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' g "nig. -a1 -n4 ' Si $ I3s T n IV, y f - lf It mrS ns-tjs. ? Cdumbus Journal - IL aVSJXIMTHCaL P. K. STROTHCII, OOUTMBTJS, n The Peteifa Failure. , Tlw leas of-moral leadership by the clergy is often deplored; but what elee'Is to he expected, whea so many tameal' to the femialae to the masculine con- b? Today the virile, who see ia grafi aad monopoly and foal poll; tics worse enemies than beer. Saaday hssshalt aad the army rsataea, scot whea the pastor of the iadlcted boss of 8aa Francisco pleads, "He never was.kaewa to smoke or take a driak. He sever was seea ia front of a aalooa bar." Ia political battles, the sisister Interests .easily rally the reli gious people by standing for a "lid ea" policy. Ia the struggle of a city to free itself from corporatioa bond? age, ia aot the psychologic momeat al ways punctuated by a hectoring depuJ tatfon of clergymeB to gammon Mr. Mayor to eaforce to the letter the Saaday closing ordinance, followed by a blast from the pulpits when the mayor declines to play the traction company's little game? Not long ago a reform mayor was discredited .be cause, emerging late from his office, he descended into a basement loach room aad ate at the same counter with street walkers and night birds,' says E. A. Ross, in Atlantic. The pas tors of the straight-laced magnates who had never stooped to anything worse than stealing, a street were scandalised at the mayor's elbow touch with disreputables, and ap pealed with success to the ossified Puritanism of their flock. Walter Wellman, the Arctic explor er who was expected last year to make an attempt to reach the north pole' by 'means 'of an ilrship, has ' sailed from New York aad will try to dothe trick this summer. Mr. Well- 4 who knows ,the frozen north. aayiag led aa.Vexpeditioain that di rectioa,. while.coaviaoed qf the practi cability of the airship method, sen sibly declares he will takev as few chances as possible, aad will make a thorough test of hist apparatus before beginning his ' aerial flight Andree, the onlyjman up" to date who has started for the north' pole by balloon, has never been, heard from. The hope ia universal, says Troy Times, that thjeV plucky American, will nave better fortune." Tet there are a. whole tot of people 'who put more trust in the coming1 expedition ofCommaader Peary, -whieh1 will go' by the good ship Roosevelt. J b Vc 7 ",., Two new railroad lines have, been opened into the Congo Free State in Africa. One "runs from Stanley Falls, where the River Congo ceases to be navigable, in aneasterly direction to Mahagi, on the Albert sea, a distance of ,120 kilometers (kilometer, 0.62 mile), and the other route starts from Staaleyville, .tnVcity- by the 'falls, and running from north to south, partly by boats on the navigable portions of the upper Congo and partly by a railway for such portions of the stream as are not navigable, ultimately is bound for the district1 of 'Katanga, in the ex treme southern 'portion of the Free State, where' there are great copper and gold fields. Of this latter line the road was opened last autumn from' Stanleyville to Ponthierville and is now in operation for a .distance of 127 kilometers. Andrew Carnegie is now a comman der of the Legion of Honor, having been made such by the French gov-; eminent in recognition of his eminent "services in behalf of peace. This is not only a merited distinction, but one in which it is easily conceivable the recipient takes justifiable pride. As was remarked by Baron d'Estour nelles de Constant, wno conferred the decoration in the name of the presi dent of France. Mr. Carnegie is now a citizen of the world, made such by his devotion to the cause of promot ing amity among the nations To be a commander of the Legion of Honor under such circumstances as those at tending the decoration of Mr. Car negie, says Troy Times, is to be singled out as one who particularly typifies the growing humanity and the higher civilization of the, age. Of the Income, tax . collected from securities in Great Britain, 118.000,000 was from American securities. Scot land during the last ten years has grown wealthy ia business more rap idly than England, the rates of in crease belag 50 per cent in Scotland and 41' per cent in England. Mr. George Gould has sold his polo ponies because, as he says, he cannot afford to keep them. .Perhaps there is some truth in James J. Hill's predic tions of hard times. But we can stand them if they don't strike anybody hut those who have polo ponies A wellr-known actor had his pocket picked aad his wallet abstracted from it As it .contained. real money and not stage jewels, the advertising he gets out of it is not the usual gratuit ous variety. During the. year 1966 Europe spent $l.t6v,M.0M on. its armies, and $4, OO.OOi.fOO on its navies. The people of Europe are nothing less than feeble-minded imbeciles, exclaims the Los Angeles Times, to. allow them selves to ,be soaked like that for feathers and brass buttons. - Japan's new warship is to be the biggest in the world. As tan object in the interest of universal it can be expected to make a impression. i' i ,r r-p-T J"' S. fcn 'l.TL . rw t rfiT'! T" . " . -!f'" Y' : 5Pa rir .