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wanted a few nights to
Christiuaa, a festival for
I which the small market town
I of Torchester was making ex­
tensive preparations.
The narrow
streets, which bad been thronged with
people, were now almost deserted, the
cheap Jack from Ixmdon, with the
remnant of breath left him after his
evening’s exertions, was making fee­
ble attempts to blow out bls naphtha
lamp, and the last shops open were
rapidly dosing for the night.
In the comfortable coffee room of
the old Boar's Head half a dozen
guests, ¡trlncipally commercial travel­
ers, sat talking by the light of the tire.
The talk had drifted from trade to
politics, from politics to religion and
so by easy stages to the supernatural.
Those ghost stories, never known to
fall before, had fallen flat; there was
too much noise outside, too much light
within. The fourth story was told by
an old hand with more success. The
streets were quieter, and he bad turn­
ed the gas out. In the flickering light
of the Are as It shone on the glasses
and danced with shadows on the walls
the story proved so enthralling that
George, the waiter, whose presence
had been forgotten, created a very dis
agl et able sensation by suddenly start­
ing up from a dark corner and gliding
silently from the room.
“That’s what I call a good story, ’
said one of the men, sipping Ills hot
whisky. "Of course. It's an old Idea
thut spirits like to get into the com­
pany of human beings. A man told me
once that he traveled down the Great
Western with a ghost and hadn't the
slightest suspicion of it until the In­
spector came for tickets. My friend
said the way that ghost tried to keep
up appearances by feeling for it in all
Its pockets and looking on the floor
was quite touching. Ultimately it gave
it up and with a faint groan vanished
through the ventilator.”
"That’ll do, Hirst,” said another man.
“It's not a subject for jesting.” said
• little old gentleman who Imd been an
attentive listener. “I’ve never seen an
apparition myself, but I know people
who have, and I consider that they
forui a very interesting link between
us and the after life. There's a ghost
story connected with this house, you
know.”
“Never heard of it.” said another
speaker, “and I've l>een here some
years now.”
"It dates back a long time now.”
said the old gentleman. “You've heard
alniut Jerry Bundler. George?"
"Well, I've just heard odds and ends,
sir,” said the old waiter, “but I never
put much count to ’em. There was one
chap 'ere what said he saw it. and the
guv'ner sacked him prompt.”
“My futlier was a native of this
town,” said the old gentleman, “and
knew the story well. He was a truth­
ful man and a steady churchgoer, but
I've beard him declare that once in his
life lie saw the apparition of Jerry
Bundler in this house.”
“And who was this Bundler?" In­
quired a voice.
“A London thief, pickpocket, high­
wayman, anything he could turn his
dishonest hand to,” replied the old
gentleman, “and be was run to earth
In this house one Christmas week some
eighty years ago. He took Ills hist
supper in this very room, and after lie
had gone to bed a couple of Bow street
runners, who hud followed him from
Loudon, but lost the scent a bit. went
up stairs with the landlord mid tried
the door. It was stout oak and fast, so
one went Into the yard and by means
of a short ladder got on to the window
sill while the other stayed outside the
door. Those below in the yard saw
the man crouching on the sill, and
then there was a sudden crash of
glass, and with a cry lie fell In |i heap
on the stones at their feet. Then in
the moonlight they saw the white face
of the pickpocket peeping over the kill,
ami while some stayed In the yard bill­
ers ran Into the house and lielped the
other man to break the door in. It was
difficult to obtain an entrance even
then, for the door was barred with
henvy furniture, but they got In nt
last, and the first thing that met their
eyes was the body of Jerry dangling
from the top of the bed by his own
handkerchief.
"Which bedroom was It?" asked two
or three voices together.
The narrator shook his head. “That
I can’t tell you. But the story goes
thut Jerry still haunts this bouse, mid
my father used to declare positively
that the last time be slept here the
ghost of Jerry Bundler lowered Itself
from the top of his tied and tried to
strangle him.”
"That'll do." said an uneasy voice.
“I wish you’d thought to ask your fa­
ther which bedroom it was."
“What for?" Inquired the old gentle-
'man.
“Well, I should take care not to '
sleep in It; that's all,” said the voice
shortly.
"Thrtre*« »otMng to fesr,” ss!5 the
other. “I don't Itelleve for a moment
that ghosts could really hurt one. In
fact, my father used to confess that It
was only the unpleasantness of the
thing that upset him and that for all ,
practical purposes Jerry's Angers
might have l»een made of cotton wool
for all the harm they could do.”
“That’s all very fine." said the last '
speaker again. “A ghost story Is a 1
ghost story, air. but when a get-lleman
telle a tale of a ghost In the h vise in I
Which one is going to sleep I call It
blamed ungentleuianly.”
"Pool»! Nonsense!" said the old gen­
tleman, rising. “Ghosts can't hurt you.
For my own part. I should rather like
to see one. flood night, gentlemen.”
