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THE WRECK. A wreck Ut at the crossing, The iron rails ure red, And loud a frenzied woman ls wailing for ber dead ! Men. horror-stricken, burry, And something limp they lay Beside the towering engine, And sadly turn away. The ballast t h t was grimy Is wet an i - . c aked and red, And loud UV .n-nzied woman Is wailing for her dead A score ot trains are waiting While great men, far away, Impatiently aro counting The cost of "the delay." -? E. Kiser. in Chicago Becord-Herald. Timidity and dependence are fem : line charms. They are the graces of . eakness and the crimes of strength. With exceeding charm of manner, re ining all the perfection of physical > traction, while still in the zenith of luth and beauty, in honeyed tones of >rnhardt flavor a .woman may ex aim, "Oh, I'm so nervous; just as ;:rvous as I can be!"" .Fancy these words in the mouth of man! - It was an exclamation of this sort at made us all turn and look at letty Mrs. Sylvester, our hostess. We jre sitting in her luxurious dining om. Through dinner, with cooling _>s and heating winos trickling down r throats, we had discussed one topic ter another, till at last we had come : coffee and cigars and story telling. With gracious informality the ladies, :tening ai women know how, still lin red with us, while each of u3, as men .?ll, told a tale-heaven pardon our . eakness-a bit distinguishing to its conteur. It was after one of these, a little ore fearful than th3 other, that Mrs. /lvestcr had exclaimed, drawing her :etty shoulders together in mock ter -T, "Oh, I'm so nervous." And It was immediately upon hear ?ig this ejaculation that a gentleman .ho till now had been silent, as ::ough he had nothing to say, or, as it cw appeared, as though he were wait lg to say something, leaned a little .orward in. his chair. He was gray haired, but his eyes !.or? the brightness of youth. He was t New Yorker, distinctly the product ?t a metropolis, and a physician of high itandi?g. ' "It waVjust such a night as this," began the physician during a lengthen ing pause. "We sat at dinner as we are sitting now; we were full of our host's viands and wines. It wasn't in New York," he went on, looking at a pretty brunette who had fastened her big eyes upon him; "it was at a little country house on thc shores of a pic turesque lake. All through dinner we had talked of scarcely anything but burglaries. "A number of robberies had taken place in our host's immediate neigh borhood within a few weeks. They had all been of more or less similar character, definitely indicating that they were the work of one man. "If he had confined his work to tho lower part of the house, to the silver department perhaps, the ladies would doubtless have felt less trepidation, but ii every instance he had made hl3 way somehow into my lady's chamber proper and there possessed himself of her jewels and whatever else she prlz- I Jr)* "iysb'SF n.W w??! -K ' Sttuido to :> pu?rmiuig ii i?o yourself, marita." . ' . " occasion nei ... iwidest width. 'That's just n... jabe "cried. 'He doesn't know what fear ?is. Oh, if any one should come!' Then ?she made use of your own remark, ?madam," and the physician again turn ed to Mw. Sylvester: "Heavens," she ,cried, Tm so nervous! I shall lie awake all night. I know I shall.' "Her husband smiled across the table at her, an inexpressibly superior, soothing smile, the smile of a man iborn to protect the woman he had ^married. 'The villain's life wouldn't be worth much,' he cried, calmly shak ing the ashes off his cigar. " 'Just lie perfectly still and no harm .will come to you,' advised one, ap parently more prudent than courage ous. " 'Oh, I couldn't. I couldn't,' shudder ed thc little woman; "1 should scream, I know I should,' while our host turn ed indignant. " 'Lie still?' he cried. 'Why, every nerve in my body would jump to get at him!' The little man squared him self. Td pummel him for all I was worth. I'd knock the soul out of him -a ruffian to enter my house unbid den!' ' "These were great words from a five foot man. They created an immense effect, and even those of us that car ried six feet looked at Fred Benton .with a certain respect. "Each of us contributed something from the quota of his experience. The ?women listened, shuddered, looked sympathy as our tales demanded-one after the other of us had conducted 'himself with exceeding cleverness. "A clock tinkled a late hour. With gracious hospitality Benton and his wife, to speed our parting, walked with us down the gravel walk to the gate way. ' "Fred put his arm about her-an in voluntary act of manly protection called forth by her mere exclamation. Our last glimpse of them that night was as they stood thus, the last words we heard Fred utter were: Tm a match for any man and none shall rever enter my house unbidden that doesn't suffer for it.' "And now, how did I learn the rest of the story? I attended." he paused a scarcely perceptible instant, "I at tended Mrs. Ber?.'