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JUST A BOY'S DOG. No , sirae , that dog won't bita ; Not a bit o' danger ! What's his bre-nl ? Shore I don't know ; Jest a "Iray's dog , " stranger. Xo St. Uernard yet last year , Time the snow was deepest , Dragged a little shaver home "Where the 'hill was steepest. Ain't a bulldog , but you bet 'Twouldn't do to scoff him. Fastened on a tramp one time Couldn't pry him off him. 'Not a pointer jest the same , When it is all over , Ain't a better critter round , Startin' up the plover. Sell him ? Say , there ain't his price , Not in all the Nation ! .lest a "boy dog ; " that's his breed Finest in creation. : , : r-Lnnd burgh Wilson , in X. Y. Sun. . rj fin ITn0YTV3plflfi RftQt fill UUulJCljJjil ilUol. C- O3-ST ZFISECEtR .A-IMCES , For six lonely weeks Ned Talbot had been trapping along the upper S ( . Luci-a. There had been no partic ular reason for his paying a visit to the settlement except to break the monotony of camp life , and Talbot found himself able to endure that. But what he would not do for himself he was willing to do for his dogs. AVhen the little red jiggers got into Jessie's ears , he started immediately down the river trail for a supply of Uncle George's "jnsect ointment , " the desultory manufacture of which form ed the old negro's sole business. He started late , and it was past noon befor-i he reached Uncle George's shack. The two oid people were just sitting down to possum and roasted yams , and t'he perfume of the dinner was all that was necessary to second their hospitable proposal toset a plate for Taliut. The possum was done to a nicety. Through the cracks in liis brown , crisped skin the white fat laughed unctuously , and he dripped lilre a full sponge as Uncle George turned him , about in the platter. "I haven't had anything as good as this for a long time , Uncle George , ' said Talfrot , plying knife and fork as siduously. /4'No , sah. I reckon dats right , " beamed the old negro. "Mils' be mighty lonesome , too , feedin all by yo'self. You ueen gone a right smart time sah. " "Any news in town sinca I left ? " asked Talbot , taking another sugary yam. "Yas , sah. Dey's been a 'heap ' news sagashitatin' round , but 1 dis- remmeher exactly what it is. " "Be circus's been yersuggested Aunt Lily , somewhat reprovingly. "Oh , it has , has it ? " said Talbot. "Circuses don't often favor this town. " "No , sah. And I reckon dey's through favorin' fo' good an' all. Dey cert'uly d-one bus' her wide open. " "Who bust her open ? " "Nate Reynolds and 'his gang , sah. It was de corn whisky clone it , I reck on. Deywas pirutin' round mig'hty obstrspolus befo' dey cut de rop'es. Dere v/as de bigges' kin' of a fight right den. Ds cages got broke , an' dey ain't cotched s'ome of de animiles yet. Doan' look like dey would , neither , 'cause de circus is done gone. " "That was very reprehensible of Reynolds , " said Talbot. lightly. In his eyes , just then , jiggers loomed larger than elephants. "Well , Uncle George , if you'll get the stuff ready , I reckon I'll start. Lxioks like I'd get wet bo- fore I get back. ' ' "With a sardine can full of the oint ment in his pocket , Talbot started on his return to camp. The * afternoon sky .was rapidly growing black with low , greasy rainclouds. The dust aroused by Talbot's steps fell on the road again close behind his heels. Not a breath of air stirred the long needles of the pines. The mocking birds that had cheered "his coming had fled to the hammocks. He had 'been walking t'he better part of two hours when the first low grow ! of thunder broke the oppressive quiet. He was near the endof the road , \\hers it dwindled away among the t ces to the little trodden foot-path. Six miles up the path lay the camp. The journey through the semitropi- cal storm did not appeal to Talbot , and , lie resolved to spend the nignt at the abandoned Walton plantation. In the dim light he saw its broken fences just ahead. The place had been a pretentious one in its day , but the great freeze of 1889-90 had ruined its master and driven him to liumbler quarters. The blackened skeletons of the orange- trees across the way were all that re mained of the ninety-thousand-dollar grove. Some ' scattering wild trees had sprung up , and their boughs , now white with bloom , gleamed among their dead' kindred like votive gar lands. On the front walk we'eds and shrubs elbowed one another for existence. The