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AT BADY'S BEDTIME.
This In bnby's bedtime!
Sly little ono conies to me
i In her snowy little nightgown.
And kneels down nt my knee!
And I fancy n sweet chlld-nngcl
Is for a time my guest,
'And she says her little prayer over
With her hands upon her breast.
"Now I Iny me," she whispers,
In low voice, "down to sleep;
I pray the Iiord" and the blue eyes
Half close "my noul to keep.
If I tdionhl dlo" Oh! the shiver
At my heart! "before I wako
I pray the Lord" and the eyelids
Droop low "my soul to take."
Then I lift up the little one, clasping
Her close to my loving heart
And give her warm good-night kisses
Till the closed lids break apart
As the leaves do folding a flower,
And the violets of her eyes
Look up in their drowsy fashion,
And smile nt mo angel-wise.
"Dood-ulght," she whispers mo softly
And sleepily, with n kiss
That lingers with me In slumber,
And stirs my heart with bliss,
As I think of the little one, dreaming,
With her head ngalnst my breast;
Till my sleep is ns full of rapture
As her dreaming Is of rest.
- ISbcn, E. Ucxford.
I was R-io tho pockets of Ills children . not AS SAID, BUT AS MEANT.
wore light. I una enough for nn nnnu
T was not a cheerful cafe, but It
was near the entrance to The Folly,
' so I paused nud peered through the
steaming glass. The linen had a for
lorn look, and the single waiter, so far
as I could judge, must have been per
plexed by the burden of his doubtful
nationality, but the place seemed quiet,
and I pushed my way through the
swing doors without further thought.
At the far end of tho room was a kind
of raised platform, with two tables; at
one of these sat a man who took my at
tention more by his attitude than face,
lie seemed to have shrunk Into himself
ns a refuge from doubtful contacts, yet
lie had, too, the air of a gentleman
lialf-subruerged lu comfortable squalor.
Ills dress was untidy, yet worn with a
ccrtalu remnant of distinction, and I
observed that his hands were delicate
and carefully preserved. I took a seat
opposite him. and said something about
the condition of the streets.
"It rains'" he queried.
"It drizzles mud," I said; "the pave
ments arc damnable."
"Ah!" Ho took a sip from hli glnss,
folded his paper, and lookcj at me.
Then he glanced at t.',-r clock, sighed,
and settled back ir.'o his chair. While
I dined we scarcely spoke twp words
together,, yet I felt myself drawing
closerMo the man and my Interest trem
bling on tho verge ofplty. When I
had done, and had a glass before me.
we drifted Into talk.
"You know this place well, I sup
pose?" I asked.
"I dine here six nights a week. You
sec, It Is convenient for me. The place
Itself Is not all that one could ask, but
when a man lias learnt a little of the
philosophy of life ho takes things as
ns 'easily as I do." I assented. "And,
after all," ho went on, "what does It
matter' At the end of every avenue
one sees what? Death. Now It seems
to me, that I shall have less to bind me
to life If I dlue every night In sur
roundings like these. A rich man, a
lover of good vintages, a browser In fat
pastures, has to die for every fancy.
He multiplies torture and feels dissolu
tion In every approach of death."
"You have had some experience of
the world," I said, "and have found It
necessary to learn the doctrine of com
promise?" "I have had enough experlenco to
make me content to sit here and drink
with n stranger," ho answered, smil
ing, "and If" he half emptied his glass
"there are any other unhappy turns
of fortune In front of me I shall doubt
less meet them half way. I never fight;
I accept."
He swept his hand across the cloth,
and his tired eyes brightened for a mo
ment. "I can see all my life spread out
before mo there." He paused and
glanced at me. "But perhaps I bore
yon," he said, "and you may wish to
go?"
"Lhavo half an hour to spare and do
not want to stir."
"So have I; precisely half an hour.
When time fits In that happy way It Is
evident we meet for a purpose."
"You wore going to speak," said I,
"about your life."
