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MRS. FENTON BY W. E. NORRIS CHAPTER XIX. Human nature being what It is, one hardly ventures to blame the skepti cism of those who den ■ that any man can feel a fraternal affection for a woman of his own age who Is not his sister. Mrs. Fenton ought, no doubt, to have provided herself with a chap eron before inviting her cousin to stay with her; and when she laughingly asked hin vhether he thought that she had compromised herself by what she had done, he answered that perhaps it would be as well not to mention It to her friends. She said she would be careful to ab stain from doing so. "Meanwhile,” she added, "ae nobody knows us here, and as nobody need ever know that you have been here, we will make the most of our time and enjoy ourselves. 1 don't think we should have enjoyed ourselves very much in the company of a third person." He didn't think so either, and was far from regretting the absence of such an incumbrance. Of his cousin's com pany he had Just as much as he chose to ask for and no more. She break fasted in her own room; she scrupu lously avoiding thrusting herself upon hirn at any hour of the day; she did not suggest that they should make ex cursions in the neigh ••hood, nor did she attempt to provi amusements him. Only she was always at hand when he looked for her, and always de lighted to do anything that he pro po * and. “You are spoiling me, I,aura.” h said to her one evening when they were sitting in the garden after dinner as usual; "you give way to me in every thing; you make me say what I should like, and then you do It as if you had only been waiting for orders. That Is all wrong, you know.” "My motives are purely selfish,” she answered; “it pleases me to please you. Besides, there are some people who are born to be spoiled, and I think you are one of them. I dare say It won't do you much harm.” "I am not so sure of that,” returned the young man, shaking his heal. "Thus far I have been tolerably mod est, because there has been nobody to interfere with me; but 1 shouldn't won der if you were to find me rather over bearing and tyrannical when you come up to London again. I shan’t like be ing told that you are engaged when 1 want you to give up an afternoon t me. By the way, when are you com ing back to London?” 'I don't know; I haven't thought much about it yet. When will you oe there?” Oh, I shall be there to-morrow evening, I'm sorry to say. I shan't stay more than a day or two, because I have a few weeks of shooting In prospect at different places; but I sup pose before the end of next month 1 shall have pretty well settled down for the winter.” 'To-morrow evening:” exclaimed Mrs. Fenton, In a voice of consterna tion; “you are going to desert me al ready, then! Wei., I won't beg you t > stay. Of course it has been dull fo you; but you have been very good about it and haven’t even looked borjd the whole time, and ” "You know vey well that I have never felt so," lnterrppted Fred. “Haven’t you? Well, your looks pretty generally reflect your feelings. I must confess. Anyhow, I'm not un grateful— though I'm sorry. And now. as this Is to be our last evening, may 1 dictate the program, for once? That will give me an opportunity of Judging whether you are spoiled yet or not." Fred, of course, replied that she might dictate anything she lik.J, and no undue advantage was taken of h' complaisance, for it seemed that she only wanted to go out In a boat. "You needn't take the oars if you would rather sit in the stern knd smoke," she added; "I'm quite accus tomed to rowing.” But he said that he, too, had ha 1 some little experience of that kind, and that, if she didn't mind his taking it easy, he thought he could manage to combine smoking and sculling. Ten minutes later they were out upon th.- sea. Which was almost as calm as a lake. ”1 love to be on the sea,” said Mrs Fenton. “If I am ever so short a dis tance from shore I feel as if I had got out of the world away from all the cruel peop'e, and the malignant people, and the wearisome people whom one calls one's fellow-creatures.” “But I thought you rather liked the society of your fellow-creatures," Fred remarked. “Oh. they are Indispensable, of courae; one can't remain In the world and take no notice of them. But some of them have treated me badly, and some I am afraid of; and I often think how delightful It would be to escape altogether from this world with—shall I say, with one of them?" Fred rested on his oars, pitched away his cigar, and sighed. "I should think it very delightful. In deed. if you were the cme,” he s<,'d. "I’m afraid you wouldn't. I have tired you in a week, you see; and 1 knew I should, though I have tried hard not to.be tiresome.” Fred protested warmly against so false an accusation. Did she suppos\ he asked, that l.e lik<-d leaving her? Bid she suppose that he would enjoy going up to London to meet Mr. Brefttt, who wanted to see him about some matters of business? All he could say was that nothing would give him greater personal satisfaction than to stay where he was and throw up every engagement that be had made for the next month. "Throw them up. then,” she return ed; "that Is easily done." But when he opened his lips to reply, she held up her hand