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A QUESTION
OF WILL ,
Tk Brl4 was callmg m the
Widew.
The Brlie was yoang. thin, freck
led. She wore a Tery correctly
tailored coetarae, and each a hat aa
girls with large aoses invariably
favor.
TheWidow was If years old, fall of
gracioas carves and with an opales
cent complexion that is to say. ad
dicted to little flashes through the
ereaat ef her flesh-tints. She was
gowned exeaisitely and wore a gold
corns as her hair; such a comb as
weaten with asagalflceat wavy hair
doom the rest of as to.
The Bride waa nervosa and happy,
ad gaahlag and glggUag. The Wid
w was tranqail and passive, and gra
afoaa and chanting. One woald have
aid that here were two natures
which coald act possibly have one
thoaght ia" common. Much less
Tea!" cried the Bride. "Oh, I jost
lave it! Don't yea love it? And do
yon knew, I never drank it until after
I waa.saarried! ' Bat Will just loves
tt, ami ae at eearse J had to leara
te drhUtt, and bow I Just love lt"
The Widow beside .the tea-tray
began to asake her guest a cap of tea
with the ease bom of an inflnite ana
her of brewings.
"And what a" love of a teapot you
hare! "cried the Bride; "I just love
that crackle-ware, dont you? I do
yoad tell ate where you
it,"
It case frost China," said the WId-
ly; It waa a present to me
from a Mend who went there." ,
"WnTs bean la China!" claimed
the Bride; he jast loved China!
Will's so eathoaUsticrm.so enthus
iastic, too. He says we mast go to
China together sometime. Oh. what
cteliag aagaMoaga! , Where did yon
get theaftt Axe they front China,
you Just love them? sa me
a big box every Saturday night"
"I get a box every Saturday alght
myself." said the Widow. She took
her visitor's cap aad act it dowa oa
the table. -
"It's been bo lovely to nteet yoa
Uke this." said the Bride, rising; "it's
been so lovely and informal, some
how. I Just feel aa if I really knew
yoa. I must tell Will all about yoa
or does he know yoa well him
self?" "We are Meade," aaid the Widow.
"Do remember me to him, please."
"Oh, I shall Just love to; I tell him
just everything everything that I
think, even. I Just think he'a the
grandest fellow that ever lived I
don't see how anyone could help think
ing that!"
She held oat her hand, aad all her
freckled 'angles were glorified by the
fervor of her girlish, feelings.
"Good-by." said the Widow, and be
hind the splendid superiority of her
own beauty and brilliancy there crept
a hint of wistfulness.
"Good-by." said' the Bride. "Do
come and see me soon. I shall ao
love to see yoa."
Then she went out. and the other
looked after her going. "Do I envy
her?" she asked herself and smiled
and shook her head.
"Poor Will!" she said, after a sec
ond's thought and sighed and shook
her head again.
And then she took ap the sugar
tongs, and reflected aClength.
"Curious creatures men are, any
way!" was the end of her soliloquy.
And then she rang for the maid to
come in and put the table in order.
beamed! Finally one of the guests
turned to her. "Tell me. did your son
show symptoms of literary genius at
an early age? I presume he did. and
you've got some baby effusion treas
ured away." "I have the first letter
he ever wrote me." said the mother
smiling, "and maybe you'd call it bis
first literary effort He was on a
visit to his grandmother's and he had
never visited her without me before.
But maybe you'd like to hear the let
ter." The guests chorused "Yes" eag
erly. The mother produced a crum
pled envelope and paper and read
slowly: "Dear Mama The dogs is
awful thick here. Tour loving son."
FOR PERFECTION IN KISSING.
"They were present from a friend
In India," aaid the Widow, holding out
the toaga for inspection. ."They are
really aaia.BC. Do you see?"
"Ualcne! Why, they're Just too
lovely for anything! Will'a been In
India I atast remember and tell him
boat them; hell be ao Interested.
And yonr spoons are all souvenirs,
aren't they? Oh, how lovely!"
