lender
, ,j ,n |t|ui from the thick
folds of n
pui tree and sneerlugly
asked why the sahibs signed notes
they ■ mild net pay.
It meant iiiln and shame and all the
rest of It, and even tlx- face of his
frieud, of Gaiety, all tlie happy boyish
By W. A. FRA8ER.
ness gone, was there In the evening
dusk, drawn and white and pleading.
-[Copyright, 1900, by W. A. rriser.J
it was a biuer struggle, for Layton
Lieutenaut I.aytou bad a friend, and
had honor, plenty of It, lint the odds
the friend bail peculiarities. One of
were tisi great.
He could not tight
the peculiarities was an ;U>soiblug love
against It, jintl besides .lohnsou had not
of gettiug into debt and consequeut
confided in him, had not trusted hint,
kite flying, it’s as easy to get into debt
had not put him on his honor. It was
in India as it is to get into sunshine.
his luck that he had seen the trial.
He was known by the cheerful name
Fate had drawn him there to show him
of ‘•Gaiety."
a way out of his difficulty.
With Lieutenant Layton's name on
Also. If he laiught Zigzag in the lot
the back of a note and his friend’s on
teries Johnson could claim half every
the face of it It was an easy bunt to
time. They could both win quite
stalk a Marwarle money lender with
enough, for tlie lotteries would be very
cash enough to discount it. But that heavy.
transaction didn't really help them
This was the day before the opening
very much. It tided the friend over
of the Lucknow spring meeting.
settling day after the Bungaloo races,
It was the next morning Frank John
but it didn’t provide the ways and
son was walking home from the course
means agajust settling day with the
after having seen his string exercised,
Marwarle.
when be was stopped by one Harvey,
With nothing taugible lu sight
trainer to the rajah of Jagnat.
chances had to be taken, and one or
“Good mortilu, Meester Johnson,” be
two little fliers on the part of Gaiety
gan llarvey, and In his manner was
had only worked them down deeper in
much of the I’ve got something behind
the debt mire.
all this style.
That was why Layton was wander
"What Is It, Harvey?” said Johnson,
ing about on the maidan close to the
scenting tlie something at once.
Lucknow race course one evening
"Well. sir. you know Simpkin, don’t
when he should have been at the
you ?"
"gyiu” or the "mess” or almost any
“Is lie any good?" asked Johnson,
where except moonlug about on the
lie's never done anything yet.”
dismal smoke scented plain.
"That's hull right, sir,” answered the
He was doing something that no offi
cer In the whole service would have trainer witli a wink, “hand ’e's in the
big 'audleap here, the same race as
given him credit for—he was fretting.
The friend who had used up the your Zigzag's in.”
"Well?" queried Johnson.
money and who would most likely
“The 'andii-apper don't know much
ibout 'Im 'ere' Nir, hand If you ’appen-
■d to be lian.vwhere near when the
weights was bein made hup and could
get n tidy weight lion him we could
land tlie stuff.”
"What weight’ll do you?” asked the
nvner of Zigzag.
"Hanything under 8 stone 7 pounds
Witli 8 stone 4 pounds on ’is back he
•ould gallop right away from tlie both
ers."
Then Harvey explained to tlie cap
tain all about the trials Simpkin had
given them down at Jagnat; bow he
laid beaten horses that quite outclassed
Zigzag, until Johnson saw that with a
Jght weight on his buck there certainly
was nothing In It but Simpkin.
He knew that Zigzag on Ills past
form would certainly not get less than
) stone 7 pounds In tlie handicap, per
haps 10 stone.
Tills was a game after his own heart.
They could make a coup with Simpkin,
.nd Zigzag would have less weight an
other time.
Besides, Zigzag would fetch a pretty
twins.
good price In tlie lotteries, and it would
come a-smash if the thing wasn’t met take a lot of money to back him to win
was enjoying himself with bls brother a fair amount. That would lie too
officers as though lie hadn't a minute risky if Simpkin were as good as Har
to spare from the arduous duty of vey said.
spending his Income.