and stopped him. ' Don't be ridiculous." she said, laughing; "you can't throw up all your engagements; and If you could 1 wouldn't let you. I am selfish. I own. but I am not quite so selfish as that. Only '■ shall miss you dreadfully, and 1 don’t know when I shall see you again, or whether 1 shall ever see you again in this way; and so " She did not finish her sentence. Her voice seemed to fail her suddenly; and when he t ent forward to look at her he saw that there were tears In her eyes This discovery—-or possibly another discovery, which he might have mads before if he had not been a little dull of apprehension—completely upset hts mental balance, and left him at the mercy of the impulses and emotions of the moment. He took her hand, wh'ch she had allowed to fall listlessly upon her knee, and she did not withdraw It from his grasp. "Laura!” he exclaimed. "1 love you! We need' 't part any more unless you wish It.” CHAPTER XX. There is no doubt that if Fred Mus grave had been asked five minutes be lore whether he was in love with his cousin he would have replied in the negative; vet his heart beat fast while he waited for her answer, and he drew a breath of relief when the answer came, though in truth he had known quite well what It would be. The old saying that love begets tove may not be as absurd as it apt-ears to be upon the face of it. That is does not always do so Is obvious, but under certain con ditions it is by no means unlikely to produce that effect, and that these con ditions existed in the present case Mrs. Fenton was well aware. She confessed as much. Indeed, after an Interval, dur ing which the usual incoherent vows had been exchanged. This has been all my doing from be ginning to end, Fred.” said she. "When you came here you were very serry for yourself, ai.c because I consoled you a little you liked me. Then, at this last moment, you became sorry for me and that finished you. It is no use making generous offers which you wouldn’t accept to-night; but I prom ise you—and I want you to believe It, because it is the truth—that if to-mor row morning, or at any future time, you should wish to draw back, you may do so. and you shall not hear one syllable of reproach from me.” However, when the next morning came. Fred had no such wish. If eight hours of sleep, and the mftre dispas sionate view -v things whieh naturally resulted therefrom affected him in any way, it was only in so far as it brought a somewhat important circumstance to his recollection. "Has it struck you, Laura,” he took the earliest opportunity of asking his betrothed, "that by marrying you J shall get my uncle's money after all?” “Why, of course it has, you goose!” she answered. “That’s Just the glori ous part of it. You don't know how miserable that money has often made me! Rejoiced though I was to be de livered from the bondage of poverty, it h~s never really made me quite happy, because I have always felt that I was robbing you.” She was radiant. Her spirits fair.y overpowered her and found vent in some exhibitions of childishness which he thought very charming. There was no use in telling her that all his friends would certainly set him down as a for tune-hunter. "Let them!" she return ed; "w-ho cares? Come now; you are not going to tell me that you care what they say, I hope. If you do, I shall think that you can't care very much about me. Am I so hideous that no body would marry me except for the sake of my income?” What could he do but asseverate that he did love her, and would always love her? He was doubtless sincere; yet it would have been plain enough to any on-looker that he did not care for her as she cared for him, and it is probable that Mrs. Fe iton, whose perceptions were exceedingly keen, did not deceive herself upon that point. Nevertheless, she was wildly happy, and her high spirits did not desert her until It ap peared that, in spite of what had taken place, Fred still meant to go up to London that afternoon. Her distress at this announcement was out of ail proportion to its cause. Stie Implored him not to leave her, she declared that if he went away now she was sure he would never come back again; and when he laughed at her, pointing out what nonsense this was, and that a man must keep his business appoint ments. and that his absence would not extend over more than three days at the outside, she .vas only partially re assured "But what about those shooting par ties'!" she asked, apprehensively. “You don t want to give them up, do you?” "I certainly do want to give them up,” he answered, "and I certainly will, if I’m no back here the day after to morrow, 1 shall be back on the follow ing day lor certain.” “I shall bilieve that when I see you,” sko sighed. "Nothing is certain; all sorts of drea Iful things may happen at any l ment.’ it - - agreed between them that they should be married as soon as pos sible —perhaps In the month of Novem ber —and then they would go abroad for the winter, and on their return they would see about providing them selves with a permanent home. Mrs Fenton insisted upon accom panying him to the station; it may he that up to the last moment she had some faint hope that he would relent, but she knew that she must not be sil ly or exacting; and he, for his part, having