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dado crdlege I be y««St*g echanrlniaetef
was tw rereive 113 • month amt bl*
!■<* rd.
From I be first day I perceived that
I was at lsierd < mi spevulalto* *ml at
tbe mercy ttt a cteae cak-ulathui. be
writes. t»ne day the whole dinner con­
sisted of a single dumpling, which
they called a pudding, ami five »au
■ages, which In ¡-miking »lirunk to th*
alse of pipestem». They,- were five of
us al table.
A few days afterward, ou my return
from school, my eyes were delighted
by the sight of an animal I had never
seen liefore. It was a raccoon, which
tlie young man. Jonathan, had killed
and brought home In triumph, When
skinned, be seemed to lie one eutlre
mass of fat and of a most delicate
whiteness. 1 was overjoyed and went
to tied early to dream of delicious
steaks which the morrow would bring.
Iarng lie fore daylight I heart I tbe
family stirring, and tbe alacrity of
quick footsteps and the repeated open­
ing and shutting of doors all gave as­
surance of the coming holiday.
I was soon ready for breakfast, and
when seated at table 1 observed that
the place of Jonathan was vacant.
"Where Is Jonathan?” I asked.
“Gone to market,” said they.
"Market! What market, pray? I
did not know there was any market
in these parts.”
“Oh. yes.” they said, "he Is gone to
---- . atiout thirty miles to the south­
ward of us.”
“And what has called him up so
early to go to market?’
“He is gone,” said they, “to sell his
raccoon.”
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H* • «• sM*f *n* k** *4 b*
• ta Ana» **t that ata«M •*' him apart
I f-"*l ita
wnrM and
a *4 * *•** *p f-<f StWsy*
be world
sprfwgs of y«i*<b **<t d es i re tbe *t4
8 J tbe
feeling h» l '*spe»| w|
be had wonebww
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 respite and th'» wai
MoniKhma I* tta young ma a s !•«» damfol reckleseooee "l*n y«,«i think i *>sd ewtapade. this
wartwol her. ar»! ata itr<qq>*<l tar *r*« I’d lie here If I was?” II* drew the time*
The night w<*re on At last be was
white li* ram* on. tba i-rowd «till gatb te>w across tbe K string with a rig**
able to <**t<*h Marie's eye«. Mb* could
erlng around Llm
more raw than sweet.
"You will play for aa. then, you will
■*||ow should I know?” ah* answer­ not resist that pleading, tbe lut iprese-
lltle hunger in that look Hiw ram«
play fur us?” they cried.
ed "Am 1 my brother’s— keeper?"
“Taa, I’ll play for you." h* answer*«!,
He winced, and tbe lov rasped ou stnl sat down laeslde him. and •gala
hl« eye* whir opvu ami shining like tbe K string, so that tbe duncers look M'tlalllon called off tbe figures of th«
two black diamonds "But a**," be ed up wondertngly, but M. Camille's dam-e.
They spoke in very low tones, trying
continued, "I must bare tbe prettiest bead was only nodding to tbe music,
girl lu tbe parish to sup|M*r, ami at and tbs dancing weut ou tlie same. with what desperate anxiety to pre­
e«<ry fourth dame abe must sit beside Still ber arrow bad gone home, for he vent their hearts showing in their
me w bile I play."
remembered when, in tbe shallow of faces.
lie laughed as be aald It and tossed tbe great cathedral in Quel-ec one
"What du you want to say?” sb*
bls Ungers again in an airy, gallant Christmas eve, be bad bade bet forget asked, ber breath catching.
fashion. It was strauge, too. thia buoy­ him As Camille, her lover, and think
“I want to know. Marie, if you still
ant manner. for in spite of bia tlasit­ of him only aa Camille, her brother, mve me?" hie voice whispered through
ing eyes and smiling lipa there was a who was vowed to Itec me a priest.
the music.
grave, ascetic expression behind all,
Sorrow aud [tain had sbarpeue1 her
"What does it matter?” sbe aald.
something of tuelancboly, too, in tbe mind aa only these thing» can sharpen “And is it right to ask?”
turn of bis straight, tuauly body.
the mind of a woman. Till» was
“I've come all the way from Quebec
Medallion, standing apart, watched the simple, lovtug girl from a country to ask it,” be said.
him musingly He bad uot seen that village who bad stolen bis benrt while
"You came to ask that? What did
brat glance at Marie or Marie’s glam-e be studied iu Laval seminary. Thia you come to say Y’ sbe flashed out, her
tn return, but he felt there was some­ was a little woman, grown, oh. *> bit lips quivering a little.
thing strange and uncommon lu the terly wise! And when a woman grows
He understood. "Forgive me. 1
loan He had tbe bearing of a gentle­ bitter and wise the bravest should la* thought you knew I couldn’t ask you
man, and bia voice was that of edu­ humble, for sb* need» nettl.er tbe neip If you cared unless I”—
cation and refinement. Tbe girls sim­ of gods nor of men to aid ber tongue
He paused, for if be spoke tbe words
"When do you become a priest?” she tbe die would be cast forever; be would
pered ami wUisje-red among them­
selves, and tbe men turned with ona asked, with slow inquisition.
never return to those quiet walls
consent to Marie.