"True," he said. "If I seem to talk
too much, forgive mo on tho ground
that I so seldom have tho opportunity
now of speaking In my own way." I
begged him to make no apology, Ho
eyed mo kindly, nnd I think he had an
Impulse to shako hands with rae. Ho
refrained, however.
"1 have not always," ho said, "dined
lu this kind of place, but no reverse of
fortune could over serve to muko me
resent my destiny. When I tell you
that I am happy I ask you to believe
It candidly."
I told him thlit I was ready to'accopt
nny statement ho was pleased to make.
"Mnny years ago," he continued, "I
took my degree nt Cambridge. It was
only a puss degree, but It was good
enough to ploaso iny people. I hud n
turn for geology nud worked hard.
Then I broke down." He tupped his
ehest. "You understand?" ho asked.
I nodded,
"I was sent to Switzerland. There I
mnnnged to pick up enough strength to
muko rno fnco the future again; but
Just ns I was ready to work my father
died. Ills affairs woro not Involved;
there was, Indeed, nothing but tho sim
plest isue. Ho had lived almost up to
the Inst pound of his Income; when he
Ity or (0. 1 sunk all my capital to
make It certnlu." Ho made two ll.ttlo
piles of salt upon the tablecloth, and
coughed.
"Knglnnd," he said, "nnd particularly
Loudon, did not suit my chest. I couldn't
work; I simply dragged on for ten
years. On a fraction uuder n pound n
week a man can only ho a spectntor.
t watched life uud leirnt my phil
osophy." "You have had what people call bad
luck," I said.
Ills eyes shone, and ho waved his
hand again.
"Not nt.all," he said. "Indeed, Ivo
had the .best of luck." J
I Involuntarily glanced nt tho steam-1
lug windows, tho speckled linen, the
polyglot waiter. j
"You doubt me," ho said; "but I've
not quite llulshcd. 1 fear my story
must stop now. I must go." '
"I, too," I said, "must mnke a move."
"May I ask," he said, "whether you
are going to bo here Inter on?"
"I'm nfrald not," I said; "I'm Just go
ing to look In nt The Folly."
Then he did grasp my hand: "I'm
going there, too," he said. "Sly story
can keep for a time."
Wo went out together. I noticed
that the attendants passed him In. He
was evidently known at The Folly.
The purforinance was such as I was
wearily acquainted with. Tho same
tricks of voice, the same dead level of
humor, the same atmosphere of musk
nnd stale tobacco smoke. Sly com-
pnnlon affected no Interest; he sat, for
the most part, with his eyes closed,
Hut when the sixteenth turn came he
pulled himself together and laid his
hand upou my arms.
"Now," he said, "you'll see some
thing really graceful tho true artist
at work." I glanced nt my programme.
The name of the lady was entirely
unfamiliar to me.
She came on to the Jigging of the
orchestra. She sang a little sentimen
tal song In a voice that had some sweet
ness, a song that was not vulgar. The
audience appeared Indifferent. Then
she danced. As my companion as
sured me, she certainly had grace, and
beauty of that kind which Is mnluly
pathetic; pathetic by renson of Incon
gruity with Its surbundlngs. The au
dience npplaudcd the dance, nnd Insist
ed upou an- encore. Sly friend leaned
over to me, shaking with excitement.
"That is my wife," he said. "I mar
ried tier when I was at the end of
everything. She knew me at my worst
aud married me In spite of It. I come
here every night to watch her. She.
knows I'm here and It gives her cour
age. It's a hard life. You understand
now why I'm happy?"
"I do," I said. "I understand per
fectly." I ceased to pity him. If I envied him
It was a painless envy. The conditions
of his life passed beyond the common
place. I doubt If London contained a
happier man. C. K. B In Black and
White.
Common News Item Which Mljlit
Have llccn Ma lo Clenrcr.
The following news note may or
may not bo genuine, but they show the
necessity of exercising care In tho clear
expression of one's thoughts as well as
tho use of the conutui:
Nathan Trice who was shot lu the
suburbs Inst Wednesday Is now able to
be around.
