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R ESlll YOU SHADE FRINGE awarded, but in the 1 W ithout looking mas present to any o their sake, for our se \ " 7 Bailey I XMAS "WONDEE SEWING MACHINE KeptbyS. >1. RIC SANTA CLj From now Here you can get any tiling for 5 lc connter you can get many things places and pome things lOe at other f There are many, many things counters that will cost you double thi lieving," so just go and see for yoursi It is just simply wonderful how Store." Now is the time to get your chine, Piano or Organ, while his price When you go to the "Wonder St tionaries there too?Candies, Nuts, ai a few a his special bargains. For le 5c und 10c: Tea strainer, pint cup, sharpener, scythe stone, nut meg grc; etc., etc. For 5c just too many thing box coffee mill, 1 gallon coffee pot, ho big lino of tin and agate ware. For 2 agate ware. Big values in Dolls, China Ware For 5c a good handled axe and i In short, if you do not co 7 J anything that you may want, likely miss the bargains of you CUSTOI S. M. Rice I Am Running A First Class Market. I have also a nice line of Groceries. ?I also have a? FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT. Ruben Jones' Plant Fender Fresh Fish twice a week. Polite attention to all. I am paying the highest price for good beef cattle and all other country produce. AH persons indebted to the flrra of BAILEY & SEXTON will please settle me same win me ai once. H. G. BAILEY. HERE... YOU ARE J. T. SEXTON Is Headquarters for Heavy and Fancy Groceries Fruits and Vegetables FRESH BREAD Always on Hand. .T OF CAN'T 2 was the name of the 3argains we are offer j over our elegant sto ne, big or little, large ike, for your own sa n n yj 1 1 I Furniti .-. AT THE l.J-. . -. -J.~!.J -I - - L_ 13P55W8B I I STORE" ; AND IVLU5IC HOUSE 3E, JH., E. U.is old <UJS' HOME until Xmns, ! hintn Clans from le up: and from his ] you will have to pay 5c for at other daces. on his 5c, 10c, 15c, 25c*, 50c, and $1 s price at other places?'"seeing is be- i jlf. cheap every thing is at the ''Wonder i wife or daughter u nice Sewing Mas are down to rock bottom, ore" don't forget to get your eonfecnd all kinds of Fruits. We name just you can get these items below worth 1 quire paper, 1 pack envelopes, pencil ] ater, watch chain, key chain, tin pans, ;s worth 30o and more; for 10c a good lir brush, shoe brush, soldering set, a 5c many very large pieces of tin and and Xmas Goods. Tinny other things of equal value. me to the "Wonder Store" for except dry goods you will r life. VLER OF Jr., E. U. I Our Last Circular j Told the Tale. I Since it was issued we have been so 1 busy that we have hardly had time to eat our meals* The prices quoted in that circular were such that people just could not resist them, and came to see if such things were possible. They found itjustasthe circular said. | Here are some of the prices from it Mens' good overcoats $1.75 to $<>, ! were sold at $3.50 to #8.50. \ ? 1 tf?Q r A 1. A4 .Yiens neuvy uisiers 90. ov 10 9?, worth $-r> nnd $7. Good calico at 2? cents a yard. Sheeting 4 and f> cents a yard. Ladies fine button shoes at <>8 cents a pair. Mens' heavy shoes at $1 a pair. Mens' fine shoes at $1 a pair. We advise all who want any of these goods to come at once for we do not guarantee that we will hare them long. J. 0. ffBAY, M'i'r. GUE N DECEMBE AFFORI r article drawn from tl ing from now until Jai ck, which is full and cc or small, fat or lean, c ke, for goodness sake E A N E ire H & treasure hall and poverty inn. Side by side they stand to-da.v. Poverty Inn and Treasure Hall. Whcrt' pilgrims sad and traveler* gay j May cat their honey and drink their gall; Ilefuge of righteousness, shelter" of sin. , Treasure Kail and Poverty Inn. I | Side by side they will ever stand. Poverty inn and Treasure Hall: Kiekety dwelling and paiaee grand Hut wliieh holds the most of honey or gallV Which covers most of virtue or sin. Treasure Hall or Poverty Inn? ? l.ife. j A CURIOUS COUPLE. "Von see that cottage over there':" I said Mr. Kathborn. pointing to a dismantled hovel in the corner of the Held where 1 had pitched my canvas, fur i am an artist. 1 nodded. "A most remarkable hlstorj" is" taehed to it." he went on. "Not a Ie- a trend, but a fact. <>t" lids 1 can assure you. because I myself had a hand in < finding it out. It centres round a rot- a tain couple who lived there the most t extraordinary old folks thai I ever ' en me across. 1 should like you to r I have seen them. I think yon would t have admitted them to he the ugliest i pair in England. as they certainly e | were the most close and unfriendly. I | I Miring the sixteen years that they t j lived ill that cottage. they never ottee f i asked a neighbor inside." 