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I< FAIRY TALES. When dusk falls cool as a rained on rose, And a tawny tower the twilight shows. [With the crescent moon, the silver moon the curved new moon in a space that glows. A turret window that grows a-light; There is a path that my Fancy knows. A glimmering, shimmering path of night, That far as the Laud of Faery goes. 'And I follow the path, as Fancy leads. Over the mountains, into the meads. Where the firefiy cities, the glow-worm cities, the fairy cities are strung like beads. Each city a twinkling star; And I live a life of valorous deeds. And march with the Fairy King to war, And ride with the knights on milk-white steeds. Or it's there in the whirl of their lite T sit, Or dance in their houses with starlight lit, Their blossom houses, their flower houses, ; _ their elfin houses of fern-leaves knit, With fronded spires and domes; And there it is that my lost dreams flit. And the ghost of my childhood, smiling, roams With the fairy children so dear to it. And ;'s there I hear that they all come ! true. The fairy-stories, whatever they do? Elf and goblin, dear elf and goblin, loved elf and goblin and all the crew Of witch and wizard and gnome and fay. And prince and princess, that wander through The story-books we have put away , The fairy-tales that we loved and knew. * The face of Adventure lures you there, And the eyes of Danger bid you dare, \ [While ver the bugles, the silver bugles, the far-off bugles of Elfiand blaro, The fairy trumpets to battle blow; And you feel their thrill in your heart and hair. And you fain would follow and mount and go And march with the Fairies anywhere. And she?she rides at your side again. Your little sweetheart whose age is ten: She is the princess, the fairy princess, the princess fair that you worshiped when You were a prince in a fairy-tale: And you do great deeds as you did them then, ,v> ua your magic spear ana encnantea mail. Braving the dragon in his den. And you ask again. "Oh. where shall we ride. Now that the monster is slain, my bride?*' "Back to the cities, the tirefly cities, the glow-worm cities where we can hide. The beautiful cities of Faeryland. t And the light of my eyes shall be your guide, ,, The light of my eyes and my fsnow-white hand? And there forever we two will abide." ?Madison Cawem, in Woman's- Homo! I - Companion. P" X?X?X?X?X?X?X?X?X?X '' : THE PREACHER'S "TREAT," . I p .i' By REY. EDWARD P. OWEN. \ / The little town of M has a history that runs back to the days when * the southern pdarfi of Kansas looked i>ut upon a vast unsettled tract of Indian land. For years this border J iountry had been the rendezvous of v? ;he cattlemen, who used the range oelow, and of the various outlaws and 5rirainals who had made the Indian lands their hiding place. A little branch ran down to C?. ? little town on the Kansas side of the liDe, and at the time of the "run," some of the best citizens of C , anticipating the extension of the railroad into the new territory, laid out i new town site on the Oklahoma jide of the line, on a piece of ground :hat was a far more convenient site than the old Kansas town of C . From the birth of M there was a keen and bitter strife between the two towns. No less than three nen were shot down in the streets in broad daylight in the course of the flrst few years. and several cases of j arson were supposed to have originated in the rival town. The two saloons in M were kept busy from ihe start, and C kept pace with a joint and gambling den. The reputation of the two towns was known lar and near. About six years after the opening of "th? strip," while on a visit to a member oi' our Salem church, we were discussing the question of missionary work, when it was suggested that if I were looking for a really typical missionary field I should find it at M . My informant had owned a "claim" near M in the early days, and his statements were so strong that I was tempted to investigate at once. I found a busy little "burg" that drew trade for more than thirty miles, but there was no church in sight, and I was informed that Sunday was a "wide-open" day. Horse paces, foot races, drinking, gambling were the rules, Sunday-school the exception, and all attempts at preaching "had thus far ended in failure: Rut T fnnnr? ai in r?ffe>n tho n.mo fhat it is darkest just before dawn. Even the supposedly irreligious were dissatisfied with conditions, and one individual. reputed to be an atheist, offered to donate $23 towards the building of a church. I could only discover