"A fortnight,” be said. "Is the time where Incense and not the breath of
"Weil, It must be Marie,” said An­ fixed.”
woman—a breath like this, soft, sweet,
toine. “Bbe’a tbe prettiest girl in tbe
"Then, as I said, why do you come?" instinct with youth and delight would
parish."
she asked sharply.
touch bis senses. Yet what liad be
"Can't you understand?” lie replied, come for? To rack a girl's heart and
-Yes. Marie, Marie7’ aald athers.
Alphonse bad a mlad to s|>eak, but with a strong rush of feeling,
soul and then return to his masses
"A priest should lie alsiut his Fa­ and prayers, leaving an injured life be­
be dared not, for be saw that be could
uot contradict Antoiue. and be also ther’s business, not at a dance.” she hind him? When be started from Que­
aaw that Marie would be banded over replied scornfully.
bec he scarcely knew what he was go
"Marie, Marie, aren't you glad to see ing to do, save that he must see this
to this handsome stranger.
"Good.”’ said tbe stranger. "Then me." be said, "running all this risk as girl's face once—once again. He had
let It tie Marie,” not looking toward I do?” He had bis eyes on tlie little had no thought beyond that. That de­
her "that is,” be added, "If Marie Is cross at ber throat. He bad ogee glv sire was hot within him. He did uot
PICKINGS FROM FICTION.
en It to her.
willing.”
know—she might be married or dead
”1 have my own confessor." she re­ or the betrothed of another, but be
Now they made way for her to come
The fool's ear was made for the
forward and said, "Here—here she is.” plied—"the gissl Father Fabre. I don't would see her, theu return to his sa knave's tongue.—Ramaswaml’s "Indian
need
another.
”
Her
Angers
felt
for
tlie
Marie came down alowly, uot look
cred duties and forget, In coming at Fables.”
ing at tbe stranger, and his eyes did cross, then suddenly dropped it.
all be bad committed a sin for which
Bad habits are leeches that would
not dwell u | mju her face. They rose no , She got to her feet.
he would have to atoue bitterly when
"Marie. Marie,” he wbi»|a-re<l. But he returned, if he returned, but the lat­ suck a Hercules to effeminacy. — "A
higher than her neck, where she wore
with a laugh she sprang down from ter thought had not presented itself to Speckled Bird."
a little cross of gold.
Money buys things, and love wins
the little platform among the dancers him definitely, though it had flashed lu
“Good," he said again, “good!”
Then aa she came nearer be coutln and caught Medallion's arm.
and out of the va|»>rs of emotion like a things; power takes things.—"Fame
For a Woman.”
With rollicking laughter Medallion flying flame.
ued in an uffbuud way, “My name is
Duty is what we think about when
swung both her and Bals-tte through
Camille, Marie."
But now here was Marie, and here
ill
or are reminded of by creditors.—
Shu did not more than whisper tbe the flirting changes of a cotillon.
was he in the garb of the workaday
words, “M. Camille," and held out her
An hour went by. Meanwhile Marie world, aud frivolity and irresimusible Davidson's "Dumas."
When a man ceases to make love to
baud, still not raising her eyes to bin was gay, hut Medallion noticed that her gayety around them, and lie. all on a
face.
hand was now hot. now cold as they suddeu, with his faraway boyish reck­ bis wife, some other man begins.—
He took her baud and clasped IL As
lessness again alive iu him. tbe master "Fables For the Elite.”
People whose Ilves are anything but
be did ao a sound almost like a moan
of tbe revels.
broke softly from her lips. There was
“Unless?” Marie asked. "Yes, ’un­ a Joke are usually content with the
so much noise and chattering that per
less?’” There were two little lines at smallest Jests —"The Vultures.”
Mothers personify circumstances to
baps no one noticed It except Baliette
the comers of her mouth—lines which
and Medallion, but they were watch- ’
never come to a girl's face uuless she children. We are symbols to them of
Ing watching.
lias suffered and lost. Marie had nut liafliing. cramping fate.—"The Rescue.”
