I
■
tuebbe you'd rutber stay by tbe engine. NEW SHORT STORIES
i«reavsae
•«• asm ••
WHAT IS WEALTH t
WOMAN AND FASHION BLAKE,
Wbere'd you go?"
Health ssd Ability la Wark Better
■OFF1TT WKArPlNU... •
He B«I4» Bls J. m ,
“Down to Belkuap'a."
A Neat Get Ip.
*-aw
Than Maney ssd Wsrry.
i
"Belknap's? G«>eb! Wba'd you go
Eugene H Plumacher 0( Tennessee
The Illustration shows a dainty col tTIWNE
OARO
STOOK
l>oei
wealth
cousist
lu
money,
bouses,
wsy down there fur? Why. It’s four I tuts been consular agent at Maracaibo
larette made of white satlu and ac-
...Straw and Biadar«' Board...
ByHER8tllT L HAMBLIN
. times as fur as 'tls up to mother's.”
I slues 1878 and consul sin«* 18S3. Many lands, Itauk stocks, railroad bonds, etc., eordiou plaited chiffon trimmed with
»•-•T-ôH-«ti First Nt reel
'
“Oh. it is? Well. I’m mighty glad I patriot* who desired to serve their Hlone? We think not Tbe.young man narrow black velvet ribbon. Flounces
Tel. Mala !•«.
tl
RAN FRANGMCa
starting in life with no money, but
I’ve found that out anyway!”
country for the $2.00o »alary Consul with good digestion, good sleep. good
They dug ua out. find I slammed it to
old 18 for dear life. I knew passenger Plumacher enjoys have gone to Mara health ami ability to work In some
Plu profitable employmeut. haa wbat the
train 19 waa somewhere behind me. caibo, but none has remained.
! and I wanted to get by tbe only switch macher attends to that, according to agiil capitalist would be glad to ex-
there was between me and home wlth- tbe Saturday Evening Post
change all bis millions for.
, out Bidetracking for her. I got by it all
What vou>|>enaatlon is money for
We Have Secured Control for
At the state department in Wash
right, and while bucking a little pile of ington they say when a ship arrives Sleepless ulghts and painful days or
Thia City of tba Fulton Com
•now that bad fallen on the track
pound«, the Only Thing« Known
bringing a consul appointed to Mara the misconduct of dissipated children?
•Ince tbe plow passed she came up and
Which brings tbe greater happiness,
to Medicine That Cure Kidney
caibo Plumacher is on deck with ef
coupled to our caboose.
the glitter, show, Jealousies and falsity
Dlaenaea In Both the Primary
fusive
greetings.
Engineers when snowbound must ai>an<i«Mic«l well. Fortunately it was
We went in tbe rest of the way fly
of fashionable life or the heartfelt
•nd Secondary Stage«.
"My dear air,” aays Plumacher, “I frlendshiiHi which prevail so largely
krep their engines alive that trains already nrarly full of snow; so. barring ing. It waa thirty hours after Christ
may prtxwti the moment tbe road is a few brulaes, we received no injuries. mas dinner time when we stepped off extend to you tbe heartiest of wel- in tbe homes of the industrious poor?
opened. Otherwise expensive delays We wtxild surely have tlie«l here, /or her at the ash track, but I told Harry cornea, I”— Then, as if struck by a lu bow many of tbe palaces of our mil
Tba kidneys ere not nennlllvs end tbe dteeeee
w|li occur from thawing out, watering the well was smoothly lin«l with brick, to come on up to tbe bouse and we’d sudden thought, Plumacher withdraws lionaires will you find greater happi
in eometlinee tutened sad already eStvale
and tiring up dead engines in most in and we were too deep In it to get out. pick the bon«*s anyway.
«Ilk ibe very Brat aymplaas. Ull bae hua<
the bands be baa outstretched and ness in the parlor than In the kitchen?
Convenient places. My great problem bad not 'be overhanging crest of the
When we turned tbe corner, there says, “But no, I must not touch yea How uiuny millionaires will tell you
on elfbi io ion luonlbo It Io surely chroulo la
ollbor eaao »by (akoobsaooot Way sol take at
Was bow to get water into tbe boiler. drift fallen from top heav! tires. burying was the bouse all lit up, and as we
for I have Just returned from officiat that they are happier now than when
•ret tbe oaly ihlus boown tbsi euros kldeey
Tbe pumps worked only when tbe eu- us at the name time that it raised our stamped tbe anow off our feet in the
starting In life without a dollar?
dlaeaee la tbe cbruule as »ell so the primary
ing
at
tbe
last
sad
rites
for
two
dear
giue ran. I gave her steam. If the level sufficiently to enable us to crawl entry the dining room door flew open
Blases. Tbe Pell ease oiled below, by pe rm to
On tbe top of mountains we find
olon, Is especially valuable, for lie laoursbUlly
•nd mother aud Katie, who had be friends who died of the yellow fever.”
wheels would slip on tbe rails and out.
rocks and ice and »now, It is down in
was doubly conn, med by ooaoullts« physicians,
Tbe
consul
shudders.
