n . W»» T » o D a » * -
J O H N HOW ARD PA R N E LL.
“Why, who gave you tbcM, Ml»«
Photographer—Is there any
filar
way In which you would like to
Ansom?"
M l» te r A b o u t th s
“Jack,” '«he replied simply, with low J n u rrv Q le u d e rn w '» it h V i s >11»
be takeu?
.
i t to Ir v t o n d .
Negro-Yes. sah. H there’» no de
ered eyelid» uud a pretty Hush ou het The visit of Queen Victoria to Ire
face.
land provoked a controversy In the tention, I’d like to he taken in light
“.lack!” lie cried, “My sou?”
Parnell family. Anna Parnell, sister cream color.—Tit-Bite.
“Yes,” she whispered.
of the lute Charles Stewart Parnell,
M illia n » to r H a ae b a ll-
“But 1—1 don't understand! I wa» was displeased ami »aid the country
A m illion of dollar» are »pent every year
not aware that you hail ever met him! should wear mourning for the event. upon the game o f basj-l.alf, hut large as
tl.ie sum 1». it cannot begin u » •*!'»•* ."J*
lie Is In South Africa!”
Her brother, John Howard Parnell, on «m ount »pent by people i l l search of In»»Itl .
“It was for my sake he went there,” the other hand, was enthusiastic over There 1» a »are m ethod of obtaining
*
she replied softly.
and It 1» nut » co»tly one. We
the royal visit aud scores his sister strength,
urge thoee who have spent much
There was alienee for a few minutes.
sharply.
hope to try H nstetter’i Ktomach Bit ta n .
“Then you are the young—er—lady
John Howard Parnell has none of Il strengthen» the stom ach, make» digest
whom my son wished to marry In op tlie brilliant qualities of his brother, Ion ea»y and natural, and cures <l v»|>ep»la,
position to my wishes?” said Mr. Mans yet he has taken some part In Irish pol constipation, MlluUSUSSS and vyeak Mo
ney».
field severely.
itics. In 1873 he aud Charles Stewart
I
“Yes,” she murmured.
Parnell came to this country. Intending
Jerome K. Jerome declare» the be
Mr. Maustleld thought deeply for the to locate here. In Georgia they bought ginning of his good fortune was when
next few minutes. After all. he liked peach-growing lauds aud settled down the Inundation of his father’» mines at
Miss Ausom Immensely; and If he still to fruit farming. Returning to Ireland Cannon Chase. England, sent him out
proved obstinate she would, of course, to prepare for removal to this country, into the world in eearoh of work.
latter
he
had
made
a
lavish
display
In
1.
leave the house, and perhaps this they found the home rule party In bad
his
home,
as
Mrs.
Mansfield
fouud
to
6 6 T7 HAVE made a discovery.
w ill find Mr». W inslow'» Sooth
morning's ridiculous adventure might condition and Its leader anxious that ing Mother*
Syrup the best rem edy to use for tbetr
11 John.” said Mrs. Maustleld, her cost.
It was only twelve months ago that be mentioned, and yes, he would be John should enter Parliament for the oliildren during the teething period.
looking up from her kuittlug.
purimse of galvanizing It Into new life.
John Maustleld. retired merchant, his uubeuding will had driven their merciful.
The emperor of Germany 1» collect
"Well, Mtss Ansom, 1 need hardly sny
He declined to permit his name to be ing playing cards. He has examples of
aklerinan and Mayor of l ’imperue, only son. Jack, to South Africa.
that
your
story
has
astonished
me
be
Mr. Mansfield had determined that
used, but suggested that his brother, some of the earliest known, and speci
looked up from his paper.
“A discovery, iny dear?” he Raid, as his sou should marry rank and beauty yond measure. But I will not disguise Charles Stewart, might make the fight. mens from every country in the world
suming his best magisterial manner. In the person of a daughter of a local from you the fact that during the time In this way It came about that the where they are in common use.
you have been with us you have won younger Parnell remained in Ireland
"Pray what is the nature of this re magistrate.