-ei- "CHAPTER IV. 1 lie weamraj As she left me I again caught the look of wonder, a.reseatfal wonder, a cariosity that was even harsh aad stern. ,f I seated myself opposite the woman I had unconsciously wronged. For the first time she' looked at me, aad I saw with relief that neither pain nor as jgaiah larked ia her clear eyes. There was ao outraged fare nor tenderness. Nor was there pity for herself or for me. Bat evea so, it seemed to me pathetic that a woman should be so' strong.,. 1 wish to hear every thiag. Begin, please, with your first meeting with Mr. WiHoughby. Tell me all to the; last momeat" v "I shall not spare either yourself or myself,'' I promised. "Did you know Mr. Wilkmghby in timately.? Were yon at Oxford with' him? I think I do not remember hia,' speaking of you." She spoke slowly, with a certain aloofness. A desire to be just strug gled with a manifest dislike a dislike that was evidently not lessened be cause of my studied calm. Perhaps she thought a fervent expression of penitence more fitting. Bat instinct ively I knew that an hysterical repent ance would increase her contempt for me. I preferred her hatred to that And so I told my story absolutely with out feeling. Xmet him for the first time the abjskt .before his death.1 "Indeed!" Her voice trembled with anger. - 8he was indignant that he should have discussed hia' love with an utter" stranger. "It was not until we had both given ap hope that he mentioned you. Miss Brett," I said with some sternness. , "But surely his death was the result ot a quite unexpected accident? The newspapers gave one that impression,' she exclaimed suspiciously. The words and the "took accused me of falsehood. "The accident came only after we were both utterly exhausted by the sufferings of a night spent on the mountain paths." "And were the newspapers correct .in saying that you were not an expe- rieaced mountain climber? And did Mr. Willoughby-know that?" ' "Yes, am simply a tourist This is 'the first time I have been in Europe. I came to Switzerland as thousands of 'others 'come-to see the mountains jfrom an hoteLpiazza or a railway train. To nte;as topmost tourists, the Alps "were taply2agigantic panorama to e vieedcomalsantly, as one looks at Niagara, -Falls? To climb them never eecurred to me until I met Mr. WiHoughby. " ,: "I was making the usual , circular tour, Interlaken, v Scheldegg, Lauter brunnen, Grindelwald. Mr. WiHoughby happened to sit next to me at the table d'hote at the Bear hotel. He was an athlete; Switzerland to him was sim ply an immense playground; he spoke of the trophies he had won at Queen's fields in the same breath as his ex ploits in scaling a mountain top. At first I listened to him with indiffer ence; his enthusiasm amused me nothing more. I had supposed that people climbed mountains simply for the view; because on the summit one could see a little further than if one were merely on the mountain-side. But as he talked I began to under stand. It was a game a conflict a battle if you wish in which one pitted one's strength and wit in a hand-to-hand fight with nature. "Gradually his enthusiasm aroused mine. I was wearied of sight-seeing; the horde of tourists disgusted me. Before we bad finished our cigars I longed to pluck my first edelweiss; to play this new game, myself. I hinted vaguely at dangers, but my companion laughed at them. I was presumptuous enough to think that where he led I might follow." "The usual mistake of the tourist, I believe," commented Miss Brett, cold ly. "And you begged that you might go with him on his next climb?" "At least I was willing enough to do so when he suggested that He was planning to make the Stralegg Pass. I confess that the word 'pass' did not sound especially formidable, for he de clared that guides were not at all necessary. So I agreed to make the ascent with him. I did not realise that mountain climbing, more than any other sport required arduous training. "The next morning at 11 o'clock we started from Grindelwald. We were provided with the customary parapher nalia of the Alpine climber; but our climb to the Schwarzegg Club Hut, at the Upper Ice-fall, where we were to spend the night might have been made with walking sticks instead of alpenstocks. It was for the most part a simple path over glassy, elopes on the eastern side of the Lower Grindel wald Glacier a bypath winding along the cliffs. "We were aroused the next morning before it waa light, and I was rather relieved when two guides, who were waiting at the hut for a party expected that day, shook their heads at the weather, and warned us that it .would not be safe to attempt the pass atone. .My companion laughed at their fears. The heavens were quite clear; the rtars shone faintly; the moon was waning; there was no hint of wind or storm. He assured me that the pro testa of the guides was a clumsy at tempt to frighten us into engagiag their services. They were waiting for us; it was the usual trick. I accepted his explanation as plausible enough. 