no acquaintance with the an guish of nervousness, had never thought of abandoning his Journey. H-? would have been better pleased if she would have allowed him to say good by to her in her own house, where, of course, good-by could be said in a more agreeable and emphatic fashion than upon a public platform; still, he was willirg to indulge her; and so, when the train had come in and he had Jumped into a smoking-carriage, he contented himself with sqeezing her hand and bestowing an eloquent look upon her. As Mrs. Fenton made her way slow ly homewards she said to herself that there was really nothing to cry about. Only by some extraordinary and most improbable stroke of ill-fortune could she now be deprived of what, until yesterday, had seemed to her to be al most hopelessly out of her reach. Luck, which for so many years had been against her, appeared at last to have definitely taken her side —according to the doctrine of averages, some months at least ought to **!.ipse before it turn ed round again. Despondency with her never lasted long. She went and sat upon the beach and threw pebbles into the sea and forgot certain catastrophes upon the possible occurrence of which sh” had allowed her mind to dwell for u while. She began, instead, to build castles in the air. which is a far more sensible thing to do. It was evening when she. rose and strolled toward her temporary abode. In o-der to reach it she had to cross a toard walk, where a German band was playing, and where the attractive be ings whom she had described in her Utter to Fred were pacing to and fro it large numbers. She contemplated them with friendly and lenient eyes; for amongst them were many lovers— cr. at any rate, potential lovers—and she felt that she was bound to them by the tie of a common humanity. But these sentiments of abstract benevolence were replaced by an emo tion of a keener and very different kind, when her eyes suddenly encoun tered those of a soiitarv Individual who formed one of the throng. This was a swarthy, vulgar-looking little mar, whose age might have been anything between 40 and 50. He stared very hard at Mrs. Kenton, who, for a mo ment, returned his stare and then passed on. Her face expressed neither recognition r.or perturbation; but the color had left her cheeks, and. after crossing the road, she quickened h*r pace considerably. When she reached the little Iron gate which gave access to her garden she glanced for one sec | ond over her shoulder. It was as she | had thought: the man in the check guff | had followed her. and from a distance ; of some fifty yards or so was watching ! her movements. He new turned away i and retraced his steps. Mrs. Fenton had led a life of some ; peril and adventure, and. like others | whose experience has been of that na | ture. she seldom lost her presence of mind in an emergency. The moment i that she entered the house she rang for I her maid, and gave orders that her I things were to be o a eked up forth- I with. “I find that I shall hare to go to Paris to-morrow," she said. “We will leave this place by the night mail. Te’i somebody to take this check to the house-agent’s at once, and to wait for a receipt. I shall not want to occupy the house during the remainder of the term.” She issued her behests in a some what peremptory tone, but with no ap pearance of agitation or alarm. Yet she was in truth very much agitated and not a little frightened. “There is no doubt about his having recognized me,” she was thinking. "He will come here in the morning, and he will know that I have run away from him. Well —it looks as If I couldn't be destined to suffer shipwreck in this way. any how.” Nevertheless her nerves were In a state of agonizing tension for the next few hours and not until she was being whirled toward London in the express did she breathe freely once more. (To be continued.) DROPPING FROM THE CLOUDS. Aeronaut Describes How It Feel' to Descend With a Parachute How it feels to drop from the clouds in a parachute Is thrillingly de scribed in Popular Mechanics by Capt. Pen fold, famous Australian aeronaut. He says: “Glancing up at your para chute to see if the cords are disen tangled you grasp your trapeze rope by one hand, your cutaway line with the other, cross your legs around your trapeze bar. collect your thoughts and pull your knife. At once the wind rushes past you, the trapeze seems not to hold your weight, you fall as If pushed, unprepared, from a high stage into the water at the baths. You look overhead to see the parachute open, the parachute cloth is dropping in a bundle to reach you, as it were, but before it does your weight tells and pulls the cords straight, the wind catches under the cloth of your can opy, you have a few anxious moments as It slowly unfolds like a huge um brella, and with a slight tug as if a fish were running away with your fish ing line you are supported like a feather, and you experience a feeling of satisfaction and safety. Down you float to terra flrma like a bird on outstretched wings, and If It is a calm day your descent Is almost vertical at the rate of eight to ten feet a sec ond. When nearing the ground the earth seems to rush up to meet you, and what at a height of 1,000 feet seemed a small box in an allotment