"You can buy your ’orse in lievery
“It’s a devil of a hole that we’re In,” lottery,” said the trainer, "hand we'll
mused Layton, as be flicked at the dry take 'nlf or three-quarters, Just as you
grass with his stick. "Gaiety can't like. He'll never be backed ’eavlly, for
raise the wind, not a piece of it, to pay uobody but tho stable knows nout
that bloodsucking Marwarle, and he’ll about ’Im.”
be down on us for his pound of flesh
Always when things of this sort hap
like an Afghan Ghazi. I wouldn’t care,
pen the recipient of tlie favor credits It
only poor old Nell will have to wait till
to fate. That’s Just what the captain
God knows when—wait till never day,
did. “The gods are bound to thrust
I fancy, for tho Infernal thing will
this purse lu my pocket,” lie mused as
break me too.”
lie traveled down the tree shaded road
He threw up his head and listened.
toward a big white bungalow.
Something was pounding the turf be
And fate laughed a little and went to
hind him on the course. It was not
sleep again, for lie was not to act really
the mixed, excited shullle of ekka po
till tlie day of the race.
nies. It was tho clean, powerful stroke
Johnson knew that three officers
of thoroughbred hoofs, strong horses
were framing the handicaps that very
hammering the sod in eager gallop.
morning in Mai Jim's bungalow.
His racing ear knew that.
lie didn't quite know how he was go
“By Jove, it's a trial!” he muttered.
ing to get a hand In the business, but If
He could see a blurred mass gliding
he could make any excuse to get In
along In the moonlight on the far side
among them something was pretty
of the course. He quickened his pace
sure to turn up.
and drew up In the shadow of the lime
When lie stepped up on the veranda,
plastered grand stand.
ihe rough dark green door of the bun
Two men were standing at the “fin
galow was closed. He gave a knock
ish post,” 20 yards past the stand. In
and shoved It abruptly open and walk
the uncertain light be could not distin ed In. pretending to be mighty surpris
guish who they were.
’d at tinding anybody but Ills friend.
The Marwarle and Gaiety slipped
Major Jim, there.
from his mind for an Instant, and his
“Awfully sorry, gentlemen," he ex
sporting blood bounded hot through bis claimed in his lazy, drawling way.
veins in the excitement of watching "Had no Idea that I was spoiling sport.
the horses race neck and neck up the My dogcart didn't turn up at the race
stretch.
course, and 1 thought I’d come In and
It was a glorious tussle. “They’re have breakfast with the major. I’ll
riding for blood,” he muttered. “It’s clear out, though, ami let you finish up
no blind, this trial.”
your work.”
Two horses were hugging each other
“Have a peg. Johnson?” said Major
like twins. Behind, a dozen lengths,
Jim. getting up from the table. “We
beaten off, galloped something that had
are busy, and breakfast won't be on till
been put in to make the running.
we finish. Sorry I can’t ask you to
As they smashed past Layton oue, a
big bay, shot out as though the jockey stay In the room, but we're making the
had just let his head go and swung be hnndicnps, you know.”
"1 say, you fellows.” exclaimed oue
tween the “finish post” and the Judges’
stand a clean length in front of his of the others as tlie captain sipped
leisurely at bls whisky and soda,
mate.
"Johnson
likely knows something
It was pure sport that made Layton
about this Simpkin they’ve sent up
take so much Interest In the dash up to
from Jagnat. He knows every gee-gee
that time. “The bay could have gal
In the country.”
loped over the other fellow at any
“Yes,” added the major.
“What
time,” be thought. “I wonder who he about this brute Harvey has entered
belongs to?”
for Jagnat? We’ve got none of bls
Just then a high pitched, drawilng
performances to go ou.”
voice came up to him from one of the
"Oh. that crock,” said the captain
two men. There could be no mistaking
with fine scorn.
"Stick a postage
It. That voice was known from one stamp on Ills back—shove him in at
end to the other of the military racing
world of India. It belonged to Captain I 'l.vthing yon like, 7 stone 10 pounds.
• - I morning, gentlemen,” he added
Frank Johnson. He was saying: “By
I
fie set his glass down and opened
gad, Dick, he'll do for the big handicap
the
door “Don’t put a load of bricks
if they don't smother him with weight.
on Zigzag's back.”
Two stun and a beating to the other!”
As he walked away from his bunga
Layton hurried away, ills brain In a
whirl. He was like a man who had low he whistled softly under Ills
picked up a diamond of great value breath. “May I fall in love with Kall
If ever I saw a chance to beat that.”
and was afraid of finding the owner.