A woman is like unto a volcano,
All at onCe Marie broke away with
only a heart, but a sense of honor, too.
a wild little laugh. "Chut!” she said
for the man. Having come to her thus, which, 'ven when inactive, is palpitat­
as she danced lu among the other girls,
whatever chanced tie should Justify ing to spit forth its Are and which,
changed all lu an Instant. “He'll lie
himself in so far as might tie by say­ when it does vent its fury, bursts the
tired of me before the thing's over.”
ing wlnit auy honest man would say. bounds of its late enforced suppres­
"Yea,” said Medallion under his
Sbe had a right to know if lie still sion.—"The Wooing of Wistaria.”
breath; "as be was before. Yet I’m not
luted her. and he had uo right to know
Some British L«wo«kl»i.
so sure either.”
if she still loved him until that was
It may surprise some folks to learn
Medallion was only speculating.
done. II* must lie justified in her sight.
Ten minutes afterward M. Camille
If he loved her and said so. theu let that plenty of British laws bave been
wus seated on a little platform at the
the Angel point what way it would; drawn up ao carelessly anil written lb
such muddled language that they are
end of the room, raised about six Inches ,
she would submit.
from the door, playing for tbe dancers
She fluslied with a kind of Indigna­ quite Useless for their Intended pur
Marie was dancing with Alphonse.
tion. Must she always lie tbe sufferer? pose.
“You think lie's handsome?” asked
He. a man. bad a work of life to inter­
One of the acts passet) in George
Alphonse furtively.
est him; she had nothing—nothing save III.’s reign, for Instance, states that
"Ob. be'a so vain!” she said. "Look j
herself and the solitary patli of mea­ the proceeds of i>enalties were to be
at the way be switches the bow!"
ger parish life. She would have her given half to the Informer and half to
“And listen how he calls off the
moment of triumph in spite of all. Sbe the poor of the parish. The absurdity
dances," continued Alphonse, delight- |
would hear him say be loved her; sbe lies in the fact that the only ¡»enalty
would make him give all up for her. which could be Inflicted was one of
ed; “not half so g<ssl as Vlgord. And
She was no longer the wistful, shrink­ transportation for fourteen years.
such airs; such airs! Who'* be, auy-1
liow? We don’t know; likely some
ing girl who had been hurried back to
In 18«5 a well known Q f. created
scalawag from Quebec."
ber home from Quetiee and handed a lot of amusement by proposing an
"Perhaps he’s a prince." said the girl,
over to the tender watchfulness of M. amendment worded as follows: "Every
swung through the chauges. and that Fabre, whose heart had ached for her. dog found tretqiasslng on inclosed land
laughing.
unaccompanied by the registered own­
"Prince? Bosh! Where's his mus­ ber eyes bail a bard kind of brilliance yet who felt that what was was t>est.
She was very much a woman now. er of such dog or other person, who
tache?" Alphonse stroked bls own It was not given him tu read tbe heart
carelessly, one arm around Marie's of this romance. He would not try to and if only for an hour she would have shall on being asked for bis true name
and address may be then and there
waist. "Why, he's shaved likes priest." probe tbe thing. He merely watched her way.
"Unless what—Camille?” she asked.
destroyed by such occupier or by liis
Something peculiar flashed Into Ma and waited. He had known Marie
Her voice dwelt softly on the “Ca­ orders." This gem of meaninglessness
rle's eyes, and she looked for a mo­ since she was only big enough to lean
ment inquiringly at Alphonse. “Yes. ber chin ou bls knee, and many a time mille.” It was the first sou ml of ten­ was. however, not passed London Tit-
since she bad grown up be and old derness that be bad beard from her Bits.
just like a priest." abe said.
The dance went on. M. Camille’s Garon, tbe avocat, had talked of her since he came, and it thrilled him. It
clear, resonant voice rang out over the | and wondered what ber life would la*, was three years since he bad heard a
He Kaew Soaae Castly Oses.
heads of the dancers: "Ijtdies’ chain— for It seemed to them both that there voice with that »ollnd in It. Life was
In order to discourage the use of ob­
there you go—right and left —balance was no man in the parish who could grave and far from sentimental in the jectionable words, says the Chicago
to partner«—promenade all!" And so make ber happy, that year In Quebec seminary, His youth—the old Adam— Post, the father had evolved a system
on. tbe words bending and inflecting ha<Tchanged her so, had given her lar­ came to swelling life in him. He put of lines, somewhat after this fashion:
It all In the words. “I wouldn’t have
to tbe music like a song, with here ger ideas of life and men.
Hang It, 1 cent.
He had talked much with her from asked you If you loved me yet. Marie,
aud there a laughing phrase thrown lu
Darn It, 2 cents.
at a stumbling habitant or a pretty time to time, and she had always unless I was sure you knew that I
Gosh, 3 cents.
compliment to some blushing girl. , seemed glad of that. She thought him loved you”—be drew his bow caress-
Goeb darn it, 5 cents.
whose eyes, as well aa her feet, danced wise, and ba bad woudered at some ingly along the D string, so that a
The boy who was to be reformed by
a reply to tbe master of the revels. deep, searching things she bad said. sweet, aching Joyfulness seemed In- this method studied tbe tariff with con­
Never was such music heard In the He would have gone far to serve ber, fusetl lnto tbe dance— "and that I’ve siderable interest, but it was sume tim*
parish of Poutiac. Vigord’s sun bad for the gossip, now almost legend, risked everything to come and tell you before be spoke.
gone out in darkness, and M. Camille’s that he had caret! for Marie's mother •o.”
