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D R. M O * TEETHING Rer. J. W. Berry f of Arkansas Methodist Conference,' two packages of "TEETniNA" Wowonder how we h sourl sent us a package and it came at a most opportune teen in tad condition for dare, ond nothing that wo tjft' Crfect relief and ho baa had no further trouble. Other en a perfect success. | The Mhn f t Who Looked I ; HL/> Hold ! + By WM. H. OSBORNE * j. ' * ^ Covirrighl, IMS, l>y T. C. McClure ? 4? 4? 4? < 4? 4? 4 > 4? 4? 4? One of the distinguished feutures of the little village of Far Hills was the deep gully that lay upon one side of it. This gully was n never ending source of fear to the inhabitants. Mothers of ls.n/1 M.llrl? Al A ? " Mothers of good children warned theu against it. Its sides were deep and nl most perpendicular. The bottom wa so covered with a dense growth of un derbrush that it looked as though tlier were 110 end to its depth. Young Terry llaskins, known as Tig gy by his friends, was a very, youtlifn speclinen of humanity in the village o Far Ilills. At times he was a bad boy at other times, few ami far between he was exceptionally good. Ite was j pusher at any rate, and in cnterprls of all kinds he generally was the leadc of the gang. His daring knew in bounds, and wlien the C. L. and 1*. dc cided to take in Far lliils 011 its mail braneh young llaskins was the firs lad of his crowd to cross the trestl< that had been built to span the gully And this he did even before it had beei completed. After that the boys calle< it Piggy's bridge. Piggy would craw out to the middle and with the eye of all Far Hills upon 1dm would li upon his stomach aud gaze with inter est into the black depths of the gull: down below. After it was finished young Iln&kinS day was never a complete one unles he had walked across the trestle am then back again. Even this wns 1 ticklish proceeding, for there was noth ing but the ties upon wldch to step and n misstep might prove fatal. Am then, besides, there were the trains. One night in spring young liuskini started upon his constitutional acros: the trestle. lie whistled as he went But he wns not the only thing thn whistled on that warm night. He hat barely reached the middle of the bridg< when before bis startled eyes be be _ held the glaring headlight of a loco >Btlye. It was coming bis way ant I.u\i speed, lie stopped ;in< atood ,;l1 turned to n pillar o u The br ^,..cy **bchl hut one track There >v?s n? } va? seek for safety - . the trestle the t* "Voider than 111 ? ?? c??H wblrllhS do ' Ucu U! ft to W *qi?dm yards avrsJ there ^v,xS ' w0ohe?1 dh the only ^ of *??>? betoceon ys With the dc carc{u\\y do** waS I u ** he let ui^ndcrnenth bim u of \ tut ^ he ties- ni\d tnc tutng \ iHc r.-t naught but the gully. Over him there was nu^.. _ bnt the rushing, roaring train. The ^vag train did not take much time in get- an(1 ,l tln$ over; but, according to Piggy Has- cjjQg*' kins' calculation, it was a couple of neck months at least. When at last he drew j,e cj himself up upon a place of safety ho i)arei felt that he had been through the ex- trait perienee of his life. Ills limbs quivfcr- Derc ed, and he felt obliged to crawl the j)e f length of the trestle upon his hands |{uj and knees. lie ran home, entered the jlos window of his room by way of the grape- w;) arbor and, lighting a candle, hastily ' regarded his appearance in a mirror. He was sure that his hair had turned j white during the occurrence. But it had not. It still was a delightful shade . of red. m ( Years passed. Ilasklus grew to bo , almost a man. One eventful morning i?? itqmiti with all his famllv and L, GOOD NEWS, jA Many Union Readergjffir Heard It an?^^^nay, -v^f^rofited "Good news , "' ?, ? , j IttuiUj WV2I& Hiiu uuiiu^ um.iv in unit it more, thanks to Doan's Kidney Pillt Our citizens are telling the good new 01 "their experience with the old Quake Remedy. Hero is an example wortl reading: Robert Sanders, mill hand, residin at 15 Church street, says: ' Aly son use Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney am bladder trouble from which he has eul fered almost all his life. He looks lik a healthy boy, but he cannot stand an work which causes a strain on the back and the secretions from the kikneys ar strong and dark and there is too frt quent action, especially at-night, I at convinced that