turns out now to be a good-sized house. You reach the ground as if in a free drop from a height of about four feet.” Iniiluna to the Front. Indians of the Nez Perce tribe In northern Idaho have taken a stand against open liquor selling and so called “boot-legging” that 1s sure to be a factor In the local option elec tions. Reports received from Spokane from the Clearwater and Snake Ulcer districts say that the church-going In dians have joined forces at Kamiah to work among their fellows in the fight against liquor, and there is every indication that their influence will be felt throughout Nez Perce and Idaho counties. More than 300 red men, Identified with the Nez Perce Temperance Club, attended the meeting cf Kamiah to form plans for the registering of the enfranchised member-., of the tribe and secure their presence at the election. The meeting, which lasted until 2:00 o'clock the morning of March 6, was addressed by Samuel Cone, special government officer; Rev. James Hayes, pastor of the church, a Carlisle grad uate, and other prominent campaign ers. Mr. Cone required the services of an interpreter, but the others spoke in the Nez Perce tongue, and a state ment by Mr. Hayes, who said that during the recent local option cam paign In Idaho county the saloon keep ers tried to prevent the registration of Indians, "because they did not have sense enough to vote right,” created a sensation. Seventy persons in the audience are residents of Idaho county, but they promised to remain in Nez Perce coun ty uDtil after the election to assist In getting out the voters. The most telling speech of the even ing was made by John Cook, one of the oldest members of the tribe, who said that all the troubles between the Indians and the whites, including the Nez Perce war in 1877-78, led by Chief Joseph for the Indians, and General O O. Howard with the United States soldiers, was caused by whiskey sup plied to the indians. —National Advo cate. Sldellitbts on the Maine Situation, There is no disposition on the part of the Intelligent and law-abiding citi zens of Maine to surrender the pro hibitory polity or relax its enforce ment on this account The state is defending, ly hei attorney general, the sheriffs of Maine In the suit brought by the wholesale liquor dealers under the Federa statute. Prohibition is the settled policy of the intelligent citizenship of Maine. After half a cen tury of experience the people believe in prohibition as sane in method and right in principle and therefore ca pable of securing valuable results for the general well-being and betterment of the whole people. Business and professional men of all political faiths as wed as men and women organized for distinctly moral and religious progress are more universally in ac cord with the prohibitory policy titan ever before in the history of the state. The sense of the absolute righteous ness of the policy laying hold of the consciences of the fathers and mothers has sustained the law through its hard experiences. A native faith in the ultimate triumph of a right policy, because it is right, accounts for the persistence of prohibition in Maine. And this faith is one of the grandest moral assets of the state or nation It was this faith to whieh Lincoln ap pealed in the nation’s crisis when on Feb. 27. 1860. Ir Cooper Union, he closed his immortal address with these words, “Let us have faith that right makes might and in that taith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it"—National Magazine. I*worts Psld t.erman Workers. The toy makeis of Sonneberg are among the worst paid workpeople in Germany. It often happens that the earnings of a Sonneberg workman and his family, working sixteen hours a day. do not exceed $2.40 a week about three years ago there was an exhibition of home industries in Ber lin. where articles from Sonneberg were displayed, the making of which was paid for at the rate of 4 cents an hour. Numerous instances are on record of children after school hours working six hours at a stretch coloring and ! polishing the heads of dolls for a pit tance of cents an hour. The fa-ors you get for nothing are often wo-th that much. A worm n s Idea of an easy mark Is from a dollar to 9S cents. kVAYS OF SERVING POTATO Recipes for a Week’s Daily Variatior of the Vegetable for Those Who Have It Habitually. For the household which demands its “daily potato” here is a sugges tion and a recipe for a daily variation of the vegetable: Sunday—Mashed potatoes, pod, thin, steam, place in a pan and mash. Add milk, butter and 6alt, and beat like a cake batter, the longer the bet ter, till they are nice and light. This steaming and heating will be a great Improvement. Monday—Bake potatoes In their jackets. If any are left over they may be warmed; do not peel them till cold, and then slice. Tuesday—Peel and bake them with roast beef. Wednesday—The potatoes are sliced thin as for frying and allowed to re main In cold water half an hour. The xlices are then put in a pudding dish with salt and pepper and some milk, about one-half pint; put into an oven and bake for an hour. Thursday—Peel, steam and serve whole. Friday—Potatoes ala pancake. Peel, cut In thin slices, lengthwise, sprinkle with pepper and salt and fry In butter or beef like griddle