THAT DO
NOT HEAL
BOBBIE’ S
C H R IS T M A S
PRAYER.
" D o d b’MS all tha family dear:
Dad b'aaa mamma, papa, toa;
Dod b'aaa 'Ittla slater Fan-
An' brins ma a alad, nica an' naia
Whenever a sore or ulcer does not heal, no matter on what part o f the
body it may be, it is because of a poisoned condition of the blood. This “Dod b'aaa all tba cbff'ran poor.
An’ maka all tha tick folks wa
poison may be the remains of some constitutional trouble; the effect of a An’
daar Dod, p'aaaa don't forgot
long spell of sickness, which has left this vital stream polluted and weak
Ta aaad a posy, big an' awalL
or because the natural refuse matter of the body, which should pass off
"Dod ba (raciona to yonr lamba,
through the channels of nature, has been left in the system and absorbed
Aa' kaap aln out of my Ufa;
into the circulation. It does not matter how the poison became intrenched
in the blood, the fact that the sore is there and does not heal is evidence of
a deep, underlying cause. There is nothing that causes more discomfort
worry ami anxiety than a festering, discharging old sore that resists treat’
T .? ery S1?ht ot
18 abhorrent and suggests pollution and disease:
besides the time and attention required to keep it clean and free from other
infection. As it lingers, slowly eating deeper into the surrounding flesh, the
sufferer grows morbidly anxious, fearing it may be cancerous. Some
of those afflicted with an old sore or
I h a v « had a o rip p l.d foot a ll a »r lit*,
ulcer know how useless it is to ex which
compelled me to nee a brace. B r
pect a cure from salves, powders, lo aome unacoountable means th is brace
caused a bad Uloer on m y lee. about s ix
tions and other external treatment. years
oao. I had ro o d m edical atten
Through the use of these they have tion, but the U lcer « o t worse. I w as In
to tr y S. 8.
and am « la d to say
seen the place begin to heal and scab duced
it cured me en tire ly, and I am convineed
over, and were congratulating them- th
mai
n saved
savaa m
my
ms. I havi
have,
at it
y I is
s « for me.
? h lV dS
V M ey, ,W O U ld T " b e 7 d « £
« l,* j” l P >" c o ' i m L d i t t i na u n . J t n “ i
the detestable
thing-, when a fresh reliab
le blood m e d ic in e .
supply of poison from the blood
Bristol, Va-Tsnn.
W. J. CATS,
would cause the inflammation and old discharge to return and the sore would
be as bad o f worse than before. Sores that do not heal are not due to out
side causes; if they were, external treatment would cure them. They are
kept open because the blood is steeped in poison, which finds an outlet
through these places. W hile young people, and even children, sometimes
suffer with non-healing sores, those most usually afflicted are persons past
middle life. Often, with them, a wart or mole on the face inflames and be
gins to ulcerate from a little rough handling ; or a deep, offensive nicer de
velops from a slight cut or bruise. Their vital energies and powers of re
sistance have grown less, affil circulation weaker, and perhaps some taint in
the blood, which was held In check by their stronger constitutions of early
“
'
“
life, shows itself. It is well to be sus
picious of any sore that does not heal
readily, because the same germ that
produces Cancer is back of every old
sore and only needs to be left in the
circulation to produce this fatal disease.
p i i p p i ' V V P P F T A R I C There is only one way to cure these old
* U nEL. I
i l U C
I n D L t ,
sores and ulcers, and that is to get every
particle pf the poison out of the blood. For this purpose nothing equals
S. S. S. It goes down to the very bottom of the trouble, cleanses the blood
and makes a permanent cure. S. S. S. enriches and freshens the circulation
so that it carries new, strong blood to the diseased parts and allows the place
to heal naturally. When this is done the discharge ceases, the sore scabs
over and fills in with healthy flesh, and the skin regains its natural color.
Book on Sores and ulcers and any medical advice desired w ill be furnished
without charge.
THE S W IF T SPECIFIC C O ., JtTLAIfTA, GA.
A N O V E L A D V E R T IS E M E N T .
U v y tn .
