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BHr'a wife was as weather beaten and
almost as gnarled and old lasmonoaas
WmRelf. They were happrin tneirown
way and fond of each other at heart, hut
to supcniciai ODserrers men-mo wnauuo
long discord. Billy's satiric tongue de
lighted In teasing the too susceptible na
ture of his spouse. But the true bone of
contention between them was, If I may so
express it, the sugar bowL The bane of
poor Mrs. Billy's days was the effort to
keep a supply of sugar In the house. Bll
iv'a nnn creat nasslon was sugar. He
would go through flro and water aye,
through brimstone for sugar. Hide It
where Mrs. Billy would, he would find It
out, for no pressman had ever such a nose
lor news" as tnat same ouij u : wis
delectable dainty.
He had one bright accompiisnraens
which mado him a prime lavonie. no
could lilt tunes as well as any man in
Munster. How thoso boys ana girls ana
old stagers, too could have the heart and
strength to whirl through the "sets" and
step dances as they did, after a long day
of toll in the bogs and kitchens and gar
dens I But In one house or another, ono
yard or another, they mustered on most
evenings and showed, as "set" succeeded
"set," what airy and youthful natures they
preserved through all the labor of life.
And no one entered Into the spirit of It all
with such zest as Billy. His voice almost
made the welkin ring as ha lilted. In most
perfect time, danoe tune after tune that
' made the best fiddlers envious.
But a trial day came In his life. Thus
It arose: In the winUr of each year ho
scraped together the rent of his little hold-
Jafc through the sale of a faw "sups" ol
plga that had been fattened In tbt previous
months. One particular winter he and his
spouse had been harshly pressed by cir
cumstances. Truth to tell, in the long
evenings when be lilted his best for ths
Dors'the poor fellow's hungerwas such
as would have appalled them had they
dreamed of It. Indeed on one occasion
when he was bringing out "Follow Me
Down to Carlew" In a style that fairly
broke his record be suddenly changed color
and fell to the floor in a swoon. He had
been fasting since morning, save 'for a
small portion of sugar there was little
left In those days that he had stolen, as
usual. But he and Mrs.. Billy hid every
hope that the great winter "fair" In their
county town would leave them with a tidy
sum as the proceeds of the "slips' " tote.
that It would pay the rent and leave some
thing In hand for the "black winter."
It was a bitterly cold time, and Billy's
good spouse had knitted a rough pair of
gloves to save her lord's hands from win
ter's chilly terrors. Billy stoutly opposed
the Idea, for he despised gloves "and such
frippery," but the"vanlthoe"had her way
this time. So, gloves and all, he started
out In the freezing wintry morning and
"made" for the fair.
Alas I that day of days he fell before the
devil and temptation. He sold the "slips"
at a good bargain, but he had "a glass too
much." After the late hunger liauor
played the mischief with him. He came
home, lilting such tunes as the boys never
heard "In all their born days." He threw
his gloves Into a corner with a gesture of
contempt and swore he would never take
them up again. He stepped up to Mrs.
Billy and rolled to the floor. He was dead
drunk far the first time In his life, and
oh I tragedy of tragedies I he had not six
pence In his pocket. The price of the
"slips" was lost or squandered or gono to
thedevIL
Mrs. Billy fainted, and when Billy
came to something like his senses he al
most fainted too. The year's great item
of income was gone. Black ruin stared
them in the face. That night and many
nights after they went to bed supperloss.
Billy and his spouse were proud. They
kept their poverty from the neighbors'
knowledge. Bat they suffered sorely. And,
no rent being forthcoming, the day came
when they were to be turned out of the lit
tle home that they loved, that was so sweet
with memories. Their hearts were heavy
and the world was black for them. The
sheriff and his minions turned up at ths
appointed hour to evict them. The trag
edy of their days had come.
As they turned to go out forever, Mrs.
Billy's eye caught sight of the despised
pair of gloves-In a corner. She took them
np listlessly and opened a pocket to receive
them. She gave a strange cry.
In every finger of either glove a shining
sovereign was found. Yea, almost the
whole price of the "slips," placed there by
Billy in a whimsical hour of that dismal
drink day, and, of course, utterly forgotten
when his senses returned.
No one was more pleased than the sheriff
at the sew development. Billy got a ter
rible lecture from his spouse that evening,
but aha overlooked all his depredations in
the matter of sugar for a lull week after
ward. Billy and his spouse are prosperoas now,
and he lilts for the "boys" as much as
ever. Bat be Is never allowed to go alone
to fair or market. Exchange.
A jrreaeti geograpnical society propoe
to divide the face of the doak,lnto 10
tears, 10 mlBBtea -and 100 eeeoods each.
This is to make time uniform with the
decimal system or eaant byens. The
count by twelves whteh sew shews on the
"face ef the eloek euhUbb from ihe-earlleet
times probably from ksg before the in
TesUaa et letters. .
ana&ea That Caaaot Swiaa.