"They were gifts from all over the
world." aaid the Widow. "The one
that yoa have came from St Gallen
Bodeacee. Do look at the quaint
done on the laalde
ef the howl!"
"Oh, hew perfectly dear! I must
tan WIU about that! That woald
jest interest him immensely, because
he'a been all around Lake Constance.
It seems to me that WIU has been
fact everywhere; it's perfectly love
ly to hear him talk about where he's
enly he does ao perfectly love
talk ahont everywhere he'a been
rm almost afraid that
I may get tired of the
thea, of coarse. Will and
I arc Jaat ao awfully In love that we
never can get tired. Will isn't the
ktod ef man to ever get tired of
anything he loved.- I tell him I can
see 1hat hi ale eyes, even If I wasn't
acre of it"
The Widow sat by her tea table
Betcnlag and emfllng.-
"Tea aecVthe Bride rattled on.
it been a hit like other
ever cared for any women
a hie Mf e until ho met me.
it that Jaat too lovely for any-
aesae time
nieces. Bat
New Socialist Paper for Paris.
A new Socialist paper is about to be
started ia Paris, with Paul Brousse
as the chief editor. It will be called
"The Proletaire,"and will voice the
protests of a section, of the Socialist
party against the anti-patriotic doc
trines enunciated by M. Herve.
FIFTY RUPEES EASILY MADE.
Taw Widow nodded aweeUy oter
ig her the sOver dish ef bonhoaa.
"Oh. aHoarettls!" she aancaled Joy
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Tricky Indian Merchant Feared In
quisitive Stranger.
An Iadian merchant wished to dis
pose of an old elephant and took it
to a fair. As soon as he had arrived
he noticed a man who, without say
ing a word, began to walk round the
animal, examining it attentively on all
sides. The merchant became very
anxious, for he feared the man had
found out that his elephant waa not
worth much. He took him aside' and
whispered in his ear: "I. see a cus
tomer coming. Do not say a word
until I have sold the beast and I will
give you 50 rupees." The man looked
at the merchant and wonderingly
complied with his request It hap
pened that the customer had more
money than sense, so that he was
easily taken in. When the bargain
was completed and the elephant led
away by its new owner, the merchant
handed the 68 rupees to the silent
man, saying: "Now, I want you to
tell me how you discovered the defect
in his left leg. I thought I had con
cealed it so skilfully." "I have dis
covered nothing," replied the stranger.
"It is the first elephant I have ever
seen, and I wanted to .know which
was the head and which waa the tail."
Exchange.
Plant Like a Camel.
The nearest thing to a camel
among plants is a curious specimen
of the cucumber family which bears
the name of the Ibercillea soborac.
This plant, like the camel, is .a native
of the desert and it has to go without
water longer than the animal. As
the rainy season in the desert comes
only once a year nature provides the
I. S. with a reservoir tn store up
enough moisture to last it between
times. The organ in which tbb wate
is stored is located at the base of thr
stem. It is covered with a sort ot
mackintosh envelope, through which
the water can neither escape nor evap
orate. This water holder rests on the
sand throughout the entire period of
drought but when the rain comes it
springs into activity.
Pointer for Husbands.
When you have married your wife,
you would think you were got upon a
hilltop, and might begin to go down
ward by an easy slope. But you have
only ended courting to begin mar
riage. Falling in love and winning
love are often difficult tasks to over
bearing and rebellious spirits; but to
keep in love is also a business of some
importance, to which both man and
wife must bring kindness and good
will. The true love story commences
at the altar, when there lies before
the married pair a most beautiful con
test of wisdom and generosity, and a
lifelong struggle toward an unattain
able Ideal. Unattafrable? Aye. surely
unattainable, from the very fact that
they are two instead of one. R. L.
Stevenson.
Magazine Writer Gives One Pointer
Worth Remembering.
