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BOWSER'S ACTI I i He Spends the Evening j Manner ^and Makes HL , [Copyright, UyV. D. Lewis.] WHEN Mn. Bowser sat clown i to her sewing the other i 1 afternoon she half expect- j t od that an express wagon ! would unload a tire escape or a patent I alley gate at the door before the dinner j hour. She also regarded it as highly ! probable that a man might come along | with a new milk cow or a dozen hens purchased by Mr. Bowser earlier in the j c dav. $ Nothing out of the usual routine took ' place, however, and she made up her ; 1 inind that he would bring home a hot- ; tie of spring tonic or a painting bought j 1 - at an auction. She was disappointed 1 in this as well. He quietly entered the I house, carrying nothing but his um- s brella and having failed to bang the "* gate after him in his usual vigorous s style. > "Aren't you feeling as well this even- s ing as usual?" she queried as she met i It ir ,s HE TOOK HIS STAND AT THE SINK AND < WASHED THE DISHES. t lilm in the hall and noticed that he f hung up his hat instead of dropping it on the floor. s "Never better/* replied Mr. Bowser, "and I am ready for dinner." "I must tell you." she said as she t followed him to the dining room, "that 1 our cook has gone. She walked off this r noon, and I haven't got much of a din- d ner for you." s "That's all right, and you needn*t a worry," he good naturedly replied. "1 d didn't imagine she would stay long, and we can easily get another." e Mrs. Bowser had expected the usual lecture when a girl quit?all her fault; I want of system; put too much work on I the help; had no real Interest in their welfare?and she looked at Mr. Bowser s * ~ " : IN CONSULTATION WITH ' in astonishment He hadn't another tl word to say, nor did he utter a single ] f; complaint about the food. He spoke of j w the canal treaty and Roosevelt's j chances of renomination. and when 1 a dinner was over be quietly observed: ) s< "As the girl has gone. I will help you do the work." d * "But you needn't do that. I can man- v. age everything while you smoke and r< read." He took off his coat and helped to (1 clear the table, and when that had p1 onir>HqlioH bo fnnl* b?? stnnrt fit Ir UCCU mv vvv?% the sink and washed the dishes l'or her j to dry. His action brought tears to her j eyes, but they were banished again by j the thought that Mr. Bowser must have ^ lost his mind since breakfast It was ; years since he had been so quiet Never j in all his married life had he had a c< dishcloth in his Land. She had read n and heard of people's minds becoming 1( blanks, and as a te^t she softly asked: ^ "Can you remember all that happen- 1 ed to you today?" "Certainly," he replied with a smile as he finished the last dish. "And did you meet with any accident .v or hear any bad news?" 11 "Nothing at all. dear. Now we are ' done I'll have a smoke." When he had taken a seat in the rocking chair in the sitting room the s family cat leaped upon his knee for the first time in two years, and to her great ? surprise he did not at once try to break N her neck. On the contrary, her spinal ! column was rubbed in a way to bring , E out purs, and he even extended the <_ rubbing to her tail. 1 STRANGE ONS i at Home In a Quiet r 'Villa. Very Anxious "Y<vi haven't got a telegram that aether's-dead. have you?" asked Mrs. 3oww?r as site became nervous over he situation. "No. dear. I should be very sorry If had." "And is business good?" "Never better." "And?and you haven't seen a doctor vho told you that you had heart dis;ase and were liable to drop dead at tny moment?" "No, nothing of the kind. I think my leart is all right." The cat and Mrs. Bowser exchanged ooks, but they could not make it out. ['he newspaper was full of things to >e discussed or disputed, but Mr. Bower wasn't saying a word. His cigar ras a bad one. but he didn't utter one * ' *- -A x\. . ?it-? rrk?? sngte inreai agamsi xut* ?vinri. vas a bole in the heel of one of his ocks, but he wasn't claiming to be a nartyr.and on his way to the poorlouse. The cat thought it over and grew suspicious and jumped down, and Mrs. Bowser thought it over and made up ler mind to try a heroic remedy. The jas bill had come in that afternoon, tnd she took it off the mantel and aid: "I don't see how this comes. Our ras bill for this month is 33 cents nope than last. I think you ought to nvestigate it." "Oh. it's probably correct," indifferently replied Mr. Bowser, looking up. On a hundred different occasions, ven when the bill was smaller, he had raved It aloft and paraded around and hreatened to sue and be sued clear o the court of last resort but on this >ccasion he wouldn't even look at tne Igures. There was ono more remedy, and as oon as she could control her emotions .Irs. Bowser tried it. The range coal ras out and some more must be orlered, and she so stated. "Coal out eh?" he repeated. "Well, Icar, you made it last three days overime and you'd better telephone the irst thing in the morning." | "But do you think that last ton was :8 good as we have been getting?" "Fully as good." Neither the gas nor the coal ques- ! ion could start him. and Mrs. Bowser j ncidentally mentioned that the basenent bell was out of order, the back j ioor needed fixing and the boys In the treet had thrown a stone and cracked j . pane of glass in one of the upper win- j lows. Mr. Bowser made no reply for three j ninutes. Then he yawned out: "Well, don't worry over these things, didn't sleep very well last night and guess I'll go "to bed." He bade her good night and went up- , tairs. Five minutes later she was at | - Inili JLr-T e= ?-n -'?