dilapidated veranda was full of pit falls for the unwary foot. Talbot step ped across it , and passing through the short hall , entered wha had once been the drawing room. The house had a warm , stagnant at mosphere , and a strange , arresting [ > smell quite distinct from the heavy mingled odors of orange flowers and rotting vegetation .nat was blown in through the broken windows. Talbot struck a match and in the lights of the cheery flame looked about him , , At one end cf the room was a fire place , with the remains of charred wood lying in the ashes. Fragments of laths and plaster and dead leaves littered the floor. The ceiling bellied like a wind-filled sail. One corner of it had given away entirely , and a wide aperture showed the blackness of the regions above. As the match flame dwindled , Tal bot's hound , young Beppo , pi cased against his master's ieg , the muscles across his peak'ed head wrinkling sus piciously. Talbot gathered several handfuls of leaves and laths and heaped them m the fire place. When these were burn ing brightly , he looked about for some larger pieces of wood to nourish the blaze. Below the wide break in inc corner a portion of tbc ceiling hung down like a platform. He attacked this with his clasp knife , feeding the fire with a bit 'at a time , while the growing light gradually brought out every unwholesome detail of the de cay that had fastened upon the room. It was still sullei .y dark above , i however , and Beppo , who had regained som eof his usual animation with the growing blaze , s'eemed to resent the fact. He stepped gingerly beneath the hole , and raising an inquisitive nose , inhaled dubiously. Thenthe frettul lino along his spine erected itself in a little ridge. In spite of himself Talbot experienc ed a feeling of irritation. He pushed the dog away with his foot and look ed up ; but the patch of shadow v/as impenetrable. His gaze shifted toward the wall , and suddenly remained fixed , held by a mark so suggestive that for a moment his heart tripped in its beating. A patch of sorric velvety fungus had spread its fine nap over the plaster. In the center of this was what seemed to be the impression of a human hand. There was the print of the ball of the thumb and the shallow furrows where the fingers had lain. A large , square hand it had been. Talbot eyed it a moment breathless ly. Then he stepped nearer. The blaze in the fireplace flickered and th'e resemblance vanished. It was noth ing but fancy , aft < = r all. "Sho ! " bieathed Talbot. "That had me wing ing ! " He smiled and tossed the lath he had been cutting into the fire. A sigh of wind came through the window to the east. A cabbage palm outside drew its fans fingeringly along the eaves. The the first fat drops of rain struck the roof like resonant and measured taps on a drum. The beat of them quickened as a drummer quickens the movement of his sticks until the tattoo blended into one rolling volume of sound that filled the ear. It made the rotten shell seem cozy by contrast. Talbot stretched himself near the fire , his gun by his side , and pillowed his head on his coat with a sense of comfort that he had not felt a moment before. For some reason , however , he could not sleep. The last s.tick in the fire place snapped and threw up a moment ary point of flame that sank to a greenish-red spot of combustion. Al most immediately Beppo got up from his place at his master's feet and slunk toward the door. "Comehere , you fool pup ! " said Tal- bct. bct.But But the slow pit-pat of the hound's footsteps did not stop , and Talbot heard him go out en the veranda. There was something there within the four walls of the house besides himself. As the conviction broke in upon him in a rush , Talbot sat up quickly and swept a handful of the dried leaves he had gathered for a mattress upon the embers. As they caught fairly and a small , ruddy blaze illumined the room , his gaze swept it instantly. It was as empty as before. With an odd , premonitory feeling of reluctance , he raised his eyes slowly until they stared directly at the yawn ing hole in the ceiling. Not a muscle of his body moved ; but his breath es caped between his teeth in a sharp little gasp. A face , with its human likeness made more terrifying by the vague , wild-beast body farther in the shadow , looked down at him witn crafty , deep- set 'eyes , above which the naued brows i were set in speculative furrows. It \ was a huge , circular face , with great , flat , leathery cheeks. A broken ring of j coarse red hair 'encircled it. Hair of j the same rusty hue covered the thiciv arms down to the hands , which , black < and powerful , clutched tne edge of < the gap. i The mutual scrutiny lasted but a moment. Then Tablet jerked his gun < to his shoulder ; but as his finger i crooked en the triggtr the little fire c went out. Although conscious that the ivory i bead was not absolutely on the mark , i he could not restrain his twitching j nerves. Th'e gnn went off with a rei i sounding crash and a spurt of flame , i There was a rattle of plaster , followed i by a heavy thud. But Taibot had no < desire to investigate the result of his t shot. shot.He He sprang forward in the darkness , and brought up violontly against a solid shape , apparently trying , like Iiimself , to gain the doorway. The shock threw them both to the floor , the beast on top of the man. He felt for a moment the pressure of a broad chest and two tremendously long arms. Then the creature drew it self slow away. Talbot had almost sot upon his feet when a handlike l aw shot out and caught his left wrist c in a grip that numbed the whole arm.c Talbot felt his hand drawn uickly md irresistibly forward. The next c noment he uttered a cry of pain and lorror , for the sharp teeth of the jeast met on the bones of his fingers c vith a savage crunch. f Ho dashed his freo hand into the haU-Feen face cf his opponent. His knuckles slipped from the tough , greasy skin. He struck again as fruit lessly. The third blow caught the creature squarely on his sunken nos trils , and he released Talbot's hand with a grunt. As the man sprang back on the de- ft.-nsir-o the beast turned aside , and using his long arms like crutches , shuffled rapidly toward the door. Uncertain whether the affair had ended or not , Talbot groped hastily about until his hands came in contact with the gun. Slipping a cartridge into the empty chamber , he walked cautiously to the door. The veranda was bare and rain-swept. Both Beppo and the creature had disappeared. After a momentat hesitation he stepped out on the sodden grass and went to the corner of the house. As the weird , bluish light he saw the beast halfway up a majnolia within a few paces of him. As darkness came figain he heard the great brute leap to th'e ground and scramble away into tlie desolate grove. Then , except for the storm sounds , there was silence. Certain confused memories of his school geography told Talbot that tho creature was the great Borneo ape , or orang-outan. The rounded shoulders and massive chest had held the com bined strength of two m'en. Talbot wondered , with a quick , involuntary look about him , if any more such beasts had escaped from the circus. Presently Beppo came mincing v.n to him from somewhere out of the shad ows. The expression on his puppy face was such a ludicrous mixture ol ! fear and hope that Talbot laughed. "Yes , he's gone , old fellow , " he said. "But just th'e same , you and I'll go back to Jessie and Ripper tonignt , wet or no wet. It'll be mighty restful to know there'snothing between me and i the clouds but a few pine edgings. " Youth's Companion. ILLINOIS PLOUGHING MATCHES. Unique Institutions That Have Made Good Farmers and Housekeepers. Hundreds of proficient young house keepers got their first lessons in the art from the competitive drill of two ploughing matches near Chicago' One of these institutions hasjust held its twenty-seventh annual match , and tire other , the offspring of the former , is now ten years 'eld , and has just had a successful meeting. The first one is the Wheatland ploughing match , locat ed in Wheatland towiiohip , Will coun ty , and 'the ' other is the Big Rock Ploughing Match Association , located in Big Rock townsrip , Kane county. Both of these organizations were started by the pioneers of their re spective counties country gentlemen of the old school. The work was un dertaken in eachxcase for the purpose of encouraging boys and men to turn a furrow with such a degree of profic iency as to c' ss it among the accom- ! plishmenU ' an artisan. Some of tho best ploughmen ofthe great agricui- tural fields of the West and Northwest , got their first lessons in ploughing in one or the other of these Illinois insti- tutions , the like of which taere is said to be nothing in this country. Th'e matches were hardly started before the women took a hand. They