"Well," he «aid at last. "I guess I
was at high noon. Already bad Me­ before she married Marie’s father bad
A low sound, half delight, half pain, know some words that would cost a
dallion made friends with tbe tiddler foundation. The cure bad stepped in. came from her. But she turned her quart er 7’
and had liecome at once M. Camille’s for Medallion was a Protestant, and bead away. There was silence fgr a
Ta Clean kicks! Ctoet«.
lieutenant In tbe Jocund game, for Me­ that euded it, hut Medallion had never moment
Cheap nickel clocks that have proved
dallion bad no vanity, and he knew a married, and. strange to say. tbe cure
"Won’t you *pe*k? What are you
mau of parts when he found blni and and bliuaelf and Marie's father were thinking? Don't turn your bead away." their convenience through much popu­
lar use play tricks with their timekeep-
the best of friends. MetinIIIon was also he continued.
loved tbe man for tbe parts.
In tbe third dance Marie took ber busy watching M. Camille, for be felt
Slowly her face came toward him. ing occasionally fur want of dean.ng.
place on a chair beside M. Camille. that here was something wherein a her eyes shining, her cheeks pale, her Thia fault may be quickly remedied
The crowd gave a little cheer for her— frleud might serve Marie, th >ugb bow lips alow and moving gently, but ’be with naphtha. Tbe backs should lie
unscrewed and the works taken out
for them both-before tbe dance liegan. be did not know. He liked the young words dropping like metal.
and Immersed la tbe fluid, a treatment
aud then they were all bard at it. heel mail's face, for it had that touch of
"You
are
true
to
nothing.
”
she
said;
that will speedily restore their service
and toe. knee and elbow, warm shoul­ loneliness and native solitary thought “neither to the church—nor to me."
unless some more radical defect than
der to warm shoulder, enjoyment pant­ which the present gayety of eye. voice
“
Marie,
haven't
you
any
pity?
”
He
ing through the room. Suddenly M. and manner made almost pathetic. He did not know wbat or bow be was dust is the trouble.
Camille's voice was heard aa he paused even saw something more- a reckless­ playing now. His fingers wandered,
ness. not natural to the youth's charac­
at the beginning of a set.
The Heaarahl* Mretkera.
the bow came aud went, but he was
“It's my turn to talk. Who’ll call off ter. which sat on him like a touch of not thinking of tbe music.
"1 suppose tbe arrival of new con­
the dance? Will you?" be added, look doom —and as he thought Marie's al­
"Why are you so selfish, then?” she gressmen from time to time bas a tend
legory — her “wonderful. hegutiful.
Ing at Medallion.
said. “Why didn't you leave me here ency to give variety to life In tbe Capi­
Medallion nodded and took up the dreadful" (those were ber words, tale alone? A woman is always at a man's tal City?
parable. The music was riotous, and of love—kept showing In vivid pictures mercy
"Not a great deal.* answered tbe
Medallion's voice abundantly cheerful In his eye.
man who Is more or less cynical. “It
Something
scorched
him
from
head
But if be could have read the yonng
as be danced with Babette.
to foot. He now felt, as he bad never merely means tbe introduction of new
And now behind the Joyous riot there man's mind, could have seen the strug­
names Into tbe same old anecdotes."—
gle going on there, the despair, tbe felt before, wbat that Incident three Washington Star.
passed a little drama.
years
ago
meant,
wbat
this
girl's
life
“Do you wonder w hy 1 ve come. Ma­ wild hope, tbe daring, the revolt, tbe
rio?” said tlie master of the revels.
breaking up of all tbe settled course* had beeu since, what was tbe real na­
lw Hla ■«■*.
"Why have you «•ome?" she asked.
of a life, be would have lieen aa star­ ture of that renunciation. Tbe eight
' Braggy says bls grandfather lost
"Have you forgotten my name?” be tled as apprehensive, for while Camille band reel waa near its end. He got bls mind because of tbe loes of bls for­
urged reproachfully.
!>< barres w as urging on this mirth and to bia feet in bis excitement, played tune."
"Why shouldn't IT’
revel with a nervous eagerness be kept faster and faster, and then witb a call
"He’s Just got the story twisted. He
"That's so. that's so." be answered. saying to himself over and over again: to tbe dancer* and Medallion brought lost bls fortune because of the loes of
"You told me to forget it." she add­ "I can't give ber up! God forgive me! tbe dance to a close. In the subsw bls mind. That’s where he bad bls for­
quent Jostling, as tbe revelers made
ed.