Why osculation has received so lit
tle attention from wise men we, can
not tell, bays the North American Re
view. It may be that thinking and
kissing go not well together; If so,
few of us would require long time to
choose between them. Or, possibly,
the subject has seemed to require too
delicate handling; or it may have
seemed trifling. We neither know nor
care. The most valuable practical
lesson to be derived from experience
and now set dowaJUi that closing of
the eyes Is essential, to perfection in
kissing. Aside from this hint to those
of congenial spirit we would merely
direct the attention of those who may
decry the importance of, the topic to
the influence of the charm in retain
ing hold upon one worth keeping, and
rendering less frequent and hazardous
those absences which are only too
likely to make the heart grow fonder
of some one else.
WAS A LESSON FOR "AS'AHAM."
WILL KNOW BETTER NEXT TIME.
Young Reporter in Trouble on His
First Assignment
HIS FIRST LITERARY EFFORT.
Net Likely Ameng the "Six
Sellera" ef That'Year.
A party of friends had gathered in
the aathora hoaee to congratulate him
on the success of am new hook. They
were extravagantly cathaataatic, aa
friends are ant to be oaf each oc
casions, aad the
BweUlac vtafbly.
Reporters are not born, as some
people seem to think, but made, and
sometimes the making ia a series of
mishaps. A young man Just put oaJ&e hon8e given n
me stanr or a rniiaaeipma paper was
handed his police card and assigned
to atour of the hospitals and police
stations of a certain district Full of
Importance in the possession of the
much-coveted police card, the young
man hastened to a hospital. Arrived
there he found a side door and, not
knowing just how to proceed, he
hunted about until he spied an elec
tric push button. He didn't stop to
read the sign over it but gave it a
good above and stood back awaiting
results. They came. In a moment the
door waa thrown violently open and
Legends ef Goblin Hounds.
Conan Doyle's "Hound of the Basker
villes," a "fearsome animal," 'is said
to have its origin in the legends oi
packs of spectral hounds which are
popular la various parte of England
aad Wales. Ia the aorth of England
these apparitions are known as "Ga
briel'a houads;" in Devon, the "Wlsk."
"Test," or "Heath hounds;" In Wales,
"Cron Annwn." or ?Cwn Wyblr," and
In Cornwall the "Devil's Dandy dogs."
They are supposed to be evil spirits
hunting the souls of the dead. Gen
erally they are oarjr heard and seem
to be passing swiftly along in the air,
aa they usually choose cloudy nights
for the pursuit of their prey.. Their
yelping is said to be terrific, resem
bling the note of a bloodhound. All
of which tends to show that the origin
of these legends of goblin-hounds is
to be found in the terrifying noises
made by flocks of wild geese.
Good Old Uncle Job Felt Called Upon
to Rebuke Sinner.
"Tas, sub," begun Uncle Job, sur
veying his hearers with an expression
of "virtuous sadness; "yas, sun, I sholy
gib dat trifling Ab'aham a lesson he
neveh fongot!" Then, seeing an in
quiring look in the eyes of some of his
hearers, and hearing a question from
the lips of one of them, he decided to
go more into details about the nature
of the lesson he had imparted.
"What'd I do tah him? I'a gwine tub
tell yon ails. Ab'aham fair drawed de
llghtnin on hisself w'en he hed de
'dacity tuh 'vite me tah he house tab
eat er tuhkey dinner. Tuhkey." re
peated Uncle Job. after 'a telling
pause, "w'en dat Uverashous rascal
neveh raised any tuhkey in he life
'cept often some w'lte man's roost
Hit sho was er fine tuhkey, but I
showed dat Ab'aham dat stolen goods
proflteth , little. Dat tuhkey waa er
big gobbleb, an' dere was nobody but
me an' Ab'aham dere; an' I seasoned
dat bird wlf admonitions tuh be good
an' wahnlngs f om de wrath to come.
Hit sholy would hev tasted good ef
bit heda't beea stole. But de sauce
ob a deed well did aa' a stnneh re
buked almoe' made hit relish, an',"
concluded Uncle Job, with pious sat
isfaction, "though hit was er hand
pill, I's bound to say I held out to -de
end an finished dat tuhkey, spite ob
Ab'aham'a hint dat he spected hit
tuh las' him erweek." Youth'a Companion.
soons. vatu
called the King's, coasistiag of 14199
men, submitted to him aad sarread
ered their arms aad colors, ordered,
to prevent their running away, aad
the necessity of aettiag a strong
guard over theai that every man
should cut a piece' oat of the waist-
i-band of his breeches, which obliged
i them to hold them ap with oae haad.
aad In that posture they marched
with a guard of only 25 dragooaa aad
; a sergeant Charles XII. did sosae
: thing like this by the Muscovites after
the battle of Narva.
