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n«t forget thet I have asked you to help
him in any way that you can. And now,
Mr. Cartrackie, I waat to consult you
about a not bar subject.
It ao happen#
during the last few jeers that I have
saved a little money. I waat te invest
it in something that will retflrn a vary
large interest.”
“ Then on my word, Mias Caterham,
there are only three ways open to you
that I know of. You must put it on a
tv
horse race, take it to Homburg, or invest
H A W LE Y SMART
it in the ‘Great Tontine.’ ”
A «W W "BnU. A - A ." "Beeat U Rta.”
“The race course and Homburg a re­
prepest erous ; hut what on earth is the
•Great Tontine’ ?”
Enthusiaetically did Mr. Carhuckle
plunge into an explanation o f what be
termed Mr. Salisbury’s magnificent con­
ception.
“ You are probably
destined.
Miss Caterham.“ he said at length, “ to
C H A P T E R III.
In thin m w June. 1800. two person» lose this money, whatever you do with
Mood in the Jardin des Plant«« at Ar- it ; you might as well lose a hundred In
ram-he« watching the »an aink beneath the ‘Great Tontine’ as anywhere else. For
the bay of St. Michel. The one is a lady a lady bent upon such desperate gambling
who. though considerably past the meri­ aa yourself thia speculation seems mat
dian of life, still bears traces of remark­ for you. At ths end o f the first ten yean
able beanty— Julia Caterham. Her com­ you will probably be drawing a dividend
panion was a good-looking, blonde man. of ten or twelve per cent, and from that
• f thirty or thereabouts, with the bearing out it must be a progressively Increasing
o f a soldier most indelibly impressed upon dividend. As the thing nears its end the
few lucky holders of lives will be draw­
him.
“ I t was very good o f you to come. Annt ing comfortable incomes as interest for
Julia : yon have been an ttnspeakable com­ the original hundred they put in ; and
fort, not only to Mary, but to myself all then think o f the gmnd prise to wind up
this trying tin t. She has no intimata w ith! A property worth a hundred and
friend in thin place, and in their hour of sixty thousand pounds will fall to the for­
trial a husband cannot he all. A woman tunate winner; but even if yon keep in
the Tontine’ till at ail near the finish
hungers for a friend of her own sex.”
“ Tut, Fred: you know perfectly well you will hsve got your money back over
that l have always ’ loved Mary better and over again.”
A a n anything on earth. I had to love
Mis» Caterham was very much fascinat­
you in the first place because she loved ed with the scheme, and as the listened,
you. and of course 1 bad to love that suddenly flashed across her mind a mem­
1st’ there.“ and bere she pointed to a ory of Terence Finnigan. an old family
child of about three years o f age, who servant.
The Finnigana were a long-
was playing at a little distance from lived race: he himself was sixty, and his
«hem, "because you two loved her. As father had lived to eighty-seven. . She de­
If it was likely that I should not coinè termined that she would put one hundred
to Mary in her trouble.”
pounds o f her savings into the “ Great
“ The weather seems settled,” he rejoin- Tontine,” and that the life she would
ed ; “ and I trust you will have a fine uominate should be Terence Finnigan.
cranaing to-morrow.“
She accordingly gave Mr. Carhuckle her
“ I Shall come over to aee you and Mary instructions, wbo readily undertook all
many a time; and yet.” she continued tbs necessary arrangements.
more gravely, “ I heartily wish it were
not ao. Thia is no place for you, a man
C H A PTE B - IV.
o f your years, condemned to wear out his
Twenty years have passed and gone
life without occupation ; it is sad to think since Herbert Philiimore, Viscount U I -
upon.”