I have seen something o f legal prac
tice on both sides o f tbe Atlantic, and
my opinion Is that our
profession
would gain iinmeuely by combining
the tw o branches pretty much as they
are combined in the United States and
Canada, suys a w riter In the Ixmdon
Saturday Iteview . It Is obvious that
tbe solicitors would profit by such an
agreement. They would have the right
o f audience In an courts am i tbe op
portunity to qu alify them selves
for
promotion to the bench.
In Am erica the young law yer goes
Into an office, where he mnkes his
merit known by steady attention to
business.
There w ill alw ays be two
klnda o f law yers— those who stay In
their offices, dealing directly w ith ell
ents and attending to m atters o f rou
tine, and those who advise on points
o f law and argue cases In
court.
These tw o orders o f men are clearly
dlstlgulshed In Am erica, but they
w ork together as partners to the great
advantage o f the client.
Som ew hat
S i m i la r .
"W o m en and men are very much
alike In one respect,” said the home
grow n philosopher.
“ W hat's the answer?” queried the
inexperienced youth.
“ Men,” explained the philosophy dis
penser, “ He about the fish they didn't
catch and women lie about the men
they could have m arried had they
wanted to.”
Never
S m ile d
A «n ln .
“ H o w do you manage to w rite i l l
those funny things?" asked the Inquis
itiv e fem ale o f the Jokesmith.
“ W ith a typew riter, madam,” an-
awered the so-much-per-yard grin pro
ducer.
“ Indeed!” exclaim ed the I. f. “ Don't
you know, I Imagined you used some
sort o f copying apparatus.”
H is G am e.
“ I understand our friend, M * Indians,
Is w ork in g on a scheme to remove
weeds."
“ I didn’t know he had any Interest
In gardening.”
" H e hasn't; he's m erely layin g hit
plans to capture old G otrox’s young
w idow .” — Philadelphia Press.
A r t N o te .
Mrs. S yllle— M y husband takes a
deep Interest in art.
Mrs. Older— You surprise me.
Mrs. S yllle— W ell, It was a surprise
to me. But I heard him tellin g Jack
R ow nder last night that It was a good
thing to study your hand before you
draw .— Cleveland Leader.
S m a lle s t
C o ta
C a rre a t.
T h e smallest coin now current in
Knrope, and the one having the least
value Intrinsically, Is the G reek lep
ton. Some Idea o f Its smallness may
be had from tbe statem ent that It
takes 100 o f them to make a drachma,
and the latter coin Is w orth a trifle
less than tw en ty cents o f Am erican
money.
M y ste ry
of
th e
P a«
D a «.
It's awfully hard to understand how
pug dogs can like the sort of people that
like them.— Cleveland Leader.
Help! Help!
T m Falling
Thus cried the hair. And a
kind neighbor came to the res
cue with a bottle of Ayer’s
Hair Vigor. The hair waa
aavedt In gratitude, it grew
long end heavy, and with all
the deep, rich color of early
life. Sold in all parta of the
world for aixty years.
- A test m m year am 1 Imt Marly an at tay
halt fsilowlac mm .nark of ismslw. I , u
A tiers
aS ilma hr t n l M t M saa Avar's Bair V im .
f a t aa. ao4 aa a rasa It I sow h .r. .bm .ttfsl
hma j t k a l r r — Mas. w J. B a o v i . M ssos
***** w * g * r r .P» - ^rr?n-
MUX
A s p e a r e d l a a R ecen t (a a a e o t a
l.o n d o a N e w s p a p e r .
A H O P E L E S S L Y rN C O M I’ E T E N T F O O L ,
w ith no qualifications, social or In tellec
tual. to ta lly devoid o f kip>w1edge on any
conceivable subject, thoroughly Indolent
and untrustw orthy. Is desirous o f obtain-
lug a rem u nerative post lit any capacity.
Address 1. F. 3, M acllss road, W est K e n
sington.
It
The sublime candor o f the above
advertisem ent which appeared In a
recent issue o f the Loudon T im et lin«
caused some amusement and attracted
a great deal o f attention among busi
ness men, says the London Express.