.on through a long at tack of nervous prostration. "It was midnight The Benton household was quiet, and our timid blue-eyed, little hostess was wrapped in sweet dreams of winter gayetles, when she suddenly roused to full con sciousness by the awful feeling of a strange presence in her room. "'Great heavens!' she murmured, under her breath. . "In one instant, by that swift train of memory said to be familiar to the drowning man. she lived her life again through to its latest hours, to the evening's gay pleasure, her dinner, the talk of burglaries, the advice of her guests flung out at random. ? "One had said, 'Lie still.' She had vowed she could not. She was about to make good her vow. She was about to scream, but a sudden thought re strained her. Great heaven, one thought alone-Fred. "If Fred should awaken, he would throw himself upon this murderous giant! Her screa n might cause the death of her darling, noble husband; her valiant Fred would be killed for Ms courage. He lay before her defeated, bleeding, mangled, backed. Ob, the horror of it! "Her heart beat wildly, a cold per spiration spread over her body, seemed to dry and burst forth again. She closed her trembling lips, and then she opened them to breathe this prayer; 'Keep me motionless, my God, and keep him asleep.' "By the dim light she could just dis tinguish the figure of a man; she saw that he was large; he seemed to her to have the proportions* of a giant, bend ing over her dressing table. "The burglar moved over to Fred's clothes; his hands crept stealthily in and out among their .ockets as he extracted his spoil. "It seemed to her an eternity before she opened her eyes again. The room was silent and dark. The tension gave way, and she murmured, 'The Saints be praised, lt's over.' " The doctor paused a moment, and looked at the brunette as though the story were for her. She had both eyes fastened on him, and he went on: "Mrs. Benton felt a movement. Tho valiant form beside her turned, and clasped her in his arms. " 'Oh, Mollie,' it cried in a weak, trembling voice, T thought the villain would never have done.' " The doctor ceased and cast a laugh ing glauce at the interested group. New York News. OLD FABLE IN NEW FORW. Canadian Version or the Wolf In Sheep's Clothing. A settler on the upper Mattawa riv er. Canada, who caught a wolf last win ter had read that ships were sometimes cleared of rats by fastening a bell around the neck of one of them. And the bright idea occurred to him that ia a similar manner to him that in a similar manner he might clear the ad jacent woods of wolves. He fastened a bell on his wolf's neck =-?d released him. After the snow had pretty well gone, he allowed his little flock of sheep to exercise their lambs in the fields near the house. His children were with their father looking at the gambols o? the lambs, when the sheep were no ticed to prick up their ears as though intently listening. Then with much bleating the whole flock raced to the is cods. Wondering at the vagaries of the ani mals, the farmer went about his work. About an hour later, the children came tu him with the news that the sheep had returned, but had left one of the lambs behind them. The next day the same thing occur red again, and another lamb disappear ed. The children tried to keep the sheep in the fields but failing, follow ed them into the bush. They report ed chat they had distinctly heard a bell tinkling in the distance. Then it began to dawn upon the farm er that the bell he had fastened to the neck of his gray wolf visitor, was the same which was borne by the fath er of the flock In the previous summer. The quick eared sheep had recognized the sound of tho bell, and true to their instincts had hastened to join their last year's companion. That they found not exactly a wolf in sheep's clothing, but a wolf attached to a sheep's bell, and ready to take ad vantage of his condition to diet on spring lamb was no fault of theirs, though