game , not altogether a wom an ' s game , was played by throwing the ball to a great height , and catching it like our "sky-ball , " and yet another was to throw the ball as high as pos sible , the opposite player leaping into the air to catch it on its fall before Uis feet touched the ground. The bails generally used were made of leather or skin and sewed with string crosswise in * he same manner as our balls are made , and stuffed with bran or husks of corn ; others were made of string or of the stalks of rushes plaited together so as to form a circular mass and cov ered in the same way with leather. Some balls that have been found at Thebes are about three inches in di ameter , while- others are of smaller size , made of the same materials and covered , .like many used at the present day , with strips of leather cut in rhom- holdal shape and sewed together lengthwise and meeting in a common point at both ends , each alternate slip of leather being of a different color. To 3IaI ( JSl Soap Itiihhlrt. It is great sport to make soap bub bles , but it is twice as much fun if the bubbles are big ones , strong enough not to break when they are floated on the floor. Bubbles twice as big as your head or as big as the biggest kind of a football can be easily blown by anyone who knows how to mix up the soap- bubble material. To make these big bubbles , take a piece of white castile soap about as hig as a walnut. Cut up into a cup of warm water and then add a teaspoonful of glycerine. Stir well and blow from a small pipe. This will make bubbles enough to last all the afternoon. And this is really all you care to make in one day. To make pink bubles add a few drops of straw berry juice , and to make yellow ones put in a little orange juice. Nohllity Shown by Iintto : : * . Buttons play an important part in the dress of the Chinese mandarins. Those of the first and second class wear a button of coral red , suggested , perhaps , by a cock's comb ; since the cock is the bird that adorns their breast. The third class are gorgeous with a robe on which a peacock is emblazoned - j blazoned , while from the centre of the ! red fringe of silk upon the hat rises a sapphire button. The purple button of the fourth class is an opaque , dark purple stone , and the bird depicted on the robe is the pelican. A silver pheas ant on the robe and a clear crystal button on the hat are the rank of the fifth class. The sixth class are entitled to wear an embroidered stork and a jadestone button ; the seventh a par tridge and an embossed gold button. In the eighth the partridge is reduced to a quail and the gold button becomes plain , while the ninth class mandarin has to be content with a common spar row for his emblem , and with silver for his button. Valorous. When I was on tlie Zulu frontier ( said a traveler recently ) I stopped for a week with a native , a splendid fellow , who had a fine farm. Among other animals , ho had a young bull called Hulo , which he and his children fondly believed could vanquish any beast on earth. Hulo was a great pet , and not in the least vicious , so I was surprised on the second evening of my stay , to see Hulo sniffing the air and pawing the ground in evident rage. I was about to ask what it meant when out of the forest came an ugly rhinoceros. My host and I hurried for our guns , and Hulo dashed at the beast with dauntless courage. A rush , a crash , and the bull was hurled twenty feet. Fortunately , the horn of his enemy had not caught him , and the first rush had taught him a lesson. His horns were like sharp swords , but the hide of a rhinoceros is remarkably thick , and the young Lull soon showed signs of fa tigue. So he resorted to strategy , and dodged behind his clumsy foe , giving him vicious stabs in the thighs. This was rapidly weakening the rhinoceros , and jtist at this time we found some steel bullets ( leaden bullets having no effect on this animal ) , and quickly completed the work Hulo had begun. Then the bull stood on the carcass and bellowed his joy. Ill * licsignotl. In the early days of Pony , a mining camp in Montana , the post-office con sisted of an old tea box , into which ail the letters were dumped , the citizens helping themselves. There were only forty citizens in Pony , and , there being no money in the office , it was with con siderable difficulty that the storekeeper was persuaded to accept the postmas- tership. One day a stranger rode into camp and called on the postmaster. "Don't you know , " he began , sternly , "that it is illegal to allow people to pick out their own letters like that ? " "Waal , stranger , " said the postmas ter , "I don't know that it is any of your business how this office is run. " "But I am a United States post-office inspector. " "In this case , " said the postmaster , "we will finish up this post-ofnee right now. " He took the tea box , placed it in the middle of the road , and , with a good rury kicked it clear across the gulch. ' 7 < ow then , " he resumed , "you go right back to Washington and tell the department from me that the accounts are closed and the