Thomas Slerrlll's property Is for sale.
It consists of a cottage containing
seven rooms aud an acre of land.
Edward .Jones has opened a shoe
store on Front street. Sir. Joues guar
antees that any one can have u lit lu
his store.
Tho tlnn of Smith & Thorndyke Is
once more carrying on business at the j
old stand. The concern now wants a
mnu to sell on commission. j
Sirs. Walter Dnrrell would like to'
hear of a good nurse for her child about
30 years of age and with good refer
ences. None other ueed apply.
of lSZn It was announced In Irclniul,
where W'ollcsley was Lord Lieutenant,
that he was engaged to her, and It was
noted In the United States as a curlotiM
coincidence that while one American
girl had married the brother of Na
poleon, another, and she her slster-ln-law,
should marry the brother of Na
poleon's conqueror."
SIR WILFRID LAURIER.
A Citiiiiilitn Htory About the Premier
of flip CititmllMii Government.
Sir Wilfrid Lnurler, who has recent
ly been returned to power In Canada
with a big majority of I.lberalH at his
tiaek. Is scarcely tho steady campaign
er of tho Itoosevelt or Bryan type, al
though he made a tour of the province
of Ontario, and on one day, Just pre
vious to the elections, made II r teen
speeches from his special train.
It was while lu opposition that Kir
Wilfrid did his hardest campaign work,
and, Just previous to the elections of
live years ago, he made an nverage of
three speeches a day. Senator Dan-
slster to ninUo an Immediate triumph
In art. to Htutly which nIiii went to New
York. She realized In the great city,
as she never could have lu hi'i' rural
Southern home, that talent for art U
too general to leave much hope for spe
cial distinction, and wisely concluded
to turn to something that would bring
lUlll'lt un it- i'kmiiIim. Ilelug an oh-
ATCHISON 'GLOBE SIGHTa
Comment on Itveryility Mutters by an
Orlnlruil (leiilim,
Tluwo who don't Impose on you, Mud
fault with you,
You can do anything In lhl world
without grammar except Intuit school.
An ugly baby seciim to renllzu Un mis-
servant young woman, .mihs uiriieugo rortunej an tigiy nany is neaiiy iiiwiiyn
noticed that holly and mistletoe brought 1 good.
extremely high prices, and bethought I iwm mu, outlived Iho ago of
her that on the COO acres at homo i-oimi nt-o so long mm It In still posslhto
(leorgla both grew lu wild abundance. (( f()(1 ,M,M
She returned hum,., mid she and her j , f
sister began to prepare for crllslng on the biuVnf lun.lMloncs
uogiecieu iii.mii inii.e ... " ,,.,, .
value, lu the monthi of .lanuary and
February following Ihey set out leu
aercH or young holly trees with their
own hands. Their colored rnrnihniids
would not plant a holly tree for worlds,
as they believe that If they did I hoy
would die un soon as tho tree became
tall enough to cast a shadow the I is-
ure of their graves. Last t'lulstiniiH
the sisters found the trees mi grown
GREAT ANTI-FAT REMEDY.
Adipose Philadelphia!! Climb Stair
to Keduce Ilia Weight.
Not so very long ago The Saunterer
got off at the twelfth floor of a big of
fice building pot 1,000 miles from cfty
hall Instead of the eleventh, as he had
intended. As It was a case of going
down instead of up, he concluded to
walk back to the tloor he wanted In
stead of waiting for the elevator.
At the foot of the stairway he almost
ran Into an acquaintance, whose ollice
Is on the twelfth floor, and whoso
weight very nearly approaches 300
pounds. The acquaintance was pulling
and blowing as he prepared to ascend
the flight of steps leading to the floor
above.
"Makes you blow to climb a flight of
stairs, doesn't It?" remarked The
Saunterer.
"Climb a flight of stairs?" disdain
fully rejoined be of the. 300 pounds be
tween puffs. "Why, young man, I've
Just climbed eleven flights and I'm go
ing to do another."
"Slean to say you've walked all the
way up here?"