established in connection with the matches a fair at which were exhibit- ed products of the needle and th'e ! kitchen. On the same day cash prizes j were awarded fcr the best ploughing with walking , sulky , or gang ploughs to men and boys , and to young women * > for the best work in s'ewing and em broidery and in cooking , bahing and * preserving. c The men provided for the prizes in l the ploughing matches by raising the f money among ( them , and the women accumulated a fund by cooking and baking for a dinnar to be served on s the grounds. Over $5,000 has.been 'j paid in prizezs by the older organiza- tion , and in like proportion by the s younger match. In order to show the 2 high standard that was set for the r ploughmen it is only necessary > to t state Chat the land is marked off with Y the precision that a tailor uses in cut- ting a garment. The ploughman , in order to be perfect , must turn the land in a given time , and the last furrow must exactly complete the land with out a break. To use the expression of one of the old-time Big Rock plough- ers , "the furrow must be so straight that you may stand at one end and see a mouse jump across it at the other t end. " The work is judged and scored j by the b'est known ploughman , with out knowing who has done the work. With the same degreeof proficiency the women have continued their ef forts until a small army of drilled housekeepers has been produced in both counties. In a period of time , ) now over a quarter of a century , pace has been kept , step by step , with mod- " ern creations bo Si the needle and the kitchen. In all the time during which these unique institutions have survived without a jangle of any kind the young men and the young 'Wom'en have gene to other homes. Bath sexes have found tho training that the w ploughing match stirred up to be the carried to 01 most valuable asset away distant lands. The graduates of th'ese near Chicago tilling and housekeeping 11 schools have not only taught many , but they have raised families of their own , who 'nave gone forth and taught others. The great Middle W est lias bad the advantage of their skill. Chi cago Tribune. San Francisco has adopted the plan of taxing each theatrepass 10 cents or the benefit of Uie Actors' Home. \ The price's of the new winter hats almost make therfi deserve the name of miliionery. Ohio State Journal. No more lights now for John L. Sul livan , lie has disabled his right arm signing temperance pledges. NCAV York Mail. .Another New York woman has lost a 9100.000 necklace. They all seem to have tiipm to lose down there. Chi cago Record-Herald. - Business in Wall street i.s picking up. That is , part of the participants are picking up what the others are dropping. Chicago News. It looks as if the final charge against tho officers of the Baltic licet would be ii < < familiar one. "drunk and disorder ly ' New York Evening Sun. We know an excellent old lady who is a good mother , womanly and deserv ing in every way. But she lies ten years about her age. Atchison Globe. Gprmany is spending § 40,000,000 to put down an insurrection iu German Soul Invest Africa. And still Emperor Williamcovots _ more colonies. Kansas t'ity Star. Somebody defines a true American as one who works his way up from the bottom. This would appear to bar the late George Washington. Cleve land Plain Dealer. It is difficult to imagine the extent of the disaster which would cnsu6 if one-half of the Russian navy should unexpectedly meet the other half on a dark night. New York Sun. Russia i.s very sensitive about her prestige , but there is nothing that will spnd it zeroward faster than a panicky licet on the high seas , with all the world watching. Boston Transcript. There are some vpry economical people in North Carolina. The Kins- ton Free Press tells of a man who has been wearing the same shirt for twen ty years. Raleigh News and Observer. The dispatches tell us that a man with a beard a yard long was hung in Indiana the other day. Then men with beards a yard long should get shaved. No use to run any unnecessary risks. Raleigh ( N. C. ) Post. "Has the cost of living increased ? " is a question that stares one in the face from many different directions , but it is not half so important to a lot of people as "Is the hired girl satis fied ? " Syracuse Herald. The terrible slaughter of soldiers in Manchuria is causing a revolt against war among all civilized people. The telegraphic