cakes. Saturday—Potatoes boiled in their jackets. Never try any brass or silver polish on lacquered ware. It will mean re lacquering if you do. When cooking dried peaches rub or cut oft the skin. They will have when cooked a totally different and more delicate flavor. If the flavor of onions is unpleasant afterward—they are not digestible with every one—use soda mint or a pinch of salt on tongue. The secret of keeping chamois skin soft and supple is to hang it up to dry while still soapy. Remember this when washing chamois gloves. If there Is no regular day for silver cleaning the hostess will frequently be mortified by that sign of bad house keeping, dingy table silver. The cook who knows how to make good soup clears it with the white of an egg. It gathers together all small solids, as it does when dropped into coffee, thus making it clear. Do not use either bread or cracker crumbs without seasoning. No amount of seasoning in the interior of a cro quette or other made dish will make up for this omission. Try putting horseradish through a meat chopper instead of grating It. It is much less trying to prepare. Bread crumbs are also more easily prepared- If run through the finest cogs of the meat chopper. Knives that are used in peeling or cutting an onion should be immediate ly plunged into boiling water, then rubbed with sand soap and well rinsed or they may flavor the next thing that is cut with them. Cream of Cucumber. Peel two large cucumbers, cut them in quarters, remove the seeds and slice coarsely. Parboil In salted wa ter and drain. Put in a saucepan with two tablespoons of butter and one small onion, minced; cook together for ten minutes. Season with sugar, salt, pepper and celery salt as re quired. Melt in another saucepan two tablespoons butter, stir in a table spoon flour and cook without brown ing; add the cooked cucumber and one quart of hot milk. Cook slowly for ten minutes. Beat well the yolk of one egg in the tureen. Pour the soup slowly on the beaten yolk and serve with wafers and croutons. Simple Process for Bleaching. Bleaching is a much simpler process than dyeing, and as a means of rejuve nating old garments is often more sat isfactory. Boiling for three hours in a solution of cream of tartar, the propor tions being one tablesponful to a quart of water, is said to remove all traces of any color that does not represent Itself as “fast." With ‘‘fast" colors It may be necessary to "epeat the process. Bananas a La West. Strip the peel from any number of bananas, being careful to remove all the fine bitter strings. Halve each crosswise, dip Into sweetened lemon juice, then roll In finely-chopped nuts. Lay on a buttered pan and bake In a very hot oven until they can be eas ily pierced with a fork; this will take about twelve minutes. Serve either hot or cold. Gypsy Stew. Try this in your chafing dish; Three pounds of chopped veal, add just a little water and cook until ten der, then add one half pound of cheese cut fine; one cupful of English walnut meats, cut fine; dash of red pepper; one cupful of cream, and one cupful of milk; serve hot on buttered toast. Rocks. Three eggs well beaten, one cupful of butter, cupfuls of brow n sugar, three-quarters pound raisins, one-quar ter pound of English walnuts in fine pieces, two cupfuls of flour, one tea spoonful of soda dissolved in water Drop teaspoonfuls cn a buttered par pud bake slowly. Little Helps. In sewing up seams on thin goods use narrow hemmer. To turn hems for napkins or tablecloths run through hemmer with needle unthread ed. Get a ball of crochet cotton for sewing on buttons and for button holes. Keeping Curtains Clean. To prevent curtains from becoming soiled when the windows are open, by blowing against the screens, attach a safety pin to hem of curtain and catch over a small brass hook, screwed to the side of window, at a convenient height. Eggs With Tomato Sauce. Boil six eggs hard; cut them length wise in halves and lay In a dish. Cov er with seasoned tomato sauce. Stand over hot water for 15 minutes and serve. FIJIAN COMMUNISM NATIVES OF THE ISLANDS HAVE ALL THINGS IN COMMON. Dr. Basil Wilson, on the Staff of Brit ish Government Physicians, Talks Interestingly of the People, Their Habits and Customs. Accounts of a primitive communism in actual present working are brought by Dr. Basil Wilson, who is on a visit to Montreal. Dr. Wilson comes. direct from Fiji, where he has lived for the •last seven years, and reports that the matives of those islands still have all things in common. “The land is held by the commu nity,” he told a representative of the Family Herald, “and each man has his little patch given him to work. Then, whether his crop Is big or little, he draws his share out of the common produce. The chief gets a larger share than the other members of the tribe, but each has a right to his share, which Is settled by tribal cus tom. “Nor Is this the only form of com munism at work. Not all the land is held by the natives. They are able to sell and have sold land to white men and to natives of India, who re side In Fiji in large numbers. In such cases the land is sold by the tribe and the proceeds of the sale are di vided among the tribe as is the pro duce of their lands.” Dr. Wilson stated that the native