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A FEATURE OF THE DAY. t seem to like tho vagueness of the day Which hesitates its meaning to express And qualifies whate'er it seems to say By "moro or leas." $fc ministers to life's smooth, easy flow And saves a world of trouble, we confess, To intimate that all wo seem to know Is "more or less." Our own identity we sum to doubt. That you are you is but a splendid guess, that I am I, I dare not swear without A "more or less." " To shallow souls are only slender needs. When skies are fair and fortune seems to bless. We seem to think wo find in all the creeds Truth, "more or less." And yet I seem to think there can be few Who will not find in times of storm and stress xheir souls demand the altogether true, Sot "more or less." -C. J. Boden. BY A BRACELET. All the anger had died ont of his j voice, the half smoked pipe had dropped j from his fingers upon the sand, and his j ?ead was bowed despondently. The girl j seated on the upturned beat clasped her ! hands behind her neck asd swung back, ! watching him furtively. "I'm sorry I spoke as I did just now, j Kitty," he said, with a plaintive ges- j ture of conciliation. " You're only jokin, ? ain't yon? I guess I .ain't half good j enough for you, but you ain't goin to throw me overboard, are you? The p?e? te' was grand, and no mistake, an yon looked just like yourself. It ain't the pictur'; it's-it's" He broke off short and glanced at the j little circle of gold that spanned the I girl's white wrist. With a quick move- | neut she drew down the sleeve of her ! '.jr. k blouse, covering it from sight. j You've good cause for it, Jem, " she said. "Perhaps yen didn't mean all you said, an I hope yon didn't, lad, for 'twas no way to spank o' your betters. Bid I ever promise to marry you, or any I one else? Can't I take a present from any one without bein spoke to as if I'd committed murder or robbery or sum mat worse? Well?" "I guess yon can dov/hat you like, Kitty," he said sadly, ?*an nobody least of all me-has no right to say a . wori" "That's good. Maybe for the futur' you'll know your place. Good night." He watched the little figure in pink j harrying over the sands till it dwindled and disappeared among the shadows of the gabled street, and then drew out.a boat *o row across the bay. By and by | there was a shout, and he glanced over j his shoulder and apathetically backed ; the oars. "Can't yon look where you're going, i you dolt? Do yon want to run me j down?" "I guess I'll set yon swimmin if j you're not civil," he said, squaring his shoulders. "Mebbo yon think we've no blood in our veins because we live rough, an don't dross fine an ain't able to earn much money. I guess if you an me quarrel you'll be the sorriest; so stand clear! Goodnight!" The youngman in the tweed suit stood np, heedless of the heavy pollock tugging at his line, and started after the retreating boat "The impudent hound !" he blurted out. Then, as he cleverly played the fish and drew it in till it lay gasping ender the thwart, he laughed softly. "Another of the girl's admirers, I sup? pose," he said. In the morning Jem and Ted Trew lowe came down the village street to? gether. Jem carried a coil of rope and j a pointed iron bar-the stock in trade of his hazardous profession, that of egg bunter. The boat was headed for the gray white column across the bay, the Witches' pillar. They scrambled up the rift in the cliff and reached the breezy uplands. The iron bar was driven deep into the soiland five minutes later the figure of a man swung high over the sea, terrifying the birds and looming black against the lighter background of the cliff. Little Trewlowe sat steadying the swaying rope, his heels firmly wedged in the holes he had cut to keep them from slipping anet his black cotty grip? ped tight between his clinched teeth. There was a frightened look in his eyes, for Jem had seemed so queer and so lit? tle like himself. Suddenly the rope slackened and j then grew taut again with a fierce jerk that started the bar a fall inch and seared his hands. Then it swayed limp? ly against the cliff edge, and a faint cry from below sent his heart into his throat He peered over the brink with almost sightless eyes and called again. Thc rope streaked down, slackened and limp. He fancied he saw a dim blur of bub? bles scarring the smooth surface of the distant water, and his head reeled. With trembling fingers he knotted the rope firmly to the bar and, throw? ing off his coat, swung himself over the brink. The sun climbed the sky and slid down lazily behind the Witches' pillar, decking the sky with gold, and the big eye of the faroff lighthouse started dazzling through the gloom. The boats ? came in one by one. Long after the light in the west had j melted into a hazy gray Kitty sat and j mused in the cottage porch. When the | shadows drew in, the lighthouse uncios- j ed its ponderous eye and glared at her for a moment like some huge beast as it ! Circled round, cleaving the darkness. "I think I'll just run down an see Airs. Trewlowe, dad, ' ' she said shakily, : looking through the open door. Jem's little cottage, with its screen of tall fuchsias, stood silent and desert- j ed. The frenzied beat of her knuckles on the door echoed back to her mock- | ingly through tho two tiny rooms. A panting woman, with a dingy shawl I iirown over her head, met her half way iown. Some instinct, intangible and and<*n?ted, seemed to tell each what sha wizhed, yet dreaded to learn, for no j words were spokes, no ocestisns asfe.