accounts , far short of real istic description , are enough to dismay readers. Louisville Herald. Reformists are hunting a "cure" for divorces. i We know of no cure , but a good : preventive might be discovered in i raising boys and girls with less tem per ] , higher ideals and aspirations that look ] beyond having "a good time. " Wilmington ( N .C. ) Star. Regardless of the loudest canon of bishops j or laymen , the New York di I vorce mill turns faster and faster. One . judge's grist in three days was fifty- oJ six cases. But one trouble in New oJi i , York is it's so easy to get married in 1 ( haste. Boston Transcript. ib i And now conies the edict that bow- b legged men must be barred from the li iuvy. If this harsh rule had been en 11 forced in "the rare old , fair old , gold 11n en days" many of the names that have ni made us famous would be missing I" from our roll of nautical heroes. New in York Herald. cl Out in South Dakota the farmers are in i selling their best beef to the Beef pr Trust for 2 cents a pound a record in low price. In New York the trust has so fixed prices that you must pay from eel io 20 to7 cents for your beef. Beef was th never lower when the farmer has it th to sell , and never higher to the man ' ot ; ivho pays the retail butcher bill. New he 1'ork American. } . ' Emperor William's throat is reported JaRi ill right. pr Olga Nethersole was hooted in her new an lay in London. anKi Russia favors a commercial treaty with wl he United States. it itmi A mutiny in the Black Sea fleet was mi iuppressed by force. nn tio The recent election in Italy indicates iiore power for the Pope. ha The Irish Nationalist party has been Ja plit into warring factions. aci An attempt is being made to establish los voman suffrage in Finland. th ( Turkey is ordering modern batteries me artillery to cost $10,000,000. There has boon a riot of students at he Royal University of Ireland. An earthquake shook several Mexican ities , but did no serious damage. in Suffering is reported at Adrianople , in pin ilacedonia , and many people will starve. ( The German consular agent at Urfa poi ras severely beaten by Turkish soldiers. to Socialists have boon arrested in Rome thi thir or distributing pamphlets in the army. r Russian deserters arc to be sent to To Linerica with free passes from Austria. fra The revolutionary movement in Bul- tra nria is spreading at an alarming ratP. WOMAN IN LAW'S GRIP. Mrs. Clindwick Taken Into Custody by Federal Ollicena. With tho arrest in Now York of Mrs. Cassie L. Chaihvick and her arraignment before a United States commissioner on I a technical charge of aiding and abetting a bank ollicial in misapplying the funds of a national bank , the second stage in this remarkable case was begun. Mrs. Chadwick is accused of getting $12.500 out of the Citizens' National Bank of Oberlin , Ohio , on a check of her own. dated Aug. 24 , 100:5 : , which the bank cer tified , although she has no money there. Section 5209 of the United States revised statutes makes it a misdemeanor , punish able by from live to ten year * ' imprison ment , to thus aid and abet ollicers of a national bank in misapplying its funds. Men who profess to have an intimate " " " * " V . ! i Lggnnroc _ --Jb / $ / / / * . PKES. incicwiTii. : knowledge of the af fairs of the woman have hinted that only a suggestion of the real c.ise has yet become public. One man is credited with the statement CASHILU SPEAK. that time will show this to be the most stupendous and far-reaching case of its kind in many years. Already the coun try has been startled by the disclosures which have followed one after another : n quick succession since Mrs. Chadwick's affairs were brought before the public Since that time Mrs. Chadwick's known indebtedness has grown from less than $200,000 to more than $1,000.000 find her counsel has said that claims igainst her may amount to 20,000,000 , for all he knows. The validity of some 3f the claims , however , said the at torney , was another matter. In the same leriod at least two banks have taken jflicial cognizance of the case and the federal officers have taken it upon them selves to investigate the validity of notes iggregating more than $1,000,000 which jear the name of Andrew Carnegie. Mr. "arnegio , the iron master , has stated : hat he never signed any notes , that he lever has had any dealings with Mrs. Uhadwick , to whom the notes in question vere made payable. Probably not in the history of the United States has there been anything similar in unusual circumstances and nagnitudo to the Chadwick borrowings. 