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What to Say and What Not to Say. Course in Letter-Writing and Punctu ation. Alphabetic list of Abbreviations. Business English for the Business Man. Compound Words; How to Write Them. Studies in English Literature, $1 Aim SEND 10CT8.fOR8AHPLKCOPY Correct English, Evanston, III. I *%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%% A ;| In the Attic. |i By TF.MPLF. BAILEY. I ji t oiiyrijjhtod, 11*07, by 1’. r. K.iistimnit. ^ Miss Cynthia’s attic was fragrant with aromatic herbs I.lttlc? bags of lavender and of dried rose loaves hung from tho rafters and mingled their del lento perfume with tho coarser aroma j of sage and sweet marjoram ami thjme and sum hum* savory. On autumn afternoons tin* attic was golden with sunshine, and from tin* little peaked window one could see the long white road and tin* blue hills beyond. It was to this fragrant and gold lighted attic that Miss Cynthia would come when the summer rush was over and in its peace and quiet try to for get that she was worn and worried and withered. At thirty live one should not be wor tied and withered Hut hard lives do not make for youth and freshness, and Miss Cynthia had always drudged. Work had been tin* watchword on the farm, and when prosperity had come in later years the habit of keeping summer boarders had become lived, and oxen after the death of her par cuts Miss Cynthia had continued it Hut with September came rest and freedom, and it was then that Miss Cynthia sought the attic and wrote in j her diary. The diary was a safe outlet for her ! woes. There xverc pages blotted with the tears she had shed when sin* had closed tin* volume of her llrst romance, and two leaves on which she had pen ned a poetic swan song of affection were pinned together with a black pin Miss Cynthia had old fashioned ideas about love. She had loved once, and hence there could be no other affair It mattered nothing that the man in the case was married and had grown j fat and puffy and uninteresting. It was not the man. but the Idea, and to that idea Mi-s Cynthia was Inn* To be sure, no second suitor had on tered her life, so that there had been no severe ta\ upon Inr constancy Hut the roses had gone out of her cheeks when she was twenty, and she had twisted her hair In an uncom I promising knot and had at that early date given herself up to mourning and to memories “You’re silly." Martha Ann told her one bright September morning as Miss Cynthia, with her bhtek diary in her hand, prepared to aseend to the attic. “Why don't you go out and visit and have a good time instead of writing in that dark old phu eV” Martha Ann was an old and privi leged servant, but Miss Cynthia would brook no interference with her acts of atllietion “I don't think good times arc my portion, Martha Ann.” sin* said and went up the stairway thoughtfully Halfway up sin* paused to say “Make a ..I vegetable soup for him h. Martha Ann. I'll throw down a bunch of my herbs Soup will taste good on a cool day “Love,” wrote Miss Cynthia in her little book, “is of man's life a tiling apart, tis woman's whole existence!” When sin* had rounded off the last prim letter she bit tin* end of her pen « il and sighed and looked out of tin* peaked window Far down the mad sin* rotild see u • loud of dust. Coming nearer, the cloud showed itself tin* forerunner of an automobile. The big machine swerved out of the road and into Miss Cynthia's own drive. It stopped at ln*r door, and she had to loan far out of tin* peaked win dow to see Martha in her gingham apron speaking to the occupant. Miss Cynthia could not hear a word, and sin- almost fell over the sill In the effort to satisfy her curiosity. Sin* saw Martha Ann go in. and presently sin* felt a pull at the back of ln*r dress. ‘‘(loudness,” Martha Ann said cross ly. “I called and called, and I couldn’t make you hoar. That man wants some thing to cat." “What?" Miss Cynthia gasped. Hut lie doesn't look like a tramp. Martini “Tramps don’t ride in