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'Or to keep them snut:”
"Eh?”
"I tell tbee, I will not!"
“Ob!”
"Why should 1. fool?"
"Because doors are made to open,
carrions’ meat, and because my bauble
Is as good a switch as the flat of thy
lord’s sword!” And I rattled the bells
of my bauble in his face, with a shrill
laugh, for 1 heard whispering In the
shadow and wished not that it should
reach his ears. He began to argue—
that is, to curse—and 1 was at a loss
what to do when something hit me on
the cheek and Jingled on the floor. It
was a piece of money, flung by Father
Benoit, 1 was certain, and I began to
grumble.
"There. I have lost the shining fel
low that was to keep watch with thee
till his brother flew to meet him on tnv
ret urn!"
Loys caught the bait at once and
flung the door wide, letting In the
moonlight, which fell In a great square
on tlie stone floor and showed me the
goldpfece lying Just below me. 1 put
my foot on It as Loys went on his
knees to peer about and began to talk
loud and rattle my bells and point out
nothing lu the shadows, so that under
cover of my noise and his abstraction
my three might slip out. This they did
while Loys’ back was turned, and a:,
soon as I saw them well across the
courtyard I kicked the coin Into Loys’
face, sprang out, dragged tlie door shut
with a great noise and sped after
them.
I was almost at their heels—thinking
all safe, for I knew that the Sieur
d’Audilly had tlie key of tlie postern in
Ids pouch—when a shout behind stop
ped me, and 1 saw the door standing
open and Loys runulng after me.
shouting at the top of his lungs:
"Treachery, treachery! A’ mol. a'
moi! Halt, there!”
The others had stopped short at the
sound of his voice, but It was out of
sheer bewilderment. For one moment
(heir shapes stood out clear and sharp
¡n the moonlight; then they turned an
began to run again, the girl between
the other two, each witli a hand in
Father Benoit fidgeted In his chair
and turned over two leaves at onee.
"Fool,” said he, "thou hast tby belly
full because thy head is empty, but I
am uot thy paymaster. Here in this
turret thou art at liberty to rest thy
tongue gratis.”
“Father,” I replied, "It Is a pleasure
to me to enlighten so apt a scholar.
God send thee a life as long as thy ser
mons and somewhat more cheerful."
And 1 went singing down the stairs
to rally monselgueur and get him In
good trim for his next week’s visit
from the king.
Beside his chair stood the Sieur d'Au-
dilly tensing a great hound. As I came
up the hair was beginning to rise along
the creature's back and the low thun
der to rumble in his throat, and the
gallant captain pushed him away with
a look of relief that he had me to turn
on. “Well, coxcomb, where bast been
crowing now?”
“Over a strange nest, peacock!"
He drew Ills brows together. “True,
It Is midsummer!” be sneered.
“In midsummer gossip,” said 1 to
monseigneur. "peacocks mate with
doves. Didst know that?”
“Eh? How?” asked he, smiling. But
I saw by the captain's angry eyes that
I was too cureless.
“The reason of that riddle we will
lay before the king next week,” I an
swered lamely enough. But he was si
lent, while the Sieur d’Audilly talked
of a new project he had for lightening
bis men's gear.
It was with a beating heart that, as
soon as the great hall was dark and
quiet that night, up Father Benoit's
stair I sped to find him pacing to and
fro like a bear in a pit. He looked up
sharply as 1 entered, but spoke no
word, and 1 flung myself Into his great
chair, stretched out my legs and sigh
ed. “Helgho! With such a cliair as
this to wait In, no wonder thy soul Is
stored with patience!”
“Fool!” said he sharply. "Is ft quiet
below?"
“As quiet ns tby conscience.”
He ceased walking and came to me
and stood before me, opening and clos
ing his lips ns If he wished to speak.
His fat face was pale. Ills lips dry.