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"Good night." said the others. “And
I only hope Jerry'll pay yon a visit."
added the uervoiis man as the door
closed.
"Bring some more whisky. George,"
Slid a stout commercial. "I want keep-
I iff tip when the talk turns this way.”
"Shall 1 light the gas. Mr. Mal-
t lm?" said George.
.
“No; the tire's very comfortable.”
T
laid the traveler. "Now. gentlemen,
any of you know any more?”
“I think we've bad enough.” aald
another mau. "We shall lw thinking
we see spirits next, and we’re not all
like the old gentleman who baa Just
gone."
“Old humbug!” said Hirst. “I should
like to put him to the test. Nuppose 1
dress up as Jerry Bundler and go and
give him a chance of displaying bls
courage.”
"Bravo!** said
Malcolm, huskily
drowning one or two faint “noes.”
“Just for the joke, gentlemen.”
“No, no; drop It, Hirst,” said another
man.
"Only for the joke,” said Hirst, some­
what eagerly. “I’ve got some things
up stairs in which 1 am going to play
In The Rival»' knee breeehes. buc­
kles and all that sort of thing. It’s a
“I turned around and sow it.”
rare chance. If you'll wait a bit. I’ll
give you a full dress rehearsal entitled
■Jerry Bundler; or, The Nocturnal
Strangler.’ ”
“You won’t frighten us," said the
commercial, with a liusky laugh.
“I dou’t know that," said Hirst
sharply; “it's a question of acting—
that’s all. I'm pretty good, ain't 1,
Somers?”
“Oh, you’re all right—for an ama­
teur,” said bls friend with a laugh.
“I bet you a level ‘sov’ you don’t
frighten me,” said the stout traveler.
“Done,” said Hirst; “I tuke the bet—
to frighten you first and the old gen­
tleman afterward. These gentlemen
shall be the judges.”
"You won’t frighten us, air.” said an­
other man, "because we're prepared
for you, but you'd better leave the old
mull alone. It’s dangerous play."
“Well, I'll try you Urst,” said Hirst,
springing up. “No gas, mind."
He ran lightly up stairs to his room,
leaving the others, most of whom had
been drinking somewhat freely, to
wrangle about bls proceedings. It end
ed in two of them going to bed.
“He’s crazy on acting,” said Somers,
lighting his pipe; “thinks he's the
equul of anybody almost. It doesn't
matter with us, but 1 won’t let him go
to the old man. and he won't mind so
long as lie gets an opportunity of act­
ing to us.”
"Well, I hope he’ll burry up.” said
Malcolm,, yawning; “it's after 12
now.”
Nearly half an hour passed. Mal­
colm drew his watch from bis pocket
and was winding It for the night when
George, the waiter, who bad been sent
on an errand to the bar, burst sudden­
ly into the room and rushed toward
them.
"‘E’s coming, gentlemen!" he said
breathlessly.
“Why, you’re frightened, George,"
said the stout commercial with a
chuckle.
“It was the suddenness of It." said
George sheepishly, “and, besides, I
didn’t look for seeing ’Im in the bar.
There's only a glimmer of light there,
and *e was sitting ou the floor behind
the bur. I nearly trod on ’Im.”
“Ob. you’ll never make a man.
George!" said Malcolm.
“Well, it took me unawares," said
the waiter; “not that I’d have gone to
the bar by myself If I'd known It was
there, and I don't believe you would
either, sir.”
“Nonsense!” said Malcolm. “I’ll go
and fetch him in.”
“You don’t know what it’s like, sir,”
said George, catching him by the
sleeve. “It ain't flt to look at by your­
self; It ain't, indeed. It’s got the—
wliat’s that?”
They all started at the sound of a
smothered cry from the staircase and
the sound of somebody running hur­
riedly along the passage. Before any­
body could speak the door flew open,
and a figure, bursting into the room,
flung Itself, gasping and shivering, up­
on them.
"What la ft? What’s the matter?”
demanded Malcolm
“Why, It’s Mr.
Hirst!” He shook him roughly and
then held some spirit to hit: lips. Hirst
drank It greedily and with i sharp
lutuke of his breath gripped him by
the arm.
“Light the gas. George." said Mal­
colm.
The waiter obeyed hastily. Hirst, a
Indlcronn bnv pitiable .flgnre In kner
breeches and coat, a large wig all awry
and his fave a mens of grease paint
clung to him, trembling.
"Now, what's the matter?" asked
Malcolm.
“t’ve seen It!” said Hirst, with a
hysterical sob. “O Ix>rd. I’ll nevej
play the fool again—never!"
"Seen what?” asked the others.
“Him —It —the ghost — anything!”
said Hirst wildly.
“Rot!" said Malcolm uneasily.
“1 was coming down the stairs.” said
Hirst; “Just capering down as I
thought It ought to do. I felt a tap”—
He broke off suddenly and peered
nervously through the open door Into
tlie passage.