Man's Prejudice fer Black Clethea, -Ia
opening aa artistic dress exhibi
tion Mr. Louis N. Parker, master of
the recent Warwick pageant said
there could be ao doubt that the
clothes mea wore were foolish, says
the Pall Mall Gazette. He claimed
that as woman could array herself ia
sympathetic colors aad flowing folds,
the time had arrived whea ataa should
be placed oa equality with her. Instead
of the having to array himself in black
for dinner, the theater, funerals aad
weddings. He believed and hoped that
his pageants would do something to
sweep away the prejudice for black,
for it was a horrid custom oa the part
of civilisation.
Doctor's Rich Fee from American.
A French nerve doctor was called
to treat an American visitor for acute
neuralgia. Electricity was applied
with excellent results. The patient
gratified, promised to send the doctor
a check. The next day the medico
was astonished to deceive a check for
1.900. He went and asked if a mis
take had not been made and received
further expressions of gratitude. A
few days later the American sent title
deeds for a house near Arc de Tri
omphe of the value of 1.000,000 francs.
Gil Bias vouches for the story and
says the doctor has just moved into
VARIETIES IN HUMAN SPECIES.
The Fool ef the Family.
Primogeniture had engaged so much
of a young American's hostile atten
tion that his companion, who hap
pened to be the heir to an earldom, felt
constrained to apologize for it "It
has its advantages," he said, mildly;
"it makes bat one fool in a family,
you know." "All my younger broth
ers 'amount to something, aa yoa
Americans put It," he further ex
plained. "One of them is la the army,
another in the navy, and the third
came rushing oat with a ! lives and works In the east cad of
Source ef Everything That la Beautiful
and Interesting.
Each hamaa being has something
distinguishing, in form, proportions
countenance, gesture, voice In feel
ings, thought, and temper, la mental
aa well as corporeal physiognomy
This variety ia the source of every
thing beautiful and Interesting in the
external world the foundation of the
whole moral fabric of the universe.
Certaia external circumstances, as
food, climate, mode of life, have the
power of modifying the animal organi
zation, ao aa to make It deviate from
that of the parent Bat this effect
terminates In the individual. Thus, a
fair Englishman, if exposed to the sun,
beoomea dark aad swarthy ia Bengal;
but his offspring, if from an English
woman, are born just aa fair as he
himself was originally; aad the chil
dren, after any namber of generations
that we have yet observed, are still
bora equally fair, provided there has
been ao Intermixture of dark blood.
"Silaa Kidder has jast answered my
letter." said the country editor's as
sistant "Ton .know I wrote to him
aad told him hie subscription had ex
pired." "What does he say?" asked
the editor. "Dumbed if I know. He
jast sent my letter back with aome
Italian words scrawled on the bottom
of it Looks Uke 'reqaiescat la
Catholic Standard aad Times.
who answers 'with a aegatlvc often
does so believing that if her suitor
really means what he says he win aot
accept dismissal without mating an
effort to reverse her decision. The
astute lover, wbea decliaed aa hus
band, begs humbly for frieadshia and!
proceeds to make himself accessary
to his lady love's comfort aad happi
ness. He studies her taatec, hamora
her whims, ia always on haad when
) aeeded. yet never in the way. In
abort, he plays the part of "cavalier
aervaat" so adroitly that seme day
whea he betakes himself to Japan er
Paris his lady love wakea ap to the
kaowledge that he baa become tedia
neaaable to her. a part ef her life,
which, withdrawa. Ieavea a seacc of
lack, a void. Most fortresses whU ca
pitulate if the siege be lens enough
aad weU conducted, aad the ml
holds good la love as weU aa in war.