Many declared that “ 1. F ." w a * s
practical Joker; others that he had a
definite object in view when he made
bim self out to be a fool.
T h a t this latter solution was the cor
rect one an Express
representative
learned yesterday from “ 1. F.” him
self. H is object, he said, was to at
tract the attention o f eraployera
by
going out o f the beaten track.
“ I. F.,” who Is about 27 years old.
Is rather more alert and Intelligent
than the average man w ith an ordi
nary public school education, and hi«
face la a particularly honest one.
" I thought i f I said exactly the op
posite to w h at most people In search
o f a billet Insert In the newspapers,"
he said, " I m ight stand a good chance
o f hearing from employers tired o f
superlative virtues, and I have not
been disappointed.
“ I have this morning received tw o
genuine offers and appointments fc.r
Interview s from the heads o '
good
firms and a large Dumber o f letters
and post cards from practical jokeis.
I t was Inevitable, o f course, that throe
or four o f the w riters should
hare
advised me to apply at once to the
w a r office, ‘ where I would be sure o f
a billet.’
“ I h are been schoolmastering seven
years, and although I have a small
billet now, I wish to better m yself.”
Dod b’ ess all my it t i* frle n ’ a—
An ' p'ease don't forget a fifa.
“ A n ’ Dod b’ ess ole Sants Clans,
H e Is such a spreudld mani
A n ’ tell him to not fo rg et
T o bring a gun, too, If he cam.
“ A n ’ a box o f marbles, too.
A n ’ a lot o f picture books—
A n ’ a toolchest fu ll o f tools,
W l f tic k s , nails, screws, su ’ hooka.
“ A n ’ dear Dod, some oth er flngs
T o fill In corners w lf, you kuow.
G in ger cakes an’ nuts an' figs
A n ’ a lot o f candy, too.
Th* door swung tin
Talbot gnaw
that ho was not dreaming when she
cams toward hint
with
outstretched
hands and a ripple of explanation of
which bs heard not one word. Indeed,
to him one isolated fact filled the world
— that she was smiling up at him with a
great promise In her eyes.
“ A little friend o f mins wanted to
give her friends a Christmas dinner, and
I persuaded her to let me share it.” he
explained jauntily. “ It has been a great
treat to ms.”
Miss Wakefield read the whole trath
for herself as she looked into the good,
homely faces that reflected their host’s
praises In every glance. She said noth
ing, but her eyes told what Talbot would
have given all he possessed to hear from
her lips. Then Mr. Wakefield and his
w ife ventured In. and Talbot bethought
himself to ask if they had dined, which
they had not.
Lon and Talbot made room for three
plates here and there, and as there was
a plenty of crullers and turkey and icet
cream, all went well to the very end of
the function, when the eleven originally
invited gzuests rose and
made their
adieus with glad hearts and beaming
faces.
Miss Wakefield stood before the grate
while her brother and his wife examined
* row of pictures half hidden behind the
holly wreaths.
“ I was so sorry to disappoint you yes
terday,” she said, “ but poor T ed ’s tele
gram was so urgent that we were afraid
he was worse, and hadn’ t the heart to
refuse him. When I discovered that we
could take an early train home I made
up my mind to run in aud wish you a
Merry Christmas, anyway, and so we
came, you see.”
Talbot thought o f the ring. H e had
taken It from its hiding place. “ For a
long while I have wanted to ask you to
accept this— and what goes with it,” he
said simply, holding the glittering bauble
toward her.
A red glow crept into her face. She
mads no audible answer, but when the
young couple at the other end of the
room sauntered toward them they were
smiling.
C H R I8 T M AS T R E E FIREa
H o w t h e D a n g e r o f P a r l o r C o n fla g r a *
t lo n a M a y l i e M i n im iz e d .
Several accidents on Christmas eve
and day each year recall the fact, appar
ent only on that day, that the Christ
mas tree is quite as dangerous as it is
pretty, and that the proud father per
sonating Santa Claus should take the
precaution to equip himself with asbes
tos whiskers. Abouff the usual number
o f fires are recorded in the country eAch
year as a result of the infiammahle na
ture o f the Christmas tree and its dec
orations and their careless handling.
