H'LXAfcOftO A RODS MAT U !'
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Attended the I3i BanKrupt StocK
Sale of Wyatt & Co., Hillbb oro. Ore.
Ho doubt yon have judging from the hundreds
of shoppers since the doors opened last Friday
that took advantage. Bundles after bundles
arc going out. PLENTY of BARGAINS LEFT.
Come and Lay in your Supply for a year. You
will never get such an opportunity again.
We must close out this stock as soon as possi
ble and selling at such prices as these, it will
take only a short time to close out.
When a Deacon
Broke Loose
lit M QUAD
OfcfDcM. I'll 2. by AaMcUtad Lit
erary rr.aa
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room
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Kin:, r.l.iss K'ny.
N'.uy, h.uul j.uki.t, i i
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M.i
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I-'ij.h's run-
lVuhiniV rwi!-r
Shot' Polish or bhinolu
IK l.lllS
Cm lit t
Rtyuhr :t.ui.lul j'liut
Cinr,l'im
Suii'l.U'l clu t U , yl
Oil Cloth
Tal.lf, white aii'l l.ttit-y. !
I'tTt hit
y.-imh wiilo, was I so .i ! , U"'x
lUntlK;rtlirft
W
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l.v
H'lllsltUIICU
Men's Glove
n. jaii
llftmlhert. Kiefs
i TtiiWy iol, .iiul IntlinoMiK'
Men's SocKs
,ni o'ttun, pair
Men s SilK Hose
IC 'I', ll''
Suspenders
Mi it's ri-nlar 5'H.-,
Men's H.ts
i it 1 it t vi.uks as low as
Men's Shoes
5 ..s IK-avy work sWs at, pr iSe
Men's Shoes
. I'.uUnl ilrcss .shoes,
Women's Shoes
Kangaroo calf KoinK at
Chiltlren s Oxfords
i canvas strappi-il, H'iiK at
$US
...'ISc
at $2.ST
Tb-r were on I J K Inhabitant to
tl. tiling ul iilvudni wtMrD tbe Bret
mtvtiiiK itouae. ittrjr still rail K la
i country. w r'tl. Metbodlata.
r.tii.Hut. I'rwhviertan and Adveutlat
rM it, i..iit lu lli building and
u.ed II alternately. Aa the village
grew the differeM denominations built
ctniri Im lor themael, ana ousuy
lit i. ul bun b w left to one. TbU
Dl lo t the poorest one Buao-
luily. and II wou'l In human Datura
to u.k aruuii'l oil I Ik newer edifice
am) ih few) a l envious.
A a man of fad. the old meeting
hutih. tittle better tbu barreeke.
"I rn koii am oua ran peal tbe
fini from Ihc luldnl of a brush beap lu
ti .Ht. l-ut I alo mkoo tbat ba
mil I M wltb a lM-ti niurw ateam In a
.m.f.lnjlr nwretlug bullaa." Mid t
con I Vera iu.
In. i.-a in mi lb Bnaixial nao of
fi. i iiun b. Iul II waa jirara and yaara
ti.r Uv bla way rlrar for tba
vrM iixii i a ww ulltlra. ttavcfal
frviiftit e-ara (undt-d wllb rmOt got
in.-i-n. i m In iiw niburba ot tha tows.
hmi (!. dvui uii waa toia to bob uiur
If
H rt wkk'hi load ot tM atiiir.
I'.r Hmi nrw iiivrilnit loum waa to d
rum-tftv cna fb rooenrta tnduatrr
a lin-n in iia iniaury, vui
IVl' in. iiml I.iuihI a wan lo put ioa
hii.m iiiioufh mid uuaraiilro a aatla-
I id ir Job
I nun tru k town, and tblnga wtra
(txi.cd llr knew ail atwai lorn rv
irenl i.iiiiir and waa ready lo taka
oil i.ia i uai auu rarry tbt job IbrougU
II hny fiiuilly would board him gratia
In r hi urn ivaroo Hegram Jumped at
the rhinre. trtab waa told to eat all ba
iiiu.il mihI go to ttie bead ot tba rlaaa
a n.t iiiniiHiie tlilm U look bold aa
If he Ii:k1 dulibled In renieut all bla flfa.