ington. lauded that famous pool at Brack­
“ I know It. I kqow it,” he replied bit­ nell. He was quite willing to go through
terly : “ and you know. Aunt Julia, how tbe accumulations o f bia respected father-
hard I have striven, and still strive, to get in-law; and^ while be lasted. Mr. Lyme
occupation o f some kind. But after ten Wregis proved himself a very pattern
years’ soldiering one seems to be fit for relative in that respect. He made money
nothing else. How could I possibly gue
lightly by daring speculations, and be
that before two years' tinse he would spent bis winnings freely, n e behaved
m ait .1 a girl that could almost be his with loyal liberality to his son-in-law.
granddaughter, and that the result would Not only did he make the newly married
be my disinheritance in favor o f the new pair a very handsome allowance, but he
arrival?”
responded in s manner beyond all praise
“ Hush. Fred,” replied Mias Caterham to extraneous tugs at his purse strings.
gently. “ I t is of no use talking over
Great was the sensation through Lon­
what is done past redemption, though I don when the evening papers announced
am afraid you played your cards some­ the suicide of Mr. Lyme Wregis. That
what injudiciously.“
when the state o f his affairs came to be
“ Injudiciously !” he broke in
hotly. investigated he should be found hopeless­
“ You didn’t suppose I was going to see ly and well-nigh fraudulently bankrupt
him make an utter idiot of himself with­ was only what the catastrophe had pre­
out pointing out his folly to him.“
pared tbs world for. Out of the wreck of
“ I am afraid, my dear Fred,” replied the colossal fortune, which there could be
the lady, “ that you did not discuss the
doubt tbe great financier om c possess­
thing in quite so temperate a fashion as ed. there remained but fifteen hundred a
would have been advisable. There, not year, which had been settled on Mrs.
another word,” she continued quietly, as I.vme Wregis about the time that her
she saw he was about to,interrupt her. daughter was born. lo rd Lakington found
“ Don’ t destroy my last evening by talking himself in similar plight to Fred Chiches­
over this unfortunate subject. You and ter^ with a wife and child, and left a
y o u r father have quarreled, apparently beggar.
Irrevocably. None of us can even suggest
Wealth is, after all, a matter o f com­
a fit mediator between you. There is no parison. I t is simply income in consid­
more to be said. W e can only hope that erable excess of what we have been ac­
time may eventually ‘right’ what is now customed to. Fifteen hundred a year
so wrong.”
would of course represent effluence to the
energetic, clever-managing
“ Iy the meantime. Aunt Julia, I must many. T o
live here because it ia cheap, or until I Mrs. Lyme Wregis It represented com­
can get’ something to do. As soon as I fort. T o Lord Lakington it meant gen­
can leave Mary I shall run across to Lon­ teel poverty. His w ife died, and he sud­
don again, and see if I csn hear of any­ denly awoke to the fact that the annual
dividend paid to him on the hundred
thing.”
“ Let us hope you’ll be successful ; but pounds he had placed in ths “ Great Ton­
it is time we went home. Tea time. tine” wss rapidly becoming a very im­
Missy ; come along.” and taking the child portant item when regarded as pocket
by the band. M in Caterham led the way money. A-hundred a year or ao may not
be much looked upon as income, but it be­
towards the town.
Fred Chichester might well look de- comes a very respectable sum when view­
gpondingly at his prospects. H is case was ed in the light of loose silver.