“I thought I saw It again." be whls
pervd. "IxM>k-st the foot of the stairs
Can you nee anything?”
"No; there's nothing there," said Mai
culm, whose own voice snook & little.
“Go on. Yon felt a tap on your shoul­
der”—
“I turned round and saw It—a llttk
wicked head and a white dead face-
pah!"
“That's what I saw In the bar,’**sab!
George. “Horrid It was—devilish.”
Hirst shuddered and. still retaining
his nervous grip of Malcolm's sleeve,
dropped luto a chair.
“Well. It's a most unaccountable
thing.” »aid the dumfounded Malcolm,
turning round to the others. “It's tlw
last time I come to this bouse.”
“I leave tomorrow," said George. "I
wouldn’t go down to that bar again by
myself—no, not for £50.”
“It's talking about the thing that's
caused it, I expect.” said one of the
men. "We’ve all been talking atiout
this and having It In our minds. 1‘rac
11 rally we’ve been forming a spiritual
istlc circle without knowing It.”
"Dash the old gentleman!*’ said Mai
eolni heartily. "l'|»oii my soul. 1'ui
half afraid to go to bed. It’s odd they
should both think they saw some
thing.”
“I saw It as plain as I see you. sir,”
said George solemnly. “P'raps If you
keep your eyes turned up the passage
you'll see It for yourself."
They followed the direction of hl»
finger, but saw nothing, although one
of them fancied that a head pe<qo-d
round the corner of the wall.
“Who’ll come down to the bar?” said
Malcolm, looking round.
“You can go If you like,” said one of
the others, with a faint laugh. “We'll
wait here for you."
The stout traveler walked toward the
door and took a few steps up the pas­
sage. Then he stopped. All was quite
silent, and be walked slowly to the
end and looked down fearfully toward
the glass partition which shut off the
bar. Three times he made as though
to go to It; then be turned back and.
glancing over bls shoulder, came hur­
riedly back to the room.
“Hid you see it, sir?” whispered
George.
“Don't know," said Malcolm shortly.
“I fancied I saw something, but it
might have been fancy. I'm In the
mood to see anything just now. How
are you feeling now, sir?”
“Oh. I feel a bit better now,” said
Hirst somewhat brusquely as all eyes
were turned upon him. “I dare say
you think I’m easily scared, but you
didn't see it?”
“Not at all,” said Malcolm, smiling
faintly despite himself.
“I'm going to bed,” said Hirst, notic­
ing the smile and resenting it. “Will
you share my room with me. Somers?'
"I will, with pleasure,” said hit
friend, “provided you don’t mind
sleeping with the gas on full all night.”
He rose from bis seat and, bidding
the company a friendly good night, left
the room with bls crestfallen friend.
The others saw them to the foot of the
stairs and, having beard their dooi
close, returned to the coffee room.
"Well, 1 suppose the bet’s off.” said
the stout commercial, poking the tire
and standing with his. legs apart on
the hearth rug, “though, as far as I
can see, I won it. I never saw a man
so scared in all my life. Sort of i>oetl<
Justice about it, isn’t there?”
"Never mind about poetry or Jus
tlee,” said one of the listeners. "Who's
going to sleep with me?”
“I will,” said Malcolm affably.
“And I suppose we share a room to­
gether, Mr. Leek," said the third man,
turning to the fourth.
“No, thank you," said the othet
briskly. “I don’t believe in ghosts. It
anything comes into my room, I shall
shoot it.”
“That won’t hurt a spirit, Leek,”
said Malcolm decisively.
“Well, the noise'll be like company
to me,” said Leek, “and it'll wake th«
house too. But if you’re nervous, sir,”
he added, with a grin, to tlie man wbc
had suggested sharing his room,
“George’ll be only too pleased to Bleep
on the doormat inside your room, I
know.”
“That 1 will, sir,” said George fer­
vently, “and if you gentlemen would
only come down with me to the bar to
put the gas out I could never be sufti
clently grateful.”
“Come on.” aald Malcolm, taking a
candle from the fireplace and lighting
it. “We'll take this to come back
with.”
They went out in a body, with tlie
exception of Leek, peering carefully
before them as they went. The bar
looked nuinviting enough in the light
of one small Jet, and the billiard room,
with the table shrouded In white hol­
la nd, looked so grewsome that Mal­
colm hastily shut the door as they
passed it. Then George turned the
light out In tlie bar, and they returned
unmolested to the coffee room and,
avoiding the sardonic smile of Leek,
prepared to separate for the night.
“Give me the candle while you put
the gas out, George,” said the traveler.
The waiter handed It to him and ex­
tinguished the gas, and at the same
moment all distinctly heard a step in
the passage outside. It stopped at the
door, and as they watched with bated
breath the door creaked and slowly
opened. Malcolm, with the candle ex­
tended. fell back open mouthed as a
white, leering face with sunken eye­
balls and closely cropped, bullet head
apiawred at the opening. Leek, with a
faint scream, sprang from his chair
and stood by the others, breathing
heavily.