certainly their misfortune. The settler does not appear to think very Tnv.ch nf the bell plan of disposing of rr.. man can become greater than his own heart. Spiritual forces cannot be set down in figures. It is hard to forgive an ostentatious forgiveness. He multiplies his troubles who runs to meet them. The self-satisfied man is pleased with very little. Forbearance is sometimes nobler than forgiveness. A father's love is the best part of a child's inheritance. The guides to darkness find their way to their own element. The righteousness of the poor is mightier than the riches of the wicked. You cannot measure the size of a man's charity by his sighs over pov erty.-Ram's Horn. TtnMtiiuriint Cool**' l'eiqulsit? H. When a cook applies l'or a place In a restaurant he says first: "What's the wages?" And after he has learned about the wages, he goes on: "Includin' grease?" "Yes," is the answer, or else it is "No," whereupon he resumes: "Includin' bones?" An Inquisitive person the other day heard a cook asking these strange questions of a restaurateur, and the inquisitive person inquired: "What on earth did that cook mean?" "He meant that he wished to know if he would get the grease and bones as perquisites," the restaurateur ex plained. "The waste grease and bones of a big eating house amount, in the course of a month to a great deal, you know. Here we got month!'"' 3700 pounds of bones, and the-y an go to the cook. He sells them at a half cent a pound, and thus they add $4.50 a week to his salary.-Philadelphia Record. ?Milte a DUtlnctlon. In making the anouncements to his congregation recently, an Episcopal minister, whose parish is not more than a thousand miles from San Fran cisco, said: "Remember our communion service next Sunday. The Lord is with us in the forenoon, and the bishop in the evening." Here is another lapsus linguae which had its origin in a Sunday school out in the mission. The superintendent ? was making a fervid prayer a few Sun days ago, and asked divine blessing j upon each and every enterprise in j which the school was interested. He closed his petition to the throne of grace in the following words: "And now, oh Lord, bless the lambs of this fold, and make them meet for the kingdom of Heaven. Amen." San Francisco Ways. OccnKionnl Itelief. Visitor to the Prison-I suppose this life of yours in here is a continual tor- : tnre? Convict-Oh, no. Not so bad as that. I We don't have visitors every day, you know.-Boston Transcript. Washing Frylne Pun*. Much labor may be saved in wash ing frying pans if they are wiped out clean with a piece of paper after the fat is poured from them before they are put in the dish water. The paper should then be burned. These pans should also have a periodic boiling in soda water in a large kettle. If these two things are done they will be kept as smooth inside as when new. Tin; Ventilated Clothes Closet. The ventilated clothes doset is an essential requirement in the , modern house, and where it is not possible to have the most approved style a good substitute is made by removing thc door panels and inserting'fine wire net ting so as to let in air and light. To complete the ventilation the clothing should be removed frequently and the closet left open during the sunny hours of the day to got thoroughly aired. Som o Coffei! Dont'*. Once more the coffee-pot and the eternal vigilance which alone makes for a good brew of this stimulating berry. Ono house-keeper has gmo tn the length of having a card printed and. tacked up over her kitchen sink, which reads in very sizable letters: "Don't wipe out the coffee-pot with the dish cloth." Every housekeeper knows that this wll ba done about so many times, but persistent reiteration does have some effect. Some more "don'ts" that might have gone on the same card are: Don't let a crust of stale coffee collect in the spout. Don't let the breakfast coffee-grounds stand half ;be forenoon or half the day in ?he pot. Don't let the coffee be ground too coarse; pow dered coffee is niore economical and gives a better flavor. Cottee made by dripping is the best, but if the boiled process is preferred, the water should be at the boiling point when it is add ed to the coffee. riant? for tho Window*. All tho windows of a house can be utilized for plant growing, provided one is careful in selecting and adapts the plant to the window it' is to "grow in. A list of plants adapted to the several exposures would be something like this: For