Before he could find a word there
was a light rap at the door. I sprang
to fling It open, but no one was to be
seen. A small object lay upon the
threshold, and I brought it to the ta
per’s flame and held it for Father Be I run back tn Loya and sprang upon him.
noit to see. It was the chessman’s red hers. Seeing that tney would not Btay,
king. He put it away from him so Loys, hurriedly adjusting his arque
hastily that it fell and bounded on the bus. tired upou them. Now, whether
floor and rolled away Into a corner.
it was that his alm. being without a
“We had best go down now,” said stalt on which to rest his heavy arque
be. I took the taper and went before, bus. was unsteady or whether he did
winding my bauble's head in ray man tills horrible thing with full intent. I
tle that the bells might not sound.
do not know, but the ball sped strilght
At tlie chapel door a woman's figure at tlie slender, muffled woman shape
stood peering for our light. She was between the two men. She flung out
wrapped in a long cloak, but the hood her two hands and fell without a cry.
was pushed back, and the taper’s flame
Tlie blood hot in me, I ran back to
lit up. clear and full, the comely fea Loys and sprang upon him, forcing
tures of Rosalind.
liim to the ground under my knee,
My heart leaped up. and Father Be while 1 felt for my dagger. Excited
noit drew a long breath.
as I was, 1 could not And ft, so I bad
“Let me light thee, good fool,” said to strangle him with my hands, he gur
Rosalind, taking the taper from my gling horribly and Jerking out his arms
hand. I began n smart speech, out of vainly to reach ids sword. But 1 am a
my new learning, about a fair Psyche wiry man. and it did not take long.
lighting a sorry pair of antique Cupids, He caught at my arms once or twice;
but all confused because my heart then I shook lilm off and went to Fa
was so light.
ther Benoit, who .knelt alone, bending
Just as our hands met some one over the girl's body. Without a word,
Jostled me from behind, and I stum but shivering like a man in an ague,
bled against Rosalind so awkwardly lie drew back her hood, and the moon
that my bauble Jingled sulkily under light streamed full upon her face. It
my cloak, and the girl, to save herself was tlie Demoiselle Alys.
from falling, dropped the taper and
She was not quite dead. Her heart
Started back. A foot was set on the moved feebly, and tier eyelids flutter
light, and it went out. We were all in ed. but there was a dark wet stain up
the dark till I groped for the chapel on the broideries of her dress where
door and flung It open. Even then the the mantle fell back, and It grew lar
light was dint, and I could barely dis ger as we gazed.
tlnguish Rosalind’s figure. She had
"Water!" said Father Benoit. 1 went
meekly covered her head with her hood to where. Just inside the postern gate,
on entering the chapel, and she did not played a little fountain with a cup and
fling It back, although the Sieur d'Au- a statue of Our Lady. I wrenched the
dllly stepped forth to meet us. So cup free, filled it and began to mutter
itraight and tall and fine a gallant he prayers and curses, all mingled togeth
Ihowed, even in the faint light of the er in my falling tears. The gate was
chapel, that I could not but wonder open, and through It 1 saw a figure
again, though I loved hint not, why he scudding down tlie hill like a scared
should have stooped for wife to Rosa ralibit. It was the Sieur d’Audilly. So
lind. But, then, I, being but a fool, we had married her to n craven and
had no business with that or aught killed her Into the bargain! The one
else that concerns other men, for a deed balanced the other. The tears
fool, look you. Is but a caged fox, who dried on my hot face as I hurried back
pays for his scanty share of the ken With tlie brimming cup.
nel’s leavings by yelping strange
Tlie alarm of Loys had wakened no
praises of his trap.
one. and the court wns ns still as death
The two went up to the altar rail and ns we bathed her white face and forced
knelt, and Father Benoit came out In n little of the water between her lips.
surplice and stole and motioned me Down In tlie valley a horse neighed as
forward. Never was so strange a wed It parted company with Its fellow, in
ding—no feasting, no flowers, no gay a moment she opened her eyes and said
company, no witness but one, and that dearly, seeming to recall everything at
a fool; the groom a scldler of fortune once: “I atr dying. Where is be?”
and the bride—oh, may God forgive us
Father Benoit's fat face was work
for that night's work!
Ing. and tlie tears chased each other
They were soon married, and we four down his round cheeks. He looked at
were again outside the chapel door end me in an agony.
stealing through the passages of the
It was no time to count words. I
chateau that led to the courtyard, for took her hand and kissed It. “He Is
neither Father Benoit nor I was mind dead, madame."
ed to let the young couple, however 111
She never doubted me. A bright
mated, go forth Into the great world smile shone on her little face, and her
without a word of godspeed or a hand slender limbs relaxed. I lifted her In
to wave adieu.
my arms, and Father Benoit began the
The great door was guarded by a short absolution through his tears. As
drowsy man-at-arms, but 1 thrust the be lifted Ids band she raised her head
other back In the darkness and clapped on my arm nnd looked straight up be
the guard on the shoulder, with a shout: tween us and beyond. She closed her
"Hola. Loys! Break tryst and let me eyes again, nnd we thought her dend.
out!”
sprang up with a bowl of dismay, but she opened them once more nnd
but, recognizing me, sank down again, smiled upou us. Just ns site had smiled
with a grunt. "Thy place Is in bed. over her roses that very day.