1 was unwilling to disappoint him now that we bad started; but for the first time. I felt some misgiving. . T shali not .weary you with the de scription of our climb.- The ascent was steep and tr7.ee in places, over ice .?, ifc5- j-l-i .-. S" .Titi''.r. -'.Ui. .l-vCuv;.1., ,T-.Tftf-i-i-k! "- rfc' wissTtBna" xissn -vf' . - . -"-r""flB' i:c ivi- JtaaaaaaaaaaPaaaaPVBBSBlBaBaaa CSS MaaaaaawaaafaaaBa73r?K4;kL yto&S -, waaaaa avjr JJPw J m Mm m m H SaaaaaflaaaaaaaaaaaBBBBBBaaiv f 1 i7,rviyi "r"' Zr "wffhWaaBW fS J r Mm V- $2&amg3X :- fc jSi. ; j. i. - r -" -"WV' -v T.5- x rock. In about four hours we reached the Zaaenherg"Chalets and the Central Ice-fall. A stiff scramble ef an. hour brought "us to the frosea snow ,of a plateau. ' Here our .path seemed to me less clear, but my com paaien advanced '-rltn confidence. I felt the altitude now distressingly; I had qualms of mountain sickness. Still I straggled 'after him, until we came to the base of a precipitous wall office. We had passed over, the last ef the glaciers; we had reached the summit "I supposed now that the worst waa over. But the descent waa by far the most dificult and dangerous part of our day's work. Every step had to be takea with extreme care. We were roped, of course; and I annoyed Mr. WiHoughby by being compelled to halt repeatedly. The fact is, I waa fright fully exhausted; though I struggled after him as doggedly as I could. "At last the descent became less hazardous. I believe that we should have arrived at Grimsel safely had we continued our way in -a direct line and with the care that had 'character ised our first movements. But my companion attempted more and more difficult feats of climbing. As a rale I did not follow him.- Bat presently a mountain ledge obstructed our path. Two courses were open tons: we could make a long but safe detour around it, or we could- scale it My companion decided upon the latter course. I ' JanumnuuuHaH JauuuuuV MJaK JP JTIi III s -.nununasuaBBnnmuunna aanununaV mubbtmk- wEtlWZ &aw --1 IIUI eusiBmuuuuuBaauuraf JtMl AWanuSamuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuHnr Uult vTeNenawTsv- ""t - 'Tjfmnmllllllll 'II, t , , ' amalNr 11 ?7 11 1 "I Wish to Hear Everything.1 again fastened the rope about my waist and followed him." "Do you wish me to infer that the boyish confidence of Mr. WiHoughby led to the tragedy?" Helena asked in a passionless voice. "I wish you to infer nothing." "But you place the blame, at least tacitly, on one who is dead and cannot defend himself." she insisted angrily. "I am sorry you should think so. I am trying to give you the facts quite simply the absolute truth." "I do not wish to wrong you." she said in a low voice. "I wish to be just to you, Mr. Haddon." "Just when I realized that we were in danger I hardly know. Or perhaps I should be more honest if I said that I cannot tell just when I began to feel afraid. We had climbed cautiously and slowly around the ledge. Mr. Wil lougtiby was in the lead. Suddenly, as we rounded this shoulder, a flake of snow touched my cheek. "Clinging to the face of the rock, J looked down. The ice slopes were turning yellow in the cold early even ing light But far below they were hidden by mists, which even aa we looked seemed to gather volume and to roll onward aad upward, threaten ing to engulf us. The sky was laden. As we made the ledge a gust of wind almost swept us from our foothold. The snow fell more thickly; it came, it seemed, from every quarter in an in stant "We had made the ledge in safety, but even as we looked about us the mist -enveloped us. It was impossible to see more than a few yards ahead. Still we struggled on slowly aad me chaalcally. Rocks, which in ordinary circumstances would have seemed quite easy, suddenly appalled us; for we were unable to see where to put hand or foot ' ' "Even to my inexperienced eyes we were in a terrible predicament Wil kmghby, however, was cheerful and confident If he had misgivings he kept them to himself. I followed him blindly. "Suddenly to our complete dismay the descent waa cut off by a precipice, the rocks on either side falling almost sheer to the glacier beneath. ' Further ''?..' Vj?i H -r - rssS' v -ss. attempt was useleaa that night. that. noteiaa: tor it but to.Mrous floe i - the aighCaad trust for better luck cm tiMBaorrqw. v 1, "It is impossible for me to describe foc.you the, sufferings ef that terrible nlgnt .We gathered such stones aa we)could find on the narrow mountain ledge, aad placed them aa a protection agalnatjthe biting wind. Weeonauaed the hut' morsel ef food. We had al ready., drunk, our -tea -We. -huddled close to each other for warmth. We shivered, not for .momenta, but far IS miautea at a time.' . Every- now and them we chafed each othera hands to prevent their being frost-bitten. But the greatest suffering was canned by our efforts to fight off the deadly numb ness and drowsiness." "Did you give up all hope then?" asked Helena, shuddering. 