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Co. Historical Society THIS IS HEADQUARTERS FOR “Ceresota” Flour —AND — MILL FEEDS. BAUGHS & SONS CO. FERTILIZERS 52 YEARS IN 1 USINESS. egmg0»ee»ap»Bgi;igBa0Bje«g8»i v^isefiKtieeriseseewios FARM IMPLEMENTS AND REPAIRS A SPECIALTY 4&&t■**’%.“ *£** *>***' »r*-* mYSt **m ***** All goods as represented or money refunded. TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION BARTON HUFFMAN, RINCOES, N. J. April 11, MK'd. STOCKTON’S Quick Lunch Cafe — No. 2 North Union St. LAM BERTY I LLE, N .1. CRANE’S !’im;n oyste I > V’ 11»' A SI*} » O 1 A > i« i \ ' 111 I / % I I I I . Steaks, Chops, Are , Oysters, ( lams, ( lam Chowd.r, Bake.I Beans, Hum, Tongue, Fi.sli I dikes, Kgg anil Fried Oyster Saudwiehen, Hard, Solt and Deviled Crabs, Steamed Oysters, Biekled Tongue, Clams, Pigs’ Feet, Pie and Milk. The Trenton Trust and Safe Deposit Co., 26 AND 28 Wt8T STATE ST , TRENTON, N J Capital, .... $200,000 Deposited with Prerogative Court 50,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits, 107.89V 07 Trust Estates, • • • 729.364 83 Deposits • • 2,553.108 74 Receives money on deposit in large and small mis. Al lows interest on same and pays customers’ i he. ks the same ns a national bank. I he payment of interest t.i oui deposit.>i a is not a new thing with us. Since January ist, 1890 «.■ have paid $509-722.21 interest to our depositors instead of keeping it for our own surplus. 3 per cent, on inactive and 11 per cent, on active account Use the safe deposit vaults to store your vahnhlos and save anxiety. A safe and convenient place to which you ir.- invited to come. UVUtt II 11A MILL. Pres and 7. i. -r Offlc, WASH1XOTOX A. ltUEBUMI, P...- President. BARKER 0 I'M Ml: HE, Jr., Set it I President i ; - . XELSOX L PETTY, Secretem WILLIAM d MOO UK, Past,I, ^LBERT 1>. 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Street, Sew York. E. H. HOLCOMBE Real Estate and Insurance Office, No. 51 North Union St. Real Estate Bought, Sold and Exchanged. First class Tire Insurant e at Reasonable Rates. Agent (or Fst u! Geo M. Holcombe, dei’d. Bargains for Investors or home buyers on easy termi to dose estate. i_____ _ ... _ Fine FURS 33 1-3 Reduction SEND FOB CATAI.OGI E. ftiede Fur Co. 42 West 34th St Eatubllshed IK,Til. VF.W VO It IS CITY DREER’S „ GARDEN BOOK (or 1906 CbbUlns 224 pt;et of Tslntble si 1 to tut gxracu st.tl gardeaer. I.,rrf. tbiag worth kaowiiig regard<a( ta« t>ar« gad cultivation of tauf« it.au '<am> vsiietWs •TlHAi, pit.au sad bait*. A thousand ItiuS irstioai to bid selection sad aAuoostud taut* . _ tv Ja.ure SIMOeaS. LIS If Jou Witi atr.d 10rectafer cost of mslltbg gad Beatiwb this paper w« wail *«ad Drt. r'i tiiar«leis llook far IWOtS twbotr sd-lio** sod *t.l t;iu .toll 1* Ite-i t> h of tho.ee varieties of ?iak. Paaiv, Puppy, Phlox, A.ter sad Sweet Ptai f>e*. HLVRT k. It Kim. f ik CbMtgat St.. PUU * /yy? I Whou John Blossom became blind the mainspring of ills life was snap potl. Embittered and sensitive, he | shunned companionship, ids small an nuity sufficing for a eheap lodging and meals at a neighboring restaurant, it was terrlbh* beyond expression to he blind, t" i o drugged huek to life when tin* fe\er had so demitled liilli. l'xist olice was barren, useless, hopeless, and when lie prayed it was for death. t)ne day. tripping as he ellmhed the stairs, lie lilt the help of baby hands. You eounted wrong." reproved a childish Voiee t did t’llX el* night 111 the dark." "What’s \..m naiiit* ‘ lie ihiii.itided shortly. 1 >.»ra. Win's you?” "John Blossom " "I’litt\ name Bend down." 'riieti whispering In his ear. "I shall rail you Blossom." sin* scampered away, sing I lug back til i si di ie von sly. "Itlossoui ll l o n s o tn.** It was a week before they met again, i The man's mood was desperate. "You is frownin' awful. Blossom,” piped the shrill voiee. "but you ean't frighten me." If ymi are imi . 01 i d eome and talk to me a l it." "Miiv.r don't 'low me in lodgers’ rooms ' Blossom felt the rebuff, and, reaching the top lloor, stumbled Into ids r.i itn and slainineit the door. Seat isl on his cot he elinehed ills hands in the agony of his helplessness. • Come," ho i-rieii sharply in answer to a timid rap. whereat some one en tered. whom he could not recognise. What is ic lie half shouted, bis nervi -trained to the point of frenzy. "Just me. Blossom. Muver says you is axroptions " Then In tin4 silence the child’s eyes roved over tin* room and lighted on tin* table Uttered with pa pers "In.. • you write*:” Her tone be tokened interest, Blossom's bands moved aimlessly. Write, write? That's precisely what 1 can’t do, curse it!" Then before him lay the work begun in pride and hope, now shatter ■ I ' a darkness worse than death. He .