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DANGERS OF BEAUTY. LOVELINESS IN WOMAN SEEMS LINK ED WITH TRAGEDY. In Fact as Well as In Fiction Ex treme Beauty and Goddesslikc Charms Appear to Be Freighted With Danser to Their Possessors. Beauty-when applied, at any rate, to persons by the pen of the novelist, (.he dramatist and the historian-seems to be a vastly dangerous holding, and, Instead of bringing in its trend that superb Joy voiced by the dictum, it car ries with it a burden which is indeed a very bard lot to b.?nr. Plok up auy novel nt random, and you will read that the only persecuted creature lu lt, to speak by the card, is tho beautiful youug heroine, lt is her beauty which has attracted the villain, like the bright llame which at tracts the moth, and made him act as a brute to her. Beauty In novels, freely Interpreted, means dreadful suffering, physical and mental, lt means a deadly poison which Is as fatal as the sting of a viper and which permeates' the body aud soul of the average heroine of the moderu novel. It brings no joy except at the end of the book. The penalty for being beautiful would seem to bo more exacting and more disagreeable than tho disappoint ments experienced by the ugly, lt Is because the modern heroine of books or of the stage Is described as a sort of daughter of the gods in form and build and looks that you take Interest in ber and follow her doings, ber suf ferings, through every page of a novel or through every sceue and act of a play. Leave fiction for facL Scour the vil lages of the United States from Maine to California, and you will lind, with very few exceptions, that nearly all can tell the story of how once upon a time there lived in the village a beau tiful girl who fell a slave to tbe mad delirium of love and after many years came back a wreck. There is recorded in the unwritten archives of nearly ev ery village such a story as that told in one form or another. But this is not thc story of a village merely; it is the history of the world. lt was this evil fate of beauty that wrecked Cleopatra, who in turu wreck ed Mark Antony, broke the heart of Octavia and brought the horrors of civ il war upon imperial Home. The great Julius fell a victim to her exquisite charms at a single interview. Cleopatra was a beautiful and mag nificent creature, and her charms never failed to captivate and conquer those who passed before ber. She was not only all this, but her personal beauty seemed to have influenced her mind in tellectually in a marked degree, for she was a woman of very high attainments. She was as Intelligent as she was beau tiful. She was a capital musician, skill ed In several languages, a good singer and a brilliant conversationalist. No woman has surpassed her lu cunning. How she died is a mystery. The sto ry of the asp biting her to death ls a myth, but authorities agree that she died a violent death by her own hand a hard price for such great beauty ns hers. There is the pitiful story of Julia Donna, who, in her mai?en days a poor, humble girl, was on account of ber great personal charms raised from a common sphere to the highest that im perial Rome could offer. She became the wife of Severus and thus empress of Rome. Her beauty was her evil fate. She lent herself to the flattery of courtiers, permitted all and sundry to approach her with their sentiments. Finally she fell back into the position she carno from, but not before she had been stabbed in the arm by a son. who intended the blow, however, for his brother. Disappointed of all hope of ever be coming again the power she once was In Rome, deserted by those who brought her to her misery, forsaken by ber friends, she ended ber days In star vation. There was yet another beautiful Ro man Julia, who. through her extreme beauty, was introduced to and became the wife of a famous senator when she . was only IC. Between that tender age and four and twenty she lived up to the traditions of the times, fell a vic tim to the conceit of her own charms, became the prey of flatterers, conspired against her husband and was finally put to a violent death. The story of the captivating Helen of Troy ls interesting and is on a par with that of the beautiful women just allud ed to. Helen of Troy was tied to a tree and strangled, a condign punish ment for the errors she fell into solely on account of her beauty. She was re sponsible tor the many years' siege of Troy, her husband, .Menelaus, being determined to revenge himself on Par is. It serves as an object lesson for those women who repine because they are not beautiful. Josephine, the unfortunate wife of Napoleon 1, was said by her husband to be "most truly a lovely woman, re lined, affable, charming, a goddess of the toiict. kind and humane," yet be cause no son was born to them Napo leon divorced her, an overwhelming sorrow. She died an absolutely crush ed and saddened woman.