Marie! Marie!”
tune.”—Catholic Standard and Times.
“That’s true." be agreed ootrow-
Tbe words beat In and out of tbe their way to another room for supper,
be
offered
bls
arm
to
Marie,
imdded
fully.
music. Youth, humanity, energies of
Bridle your tongue and you saddle
There was a pause. In which nothing the active world, were crying out. fight­ as gayly a* be coqld to the frequent your temper —New York Press
was said between them, and then In an ing for mastery in tbe breast of one “Merci, merci, monsieur"' and they
awed, ahrinking kind of voice she »¡fid »von to be given to tbe separateness of walked together to the emi of tbe
Cast iron article* were first made I*
"Are you—a priest—now?”
tbe church, wberelu the love of man room, sayinr nothing.
England In tbe year 17uQ.
(TO R* CONTI Nt RO.)
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tartained with tea ••rsndy «nd «w*e*
tn*a««. <e if ta baa «wwe a g>«wt dia
faioe with « ate*I of aevera1 ¡«niraea
No matter h<»w ill bls paGen« sMy he
lie will not «pfww-'h him until be bas
thor<nt*bly r»-fr*nti*d himself I* thia
■us liner.
M lien at In«’ be <<■•* to bia liedakl*.
h* first ask» tbe patient If he Is etili
able to eat. and be next examlnea bia
pulae. After tbe patient baa t>ared bia
entire forearm tbe phyah-lau placee bia
Anger ou the pulae and f<r avverai mo
menta dues nut utter a word. Houte
tiuiia only owe of bia Angers and at
oilier time* all of them are employed
at this work. Wlivu be breaks bls al-
lem-e he dewTiliea minutely tbe dteease
from whi' b tbe |>atleut la aufferlngand
write* a prescription
Then the do-tor tak*a his leave,
promising to call again If m-eesaary.
He rei-elves. as a rule, no fee for thia
aervlee. but if he is a druggist be
charges a large prl.-e for tbe medicine.
<r if he ia not a druggist he receives a
satisfactory commisslou from tbe one
who pre|»rcs it. Mweover. the |>atienL
if he msvert, generally gives him a
hand»ouie present.
It the Bible Perishedt
If every complete copy of the Bible
were destroyed, would it t>e [>oeelhle of
reproduction by milliliters, theologians
and others?
The probability is that It would, even
if. as tbe question sup|>oses. all the
tyiie kept up hy tbe various printers
of Billies aud Testaments aud prayer
Itooks were also destroyed, lu tbe Arst
place, such a vast number of commen­
taries have lieeu published In different
languages on various portions of tbe
Bible that it would almost be possible
to reconstruct the Scripture* from
them, and »ui b deAciencies aa existed
would be supplied by aucieut writiugs.
mainly controversial works, which re-
produce the text very fully. Sermons,
homilies ami kindred works would also
be of great assistance, ami such de-
Acieiicies as might still remain would
certainly be supplied from the memo­
ries of the vast numbers of Biblical
atudeuts who have studied the Scrip­
ture* lu so many different languages.—
Loudon Answers.
Wail« Make Maamaales.
No reason exists, says a foreign Jour­
nal, why persons should uot keep their
beloved ones with them after death,
since their tmdies can very easily be
mummified. The ancient Egyptians, it
continues, were ex;>eris at this art. and
a close study of some of their mum­
mies shows how they did tbe work.
The body is placed Iu a boiler which
contains chloride of calcium aud which
is heated to 125 degrees and after re­
maining there for a certain time Is tak
eu out and steeped for twenty four
hours In a cold solutiou of sulphate of
sim II uiu . By that time It 1» transformed
into a perfect mummy, and tbe mourn
Ing relatives or frleuds can safely take
It home and install it iu a place of
honor.
W«naen In Mew Zealand.
A man with daughters need uot feel
aBbamed lu New Zealand. He's a po­
litical power, a big mau In tbe district
iu which be resides. All women over
twenty-one years of age can vote, so
tbe man with many daughters often
decides a closely contested election.
Then, again, women are much sought
after matrimonially, for they are out­
numbered by the men two to one.
There is no need for a woman beeom
Ing an old maid. Tbe women are good
dressers, and the styles are as nearly
up to date as those of London and
New York.
Sea Talk.
Bobby—You have always shown a
predilection for sea tales, haven't you?
I know you alway* used to be reading
them when we were iu college.
Dicky—Yes: and 1 still like them as
much as ever. By the way, on that sea
voyage 1 took last year 1 was much
astonished to find how unfamiliar tbe
sailors were witb sea language. They
didn't talk a bit like tbe sailor tbe
books tell about.—Boston Transcript
Pleatr at Than**!.