automobiles,” Martha Ann sniffled lie says he’s lieeri riding all tin* morning, and he just couldn't find a place to cat, and he would be glad to pay for a meal, lie understood that we took hoarders, lie said.” “Well, you go down and hurry the soup and make an omelet and some hot biscuits, and I will talk to him. Martha Ann " “YouM better stop in your room ami primp a little.” Martha Ann advised “lie’s awfully good looking." “Tho idea!" said Miss Cynthia, with SIm* was a liltl*- sorry, however, when sin* roarin'*] tin* sitting room that she had not taken the girl's advice. for the man that site greeted was big and hlond and p: osperoiis looking. It de veloped that In* Hlurred his grammar, last as lie leaded hark ill the biggest rooking ehair and talked in his hearty voire Miss i ynthia decided that he was very attrarthe "I expert you think it's queer my droppin' in 0:1 you this wayV" he said as Vrrlha aimounrrd lunch. “Hut l couldn't pass the poppies and tin? peonies in tin* yard. M\ mother used t*» have an old fashioned garden, and tnere was something about yours that j reminded me of If. and I felt as if you'd give me a home rooked meal. A I man gets tired of hotels." Over the steaming, savory soup he expanded still more. “This Is tin* kind I like." he said. ‘‘With all the vegetables in It and herbs. I’ll bet you’ve got a lot of herbs tied up in your attir My mother had. She said the attic was the pleasantest place in the house, and I used to think so too.” Miss Cynthia felt that at last she had met an understanding soul. “Would you like to go up after lunch?” she asked eagerly. "There In a fine view from the little dormer win dow." “My. how nire It smells!” said the big man ns In* seated himself In Miss Cynthia's favorite corner. The blaek i diary lay open by his side, ills eyes caught tin* linos; l.ovi* is of man's llf>' n thing apart; Tis woman s whole existence. "tMi. touunyrot!" ho said -l>id you ! w rite that 7“ 4 Vos." Miss t’yuthia admitted. "By run said it. you Know " "Well, ho <1 id n't know what he was talking about. Why. if l loved a wo man 1 should just h*vo her all over - in* halfway business for mo." "Oh!" Miss t’yuthia gasped There was something in his tone that made his statement next door to a declara tion a fervency that positively thrill ed her "1 am awfully glad 1 came," he said as they went downstairs. "1 am a stranger in this neighborhood, but if you w ill let me come again I will be mighty glad It seems like my own folks." "You must coiih1 real often," Miss ('.vutliia urged, and hoped th.it Martha Ann would not lu*ar hor Invitation. "(lee! This is tho wav to livo," said lior visitor as ho stood on tho stops and survoyod tho «jniot pardon, tho family of gray puss\ ,ats in tho sunny poivh oornor, tho gra\ horso in tin* paddock. ‘I should think traveling around in your nulonioldlo would ho interesting," M bs i \ nt Ida \ onturod 1 W ell, ’tis," In* agreed "bo \ oil llko it V" I liavo never boon in 0110.” Miss ( 'ynthia adiuittod "What." ho askod. "(Mi. look horo! You run right up and put on your hat, and I II take you." "(Mi." said Miss ('ynthia, all a tint ter, l wondor if I can?" "(»f course you ran," said tin* gentle* uian seen tv l> I won’t run away with you." Safe in her own room. Miss ( ynthia nonsuited Martha Ann "You’d hotter go with us." she said 1 don’t think it's quite proper. Martha Ann. do you V" "I wouldn't go in one of them things if you'd give it to me," Martha Ann said, "and lie's all right I saw Ids name on a bundle of papers he left In tho automobile lie’s Andrew Itrlggs, tin* millionaire that's bought the fan lory lie is building a church and a library for tin* town, and I guess he's respectable ’’ Miss ('ynthia dressed in a whirl Of what account was that little romance of years ago when at her gates was a prime like this? She came down with four .