When the handicap was posted that
It was all clear enough. The bay was
Frank Johnson's Zigzag, with the cap evening on tlie notice board on the
tain’s Jockey, Dick Richmond, in the course. Zigzag had the rather heavy
impost of 10 stone, while Simpkin had
saddle.
He remembered the horse perfectly a weight to gladden Harvey’s heart
He was In at 8 stone.
now.
“BY THE GRACE
OF CHANCE.”
7
Frank Johnson was one of the clever
est racing men In India. Ills knowledge
bad cost him something, for to have a
free band at the game he had resigned
his commission in tlie Ninth hussars.
If the trial bad satisfied him that Zig
zag was good enough for the "open
handicap,” there could be very little
doubt about it whatever.
Layton realized what it meant It
was the very softest kind of a snap.
With tills knowledge be could back
the horse for more than enough to pay
off Gaiety's debts with the Marwarle.
But It w< r'..l lie hardly honorable to
ward Job i
i. He had blundered up
on tlie (
:'•> secret, almost stolen ft
He could ' . <• ly do It.
And tlie) on the other hand, ths
greasy. covetous face of the money
THE CIRCl'S HABIT.
INDIANS HAVE THE WILDEST CRAZE
FOR THE TENTED SHOWS
After tbe Hed Men the Negroes WIU
Go to the Greatest l.ennth» to See
the Performance, and Third Place
1» Held by Chinamen.
“You may talk about your city circus
goers,” said the old circus man, "but
the Indian, the wild, untutored red man
of tbe plains, has got them all beaten
to death. There’s no circus goer In tbe
world like the North American aborig
ine.
He will travel farther, endure
more privations and skimp himself
harder to get the price of admission
than any other human being In tlie
world. What's more, I believe he real
ly enjoys the circus better than the ne
gro, though he doesn’t make any fuss
over It.
“Tlie negro, as every circus man
knows, will sell tbe family cook stove
to get money to see the elephant, but
the Indian will barter off bls papoose,
Ills squaw or even Ills most cherished
possession, bls horse, to get a ticket.
After the negro comes the Chinaman.
The Mexicans, too, are not slow In re
sponding to the toot of the calliope. The
laziest greaser on the Texas border,
who never paid a debt in bis life, bobs
up promptly on circus day with bls 50
cents, though nobody knows where be
got It. But the Indian Is the greatest
circus tlend of all.
“In the west our circus Is known
among the Indians as ’the heap big
brothers' show.' It is the only circus
that attracts tlie red man, and be waits
for Its yearly appearance as confidently
as he awaits the return of spring. In
Missoula. Mon., one of our regular
stands. fully one-half of tbe audience is
made up of Indiana. They come from
as far as 200 miles on horseback and
even on foot, starting on their long
lotirney days before the circus date and
arriving promptly on tbe morning of
the day of exhibition.
“On circus day it Is a case of every
man for himself with the Indians. Tbe
lord of the tepee brings enough trinkets
In the shape of moccasins and bows
and arrows to peddle around town and
In this way gets money for bls own ad
mission ticket. Ills squaw brings wil
low baskets and has to hustle for her
own ticket. They generally come lu
couples astride of a pony, and If the
market is overcrowded with Indian rel
ics they will sell the nag.
"When the show trains arrive In
these western towns early in the morn
ing 200 and 300 tents have already been
pitched by tbe Indians, some of which
have arrived the night before. Their
little colony is almost as interesting as
the circus itself. It Is n veritable ba
zaar of relics and papoose exhibitions.
While the old squaws are getting
breakfast the children are playing
games and the chiefs are taking their
knickknacks to the market. They are
the first ones after the doors of the big
tents are opened to land on tlie blue
planks. They till a good part of the
arena, and they never move during the
entire performance. Applause Is un
known to them. They make ns little
Show of enthusiasm as their brothers
In wood In front of tlie white man’s ci
gar stores. If tbe trick elephant were
to climb the center pole, they would no
doubt enjoy tlie performance, but they
would make no more show of surprise
than If they were molded from clay, if
the performing mule were to walk out
on the hippodrome track and make a
concert announcement in tbe Indian
tongue, they would only grunt.
“After the show Is over the chiefs
proceed to till their skins with the
white man’s firewater, and the squaws
with the papooses wait on tbe lumber
plies till tbe grny streaks begin to
sprout over the hills, when tbe un
steady train winds out of town over tbe
trail.