the pains and othe symptoms arise from weakness of th kidneys and the bladder and althoug we have given him a dozen kidney rerr edies the results were so slight that w thought he would be afllicted for lift Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills advertised I went to Holmes Pharmacy and got box. Before ho had used half of it th trouble was relieved. The use of tw boxes brought Mich satisfactory result that we were as delighted as he is. II has had no return of the backache an the other symptons of weak kidnejs d not trouble him," For sale by all dealers. Price fiOo pe bo*. Foeter-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the United States' h< member the name?DOAN'S?and tak qo other. V ! POWDERsffM, Black Springs, Art., f-cpfc. is, I?C (rrltet!) "EncloMd And fifty cent* for which pleajn > avo raited children without It. Tbo other day n lady li time; our babo ra In a serious condition this bowc ro did any good; Iho second dose of ''TEETUltiA' members of the family hare used it and every doi i friends and stepped forth from the | Inge of Far Hills to make his li1 i, Ho went into a far country and t | it. He became prosperous. It was i ten years after he had left that hi , terniined to return. In the mean I lie had not been hack. His parents spring morning received a letter I i him which in its contents was si what out of'the usual run of his tics. It ended with this pleasing s ment: I am coming home for a short vnco And what do you good people thinl shall not- come alone. It Is my purpo bring with me one of the most char girls In this wide world, a young pi who tomorrow will become my bride, trip to Far Hills will bo a wedding Expect us in the evening of the 3d. Uaskins and his bride started 1 the far country where they belo and purchased tickets for ids ni place. All along the way young klus re CM led llis lirillo with utnrir his youth. She listened with del for nl that early stage in the f. anything that llaskins said went Ilaskins and his bride were du the old home somewhat early in evening. They would arrive at about dusk, llaskins, suddenly aro by some of his old recollections, % gested a romantic scheme, lie posed that they should alight fron train at the little station shed at , Far Ilills on this side of the gully should walk neross the trestle. 1 was but one tiling that made Has young bride consent, and that was a lonely walk at that hour of the i with llaskins would not be amiss, suggested the question of danger, i I duty bound to do. but the suggei only made llaskins all the more (1 mined. And, above all, he wante show his bride Just where he hun that eventful night so very long af It happened therefore that at Far Ilills they alighted. And 1 stepping out upon the track in the ^ of the receding train, they wa along the trestle. In the near dist the lights of Far Ilills gleamed, the right the moon, a large red ba fire, was Just beginning to rise. F ly they reached the middle of bridge. IIa8kins halted. "Tills," bo exclaimed. "Is the spot where I hung for dear life. I traveling In the opposite direction, when I reached this very spot I li a terrific whistling of an engine saw the headlight there, down to\ East Far Hills"? He stopped suddenly. for sudd upon the still night air lie heard terrific whistling of an engine, am saw a headlight down toward East Hills. Another train was running t down. Haskins looked wildly ar< them for a place of shelter. There none. lie knew then that there hut one thing to do. Grasping his I in his arms lie half slid, half low ? Jiimself and her down between the was hard work, for he had gr 6MpAo a man, while the space beti Sd^\tles had held its own. One t idCT^iucky?llnskins' bride was s in VLjpi'Kht. lie directed her brietl iVi him with both hands romp \vivd \i VSbe did so. With his two hi to to tlcs a*)OVe- They or wdjusted thgmselves when VtasV? n^ Is uP?n them.' Haskins \ jor \ tui%his bride that It would ' niov^ .iuuhtkby would ngain ho i k ?J*lhg-. ^?