1 is known by the statement of Presi- lent Beckwith of the insolvent Citizens' National Bank of Oberlin , Ohio , that lotos for at least $1,230,000 indorsed by > Irs. Chadwick. are outstanding : the se- 1 < unties said to be held by Iri Reynolds ri if Cleveland figure to the extent of $5- lOO.OOO ; Herbert D. Newton of Boston r ias claims for $100.800 and it has been jj ) sserted by those conversant with the trange case that a number of banks not , et mentioned in public have made largo oans to Mrs. Chadwick. _ i. . L : BIG BREAK IN STOCKS. al 'rices of Securities Drop from T'wo to Ten Points. _ Wall street Thursday passed through , > lie worst panic it had seen since the , L-rrible crash of May i ) , 1901 the day f the culmination of the Northern Pa- 01 ifie "corner. ' ' Prices dropped from 5 to isP 0 or 11 points. Stocks of all descrip- P ions wore sacrificed , the good with the ad ; , and the losses in both classes were N n about an equal average. Rumors of fr istress in the Wall street district among oi rominent houses were plentiful. But i ali cases they were strenuously denied , > ud , until late in the afternoon , no re- orts of failures , or of difficulties in pass- " ig accounts through the stock exchange U iearing house had been made. itPi : Amalgamated Copper was the leader Pi the decline which brought on the iinic. For three days it had been break1 ai ig iu a sensational manner. Colorado i\\ \ uel and Iron , another property controll- 1 by the Rockefeller Standard Oil mill- ms , suffered a break OAVM greater than . lat of Amalgamated Copper. Sugar , ° ic Steels , Union Pacific. St. Paul and Tl ' her standard rails were among the : avy sufferers also. The panic began in New York when ha ic suspension of W. E. Radeau of the ham onsolidated Exchange was announced , m he suspension came after the weakness fn id been strenuously contested by sup- in > rting orders. Tho fluctuations were all [ olent and frequent. Toward the end so the first hour support seemed to be soG ( jaudoned and prices slumped through- it. Calling for additional margins by armed brokers precipitated heavy liqui- itioii in all directions. ns nsM M [ "War and Election. Since the commencement of the Russo- ipanese war a careful account of the ussiau losses , as reported in a London o-Japanese paper , and also of the Jap- su icse losses , as claimed by an important , ussian daily , have been kept by one , ho delights in having "figures to prove by" on all occasions. The result is uch like the claims of opposing political mies during the week preceding elec- A m. as may be seen. I [ ; Yo Up to the present time the Russians ME .ve lost 4,379,700 men , according to panese statements , while the Japanese , cording to Russian statements , have rt u,728SOO-rthese on land alone. On rajc e sea , according to the same state- c nts. the Russians have lost S4S vessels ] d the Japanese 732. me Sparks from tlie Wire * , The United States Brick Company , m pitalizcd at $5,800,000 , was organized facM Reading , Pa. , by combining four M llltS. te ' : * George J. Baer , formerly assistant stuiaster at Kansas City , was ground death under the wheels of a train in at city. tio Thomas W. McGregor , clerk in the istoffice Department , convicted of de ca luding the government on a pouch con- oul oulW ict , began his term of two years in the W ) aryland penitentiary. ? ORIENTAL TABLE LINENS. Chinese Crass Uncii Embroidered in Grasa Dc itna. As in everything i-lsv. from wearing apparel + o house furnishing .goods , fashions in table linen show a decided' trend toward Oriental cffpcts. tem pered , however , by American ideas in decoration. Not only is the Oriental- fancy exhibited in the exquisite and- delicate Armenian work , but in the rich-looking and elejKuit table sets iu white and blue Chinese grass linen a- beautiful fabric embroidered all over in dragon designs , roses , cherries and carnations. Fiue and lovely as these several styles of table pieces are , they posses : ! ' that quality so appreciated by the1 housewife the capacity for coming out of the laundry as smooth and dainty as before they were put to use. This can not be said of other more expensive and elaborate table sots of rich and lino laces , which require great can ; during the cleansing process in order to preserve their