Tbe death of his wife made no differ­
no me what bard, brought about in some
measure, no doubt, by his cwa hoi tem­ ence to I-ord Islin gto n 's domestic ar­
per; but the Chichester», unfortunately, rangement*. He and his daughter still
were ever a headstrong race. His future continued to reside with Mrs. Lyme Wre­
looked fair enough when, barely four gia. Not only had he and the old lady
years ago, be married a girl o f very always been upon excellent terms, but she
good family. True, they were by no means was gradually assuming an importance in
ridi people, and bis Mary, being one of bis eyes, which was destined s little later
many daughters, (tame to him a dowerless to become overwhelming. Hers eras tbe
bride. But w hat,did that matter? Chi­ life that he had nominated when invest­
chester was an only son, and his father, ing the hundred pounds won at Ascot in
with whom he was a prime favorite, was the “ Great Tontine,” and such eras the
a wealthy man. That his progenitor, at vivacity and vitality exhibited by his
the age of fifty-eight, should have fallen mother-in-law that^he began seriously to
over head and ears in love with the think that it was very possible she might
youngest daughter of the rector o f his survive all the other competitors.! Hs
parish was rather hard upon Fred. He had thought but little of the great lottery
suddenly found himself with a wife and when he first took a share in it, and, In­
child, without a profession, and with the deed, never would have done so bad it not
Interest o f some six thousand or so, the been rendered obligatory on him by the
proceeds of his commission, to live upon. terms of the- pool that he w on ; but his
H e tried bard to make bis little income attention was now called to it every half
go as far as possible; but poor Fred year in very pleasing fashion; and as the
bad never been brought up to study “ the years roiled by, that lives originally nom­
economies.” and he wss steadily, though inated at sixty should begin to fall fast
was only in accordance with the laws of
slowly, trenching upon his capital.
As the lives fell so did tbe
Miss Caterham duly took her departure nature.
the next morning, and as she journeyed shareholders diminish, apd so, consequent­
leek to London reflected very sadly over ly ,'d id the dividends increase for those
Fred Chichester's prospects. O f Course, whose nominees were fortunately still liv
i f a V » has only about two hundred ing. The new opera bouse had been built
and fifty pounds a year. It is his business long ago. and way now supposed to be a
remarkably thriving establishment I t at
to keep.himself and his family on that
but it was quite clear to Mias Caterham all events enabled its lessee, Mr. Salis­
that the CMcbesters would spend tbs bury, to pay tbs eight thousand a year
whole of their capital before they bad rent, which was divided punctually
learnt how to lira upon that Income. Then amongst the shareholders. As the no mi
the idea of a young fellow like Fred be­ nees got well pest ths three scots and ten
ing condemned to moon away his life in years ordinarily allotted to humanity, ths
a little French country town 1 It was lives began to fail every spring like
too pitiful. What a thousand pities he leaves in autumn. Finally Viscount L e t
Ington found that his half yearly divi­
bad left the armyt
Mr. Carhuckle, a friend, welcomed her dend amoont to on« thousand pounds;
warmly back to London.
Ha listened that, in fact, Mrs. Lyms Wregis was one
gravely to tbs story of Fred Chichester’s of tbe laat four surviving liven In this
broken career; but. as that luckless exile gigantic pool, and that the possibility of
bad himself foretold, almost the first his coming into s fortune of eight thou­
question the barrister asked was in what sand a year was hanging upon ths Ilfs
o f that venerable lady.
direction bo had best exert himself.
On a bright June morning. Lord Lak­
“ Let me know the sort of thing be
wants, and I ’ll engage that I ’d manage ington enters the dining room o f a com­
to get at some o f tbs people who have fortably sised house in the Victoria road,
Krosingtou, crossei to the breakfast table,
tho giving away o f such posts. I f y
ask my advice, I should say tbs beet thing and proceeds to ginned ever his corre­
Life is mads pleasantly
you could do is to try and bring about spondence.
U reconciliation between father and sou.” smooth for him at present. In the en­
“ I never aaw Mr. Chichester except on joyment o f a comfortable home, presided
the day o f Fred’s wedding; bat be Is a over by two women both Implicitly devot­
very bitter, obstinate old man. from all ed to bin, he can thoronghly rely npon
accounts, and I am afraid Frad gaso all those comforts which become rather
deny to us as we verge towards fifty ; tyd
M a nary grant provocation. You an
The Great
Tontine
x
f
ri
j?’ '
L
he has now ample resooioea to
him to indulge in all such social pi«
aa ho may desire. Doth bis mother-h
end his daughter have now foi
made him the first consideration in
bouse that it was little won dec tbs ’
count should have developed a.cer
dolent selfishness. On one points
Mrs. Lyme Wregis been firm. Not
has she been resolute against any
croacfament upon such capital as was
to-her, but she has further informed
Viscount that, «hough she has left ail her
property'between him atari bis daughter,
it is ao tightly tied up that hs will never
A a e lta l A fr lc s lta r * .
