"What are you going to do?” be rejieat-
Composition of a Penny.
Want Americans to Do the Work.
ed relentlessly.
Pennies do not consist of copper
The Siamese government has asked
“A little more time—end I might do
alone, there being In them 2 per cent for American bids for the construction
something big!” broke out Phil.
“You've loafed for three years -and of tin and 3 per cent of zinc to 95 of of a plant for the manufacture of am
done nothing!** aulil the old man. “You copper. They cost the government munition in that country.
The prom inence achieved by ( H R -
know you will never do anything In art., about 42 cents a pound, exclusive of
F l tC I.lt T K A a» s blood purrter has
You’ve willfully shut your eyes, mid stamping, and there are 148 In a
I
I
not been equal«.I by a n o lb e r r e m e d y ",
an im provem ent in the com plexion
used It as an excuse to yourself and pound, so that the government makes
íffliS ffiE is fflfflffla tia fflfflffliiííifflffliíiffla iffli
can be seen a lte r a tew day»' us«.
her for Idling!”
a fair profit on every pound minted
Satisfied.
The young man's mouth was
since, while they are redeemable In
lug
convulsively.
Agent—
ffave
yon seen our new au
gold, but few are ever presented.
T waa a bright morning In January, ought to he earning my living, keeping
tomatic gas tinnier?
“You’re right!” he cried. In a hoarse
and n girl whm breakfasting alone Madge, Instead of letting her---- 1”
Householder—Thanks, hut we are
In tin* somewhat dingy silting room
lie-glanced toward the window. The voice, “hut what's there left for me tc ,
Loyalty to His Employer.
already burning gas enough.
of ii llliMiniMhury lodging house. Hhe sun was shining temptingly. He walk do I know nothing, have done noth
T h a t young m ini w ho consented to have
whm young mill pretty, with delicate, ed to the mantelpiece and found two Ing!” be finished helplessly.
T O C I K E A ( O L D l i t (IN K D A T
a p n riio n o f his bhxxi let o u t to save his
thoughtful looking features. Hhe glanc half-crowns which Madge had left
"Be a man. There’s always some em p lo ye r, set u rcniarkaid e exam ple ot Take L ax a tive Bromo Q u in in e Tablets. A ll
4
rucglsts
refund the money if It fails to cure.
. T h e in c id en t »hows « hai pow er
ed nt the clock It wanted a few lulu there. Unthinkingly he slipped these thing for a man to do!
I(|^*mhcr heroism
there is in good blood. T h e re is o ir v one E. W. drove's signature is on each box. 35c.
Utes to 9 then rose from her Meat ami. into Ids pocket, then, taking hat and what slie has done for you."
n a tu ra l way to get good lilooil. and I,. a t is
The Eternal Feminine.
walking to the window, pulled back the wtlek, made his way out of the house.
They reached Ht. Martin's Church from the sioinai'h I f th e stom ach needs
“It
Is
you women who make all the
try H o s ie tte rs ’s Stom ach B it
faded red curtains.
He meant to go for a long Walk, to at Charing Cross. Phil stopped and assistance,
ter». T h is w o n d erfu l m edicine cures dys- trouble in life.”
"A clear sky—there will be a splen think out his great bleu. But he found passed a hand over his brow. The old peiisia, ind igestion , c o n stip a tio n , and
“Yes, and who makes life worth
did light moou for l ’hll," she exclaimed. he could think of nothing but old Lln- man watched him anxiously. He saw makes rich red blood.
the trouble.”—Life.
