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An Artist a BY CARL (Copyright, 1911, by Ass It was known to the Shefflields, the Durhams, the Chattertons and all other country families for five miles, around that the little farm known as Roselands had been sold to some one in t'he city, but the name of the buyer had not transpired. Roselands had been owned and occupied by an old recluse for years. ils hobby was growing roses, but lie would never sell or give one away. They simply budded, bloomed and faded. On two occasions Miss May Shef Itld, who was by all odds the best looking young woman who drove past Roselands had stopped and tried to melt the old man's heart, but it wias in vain. Had she been red-headred and cross-eyed, and had a big mouth and a nose tiller up it the end, he could not have been more surly with her. Neither praise, flattery, smiles or cash would Mielt him. Red roses pink roses - white roses - roses enough for a duke's wedding, and yet the passersby could not have one of them. When it was known for certain that the old recluse had departed, and that the buyer was coming down from the city in a few days to take possession, Miss Mary put on a deter mined took and said: "Well, I'm going 'ight over there tomorrow afternost and get somec cuttings from those rose hushes. I don't believe the buyer will care. At any rate I'll chance it." "lie's probably a married man," said the mother, "alid you don't know what his wife may say about it." "If she's imean enough to say any thing I'll offer to pay. Why, we've given away cuttings and roots and bulbs by the cart cload." At two o'clock next afternoon. after a w'alk of a mile. Miss May arrived at tOse'tlnds. She had brought a knife aloug. and she lost no time selecting the bushes and making her cuttings. Whl.en sie had bundled them up sit tok it look into the cottage tII'ough a window, alld was alllaze(d to finid that a lot of new furnittire hal been moved in. Weeds and grass had also belen (it down. and it was evident that th~e buyer was re dy to take pos She Lost No Time in Selecting the Buihes. session. if the t t'espatsser had delayedi a single daly longer And then shte heard the chutg of an auto. andl lost it as the nmachine stopped at the gate, and thbere canto tile soundl~s of tmeni's voies and the barking of a dog. T1he butyer' at Rose lands wvan at hand!1( Shoul the girl walk aout with that hutndle of euitt ings under01 ncr arm, and( her chlin held high in defiance? No, of coturse not. Should she go wtithout tile cuttings? Should she break hecr way to the - flds in the rear through the ranttk grass and weeods? A nshed wvith ines climbing over it, and the door' stand Ing half open en'ught her eye, and a few seconds lat she was concealed. A good lookin young man, talking' with his chautffo , caime up the pa1th andl unlockedi onle of the (oors and( entered. Half a diozn trips were made by Ihe two, andl whent they came to an end the hiing girl knew that the chauiffeur had driven away alone, and that tile master and his dog were seated on the doorsteps within 15 fent of her. She scented the smoke of a pipe, and she heard the man say to the dlOg: "Well, old fellow, wve are htere at --last. Wonder if w~e are' going to he lontesome!? We'll put in a few (lays ' cleaning upi Roselnladsland then we must to our eatnvasses." "All artist, eh? That's what Miss May had thought as shle pecered at the matln's face thriotugh a crack in the shed. lie had brought the last at his effects, andi was goinig to stay r'ight there. Now, then, was she to get out unseen? - No anin for a week, and everyithing ' around here wanttts water?'' continued the man. ''We multst Jput the hose on and wet downl. You look out for tramps and I'll take c'are of the roses. And -say, Car'lo. be a little careful as to thle dogs you get a cjtiainlted wvithI .