\ards of white eh I (Ton tied around her hat It had been bought for a waist, but, worn as a \eil. it made a fascinating frame for her (lushed little face She had loosened her hair, and the soft brown curls gave \ out hfulnoss to her ex pres Mr Ibiggs eyed her with apprccia t ion "I'm aw fully glad I met you," he said again as he helped her into his car. Martha looked after them as they whirled down the long white road. "Well, I never!" she remarked to the pussx cals. "IMd you ever see two poo pie lake to each other like that? I bet it will be a match" And it was Both Won. That tho average Itroadwayile Is a "natural born gambler" was well II lustrated the other morning Two men met, and one confessed the want of breakfast. The other "made good" tin* deficiency, and during the meal No. I remarked that lie had received notice that there was a registered let tor in the poslollice for him "Nobody would rend me money." lie added, "so it’s a waste of ear fare to go a t ier it." "I’ll give you a dollar for a half In forest,” said No. ". "You’re on If you pay care fare," was the quick roph After breakfast the pair went to the post<dll< e, got the letter, opened It and found a five dollar bill. “Anyhow I'm $"..'»<• ahead." said the owner of the letter as he "split the bill " "That's from a man I never expected to make the loan good" New York fJlobe Could Not Cure Himself. Something of the irony of fate is ex emplilied in an anecdote related by the New York Times concerning 1‘rofc or l’oirler. who until his death w a the most famous cancer expert in 1T .1»i««• Professor Poirier gave much of In time without pay to aiding poor people alllieted with cancer one day then came to him a woman on whom lie had operated and who feared tin* growth was coming again. "Pear nothing," said the physician when he had made it 11 examination. "It will Im* some years lie fore yon will need a fresh operation which, by tin way. I shall not lie able to perform " “Hut, doctor, you will not refuse b treat me?’" "No, my poor woman, but I shall not be there to do it. I also have a earner, and it will be more rapid than yours." A Counter Charge. Am elegant young 111:111 seized :i thief on tin* platform of a train, saying. “An* you not ashamed to follow so dlsgrneeful a profession V" “Ami an* you not ashamed,” demand ed tin* other, “to go so well dressed without a po< Uethook about you?” The surest proof of one's endowment of noble qualities is being free from «*nvv. t.n iJorhefoiienuid. I MAGAZINE I \ READERS I SUNSET MAGAZINE | beautifully illutf rated, good stones 1 pa •nd articles about California and all the far West a year TOWN AND COUNTNY JOURNAL a monthly publication devoted aa pa to the farming interests of the ' WeM. a year ROAD OF A THOUSAND WONDENS a hook of 75 pages, containing 120 colored photographs of <tQ 7 5 picturesque spots w California ‘ and Oregon. All for.$1.50 Cut out this advertisement and send with $1.50 to SUNSET MAGAZINE JAMES FLOOD BLDC.. SAN FRANCISCO Tout . . . $2.75 BUYING A SAW. Find O it the Kind You Want Before You Go to Purchase. Wliv'U the man in tin* cull' * ap start l'd downstairs Ids wilV ran t-> tho door ntul onllod him l>a*-h ’‘Harry,” sho said. 'I want you to go into a hard wit iv storo today and got a saw don't forgot it. ploa^o Wo nood mio I>:i<1ly " Heing an accommodating person, the fiiau hi the golf rap said he would not forget it. He chose tin* luiirhn n hour lis tin* most opportuuo time lor lo.iuin . Iiis simple purchase 11,• was i*t a good humor, and In* smilod blandly when In* wont hustling into tin- store and said "1 want a saw. ploaso “What kind of a saw •" askod tin* clot k “Why," said tin* prospeetive pur chaser, “1 don’t know just a saw. \ny kind w ill do. I presume.” The clerk sighed It you only know what you want to use it for, perhaps I rouhi advise you,” In* suggested “What 1 want to use it tor?” eelioed tin* man in the golf rap "Why. I want to saw. of course that is. my folks do” “Saw whatV" asked the elerk "1 don’t know,” admitted the non plused shopper '1 he elerk led the way to the rear of the stole ■ I will show you a few of tin* different varieties of saws we have on hand.” In* said "Observation and explanation of their uses and priees may assist you In making a derision. Here is a metal saw It is made of highly tempered steel and will saw iron, copper, lead and all manner of metals Is that the kind you want?” The man in the golf cap was sorely perplexed. "No.” he said. “I don’t think so We have no metals at our house to work on that I know of ” "Perhaps you would like a meat saw'," suggested the elerk "Hut you are not a butcher.” "Heaven be praised, no!" said the man w In* w anted a saw “Here is a regular kitchen saw for general utility purposes It will cost you only oil mils How does that strike you? No Then here Is the cabinetmaker's saw. Then I have here the plumbers' saw , the line deli rate saw - u ed by all manner of artitl cers and the ordinary wood saws, which will eo t \ on anywhere from on rents to $1. In that back loom we have still other varieties of saws the two man ten foot aw buz/, aws and circular *.iws it \,.u waul to pay a big price you had belter take one of the eireulnr saws I'll give you a good one for s.ioo Would you like to see tbelli V” The man in the golf cap looked ahoul him wonderingly "No. (hank you,” lie said I guesK I won’t take any till I find out Just w hat kind I w ant " "I regret being unable to make a sale.” said the clerk uffahly, "but 1 really think that the best plan.” t’ln einunti Kmpiirer Richter's Conducting, t'oiinlh- are (lie stories told of the genially of Hr. Ilans Itiehler. Oner* while icliearsing a Mozart symphony in which the fir t \iolins had a number of dels ife trills and turns to perform 111< e weir played too heavily for Itieh ler. who aid "Please. gentlemen, piam inio' tyiioeti Mali, imi suffru gelte* Again when oil one occasion Itiehler was noi llioroughly satislled with the orchestral rendering of a scene from "Tristan mid Isolde" lie slopped the rehearsal ami asked for more dignity in Hie playing, adding that Isolde was llu* daughter of a king. not of a ... <ui another occasion w hile r ehearsing Tseha ikow sky's "Ito llieo i lid .1 llliet ” music ll.e \ iolomellos have a very passionate melody to play. Kiel n r was by no means satisfied Hi; ' I In* needful warmth of expression had been obtained "Hentlemeu, gen tleiiieii" aid he, "you all play like married men, mil like lovers" London Tit Hits. Girls’ Names. Ill the eighleenlh century gills were elirlstened Sophia and (aroline, in the early iilnele)*nth Liiima and .lane, a little later Laura and t'lara. Then ea me a erop of Horothys and Marjo lies, who are now ail calling their own babies (in a reaction against tin.* • plaint”) Llizabcih The names of men suffer no sin h emphatic fashions, and yet il i a pleasure to note that tlnre are certainly no more young men called \ll and Hus. as were the young men who walked with the erln (»llnc* in the days of Leech Hood is the sound of John through all changes. London < hronieh* A Trick With Numbers. riiooM* nii.v four < oir i • 111 ive mini hers, iis Mi. r.l, nnil Multiply tln*ni t«>gether, nml Hu- |• r<m111< t may be divided b\ 'JI This will In- fuuinl to liohl triii' for any four consecutive numbers ui‘ may choose unless one of tip- numbers is 21 or a multiple of 21, sii<-Ii as l\ 72, h*i, i• t«• In tin* same way any live *om endive numbers mill fiplicd together ma> In- divided by 120 uni'1 ono of tlii’ mimbi"** Is 120 or a multiple <>r l*jo st. Louis Rcpub Hi*. The First Golf Links. Tin* orthodox number of eighteen hole il seems. was lixcd bj pure uliaiu-e There were originally twenty two hole; on Si Andrews links, and so It eontinued till 17b I, when the first four holes were converted into two. Thenceforward every full course lias Iwten laid out to correspond with alma muter. Loudon Saturday Review. Our strength grows out of our weak ness. Not until we are pricked and fitting arid surely shot at awakens the Indignation which arms Itself with «e ?ret forces.