This warning always follows Christ
mas just as the outcry against toy pis
tols is raised after the Fourth 6t July.
O f course no rose is free from thorns,
and apparently no holiday can be ob
served in the conventional fashion with
A M E S ,” said Gerry Talbot sudden out risk o f accident to the merrymakers.
ly, looking up from the letter he Sputtering candles on a Christmas tree
had just received, ‘ ‘you needn’t are a very real danger, and the same may
mind about the rest. The dinner be said of the trees themselves, the
will not come off, after all.”
wreaths of evergreen and the mistletoe.
The decorated end of the big, sumptu A fte r a day or two they become dry and
ous studio looked oddly distasteful to inflammable to a high degree, and in the
Gerry Talbot since the reading o f Miss joy of the celebration risks are run and
Wakefield’ s telegram, which had shat* precautions neglected. A tree thus load
tered hia enthusiastic plans. H e had in ed down with presents and decorations
vited her— and her brother and his wife may become in an instant a torch capa
— to a Christmas studio dinner which he ble of starting a disastrous fire, as many
meant tea make as festive as possible. Of cities discovered the other day. to their
course, her rejection at the last hour great cost and to the serious discomfort
had been a gentle invention prepared to
of their fire departments.
avert a greater disappointment, for he
By takiug preventive measures thou
had let her know unmistakably how It
sands o f dollars will be saved every year.
was with him, and he had been ao hope
Trees should be bought late and kept
ful of success that he had selected a
out doors until used. In the case of
ring for her Christmas gift— a little gold
fresh, green trees the risk will be min
en circlet eet with a clear white eoli-
imized. Candles should not be too close
taire.
together and should be constantly watch
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ed.
Above all, a wet blanket should
The street* were thronged with bust
ling Christmas shoppers, glad o f heart, be at hand, also a sponge on a pole long
with merry, expectant faces, and here enough to reach any point of the trees
So, at least, say the tire
and there a wistful one, too, looking on, or ceiling.
tu t not buying* Talbot noticed two lit fighters, who every year have their own
Christmas
spoiled
by the neglect of these
tle girls gazing wistfully into a confec
very obvious precautions.
tioner’s window.
" A n ’ I wouldn’ t mind some skates,
( I ’ ll g iv e my ole ones to some fr íe n ’ )
A n ’ I reckon dls Is a ll—
So dood-nlght, dear Dod, am en ."
— D etro it F ree Press.
J
‘‘ Yes, Min, I would. I ’d do it fust
thing,” said the taller of the two. ‘‘Oh,
my, wouldn’t it be nice to be rich an’
invite all your friends to a big turkey
an’ ice cream dinner!”
They were very poorly clad, thIn-
featured and Ill-nourished, but not un
pleasant to look at. Talbot was con
scious, all at once, of an Inexplicable
impulse to gratify the child’s wish.
‘‘ So you would really like to give
your friends a Christmas dinner!” said
he, smiling down at her astonished eyes.
**I have a great mind to let you have
« t s g g c n x L o n d on W a lle r .
your wish.”
H e was a sad-faced Am erican tour
‘‘ Oh, dear me, Min!” gasped Lou. ‘ ‘ I
ist and as he seated h im self In a Lon can’t hardly believe it, can you?
It
don restaurant he waa Im m ediately at sounds just like a make-believe thing.
W on’ t Mis’ Posey
be s’ prised! An’
tended by an obsequious waiter.
“ I w ant tw o eggs,” said the A m eri Jonas an’ Meg an’ Tom. Oh, won’ t they
can, “ one fried on one side and one on be jest too pleased!”
“ H ow many shall you invite?” Talbot
the other.”
asked gravely, taking out his notebook.
“ ’ O w is that, sir?” asked the as
“ W ell, there’s Aunt K atie an’ Uncle
tounded waiter.
Tim an’ the baby. Mis’ Posey, Jonas
" T w o eggs— one fried on one side Boggs, Meg an’ Pat Fooley— Min, can
you think o f anyone else?”
and one on the other.”