eastern windows, fuch sias, begonias, calla, Chinese prim roses, primula obconica, azalias, plum bago, stevias, lobelias and all kinda of bulbous plants; for southon windows, geraniums, roses, chrysanthemums, carnations, lar.lanas, axalis. oleanders, abutilous, hibiscus, marguerites and most of the plants having richly col ored foliage; for western windows, bright-leaved plants and a few of the moro accommodating plants, like the geranium, provided the effect of too strong sunshine is modified somewhat for the northern windows, ferns, ant ear?as, English ivies, palms, aspidis hyacinths. primula obconica and Chi nese primroses will often bloom well in sunless windows.-Home and Flow ers. Witkliln-r Finn I.IICOM. "In washing fine laces," says the Mil linery Trade Review, '-'have a strip of flannel, on which to baste tho lace, us ing care to have every point basted ^-?w JU nus water, INOW rinse in fresh water until the water looks clear. Finally starch and squeez as dry as possible. "Tack the flannel on a clean board, drawing it very tight in al directions. See that every part of thc lace lies I smooth and that all the meshes are j open. When dry cut the basting j threads and draw them out very gen I tly. The lace may be tinted in the last rinsing water if the dead white is not liked. If the lace is point or any of thc laces with raised designs, it will be necessary to lift tue raised work with a small, pointed instru ment." tijou tgffo LD English Bread Sauce-Cook together In a double boiler for 15 minutes a cupful of milk, an eighth of a cupful of bread crumbs, a half dozen whole pep pers, a small white onion and a half a teaspoonful of salt. Remove the onion, add a tablespoonful butter, putting it in small pieces, and cook five minutes longer. Strain and add a half cupful of cream. Serve hot. Muton Curry-Slice a medium-sized onion and fry a delicate brown in a tablespoonful of butter. Add this to slices of cold boiled or roasted mutton with gravy or water sufficient to make gravy for the dish. Season palatably with salt, pepper, a heaping teaspoon ful of curry powder, or more if desired stronger, and thicken with a dessert spoon full of flour and water. Curried I dishes are usually served with boiled rice. Mock Oysters-Scrape a dozen roots of oyster plants, or salsify, and throw I at once into cold water; cut into thin slices, cover with a quart of water and cook gently for an hour, or until perfectly tender. Add a quart of milk, one teaspoonful of salt, a quarter tea spoonful of pepper and two table spoonfuls of butter cut into bits. Serve with oyster crackers. Stock may be used instead of water to good advan tage. Compound Cherry Tapioca-Cover a scant cupful of tapioca with cold water and let it soak over night. In the morning place over the fire with a salt spoonful of salt and a pint of boiling water; simmer slowly until the tapioca is perfectly clear. Stir a pint of stoned cherries into the boiling tapioca; add a cup of sugar (more if the cherries are very sour); turn into a serving dish, and set away to cool. Serve with whipped cream. Almond Cheesecakes-Take four ounces of sweet blanched almonds and pound them with five or six bit almonds and a few drops of water Then add four ounces of white sug rubbed with the zest of a lemon, spoonful of cream, a small piece of butter and the well-beaten whites of two eggs. Mix quickly. Have your small patty pans lined with puff paste; fill these with the mixture, and put in a moderate oven. Twenty minutes will be sufficient for the baking. TYBEE BY THE SEA. Tlie Most Delightful Sens h ore tlesort On the south Atlantic Coast. Low Rate Excursion ?i?k?t* af o now On stile at ali ticket ofllcos on the Central ol Georgia Railway. For full particulars, rates, scliedules, etc., a<k tho nearest agent. F. J. Robinson, Asst. Gen'l. Pass. Agent, Savannah, Ga.; J. C. Halie, Gen-. Pass. Agent, Savannah, Ga. Love letters are eagerly scanned by the male inspectors. Use Alleu'* Foot-Ease. Jt is the only cure ?or Swollen, Smarting, i Und, Aching, Hot,SweatingFeet.Cornsaaa Bunions. Ask for Allens Foot-Ewe, a powder to be shaken into the, shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25o. Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent FIIEE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LoRoy, N.Y. On a hot day thc animals in the Union Stockyards of Chicago have been known to drink 7,000,000 ?afioua of water. --???L FITS permanently cured. No fits ome-rvoni* n?es nflerl?rst day's'use ot Dr. Kline's Groat Netvcllestorcr.frl.'