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A RIU iTO ITS CMSWMCII, * * it By Ur. 0HAKL5P X. BHELDOI. ~ “l* OH sup*" “TTu OucOMon sT atromT "Maieom Kirhr Ktc. 1900, by Advaadb PabUahlaft Oa>) J CHAPTER I. • It was -Sunday night, and Robert Hardy bad just come home from the •▼•nine setrice in the church at Bar ton. He was not In the habit of attend ing the evening service, but something •aid by his minister in the morning had Impelled him to go out The even ing had been a little unpleasant and a light snow was falling, and his wife tad excused herself from going to church op that account Mr. Hardy .Mune'home ctoss and fault finding. “Catch me going to evening service again! Only 80 people out and It was '■ a sheer waste of fuel and light. The •ermoa waa one of the dullest 1 ever • beard. I believe Mr. Jones Is growing too old for our church. We need a young man. more up with the times. He la everlastingly harping on the ne cessity of doing what we can In the present to save our souls. To hear him talk you would think every man who wasn’t running round to save souls ev ery winter was a robber and an enemy of society. He is getting off, too, on this newfangled Christian aoclology and thinks the rich men are oppressing the poor and that church members ought to study and follow more closely the teachings of Christ aud be more brotherly and neighborly to their fel low men. Bab! I am aick of the whole subject of humanity. 1 shall withdraw my pledge to the salary If the present style of preaching continues.” “What was the text of the sermon to night?” asked Mrs. Hardy. “Oh, 1 don’t remember exactly. Some thing about This night thy soul shall be demanded’ or words like that. 1 don’t believe in this attempt to scare folks Into heaven.” "It would take a good many sermons to tears you. Robert.” "Tee; more than twe a week,” replied Mr. Hardy, with a dry laugh. He drew e> hie oTMToat ~rmt threw blmsPlf down oh the lounge lu front of the open lire. “Where are the glrle?" “Alice Is up stairs reading the morn ing paper. Clara and Bess went over to call on the Caxtons.” “How did they happen to go over there r Mrs. Hardy heel tat ed. Finally she ■aid. “James came over and Invited f them.” ’ ' - 1 "And they know I have forbidden them to have anything to do with the Caxtons! When they come In. 1 will let them know 1 mean what I say. It Is very strange the girls do not appear to understand that.” Mr. Hardy rose from the lounge and walked across the room, then came back and lay down again and from his recumbent position poked the fire sav agely with the shovel Mrs. Hardy bit her lips and seemed on the point of replying, but said notb- lag.- At last Mr. Hardy asked, "Where are the boye?” “Will la getting out bis lessons for tomorrow up In his room. George went out about 8 o'clock. He didn't say Where he was going ” * "It’s a nice family. Is there one night In the year. Mary, when all our - children are at home?" “Almost as many as there are when you are "What w and your scientific society and your reading circle aud your directors’ meet ing the children see about as much of you as you do of them, llow many nights Id a week do you give to us. Hebert? Do you think It Is strange 'that the children go outside for their Aamuaementa? Our home”—Mrs. Manly iused and looked around kt the costly lor of the room where the two “our home Is well furnished ,w*tUb everything buCotto uwttTMWum.” • The "man on the lounge was silent He felt the aharpnees of the thrust made by bit wife aud knew It was too \troe to be denied. But Mr. Hardy was.. tbove all things else, selfish. He had the remotest Intention of giving up ib or hie scientific society or his -tht cosy dinners with business )wn town because his wife spent lonely, deserted evenings at Mtt as though be bad been imperil nent He threw the letter lu the waat» basket and did not even answer it. He would not havs been guUty of such a lack of courtesy In regard to a busi ness letter, but a letter from hie mlnie- tei> waa another thing. The Idea of re plying (o • letter from him never oc curred to Mr. Hartfy. And when Thursday night came he went down to a meeting of the cheat club and bad a good time with hla favorite game, for he waa a fine player and waa engaged In a aeries of garnet which were being played for the elate championship. The superintendent of the Sunday school had lately timidly approached Mr. Hardy and asked him If he would not take a class of boys In the Sunday