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Such a dear old home- It was. Nestling down In an old-fashioned garden, with an orchard full of old rough, weather-beaten appletrees be hind it, while an outer circle of ancient elms leaned reverently over It, like faithful guardians. The Lw red house with its broad wings made you thiuk of a mother bird brooding over her well-filled nest. But the nestlings were all gone now had wandered from the old home which seemed to tliem shabbier and more cramped every time they came back for a short visit. Only mother clung to it closer and closer as the years went by. . When the busy sons and fashionable daugh ters called It lonely and the grandclijl dren wandered all over Its queer little nooks and corners, and remarked with open contempt upon the stiff old furni ture and the tiny paned windows, the good old lady listened and said noth ing, but her heart throbbed with pain; as though she heard the maligning of some dear friend. "They don't know, of course," she thought, excusing them in her own gentle way. "Though to other eyes it may seem poor and old fashioned, to me it can never be so, for it Is the first and only home that I ever had." And after the sad, tender manner of the old, who only have a happy past and an empty present with out a luring future here, she fell a-dream-ing of bygone days, when her faithful John had brought her, a bride, to this dear old home, which seemed so grand and beautiful then. How could it ever seem lonely and humble to her when it was so rich in a thousand happy, bless ed recollections? Had not that been John's favorite rosebush? Had not she and John planted that very moun tain ash together? And could the rooms ever seem empty and cramped to her when every nook and corner spoke to her sometimes of the living or of the dead as eloquently as tongues could do? Here Is where she used to sit and watch the fire on winter evenings, rocking the cradle as she knit. This dark spot on the worn floor is where baby Mary had spilled the Ink while she sat there writing to the soldier father far away where the battle raged on the long, dreary march. And here beside the old-fashioned table, on which still lay the well-thumbed Bi ble, she had knelt and prayed for twen ty years with John prayed for her little ones in tearful grief when he was gone prayed for them when they one by one slipped from her arms into the cold world,, and where she still nightly bent her stiff old knees to pray for them and theirs. . Mother only loved the old house bet ter a. the years rolled on, but when grim old age had slowly crept upon her it was decided in family council that she must make up her mind to come and live with one or-the other of them, for it wag altogether out of the ques tion for her to remain in that gloomy old house alone. So, one sad day, WITH HER OLD GKAT HEAD overpowered by the sons and daugh ters who meant to be kind, mother -went softly to and fro over the old bouse, taking leave of it all, and the last farewell was the visit to the two mounds under the drooping elms where John slept and the first born little son lay. Then, with a feeling that the worldjCan never quite understand, she was driven away to the fine city resi dence they don't call them homes now where Alfred and his wife, who for all their kindness rather overpowered mother with their fine ways, had given her a stately room, and, what was the most dreadful,' she was sup posed to keep in there alone by her self. Yes, they meant to be kind to her, but the city ways and style gave the old lady the feeling that she was in an asylum, and, in spite of all the grandeur, mother's wrinkled cheeks lost their soft pink like that of a half wilted rose! and she began to grow feeble and worn, though every one was so busy that it passed unnoticed. She -was pining for the old home, though she felt that it would seem ungrateful to say so, and then, somehow, to pray in the magnificent church, where she sat in a velvet-cushioned pew, did not seem to give her the help she prayed for, for God, as it seemed to her,- was not as close as when she used to pray at 'home, kneeling by that old table. If she could only go back and tell her friend all about it, just once kneeling where John used to seem to come and Join ber. This feeling grew and grew, though, aa there was no one to tell it to, she shut It up in ber, lonely old heart. One summer morning she was miss ing, and she could not be found, though they all searched everywhere they could think she would be likely to wan der, but in vain. She was gone. Then Alfred recollected all at once that he had rather neglected his mother of late. His wife forgot her cultured calmness, and joined in the search weeping bitterly. Henry left his desk for once and got telegraph wires to work, and confusion and grief reigned supreme, while the- sons and daughr ters found their thoughts running back aimIh trtl111iu1 anil fnnrhna na aVrtAw had not done for years.' Honrs passed and so nevra cam from the missing. ( I ((). Then their fears and grief grew greatei and stronger. Mother was gone. Perhaps she had gone home. The thought was sudden, and, too impa tient to wait for trains not due for hours yet, they set off across the coun