Later
in
the
come
as
thick
at
thieves,
and
little
Bob
turn, 1 could pump that way. Hhe
Shortly after this that Providence
end after rooovory under tbe Fulton Compounds
the valleys that we find the vineyards.
the
recovery »os oloo doubly sues led.
might have been a solid. Jointless cast which so often intervenes on behalf of shouted a chorus of merry Christmases I day. after he has «lined with Pluma Let no man envy those richer than
on Moy lei, 1WN. tbe son of K. «1 Poll. Ike
cher. they take a stroll. The newcomer
ing for all tbe effect the steam bad the helpless led us stumbling and half st ua.
mounter
ot tbe Poo I Bo Coast Biscuit Company
himself until taking all things into
of tM»cond aud i'olaotn atresia. San Fraaulstv
frozen to the back door of tbe house.
on her.
Tbe table, whose snowy linen con sees a row of graves, each decorated account age, health, wife, children,
»aa declared by lbs family physician lo have
Something had to be done, and quick
Farmer Belknap bad essayed a trip trasted sadly with our begrimed over with an American flag.
chronic kidney disease end lnourable. Another
friends be Is sure he would be willing
physician »as celled in and eonSn»ed the
"Do they d**corate tbe graves of sol
ly, for tbe water was leaking out of her to the barn to look after hla stock, and clothes, waa pulled out full length in
dlaxuoaia. The »bole body was a»ollsn «lib
to exchange.—George J. Angell in Our
every minute, and I bad only two his gotxl lady had lain down for her tbe middle of the ttoor. In its center, diers here too?”
dropsy, and a taial lermiaallon looked tor. Tbe
Dumb Animals.
Fulton Compounds wore then turned lo so lbs
"Oh, no,” replies Plumacher. ‘Those
gauges lu her when I stopped. We got regular after dinner nap, leaving tbe hla drumsticks held defiantly aloft, lay
ouly hope- O" September IS the dropsy had
the spare »coop shovel and sank a shaft clearing up to her buxom daughter, tbe great brown turkey, with not a are not soldiers, There rest the re
disappeared and lha boy was »all, and slier
The EraUlte Prlsoaer.
double examinations tbe phyelelen declared tbe
through the snow on the lee aide of Susie. Tbe old lady bad Just dozed off brack in bls glossy ekih. He was sup mains of several fellow countrymen.
recovery oomplale end save Mr. Poll a vrltlen
"The charge ag'in ye.” tbe police Jus
her. Then we cleared the snow away on tbe sitting room lounge when, like ported on one side by a massive dome I each of whom came here to be consul.
report which he now has.
tice said, "is burglary. What have ye
Judge G. A. Cabantaa, the Police Jud<o or Sea
from under her and all about the incarnate spirits of tbe storm, we two of mashed potatoes, whose generous They all died of the yellow fever, and
Fraucieoo, also attests tbe recovery under bls
got
to
say?
”
wheels and machinery. It had drifted derelicts fell into the entry. Tbe last white expanse was mottled here and I I strive to honor their memories."
own observation of ewfrlend of hla who also
"As to that,” replied tbe prisoner, a
recovered when lbs caJb (ohromc Brl«ht e Die
• natural arch over her by this time, of our strength left us there, aud it there by little dabs of delicious golden I That is enough. The next ship takes
ease of ibo kidneys) wee well known to be la-
a«*e«ly looking man who appeared to
DAINTY OOIXABKTTB AND HAT.
so that it was quite warm down there. was merely two heaps of rags, ice and butter. Delicate, feathery fronds of the quaking patriot home, and Pluma
eursbla accord Ins lo all medical authorities.
have s«*en better days, "if by tbe term
Up to tbe advent of tbe Fulton Compounds
snow
that
confronted
the
frigbtenetl
Harry brought down tbe hammer,
celery nodded Jovially to the fat glass cher settire down to the routine of offi
of the chiffon form a sort of short eape medicine
knew nothing that would cure kidney
of ‘burglary’ you mean tbe offense
some wrenches and tbe torch and re women when they opened the inner dish of cranberry sauce, while delicious cial life until another ambitious suc
troubles after they became ohronlo. About
below
tbe
stole
of
satin.
