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GIVING. 1 Hardcrhart sat in his plllowe-fli arm i chair; gleam from the grate gilt his scanty jj gray hair, ; he gazed at the flame, faint, flickering j and low. and he fancied his long, lonely life was just so, A burnt-cut fire Soot to expire, and wondered If he was as ready to go. fen spake a small voice In his dark, I troubled breast: jou h vr still work lo do ere you go to I your rest. liough the light of your knowledge you freely have spent, U too rarely the warmth of your bounty | have lent; t nil wealth—won with labor of muscle i or brain— liuld descend on yr.ur fellows, like bless i Inga of rain; i ennobles man's being—that of all life' j Is true: jpw, that fagot leas done Its full duty; ; have you?" l n the dreamer awoke, in the dark and the cold. )f resolved to reverse selfish habits of old. hat i gathered with toll cost me worry j to Kei p, the hate of my fellows—who steal If 1 sleep. ter givi while I live.” thus the poor i rich man said, se eo one will be sorry when I am dead." |il ago Dally Record. When Eegpr Lady Won I K tt-M- * young Baltimorean and his wife |brute<J (lie second anniversary of mi* marriage by coming over to i-hington on Monday morning to see congress assemble. I hey remained over a day for irpose of having a look at the ig racing. Despite Tuesday's > weather, they went out to the It was the first time the man had “seen ’em run” since arriage, although before that i event he had been an often victim of the “horse bug.” til men who have sworn oft' on >• with the thoroughbreds-, how ie had kept a pretty tair “line" runners by assiduously reading suits from all of the tracks, so vhen he went to the track on ay he thought that he had a hance of breaking about even he layers of ends. His wife had seen a horse race in her life br and when the horses clamped 1 through the mud in the first -ho exhibited considerable ex >nt, despite the cheerless snr ngs caused by the weather con ?. Her husband, however, ifid ik particularly inspirited when imber of the winner was hung is face wore a sheepish grin, in y.” saitl his wife, noticing his nod look, "didn't the horse that >t on win?" he replied, ‘He was beaten a in the wire.” 11, it looked to me as if they assed by just at the same time." lid. with rather an aggrieved I <' m't think it ought to make TtVrenee if one of them is jin i y little bit ahead of the other, i?” 11.” he explained, “there's got a winner, you know, unli-s the n dead heat, which this was on't care one hit," she replied, nk that horse that Hie old in the judges' stand say came nnd is just as good us the one ;ay came in first." >y wouldn’t admit that, though. were to fell them,” said the id. “Funny I couldn't pick the ■ in a field of only four horses, t? Well. I'll run down to the i'd see what the betting is on xt.” looked as if she had something , and she said it before he got k,” she said. In a wheedling ‘let me bet a teeny weeny little io, won’t yon? It makes it. so more exciting.” k” looked at her with a grin, i bet. eh?” he said. “What uppose your mother ’ml say to she found out that I let you And, say, isn’t it enough to mi hoodoo loser in the family? you have just as much fun g’ for the one I bet on?" but if would lie so much nicer uld bet just a feenchy weenchy fit on one of the pretty things picked out myself on the pro le,” she answered, that's all imagination, nnd ase,” she said, still more wheed well, then, beggar lady, go " he said, stripping off a $5 note his roll of bills, and then he down the stairs to the betting eyes sparkled as she looked tie names of the horses for the race on her programme. ■gar Lady!" he exclaimed, half as her eye caught the name of the horses to run. “Why, just what Jack just this min ded me! Beggar Lady!" hat instant one of the grand messengers passed by. with his odds against the horses in his She stopped him. Beggar Lady run real fast?" ked him, demurely, on’t know, ma'am," answered essenger, smiling. “The Ally's run In-fore in a race. This* is sf time out.” 11. if she wins, how much do I r this?” she said, showing him e-dollar bill. messenger grinned and glanced list of