"1 hope you have not lost the red
lucky fool!"
“Cats, owls and likewise birds need king.” said she. quite In her old voice.
no sleep, my dormouse. And, look you. "You are both so careless. But lost or
there Is a maid tn the village keeping found he Is still the red king. Was It
vigil for want of n song under her win not a brave token?" Perhaps she wan
dered, for all at once, before we knew,
dow.”
“Oh. oh! And this a sober house her blue eyes grew misty, her laxly be
came heavy In my arms, and It was
hold!”
“Leave homilies to the fat shaveling over.
So died the Demoiselle Alys, who
In the turret.” said I. relishing this
prick at Fattier Benoit, which for once was the brightest, merriest lady and
he dared not return. “Thy business Is whom I held on my knee before ever
she was bo 'oug as my bauble.
to onen doors.”
Father Benoit rose, his wet race
shining in the moonlight, and motioned
me to follow him—we were both past
speech—and I carried her back through
the great door, along the passages of
the great silent house, groping our
way. for we had uo light, and some
times stumbling In the darkness. Ouce
I felt some liiug touch me and beard
a dog’s sniffing at my burden. The
creature seemed to understand and
whined, very softly, and followed us,
pattering along behind us to the very
chapel door, where, as no one had the
heart to thrust him back, be came in,
whining as we laid the Demoiselle
Alys upon the step before the altar
rail, where she bad knelt as a bride not
half an hour before.
We fell on our knees, Father Benoit
and 1, and prayed while the moonlight
crept round tlie pillars and grew faint
lu tlie western windows aud tlie east
ern window brightened and flushed
ami the birds lH-gau to twitter In tlie
eaves. I. the fool, and Father Beuolt
aud tlie dog- well, there were three
hearts of us, unlike as all three were,
while the Sieur d’Audilly was saving
himself at the rate of five leagues an
hour.
So was mourned the Demoiselle
Alys, who, as I said, was the merriest
lady, and even when she was the
length of my bauble her eyes were as
blue as pansies—only some pansies are
purple, but her eyes were like the kind
tlie are blue.
Fire Amons; the Redwoods.
Perhaps the most startling pheno
menon of tlie tire was tlie quick death
of childlike sequoias only a century or
two ago, says John Muir lu Tlie Atlan
tic. In the midst of tlie other compara
tively slow and steady fire work one of
these tall, beautiful saplings, leafy and
branchy, would lie seen blazing up sud
denly all In one heaving, booming. pas
sionate flame reaching from tlie ground
to tlie top of tlie tree and fifty to a
hundred feet or more above It, witli a
smoke column bending forward and
streaming away on tlie upper free flow
ing wind.
To burn these green trees a strong
fire of dry wood beneath them is re
quired to send up a current of air hot
enough to distill inflammable gases
trom the leaves and sprays; then, in
stead of tlie lower limbs gradually
catching fire ami Igniting tlie next and
next lu succession, tlie whole tree
seems to explode almost simultaneous
iv, and witli awful roaring and, throb
bing a round tapering flame shoots up
200 or 300 feet, and in a second or two
is quenched, leaving tlie green spire a
black dead mast bristled and roughen
ed witli down curling boughs.
t-eklnir'n Monasteries.
Of monasteries and lamaseries In Pe
king the number is endless. The lamas
ami bonzes who dwell therein can be
counted by the thousands. They are
mostly Tibetans and Mongolians, sup
posed to be studying Buddhism under
tlie direction of an authenticated lineal
descendant of Buddha himself. In
deed, In one particular monastery three
lineal descendants are to be seen for
a consideration. They are regarded as
semigods and treated as such. Of
the three so favored, fed and flattered
one is a youngster of 12 years, a bright,
lively Mongolian boy, fully alive to
his own importance, high dignity and
destiny, yet not averse to the filling
of ills baggy little pockets witli the
dollars of such "foreign devils" as af
ford him the opportunity of so doing
The lamas and bonzes are a greasy,
grimy, dirt 'ncrusted lot. The denser
the dirt the greater the reputation for
sanctity and close spiritual affinity
with Buddha. TheJr whole time seems
to lie passed In eating, extracting dol
lars from trangers and sleeping.—
Pali Mall Gazette.