-San Fran cisco Examiner. It enervation. ?'While it ls true." replied the pale face, "that I have made a compact with you, It was with a mental reser vation." Here the untutored red mau mani fested bewilderment. "Is that thc next reservation I shall bc compelled to live on?" he asked anx iously, his quavering volee betokening the depth of lils emotion. Ah. such is destiny, to say nothing of the growing scarcity of pine timber. Detroit Journal. - Among the new diseases are list ed typewriter's backache, telephone earache, gum-chewers' look-jaw and cigarette-smokers' insanity. "I think I would go crazy with pain were it not for Chamberlain's Pain Balm," writes Mr. W. H. Stapleton, Herminio, Pa. "t have peen afflicted with rheumatism for several'years and have tried remedies without number, but Pain Balm is the boat medicino I have got hold of." Ono application relieves the pain. For sale by Hill Orr Drug Co. A Narrow Escape. "Talking of narrow escapes," said In railroad man, "a friend of mine waa once saved by a drink of water. Ho was nt that time au engineer, and. wanting a drluk of water, stepped fron? his scat to the water can ou the tender to get lt. He was just raising the can to his Ups when there was a terrille craso, the entire side of the cab was torn off and the air filled with fly ing pieces of wood and iron. Luckily, neither he nor the fireman was serious ly Injured, and they, with the aid oZ. the train's crew, managed to bring the train to a stop without further harm. They then found that the connecting rod on the right hand side had broken in two and the two loose ends, flying around with terrific force, had wrecked everything with which they came tn contact. The right hand side of the cab was torn to smithereens, aud as thc engineer's seat was directly above the loose end of the connecting rod attached to the rear driving wheel had my friend not had that lucky in spiration to take a drink ho would be yond question have either been killed outright or else possibly so badly man gled as to make death by comparison seem preferable."-New York Tribune. Hom pl ii ri. Not Danelns. Try as a few devotees to dancing may. tho art has boen struck by decay, and there ls no help for It except when romping is the object. A famous Eng lish dancing master is the first to ac knowledge the fact, which Americans must Indorse when they have reached the end of their Inventive genius. Almost all of the new dances origi nate here and are carried across the water, despite the protests of our for eign cousins, who declare that our romping dances have driven out real, graceful and dignified dancing. The unusual exertion ls followed by the in evitable reaction-disgust and apathy. From this may arise a new order of things, but only time will tell that. At summer resorts there ls little attempt made to keep up eyen a pretense of dancing, principally because men are scarce and danclug men scarcer. The fall of the art can really be traced bock to masculine Indifference, even if some women do maintain that dancing with members of their own Bex Is just as enjoyable as when malo partners are plentiful.-Detroit News Tribune. Tue Lumberman, For all the lumberman's rough jocu larity his heart is right, says Rollin Lynde Hartt In The Atlantic. Once the forest harbored fugitives from jus tice; but tho railroad brought the sher iff, the sheriff brought the law and law brings decency. Besides, as at sea and on the plains, the open air breathes a spirit of chivalry. Suppose a man af fronts a waitress; 20 defenders leap to their feet. Suppose a poor fellow Is hurt: round goes the hat. What ls more, two comrades will drop their work and take him CO miles to the doc tor. And. sad to tell, there ls need enough for that sort of sympathy. A lino hero, no dof&bt. is this tuan of the forest, a brave and a gencrot?i soul; but, nevertheless, as in the case of .Mr. Burgess' hupurplcd heifer, 'Td rather see than be one." For. I roundly outdoing that sly humorist's confessed preference for "fingers rath er than toes," the lumberman does his best to dispense with both. What are left by the woods are claimed by the mill. Dlninsr a Talker. Seven people make a very comfort j able company for a dinner, provided the seven are well selected. Two serv ants, oven one, can attend to seven very nicely. And with that number the talk can be general. It can be, but it Is not I always so. There are so many people ! of many words in this world that it is dillicult to get seven men and women together without including one monop olist. When such a monopolist is a woman, her sex docs not make ber more attractive. Such a person is a "weariness, a fever and a fret." Tho most, however, is responsible If such be included at a small dinner. The large dinner Is the pince for such a person; then only two persons, the one on either olde, can be made miserable. There is an idea in that-a fiendish one, j however. If it be desirable to punish : two of your friends, give a large dinner i and put the most insistent bore in town between the two.