prices. gar Lady’s one o’ the outsider. ma’am.’ 1 he pa'd. “Slip opened at -in to 1. I'll give you that. If she wins jou jet bark $205." Thi little woman poled a Mtt'i. “Goodnessgracious —verywell.th n,” Landing him the five-dcllar bill. “I will bet you on Beggar l,:;dy. tlien.” The messenger dotted down tin bet and the young woman's initials, im mediately alter which another grand stand messenger rushed up to him ami said something to him in a low tone. The messenger who had registered the betting transaction with the young woman approached her again. “Well, you Just were in time, ma'am,” he said to her. “That Beggar Lady filly has been hammered—” “Hammered!” exclaimed the voting woman. “Why, the brutes! Is the poor thing—” “Oil," hastily explained the messen ger, “I mean that they’ve been knock ing her price down in the ring, and now she’s only five to one, so that it looks like she may be what’s called a ‘good tiling.’’’ "Well, 1 declare!” ejaculated the young woman, and just as the mes senger went away her husband came up wearing an easy smile of confi dence. “There's only one in this,” he -aid to his wife in a cock-sure tone, point ing to Zenaide’s name on the pro gramme, "and that's the favorite. Zen aide’ll win romping all the way. I bet S2O on her—got SSO to s2l) against her.” “Can Zenaide run so much faster than nil the rest of the hoists in ihe race, then?” she asked him. with big eye.-. “Sure," he replied. “It’s a eir -h. A lot of yaps down in the ring think they've trot a good thing in thi. Beg gar Lady, and they are more than eat ing it up. Played the filly down from 50 to 1 to five to one. and they’re still hammering at it. I’ve seen too many of these good tilings go wrong in my day, though. No more good things for me. Friend of mine out in the paddock told me that Beggar Lady-—she's ni ver faced the starter before, by the way stood a rattling show to land in the money, and advised me to string i few along on her, one, two. three, across the board- but not for me! Zenaide’s the trick. By tin. way, what did you do with your money? Play any of 'em?” “Yes, [ bet,” she replied. “1 felt awfully wicked, but I bet, all the, same.” “Which one?" lie inquired. “It'll be more fun telling you after the race is all over.” she replied, slyly. Then the horses paraded in front of the stand and went to the post. After i short delay away went the larg lb'd. the favorite. Zenadie, in front. It was a fair start for all t xei pt Beggar Lady, who was standing flat-footed when the ‘lag dropped. A laugh went up in the stand. “The ‘good tiling' can't find her fi t t,” was the cry. "She's ail but left." Beggar Lady was last away, it was is# (I iS kJL | feiyk ~ I * S0 BEGGAR LADY WALKS. rue,, but sbet quickly shot after her eld. and at the far turn, so great a light of speed did she exhibit, slit was ight on even term* with the leaders, and still going like a seasoned cam paigner. She led the field of 13 by a head in turning into the stretch. “By jing!” muttered the young- Pal imorean to his wife, “why didn’t I iave gumption enough to put a few dollars on that Beggar Lady? Slit's lassed the whole bunch and she’s just railoping in, that's all—Just gallop .ug!” "Beggar Lady walks!” howled the •rowd of long-shot players who had ;keu a bit of the good thing. “Beg gar Lady swims in!" Ihe litt elady from Baltimore turned her pale fact away from the sight <:f he horses tearing down the stretch and sat down. "And I had the tip strong!" growled her husband, as Beggar Lady flashed >y the wire two lengths to the good. Then he noticed his wife’s pale face. 'What’s the matter?’’ he asked her, anxiously. “Are you faint?" “Well.” she replied, “a little hit, but t’ll pass. 1 suppose sudden great wealth always affects people this way.” lie looked at her search in gly and i mazed ly. “Yon don't mean to tell me that you put those five dollars on Beggar Lady?” he gasped. "Well, what did you call me a ‘beg pir lady’ for when you gave me the fill?' she asked him, #egaining her olor. "i've won S2OO just because of jour habit of calling names!" “Oh, you can’t beat ’em," the Balti morean said to a friend that night. He wasn't referring to horses, but 'o women.