To Cure Hound Shoulder*.
In tlie case of round shoulders the
muscles of tlie back are likely to stiffen
from disuse. A special exercise to get
them into a limber condition seems to
be necessary. Stretch out and down
witli the arms until they nearly touch
tlie floor, bending back In like manner.
To successfully accomplish tlie latter
sit on a stool before an upright piano
or heavy desk, plant your knees firmly
against tlie furniture until you have a
good support, then slowly bend back
ward with your hand pointed over
your head. At first you think you will
surely crack in half, so stiff are the
muscles, but astonishingly soon comes
the pliability, and as it Is impossible
to fall your progress Is easy and rapid.
This exercise If persisted In will
straighten out a curved spine, but It
must be done gently and with patience,
because the tendons In the back are
delicate and must not be coerced.
The Lustrous Pearl.
Pearls, as most readers know, are
small bodies found either In the mother
of pearl shells or those with a nacreous
lining. They are formed either by a
disease, by the presence of a parasite
or by an effort on tlie part of tlie mol
lusk to rid Itself of some foreign sub
stance which lias found Its way into
tlie shell.
Pearls are composed of many layers
of carbonate of lime with organic mat
ter between and are not always pearly
throughout and Invarlnbly have some
small central core or nucleus. Round
pearls of tine luster and color are very
valuable, and their value Increases rap
idly with their size.
THE HANDY FOLDING RULE.
An Old Standby nt the Mrcb.olo In
Greater Demand Than Hear.
“There are about a million different
kinds of rules," said a dealer in hard
ware and tools, “the rules being some
thing of well nigh universal use In one
fortu or another in pretty much all
trades, but here’s one old standby that
we sell more of now than ever, this be
ing the folding rule.
"There are plenty of rilles that fold,
.In- commonly knowu two foot rule
being a familiar example, lint this par
ticular old rule that I speak of Is known
by name as the folding rule.
“It is made In foot long sections, in
various lengths, ranging from two to
ten feet and over ten, If required, but
three feet, five feet, any uttuiber of
feet, tlie rule, whatever Its total length,
folds up completely Into a bundle a
foot long. The slats are thin and fold
ed up. and even a ten foot rule takes
up little room. It can be quite conven
iently carried in tlie pocket.
"Lots of people use folding rules—
plumbers, for Instance, In measuring
pipes and In measuring places for
pipes. In measuring a distance great
er than tlie spread of tlie arms with a
tape two men are required, but one
man can measure with a folding rule
ns far as tlie rule can reach, and with
such a rule lie can, single handed,
measure around corners or In the an
gles of wall and ceiling or In any other
bend or crevice. We sell lots of them
nowadays to electricians, who use them
In measuring for wiring houses, and
we sell them to various other users,
tlie six foot rule being the one most
commonly sold.
"Such rules, of whatever length, are
sold by the foot, at 8 cents a foot.”—
New York Sun.
FLOWER AND TREE.
Pruning to excess or too frequent or
too long is weakening to the tree.
When a branch is removed, the cut
ting should lie close, leaving no stub.
Tlie apple, pear, quince and thorn
can lie grafted one on another, witli va
rying success.
Wormy fruit In the orchard is best
disposed of Iq tlie sheep. They oat all
without making any choice, as pigs do.
Planting a few trees every fall or
spring, as may lie convenient, helps
materially to keep up a supply of good
Unit.
Tlie cherry, peach, apricot, nectarine
and almond require a light, dry and
warm soil, but may be grown on loose,
sandy soils.
Saltpeter is recommended as a quick
acting fertilizer for flower beds that
seem to be languishing, especially
these that show small and pale leaf
age.
Pencil and plum trees are both less
liable to diseases .when grown in tlie
poultry yard. The trees will make a
better growtli and at tlie same time
afford shade tor tlie fowls.
Geraniums that have been used fot
summer bloomers will not flower again
until tlie late spring months. Gerani
ums for winter blooming should lie
grown especially for that purpose by
keeping the flower buds nipped off un
til August.