“ Lame Betsy an’ Moll.”
“ V ery well, sir.”
“ H ow many’s that?” asked Lou.
The w a iter was gone several min
“ Twelve, counting us three.”
utes, and when he returned bia face
“ Don’ t you think it would be nice
was a study.
to have a little present beside each
“ W ould you please repeat your hor- plate?” asked Talbot.
Both girls gasped, but looked immense
der, sir?”
" I said, very distinctly, tw o eggs— ly pleased.
“ Suppose you two go round with me
one fried on one side and one on the
and pick oat what you consider suitable
other.”
This tim e he was gone longer and for each of your guests, because I should
not know what to select.”
when he returned be said anxiously;
When Lou appeared at the studio on
"W o u ld It be aw aking too much, sir, the following morning she was a very
to ’ ave you repeat your horder, sir? I different looking girl, and any one would
caw n ’ t think I ’ava It right, air, y ' have known by the pure joy o f her
voice that some great and festive event
know.”
“ T w o eggs.” said the Am erican, sad mas at hand. Talbot had finished the
decorations which had been so harshly
ly and patiently, “ one fried on one aide
interrupted by Miss W akefield’s mes
and one on the other.”
sage. and the result was extremely grat
M ore oppressive silence and another ifying, especially after Lou’s rapturous
and fainter, “ V ery well, air.”
acclamations.
This tim e he was gone longer. When
A t precisely 12 o'clock the bell rang
be returned his collar was unbuttoned, for the fimt time to announce the ar
his hair disheveled and hla face rival of Annt K atie and Tim and the
scratched and bleeding. Leaning over baby, all polished and prinked to the
verge o f painfulness. Next came Mis’
the w a itin g patron be whlapered be
Posey, a little, faded, bowed, ancient
seechingly;
woman in rusty black, with long gold
“ Would you mind tykln g boiled loops in her wrinkled ears. Lame Betty
heggs, air? I ’ ve ’ad tom e words with thumped In on her crutches, closely fol
lowed by Moll, in borrowed finery, o f va
the cook.” — Baltim ore Am erican.
rious eize*. Meg brought blind Jonas,
and a merry little wraith of a man called
VS'el 1 - D e l I b erm t e d .
A t a bend In the riv er opposite a Tom Doom.
Talbot shook hands all around with
lik ely pool a portly gentleman In new
Ashing “ to gs" stopped a native, says a “ Merry Christmas!” after which they
all took their places at the beautiful
L ife , In order to get aome necessary table, the like of which none of that
Inform ation about the surrounding humble party had ever looked npon. But
country.
It was a kindly madness that possessed
"“ Do yon auppose.” asked the man the host of that bountiful dinner, for
with rod and reel, " It would be worth hia stories were of the pleasantest and
his watchful care was unflagging. His
m y while to try fishing round here?"
guests rewarded his efforts by a sponta
"W a l,” said the native, thrusting his
neous enjoyment o f all that was set be
hands Into his pockets and settling fore them.
It wsa good to see them
back oa hla heels, “ tbe flabln’ ain’t wait npon blind Jonas, who could not
lame
Betty,
good, but o f course I don’t know bow help himself, aud npon
whose crippled hands made difficult the
y e value y e r tim e."
use of knife and fork.
Talbot rose to replenish a half emptied
China and Japaa ara prs-eminently tha
aaawoad-aatlag nations of tha world. plats aa the hall hell thrilled merrily.
There
was a pause; then James' quiet,
Among ao other people ara aeaweeds so
sxtsasivaly catsn and rsiished as food well-trained voire said: “ Yes. madam.
I ha ia at dinner la the studio.''
B UYING LAR G E R FARMS.
H arsl
P o p u la t i o n
D o s ro a s ia g
W o a l t k In c r e a s e s .
As
I t seems a paradox, but la neverthe
less w ell established aa true, that In
certain o f tbe beat farm in g regions o f
tbe United States great and abounding
agricultural prosperity baa resulted lu
decreased rural population. A no less
strikin g than surprising illustration o f
this is given in a recent State census
report o f lowu, which is reported to
show a fa llin g o ff o f 2 per cent in the
population o f that great aud glorious
State since the general census o f 1900.