acbool. What, hi take a class of boys! He. the Influential, wealthy manager of one of the largest railroad shops In the world—hx give his time to the teaching of a Sunday school class! He excused hlmself on the score oLlack of time, and Vie very same evening of his Interview with the superintendent be went to the theater to hear a roaring farce and after he reached home spent an hour In his favorite study of chem istry In bis laboratory at the-top of his house, for Mr. Hardy was a man of considerable power as a student, and he had an admirable physical constitu tion. capable of the most terrible strain. Anything that gave him pleas ure he was willing to work for. He was not lazy, but the Idea of giving his personal time and service and talents to bless the world had no place In his mind. Aud so as he lay on the lounge that evening and listened to bis wife's plain statement concerning lils-selfishness be had no Intention to give up a single thing that gratified hU tastes and fed hla pride. . . * ~~ ■ After a alienee Just about long enough for some one to give the expla nation Just given, Mrs. Hardy said, apeaking coldly, as if It were a matter of Indifference to her: “Mr. Burns, the foreman, called while you were out.” "He did? What did he want?” “1I« said four of the n»-n to the cast ing room -were severely Injured this afternoon by the burstlug.of one of the retorts, and the entire force had quit work and gone home.” “Couldn't Burns supply the place of the Injured men? Jile knows where the extras arv’’ Mi* "ThatVrs* what he came te-aee you «bont v He said he needed further dl- reotlona. The men flatly refused to work another minute aud went out In a (tody. 1 don't blame them much. Robert, don’t you believe God will pun ish you for keeping the shops open on any Sunday?” “Nooeenae. Mgry.” replied Mr. Har dy. Yet there was a shadow of' un easiness lu his lone. ’The work has got to go on. it Is a work of aaceaalty. Railroads are public nervants; they can't rest Sundays.” •‘Then when God tells the world that It must not work on Sundaya be doea not mean railroad men? The fourth commandment ought to read: ‘Remem ber the Habbatb day and ke*p U holy, except all ye men who work for rail-, roads. \e hadn’t any Hunday.* ” “Mary. 1 didn’t come from one ser mon to listen to. another. You're worse than Mr. Jones.” . , • j Mr. Hardy half rose on the lounge and leaunl on his elbow, looking at hla wife with every mark of displeasure on his face, aud yet as he looked some how there stole Into his thought the memory of the old New England home back Id the Vermont bills and the vl-1 alou of that quiet little country village piece of casting had broken from the end of a large hoisting derrick and would have fallen upon him end probe bly killed him If this man Scovllle. at thejlmf a workman. It> the machine de partment, had not pulled him to one aide at the danger of hla own life. As It was, In saving the life of the mana ger Scovllle waa struck on (he shoulder aud rendered useless for work for four weeks. Mr. Hardy had raised hla wages and advanced him to a responsi ble position In the caatlng room. Mr. Hardy was not a man without generos ity and humane feeling, but as he lay on the lounge that evening and thought of the cold snow outside and the dis tance to the shop tenements he readily excused himself from going out to see the man who had once saved his Hf® and who now lay maimed for life. If any one thinks It Impossible that one man calling himself a Christian cppld be thus Indifferent to another, then he does not know the power that selfish ness can exercise over the actions qf men. Mr. Hardy had one supreme law which he obeyed, atl^ that law was self. Again Mrs. Hardy, who rarely ven tured to oppose her husband’s wishes, turned to the piano and struck a few chords aimlessly. Then she wheeled about and said abruptly : Robert, the cook gave .Warning to night that she must go home at once.” Mr. Hardy had begun to doze a little, but at this sudden statement be sat up and exclaimed: , “Well, you are the bearer of bad news tonight, Mary. What’s the mat ter with everybody? I suppose the cook wants more pay.” —— Mrs. Hardy replied quietly: “Her sis ter Is dying. And do yon know 1 be- lleve rhave-eever given the girl credit for much feeling. She always seemed to me to lack there, though she Is cer talnly the-most faithful and ertk-ient servant we ever bad In the bouse. She came In Just after Mr. Bums left and broke down, crying bitterly. It seems her sister' Is married to one of the rail road men here In town aud has been ailing with consumption for some months. She Is very poor, and a large family has kept her struggling for mere existence. The cook was almost beside herself with grief as she told the story aud said she most leave us aud care for her sister, who qould not live more than a week at the longest. 