The
list
is
of
which,
according
to
English
law
and
niue
leutha
of all cases are now curable,-res
ported barely one gauge of water in door. Susie was the first to identify us odors of coffee and plum pudding were cessor arrives.
practice for centuries, has been clearly white chiffon finely shirred, with a after they have developed Into tbe dresded
tbe boiler. It was time indeed to hur as human beings, and together they wafted through tbe open door from tbe
chronic forms of Bright’s Disease and diabetes.
duster
of
velvet
rosea
beneath
tbe
brim
detine«l as 'bouse breaking by night,’
No viatemenla are published or iavlted except
dragged us inside.
ry.
kitchen.
i
Oaa oa Swaator Hoar.
trout chronic canoe that, Ilka the above, are In
tbe charge is palpably ridiculous. Tbe and close to tbe hair in the front.
Tbe next thing 1 saw was brown
It was an awkward place to work,
curable by all other known medicines. If your
Wbat a sight for tired and hungry
Senator Hoar was the unconscious policeman alleges that be detected me
kidney trouble is recent Fulton’s Renal Com
•nd the smoke from tbe torch nearly eyed Susie bustling about the table, railroaders!
Hats Are Black.
hero of an Incident which marked the in tbe act of breaking into a bouse yes
pound will cure It quiokly. If It la of over olsbt
destroyed its usefulness. I took down where Harry was manfully attacking
to ten months standlus It in the only IL.ug
“We waited for you, pa! Pa, ws commencement exercises at the State
The
new
hats
are
black.
Ix*
chafieau
terday
aftern«x>n
in
broad
daylight.
If,
known that win save your life. John J. Tullos
the side rods that I might have but a stack of buckwheat cakes which waited for you!” shouted boisterous University of Iowa. The senator deliv
noir is tbe safe one to invest in be Co , CUI) Washington street, San Franstaoo, sole
on
tbe
other
band,
tbe
term
is
made
to
one pair of wheels to turn. I thereby Mrs. Belknap was straining every Bob, and so they bad. Katie had worn ered his address in a tent, and his
ootnpounders
Fulton’s Renal Compound for
tween
seasons.
As
a
rule,
one
chooses
cover tbe same offense when committed
Bright’s and Kidney Diseases, SI’, for Diabetes,
reduced the amount of friction to be nerve to keep replenished. I was soon a path through the snow to tbe switch manuscript threatened to blow away.
a conservative shape, which must of Il W Free snslrses made for patients. Send
by
day,
which,
1
believe,
is
your
absurd
overcome by the use of steam, which seated opposite Harry. Susie double tower and bad timtNi our arrival home | Colonel George R. Burnett of the
for pamphlet. We are the exclusive agents la
American understanding of tbe word, course be becoming. The clever de fols city.
was water, the article I was Interested banked her mother at tbe griddle, and to the minute.
United States army borrowed a knife in a legal senae, 1 «hall have to concede signer literally does the rest. At this
we sent the level of the buckwheat
In economising.
I noticed after that, during the win
from the Rev. Dr. George L. Cady,
season, with summer millinery decid
I pounded my thumb aud cut off a flour barrel down as though the bot ter, Harry bad a way of hanging out chaplain of the university. This as an tile correctness of the charge, your hon edly in the sear and yellow leaf, the
or,
reserving,
however,
the
right
to
re
Joint of my left forefinger as the last tom had fallen out of It The famine of the gangway as we approached Bel
Improvised paper weight the colonel gard with a species of contempt tbe fresh piece of ht^dgear becomes a ne-
end of the last side rod unexpectedly relieved, we cleaned up a bit, and the knap's, so I made It my business to
cessity. Since one has not as yet de-
The mortality among
babies during th«
crude Jurisprudem-e of this country."
slipped clear. Harry chewed me a to old gentleman came in and indorsed blow a crossing signal there, and as I
thtse teathing yearn la something frightful.
“Take 'im back to 'is cell,” gasped elded upon one's winter attire, the hat The census of IMO shows that about one In
bacco poultice and tied it on with a the hearty welcome we had already re peer«*«! slyly from under the peak of
the police Justice, “an’ let ’im sober rennot be made to harmouize with it. every •even succumbs.
piece of rag torn from his Jumper. We ceived from his womeu folks. He told my cap I would see a girlish figure
The cause
Is
apparent.
With
baby’s
So about tbe only remaining course is
up.