D a a S a lls a « H i M ilk .
be able to touch it in any way. As she
W hy agriculture, the first Industry
▲ Belgian Investigator has been
laughingly told him. there was no «state
to be learned and so obviously tbe most looking Into tho correctness op incor­
in the kingdom so big that )t would not
fundamental, was tho last to be de­ rectness 'o f the somewhat popular be­
slip through bis spendthrift fingers; and
Lord Lakington quite acknowledged the veloped Is oue o f the moat baffling mys­ lie f among farm ers that dandelions In­
teries o f blatory. One marvels at It crease the yield o f milk, and that In
justice of tbe remark.
“ W h y !” he exclaims, “ I believe it wUl afresh as one stands before a certain consequence they are rather desirable
come o ff!
Here is another life go o »— glass case In the Egyptian quarter o f forage than otherwise. H e claims that
one of tho last four remaining la—and, the British Museum, wherein Is a lit­ this belief la Incorrect and la founded
strange to say. ths nominator thus pat tle group o f farm utensils— a fractured wholly on the fa lm analogy suggested
out of It tho only one I knew, Hemnfflsg- wooden p lo w ; s rusted sickle, two
by the m ilky juice o f the dandelion.
by, the lessee of the Vivacity Theater.
sticks tied together with a leathern Furthermore, be aeeerta that dande­
Thia is getting exciting. , Here I am.
thong and several taasals that had lions in large numbers have a delete­
one of three, in a sweepstake o f a han­
dled and sixty thousand pounds. Thera hung on the horns o f oxen. T o be rious effect on tbe quality o f butter
is only that lawyer fellow down in Wales sura, them implements w ere used 3,000 and la ' one among the causes which
end a maiden lady somewhere; and, by years sgo— they w ere found In the make it difficult to get butter o f a One
the way, Hemminghy told
toe sons tomb o f Satl I.— but one remembers flavor and good keeping qualities in
months ago that her dividends for tbe that when Egypt was
using them spring and sarly summer. Hay which
laat two years have remained ia abey­ bread tools, no better than thorn o f the has large quantitiee o f dandelion« In
ance. Her nominee has mysteriously dis­ barbarian« about her, she had a most
it haa a sim ilar effect, he says, and hs
appeared. She cannot show him to be
elaborate government, an army and advises farm ers to weed their pastures
alive, nor. ou tbe other hand, can Jthe
navy and art and literature.
whenever it is practicable to do so.
directors in any way prove that ha is
The records and relics o f other na­
dead— a most inconvenient old vagabond
T w M ask Salt K ills .
to go wandering about at his time of life, tions down through history show the
Hogs like salt, and too much salt
and leave no address. His inconsiderate^ same strange incongruity. For thou­
disappearance will probably protract the sands o f years the wise men o f the w ill kill them. Being bogs they do not
ultimate wind-up of the affair, and occa­ world absolutely ignored the problems always know when they have had
sion no end o f trouble. Even if my dear o f tbe farm. A farm er remained either enough. I f mixed with ashes, or ashes
old mother-in-law is the Isst known life a serf or a tenant. He was a stolid and sulphur, and deposited In piles no
left In, I suppose the directors will ex­ drudge— “ brother to the ox.” Even the danger need be feared unless they are
pect me to trace out where this vagrant
masterful old pilgrim fathers had no ravenous fo r aalt from long continued
old sinner made an end of i t ”
At this juncture his reflections were plows at all— nothing but hoea and deprivation. B u t' if you give them
broken by the opening of a dpor, and a sharp sticks— fo r the first tw elve years brine from tbe meat barrel in free
strikingly pretty girl entering the room, of their pioneering. And therefore fo r doaee you might aa well give them ar­
gaily exclaimed, “ Good morning, papa,” thousands o f years there was hunger.— senic. Meat brine Is one o f the bog
poisons.