try in their carriage. As they drew near the old home they found news of the lost one. She had passed only about an hour before, plodding wearily along the familiar road, and, with lightened hearts, they hurried on. When they came to the leaning old gate, through the wet grass they could see a solitary pathway trodden by one who had first visited the low mound, with the tiny one beside it, and from there it led straight on to the house. So, with tearful eyes, and not ashamed of their tears, either, the par ty tiptoed like children up the low, 'rickety steps, through the hall and paused reverently at the door, with re morseful hearts that longed to tell the gentle old mother, as they were wont to do over some childis-i disobedience, that they "were sorry, liiorher." The stillness of the cM house grew oppressive while they stood -ncertain and, though they listened, there was no faint footfall as of one going about after the fashion of one just getting home. They softly pushed open the door of the old family sitting room, and there, with her old gray head bowed on the family Bible and a smile of joy and peace on her dear dead face, knelt mother, who had gone home to find rest and content with John already there. San Francisco Post. The Raisin? of Vanilla Beans. "The greatest industry in our neigh borhood," said Mancos Quedalia, of Papantla, Mexico, at the St. James, "is the cultivation of the vanilla bean." "The cultivation of this plant dif fers from the general idea of agricul tural care, for it consists entirely in cutting away forests to give it room to grow. The vines are naturally grown from cuttings, just as the grape vines, but they can also be grown from seeds, in which case it is much longer before they begin to bear. The vine is very hardy in its native element, and sometimes takes root, even if thrown carelessly on the ground, pro viding only that it has shade and mois ture. It grows best In virgin soil where streams abound and where the soil has a slight intermixture of sand. "After setting out the plants, if they thrive, they will begin to bear fruit in three or four years. The yield of beans Increases each year after that until about the fifth, when it begins to dwindle. In about the tenth year there is little or no yield, and the plant is cut down. The vines yield, when they are in their greatest development, from 85 to 200 beans. The beans are not ripe until they become yellow, which occurs in January or February, but they are cut prematurely on ac count of the depredations of thieves, and on account of the great demand. "Taking the average for the last ten years the number of beans gathered in " 1 BOWED OK THE FAMILY BIBLE. each year's crop has been above 15, 000,000. "As a rule the planters do not know how to cure the beans. This is a mat ter which requires much experience, and persons making a profession of it. buy the beans from the planter and cure them themselves. Vanilla beans are also grown in subtropical climates, but they are much inferior to the Mex ican product." Washington Times. Amusement for Hens. There will be many days "this win ter when the fowls will have to be confined to the house and shed, so be sure to provide amusement for them In some shape, for "the devil finds some mischief still for idle hens to do." - Idle ness is the father and mother both of feather pulling and egg eating, besides allowing the fowls to get too fat, and that means loss of eggs altogether, or soft shells or apoplexy. A handful of grain among the litter, a cabbage hung up, or some sugar beets or turnips on the floor, will keep them busy. As sat isfactory a plan as I ever tried was to rake the litter In a heap, scattering a handful or two of grain through it and let the fowls spread It again. This they would do several times In the course of a day. The same plan work ed well in the brooding house with the chicks, when chaff was used for litter; it was fun for me as well as them. Orange Judd Farmer. The Very IV fe. Mr. Cahey Y' lead me a cat and dog lolfe, y do. Mrs. Cahey Ach, it's thot werry thing Oi do. You layin' and loafin' aroun' th' house an' me workin' hard th wholle t feed ye. Harlem Life. And Still He Slept Mot. Cumso Have you tried anything for your insomnia, Cawker? Cawker Of course I have. I've tried all the Infallible cures. New York World. Logic "Wasn't that dinner we Just bad great?" "Elegant! I don't know when I have felt so uncomfortable." Brooklyn Life. The pol'tlcal problems of this year may be the chestnuts of '96. ' AGRICULTURAL NEWS THINGS' PERTAINING TO THE FARM AND HOME. The Winter Featon a Good Time to Rebuild Fences Farmers Advised to Stick to the Farm Procuring the Winter Fuel Storing .Potatoes. Remake the Old Fence. There. are many farms bearing old rail fences that their owners have felt for years would be better torn down and rebuilt upon the same'.or other loca tion, says Uural World. They have been built upon and added to until they contain at least enough good rails to construct a good straight fence. The undertaking is not a big one. and when it is finished the satisfaction of seeing the neat, newly constructed fence, in addition to the firewood, will repay the farmer for time and new wire. There is no more favorable time