For a few seconds the creature stood
regarding them, blinking in a strange
fashion at the candle; then, with a
sidling movement. It came a little way
into the room and stood there as If be­
wildered.
Not a man spoke or moved, but all
w.vtob«» with j» bnrri» fa ad ns “tor as
the creature removed Its dirty neck­
cloth and Its head rolled on Its shoul­
der. For a minute It paused and then,
holding the rag before it, moved toward
Malcolm.
The candle went out suddenly with n
flash and a bang. There was a smell
of powder, and something writhed in
the darkness on the floor. There was
a faint, choking cough, and then si­
lence.
Malcolm was the first to speak.
"Matches!” he said In a strange voice.
He took a box from his pocket and rat­
tled them Insanely. George, who had
pnt bls foot on something on the floor,
took them from bin and struck one.
Then he leaped at the gas and a flame
burst from the match. Mah-olm touch­
ed the thing on the floor with bls foot
and found It soft.
He looked at his companions. They
mouthed inquiries at him. hnt he shook
Ills head. He lit the candle and. kneel­
ing down, examined the silent thing on
the floor. Then be rose swiftly and,
dipping his handkerchief In the water
jug. bent down again and grimly wiped
the white face. Tin’« he sprang hack ’
CLASS DISTINCTIONS.
with a cry of iucreituioUM horror. jhi I l I- |
lug at It. Leek's pistol fell to the floor, They Go Almost Uewn Io Ike Very
■otium of saefsty.
and he shut out the sight with bisi
bands, but the others, crowding for | ' Some sort of class feeling Is. we be­
ward, gazed e|>ellbound at tlie dead lieve. Inherent In huiuau nature. Peo­
ple often speak as though these de­
face of Hirst.
Before a word whs spoken the door marcations existed only among the
opened and Romers hastily entered the middle aud upper etassee, but such is
roeiu. His eyes fell on the floor. “Good not the fact. Indeed It Is very far
God!” be cried. “Yog didn’t’’—
from the fact. No more misleading
Nobody »|Hike.
labels than “the classes'' and “the
“I told him not to,” he said tn a suf­ masses" were ever Invented. There
focating voice. “I told him not to. I are no masse». rightly speaking. Class
told him”—
distinctions go almost down to the bot­
He leaned »gainst the wall deathly tom not quite, of course, because
sick, put his arms »st feebly and fell there Is always a residuum who
fainting Into the traveler’s arms
through their fault or their misfortune
have neither the pride nor the imag­
ination to sort themselves.
WITH AX AND BLOCK.
Money la not an absolute criterion of
Criminal Rseeatlan» la Praaala Still social position.
Character, in so far
Performed by lbs Headsman.
as It is reflected in propriety of be­
Seventeenth century methods still havior. counts for a great deal. A
prevail In Prussia In the matter of the rowdy family sink directly, though
execution of criminals The man sen­ they may have money to waste, and a
tenced there to suffer capital punish respectable widow may retain her su­
merit is led to the fatal block, and bit periority In the face of grinding pover­
head is chopped off with identically th« ty. The acme of good manners, the
same sort of ax as that which wai very badge of gentility, is to be
used to put a period to the career of “quiet.” uever to let the sound of
Charles I. in the Tower of lxiudon on mirth, quarreling or lamentatioii pro­
that fateful 30th of January 252 years ceed out of your dwelling.
ago. Practically the only difference
This sign of social distinction is ap­
between the twentieth century execu­ preciated down to the very bottom.
tion and that of the time of Cromwel On the upper rungs of the social lad­
Is that the condemned Is not put t< der we should say that those social
death publicly.
distinctions which can be defined at
In many parts of the German empire all rest upon birth, money and brains.
the guillotine has taken the place of Among the poor they rest upon money
the gallows and the block, but in Prus­ and manners, and the latter, alas, are,
sia old fashioned justice clings tena­ below a certain wage, woefully de­
ciously to the old fashions, and not pendent upon the former.—Spectator.
the rope nor the automatic knife not
the power of electricity has been able tc
RELICS OF EARLY UAY5.
displace the broadax as the law's ofti
clal implement of death. The only Kali Fences and Oncost Canoes lit-
concession made to modern seutimeut
vlve Civilisation’s Marell.
is in the garb of the executioner.
One of the remarkable features of
This functionary does not, as In the country life In America is the singular
earlier times, dress In doublet and hose persistence of the rail fence and the
and hide his ensanguined Identity be­ tlugout canoe. No matter how thickly
hind a frightsome mask. Instead, hr settled a section may become or how
appears at the execution garbed in e long it may have l>een settled, these
frock coat of somber hue and correct two survivors of early settlement linger
cut, and he wears upon bhi bead, even ou as stubbornly as ever. Today In the
when delivering the death stroke, a tall thickest settled parts of New England
silk hat. His three assistants are sim­ ■ nd New York the rail fenee Is met
ilarly attired.