1 pitied the poor gUL Robert, dent yvu ihink could do something for ffaWfanTlIv•' We have so much our selves. We could easily help them and not miss a single luxury.” “And where would such help end? If we give to every needy person who comes along we shall be beggars our wives. Besides, 1 can’t afford It. The boys sre s heavy expense to me wplle they are In college, and the company has been cutting down salaries lately If the cook’s sister Is married to a rail road man. he Is probably getting good wages and can supiwrt her all right.” “What If that railroad man were In jured and made a cripple for lifer In quired Mrs. Hardy quietly. •Then the Insurance companies or the societies ran help them out. 1 don’t see how we ran make every case that roities along our care. There would be no end of It If w-e once be gan.” "As m*arly as I could find out.” con tinned Mrs. Hardy, without replying to her husband's remarks, cook’s sister la married to. obe of the men who were hurt this afternoon. She talks so bro kenly lu our language that 1 could uot make out exactly bow It Is. aud abe was much excited. Suppose It was Sco vlllc. couldn't you do something forj Clara are engaged, and they are going to be married tomorrow.’’ Mrs. Hardy looked at Clara, and the girl grew very red In the face, and then, to the surprise of her mother and Bees, she burst out Into a violent fit of crying. Mrs. Hardy gathered her Into her arms as In the olden times when ■he was a little child and soothed her Into quietness. “Tell roe. all about It, dear. I'did.not know you cared for James In that way.” "But I do,” sobbed Clara. "Aud fa ther guessed something and forbade us going there any more. . But 1 didn't think he would mind It If Bess and 1 went Just this one night 1 couldn’t help It anyway. Mother, Isn’t It right for people to lore each other?” “ ’TJsn’t proper to talk abort such things on'Sundny,” said Bess solemnly. ^/“Clara!” said Mrs. Hardy. "Why, you're only a child yet! Is'lt true that James Is— Why. he Is only a boy!” “He Is 21. and I am 18. and he’s earn ing $40 a month In the office and Is.one of the best stenographers in the state. We’ve talked It over, and I wish we could be married tomorrow, so!" Clara burst out with It all at once,.while Bess remarked quietly: “Yes, they’re real sensible, and 1 think James Is nice, Ini^when' I marry I want more than $4(ra month for can dy alone. And, then, he isu’J particu larly handsome.” “He Is, too,” cried' Clara. “And he’s good aud brave.and splendid, and I’d rather have him than a thousand such men as Ijtncey Cummings. Mother, 1 don't want motley. It hasn’t made you happy.” —; “Hush, dear!” Mrs. Hardy felt as If a blow had smitten her In the face. \ some money write her down. 1 don’t Intend to miss tomorrow if I can help It And old Romulus win call ma up on this very passage, I know. Be. just like him, though, to strike me on the review." At that minute the door opened, and in came George, the elder boy oldest of the gronp of chi! hung up hat and coat and the room. “Where’s mother?" “She’s In the other room," answered Bess. “Father’s been asleep, and moth er waa afraid he was going to have a fever.” “That’s one gt your stories,” said George, who seemed In a good natured mood. He sat down and drew his little sister toward him-and whispered to her: “Say, Bess, 1 wont again.” “Awfully?” whispered Bess. “Yes; for a special reason. Do you think you could let me have a little?” “Why. of course. You can have all my month’s allowance. But why don’t you ask father?” “No; I have asked him too much late ly. He refused point blank last time. I didn’t like It the way he spoke.” | “Well, you can have all mine,” said Bess, whispering. Georgfe and she were great friends, end there was not a thing that Bessie would not have done for her big broth- ^ | er, who was her hero. What he want ed with so much money she never • asked. They were still whispering together, and Clara had Just rise* to go Stairs, and Alice and Will had finished | the translation, and Will was Just oh the point of seeing how near he