I nab humu-d He mado etrrybody
, iniMlle. II any on laggeu oa waa
nun l on the ot lo aay:
.Now. tliell. rtno't do no loaflng 00
the Ixjrd This la hi Job. and ba ai
ih tit ttiiiiKM lo oiora lively
V all know bow, thou Kb few knew
t thi time, tbat mew ara aerai
traU- ol renieut and Ibat cemeut
m uikera do not Kuorel aod aud remcut
meet iter tit a haphazard way. J nans
nmi - due proportloiia, according to
the Murk to I done. Crtab amply
went Blieail and ahoreled. Prorldatica
ki.hmI bnrk of bliu witb ary weatoer
until i he waim wera ready tor tb
rout, aud tbeu he got tired of good
mint; There were tltoao who aald tba
tin k were too aofl and otbera w
thought they rouid aea bultfee to tba
una and atlll otbera wbo prtuaa
ttint I wo boura raiu woum
thiiiR. tut to all aocb Daacou Pegraa
tu l.l:
indri't t Bood raga tod tb w
b-i i-oiiie downr
lll.tai'l we .ll.roTal tba Mbd pit IB
the UK k ol tinier
liiin,i Hroiber ntfga tbt trror
af hit ) J wlMf" wtf won
derini! whnt wa abould do for Ua
brtrknY"
-Ut did
tba reierae of tliU la Iraathat a w
ma may aa well get uaed lo the pe-
culUrttlea ot ber buabaod; but tHK
a Biaa. 1 doo't know anything about
tbat part of IL
Tba Brat thing I noticed about my
wlfa after manrtaga tbat I d du t like
waa tbat aha opened my lettera aud
read tbeut wltb aa mocb complareocj
aa If they wera ber own. There wt
aotblng to tbem to Injure roe In ber
eatlmatloo, but tbat dldo't make their
opeulog by ber any mora agreeable to
so. When a ma a baa reached middle
aga without bating any oua dare to
read what beluoga to hi in alone, bat
lug from rolldbood roosldVred aurb an
art blgbly dlacredltabuj. not to aay dia
honorable, to bate bla wife da aucb a
thing a rule ou blm terribly.
I boed ibat when lna doUthJ tbat
I nefer opened any letter of ber ahe
would refrain from opening mine
When aba ram down to breakfaM
later tbao I and tba boatman had de-
bvered tba morning mall I would band
bar ber lettera till art Hometimea ahe
would aay "Tbla k from Annt Oa
rtaaa" or Counln Marab or ber nter or
brother. -Why dldul jou opea Itr
wberwuDOO I would aa aebtentlotuiy
bare ne'er been arruxtomea to
open a Dot ber peraon'a tetter.
But Una dldo't take the hint or any
ether blot I gaa ber. Jum keeplntj on
breaking tba aeala ot my correspond
enta' eplatlea till at laat I roocloded to
gite ber more marked bint tbao an)
I bad tbua far deelaed I wrote a oote
to tnyaelf from a uijthWil Horace
hunn. telling mt Id oiitldeiHe of blx
engniceiueot to Julia Dalley. an tntl
mate friend of my wife Aa I eipect
ed. I-ena opened tbe Mter; bin. tlndlnn
In It a conndeuce -one uico en
nnwh tnterented her - tie aealed It up
galu. aaytut; ootbliig to ma about tbe
matter.
Mai be there wnn"t a hot time when
lna congratulated ber triena on uer
enKnuemeot. Ida akea me woo me
acoundrel waa wbo bad claimed to be
euL'aued to ber Mend without admit
ting tbat ahe bod opened tbe letter the
man had wrltteu ma aud men oecei
ed ma by aeallug II again. For aotne
tluiw I aaw by ber demeanor tbat ber
friend waa Dot aatuttled to bate to
matter buihed op and Insisted oo ooa
log out wbo tbe man was wbo claimed
to be enga to ber Finally, when
ai wlfa coukl withstand tba pressure
W.4 Ull
d.i'iirhter b.nl i.ufjr.in her il"l! A
frr Johnny. I'nf' r-"ti ni.lwl him th
$ln a wif k Kilriry he ,-.t' him.
One day Mr rnf'er,oti. J i-t at b
bad '!irt-. In for the -i'e of a fle e ol
real e-ttate iifiii whl h the rouimi-'iion
would amoiiur to $!.. fell lil an. I w:i!
con!ii.el to hi-. I...I Ix.nii t t!-e i.fli.t
rann- Ixiia wild a not.- fnn i l.im ti
Johnny st ifir.a tti.it he i iu-ii five nr
trylns to bring aleiut t!ie tra l- nnd
inform the seller and a hnver whoa
h t.i'l h... to m-II the .r .;Tiy
Johnny read the note nnd .nd.-n-l
"Wlnit you ttiinkin ilwtr aket
the iii'iuWHIve leli;i.