Cottonseed is another, but
greeted him with an affectionate kiss, and Journal o f Agriculture.
proceeded to decorate his button bole with
why no man knoweth. The latter is s
M l l k l e s « 7 H » » i » ■ « M a ch in e.
a flower.
slow poison fo r hogs, yet a good food
A fter a test o f milking machines fo r
“ Good morning. Beatrice,” he replied,
for cattle.
as he carelessly returned her caress ¡.“ and ■ period o f more than s year, Prof.
how ia grandmamma after her last night’a A. L. Haecker, o f Nebraska, has made
R a p tr le tlo n » 1 F e r t i li t y .
dissipation?”
Prof. Spillman says It seldom pays
several conclusions. H eifers in their
“ Oh, she is quite well, and enjoyed first lactation, apparently give better to turn under s crop o f cow pass In
her evening immensely. You are always results by machine m ilking than do the green state. It ia better practice
so nervous about her catching cold; but
aged cows that have been accustomed to make hay o f them, feed tbe hgy
she is a wonderful woman, remember,
and younger than many twenty years her to hand m ilking fo r one or more years. and pyt the manure back on tbe land.
junior.
Ah, a letter from Jack,” ex­ Borne cows are not adapted to machine As is the cam with all legumes, ths
claimed the young lady as she took her
seat at die breakfast table, and turned
P O P U L A R B R E E D S OF CH1CKEMS AMD DUCES.
over her ‘ correspondence. “ He says hs
shall be in town to-day, and wishes to
know If we will give him some dinner on
Friday. O f course we will. Shall you
be at home, papa?”
“ N o ; I am sorry to say I have aa
engagement. ' I wish it was not So, for
I am very fond of the boy. One onght
to be on good terms with one’s heir, al­
though poor Jack won’ t come into much
beyond the title.”
“ And not that for many years, we
hppe, papa dear. But your affairs have
come round so much of late that in a
m m W INNING U O K T
m m w h it e
very few years now you will be qoita a
MAHMMCOCHRCU.S M ILK T
WYAhOOm COCA AMD H U
PC KIN DOC KS
rich man again.”
Lord Lakington accounted for tbe in­
One o f the most popular breeds o f chickens fo r general u tility Is the
crease of Income he had latterly derived},
W hite Wyandotte. The birds o f this etraln are smaller than tbe Plymouth
from the “ Great Tontine” in sudi wine.
Rock, but are equally rapid growing. Good layers and tine market fo w ls
His stepmother and daughter, although
Pekin ducks excel all other breeds both fo r eggs and flesh. T o raise ducks
they might casually have heard of the big
successfully and make a profit both from eggs and young ducklings, tbs
lottery, had not the faintest idea that hs
was interested in i t nor that ths improv­
stock birds should be young— as fa r as possible March hatched birds, and
ed state o f his affairs was based upon
never more than tw o years old. Th e Ligh t Brahmas are the oldest and per­
such precarious tenure.
•
haps tiie best known o f the feather-legged chickens. Size ia the quality
“ W ell, 1 suppose it is nice for him,”
that recommends this breed. . W here large and slowly maturing fow ls are
observed the young indy, as she continued
desired the Ligh t Brahma has no superior.
the perusal of her cousin's letter. “ He is
appointed to a ship. He is going to the
Mediterranean on a three years’ cruise, milking. Alternate hand and machine roots o f the cow pea crop add a great
and I don’t see that that’s a thing he methods o f milking have a detrimental deal o f nltgrogen to the eoli, and have
effect upon tbe flow. Manipulation o f a marked effect on fertility. I f n heavy
ought to be so delighted about”
“ Don’t talk nonsense, Trixie.” replied the odder la absolutely necessary In green crop o f cow peas la plowed un­
tbe Vlacount. “ Jack ia fond of bia pro­ some Instances before all the milk can der in the autumn it la beat not to
fession, and has earned the reputation of be drawn by tbe machiné. One man plant tho land until the follow ing
being a smart officer; of course be ia glad operating one machine can milk about
spring. A very good plan fo r bringing
to be employed again.”
tbe same number o f cows In an hour up the fe rtility o f e wornout field Is to
“ But he says, papa, he shall be away
as one m ilking by hand. T w o men sow rye In tbe fall, plow this under
for three years.”