1 "I am sure that WiHoughby did not Hia courage and heroism were unfail ing. Until the cold had exhausted us we attempted to wile away the hoars by relating to each other iacideats of our past life, it was natural that oar talk should become increasingly inti mate Deathstahed; us in the face. At such an hour aa that one forgets that one is speaking to a stranger. It waa then that Mr. WiHoughby 'told me of you." "I understand." said Helena in a voice that was strangely gentle. For the first time there were tears la her eyes. "At half past, two the saow ceased falling. The sky cleared. The stars shone out one by one in a blackened sky. It waa now,-1 think, for the first time I felt our utter helplessness. The. terror of the mountains, the awful loneliness, the stillness, the sense of utter Isolation all overwhelmed me. The ghostly whiteness of. the mountain peaks shone out against the dark sky. The moon shed an unearthly radiance over alk Shadowy and unreal, a phan tom host, mountain after mountain stretched as far as one could see. And our helplessness- was made the more pitiable because at our feet we could see the lights ef the village. , "The sun rose at last. But I was terribly exhausted with the cold, the night's vigil, and fatigue. Three times we attempted to resume our descent, and three times my exhaustion para lyzed every effort. I wish to make no excuses, and yet " I paused. I looked. at her wistfully. I saw no pity or sympathy in her eyes. She came from a race of soldiers. They, too, had suffered and died, and their honor had been stainless. Why should she make any allowance for my suffering and weakness? When all' is said, weakness to her meant cow ardice. She forgot, as the world had forgotten, that it is not so difficult to be brave when the danger is a famil iar one. She looked at me quite un moved. "The rocks," I continued, "were cov ered with snow and were ice-glazed. WiHoughby was anxious now. And yet it was impossible to linger; no one would dream of looking for us on Jesters Have Punishments for Failure to Amuse Their Royal Masters. The man who has recovered 15,000 reward for his services as a jester may thank his stars that he did not have to joke for a Uvelihood in ear lier days at the courts of greater potentates. , " Ivan the Terrible. Peter the Great 'and the Emperor Paul, for example. bad rough ways with their fools. A dagger thrust would follow a poor joke and banishment any sign of de clining wit -Onee when Foagere, the' jester of Czar Paul, offended his royal master he was permitted to depart In peace. In the middle of the night however, he was aroused, and ordered to get up and prepare for immediate banishment to Siberia. He s BnnnJBaanaaHB'fJJirNSa'aB -ili mmmmmmmmmMnmm m 1 llLij , i.'ui.Ji.UM ve IMs bHi tt fawasaunlsln Tla law rMv-M-f'-MMaiHaMl -" i after r . "For ajamit I fsUowedalm icauy m perfect aueacs. to a pause. He told quietly that we were tostj- He ed ait a proaf of that' to' the overhaag- iag ledge around which we climbed the eveainer before. I nearly at the end. of mystery. Miss Brett." Again she ahaddered, and we both looked at the little beacon light tuck ering very faiaUy now. About aa the people laughed and talked; the or chestra waa playing a Strause waits. rDo not spare me. please," whis pered Helena. "To retrace our steps waa impossi ble. Just around the mountaia-slde we knew that we should Had ourselves la. comparative safety. Bat to climb down the overhanging "prenlpice had been appallingly difficult ft day be fore. Now, exhaasted in mind and body, the rocks sUppery with snow and ice, it seemed impossible for me, at least And yet it is, I who.am alive to tell you how desperate that chance was. "Generous to the last he iasisted that I go first The rope was fastened about my waist; I climbed. dowa the overhanging cliff,, supported by the rope held by my companion above. "I reached the ledge. I was safe. But I had put forth the last of my strength. I could only stand there, fighting for my breath. Almost imme diately WiHoughby flung down the rope, and warned me that he was coming, and that I should bo ready to give him what as sistance I could. I tried to speak to implore him to delay the descent for a few moments; my voice seemed a mere whisper. Probably he did not hear me. Or he dared aot de lay lest he should lose his own nerve; for he must have known