three professing Christians in the town, but decided to commence permanent work, and took up a regular appointment at the school-house twice a month. On my third visit I was sitting in the hotel about seven o'clock on Saturday evening, when I heard two shots firpd on the street anr? a deal of confusion and noise. In a few minutes the hotel door opened and I saw someone beckoning to me to come oat. Instinctively guessing what was on foot, I asked my visitor what he wanted. His answer was that he wanted me to come over and have a drink with him! I thanked him politely, but told him that drinkin? was not one of my usual habits. He then suggested a cigar, but again thanking him. I told hiru I did not smoke. Not to be outdone, he then offered to compromise by treating me to some lemonade at fhe restaurant. As I happened to know that the restaurant keeper was one of the three professing Christians of the town, I readily acquiesced, thinking that, once inside the restaurant, I should find some way to take care ol my generous /riend. for it was evident that he would need a guardian before long. When we arrived at the restaurant it was locked. The proprietor was justice o.f the peace, and had gone in search of special constables to While crossing th* street I had discovered my friend's name, and at once knew from what I heard in the hotel that it was the man who had J fired the shots a few moments before. On finding the door of the restaurant locked, he suggested that we go "up street"?towards the upper saloon where the crowd had gathered to watch events. Just then the special constables l put in their appearance and seized ; my genial companion by each arm. As he was six feet two inches and weighed about 200 pounds, and had a bad l'eputatfon. I was somewhat alarmGd. A man half drunk, with four shots still in his revolver, might make serious trouble, fighting with two men half his size, so I suggested that, as he had made no trouble for me thus far, they should let him go and let me try my success in handling him. As soon as I had learned his name. I knew where he lived, and now I turned to him and proposed that we go to the house. He seemed to take kindly to the suggestion, and, placing his arm around my neck, he allowed me to convoy him homewards. The whole population of the littlo town had by this time gathered, and there was much amusement to see big J. C. taken home by the green little visiting preacher. As he crossed the threshold he took out his sixshooter. and. throwing it on the bureau, he stumbled &nd fell headlong to the floor. In a few moments he was in a profound sleep, and after taking off his boots and aiding his wife in making him comfortable, I took the discarded six-shooter and retired to the hotel. The crowd in the school-house next night was a forerunner of crowds that later overflowed our first little church building, and caused us to build a sightly addition within the first two years of our work in the town. The M church not only grew into a strong organization of sixty members, but it became a centre for work in the outlying neighborhoods, as well a* sending out its deacon and pastor to undertake work in the newer regions further west. In course of time the wife and father and mother and two sisters of our friend J. C. joined our church in , M . and our hero himself settled rfnwn into steady ways, and finally became marshal of the little town of which he had once been the bully. The parson got neither his whisky, nor his cigar, nor his lemonade, but "he saw of the travail of his soul and was satisfied." Such is the life of the home missionary. ? American Missionary. MARSHALL FIELD'S WEALTH. Fortune For Two Young Boys?Must Wait Long For it. Marshall Field, third, and Henry Field, grandsons of the Chicago merchant prince, who died in 1906, are for the first time in position to figure how much they will be worth if they live to be fifty, at which age they ? ill nn.inaeeiAn nf fho r/lciH will tU lilt? 1UIU jiUoocooivu WA. uary estate of their grandfather. According to an estimate made public by Judge Rinaker in the County Court the boys' share of the estate has a present market value of more than $54,000,000. The elder boy is sixteen and the younger fourteeu. At twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five and forty the elder will receive on each birthday $450,000, and the younger on each of those birthdays $300,000. Except for adequate maintenance and these payments they must wait until they reach the age of fifty to come into their legacies. It is estimated that