"I waa wondering If I coui.l do tlK
Job."
Of course you can."
At that moment Mr. War.l.-!l. tni
owner Of the property la nnmtHiii
came In and aske.1 if Mr. Tat. rson wa
yet down. Johnny replied th it he iaf
a trlflo l!idUpoe.I and woi.ldu'l arrivt
till aftern.xju. but he i.'olmn.vi would
do anything required in t'n- meantime
"Tell him I've d.ti.lel l lake ai'J.u."
for the property."
Mr. War.lell went out. and Johnnj
aud rx-lia con-iulted The consultation
ended In IMla keeping otilce whiU
Johnny went out to tind Mr l.-n.on
tt. ..ra.l i,nr. h.i-r IH-aron nau
offerel 10.K. but l lie pri.-e waa then
$I2.50. Johnny askinl If he w ould buy
at the pri.e. an I Iwamn told him be
thnnirht be would Uut U'fore he could
determine p.eitlvely he uiut make an
othor tltrtt to the property aud look It
over.
Johnny returned to Delia, and aa
other consultation followed. A person
bad been In the otnee wnne jonuuj
waa away from whom she had Bother
ed that certain real estate ngtum o.
the town were getting huy shout th
.,ron..ri and a sale wa likely to t
made ty another gobetwi-en wbc
hnr in the commlieilon. IK-Ila
uk'ested that they rerwrt to Mr. War
deil thnt Mr. Dea.-on had accepted bl
offer and agreed to pay the flO.OOO
Thbi would complete the sale an far af
Mr. Wardoll was concerned, and ttM
bottom of the transaction could oolj
drop out through Mr. Deacon.
ivi..rt,.miiu r.ir tuese youun
an.l w b4 to or
two and to ke up aa
nw-ln't xnd me Ihe elotbea you ta of.
1 d.in t n1 any (i!om draawa hrw
In Ihla tmo.hv of atudy. Ttw wou!4
be out of plac lour aSfectlonato
OAUUtlTXR.
Harlng BnLtbed tbo abora epHtl.
MLss Armstnmg wmta another t Mr.
F.lltaon Kean. a atiKlent In a nelgbbor
lng men'a collece. lo wblcb an BTOlded
Bsmea and wrote lu a disguised hand:
My Dear I w sorry ol " "
appointed I received a slt from aa
unt. bom I waa ohlld to escort aanut
and Ihrouah th tollm bollJIn. Thl
eomlna of relatWeo at nipctl llmea
la dangerous, and In a letter tul wrltteo
my mother I hae told ber aol lo faU to
give me Botlco I II b at th tryatln
clac neat Batufiay at Ih" aama tlnio
and hour, and If you're paaalna yo eaw
lake mo up. A rest of a roup of boura
wUI do m food Th troth a la
bored with th miserable studies and try-bi-
to mas Ih prof bell Ibat 1 t
omtblns about them that I sl a at
urday sprt Bo don't fall on th Mat
appolntn.ent But b ry cuarowL and
It any on to b dreaded la hi elcht doa't
top, but return and taka ai tn when tow
coast la clear Ta-tl BPOONIB.
MUs Armstrong addreased her two
lettera and put them In their envelope.
Intending lo look tbem over the next
day before mailing tba ooa to ber moth
er tn the college box. Tba other ahu
proKed to taka to a prlvat letter bo
tn tbe corner of a atone wall hidden by
bushes. The bell for cuapei waa ring
lug the next morning wbeo ahe waa re
reading tbem. Ueartng footstep com
ing, abe bad only tlma to cram thetu
Into their respective envelope wbeo
tbe lady In charge of tbe dormitory en
tered. Later Mlsa Armstrong posted
ber tetter lo tbelr proper places.
The next Saturday the gentleman
failed to put In so appearance at tbe
tryaUng place, and tbe girl student waa
worried. On looking into in pnvaw.
letter box oo ber way home abe found
a tetter inclosing odo which abe bad
sent blm whicb was to her mother.