than Just after the ground has frozen and before snow comes. A pair of bobsleighs can be used, even if there, is no snow, when the site of the new fence is to be some where else than that of the present one.' If the ground should be too much froz en to break the crust to set the stakes or posts, everything can be got In readi ness to rebuild in the spring, and that will be found a great advantage when the building time comes. The sorting of the rails, cutting and sharpening stakes or preparing posts and sawing up the "done" fence timber into fire wood, can all be finished in the slack seasou, and the putting up of the fence will be as nothing in the spring before seeding operations' commence, when the ground will be so 6oft that the stakes can all be driven with a sledge hammer. If possible, do not put this work off. The commencement of such jobs that have stared one In the face for years, probably, is more than half the undertaking. The -old snake fence is an eyesore and a harbor for rubbish and weeds, while the new straight one will save land and give the farm a tidy, prosperous appearance. Stick to the Farm. History proves that prosperity has al ways followed times of great depres sion, and history will repeat itself. No matter what comes, let us stick to the farm. We may work a few years for nothing, but what matters it so long as we retain in our possession the old farmhouse? We shall not always re main at the bottom of the wheeL In timei matters will adjust themselves. Then let us have a firmer determina tion than ever to know the details of our business, and make the coming year conspicuous for having made prog ress In- reducing the costof production, the curtailment of unnecessary ex penses, and, above all, let. us never for get that ours is one of the noblest call ings given to men, and the little spot of ground we occupy is part of God's green earth, and let us manfully and hopefully till and care for it, lhat those who shall succeed us may point with pride to the work of our hands. New York Tribune. The Winter Fuel. Every farmer who burns wood even partially for heating and cooking should, as early in the winter as pos sible, cut and pile enough wood to' last a whole year. This will save many complaints during the "summer, and be much easier done now than in warm weather. ' Besides, dry wood burns, without the waste of. heat, afways lost in turning its sap into steam. When using green wood, chips and small limbs will dry out more quickly than will the body of the tree, especially if the small limbs are split. Storing; Potatoes. Strictly speaking, no one should slore potatoes in the house cellar. But as hundreds of thousands do every year, and will continue to do so, a word may not prove amiss. First, potatoes should be sorted vfhile in the field. It saves the housewife much work, eaves stor-age-room and the work of extra han dling. Potatoes for the cellar are best barreled, as they are then -movable when the accidents of time bring frost or water. Above all, they shonH be kept dark. Canvas sacks make good curtains to set off a portion of the cel lar, and also good covers for the bar rels. Light will ruin the flavor, and half-light will cause them to sprout. Best Food for Poultry. .The very best use of shrunken wheat, some of which will be found in every crop, Is as food for poultry. The grain, being shrunken, is deficient in starch, but it has all the greate'r proportion of gluten, which Is the chief element of the- egg. while the outside husk, or bran, is rich in phosphate, which helps to make the eggshell. The poultry dealer can usually buy shrunken wheat at a lower price than the perfect' grain, while for feeding fOwl' it is really better for being shrunken. Germantown Tel egraph. ' - Apples for Cows. I do not think there is any better food for milch cows than ripe, sound apples. I am aware that the prevalent opinion is that apples have a tendency to make cows sick and dry them np. As con firmatory of this I have heard of nu merous " instances where cows have broken into orchards and eaten their fill of apples and have been made sick, and In a few instances have died as the result.. 1 also knew a case where a man ate an unreasonable quantity of baked beans, and it killed him. Now, the one case no more proves that ripe apples are not good cow food than that baked beans are not good human food. The proper way to feed apples to cows is to have them ripe and sound. Green or rotten apples are not good food for anything. The cows should never be given a full feed of them at first or given them on an empty stomach. At the first the cow should have no more than two or three quarts once a day. Rural New Yorker. V Workinsr Butter. . The object of working butter is to rid it of the surplus moisture, to distrib ute the salt, and to unite the granules and give the butter consistency; and it should not have any more chap, will ac complish this. One of the advantages of salting In the churn and allowing the butter to stand until the "salt . is wholly dissolved is, that much working is not required, as the butter only re quires to be worked until the color Is uniform, or when the streaks caused bythe salt disappear. The Cow to the Acre Plan. Can the dairy be made