”—Chicago Tribune.
bones hardening, the fontanel (opening in ths
left the rods in the snow, gave tbe us the well we fell into was forty feet wave a white cloth from the back
to purchase the black hat which al skull)
closing
up
and
Its
teeth
formin*,
all
rails and tires a good oiling and hur deep and had been abandoned when piazza. Harry was promoted tbe fol
ways finds a place In one's wardrobe. these comin* at once create a demand foi
To Be Healthy Be Practical.
bone material that nearly half the little
ried up into the cab. There wus a flut he was a boy because the water "got lowing spring, and the next Christmas
Theoretically, every adult person of These new hats are delightfully mod systems are deficient
______ _
in. _____
The ________
result _
Is
ter of water in tbe bottom gauge ctx'k, sp'iled somehow." As none but his Katie and I and Bob stretched out our
any intelligence wishes to be strong ish and well made, says the Philadel teevlshness. weakness, sweating, fever, diar
so I slipped and pumped her until she own folks ever went there and nolxxly toes under tbe hospitable mahogany of
rhoea,
brain
troubles,
convulsions,
etc.,
that
and healthy. Practically, a majority of phia Record.
prove terribly fatal. The deaths In two under
had ever fallen into it before, lie hadn’t Mr. and Mrs. Harry Merviri.
threw water out of the stack.
The hats are by no means confined to three years were
to say nothing of
them wish nothing of the sort They
bothered
to
cover
it
up.
We
knew
now
Tbe water was squirting out of four
Yes; as I look back at It now I think,
the vast number outside the big cities that
small
shapes
only
sult«*d
to
ordinary
would
like
to
be
well
enough,
but
are
were
not
reported,
and
this
In the linltud
leaky flues In a way that would soon that th«* avalanche that enabled us to take It all In all. It was the very merri
not willing to pay the price, though it wear. Rather are they of every possi States alone.
set us to shoveling snow into tbe tank. get out was not tbe first that had fallen est Christmas I ever spent, and I know
When
baby
begins
to
sweat,
or cry
really costa nothing. When a man gets ble shape and style and of such de- out In sleep don’t wall, and worry
need Is
In spite of my sore finger. Its clumsy Into It, and we thanked our lucky stars Sue and Harry do.
i green of dressiness that something is to neither medicine nor narcotics. the What
out
of
health
he
usually
wants
to
get
the
dressing and dull tools, I made five that we didn't start the day before.
system Is crying out for Is more bone
something to “patch him up” so that be found suitable to all sorts of occa little
material. Sweetman
"
taper flue plugs out of a piece of coni Mrs. Belknap and Susie soaked out my
’s Teethin* ____
Food ____
sup*
he can continue the foolish things sions. Some of them, to bo sure, are piles It. It haa saved the lives of thousands
ALMANACS ARE ANCIENT
board. Harry covered the fire with wounded finger and dreasetl it with
of babies,
They begin to improve within
which have caused his bad condition; half mourning.
some
of
the
soothing
salve
homemade
fine coal and snow and put on the
forty-eight hours.
Here is what physicians
They Were Made by tbe Greeks as
hence
the
almost
universal
resort
to
think
of
It.
blower to carry off the smoke and gns. for father when he cut bis f«x>t with
Far Baek as A. D. lOO.
Mew Braids For Trimming.
2934 Washington St.,
drug
treatment
instead
of
the
natural
I threw the coal boards in on tbe the ax.
San Francisco, June 1, 1902.
The shop counters are showing beau
According to Tbeon, tbe cqmmentator
means of restoring and maintaining
Gentlemen—1 am ,
prescribing
__________ ,
your
__ _____
food _ in
Tbe warmth, light and comfort «f on Ptolemy, almanacs, as we under
banked fire and crawletl In with my
health and strength. If a man is really tiful fancy braids for trimming straw the multitude of baby troubles due to im
the cozy parlor, not to mention tbe con stand the word, were constructed from
plugs and a hammer.
peded dentition. A ? large
___
percentage of in-
hats.
desirous
of
being
naturally
sound
and
fantile ills and fatalities are the result of
I bad forgotten that It was hot any genial company, contrasted so strongly about the year 100 A. D. by the Greeks
A yard or two of these will make an •low teethin*. Your food supplie« what the
healthy he will try to study out the
where, but the experience I went with the bitter gale’ and the dirty, of Alexandria, but the dates of festi
deficient system demands, and 1 have had
old
hat
new.
means of becoming so. These means
success with X. in «corea of cases
through In that hot firebox. perchet! cheerless cab that we found it impossi vals and other events of national inter
Suppose you have a good straw, ■urprisin*
are all included In the seven founda
this diet. *iven with their regular
. _
___ , haa
__
food,
»ver a miniature volcano, surrounded ble to combat the urgent invitation of est had been exposed on marble tab
either a fluted toque or broad brimmed not failed to check the infantile diatremes.
tion
principles
of
practical
hygiene
—
by boiling water, and. In spite of tbe our kind friends to remain with them.