population of the islands was about 120,000, while there are 35,009 Indians and four or five thousand whites. The Indians have come over from India under indenture to work the sugar plantations. They are indentured for five years and then are free to stay in the islands or returij, as they wish. After spending five years as free men in Fiji they are entitled to a free pas sage back to India, but comparatively few avail themselves of it. They find life so much easier in Fiji that they prefer to stay. They go into garden ing and small trading chiefly. Their success in trading has given rise to some feeling against them on the part of the small white trader, but there is no such problem as has arisen in South Africa in this regard. Dr. Wilson is a member cf the far flung line of the British government service. He is one of a staff of gov ernment physicians who are charged with the care of the natives and the indentured Indians. They are also allowed to practise privately among the white and free Indian population. There are at present only two private physicians in Fiji; they live in Suva, the capital, where the white popula tion is large. The period of service of the government physicians is seven years and Dr. Wilson is now on his way home on a year's furlough. Growths Which Exhaust Trees. The growths which spring up near plum and other fruit trees and roses have an exhausting effect, and are rightly termed suckers. They should be carefully cut away from their point of origin, removing a little soil for the purpose. It is useless to cut them off near the ground; remove the soil down to the rroot from which they spring, and make a clean cut with a sharp knife. It may be stated that the principal cause of the appearance of suckers around fruit trees is the damage done by digging among the roots of the trees with the spade. When carelessly used the spade scrapes the surfaces of the thicker roots, and from these wounded sur faces the suckers spring. When roses throw up suckers around their base it is owing to the non removal of the buds in preparing the stocks before planting.—Denver Times. Carnegie’s Daughter. Margaret Carnegie, daughter of An drew Carnegie, is an almost constant companion of her father. She is bright ana vivacious, thoroughly unspoiled, and is excellent company for the multi millionaire on his strolls in Central park. She is so strong and healthy now that she no longer gives her par ents any worry, but instead is full of animal spirits and strength. She has been trained after the manner of the Scotch and is thoroughly unaffected. She has her father’s keeness of mind. Several years ago she gave her parents much worry. She sprained her ankle in Skibo castle and for more than a year she was compelled to wear a brace. It was feared she might be a cripple permanently. That trouble, however, was cured and the girl who some day may Inherit more than SIOO,- 000,000 now is thoroughly strong. Holds Record for Titled Suitors. Always at the feet of the lovely Miss Marie Gebhard kneel princes and dukes, each imploring her to be stow on him her hand —and incidental ly her great fortune. She is the daughter of the late William Gebhard of New York and first cousin of Mrs. Frederick Wilson and Frederic Geb hard. Miss Gebhard and hir mother havt lived in Paris several years. Ad miring rumor has it that she has re jected more titled suitors than any woman of her native country or, in deed, of Europe. Actually she has been compelled to take long journeys to escape the noblemen attracted by her beauty, wealth and wit.—New York World. Sweet Peace. “Mrs. Naggett,” said the doctor, “vour husband needs a rest. He mist go to Hastings for three months.” “Oh. splendid!” she exclaimed. “I'll be delighted to go there.” “Very good. You go there for three months after he comes back. That will give him six months' rest."—Tit- Bits. General Tendency. "Even if you can't enjoy best sell ers!” said the meditative person, “there are books in the running brooks, you know.” "Yes,” replied Miss Cayenne; “but even the brooks are getting dryer every year." Occupation of Contradictions. "Biographers have paradoxical sort of work, haven't they?” ‘ln what way?” "They never take people's lives un til the people are dead.” Only One. Seymour—l thought you told me the other day that Splicetoo had two wives. Ashley—l told you nothing of the kind; I simply remarked that he was married to his wife's sister's sister. SLEEPING IN THE OPEN AIR Jseful Book With Full Directions Givt n Away by Philanthrop e Association. ‘ Direction for Living and Sleeping n the Open Air," is the title of a pamphlet being sent out by the Na im al Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis to Its local | epresentatives in all parts of the United States. The pamphlet is meant to be a handbook of informa tion for anybody who desires to sleep out tf tT ors In his own home. It em phasizes the fact that outdoor sleep ing is as desirable for the well as for sick. The booklet will be sent free of charge to any one applying for it at the litadquarters of the National As sociation for the Study and Preven tion of Tuberculosis In New York, or to the secretary of any local or state intitubereulosts association. Some of the subjects of which the