?Ja] bottle and treatisetre9 Lr.R. IL Ki.iyK,Ltd., t'31 AichSt.,Phila.,Pa. It is natural thnt thc medical student should bc quite a cut-up. Wo will givo ?100 reward for any caso of j catarrh that cannot ho Mureil with Hall's i Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. F. J. CuKVtx & Co., Props., Toledo, O. If all women arc riddles, tltc plainer they are tho more readily tho men givo ticm up. Hr*. Winslow's Soothing Ry ru p forchtldrett trot hlMK.&'OfteiiUiQ gums, i'cduc'csiaflammtts tit ??,:illr.y h j itiu, cur CS wind colic. 25c. a Dotti* Some men fire too busy to make friends, and others are too lazy to moko, enemies. riso's Cure cannot bo too highly snokonot np u cough cure.- J. W. O'JDUIEX, .122 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 0,190) Fine feathers may not make line birds, but they make a girl feel like one. ! II. H. OKEPN'S SONS. <>f Atlanta, (in., aroma j only hOfcesittul Dropsy ..pfCalists in tho world, i iee th"lr liberal . f?o'r In advertisement In an I otltoi column of hi? papof. Gold pena were first made in 1840. Their sals to-day is 1,500,000 a year. . ! Tho Hffiict of Wann Days 'ind Cool Nights. A leading tmralol.in write* th? ho has no.. ! tlcnd winn d*ya and O'?ol night* always affedt i ihn bowels, and suge??tH svnn preventative remitty. Dr. Biggera Huckleberry Cordial la . the only ono that can bo absolutely rolled I upon. It novor fulls to cure. I Sold by ali Druggl sts, 25 aud 61c. bottle. No matter where a man waa born, he swells up and claims to be proud of it. Son advertisement of EE-M Catarrh Cure in another column - the host romedy made. Our own misfortunes arc always the greatest. & IDA L ROSER _ ! Grand-Nieco of Ex-President ? James K. Pol!., Writes to I Mrs. Pmkfcam Saying: " DEAF. Mns. PINKIIAM : -I have been ? married for nearly two yoars, and so far have not been blessed with a child. I have, however, suffered with a com? I plication of female troubles and pain? ' iul menstruation, until very recently. such blessed health. 1 tooic lour bottles of your Compound nnd consider myself cured. I am once more in fine health and spirits; my domestic and official duties all seem easy now, for I feel so strong 1 can do three times whnt I used to do. Yon hare a host of friends in Deuver, and ranon? the best count, Yours very gratefully,- MR9. IDA L. ROSER, S?G ISth Ave.. Denver, Col."-$5000 forfeit if ni'ji'ff testimonial ls not gtnulne. If you oro HI, don't hesitate to get abottleof Lydia!-1. Pinkham's Vegrctablo Compound at once, and write to >Srs. Fincham, Lynn, Mass^ for special advice it is free. Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold in balk. Beware of the coaler woo tries to sell "sonathln? just as gcod." EE-M Catarrh Compound Cures Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchi tis and Colds. A ttiLD, FLEASANT SMOKE, PURELY VEGETABLE We plve an Iron-clad ruiirantec that its proper USP will cure OATAltltU or your ninney refunded. For tobacco user? we nit,ko EE-M Medlcnted CleaT and Smoking Tobacco, carrying samo, medica Iproportlea a? Ute foin non nd. Sample? Free. One box, one month's treatment, one dollar, postpaid. Vt.ur druggist, or EE-M Company, - Atlanta. Qa. DROPSY 10 DA?3' TREATMENT FflEE. Have nado Dropry and its com? ?liestioni atpocialiy for twenty ears wita tho raost wonderftd annceea. Ilavo cered many thoaa* ondeasen. E2.H.H.02S21POCOHS, Box t* Atlanta, Qa, CURES I Ti '-ml nc ii ci?, esa, .sj told*, etc. iff APUDIN?RSSS Sold alall Ding Stores, MiLLioMs AWAITING HEIRS OF EARLY TEXAS SETTLERS. Have you or ! your relatives any interest hore? WE WILL j RECOVER THEM FOR YOU. Wo buy an i sell i Texas lands. Cut thi out : lt may not appear j ag In. TEXAS INVESTMENT COMPANY, j Butte SDI, Bins B'ldR. Box 47, Houston, Texas. ! PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT If you ca i (or think you can) solicit I LIFE l/NSU-RA/NCE, Write {with references) for terms to R.F. SHEDDEN, Manager, Atlanta, Qa. 'tho Mutti ?I Life Tnsuranu- Comimny of New York.