hospitals distinctly, m a ’am, and I can upon visitors to his house th e g reat
In a certain home m issionary m ove­ not rem em ber where each passenger ex ten t of his riches.
ment every p a rtic ip a n t was to con w ants to get o f f .”
He was show ing a cajler from the
trib u te $1 th a t she had earned herself
‘ ‘ Don t be im p e rtin e n t S top the E ast through his p alatial mansion on
Y outhful C ritic.
by hard work. The n ig h t of th e col­ c a r.”
one occasion when they stopped be­
IT T L E Wendell Holmes Emerson lection o f tho dollars came and v a ri­
The conductor did so and as her fore a handsom e plate glass m irror, of
o
f
Boston
was
restin
g
sedately
*
ous and droll were
earn foot le ft the step, she turned and said:
—
.............n a s r e s t in g s e d a t e ly
—
n n r the
m e s stories
t o r ie s o of i earn-
massive size, above the fireplace in
W ith h i s h n n k in
vU
w ith his book in th e »>•»
park
shortly 1 | I ,nS ,ho money. One woman had sham
I suppose I will have to walk two or the draw ing room.
a fte r a picnic dinner. He had eaten I ■*oood h a ir, an o th er had made dough three blocks n o w .”
“ See th a t m irro r? ” asked the p a c k ­
newspajier
too much. He knew p erfectly well he nu^8, another had secured
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‘ es, ma am, in the sam e direction er, “ it cost me ju s t ten thousand dol­
had eaten too much and he was very subscriptions, and so on.
as we are going. We h a v e n ’t reached la r s ,”
much surprised and shocked at himself.
The chairm an tu rn ed to a handsome H arper H ospital v e t.’’
“ H e a v e n s!” o^^aaaaaaas.
exclaim ed aa the
S-w visitor,
H e prayed ferv en tly th a t no one would woman in the fro n t row.
Ju ly impressed. Then, a fte r a careful
notice his condition.
“ Now, madam, it is your tu r n ,” he
N ot the B ank.
(exam ination of the article, he added:
J u s t then a kindly old lady appeared said. “ How did you earn vour dol­
efrs. B arrow s was w orried— th a t fa c t “ B ut w hat a p ity it is scratched
la
r
»
”
and sat down beside him
“ Ah ’’
was evident to her husband, although
“ y es ,” said the pack er carelessly
th o u g h t Wendell, “ I have sadly
“ I got it from my h u sb an d ,” she she endeavored to m aintain a cheerful Then, tu rn in g to his w ife, he said
answ ered.
ju red h er esthetic sen sib ilities.’ ’
L „ ° Der' ,
? th ® evenln8 was over, «< M ary, perhaps y o u ’d b e tte r not le t
B y th is tim e th e kind old lady
“ O h ! " said he. “ From your hus­
t i e r , ie iscovered th e cause of |tb e children have any more diam onds
w as firm ly settled. “ My little b o y ,’ band» 1 hero was no h ard work about her anxiety.
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Ito play w ith.
th a t .”
said she, “ are you over e ig h t» ’’
Will, said she. “ I am very much
I t was w onderful to see how the
The woman smiled fa in tlv
afraid th a t my bank is in a bad w a y .”
young Mr. Emerson recovered his dig
“ You d o n ’t know m y h u sb an d ,”
How foolish, Mabel! D o n ’t let th at
nity . T h at a woman w ith such o u t­ she said.
causo you a m om ent's worry. Why,
landish gram m ar should dare to c riti­
it s one of the strongest financial in ­
cise him was unbelievable. “ No, ma
stitu tio n s in the state. W hatever got
Beginning Early.
dam,
said he, proudly. “ I have
th a t idea into your head » ”
overeaten! ’ ’
“ F a th e r ,” inquired th e little brain
“ Well, i t 's very s tra n g e ,” replied
tw ister o f the fam ily, “ when will our Mrs. Barrows, still unconvinced. “ They
little baby brother be ab le to ta lk » ” have ju st retu rn ed a check of mine for
Like a Philosopher.
“ Oh, when h e ’s about three, E th e l.” $40 m arked ‘ No F u n d s!’ ”
“ John, J o h n ,’ ’ exclaimed little Mrs.
‘ Why c a n ’t he ta lk now, fa th e r» ”
Big Values
Jones, as she rusned into her hus­
‘He is only a baby y et, E thel.