*.4. 1 c.aii.'d to the present by the pressure of mail arms resting on his km « ill.* « h i Id looked up Into Ills despairing 1 a« •• "Boor dear! sin* .sympathized in an (thl fashioned manner "It's dark. Bora never any light. Thai' why 1 cannot w rite ” Ills voice broke with a half '->***• “I'm dreadful sorry I «*t mo do it for y ou 1 print now , and l learn fast. See If 1 don't." She tossed the papers aside and climbed into a chair, sucking loudly at the pern il to make 11 black. "What will we write Blossom?” Be eeivlng 110 an wer, she looked lip. Her companion*'’ head was pillowed 011 his arms His should- 1 la ced. Could a man cry even a- In* mmetlines did? Dora so-.1 inbletl to her feet and luir lied from the room, to return a few minute- later tlndied and breathless Blossom’s Little Pal By Lthel Barrington ( 'iKiitfht, 1. * C, by L C. ' H.MV •> MI-'-; \ r.t Tm-11.1 : she cried, thru-tin- \ dull into Hit* man’s hands. ■ ■ W'lit-u I ,i*i « r> in' I jlist hold her tight. Slit .miiii.tt-. i*.i Muver’s call llu: I I oil I \ 1 ’ t • * 11.» I lost*, HloSSOW." 'Hu* dnll became llu* liist link In u vtraii-:«* friendship, which grew with years Fur tin* child's amusement Blos-on. I•»*<- u lit w iiiuli-i i til tales out of tli • slmvhoU'-e I.!' liis Imagination, frequently in \e!>c that In* Hilling to gather «lurlim wakeful hours of the night. Dmi listened unit remembered. As she had i .iid, sin* learned last. She was handy twelve when she recalled her promise I write truly now Tell me what to write.” Mos t*!)) imled sadly, declaring the desire dead, hilt she Insisted and coax ed until h<* j ieliled, repeating some of the phra-inus that haunted him, and th dormant passion revived. It was new hirtli to the man, and the girl be came his eyes, as the gift that hud been smothered In darkness and uncer tainty suddenly developed, and the poet came Into his own. In time “our poet ry." a horn railed It, verses with ex quisite rhythm, in round childish chi rography. found their way Into editors’ hands und caused comment S»» tin* years passed, and Blossom counted each anniversary as It came. “Fifteen today," he said on one oc casion, sighing heavily. I wish so 1 could see you once Just once.” Dora raised her head from copying; It was unusual for Blossom to chat be fore the dictation was completed. “Ilow do y.»u look?” continued the blind man. directing his sightless gaze toward her. “Whose deci-ioii shall 1 render?" Dora laughed deliciously. -Mother says a ‘big girl,’ Aunt lle|»*n ‘gawky,’ but Tom insists ‘pretty.* ” “Of course Toni is right. Well, here Is my remembrance.” rumbling kn his pocket, he brought out a little case, disclosing a gold locket with a dia mond set In it heart shape “Oh, Blossom, how lovely! But what extravagance. You can’t afford It.” “You mistake. 1 have more money than I need, little pal.” The girl slipped the slender chain about her neck and gave the clasp Into his hand-; theu as he clumsily fitted It together she threw her arms about his neck and kissed him His pulses throb bed riotously ut the warm touch of her lips, and ho hardly dared tried himself to kiss her In return Strangely enough, It was the last ca ress she offered From that birthday she seemed tb leave childhood behind, and the man suffered In the change. He grew to dread the succeeding years. Ills pul was growing Into womanhood, and • fan!;«r aw..y from him. ho j could l. i *1 ;u*. tirUMtisly had he dc* j sir.- I I -in; l.j tho old lodging, ('li nid pil'd * t uU now lodged J 111-i ;*.*nim. y»*l the w lede world was bound itj' hi Dora to the blind author Dora, wlione \»dct* was us music, whose step Ik* i ■ *11i■ l di-iingui-.il in a million. Hi iii an .i •• 1 !u i Pi talk about her friend*-, her a in bit ion and - yes, he made h *r P it him about 'lorn, too - Tom, who had grown to be a man unu on whom Dor.i s mother looked with favor. “1 must be going now," said Dora, after a fruitless afternoon, Blossom having been unable to settle 1 > the task. “Tom coming?" “Yes." Her voice x\ a > .1 1:1 1 t •.[ Hlossom noticed it “You have not quarreled • Tom never will Hlos- un. it.> you \n ant uie to marry Tom V" •Marry! The attack was sudden. “Marry! It's beautiful when youn : people love enough lor that Hut your mother were better consulted. I am only an old bachelor." “You are my pal," persisted the ! impatiently “Mother married yetm She thinks l should, but 1 dot t want to be hurried." “Quite right." began Hlossom qui« !. ly Then, pulling himself together. “Tom’s a nice boy. lie will make i good husband" “lit* is all you say. I suppose 1 shall take him. Hlossom. 