-Assets over S3??,0.?.OC? t o. : QR. jwmr^mst* Br TM CHOME RtMEDY CO.. AU?T?U. ULM1 , ATLANTA, UAI In Dolly Land. What do you think of Dolly Land, Little stiff trees on either baud, With sugar plums all hanging round And lying thickly on thu grouud. Between the houses in a row The wooden horses prancing go Or armies of tin soldiers como With gleaming spears and beat of drum. The strangest things you hear aDd see In Dolly Land so far away, And no one sends you oil to bed When you would raiher play instead. - Chicago lt?cord-Herald. Birds' ?Wonderful Fore iii o nj; hi. In a small Connecticut village a pair of sparrows made their nest in a tree and their work on their home was watched with interest by many people. Between two wooden factories are a pond and a mill-race. The water in the latter runs very swiftly. Beside the upper mill and leaning over the race ls a small tree its branches bending al most to the surface of the waters. The sparrows were noticed closely ex amining the tree, and shortly after the inspection they were seen constructing a nest in a fork in one of the branches directly over the race. Hundreds of eyes watched the birds at work from the windows of the factory. The spot where the sparrows' home was being built was so exposed and yet so inac cessible it was safe from the small boy and the prowling pussy. When the nest was almost completed, those who happened to be watching the birds saw them suddenly quit work. They chirruped for a few moments and then began to remove the nest, bit by bit. The nest was discovered later in a thick clump of alders a short distance from terra firma. It was self evident that the first idea of the birds had been to place their nest out of harm's way. The rushing waters of the mill stream made '.heir home safe. The sparrows must have looked into the future and thoug'it of the time when their little ones would be learning to fly and to what would occur to them if they fell into the swift ly running waters. Mr. Red-quirrel. Mr. Rersquirrel came home late that evening, and Mrs. Redsquirrel natural ly wanted to know why. "My dear," he spluttered, "I'd have been home a long time ago; but just as I came to the foot of our tree there was old Mrs. Hen squatting among the roots, with her little ones playing in the grass about her. I tried to ex plain courteously; but she is not like you, my dear, she wouldn't listen to reason. She thought that I had come to kidnap one of her darlings. 'Cut. cut, cut, cut, and run!' she cried; and she looked so angry and there were little red rings around her eyes, and her feathers were all fluffed up. "I didn't know what to do. The Greyfur's dooryard, as you knew, my dear, is nearest to our own; but I -hardly like to climb up their tree, as our families have not boen on squeak ing terms since the fight last February. But while I was peeking from behind a big plantainleaf, and trying to muster up courage to make ons dash for home, risking the terrible talions nnn wi gether, and sprang clean over her, landing on the bark of the tree with claws outstretched; and she jumped up in a rage as I whizzed by, but it was too late. And, if you listen, my dear, you can still hear Mrs. Hen scolding me down below there for showering her with little pieces of bark as I scampered up the trunk."-Christian Register.* /pron* Tor Little fMrls. When the little girls wear aprons nowadays they never give a thought to how ornamental or becoming they are, but they put them on because j mamma or nurse wishes to protect j their pretty clothes, but when there is j company in the parlor and mamma Bends for them, the aprons are laid aside, and there they are in their nice fresh dresses, unhurt by their romp ing. But long ago, when their great grandmothers were young, aprons were considered a very important piece of -clothing. No lady's wardrobe was complete without a goodly supply of | aprons. They were made by the dozen in every style aud design-gold and silver brocade aprons, aprons wrought with gold, 'minute" aprons urorn it I that good old-fashioned dance and coquettishly trimmed with bows and lace to suit the fancy of the wearer, and there was gauze aprons and lawn embroidered aprons, and lessons were given and patterns sold for embroid ering thom. There is no telling how long ago aprons came into fashion; they were doubtless among the many things that came from England in the Mayflower. Queen Anne wore them, and, of course, her loyal subjects folowed her example, and it is probable that the early col onial dames put them to sterner use in the pioneer days. If some enterprising pprson under took to hunt up and classify the var ious styles of aprons he would find his work as difficult as the compiling of a dictionary. They have been put to so many uses requiring variety in size and shape that volumes mipht be written about them. Ladies and children alike wear them even now, but the days of orna ment are over-the apron of fashion is no more.