Several
of
th«
more
serious
cases
would,
I
lets in Rome 200 years B. C. Lalande,
namely, exercise, rest, air, light, food, garden bat, which has faded trimming feel sure, have been fatal without It. It can
blower, inhaling smoke and sulphurous
That night we slept on feathers be
on it and seems useless.
an authority on tbe subject, states that
not be too quickly brought to the attention
drink
and
bathing.
—
Cooking
Club.
fumes, would have been invaluable to tween blankets, and as I drowsed off I
of the mothers of the country. It is an ab-
Take the trimming off, clean hat if solute
the earliest almanac of which tbe au
necessitv.
Dante when seeking local color. I remember Harry droning a lot of rep
necessary with lemon Juice and an aft,
thor’s name is preserved was that of
L. C. MENDEL., M. D.
Wk»« To< Bay Cheese.
drove the dry plugs tightly. They ab
sun,
and
then
trim
it
•moon
in
tbe
Solomon Jardine, who lived in the mid
When you buy cheese bear In mind
Petaluma. Cal.. September 1. IMS.
sorbed moisture aud swelled until they
dle of the twelfth century.
Dear Sirs— _______
w
that all good cheese will be mellow to with this new braid.
I have _____
just __________
tried the ________
teethin*
were the tightest flues in her. 'Twas
You can get all manner of design» food in two cases and in both it was * suc
A primitive English calendar or al
the touch, yet firm. The rind will be of
a good job and well done. Tbe per
cess. One was * very serious case, so criti
manac was called the “prime-staff.”
an even tint, elastic and free from puffs, and colors.
cal that it was brou*ht to me from another
spiration congealed on my fa<*e tbe In
A broad crown scarf, folded into an city for treatment. Fatal results were feared.
“reht-stock” or “clog almanac.” 1 It was
and a sample will reveal a firm, close,
stant I stuck It out of tbe firebox door,
In three days the baby ceased worryin* and
made of wood, bone or horn, about
buttery grain of a nutty flavor. Cheese alsatian bow in front, caught with an commenced eatin* and is now well. Its action
•nd before my feet were out there were
MB. HO AB’S HAND CAMB IN CONTACT W ITH
in this case wc.s remarkable. 1 would ad
oval
gun
metal
buckle,
smartens
a
eight inches long, like a square ruler.
which feels so bard that you cannot
THE KNIFE.
icicles on my whiskers.
vise you to put ft in every dru* store In this
straw hat into first style. Worn with city.
On this the days were marked I by a
dent
it
with
your
finger
tips
on
the
rind
Yours,
It whs getting late In the afternoon,
I. M. PROCTOR, M. D.
series of notches, every seventh being placed ui>on Senator Hoar’s maiiu Is either sour, salted too heavily, skim a chiffon veil draped over it. in any
•nd I was uever so hungry in my life
of larger size. The festivals were indi script. At the close of a particularly med or cooked too much. On the other color to match your belt, it is in good
Sweetman’s Teethin* Food will carry baby
before. Harry asked me if there was
cated by symbols, as were tbe golden eloquent period Mr. Hoar's hand came hand, if the rind breaks upon pressure enough taste to wear for everything safely and comfortably throu*h th« meet dan
"any cold tupioca puddin’ in the cup
gerous period of child life. It renders lane*
in contact with the knife, and be thrust or does not spring back readily when except formal occasions.
number and the cycle of the moon.
In* of th« gums unnecessary. It Is th« safest
board.” I told him there must be grub
Specimens of thU “clog almanac" may it into bis trousers pocket. The au the finger Is withdrawn this Indicates
plan and a bleMin* to the baby to not wait
lu tbe caboose or some of them would
for symptom« but to commence *lvln* ft ths
dience,
having
noticed
the
incident,
be seen at the British museum and in
A Jacket Cape.
an
oversoft
article,
caused
by
the
slack
fourth or fifth month. Then all th« teetl
have come ahead long ago to see If we
museums or libraries at Oxford, Cam burst into laughter. The speaker said cooling vt the curd or a want of acid.