“Along tbe Pacific coast the China
men are among the firm friends of the
circus people. Like Ute Indians, they
are good patrons dr this particular
show. In San Francisco at least 50,000
Chinamen saw the circus one season.
Some of them came in coaches drawn
by handsome horses, and they sat In
boxes.
Mongolian merchants worth
their millions gave matinee parties, tbe
men wearing richly embroidered gowns
and tbe women clad in costly silk cut
not tn tbe form of dresses, but as a
man wears bls broadcloth.
At one
matinee given In tbe California city
8,000 Chinese and fully 2,000 Japs at
tended. Tbe remaining few of tbe
spectators were Americans. Tbe Chi
naman is as undemonstrative as tbe
Indian. He expresses his appreciation
of the performance by attending time
after time.
“Probably the strangest mixture of
people that ever attended a circus was
found beneath tbe teht of our show one
day at Tucson, A. T., when Indians,
Mexicans, greasers, Japs, negroes, Chi
namen and a few American cowboys
fairly packed tbe big canvas arena and
sat promiscuously mixed over the blue
seats. Though tbe Chinamen and In
dians are undemonstrative, the cow
punchers, Mexicans and negroes made
as much noise that day as was ever
made at a frontier massacre. Tbe cow
boys yelped like a pack of ’coyotes
when Mme. Noble rode tbe bucking
horse, tbe Mexicans yelped at every
act, and tbe negroes laughed at the
clowns till the earth shook. That night
the cowboys and greasers turned the
town Into a shooting gallery, emptying
their revolvers at tbe stars and mani
festing their sorrow at tbe departure of
the circus by licking up all tbe refresh
ments In the town.—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Place for Him.
"Gracious! You don’t mean to say
you are going to move out to Aigu-
burst?”
The Tammany Tlser.
“Indeed I am. 1 consider It an ideal
Tlie origin or the tiger as an emblem
place.”
of Tammany Is said to date from the
"Huh! You want to read tbe papers.
time when William M. Tweed, then
foreman of “Big Six" Fire company, There's more sickness there than in
any other town In this vicinity.”
took a fancy to a picture of a royal
“I know It.
I'm a physician.”—
Bengal tiger in the fifties.
Tweed
ndopted the emblem for the Americus Catholic Standard and Times.
club, and It soon was accepted by all
Tammany.
A Confldence Between Member».
"I understand,” said one member of
When Coronet» Are Worn.
The only occasion upon which a the legislature, “that the senator whom
British peer or peeress wears a coronet we recently elected was beset by foot
Is nt the coronation of a sovereign. At pads and robbed in Paris."
"Dear me.” answered the other mem
the moment when the archbishop of
Canterbury places the crown on the ber of tbe legislature. "Those Frencb-
heiul of the new monarch every peer tren have such a brutal nod direct
present at the eeremouy done bis own method of getting a man's money away
from him.'*—Washington Star.
coronet.
A JOSSHOUSE.
Frn PU-tare ol lhe line lu s»u Fraa-
elaco’a « blneae Quarter,
In one corner Is n miniature wooden
warrior, frantically riding a fiery steed
toward a Joss who stands lu bis door
way '¡malting the rider's coming. A
leii|Hit of unique design, tilled with
fresh tea every day. and a very small
cup and saucer ure always ready for
the warrior. This represents a man
killed In battle, whose noble steed,
missing Ids master, refused to eat aud
so pined away and died. A welcome
Is assured to them In the better
land if tlie work of man can accom
plish It. The horse and rider are to
them ulie Chinese) what the Images of
saints are to Christians. In another
corner is a tiny bowl of water. The
gods occasionally come ilowu and
wash. At certain times of the year di
rect questions ure written on slips of
paper and put Into the hands of oue
of tlie greateat Josses. These disap
pear. and then the joss either nods or
shakes his bead in answer.
On the altar or altars are several
brass aud copper vessels, in which tbe
worshiper leaves a sandalwood punk
burning lu such a position that tbe
ashes will fall on tbe fine sand lu the
vessel. When one of these Is full, It is
emptied into nil Immense bronze vase
ou the balcony, anil this. In turn, Is
emptied Into the ocean. The Chinese
take good care of their living and nev
er forget their dead. Once a year, the
fourteenth day of the seventh month,
they have a solemn ceremony by which
they send gold and si ver aud cloth to
the great army of tin departed.