~ They must be tip to the y- 3 say a mail is judlged by 'meth ing inl the shed t here? had1( scented the trespasser, an n tow he ran down and stuck bia nd His Dog JENKINS 3ciated Literary Prese.) head into the shed and barked an alarm. "Only a cat, old boy," said the man, "and you needn't drive her away. We want a cat to make it seem honie-like. May be a coon or a rabbit, from the way you bark. I'll come down and help you rustle it out. Here-" "You needn't put yourself to any great trouble," said Miss May Shef field as she appeared in the open doorway. "T-thunder!" exclaimed the art Ist," as he fell back in amazement. "Si'," said the haughty girl before him; "you called me a cat!" "I-I-by no men11s." "And yoti called me1 a coon!" "Hlut I--I never meant to." "And you called me a rabbit!" "Yes, but you see--" "And you ordercid your dog to hus tic mne out!" "But I didn't know-" "And wlen I an hustled out you swear at me!" 'lut my ast( ishment-ty sur prise--" "And now I am1 expecting a blow -from a cluh!" "Miss--young lady-iny dear-" "Hut as you haven't lilt ime, I wish to thank you for your' (icilleecy and bid you good afternoon!" And With liad held high and the gait of ait duchess. the girl swept tile fluttering man aside and walked to tihe gate and up the road. The (log !oIlowed her for a few paces in a wondering way. and t11r1 rlle'turtleid to his miaster, to be addressed w%-f it: "Carlo, have we had a pipe dreaml1, or have we actmijly seenl tile (Iueen of hotr sex for 50 miles around ?" Carlo went down to the shed to see if anything llore like that was linger ing around, and finding nothing return'1ed to be a'.ked: "But who in the devil caln she be, and what in the devil did she want here? Came on foot aid went away the saie way. Gan't live so very far off. No roses out yet. Was she after cut tings? Let's ake. a look. Why. here's a hundle of :heui! We catte home just ill time11. She ileard its an(] wenIlt into Ilidilig. Mlist have ktnown she was i trespasser and a thief, and yet how she stood up to me! Wasn't that all awfl bluff, 1111111? Well. Well! Tir-re are a few things to be found before we settle down." Mr. 'Tikins was only a (lay or two t'irling out what he wanted to inow, aind then he i)peared at the Shef. field's, riot its a entler, but is it bearer of burdens. lie had three rose bushes. 'They' w~ere, as lie explained to iss May, patiitial i'epaymlent for callitng her a cat, a (0(11 and a rabbit. ii she still felit aggr'i(eed site might send fat her and brothler' over' and dig uri all, but1 a single bush, lie had ex elimedlC "t hunder !" at tile sulddent sight of hecr, but thler'e were lilies anr tulips and pinkis at Roseland, and wiold she take thleun andl for'get thle word? .iss May's chin came down by de(grees, but it camtie dlown. One evening inl tile iate fail thle dog Car'lo wasn~l't so ver'y muilch asl tnSised to hear his master say, after cominig hotne at a late hlour: "Well, my old friend, we'll be go. ing back to towni for the winter' sootn, but nlext spring Rioselands will sure have a mlistr'ess. it was you that discovered her1, andl~ I want to tell y'ou how muci(h obliged I am. Hleigho! How she did stand here and blutff!" The Boy Problem. The boy, like the tariff, the football rles(' and tihe suffragette, is an~ eternal itrobileml. lie is a nev'er-ending sour'ce (If disc(ulssion att t eachiers' ('onv'entionls. family couir.cils antd sociological confer. ences, lie is bilmed f(or manity things w~hichI he 1has nothling to (10 with;an is sometimes30, 1 togh rariiely, giv'en 'eedit for things he. (10es not1 do. 1liuly, htowe'ver, the critic(ismn of t he boy is advl~erse. \Vhere ther'e Is 0one optimlist to see h1is good poinlts, there are ten pessimilsts to bew~aii his faults. Perhaps the strongest and nmost. un prejtudicedi adv1erse criticism at. the presen01t timel ('omes0 from the0 field of business life. It is vet'y 'ommor.0b for' a busitness man 10 complaiti about 'he boy13s that come Into his employment. PTey can nieithet' write neatly, spell corriectly, nor