<d reckoned withou ' cC(PcaSttie train was a freighter ^ rf'0l*hig with tho rapidity < r^tbeiftS<j??"ides, it had to \Vnit till cr n,train ahead had m S & ItoSsJ11' nfter car buuiped sl< i'08. and Haskins held 01 vYnfVjffiis. with double weight i seemed starting from the soc flnddenly he breathed a sigh of r< iJftov his trained ear acquainted I with the fact that the last car wai proachiug. It did appronch, but 1 not reach tliem, for suddenly the 1 Immi n if\ luw-lf fnwnwl Voat , more slowly than It had proce< Hasklns groaned. The strain wai coming unbearable. "I can't stai much longer," be muttered, grlltln tcef He shut his eyes and hel tight. i And then the train stopped, i kins yelled for aid. The wl - drowned his voice. Then the fr< began to move again, and Mils tlr ' moved forward. , "Kitty," exclaimed Hasklns wi "kiss me for the last time! I?v got to drop. 1 can't hold on?I i do anything. Goodby until"? And then they dropped. They d drop very far. They dropped a be foot or so, not more. For in the ten yenrs that Hasklns was nwnj road had filled up tlie?old gully, they had been hanging in the darl I nothing. Later they reached the li uf Haskins' parents. As they stc Into the light ids bride gave a str stnrt. Then she smiled. "Your hair," she whispered to Haskins, "] improvement on tlic red." "I can't undcrstnn'," said t Ebon, "how it is dat some folks ki , too proud to work an' at de same ' humble enough to let do fam'ly 1 'em board an' lodgin' free."?Wasl 1 ton Star. hlaoontrnt. "You're discontented." "Yo* " "Why?" "Well, I've noticed that the con i fd man doesg't often get ahead in yrorld."?Chicago Post . / | "About a year ago my hair was ?t. coming out very fast, so I bought "iw 1 a bott,e ?' Ayer's Hair Vigor. It it bnd stopped the falling and made my ' hair grow very rapidly, until now it ** is 45 inches in length." ? Mrs. A. ?? Boydston, Atchison, Kans. ; ring. There's another hunger just t^ian *^at ? stomac^* ?tlJL Hair hunger, for instance, timo Hungry hair needs food, from 11CGds Vigor?Ayer's. This is why we say that opis- Ayer's Hair Vigor always tnte- restores color, and makes ition. t^ie hair grow long and heavy. $1.?0 a bottle. All dnin>*U. lf your druggist cannot supply you, v? Bond us ono dollar and wo will express you a bottle. He sureand pivo tlio nauio B trip. H of your nearest ex press nrtico. Address, I a J. C. A YKItCO., I/moll,Mass. 8 from ""'W ugvu ltlve , Tlie I.oner. Has- "lie's what I rail a 'good loser.'" is of "lie didn't seein that way to me." igbt, "Why. I saw him lose $150 at poker ;tmie |?st night, and he didn't kick.at all." "Funny! You should have heard him e at today when he dropped a half dollar the nnd it rolled down the culvert."?Catliojust lie Standard and Times. used 8U8" Tlic All Powerful lint. pro- "Now, iny dear," said the Indulgent i the husband, "I have managed to save up East enough money to justify us In building and rt ncw home. Itut, first, I am going to here Rive you a choice between that nnd the kins' new fall hat you so much desire." that "Well," said the beautiful wife, "yon light know I can't wenr the house on my She head."?Millinery Trade Review, as In _ atlon FJRUI5 TO OUR READERS. cter *? 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Duke. alHl JnkOH n( Son. vartl There is no occasion which presents such terrible advantage to the praeenly tical joker as that of a sea voyngo, *he nnd there is none on which ills Jokes il he become more unbearable. -The follow^ ar Inst incident embodies mm of nia moof Item ambitious efforts: When we were 111 jund |j10 middle of the gulf of St. Lawrence was Ullt| jjie ?enrest coast was 200 miles was away a Yankee quietly remarked: >rido "Waal, I guess we are quite close to cred lam] now. It ain't more'n tliree-quarties. ters of a mile away, nohow." Personown ally we took no interest In facts of this veeu nature and were content to sit and bolting neve, but many excited travelers daslp luall od out of the smoking room to have q i' (? look qt (he long hoped for continent. 1 his TkeyT>vosontly came back in the worst ands pf tempers, saying that the charts and had all other authorities declared the land (ho t0 i,0 nt least 200 miles away and that vhis- there was certainly uonq in sight soon "Waal, I didn't say the shore." returnsafo. e,i n,o champion Joker.. ' "I guess t his there's land right under us, not tlireeRhd quarters of a mile away." of a . ? ? I the Fight Will he Bitter. oved Those who persist in closing their owly oars against the continual reeommen? till dation of I)r. King's New Discovery for upon Consumption, will have a long and bitkets. ter light with their troubles, if not endt>lief earlier by fatal termination. Read , , ' whatT. It. lloall, of