- Lmerson. No Decoration Required. It was Mr. Hobart's lirst experience with watlles. and he liked the taste of them. When he had been served twice he called the waiter to him and spoke confidentially “I'm from I'okovllle,” he said, “and we’re plain folks there Don’t care much for style, but we know good food when we get it I want another plate ful o’ those cakes, but you tell the cook she needn't stop to put that fan cy printing on 'eu< Just send ’em ulong plain.’'- Youth’s <‘ompaniou. THE WATERMELON Not What It Used to Be. nt Least In the Eating Thereof. In the old da\s. wlii'ii tin* world was much hot tor than it Is now. there were good watermelons As we retnemhei them, the water melons of twenlN live or thirty or thir ty live years ago were Inure attaint. They were none of your overgrown fueumher etteets of today, hut were great big round fellows, and the out Hide was a dark green It was the same shade of green as the retleetlon of the trees in a swimming hole. And w hen \ on sunk thi* knife into it the rind ripped and eraeked for two lnehes allead of the Made, and the melon Just laughed Itself open Hold on! Von didn't use a knife Von lifted the melon above your head and dropped it to the ground, and it hurst open, as red as a rose and a i hundred times as sweet And you ate nothing hut the heart Just the ehunky i red heart Nowadays mo market man snows yon nil ohl.iii^1 nITtiIr done In pale green and greenery y allery stripes, w ith it white blotch on the underside, that he calls a watermelon. And von rut It Into siiet*s like bologna sausage and eat It with a fork, like pit* Anti you have forgotten whether a watermelon goes pllnk plink or plunk plunk when It Is ripe, because It doesn't make any tlilTereiiee now Wilbur 1» Nesbit in Chicago I'ost THEY WON'T SHUT DOORS. And They Wdl Ride Backward, Re ports a Traveler of Englishmen. | Travelers returning from England tell of two habits of the people of that country widt h Impressed them One Is tin* average Englishman's aversion to shutting tin* door behind him. "I don’t know how it is in the I'.ng llsli houses.'’ remarked one who has loured England, "for I was not In one of them Rut I stayed in a hotel in London where there were a good many English people, ami a dozen times daily I had to get up and shut a door to keep I he draft a w ay i "It didn't make any difference i whether it was a servant or a guest | who went through, the door was left open. This was in the spring of the year, too, when the weather was ehllly. I notieed the same tiling in railway roaehes and hotels of smaller Inwus." The oilier English peculiarity ii a preference for riding back ward on trains The Englishman will make for (lie seal with Its back to the engine every time, plant himself down In It w ith e\ ei \ evidence of comfort and look wonderlngl.v at anybody who pleks old a seat faring the direction the train Is going Not once did olio Xmeriean traveling In England see a native ••house a seat faring the front of the train unless there were no other seats New York Sun. A Wife In Bondage. lie is that rare and greatly to lie admired person, a real live duke, and he holds sway over many workers. To give him his due, he is a good mas ter, and for the most part his kindness is greatly appreciated bv his retainers. Rut Rob \\ IIlet Is a laborer w ith democratic proclivities and marked distaste foi work, and recently Ills ducal master determined that the one thing to do with Roll was to dismiss him, whereupon lie did so, and Rnh came l*i the conclusion that the (lino had now arrived when the pride of fho peerage should be humbled The <111* liculty was In think of something suf tleleiitl.v biting, for the duke was a good master, as has been remarked Then an inspiration Hashed on Rob The duke’s duchess had been appoint ed a lady in waiting to the ipieen. and this was Rob's opportunity "All light, yer grace,” lie said, "I'll go, lull I'll lake heart to ; ay this Though I’m a poor man I've never had to send my missus out to service, and that's more'n some people can say " I,omlon < 'hronh le. Voting Terms "Rallot," as generally used, ha . wan dered far from Its original meaning of "little ball • I:veil "blackballing" is no longer necessarily literal I an gunge has several fossil relies of prim Hive methods of voting Mo t famous is "oslraeism,” which perpetuates the memory of the "ostrul.on," the pot Bherd or shell upon which the Athenian elti/.en voted lor the banishment of a too prominent personage \nolher In atanee Is "spondulicks,” the .