She turned ami made her way back tell’s words. The Idiotic sentence kept Phil’s eye travel across the road to
to the fireplace. An envelope on the running through his head. He, Phil where the recruiting sergeants were ; Dogs Being Supplanted by Donkeys. C I T Q Penaanentlw Cured. Ko Ate er n«*rvo*isDesa
■ ■ IQ
after Arm fUy’R reeeof l»r K ee*n Great Nerve
mantelpiece caught her eye. It was an llalstHU, a mere loafer! The thing wus pacing slowly up and down, alert foi
Berlin now contains 1000 donkeys KeaUtrrr
head for F i t K K l i . O O t. u i 1x4 tie *n-l treat*
old one, and had been there for some absurd; Madge herself would be the new blood. Then Phil ilalstan sud-1 which have been Imported in the last Iss. b a. K H K lims . Ltd ,u3l A rebttt.. Philadelphia, Pa.
weeks, but she took It down once first to say so.
denly gave his shoulders a Jerk hack. 18 months to take the place of dogs
Population of Ohio’s Cities.
again, ami drew u curd out h mere
“Yes,” he said lietween his shut as beasts of draft. The change is due
He walked for some time, and made
O
hio’s
cities and towns gained 486,-
ordinary Christmas card, with the an effort to think of something else, teeth. “There's always something lefi to the agitation of the 8. P. C. A.
021
in
population
during the last 10
words, ".Madge, from Dick," written Presently he drop|*ed Into a cheap res for a man to do!”
, years, or 792 more than the increase in
u|a»n It. Hhe gased at It reflectively; taurant to have lunch. He sat down
He crossed the road.
the rest of the entbe state.
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•
then replaced It with a little sigh.
nt a table; next to him two men were
fl
" A ll, Dick,” she murmured, "If only talking rather excitedly.
That night Madge was sitting alone
d lo p a th a B o u g h a n d
W o rk a O f f t h a B o ld .
things had gone a little better with
“I don't care who It la!" one was de reading a letter that had been brought
Laxative Bromo-Qnlnlne Tablets c u r e a cold la
us!”
claring emphatically. “The chap who to her by messenger. The tears came
one day. No cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents.
The chimes of a clock striking the loafs while a woman works for 'im Is a to her eyes as she read the last few CASE OF LOCOMOTOR A T A XIA CURED
Not Hard to 8 uit.
hour caught her ear, and she made hur *ound, and deserves to be kicked! Why, sentences:
NEAR CHICAGO.
Executive
— I would appoint your
rled preparations for her departure. On I'd sooner sweep the roadway!”
“• • • p<or three years I have1
man,
but
he
is too ignorant for the
her way down she tapped at a door,
Phil, with a red face, rose and bur played It us low down as a fellow can.
V i c t i m I.o u t t h e R ig h t o f O n e E y e a n d W a s police force.
and opened It naif an Inch,
rledly left the place.
But I'm going to be a man at last, < U n a b l e i o W a l k —- V is io n K e n t o r e d
Heeler—Den put him on de school
“Many happy returns of the day,
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•
•
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•
Madge. If you wnnt to make me hap
a n d t h e U n e o f L i m b s R e g a in e d
board.—Moonshine.
Phil, dear!” she called out. "It's a
It was hnlf past 2 the same afternoon py, dear, make me feel I haven't quite j
—A S w o rn M ta te in e n t.
lovely morning. Good-by!”
when Madge ran lightly up the stulr- s|H»llt your life. Go with Dick!”
A recent cure that seems almost a
Hhe ran down the stairs lightly. In ense of the house In Bloomsbury, and
Accepted Honorary Membership.
The letter dropped from her hand.
miracle
was that of Samuel Curnock,
the hall she was met by an elderly hurst Into the sitting room. Her face
“Go with Dick!” she repeated In a
Ex-President Clevelan I has accepted
of 62 Twenty-second avenue. Melrose an honorary membership in the Mercer
looking man In a velveteen coat. Hhe was flushed and her eyes sparkled. Hhe low tone.
nodded brightly to him, und he opened saw a young man standing by the win
There was a tap at the door; then a Park, 111. The story is best told in County (N. J.) Fox Hunting Associa
the door for her.
dow. Ills back was turned to her.
man was shown in—a young man with j his own words. He says:
tion.
“Your brother’s birthday?” he ask
“Early in 1898 I began to expe
a
pale and anxious face.
“Phil!" she cried joyously, “I have a
ed with a smile.
half holiday!”