Beall, Miss, has to ' say: "Last fall my wife had every 3 nl>" symplon of Consumption. She took t did j)r Kinjr?8 New Discovery after everytraln t|,ing else had failed. Improvement Ilills came at once and four bottles entirely Hied, cured iter. Guaranteed by F. C. Duke, s be- Druggist. Price 50c, and $1,00. Trial id it hottles free, g bis d on Drlnklnpr. H "Drink to ine only with thlno eyes." i he sang hcrenth hor casement, llstie ... . ? , , , ... "I wonder ir I nerd my glasses? no It P?n(l?ml t'ie maiden as she attired hot self to go down.?Puck. lldlv, ~ ~ t * Rrrn More. ire ve Forrester?Does your wife mean ran t erytlituj? she says? Lancaster?Yes. and lots of thing? 1 * she doesn't say.?Life. >ut a . long , An Kconomlrnl Wife. nu(j He?I can't send my clothes to the < for tn"or'8 ovcry time they need a button iouse mu8t economise. Can't yon sew oned on *',C8e R?spender buttons yourself? anee She?Here, my dear; fasten theni up irray' n ,,nlrP,n- Tlmt will save thread. . 1 you know. Is an Revolution Imminent. Incle A Hiiro diirn of nir?i?ro<ioliinr? rm-Altlo..,! i .vw.v|?iiu n bo serious trouble in your system is nervtlmo ousness. sleeplessness or stomach upKlve sots. Electric Bitters will rpiickly disling member tho troublesome causes. It never fails to tone the stomach, regulate the kidneys and bowels, stimulate the liver and clurify tho blood. Hun down systems benefit particularly and all the usual attending aches vanish under its searching and thorough effectiveness. Electric Bitters is only 50c, and that ie tent- returned if it don't give perfect satisfncthls tion. Guaranteed by F. C. Duke, drug ' glut. ~j ' ;; LITTLE | ;; LAD- Si J CUMMINS < \ Copyright, J903, b|/ T. C. McClurc 11 Jean Lindsay passed down tbe long hospital ward with firm, quiet step. The blue gingham and ample white apron of her nurse's dress hung in loose folds around the tall, gracious figure. The spotless bands at wrists and neck only served to show up the fine whiteness of her skin. Her snowy cap rested on thick waves of bronze hair. Dexter Gnrst drew back into the corridor and, watching her, wondered if the time would ever come when lie could see her move thus toward him and not find his whole being stirred to Its very center. The day, nearly a year before, when he had laid his heart at her feet was like a badly healed scar in the doctor's life. It had apparently passed out of her recollection. She gave him her hand with a smile of good comradeship, and together they made their usual morning round j or mo warn. Near an empty cot at the end she paused. J "Little Lad is sitting up," she said, smiling with the triumph of one who 1 had won a hard battle and led the way outside. 1 Ity a sunny window lie sat in his s wheel chair, a little figure even for t eight years, in the loose hospital suit s of gray flannel. The doctor himself I had brought him there nearly three 1 months before, a shapeless bundle, lie > had been plucked from under a horse's 3 hoofs in the street. No one seemed to 3 care to lay any special claim to him, 1 and yet he was undoubtedly the child of refined parents. I For weeks Hurst and Jean Lindsay c had fought with death for this one * small and apparently superfluous life. I There were times when the doctor gave c up hope, and nothing but the strength of Inherent motherhood in the woman r ' seemed to keep the child alive. "How is the little lad?" the doctor * ? would ask as ho entered the ward morning after morning, and "Little Lad" he became to every one in the , hospital. As he took a feeble hold on life again c his whole starved little heart went out 1 and'laid hold on these two people, his ( doctor and nurse, with a mightiness cf ^ love which almost hurt him at times. ' He would lie lu his cot and, watching * the doctor while lie made his rounds, ^ think that he must lie very like the * man, about whom Nurse Lindsay had told him, who once lived nnon tlx earth and healed all the Hick people ai\d Jo veil lUtio 'oUlldreu. It never occurred to him to associate the beauti- ' fill story with the name he had so often heard In blasphemy in the street. . But he looked at his own doctor and felt that it must be true. A light might suddenly have been | turned on Inside the small body, so swift was the radiance which flooded his face as Jean and her companion canto in sight. Garst sat do\<Tt