A furmice is a necessity In a Joss-
house.
It Is lighted on ceremonial
days, and paper representing cloth,
gold and silver Is burned, tbe ashes of
the materials being, in their minds,
useful in spirit land. Private families
send to their relatives mid friends
whatever they want by throwing the
gold, the silver and tbe cloth paper,
also fruits. Into a tire built In the street
in front of their houses. The days of
worship come on the 1st and 15th of
each month. Modern Culture.
THE TALE OF A TACK.
Iluw tin I till inn Tenor Wai Fufibled
to Kench Hifth C.
"There was once an Italian tenor at
Coveni Garden of tbe name of Tasca,
who, I am sorry io say, sang bis owu
praises better than the score." says Mr.
William Parry, the stage director at
tbe Metropolitan Opera House.
"For this and other reasons he was
strongly disliked by all the workmen
One day he came to me mid said, with
great show of mystery:
" "I'ell me the exact spot.’
"I could mu foi the life of me under
stand « hat lie wanted.
" You know well enough what 1
mean, in- persisted.
'Show me tbe
spot when- I auiberllk sang the high C.
1'here is always one spot on the stage
that Is betlei than all the others to
stand on when you sing Where Is It?’
" 'I'll show you biter,’ I replied. 'But,
remember, never a word.
It would
cost me my place if It should leak out.’
“Then I drove a brass taek into one
of the stage boards, and lie was over
joyed when I solemnly pointed out ‘the
exact spot, and so were the workmen
ut the prospect of a Joke at his expense
That night tie curefully stood on Hie
tuck and sung the tilgti C. Hustling
Into the wings, lie exclaimed: 'Beauti
ful! Wonderful!’ Ever afterward, no
matter what part of the stage demand
ed Ills presence, he would rush to tbe
tack when the time for tbe high C
came and there deliver It.”—Saturday
Evening Post.
Tlie Durlor'l liullacretIon,
"There Is no profession which calls
for the use of more discretion than tbe
profession of medicine,” remarked a
well known physician of this city.
"Just to give you an instance:
"I came home late one evening after
a very busy day and was told by tbe
office boy that a certain Mrs. 8. had
called me up three times on the tele
phone. As her young hopeful bad scar
let fever and I was afraid be had taken
n sudden turn for tbe worse, 1 got 'cen
trill’ to connect me with her house
without delay.
" ’Tbe missus has gone to bed, sir,
said tlie voice of a maid In reply, 'but
she was so anxious to know If she
could wnsb Tommy’s face.’
"I called back that she hail better ask
the uurse If It wnB dirty. Now they
have another doctor.’’—New York Mall
and Express.
Sold nt Last.
A traveling man who Is absent from
the city about fit) days on each trip
carried a pair of shoes to a German
shoemaker to be linll soled before leav
ing on a tour through the country
towns. The shoemaker was accustom
ed to selling articles left with him for
repairs if not called for In .'10 days.
The drummer stated to tlie shoemaker
lie would be absent from the city for
lit least GO days and would not leave
the shoes to lie repaired unless lie was
assured that they would not be sold.
The traveler's trip was prolonged to
IK) days. When he returned, he went
Immediately to the shoemaker for his
shoes.
Tlie shoemaker's inability to distin
guish between have and half came
□car resulting in his receiving a thrash
ing.
"Have you sold my shoes?" asked
the drummer.
"Ya, I haf soled them,” replied the
shoemaker.
“What in blazes did you do that
for?” yelled the traveler.
"You told m<* for to do It.”
And then the drummer engaged in a
bit of* shocking profanity and threat
ened to clean up tbe ranch.—Memphis
Scimitar.
Trouble llrredlng Condition.
Robbins—Funny, but young people
who seem to love one another the most
devotedly are ofteDtlmes the first peo
pie to fight aftei marriage.
Wren—The trouble la, you see, they
endeavor to protract tbe “two souls
with but a single thought" Idea too far.
Two persons with but a single thought
between them cannot help hating one
another soonei or later.—Boston Tran
script
it's a pity a balky horse does not
realize that It Is easier to pull than to
take the whipping that goes with a
balk.—Atchison Globe.
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Late lu tbe year 1900 it was decided
by the powers In Washlngtou that Mr.