More than one specie of fish is met with
which cannot swim, the most singular of
which perhaps Is the maltha, a Brazilian
fish, whose organs of locomotion only en
able it to crawl or walk or hop after the
manner of a toad, to which animal this
flfr to some extent bears a resemblance,
and it is provided with a long upturned
snout. The anterior (pectoral) fins of the
rmdtha, which are quite small, are not
capable of acting on the water, but can
only move backward and forward, having
truly the form of thin paws. Both these
and the ventral and anal fins are very dif
ferent from the similar fins in other fishes
and could not serve for swimming at au.
Other examples of nonswimmlng nsnes
include the seahorse, another most pecul
iarly shaped inhabitant of the sea, which
resembles the knight in a set of chessmen,
and the starfish, of which there are many
specimens, which mostly walk and crawl
on the shore or rocks, both being unable
co swim. London Fishing Gazette.
A CMnimsfi's Ideal WW.
The Chinamen of Australia, whea
tnsy take a notion to marry, write to a
matrimonial agent in Hongkong some
thing as follows: "I want a wife. She
must be a maiden, under 20 years of
age, and must not have left her father's
house. She must also have never read a
book, and her eyelashes must be half an
inch in length. Her teeth must be as
sparkling as the pearls of Ceylon. Her
i breath must be like unto the scents of
the magnificent odorous groves of Java,
and her attire must be from the silken
weaves of Ka-la-Ching, which are on
the banks of the greatest river in the
world the overflowing Yang-tse-Ki-anB."
Th Russian thistle has appeared in
many new localities, particularly along
railway lines from the northwest.
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Indianhead Sheeting, - 15 yds. for $1.00
Best quality Spool Cotton, - 3 f or 10 cts
Bargains in our Grocery
Department.
No. 1 Island Bice, 18 pounds, - $1.00
Japan Tea, per package, - - .10
English Breakfast Tea, per pound, - .25
Good quality Canned Salmon, - - .10
Best quality Cheese, per pound, - .12
21 one-pound bars of Laundry Soap, 1.00
30 pounds Oatmeal, - - 1.00
25 pounds White Navy Beans, - - 1.00
Dry Salt Bacon, per pound, - - .8J
Hams, per pound, - - .11
Loose Coffee, Mocca and Java, per lb. 20c and .25
Finest quality Honey, per pound, - .6$
Mustard Sardines, large can, - - .10
Domestic Sardines, large can, - - .05
Matches, 21 boxes for - - - .25
Finest Smoking Tobacco, per pound - .25
Kingsford Starch, 1 pound package, - ' .8J
Canned Corn, - -10
Baking Towder, 1 pound cans, - .25
Bargains in our Cloth
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Men's Suits Clothes, Black all wool Cheviots, $6.90
" Finest Clay Worsteds, 10.90
Young Men's Suits Clothes, 15, 16, 17, 18
and 19 years old, - - 3.25
Boys' Suits Clothes, 4 to 14 years, - .75-
Men's fine Black Cloth Overcoat Mackintoshes, 5.00
Boys' Overcoat, with cape, all wool, - 1.75
Men's fine Pants. Seethem,90c, $1.10, $1.25, $1.39
Boys' Knee Pants, - 19, 24 and .20
Men's Bib Overalls, - .49
Boys' " .39
Childs' " - - .20
Men's Underwear, - - 35' cts suit
" all wool, - 75 cts suit
Satchels, Valises and Trunks, from 49 cts np
Men's Silk Embroidered Suspenders, 19 cts pair
Men's Silk Suspenders, very best made, 39 "
Men's 4-ply Linen Collars, - 10 cts.
" Celluloid Collars, - 10 eta.
" Celluloid Cuffs, - - 15 cts.
" Cotton Socks, good, - 5 cts per pair
" Cotton Socks, extra good, 7 cts per pair
" Heavy wool mixed Lace Overshirts, 49 cts.
" mixed cotton Overshirts, - 19 ctt
" Best quality Switz Conde Underwear,
$1.75 suit
" White Laundried Shirts, 49, 59, and 69 eta.
Boys' Heavy Duck Waists, neTer wear out, 39 cts.
" Indigo Blue Waists, assorted sizes, 19 cts.
Bargains in our Shoe
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$1.29 and $1.30
$1.29 and 1.30
Men's fine Congress Shoes,
" fine Lace Shoes,
" heavy Oil Grain Shoes, - 1.40
" heavy Split Grain Shoes, double sole, 1.30
Boy's fine Congress Shoes, - - 1.24
Men's Hip Gum Boots, fine quality, - 8.65
" Knee Gum Boots, - - 2.40
" Carpet Slippers, .35
Ladies' Carpet Slippers, - - .20
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