cipher acc'Euratfely; their personal habiits are' none1 too admira b11e, and thley' have little poliftees or respect foi' superiors. So say many' large employers of boy iabor'. If thleso statemen'tts at'e all ti'te, sturely there is somret hing wrong wit h our' boys. \\'hllitami T. Miller in thle Athlnt ie. Origin of "Buncombe." in hiistor'ic flunmcomnbe county, Nc.,rt h Cari tohlia, was ot'ig Inte(d thle phlrase "'tai lkinmg huncombeili." for in thiiis moumn tintous coutry yearsi' aigo, Col. IEd ward itunicombel) founded is fitmous hail, and1( placed thle words '"To I tun c'01mb'e loall, Welicomec All' OVert his dloorway. lThe expriession, "I anm talk' llng fori ittun(omibe," mleainig Itunu combe11 (outy, b(eenmeU c'urrendt hlere abouts by hlomei folks, butt unitregen-. erate stranigeris haive used( it to signify political larntey' (or exaggeratted praise.--"Itn the L.and of the Sky." Jloe M. Chlap ple in National Magazine. Claim Great Age for Tree TheI viiloago C.' ltetiborn, itn (c'r manny, hits a lindenl tree believed to be 1.2n0 yenrs old. OWES. HER IEALTi To Lydia E. Pinkhami Vegetable Compound Scottvfile, Mich.-" I want to tel you how much good LydiaE.Pinkham' V e ge t a bl e Corm ... -- ...p.... ound and Sanativt Wash have done me -. I live on a farm an( have worked ver A 4 hard. I am forty five years old, an( am the mother o thirteen children . . Many people thinl it strange that I an not broken dowi -. 'with hard work an( the care of my fam fly, but I tell them of m1y good friend your Vegetable (omnpound, and tha there wvill be no )ackaiche and bearini down pains for them if they will taki it as I have. I am scarcely ever with out It in the house. "I will say also that I think there I: no better medicine to be found fo young girls to build them up and mak them strong and well. My eldes daughter has taken Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound for pain ful periods and irregularity, and It ha; always helped her. "1 am always ready and willing t< speak a good word for the Lydia E Jinkham s Remedies. J tell every om I meet that I owe my health and hap piness to these wonderful medicines.' -M rs. J. G. JonsNsoN,Scottville,Mich. IR.F.). 3. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com p ound, made from native roots an< herbs, contains no narcotics dr harm ful drugs, and to-day holds the recor4 for the largest number df actual curei of female diseases. UNDERTAKING FOR MISSIONARY I40 "There are a good many thankles BABY'S HAIR ALL CAME OU'l "Whben my first bb a i months old he broke out on his heat with little bumps. They would dr: up and leave a scale. Tlhen it wouic break out again andl 11 spread all ove: his head. All the hair came out an< bis head was scaly all over. Then hi: tce brnoke out all over in redl bump: Sndl it kept spread)r.ig until it v.as ot bis hands and armr. I bought severa broxes of oinltme'nt, gave him bloot medicine, and had twvo doctors to trea him, but be got worse all the time. Hii had It about six months when a frien< told me :4out Cut icura. I sent ant got a bottle of Cut ieura Riesolvent, cake of COticuera Soap anid a box o Cuticura Ointment. In three days afteor using themn he began to improve He began to take long naps and t<t stop scratching his head. After taking t wo bottles of Resolvent, t wo boxes o Ointment and thrco cakes of Soap i< was sound and well, and never ha< any breaking out of any kind. lHl hair camre ouit In little curls all ove1 his head. I dlon't think anything elst would have cured him except Cut icura "I have bought Cuticura Ointmen1 and Soap several times since to usc for cuts and sores and have nevem known them to fail to cure what I pul themi on. I think Cuticura is a greal remedy and would advise any one t< use it. Cut icura Soap is the best tha1 I have ever used for toilet purposes.' (Signed) Mrs. F. F). Harmon, R. F. D 2, Atoka, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1910. Their Favorite Alibi. Cook-How do you get out or it when the missis scolds you for nol answering the hell? WVatress-I always tell her I wam making manyonnaise.