HOW'» T ill« .
tny highest esteem, aud. In fact. 1 re and made history for his country while
But
handsome
Jack
Mansfield
elect
markable occurrence ?”
gard
you
with
feelings
of
paternal
af
the
elder
returned
to
Georgia
to
be
ed
to
manage
his
owu
matrimonial
af
We
oiler
One
Hundred Dollars Howard lor any
"I And that Miss Ausom has a photo
graph of yourself, which she treasures fairs, and upset all his father’s brill fection. We must write to that young come the first successful shipper of . . . .. oi catarrh that van not bo caeed by Hall e
lant plans by falling in love with a scamp and have him home. Mean peaches from that State to the North Uatorrhl “ r“;nENKY 4 c o ( Prop»., Toledo, O.
in secret.”
tho undersigned, have known K. J J '“’"'{J
ern markets. During the year« that for We
"What do you mean, my dear?” ex pretty nobody, whom Mr. Maustleld while---- ”
the past 15 vears. and l»elleve hlra pcrlectly
With
a
cry
of
Joy
Miss
Ansom
flung
had never set eyes on—a governess in
John Howard Parnell lived on hl» honorable
buslu —
»« transaction,,
IlunorBU.1 In
,i, ell u......
-------- - , »"d
claimed Mr. Mansfield.
her urms nrouml his ueck aud Imprint peach farm he was uoted for his eccen- anclalH »»>!« to carry out any uWhpUvn»
"This morning,” explained
Mrs. a house where he was visiting.
by taelr firm.
Finding all arguments, persuasions ed a kiss on his nose.
Warr A T mvx X,
Mansfield, "1 eutered Miss Ansom’s
Wboleaalo PrungUt», Toledo, ).
At thnt moment the door opened, and
room and fouud her absorbed tu the and commands alike useless, Mr. Mans
W a l d im o , K iss*» A Mxr.vi»,
V, nole»alo Drug tat», Toledo. O.
contemplation of some object which field finally told Ills sou he must either Mrs. Maustleld stood on the threshold,
n
»
ll’»c:»t»rrh
Cure t»t ken.»' m ail», acting
she held. She had evidently not heard fall In with Ills wishes or leave his with hands uplifted In horror. She
C.lsectly on the blood and in coo» »urfacoa ot
the »y»tciu. I’rl e Tic per ho he. bo.d by au
my knock, but the noise of my entrance home forever, and look for no further could uot have timed her entrance with
drug; I nt«. Teitlmonl 1» bee.
startled her, and, as she hastily hid assistance from hluiself. Jack chose greater precision had she been wait
Uall'a Family i'u)» r tb - laat.
something in a drawer, a photograph the latter course, and within a week ing, with eye at the keyhole.
Horse a were introduced into Egypt
“John! Mtss Ansom!” she gasped.
fell to the floor. She snatched it up. set sail for South Africa.
by
the shepherd kings leas than 1700
Mr.
Mansfield
looked
frightened.
The loss of her only sou was a source
flung It Into the drawer, and closed it.
B. C. No horse figures appear on the
“My
dear.”
he
cried
nervously,
"I
am
of
great
grief
to
Mrs.
Mansfield.
But
but not before 1 had recognized it as
early monument« of Egypt,
your photograph. I pretended not to all her tears, pleadings and reproaches going to write and tell Jack to come
home.
This
young
lady
has
promised
Piao's Cure for Conaumptloii 1» an In
have noticed the photo, preferring to could not prevail on her husband to re
fallible m edicine for cough» and co ld * ~ N .
len t and as time rolled ou her importu to be his wife. She Is. In fai t, the
have an explanation from you.”
W. 8 amu « l , Ocean Grove, N. J. rob, 17, liWU.
young lady about whom we had that
Mr. Mansfield was the picture of nities ceased.
An enormous diamond, said to lie
foolish
quarrel.”
II.
helpless amazement.