-John G ilmer Speed In Woman's Homo Companion. j A Cb lid's Tribute. The most touching memorials made I by hands are not the statues, tablets < and inscriptions erected over thc dead, but the simpler offerings of spontane ous affection. ; In the crypt of St Paul's cathedral in London Hes buried Lord Nelson, : chief anioag the naval heroes of Eng land. Leaning against the marble tomb ls a small, square, perforated card- ! board worked as a sampler, which for ! years bas remained there undisturbed. ] It bears these words, spelled in ' worsted letters: "In loving memory of j dear Lord Horatio Nelson. 'Thy will ! be done.* " and was brought thither by 1 a child whose heart was In this tribute ; to his boro. j The rules forbid the incumbrance of '. the stones by miscellaneous offerings, i but the verger stood by and watched the offense committed nnd the authori ties have never ordered this true "In Memoriam" to be removed.-Youth's Companion. A Taxless Community. One of the happiest places In the world Is said to be located at Orsa, In . Sweden. The community has. In course of a generation, sold nearly ?5,000,000 worth of trees and by means of judi cious replanting lins provided for a similar income every SO ur 40" years. In consequence of this commercial wealth there are no taxes. Railways, telephones, etc., arc free, and so are schoolhouses, teaching and many other things. - A volunteer in a Colorado regi ment at Manila has . been cured of stuttering by being shot through the throat by a Mauser bullett. VI had bronchitis every winter for years and no medicino gave mc perma nent relief till I began to take Ooo Minuto Cough Cure. I know it is tbo best cough medicine made," says J, Koontz. Corry. Pa. It quick'y cures coughs, colds, croup, asthma, grippe and throat and lung troubles. It is the children's favorite remedy. Cures quickly. Evans Pharmacy. TALKATIVE BARBERS THEY ARE VALUABLE BECAUSE CUS TOMERS DEMAND IT. According to One of Ike Mucli Abas ed Profcaalon, It In tho Knight ot the Raior, Not tue Victim of It. Who Ia Bored br the Flow of Wordi. The little barber was Inclined to be uncommunicative aud confined his at tention strictly to shaving bis custom er. This rather unusual mood bothered the customer, and after several Inef fectual attempts to engage the little barber In conversation be asked: "Why don't you say something more than 'yes' and *uo?' Usually you are perfectly wllliug to talk and especially so when the man you are shaving wishes to be let alone." "That's right." retorted the little bar ber as he made a vicious dab with bis lather brush and managed to Insert tho tip of lt In his victim's mouth. "That's right. Of course wo barbers always want to talk-not. lt's Just you people that come lu hero expecting to be en tertained while you lie back lu the chair that cause barbers tc keep up ti conversation while they are shaving you. "It's a funny idea that everybody seems to have that a barber ls a sort of encyclopedia, anxious to furulsh In formation on every conceivable sub ject. The truth of tho matter ls that the barber would rather that there should be no conversation. It takes his . mind off bis work, and then, unless be j agrees In every particular with the I man In the chair, the latter ls very apt to take offense and quit the place. "That may seem drawing it rather strong, but lt ls mild. Oue day last week there was a man In thin chair who made about the same remark tbat you did Just uow. and I told bim just about what I have said to you. He wanted to make a bet, and 1 accommo dated bim. I bet that the great major ity of men who came In duriug the day would begin the conversation, whilo be took the opposite view. "We each had a piece of paper, and after we had noted down 27 men he handed me tho money and went out without a word. Out of that 27 all but four had started the conversation and bad done their best to prolong lt. "The first man had a small package wrapped up lu a uewspapcr In bis band when be entered. As 1 was lathering him he asked. 'Do you know what ls In that package?' "I hastened to assure bim that I was no mahatma aud was willing to let lt go at thaL " 'Well. I'll tell you.' be said. 