* lang word for money. A "spondiilos," prop erly a vertebra of the spine, mine to mean any round thing and in particu lar the voting pebble or ils metal equivalent "I Trust You." "1 owe in \ salvation to lhn*o word a you spoke," he wrote. "W hen all the world was against me you said, I trust you.’ " If every boy or gill who has made, mistakes and gone astray could have Kuril a friend a great many of them would reliini to a normal life The feeling that Homebody believes In us, IrtiHlM us. no matter what others be lleve or say. touches the heart. Crliii liinls are sometimes totally reformed through the consciousness that Home body still believes In them, no matter how low they may have fallen. Could we realize how much this trust and confidence would do for a man when everything else has failed we should !m* more generous of our confidence in our fellows Success Magazine A Practical Letter. There has r« . .‘iitly hern an ontery against tin- deterioration in modern letter writing. Ini! tin* followin;' rj»i tolary triumph from a tailor Ini a lev eled things up "I linvi* today issued a writ against yon,” wrr'e a tailor whose i«• 11<• r wan prod need in tin* Wo- lmin ter eounty eourt, for tin* amount of your bill. Trust in- for a rout innain e of yonr es teemed favor, I remain," etr. London Hlohe. A 3usiness Matter. She Hen is yonr engagement ring, Henri I eannot marry you; I love an at her. 114 - What is Ids name? Sin* In heaven's name, yon won’t kill him, will you? lie < Hi. no; hut I thought I Ui 1)4Ht (1 1 a deal with him with tills ring. Sijulire. 1 Her Sealskin.! Ily I HANK II SWKKT. . ,.|U I II 1 t.'.l, UKI7, l.y 1: i'. rnri't'lls N.* olio o\or accused Mrs. Stone of being 1111< 1111y sympathetic Ten years’j experience with a brutal husband am! ton subsequent years of buffeting with i tho w orb! bad deprived hor of that sentimental *|iiallty, if indeed slio had j ovor possessed it. Sbo was admirably tt11od t*» be what sho was hoad of tin* J \ .*» i.ilr.l charities of a largo city. : liup" i.*i who •aino fawning down tin1 corridor droadod tliis sharp oyod. thin llppod woman What an expert «r*'s^ examiner tho years of insight ami unbollof had nuido hor' How dif lioult it was t«* havo tho toll tale bottlo or oovor up tho totltalo odor when sho do . ondod on tlioir abodos! Sho had drivoii away half tho mondl . ants in town Tho worthy «»uos whom sho had in.-ido oomfortabio tit home they o\on woro not gratoful; they mi-sod tho nolso and excitement of tho street lint Mrs Stone was obdurato. It tho police would not onforoo tho begging ordiuanoo, sho would. If tho really needy ottos would stay at homo, sho would soo that they w . to provided for; If they inf os tod the stroot. not a penn\ should they havo from hor, and sho would soo that they wore arrested into tho bargain So tho blind lavon dor ittoti took to w ood, .li ving, and they all grumbled and woro very tin liapp.y Ono morning a woman In a bedrug gled black gown and a soil with a hole 111 11 .aim* just over tho tip of hor homo made hoi wax into Mrs. Stone's olllee. Mrs Sbuio know the typo husband, a laboring man. jus I dead, from three to iv young children, not one **f earning ago lie rated, said Mrs. Slone brusque ly. but not unkindly, and her limp gue i por. In d uncomfortably on tho od::i' of tho only rhair, width was s*i 10. -atod that every ray of eold gray light ? rat • lird out the linos in the vis 11. *r fai r "What ran I do for youV” ■ I want work.” said tho woman * \\ hat Lind?” “Any Liiulof work by tho day.” “i 'an y on * Iran ' ”\* “Wash well?" ‘ Tretl.v well." "i Wk?” “Some plain tilings.” ”11 in rloanlug