to pay? We believe.it can, but it must be done on the cow to the acre plan better and fewer cows, better and more feed to ttie acre, and cows better looked after. There are men making money to-day from their dairies. How are they doing it? Condensed dairying. As fast as cows are demonstrated not to be mak ing a profit they go the way that all poor things should, and leave their food to the cow that hath from two to. five talents already. It does not pay, nor did It ever, to feed a cow 5-'0 worth of food to get $lfi worth of milk, let alone her drying off soon after the county fair, let the time of year be what it may. Think this matter over. An acre of corn fodder, anotn ; oats, and a third of mixed crops, will keep two cows a year. ' Can corn, oats and the like be as well sold as to a good cow, her produce sold, and the fertility re turned to the farm? Cor. Practical Farmer. Some Cbod Ideas, judging from the enormous produc tiveness of our common field corn. If anyone should ask me what is best to grow to fill a silo, 1 would say the best thing to grow is corn. The second best is corn, and the third choice In the sec tion would be corn. Like the cow, ev ery part of it Is useful, and it is a forage crop, the lazy man's crop, the ignorant man's friend. On hillside or valley It brings a profitable return. It will do well with half a chance, even on a hard seed-bed, or with roots torn and bleed ing it Is a great forager, and when nursed it responds with great possibili ties. We have only half appreciated its wealth of helpfulness in the past. The silo and fodder machinery are giving a double value to it with a meaning of a large profit on our season's effort. E. C. Chestnuts. The American chestnut has the sweet est kernel, but is smaller, and the trees must be some fifteen or more years from the seed before they bear. The European, or Spanish chestnut, has nuts nearly double the size of the Amer ican, but tamer in flavor. But the seed will bear at about ten years from the seed. The dwarf Chinquepin Chest nut will often bear the second or third year, from "seed, but "the nuts are so small that they are not in general use. The Japan chestnut is a comparative dwarf, though a stronger grower than the American Chiquepin but the nuts are as large as the European chestnut, with about the same taste. Like the Chinquepin, they bear early. But all the kinds bear early when grafted from bearing trees. Meehan's Monthly. The Advantages of Sheep. They are profitable. They weaken the soil leasts and strengthen It most They are enemies of weeds. The care they need is required when other farm operations are slack. The amount of investment need not be large. The returns are quick, and many. They' are the quietest and easiest handled of all farm stock. Other farm, products are made more largely fro'm cash grains, while those from the sheep are made principally from pasture. There is no other product of the farm that has fluctuated so slightly in value as good mutton. By comparison wool costs nothing, for do not the horses and cow in shed ding their coats waste what the sheep saves? Value of Bran. Wheat bran or shorts contain a little more flesh and milk forming matter and a little less fat than middlings. There is not much difference In the average feeding value per ton, but the shorts being more bulky is to be prefer red to middlings for mixing with glu ten and other heavy concentrated foods. Careful analyses and digestion tests made at the State Experiment Sta tion have failed to note any material difference in the feeding value of se lected winter wheat bran. Massachu setts Plowman. K lline White Grub Worms. Meadow lands infested with white grubs should be plowed and thorough ly cultivated in the fall, then planted to some crop that requires thorough cultivation the next season. The fall cultivation will destroy many of the insects which are then in a very ten der stage in little earthen cells in the ground, and the thorough and frequent cultivation of the following crop will soon 'discourage the grubs. Rural New Yorker. , Poultry Tard. Broilers shrink about a half pound each when dressed. Ducks average ten dozen eggs in about seven months' laying. Forty dressed ducklings are packed in a barrel for shipment Feed chickens frequently, but only what they will partake of with keen relish. Never surfeit them unless at the last feed in the evening, then they may be allowed to have about all they -want . ' Look to the chicken-house windows, for a draught is deadly. This ques tion of proper distribution of air is an important one. Let the houses be open every sunny day. Keep them cosy, clean and comfortable, and the reward will surely follow. The fowl's comb is an indicator of good or ill health, and can always be relied on. A full, bright red comb de notes health; a' withered, faded or black comb is a sure sign that the fowl Is sick. The hen that lays the most eggs in a year is always the one with the large, bright red comb. European Study for Vocalists. "For the average singer America of- j fers most excellent teachers; she can find all she needs at home," writes Madame Melba In an article on "Tho Vocal Student" in the Ladies' Home Journal. "For operatic singers some foreign training Is