'It's a couple of pieces of gnsplpe that have been subject to electrolysis and are cu riously worn.' "And with that he started to talk ! about the thing and tell what a great j scheme be bad to prevent electrolysis ! and what a fortune be would realize ! from lt. He was still talking about lt ; when the boy helped him on with his coat, and then he talked to a man sit ting In one of the chairs and walting for his turn until the man went over to thc stand In the corner and bad his . shoes shined to escape from him. i "Next came a man who knew all j about prizefighting. J. had to listen to ! the history of every tighter of tho past . 25 years. And it was only when n man j in the next chair turned and cilled hint i dow a for slipping up on a date that he ? stopped talking. At that be waited un ! til the man who had called him down ! left the shop and then informed me j that be could prove what be said. "Then there was one of these real i wise guys carno In and wanted a sham poo. He.was pretty near the limit. I There wasn't a single subject that be j wasn't thoroughly Informed on-lu his ? own estimatiou. And he wanted ev j erybody in the place to know what he ? knew. He could give you more misln ! formation in less time than anybody I . ever met before. One of my regular ! customers came in then, and as he ap I pearcd good natured I smiled at him. ; 'Who told you about it?* he asked j when he saw me smile. ! " 'About what?' says I. " 'Why, my little adventure with that 1 toupet you picked out for me.' he an ' swered. and then he went on and told ' me all about it. \ "lt kept up that way all morning ; religion, politics, sport, business and everything you could think of. And I : bad to appear Interested in each sub \ ject Out of all the men who came In no two talked on the same subject All but four began the conversation. Half of them went out dissatisfied because I bad dared to disagree with their views, and the other half probably set me down as a fool. And yet you say that the barber always wants to talk. Come In here some day and alt tat awhile and then wonder why I don't care to do a rapid fire conversation turn with every man that sits in the cbalr. " 'Pay at the desk. Thank you, slr. Next."-New York Sun. British Oona Vaed by the Boera. ? good deni of discussion has taken place as to the military equipment of the Boers. In relation to this, lt ls pointed out In Fielden's Magazine that the Boer army Is equipped, in addition to Schneider. Krupp and other ord nance, with several batteries of the 37 millimeter Maxim automatic gun, fir ing shells and now used for the first time In civilized warfare. These guns were supplied several years ngo with the full knowledge of the home author ities. Whereas the ordinary Maxim fires only rifle bullets, the 37 millimeter piece fires a shell weighing about IV! pounds nt the rnto of 300 sholls a min ute, with an effective rnuge of 2V?? relics-that ls to say, it will throw 373 pounds cf explosive projeeiiies a min ute among the enemy at the range men tioned. The gun. with Us mounting. Weighs about a quarter of a ton and can be worked by one man only. - Speaking of lions, that was quite an idea of the hard-shell preacher who was discoursing of Daniel in tho den of lions: "There he pot all night, look ing at thc show for nothing, it didn't cost him a cent..'' John Dirr, Posey ville, Ind., says. "I never used anything as good as One Minute Gough Cure. We are never without ii." Quickly breaks up all coughs and colds. Cures all throat aud lung troubles. Its use will pre vent consumption. Pleasant to take. Evans Pharmacy. FOUND NEARLY A** MILLION. Novel Experience of n. Scrobnoman 4 In the Treasury Dcpnrtmcnt. lu 1S?2 Sophie Holuioa was employ ed by General Spinner, the treasurer i of the United States, as a temporary charwoman. She was assigned to tho rooms of the Issue division to sweep and dust. One afternoon in April of that year Aunt Sophie was hard at j work sweeping and scrubbing tho lloors when sho came across a largo bundle which she supposed was waste paper and was lu the act of throwing lt In the basket to be burned when she decided to Investigate lt. She was amazed and almost frightened out of her wits to discover several dozen rolls of $1,000 bills. $700,000 In all. Hy some unexplainable mistake this pack age of money was overlooked, and even when the accounts wore balanced In the evening it wns not missed, mid General Spinner, believing all to be secure, had locked tho safe and gono out with an easy conscience. Aunt Sophie, on Unding all of this wealth unguarded, decided to remain In the room until some one with au thority to accept the money should ar rive. So, to allay all suspicion, she pro tended to be working very hard, but always remained near the money. She was afraid to leave the bundle to seek General Spinner, and. not