"That's Just what I mean. Elevators
are running, too,
"I know that.
John Bangs who will sail for Europe
Saturday would like to find a purchaser
for his valuable bulldog. The animal Is
no care and will eat anything and Is
very fond of children.
A touching Incident was noted at the
union station yesterday wbea an aged
couple bade each other good-by. The
old lady kissed her husband fervently
several times and he kissed her back.
Dr. Franklin White has returned
from a trip to Switzerland. Speaking
of the robust health of It niKintr
me uociur suy: iiie sireugin or me
Came up In ono my- i Swiss woman Is remarkable. It Is
self a few minutes ago. But how on ( nothing unusual for her to wash nnd
earth do you account for doing all this ,ron nn1 lul,l! several cows In one day."
climbing? You don't look crazy."
I ' y ' -'-k "
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! 'OL IlLI MILL MA I
I hS?v L t iJrOaZZ n i
j
fin .vr - 1 i i
i ntUi Iioiu.om yhs Titoixn- ,
either am i. Never was more
sensible In my life. Just mado a new
discovery, that's all. Iteallzed how fat
I've been getting the last two or threo
years?"
The Saunterer nodded In the affirma
tive. "Well, it was In spite of everything I
could do to stop the accumulation of
tissue. I was afraid I'd soon do for the
fat boy act In a side show until one of
my friends bet rae a bottle of of ginger
ale that I couldn't climb three flights of
stairs In this building. I won the bet,
and In doing so discovered wheu I
weighed myself a few minutes later
thntlhad lost nearly a pound In weight.
That gave mo a tip and the next day
I climbed five (lights, tho next day six,
and well, now I do the whole blamed
twelve every dny, and I'm losing flesh
so rapidly my clothes have to be taken '
In once a week nt least, It's a great 1
scheme nnd It isn't patented, either, so
If you know any other fat men lu town
I don't mind your letting them Into tho
secrot."
The Saunterer hereby lots them In.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Occasionally you will Und people so
sure that they are welcome auywhere,
that thuy would break In on a newly
married couple.
What has become of the old-fashioned
man whoso letters contained many
moeage,s to "tell" some one "howdy"
for him?
AMERICAN QUEEN OF IRELAND
A Baltimore ltcllc Win red the Vice
Uecat Throne of Dublin Cattle.
Writing of Slary Caton Patterson,
In the Ladles' Home Journal, William
Iferrino recalls that "tho Americans
rend with wondering eyes the stories
which came from Ireland of the regal
magnificence with which one of thcli
countrywomen was dazzling the Brit
ish people; how she had become the
wlfo of the brother of the Duke of Wel
lington, and how the court of tho
newly wedded pair at Dublin Castle
rivaled tho brilliancy of royalty Itself.
Sho was called 'The American Queen
of tho Irish Court,' nud In no capital
of Europe would her flatterers allow
that thero was n woman who surpassed
her lu tho elegance of her bearing and
In tho accomplishments of n sovereign.
Indeed, she was only ono of n
group of 'sisters whom Europeans
hailed as 'Tho American Graces.'
Tholr mother, a daughter of Charles
Carroll, had married Itlchnrd Caton,
n poor English gentleman of handsomo
' face and presence, who settled lu Hal
j tlmore. Slary, the most famous of the
thrco daughters, married Itohcrt Pat-
torsou, u brother of Hetsy Patterson,
the first wife of Jerome Bonnparfc.
After the death of her husband, lu
1S22 the Baltimore hell? revisited Ku
,ropo. Hardly loss eminent than tho
Duke of Wellington before tho battle
of Waterloo had been his brother, thy I
Murquls of Wellosley. In tho spr'-ig 1
durand, who accompanied Sir Wilfrid
(who was then plain Sir. Ijiurlerj on
that tour, tells tho following talc:
"One day when Sir. Laurler was suf
fering from a frightful cold, but had
made two speeches, ho was nearly In a
state of collapse. He was to be at St.
Hierese lu the evening, nud, It being a
Joint meeting of Conservatives and
Liberals, his best efforts were needed.