1 I "Cinplt! Hermits, indi e>l," 1 oh tt ! served. i 1 "Absolute hermits. There was. how ever, some slight excuse for their es ' chewing all outside eoinpatty. Kaeti s suffered front a severe physieal intir mity. The woman was nearly stone ' deaf: the man was dumb. "When they tirst eatne here -eigh teen years ago now. I think my tun I >. ' I who was then reetor. trittd to tlnd out ' | what lie could about them. He oiilv : , learnt a little and that little was notli- s | ing out of the way. It transpired that 1 i the man was an ex sailor of the Koynl ' Navy, who liad lost his speech after a v severe at lack of yellow fever in the i x West 1 udies. lie was now entitled to J 1 a pension, which he drew half yearly | 1 and which my uncle only knew about by the fact that the old fellow had I to come to him periodically to got Ids * papers signed. The woman was his I sister, so lie gave the neighbors to tin I derstand. and so also might have been 1 inferred from a certain family likeness I which was noticeable between them, j I She was a most ill-favored hag: shrivelled. unkempt, and dirty beyond do- ' scripti.hi. Although she must ha\c t been nearer 70 than 60, her long, ton- > zlcd hair was >ii!l as black as a coal, t and hung in hideous untidiness ahotp : her hawk like face, which, with Its ' I i dark eyes, and its hooked proboscis | i ! was most iim-oiiiuioiily forbidding. j ! The poor people all pronounced Imt a I ! witch: and for that reason gave her a ' wide berth. Probably the woman en- ' 1 ,...in-.i..,.,i in,. I'm- 111.i- irreat aim < ! niiil object. evidently, w:is to be left i ? i alone. ' Aliliniiuli Iter brother's pension. i ? nMKMiminyr to about two .shillings .1 1 <l:iy. was ample to keep two old folks ' decently, ;iml even comfortably. in , I 111; 11 I'lio.'ipost of neighborhoods. these ! ' two always gave tho impression of j being half sliirvi'il. mid I do inn be- : | lleve Unit either of tliein purchased a 1 I ' new article of clothing nil 11n* lime j limy llvi'd in It . From this poop!" ? I began to infer Mint limy wciv misers. i I niul. 11 s lime wt'in on. 111:1 ny tilings ! Iltippelti'ii to si religl lli'll till' ilifereiiee. I j Ali along lliey tin 11 iliseovereil tin* 1 greatest anxiety mid .'ippreliensioii 1 when mi.v one 11 ;i 11 tried lo gain access 1 | lo their hovel. Indeed, in.v uncle has 1 I often told tne Mint the expression of 1 ! the old people's fines when he culled I there. 11111I one or the other of tliciii I ' 11:111 peered nroiind the cluiincd door lit him. was really iptite coniical in its | suspicious trcpitlatioii: and the ohler 1 they grew Hie l.'jore prouoeuced did . SSING :r the iot D TO P ie list, and as no one luary 1st, 1899, every >mplete in every depj >ld or young, sick or and for your pocket 1 > SEE V m LrUlll heir precautions to prevent outsiders' ntering become. "At fust they luul sometimes ventur <1 to lock their house and make an exurslcu together into ! *- ?. tlie adjoin ng market town. Hut by and by hey gave up stieh recklessness entirey. and whenever on-* of them went ut. the other remained on guard at mine. ".My ustele was greatly exercised Iiout his two strange parishioners, iany rectors would have cons'ulercd hontselvcs absolved of all ohligaions towards people who not merely ever attended church, hut refused to ven admit their clergyman into their niisv when he called. Hut that was ot niy uncle's way. Every poor man i ito lived in ids parish he held to he aider his pastoral protection; and he i elt himself hound to look after liis itie rests. "When I succeeded hint here. 1 went a call, now and tlion, on the old penile; meeting, however, with the same reatmeut that my uncle had always xperieneed. Sometimes, they would mt open the door ?t all; at others, hey did so with ihc chain up, and conersed with me through a narrow ; pert tire. "In reply to my inquiries whether I ' onhl do anvtliiug, or give them anv 1 sristame. I always had a negative re- j union: uu111 hi inst i gave up trying u make headway in so hopeless a di- j cot ion. and lol't the two hermits prot- I y liinch to themselves. -1 ho man ouiuo to mo regularly vorv hall yoar to slot hi* potislon pa n't*s signed; and I took advantage of hose opnofiunitios to give him sonto riiiul!