Jacket cape of heavy guipure lace or will come healthfully, without pain, dis
bad any. He volunteered to go back.
bridge and Manchester. Some of larger something about the "Jester never see At best it will have an Insipid flavor embroidery, with three-quarter length treaa or lancln*. It la an auxiliary to theli
regular diet and «aally taken. Price M centi
It was a risky Job climbing over tbe
size were hung “at one end of tbe man ing the point of a Joke” and prowded and will "go off" as it ages.
sleeves of the same. The lace is made (enough for six weeks), sent postpaid on r*
tops of those cars In that weather. If
celpt of price. Pacific Coast Agents, Inlani
tle-tree of their chimneys” for general with the address.
anything happened, he would be a
Dru* Co.. Hille Bulldin*. San Franclaoo.
Later the senator was reproached by
Aa Uaappreeiativa Listeaer.
use, and smaller ones were carried In
goner, with nolxxly near to help and a
A well known lawyer whose first
the pocket or on the walking stick.— Dr. Cyrus Northrup, president of the
temperature that meant almost Instant
University of Minnesota, for “preach name Is James has a brother whom be
Pearson’s Weekly.
PHIL MAY’S BARGAIN
death to Jhe partially disabled.
ing honesty to the boys of Iowa and visited lately. His brother has a
I sat and dozed miserably In the cor
then setting them such an example of daughter, aged four years, whose moth
The Deal la «he Air.
As Experleaee the Artist Had With
ner of the cab. As I repeatedly lost
a Roving Coajarer,
The air of cities is Impregnated with misappropriation.” Theu the affair was er bad lectured her a few days before
ronaclousnesa my feet would slip off
dust and filth. To combat their dele explained, and Senator Hoar drew for telling "stories.” The lawyer, think
An amusing story la told of the artist
the lioller butt, tbe heel of the left com
terious effects the streets should be forth the “borrowed" knife and a knife ing to entertain the little one, took her
Phil May and an English conjurer at a
ing down with a painful bang upon the
freely ventilated and watered. Wind case as well. The latter contained an on bls knee and told her two of his best
fair at Stratford-on-Avon. Phil was in
Instep of the right. This occurred at
and rain are the great destroyers of exact duplicate of the instrument he folklore tales. Instead of being charm
the crowd which had gathered to watch
stated intervals, like pile driving. Tir
Harry wot bidding Suite gaodby.
ed, as he expected, “she never smiled,
dust. From the fields tbe wind lifts had taken.
a very clever gentleman who was wrap
ing of the monotony, I sought to change
Senator Hoar had carried the dupli but when be had finished slid from bls
ffirous twaddle In my ear about sweet the debris of vegetation—pollen, seeds,
ping up sovereigns and half crowns In
my position and became aware of an
Susie Belknap.
si>ores of fungi and bacteria; tbe dust cate of the borrowed knife continuous knee, with a solemn face, and, going to
pieces of paper and selling them for 2
animated snowball vainly striving to
In tbe morning the etorm had mod of the soil—silica, silicate of alumin ly ever since he receive«! It, forty years her mother, said: ‘Mamma, Uncle Jim
shillings. Tbe “sharp" bad a beautiful
enter the gangway.
1 pulleil him
erated somewhat, and I began to wor ium. carbonate and phosphate of lime ago. from his wife.—Indianapolis Jour will go to the bad place sure. He has
face- such a face as Phil May loved to
•board, and when sufficiently thawed
nal.
ry about the engine. Should anything and peroxide of iron. In and proceed
Just told me two big stories.’ "—Kansas
draw. So he sketched him furtively.
he reported the catxxise deserted and
happen to her in my absence the cold, ing from .volcanic regions fine particles
City Journal.
But the gentleman saw him and made
not • trace of anything edible in It.
A Speedy H«rse.
fishy eye of tbe master mechanic would of carbon and dried mud are taken up
a speech forthwith.
He had seen nothing of train 10, and
fall to discern extenuating circum and wafted hundreds or even thou
Harris Cohen, the Baxter street
"If that-there relebrlted portrit paint
he said that ail the enginre on the road
stances. We each took on another btg sands of miles. In and round about clothier, whose recent death reveal«*d
er with the tight breeches on will ’and
Balzac and Hugo were the last of
coupled together would not be able to
tank of homemade sausage and pan cities and towns the finely ground dust tbe fact that the money he bad made the great men whose inspiration was
up the plcter, tbe equally ceiebrited
collide with our hind end.
cakes and felt fit for the deed of our of tire pavements, fragments of straw, In business had all been lost in horse
benefactor to ’oomanlty wot la glvin'
unceasing and who did not*make liter
This merry Chrlatmas to which I
lives.