1 know In* i> mil: .• to ask me tonight." The girl bung o\» the baek of her friends ehair. 1!< eould feel her luvatll on ids eheek. 1 u: It was a pity he eould not see the look in her ryes. Hlossom gripped the rests as if f»»r support. “Hod bless volt both, link pal," i said steadily. “I know you will good wife loin’s a lucky fellow. “You think 1 had ladles- take him You wish me to" The m l h ml Mill eloser; her hair brushed his forehead. “1 w Mi only x our Imppitic “1 >ora * I min !“ it was I m ■»; in-r calling. I torn moved hesitatingly ward tin* door. “M e w ill nl ' ay bo pals alxvaxs just the same Hlossom lifted hi head \ 1 \ a \ - he promised. “Imn’t think 1 *u» u You luxe Toni." “1 lox e l Hill \ e - ’ l'lieli till* do* : closed, and Hlossom sank baek • a In chair. Misery '-bowel lixid in his t ice and stooping shouhh*! Horn loved Tom! It had come at la I l! eeimd as if I his sceoud loss were grealer. more terrible than that of In lit. He was dotihly bereft. He had piou.med the girl they would I. • * n. i ill | 1 but new ties, new dutie-. would ar >• 'lie old mtM be laid ashh . be me t ! himself to be aloin 'I !.e ."e.' a,.. Oil Ills forehead . ' in el i. be 1 1 hand >, then xx lib a groan lie j o!,l arms mi his knees and hid In f.me He erotlehed inoiloiile s, t.; ; no i tlee of the passage of time Softly, timidly, some -me bunhc.l h on the shoulders The man thrilled; his soul leaped out to meet that oik — self Passionately hh arm * opened md claimed the girlish lig.ire of hi- pal He felt her throbbing in i« p« u the tremblin of her hands as he mg to him “Ulo .om I lie - uni, pe.iU I i lie she whispered “Tell me you he me " “Love you? Willi all my bem ' l»ora. Who 1; there ill ;•!! tl \x *:!«t i.l • >oll • Why did yon make me -nlV. i* w m. did yoU make me spe:.!; V" '-ho <|'u* m cd. half s.ddiinglx “1 thought it was Tom' “I luxe Tom as u hr*• In ' She 4 lung stili eloser. .Men are •*. tupid. ' “Hut. « hild. I l’ear I do you wrong I’m growing old. 1 in always h> ;ph • ■ blind" “I lux e y <u. ».lily yam Hie ■ ji; I pretend I am Miss Arabella ami hold llii* ehe e; it eoriifol'ts hits ' \nd I .lo oil looping, i -id lie! oil the mouth \ It li IX Sit Iih'Imh In I .»* ii ix I It. 'ill.- I .'.la in) of iMininic.i is Ur* Iiou.i» aud natural habitat of the horeulos beeI)** (I »VUUSt s licit ill.- I. lilt VCI.V largest Known species of tlit* t..*j.i*• ra or beetle liiinllv l ull : itiwn speri mens oi (Ills j.1 until tic representative oi lllC liul tl WlllUed I'll:' I .1111 1 > t i l l '• six inches In length 11"<till Iln lip oi their pliiciici ; to the termination *.| Hi.* wing covers It lias a Ion: I*1. ■ \ !i•»i"i growing out of i la-.i.l ulii. ii i cv. i darker than till* horn h •• if * »u i: lower sill face the limn i v ••m-tl U thick Setting of gold tolo,. ! hi which the eutoiuologM s say are by the Insect In capturii. Another ami shorter hut n fill horn grows out from two forming a powerful pair < f • or*. ‘I he « realture ha • ; " h »gs, each armed with •! elytra or wing covers am > !’ I gray color ami tla* under p ' • body black. Taken all to <m formlilahh* crctititre. with * u flclcut to eat eh ami hold a b I size of the ihigli h sparrow \\ li > 'I lie » Wen r 11 r j i History does not tell, ro far know, bow It came about tb it i • j of the Kngllsli parliament v;«-:ir th hats. The custom lias d ■ tub'd l! 1 un age when its proceedings w< :> i recorded, hut one may ru ». <t th •* j thereby hangs a tub* of sturdy and torlous revolt against privilege, as broke out at Versailles, c iiil.i 1 recovered Now and again v - h i tlquo allusions to the practi. - \\ n the commons voted that every one nhouhl ‘uncover or Mir or move* h. hat" when the speaker expr* **d the thanks of the house far > --rvico done by a member I . l Falkland “Htretcheil both his un: -i out and clasp ed his hands together on Iln- > ro n <»f his hat and held It down < !■> ■ to In bead, that all might see bow od m that flattery was to h . " 1..' >i, Cbronlde \ IiImIiik Duel. At sonic amateur theatricals In Vic toria two people In the stalls, whenever the beorlue wu.s kissed, kissed each oth er loudly and with ostentation, it turn ed out that the man In tin.