Tlio Ilumnrlit'n Wife.
8bo George, ibnr, why is it that the news
papers nmko Tun of Ignition Punch i
George ilecauo tlio jokes In that paper
aro considered dry and pointless.
Bhe (after f. while, innocently) George
why don't you send some of your rejected
Jokos to Punch
Gcorgo did not tell why, hut tnado a men
al noto of her question to tiso at some other
4Imo iu a Joka Yankeo Blade.
At Mro.
"M. lo Baron (complacently) Wcally, Mis
Amldou, I cawn't see what makes Mees Jen
liins ilecrt eo outwngeously wiz mo. What
can I doto get rid of her
Miss A. Propose to her. She's a girl of
ease. Life.
Mr. Dunu'lle's KciihoiihIiIo Roquet.
"It Is so sudden, Mr. Danielle."
"I know it is," responded the young man
igently.
He stood before her with his weight resting
easily on ono foot, Ills left elbow on tho man
lelplcco, his right arm behind him, and his
wholo attitude ono of careless, unstudied caso
mnd grace acquired only by long and patient
"practice.
"I know It is," ho repeated. Measured by
ordinary standards and by tho cold conven
tionalltics of society, It is Indeed sudden.
We have known each other only twenty-four
lioura. Until twenty-live minutes after 8
'o'clock lust night neither of us had over heard
of tho other. Yet with tho heart ono day is as
-a. hundred years. Could wo havo known ono
another liettcr, darling," ho went on with a
rtrcmor iu his cultivated It ilat baritone
voice, "If wo had attended tho theatro, the
concert, tho church, and tho oyster parlor
'together for it dozen seasons? Does not your
.heart beat responsive to initio?"
"I will not pretend to deny, Mr. Danielle,"
replied tho young lady, with a rich blush
'mantling her cheek and brow, "that your
tavowul moves mo strangely."
"I knojvlt 1 Celt it," ho responded eagerly.
"Love Is not tho slow, vegetable like growth
of ycan. It does not move in its courso with
tho measured, leisurely step of n man work
ing by tho day. It springs up like a iiiiis.hr
like uu electric Hash, It takes instant posses
ion. It needs not tho agonized coaxing of
of n young man's first chin whiskers, my
darling. It is hero I You will forgivo my
presumption, will you not, and Keak tho
words that tremble on your lips tho words
ithat will 111! my cup of joy tooverilowlng?"
The evening had passed like a beautiful
'dream. Mr. Danielle, admonished by tho
clock thut It was time to go, had risen re
luctantly to his feet und stood holding tho
hand of his beautiful betrothed.
"My love," ho said, iu euger, pusslonate
Accents, "now that you havo blessed my life
with a ineusureless, ineffable joy und made
all my future radiant with goldeti hope, you
will not think I inn asking too much if I
plead for Just ono favor?"
"What Is it?" shyly resjxmded tho lovely
maiden.
"Please tell mo your first namo." Chicago
Tribune.
Maklni; It ltllit.
Customer (to head wnltur) Hero, sir, thii
clumsy fellow has spilled over half of my
cup of tea down my Iwick,
Head Waiter (to clumsy waiter, sternly)
Driug this gentleman n full cup of tea in
stantly. Now York Bun.
An Unexpected Complication.
Boy Btrango guullumau at the door, sir;
won't givu inn IiIhuiiiiiu."
Great Statesman No doubt it's another
reporter to interview ,inu about that 810,0U)
election lKt 1 have east in the teeth of the
opposition. How sweet is famul Show him
in.
"Hain't n rejxrter, sir; it's a man what
wants to tako up your let."
'Merciful heavensl Toll him I'm out."
Philadelphia Record.
A Sunt Sign.
Jinks Wonder how hougpursu catno out
on the wheat corner
Uliuks Think lie must have iH'eu a heavy
Xoser. Don't liellove hu's got a penny left.