practically neces sary so long as Impresarios consider Europe their market, and retired art ists make it their home. But no girl," ' she adds, "unless she has money to throw away I mean by this a large fortune to spend should go. abroad for vocal Instruction until she has been passed upon, musically, by at least two or three artists people who value the glory and fair name of their art, and the life, and perhaps the honor of the would-be singer too highly to ad. vise her to enter upon a career of priva tion .and hardship where there is for her, by Nature's fixed decree, no possi bility of success. If possible, these art ists should be strangers to the singers people who will not be moved nor swayed by any personal interest, and will, therefore, speak only truth. But bnly those so passed upon, and those others who can afford to indulge a hob by, should ever go abroad for instruc tion." '' Less than a Farthing. The smallest coin now current in Eu rope, and the one having the least value, is the Greek lepfbn. The lepton is, ac cording to the decimal monetary sys tem, current money In all countries be longing to the Latin union. Some idea of this valueless little disc of copper may be gathered from the fact that the lepton is the one-hundredth part of a drachma. The Greek drachma usually passes for the same value that a franc piece does. Nortb Carolina the Early Bird. - It Is claimed that North Carolina must henceforth hold the highest place pn the production of early fruits for tha Northern markets. "PICK UP" FOR UNCLE SAM. KlUions of Dollars of Unclaimed Money in the Tresaury. There are millions upon millions of dollars in the treasury paid in from dif ferent sources which belong to citizens of the United States. To this' wealth the postoffice department,, through the. money order office, contributes largely. A few years back the postmaster gen eral deposited with the treasurer nearly $3,000,000, the money from nncashed orders which had accumulated since the offlccwas started in 1SS3. At first no effort was made to restore this nn claimed money to its rightful owners, but the letters of advice, turned in as unpaid by the postmasters from all over the country were kept, in case a de mand should be made for their pay ment. - This money remained to the credit of the money order office, show ing a large profit for the service. This policy was subsequently changed, and bow the office endeavors to refund the money to the remitters by a draft drawn on the treasury. This rule ob tains in case of money orders less than ten years old. Letters of advice older than this are destroyed. Every year about 1 per cent of the money orders issued are not cashed, leaving from $80,000 to $100,000 un claimed, which Is deposited in the treas ury. There are many reasons to ac count for this lat-ge number of money orders not being cashed. J-n some in stances orders are filed away with oth er papers and forgotten. More fre quently the letter containing the order is lost or stolen, and the order never reaches the addressee.' This is true of the orders made out to the large shops . which do not receive the order or the accompanying letter containing orders for goods to be shipped, owing general- j ly to the dishonesty of employes. There j are cases, too, where men have used the money order office as a bank and have made out orders to tbemsehes which, owing to sudden death or other cause, have never been claimed. ! It is difficult, however, to explain why such large sums remain unclaimed, for in case an order is lost a duplicate is easily obtained. Application is made , by either the remitter, the payee or the j office of payment and a duplicate is is sued with only the delay necessary to comply with the forms. A year ago the department made a ruling that du plicate money orders could not be is sued in less than three months from the , time when an application was filed, bnt this was found inconvenient and this order was rescinded. The Temptation. i "Whatever induced you to marry me, anyway, if I am so distasteful to your he asked, fiercely. "I think it was the advertisements,'' he said. "The what?" "The advertisements. The household bargains, you know. I thought it would be so lovely to go to the department stores and buy ice picks for 9 cents, real 8-cent dippers for only 1 cent, and all that sort of thing. Of course, I had no use for that sort of stuff as long as I remained single." Cincinnati Enquirer. Aimed at Chicago. . "Once, for all, girl," he hissed, "onca for all, will you marry me?" "Yes," she said, "I'll marry you, but 1 don't know about the once for all pari of it. I guess you haven't lived here long enough to catch the spirit of oui enterprising city." . And all was still, save the sound ol the lake breeze and the moaning of a delegate who had been buncoed and was unable to get away. Cincinnati Enquirer. Hakina Sure. "Dennis, did you mail that postal card I gave you?" "Yis, sorr, an' o' tuk the liberty, sorr, of puttin' a 2-eint shtamp on it, sorr. Ye wrote so foine an', got so much on th' cyard oi tought It moight be over weight sorr." Harper's Bazar. Much Trouble. Mrs. Musicus Did you have much trouble in learning to sing so beauti fully? Miss Frankly Yes; especially with, the