near the wheel chair and, taking one small j hand, beat it softly against his broad open palm. I "Next week," he said, "I am going to run away into the country with Little Lad for a few days before?before I go abroad." Jean Lindsay could not quite conceal the start his words gavo her. but she j held her voice steady. "Then the long contemplated course * at Bonn is to be an accomplished fact after all," she said. "Yes."" The doctor did not raise his eyes. Little Lad had looked from one to the other in vague bewilderment. "But, first of all." Garst went on, "Little Lad and 1 will have perhaps a whole week at a splendid place I know of, where there are tall pine trees and ft Dig Inke." He was watching the boy's face^ind snw how the delight which his words culled up became slowly clouded. "Will she come too?" He motioned t with ids hand toward the nurse. * Garst remained silent. The child turned to Jean. < "Won't you come, too?" he pleaded. 1 Ho rend the negntiou in her face , even before Rhe slowly shook her head and flung himself toward the doctor. "Make her come! Make her come, too!" he begged passionately. I Jenn stooped hurriedly and, putting t back the damp hair from his forehead, kissed it. | "I'm afraid that would be quite impossible, Little Lad," she said quietly and moved away down the corridor. Hut even as Rhe did so an intense physical weariness seemed to have descended upon her. She felt stifling in the bright glnre of the morning sunshine and, putting up her hand, pushed the heaw linir hnrk fmm head. When she lind passed out of : sight of the doctor and Little Lad, she turned nud leaned against an open win- * dow. In place of the bare red brick 1 walls of the nurses' home opposite rIjo seemed to see n vista of tall trees, with the doctor and Little Lad lying on the soft pine needles beneath and the water lapping idly at their feet. A swift, intense desire to be one of 1 the little party rose within her. For ( the first time in her life she waa weary - of her work. More than she had ever 1 wanted anything she wanted to get (c ' away and be taken care of, even as Little Lad would be, by this strong, self ( reliant man. As she stood there an ambulance j i turned In at the gate, and Jenq Lindsay sighed protestiugly. She knew that if there was to be aq operation she . would be sent for, end her whole being ose In n qu! ' colt of weakness and adequacy. . felt that the smell ol ither just tli .uld strangle her nnd >ut out her I . as though she would urIi away the burden of responsibllitj -those tirin white hands to whirl trong uien had clung in agony and vithin whose warm clasp more that no little form had grown cold. She tried to realize as she stood here what her life would be wlier, Jexter Garst went out of it. "A month from now," she said, and ler strong lip quivered?"a month frou low he will be in Germany, and I"? The thought was like a pall descend ng upon the brightness of the sun She turned away, and even as she did >o Garst's silence in answer to Litth L.ad's passionate "Make her come, too!' :ame to her with a stall. "Miss Giiulsay needs n rest," tin louse surgeon thought, looking aftei ler with a critical eye a moment latei md noting the pallor of her face. j.xiiii nigra as sue made lier round oi lie ward she became aware of a paii >f bright eyes fixed upon lier abovt eery flushed cheeks. She saw at r fiance that Little Lad had been cryinj. md, going swiftly to his side, knelt auc fathered him into lier arms. "What is it. son?" The weak hands went around liei leek. "I want you?to come, too," he wills jered with quivering lips. The sob which had lain heavy around lean's heart all day rose in her throat. "He does not want me to?not now? 'Attic Lad," she said wearily. "He docs!" The boy pushed lier from lim and looked up into her face. "Hi laid he did! After you went away I isked him, and he said 'yes.' Hut lie laid 'twasn't any use asking you; thai ie'd asked you once to go away witli lim to a beautiful place and to live vitli him always, afterward, but thai rou wouldn't. Oh, how could you not vant to?" Ilis eyes searched hers witli ncredulous reproach. Jean bent suddenly and kissed him. Attic Lad thought she had never lookid so beautiful, but ho was not satis led. lie put his hands against liei ireast and pushed her back until he ouId see her face. "Would you?If he was to a?H jo? igain?" he pleaded wistfully. Then he was held close against hoi losom, and her tears wetted liis cheek. "Yes, dear Little Lad," she whispered 'I would." He could hardly sleep that night witli lis longing for the morning. When il ame he was in his wheel chair watch tig the door by which the doctor would nter, and as he saw him he raised ilmself by the arms of his chair unti! le was almost standing. He did not mow that Jean had entered the eorriIAI? frn?? ^ ? -1 ? 