-Hiarper's llazar For IEEAD)ACENE-Efeks' CAPIUIINKi whether fromi (olds, Heat, Htomachel ni Nervous Troub1les, capuidie wiln relieve you1 It'ai nquid- pleasant to tanke--ne'ts immede. at ely Tr it.. i0e., 25e., aund 50 cent s a t drug; stores. in the Future. "l low did you get your star. it life?" "I got a flying start; I was born ir an airship." The robe of righteousness will neith or shrink nor stretch. III If Youre is fluttering or MADE BANK ACCOUNT GOOD Why Uncle Reuben Could Not Meet Debt He Acknowledged as an Obligation. Uncle Reuben, the village white Washer auid man of all work, was a frequent borrower of small stums from his neighbor. Colonel Arkwright, and as a rule he repaid these little debts at the appointed time; but on one occa.sion, when he had been ac conuinodated with a loan of two dol lars and a half, which he pronised to return in a few days, he allowed two or three weeks to pass without [inaling any mention of his indebted ness, and, in fact. seened to avoid I is creditors. But one morning the colonel unexpectedly encountered him at the postofilee. "lello, Uncle Rube! Didn't you borrow a little money from me sev eral weeks ago?" "l)t's right, cunnel," said the old mian. "I sholy did." "You told me youl'(d pay it back In thri-e or four days. liave you had had luck?" No, suht," responded Uncle Reuben. "I'll tell you how it was, cunnel. I lacked jes' two doliahs an' a half o' havin' ten dollars to put in de savin's bank, al' I used it fo' dat. Hi its all right, c11unne. I won't fo'glt it." Youth's Companion. Thackeray's Kindness of Heart. Thackeray was the gentlest satir ist that ever lived. As editor of the Cornhill he could hardly bring him self to reject a MS. for fear of hurting ills would-he contributors. The story of his actually paying for contribu tions that he never printed, in order to conceal the fact that he had reject ed them, may be true or false. We do not renember exactly how the evi dence points. But even if it be a story, such-stories are not told of men .made of the stern stuff of the Thack I eray commonly misknown. Why He Quit. "Ilavcn't I the privilege of making suggestions to the man fixing the lawn," she asked, with tears in her voice. "Why, certainly," he assured her. "Well, just. because I made a sug gestion to him he throw all his tools in the wheelbarrow in ain angry man ncr and went away without saying a word." "Why, what. had you said to make him act like that ?" "I just asked him to plant a few nice dandelions in the lawn." FOR MALARIA. CIIILS. FEVER Colds and l-a. Grippe take Elixir Babek, a preventative against Miiasinatic Fe ver-s and a remedy for all Malarial Fe vers. "I have used 'Elixtr Biabek' for four years for Malarin, and found it all thai Is clainied for it. Without it I wouldI he obliged to change my residence. as I can not take (i-nine in any of its forins.-,-J. Middletom lFour-Mile Run va. IElixir Bnbek So cents. all drug gists or Kloczewski & Co., Washington ). C. Lead in Salt Industry. The -six leading states in the salt inidustryv arec Michigan, New York. Oh io, Kansas, ILtuisianJa and Call for-nia, and1( in ' f909 these six stater pr'odneed salt valued at $7,714,557. The malt fr-om these states is obtained irom rock salt, sea water aind natural br1ine---inl other wor'ds, trom all t he known sou1rces of salt. irnportant to Mothers Examine calrefully every bottle ol CAS'POR IA, a safe and sure remedy for Iin~fantsi anid children, anid Bee that it Signatwre of Tn Use F~or Ove-r 30 Years. Childrien Cry for Fletcher's Castoi Shocking. *Mis's 1>., a te'ach~er of unquestioned propriety in all its branches, was in 7the throes of commrren(cment,. and to the best of her ability was entertain ing some young men-the suitors of her fairi pupils. They c-onversed on some beautiful flowers in