could come to throwing the “Commentaries of She was silent then. I Cmsari’ Into an ornamental Japanese Clara put her arms around her moth- Jar across the room, when Mrs. Hardy parted the curtains at the arch and beckoned her children to come into the where Mary aud be had been brought I them then, Robert?” up together. He seemed to see the old *T might,” replied Mr. Hardy briefly. "" wnen meeting bepse on the hill, at the end “But 1 eau trl[ ypu T have tupre calls at home, retorted Mrs Hardy. | 0 f , |„mj e | lu Minded atrvet that strng- for my money now than I eatk meet, with your dub and your lodge ghd through the village, and he saw j Take the church expenses, for example, ir •c.-nti o ■„,« himwdf again as he began to fall In] Why, we are called upon to give to ( love with Mary, the beauty of the vil lage. and be had a vision of one Sun day when, walking back from eburcb by Mary’s aide, he had aaked her to be his wife.. It seemed to him that a breath of the meadow Just beyond Bqulre Huacu s place came Into the room Just as It was wafted up to hint when Mstry turned and said the happy Avord that made that tiny the gladdc! WhatT memories What! T He seemed to cypie Jo himself and slated around Into the fire as if won dering where he was, and he did uot see the tear that rolled down his wife's cheek aud fell upou her two hands clasped In her lap. She arose aud went over n> the piano, which stood in the shadow, aud, sitting down with her nd because his children were al- ‘ back to her husband, site played frag- some cause or other every week, be sides our regular pledges fof current expenses. It's a constant drain. 1 shall have to cut down on my pledge. We can't be giving to everything all the time and have anything ourselves.” Mr. Hardy spoke w ith a touch of in dignation, and hla wife glanced around the alipost palatial room affd smiled. a UllU «‘l*-rn *1*1 rtilufftn er and whispered: “Forgive me. moth er! I didn't mean to hurt you. But 1 am so unhappy!” Unhappy! • And yet the girl was Just beginning to blossom out toward the face of God under the Influence of that most divine nnd^ tender and true feel ing that ever cornea to a girl who knows a true, brave man loves her with all his soul. And some people would have us leave this subject to the next room. Her face was exceedingly pale, and she was trembling as If with some great terror. [to be CO.VriNUXD.] — Mr. Aldrich, of Alabama, has in troducel. In the House a bill to estab lish a diplomatic, consular and civil flippant novelist Instead of treating It service college‘at Washington. The as Christ did when he said, “For this bl11 Provides for a commission of seven, cause "-that Is. for love-"sball a man tb® Mercury of 9Ute attbe head, leave his father and mother and cteeve ! 10 loCougre- * pt™ for the et unto trtr"W’1fP- ,? ^ tabUshment of such a college. At this ( college It Is proposed to educate at Mr*.. Uardj was on lb« P®*®* of “5*' government expanse young men ana Ing something w-ben the sound of pe culiar steps on the stairs was beard, and shortly after Alice pushed the cur- women, not over 21 years of age, for the civil service, and men not over 25 years of age for the diplomatic and i consular service. Appointments are tains aside and came In. Alice was ^ ^ made to the college In the •ame ♦I Ideal girl In the family. She was |n#nDcr M appe and Annapolis, and the graduates are to receive appointments In the dtplo- crjpple. the result of an accI(lent 1 as appointments to West Point when a child, anil she carried a cratch, using It with much skill and sven gtaev. The minute she entered the room she saw something was happen ing. but she simply said: “Mother. Isn't It a little strange fa ther sleeps so soundly? I went up to him and spoke to him Just now. think ing be was just lying there, aud be didn't answer, aud then I saw he was asleep But 1 never knew him tqjleep so Sunday night. He usually reads up In the study." • ' “Perhaps he Is sick. I will go and see." ’ Mrs. ,1 lardy rose and went Into the other room, and Just thee the younger boy. Will, came down stairs. He said something to his mother as .he passed through the room aud then came in where the girls were, carrying one of his hooks In his hand. “Say. Alice, translate this passage for me. will you? Confound the old Ro mans anyway! What do I care about the way they fought their old battles and built their old one horse bridges! What makes me angry Is the way Crvsar has of telling a thing. Why can’t he drive right straight ahead in stead of lieatlug about the bush so? I( I couldn’t get up a (tetter language than those old duffers used to write their books In I’d lie down and die. 1 e.