It took Mr. Mansfield quite a quarter
worth
$2,000,000 will be on exhibition
Miss Ansom, it must be explained,
Having dressed himself to his satis
of an hour to make his wife understand
at the Paris exposition. It was found
was a bright and charming young lady, faction, Mr. Mansfield left the room.
at Kimberley just before the outbreak
clearly the facts of the case. But when
whom Mrs. Mansfield had recently en
Suddenly his progress was checked she (lid understand she burst Into tears
of the war iu South Africa.
gaged as a companion.
by the sight of a wide-open door. What and rapturously embraced Miss Ansom,
R e g u la t e t h e Liver*
"I am quite at a loss to explain the tempting fiend could have left the door
assuring her of her undying affection.
irre g u la rity kill». At the flr» l» lg n take Caa-
affair,” said Mr. Mansfield, in tones of Miss Ansom's room so Invitingly
Carets Candy C athartic. Keep a box handy a t
Mr. Mansfield nt length managed to
home; In your pocket, In your dv»k. All drug-
quite unlike those of the Mayor of open, displaying, as it did, the very slip away, congratulating himself on
gl»t», 10c, '25c, f O c . ___________
Pimperne. “Possibly it was given to drawer In which the much-discussed
the success with which he had extri
JOHN HOWARD PAKNKI.L.
In Waukegon, Win., there is an old
photograph was supposed to lie?
her by a mutual friend.”
cated himself from an unpleasant posi
church
which for 38 years has been
“Then why should she make a mys
Mrs. Mansfield had, as she well knew,
tion. After all, he was glad of an ex trlclth-s. He hardly spoke to hl» without a steeple. A storm «truck the
tery of It, and gloat over It In pri struck her husband's weak spot when
neighbors, and when he did It was In
cuse to welcome his boy home again.
steeple in 1862 and it fell upon an ad
vate?” demanded Mrs. Mansfield she mentioned curiosity.
But perhnps if he had heard what monosyllables. He had n large library, joining house, wrecking it. The owner
“It would be the work of a moment,” passed between his wife and future In which he spent much of his time
grimly.
of the house obtained an injunction re
“My dear,” said Mr. Mansfield, with he reflected, "to take just one glance daughter-in-law when they heard the when he was uot hunting.
straining the church tiustees from
a return of dignity, “I do not under into that drawer to satisfy myself of
He led this life year after year.
hall door close liehind him he would
erecting another spite.
stand you! If I mistake not it was the truth of Jane's story.”
have realized that they had scored on When disaster came to his distinguish
something she hid in the drawer she
With a cautious look round, he noise
We wish to call the attention of our
ed brother he refused to discuss the
points.
•gloated’ over, not the photograph.”
lessly enter the room, partially closing all Hear,
darling Mrs. Mansfield!” cried matter except to express confidence reader» to the particular merits of
"I am not sure which it was,” said the door behind him. He opened the Miss Ausom. embracing Mrs. Mansfield In his nhlllty to triumph over all his •‘Five Drops.” au actual cure for rheu
Mrs. Mansfield, with strained calm drawer boldly, and—yes, there It was—
afresh. “How good of you to have me foes. Upon the death of Charles Stew matism, manufactured by the Swanson
the very first thing that caught his eye here as your companion, and then to art, John returned to Ireland aud was Rheumatic Cure Co., 160 l<ake street,
ness.
Now that the first shock of amaze —his own photograph!
devise this clever plot! Why, It was elected to Parliament. He attempted Chicago. This remedy is successfully
It was as his wife had stated, one of
ment was over. Mr. Mansfield’s pom
to make himself lender of the Irish used by both the Boers and British-
a drama!”
the few he had had taken about two quite
posity returned rapidly.
“In which you played your part very party there, but lacked the qualities American» iu Africa today, and has
been the means of alaying much |>ain
"Ah. very possible, my dear, Miss years ago.
well, my dear!” replied the old lady, esesutlal for leadership.
Horror! Somebody was coming!
aud distress on both sides. There is
Ansom. whom 1 have every reason to
patting the girl’s cheek affectionately
A light step on the stairs, and a sweet
no better remedy, no surer cure for
think Is a young lady of good discern
T Y P IC A L V IL L A G E CROSS.
those who are troubled with rheuma
T o D is p e l t h e F o g .
ment and sound judgment, has found voice humming the refrain of a song,
The latest Invention Is a fog-dlspeller. I t o L i k e A b o u n d » E v e r y w h e r e in M a n y tism. Sample bottle 10 cents. Write
something in my public life which she heralded the approach of Miss Ansom
P a r t s o f »South A m e r ic a .