\ advioo, and remonstrate with tint on his folly in starving himself ' ind wearing sitoh inadoiptato clothing n the coldest woatltor. At lirst I made j lint a prosonf of sonto old ooats. trotts- ' >rs and tlannol shirts. Hut 1 soon . rave up that, for lie never wore them; I ltd I formed the impression that lie tail prolmhiy converted them into ash. "In fact. I asked hint otto day what ' te had done with them all. He oti'y united oiiniting. affected stupidity, and nado sonto unintelligible signs. l?o- i pile his nntuhnoss. Ito ootthl mako mo indorstaiid things very well when he iked- i specially anything eoiinoclod villi his pension papers. It was only \ hen lie did not wish to make himself ' tndorstond that his signs hail no \ neaning in tlietn. "In this matter of eoining to have | lis papers signed, he was, as 1 haw j aid. always absolutely punctual. On daroh 25 and September 20 Ito up cared at the rectory as regular us loekwork. taking me on the way to . where ho had to present his paters at the (tost otlioe. "I always looked for hint on the iteming of those days, and always ook ilie precaution to have my study j viihlows wide open. The old man and valor had long been mutual strangers. I mil the atmosphere which attended i tint was, to say the least, rather op iressivc. "lie was always, as I have said. > muctiial in coining. Ami when one j Michaelmas day it was just two rears usro imw eanie and wont with- 1 Hit Ills I til I I i IIS ill till il|?|M'JirSIIHV. I lit >neo remarked ii as n very iiotieeahlo I ircillusliihee. The next day I expert- 1 d 11iin with open windows and the lexl. :ind the next: hut lie did not iiirn ;p. At length. after waiting n week I fell sure that lie must lie ill. and tveiit over to the shanty to inquire. "1 haiiiniered at the door. Nobodv j illswi-red. I haiiiniered louder and under, with the same result. In the lid. as a last resort, I tried it. To iii.v nirprise. it was unfastened. I pllshe I I open and went in. "<Tom-hing against the wall, upon lie damp and mouldy Hour, was a lb; ire eovered Willi ail old sack. I went learer. At first I eolild not see which if lite two ii was. Itut oil looking ! more elosely. I made it out to he lb. ? ?!d woman. The tangled hlaek lia'r. whieli had always striiek me so ahoiil her. was ik.w hot rayed as not being her own. It was a wit; half on mid half off at that moment, giving her a fearfully grotesque appearnnee. and i-learly revealing her hald pate, si-ant COIN ASS US > guessed that numb* body who trades wit! artment. If you interi well, handsome or u book's sake U S.St! : ber M C lly fringed witli n few wisps of gray hair beneath. "Where is your brother?" I shouted. "Has he left you alone?" " 'Well, you shall hear.* she went on. 'I'm Just going the same way myself, and it's im use keeping sorrels any longer, lie's dead.' "'Head!' I exclaimed, supposing that her wits were wandering, for I had seen liitn at hts hovel door not 1 less than a fortnight before. 'When did he die?' " 'Fifteen years ago.* "Now, of course. 1 saw that she was raving, ller hawk-like eyes, fixed on my face in a most forbidding leer, at i once read my thoughts. "'No. I ain't mad. It's the truth, j Fie died fifteen years ago and I buried him myself under yonder hearthstone. : Cot them to dig it up, and you'll tind his bones. "As she spoke, the hag clutched mv , sleeve and half raised herself by a su- i preme effort. She leered into my face j with a look that I cannot forget. ir\ ^ fx. sue siuu. .\u i rue?an i true. 1 hid it, uud uo one knew. And.' 1 with :i hideous ehncklo. 'I've dror'd ! Ids pension uiyself for (ifteen years.' * * "And were her brother's hones found j there?" 1 asked the rector, in the I course of a subsequent conversation j on the .subject. "Yes. He had been buried scarcely i a couple of feet below the surface, j And In a hole in the chimney we found | the miser's savings more than 500 pounds in gold and notes. It was I paid over to the government. in return for the fifteen years' pension out i of which they had been cheated." PLAYED WITH THE WRONG MAN. Students Paid Well tor the Fun litcy Mad j with an Elderly Pans'e tiger. Half a hundred students of the incdlc.il department of the Northwest- j ern I'niversity had a jollification the ! at her night. relates the Chicago Times- j Herald. They took posessiou of an j Alley "I." train at Twenty-second ; street and held high jinks all the way | into ton n. In their own words, they j "played horse" with the other passen- j gers, and they thought themselves ! very smart, indeed. Hut they were not quite so smart as j they thought. There was an old man aboard a nice old man. with a white i mustache and a silk hat who beat | them at their own game. The stud- j cuts are not saying much nltout the i affair this morning. The occurence happened in I lie smokim: ear. As the passengers tried to got out of the 1'iir tho students assisted. "Pass him Miotic!" was the cry. and the unfortunate passenger was lifted hodilv over the heads of the students, tossed in tiie air. and finally thrown out upon the platform. The guards told the unruly students to erase their rough behavior or leave the train, hut rhe admonitions fell on unfruitful ground. The fun grew more and more hilar! oiis until Adams street was reached. At this point the old man with the white mustache got up to leave, lie was in the extreme etui of the ear. awav from the door. "I'ass him along!" shouted the students. "Ilelp the old gentleman out." They helped him out. They tossed him up to the ceiling, they dropped him to the lloor. they wedged liini here and there, they played horse with him. And after they had tossed him out at last they felt so hilarious that they smashed each other's hats with their canes. At s o Murk p. in. :i young man who saiil his name was I?