camphlet treats are. bow to take the open-air treatment in a tenement Louse; how to build a small shack or rabln on a flat roof In the city; how to make one comfortable while sleep ing outdoors either In hot or co!d weather: how to arrange a porch on a country house; and bow to build a cheap porch; the construction of tents and ten houses; the kinds of beds and bedding to use in outdoor sleep ing, and various other topics. The book is well illustrated and attrac tively prepared. SOFT, WHITE HANDS May Be Obtained in One Night. For preserving the hands as well as for preventing redness, roughness, ind chapping, and imparting that vel rety softness and whiteness much de sired by women Cuticura Soap, assist sd by Cuticura Ointment, is believed to be superior to all other skin soaps. For those who work in corrosive liquids, or at occupations which tend to injure the hands, it is invaluable. Treatment—Bathe and soak the hands on retiring in a strong, hot, creamy lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry and anoint freely with Cuticura Oint ment, and in severe cases spread the Cutiovra Ointment on thin pieces of old linen or cotton. Wear during the night old, loose gloves, or a light ban dage of o’d cotton or linen to protect the clothing from stain. For red, rough, and chapped hands, dry, fis sured, itching, feverish palms, and shapeless nails with painful finger ends, this treatment is most effective. Cuticura Remedies are sold through out the world. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., sole proprietors, Boston, Mass. 3NE THING CERTAIN. e^nr-s "Dou you know,” shouted the earn est orator, “what to do to the trust?" "No, but I know blame well what they’re doing to us!” said a man In the front row. Autoing and Optics. "Is not auto driving terribly hard on the eyes?” we asked. "Well, I guess not," replied the chauffeur, withering us with scorn "Why, before I got to runnin’ a car I was thinkln’ o’ gettin’ specks, my eye sight was that poor I couldn't see the contribution box in church until it was so near past ine it was too late to dig for any money. But I hadn't been runnin’ that wagon two days till I could see a policeman’s little finger stickin’ out from behind a tree four miles away. I coult even see which way a copper’s eyeballs were turned if he was standin’ in the shade three miles off. Hard on the eyes! Well, not much! It’s the best medicine for weak eyes that was ever invented, don’t you forget It.” Incorruptible. The lady of the house hesitated. “Are my answers all right?” she asked. “Yes, madam,” replied the census man. "Didn’t bother you a bit, did I?” “No. madam." “Feel under some obligations to me, don't you?” “Yes, madam.” “Then, perhaps you won't mind tell ing me how old the woman next door claims to be?" ‘ Good day, madam,” said the census man. Their Object. Banks —The women of my town have formed a secret society. Rivers —A secret society? Surely, that’s a misnomer; women don't know how to keep secrets. Banks —But they know how to tell them, and that’s why they formed the society. Otherwise Hopeless. “My daughter's voice Is to be tried today.” “Have you fixed the jury?"—Cleve land Leader. Mrm. WlniioTr * Soothing Ryrnp. ForctJiiar**D tattling. LD* a ji mis tuaiau'wMfi.dilaMpain.cure*viixlcuiic. Many of us have cause to be thank rul for what we don't get. Strong Healthy Women . • II a woman ia strong and healthy in a womanly way, moth- JKLJBfet j trhood means to her but little suffering. Tbe trouble lies in the fact that the many women suffer from weakness and disease of the distinctly feminine organism and are unfitted 'f| lor motherhood. This can be remedied. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Curse the weaknesses azvd disorder* of women. It ec-te directly on Use delicate and important organs concerned in motherhood, making them - H|S< healthy, strong, vigorous, virile end elastic. HI “Favorite Prescription ’* banishes tbe indispositions of tbe I) period of expectancy end makes hehy's advent easy end almost painless. It q the kens sad vitalizes tbe feminine organs, and insures e healthy and robust baby. Thousand* of women have testified to its mirveioui merits. It Makes Weak Women Strong. ft Makes Sick Women Welt. Honest druggists do not offer substitute*, and urge them upon you ss “ just as good.'' Aceept no secret nostrum ia place of this a en-teerrt remedy. It coo tains not e drop of alcohol end not e grain of habit-forming or injur,© us drugs. Is a pare glyoeric extract of healing, native American roots. SHE RECOGNIZED THE VOICE And From Lerrark Made, Also Knew the Frrty Was Not En gaged in Prayer. Confidential friends of Louis B, Shields are telling this story about that eminent Republican. A state convention at Columbus had just ad journed and the Cuyahoga county delegates were a’l lack tome when somebody suggested a friendly game of poker. The game was going along right irerri y at three a. m. At that hour an officious attendant called up Mr. Shields’ residence, which happened to be almost next door. "This is long distance," said the servant with no warrant oi authority whatever. “We are all here In Co lumbus and can't get home un.il morr ing." “That's all right," came back the reply, "but if that voice I hear in the apartment bouse next floor saying ’that’s good' isn't Mr. Shields* then I can't recognize a voice h n 1 hear It at night." And that is the end of the story, for the voice saying “that's good” was indeed that of Mr. Shields, and it was so near home, so the narrator relates, that there was no use in offering a denial.