— ! strangers to him. But It annoyed as a respectable citlseu, to have lldren making acquaintances that i not approve, and It grated on hl» old-fashioned. Inherited New England Maas that his boys and girls shoiAl he away from home so often In the evening and especially on Sunday •venlng. The maxim of Robert Hardy’s Ufa was “Self Interest first.” As long aa he wae not thwarted In his own pleasures he was as good'natured as average man. He provide^ liberal m— ^ • • - . - the ments of music nervously. Mr. Hardy lay down on the lounge again. After awhile Mrs. Hardy wheeled about on the piano stool and said; "Robert, don’t you think you had better go over and see Mr. Hums about the men who were hurt?”—“ "Why, what can 1 do about It? The company’s dootof will see to them. I should only be In the way. Did Burns say-they were badly hurt?” “One of them had bls-eyes put out, and another-will have to lose both feet. “What! Not Ward Scovllle!” “1 think Burns said that was name.” the for the household expenses, and fils TTTiink he said his name was Scovllle.” wife and children were supplied with money and travel as they requested tt. Bat the minute he was crossed Jn hla own plans or any one demanded of him a service that compelled some self i denial he became hard. Ill natured and haughty. Be had been a member of the church *■ Barton for 25 years, one of the trus- and a liberal giver. He prided elf on that fact. But so far as glv- any of his time or personal service concerned, be would as soon have fht of giving all his property away i the first poor man he met. His mln- bad this last week written him an warm hearted letter, express- much pleasure at the service he rendered so many years as a trus- end asking him If he would not to the Thursday evening meet- that week and take -aoraa part.- rer he cbqse, to help along. It I ■ season of anxious Interest among , in the church, and the paster iy desired the presence and help ' the member*. "One of them had hie eyes put out." mt had read the letter through j ^£ r n an jy rose from the lounge; then lly and smiled a little scornfully.'.^ doirD .. obt well> j g0 He take part In a prayer meet- tht first thing In the morning. I Be couldn't remember when he ^n't do anything now,” he muttered, tded one. They were too dull j Bat t& ere came to his memory s plc- He wondered at Mr. Jones 0 f one day when he was walking speb a Jetter qnd almost throiurh the umcMiK efee** “ — t VwbkWhsg a* remembered that only last week her husband had spout $150 for a new electrical appa ratus to. experiment with in his laborn tory. Aud now be was talking bard times and grudging tbe small sums be gave to religious objects In connection with hla church and thinking hq could not afford to help the family of a man who had once saved his life! Again stiu turned to the piano and played awhile, but she could not be rested by the music ns sometimes she had been. Wbeu she finally rose aud walked over by the table near tbe end of the lounge, Mr. Hardy was asleep, and she sat down by the table, gazing Into the open fire drearily, a look of sorrow and unrest on the face still beautiful, but worn by years of disap pointment and the loss of that respect and admiration she once held for the man who had vowed at the altar to make her happy. She bad not lost her ‘love for him wholly, but she was fast losing tbe best part of It, the love which has Its daily source In an inborn respect When respect Is gone, love Is not long In following after. She sat thus for half an hour and was at last aroused by the two girls, Clara and Bess, coming In. They were laughing and talking together and had evidently parted with some one at the door. Mrs. Hardy went out Ihto tbe hallway “Hush, girls, your father Is asleep! You know how he feels to be awakened suddenly by noise. But he has been waiting tip for you.” “Then I guess we’ll go up stairs without bidding hltn good night,” said Clara abruptly. “1 don’t want to be lectured about going over to the Car tons’.” “No; I want to see you both and have a little talk with you. Come In here.” Mrs. Hardy drew tbo two girls Into the front room and pulled the curtains to gether over the arch opening Into tbe room where Mr. Hardy lay. “Now tell me*|^rl^wthj><Bd- Jour father forbid yourgolhg over to tbe Cartons’? 