O f course, such a result was not ac
ceptable to Io w a ’s pride, and it w as
not readily accepted.
Close inquiry,
however, is reported not only to cou-
firm the general correctness o f the
new count, but to show a sufficient
reason fo r its disappointing result.
T h e explanation offered is that it Is
all due to the land hunger o f the pros
perous Io w a farm er.
H a v in g money
ahead aud w ell know ing that good
farm land in the Mississippi v a lle y .is
one o f the safest and most profitable
o f investments, be has been buying in
the adjoining farm s o f his less fore
handed neighbors to such an extent,
tbe reports say, that vacant
fa rm
houses dot every township in the State.
M any o f these vacant farmhouses may
again be occupied by the sons and sons-
in-law o f the purchaser; some o f them
w ill be abandoned, and the n ew ly ac
quired lands consolidated into larger
farms. Aud if Iow a follo w s the course
o f developm ent that has been goin g on
fo r many years in the m agnificent
farm in g regions o f Central Illinois, the
consolidated farm s w ill be leased In
tracts o f 80 or 320 acres, or more, to
th rifty and prosperous tenant farm ers.
T h e process as it has gone in Illinois
fo r a number o f years Is that the
w ealth ier land ow n er buys out the 40
and 80-acre farm s o f his neighbors,
tile drains
and otherw ise im proves
them, often renting the same land or
larger tracts to the vendors, w h o gen
erally made more money as tenants
than they had doue as owners. T h e
tenant farm ers o f Central Illin ois put
their capital Into the best o f farm im
plements and machinery and liv e stock.
T h eir prosperity Is seen In their com
fortable and w e ll furnished houses, the
w ell kept vehicles and horses which
their fam ilies d rive to church and to
country gatherings.
In Central I lli
nois ju st now the tendency is to larger
farms, the tenant generally desiring to
increase his area and the landlord regu
lating the quantity o f land he w ill
lease by the proved capacity and suc
cess o f each tenant. F o r its best farm
lands Io w a appears to be approaching
the same system .— Springfield Repub
lican.
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to read after persistent pleading. The
sterling qualities of this wonderful
woman, lik e those of P illsb u ry 's Vitos,
have overcome every obstacle. And
she holds hetself at the head of China,
as does V ito s at the head of breakfast
foods.
T h e C h r is t in a s T r a v e l e r .
When Christmas day dawns many a
traveler will be unfortunate enough to
find himself far from home with no
prospect of getting there for the celebra
tion o f the greatest holiday o f all the
year. T o many of these this necessary
absence Is a bitter misfortune, but there
are others who have not the good fortune
to deem it such a misfortune.
They
have perhaps no settled home or no rela
tlves or no especial friends with whom
they yearn to be on the festal day. But
these people are comparatively few in
numbers. Most of the people who are
traveling on Christmas day are doing so
because circumstances make it necessary.
They are longing every minute of the
day to be whe're they could Join in the
merriment and festivities with those who
are dearest to them.
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Lst Cough Syrup. Tastes tèond. ÜB
rangements to be m arried there tbe
follo w in g evening.
“ O f course I shall be glad to marry
you to your new wife, Uncle ’ Kastus,”
said tbe minister. "T h is w ill be tbe
third or fourth tim e fo r me, w on 't it?
H o w does it happen, uncle, that you
n ever have a colored preacher tie tbe
knot fo r you?”
“ W ell, sah,” he answered, “ I ’i kind
o’ got In de habit o’ gittin ' a white
man to do my m arryln’ , an’ I recon
I'll alius do it. I ’g turrible sot In my
ways, Mistab P a 'k er.”
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P e o p le .
Beware o f Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury
aa m ercu ry w i l l au rely destroy the eenee o f
sm ell and co m p le te ly derango the w h ole sys
tem w hen e n te rin g i t th ro u g h the mucous
surfaces. Such a rtic le s s h o u ld never be used
ex i-ep to n prescription s from repu table phy-
sfi iatu, as th e dam age they w ill uo is ten fo ld
to to e good you can possibly d e r lv e fr o m them.