'Khl Ilus hu been hhowing signs of jiov--crtyf
"Yes, slreo. He's stopped being tlouchy
and now goes about all divscd up as if he
wished people to think ho had money. Oh,
-lie's u goner," Philadelphia ltccord.
At tlio llreukruxt Table.
Wee Wifey (looking up iroin tho wixr)
Dear, what itro breaiUtulfsl Is the bread I
tuuko a liivadstiilf
llig Hubby (absently) Yes, darling, your
bread's tough itiltu to.
Tho toclul atiuospheru touches IK) deg. be
law iero. Pittsburg Uulletiu.
lloth oniit ui ICxelted.
Tbi smell of gas becaino m strong that
they burst om tho door, and tho doctor und
landlord rushed in
"Open tho windows " shouted the excited
physician.
"Shut olf tho gasl" shouted the excited
landlord. I.lfe.
Tlio Mclt Novelist.
Tom Who is that mild mannered little
mum who bus to braco his feet agulust the
wall to keep u puir of wind from blowing
feint into thontreetf
Dick Oh, Units Mr. Deeddaro, tho author
of "lied Huiulod iUlf, tho Terror of l'ivo
OceJins." YatiUeo lilude.
Wanted u Man Hero lie Is.
A Chicago wior wuuu to wo n man drop
v miles from u balloon. We'd like t
f uroUu tho man. Ho is tlio man who carefully
leeed the otllco door all luinincr, but who
mow leave it oj it. Pltuburg Chronicle.
Tlio Coclcrotwli f IimIIh.
'I should like to make your flesh
creep" is the involuntary thought of ono
vlu e9snys to describe the Indian cock
roach. Who that has been in India does
not know tlio (Int. shining, ill savored,
coffee colored thing seen only in dimly
1 lighted places, tlio eyes starting out of
I tho head, the long, erer moving feeler?,
the swift, ttneertain iiiovo.ueuts. tltesud-
den. iineontiolled flighl when l c dashes,
) M.'i hnps, into your lace, and for a brief
and liornblu moment his clammy legs
cling to your skin? What a life lie must
lead! Ever in cowardly terror of his
life, his penetual instinct is to liido
himself. From some dark corner ho
glar.s at you with guilty eye. As lie
darts from placo to placo lie knows you
will kill him if you can. and he knows he
deserves to be killed. Even iu the houses
of the highest in the laud tho cockroach
is not unknown. Boots, gloves and
books bear witness to his ravages, and a
pungent Hindi betrays his presence in
your wardrobe.
Hut tho paradise of tho cockroach is a
Hhip. It is in the depths of tho ship's
hold, where lie may hide ninong tho
cargo iiiidistiiilied and feed on all rank
things, thai he is iu his glory. Happily
he beems unable to live except in trop
ical heat, so that in the great passenger
steamers constantly returning to Europe
ho is seldom seen. Tlio homo of his
heart is the hold of the ship whose courso
is limited to tlio tropical seas. There,
among bales of rice and kegs of oil,
where, darkness reigns and tho nir is hot
and foul and where human foot rarely
intrudes, ho roams at will from jiost to
jtost. Thenco tho more venturesome
spirits ascend to tho upper decks and
haunt saloons and cabins, and especially
pantries and storerooms, where corners
and crevices shelter them mid there are
endless chances of "loot." Henco conies
tho chief ingredient of that sickly atmos
phere which strikes the sense on descend
ing from the outer air and often makes a
voyngo iu such a vessel a penalise in
deed. Blackwood's Magazine.
Utiaiiuii I'rlcxtft ami Monks.
Although tho jieoplo aro forever in
need of tlio services of tlio priest, they
pay hint but poorly. For tho highest
ceremonies lie receives one or two roubles,
and for the smallest and most frequent a
fow kopecks. Tho priest and tho monk
being both poor, it is no uncommon
sight to bco them bargaining for a mar
riage or a burial, and disputing the price
as thoy dispute only in Russia. From
that all sorts of anecdotes havo sprung.