1 did not know until tonight Has ft some thing to do with James?” Neither of the girls said anything for a minute. Then Bess, who was the younger of the two and famous for mstic, consular or civil service of ibe country', —John Jacob Astor la building at Ferccl (T on the-Hudson the finest pri vate residence on this continent, and one of the fin^t In the world. Blit more, George Vanderbilt's cattle near Asheville, N. C., is now.the largest, most exuentlve and magnificent hpme In America, and the park which sur rounds It Is unsurpassed even In Eu rope. Mr. ( Astor, however. Intends to surpass Blltmore In all respects. His artiohects have been at work for sev ersl years upon the plans. They have examined every private and royal re sidence that Is worth looking at. end claim that when Perncltff it finished It will be the noblest and most luxu rious home in existence. Mr. Astor it giving pirsonal attention to the de tails. - » Sag, Bess, I want so/ftc money a<jaln ” can’f find the old verb to that sentence anyway. Maybe It’s around on tbe oth er page,, somewhere. or'dlaybe Caesar left It out just od purpose to plague us boy$.” And Will shied the book over to Al ice, who good naturedly began to tend, while that much suffering youth sat dowu by Bess aud began to tease her and Clara. What are you aud Clara doing at this time of day? Time you youngsters were going up stairs. -Play us a little tune. Bessie, win you? What you been crylnrf*ljpr, jClara Vere de Yere?” “1 should think you would be asham ed of yourself. Will, studying on Siro- day nights!” said little Bess reproving ly and with dignity. "No worse than sparking Sunday nights,” retorted'tbe Incorrigible Will. ‘i haven’t beCn,” repliedfBesa, Indig nantly. ’Tve been with Clara"r- She doesn't ‘ need any help, does she?” Inquired Will Innocently. And, going over where Clara lay with her face hid in the pillow of a large couch. Will tried to pull tbe pillow out from under her head. < t>et me alone. Will. 1 don’t feel well.” said a muffled* voice from the pillow. “Pshaw! you’re fooling!” “No, I'm not Let me alone.” “Come here, or I won’t read your sen tence for you.” relied Alice. And Will reluctantly withdrew, for hs knew from experience that Alice wogjd keep bef word. • —It-v. Dr. Prank M. Wells, formerly chaplain of the Pirvt Tennessee regi ment, baa published a letter in New York asserting that drunkenness is prevalent among tbe officer* and prl- va es of the Philippines. Dr. Wells also alleges that on the voyage borne on board the transport Indiana officers were repeatedly Intoxicated and con ducted themselves in a manner “too vile for me to mention.” A Committee of seven from the Baptist ministers' convention, before which Dr. Wells made this statement, is going to Wash ington to make a protest to President McKinley and ask for a remedy for the evils complained of. 44ear Adrmist" once when bis flagship lay harbor he was walking tbe quarter deck whtn a sailor approached him and asked permission to hail a yacht whichJiad anchored near by. ‘‘Why dp you wish to' hail her ?” said tbe admiral- "Because I own her,” was the unexpected reply. The sailor was a young New York swell who had join ed the navy to fight Spain. f BILL ARP Heard tbs CheeViDj. and Hie Wife HmJ Wife; ^ On our return trl| ran Into the Dewey nnh. It had not oi this was any of ou Waycross and Jesui ° line men and won the car like there hand and by the tl _ could hardly get int people. In the oour"’- the leavings of a d!i for the Central depc our headquarters u there we radiated d< Soto, following the gravitating that vt. they were massing V wslk- just opposite said : “ Let us stop graph po.e.” it wa< tlon for with the bi’ and the curbstone be 9 eat be crowded to aiK an hour the crowd ® would have moved h ings but for the pole® my stde,wlth two so corporoslty. Expam ■nd I expanded. 2 and colors swarmed 9 wife stood solid to hk half hour passed, bu* Dewey sign and I b» tired in my legs acf breath once or twice times I would bend o® a rest and then eba The street wasbept c* ed police, so that t have distance to mart tbe military did not .half hour passed and- emn beats of a dru braced cp my knees In the meantime fine with fisgs and bunt ladles and swell geni n passed, but no sold* resdy to drop to th^, cn which we stood, < as firm to the telegrt b*anca did to-She time a little heathen at the big plate glas the small hoys cheer Djwey’s pet that he ntla—a lad about lw< as good looking as a to be My wile said •' forerunner, and surei ey soon appeared an curtain snd gazed up smiled. 