the estate by that time will have multiplied its market value at least four times and be worth for division $200,000,000, because it includes not only the profitable Marshall Field business. but the real estate and other investments of constantly increasing value. Mr. Field worked out the trust features of his will in most elaborate detail. He set forth exactly what was to be done with eaoh particular trust in case of the death of a beneficiary before or after his or her legal heirs, and lis covered the residuary estate with provisions for management and disposition down to the prospective grandchildren to the two boys. The boys take the place in the will of their father, Marshall Field. Jr., an only son, who died in November, 1905. According to the court declaration, the estate at Marshall Field's death was worth $83,459,032. Payment of $1,000,000 to Mrs. Delia S. Field, the widow, under an ante-nuptial contract, and other payments for debts, claims and business and legal fees, totalled $4,196,373, leaving the present net value at $79,2G2,658. This will be reduced by about $25,000,000 by the payment of seventyfive specific legacies, leaving $54,000,000 to go into trust for the two boys. Their sister, now seven years old, and the other child of Marshall Field, Jr., will receive as her share of the estate the income on $1,000,000. ?Chicago News. A Written Reference. The bearer. Hayashi Kishi, has been in my service for the last four weeks. During that period he was trusted with the keys of the wine cellar, with the task of providing for the table, and with the general regulation of the whole household, and these duties be discharged with much satis taction i.o?mmseii. For a teetotal family, to who at cleanliness and punctuality are no objects, who use no stoneware or other breakable dishes, and who can view with Christian charity the loose ideas upon the subject, of property of an untaught heathen brother. I can conscientiously say that he is admirably . adapted. It is purely out of personal regard for him that I am compelled to dispense with his service?, for my substance has so diminished since he rame into the household that I grieve to see his great acquisitive talents wasted upon such a barren field. I shall be glad to hear that the earth contains another fool so confiding as to take him into service and relieve a white man of his burden. I have endeavored in this to com> ply both with his request and the | m9^ irt^ I Teach School Children to Swim. Ella F^lagg Young, superintendent of schools, assisted by officers of the Y. M. C. A., started a movement to teach every school child in Chicago I to swim. Instruction began at bath' * - - ' -* ? T ! ing beacnes along tae saures ui j_,an.c | Michigan. Character. Character gives weight to one's words and permanence to one's acts. Character secures the confidence of those who employ us, the respect of j those above us, the love of those on j our level, the loj'alty of those beI neath. Character is the guinea | stamp on the gold, the signature at i the edge of the portrait, the ring of j the genuine coin, the accent of the ! speech of the New Jerusalem, which ' is found only on the lips of the true j citizen.?Woman's Life. Making and Using Stencils. The use of the stencil for wall decj oration, or for ornamenting curtains, i scarfs and even dresses, is effective I and not difficult. Whether the effect j is cheap and tawdry or beautiful and I dignified will depend upon the design j and colors selected. i To make the stencil, procure some j fairly heavy Manila wrapping paper, j Give it a coat of raw linseed ail. With ! a cloth wipe off the superfluous oil | and hang the paper to dry. It should be used when fresh. I To cut, lay the paper upon a sheet j of glass and use a very sharp knife. ! This keeps the under side of the cut I clean and free from ragged edges. 1 c _:_u ~ j 11? 1 l ,i i, ? vv ueu iiui&ucu tut; aieutii suuurn uc I given a coat of shellac. It will be easily seen that since the design shows only where the openings I occur, the openings alone make the I design, and the paper must be so made that the paper completely sur! rounds each opening; that is, unless j care is used in planning the design, | it may fall apart when it is finished. This can readily be seen by studying ' ' f- r~ rio. \ 'no. ' vfio-a. 