On ouo occasion it was n priest, who, to
Ikj revenged on a father for his avarice,
gave tho child u ridiculous uamo tit bap
tism. On another, a peasant nsked his min
ister for permission to get married in an
other parish. '-Very good," said the
priest, "hut havo you calculated what
your doing so will cost mo? Now, in
tho llrst placf I would have married you.
Well, that is so many roubles. Then,
you will havo children, say seven; that
would lw boven baptisms. Next, several
of those children would die, say three;
that would Ihj three burials iu my pocket.
After that you would havo sons or
daughters to marry, say four; thut would
be four marriages I should lose." "Yes,
that's very well counted up," replied tlio
inoujik; "but you aro already an old
man, and you might bo dead long beforo
all that could happen." "That's true,"
returned the priest; "wo aro all mortal,
and for that reason I forbid you to leave
tho parish, and I shall only ask you tea
roubles for your marriage." Stunloj
McKenna in Tho Cosmopolitan.
Work of it Drui; Clerk.
People- havo no idea wliat a much
abused class of workers aro tho drug
clerks. The' havo to sond years study
ing chemistry and other branches con
nected with tho pharmaceutical profes
sion, and after they go to work what do
they get? Tho answer is precious little.
Aside from tho small compensation al
lowed us for our services, there aro tlio
long hours and Sunday work. I rarely
work less than thirteen hours a day, and
am required to work oven harder on tho
seventh day of tho week than tho llrst.
Besides filling prescriptions and serving
customers with other articles in tho lino
carried by tho trade, I am kept on tho
run to tho soda fountain. Tho drug
clerks generally havo but really littlo
time to enjoy the good things of this life,
and, after serving many years in tho
business, I can truthfully say that there
is littlo in it. The salaries paid years
ago were better than now, but oven then
it was not a lucrative profession. Tho
causo of tho present low salaries is tho
largo accessions to the ranks of tho medicine-
mixers year after year. They aro
being turned out of tho colleges of phar
macy in droves every year, and when
lieginning do not object to working for
low wages. The consequence of tliis is
that tho salaries of tho old timers havo to
coino down, as tho owners of tho drug
stores do not caro about laying more
than they can avoid, Drug clerk iu
Globe-Democrat.
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distance from it and supported by four
Htrong pillars, which prevented it from
falling mid crushing what was under
neath. Thus tho world was like a two
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were in danger of never reaching tho
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No. 'dl llulurca HrMr Jhk o. aiiktin.
Nil A linn v I'oiTuril. Hf It I. SrrtTitmori.
i. ivi.
No VII
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No V7IU
Nil ". i.
Sn 7TI
'I'roiil.lrioine lilrl. Ht " Tnr. nucHrmi."
Ilillllr oriiiiMJtllltr HjImafiiia XI. Ilouol ttl'A
I'iiU! AfcitAiMl. lit Mm. ani Hi sntpiiKK,. lit I.
KidaeHpfitt. Mr Mrt. AlktAitiMi
'I'lie Criirl r I lie Orient. Ilr Sri taiCori, Jr.
sIiimim hurrl!.' llHitirtiler. Ily l. T. Cl uiih.
No. 27. 'I'lie l,tHtrtl rurin llrl
Mr XfAROABrtliLourir
iNii.711, A lliinicertitiB uniHM. Ilj Mr, AhH S. SrKrHK.,
Nil .VI. Illarlililril lllll II; MrtiKK SritlK Kknnktm
No Vl. Tlte l'irll firitlclinrtl I'lirtlun. Mr n. I.. Paiufun
No ;l I lie l.llllti Olil .Mmii or tlio HiitluMoMe.. II;
llvil f (lAminl.u
No. 217 l-'ruiii the Knrlli In tlie Atnoii. 11; Jcifa Vrnin
211 Tlie IJiuiriUiiti'M I'liil. II; Or. J. It. ItoiiauN.
Vi. 712 I lir lliiriiii' III. II; Sri abu Cium, Jr
Nu vil 1'het.rii; Fiilfun. llr M. T ('Ainon.