1 was not loo my wife nudged me « said there she is^ b peered and 1 saw an *- other window drinktc lemarkeJ she (solder was and more thirsty formed to at 1 was loo window. Still there the shpw was about u another long breath i you stand it a little l<, •* I am aimost dead,” give $10 to be out of i somewhere." It was r we bad stood there t My wii'e endeavored*! ttntlon from myself t the small boys who hi copings of the winds tree*, but 1 felt like 1 and 1 was the corpse T last, at last, Mrs. Das the window and remo- tains and the Admin and waved his band U titude and everybody porlaal crises wbli h i ven bad arroven. Tb< Admiral In full regal[ bis wife, radiant and In a silver satin waist, ly low cut In tbe brea wile could see dian and jewels shining to her waist, but the window wai not n we saw was through and my eyes were oev by diamonds. Tne A and tbe doctors said t blow on him. About Jhrtlhng notes of the over the east wind i multitude and my i again and said, "Iseot " Tolerable,” said I, ft in a tremble and l was l could stand up any U realised tbe difference - til then, nor how it wa to outsland me, but sb for a moment, nor cor thing. She came ther saw. for there were thirty eluding infantry and t When the condi tions are right the light leap of a Chamois may start an avalanche which will bury a village alive. It takes but a little thing when the conditions are right to prostrate a healthy looking man. Hastily eaten meals, ill digested ill nourished , a nerv- food, means a ous system on starvation rations and the blood sluggish and corrupt. « There is no protection against the ava lanche. There is protection against dis ease. When the nerves are unstrung, the mind is irritable, the stomach weak and distressed after eating, the brain dull and stupid, the conditions are ripe for ■erious illness. Tips may be averted and the system, restored to sound health by the use of Dr. Tierce’s Golden Medical Discoyery. It cleanses the blood,, strengthens the. stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition, nourishes the nerves, and produces sound and vigorous health. "Six year* *g<> last August,'’ writes Mr. Daniel . Carter, of Yoat. Rowan Co.. N. C,. “I was tttacked with malarial fever; was in bed nine iays, and then taken with chills. Had this six months. MV spleen became enlarged, and I in bed on and on for four years.. I went to doctors and some of them said I had dys pepsia, others said I had liver trouble. So I paid »ut money and nothing did me any good. Last August two years ago, I commenced taking Dr. Pierce's medicines, and used ten bottles, and now I can do as big a day's work as any man. I tm years old. f now weigh i8o pounds." J* The Peiyle’s Common .Sense Medical Adviser has been aptly termed "the Bible of the Body.” It is sent free on receipt of stamps to defray expense of mailing only. Send Zi one-cent stamps for the paper covered V fiaok, or ti '\ stamps for the V ' cloth bound. Address, Doctor »• f-£fv Sflr t* tbe cadets and the a cavalry and so forth. I tillery are the fellows punch that made the J The artillery was draw mules 1 ever saw, an was a big darkey aoc little long things aboi arm—looked like toys the guns we bad in t still do not understand with such big mules U guns. But at last, the and my wife , said she depart those coasts if to get away. As the g the military was going bands were floating m she nudged me and sail [ like shouting don’t y country. How we hav< lor over flfiy years, and alike about some things bird is to a buzzard, ai zard. " Shouting,' 1 sab more llke%oing home bed. 1 wouldent give 1 whole show with the l throwed in. I’m worn i this cold, hard paveme over it In a month.” T a dieting show for given. Vanity of van preacher-! . But we did get away could hear my knee be took the first few steps, around to the park £ said he might take a shi he and Mrs. Dewey past riage and we had a goc loving couple. He k punched, but shs was at nua among the stars. Altogether It wae a g pleased my wife Immem she would not have mis thing. And so lam sat wel! that ends well. 1 again and found a glad v depot from children ai dren. I tell you that la de my wife and I are of ence than Dewey and hii heathen Chinee %ll coml -The New York Worl publican leaders bad deli elect McKinley In 18M, i this year to ralseaj • ' ■ 1^ u* * f •- -a •W. r >» % * V*. rf * -