"Auntie,” said tbe Judge to tbe bat­
tered lady of color, "did your busband
strike you with malice aforethought?”
"'Deed he didn't. Jedge,” was tbe In­
dignant reply. “He didn't bit me wld
that mallet afore be thought. He'd
been figgerin' on dat er long - time.
Jedge; 'deed he had."—Baltimore New ».
Aa Ea»r Fratelem.
The beggar bad a notlc-e up. “Deaf
and Dumb.” and the passing philan­
thropist stopped In front of him.
"I'd like to give thia man something.”
he said to his com pa u ion. "but how am
I to know that he Is deaf and dumb?”
“Read the notice, sir." whispered tbe
beggar cautiously —Chums.
Rabbla* It la.
He—If you wefuse me, I shall pnt a
bullet tbwough my bwain.
She-The Idea! How could you?
He—I snp(>oee you think I'm talking
like a cwaxy man?
Sbe-Oh. no; like a sharpshooter.—
Philadelphia Press.
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fr.Hip «ft fwMkm« •h ttn mtlng « hi Fenn
•titani* • ven iw. fftar
th* mo
mwnfiwi«
km« «ft • toe dur A a we
••IhwH «««Mirrtl <1 rant rad* Inward n«.
tmokin* hi« wma «’IgM r Rei'ftgntxing
•riFTt 1
il« h* «1 l4ttHM nit«*d and joinetl
n*.
“ ‘H I im I'« th* iw waV fie a«ke«l
“1 answerevl. 'We are discussing a
piwre of new* wbi< b
to ua di
rortly from the While Ill'll»* and
which gives me in) httl«* mni'itfi.'
•What U HF
che fonerai.
** *1 uiMÌwrataiMÌ t ha 1 President An
drew John«on intend« to rev«»ke tbe
|aarole of tieueral Lev find other <ener
al* of the late Koutbern «'unfe«leracy.*
’•'Who was your informant?* asked
General Grant.
"I gave him the name of the gentle­
man who had given tbe information.
"General Grant quietly said. 'Thank
you. gentlemen,' remounted liis li<>r»e
ami rode rapidly away toward the
White House.
"We leisurely turned our steps in
tbe same direction, and as we entered
tlie portico we »aw Grant coming down
tbe steps looking more excited than I
bad ever seen him tietore. I went up­
stairs and met a friend who hnd lieeu
in conference that morning with Mr.
Jobnaoii on tbe subject alaive men­
tioned. He said to me: ‘If you have
any request to make of the president
this morning, keep it until some other
time. He is angrier than 1 have ever
seen him. A moment ago General
Grant strode into his presence and per
euiptorlly demanded. “1K> you intend
to revoke tlie |iarole of General Robert
E. Lee and other oflicers of tbe late
Confederacy?”
...... 1 am considering the subject.”
Johnson replied. "You ne<«l not consid­
er it. Those paroles were signed by me
as general commanding the army of
the United States. My promise to them
shall be kept iu good faith if it takes
the army of the United Slates, plus the
army of the late Confederacy, to en­
force it.”
"'Saying this. Grant retired ami left
Johnson white with rage.’
"We never heard any more of the
revocation of the ¡larnles."—Indianapo-
lis Sentinel.
OLD FASHIONED.
What has become of the old fashion­
ed man who called a tmil a "gather­
ing?"
What has become of the old fashion­
ed man who referred to coal as "stone
coal?”
What lias liecome of tbe old fashion-
ed woman who bought wall paper and
hung it herself?
What has liecome of the old fashion­
ed boy who lielieved that eating guu-
powder would make him fierce?
What has liecome of the old fashion­
ed mustang pou.v that had to be bro­
ken every time it was hitched up?
What has liecome of the old fashion­
ed person who said to a child that bad
fallen. “Come here, and I'll help you
up?"
What bas become of tbe old fashion­
ed woman who used to say to her Imy
when he came iu late. “1'11 attend to
your case after supper?”—Atchison
Globe.
Carrfala*»» at Sargeona.
Tapped
14 Time»
Edwin W. Joy’s Test Case oi
Bright’s Disease.
XI*HEX TflFHN FRANCTHm RlXWfH
BiriE who
JiM). J. >'ulk-a
i'o were putti&g the Fulton CuajpoUDda to
practical testa in cases of Bright*« LMseaifie aud
Ln a be tea, Edwin W. Joy, I ba Kearny »treat
druggist, atopped one of the investigator* aud
said he had a friend who had an advanced caao
of Brttfbt'a Dt.<tea»e and w»a beyond bum An aid
Joy • iplained that he bad been in one of the
larg’* c ty • oapttaH. had bet»n tapp*^ ucarly a
n times au.i was w weak that bia oa*te waa
lo>»ked upon aa no
that bis recovery
would create a H**u«»atiou aud tliat it wvuhi i><*
a tine («*»1 for tbo eutnpuuudN. We told Joy to
»end the patient’s brother down He came nod
w<* gave hitn t e treat meut Joy Blurted fora
trip around the world, tullv expecting ou hi«
return to find that his friend had joiued the
• ilent majority
Wr no* akip ten months Joy haa returned.