-New York Tribune. Adopted tho fiiKliion. There are imitators everywhere, but the dog, whose doings are recorded in Popular Science News was possibly one of the best canine mimics on record. His name was Scot, and he was a puppy newly introduced into a certain family circle. In a neighboring house lived Rab, a dog that had grown to an age of dignity and responsibility. At first the older dog ignored the puppy, which in appearance was al most an exact co'??tTpart of himself. Then the two became firm friends. Scot was an attendant waiting on Rab's every movement. They ate together, slept together and hunted together. They were also as one in barking at passing teams. Now barking at times was forbidden, and brought many whip pings; but the temptation was strong, and the master and mistress were not | always present. The sight of the hose cart whirling past one day, with rattle and clatter, was a challenge which a? high-spirited dog could resist. It gav* Rab an. opportunity to show his yoana friend how close to a flying hose-cart it is possible to run with impunity. Alas for his pride! He ran an inch too near or the car swerved slightly, for the wheels passed over one of Rab's paws. Although the injury was scien tifically Treated, Rab was ever after forced to go on three legs, and hold the injured paw suspended. Now appeared Scot's imitative pow ers. He noticed Rab's changed method of locomotion, and. like the thorough courtier he was, immediately adopted the new gait He was so clever in his imitaron that it was difficult to tell which dog went lame from necessity and which limped because he thought it desirable and graceful. Close observa tion, however, showed that Scot's shapely paw lacked the helpless hang of the older dog's wounded member, and that the saucy cock of his ears was at variance with the mournful hang of Rab's. Scot was a consistent cheat, always holding up the same paw that Rab did, and never forgetting his voluntary lameness except on occasions of great excitement, when he was in too great a hurry having four legs, to confine himself to the use of three. When Ilelrnn V'n? Puzzled. "You couldn't help loving little He lena, even if you tried, f.he is so sweet and lovable and loving. And just be cause she is so sweet and lovable and loving nobody ever tries. One of the sweetest things about little Helena is here sincere unselfishness, and the way she tries to make other people happy. One of the things that trouble her most is the knowledge that all the little girls in Chicago cannot have the nice, pretty, comfortable garments and tri fles her parents so dearly love to buy for her. if she, had her way-but lis ten to what she did.last week. Last Monday her mol her went shop ping, and when she came home she brought for Helena one of the dearest, prettiest littlo fur sets-muff and coliar and little fur-trimmed mittens-you can think of. And the pretty things were as warm as they were charming. Helena fairly danced the first time she put them on, she was so delighted. Then Wednesday came, and the washerwoman. And when the washer woman's little girl came, about 5 o'clock, to walk home with her mother she had no muff, no mitten and nothing at all about her neck, she was so cold and shivering that the sight of her worried little Helena terribly. So He lena left the candy she was making and flew off upstairs in search of her new fur "pretties." Tl at evening when Helena's mother came back irom au other shopping trip Helena told her that she had given the new "pretties" away. "Jessie needed them worse than I ? Jid, mother," sai.l Helena, earnestly. "We will give the poor child some thing else to keep warm with," said Helena's mother, "but I can't let you give those things away dearie. I had only just bought them for you." "But she took them away with her, mother," cried Helena. "She must have done for I gave them to her mother, and just rushed out of the kitchen so that she couldn't give them back to me. And lt seems as if it would be just awful to make her bring them back." "Well, well, well!" said Helena's mother. She really couldn't thin'' r* . ....... ?car little nany. So I slipped them inside the top drawer of the kitchen dresser, ma'am, an' there you'll find them!" And there they were sure enough when Helena's mother went to look for them, and when she took them out of the drawer she couldn't help thinking of the poor little girl to