that the chances were wholly against him. "Not even for you can I linger over the details of these last awful mo ments. He had almost accomplished the impossible. He was just above me. I could have reached up and clasped his body. And then what I had feared, what I had known would happen, did happen. His feet slipped. He was haagiag by bis arms. He called to me in a stroag aad steady voice to come to his aid. I did not At least' until it was too late. He hung there one frightful' in stant, and then " Helena clasped her hands con vulsively. "And so the end came," she murmured. "And he died with out one word?" I hesitated. "It is my right to know." She looked at me with" burning eyes. "Yes, he spoke one word one "And that was?" "Coward!" I whispered. CHAPTER V. .A Life for a Life. A long silence fell between us. I looked where the little beacon light had flickered feebly a few moments before. It had gone out With an ef fort. I sought the face of the girl who sat opposite me. She had judged. I knew that. She looked at me as if I were a being apart, of another world. By my own confession I had shut myself out of her world. The man who had loved her loyally had died as the strong peo ple of her race had died. That proud fact supported her. For her I existed no longer. She gathered her skirts about her. She inclined her head slightly. She was going out of my life. She had uttered no spoken re proach. But her look, her every movement, echoed the verdict of the map who was dead. I pushed back my. chair. Thank Heaven, the ordeal was over; that was my first thought Then I hesi tated. Suddenly I longed to make this woman understand. When others had pointed the finger of scorn 1 had refused to be crushed, because I believed their censure un just. I had grown almost indifferent as to whether people despised me or not. But this was the first woman to whom I had spoken since the tragedy. Had she loved WiHoughby, it would have been hopeless to expect any sym pathy from her. She would have felt toward me a lifelong hatred. But she did not love WiHoughby. It was merely a sense of duty that had urged her to seek from me my story. Perhaps she wished to tell it to his bereaved parents. It wa3 to be a sort of reparation owed to the memory of the man who had loved her. She had judged me without emo tion, without passion. She had spoken no words of reproach or anger. She fwas leaving me in siience. urn 1 knew that the silence of this woman would haunt me as no spoken word of bitterness ever could. It was a si lence that would irritate and madden with the coming years. It was hope less to make her understand, to ex pect one word of sympathy. But at least she should speak, though it were in anger. I leaned toward her; there was a certain pride in my humility. CTO BE CONTINUED.) Their Troubles died into a dark van and driven away on his long journey. Bay after day, week after week it lasted. Upon arrival he stepped out into the presence of the czar. All the time he had been driven, not to ward Siberia, but round and round in St Petersburg! Qualities That Win Success. Nothing will give permanent suc cess in an enterprise of life, except native capacity cultivated by honest and persevering effort Genius is often but the capacity for receiving and improving by discipline. G. Eliot Attention, Geniuses. The world never forgives a genius for dressing "normally and acting rea sonably. . ' aad we wet partiaay warm, I stun-- WBnnnTCSuW'WBmfleaB1 Med aalafafly aid 'slowly after my r VV "T ""1 1 ms aantunanoui unaaa at a . - --- ajkT ' W- aaa-, m aaa enenAnBBAAtM ., I SMOMITM .T- r 1 ! me very -----ni There waa no doubt about R, they dack. He varied the mixture. adjusted the, spark, shifted and raaeed- every thiag ia.aight. cranked, witit. an energy 'bora ef de spair. No use. He thought of every thiag he had been told by the ma who gave him lysanns, He to remember dimly something about a part under the seat which might adjustment He took out both ia aad adjusted every knob and screw which waa movable. Still no re sults. He wished now he had net felt so confident about being able to run the auto without the assistance of the maa, and he .also, devoutly wished he had not brought Her with Urn on this first trial-trip. He crawled cautiously under the machine and looked around. He had forgotten what a good many of the rthings thercwere for. However, noth ing waa lying out ef place that he could see. He hesitated between ly ing aad making a clean breast of it Fiaally he decided on the latter. He emerged from beneath the car and stood up. ' "I'm awfuHy sorry," he explained. regretfuUy, "but something seems to have gone wrong." "So it appears," she remarked. Her tone lacked enthusiasm. The day waa somewhat cold, aad they had been there about an hour. Besides, he had a 'black smear across" his nose, and he was moist aad unpleasant A man does not appear at his best