Love at First Sight.
We talk of love at first sight, but
wluit shall we say cf people who have
never seen each other marrying and
being not unhappy? "Courting," said
an Irishman, "is like dying—sure a man
must do It for himself."
In some countries as, for Instance,
Sweden—this is not tlie case. There Hie
marriages of young people are made
for them by their parents, and they
only begin to court when they are wed
ded. Tills sounds wrong and absurd in
theory, but it often works well in prac
tice. Indeed young people ask the ad
vice of their parents much too little
about that which is perhaps tlie most
serious and important undertaking It*
Ilf®—marriage, xoo many of them are
like tlie young lady who said she hoped
she might be cut Into ten thousand
triangles if she d <1 not know more of
everything than did her mother. So
they consult no one and insist on gain
ing experience at a great cost to them
selves.—Philadelphia Ledger.
An Alphabetical Ad.
The Schoolmaster has discovered this
nlphalietical advertisement In an Issue
of tlie London Times in 1842: "To wld
owers and single gentlemen Wanted
by a lady a situation to superintend
the household and preside at table.
She Is Agreeable. Becoming. Careful,
Desirable, English, Facetious, Gener
ous. Honest, Industrious, Judicious,
Keen. Lively. Merry, Natty, Obedient.
Philosophic, Quiet, Regular, Sociable.
Tasteful. Useful, Vivacious, Woman
ish. Nantippish, Youthful, Zealous, etc.
Address X Y Z. Simmons’ Library,
Edgeware Road.”
Irregularity and Indigestion.
A common cause of indigestion Is
Irregularity respecting the time of
meals. Tlie human system seems to
form habits and to lie in a degree de
pendent upon the performance of Its
function iu accordance with the habits
formed. In respect to digestion this 1 h
especially observable. If a meal is
taken at a regular hour, the stomach
becomes accustomed to receiving food
at that hour and is prepared for it.
If meals arc taken Irregularly, the
DnrlnK Wasps.
stomach is taken by surprise, so to
“Wasps were tlie first paper makers,” speak, and Is never In that state of
said an entomologist. “It Is very Inter readiness In which it should lie for tbe
esting to study the ways of these fierce prompt nnd perfect performance of Its
little Insects. For the sake of a grab work.
at the honey store a single Individual
Aatiea on Cigar«.
will sometimes face a whole hive of
bees, being In fair combat a match for
"Few men professing to be Judges of
any three Inhabitants of the apiary. line cigars know anything at all about
Most of us have had experience of the smoking them," remarked a cigar deal
fearlessness with which they will at er. "Tlie ashes on tlie cad of the cigar
tnck human beings.”
serve to retain the flavor nnd should be
permitted to remain as long as pos
Flies Are Tough.
sible. Then the constant thumping
A fly Is almost Invincible. It will some smokers give their cigars in the
survive long immersion In water, will attempt to keep them dear of ashes
sustain the odors of sulphur aud other often causes the wrappers to break,
disinfectant? without apparent Injury nnd that also lessens the pleasure of n
Only turpentine, chloroform and ammo good smoke."
nia aud washing can get tlie better of
Considerate.
a fly.
Pepper.
Tbe value of pepper was known o.
old. We read that when Rome had tc
be ransomed from t..e barbarian con
qtteror In tlie year 4i:o Aiaric demanded
3,000 pounds of pepper among the pay
meats and tl.at Hipiiocrates u»ed It iu
medicine, apnlvlng It to the «kin.
Bangs—Jubklns is tbe homeliest man
I ever saw.
Slangs—Why don't you say It to his
face?
Bangs— I don't want to.
Slangs- You’re afraid to, ain't you?
Bangs—Ob, no. But bis face baa
enough to bear already.—Detroit Free
Press.
THE INNS OF NORWAY
PLAIN AND WHOLESOME AND WITH
OUT ANY FRILLS
The Meal«
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Attalr«,
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Salmon
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Served.
Gorata Are Bipeeled Io Kat Heart
ily aud to Walt ou Themselves.
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You cannot afford to be without it.
♦ Manufacturer'»
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♦ Direct trom first coat,
hands to last handa.
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to the ingredients, at less than they cost others, permits
♦ us I to Owing
manutaeture a first-class article at considerably la-low the mar-
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Our chemist guarantees that no better Egg Food can lie produced
♦ any
price. Scientifically prepared, and we agree to refund money
♦ at if good
results are not obtained.