His friend la not only still living, but instead
of tbe tappings belug a month apart as former-
lv.he has not been tapped farover six months,
and instead of being conhued in a hospital he w
liviug at home and is now d -an ou the street
daily and growtug stronger all tbe time. There
is no wider known druggist ou the Paulfle Coast
than Edwin W Jor.
Interested parties will find him at his stun s
hl Kearny ar. : •
a streets, v*
confirm these important facts and give the de*
tails Theeiitorof the Overland Monthly lu*
vestigated the alMire case aud certified tu lie
enure correctness.
Medical works agree chat Brieht's Disease
and Diabetes are incurable, but k? 1* r cent are
poeitfvehr recovering under the Fulton Com
pounds < Dropsy Bladder Trouble. Kheumat ism
from urte acid, and the minor kidney diseases
are s.x)n relieved.) Price. II f-r Bright’s Dis
ea»e and 11 .50 for Diabetic Compouud
Froo
tests made for patients. Descriptive pamphlet
mailed free. Call or address John .1 Fulton Co.,
Mills Building, Montgomery street, Sun Fraa*
Cisco.
Save the Baby.
The mortality among
babies during the
thiee teething years is something frightful
The census of rxo sh u » that at- ut one iu
every seven succumbs.
The cause
Is
apparent.
With
bab)'s
bones hardening, the fontanel (opening In the
skull) closing up and its teeth ' rming. all
these coming at cnee ermte a demand fur
bone material that nearly half the little
systems are deficient in.
The result is
I eevishness, weakness, sweating, fever, diar­
rhoea, brain troubles, convulsions, etc., that
prose !•
a
three jears were 34M.U&8, to Hay nothing of
the vast number outside the big cities that
were not re|H>rted. and this in the Un‘t«*i
States alone
When baby begins to sweat, worry or cry
out in sleep don’t wait, and the need is
neither medicine nor narcotics
What the
little system is crying out for Is mote bone
uiaterial.
Sweetman’s Teething Food sup­
plies It. It has saved the lives of thousands
of babies.
They begin to improve within
forty-eight hours.
Here is what physicians
think Of it.
2934 Washington St.,
San Francisco, June 2, 1902.
Gentlemen- 1 am prescribing your f«>od in
the multitude' of baby »roubles due to im­
peded dentition.
A large percentage or In­
fantile Ills and fatalities are the result of
slow teething. Your food supplies what the
deficient system * denwinda, and 1 have hud
surprising success with »*.. ¿n score« of cases
this diet, given with tlie'r regular food, has
not failed to check the infantile distresses.
Several of the more sermua eases would. 1
feel sure, have been fatal without it. It can­
not be too quickly hr-ugfit to the attention
of the mothers of the country. It is an ab
solute necessity.
L. C. MENDEL, M 1».
w
Petaluma, Cal., September 1,
Dear Sirs—I have Just tried the teething
food In two cases and in both it was a sue
cess
One was a very serhms rase, so critl*
cal that it was brought to me from another
city for treatment. Fatal results were feared.
In three days the baby ceased worrying and
commenced eating and is now well. Its action
in this case was remarkable. I would ad­
vise you to put it in every drug store in this
city. Yours,
I M PROCTOR, M D.
It Is an object lesson in godliness to
see a surgeon washing his bands after Sweetman’» Teething Food will carry baby
saiely and comfortably through the most dan­
performing an operation, says the Chi­ gerous period of child life. It renders lanc­
cago Chronicle. He works of course ing of the gums unnecessary It is the safest
plan and a blessing to the baby to not wait
with sleeves rolled up to the elbow, so for
symptoms but to commence giving it the
that the washing extends from the cra­ fourth or fifth month Then all the teeth
will come healthfully, without pain, dis­
zy bone to the tip of the finger nail. tress or lancing. It is an auxiliary to their
First there is a hard scrubbing with regular diet and easily taken. Price 50 cent«
(enough for six weeks), sent postpaid on re­
plain soap and sterilized water. This Is ceipt
of price. Pacific Coast Agents. Inland
followed by a swabbing with tincture Drug Co., Mills Building, San Francisco.
of green soap and sterilized water.