—Washington Star. ProviOK Him Ilt-Kret. “Our baby seems to have a natural aste for the piano.” "Indeed!” “Yes; he's gnawed half the polish iff of one leg.'* Cleveland i Dealer. THE POET’S WIFE. She brtpffs her pretty knitting- (bless her!) Or mystic threads, lor making laces, That by and by will serve lo dress her In new and charming graces. She sits ami rocks, her rocker chiming. In measured cadence, lo my rhyming. Sometimes with eye that proudly glistens I read a sonnet I have written: She counts her stltclu.- while -he listens, Or pulls a thread, to make It fit In— And. with her gaze Ir.t nt upon it. Asks “what they pay me for a sonnet?” She little knows of rhyme or metre, And can s still less, but asks me whether Chiffon ami loses would look sweeter To trim her hat. than jet and feather? And while I'm "framing odes to Cupid” She tells me "Poetry Is stupid!” Rut oh. her eyes! Her silken lashes— Her hair's sw i r t mutinies—the dimples 111 cheek and chin—the outward Hashes Of Inward smiles—her tranquil, simple, Entrancing air! Did she but know it— She Is the reason I'm a poet!— —Madeline S. Bridges, in Ladies' Home Journal. : The Broken Butterfly % X- By James Noel Johnson. ♦ (Copyright, 1900, by the Authors' Syndicate ) Old Ben Madden was one of the rich est men on Bowie creek. He had no. always bet u wealthy, h< wcver. twen ty years ago he was quite poor. 1 was a big. fine-looking young nioun ir.inecr then, always rode a good horse, and, in spite of his poverty, lie was considered a great catch, even unions 'lie well-to-do girls. He was sober, in dustrious and thrifty. One day he slopped at the house of fid George Latimer to look at a yoke of steers the latter wished to sell. Wlu n he entered (he floor lie was greeted by a young girl of about 10, who stood in the middle of the room, and. blushing softly, bade him “fake a seat." “Pap is not in j< st now ," said the young girl, “but lie'll come soon—-he's out to the new ground field Axin'some gaps in the fence." Ben didn’t care whether the man came or not. The beauty of the young girl astonished him so that his mission 'Mis forgotten. It was strange he had never before known old George had a pretty daughter. He lived within three miles of him. In passing he had often cen c beautiful child sitting on the fence or playing in the yard. Pitt that .vas only a few c.. ys ago, seemingly. Now, here was the bud in full, luscious, idorous blossom! He was always, be/ore, instantly ready to start conversations with girls whether acquainted with them or not. when chance threw them in his way ".tit now, for the first time, he felt a 'lush of embarrassment. The girl sir town, tint] occasionally timidly glancct it him, but ducked her head like a bird when her eyes met his. It was a case of love at first sight. The young people had few words to ex ’ lunge. Their hearts were too bust Mth the first delicious i-ersn’linii of lovt Time went on. and Ben became a weekly visitor at old George's log house. One day the lovers were sitting or. i rude bench out in the orchard. Birds ai :■ love soi gs up among the waving ■ liage. Bees boomed in the clover, ml butterflies dappled in the air with nany fast-changing hues. Suit breezes \ heeled slow ly about them, half woon ng with delicious odors. Like a ro.-< iverborne with dew. the head of tin . oung^irl rested on a leaning shoulder. \ small hand, like a little brown bird, nestled in it big. strong palm. All the joys know it before, all the blisses tin mure promised, seemed to gat)- md commingle in that sweet hour. Tin •ouple were speechless, awed into si ,ence by what they heard, felt and saw. Ere long a golden butterfly, on wab bling wing, zigzagged ho their harbor, .t flashed about their heads for asce nd or two, tlien hesitatingly rested in the twined hands of the lovers. Not mowing what he did. Ben let fall his ree hand and crushed the butterfly, ,is frail wings fell in Flora's lap. "Oh, poor thing!" she exclaimed, looking at Ben with eyes of soft re Puke. "I didn’t aim to do that,” said Ben, re morsefully. * Then next day Ben Madden received in order from a Cincinnati factory for a half million staves. The