'wo?. j Fig. 1. When this figure is cut, the pieces A and B will fall out. In Fig. 2 this fault is corrected. In other words, the parts/that make the design must in each case be separated from each other by the background of paper. If, when the design is drawn, and j before it ia cut, the spaces are filled in | with pencil or ink, it will be easy to : determine if the figure is made so it I will zot fall apart. Those stencils are best which avoid long, loose connecting parts (Fig. 3), as they are likely to be pushed aside ; uy iue urusu anu me uesign Diurrea. j Fig. 4 shows the proper arrangement. The space to be decorated must : first be marked off into rectangles the j size of unic in the stencil. Four holes cut in corners of the stencil will enable one to see where to place the dej sign (Fig. 5). I If more than one color is desired, ; the parts intended for each color must be cut on a different piece of paper, and if three colors are wanted a third stencil must be made. These are used one after the other, allowing each to dry thoroughly before using the next. If, however, the different colors are I quite removed from each other in the I design, or if one color is a small por| tiou of the design, sometimes it is j possible to cut them on the same ' sheet, and then with a separate small j brush the extra color may be worked I in at the time the first color is apI plied. The stencils must be wiped J with a clean cloth from time to time, and care must be taken not to let the color get on the front of the paper. The brush should be stiff and with short hairs. If a regular stencil brush cannot be procured, bind an ordinary brush with twine for an inch or more, and then cut off the uaii uui ee-quariers 01 an inch Delow this binding. (See cut.) The color should be the consistency of cream, and applied by stippling, that is, dabbing, not by moving brush backward and forward. For stenciling on cloth it is necessary to have the color free of oil deposit. Squeeze tube paint on to blotting paper. Then if thinning is necessary use benzine, which dries very quickly. Although it is impossible to give any absolute rules about the combinations of color, yet to help those unfamiliar with colors to produce pleasing effects, we hazard a few combinations which have proved satisfactory. These colors are given in the order of the proportion, that is, the first named should be used in the largest areas and the others in the order of their precedence: 1 (iray-'-jreon gray orane<? 2 Yellow-given gray lemon-yellow 5 Gray-green dull orange or red 4 Gray-violet yellow-green cream-white 5 Gray-blue dull orange 'j Liglitgray-greon salmon-pink Two shades of any of the colors I j QX 5 ^ [ WOMAN'sf REALM <f rt^v ;. rk\ may be used in place of one in case the design calls for more colors. Cream or ivory-white is always better than pure white. If the colors in a J combination are kept in or near the ; same value they will be more likely j to be agreeable. By "the same value" is meant neither darker nor lighter. ?Youth's Companion. ' Hints on Letter Writing. When writing letters u woman | should keep in mind the following rules: Business letters should be concise and clear, because business people are supposed to be busy. No letter is complete without the date. In writing to solicit employment of any kind, on no account should personal perplexities or needs be mentioned. The world is full of unfortu- | nate persons, and to a stranger the J troubles of oie are no more than | those of a host of others. Letters of introduction are left , open when written. Elaborately ornamented note paper , and highly perfumed notes are vulgar. | When answering letters remember: j That written words stand as everlasting witnesses. That an ambigi ous sentence is like- | ly to be misinterpreted. That a friendly word never harms. That a written word of sympathy can sometimes do much good. That a letter written in a kindly j spirit should be answered in the same j way. even though the message is dis* j liked. That business letters and invita- j tidns must be answered at once. That a lady acknowledges an? I friendly offe^ of hospitality, even though it be not by acceptance.? , Washington Herald. Rights of Fiancees. The law courts of Gotiingen have ! just delivered a weighty decision af- I fecting the rights and liberties of j fiancees. Some weeks ago a young Berlin ar- ; chitect had a visit from his be- j trothed, a Gottin?en lady. She stayed | in the capital over the week end, and ! the architect escorted hisi sweetheart j back to the station, where, he fondly j thought, he saw her in the train safe- i ly bound for Gottingen. Tfr nnnonrc hfiwevpp tjiat thp lad^ was reluctant to tear herself away j from the joys of the metropolis. Si- ! renlike, Berlin beckoned her back, i