1 iv. i?v?m iug uiui-L cuu aim was moving oward him. "She said"?he had to sto|) and swal on1, for his excitement choked him she said?she would! She said?if yon was to ask her again?she would!" he :ricO ti'amldinclv. Garst's eyes went beyond the whoc hair to the woman who stooel behind t. A dull rod leaped to his face. Ther. vas a sweet tremulousness upon I in jracions figure that sent the blooe )ounding through his veins, lie tool i step forward, and the strong ham vlilcli he held out shook. "Will you?" he asked simply. Jean laid her own within it with r ookod that blessed. "1 want to go. even more than Litth '..ad does!" she said. .Left Ilnniled Vltupprntlven. One of the gravest objections to train ng a child to bo loft handed is the cor ninty that it will be nicknamed fron ts peculiarity, especially during the arly years of life. Most counties ii England have their idiomatic expros lions to denote left handedness, am hey are often prefixed to the unfortu late loft handed child's name. In Low Ion the term is kack handed, the woril icing also equivalent to awkward*. Ii Lancashire it is k-pawed, In Yorkshin rallock or gawk handed, an cxprcssior lating back to at least the scventeentl cntury. In Derbyshire are used tin onus keg handed, cork handed an? :orky handed, while in the Teesdah listrict cuddy handed is common, am n Nottinghamshire wallet handed. In the soutli of England special term; o denote left handedness are alsi ound. In Dorset it is seramo handed ind in Devonshire cooehy handed. Ii Scotland we find gawk handed, and ii he west oh wry handed. In Ireland i eft handed uian is called a kitliogue dr. Tim Ilealy used this word in i ipeech at East Wicklow, in which h< laid that Mr. O'KclIy could fight wltl lis left hand and had already givei lis opponent some "klthogucs" tha vould spoil his political beauty during .lie contest.?London Chrouicle. A Con finer In if Pnwn. A sambliur fawn I possessed in Indit if the age of four to six months mad* 1 practice of chasing all dogs tluv :anic into the compound and did s< svlth every ippearance of considering t the greatest possible fun. The dogs in the other hand, fled with their tail; jotween their legs. This fawn evi lenUy imagined itself to be the guard an and protector of the establishment [ have a vivid picture in my recolloc ion of the gentle little beast trans 'ormed into a perfect fury, its con irlstling on end to make it look twie< ts uaunl size; hoad and tail defiant!) >reet, stumping shngily on the thresh >lcl with Its dainty forefeet, demon itrations intended to frighten awaj wo pariah dogs who cringed before 1 m the veranda, yet showed a great de ilre to intrude into the house. The dog: inally sneaked off, depressed and do 'eated. and the conquering fawn swag rered back into t^ie room to be praiset >y me either for once disdaining liase its foes or deterred therefrom bj ts strong dislike to the noonday sun[iondon Spectator. If III I TA | nurbcra In Kurort. f "A 3ure way to break yourself of tte L habit of going to a barber shop to got I shaved is to travel in Europe," sohl a r man who lias traveled. "1 remember i that when i first went to Europe 1 I thought that I would never be able to i learn to shave myself and that I was helpless so far as this was concerned. I I didn't finish my trip through Europe i before I took up shaving, and now 1 sliave myself all the time. The barber I shops in Kurope. except In England i und a few of the larger cities, arc the worst of their kind in the world. There - are no modern conveniences and mighty . little of a sanitary nature. The chalrv L are uncomfortable, and the barbers ax% > Indifferent about how they shave yog ' or what they do with you. They plaoe a big bowl in your lap, and when they j have finished with you the supposition r is that you will wash your own face In r the bowl. There Is none of the little luxuries we have over here in the way f of bay rum, witch hazel, hot towel*, r hot water, etc. The American barber > shops are the neatest and cleanest In i the world, without exception."