would be best for Mi Sloiir not od lliosr details in a book. Iogrl ln*r with ago. mime, ad die , nativity, and thou oamo down to more iiilorosl ing details. ”I low long have you lived here?” “A week " Mrs S’tom* raised her oyebrowa. “Where did you oomo from?” Tho woman iiiontioiiod a nearby ”\\ hy did y on h ave there?” “My Ini' band tiled ’’ ”1 low long agoV" "About throe wooks." Mow many « hlldreii have yam?” ••I’ivo ” “ Vg* s, please." •'ll,. oldo I is Ir|| “lln band lonvo you anything?" I 'ho woman hesitated. “\ r . a lit)Ir," hr • aid linally • How iniirhV" “Writ, tho society liurb'd him and paid lln- <lor|or, and I had a little Irft Mow mm Ii ' . aim* tin* remorseless ,1111■ t loll ‘About If: tut I ” ‘A oil have IliaIV” “No, iiia’am." “ What did v ..ii do w it Ii It V” I bought something ” “Indeed:” Mrs Stone's peindl was hiispriid*'d in I hr air “ Wha t V” “A sralsklu sack " “A w/halV” Mi i Stom* almost shout ed Tin* woman oast down her ryeH. "A cal kin sa.-k.” she repen I rd almost In audibly ' Wi ll I deolarr!” Mr*i. Stom* said aloud ' \ charwoman w ith a new Jf.'lMO s. ah.k iii'” In- athh'd to tin . If Whrn do y ..ii propose to wi iir It,” she vv rut on to inquire “to your w ork in the morning?" ‘ < ili no, ina a in,” ...id lull'd tin* wo muii. taking I In* quest ion seriously. “I wouldn't v\. ar it every day On Sun day . I II wear |t sometime:, If It's not loo tinny and due u’l rain They sa.v rain d<*. n't hint ’oni, lull I wouldn't take Hi* . Iiaii-i and sun fades ’em." ‘ What good is it to do you, thru?” •till I .lake it oil! of its bag and stroke it in..tiling and night and lie tween while: w lull I have liim There Isn’t, nun Ii danger of its being stolen No one would slope* I su.ji a tiling in a place like out , ami I'd thrash a child within an Inch .• P its lilt* who dared tell of i! I ire’s the woi l I do dread lire I wl Ii I roiild insure it.” Mr Slnne was faring one of the problem of her career I d" i t under' land it at all. " she aid vliy you should have spent your rid 11. capital So waslrfillly and HO ii'.Ir ty V % • i have nothing to wear with Ha* thing, and you roine to a . Inn liable a or i a I loll t<» gel W’ork for y on ” “I I tell you .id the woman eager ly, In r fare lighting up "I had wanl rd a • ai d.in a my lit* I w a • a fac tory girl, and on my way homo at algid / used to stop before the fur shops and look in all tlio-'o lovely cap. ; and thing I wauled them all I’d have learned to . «w fur and have worked in a fur shop if I'd have dared, but I was afraid I'd steal something. Then I married .lolm, and there wan nothing but hard work and babies. Sometimes I couldn't get out to look In a fur window for a week at a time. Thru John died.” The woman’s fare was alight. “Three hundred dol lars wouldn't buy mu. h for six. but It would buy a sealskin. I wanted it all my life! I never bad so mueh money at one time before* I couldn’t help It I just had to buy It. I was never so l.appy in my life as the uiglit I wore It 1 home, and I'm jti t as happy with It i now. I'd do it again I’ll work my | lingers to the bone for my children. ■ lint I suppose y ou won't help me to get ! work now !” j The woman had risen from the ' chair’s edge. Mrs. Stone was inedltu j lively tapping the desk with her pen I cJJ. “Wait n minute,'' she dd Mrs. Stone was thinking. She was remem bering that two of her holy three tors, lately wltlowetl, were seeking forget fulness in Kurope. the meaner allow unee granted l»y the stingy departed having heeu multiplied hy a generous •ourt while the estates wore being set I led. Mrs. Stone might not be sympa thetic. but she was logieal and fair minded “There's a janitorsldp vaeant. In a eehool whieh I might get for you,” sin* said. It's Ndo a month, and you ronld live well «>11 that \re you strong enough to d - the work, and will yotl ib* it well'; Of rout se if you don’t do it well \ou‘l! simply he discharged, le.it 1 should dislike to recommend an lu eompetent person.” "Put me on trial,” said the woman eagerlx