price of fered convinced him instantly, that, could he raise the requisite capital to begin filling the order, a small fortune ■iwaited him within a few montns. The money-making spirit seized him, and drove love inio the rear. He rod" here and there, trying to borrow the money, but failed. But lie wouldn’t let that fortune go by. after knocking so loudly at Ids door. The widow of the late John Armstrong had $2,000. He instantly wooed, won and wedded the "widder." Flcrn, while yet a young girl, closed her empty heart against love forever ;u the hot, blighting heat of everydav ife Ui;r dawn-dream melted away. Handsome young men came a-wooing, but she laughed at their pleadings, and sent them away. “Here is my heart, my love," she -aid one day to a young man who was tearful in his pleadings, and she showed him the wings of the dead but terfly. At last Albert Osborne, a bachelor, thought to be wealthy, came to woo. “Certainly I'll marry you,” said Flora, almost before the question was finished. “I—l had feared you didn't love me,” said the happy man, seizing her cool hand. “Did I say I loved you?” she asked, with a queer smile. They married. After the birth of a daughter Osborne died, and then the widow learned that the estate of her late husband was in such wreck that only a pitiful sum could he rescued. Her father soin died and left her the old "home place." where she lived alone with her little daughter there after. The child grew, and as she neared the line of womanhood she turned into the exact image of her mother at her age. Ben Madden had long been a rich old “widower.” Passing the house of his erstwhile sweetheart one day he was startled at beholding a girl in the yard that was the living picture of one he had loved just 2t> years before. The sight of her stirred the damp ashes in his old greedy heart, and lo! Some living coals were found! The old man thought of the mort gage he held on the widow's f. rni, and he fairly hugged himself with j o The next day he called on the Wi nv Osborne. “Flora.” he said, as he seated him self and pushed back a layer of sweaty iron-gray hair from his forehead, "1 passed by here yesterday and saw what looked like little Flora of 2d years ago in the yard. I had to give you up on account of poverty —’fwas better for both, we afterwards learned —and now that I'm rich. 1 think I'd experiment with loro again. I felt my old heart leap again as it did when 1 first saw you. I thought it dead 'twas only sleeping. Now, you are get ting up in years, and are poor, and I've come to tell you that if you will give me your daughter in marriage, your now loan board shall creak with plenitude the balance of your days. I'll take away the niorU- ~ and put anew house in its place, 'l l ■ old lady shall have fair adornment, -o that old widowers from afar will hear of her, and hasten to place their vows and kneel at her feet —eh? Flora'.’ He-he-he!” The widow’s face caught flame, but he took it for the rose-hue of joy. At first she was tempted to order him from the house, but prudence en gendered by thought of the mortgage he held, restrained her righteous im pulse “Vou should he ashamed!” she cried almost choking with anger and humili ation. "I see nothing to be ashamed of in the offer of a rich man to divide all with the needy.” “Ren,” strangely spoke the widow afler a long pause, “let me show you something.” And she went into the I |(fll IjjWn "HKHOLD MY DAPQIITKK!” oom and returned to the porch and hoved below Ben’s eyes the wings of i dead butterfly. The old fellow at first smiled in a illy way; fht'ii he understood, and is face turned pale. “.Now come out and walk with me to the rear of the house,” The old fellow wonderingly fol lowed. “Look,” she said, "what do vou see sitting on that bench yon der?” Ben’s eyes almost started from his head. On a bench, on the same spot, at the same season, where he and another had sat Just 20 years ago. he beheld a tall, handsome young fellow, and beside him a beautiful girl. In their love’s sweet dream they were blissfu ly unconscious of the hard, practical xorld that beat on the highways near them. Soft breezes flowed about their bowed, happy