&d.. - XD6ir nanas met m unspoken sympathy and hand in hand they descended tb hil!. They paused on the bluff, strainin their eyes in the hopes cf seeing a dar! speck crawl out under the shadow of th cliffs. A boat was moving outward to Ward the deeps where the conger lay and the girl's heart grew bitter agains its occupant, and the tiny band of gol? upon, her wrist seemed to scorch he flesh. When they stood below the creakinj sign of the Merry Mariners, tko womaj hung back and looked at her piteously "I'll go in," said Kitty, touching th woman on the arm. There was a sudden hush as the whit faced girl tottered in andgaveahurriei glance around. "Is-is he here?" she gasped. "I mean" An old hag, seated in the far corne of the room, bared her toothless gum and uttered a cracked laugh. "No, he hain't, dearie. I seed bin goin conger fishin iu his swell clothes P'raps, if I axed him prettily, he'd pu me in a nictur' tool Eh, dearie? He he!" "I mean Jem-Jem Holt-my Jem, ' she panted, catching her breath. "Tee Trewlowe an him went nestin on th? pillar this morning. Ted ain't back an my Jem ain't back, an-Jem am Ted Trewlowe-my Jem-is-is" She broke down, covering her fae? with her hands. Tho men laid asidi their pipes and went out softly, whis poring aro egg themselves. The sad eyed woman'vsas waiting fo; her, and together they hastened to thi beach and launched old Andrew's boat The others were far across the bay al ready. The oars splashed sluggishly, and tb< boat sped on through the creeping dusk At last the girl peered over her shoulden arid stood np, covering her mouth witl her hands. "Hello!" An answering cry in a man's deei tones echoed across the water, and sh* bent to the oars once mere. Then she drew back her arm and tossed some? thing into the air-something that glis? tened with a yellowish tinkle at tbe artist's feet It was a narrow chain of gold, em? bellished with a heart shaped pendant his gift returned. The nose of the boat veered round and they headed up the bay. The wonj? an still rocked herself, sobbing softly, but Kitty's cheeks wera dry, though her breath came and went in uncertain gasps. A coarse cheer swelled up through the night and set their hearts singing. Kit? ty's head went down on her hands, and tears came at last, as the heavy burden of agonized suspense fell frcm her. Cue by one the boys toiled across the light and were soaked up by tho darkness un? der the Farcombe shore. Kitty roused herself and followed. There was a chattering crowd of men and women outside the Kerry Mariners, but they fell aside to let her pass, and they thronged the doorway curiously. The room inside was packed, and little Trewlowe, very pale and shaky, was * jerkingly narrating the adventure be? tween the sips of his brandy and water. But; Kitty saw no one but Jem. He sat in the middle of tho room, thc ashen hue of his face showing clearly through- the grime, his hands bruised and t bleeding and his clothes torn ta shreds. They had cut away the left sleeve of his coat, and the brawny vil? lage doctor was setting the splintereJ bone of his arm. In a moment she was kneeling beside him, heedless of them all, with hex arms clasped round his neck and hez cheek pressed to his. "Oh, Jem!" she whispered. "Jem, Jepi!" x?y and by they went down the road together in the darkness, Jem's unin? jured arm circling the girl's waist and her head resting on his shoulder. "It was mighty lonesome up there, lassie, "he said softly, "an I was think in of you mostly. Little Ted couldn't get back an couldn't get tc me neither, so I guess I had plenty o' time to think. I'll work hard fer you, darlin, but I guess I shan't be able to buv yen no no" She drew down his big hand ano pressed it against her slim wrist "Hush, Jem!" she said. "It's gone I've given it back to him."-Planets and People. A Shrewd Photographer. A Fifth avenue photographer bas lately completed a system by which his pictures of babies have become famous. He has discarded all the familiar ex? pedients of his profession to persuade very young children to submit to the camera and his scheme has been com? pletely successful. One part of his gal? lery has been fitted up like a nursery. Around the room at convenient point* are situated cameras and these are in charge cf his assistants. The photog? rapher devotes his attention to the baby. He tries all the toys in turn, gets on as intimate terms as possible with the baby After such short acquaintance and grad? ually lures the unsuspecting infant into looking his best. When pose and ex? pression are satisfactory, he gives a sig? nal to one of his assistants at the cam? eras and the trick is done. Mothers bring their babies from all quarters to this tactful photographer. It would be a difficult matter to find any child who would not, after ten minutes' session with toys, exhibit some expression that his parents would be proud of. The artist catches that expression ano as many other agreeable ones as possible. The final delight comes to the mother when she receives the proofs, not sent as proofs usually are, but mounted on a large piece cf cardboard which makes it possible for her to compare them simul? taneously. This wise man has left noth? ing undone which could strengthen his hold on the babies and their photo? graphs.