With, while the shad fishermen of the
Why this garb was chosen no one l’otomac mid James rivers and t'hesa-
can say authoritatively. It Is one oi peake bay. on the banks of which the
those things the origin of which ap first English settlements In America
pears to have been forgotten with the Were established, still manufacture and
originators. But It is the lawful cos employ the old dugout canoe In making
tume, prescribed in the regulations, the rounds of their shad nets.
which apply also to the twelve civil­
The dugout canoe is the simplest and
ian witnesses who must attend an ex­ most primitive water craft known and
ecution. with the result that a stranger was used by prehistoric man, both in
witness Is unable to say until the ax this country, Europe and Asia. It is
has fallen which of the other fifteen made out of a log of wood by trimming
silk hatted, frock coated Individuals the outside down to the proper propor­
grouped about him Is the man whr tions of a I m nil and by “digging out"
Ilves by death.—New York Press.
the Inside with an adz and by the aid
Of fire. The Potomac river dugout Is to­
day pretty much the same as It was
FLOWER AND TREE.
in the days of Powhatan and differs
Keep begonias where the air is not from the general run of dugout canoes
too dry. mid they will not drop their in the absence of a curved bow and
lea ves.
stern and in having rather high sides,
Iu watering house plants sufficient w hich rise to a summit from either
should be given to soak the soil thor­ end of the l>oat, being highest in the
middle, where the seat Is placed.—
oughly.
A tree is nearly dormant in winter, Washington Post,
especially one that has been lately
Canny la SscosS Kngaaement.
transplanted.
For years a young man and young
Plants In a dormant state require
very little water during the winter, woman had lieen engaged, and each
bail economized with a view of hav­
and an excess will cause decay.
ing the more to spend when they
Drenching rosebushes with strong
should marry. Six months ago, how­
quassia tea Is a good*curative of bugs
ever. the engagement was broken, and
and other destructive insectsand pests.
shortly afterward the young woman
To root cuttings quickly fill a saucer became the fiancee of another man.
full of sand, luto which the slips may This man she encourages to s|>end his
be set. Keep the sand the consistency money lavishly- on her. He has bought
of mud.
her beautiful sliver for her toilet table,
Never give up a decaying rosebush the latest destgh and engraved with
until you have tried watering It two or her Initials; a handsome leather trav­
three times a week with soot tea for a eling bag completely fitted out, rugs,
short time.
books and other articles to make home
Repotting of plants becomes neces­ comfortable.
sary for two reasons—the plant uses
“No more economizing for me,” says
up the available fertility In the soil the girl. “If he invests so much In
and fills the pots with roots.
me, we won't lie so likely to quarrel,
To prevent crotched trees from spilt and certainly he will not have the mon­
ting after they come into bearing twist ey to spend on another girl," which Is
and fasten two small limbs together, the wisdom that rules sentiment In
and ns the stem grows it will prevent these modern days.—New York Press.
splitting.
Those Dall Docks.
Cuttings of quick growing herbace­
I recall Mr. Lowell telling. Jocosely,
ous plauts. like heliotrope, verbena,
phlox, geraniums, root quickly, chrys­ in an after dinner speech In Cambridge
anthemums quickest of all. Choose how he met an acquaintance (of dubi­
cuttings when the plants are most vig­ ous standing) whose cheerful face and
happy demeanor led him to ask the
orous.
cause of such exuberant felicity.
Qaalat Plea For a Pension.
“Why,” said .the genial smiler, “I've
All sorts of special pleas have been discovered a way to make my fortune.
made In applications for pensions. One We all know that the reason for the
of the most ludicrous was made In fine flavor of the wild duck is the wild
Portland.
When the applicant was celery on which It feeds. Now, I pro­
asked is he ever served In the army or pose to feed it to the domestic duck and
navy, he said, “No.” Asked as to supply the market.”
what grounds he based Ills application
Some weeks later, on meeting his ac­
on, he said that he was in eastern Or­ quaintance again, Mr. Lowell found
egon when the Indians went on the him quite depressed and inconsolable.
warpath; that in making for a point of “Why are you looking so unhappy? I
safety he and some other men were at thought the last time I saw you that
tacked by the Indians, one of the other you were on the point of making your
men being killed and another wounded. fortune with ducks.