The apparatus consists of a horizontal
for it today.____ __________
has been good enough to admire. Miss herself!
Here is a picture of a typical village
Ansom has had every opportunity of
What was to be done? Could he al outlook pipe eight feet In length and
The sum of $¿,637,000 has been ex
studying my work for the past three low her to find him in her room, prying eight Inches In diameter. At the mouth cross at San Francisco, a small village pended in New Jersey making 440
months, and also the genral course of about like a curious housemaid? He, of the tube Is a wide flange; the rear near Pari, In the province of Minas toilet) of good roads. Massachusetts
municipal life in what, I think, may be Alderman Mansfield, Mayor of I’im end Is covered with a thick disc of Geraes, Brazil. On the cross are rep- has spent $2,637,300 on 250 miles
regarded as a noble borough. What perue! There was only one thing to be glass. Aliout two feet from the rear
which are as perfect as any highways
end a pipe enters the tithe from below,
more natural, then, that this young done.
in Kurojte.
lady, seeing the portrait of a gentle
Miss Ansom entered and closed the at nn obtuse angle with the forward
Nearly a lf the shoes worn in Japan
man, clad in the robes and Insignia of door behind her. Mr. Mansfield could section
are
made of straw or wood.
This connection is made through a
the office of chief magistrate of this hear her moving about the room, still
A Sure T ilin g . Pr. P lu n d e r’s
sort
of
turn-table,
which
permits
the
borough, displayed in the photograph singing lightly to herself.
er’s wludow. and. recogn'z ng In that
“She Is taking off her hat and Jack outlook tube to lie pointed In any dlrec
Q R EG M ffLabpU R IFIE R
gentleman myself, should purchase et,” he thought. “In a few minutes tlon desired, up or down, from one
that photograph?”
she will leave the room. Then I can side to the other. The pipe below con
C a lle d III» Itlu tr.
nects with a blower down In the ves
Mrs. Mansfield listened with immov slip out unobserved.”
One of the lioys was bragging of his
Everything, no doubt, would have sel.
able features.
manifold accomplishments, until one
of the company at the round table lost
"A very good explanation,” she com happened Just as he wished, had Tiny— When the dispeller Is In use, the
patience and said, in a gruff voice:
mented, “If It l ad been one of your Mrs. Mansfield's darling pug.Inot fol blower sends a powerful stream of air
up through the pipe Into the tulie, and
‘‘Now, w e’ve heard enough about
official photographs. But the one in lowed Miss Ansom Into the room.
The spirit of investigation was strong the current hurtles Into the fog, boring
what you can do. Come, tell us what
Miss Ansom’s jiosseRsion Is one of
there is you can’t do, aud I’ll under
those you had taken about two years In Tiny. In the course of his present a hole through It, as It were
The action of the suspended moisture
take to do it myself.”
ago, before you were elected mayor. explorations he naturally looked under
‘‘W ell,” replied the student, with a
We ordered only a few of them, I re the bed. He immediately sent up an is twofold. The fog is rolled back in
every direction, the high pressure of
yawn, ‘‘I can’t pay my account here.
member, and 1 thought we had dis ear-splitting series of barks and yelps,
the blast produces a cooling influence,
Ko glad to find you’re the man to do
posed of them all. The question Is— at the same time dancing about with
the moisture in suspension condenses
it .”—Collier’s Weekly.
how did Miss Ansom obtain one? I did every canine token of delight.
Mr. Mansfield responded to Tiny’s and falls in rain. A great cone of clear
not give It to her.”
atmosphere, with Its apex at the mouth
“Then 1 can only say that you must Joyful recognition with silent curses,
the tube, results.
be mistaken, my dear,” said Mr. Mans and, hearing Miss Ansom’s expressions of The
eye of the pilot is at the glass at
field, with asperity. “On your own of surprise, and that she was approach the rear of the tube, and he gazes into
ing
the
bed
to
learn
the
cause
of
Tiny’s
confession you only saw It for an in
the bowels of the fog. With its aid a
stant. How can you be certain that It excitement, he slowly emerged with pilot can readily pick up his buoys In a
a
very
red
face
and
a
very
ruffled
ap
was a photograph of myself?”