****** 1 THE FAMILY DOCTOR. ;ig telephone in consultation with the irmly doctor, while the cat stood by *ith anxious countenance. Yfhen she had related her fears and nxieties over the wire, the doctor lothingly replied: "Yes. it may all be as you say. but on't be alarmed about it. It is simply hat we cail a reaction. He is taking a from antiques at auction and pigs ir winter pork, and it won't be three ays before he will be buying a barrel f fireproof paint or digging for coal i the back yard." M. QUAD. Giants In These Days. "He has been a giant in the literary 'orld." "Indeed?" "Yes; he has seen the time when he Duld keep five historical novels Tuning serially at the same time, blind>ldod and with one hand tied behind im."?Puck, A Wonderful Man. "What is there so remarkable shout im ?" "Why, he can put in two weeks fishlg and when he comes back refrain bsolutely from telling about the fish iat got away."?Brooklyn Eagle. My Lady. he does not know how to guide the rod of the whirring automobile r to sit all day under balmy skies in a yacht with her hand at the wheel, or does she care for the clubrooms gay, nor does she possess a throne, ut she knows how to guide, to steer an=l be queen in the paradise of home. George C. Watson in New York Herald. . HANDICAPPED. Jhe man who started to run a race in chains and fetters ^ would be visibly yfj /* handicapped. No ? fS W one would expect m \&f LJ him to succeed. /1Jin The man whol #\ ff\ runs the race of- VJ i hj r^SP life when hi8<N-%7v { [ J digestive and nu- VT -*J tritive organs are V| mtfy diseased is equally handicapped. In 1' \ the one case his \ \ strength is over- j weighted, in the \ I other it is under- 1 I \ I mined. Success I / I I demands above h nil all else a sound ? \ S \ stomach. i- IJ \nl j Doctor Pierce's tfw Sw. Golden Medical "ZA) (pi Discovery cures /~ZJ diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. $3,000 FORFERIT will be paid by World's Dispensar y Medical Association, Proprietors, Buffalo, N. Y., if they cannot show the original signature of the individual volunteering the testimonial below, and also of the writers of every testimonial among the thousands which they are constantly publishing, thus proving their genuineness. "The praise I would hke to give your ' Golden Medical Discovery' I cannot utter in words or describe with pen." writes James B. Ambrose, Esq., of iaos^ Miffiin Street, Huntingdon, Pa. "I was taken with what our physicians here said was indigestion. i doctored with the best around here and found no relief. I wrote to you and yon sent me a question blank to fill out and I dxi so. and you then advised me to use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I took three bottles and I felt so good that 1 stopped, being eared. I have no symptoms of gastric troebhj or indigestion now." t Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, sent fre* cm receipt of stamps to cover expense of mailing only. Twenty-one one-cent stamps for the book in paper covers, or 51 stamps for the cloth-bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, Y. Ea?iev In Itofiftia. Easter in Russia is the greatest festival of tbe year. Russian Christmas preeeots are as nothtug compared to those given at Easter. Eggs are of course the principal feature, and not till one has seen the Easter h-a^nar in the Gostinoi Door and the shops on the Nevskv Prospect is it easy to imagine the beauty and daintiness of Easter productions. Fortunes in trinkets, laces and jewels are spent cm the contents of the eggs. A very pretty egg is made of pink veined marble rimmed wKh gold. Small ivory- eggs filled with silver fosary beads make a lovely offering for tbe devout church woman, and for tbe practical housewife a little rush basket full of fresh eggs is wonderfully attractive. A VcracSooM Skmrter. The most voracious of all marine beasts of prey is tbe o-rca or killer whale. It reaches a length of twentyfire feet, and its jaws bristle with teeth from four to six inches long arxl as sharp as a dirk knife. Its digestive power is proportioned to the tremendous efficacy of Kfi jaws. It sewns also to be an atrocious glutton, as one specimen examined contained in its stomach thirteen porpoises-and fourteen seals. His R?a#on. "What reason have you for thinking that the defendant was intoxicated?' "Well, your booor, when his wife called me over I found him in the cellar cutting kindling wood with the lawn mower."?Cleveland Pkrin Deeter. The architect cannot Hve by the Injunction to make no plans for the tatupe? Philadelphia Bulletin. Swooring is seldom a convincing argument except to the man who does it. _ Catarrh cf the Stomach. When the stomach is overloaded; when food is taken into it that fails | to digeBt, it decays and it flames the I mucous membrane, exposing the nerves, and c-.uses the glands t3 ee erfefc mucin, instead of the natural justice of digestion. This is cilled Catarrh of the Stomach. For years i eurtetea with catarrh or the stomach, caused by indigestion. Doctors and medicines failed to benefit me until I used Kodol Dyspepsia Care. ?J R. Rhea, Coppell, Tex. Sold by all Druggists. Anti-GoMetn Rale. "What are you goin^ to do for the men who have put you in your present position?" "My dear sir." said Senator Sorghum, "that is not the question. Prosperity i3 attained by observing what people can do for you. uot what you can do for other people."