“Madge. I couldn’t leave without ask rience a worn-out feeling and noticed
“Yes. We must do something to
The figure In the window turned and Ing you once again—Is It quite hope i that I became tired after very slight
night In honor of It, and you must she gave a little cry of surprise.
less?” lie began.
exertion. I continued at my work In
help us, Mr. Llutell! Good-by—I shall
Hhe raised her eyes to his. and he the machine shop until Jnly 2, 1898,
"Dick!” she gasped In astonishment.
be late for my ’bus!”
Dick Evlngton came toward her, saw her lips tremble.
when I suffered from a fall, and after
About an hour later, Phil Ilalstan holding out his hand.
“Not quite hopeless. Dick, dear!” she that time grew rapidly worse. A phy
emerged from Ids room. He wus a tall,
“.lust Dick," he answered with a whispered.—Mainly Alxiut People.
sician was called and pronounced my I f you h a v en 't a regular. h ea lth y m ovem ent o f tbd
well built young fellow, with a some smile. He caught her hand and stood
ev ery day, you're sick. or will be. Keep your
trouble locomotor ataxia. He treated bowels
bow els open, and be w ell. Force, in th e sh ap e o f
what heavy, Indolent-looking face, lie looking Into her face. “Honiethlug has
v io len t ph ysic or pill poison. Is dangerous. The
THEY COULDN’T HAZE HIM.
me for four months and there was no '.m ootbest, ea siest, m ost p erfect way o f se ep in g the
ate a leisurely breakfast, then, lighting happened, Madge, and I’ve come up nt
a cigarette, dropped Into an armchair once from Anlngton to tell you about L i t t l e W e s te e n C a d e t W u s T o o M u c h improvement in my condition. I was k w jls clea r and clean is to take
tald that my case was incurable, and
fo r t h e H s x e r » .
by the lire and let his eyes travel slow It."
ly round the dull room. A look of dis
that I would continue to grow worse
A
local
professional
mnn
recalled
the
There was a dainty flush on her
gust crept to Ids face.
other day a hazing Incident of his until death relieved me. I was not
“I'gli!” he exclaimed. “Ilow horribly cheeks; lie thought he hud never seen youth. It happened nt the old college confined to my bed, although I spent
mean and sordid It all looks! Shall I her bsik so beautiful.
“I hope It Is something good for you, at Hudson in the early 70’s. The pros much of my time lying down, and
ever get out of It?"
pective victim was a young fellow was entirely unable to work. I could
Dick.” she sabl. "Is It?”
Presently he rose, and, going to a
”1 don't know—yet," he snld, slowly. from somewhere In the west, a little hardly stand; it seemed as if my legs
corner by the window drew forward “That Is, until I've heard what you runt of a chap with a heavy shock of would give out from under me, and
red hair.
an easel. He sal himself before It and have to say."
n t. P a la ta b le. P oten t. T a ste G ood. Do Good,
my movements were like those of a N P ev le er a sa Sicken.
W eaken, or Gripe. 10c.
fiftc W rite
He had been told lie would be hazed,
gazed at the blank canvas. Then lie
for
fr
e
e
ple, and booklet on h ealth. A ddress
Now It happened that at this moment
drunken man. A cold numbness came B U rlin g R sam
eased» ( « m p a a j, Ib le a g o , M o n tre a l, Row T o r t . 322a
felt for bis box of brushes and fingered Phil Ilalstan wns wending fils way but he only shook Ills head In an ex
in my right side, and I lost the
them meditatively.
Finally he lab, homewards. He let himself In with his asperating way. He went so far one
strength
of my right arm. Then my
day
as
to
say
he
wouldn't
be
hazed
them down and looked out of the win latchkey and went up to their room.
under any circumstances, and when he eyes began to blur so that I could see
dow.
Tlie door wns not quite shut, and he
There was a tap at the door, and the heard voices—Madge's and another's. was pressed for a reason he simply nothing distinctly, and in a short
time I became totally blind In my
next moment old Mr. Llntell entered. He recognized It after a moment. Then snld:
“Because I know how to take care of right eye.
He lived on tile upper floor and had got lie caught a few of the words. lie
“Last December I began taking Dr. I
to be very friendly with Mndgc and glanced round. The landing wns dark. myself.”