Milk by the Yard
b a n d ’s lib ra ry in a state o f g re a t a g i­ B abies c a n ’t ta lk .”
in Used Cars
W iggins is a confirm ed practical i
ta tio n and excitem ent, ‘ w hat do you
“ Oh, yes, th ey can, f a th e r ,” in s is t­
joker. The other day he strolled into
th in k the cook has done»’ ’
* ‘ A used ear bought from the
ed E thel, ‘‘ for Jo b could talk when
W inton Company ia worth 30
tho local dairy, and, w ith a perfectly
“ C a n ’t im ag in e,’ ’ came the reply. be was a b a b y .”
per cent more than its duplicate
solemn face, said:
“ F o rg o tten to break som ething—e h » ”
“ Jo b ! W hat do you m ean » ”
anyw here e lse .” We hear thia
“ I w ant a y a rd of m ilk !”
Mrs. Jones w rung her hands.
atatem
ent every day. The rea-
“ Y es,” said E thel. “ N urse was
The dairym an was not to be done. 1,
aon ie plain when it is rem em­
Oh, Johu, do be s e rio u sl’’ she tellin g us today th a t it says in th e
bered that no traded in car ia
begged. “ Cook actu ally poured petrol B ible: ‘Jo b cursed the day he was D ipping his fin g er into th e milk, he j
offered here for sale until it has
drew a line of wet m ilk along the
on the kitchen fire so m ake it burn b o rn .’ ”
been thoroughly overhauled in
counter, and said blandly:
upl ”
our own shops by W inton ex ­
perts and brought up to the
“ There you are, sir. Ten cents a
“ P etrol 1 Petrol! A nd d id n ’t it ex ­
Fully Qualified.
W inton standard of autom obile
y ard. ’ ’
p lo d e!”
excellence.
Some tim e since th ere was an exami
B
ut
W
iggins
got
one
back,
a
fte
r
all.
I
“ Yea— I should th in k it did! I t
n ation in a medical college, when one
I f yon can apprertate what
“ Ah, th a n k s ! " he said negligently,
nearly blew th e silly woman throngh
Ibis enhanced value m eans you
of th e professors tu rn ed to a stu
J u s t roll it up fo r me, will you»”
the w in d o w !”
w ill send NOW for our com­
dent
“ Oh, w e ll,’ ’ mused the husband, “ it
plete list of high grade " u s e d ”
“ A nd n o w ,” said the professor, “ if
Johnny’s
iieason.
car
bargaiua.
w ouidn’t really have m attered if it
a person in good health, b u t who im
had blown her q u ite through, would
The
lesson
was
in
m
ultiplication,
and
It goes w ithout saying that a
agined him self sick, should send fo r
i t I This is her aftern o o n out anyw ay
re built car of high grade manu­
th e teacher sought to im press upon li t­
you, w hat would you d o » ”
facture which has been operated
1 believe. ”
“ I would give him som ething to tle Jo hnny th a t th ree tim es two and
snly 10 per cent of its real mile­
age, Lust can be purchased at 50
make him sic k ,” w as tho prom pt r e ­ tw o tim es three am ounted to the same
Lunch Counter Refinement.
tiling.
per
cent of the original pri-a
jo in d er o f the stu d en t, “ and then
w ill prove far more satisfactory
N ow ,” said she, “ if y 0U conld
The young man who eats all 'round adm in ister an a n tid o te .”
and much teas expensive than
th e circuit ran ag ain st this quick luncl
a cheap car bought uew.
Don t w aste any more tim e here, have two bags w ith three oranges in
each
or
three
bags
with
tw
o
oranges
incident recently:
my b o y ,” proudly exclaim ed th e p ro ­
V ery little money w ill NOW
A fastidious person made his way fessor, ‘ ‘ b u t begin practice a t once.” in each, w hich would you choose»”
buy one of th ese rebuilt cars
“ The three bags with tw o oranges
charily into the place. A tum bler of
that w ill give the beet satisfac­
in each,
replied Johnny w ithout hesi
tion in both service and appear­
m urky w ater was thum ped before him
In Five Days.
ance. Send today for our latest
ta tio n ; “ then I ’d have one more baa
by the young woman on the o th er side
One of th e bosses a t B ald w in ’s loco­ to bust. ’ ’
com plete bargain list.
of the counter.
m otive w orks had to lay o ff an arg u ­
“ W h a t's jo u r s » ”
—THE—
m e n ta tiv e 'Iris h m a n nam ed P a t, so he
l “ Coffee and rolls, my g ir l.”
In Kansas City.
WINTON MOTOR CAB CO.
saved discussion by p u ttin g the d is­
One of those iron heavy, q u arter charge in w riting. The n ex t day P a t
Portland, Oregon.