postmaster a"Pony has resigned. " A r.ariii * family. Patsy Dooly was a very poor arith metician , and was puzzled by a great many questions of numbers which did not enter other people ' s heads. One day a new acquaintance remarked in his presence : "I have eight brothers. " "Ye have eight brothers ? " said Pat sy. "Then I suppose every wan o' tnim his eight brothers , too ? " "Certainly. " 'Arrah , thin , " said. Patsy , "how many mothers had the sixty-four o' ye ? " Say ThiQiiickly. . Naval expressions are generally noted for their peculiar aptness and brevity. There is. however , one nauti cal term which for length almost rivals' the longest Greek expression. It is the "starboard-foretopmast- studdingsailtvoomtoppingliftjiggor - fall. " _ Onn or Gro/umlth'n Joke * . ( B Mr. Gcorzo Grossmith occasionally J H permits himself some relaxations from < XTbI his labors in amusing the public. The Baffl other evening , nt a big "at home , " he J JBli H behind the supper table in line tM pot with the waiters and tried to look as l M like one as possible. Presently there s-xp _ ] approached him a military looking' old ifl gentleman. Taking up a wine glass , { _ _ he extended it to the supposed waiter , it/Blfl saying , "Will you please give me a | glass of champagne ? " /i B ' "No , Sir. " saitl Grossmith , assuming ? H an air of righteous indignation , "I certainly - H tainly will not. Yon have had more tV V j than is good for you. " The nucst H stared in amazement , put down the fl empty glass and walked off. Weekly M Telegraph. V B About Coughs , Colds and I.a Grippe. H Mrs. Ifannnh Khepard , UO-i North lGth St. , B Omahu , Neb. , writes : "About four yean _ _ ugo I was taken with La Grippe , and utter _ BftB | recovering I had u very bud cough. I J H I coughed almost continually ever since. I _ _ tried several doctors and various cough BftBftBj medicines , hut could not get any rolief. SMBB Your Dr.Kay'sLung Ualm was recommend- BBJ _ cd to mo , and after taking one package the _ tou h loft me entirely and I consider myself BMBB entirely cured. I cheerfully recommend BftBftB your Dr. Kay's Lung Balm to all who nro H " BftBH that I was. in the very had condition aoo advertisement. J B BBBI A ] I ilnoinn Monument. A Budapest correspondent of the VVB Philadelphia Ledger says : "The monument - H ument to Empress Maria Theresa B which is being erected at the ancient ' M coronation city of i'resburg , on * the | * " Danube , will be one of the handsomest / | raised to commemorate the millennium. \ M The elaborate work it has engen- | H acred is approaching completion , but B the executive committee fear that the J B [ date fixed for unveiling will have to tS1 I be postponed until tlie spring of next v B H year , jj l Merchants Hotel , Omaha. H coitxisn riFTKiXTii and faisxamsts. | Street cars pass the door to and from H both depots ; in business center of city. V J Headquarters for state and local trade. y H Kates $2 and Si ! per dav. / YAwB PAXTON & DAVENPOllT , Prop's. { H In Merry KnjIanil. | Indianapolis Journal : "Why , " asked B the visiting American , "why do you M H fellows always turn to tlie left on the VH B "Decatise , " said the resident English- vv | man , "it is right. " fAVAfl Eight days afterward the true-born B Briton suddenly scandalized the congregation - B gregation by laughing aloud in the VVB midst of services. It had dawned on TaVaH him that he had made a pun. / H Ccn't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lite Awiy. 4 H If you want to quit tobacco using easily * * | and forever , regain lost manhood , ho made BftBJ * .vol ! , strong , magnetic , lull of now lifts and H BBfl No-To-Bac the wonder worker _ vicjor , take - - , that makes weak men strong. Many gain VsvsvJ ten rounds in ten days. Over -10,0uO ( ) cured. BEBEB Buy No-To-Ba • lroni your druegist. who will BEBEJ guarantee acure. Booklet and sarnplo mailed SVAvJ Iroe. Address Sterling Remedy Co. , Chicago - | cage or New York. J H On Croirin ; Old. H They say I am growing old because T B my hair is silvered , and there arc j B crow ' s feet on my forehead , and my B I step is not so firm and elastic as before B But they are mistaken. That is not H me. The knees are weak , but the i B knees are not me. The brow is wrinkled , • 9B but the brow is not me. This is the vAB house I live in. But I am young B younger than I ever was before. M Guthrie. B Zflfl When bilious or costivc.cat a cascaret f t j H candy cathartic , cure guaranteed. 10c , -A H 25c > B A ruMvinOiotioii. H "Girls of the jury , " exclaimed the H counseless for the defense , "we are BB guilty of murdering our husband and M four children , but we plead extenua- B tion. . We look perfectly lovely in B black. " jH Jt was evident that the twelve good B women and true were profoundly J B moved. Detroit Tribune. H B TO CURE A COLD IX ONK BAY. "Take Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets. All | Druggist : ) refund the money if it fails to cure. i > c H Longfellow ' s literarv life eovered aperiod AwB of forty years. 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