♦ Smith’s Cash Store, 25 Market St., S. F.
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At Intervals of eight or ten tulles
along the public highway, usually in
connection with the skyds stations, are
inns where tlie traveler will Invariably
find tlie comforts if uot the luxuries
of life—plenty of food and shelter, bed
and board. There is no upholstered
furniture or velvet carpets or eggshell
china, but always neat lace curtains ut
every window, sometimes In tlie win
dows of tin* stables.
A luxurious American will have to
deny himself much that lie is accus
tomed to at home aud will encounter
experiences aud customs that are new
and novel to him. But if be Is reason
able in Ills requirements and behaves
himself like a gentleman he will al
ways meet with a hospitable although
a homely welcome. The Norwegian ho
tel keepers measure our appetites by
Offers superior advantages to those who mean business.
their own and give you so much to ent,
It gives bread-and-butter education. It occupies nil of
particularly nt tlie noon diuner, that
you are stupid and sleepy all the rest
two entire buildings. Teaches seven courses. It has
of (lie day and snooze in your carrluge
twelve regular teachers. It is the HOME SCHOOL anil
when you ought to be admiring the
cares for the moral as well us the intellectual. Its rates
scenery.
are more reasonable than any other similar school on the
There is no style about the hotels,
Coast anil its advantages greater. Send for specimens of
and the service is poor. The household
penmanship. Write for particulars or call at the College
work Is nil done by the landlord and
and see for yourself its work and accommodations.
Ida wife and daughters. There are no
electric bells, and If you want any
thing you usually have to hunt for it
W. G. Ramsey, - - Principal
and help yourself. It is the custom of
Stockton, Cal.
tlie country for the travelers to make
themselves at home, and you are some
times compelled to look after your own
luggage or It Is liable to be left. But
you will recover it again after a time.
liuporiera «ail Dealers In
Wanted, Sharp Kulm.
Tlie people are honest, considerate and
“I have often wondered where one
unselfish, but unpretentious In their
hospitality. There are no locks on their could find the sharp knives of the
doors, for none Is needed. Burglars world," said an observant citizen, "and
CARD STOCK
really the problem Is one of some seri
and thieves are absolutely unknown.
STRAW AND HINDERS' HOARD
The bedrooms are barren of orna ousness, und one, upon reflection, is al
ftß-57-TU-H , Flrnt St.
ments and easy chairs that we are ac most driven to tlie conclusion that
T bl . main 109. 4X SAN FltANClSCO.
there
are
no
sharp
knives
in
tbe
world
customed to at home. There are no
"Have you ever noticed bow hard it
carpets and no rugs on the floor. All
tbe appurtenances are plain and sub is to find a really sharp knife? Stop
stantial. without any effort at show tlie first man you meet and ask him to
and very little Idea of convenience. let you have his knife for a minute and
I IIL vU V I L| J or single,at low
rates. Country
The beds are good, but usually tbe only listen to what he says about it. Nine
patronage
solicited, and no pains will be spared
cover is a comfortable seven or eight times out of ten lie will say, ’I have to make them
comfortable during their visit.
inches thick and as heavy and un one, but it Isn’t very sharp.’ You may
wieldy ns a feather bed. You can’t pick out your men indifferently, and 90« Market st, and 9 Ellis st., corner
Stockton, san Francisco.
tuck it In ut the bottom or at the sides, they will always tell you the same
Telephone Red AM. ¡MRS. RANFT, Prop.
and It Is always sliding off to the floor. thing. If a man should ask me for my
It is too much covering for an ordinary knife to sharpen a lead pencil or to use
SAM MARTIN
CHAS. CAMM
sleeper, and when tlie nights are warm, for some other purpose, the chance«
For 2.3 years with
For 3 years with
ere
I
would
say
about
the
same
thing,
C,
E.
Whitney
&
Co.
O.
K.
Whitney & Co.
us they often are, you are compelled to
choose between u chill and suffocation. ‘1 have one, but it Isn’t very sharp.’
"And really tlie answer thus made is
The pillows are another nuisance.