Wouldn’t It
He escaped on account of the fleetness work ?”
of his horse, but the encounter caused
“No,” was the reply; “the things
him such excitement that be bad had won’t eat it.”—Atlantic.
occasional fits ever since, and on ac­
count of the tits he thought he was en­
Tartly Answered.
titled to a pension.—Portland Orego­
The principal of a certain high school
nian.
tells a Joke on himself with much en­
joyment. One day during an exami­
Webster
Disraeli.
nation, when he was visiting the vari­
Disraeli once met Daniel Webster at ous rooms, he stopped to ask a very
a time when American statesmen were bright hoy •> •’on.in--»lg>?hr», and, al­
rarer visitors In England than they though the problem was comparatively
now are. “He aetme-d to me.” “Dizzy” easy, he could not answer it. The prin­
reported, “a complete Brother Jona­ cipal remarked with some show of se­
than—a remarkable twang and all that. verity:
We also goes tc t’>c 1e»«e,” added D!r
' My boy. you ought iu be able to uo
raeli, strongly accenting the last syl­ that. At your age George Washington
lable. “Dizzy” nevertheless noted the was a surveyor.”
American orator's “fine brow and bee­
The boy looked him straight In ths
tled. deep set eyes.” but It was Sydney eye and answered:
Smith who declared of him that no
“Yes. sir. and at your age be was
man could be so wise as Daniel Web­ president of the United States.”
ster looked.
The conversation dropped st that
point.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
GATHERING OPIUM.
Uuw
Panetaate 1*.
Take this sentence, printed nakedly:
"It was and 1 said »»ot of.” As it
stands It is enough tc give the reader
vertigo before he graepa its Import.
I’roperly stopped and buoyed with
commas, it is a perfectly simple and
natural sentence, as you will see when
you have got the grip of your senses.
Her Very Clear Thnngh«».
ama •gatgaa ««■
papers
mixTO
WKAPFING... 1
OARO STOOK
It is a sort of garden cultivation, tb<
•••Straw and Binder«* Board.«.
fM>ppy plants beiug grown in little
rir»t Ktrwl
|)|uaren or l>eds Intersected by tiny wa
ler liumnels for irrigation wliereve
T»4. Mais 100.
M
FRANC1SCX).
this Is possible. Tbe growth of tin
plants Is carefully tended, and a
length tbe time conies when they bur*
out Into Nor,er. and tbe field» look Ilk«
a »licet of silver as the white petals st
tlie flower» glisten in the morning dew
These iH-autiful jietala are tbe firs
priMltiee of the drop, for the women ant
children of the cultivators’ fs mi lie. Bright's Disease and Diabetes
rome forth mid pick them off one bj
Are Positively Curable«
t'ie ami carefally dry them, so tba
they may serve afterward as the cover
|ig of the manufactured cakes o
apium. Then tlie puppies, with theil
Adolph Weiike, the well-known pioneer of M
bare capsule heads, remain Blanding it Oro* n el reel, Sen Frwneieoo, one of lhe foumL
tbe open field until It is considered tha er* of tbe Calilorn a (Tracker Company, inter-
they are ripe for laueing. The cult! TleWed Drcrmber llt IWH :
Q - Will you permit u« to refer to you a» one
valors Hi n come forth in tbe evening •f ihoee eared of diabetes by the Pulton Cue*
aud, with an implement not unlike tb< pouidaT
knives of a cupping instrument, the.'
A —You mwy. It ought to be known. I bare
scarify the capsule on Its sides witl •old a great many about It myuelf
Q —You tout»«! it hard to convioce them!
deep Incisions, so that the Juice ma.'
A —Qniy those cured can believe axily. You
exude.
will
have great difficulty in making pe«»pK ,*’
In the early morning tbe cultivator
reapjtenr with a scraping knife ant lieve it.
Q — Had physicians dioguosed your case as
their earthenware pots, aud the;
diabetes?
scrai>e off the exuded Juice aud collec
A.—¡Several The kidneys wire also affected
it in their |>ots. And this is ■•ruth ( had to sleep with my h *ud uuder my back to
sustain uie so 1 could rest.
opium.—Blackwood's Magazine.
q —How long before you began to improve!
san
A PIONEER
MERGHANT
A FUKGED SALE.
firlth's Parehass oi His Own
trait Painted by Himself.
Par-
f Here is the astonishing history o.
sue of Frith's own portraits painted by
himself. The celebrated R. A. had en
tlrely forgotten its existence until ■
friend entered his studio one morning
and asserted that a capital picture ol
himself was on view in a small shoj
)n Great Portland street. “It's not I
bit like what you are now,” observe«
the friend, “but it may have resemble«
you some years ago. Go and look ai
it.”
Mr. Frith went and found his own
image after an estrangement of forty-
five years. He determined to buy It,
though he had not the faintest recollec
lion of having paluted It. “Ab, a por
Itrslt!” said Frith to the woman It
tbarge of the shop after he had pre
ended to examine several other works.
“Whose likeness is that?” "That,” said
(the lady, "is a portrait of the celebrat­
ed artist, Frith, painted by himself.”
¡“Why, he must be an elderly man,”
'put in the artist. The woman remark
'e«l that he was young once. “Humph!’
{quoth the genial W. P. F. "Not muck
of a picture.”