hair, stable manure, debris of insects, racing, was anything but an Irishman, ature, but who were literature. Bal
•way qulda for coppers will reward ’lm
had so long looked forward was about
I had to speak twice, a little sharply soot, epithelia from floor sweepings or yet frequently he made bulls.
accordingly,” be shouted.
zac wrote a great story at a sitting
over. It s«x)u liecame «lark. We shov
the last time, to Harry, who was bid shaken from rugs, carpets and bedding,
One of his bulls concerned a horse he —a sitting that fasted for eighteen
Phil, with a twinkle in hla eye, hand
eled coal against the curtain to keep
ding Husle goodby In tbe kitchen. I together with gases and other volatile had Just bought. A man said this hours. All that while be wrote, for
ed up tbe drawing. The conjurer was
the cold air out, calked our window
thought I beard a suspicious smack, emanations from factories, rendering horse was a p«x»r one, said it could not no secretary could keep pace with
delighted with the sketch and pinned it
•ash with waste, and 1 puui|>ed her
but I won’t swear to that. Still, these establishments, abattoirs, tanyardsand compare with a certain animal of hls hiip, and all that while be lived on
to the tailboard of bis cart. With an
full again, aud we shivered anti dozed
redheaded fellows— bang him, he ctme compost heaps of all sorts, though not I own.
other preliminary speech, he threw
black coffee. Then be slept for thirty
• nd starved through tbe longest night
of the air, are In it, in so much as to I "Rubbish!” Cohen retorted. “Rub
tafteta .
away and forgtrt the coffee!
three sovereigns, three half sovereigns
hours. Hugo wrote "Hernanl” in a
1 ever knew.
Mr. Belknap told us a better road be in some degree almost everywhere I bish! Why. that horse of mine can
month, and we can think of Balzac and up over white taffeta, which gives It and several half crowns into a piece of
The reappearance of tbe cab win
♦hen the wry .we came, yc wc go» Sect present. Sxaltarbn
itand st!!! fteter than youra cau gal Hugo as we think of the great Vene "body." The black velvet nbbon lacing paper, screwed it up aud Lai«d«d it to
dows DuLdeti me of the approaching i
op."—New York Press.
without much trouble. The curtain
the artist. "You’ll be president of the
tian living in the glory and exultation gives a touch of distinction.
dawn. What a dismal sight! Our usu
Rrlvaoll a ad Hie Age.
had caught fire from the furnace door
bloomin' R'yal academy some dye,
of
constant
creation.
Veronese
must
ally neat cab waa thickly begrimed
On one occasion Bianchi, tbe noted
and broken every pane of glass In tbe
Ths C«ssel*stioea Skipper.
young man,” said he. “Here, catch!”
A Pretty G«wt of Crepa da C'hlae
have Improvised “The Marriage ('east
with coal dust. Every boltbead and cab, rendering It uninhabitable. The teacher, went on tbe stage to see Brl-
“A bargain’s a bargain.” said Phil,
All the gossip periodicals are full of st Cena” v-t'h errtsondlrMirT esm, and
Crepe de chine AM? soft clinging -nn
bit of Iron In the cab Itself, as .well as. etorit had thaw'd oat, run serrn tn?fi actuii, tlcu famous zinger, wlmu. hi
the wtrfrtnwn, waa disguised by the utes and froaen up again. But there found pacing up and down like a mad anecdotes about tné late Cardinal I like to think be painted tbe Immortal terials very much gathered ami walking off with the packet of gold and
Vaughan. One of the b«>st la In House fiddler In a morning and went out In trimmed with lace and narrow ribbon silver.
delicate tracery of that master silver were both fire and water In her. so I man. humming over bis part.
hold Words, and It tells how as Father
He confessed afterward when hs
velvet are distinctive features In raria
smith, Jack Frost. To ths artistic sense didn't much care.
"Why. Brig, what is the matter with Vaughan the late prelate visited an his gondola In the afternoon thinking
he had done a fair day’s work. That modes. Some of tbe corsages are veiled opened the packet and found two pen
of tbe well fed and comfortably clad it
The storm was about over. I had you? Are you nervousY’ be asked.
American war vessel, where the cap was bow men wrote and painted in tbe entirely with lace, while an exquisite nies and a halfpenny in It that it waa
would have been beautiful; to my dull kept my engine alive, mv stomach waa
“Yes. I am nervous/'-waa tbe reply as
ed mind it waa emblematic only of the comfortably filled, and my mind was he walked harder and faster than ever. tain thought that the chaplain waa a great times before science beckoned visiting dress is of •livery gray crepe the most entertaining commission be
Baptist, though there was some doubt them away from the beautlfuL-George de chine, the skirt falling In graceful had ever bren paid for.
biting cold that raged without. Harry, easy. I lit my pipe and was dozing off
“But. Brig, you ought not to be nerv
plaits from a plain hip piece and the
tied in a hard knot waa snoring sound to tbe endless hum of Harry’s eulogi«1* ous. I've heard you zing tbe part 200 on the point. "Then do you attend hls Moore In Lippi iwott's.