whom H<1.jua had tried to give them, and-well, I dare say you can guess what happened, can you not? She made the washerwoman take them home to her little girl after all, and the next day she went down town and bought another set for Helena, and Helena who is doing without the new doll buggy that had been promised her to pay for them, likes the last set much '?otter than she did the first. Don't you think you'd bc likely to feel that way if you were in Helena's place? Chicago Record-Herald. New York'? Marketa the lieut. "People send or come from every where to New York for good things to eat." said a market man. "just as they do for silks and satins and jewels, and for the same reason-because here they find the best of everything, at tracted her naturally because this is the best market. "Fish and game and delicacies of one sort and another arc shipped from here to great distances; and city customers in many cases when they go away in the summer have the good things of various sorts that they have been ac customed to get here sent after them wherever they go. And this results in some curious shipments. "For Instance, a New York dealer in green vegetables shipped regularly all through one season green corn to one of the customers who spent tho sum mer in Europe, the corn thus sent be ing carried across the ocean in the re frigerator rooms of the steamers on which it was shipped. The same deal er had one year a customer in Charles ton. 3. C., to whom he sent green corn regularly."-New York Sun. Feecllnsr Chicken* by Alarm f lock. Walter Bernard, --orne months ago, secured a small tract of land on Cham ber's prairie a ("ow miles cast of Olympia, and stocked ihe place with a few dozen chickens. As he is corn polled to be away from homo during tho day, he studied out a scheme for caring for his chickens during his ab sence. In each yard he has erected troughs to hold food for the hens and these troughs are connected by wire with his house. Within the house Mr. Bernard has connected the wire with an alarm clock, with the usual battery attachment. When he loaves homo in tue morning he sets the alarm clock at the hours for feeding the chickens, and by an ingenious arrangement, when the proper time arrives, the alarm goes nlT, the connecting wire releases thc troughs and the chit-kens make a rush for their food, which is spread before them as if Mr. Bernard did tho job in person.-Morning Oregonian. The authorities of Aix-la-Chapello recently sentenced to two weeks im prlsonmont a man who carelessly threw away a lighted match in a for est near that city, although no damage .?vas caused by thc act. MUCH PLEASANTER, "Prosperity has ruined many a etan." "No doubt; but If I'm given any dioica la the matter, Pd rather be ulncd by prosperity than by advers ty. The process la more enjoyable." -Chicago Post. C'ITII War Death Record*. Duribg tho Civil Vur almost SOO.OOO men ^ero killed or died from wounds rooelvediu >attle. This ia an appalling death record, mt doc*j not oqual tb at caused by lndlges ion, dyspepsia, constipation, and liver and lidncy ilisca3?s. hinno tho Introduction of ?ostcctor's Stomach Eittors, fllty years ago, ho number has occa coneiderabiy reduced jecauss it is a suro euro for theso diseases, md ?3 tho best health makor known to iciance. Atrial will certainly convlaoo you. Detective;: are not always thin, although some of them \va3te away to & mere shadow. AT SUAKKSVKAltE'S HOME. " Stiatford-on- Vvoii." "I am finishing a tour of Europe; tho best :bing I've liad over hero is a box of Tettciiao [ brought from homo."-C. H. TJcConnoll, Mgr. Economical Drug Co., of Chicago, 111. f etterinc cures itching skin troubles. 50?. a box by mail from J. T. bhuptrino. Savannah, Ga., if your druggist den't koop lt. Thc children who say the brightest Ulinga don't always set,the world on lire. r No Hair? I. ' My hair was falling out very fast and I was greatly alarmed. I then tried Ayer'e Hair Vigor and my hair stopped falling at once." Mrs. G. A. McVay, Alexandria, 0. The trouble is your hair does not have life enough. Act promptly. Save your hair. Feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor. If the gray hairs are beginning to show, Ayer's Hair Vigor will restore color every time. $1.00 a bottle. All dranlats. Ii your druggist cannot supply yon, send us ono dollar and wo will cxpresi you a bottle. ?le sure and give tho name of your nearest express o nice. 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