and at the second station she left the ! train and returned to the city, where she stayed till the next morning. Some kind friend imparted intelligence of this to the architect, and added that his ilancee had been seen [ unescorted in the Friedrichstrasse. ! The architect at once wrote to his | sweetheart, demanding explanations. Receiving no reply, he broke off the j engagement and instituted proceed- j ings for a return of his presents and j the money he had spent during his i betrothal, including cab fares, rail- ! way tickets from Gottingen to Berlin, j and the lady's board* while she was here. Her explanation of her conduct was that she was tired to the point of ennui of the intellectual life of G6ttin- | gen, and sighed for the renowned < midnight revels of Berlin. The courts 1 decided that she had done nothing to j justify her lover breaking off the en- j gagement, and dismissed the action, i adding that tbere was no proof that I the lady's escapade reflected in the 1 least upon her character. Breach of promise cises are unknown to German law, so the Gottingen lady cannot mend her broken heart with coin of the realm.?Berlin I Correspondence London Mail. Changeable taffetas are in high favor for afternoon frocks. Tucked long gloves are in again, and will stay for the season. Thin brown cloth ?auntlet.s aro good for the horsewoman. Parasols and stockings match the gown, whether the shoes do or not. The stitching itself is varied: a broad chain effect is new and pretty. Pink silk gloves are reversible to yellow, and just match the tc-arose gowns. Yellow lisle gloves are cool and ! washable, and look like the fashionable but heavy chamois. Flowered net shirred over a white Neapolitan straw hat makes a novel and pretty effect for a dressy hat. White kid gloves are stitched in colors to match the frock. Lavenders and pinks are especially favored. Cbantecler gloves have come to match the chantecler handkerchiefs. A tiny rooster or a golden pheasant is embroidered at the elbow. With the barnyard trimmings which are so much sought for, the straw braids?so coarse that one won-1 ? ? +K At' K > n ir f au'o( hof n i?ft 1 h u*TIS l.llclt til CJ UU115 iu;,guit? ?* w iuv. | first choice. Silk flowers, made so exactly that it is difficult to tell them from the original models, arc used for fasteners at the necic with the collarlsss afternoon gown. Very pretty afternoon gowns are made of the sheer batiste, which comes in the most fascinating shades this year. This material, too. le used for pric.cesa slips, worn under lithe white lingerie gown. An Obstacle to Good Roads. Missouri has a special road district law under which by a majority acreage vote?one vote for each acre of land?good roads may be constructed. The law provides for payment in one, Ave or twenty years. In the latter j event the road can be paid for in yearly installments of interest and v principal, amounting to a cost each ^ year of from twelve to twenty-five cents for each acre. T With a law so favorable for the im- q, provement of roads it might reason- j ably be supposed that there had been j L a large amount of highway work done | ? under its provisions. Such, it ap- I pears, ha3 not been the case although j y the law has been in effect for many j years. A correspondent of the Kan- I sas City Star, who signs himself "A i Country Missourian," expresses the belief that absentee landlordism is the principal obstacle that has prevented 113 the building of a large number of I roads under the provisions of this w statute. He gives an example as follows: "A short time ago farmers in a ! county not far from Kansas City, a fii county noted for best agricultural lands and poorest roads, took initial ^ steps to organize a road district and j build a rock road under the law. The ( matter attracted widespread notice : and favorable comment for a time, j ss and this ceased because it soon be came known that the whole thing a died at its very beginning. A farmer from that district, who lives upon and | farms his land and who favored the | rock road, told the writer of the fail- j > ure. Said he: 'There were too many j acres along our road, as we had to | ' plan it, owned by men gone to town j *- - ? * - -! 