No 210 'I lip orriir ofn Secrpl. II; Mah, Crcil. Hat,
Nit 219 I'rrr; mill ttie I'runlirl. ll; Wll kik Cm I in.
No 217 I he "lor; r M Weilillliif ltlii(r. II; 1 lie mllior
of llr Tliorne.'
Vo. jm. lHrlril VHre Teinptllltnli. It; Mra. II Wnon
Nn 215. A lloiterii t'ltMlerellii II; auilior'llvra Tliorn."
Sn VII. 'I'lie UImiiiI llwiiif. llr M. T. Caidoh.
ill The Kiilnl (JImap llr Claiia AonvnTA.
No it. I lie Mill Olrl of I t nil. llr M. T. CAin
No. V25. MhIwii'm Iteteiine. II; II. Kidkh Maooahii.
Nci,.'21 II ii Hi llerrlik. II; Wn I iau II. Hu,hnici I.
No 215 ICri I It v ! nril. M; Fi uitxririe MAmtrAt.
.No. 711. Tnii liliiea. II; the author oT" llor ThoriK "
No. 211. I'IimhU mill HittiAlittie. Jl; Ciiari k, Hkadic.
Nil 212 HaTulHiliil Heroine. II; MrA. A. Kdwahpa.
No 211 'I'liornjeron, tlrnlive. II; llltrr ITinwhoii.
No 2I'I 4'urMinel Collude. II; Mr". IlKNHr Wood.
No vim. The lireiim W iiimiiii. II; Wu kik Col i
No.204 'I'lie'l'reHoiireor l-'runeliiiril. II; 11. I.. Sritv.
No. 2'i7 'I'tie .lllAHilveiituret of John TA'tclmUoiu 11;
ItOPKHr I.IIUIA SlKVKrU'lN
No. 2W. Ilreml t'lmii Ihe Wilier". 1't Mln Mi r oc. !'.(.
No 20i.
.No VIM.
No 2')1.
No 202
No 201
No Son.
No l!H
No l7.
No IW5.
A I nle or I hree lilono. Hr II. Hipkh llAeaAHri.
I'liate Mnelv.liro. hr Mah Ckch. lUr.
Miirr lliirilulel.'o llltnl. II; li. II, Woon.
Willi t inner.. Hr l
'I'he Mert-liiiiilU I'rln
Mahion IIahi tup, llt'tl.
II; HoHATin Aiukh, ,lr.
lleiirve t'linlflelil'ii Jonrner. HtMIa, Shaiioon.
My dialer ikiiie.
llr aiiihor
' I lorn Thome." 1WJ,
liooiierlil. II, M T CaIHOII.
1 mi ilie Merf. II; Sri tank. Cobs, Jr.
A lliirL I nliprllitnee. Hr MantI'mcii. Hat.
No. 111.
No lei. 'I'liul Winter Muht Hr R ioiciit IIvchakan.
No 11. 'I he lleil L'roao. llr M. T. !ai mm.
No li2 I'or l.oAe or lllehea. H; amtior "A Orrat
MlllaWi-
No Oil 'lhe Wizard of tlrnmiilu. II; M. T. Oai ior.
No IKI. A oniHii'a Secrel. llr Oi aha AuarnTA
No I6. 'Ilie (ililllv Ktier. IT Wu kik Col I ia
No. I5S rlorenee Itlnicloii'a Onlli, II; Mra. Mart A
IlKfiao tlltlltnilnt.
No, 1M. I.nneiialer'a t'nlilii. H; Mr a, M V Victor. fll'J.
No 151. Monl lrmiAxe. II; Mia. Hkniit Wnon.
No 157 The I'olaoii ofAapa. II; VI iiiiknck Mahht at.