To this the woman demurred and
lasked f20 for the canvas.
It wat
Frith’s turn to appear surprised.
“Well,” replied the shopkeeper with­
out moving a muscle, “It cost us nearly
as much. We shall make a very small
profit. You see, it is very valuable be
cause tbe artist is deceased!” “De
ceased!” exclaimed the astonished
painter. "Dead, do you mean?” "Yes,
sir; died of drink. My husband attend­
ed the funeral.”
Frith bought the picture, but did not
¡revive for some time.—Chambers’ Jour
Inal.
Aara of Birds.
Among birds the swan Ilves to be
the oldest, in extreme cases reaching
|300 years. Tlie falcon has lieen known
Ito live 162 years. An eagle died in 1811)
which had been caught 104 years be­
fore and was then quite old. A white
headed vulture, which was caught I d
1706, died In the aviary at Schonbrun,
near Vienna, In 1824. rarrots live more
than a century. Water birds have a
long life, exceeding that of several gen­
erations of men. Ravens also live oyer
a hundreil years.
i In captivity magpies live from twen­
ty to twenty-five years, and still longer
In freedom. Tbe common hen attain«
tbe age of from fifteen to twenty years.
Doves live ten years and the little sing­
ing birds from eight to seventeen years.
The nightingale's life is tbe shortest,
¡ten years being the longest, and next
¡comes the blackbird, which never live«
longer than fifteen years.
i
•
.
•
■
A.—Il took hold slowly—it must have been
several weeks.
Q. -How loug iiefore you were fully restored?
A.—About a year.
Q —Can you recall any you told aliout it?
A —One was a Mm. I)., a friend of ours in the
country. *Hor trouble was Baht's Disease
She, too, recovered.
Q — Any other!
A —A lady frieud in Windsor, Sonoma Coun
ty, was swo)leu with dropsy, and I sent her the
Bright's Disease < ompound. tbe second dozen
completely restorin ’ her.
Q.—* hat do you think now of the curability
of dright’s Disease and Diabetes!
A—Cures await those who will take these
Compounds for a sufficient length of time
Medical works agree that Bright's Disease
and Diubetes are incurable, but 87 per cent, are
positively recovering under the Fulton Com­
pounds. (Common forms of kidney complaint
and rheumatism offer but short resistance >
Price, |1 for lhe Bright's Disease aud 1150 for
th<i Diubetic Compouud John J. Fulton Co ,
12b Montgomery street, San Francisco, sole
compouuilers Free tests made for patients.
Descriptive pamphlet mailed free.
Save the Baby.
The mortality among babies during the
thtee teething years is something frightful.
The census of 1900 shows that about one iu
•»very seven succumbs.
The cause is apparent.
With
baby’s
bones hardening, the fontanel (opening in the
skull) closing up and its teeth forming, all
these coming at once create a demand for
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
prove terribly fatal. The deaths in 11NM) under
three years were 304,988, to say nothing of
the vast number outside the big cities that
were not reported, and this in the United
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 more bona
me ter lai.
Hweetman's Teething Food sup­
plies it. It has sm \ ed the lives of thousands
of babies.
They begin to improve within
forty-eight hours.
Here is what physicians
think of it.
1034 Washington 8t.,
San Francisco, June 2, liWi.
Gentlemen—I am prescribing your food in
the multitude of baby troubles due to im­
peded dentition. A large percentage of in­
fantile ills and fatalities are the result of
slow teething. Your food supplies what the
deficient system demands, and I have had
surprising success with tL. In scores of cases
this diet, given with their regular food, has
not failed to check the infantile distresses.
Several of the more serious cases would, 1
feel sure, have been fatal without it. It can-
nct be too quickly brought to the attention
of the mothers of tbe country. It is an ab­
solute necessity.
L. C. MENDEL, M. D.
Petaluma, Cal., September 1, 1903.
Dear Sirs—I have just tried the teething
food In two esses and In both It was a rue
cess. One was a very serious case, so criti­
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. ¡Is 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.
Sweet man's Teething Food will carry baby
safely and comfortably through the most dan­
gerous period of child life. It renders lanc­
ing of the gums unnecessary It Is the safest
plan and a blessing to the baby to not wait
for symptoms but to commence giving it the
Fourth or fifth month. Then all the teeth
will come healthfully, without pain, dis­
tress or lancing. It Is an auxiliary to their
regular diet and easily taken. Price 50 cents
(enough for six weeks), sent postpaid on re­
ceipt of price. Pacific Coast Agents, Inland
Drug Co., Mills Building, San Francisco.
A Historian's Reward.
How Savagrra Came to Vae Knives.
On April ft, 1005, John Stow, taflo
and historian, died. His minute ant
painstaking survey can never be over
looked by any one who wishes to know
Ixmdon of the sixteenth century. I
contains a wealth of fact and detal
and has, moreover, been described at
the most picturesque of narratives. A
the age of eighty years he was givei
by James 1. as a reward for his man;
and useful Istoks and chronicles a 11
cense to beg!