-New York Sun. Tho American consular agents at Kalamata, Greece, and Dardanelles, Turkey, received as e^n.pensatiou frcm the United States treasury in 1396 the sam of $1 each. J CARE OF THE TEETH. Important Points In Use of Toothbrush That ikre Often Neglected. It is but a little thing, says the hos? pital, yet on its proper use depends much of the happiness of modern man. Why civilized teeth should be so rotten is a question which has often been de? bated, and probably the true answer is more complex than some would think. Many good mothers are content to put all toothache down to lollipops, but that sugar in itself is net responsible for bad teeth is proved by the splendid "ivories" often possessed by negroes, who practically live upon the sugar cane and thrive ripon it, too, during the whole of the season when it is in ma? turity. Dental decay is common enough, how? ever, among negroes in towns, and it seems clear that the caries of the teeth, which is so common among civilized races, is due not to any particular arti? cle of diet so much as to digestive and nutritive changes imposed upon us by our mode of life, and to some estent by the fact that by hook or crook we do somehow manage to live, notwithstand? ing our bad seeth, whereas in a state of nature the toothless man soon dies Recognizing, then, that until the timo arrives when some great social reformer either mends or ends our present social conditions, our teeth will tend to rot and that, whatever the predisposing causes, the final act in the production of caries is tho lodgment of microbes on and around the teeth, we see that fer long to como the toothbrush will be a necessity if the health is to be main? tained. It is only by frequent uss of this lit? tle instrument that those minute accu? mulations can be removed which aro the root of so much mischief. A few elementary lessons in bacteriology would, we fancy, greatly startle many people and certainly woufd, show them the futility of trusting to one scrub a day. Tho fact is that if people, instead of looking at the toothbrush from an aesthetic point of view and scrubbing away with tooth powders (?) to make their front teeth white, would regard it merely as an aid to cleanliness, they would seo that the time to use it is aft? er meals and at night, not just in the morning only, when the debris left from the day before has been ferment? ing and brewing acid all night through. They would also see how insufficient an instrument the common toothbrush is unless it is used with considerable judg? ment. One of the secondary advantages of spending a good deal of money cn den? tistry is thar, at least one learns the value of one's teeth. By the time we have got them dotted over with gold stoppings and gold crowns we learn to take care of them, even although that may involve the trouble of cleaning them more than once a day and using perhaps mora than one brush for the There is no word so full ie SI 1 of meaning and about which such tender and holy recollections cluster as that of " MOTHER "-she who watched over our helpless infancy and guid? ed our first tottering step. Yet the life of every Expectant Moth? er is beset with danger and all ef? fort should be made to avoid it. so assists nature Oftlflr7? in the change tak 1110 ? ? ing place that the Expectant Mother is ena? bled to look fcr ward without dread, suffering or gloomy fore? bodings, to the hour when she experiences the joy of Motherhood. Its use insures safety to thc lives of both Mother and Child, and she is found stronger after than before confinement-in short, it "makes Childbirth natural and easy," as so many have said. Don't be persuaded to ;use anything but "My wife suffered more in ten min? utes with either of her other two chil? dren than she did altogether with her iast, having previously used four bot? tles of 'Mother's Friend.' It is a blissing to any one expecting ro be? come a MOTHER," says a customer. HENDERSON DALE, Carmi, Illinois. Of Druggists at $1.00, or sent by mail on receipt of price. Write for book containing testimonials and valuable information for all Mothers, free. Tho Bradfield Eegnlxtor Co., Atlanta. Ga. Claremont ]?? Ra. M A. F. M TBK REGE LAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of CUiemont Lodge, No 44, A. F. M.. wiil b? held on Thurla-, Eveoing, Jane G\ at 1J u iu. Brethren will take doe notice uno govern th^ro?,elv*?. accordingly L. S. CARSON, W M Attf pt- lJ. G MOSES, Sec ?v? 9 potins? p?r month. a em 1 HABHLES?; no fi* ? ? a ?t:ir-v;r>fr; C2 voa rn' i>X?>*Tiencc. BOOK. ?\KE5?. Address JDK. 32* YJOJEJS, A< '.07 Broad war. New York. JS. 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