heads, drenching (hem with nectarine odors. Birds above flashed in the sweet,, lush foliage, and chatted about love. Butterflies befreekled the air with swift, changing hues. One great, fan-winged butterfly wabbled and zigzagged about them for a min ute, then slowly dropped and rested fur a moment on the warm clasped hands of the dreaming pair. It was not killed. “Ben," said the woman, softly, “would you be cruel enough to crush that little paradise yonder? Behold my daughter; behold your son!” The old fellow turned to the widow. He fried 1 to laugh, but tears broke through bis forced expression. “Not for anything, Flora, would I interrupt that scene. I never knew before my son was coming here. I’ve kept my eye too much on the dollar to notice such things. Thank the Lord, he’s got no poverty, as i had, to destroy, at the beginning, all that’s best and sweetest in life." He looked down at Flora, and was startled at the expression of lo r face. Flic seemed transformed in hi- eyes, A young face seemed to push through the shadows of 20 years and shine beautiful again. "Flora,” he spoke, taking her hand, "we are not so old yet. Come, I see another bench out yonder, under an other apple free!" TrnveUnit I‘nbllc Knlluhirnrd, The traveling public will be sur prised to learn that many railroads are to abolish train newsboys, for the opinion was quite general, says the Chicago Record, that th< se i mb’ • and smooth-tongued individuals o.vi’eu the roads ou which they rap. THE PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK. R. G. OLP, Prop. Hanitowoc, V V V (J* V v* Wisconsin. The Chances for Savirvg. \es. they are here and not sparingly either. Each department wishes to take the lead of the other hence these remarkable offerings from all and to you these oppor tunities for economic buying mean better goods and more commodities for less money. Garden Tools. I hey include Lawn Rakes, Hoes, .Trowels and \\ ceding - Hooks. These implements are u-vd daily in and about the garden and at these prices you should have a complete set of them. Garden Trowels at -,, Weeding Hooks at - 5c 5c Ice Cream Freezers. scrlien ooors. Refrigerators. Do you like ice cream? Of INDOH Phev are made of hardwood course you do and so do your Come aml see them - nott> the lumbor ’ carved and fin friends. Own a White Moun- manner in which thev are Uld dn ' d tin ouj^nout. , . T . . , . ~ , At our special prices it will tain or Lag-ntnniir E reezer and made no notice the nmttv <u>. . . i * s mauc uj, noiut me pretty nt- pay you to have :i refrigerator you will always have ice cream ~, , . von,- . t. i . and the low prices. inyoui home, it keeps meats, during- the hot summer days, butter and vegetables fresh ■ , ~ , Substantial Sereen Doors nt , and at a small expense too. and free from waste. ;l ‘‘’er'lut“ Mountuin * w sl.79 58c 98c 51.25 51.58 T,,a yi; i^^,{;i ;:; ,fr,,ni Paint. A coating- of good paint will give your building a neater appearance and the boards will re main in good condition. Door paints have just the opposite effect. Thev ruin the building they are applied to. We offer our mixed paints at from 25 to 50 per cent below the market value, and the number of years that it has been used anti the satisfaction that it has giv en is ample proof of its tine quality. Hammocks. Trousers. After working hours and on Sundavs ham- *■' have just received a line <l line trousers mocks are invaluable. They afford the larg- made lor summer wear. I'hoj are correctly est proportion of comfort at the smallest in- ni <ole and eoi ieit in sty le. A line o Oil** vestment. Here are haminoe s in all styles, at oDC, ol ami O-.-0 all colors at < . 