knowing the guard, she thought lt best not to trust him with her secret. She thought of going out and carrying tho bundle of money with her; thou It occurred to her that tho guard, not knowing her, might examine the package and, on findiug Its valuable contents, either kill her nut! escape with the wealth or suspect her of theft. There seemed but one thing for her to do, to stay and guard the fortune with her life if nec essary. About 0 o'clock one of the guards en tered the room and, on finding Aunt Sophie still there, asked: "Still at work?" Aunt Sophie began to sweep with all of her might and main. "Yes," she an i swercd. "but I'll soon be through." j And she made such a dust that the i watchman was only too glad to escape. She swept the dust and dirt into a pile and then scattered It over the floor again In an effort to appear to be very busy. No more watchmen disturbed her, and finally, out of sheer exhaus tion, she sat down to rest and soon dropped asleep. About midnight she awoke, hearing a noise In the hall. She was frighten ed, and, rising, she groped her wny to tho spot where she had hidden the money, wedging lt In between two desks. Then she seated herself on it, determined to stay there till General Spinner, who slept in the building, should arrive. In this cramped posi tion she slept uutll 4 o'clock In thc morning, when she heard a soft foot fall in thc hall, and. listening, she thought she recognized the ?top of General Spinner. In a trembling voice she called his name. General Spinner was known as the "watchdog of the treasury," a name given him from the fact that ho had a habit of wandering 'brough the build ing at all hours of the night to see that everything was all right. In the silence and darkness of thc- night this low, trembling voice of a woman frightened the general, although bc was not an acknowledged believer iu ghosts. On discovering Aunt Sophie wedged In be tween two deEks his fright was turned into surprise. The relief from the re sponsibility almost unnerved Aunt So phie, and she began to cry. She could not explain the situation, only mur muring, "Oh, General Spinner, ??->n't go, don't go!" Finally, when sho had become quiet ed and could tell her story and investi gation proved it to be correct. Hie truth dawned upon the general, and It ls said that he swore black and blue at every thing in, about and near the treasury. Not until he had relieved himself In this manner for nearly an hour did be allow Aunt Sophie to go home. The money was finally locked up in his pri vate safe to await the next day's inves tigation. Several days later Aunt So phie was sent for and complimented for her faithfulness and ns a token of gratitude was given a life appoint ment.-Washington Post. The ninff Worked. She-Mr. Jones, look at that impu dent man on the other side of thc street. He has been following us for the Inst ten minutes. Jones-Why didn't you tell mc so be fore? I'll teach the impudent puppy a lesson. Walking boldly across the street. Jones says to the man: "Look here. Snip, I am very sorry I've not got the money to pay you for that last suit, but you ought not to follow me up and dun me when I'm trying to enpture that girl. She has lots of money and If I succeed you will not on4y get your money,' but also au order for a wedding outfit." Snip goes off satisfied. Returning to the young lady, Jones Bays: "I am glad you called my attention to that cowardly scoundrel. I don't think he will ever stare at you again. I had groat difficulty In restraining myself." The Speaker** GRTCI. Speaker Henderson's gavel Ia some thing of a curiosity. The bend ts of rosewood from Montojo's flagship and the handle of native osage, grown In Polk county, la. It ls decorated by an eagle's beak bearing a scroll Inscribed "B Pluribus Unum." On the upper ferrule are doves and a garland, on the lower pictures of tho United Staten ships Iowa and Des Moines. The Iowa arms and Mr. Henderson's monogram n.re ou t'ic side of the bend. A firm of English soapmakers which gives a halfpenny to the Transvaal war fund for every cake of soap sold has already sent In ?1.000 to tho fund. - During thc most violent gales thc sea is disturbed to a depth of 500 fee?. "After doctors failed to cure rae of pneumonia X used One Minute Cough Cure and three bottles of it cured, lt is also thc beat remedy on earth for whooping cough. It ourcd my grand children of tho worst caBcs," writes Jno. Berry, Loganton, Pa. Ic is thc linly harmless remedy that gives im mediate results. Cures coughs, colds, *.roup and throat aud lung troubles. lt, prevents consumption. Children ilways like it. Mothers endorse it, I'] van s Pharmacy. MYTHS OF MOONLAND. Carlon* Notion? In Varions Nations Abont tho Silvery