“ Well, and what if he is? There is no operating four machines can practi­ in the spring, harrow thoroughly, let
particular hardship in i t
He is going, cally do the w ork o f three men milk­ the land lie a month, and then sow
ing by hand. T w o operators with four cow pesa Cut the peaa fo r hay and
besides, to a lovely climate."
“ It is all very well to say soi” rejoin­ machines milked twenty-four cows In sow rye again. A few seasons o f such
ed the girl, “ and I dare say you would an hour. It Is necessary to thoroughly treatment w ill restore fe rtility to the
not mind it ; but I am »lire Jack will wash and boll tbe milking machine soil. Fortunately, both o f these crope
leel it acutely.”
parts a fter each usage In order to pro­ w ill grow on very poor land.
“ You know, Trixie, I should miss you
duce milk w ith as low bacterial con­
very sorely If anything should part us,”
B u r ly T o m a to es.
rejoined the Viscount. *Just because hs tent ss that resulting from careful
A truck gardener tells that thia is
hand
milking.— Denver
has petted and spoilt you ever since you methods o f
the way ha raised early tomatoes: H e
a ere a little bit of a thing, don't imagine Field and F a rm _______
took a dry goods box 2 by 8 feet and
he cannot do without you.”
I . l f t l n * t h * W o r o ss
8 inches deep. In each corner o f the
“ I think he will do very badly, papa,”
I constructed a wagon bed Jack that
replied the girl. “ Jack is extremely for­
box he sat a pleec o f 2-lnch pipe, ao
tunate. H e has me; and,'now I reflect Is one o f tho handiest devices on the that be could water the plants from
upon it, I really begin to fed very sorry farm where there la only one man to the bottom, pouring In the water and
put on or take off a grain rack or
for him.”
letting it permeate through tbe soil,
wagon box. Th e construction la very
(T o be continued.)
which was composed o f a sandy loam
simple. Make a carpenter's Jack, only
put into the box after tbe bottom had
G a lls S a d C la m ».
been covered to tbe depth o f 3 Inches
Th e discussion continues betwe*-,.
with well rotted and sifted stable ma­
those wbo think that all tbe acta of
nure. Tbe seeds were planted and
the lower animals are satisfactorily
lightly covered aud tbe soil kept molat,
explained by the hypothesis o f Inher­
but not wet. In one week after plant­
ited instinct and those who hold that;
ing the green tops appeared, and in
there Is an element o f Intelligence, If'
three weeks they were transplanted
not o f reasoning. In these things. W..
Into a sim ilar box, being set an inch
L. Finley, in a work on American birds,
deeper than they grew in tbe flrat box.
mentions an observation o f his which
may perhaps be explained either way, a little stronger to suit yonraalf. Then They grew in tbe box in sheltered
when they
but which In any cam Is interesting. bore a hole, b, In the center fo r a 2- places fo r three weeks,
were
ready
fo
r
the
garden.
A gull mixed npon a clam and, rising Inch gas pipe to act aa a king b o lt
to s height o f about fifteen feet, al­ Then thke a 4x4-inch, 8 foot • Inch
B m P r e s e r v e s W it h W a s .