H a ll’s Catarrh Cure, m an u factured by F. J.
t heueyrfM o., T o led o , O., contain s no m ercury,
sm l is taken in te rn a lly , a c tin g d irectly upon
the blood and mucous Mtrfaces o f the system.
In bu yin g H a ll's Catarrh Cure be flure you get
the genuine.. I t is taken in te rn a lly , and made
in To led o , O hio, by F. i. Chaney A Co. T esti
m onials free.
Hold by Druggists, price 76o. per bottle.
H a ll’s F a m ily F ills are the best.
T r a a fa
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va.
K in g a .
“ W h at,” queried the fa ir ma!d, “ ia
the difference between a trust aud a
rin g?”
' I ’ m afraid I cannot explain tbe dlf-
ference In so many words,” replied the
young man In the case, “ hut If you'll
put your trust In me I ’ ll blow m yself
fo r the ring to-m orrow.”
An d she put ber trust in him.
(
'W a r e o f th e D o « .
Rob— M is. Hubbub* hna asked me to
call to-night.
Dick— Y e»?
Bob— Ye». W hat «hall I wear?
Dick (who h «» been there)— 'W a re of
the dog!— Philadelphia Ledger.
<‘ Tiie School o l Q u a lity”
A . P. Arm strong, L L . B., Principal
Thousands o f graduates in positions;
hundreds placed each year; m ore calls
for help than we can meet— it Pays to at
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best equipped. Departm ents: Business,
Shorthand, T ypew ritin g, Penmanship,
English. 0{>en all the year. Catalogue,
penwork free. Call, telephone or write.
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K n o n le d ire .
E n «ll.h - S p r n W ln «
“ N a t” Goodwin, the comedian, once
possessed a fine country house on tbe
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London, Connecticut.
E ve ry summer
he used to in vite some o f his Thespian
friends to Join his house party.
On one such occasion G oodw in de-
livered him self o f a bon mot th at Is
worth repeating.
"N a t,” said some one, “ you certainly
have a flue place here. Just think o f
It, a lawn righ t on the river!”
“ Yea,” draw led “ N at,” “ It's fine. In
the spring w e have the law n on the
river, and In the fall w e have the river
oa the lawn.”
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dat idee?
Foot of Morrison Street
IV t la n d , Oregon
Johnny— From pop.
Jim m y— A w ! H e wux Jlst strlngln’
yer.
Johnny— No, be w u zn't strlngln' me;
he wux strappln' me. Dat's how I
know it hurts.— Philadelphia Press.
- g o i - g c g e : -
English is now spoken by about 123,-
000,000 people. A century ago it was
spoken by 20,000,000 people only. Dur
T r ic k o f th e T ra d e .
’’ Madam,” began the peddler as be ing that period no other leading Euro
opened bis red satchel, "can I sell you pean laugm ige has made tbe slightest
advance.
German has held Its own,
something this morning?”
“ No,” snapped tbe elderly matron, und Is now spoken by 80,000,00, hut
raising ber broom ominously, “ aud this is no higher percentage o f the
total number o f people o f Europeuu
you better m ove on.”
“ Just as you say, madam.
I was descent than It bud u hundred years
goin g to offer you tbe greatest w rinkle ago.
rem over on earth, but I see you dou't
Piso s Cure Ts a remedy for coughs, colds
need it."
and consumption. T ry it. Price 25 cents,
“ Ah, I — ”
St druggists.
‘‘And also this w onderful remedy
S e c lu s i o n N e c e s s a r y .
for restoring gray hair to its natural
C H R IS T M A 8 IN 8W E D E N .
Mrs. Psrnith— But how did you man
color, but you have no use fo r that,
age to keep that secret a whole week,
One Day W hen T here A r e N e ith e r Rich either."
N o r Poor.
“ Why, how kind o f you to think ao! dear?