69c 98c $1.53 u '‘ l 5 aild |{,,J s Clotllll, S it it is a suit you want and it it is c(nalitv ,mb " l - va you look for our clothing depart * incut should interest vou. We have again Hosiery for men, women and children all received anew line of tine suits for Summer colors and a varietv vvhic • ake 1 - it easy t<> wear. “'S”""- $3.85 F “ r y. 9c a.,,118c M :r:" iN $7.30. sio 412.50 news item. The Chicago & North Western ami Cnion Pacific have given notice of tin all. til excursion tickets to Colorado Utah daring the coming summer >n the following basis of rates: From July Ist to Mth inclusive, and ■eptember Ist to 10th inclusive, tickets ...;. i e old from Chicago to Denver, Vdonidu Springs and Pueblo and re urn at rate of s‘Jl.Ob; Glenwood Springs md return *31.00; Ogden and Salt Lake City and return slu.uii; tickets to ’oh >rad<i points to he limited to < )ctoiler list, and to Utah points UO days not to exceed < ictober 111 st. From June lb to noth inclusive, and from July loth to August Hist, inclu ■ive. tickets v. ill be sold from Chicago to Denver. < olorado Springs Pueblo uuf retina a: rate of >ll .►; nlmwo and Springs n 1 return |lH,."io. Ogden. Salt Lake < it; and return *ll lu. Tickets it t' c rates limited to *3O days, •see] ! that o!i tickets sold oil June 1 Will. Mlh la y 10th. Mli'il and 30th, Augml ith UHh. "Uth and "7lh. limit will be Oct bet- Hist, on Colorado tickets, ami on Utah tickets l<o days, but in no case to exeee 1 < tetober 31st. Stop overs to be given on Colorado tickets oft going trip only at Colorado common points within final limit. Stopovers to lie given on t'tah tickets limited to 00 days not to exceed Octo ber 31st at and west of Colorado com mon points in both directions within 80 days going and return transit limit. Stopovers on Utah 30 day tickets in both directions at and west of Colorado common points within final limit. The "Chicago Sjiecial' One night to Denver leaves Chicago 10.00 a. in. every morning and arrives at Denver 3.00 p. m. the next afternoon. The ‘'Pacific Express" leaves Chicago 10 30 p. in, every night and arrives Derive early the second morning. The "Over land Limited" leaves Chicago 6.30 p, m daily, only two days to Utah k The man who comes out Second best in a personal encounter with a cyclone never again speaks of triHes light as air. Every man is a hero to the woman to whom he offers his name. Overwork kills fewer men than ex ci s ive leisure. tlf your wheel needs repairing, remem her we have the fa- JJ cilities for doing good and satisfac tory work at low We sell second hand wheels at $1.50 up. Ciias. F. Schuetze Cos. 1206 Washington St. Manitowoc, Wis. Vlctiirlu'a Imllnn Uli'iiilnnla. I he late queen’s Indian attendants have been retired on pensions, says ’Truth, and several of them have al ready returned to their native land. The departure of these oriental menials from England will not be re gretted by anyone about the court, as they gave nn enormous deal of trouble, and, being regarded as priv ileged persons, they were excessive ly arrogant and Insolent to the lirit ish domestics, most of whom both feared and detested them. They were a constant source of worry, fuss and anxiety. The qu -en’s munshi— Hafiz Abdul Karin who has been a powerful personage at court for the last 15 years or so. is also going hack to India with a pension. The munshi uiuj his wife had a .charming cottage oirlhe Frogrnore demesne, and a house was built for them a few years ago in the Balmoral grounds. A Nobh* liilhtllhne**, King Kdvvurd inherits that fine trait of his mother which vvn.s marked by her faithful care and affection for those who had spent their lives in her service. I’on t xet side-tracked in business. Dullness sometimes passes for death. Men with brains reach the xoal. Rocky Mountain Ten puts xray matter into one's head. 2130. F. C. Ruerstatte. It is only a step from curl papers at the breakfast table to a combing-sack at luncheon ami old shoes in the evening. fTO. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH Pennyroyal pills w> V?*** 1,1 rue* a ,i.* hi". *,! iN ~ T*** > r. ‘ '■ I <tl. ■■ no athcr. U.-Tu.. I ’ J " s * TL s ul..|ltulli.n. mi<l Imlla . / W ■* • ' ' e ii *l a. > I V jf "aT'VIU V“ ,V 'l'.nd no in'To \. A Ur i Hull • ’ (Mill l. .• n. u * ,;,j s " .. . ~ru *< l J < ilch-u-r < lu-nlral tW. •iratlon lltli I'blLA. ma| Leery woman thicks her understand. in is at least 17 times greater than her feet. Dont Be Fooled* @The marlot i being flooded with worthies* Imitation.* of ROCKY MOUNTAIN To protect the public we call especial attention to our trade mark, printed on every pack' age. Demand the genuine. For Sale by all OraggMg, ( to