No 151 r'ortflntr tlio r'etlera. Hr Mr. At ktaniikh
No. I5n. A IMiii iTrltfhl'a Jlnuirhter. H; Mra. annik
l'niAHta lilititriilfi
No 119 II nlli. ir Ali Hull. Ill M .Ro.nrr Hi nuir. '.
Nn I
A Ilnrlereil Lire. H; Mahion HAniANo.
Ntr Noel'a Heir. Hv Mra. Mat Aonk, l-'i kmino,
lliirta'a l-'orliine. ll; I'l imriicr Wahukk. '
'I he Mneof llenrta. llr II I, Kahjkon
I. nil; Vnlirorlli'a lllmnonila. H; "Thk
No 117
Nn I In
No 115.
No III
III
No III.
No 112,
Fiitrhtlt Fnlae. Hr author of M bora Thorn. ' Ill'.l.
'I'he t omiiii llnter. H; Or. J II. Iloan.ov lll.l.
Itelueen '1'tro Nina, llr tho author of " bora
No 1(1
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No, un The l.im rer- Secret. n Ml" M C. lliiAnnov.
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Nn 11'n An (Hit Miin'a Niicrlttce. II; Mia. An. S,
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No. 137 I'liitertlie I.llnea. II; author of " Dora Thorn.
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No 111.
No m.
No. MI.
No. 131.
No. in.
No. 12.
No. 121.
No 122.
No, 121.
The I'enrl oflhe Oernli. II; Ci.aha AI'ulaTA. '
TheOlil IliiUni I'heal. II; Hrl TAvna Ciirr, Jr,
The ( iilir.iriiliil'iililii. HrM.T (laLttna.
The Fnrei Mini Ituhli a. H;JI. T Ci min.
'I he llliiiiiiinil llnieclel. II; Mm. II' Troon.
I'lltfe Hoiiae. Mr CrrA IV riaiicK.
Aieiillnl'a Hlafor;. Mr M a tin a nr. r Itrntinr.
Out or Hie "-ill. HvCr.AUA Ai'oiar.
'I'he "alorr ofn lorni. Mr Mia JankO AirariRi
'l-lm l!ll llenliia. Hr M T CAlnnR.
No. 120.
No. UK. I he lljAlerj ill llliuknooil Urunice. II;
Mra M at Anil" r I eviiMi
No. 101 The I. iil of the Itnlln rna. Ill Ml"! Mm oca.
No. 101 'I he .tlnrirlrk Fnrni .1l;aler;. II; Wiiina
Cm una. Phnttttlt.
No. IU0. Out oflhe llepllia It; ltlH Cohwat. ,
No. tfi. lletrlhiillnn. HT M aro ark r Hi urn t V
No. 9. A 'I'ule of Sin R; Mra IIkrrt IVoiin.
No. 97. A Fortune llniiler. II; Anrik Timuaa (M,
No, ml Meililril nml I'lirlril. H; aulhtr ' bora Thorns."
No. 95. The KnlBlitahrlilneM;Blei,j Hr Chab ItRAn.
No. 91. InirleileiT llouae. Hr atuhor nf" bora Thorna.'1
No. 91. A Piiaalrr. Crime II; " Thk Di ciikh.
No. 92. Iti.ae l.oilice. 11; Mra IIkirt IVooii,
No. 81.
A HrlilAieiiri.ovr. li; autnor " nora i noroe,"
ThrFstnl Miirrlnne. H; Mitt M. K lla.ni.ns.
A Uiieen Amuiisat Women. D; Ibr author f
No. !K.
No. 9.
llora Thorn '
No. M. The lllnteliroril llrqiiral. n; llron CohWat. la.
No. 7.
No, HI,
No, 5.
No. PI.
The ( nrae art nrelT Mr autnor - llora 1 horiie. '
A slniiliiu eiilha'threahold. H; Mart Cfcii. Hat
'I'he Fullll l.lllra. H; author "bora Thome,"
fiirrlalmra tllft. II; UroHCoawAr fit.
More llllter Ihiin Kenlh 1); auiborof'Dora
No. 81.