—Cleveland Leader. Casey at the Bat. This famous poem is contained in the Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910, together with records, schedules for both leagues and other valuable baseball information compiled by au thorities. This interesting book sent by the Coca-Cola Cos., of Atlanta. Ga.. on receipt of ?c stamp for posiage. A'so copy of their booklet ‘The Truth About Coca-Cola” which tells all about this delicious oeverage and why it Is so pure, wholesome and refreshing Are you ever hot —tired—thirsty? Drink Coca-Cola—it is cooling, re lieves fatigue and quenches the thirst. At soda fountains and car bonated in bottles —5c everywhere. She Lives in Bingvllle. A south Missouri paper is carrying this ad.; "Attractive woman, not a day over thirty, would he pleased to corre spond with eligible man. Not abso lutely necessary that he should be young. Would prefer one with prop erty, but one with a good paying posi tion would be satisfactory. The young lady is of medium height, has brown hair and gray eyes, not fat, although, most decidedly, she is not skinny. Her friends say she is a fine looking woman. Object matrimony. Reason for this advertisement, the young woman lives in a little dinky town, where the best catches are the boys behind the counters in the dry goods and c!othiug stores, and every one of (hem is spoken for by thi time he is out of his short pants. Address Hazel Eyes, Box 23, Bingvllle, Mo.” — Kansas City Star. Back tc the Tall Timber. Alfred —A - e you going to pass your veation at the seashore? Gilbert —No, thank you. It's the woods f or .nine this year. Alfred —Don't like the shore, eh? Gilbert —Oh. 1 like it well enough, but It’s too risky. I passed my vaca t'd! there last year and had several narrow escapes. Alfred —From drowning? Gilbert—No; summer girls. Seven of them proposed to me. The srtirist can talk about the "av erage man” with Impunity, because every man considers himself above the average. Hr. Pierce's pleasant Pellets core constipation. Constipation ts the ranw of many dlscusi-s. (lire tbe cause and you cure tbe disease. Kaby to lake. And many a coming man neglects to arrive. 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Try 19m K |§ H M a box. Kvery dealer, everywhere OIT STANDARD OIL CO. ■I H H Hi Am H* (Incorporated; Alms and the Man. "Sure F ther Flaherty was a good man," Mr Murphy said of be deceased paii h priest. "He hated sin but he ■oved tb' tinner, an' he was all com passion an' patience an’ wisdom. There never was another lolke ’to f'r boldin' up hope to th' poor batthered men that had anny desire f’r good. " Faith.' said he to Con Meehan, th’ toirae th' bh'y was down an' out, faith, this soide uv paradise ’tlst all beginning again, over an'over, an' tin tcirues over!’ "An’ that keen," continued Mr. Murphy, " ’twas niver w orth whoile to keep back part av th' price av th’ l:.nd! Wid a twinkle in his eye he'd see clean through anny Ananias that iver walked. "An' gin'rous!" Mr. Murphy's voice dropped to a lower key and his eyes were wet as he added, "llis hand was always in his pockut, an' whin they prepared him f'r burial they found his light arm longer than his left wid stretchln' it out to th' poor."—Youths Companion. We live tru'y in proportion as w-e go out of ourselves and enter into the fulness of the experience of those whom we serve, and by whom in turn we are served.— Westcott. PNpp Send postal for * §*l iP Ir 1 Free l**’kage I I■Lala of Paxtine. Better and more economical than liquid antiseptics FOR ALL TOILET USES. Gives one a tweet breath; clean, white, germ-free teeth—antisepticaily clean mouth and throat —purifies the breath after smoking—dispel* all disagreeable perspiration and body odors— much ap preciated by dainty women. A quick remedy for sore eye* and catarrh. BA little Paxtine powder dis solved in s glass of hot water mikes a delightful antiseptic so lution, possessing extraordinary cleansing, germicidal and heal ing power, and absolutely harm less. Try a Sample. 50c. a large box at druggiAs or by mail. THE PAXTON Toilet CO., Boston, Mam. Cure the Horse While He Works Ellen's New Discovery w , m c "r K“ ld *4 l MtioulderH ana btokH, HcratcheH, ulcertt, running m.mth, nu <Ty sw.UlnpHand pimples, and do It while llic borne is at work. Ask your local harness or feed and -aler or send 25 cents for one half-pound trial package to W. J. SUTTON, State Agent 558 Market Street, - - Milwaukee DAISY FLY KII IFH^aa^ Thompson's Eye Walor Sickly Smile Wipe it off your otherwise good looking face —put on that good health smile that CAS CARETS will give you —as a result from the cure of Constipation—or a torpid liver. It’s so easy —do it—you’ll see. 91k CASCARETB Wc a boa lor a waek’a treatment, all dru**Ut. Btar*e aalltr la the world. Million bous a month. DEFIANCE STARCH-!LTsi —etber Ware be* oelf li onpcm mibi; pile* ul ••DCFtANCK" l FUPCRIOfI QUALITY. PATENTS 3SEEPSS3E W. N. U., MILWAUKEE, NO. 30-1910.