Exchange. .
MOSQUITO EASILY ON THE TOP.
Insect HeMc Record far
a!
two
stretcher, while behind them followed
two nurses aad a doctor. The doctor
at once accosted the young man.
"What ia It?" he demanded. "What
do yoa want?" The young man drew
himself ap. Tm a reporter." he aaid.
"and I want a list of accidents." The
nayatciaB took the young man by the
arm and atarched him over to the bat
ton. He pointed to the alga, which
read: "In case of aeddeata. push."
"Now I want to tell yon," he aaid soi
eauuy. "If yoa try that trick again
ywali he hi an accident."
Lendon.'V-Youth'a Companion.
CfrffMOt rllWIeWnMflIXe
The other day the Chlaeae police
court punished one of its female sab
Jecta la a aovel way. The woman re
ferred to assaulted an elderly man by
dragging his pipe .from his aseuth,
thereby causing the, loss of two of his
front teeth, and for'tnia she waa com
pelled to defray the expenses of
Chinese theater for two daya which
performed in the temple close to the
Caaas ef Seaman'e Bad Language.
At Southampton (Eng.) a seaman
named Johnson had to appear before
the borough magistrate on a charge of
making aae of bad language In St
Mary's atreet In explanation he
aaid he waa married la St
Maryw charch. Southampton, aumy
years ago. He left Southampton after
the ceremony aad waa away several
years. Coming back the other day he
went to look at the church, and find
ing there waa atffl no steeple to it be
did in his righteous anger nee aome
very strong words. In fining the de
fendant tea ahiniags aad costs the
chairman of the beach aaid many peo
ple had aaid strong thiags ahont each
beautiful charch as St Mary's hav
ing ao steeple, bat they did aot ace
auch had oxpreeatoaa aa the defendant
Gossip Set te Mueic
"I weat to the opera last sight"
"What did you hear?" "That Mrs.
Browning ia going to' get a divorce,
Mrs. Biggs haa the dearest dog and a
new baby, aad the Hutton's are goiag .
to live la Iadla." Harper's Weekly. ;
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wwwJlwIwNl rwcnVw) anWwMft KnVwVfl vt!
aider Refueei ef Marriage.
There are plenty ef happy
rlagea which have begun with "no"
and ceded with "yea." It freqaeatly
happens that the woauut who refuses
the first tier consents willingly upon
the second or third. Nor is the rea-
for this far to seek. The woman
Napoleon in supposed to have pcsied
away from earth hardened with the
weight of resnonalbUKy lor a million
deaths. Geaghla Khaa aad Tlmour
are credited with tea millioao each.
Theee are atlghty warriora. aad hh
tory gives them page after page by
way ef exhorting aa to the "atreanoaa
life." hat for ceataricc the atoseuito
haa pegged away aad kept the annual
average of 2M.9M deaths! What
statesataa has glvea to earth each a
soldier community? What patriot haa
aaade a country ao terrible throughout
the world? A general aad hie amy
paseea away from .the bagiaamg the
mosquito haa beea with as. He la re
apoasible. ataialy, today for the fact
that the tribes of mea arc cooped lato
the inhospitable climates of the north
and leave the wanner, more gener
ous and productive south to aba. Why
aot pat the asosqulto on the flags of
warrior nations iastead of the eagle
aad the lioa? JacksoavUlc Tl
Union.
Simple and Logical.
A teacher observed what ha thnasht
i a lack of patriotic enthusiasm ia one
of the boys aader his instruction.
"Now. Tommy." said he. "tell aa what
yoa think If yea saw the stara
stripes waving over the field of
tie." "I should think." waa the logical
reply of Thomas, "that the wind
, Mewjag."
After the battle of RastllMes had
by the great duke of Mari
horengh. Lord Joha Hay, whe
a nalmiat of
'a raslmaat ef
Frietca dra
NEW MUSIC STORE
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V V store in the Landon tarni
tnre store on Eleventh street and
will handle a complete line of flrst
class pianos. Our prices deiy all
competition. Bememher we are per
manently located in Columbus.
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