“We have been pleased to grant,’
runs the license, “our Letters Paten
under our great Seal of England there
by authorizing him to collect amoni
our loving subjects tlielr voluntary con
trlbutlons and kind gratuities.” Whet
the license had lieen extended so as t<
avail for two years. It yielded from t
single Ixmdon parish the mngnificcn
sum of seven and sixpence.
John Stow's monument la a pleasfnj
work In terra cotta on the wall of St
Andrew's nndershaft. The fire of Iain
don that ih-stroyed so much spared th*
effigy of Ixmdon's chronicler, so tha
the posterity for which he labor«
might photograph It.—London News.
The first men, urine«! with the sim­
plest weapons or with none lit all, pur­
sued in the chase the animals that
served them as final and, being gener­
ally in a state of starvation, tore them
to pieces with their fingers and de­
voured on the Rpot the flesh, raw and
bloody. In time they domesticated an­
imals that assisted them in bunting
and invented the bow and spear that
enabled them to kill their prey at a
greater distance.
The knife was Invented as an Instru­
ment of attack or defense or for rough
cutting and carving and, being com­
monly worn on the person, was found
convenient in eating and became in
time an accessory of the table for rea­
sons so obvious that they require no
explanation.
Wl»a< iHlermillenc* Means.
Passlnc af a Star.
“Madam.” said the facetious boarder,
"this turkey reminds me of a steadily
waning dramatic star.”
"Well,” said the landlady. “1 suppose
you want somebody to ask you why."
"Because,” said the facetious board­
er, “it comes on in smaller and yet
smaller parts.”—Cleveland Plain Deal­
er.
Ikt Petals ■ •« Jnlca at th»
f*vppy Plant Are Praenred.
BLAKE,
MOFFITI
t T»WNE
Intermittency Is that form of irreg­
ularity in which tlie pulse appears to
dren s Mtt OCrTeJOWtllv In amne bjt.
stances it occurs regularly and two or
three times per minute for several
hours. Sometimes, also. It Is very Ir­
regular and Is noted a numlier of
times within a few seconds and not
again for a minute or more. This pc
cullarlty generally causes much un-
easiness. Yet, while It may be a very
serious symptom and associated with
grave and Incurable disease of the
heart. It often signifies merely a func­
tional disturbantte which Is In nowise
da ngerous.
“Well, aunty, what are your thochts
hboot msrryln'?” asked a young worn
an In Scotland the other day of her
is unt, a decent body who bad reached
fl’lsbermaa’s l.aeXt.
ft be shady side of life without having
“I understand that Miss Specie
committed matrimony.
caught a duke while Ashing In Eu-
“ 'Deed, lassie.” frankly replied the , rope.”
old Indy. "I've bad but three thochts
“Yes, but she declares that she book­
• boot It a* my days, an' tbe last la like ed two princes, and they got away Just
Ito be the langest. First, then, when I as she was about to land them.”—Town
was young, like yoorsel’, I tbocht, and Country.
•Whs'll I tak’Y Then, gs time began
“Respect fot those that labor under
to wear by. I tbocht. ‘Whs'll 1 get?*
An’ after I got my leg broken wl’ that burdens.” So said Napoleon as be met
wbumel oot o' Saunders McDrunthle’a a porter on the Paris highways and
cart my thochts syne have bin. 'Whs’ll stepped aside to give tbe laborer tbe
‘ right of way.
tak’ ma? "
All Sonia’ Colle*», Oxford.
Perhaps the most expensive educa­
tion In the world Is enjoyed by tbe un­
dergraduates of All Souls’ college, Ox­
ford. There are usually but four of
them In residence, all of them on the
foundation, with Just enough to keep
them comfortably In their rooms aloft
ever the eolkge kltchene. The
revenues approach £13,000 a year, which
should give an excellent education to
four young men. But All Souls' de­
votes its money mainly to the support
of fellows and toe cuu of good living,
and tbe undergraduates get their edu­
cation by arrangement from other col­
leges.—london Chronicle.
»Idea Time “Raiment.”
In early Bible days rlebly embroider­
ed raiment whs enumerated with tbe
gold, silver and other valuable property
of a rich man. In that primitive age
Dame Fashion was not the flckle god­
dess she la nt present, a ml the “rai­
ment" so frequently mentioned in th«
Holy Scriptures descended from father
to »on a» a valuable part of the Inher­
itance. Raiment was often sent, with
gold and gems, as a present to digni­
taries.
It took noi months, but years, to or­
nament some of these garments, and
the gold thread no lavishly used In
embroidering them wan real gold.
Mom*» describes tbe proce»» of making
the gold thread that was nsw! In orna­
menting tbe taliernacle. Th« habit of
making presents of rare needlework is
•till common among eastern nations
who changed their customs so slowly.