Orb. The moon hus been worshiped amoug nearly all the natlous of the world from time Immemorial. Indeed her cult has been asserted to be much older estab lished than sun worship. Somoyedes and the people of Borneo adore ber yet, and the Carlbs come from their homes at new moon and raise a great cry in her honor. Swart Nubians rejoiced in the new moon's ria lug, just as did the cultured Greeks, who pictured her as a wl'd huntress Moslems clap their bauds .it ;he sight of the uew moon. The Finnish girl, Christian though she be, drops a cour tesy and a word of greeting to Kuu as bis silver mask shines whitely over her. Tho Peruvian peasant hurries home out of the cold moonshine, afraid of the stern eyes of Mama Quilla, aud the Egyptian leilah lounges across the sand where the sphinx's shadow lies black at his feet with a prayer on his lips or lu his heart to Thoth-Thoth, the master of wisdom, the loni of the Ibis, in whose absence the fair laud of Khem has been brought down very low. Swabiau girls refuse to spin by moonlight, "lest they should unger her," they say vaguely, and iu Ger many children (irmly believe in tlorsel or lloldu. whose boat is tho muon, whoso Ho wer is the llax und whose delight ls to reward industrious little maidens. Dante makes tho mun in the moon Cain; in Egypt ho is Horus, held to the breast of isis, bis mother uutl the moon; In Franco be is .ludas, I and lu some parts of England tho fan cy obtains that bc is ti mau who broke ? the Sabbath by gatberlug sticks irom a neighbor's forest. lu Hnutuin the man in the moon is a giant who at Oowing tide stoops to pour water on tho earth and at ebb tide stauds upright lu order that the waters may subside. Devonshire folks say that the figure to be seen iu the moon is that of a dog. Other people say that lt is Endymion, or Isaac, bear ing on his back a burdeu of wood for bis own sacrifice on Mouut Moriah. Daues fancied that tho moon is a cheese made from the milk that has run out from thc Milky Way. Pearla and all other white stoues, except dia monds, are In sympathy with the moon, according U> the Rosicrucian*, and should be worn on Mondays. A curious eastern faucy ls that thu figure in the moon ls that of tho pat tern wife, Ina, who weaves the clouds into white cloth and who after t.* " lapse of many years sent ber immortal husband back to earth by tho rainbow bridge In order that death might not defile ber heavenly home. The cat and the panther are both connected with tho moon In some vague and occult fashion. Indeed in Australia the moon Is reprcseuted as a native cat nud also in Egypt. In Chlua the Celestials say that there Is n frog In tho moon, a met amorphosed beauty called Chango.-All thc Year Round. Grotcso.no Advcrtl.ilnc. Awhile ag*) there appeared in the city streets a man In the garb of a country man, as he is pictured and described, carrying an alligator mouthed valise of a kind once used. Ills attire drew at tention, and as people looked him over they saw tho sign that was painted on tho valise. This man walked around the streets lu the neighborhood of bis employer's store, and occasionally bc would get around to thc placo Itself and halt there ou tho sidewalk and look up at thc sign, to make sure lt was thc right place, and then' go lu, to emerge presently for another round. A variation of this Idea Is found In the work of tho countryman, who stops and looks up nt the tall buildings. He is tall himself and so attracts atten tion, and his interest in the tall build ing always interests the city man, and so tho city man looks the tall stranger over or looks down along him from head to foot as he stands there with face upturned and notes tho peculiari ties of his garb and sccs how the bot tom leg of one of bis trousers is caught on thc top of one of his boot legs, for thia stranger wears old time boots. Then the city man's eye falls on the sign which thc stranger is so innocent ly holding. And the city man passes on, thinking as he goes that, after all, he is In some respects moro or less of a countryman himself.-New York Sun. Extracts From an Old Mnjrnslne. On the 27th of February, 1731, two publishers were taken Into custody for publishing a libel entitled "The Divine Catastrophe of tho Royal Family of the Stuarts." On thc next day the new church at Bloomsbury was consecrated by the name of St- George, as was also the burying ground in thc fields adjoining. On March 8 Charlforth and Cox, two solicitors convicted of forgery, stood in the pillory nt the Royal Exchange, and on tho same day five malefactors were executed at Tyburn. On April 2G tho death of "Mr. Daniel de Foe, Sr., eminent for his many writ ings," is recorded, and among the ap pointments on the 29th of the same month ls that of William Cowper, Esq., to be clerk to tho commission of bank ruptcy.