* audience | was the husband of the heroine, who j disapproved of her theatrical tastes ; nod, with the help of an amiable friend, i took this way of reproving them —Syd- i ney /Australia; Bulletin. Au Aci-uMipliilmeuI to lie IlfvUcd. Tummy llarduppe—C an you whistle, ! Mr. Wigwag’/ Wigwag—No, my boy. My whistling ilu>s ure over Tommy —Then yuu'U better team again Wig wag Why'/ Tommy—’Cause I heard | pop suy be owed you some money and you’d have to whistle for It. 1 lied I’or Life. “i can’t understand how that young lawyer lives. I've never heurd of Mm having a client.” "Vou haven’t-/ Why, he Is ouu of i..e people whu helped to break old lil" ' r 8on’s will. He doesn’t need client ” Chicago itecord-lleralil Many a tongue shukes out Its ml tsr’s undoing.—Shakespeare I ty M. J. Pin!.I ms ('.'I-pi .... 1.It. 1: \ •b-lm h I .i\nlst>!i, his cleanly hiaveii. comely fas o, slot; chin, blue »;*s stud linn jaw, might lw\o boon, i fi »m appearances, an actor. ilo might 1 have boon mistaken for a popular preacher or a protos ;i - baseball play r. lit- ago u.w, apj i illy, any whore bet worn thirty and ufty years. tin h .1 the air of .. mi,I living and prosperity which tin- man of tin* world i is soppa ] t > wont Ail gW • b» la i 1 *;.. «' .i!t, ha\v j ever, would j.;obabl\ ha w nie wide 1 of the marl;, .lie was senior me tuber < , i!: * i<:mii o: 1 \ . ismi A t »!•• of W all a bnn whit h nt.ro a i her shady :vpatalion. liven now ho \ as hlllTl ; b h >. to fr m a limiting trip in Maine, a lt.nl boon eel slant, by the tip. I I irn w hirls received, of a lug ••killing" j is) I made tli * in \t day on the h ooU ! J As hail •.* I oil.or v.ords. 1»avhl;.>n *V Colo 1 \s• • preparing t » garner noieral hun | <. then ami dollars been use the 11111 i:i. aw] the t-d Ivors wore about to ! . I. • ia a .h lit grapple for tho control ! •*!' is* a w.v York ami \\ - torn, hat h fas- s.i hold about one-third of the i : 1 ' hpota lators and luv. tors lichl tho . b r third, nio lly in a. 11 blocks. 1 Tb b'lvori lioodod tils I’nad, it was • b t > :lo i-M chances of becoming a w competitor, The Hillman i r 1 it for those very pnssl lilt U* I o slot u s. s down to :->7; but, no cording t ) t’ a Information cleaned by ti o !»■ •’ a i, i o Silvers wore prepared t > pa\ I n if nooo ary for the slinros con ditiw big.ilio balam e of power. 1 a pdo tiie suspicion win !i attached i ■ him on \. id • drool. i >a\ Ison’s face O • t I o!y lilii«i mid ni,;!od. NN !.- -i. at a remote junction i nut. Si! A !.!ar entered tho smoker of : ..a doddm, the snowflake* from I t ; . it was midwintor and | morinim: ’ • *>. U tho • *• tf bo .ah* tli** brok» r Ashlar v. a - * nod bis good | fw' lrot! f , . i•]ii■’I'f*d by tin* stress of < iiy !if *. i .and and matured, yet v. It:iI there was native s. rowdiioss iu il and ft* rib honesty. lbi w! on v, a a mail to Inspire not nnb, s o'.-.id ■ i ut confidences, lb* • ido . 1 - ia the mood for convcrsa tion. In t’e- ‘ n...- * of half an hour the country .. h a. unburdening him self 1.> tie. . •••abb* ptranger as he had nn •> talked to his cl • “si friend. “1 live ov-*r to 11 broil Vat; *y, hi Vor mont,” !:•* i b ‘ I'm dork In old man fU,i;,n c< or I tor,*; been work-in* (tier* im * 1 v. . fourteen Tin* otd man v. ant \ i-> i. t u- • now, and I <1 like . io buy th • busin - "I . I ;•> :n «1 I ) • i Itl.-o t politely. b)la n I . i a (a! io . willi • Itimsy iltl get i t a the window sill m l smiled with • nihar.M. r.K-iit l.“*fore ho proeecd J ed. J 11 *'•*■;■ there’ a girl, ’■'))! know." “i . !-• I 1 Hi s’ d: • I •• I sup I l’-> *' o:i" f Ik' .1 ■ ;ft love " .■el a . If •• ill!' 4 < a Uk ril, in, rrltle v tl'ii ■ < i In- . ' lOliey IIJM,ll •illl.'l The Vi H Why WV Ii' mini f v.ill'll oil',,I• I lo li" Be! up liefore ou ninn y. eh':" i ml,or, millin: n I.!l!i-. I don't," fi'iili i ''ii' young mlly, "mi I in," ikin'I; her mi. km In ■ i nllior iri1111■lit,' 11.i - i lliil'i> lit Jiiii’l Iiki* mi'; H' ' - I ain't ejtOUgh, I “'‘i' 'Mil'll i' fellow. ill - (i * im istin'. nts ,lrn:ii.' to in.11 ry I mi's lutin''' 1 i;Hji ' '• I "Why ■<j i run a v. ay ivi li • 'illIni In i. (jlli; i "V man null. Jin’s . Hi not linn lie n I don't .'mills I "Mu won’t do it : Hm's nl'r.iiil lit’ her fit'.I i Sn Is hi'!' mo'.lii-!', I : hat milt lei I l"'s a ha I'd in:: n." "I! I he Failslleil to I I you marry If .1 on in. .led the storeV" "Vis, iiinl that's Just some more or hi lnealine r 'turned I ‘Ho thinl.s it's I m |ms. - i I Hi i for i 'o buy It or he wouldn't say so. A it’s $hOD, l'niga .nils $J,iji)u. I’m n’ down In iYork to sen if I c . raiso It. I've In'ii i of money being I !e lil'ctty Ij111<■ I. on Wall street" "Tin.,'1 gel your hay In al it l wen ly iniinii on Wall street," responded David- .ii lei'isively 'I know, becauso that's I's. i ham: out. lint see here, Ashlar. I've rot a little sporting blood in m.v "ohm, and I've Inn under dog luysell Suppose I In In you down this tu'-peidiy haul.or "S ly. if y si only v. add "V' ry well. I.et’s have yuor live bun dreil There's ■ imc-lliing on 1 if touiur ro v, anil may hi" I mu Him tu» your little piln for you during l " cvelle merit. Are you willing In it . t iw and take the ehain-e .' ' Ashlar's answer was to draw, with trembling lingers, a hula;. • lit elope from : i inn e " • ■' ml I to tho hr,n. n ho tore s •;> .