Of course that sort of talk made us Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
f /S H B R A *4 0
her brother.
Hardly knowing what he <jid. he sank nil the more determined to put him
“I won’t Interrupt you,” he began, down oil the first stair and listened.
and within a month I was so much
through the handsomest course of improved that I determined to persist
with a glaftce at the easel. “I only
“I knew things would eoine right nt
came to offer you my best wishes!’’ * last. M*dge. dear!” Evlngton’s voice sprouts that any presumptuous fresh in the treatment. At the end of the
"Thanks!
Please don't go,” crhxl was Rn.vltig. “But I didn't think It man had yet received In the old alma second month I was able to return to
k \ \ BLACK os.YELLOW
Phil, ns the old man moved toward the would be ns s| k-mdid as this. A good mater.
my work and have not lost a day on
-
-L z n lJ
One night six of the huskiest soph
door. "Fact Is, I don't think I shall post abroad—only oireu to a married
omores In the class went up to the account of illness since that time.
do much more work now—rather man, too!”
freshman's room. We had a nice coll Since I began taking the pills I have
thought of giving myself a holiday.
There
was
n
pause.
Outside
Phil
of rope and a square of sticking pias gained 30 pounds in weight, can walk
My birthday, you know!” he added half
grasped
tlie
bannister.
There
was
a
I M THE
ter
for liis mouth, and sundry other ob almost as well as ever, and my sight
Jocularly.
h a r d e s t
Old Llntell came forward slowly. He slight movement by blm. and turning jects of entertainment were awaiting is fully restored. I firmly believe that
bis head he found Llntell had crept to the victim In a convenient place.
s t o r m .
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale Peo
looked nt the blank canvas.
No S ubstitutes . F ree C atalogues
The little fellow wns in his room ple saved my life and enabled me to T S h ake
“It’s going to be a great thing!” ex his side.
o w i m run. Lmi o, O a r m s m t * x n d H a t s .
Then they heard Madge's voice. It alone when we filed in.
A J . T o w m Co. B ostow M ass
again earn my livelihood.
plained Phil. "I’m working out the
was low and tremulous.
He looked up without a tremor.
Idea now It lakes time, you know.”
“SAMUEL CURNOCK.”
“I’m sorry. Dick, but---- ”
“Hullo," he said.
The old man nodded, and looked out
Subscribed and sworn to before me
“Why, Madge, you love me?"
“Hullo,” we answered.
of tne window. He had been thinking
this
first day of August, 1900.
“Yes, love you. Dick—always have
W IL L MAKE YOU R IC H ”
a good deal of I’hll lately—this boy
“Is It peace or war?” says the runt
ADAM DAVISON.
1
T his is a darin g statem ent, bu t Sal*
But---- ’’ as cool as a cucumber.
xer’s seeds bear it o u t every tim e.
who got up late, sat dreaming half the loved you—always shall!
(Seal)
Police Magistrate.
There
was
a
pause,
then
In
a
whisper.
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b ln a t'o n C
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JQrn.
day, and loafed the other, who had
"It’ll be war fnst enough If you don’t
test c o m op
on earth.
eai
G rea
reatest
Wiil posit! r e ly
At all druggists or direct from Dr.
rev o lu tio n ize <&rn grow ing.
never earned a penny In Ids life, kept “There’s Phil!”
take It peaceably,” said our ringleader
Williams
Medicine
Co.,
Schenectady.
B illion D o lla r O r a s s
Old Llntell laid a hand on the young as lie loosened up the rope.
In Idleness by a devoted sister who, ns
G reatest * m a n e e l o f tne egs,
12 ton s of h ay per acre, First
typist In a solicitor's office, worked man's shoulder.
"I just wanted to know,” drawled N. Y. Price, 50 cents per box; 6
crop s ix w eek s a fte r sow ing
“But surely Phil won’t mind!" cried the runt.
boxes, $2.50.
hard from morn to night, believing in
Evlngton. “He Is a man, and can earn
him heart and soul.
And then all of a sudden his face
his own living. He would not wish flushed up, and. quicker than n flash,
Catalogue tells.
New Zealand War Medals.