-Monthly Intelligencer. Thc Ivnn.sn* Cow. The Kansas cow that raises a calf encli year, that gives milk for the fam ily and for calves and pigs, that makes butter for tho table and for the market, that feeds herself on thc? native grass and the cheaply raised Knflir eorn. cane and alfalfa, will always bo good property. She is a money maker and debt payer for her owner whether beef cattle be high or low. She doe.s her duty nobly while she lives, nod when her life mission ls filled she goe.t peace fully to ber rest In the prime roast beef can, and her owner takes her price to purchase her successor. - Douglas (Kan.) Tribune. - But few men have ?elf confidence enough to argue with a pretty wo man. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of (^O^/?f^^^^C A Devonshire Wltnesa. The difficulty of discriminating bc wecn tho first and third persons has icon amusingly Illustrated by the late [.ord Iddesleigh, who used to bc fond ? telling Devonshire stories. One of ils favorite ones was of a Devonshire 'armer who was a witness In a horse dealing case. "Tell us what you know tbout this case." said the prosecuting counsel. "Well, zur." was the reply. "1 /.oed the prisoner, and I zed to he. how about that 'oss, and he zed he didn't know oort about the 'oss." "No. no." the counsel said, "he didn't say he knew nothing about the horse Ile didn't speak to you lu the third per son." "Deg your pardon, zur," said the wit ness, "there wasn't no third person present, only him ami inc." "You don't understand what 1 mean." was the counsel's petulant re ply. "He spoke to you lu the first per son." "You'm wrong agen." said the wit ness. "I was the fust pusson as spoke to he." At this point the judge Intervened and put the question himself. "You saw t'. ; prisoner, and you said. M low about that horseV* and the prisoner an swered. 'I know nothing about the horse' " "I beg your pardon, my lord." said tlie witness, "lie didn't mention your lordship's name at all."-Westminster (bizet tc. She Poned nn n Mitn. Christian Cavenagh was a peculiar Englishwoman of the eighteenth cen tury. Her father lost his fortune, and she was taken up by an aunt who kept a tavern. She married the walter am! had three children. This husband was then kidnaped, after the humane meth ods of the time, and was carried olT to Holland, where he had to enlist ns a private soldier. When Christian heard of this, she dressed os a man and eu llsted as a private soldier In order to get near her husband. She was wound ed at the battle of Landen. She was made prisoner by the French nud was carried to St. Cermain-en-Lnye. where she staid till she was exchanged. She quarreled with her sergeant, fought a duel with him, wounded him and got transferred to another regi ment. Again she was wounded. At Ramillies sise was wounded lu the head, and while lu hospital her secret was discovered. She was permitted to stay with the regiment as cook. She married agaiu. lost her second husband, n't urned to longland and pre sented a petition to the queen setting forth her ease and her services. Tin queen gave her a bounty of ?50 and a pension of a shilling a day. She mar ried a third time, set up a pie Bhop. came over to Chelsea hospital with her third husband, ?lied In 1730 and was burled with military honors. Retnrn of the Horne. The Chicago Tribune the other day printed two significant pictures under the heading. "The Return of the Horse." Tho first was a reproduction of a photograph taken In one of Chi cago's parks a year ago and showing only hundreds of men. women and children on bicycles. 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Viirn nod Knitting Mill ar? notified to meet at Ibo Court M o ti sn a* Andorson, s.C,at PJ o'clock on Tcosday, the >:>:h day of March, l'HM), to consider a resolution of the li ar*I of Directors of sitid Corporation that the Capital Sto?k thereof bo increased from Fifty Thousaud Dollars to n maximum amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollar?, and that the name of said Corporation bo changed to KiVKRsim: MANUFACTURING COMBAN v. 1?. P. MoBREYKlt, President. Feb 14, 1900 34 I NOTICE. SEALED BIDS will be received at the ofllco of City Clerk till February ?S, 1000, for the contract for collecting, haul ing and diepohjng of City refuse matter, Haid contract to expire August 1">. 1000. Successful bidder to .-provide dumping grounds and giving bond in* the stun of $200. Particulars with ppocltleations can bo bad by applying to the undersigned. Oity reserves right, to reject ?av or all bids. OW. EVANS, Chairman Sanitary Committee. Feb'14. 1000^! :54'< 2 ; PATENTS ?IS?F,S . 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