Daniel 11. McMillan, ex-state senator
of New York mid for many years gen
ertil counsel In the city of Buffalo for
the Vanderbilt system of railroads, was
to be apisilnted associate justice of the
supreme court of New Mexico.
This appoint mem bad been urged not
only by those who knew Mr. McMillan
In till- Sime of New York, but by law
yers of Santa IT* mid of other cities In
New Mexico who knew of him and de
sired to see him obtain the place.
Toward tbe close of 1900, with Gov
ernor Otero of the territory, Mr. Mc
Millan was on a Lake Shore train
speeding toward Washington, When
tlie train stopped nt Painesville, O„
newsboys boarded it. and one of them
called out: "All about the new supreme
court Judge of New Mexico.
Silas
Alexander appointed.” The governor
of the territory and Mr. McMillan look
ed at each other, and they bought a
pii|MT, and in that paper they read In
glaring headlines that Silas Alexander
of Santa Fe had received the appoint
ment to the vacant judgeship.
Mr. McMillan the morning of bis ar
rival in the capital went at once to the
office of the secretary of war.
"How did It happen 1 was not ap
pointed?" lie asked.
"Why,” said Mr. Root, “you are ap
pointed !"
“Why,” said Mr. McMillan, “you are
mistaken."
And be drew from his
pocket the Cleveland newspaper of the
day before. Secretary Root turned all
colors. "This Is a mistake,” lie sold;
"mi absurd, strange mistake, for I have
It from the president's own lips, cor
roborated by Mr. Griggs, attorney gen
eral. that your name was sent yester
day to the senate for action aud that
the recommendation was duly signed
by President McKinley.”
Then the men went to the state, war
and navy building and found Attorney
General Griggs.
"But you have been given the ap
pointment." said Mr. Griggs.
"Then w hat does this newspaper re
port mean?" was the reply.
Tbe attorney general was dumfound
ed "I cannot coucelve what it means,"
lie said lie tapped his bell, mid when
a messenger came in respou.se lie* re
quested the attendance of the clerk in
confidential relations with him. whose
duty it is to till In upon appointment
blanks the names of those who are de
signed for appointments by the execu
tive.
The clerk appeared. "Mr. Blank,”
said the attorney general, "find out at
once whose mime was sent yesterday
to tbe senate with the recommendation
by the president tliat he be appointed
associate Justice of the supreme court
of New Mexico ”
"I will look.” said the clerk. He soon
returned with a memorandum slip In
his hand.
"Mr Alexander." lie said—“the man
from Buffalo"
Tliiti a glimmering of the truth
dawned upon the gloup
"Are you
sure,” said Attorney General Griggs,
“that the mime was not McMillan?”
"Certainly." was the reply. “Tbe
name was Silas Alexander.”
The situation was remarkable, and
time was Important.
The president of the United States
bad Inadvertently, by the error of a
subordinate, been made to set aside Hie
man whom lie find Intended to mime.
There came a pause. Mr. Griggs
broke tbe silence.
"Well, gentlemen,” lie said, "the fat
Is In tbe fire, but we must get It out.
My subordinate lias made this mistake,
and I must do my best to get It recti
fied. and perhaps tlie fault Is partly
mine, for I told him to till In the mime
of 'tlie Buffalo man.’ Slid tie. probably,
seeing tbe mime Alexander and Identi
fying It with the congressman of the
same name prominently known In
Washington as coming from Buffalo,
thought that he was to he the np
polntee.”
And so the three men went to the
president and explained matters, and
us a consequence s messenger, preced
ed by a telephone message, sped rapid
ly toward the eapltol with Instructions
to seek Immediately tbe lender of the
senate and prevent any action ou the
mistaken nomination and to make the
statement to that lender that It was
withdrawn
The messenger arrived Just as the
senate was about to take action, and It
the telephone had been relied upon tlie
nomination of Silas Alexander would
have been confirmed by tbe United
States senate, mid the will of the pres
ident of the republic would have been
defeated.—Saturday Evening Post.
I.oohlnic For Work.
“Yes, ma'am." said the ragged fat
man. “I’m lookln fur work
Yer ain't
got no odd jobs of scrubbill or wnsliln
ter lie did, have yer?"
“Why, you surely don't do scrubbing
or work of that sort?” said the house
keeper.
“Sure not
I'm lookln fur work fur
me wife.”- I ’ll I la de I ph la Record
lanornnee la Bllaa.