I f you were in Sweden on Christmas I—”
Mrs. KJones— It wasn’ t hard. I sim
eve you would hear the church bells be
“ An d this little volume entitled ‘ H o w ply stayed a wa y from the Brow ning
gin to ring at 5 o’clock, for everybody
to Rem ain Beautiful Forever.’ But It Club and when callers came I sent
stops work then and the festivities begin
would be superfluous to offer it to you. word that I wasn’ t at home.— C leve
In great earnest everywhere in t ic k in g
land Leader.
dom.
Class distinctions are forgotten Good-day, madam.”
“ Come back here! Come back here
and servants are allowed to sit at table
M others w ill find Mrs. W inslow ’s Soothing
with the family.
A fte r supper comes this Instant. I do not need them, as Syrup the b«Ht rem edy to use fo r th eir ch ildren
the universal Christmas tree, for Sweden you say, but I w ill buy them and g iv e d u rin g th e teeth in g period.
is one o f the early homes o f this beauti them to aome friend.
I alw ays en
C o rr e c t in g * a M I « a p p r e h e n s i o n .
ful custom.
courage truthfulness.”
W asn’t that same young man here to
On Christmas morning at G o’clock,
see you last night?”
A R e g u la r C u sto m e r.
while it is still dark, you would go to
“ Yes, pajia.”
church, for everybody goes, unless you
Uncle Erastua, tbe village plasterer
“ W ell, what does he mean by coming
stayed at home to mind the lights in and w h itew ashes who hud married
every
night in the week?”
♦he house, for every home in the king and buried four wives, was about to
“ H e doesn’ t come every night In the
dom is illuminated. There is almost sure acquire a fifth. H e went to tbe house
week. I never met him until last Thurs
to be a deep snow, and you would go
to church in a sleigh.
Behind every o f the Presbyterian minister, a ven er day, and he was only here Thursday and
sleigh you would see two boys standing able man who bad officiated at several Friday and Saturday evenings.” — Cleve
on the runners and holding pine torches o f bis previous weddings, to make ar land Plain Dealer.
— a beautiful spectacle as a long pro
cession o f sleighs glides over the snow
on a forest road. These torches ar*
stuck up in a circle around the church.
A wholt week is given to good cheer and
hospitality.
O ecoetona.
W hen M ichael Burke Joined his
“ You Bust try to love your papa aa
brother Jameo In this country, the much as he lovec you,” said the rta-
money he brought over,
added
to Itor.
lam e’s savlngB, enabled them to go
“ Oh, I leve him more,” replied Tom
nto the Ice business.
In course o f my.
"Indeed?
Doesn't your papa lova
flute tb elr custom Increased, and It
became necessary fo r them to have an 1 you very much?”
“ N ot much. H e says be only lovee
iffice. In this James soon Installed a
me when I ’ m good.” — Philadelphia
lic e roll-top desk.
“ T b e one desk w ill do fo r the tw o Preae.
>f us,’ he explained, tue day It was j
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let us. “ And here are tw o keys; one CITO e.rm.n.ntiy cur»d. No flu orn.rroai.M.
■ 1 1 0 » ft . r f lr s t d . y 's u B . o r P r . K lln e '. U r e . t N . iT «
tor you, M icky, and one fo r me.
Restorer. Rend for F re e • » trial bottle and treetlM .
M ichael accepted the key, but seemed Ur. K. B . K lin e, L id ..931 A rch St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
to be studying the desk.
C o r r e c t s b M i s a p p r e h e n s io n .
“ T h a t’s all right,” he said.
“ But
“ W asn’ t that anme young man her*
where Is my keyhole?”
to see you last night?”
“ Yes, papa.”
Chinese Ruler.
“ W ell, w hat does he mean by com
The Empress Dowager ot China was
sold into slavery at the age ot eleven, ing every night in the w eek?”
" H e doesn't come every night In tha
to save her fam ily from starvation
Afterw ards she was presented to the week. I never met him until last
late emperor, and, npon his w ife ’ s Thursday, and he was only hero
death, became Empress.
H er leet Thursday and F rid ay and Saturday
were never bound, and she was taught even ings."— Cleveland Plain Dealer.