neighbors. Standard. TARIFF AND TAXES. Whatever the new order of things niaj be in tariff and taxes, business is already better, and there are sure signs of its being rapidly improved. Infirmities and. ail merits are the tariff and taxes on physical strength. Lumbago is a complaint thai taxes our best endurance. It cripples and limits one for anything like active exer tion. It is a sudden backache, but no matter how sadden, St. Jacobs Oil is quicj and sure enough in its prompt cure t break it np and restore strength. In pay ing the taxes on our health the best cur rency is the best remedy for pain, and it) prompt use the surest way of getting back to business. . Missionary Work Needed. The State Grange and Farmers' Clubs of Michigan are opposed to anj change In the road laws that will in crease the Immediate burdens of thi taxpayer. As the farmer is the real beneficiary of the good roads move ment it would seem as If some mission ary work was needed among the agri culturists at once. TO FAT A PENALTY FOB DINING Is rather hard. Isn't it? Yet how many art compelled to do this after every meal. Dys pepsia, that inexorable persecutor, hevei ceases to torment of its own volition, and rarely yields to ordinary medication. But tranquility of the stomach is in store for tho who pursue a coarse of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. This fine corrective also remedies ma larial and kidney complaints, rheumatism, constipation, biliousness and nervousness. A codfish recently caught off Flam, borough Head, England, had inside it fifty-nine fish hooks. CATARRH CANNOT BE CUBED With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat ol the disease. Catarrh is a plond or constitutional disease, and in order toJ crre IS you SUM taite) internal remvuies, ximi a Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces,. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It was frescrlbed by one of the best physicians in this ountry for years, and is a regular prescrip tion. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perVeot combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful effects in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO , Props., Toledo, O. Sold bv druggists, price 75c. Hall's Famuy Pills are the best. Fiso'i Cure for Consumption has been a family medicine with ns since 1865. J. R. Madison, 2409 42d ave., Chicago, 111. Three copies of the Bible, written on leaves of the fan palm, are in the Brit ish museum. - 'Schilling's Best tea gro cer gives your money back if you don't like it It 's one thing to say money back, and another thing to do money back. We say it, and your gro cer does it: and we pay him. 4 Schilllaa ft Coatpur V " "V la. FwmIih ;.r-v..'i"- "-"''S-'."',-'- ) '":' v "';r y. ' . 'f ' , HAD A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE Thought There Were Bsrgrlars, but a Lawn Mower Solved the Mystery. "Yes," said the man with, the blonde mustache, "that was a terrible expe-r rience I had that night" ' "And was it really burglars?" asked one of the young women with a shud der, and she looked over her shoulder with a glance of terror, as though she expected to see behind her a ruffianly looking fellow, with a black mask on his face and a cocked revolver in his hand. "I'll tell you all about it," replied the man with a blonde mustache. It was evident that he understood his busi ness and did not intend to give away the denouement (that's French, you know, for "snap"! until he couid do it in true dramatic fashion. "I'll tell you all about it," he said. "Everything was as still as death, or I suppose it must have 'been, for I was sleeping like a log, when I was sudden ly aroused by a peculiar rumbling sound. It was like the noise of an ap proaching carriage. It grew louder and louder until I knew it was close at hand. "It suddenly occurred to me that it was burglars, and that they had come in a wagon, the better to get away in a hurry in case of a chase by the police and for convenience in carrying off their plunder. "I leaped up on end in bed and sat there listening and yes, trembling, for the situation was not pleasant." "Oh, it must have been horrid!" ex claimed the young lady who had spoken before. "I know I shan't sleep a wink to-night." "I sat listening and listening," con tinued the man with the blonde mus tache, "but not a sound did I hear. All was still as the grave." "I wish he would not talk about graves," murmured the young lady aforesaid; "It is ghastly enough with out that" "All was still as it could be," resum ed the story teller, intuitively chang ing his simile, for he had not apparent ly heard what was said. "All was still as it could be, but all of a sudden my ears were pierced by a sharp click." "And so it was burglars, and they must have been . right in your room, too," remarked the young chap with the big-headed cane. "Did they kill you? No, of course they didn't do that; but did they what did they do, any way?" "Hush!" exclaimed the young lady with the fluffy hair. i'Oh, dear! It makes me crawl all over. I can see it all; one of the horrid creatures was outside with the horse and . wagon and the other, the biggest and most fero cious one, had got into the house with a billy or jimmy or