"Is there anything peculiar about
him?"
"Not at all He simply doesn’t know,
and that's the usual combination lu
cases of people who don’t know.”—Uhl
engo I’ost
Many women first show signs ot age
by a droop in the eyelid
1'bls Is cans
ed by strained eyesight, excessive weep
Ing. ill health or years. It can tie over
come by daily faithful manipulation.
One on lhe Trnaot.
Landlord I Just came over to tell
you that I've decided to raise your—
Tenant (Interrupting) — Well, you
needn’t bother about It
I’ve decided
to move.
Landlord Oh. I merely desired to
say that I had decided to raise your
porch where It seems to sag there nt
the corner, mid also to paper tbe bed
rooms', but. of course, you will not,
»Ince you have decided to move, care to
bear anything further about my plans.
Good day
I hope you'll like It where
you're going -Chicago Herald.
It I’K.vs you to deal where no false representations are made, but
where goods are sold directly as advertised.
Isn't it much more satisfactory and much easier to sit down at
home, look over the catalogue, select the gtssls required and mail your
order, than to defiend upon stores where the stock is small, as well as
assortment incomplete, and get something that does not give half
satisfaction, not withstanding that you do pay an extravagant price?
Smith’s Cash (Dept.) Store
No. 25 Market Street, San Francisco«
Kia Hair Stood on End.
“Up to five years ago,” said a pro.
pector to a St, Louis Republic reporter,
“I didn't believe fu sudi a tiling as a
mini’s hair standing on end."
And
then tlie old gentleman told tin- story
of the fright tliat led him to change
Ills mimi :
"I was In tlie mountains of Idaho
with a friend, timi we run short of
freslt meat, so one day I took my gun
mid started off' alone. 1 went Into a
ravine and wits making my way along
a little brook when 1 came suddenly
upon a queer sight. Not four feet in
front of me, In tin* full blaze of the
sun. lay four mountain lions asleep.
"For half a minute 1 thought them
dead, hut as I stood staring at them,
with my heart In my mouth, every one
of them sprank up with a growl. Ami
they faced around at mo. looking ugly,
sniffing tlie air, with tlielr whiskers
drawn back, showing the while line
of tlielr teeth, switching their tails
and looking like demons.
"As for un*, 1 stood ruotisi to the
spot. I couldn't move from sheer flight.
A queer, numb sensation began in my
ankles and crept up my body, mid 1
literally felt my linlr rise.
"1 stood there motionless for several
minutes. Then oue of the beasts drop
ped his tail ami whined. The others
followed Ids example.
M.v presene«
mystified them. A few seconds later
they turned about mid crept away
down tlie ravine, looking back stealthi
ly two or three times to see me.
"When they were out of sight, I be
gan to breathe again. I didn't care to
limit any more that day and made for
the eamp nt top speed. That was the
time my hair stood on end, mid my
scalp was sore to the touch for a week
afterward.”
A rarefai Mother.
This Is a story one woman Is never
tired of telling of a mother whose child
bad been III with scarlet fever. She
always emphasizes the fact, too, that
the mot her was possessed, upon ordi
nal.) occasions, with good sense mid
would be called a more than ordinarily
intelligent woman. She was. too. a
more than ordinarily careful mother,
mid II was as mi Illustration of this
that she told the story of the cure of
her boy to the friend who now repents
It.
Not ¡is much wns known about
smiltmy conditions then as now, but
It was not in a time of primitive Igno
rarne.
"I always believe In taking the great
est care to prevent contagion In any
disease." said tlie mother, "mid with
tin* fever I «as extraordinarily care
ful
Why. when the skin began to
peel I rtililied the child down with my
hands every dai to remove every loose
fragment, let It fall Into a cloth, and
then I gathered it up curefully mid
shook it out tlie window.”
The listelli I to that story laughed
then mid there, to the great surprise
mid indignation of the mother, mid
laughs now nt the ridiculous Ignorance
of n woman who claimed to have even
a vestige of common sense. New York
Times.
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All tlu* world knows that eotl'ee ill
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More healthful, richer and less ex
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Your grocer will get it for you.
Ask for
Pronounced oaf toy— accent on last syllable
lion lie I'ureil «be Hell.