■ and counted tlie eonionts do-.mroii -iy. There wa v*/io '. e |, .i'ii:iri> in well thumb ed |, n.; mill I ' nlii - 'llm bi-ole 1' "towed the money away and produced a hit of i tehoard. ‘'There' i my uddre lie s- liamlllig the i . id to Ashlar. "You i ■ to that nun. i ■ y aftii toinoiTO Id. and I’ll h ■ " in", for yo When .1 ilu.su A hlar, hei dored by the ■ m . ii <i — and confusion of t: ■ h ■ e '. . ventured from the rail v. i it liito lb- street ho Midden ly felt that hh id done a foolish thing Jo hitr. tint: il k- money tou per feet ' !, m o t ill the renieiuhrancO of Davidson’s liu-o with H- > leflnable ottraetion i tired him. t was r, darn fool nr <•;•■• thlnkin' of tliis thing," he m-di-.-ri 1. "They'I surely teat n • if I t; u' by tuy m.'lf. I gin - Davidson i. siptare." The >.'ew York and Wentern episode <n the Stock. Jisehango In .1 day was merely a sklrmi !i the great indus trial warfare • I. ■ It g.e-s on <i uselessly In Unit :i 11• you n;:i - -l Wall street .> t pioilli'il; - ,,-es were rulnei, j:. ■ ,, j,,vid - n < o!o had load'-d up l.'riuim-, ihly with tho stock David sou ' mi'll' I dm. i and had lie gun to h t g i. Ill -uspieiij . provi-il Ju„;i.‘ d. The story of the light for wutrd was ti , clever fake, whl' l. i ad al . ,• caught j many small mans, n developed that ! ill*' Silvers uiul the Hillmans hail long 1 - I»■ ■ t* fiuiK' to an amicable agreement j in regard to the road * l lion were out ahout said Lucius foil tin* morning a ft or the sklr- | mlsli as ho sail with his partner In their ' private ollhv “About Sdo.Odo," agreed Davidson, and If l hadn't pot wise until a half i hour later we'd have been down and out today. * A clerk ushered in Silas Ashlar. The eountry youth was haggard with anxl e > “The morniug paper says we ' were hit har»l." lie began. "Mv moil “Your money's all right.*' interrupted j Davidson. I had your little old $2, < no lilted before the balloon aseeu- j sion Here's your chock. He handed j A hint* a slip of paper. Silas for a few moments was dazed ! h\ the good neus Tin n In* began to slammer his thanks, but Davidsou wave t them aside “Not a word, now. Silas. 1 want Just two promises of you that you’ll never monkey wltlitho Stock L'xehange again and that you will go home and liv up a wedding within two weeks. Do you agree*:" There were teats in the young man's eyes If Jennie says the word we ll he married Inside of twenty-four hours. Tills money shuts her lather up. I dot i w ant any more Stock i:\ehango business either, yoll bet. I've been too worried the last two day s. tjod bless von. Mr Davidson If you ever eomo to Hebron Valley I II try to show how much you’ve done for us.” A dark IlnMi mounted Dole's thick neck ami overspread his fu»e as the grateful Ashlar left the ofllee "Are yon . ra/.y. Davidson'.1' he demanded anvrih What the devil did you give up that money for.' The fool hayseed would have believed anything you told D■ i:i " Although meant as a sarcasm, a note of anxiety erept into his high, excited vole.- at the iievt qliestlou, You ain't turning Imnest. are youV" There was more bitterness than hu la »r in Davidson's smile as he replied: h a little late In the day for that, i n t it Hut I'll tell you why 1 did It. If you w ant to know. Did \ on ever stop to think why I wasn’t marriedV” "Dh, a girl away baek, probably." Dead right. laielus. Her folks thought I didn't have money enough, so the-. sold hei oil' to a tight listed gruh i>er with a few hundred dollars ami a heart 1'ke a hickory nut. it's her daughter Vslilar wants to marry. Her j husband doesn't like him, and lie put I the same stumbling block tip to the boy i that was laid In my path money. "Well, I ain't kicking, am 1 snarled Dole, with a eltaiigc of front which would have puzzled any one but his part ner. ‘ You're senior member of this linn, and you . in make an ass of yourself If you want to Hut while 1 was about It Id have got the boy more than a measly two thousand!" !l«*rl»«*rl l'itlu(<*il < iu|m-I. II.1! !>• :■; spencer ojk i* it,-id n curpct \. i. i. 11 1 m * •;; 111 |o fade W Ill'll II ll.'llt Oldy been «!o\\ ji ;i few moiilli • li conslritcd, or, rntlier, Inid ron.