lowed it to fa ll upon hard ground. The long crosspiece and fasten It to the
By a novel process o f preserving,
ciam kept its mouth shut Again the gas pipe, c, and brace It with 4x4 Inch
eggs six months old are made to retain
gull rose w ith It to tbe same height braces, a. T h e height is 3 feet fl inch­
tbelr “ new laid” freshness. The pro­
and dropped It once more, with tbe es and width 4 fe e t
cess has been developed by a firm o f
same resu lt This operation was re­
When taking off the grain bed place English Importers, acting on tbe theory
peated fifteen times, "when at last tbe tbe jack a little better than h alf way
that an egg decomposes owing to the
shock had the desired e ffect tbe shell to the rear end. then remove the rear
entrance o f bacteria through tbe shell.
w as opened, and the gull enjoyed Its end o ff the wagon first and awing It
The eggs are thoroughly deansfcd and
dainty contents.
on to the Jack. Then put your weight disinfected and then Immersed In a
on It and swing It off tbe wagon, vessel o f hot nnraflln w ax in vacuum.
N e t t o r H im .
Mrs. Kicker— W ill you have an early (daring a small jack under the front The air In tne shell ts extracted by tbe
Z. Rux. i t Farm and Home. vacuum and atmospheric pressure is
English breakfast-room in yonr new ¿p a
then allowed to enter tbe vessel, when
bourn?
T h e A a a m l H » » « r Crop.
Mrs. Newrlch— N o ; I asked Hlnun
In ooe year tbe bees sent to Market the hot w ax is, forced Into tbe “ pores"
th a t and he said be wasn't going td, a crop o f honey worth nearly as much o f the shell, which thus hermetlncslly
get up till 10 o’clock nowadays.— Har* j ■s tbe barley crop; three times aemuch seals It, Evaporation o f the contents
per’s W eekly.________
as the buckwheat crop; f6,00(\000 o f the eggs, which has a harmful e f­
greater than tbs rye crop, and nearly fe c t ia thereby prevented and the egg
T h e S p e e r.
“ I'm gunning fo r railroads,” an-, $0.000,000 greater than tbe rice crop. Is practically sterile.
A ll o f the rice and buckwheat grown
north ee<l the trust buster.
In tho Food L o t.
o f 2,126 1-8
“ Then come with me,” whispered the on an aggregate area
W heat bran Is preferable, bqwavet,
square miles, did not reach to tbe
near hum orist “ I can show you tom
because It la lass balky.
at tbalr tracks.”—South western’s Bool value o f the honey by 8181,280.
m
4
—c.
r » > U la ( (,|
f |a
s T h o le F a v o * .
Bill do Burglar— There’s o u thing I
these mounted p'lascsman, sny-
ffce about, <
m y . : j . k >
I'ets de Pickpocket— Wot's that?
Hill de Burglar— They can’t rids no
ninety-sight miles In one day.
H is
M o »»a «»t»l
B ls a ie r .
“ Deah boy, what ia the trouble between
you and the beautiful Mias Plumlay?”
“ Jealouay. I happened one day to
epaak of tbe mkrvsloua beanty of Peyche
and K made ksr furiou».“
A R ow I t s a 4 u 4 .
“ I knew they were putting on airs.
They let on that tbelr silverw are waa
all solid and now tba whole world
knows it isn’t ”
“ How did It coma out?”
“ Burglars broke into the house the
other night and didn't taka a thing.” - «
Detroit F ree Preen.
Tim » Is tho bait tost Vor«
Be’» Wtaard OU haa bean tbs
In th» United State» far the «
Neu relate end ell pete u
■t populer remedy
■ of
Johnny’s
“ Johnny is taking a good deal of In­
terest in hia studies those days,” said
Mrs. La peltate “They’ve taken up phy­
sics now, ana ones a weak ths class ia
allowed to epend an hoar in the chemical
lavatory.” — Chicago Tribune.
A In M o «te
“ Yes, Herbert,’’ murmured the lovely
maiden, “ I will marry you— I don’t ca n
whether you are rich or poor!”
“ My peerless g irl!” fervently exclaim­
ed Herbert, folding her to his heart. “ I
see you have looked ms up la Brad*
street'»I” ■ i* _________________
r Deathly.
“ Uncis Bruno, why is it that yapr peo­
ple increase ao much faster than the white
people do?”