He glanced up sharply nt Phil.
you to give up this.”
FOR 10c. STAMPS
The New Zealand government In
he whipped out n big revolver and had
"Might I see your portfolio?” he
snd Ute KOTICE w« mail
“You don't understand, Dick!” There
big seed catalog, 10 Grain
tends to strike 140,000 war commem
said. "I used to know something were tears In Madge's voice tills time. us covered.
Nam plea Inclading aber«, also
Siielta (80 bu. per A .) i »ata,
“8klp!”he
snarled.
oration
medals,
and
to
distribute
them
about art.”
(250 bushel per A .) Rape,
__
“Home day Phil will he a great artist,
------ /,(l73im .perA ) Peaoat, etc. W o r t h g e t a start, p ,
I’ve never seen such a big revolver among the school children of the col
Phil pulled It out with nlncVIty, and l»e famous, but just now—he wants my
A. S a lz e r Seed Co. Li Crwt' WIs. I
opened It for the old man's Inspection. In'll»! Oh, Dick, I'm so sorry, but I since. It seemed to point at every man ony. The cost will be about £12,000. , , Joan
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in the room. And the runt's band wns
Mr. Llutell turned them over one by
can't leave him—can’t go with you— ns steady ns the eternal hills. I'd bet
one. They were crude and badly (lone, though I love you so!”
every man In that room wished him
with no sign of distinctive ability what
Phil Ilalstan sliok old Llntell’s hand self on the outside just as heartily ns
ever.
“Well?” asked Phil eagerly.
He from his shoulder, and rose suddenly to I did.
“Skip!” snld the runt again.
shared his sister's belief In himself. Ids feet. He stood for a moment un
decided, then crept away on tiptoe
Well, we tried to exit with dignity,
“Give me your candid opinion.”
Mr. Llntell wiped his glasses and down tlie stairs. Old Llntell followed. but I know that the spokesman and
“VVliat are you going to do?” he said. the next largest soph got badly stalled
proceeded to oblige him. He told him
Phil made no reply. He crammed In the doorway.
the truth—*he unpleasant, naked truth
Ills
lint on his head, opened the door
And, say, We went away with such
—and a wr of color swept over young
and stepped Into the street. Old Lln celeflty thnt we actually left the rope
Phil’s ch
Then he laughed.
tell went with him, and they walked behind In the freshman’s room.
“It's too ridiculous,” he cried.
away
together.
Perhaps It Is unnecessary to add
Old Mr. Llntell rose from Ills chair
“Are you going to let her lose her thnt we didn’t think It worth while to
and made his way to the door.
“Pm sorry,” he Raid, "but I thought one big chance of happiness?” snld old go back after It.—Cleveland Plain
Llntell, In a low voice; "or going to con Dealer.
you ought to know."
Phil laughed again ns the door closed tinue to Idle your life away—she keep
A b ou t M arriage.
on the old man—blit It was an uncom ing you?”
Of
one
thousand
tnen who marry, It
Phil
hardly
seemed
to
hear
him.
He
fortable sort of laugh—the laugh of a
man whose mind had been suddenly was striding along with his hands Is found thnt 332 marry women young
If You Need a
confronted with a new aspect of the thrust deep In his pockets, his eyes er than themselves; 671) ntarry women
esse. He strode up and down the room. staring straight ahead of him. Sud of about the same age, and 89 marry
Y oh can't make a m lita k a It yon ( a t t
women older than themselves.
"Of course, I shall be famous some denly lie threw his head back.
“You heard—she doesn’t want to go
day—shall pay little Madge back a
C a p t u r e o f I l l i c i t D is tille r ie s .
thousandfold—and she doesn’t mind herRelf!” he cried, almost fiercely.
ROH F D
or any piece of Machinery, It
Official reports show that 673 Illicit
working at present!" he reflected. “And "She’d soon forget all about It.”
Ä
wU1 w w wrlte u*,or °“ -
"A girl with a heart like Madge’s distilleries have been captured In Geor
he said I hadn’t a particle of ability,
that I was wasting my time, that I never forgets!” replied old Llntell. gia In the last year.
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