NEW COMMIHHION HOUSE
There are usually a bolster of feathers generally true. Men do not keep sharp
about tlie size of a barrel and a little knives. It may be because they do uot
bit of a 4 by U pillow an inch or two need sharp knives or it may be a mat
thick, with pretty trimmings upou It. ter of laziness, but In any event they
Tlie liig pillow Is too big, and the lit do not carry them around witli them,
121-1*4,3 Davis St., Sail Francisco.
tle one is two small, and you solve the or If they do they always give their
General Commission and
dilemma by rolling up your overcoat frlehd a dull one.”—New Orleans
Produce.
;uto a ball and using that Instead. limes-Democrat.
There Is plenty of fresh, heavy, home
Specialty, Butter, Eggs and Clieesi.
A Fable.
made linen—large, square towels that
Your consignments solicited.
One day as the Elephant was passing
have been woven under the same roof
through
tlie
forest
lie
came
upon
a
during the long winter days.
The breakfast is abundaut and often Hare who had fallen into a pool anil
terrifying. You are at first confronted wns shivering witli cold, and In his
witli five or six different kinds of good hearteduess he stopped and called
cheese, an equal variety of cold meats, out:
“How, now, Mrs. Hare, but what Is
tinned lisli, smoked lierrlug and salm
on, cold boiled ham, three or /our kinds the trouble here?”
“Alas, but I fell Into the pond and
of cold sausage, strips of dried rein
deer meat aud half a dozen different am almost dying with a chill!” wailed
All the world knows that coffee in
Jams and preserved fruits. You are the Hare.
“Say you so. Ah, but we can enslly
excessive use is injurious. And yet
expected to partake freely of that sort
remedy
tlint.
I
will
lie
down
beside
the coffee lover cannot stand taste«
of provender and usually do so until
less cereals. There him to this time
yon learn by experience that dried tlsh, you, nnd the bent of my body will soon
been no happy medium between,
boiled eggs, veal cutlets and other hot make you warm und blithe again.”
('afe Bland fills the void with the
And the Elephant tumbled down with
food will soon follow if you are pa
I lest elements of Isith. It is richer
tient. Tlie coffee is usually good, and a grunt ami a groan and observed that
than straight coffee, and many w ill
there is always an ubundance of rich, he wns always cheerfully willing to put
not be easily convinced that it is
himself
out
for
tlie
sake
of
others,
es
not all c- ffee. But we guarantee
thick cream. There is no warm bread,
pecially
for
tlie
weak
nnd
helpless.
thr’ Cafe Bland contains less than
but five or six kinds of cold bread bak
After a quarter of an hour, anil not
fifty l>er cent coffee, which is scien
ed from wheat, rye and oat Hour, be
henring from tlie Hare, lie rose up to
tifically blended with nutritious
sides tbe national “flatbrod,” which no
fruits
and grains, thus not only
Inquire If she felt better, anil to his sor
Norwegian table Is ever without.
displacing over fifty tier cent of the
row aud consternation lie discovered
Tlie dinner is a formidable nffalr aft
ealt'ein, but neutralizing that which
that he had crushed the life out of her
er tbe fashion of the ordinary Eu
remains and still retaining the rich
ns lie laid down.
ropean table d’hote, with Boup, fish,
coffee flavor. To those who sutler
Moral: Our friends Injure us more
with the heart, to dyspeptics and
roast, salad, preserves aud padding,
than our enemies.—Detroit Free Press.
to nervous people Cafe Bland is
while for supper you get tlie same as
especially recommended as a health-
sortment of cheese, cold meats, fish,
A Retort From Xiatare.
<•11 and delicious lieverage, so satis-
sausage and preserves that you have
eying that only the member of the
Among tlie useful results of aerial
liad for breakfast aud two or three hot
family making the change in the
excursions are tin- satisfactory experi
dishes. Fish Is the staff of life and
coffee knows there has been one.
ments in tlie way of echoes and re
salmon the mainstay. It Is served iu
More healthful, richer and less ex
verberations. John Mackenzie Bacon
some form at every meal, fried at
pensive than straight coffee. Better
bus many opportunities of testing tbe
in every respect. 25 cents per lb.
breakfast and supper and boiled for
carrying of sounds to and from a bal
Your grocer will get it for you
dinner, with strips of cold smoked
loon at u great height, and Mr. Wise,
Ask for
salmon of a deep rich color on the side
the American aeronaut, relate« a case
lit all meals.
In point.