“ ’Dead I dunno, boos, onless it’s 'oaoaa
dab’s mo’ o f ua bawn.” —Chicago Tribune.
It’ s Pettit’ s Eye Salva
that giv e s instant r e lie f £ » eyes; irri­
tated from dest, heat, sun or wind.
A ll druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo,
N. Y
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H er
V o le * .
Miss Goodsole— My music teacher telle
e I ought by all means to cultivate try
voles.
f Miss Tartun— She's right Yon ought
to cultivate It or quit trying te sing with
it
Cym taoL
A Chicago professor s a y s: “ T b e man
wbo never parleys over cab fare, who
never scans the prices on a menu, and
who hibernates when he’s broke, carries
an Infallible amulet against feminine
criticism.” — Kansas C ity gtar.
H la B a r s * o f G en eeo elty .
“ Your boy’s injury is not ss severs ss
I had anticipated,’’ the surgeon assured
him. “ I shell not have to amputate his
li|,w
♦/.<
“ I am glad to hear you asy so,” acid
Mr. Tyte-Pbist, with emotion. “ Still, if
it had been necessary, in order to save
hia life, I — I was willing to bear ths ex­
pense of i t !“
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PAZO OINTMENT * suanataad to cum any
•a of Itch Ins. Blind. Blood! na or ,
Pitas In « to 14 dnroor mom
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■
Mr. Jawback— You think too much o f
your clothee.
Mrs. Jawback— I don’t think mock
o f the ones you buy me.— Cleveland
Leader.
If»
R eason
to
C o m p la in .
Indignant Customer— Say, these buck­
wheat cakes are soar t
Waiter Girl (at lunch counter)— Yea,
sir; if you will look at year check you’ll
find I ’ve charged you only half price for
’em.
Vee Coe Gel AHee’e PesS-tme Part.
Write Alien A Olm.ted Le Roy, N. T .,lo »e
free »ample ol Allen’» Foot-*«»«. It cure»
•westing,
«wollen, aching ( feet. It make»
sweating. hot
hot*wo)ten,
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tight
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corn».
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in tro ring
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nails and
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bunions. _______
AU dl rug-
|Uts m il lk
25c. Don’t accept any substitute.
qioito.
“ Gracious!” exclaimed Mr. flweUman,
“ the baby baa eaten a lot o f that dog
biscuit!” ’ '
“ Never mind, dear,” replied
Mrs.
Bwellman. “ It Just serves Fldo right,
fo r he’s taken the baby’s food many a
time. Yea. Fldo, naughty! naughty!”
— Philadelphia Press.
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R o m la S o d
H im .
Little Boy (meddling with haa father’s
documents)— Papa, this letter from Mr.
Muntoburn has a postscript, ‘B. T . L
What does that-----
Absent-Minded Statesman— Give ms
that letter, son!
(Hastily burns it .)— Chicago Tribune.
B u dD oM a
The, rreateatof all horsemen, says; “ In
m y 40 year»’ experience with horses I have
found Bpohn’s Distemper cure the moat
successful o f nil remedies for tbs horses. I I
is the greatest blood purifier." Bottle, 00c.
and fl.OQ. Druggists can supply you, or
manufacturers. Agents wanted, fiend for
Free hook. Spolin Medical Co„ Spec. Con­
tagious Disease», Goshen, Ind.
I l s m t a t a o f th o B ro o k .
The poetical young man with soulful
eyes was walking with his matter-or-
fact brother by th« brookalde.
“ How the stream tosses in its slum­
ber!” he exclaimed.
“ Yea,” answered bia brother, “ and
you would, too. i f your bed was fu ll
o f stones.” — Youth’s Companion.
W l t k T h e ir T o o th .
Frugal Landlady— How are you g*ntt«»
men getting along at the farther end of
the table?
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One o f Them (gnawing an ancient
doughnut)— Woihlng like beavers, ma'am.
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