Tlmrii
No. t2. .MlaanrMra.f II; TV it kik Coi mm. niunralii.
No. 81. In Ilie llnllilii;". Hr Mart Crcil. Hat.
No, Mi. The Ifoninullv Ailienturea of MIILmald.
IlT Tll'IMAB 1 1 A RUT,
No. 19. A I'einl llenrt. Hr author of ' bora Tliorne.''
77,
Iliirk llnya. it; iiihih conwat.
Shiiilon a on Ihe Snow Hr 11 f.. Kahikoh,
At the Wnrld'a Mere;. H; Pijirknck IVarlikn.
Cilleil lliieh. Hr Hihih Conwat,
Mllilreil 'I'revnidmi. H; " Tnr nrcHxaa,"
In L'nntil'a el. R; Biilliorof" bora Thorn."
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The Mralerr ofthe llollr Tree. Bribe
No. 76.
No. 75.
No. 74.
No. 71.
No. 72.
No, 71.
No. 70.
RIIMIor oi iinm iiiniii. iiinrror,!.
No, 69. Iliihrlrl" Mnrrlnice- Hr IVn rirToi mni, HIA.
No. M. John llniterliiuil.'a Wife. l; Ml.. Meieca. m.
No. ITT. Jiianer llnne'a Heerel, ItrMliaM V. HraI'Iion
No. liS Iieiillne. II; Mart Ckcii. Mat Ithftrattil.
No. K5. I.nil; lliTeinloltiiea llrenin. II; the author of
Itoia 1 horn ' lli.iriiilrd.
No. Al, ltel Tonrt Fnrin. nr Mra. Hrnrt TTooii. Tlt'tl.
No. 61, 'I'tie Fronen lleen. II; IVn kik Coi Line llt'tl.
No. CI. Iluek lo the Old 1 1 nine, llr Mart Ckcii. Hat. til.
No. 51. The l.oat Hunk Not". II; Mra. Manor Wool.. 111.
No: 50. tleter. "tHiatrickM Iter r llttttttatrl.
No, (9, A llrlile from the Men. llr author llora Tliorne."
No. (5. The CrteUet on t hi II en r III A Cbtlituiaa Slor;.
II; Ciiari ra IllCHTNa lllmti olr.l
No. II 'I'he Yellow Aleak. M; Wir kik Coi l.ma.
No. 41.
No. .16.
No. :i.
No. .12.
No. :n.
No. 29.
Hell llrtiiiilon. II; I. IIaiiii.iur AltfKHa. Iff if.
.Mlaeliiir. Hr Maht i'rcii. IIat.
Anne. It; Mra. Hkrht IVoou.
Slater lloae. II; Wu hikVoi mho.
Vnlerle l"nte. II; Mra. Al ktaniikr.
A (Joltlen Hum ii. H; author ' llora Thorn." ilf,
lalenl or. the Mralery of Hie llenilluiida.
No. 27.
nr '.ita ii, i ikhck iiiiafi orrii.
No. 25. Iliiiile; Ciirleiiii. II; Mlia M. K Hrahhor:
No. n. llmlil lliuil llr Mr. Ann S. SrarHKva.
No. 32. 'I'he Heir to Aaliler. llr Mra. IIknrt Wonn:
No. 21, Heiiiiliiarthu Whlrftilnd. H; Maht Ckcii. Hat.
No. 10. A (Hilled Sin. IlT lie author of" llora Thorn."
.No. 7, I he liiiurel lluali. II; .Miaa ML'l ock.
No. 6. Henr; Arkell. II; Mr. IIknht Uooo.
No. 5. A moa llnrlon. Hr nroROK Id lor.
No. 4 lljiieF;eaiiniM.oIi1eu Hnlr. II; AnnikThomai.
No. .1. ('iipliilii Allei. I.etfiie;. ll; M TCaiiioh.
No. 7. Amoou; the Hillna. llr Mart Ckcii Hat. tlVd.
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