?Wasbj ington Star. Mexico's Hot Pepper Seller*. The hot pepper seller of Mexico is a merchant who derives his livelihood from tlio fact that the Mexican most have his peppers, whatever else he may deny himself. They are brought to his I door by the countryman, or he may go to the market nlnoe nn#i f\n* spread out for sale on matting. The market man, while dressed inexpeni sively as far as his bodily garb Is con> corned, wears in nearly every instance an elaborate head covering. ; Some of these Mexicans own hate that cost as much as the rest of their i wardrobe. The pride of the white man > in his panama is not to be compared to , that of the Mexican In bis sombrero. It is a racial characteristic which finds i its counterpart in the apron of the Portuguese onion seller. Her occupation may l>e lowly, but her apron might be that of a woman of higher degree. Plusli edged with fur is not uncom inon.-Everybody's Magazine. The LIIIcii. , Two thousand years ago It was supposed that water Jincs ciosca . llowcrs at night and rotrented far under water, to emerge again at sunrise. This was Pliny's view, and It was not impeached until the English botanist , John liny, in 16S8, first doubted Its ^ veracity. The great lily of Zanzibar, one of the I grandest of the lily family, opens Its I flowers, ten inches wide, between 11 In I the morning and 5 in the afternoon. They are of the richest royal blue, with from 150 to 200 golden stamens , in the center, and tlioy remain open four or five days. It is not generally known that thers are lilies that have nocturnal habits? , night bloomers as well as day bloom, crs. They are very punctual timekeepers, too, opening atul closing with comj mcnduble regularity. CnvN Fond of Olive*. "l have often wondered if nil eats I like olives." remarked a Germnntown woman who is very fond of the feline I tribe. "All mine do, and 1 linve six. Olives are usually an acquired tasts with the human race, but cats seem to take to them naturally; at least mine do. An olive will set any one of them Into paroxysms of joy. They will leave milk or fish or any other article of food for It, purring and rolling over It much as though it might have the Intoxicating effect of catnip before they finally eat it. I have often tried olives on " other cats in tlie houses of friends and 1 have found them equally appreciative, ' only they prefer their olives cut tip 1 Into pieces."?Philadelphia Record. I CiltiNNinakiiiK Iu Japan. The art of making glass was Introduced into Japan about 150 years ago I by a Hollander, wlio settled at Osaka. > For several generations the knowledge ' of the process was confined to n single ' family, and it was not until about 1879 1 that the employment of coal Instead of charcoal and tlie construction of brick ' chimneys enabled the manufacturer* to introduce improvements which placed 1 the industry on a substantial basis. Osaka has continued to be the center * of the Industry and now manufactures ? for export besides supplying tbe bobne demand. i ) An ICiikIImIi Boroagh. i In the days of "rotten boroughs" in England that of Gntton Park is said to have been tlie worst. It bad only one i qualified voter, and yet It returned two l members of parliament. Of course i with this right the property was very i valuable, and in ISoO it was purchased ; by Lord Monson for $500,000. Two years later it was disfranchised. A Dnuientic IncnngraHy. t Naggsby?You say that a picture of , the comptroller of tho currency and kls , wife? > Waggsby?Never 1 I said that vm the currency and that that Is his wife with him, but controller of his ^ never!? Ilaltimorc American. ItopeH mid Strlngro. "He seems to think he's a wfnotr [ with the girls." 1 * "Yes. he thinks he knows the ropes." "I guess that's why It's so easy foe theiu to get him on a string."?Phtyft\ dolphin Ledger. Obstinate, Magistrate (sternly)?Didn't I tell jm the last time ,vou were here I nevef wanted you to come before me again t ~ Prisoner?If es, sir, but I couldn't tnnkc the policemen believe It. . Stnrtlnnc the Troabl*, Mabel?Did be stutter when be pn> , posed 'i Ktliel?No, 1 don't think txx Mabel?Itenlly? He must have bh proved.?ruuch. V