"Ooodnesa gTaclou mer abe ex
claimed. "If I did that 1 must hate
sent the letter to blm to mamma.
Whatever shall I dor"
The aame evening letter came by
post from ber mother. It read:
My Denr Daughter-I hav hist relvl
. lett.r from ombodr I don't know and
which 1 can t read. addrMd to m to
....Hn. I don't know what H
itiur i nv - - . . .
mean. 1 think om ot your feuo
tu-
kers Mr. Deacon on Uls way t Inspect 4en ,nd you mMt bv. b. ."iiw
the propert, slipped '"lt XL VT Iwrn 'return It.
Another u ppo.lt loo om n
b that you r Ul ana wi w
oo longer, abe made confession and
demanded tbe required Information.
ii tlma bad com. I told ber toat
tbe lady to whom the writer claimed
to ba enured waa not ber rnena ai
all bot soother person of tbe aame
Baton. Then I proceeded lo gt hfr
leetur on tbe practice of Interfering
wltb aoy oo eiae correfpondence,
even ber buabaod a. "By doing ao." I
hv ratised a great deal
viw.
of nnoeceaaary iroubi. Uad you left
me tbe aoie reader of my letter tb
error would not bave been made."
This bad only ao itntating eoen
oo my wife, wbo rowed ahe would oot
gain toucb one ot my lettera eeo
wltb a poker and tor a time banded
me my mall unopened Id high dudgeon
But aba aooo fell into oer o.o uau.u
Inatead ot Bcceptlng lb situation, as
I abould hata dooe, I concluded to lay
another trap I wrote myself another
letter wblcb I asked a friend lo post
In a distant clt from another mytmiai
friend of mloe. confessing that be bad
embattled some ntouey and asking me
what ooder beareo be should do to ea-
ena atate Drtsou. Ue added toat
I 1,1. imk . lilt WlIB ikivi
phoned to the office Information of th
fact, saying tbat there was little doubt
... . .1. . V lint
that he would buy me .i.iij.
ene more tlslt to the premises was nee
essarv and ber husband could not go
out on his sprained aukle for aeveral
days. M. .
"It's all npr moaned Johnny. I "
heard on the street this morning that
au nirent was hunting tor Mr.
to offer him i:.ww wr me .oi-w.
but can't Ond hUa "
. .i. tnnn with a letter
in couin ..I-
from Mr. WaMell dated in a neighbor
lng town, asking for the contract of
.ale to be sent biro rltta the customary
denoslt This Indicated tbat be coo
Jered bis property sold. "
brokers could stave him ol till they
could get a definite answer -from Dea-
con the sale would be enecii.
i mil vou what," said Dc'.la. "bend
him a contract and purposely make an
I .
u
And dl.ln't Prorldenc ordain tbat ont eicept myself abould see bla
. . a. I A aamaBMhaValt I .a. J l.t inllli1
thoso freight car suouiu uw - rooreaeloD the ruin d onu -vu.-
acaturea ove
w
v t
an t
lit ll ! l'i,rr.!
thinj; ov. N
in-
Uvrv. Kvt rythinR on display.
I f r., 'i.u it
rt'MTVt'ti. i iiui inu.-i ...
Every-
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T11F WYATT & CO., 5ANKRUPT STOCn
HILLbbOKO. ORE..
ja
UD and reuiem
acre ot grvundr
"It KHiks Ilka It"
...i ih.n rniiie unan ampiva.
the croKsroadi. be might bave turned to
the left and gone to Uftrrpoos .
I'rovltleme guldid blm to ins ngui au
to h1' .,
"Kut It may rain, and u h oowe
It will not rain for a month toeoma.
Providence wou t permit It to."
Tin. deacon talked thai way aod b
Ileviil what be talked, ami k.
u.i i.ileved still atronger.
....... ii,u min descended. It
dark one day and came way
10 soak things. Just at daylight
i morning, wltb the rain still comlM
f Ann an
down, the two mvu rre.
how It fared with tb eotarprum
DAMES
DAUGHTERS.
S57
ClR
a
5? y
vT' TmVma&c 10:30 a.m.
Free Circus btreet i 'ir,l"L..,fi,jmim
9lmhds('2&i0 hors.-
of all clime in .alive "J4 t p doow optn at J
Two Rhows dally -aftornmin at i, ni? o t &
.i47p.m.;Wlprlten tw "
Hillsboro, Sunday, June 2
And
act in at
There
ba aura to come.