beauty. Most fash ionable among these , for the coining season , are such old favorites as duch- es.se lace and point do Venise. with the old-fashioned cut work called by many Irish point For general use nothing will be morp popular during the months to come than Irish linen in various qualities embroidered in white mercerized cotton in dainty designs of shamrocks , lieur- de-lis , forget-me-nots , daisies , bow knots , chrysanthemums and graduated dots , of which pretty patterns the shamrock , Heiir-de-IIs and forgot-ine- not are most popular. It will be observable that ornamental designs upon table cloths and pieces for the coming season are small and scattered daintily over the linen at in tervals. Harppr's I'.azar. Heads Like a 31iracle. Moravia , N. Y. . Dec. 12. Special. ) Bordering on the miraculous i.s tho case of Mrs. L'enj. Wilson of this place. Suffering from Sugar Diabetes , she wasted away till from weighing 200 Ibs she barely tipped the scales at 130 Ibs. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speak ing of her cure her husband says : "My wife suffered everything from Sugar Diabetes. Sue was sick four years and doctored with two doctors , but received no benefit. She had so much pain all ove'r her that she could not rest day or nigh , . The doctor said that she could not livp. "Then an advertisement led me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills and they help ed her right from the first. Five boxes of them cured her. Dodd's Kidney Pills were a God-sent remedy to us and we recommend them to all suffering from Kidney Disease. " Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney Diseases , including Brigbt's Disease , and all kidney aches , including Rheum atism. In His "Weakcs * Part , " Bishop David Scssums , of New Or- eans , tells a quaint story the expe- ieiice of a Southern clergyman. The clergyman , a Mr. Bobbett , had eturned < to a little town where he had een a minister many years before. To lis amazement he found , as sexton of lis old church , the same antebellum larky who had filled that post during is incumbency. "Well , Uncle Pete , are you still .live ? " the minister asked. "Jes' so-so. Mars' Bobbett. I'm low'ful ( troubled with the rheumatiz. , ut thank the Lo'd I can still hold my [ laid up and my limbs ain't gone back n me j-it. But , Mars' Bobbett. how you ? I don' think you looking as ieart < as you used to do. " Bobbett shook his head , says the s'ew York Times. He was suffering rom the aftermath of a severe attack f nervous exhaustion , which found roof of its presence in racking head- dies. "I suffer a good deal with my head , "ncle Pete , " he answered. "Sometimes feels like it would set me crazy. " Old 'etp nodded his head in sympathy. "That's jes' so , Mars' Bobbett , " he nswered , "I always have said that Iness takes .1 man in his weakes' spot. Deed , Mars' Bobbett , it's a fac' . " The Rev. Mr. Bobbett always refers hia head as his "weakes' part. " 'he Perunallmiuiac in SOOOOOO liomrs. The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac as become a fixture in over eight lillion homes. It can be obtained om all druggists free. Be sure to tquire early. The 1905 Almanac i.s ready published , and the supply will on be exhausted. Do not put it off. et one to-day. Monarchs. The kings manifested great cordiality they met , the Kaiser kissing Mr. organ on both cheeks , and Mr. Mor- m letting him. Mr. Morgan wore the uniform of a erman admiral , and the Kaiser the seer- tckcr suit of a captain of industry. At parting the Kaiser ordered a salute fifty guns to be fired by the fleet , hile Mr. Morgan directed that all ne- irities on the Berlin Bourse be bulled le point. Life. GUARANTEED CUKE FOR PITIES. tchinjr. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles , jurdrucfrist will refund iioneyif PAZO OINT- ENT fails to cure you in 6 to 11 days. Xc. lixcn ablc. He They say feathers are all the/ ge this year. She Yes and beads , too. He Paint and powder are always ore or less in vogue , aren't they ? She Yes. But. then , you must re- ember this is the age of Indian ds. lint. WInsloTTa Boomva ST TTT tor r 'thing ; tofteni th sum * , rvdaew tafiaatmauoa. 1- Data , curw wind oollc. 25 cas > a botUa. Inappropriate. The dogs of war held a consulta- n. "Obviously , " they said , "this is a se in which we can't be loosed with- violating the conventionalities. " hat have we to do with a bear ht ? " Chicago Tribune.