?Washington Star. Proof. "Oid Swaddieford always pretends to be as deaf as a post but I believe be can hear as well as anybody." "What makte you think so?' "Nobody ever saw hira walking along a railroad track in advance of a train." ?Exchange. A Tired Brother. "What you gwine to do w'ec you gits tor glory?" "Xuthin' 'tall, but dos' crawl in en' rest"?Atlanta Constitution. Difficulty is only a word indicating the degree of strength requisite for accomplishing a particular object ITo Pity Shown. "For years fate was after trie continuously" writes F. A. GulUdge, Verbena, Ala. "I hsd a terrible case of Piles causing 2-A tumors. When all failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me. Equally good for Burns and all aches and pains. Only 2oc at The Kaufmann Drug Co. Harmonize Bryan snd Hill. Indianapolis, lid, July 9?ExMayor Taggart, who has invited Bryan to be bis guest at French Lick Springs, said that he had isaued invitations to several Democrats to meet Mr. BryaD. He has received a leply from Chairman Jones of the Democratic National committee s?ay- i j ing that he will be pie>ei.t "I have invited several Eastern and Western D mocruts of prominence,*' said Mr. Taggart, and expect to have quite a little party there before I get through " Asked if be had invited Judge Paiker and D B Hill of New Yoik, to the conference, be said that they ftould probably be present. He did cot care to say positively who would be his guests until replies lo his invitations have beeD received. Mr. Taggart has said to friends that he believes Hill and Bryan would be found to be in harmony if they could be gotten together for a talk. The State Farms. Capt. Griffith, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, stated on July 8th that with showers and a late fall he thought that the State Farms might make an average crop, although the outlook just now was considerably below the average. There are now 716 prisoners of whom 425 are incarcerated in tie penitentiary here. The health among the prieoners is unusually good, there being only three bunks occupied on yesterday. Of course this does not include the tuberculosis cases, of which there are always a large number in the Penitentiary. Cipt. Griffith is very anxious to get the State to establish a hospital at the Penitentiary where these cases may be looked after properly and where they may be entirely isolated from the other prisoners as there is always great danger of contagion. 1 * For Over Sixty Years. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been in use for over sixty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething, with pen'ect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best, remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Svli by Druggist in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be Buie to ft6k for Mrs. "WiLelow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind, tf Probably tb? oldest team of horses in the world is owned by a firmer in Kansas. The combined a^e of the two is seventy years, one bei. g thirtyseven and the other thirt y-thrte 5 ears (f age. The horses were reared on the farm where tbey still 1 v*. Notwithstanding their ex rinr age they a=e t-tili djiug fa m woik, looking well, and tak'ng thre? nrals a d ?y. .? . The South Carolina College! for Teachers. Although nearly approaching its tennial anniversary, the South Caroi.fcia' College shows none of the decrepitude1 of old age, but rather increasing signs of vigorous life. A new departure of great importance to the College and to the State has just been inaugurated.; For some years the College has had a; department of pedagogy, for the trail*-; ing of teachers; but last winter, for tho nrst time, the Legislature created a number of endowed normal scholar-: ships, one for each county. It is the: intention of the Trustees and Facultyl to set these scholarships upon a high piane, and to seek thereby to qualify; superior young men for positions of' leadership and influence in our public schools. However largely women may be employed as teachers, the work of superintendence, direction and eontK>l mus* continue to be most largely in the hands of the men; and it is to supply these teachers of leadership and influence, in the community as well as In the schools, that the College will chiefly: aim, through these scholarships. Hence.; no young man under nineteen years of age will be eligible, and preference will be given to those applicants who have already taught with success tor at least one year. A special and technical course of study has been established, on a high: yet practical plane; and it is intended* that this department shall t>e worthily' ?ntitled to be called a "College for Teachers." All the work will be distinctively normal, and apart from the regular College classes. The Trustees, and Faculty feel sure that in preparing' a body of strong and well equipped men teachers the College will aid in supplying one of the most important needs of the State. They hope, also, that this work, in its success and its results, may meet with such public approval as to lead hereafter to its still further enlargement. Circulars fiave been issued giving the: details of regulations and course of study. The present session, now nearly ended, has teen very encouraging. Notl a ripple has disturbed the internal peace of the College. The new President has won golden opinions, and has* more than maintained the confidence and affection gained in his long servicei as professor. The friends of the College look hopefully forward to the continued success and increased usefulness] of this venerated institution, wnich will soon enter upon its second century of honorable history*. , DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the newspapers is sure to know of the wonderful ) cures made by Dr. '?:j Kilmer's Swamp-Root, 8 I great kidney, liver E anc^ bladder remedy. ul irSS/ i-j? 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