Lena opened tbla letter aud. finding
tbat aba bad ntuoibled upon mother
rret. mad on ber mind to reseat tbe
letter and tbla time keep alleut on a
matter tbat waa of do perwoDai Inter
et to ber. But Juat aa she waa about
to do ao there waa a amell of amoke
renm the laoodrf. and, leartng the
t. and Ita envelope aide by aide on
ber desk wltb lettera ot ber own. abe
rao downstalra to learn If the house
waa on Bre. Kbe found an Incipient
blate. wblcb wltb aotne trouble was
put out Tben ane went wic i
deak and did aa abe bad Intended witb
my letter.
Wbeo I came In and found the letter,
.nn.r.nti iiDtoucbed. I tore It open
and took oot a letter to my wife troui
Telegraph m as soon aa you rc'- -If
l am Blittko. our M"'
P. a-l Inclos tlO for frulla and eucb,
thins In eaa you ar nt
Thla letter relieved Mlaa ArmstTOng'a
disquietude considerably. She tele
cr.nt.nl her mother not to worry and
to return tbe tetter at once. When ahe
received It abe wrote ber fond parent
tbat some day ahe would give ber a
satisfactory explanation of the matter.
At present ahe waa boning hard for
exams and bad no time. She hoped
the old lady would forget an aooui iu.
epistle, but abe didn't There were a
few worda in the note like "tryatlng
place" and a "Saturday spree" that
looked ansplcloua. But the fact that
tbe letter was algned "Spoonle" In
stead of Jacqueline seemed to Indicate
that her dauKhter waa not Ita writer.
.f m ipmitmni! did not remember Jac-
error in lt He'll have to send it back naTlng Ben0oned any of ber
and by that time we may sev Mends named spoome, oui o vu.-
con up to tbe point" ln college there were a great many
Good!" exclaimed Johnny, and. tak- aQd Jgck not be expectea
lng a blank coutract, be filled It out ment,on them all.
on the typewriter. $m,WO In- jBCqUeiine. having finished ber atudlen.
atead of $10,000. Then he r"t lt er. rather, ber escapades, waa graduat-
nost box. . d wltb the others, the hard atudenta
For the next two oajs me iiri. mostT pecoining lentucis,
for and sales of me propeiiy rfon becoiuitiK wivea ana wmu-
Jacqueline married Mr. Eiiiaon cettaw
and made a model mistress ot tbo
household.
were no wails left lo place ot tbem 00 of hef Menin containing a conO-
nnvnrliin iH'WNpiiix rs reHirt . that
Knthl Mill''' Krcolshach Is the first
woman to pass the povenmicnt exami
nation s n tunster butcher.
Mrs flarUH.ui Cowl of New Tnrk
i,'. ni-esented to ttu Mdropolitnn Mil-
Renin of Art In that illy a painting
culled "An Old Tlnn Melody." by the
hue I rnmis 0 Millet, who went down
iMi.inie. Mr Millet waa a
ii ii ii I".
trustee of the iiniM'itm
MU Kelln M Sll. kney Is leii.liiiR the
for t Is Introduction
ii.. Into the curriculum of
.ii i..,,..i.'s ci.ll.nes Miss StlcWney
Ih a urmlimto of Hie Miissnciuisetis ....
Hlllute of T.clinoll!.v. where slui h
finll.cil lu iloinesllc Hcli'iiic.
Miss Kllcn Stum'. Hi" inlslomtry who
i,scii.liir.'.l !' nuliritrlnn l.ri.riimls In
l-Nil nn.l helil fr """',)00 ransom. Is
piviuii'lni! I" "" ' "u' lf,n,, of "'P
Crescent. l.elleMuK Hmt tinner to inls
simwilcs has t.w l-on re.lu.c.l to a
inlnlmiim. She went to Turkey In IS7
nud took up the inisslnn work nt Hiimn
kov. .
Th Tarlss oa..
... ...ni..
ipi. -iVfirless liilllie wiis u.imoi
ii... Sniii'tans on one
Arcadians ami A . Jives on the other
n n Xnt a Simrttui fi
,..i,t. ii ml so. riiitiiivh nays, the
, .ir.Me.nonlans called It the Tearless
battlo. ,
was n sniRii - --
block ot concrete bad melted in tbe
mln The deacon and unau atw
gazed tor Ove long mlnutea like men
tUelW. Kk.