-dnled, of duster* of blue li' « is on .1 drnbbish ground. N(m\ . v. ifli I In* | > l*i in *J j >:i I. color nolle. It had I>• ««*1111* i ir too dull for the fisto of that lover of brightness. Ho lhere- I foi e eoiieei vrd (hi* unique Idea of Iiav i:i;- imi'Ii llowcr Slumped over with red Ink I er this purpose he Invented a small tin tr.iv, which was made so that ii stood ‘pule Hat on the* tloui to pro vent nn.v possibility of the luk being spilled or dropped about. i.elit In It were little wells about as h;rgc* round and twee ns thick a a halfpenny. The depressions wot'*- Idled with tin* Ih111 id 'I he sempslres whom he WUS always ghel of an c\* ti e to employ be Mire be was -o hardworking and so poor was soon set to < any out Ids plan I mu ii on her kncc-% sh.* had to vo, and as she was d« i idedly stout It was no built task With a curl; cut the i \art si/e and dipped In ink she press ed th inly down on ea* h flower, thus lea vine, it as It coxered with red clier rlc ■*. No wonder it took her over a week, working all day. for the carpet wai from twenty-live t.» thirty feet long and proportionately wide, liar per’s Magazine. One «»f (In \ ngHi'int of A «laid of American parents v.as !• irn in Spain, and, although the Ian gunge of the famllv was Kugllsli, she h-arned to speak Spanish tlucndy. She then removed to America and went into a boarding seliool where l'rcinh •. i il:.- only Ian•_*mig.* • pola-n. i if course, hearing m» SpimUh, lUo child gradual!, seemed to forget it. Her knowledge of I rein'll was perfeet, and Hint -he n • I as well im l.ngllsh. W hen sin* I < . aine an ehh rl\ lady her he.illh failed her and He* sank Into a eoiidillon of physh d and mental weakne-'. After a lime In i* attendants observed that she seemed liot to Ulldel* -land anything that w i spoken In liugli-.li. but conversed In l iemh with ea e At last she lapsed Into a long Inter- ll i.f «eji||eoi|s> ion me.» - during wille|j -he 'understood nothing. During the last rln; of h"! life she (suddenly r. Hied, and her command of Spanish came lmck to her. so that she talked fluently In It and thoroughly under stood It A a ease of mental lapse and peculiarity of memory this la con Rider- 1 quite worthy of not?* 'I’ll#* Nume of (In* Viitlcun. The Mom Vnileamis Is sometimes saiil to have re.-elveil Its name from validnimu, an oracle or prophecy, for tradition sn.\ - that Nunn those the Vatieau liill as a sacred [jla--o from \vh!«-!. to .ltdure to the people the mes ■iiiRos lie received from the Roils. Jt Is Dol, however, one of tlie seven hills on Viliielt ninieot Home was built, bJt r-.ruis a part of the ridge beginning with the Jaiiieiilus ami ending with Moute Mario, all of which was outside the ancient limits of the city. In our lav the name is applied only to the immense poiitiheal palace adjacent to mil council.,I v nli the basilica of St. Peter's i ‘III hi till < ill tilth*. Constantinople, called hy the Turks stamboul or Istaujhoul, was originally he ancient illy or Hyzanlium. (U 030 L!. C. the lanperor Couslaiitiue Uiado It he capital of the Itomau umpire and ■alleil it after his own name. The city ies on an arm of the sea called the jold-n Horn mid is protected hy u treat wall built by the By/autiue em lerors. Mignon’s Political h> . BELLE Instinct 'unuits i»I»> rijilit. HHii, by K. l*aroells O Kuth's retinue of ev schoolmates were paying her a visit at the execu- I tiv<* mansion, tin* home* of her uuele, Stephen Thorn, governor of tin* state, ! likewise guardian of Hut li. Soi net inn's 1 It was dltlUult for him to determine which of these positions presented the more Intricate complications. lie was past his youth, but had not yet approached middle age. The ex school friends found, him awe inspiring and regarded hint from a distance with romantic Interest. ‘That little silvery patch on each temple is so distingue." ardently de clared I .nolle. "Makes one think of tin* leading man In a play when ten years are supposed to elapse between acts," giggled .Ml gtiou dray. li was a source of delight to the oth ers that even Mlgnon fell the Influence of their host's demeanor and refrained in his presence from Indulgence in friv olous conversation. To Mlgnon it was a matter for cha grin Sin* fort Hied herself cont inually by impressive reminders that In* was of the people, for the people, by the peo ple, even as she, and that a governor was not so imielt anyway, but the gu bernatorial dignity hung round him still, and her forced courage oo/.ed nwa\ wheiie\cr he addressed her. one morning the retinue, with the »\ caption of Mignon, trooped away to the golf links. Mlgnon remained at home to write letters, but when alio knew herself to be alone In llild big, stately house she suddenly experienced a sensation of her childhood days and was Impelled by an irresistible