We arrived at St. Thereso nt 5 o'clock
In the evening, and, ns I was busy
with other things, I left Sir. Laurler
to go up to his room and rest. I was
away perhaps half an hour, and, upon
returning, I started to go up to see
how ho was getting nlong. I felt my
way along the dark passageway lead
ing to the stairs, and was about to go
up, when I saw a dark mass crouched
Just to the right. It was our future
great Premier. He had dropped thero
exhausted. We got him Into bed nnd
called in a country doctor, and when 8
o'clock came wo had to carry him to
the meeting. Tho Conservative speak
ers had their first say, nnd they flayed
Sir. Laurler and tho Liberals unmerci
fully. Sir. Laurler snt there In n great
fur coat, not moving n muscle. The
mlnuto his turn came, howover, ho
Jumped up, threw off his coat, nnd
begun to speak. It was ono of tho
finest speeches of his life, nnd ho car
ried tho meeting by storm. Ho spoko
with magnificent vigor for over nn
hour, aud when ho wns through fell
back Into our arms exhausted. Two
days later tho dny before tho election
ho appeared at Lachlno, nlno miles
from Slontrenl. His volco wns gono,
he could noj say a word, but It needed
only his prosenco nnd smiling bows to
crento the greatest enthimlasm iimong
tho uudlen.ee." Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
that they required thinning out, and
the trees that were removed were sent
north for Christmas trecH and brought
high prices, as they were symmetrical
and covered with large, rich berries.
They plnnt the mistletoe berries under !
the bark of old oak trees lu a crack or
hole, where they can get a hold as
they germinate.
Nynipnthy Is easy In g'l. !! when
you need help, you will Hint thai Is it
different question.
You talk a great deal about Iho Im
portance or Trulh. Do you know tli.i
truth about yourself?
People have so few occasion to bo
proud of kin that Ihey overdo It wheu
they do get a clinm-c.
During the progress of every breach
of promise case II occurs lo us that all
t love letters are much alike.
The women lnlk of Iho dlftlcully of
catching up with their work, as If their
I work ran like a seared wolf.
1 There Isn't anything In a druggist'.
perfume care that smells as good as
chill sauce when It Is cooking,
When a mother admits a fault In ono
; of her children, she Is reminded that It
"lakes home after its rather."
1 When an old pastor relgns. and a
new one preaches his Initial sermon.
the attendance An always large.
When a man stays up late fheso
nights, he tries the excuse on his wlfo
that he wan kidnapped, and got away.
A man takes off his coat when ho
wiiii Ik to uli'p his rival; a girl makes
the strings of tier corset a Utile tighter.
It Is every woman's complaint that
her husbnud ghin the moot desirable
part of tlu chicken In tho wrong guest.
1'p to the time a girl Is '.'() sho hasn't
fully decided ir she will be a frozen
statue, or a coy and clinging woman.
Kvcry time a doctor cure a woman
patient he Is nsiircd of one drummer
who will work for him forever without
charge.
There never was a woman's resolu
Hon to work hard (lint coull resist
stopping to eat peanuts or look itl a
love story.
When a married couple Marts out to
do light housekeeping. It menus that
they expect to get half of their living
at "mother's."
The guests after a wedding are not
raving over the bride, ns she lmnglno:
they are all grumbling, "I don't co
how ihey can nfford It."
It Is n mistake, from -a woman's
standpoint, to make the dining room
Initio too long for her to reach her hut
band's legs under It with her root.
Parson Twine says every gentleman
Is smart, without exception: a Ann
can't Ik? a gentleman unless he Is smart.
Every lady will also be found Intelli
! When n woman Is away from homo
' slut ilni.u tint itnrn tin rt If.lllil rl tr fnr Iflttir
letters from her hii'bnnd. but likes In
receive them as nn evidence of good
faith.
Wo have noticed thai kidnapper
never carry off a mnrrled man: proba
bly thoy realize that no one would glvo
a quarter to have a mnrrled mnn
brought back.