And then waion i -egrw
it was years ago. nut tuey
loose.
deoce I bad no ngot to p- .
banded tbe oote to Una. demanding
to know bow a private letter to ber
bad come In ao eorelope addressed to
T shall never forget the frightened
wvk that came orer ber face. Intend
lng to slip my letter back Into Its en-
nfTera
were in tbe air. The contract
back for correction, and the young
sters were at their wits' end. Johnny
went to the telephone and told Mr.
Deacon that bed have to "Yes" then
or never. Deacon not a carriage, muue
hU inspection. stopied at the oGlce on
bis return and signed a contract of
nnnnr la with check for forfeiture.
As Johnnv was going out ot the of
nc. with him a broker came In and
said' "I've got a contract of purchase
signed for the Warden property for
$4n000. 1 can't Bud the owner, if
you'll tell me where he is I'll divide
commissions."
"Don't know anything about it." suld
Jotin ns he luuiDed into a cab and was
driven tn a hurry to a station. He got
Warden's signature and was back In
r 10 o'clock the next rooming.
That dav Patterson came to the of
fice lu care of bis daughter. Johnny
told him the story and showed him the
cont-act The real estate man looked
from one to the other of the two young
sters, then hugged both.
The firm of Theracker & Co now
consists of Mr and Mrs Theracker.
iTlia oua i-Wtllt. M..rvd In the real estate
AUtTJ .va.-.v-
"By the bye. said her uioiner on
day after her daughter's marriage,
-whatever became of your friend Spoonle-What's-HerName,
your college,
friend r
"Spoonle f
"Tea: the one whose note yoo sent
me instead of your own."
"Oh, she was graduated at tbe foot
her class and is now uaruius
of
husband's socks
children's clothes,
and patching ber
like the rest ot oa."
t
. . ..... -i- Ha arfuMDV
date things troro io ----: ms w w " , ,nnt marM , be live wires
lie threw down bis nat auu juu.h- veiope. bsring oeen nnuro -
ami
nd
aod
Fire Lossss.
r-. iu.. n ml the cost of fire pre
i ti t'nltod StlltOH HUtOIIII
... tiMiiKHi.iMtO. or more than
nnnuaiiy i- , .
tl,o total ..-...lii.'tlon of gold. nlHer.
copper and .eli'oU'nt lit a year.
Citron.
... ntnci'louces grrnt dlfflcnl-
. Itron. This tuny lie rem
edied l.v pUu'li.K it lit n bowl and iwur
SliolilngwHtcr over the t'llron. AI-
eo- . . t . .a
ed on It. U knockea unao uo
ImniH-d on him. As peoP'" came out
,o see what the trouble wss be threw
them into the lake of mud and whoop
ed a cam Ue went borne aDd kicked
hi. do and cuffed bis wlfe'B . -arand
mn he rnn amuck through tbe stmts
....I tore gates off tbelr hinges
....i el.tunMilka. Men rau
' ... ...... H.M.
woiiirn dodged, ana it too i-
nlng rod men and a chicken buyer to
tie him up He continued to whoop
until his voice gave out ana ror u.
day he was expected to die. These
three days allowed unnn n.i.B.v
get slMy tulles away aod the lake ot
tmd to crust orer. me oeacou. v-
cnlH'd when inings nau mu.
... . . An lha M.
down. and. laying n w" -
tienfs hend. he softly sum:
itrother IVgrnm. I trust you uavn .
lost your faith In Providence.
"Ob no." was the reply, "i am ur
that Providence has planned for us to
use the old meeting bouse until the
root falls in and then to rent a barn
somewhere." . .
in time the roof did care to, but no
bnrn wns rented The wogregaUo
went over to the Baptists.
. ih. hi... in the lailtiary, sue oau
taken up tbe wrong letter.
I took ber lo my arms and ald to
ber- "My dear. I find yon nave aga.u
deceived me. But so long as yon don't
deceive me In any more serious way
tbao tbla I forgive von. Hereafter
open my letters when you like. It Is
a womanly weaaneaa ami u..
etctiaable.'
Prom tbat time I hare not eared
whether Una opens my letters or oot.
But abe doeant Ktperienoe has
tangbt bar tbat It Iso best for ber to
to so-
AnUnintelligiblf
Epistle
By EMMA THORNE
A Couple of
live Wires
By ANDREW ). WHITNEY
few minutes.