Then comes a genuine scouring with
O’CONNELL’S COOLNESS.
equal parts of quicklime and soda in
sterilized water and finally a rinsing In
A St«»r, of the lrl»li l.lhrr*tur mid a
a solution (1 to 2,0001 of bichloride of
Falling Fluor.
mercury. Without these four separate
Danle,
O'«'onnt-ll
wait ouce address
washings no surgeon would think of
venturing out to scatter germs of dis­ ItiK au enormous meet Ing in Klugs
town, and tbe crowd was so large that
ease.
fear was fell for tlie safety of the
building. A» be was al>out to »pt-ak a
Romance at a Marrlaae l.leeaae.
There is a record of a marriage li­ gentleman ascended the plntfoiiu and
cense issued to two parties, and written »aid. trembling with fear: "Liberator,
across the face of the entry in red ink the fio ir 1» giving way! The beams are
Is tbe note by the Judge: "Returned un­ cracking, anti we »ball all fall through
used. Bee page so and so." On turning In a few minute*” It is not given tu
to the page referred to there is another many men to live through such ino
record and the same red ink note In nient« a* O'Connell lived through a» be
short, tbe record shows that a license rose to addre»» th* meeting nor to pre
was procured and returned unused four serve »neb magnificent courage In tbe
different times. Tbe fifth time, howev­ face of great peril. VY’arnlng tbe man
er. was tbe charm, and they were mar­ to keep quiet, tbe liberator »aid, "I find
ried. be at tbe age of sixty four and thi» room too »mall to contain tbe num-
sbe at forty eight years. Ottawa Re­ l«‘r who desire to come in. so we most
therefore leave it anti hold the meeting
publican.
oiitxiil
A few rose to leave, but tbe
rk«t«(r»»ky.
ball was still packed, and then O’Con­
She—I took this picture with my "ko- nell »aid: "Then I will tell you tbe
fiak” while abroad.
truth. You are Irishmen and therefore
He—What is it?
brave men The floor is giving way,
She—Well, that building that stands ami wc must leave this room at once.
up perfectly straight is the leaning If there Is a panic and a rush to tbe
tower of Pisa; thowe leaning buildings door, we »hall all lie precipitated Into
are tbe perpendicular edifli-es In the th* rmm la-low. but If you obey my
vicinity.
onl'-rs we Qiall be safe. Let the dozen
men nearest the door go quietly cut.
qalte Nataral.
“Isn't It strange that humorists are then tlie next dozen, and so on nntll all
have gone. I shall lie the last to leave.”
nearly always melancholy?”
“Oh. I don't know. Yon see. they sell The Irishmen followed the advice, th*
■11 their gooil humor, and then they hall was qti - kly cleared, and as O't'on •
have to get along tbe best they can on lull walked across tlie-fl<»>r the broken
l>eams gave way. Oxford «’hrouicte.
what's left.”—New York Herald.
Great After Dlaavr laeevb.
Spunger—The beet after dinner
speech I ever beard was once when I
was out wlthGoodley
Wlnks Aod who made the speech?
Spunger—Good ley. He aald. “Let me
have the check, please, waiter.”- Phil-
ujejphia Record.
■eaaaeae af Bretva.
Green—Brown told an acquaintance
of mine that be could have beat my
time and married you himself If he bad
wanted to.
Mrs. Green—The Idea! I wonder why
he didn't do It. then?
Green—Ob. I can readily understand
wby be didn't He bad a grudge
against me.—Vhicago New*
■er Idea at kt.
“Do you believe in abort engage
menta?'
"Ye* indeed and Iota of them!”
Tke Other Maa.
Took Nothin*.
Mrs. Green (who thinks of hiring» —
But is the girl honest? «'an she be
trusted ?
Mrs. Brown (the girl* former mis­
tress»—You need not be in tbe least
alarmed. She 1* perfectly honest. All
the time she was with me 1 uever
knew her to take a thing-not even my
What Ha Realise*.
Judge—You do not seem to realize the advice as to how thing’« should be
done.
enormity of tbe charge against you.
Prisoner—No; I ain't got my lawyer's
Deep Men Feelln*«.
bill yet, but I'm expectin’ the charge 'll
Tomdix—Did you ever cross the
be enormous, all right.—Philadelphia ocean?
Record.
Hojax- Yea; once.
Tomdix—What were your feelings?
Great Britain la still the greatest ten
Hojax-Oh. same as usual. I wanted
drinking country. Tbe consumption Is
five pounds per head of the popula­ the earth —Kansas City Independent.
tion. In Switzerland it la estimated at
Many a man's baste to get ahead In
one and a half pound* per bead and in
tbe United Statea about one pound per tbe world results only In hla getting a
beadstone before it 1* due.-
j
bead.
"Dar am two sides to a victory,” Mid
Uncle Shad. "Dar’s de p’int ob view ob
de vk'tor and de p'lnt ob view ob de
man dat gets licked. Mos' elierv victo­
ry means defeat for de udder chap."—
San Francteco B llletia
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