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.
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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.
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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
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" 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.
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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.
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nsM
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"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.