Marrvls* For Hoaoy.
ham finished with several graduated
ly In bls corner. I bad him spread the of Husle Belknap when I was rudely times. I beard you sing It thirty years religions services ?' Inquired the future
"I married for lub de fust time,” said
archbishop.
“
Guess
I
do,
father,
”
was
rows of velvet ribbon. Tbe fnli bodice Ebenezer Snow, “but dis time I mar
fire, and I pumped her full again.
recalled to railroad realities by the •go.”
A Bovas Bear's Haas.
the reply. “The government paya tills
has a collar of point d'alencon. With
We must have food at any cost. I voire of Davis shouting. Tbe snow
ries for money, an’ don't you forget IL”
“Thirty year« ago! Who are you that man to pray, and you bet I aee be
Sir Richard Owen, the eminent anat
thia costume are worn a chiffon boa
knew of but one house in that lotmllty, plow with • gang of shovelers was should know so much V
“Your bride elect has money, has
omlat, often had hla skill in identify
ways.
”
—
London
Daily
News.
and a large black picture bat.
an ordinary story and a half farmhouse half way through the cut, and Davis,
•be?”
"Who am I? You know who I am,
ing bones tested. On one occasion his
on a crossroad about half a mile from chockful of business, was calling me.
Pataleaa Operation
"Yea, suh. Dat girl has no less daa
and I know who you are.”
friend and neighbor. Lord John Rus
AI m . Taa Late.
The old beau waa trying to make
where we lay. It waa Invisible through
"Where tbe deuce have yon been all
"Very well; you know wbat I am,
sell. sent him a specimen for this pur
Kitty—What did you do when be $84.78 tn de aavtn’a bank, for she
the storm, but we knew Its approxi summer?" I asked petulantly, for be but I am sure you do not know wbat himself l«x>k youthful.
1 shown! me de book." — Detroit Free
pose, and the professor quickly pro threatened to kiss you!
"He Is dyeing for love." they com
mate direction. We left everything in had been comfortably boused and fed; you
'Prem.
noun«*d It the thigh bone of a pig.
tell
Blanche
—
I
didn't
do
anything.
Why
mented —Chicago Poet
the l»ret order possible and tttarteti, tbe was shaved, even.
you.
This explanation of tbe query waa sub- should I? I Just waited nntll be had
wind at our becks, Harry in the lead.
“Over here to tbe house," he an-
Bad Attack ef Paralysis.
•«‘quently offered by I>ord John: "Pres committed an overt act
I shall never forget that trip, floun swered cheerily. “Where waa yen?"
The kicker usually does not make ident Buchanan bad sent from Amer
Gentleman—You can’t work on •e-
Kitty-A nd then?
eat
Alaa«
Wltheet
It.
dering aimlessly through the drifts like
much progress, notwithstanding that
"Wbat boose?”
Blanche-Why, then It was too late to count of paralysis! Nonsense! You
"Did you ever have mal de mrr on he puts bls best foot forward.—Boston ica to tbe English statesman the pres
a pair of blind mice, if I live to be a
"Why. my mother In law’s; jest back
look as strong as 1 do.
ent of ‘a choice bear's ham,’ and tbe punish him.- Boston Transcript.
your
way
over
to
Europe?"
asked
Mrs.
hundred. Three minutes after leaving of them trees."
Transcript.
| Tramp—Well, ye sac, boss, It’s P*
family bad breakfasted off It several
Oldcastle.
the engine we could not have found
"Well, it’s a wonder you wnuMu’t
ralysls of de will dat I’m troubled wit
times with much enjoyment. Some
•ba Straeta Taw.
“No. Josiah took a bottle or two of
our way back to It, no matter wbat ask ua over. How'd you a'poue we wan
how or other, however, suspicion was
OToole—Muldoon stbruck bls wolfs —Exchange.
It along, but when I’m seasick none of
tbe necessity. Harry being younger agoin’ to stan’ ItY’
aroused, and tbe bone was sent to their
and lighter than I. I had all I could do
”1 expected you over every minute, them kind of things ever doe* me a bit
scientific neighbor, with tbe result
i—la he in Jail?
•f
good
"
—
Chicago
Record-Hers
Id.
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