Come to a certain percentage of all the
fog, and keep an eye out for vessels
“If you think my eyes deceive me, pearance generally.
people. Probably 75 per cent, of these
“Don’t be alarmed, Miss Ansom, I ahead.
perhaps you will believe your own!
people are cured every year by Hood'a
With a powerful blower, the Inventor
The photo Is still In the drawer; Miss beg,” he cried, seeing that that lady hopes to make the fog-dlspeller useful
Sarsaparilla, and we hope by this adver
TYPICAL B R A Z IL IA N VILLAO R BITKIN
Ansom hns had no opportunity of re looked dangerously like shrieking. at 1,00») feet.
tisement to get the other 25 per cent, to
moving It. for I sent her on an errand. “Er—my unexpected appearance fills
take Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It has made
resented
all
the
paraphernalia
of
No claim Is made that the dispeller
It is in the first drawer of her dressing you with amazement, no doubt.”
would be practicable except when the Christ’s crucifixion, including a hammer more people well, effected more wonderful
“Mr. Mansfield!” she ejaculated, in
table. If you wish to satisfy your curi
vessel Is going at a slow rate of speed, and a pair of pincers. This remarkable cures than any other medicine in the
tones of incredulous astdnlshment.
osity.”
which Is customary when there Is foggy object lesson In the passion of Christ world. Its strength as a blood pqrilier la
•<Er—I must, of course, explain, and weather.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
may be said to commence with the de demonstrated by its marvelous cures of
“Mrs. Mansfield, do you think that I
nial of Peter, which is represented by S o ro fu la
am going to steal into a lady’s room humbly apologize for my despicable
S a lt R h e u m
the frolicsome cock surmounting the S c a le H ead
and pry into her private affairs?” cried conduct!”
Som ething J u st ao Good.
B olls, P im p le s
His worship then proceeded, with
the magistrate, rising. "You forget
Customer—Have you any scouring whole curious structure.
A ll kin d s of H u m o r P soriasis
abrupt
and
Jerky
sentences,
quite
de
yourself, madam!”
sand?
Blood P o iso n in g
R h e u m a tis m
Mr. Mansfield went upstairs in high void of their usual flowery trimmings,
A L ite r a r y H hook.
(jroCpr_N o; we’re entirely out of It
C
a
ta
rrh
M
a la r ia , Cto.
dudgeon to make some alterations In to explain his presence In her room.
‘‘I’m very fond of whist,” said Mr.
Customer—Well, give me half a
Greatly to his relief, she did not look pound of your sugar; my tins have to Meekton. “Henrietta and I play It a All of which are prevalent at this season.
his dress preparatory to going out.
He was forced to acknowledge him very angry when he had finished. She he scoured to-day, no matter what It great deal.”
You need Hood’s Harsaparilla now. It
self quite at a loss to account for that said nothing at first, but, opening the costs.
I have Just been reading up on the will do you wonderful good.
photo being in Miss Ansoni a posses fatal drawer, produced somewhere
game.”
There Is always room at the top, but
sion, which admission was rather ex from its depths two more photographs,
“I never look at such books. They
which she put into his hands, saying; the middle and lower rounds of the affect me like downright Impertinence.
traordinary on his part.
“You see, 1 have photographs of oth ladder are terribly crowded.
He prided himself on his keen sight,
The men who wrote some of them seem
his strict impartiality, and his firmness er members of the family as well.
to think they know more about the
A
man
of
50
regards
a
girl
of
10
silly
Mr. Mansfield gazed at them in aston
In discharging his magisterial duties.
game than Henrietta does.”—Washing
because
she
laughs
nt
nothing,
but
It
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But an exhibition of tnese qualities Ishinent. They were pictures of his Is the same thing that he worries over. ton Star.
was not confined to the bench. Of the wlfo and sonl
f
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