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....... n
. .... i. .. piontllll tor n
you will nml it will cut or above easily
after this treatment-
A FAMILY
MATTER
BT EVAN B. MKN1GKI
Tbera'a uo use lo a mao'o being ao- time wnen ner iu.r - .
Abraham Patterson wa a real estate
nd insurance man. and Johnny
Thracker was bis chief clerk, boot
keeper and man of all work. Xed&a
taking care of the office, even to sweep
lng out Boon after Johnny went wltl
the real estate man the latter daugh
ter. aged seventeeo. came Into the offlc
an morning to get some pin money
and found Johnny there alone.
Thla visit waa the beginning of
affair hetween her and Johnny.
n.vtne found a visit to the office and
upon blm pleasant. Delia came quite
often after that aiwaya cuovbiu
time when her father waa out arum
Mr.
Ue - cpneequently Ignorant
Tbe beat way iur - hmont. indeed b
nf hia Wife.
do la to get used to them- 1 PPU 1
Miss Jacqueline Armstrong, a Bopbo
more In X.-college, after having had
cheese, pickles nud candy party In
her room and having parted wuu u
visitors, threw on a dressing gown aud
settled herself to writiDg u letter to ber
mother:
Dear Mamma-I have lust come in rroro
a meeting of our University Society of
Foreign Missions ana .. uo-i. w -..
you my usual week., Ur . rr.
I can t write onener. uui - -
L ..k. un all mv time. I Ilk
college this year better than last beef"
th studies are mor tntcrestlns. V
1 am getting used to univerau .
course w girls are noi bi"
lege the student In men's college have.
but w don't miss mem. . ,
ted to receive calls of a formal kind from
young men, but It un t as
' " . . i ,1 .... mmn
where tn ooys coma n "
.. much a we Please. "".
know 1 prefer girls' society to boy
mr.A nohn.lv need watch me.
vam have stuav noura in mo
eonequently w ar aiwaya In our room
at that time, ano jusi now w i
f,.r our examinations at th end ot
th term. The graduating clasa thla year
.. oiiv intellectual, and the faculty
la looking forward to brilliant exercise
n Himnennmint day. 1 hop that I may
nt vmir wlahea by taking ao honor
when I graduat. 1 am doing my bet to
atand wall In my class, but you mint re
member that 1 hav to compau win
..t mini varv clever slrla.
U you com to ma b aura you let
m know a day or two before your ar-
rlvaL When w nav our inenua
Sporting Notes.
Tha new Brooklyn National league
baseball grand stand will seat 30,000.
University of Toronto plans to build
a covered hockey rink that will seat
over 4.000.
Canadian pigeon fanciers have or
ganized a federation and will cooauci
a series of races.
Springfield (Mass.) harness horse en
thusiasts waut a quarter mile speed
way In Forest park.
Arundel Boat club's four oared shell
crew of Baltimore wilt go to tbe Olym
pic regatta. The men have been row
ing together for six years, ln 1900 at
Paris the Vesper Boat ciuo or rnnn
delphia won the championship tn sett
lor eights.
Pen, Chisel and Brush.
Eenolr. the great painter, who has
passed threescore years and ten, la one
of the best loved artists In France.
Miss Caroline A. White, the oldest
living- writer, at tbe age of 101 years
is reported still active with her pen at
Upper Norwood. England.
Charles J. Mulligan, to whom the
state of Illinois has made the award
for tbe erection of the monumeut la
memory of NInian Edwards. Brst ter
ritorial governor of Illinois, is a well
known Chicago sculptor. He was born
in Armagh. Ireland, m iao, dui
to this country when quite ying,
studying under Lorado Taft, the Chi
cago master.
you
ai.y
and
The Cookbook.
Apple fritters or fried apples go well
wltb roast goose.
A roast of veal will be greatly un
proved if it Is larded. This prevents
its being dry aua mieie
cooked.
Stale macaroons, which can be
bought cheap at tbe baker's, make tbe
tastiest addition to pudding and cue
tards if pulverised aud sprinkled over
the top.
When cooking beets tor table use try
baking them as yoo would a potato,
Thov retnlu all tbelr Juicy sweetness
and are mocb superior to boiled beets
rival, wnen w nav our it.w. ' i. -rr
fipUiee visit uej alUntisn Ja detract, art ) trouble to leanfc