1amJ 4-r>. I CO live auQ reuieu men iauu cu tcu- i ants on shares. Their votes and their j talk killed the good road. They are j all these eight and ten per cent, fellows that live off the farms and begrudge a solitary cent off their rentals no matter if you show a dollar sure i to come along right after and keep coming every year. No use talking j rock roads any more until these eight i and ten per cent, fellows die off and a j new set comes on that's better than their daddies.' " This is a short-sighted policy on the part of the absentee landlords, I but the correspondent says many projects for road improvement have been frustrated by their opposition. That being the case it would seem to be in order for the Missouri Legislature to make some amendments to the special y road district law which would curtail the voting power of the absentees, Every landowner ought to be interested in good roads, whether he lives in city or in the country. Good roads greatly increase land values, and the absentee landlord who is so selfish in ^ his views as to block improvements ol Y such material importance is an incubus and a stumbling block.?Louis ville Courier-Journal. m The First Difficulty. Like starting a heavily loaded dl wagon the hard thing to do in the N campaigif for good roads is to secure construction of the first highway of the kind desired, which would be an ; object lesson from which the public oi would learn to appreciate the advantage of possessing an extensive 3ys- ni tem of such highways over which tra- tl vel would be easy and the cost of, transportation comparatively light.? Denver Republican. ' ai Kansas is Awakening. Kansas, having the livest people on ! ai earth, should have alao the best pub- ! is lie roads. But she has not?at least j not in all cases. There is room for I improvement and this improvement ' should be made, especially when it can be done cheaper here than in al- ; most any other State you might men- ^ tion.?Atchison News. . . ' K Advice Not Necessary. The strong woman and the seedy lolcing gentleman came on board at ! Fishguard. The seedy loking gentle- j man retired to his cabin, and the j . strong woman tucked him up with i 1 shawls. I gj Then the strong woman strode on i t declc and hailed the captain. "Well, mum?" queried the skipper. J "My husband is particularly liable ! to seasickness, captain," said the j strong woman. I " The captain nodded. J "I've heard o[ the complaint afore, j mum," he said. I p< "Could you tell him what to do in j 1)1 ease of an attack?" asked the strong j woman. " 'Tain't necessary, mum," replied j the skipper. "He'll do it!"?London j Ci Telegraph. , | di The Dancing Mania. , hi The "dancing mania" of the Middle Ages came on the heels of the great j]' plague known as the "Black Death." It was some sort of nervous disease, and is now supposed to have been r>,hnf ia i/nnwn as "St. Vitus' dance."' It began in the year 1374, at Aix-la- I w Chapelle. and spread all over Germany, the Netherlands and Italy. The | P< dancers formed circles, hand in hand, j bi and, appearing to have lost all reason, j continued dancing, regardless of the T bystanders, for hours together, until, in their wild delirium, they fell to the ground in sheer exhaustion. Panting and foaming at the mouth, they would p suddenly spring up and begin the | to dance again, to lie again exhausted, I aj and so 011 uutil they died. j i 01 A Reasonable Theory. j -As much fun as a basket of chips, j i'li? That's .1 hum saying. N'o-.v, what ; fun < ouId possibly attach to a basket of chips''"' j(1 "Rlajiic the saying had reference ;i| in an assortment of poker chips."? Louisville Courier-Journal. pi di The first Mayor of New York, p, Thomas Willett, sleeps in the Little w Neck (R I.) cemetery, and his grave ti is neglected. tc . "s. Eloping Up to Date. ^ * he coatless man puts a careless arm 'Round the waist of the hatless girl, i^hile over the dustless, mudless roadfl In a horseless wagon they whirl. ike a leadless bullet from hammerless gun, By smokeless powder driven, hey fly to taste the spechless joys By endless union given. he only luncheon nis coinless purse , Affords to them the means , i a tasteless meal of boneless cod, With a dish of stringless beans. ' 'e smokes his old tobaccoless pipe. And laughs a mirthless laugh Tben papa tries to coax her back By wireless telegraph. ?Motor Record. Ouch! Polly?"A girl shouldn't marry a < ian till she knows all about him." ] Dolly ? "And then she wouldn't ? ant to."?New York Times. j Just the Reverse. Gunner ? "Was young Biltwood ] red with ambition?" uuyer?" ino; ne was urea uecause i ; 2 didn't have any."?Boston Post. . i 1 His Fix. Tommy?"Pa says I must and ma j tys I mustn't." | ' Johnny?"Gee, you must feel like ] railroad."?New York Sun. i ] ^ Safe. ^ ^ ^ < Madame de Sight?"Do you think lere is any danger of my being run ' tvay with?" I Jenkins?"Not by me!"