one of those awful things they give pet names to, and there he was standing over you with a pistol in his hand, and " "Not exactly," broke In the man with the blonde mustache. "After a little I began .to understand the situation." , "And you leaped out of bed and laid the miscreant dead at your feet?" sug gested the girl who had aspirations for the stage. "No. why should I?" replied Blonde Mustache, "017- indeed, how could !? When I heard a second click I got onto the racket. It was Urliburd's con founded lawnmower. He is the great est fellow you ever saw for getting up hours before daylight and pushing that beastly lawnmower of his all over his place." "And so it wasn't burglars after all?" murmured the young lady who a while ago had felt herself unequal to hearing the story. Another young lady expressed the opinion that it was "real mean," and, take it all around, Blonde Mustache would better have kept his yar'n to him self. Boston Transcript. Pride's Penalty. Quite recently, into a railway car riage at Oldham, stepped a young man fresh from school evidently, and wearing his first watch. The very many proud glances which he cast on the gold chain raised a smile on the faces of his fellow passengers. ' Apparently by accident, though mis chief might have been at the bottom of It, the subject of watches was."brought on the .carpet." "Ah!" sighed an old farmer, giving the watch back to the young man, who had handed it round for the inspection of the company, "that theer watch 'minds me o' my own son." "How's that?" asked several passen gers. "Why, I gave Mm a watch when 'e wur 15 year owd, and it wur th' ruin of im." Being asked for an explanation, the farmer continued: "Afore I gave it Mm, 'e wur the straightest built lad for miles round; but 'e 'adn't 'ad that watch above four months afore 'e growed 'umpbacked wi lookin' at the chain so much," Tid Bits. ." V "Mulberry Bend." As to the moral status Of the streets west and north of Chinatown, I need scarcely do more than mention that these, are Mulberry, Baxter and Bay ard, and that within a stone's throw of Mott street is the notorious "Mulberry Bend," for many years past the hiding-place of criminals, and the last and lowest resort of the abandoned and vicious of both sexes. The tales of "Mulberry Bend" that until re cently assailed the ears of the mis sionary are absolutely unrela table, and to be comprehended only by one used to the sight and knowledge of the lives of criminals and outcasts of the lowest possible character. Within the last few years- the police have driven out the worst dives of he region, but the evil effects of those once-abounding evils are still to be seen there, and unfortunately tell sadly upon the Ital ians who have filled up the quarter. Century. Thread-Making Mice. A Scotchman has invented a thread spinning apparatus, and Is said to have trained two mice to work it The mechanical principle of the contrivance is a small mill which is operated by the paws of the mice. They can each wind on and off from 100 to 120 pieces of thread per day, and to do this they must supply a mckor power by which a course of ten and a half miles could be" traversed. It Is asserted that the mice perform this task every day without apparent fatigue, and that a half penny worth of flour furnishes them food enough for five weeks. During that time the little animals have spun about 3,850 threads a yard and a half In length. To Raise the Roman Vessels. Italian engineers have found that the two Roman vessels discovered in the Lake of Nemi can be raised without too great difficulty, and the Government has taken measures to have this done soon. - ' :- ' - 1 '-. ,"-";:, Friend I understand that yon advis ed Mrs. Jones-Brown to go abroad. Doc torYes; It won't do her any barm, and it will relieve me for a few months. Puck. - - " 1 ; -' fl Happy Couple. 'Squire Hoore and His Estimable Wife Interest at Reporter. From Tribune, Greeley, Colorado. Among the many good, people resid ing " in Greeley, Colorado, 'Squire Moore and his amiable -wife are the best known and the most respected. This happy couple were born in West Riding, of York, England, in 1820. 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"Finally, despite my opposition, my husband called in a physician, who attributed my ailment to rheumatism and prescribed for that complaint A day or two afterwards he changed his opinion, saying I was attacked with la grippe; also changed his medicine, bnt to no purpose. I was going from bad to worse. The tingling sensations were resumed. At times I would be incapable of doing anything with my hands and my husband was fearful that I was suffering from partial paralysis. "One evening, while reading the New York Triubne, he read to me a statement of a wonderful cure perfected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. He and I had at times read similar testimoni als describing the great powers and virtue of these pills. Bnt this night in particular, I was impressed with what he read and told him it wouldn't do. any harm to try a box. The next morning he purchased a box of the Pink Pills and I commenced taking them according to directions, three times a day. 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