Indeed, I'll il»» it well, and Jamie Is old enough to help me some.” “Very well.” said Mrs Stone. “Pome at P o'clock on Monday, and I’ll see w hat ean In* done.” I'or several seeonds after her visitor had left Mrs. Stone sat silent before her desk I hen she whirled about in her revohing rhalr to listen to the next tale of w oe. A month later one of her assistants said to her “I'm afraid that woman for whom we seen red the jointress* pi nee was nil Impostor, after all." “What makes you think so?” asked Mrs Slone "Well, anvhow, I don't think she's as pool* ns llllen West, who wanted It.” “She has live ehildren to support,” returned Mrs. Stone, "mien has only two, and she drinks." “Yes,” said tin* assistant, “but l saw her In the park yesterday, and what do you think she had on?” “ V sealskin snek perhaps,” said Mrs. Slone, not looking up from the figures she was adding “So you knew?” gasped the other. “Yes, I knew.” The assistant was bursting with cu riosity She wailed a moment. •'Perhaps she has seen better days,” she ventured. "I don't think so,” said Mrs. Stone, "Ihougli it was a sort of Inheritance.” "oh!” said the assistant. “Hut It Is very good and new. I thought per haps it was eleetrie, hut it wasn't. I should think she might sell It and get something for the children.” ‘ She might." said Mrs. Slone, “but l don’t think she will Two, eight, nine teen. twenty four we've taken In $”40 in dues this month. That’s not bad.” EXPENSIVE APARTMENTS. Women Who Can’t Rent Them, but Who Like to Inspect Them. The superintendent of ail expensive apartment building was telling Ills t roubles 'll isn't show ing apartments to those win* teallx want one that makes me • the whole world through dark blue glasses lust now,” said he. "It's the aj'eravalioii of the people who go about Inspecting line suits whieh they can not possibly pay for. 4 ' Non wouldn't Imagine how many women have the mania unless you laid my Job for awhile Only yesterday a young married woman and her mother,' both smartly gowned, asked to see one of my six room suits, whieh rents for $”no a month, and there’s no kitehen* in the apartment either \Vo serve meals from tin* basement at .$ 1per week for each person. I “W« ll. Ill" ** wiii ien won* here fully Mil ll« Ml I*. I Ihv dismissed I ho outlook from (In* \ :n Inns w IimIowm unci the? size an.I |>l.iii of iIn* rooms mu*I every little detail. I Im•> w a 111 e<| |o know if the limit room woiiM In* <|oiu* **\er in old gold Mini blown to harmonize with u eertu In *u furniture, Mini they moMSiiroil Hi*- windows t*» see If their eurtuins would til “\\ lii'ii* ‘baby’ was to sleep bothered Hu* \ imnu woman a whole heap. The iii<*> sunny room she wanted for a * r\ li.ul only poriieivs between it ami lb*' drawing room, and another room opened into a court, while a third had a drul't blowing through it. They * *1 tills ijueslioii for some ten, <11 and when I Ii**v flimlly derid ed Dial lb** Mil should have a crib In lb** '.urn* room with Its parents I he , in to i* . I that tin* apartment was off my ha ml | “Then they insisted upon seeing the eh* I and w«*nl over the subject of meals with tiini for another fifteen or twenty minutes, making him give nil I lie menus m ved for a week back. After that they climbed t<> the top of tin* bouse to see tin* maids’ rooms, one of ulii' li goes with every apartment. ' finally they slated that Hie apart ment wm. lie* most sutisfaetory they hud seen and that flu \ would come ba< I lull evmdng with the young wo rn s |mi band. They h it sure he would decide to take it. “A we *':ime downstairs I stayed be hind to loek the apartment, which had been under inspection, and 1 suppose th* \ thought I w i n i going any far ther, fm* m | can it up w :ili them on the in ' i! Id I overheard tin* young woman saying: W<*11!• n’t it, be well to live like Ib ii. iii '.mma, with all tlm-** delicious menus <*\ery «1 ay? \V!i<*n Jack gels ri* ii w< d » won't weV’” -New York I *r< m. 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