\ I M ake Whltfol'd. slinlenl. eaine meekly into the Central I'olice Station and reported that an old man with a white niusfaehe and a silk hat had pieked the pockets of four of the students on the train, securing four heautiful gold watches and a poekcthook or two. "It will he a area I favor." he said, "if this Utile affair can he kept out of the papers." Mcenuso we are as strong as Sampson. we are as Schley as a fox, we are Miles long, we possess Merrill, we tire lfobson's choice, what more Dewey want?- Sample Hug m ITEST J BY jr the prize was not 1 us gets a prize, id to make a Christgly, rich or poor, for Company. A BLOW TO THE OLD MAN. How n Bank Cashier Won a Wife and dot l(is Salary Raised. You can never loll whore you nro going to onoountor a romance. The oilier evening half a dozen gentlemen sat smoking after a dinner given by one of them at his handsome residence on Woodward avenue, relates the Detroit Free Dress. "No." said tin1 host, in response to an inquiry, "I .married her down east long before I thought of coming to Detroit. Didn't I ever tell yon about it? At that time 1 was easliier in a haul; with lit Hi' hope of ever getting a better hold in the world than that of a salaried employe. The president, who praetieally ran the entire institution, never had much to say to ills men, exeept by way of reprovaj, and I had special reason to think that lie did not look upon mo with favor. This made it the more surprising that he should come to me with a proposal to raise my salary to the extent of $500. provided I wmild iref married within the next Hirer months. Ho preferred having men about him that were settled in life and felt the responsibility imposed in earing for a family. I studied for a moment, had an inspiration and before we were through he had bound the bank to make ine the raise, to keep nte for live years, provided I did my work properly, and to raise my salary handsomely each year. "Two weeks later I asked for a vacation and told him I hoped to return with n Wife, lie was delighted and granted my request. On the tenth day 1 wired him that the deed was done and that I would be lmine nt or.ee. lie responded with congratulations and an invitation to dine with his folks on our arrival. We went. As we entered ihe old gentleman almost foil in a faint. 'Von. you- * he stammered, 'are you married? You-?' " 'Yes, papa,' began my wife, but 1 broke in with: 'Yes, sir, we're married. You knew that we were 1st love: you sent your daughter on a long visit to the south to get her away from me. and then tried to bribe me into getting married during her absence. I checkmated you, that's all, and your son-inlaw is your cashier for the next live years.' He simply Hi row tip his hands, and ho was a father to me as long lie lived. It did him a whole lot of good to heat him at ids own game.'' How Japanese Woo. s a long way off. and this eh.**vning story of how courtships are carried on among the elite of their society conies to 11s from this far-away land. In certain districts, in houses wherein reside a daughter of marriageable age, an empty tlower pot is encircled by a string and suspendfd from a window or the veranda. Instead of serenades by moonlight and oilier delicate ways of making an impression. it is etiquette for the Japanese lovt r to approach the dwelling of his sweetheart bearing some choice plant in his hand, which he reverently proceeds to plant in tin* empty vase. This takes place when he is fully aware that mother and daughter are tit home. This act of placing a plant in the Mower-pot is equivalent to a formal proposal to the lady of his choice. The lover, having settled the plant to his mind, retires, and the lady is free to net as she pleases, if he is the right man. she takes every care of his gift, waters it and tends it carefully with her own hands, that all may see that the donor is accepted as 5 a suitor. But if he Is not the favorite, or if the stern parents object, the poor J pliint is lorn from tlit* vase and tiio < next morning lies limp ami wit lie red on I lie veranda or in the patli below.? Dot roit Km? Press. \ SSiot an Albino Deer. Aimm;' tin* deer brought to Bangor was a handsome albino, or white deer, with a good set of antlers, shot on the east branch of the Penobscot by Fred Hubbard of Knst Berlin. Conn. The deer will be mounted whole by a Hall* Kor taxidermist.?Maine State Press. I 4