Whenever the women see a woman
In a carriage at a funeral who hns to
bo fanned, they nro perfectly initialled
tlint sho wns a good wife, aud that her
grief Is sincere.
Itnllrond men say a leg or nil arm off
does not count with a railroad man In
throwing dice. But If tho railroad man
hns one or more lingers off ho can al
ways throw high dice. If a railroad
man has nothing but n thumb, nothing
can beat him. although a mnn with a
thumb nnd one linger Is a close second.
FORTUNE IN THE MISTLETOE.
Georgian lint AIikIo Money In Provid
ing Wrcnthi of Holly,
In Georgia there Is a farm dovqted to
mletlotoo ;ind holly growing. It Is
owned by tho Cnrtledgo fnmjly, consist
ing of mother und two daughters, but
the daughters do tho farming, It all
begun through tho failure of tho older
Hho Waited.
Even a Scotchman ennuof always be
humorous, If he would. Like other peo
ple, however, he. Is sometimes funny
without meanlng'to bo. Tho Scottish
American thinks that the message sent
by a young mun In Peeblesshire to his
waiting bride may have kept' her from
worrying over his non-appearance, but
tliat sho must, after all, have received
It with mixed feelings.
The bride elect lived In a village some
distance from tho homo of William the
bridegroom. Tho wedding wns to bo
at her home. On tho ovcutful dny the
young mun started for the station, but
on tho way met tho yMubo grocer, who
talked so entertainingly that William
missed his train,
"Naturally ho was In what Is known
ns n "state of mind," Something must
bo done, nnd dono at once, So ho sent
tho following telegram:
"Don't mnrry till I como. William."
If tho brldo elect know nor William,
sho probably know how ho felt when
ho sent tho message, and forgave tho
mental confusion which resulted lu
what sho must have looked upon ns a
needless request.
Tho llfglit Dctliiotlon.
"I ordered i!00 pounds of Ice to
day," romnrked tho young housekeep
er, "und our Iceman carried It up him
self. That shows, he's strong, doesn't
It?"
"No," snapped tho lord of tho manor,
"It shows that hp weighed It hlnsolf."
Philadelphia Itccord.
Fortune sometimes makes Tools or
wjso men by bostowlng bur caressos up
ou them.
There Is always something back of n
shadow.
Tarfj'n Mistake In London.
A Welshman who was In London
when extensive sowcrlng operations
were lu progress lost his watch. Ho
reported the matter to Scotland Ynrd.
nud the otllclnls said' they would tenvo
no stouo unturned to find the missing
timekeeper. Shortly aCterward Taffy
ngaln visited tho metropolis, nnd saw
street nfter street turned up. Ho wns
told In all thirty-six miles of road wcro
In the same condition. Ho rushed down
to Scotland Yard and exclaimed to Iho
wondering Inspector: "I didn't think I
was giving you nil that trouble. If you
don't Hud the watch by Sunday, I
wouldn't break up any tnoro streotH."
Pearson's Weekly.
Two Natural (Foes.
Wntcr will extinguish n lire becnuso
tho water forniH a coaling over the
fuel, which keeps It from the air, nnd
tho conversion of wyttcr into stonm
draws off tho heat from the burning
fuel. A llttlo water makes a II ro
fiercer, while n larger quantity of
water puts It out. The explanation is
tjiat water Is composed of oxygon aiid
hydrogen, When, therefore, the llro
can decompose tho water Into Kb sim
ple elements It serves us fuel' to tho
Hume.
Kffcots or tho Clmilnif Dish.
A manufacturer of chilling dishes re
cently mudo the statement that he ho
llevcd gnu and coal consumption In
Now York would soon be very material
ly reduced by use of tlutt couvonlent
means of cooking light meals. "Whoro
ono was sold a year ago scores nro sold
now," ho said, "and tho doinnml Is In
creasing at n roniatkablo rate."
It Is tho oxperlknco of fathers tmt
thoy got more enjoyment out of daugh
ters who nro not the popular crazo wlti
young men.