the drawing r loom. "Yes," exc'laimed the old lady; 'hut If you think these are pretty, you just ought to go upstairs and look in the bat h-Itubs of the girls' dor'mitor-ies. T'hey arec just full of American beau ties!" Some Aviation Records. (C'ar iFerdlinand of Bulgaria is the first ('rownedl head who hlas madec an1 aerolane flighIt. The a viator who t ook him up Is the first man wtho (ever of Prussia Is tihe first professional aviator of royal rank. Mr. Roosevelt is the first prominenlt statesmanl to have made an ascension in an aero plane. Arthur J. flalfour Is the see on d. SPOIIN'S D)ISTKM PER C('' E will ('ure' any possible case of DISTE'lM PER, IN K RVEK, and the like a1mong horses of all ages, and preve'nts all othle-r-s in the amne s'table from having the di~seasae. Also c-ures chicken -cholera, and dlog dhist emper., Any good dIrugg~ist. ('nn1 5lupply you, or send( to mafrs. 50 cents and $1.00 a hot tie. Agents w iar ted.- Free hook. Spiohna MedlienI C'o., Spec. Contagious Diseases. Gosahen, Indl. H ope less. "Why dlon't you get. in line for- Miss flattie's favor?" "'Ilumph ! That line's busyn3." Chew and1( fmokiei uintiured lionnero. eap and undofied. Mieriwutheor a tcdwardh. Clarksiil e'iinn If you1 want to be up with the lark in the morning, beware of the Ssal lows at night. weak, use "RNmOVIN. 'lad.e. by HADN'T SEEN IT SINCE.' She---You ought to see that man 'In evening clothes. lie-l'd like to; he borrowed my dress suit three months ago. A New Sensation. .Little Jean had visited one of the large summer amisement parks for the first time, and with the courage possessed only by those girls whose playmates are boys and girls older than themselves, she had not hesi tated, when invited, to take a ride on one of the "thrillers" that abound in such places. To hei mother, on her return from the park, she confided the emotions she had experienced as she swept round the curves of the "figure eight" with her elder brothers. "Mamma," she said, "when I went round those awful turns so fast I felt just as if I had freckles on my stonach!"-Youth's Companion. DON'T NEGLECT YOUR KIDNEYS. Kidney troubles aro too serious to neglect. Slight ailments are often forerunners of dangerous kidney ill ness and should be treated without de btery/Yr/gre lay. T. M. Har TOM/ AS/o/t), ley, 315 E. 5th Av., Rome, Ga., , - says: "Years ago I had an attack of gray el that nearly killed me. I re covered but it wv as the fore runner of simi ar attacks. The urino becamo scant and irregular in passage and my back throbbed until I could scarcely stand the pain. I began using Doan's Kidney Pills and was helped from the start. I gradually improved and when I had used eight boxes, I was entirely cured." Remember the name--Doan's. For sale by druggists and general storekeepers everywhere. Price 50c. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. A Quaint Thought. Aliss G eraldine ara imr. sea ted in her' deck chair on the George Watsh ington, rega rdled a half1-dozen turchi ums playing on the sunny dlecnk, anid then said with a pensive sile: "I ofteni wondler. t'onsider'ing what chrrrming things children aire, where all thme qumeer' old imien (omne from! The Urgent Need. She (flattering with 'y(es anid v'oice --Arthur, dear. I find that we still Ineed a few thIngs to make otur little householdl mnore ser'viceablie. Hle-Whant one t hing, perhamtps? She-Well, for' instane, we nced a new hat for mne.--I arper's izar. &fria. 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S W~E2JN WOMEN STRONG SIGK WOMEtN WELL. tea offered by unscrupulous druggist. nedy. by letter, free. All correspondence al. Write without fenr and withoue ~e, M. D., Pres't, Jluffaulo, N. Y./ te and invigorate stomach, liver and may to take as candy. SMITH'S Foand all."ormuoUaiaia s' success. Contains no Unlik e quinine, it leaves by druiggists and mer :an't supply it, write to oral Agent., LouIsville, Ky, >TON IC phia. Tenn. Pri.$.00 a