?New J ork Telegram. i-J Hedging. Clergyman?"Will you take this 1 oman until death?" Prospective Bridegroom ? "Isn't j i lere any minimum sentence?"?New j ork Press. The Ruling Passion. First Office Boy?"De boss's grand- ! I iudder died las' night." j 1 Second Office Boy?"Gee! I won- < er if he's goin' to de ball game."? i ew York Times. j 1 Not a Good Liar. , j Judge?"Prisoner, are you guilty ' r not guilty?" Prisoner?"Let my lawyer plead I Dt guilty for me, judge. I ain't got | { le nerve!"?St. Paul Dispatch. j ' i Tlie Battle. First Sweet Young Thing ? "We \ ( re starting the battle of life." j 1 Second Sweet Young Thing?"Yes, ; ad we don't know whether a divorce ; , a victory or a defeat."?Judge. | , I . An Enthusiast. "Yes, he went crazy over golf." ! "Sad, sad." i "Oh, no great harm done. They j ave links at the asylum. He's play- I ig a better game than ever now."? j ansas City Journal. I ] I 1 Reason. "What single trait in common gives j ?en his nerve the right to think of j er as his affinity?" "I don't know, unless it be because ie is dove eyed and he is pigeon ( >ed."?Baltimore American. The Reason. "You mark all your compositions > irte." said the friend. "Yes," replied the composer. ! They wouldn'thaveany vogue among gople who live in flats if I had them layed softly."?Washington Star. ' i Secrecy Assured. "T found that our stenographer in't read his notes after they are a ly old!" "What did you do? Discharge im?" "No. Raised his salary and put'* im under contract." ? Washington j tar. i Discretion the Better Part. Old Gent?"What are you doing j 1th those snowballs?" Small Boy?' Selling 'em three a I anny. and thoso who can't afford to ' uy gets em t'or nuffin!" j Old Gent? i u uikc ue hji. ? i own and Country. j A Courteous Omitom Stopped. ' I will !)e magnanimous," said the j rem-it duelist. "Rather than risk | ikiut; human life : will fire iu the I "Don't do that." responded his see- | nd; "youM be almost .sure to hit an i iriator."?Washington Star. Local I'l'itlo, ' Why do you insist on saying notliig. i'Vcii when you are among friends | nl neighbors?" I "It's a matter of local pride," re- J lied the distinguished traveler. "I | ?sire to show that the tomb of Na- | ileon i.s not the only place in tho orld where a man may attract altcnon by standing silent."?Washingin Star. I V Practice Campaigns. "1 don't know whether I ought to ake you seriously or not," says the air young thing to the gallant officer vho has just proposed. "I've heard hat you were engaged to ten girls ast summer." "My dear, thosewern't real engagenents. They were just?er?sham kirmishes."?Judge. A French-Germany dictionary has ecently been issued from Vienna, jrinted in Braille type, for the use of he Ulind. \ Package Mailed Free on Request of tillllWftll'C muniim o PAW PAW PILLS 8 The best Stomach and Liver Pills knoWl! and a positive and speedy cure for Constipation, Indigestion, Jaundice, Biliousness, Sour Stomach, Headache, and all ailments arising from a disordered stomach or sluggish liver. Trey contain in concentrated form all the rlrtues and values of Munyon's PawPaw tonic and are made from the infra nf the Paw-Paw fruit. I unheB. tatingly recommend these pills as being the best laxative and cathartia sver compounded. Send us postal o* letter, requesting a free package of Munyon's Celebrated Paw-Paw Laxa*tive Pills, and we will mail same free it charge. MUNYON'S HOMOEOPATHIC HOME REMEDY CO., 53d and Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia. Pa. Harry Lehr's Pun. Harry Lehr, at the wedding ol Marjorie Gould and A. J. Drexel, Jr., praised the young bride's beauty and elegance. "But what pleases me most of all," said Mr. Lehr, "is that this charming girl, with all her millIons, has married a plain and 'simple American instead of some doddering peer. "Yes," Mr. Lehr ended, smil- v Ing, "yes; Marjorie Gould is our one peerless heiress, isn't she?" SCREAMED WITH PAIN. Rochester, N. Y., Woman's Terrible Suffering From Kidney Trouble. Mrs. F. M. Carnrike, 130 Allen St., Kocnester, in. x., says: ~nay kiuueys and bladder were in terrible condittion. My ankles and wrists swelled and puffy sacks appeared beneath my eyes. The pain when passing the kidney secre tlons was often so great as to make me scream. I was treated by a physician, but he did not help me. For mojithfl [ was laid up and did not walk a step. A.t last I began using Doan's Kidney Pills and all my troubles disappeared. Tn a few weeks I was so changed my friends could hardly believe It." 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