when he crawls out from beneath a balky car. "It's evident." he went on. "that thor ti9tm'f nnt tha miflilap la nmnN er shape when I took it out - That's the way with these fellows, you know. They let you take a car when it's all out of whack, aad then the first thing you know, it breaks down with you." He was warming' to the subject No doubt this talk wasr shiftiag the blame most successfully. "You bet I'll give it to tlose fellows when I see them," he continued. "There ought to be some law to pre vent their sending out machiaes when they're not in order. This sort of thing is a disgrace to a decent ga rage. The Automobile club ought to take it up." She murmured assent, but it was evident she was occupied, not so much with the theory, as with the condition which confronted them. He looked over all ihe available parts again, aad thea craBked till he was black in the face. Noth ing doing. "I suppose there's nothing else for it" he observed, finally, "I shall have to go and 'phone somewhere. You bet I'll make it hot for them, too. Those fellows ought to be arrested. I guess I'd better walk back to that house we passed, and 'phone the ga rage to send a man to fix the thing. Will you come, or do you prefer to stay in the car?" f She preferred the car, and he start ed off alone. He was back in an hour and twenty minutes, and with him an expert from the garage, who had come out with his repair kit in a runabout "There, there's your machine," he observed, in virtuous indignation. "Stuck, you see. Just pulled up to get 'my bat, and the blame thing absolute ly refuses to start I don't know what's the trouble. If the machine had boen sent out in proper order it should never have happened." The expert made a hasty examina tion. Then he grinned broadly. "I guess t here ain't much the mat ter," he observed. There isn't! Well, I'd like to know what you call it. I've worked on her for about two hours, and she don't budge an inch. What's wrong?" The expert grinned still more broadly. "She'll run all right if you treat her right," he explained. "Why don't you take off the brake?" Capital "Society" Busy. Washington society people are plunged into a mail struggle for pleas ure. Even Sundays are overworked. Admiral Dewey gives things at the Country club on Sundays the best in days and everything else is good enough for the admiral and the John M. McLeans have turned on their brilliant Sunday luncheons to society in edition de luxe, at their fascinating "Friendship." But even the unex purgated and the great unwashed are welcome every day to the splendid grounds of "Friendship." Unless you are an automobile or a dog. against which there is special discrimination, the McLeans place no restrictions upon the public enjoyment of their vast acres, the most beautiful sweep of land near Washington, baronial in its extent. The quaint old house it self, once a monastery, is surrounded by a "monk's walk," outlined in box bushes. There is a long pergola, wistaria laden, an ancient fountain and other poetic accessories that in spire. The Fox as a Decoy. Some 30 years ago a tame fcx was kept at the Berkeley Castle duck de coy in Gloucestershire, England. This animal understood the whole Ml oft decoying wild-fowl, and. showing him self to the duck, widgeon, and teal on the decoy lake, nsed, by aing his tail and moving gently to and fro. to attract the attention of the curiou3 fowl. The birds were fascinated bv the fox's motions, and. following him up the decoy pipe, fell easy victims to the concealed fowler. It is" a well known fact that the old decoy fowlers invaiibaly secured, if they were able, a red dog, as near in color to a fox as possible, for the difficult part of decoying duck from the pool to the netted pipe. Exaseeratina in the Extreme. "Oh! how my wife does aggravate me!" "You surprise me! She seems sa mild always " "That's just it her awful mildness. Whenever we have an argument and I'm ia the right she always sighs and says, Oh. very well, dear, have it your owa way.' "Philadelphia Press. ,c VC ..-y," uiM -fci-flt?yaj- 4a vf . .-.. . Bayer of-Paint wao takes care that the Dutch Boy trade nmark, shown, below, appears em ever keg of white lead 'he beys, ia perfectly pro tected; as perfectly as if he woe a railroad oascial havinf hundreds of tons, and with a corps of chesjitt at his back to see that no sdakerant is palaned oflToa him. Para White Lead and Para linseed XKT are ahtoKitely nec essary to food SEND FOR NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY aw 8t.Lnk rhii. T. ! BMa.OaJ. aouoxt A Sane Analysis. He Won't you forgive m far kiss- tag you? She No. If I did you'd kiss He I promise I won't She Then what's the good? Instead of experiawntiag with drugs aad strong cathartics which are clearlv harm ful take Nature's mild laxative. Garfield Tea! It made wholly of Herbs. 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