The late Father Boyle, who for years
W11 l-o’-« hr-Wisp Salvation.
was one of the most prominent and
A well known rector of an east end popular Catholic priests hi Washing
church was approached one day by a ton, had a great reputation as a wit.
lady who said she desired to rent a Some of Ills most Intimate friends were
seat in a row nearest the door of bis Protestants and members of the Prot
church. The rector responded that the estant clergy. A few months before
seats in that row were all free and that bis death he erected a missionary chap
she was at liberty to occupy any one of el down by tbe navy yard and bought
them, but she persisted, saying that at a junkshop an old bell which had
she desired to have It for her own.
been discarded by one of the Protes
Being aoniewliat curious as to her tant churches. He sent the bell to a
reasons, the clerical gentleman said, foundry ill Georgetown and had sev
"Blit. madam, tell me why you wish to eral Inches of metal pared off the rim.
sit so far back?"
Having thus got rid of u crack, the
After some hesitancy she responded harsh ami discordant tones of the bell
that she simply couldn't bear to have became soft and sweet. Meeting a
any one "sit behind her.”
Presbyterian minister not long after,
"Yet you will be sitting behind oth Father Boyle called Ills attention to the
ers, who perhaps feel tbe same way," change, ami tin* latter could scarcely
•aid the rector laughingly.
believe It was the same bell.
"That may be," replied the devout
"What In the world <li«l you do to
lady earnestly, "but you know I have that bell," Inquired the Presbyterian
•ticli a wretched little wisp of hair at pastor, "to cause such a change in tbe
the back of my bead that It would cer
tone?”
tainly Interfere with my devotions if
“We blessed It ami blessed It and
I knew nuy one was looking at It.”— blessed It until we got th«* Presbyterian
London Tit Bits.
devil out of It,” retorted Father Boyle,
“and then It sounded all right.”—
Ml»» Canati«* Caught.
The wit is more to bo dreaded than Washington Star.
your worst enemy. Witty p«*opl<* have
A smaltite Qaerr.
a way of slapping n title on you which
Mr. Ashniead-Bartlett once told a
sticks for life. These things bubble up good story about his going to Ireland
on tlielr lips, and wo«* to the victim. He for the first time. “As soon as 1 land
or she Is ruined and made a public ed In Ireland I attempted to look for
laughing stock. Even your best friend traces of some of my ancestors, wh<J
will giggle mi the sly. One society gill came from the extreme north of Ire
here, a really nice girl, has the habit, land.
Meeting an Intelligent looking
however, of sitting In Judgment on the Irishman, 1 Informed him of my mis
family statuling of other people. She sion. saying that my ancestors emigrat
will make some disparaging remark j
ed from about that spot 100 years ago.
and conclude with, "Oh, well, you know j aud I was there try!»g 1° 'ook them up.
and I know they are really not to the j lie answered: "Ye say your ancestors
manner born"
emigrated from our town about 100
Now this girl does not come of arlsto- i years ago? Thin why are ye looking
eratfc blood on Iter maternal side. Her forthem here?”—London Tlt-lllts.
ancestors wet«* simple, honest trades j
mon who never pretended to style or
F-ellna» mid Finn««».
had any ambition to pose ns arlsto- ,
A boy was asked which was the
crate. Tin y w ere In the shoe business, greater evil, burtlDg another’s feelings
one day tlie girl was talking much as
or his finger.
usual. Tbe wit. alas, was oil deck load
“The feelings.” he said.
ed with back number facts. “Oh.” snhl
“Right, my dear child,” said tbe grat
Miss Critic. with a toss of her bend, ns ified questioner. “But why Is It worse
she mentioned a «lebutante, "of course to hurt the feelings?”
she Is not to the manner born. 1 always
“Because you can't tie a rag round
like to express myself In quotations.”
them.”
____________
“So <lo 1.” said lhe wit softly and
wickedly. “My favorite Is 'let not the
Stale Candy.
shoemaker go beyond his last.’ ”—Lou
8(ale candy can generally be worked
isville Times.
over by rebolllng It. In tbe case of acid
candles, such us lemon drops, the candy
The climate of northern Outarlo Is Is boiled, the acid Is withdrawn by tlie
not iiulik«* that of northern Europe, and use of lime or chalk, and the sirup may
Its soil Is eqmW to that of many thickly tbeu be used In the manufacture of that
peopled perilous of tbe old world.
er any otbei species of candy.
i