In K ansas C ity th ey love to tell of
inch thick mugs of coffee was pushed was missing, but a week la te r the boss
Spokane. Wash. Seattle, Wash.
a certain w ealth y m eat packer, who
over the counter. . The fastidious p er­ was passing through the shop and he
never loses an opportunity to impress
son seemed dazed. H e looked under saw him again a t his lathe. Going up
th e mug and over it.
to the Irishm an, he dem anded, fierce­
“ B ut w here is th e sau cer» ” he in ly:
quired.
“ D id n ’t you g et my le tte r » ”
“ Wo d o n ’t give no saucers here. I f
“ Yis, sur, Oi d id .” said P a t.
we did some low b ro w ’d come pilin
“ Did you read i t » ”
in a n ’ d rink out o f his saucer, an
“ Sure, sur, Oi read it inside and
w e ’d lote a lo t of our sw ellest tr a d e .” Oi read it tu ts id e ,” said P a t, “ and
on th e inside yez said I was fired, and
andWinform ation0 io°r $3 00» ' w V ’ hav’L’’?
For Sake of Another.
on th e outside yez said, ‘ R eturn to
steads in W e s t e r n C a n . d . .h i ?
* ■»'»ted several hundred on home
Tho case had been long protracted, B ald w in ’s locom otive w orks in fiv e
insfie.dDOi;
T
f
°
r
1OCat'°
n
r system!
days.
’
’
’
and w as going none too well for the
d efendant. H is counsel, therefore, had
vou ? n d y ° U COme t 0 ,?Ur ° ff,ce and
personally tak e charge
Three i«3 00i ^ n . 7 OU’« 7 e uW' g' Ve you the inform ation bv mail for
A Successful Remedy.
recourse to bullying methods.
One o f the p la i n ti f f ’s witnesses, a
Two men were ta lk in g o f th e hard
notorious old jailb ird , had ju st le ft the times.
box, his place being tak en by an old
“ Does yonr w ife ever grieve I .
plasterer.
cause she th rew over a w ealthy man
“ H ave you ever te e n in p riso n » ” in order to m arry y o u » ” queried Hall.
asked th e b arrister.
“ Well, she started to once,” was
“ Yes, s i r ,” replied the w itness, the reply, “ b n t I cured her o f it w ith ­
raising c a ttle, or on the best mixed f a c i n g la n d , in W estern
“ twiee. ”
out d e la y .”
Any one of thee« claims is worth a life tim e of aaving to 7 o u
WHI
“ Ahi And fo r how long, may
“ I wish yon would tell me how ”
give
you
inform
ation
regarding
maps
nlatu
pt*.
w
.d
name and ad.lrea. of a fe iia b .f . T n T g u f t . i n ‘t h . r i e i n i t V ’w h ^ 0
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ask » ”
said Hall.
“ F irst tim e fo r an atternoon. Tee
“ I sta rte d rig h t in y riev in g w ith
w ant to go th a t will put you on the land. Will give you fuU i n f o r i l "
ond tim e for about an hour. You see, h e r,” replied the other, “ and 1 grieved
t.o n regarding t h . location of the railroad, how fa r it has been b T lt
s i r , " continued th e w itness, tak in g h ard er and longer th a n she d id .”
w here it is in operation, ete., e tc , and how to s e t veur
?
rates
and tiek eta; and all inform ation concerning’ priee t e r a a . n T i " *
ad v an ta g e of the b a r r is te r ’s confusion,
rent
on
all
Hudson
Bay
L
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,
in
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“ I was sen t to prison to w hitew ash
Did as He Was Told.
which rem it us by P. O. money order and we will give v o t. t h . i l f
a cell fo r a law yer who had been rob
A woman hustled th e len g th of a
tion to get a Homestead th a t will make you m d e^ en d en t
bing his c lie n ts .”
W oodward avenue ear and confronted
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is s S s S s g S s s
Followed Instruction*.
She was a little girl and very polite.
I t was th e firs t tu n e she had been on
a v isit alone, and she had been care
fu lly in stru cted how to behave.
“ I f th ey ask you to dine w ith
th e m ,” papa had said, “ you m ust say
‘ No, th an k you,
have already
the conductor: “ D id n ’t I tell you to
le t me o ff a t H arper H o sp ita l» ”
“ I am calling all th e stre e ts and
I t tu rn ed out ju s t
te a ”
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“ Come along, M arjo rie.” said her
little frie n d 's fa th e r “ yon must have
a b ite w ith us.”
“ No, th an k y o u ," said the little girl
w ith d ig n ity ; “ I have already bit
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