desire to be naughty " The daring bleu of • ■alllug upon Itmh's unrle sol/.ed her. • I'd like to see* him ‘ou duty,’" she mused I might yes, I w ill go Incog nito." '1 here was a chest upstairs contain ing garments belonging to Itulh’s de parted kin Presently there emerged from the ex eetitive mansion a quaint little figure dad in tin old fashioned llower sprig ged skirl, a lace mantilla, a neat straw bonie I and a luce edged veil The < ipltol was only u short distance from the executive mansion, and Ml gnon met few persons. Tin* guard who stood In the hroud corridor as she eu tered did not vouchsafe h»*r u second glance us In* directed her to tin* execti five olllce Minima tt1«l not follow his direct Ions. I {tilth hud told her how she gained his i private sanctum when she tnu In u ! hurry and did not have time for the | red (ape channels of approach through private secretary and messenger. She slipped Into the “governor's parlor” uud holdly opened tin* door from there Into his private oilier Tin* governor chanced to he alone, and he turned In him prise to see who was so hold In Intrusion. “IMil you wish to see me, madam?” he ashed hi courtly manner, placing a chair for the visitor. • You are the governor?” asked a j 4jlm* r high pltehed voice. • 1 .. m.” he admitted. • I e to see If you would give me a position hi the • apllol. I am the w Id uW of a Moldin’ and I pay taxes” ” V soldier’s widow ?” Uhk<al the gov ernor. with Interest. • In what war did your liusbund serve, elvll or Spanish A nierleu a ?” There wiim a moment s hesitation he fore Mlgiion disdded to locate “her husband'' In the civil war. “What was Ids company, and In what regiment did he enlist ?” Silence. • Don’t you know the number of his regiment ?” '*( 111, yes; thirteen/' “Aml w hat state?" “I'ennsylvanla." “And what was the letter of Ida corn puny?” he asked, beginning to muke a memorandum. “Why It'" triumphantly. llis pen* II poised ‘ I lx-companies were only lettered to K for infantry, you know.” “Then probably It was K.” she said. * K looks like It. you know.” “Y« s uneilmes,” ho admitted, “but what kind of a position did you wish?” “Any position!” desperately. “W hat experience have you hud?” “I have copied legal papers,” retueni herlng a brief she had once copied for I'T I’.ither. who had wrathfully con signed It to the ilume.s with the criti cism that li resembled his Chines© laundry cheek “I lav you. Indeed;’ he said In evi dent siiipr! e. and Mlgnon fell that Hhe had ;• * < 11111 I importance in Ids regard. The g*ver.'i'-r -cemed to he absorbed In niMlitaiiou, and Mlguoii began to fmd the silence embarrassing. I don't know «.f uuv vacancies or openings at preNenl.” la* finally remark cl, “but IT you will make a formal ap plication and leave it here on tile 1 will « mi mimic, le with you as moo/i as the opp u tUMily offer- ” “Oh, thank you’" he *ald gratefully. “I <!on’t serin to have any hlunk forms,” he sai'l, looking over the pa per. e.iitei *1 on his desk. “However, I'll write one out. and you can sign It and leave \uiir address also.” M .-•non had already decided Upon a name and address, so when he present ly hand* I Ian a paper lie had written she removd her glove, ami on ibe Hue Indicated * lie wrote. “Xailcy lietteUR, j Kill \. Street." He hulled the signature carefully. “And what was your husband's tint name. Mrs liottvn*?” "Adam,” was the glib le-.pouse. ‘ You'll bear from me mjou, Mrs. liet- i kns." Mignon look lb.-' a a disiubsal und rose to go. “l)o you think, there Is any hope?” Mb© could uot resist asking us she gain ed the door. • 1 do The fuel of your belug a sol dier's widow and your having bud ex perience In otllcc work will lead mo to consider your application favorably. I shall offer you a position very soon,” be replied earnestly. “What fun l shall have telling the girls!” thought Mignon as pbefsped ( Lome. When she had made a change i of costume she discovered, to lu'r dts way, that li was too late to Join tin* ghls at tin* country Hub for luncheon, ns she hail promised. While she was reflecting on tills change In her pro gramme tl e library door opened mui the governor entered. "oli. there Isn’t any lunoheon!*’ she said. ’ The girls are at the golf links. Mrs. r.miham I • Invited out for the day. and I l made a mistake In the time and didn't meet them. You were not expected.” “I didn't < ..me for luncheon.” he re piled, ••but what will you do7” “Oh, the rook will see that I don’t go hungry,” sin* laughed. Some way her fear of him had vanished. “I.ei me ->< e to that Instead ol’ letting the rook. Will you go to luncheon with me now “What have you been doing nil the morning'.’’ he asked as they sat at a little palm screened table. “I’ve been writing,” she replied In a ruminating tone. “So have I. and I feel the need of recreation Will you drive with mo after luncheon'?” Mignon decided '•he would not tell the girls of her morning call. As the days went l»y she became the compan ion of the governor In Ills hours of ease. One evening as she sat alone in the library he suddenly appeared and laid a paper before her. She caught her breath. It was the paper she had signed in I lie executive office. “I have come for the fulfillment of yd nr promise." lie said gravely. She had not read the paper that morning in his otilee, as lie had given her no opportunity to do so. With burning cheeks she now perused the startling application: t «1.» li. jvb.- faithfully promise that when Stephen Thorn, governor »*C iho state of . asks urn to ho his wlfo l will accept the oft •> NANCY BUTTE NS. J'.n l* Street • Well , he asked entreatlngly. “It Isn't legal or btudiug,” she said dellantly. “because, you s«V, it Is sigued by a fictitious name.” "Will you not remedy that defectY* “I prefer,” she said softly, “that you make me a verbal offer.” I Tom i Im» Apocrypha. It Is impossible to exaggerate the Immense iiidobteducs.s of JhigllsU po etry and Italian poetry to the Apocry pha. The beautiful Hues of Young in his * Night Thoughts" Hut their hearts wounded, like tho wounded air, goon close; where pass.-d the shaft no trace Is found — are evidently to be traced to tin* verso in the " 1 took of Wisdom,” “As when an arn.w Is shot at a mark it parteth tile air. that Immediately coiuclh to gather again, so that a man cannot know where it went through.’’ The fa hums “Hymn of I’rulse” In Milton’s "Paradise” Is clearly modeled after the “Henedlelle,” or the “Song of the Three Children,” In the Apoeryphu, us In the lln. s Ills ptul.se, \*• winds, tb.it from four gimr fers htaw, Ureathw soft or loud, and wuve ye tops. With e\.ry plant, In sign «>f worship. It Is also to the Apocrypha as to the I hook of Proverbs we owe many mux Inis which have become household words in our language and In the lan mages of all civilized nations. Jin* disrepute Into wtili'ii apprentice* -hlp lias I'liIJfii Mint to which so much unemployed Mini unskilled labor Is to In* attributed ha* no more historical foundation tl»:iit has lint prevailing ills llko to domestic service. lloth were honorable enough profeHHloUrf at uiju time, only slightly differing from each, oilier In etymology as In kind. Thu apprentice from tho French "uppreu lire,” to learn was usually hound for a term of years to his muster, who un dertook to maintain and lustruet him. The domes.!<■ servant, called a menial by law from being “Intra moenlu,” wilhin walls was, as u rule, hound only for a year. Neither Implied any reproach. Indeed, ns In the cuso of 1 dek Whittington, the Loudon appren tice was \epy often tho younger soil of a country gentleman. Perhaps the law made later on and existing Into tin* seventeenth century, under which all young men and women were com pellable by ihe Justices to bo appren ticed lu some way, may have produced a dislike ti* apprenticeship. — London < ’hronlele. Don't DllnL Your F.jp*. If ever you Hint yourself getting Into the habit of blinking your eyes rapidly without any cause stamp the Inclina tion nut at oic*e. An authority says that this Inihlt will make your eye sight fall long before* It should. Nat ural blinking Is essential to clear aud moisten the eyes, and the average num ber of natural blinks per inluuto Is about twenty. These ure necessary, und you do them tineonscloutdy. Hut a nervous "blinker" will get In some thing like a collide of hundred In a minute lu bad cases, aud the result of this Is u big development of tho eye lid muscles und a counter Irritation that acts on the optic nerve and ren ders the sight dally more weak and Ir ritable. Tin* cure consists lu keeping the »-ycs shut for at least ten minute# In every hour, thus rest lag them, and buthlug the lids in warm water. Auers Impure blood always shows somewhere. If the skin, then boils, pimples, rashes. If the nerves, then neuralgia, nerv ousness, depression. If the Stomach, then dyspepsia, biliousness, loss of appetite. Your doctor knows the remedy, used for 00 years. *• Iteluriilnj' from tl.e Culuui \\*r. \ «n * fierfo. t wivrl:. A1 v t.looil tut K..I himI my leultll H:i« tfolHI. iuHlles of Ay«»‘i S*r**lM»nlla fuinplrti*'v curt*.I n.r ** II. C lltU.III V'll, S. lAUloll, l*u. if I ul) * but lie. All (trugtfNH for I -u-ll, Nl tss Impure Wood kui tho Sarsaparilla by keepingthe towels regular with Ayers Pills