The lakes and rivers are well stocked
He was ballooning one day above a
with salmon trout, which are caught
lieuse cloud stream when lie heard n
iu nets and kept alive In tanks until
<ow bell and the sounds of a wood
they are needed. You enjoy them the
chopper’s ax, whereupon, to attract the
first five or six meals, but after you
attention of the laborer, he shouted
have had them seventeen or eighteen
"Hello!”
He was immediately an
times In succession they begin to lose
swered by another “Hello!” from tin*
their relish. Beer Is the ordinary bev
ground.
erage. Everybody drinks It. Claret
He then asked the question. "How
and Rhine wine can be liad at the lar
far is this from Lancaster?” and was I I’roonunoed cat-tuy—accent on last syllable.
ger hotels, but never any whisky,
annoyisl by being mocked by Ills own
brandy or other strong liquors. Local
Words.
option prevails throughout Norway,
Title of n Dormouse.
‘‘Being In tlie clouds,” lie says, "and
and in tlie country districts the sale of
This tear compelling tale is from the
hot able to sec things alsive or below, I
spirituous liquors Is forbidden.—W. E.
London Globe: “A young lady bought
felt Somewhat nettled at this clownish
Curtis In Chicago Record-Herald.
a dormouse. After keeping It for anise
display of wit. anil In a very audible
time she had occasion to send a pres
tone of voice, while the foregoing was
Half and Half.
ent to a friend nnd utilized the dor
“Have you suffered much from tooth still reverberating iu my car, I sang mouse for that purpose. A few months
out. ‘You’re a fool!’ which In a very
ache?” asked the dentist.
later the friend wrote to say that the
"A little,” answered the young wom few seconds was answered by an pet did not seem very lively and wns
equally
distinct
and
measured
tone
of
an in the chair, "but not much. My
refusing Its food. Would she come nnd
teeth, I suspect, are like mamma's. She voice. ’You’re a fool!’
Inspect It? She came and Inspected It
“Then It suddenly flashed upon my
has never lind anything done to her«,
nnd finally, feeling that tills was a ease
mind
that
it
was
tlie
echo
of
my
own
and she hasn't an unBound tooth in her
for professional opinion, called lu a
voice, with h opinion was rntitled by
bead.”
' vet. The vet’s verdict wns brief aud to
the
dying
reverberations
of
my
words,
"How are your father’s teeth?”
tlie point. The dormouse had been
"Poor papa! His are all gone. They which had now become ns numerous as j dend Just six months.”
though
a
whole
regiment
had
caught
never were anything but mere shells.”
“Well,” said the dentist, breaking It the watchword nnd were passing It in
Advice About Health.
to her as gently ns he could. “It’s very quick succession through the whole
Don't worry about your health. More
evident that you Inherit your upper line.”
'people make thcmsilves ill by doing
Jaw from your mother and your lower
that than Is generally supposed. If
Incnnlrmrrtlhlr Kvldence.
Jaw from your father.”—Chien go Trlb
you arc constantly imagining that
“
Now,
children,
I
want
you
all
to
re
une.
there Is something tlie matter with
member that James Watt discovered
I you, you will do yourself harm. Llvo
tlie wonderful steam engine by simply
Flat Magnate« Confer.
' as far as you are able a healthy life
watching tlie kettle boll.”
The Janitor—The people on the
“Please, ma'am, I don't Just see how I nnd for the rest take your chance like
a man. There are plenty of people wl.o
'steenth floor say the rent Is higher that could be.”
suffer a living death by allowing them
thau tbe flat.
“Why not?"
The Agent—And between you ano
selves to Imagine that they are going
" ’Cause watched nots never boll.”
| to have every illness they read about.
me they are slower In tbelr payment
than tbe elevator.—Indianapolis News.
Where to Brain.
The demand for agricultural Imple
Mrs. Trotabout—1 shall be off the j ments In Egypt Is Increasing with the
IL medieval time« tbe beet perfumes
greater part of the day. ns I have jolu- progress made In cultivating land.
were made In France and Italy, the
cd the Society For the Suppression of Farmers nre rapidly finding out the
1 erfutners of those countries acquiring
value of Improved machinery nnd have
a dexterity unknown elsewhere and Needless and Nerve Racking Noises.
Mr. T.—Good idea, my dear. Take In use already n number of thrashing
possessing many ltd* method« of
the baby along with you.-
tuacbtaer
manufacture
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