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t]t
gets the glory and
Sane packagse.
hat puts m old scoff
Sapensive headgear out of
Rthodes will probably never
.himself for not holding on a
longer.
of Persia has passed on
Italy to Germany. Italy is
fumigating.
till season has settled down
onezuela. Only three revolu
going on there now.
I Sage declares that capital
are closer now than ever
Da.Capital is, at any rate.
C paper coffins are to be
a new concern out in Iowa.
a one and you will use no
`mpndinng visitation of seven
locusts would not be so bad
ould cut out the orchestral
?Is disposed to insist on a
option of the idea that it is
r} hyphenated appendage to
saloonkeepers are serving
call the "Mary Maclane
, It is described as some
-BDoers get back to farm
do well if they make fur
same facility that they
be man now wears a
jthat cost him $15; but
to have meat more
" day.
did not ask the court
m'r aiden name. Mr.
ý core a point bl' having
chian&ed'. fI
Alfonso wants to sub
for bull fights as
of Spain. We think
ut their size.
ai was first to look
's crater. It must t
hlim of the historic
tunnel caved in.
Busher of Kentucky I
on a charge of I
., 'man with such a c
fal sooner or later. e
le country Is crying t
go would seem to b
man with the large tl
everything his own
,advocates athletics E
Qf dissipation, but B'
that the exercise of
I.has ruined many h
. ent crazy because r
*It is evident that
e been a Morgan
nave had Pierp's
hi
mad and stobs
bout the same posi
who stops his clock.
both go on just n
stout, the only h
e, lead the public he
the thought that the th
alffled to take the
of going to press
not forwarded a re
-'nobleman who ad
wants to marry a
R: osevelt has had
dog sent to the
.m.ly cat doubtless
to learn something
ui life.
ring to negotiate a
,iIn America. It is
e crowned heads of
iprng to make an
ilntlama hats.
I&s, conferred the Or
er upon two more of his
-. subjects. The king
eedcorations a little by
o$ an occasional pair of
~ 11wl to .rememember, however, "I
Tewk 'York ' lawyer who
eal while playing ping pong nel
Sgoie the same way even wa
ieen nothing more fierce ani
I.afnegle has given away wa
O9000,000 in his Ii- ar
si8milar enterprises, and
In sight of a poor man's all
wonder he is thinking of
8tsent in a few newspa- . i
pre
man who served lo- Sais
,ner party discovered fro.
)1an't brought their wa
t with them, but abs
 rt of knowing that for
dessert left for next T
OLOV DIVINE
SY KENNET? 7. HARRIS.
(Copyright, 1901, by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
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4 There was still the freshness of the
dawn in the air, and in the grass and
bfa tern that fringed the woodland road
of along the ridge was studded with glob
ules of dew that flashed and sparkled
in rainbow tints as the sunlight fell
er upon there through the trees. A little
a to one side of the road a girl with
brown hair was plucking scarlet and
black lilies and throwing them into a
basket and a young man with black
on hair was watching her graceful move
is ments with obvious admiration as he
leaned against the rough barked trunk
of a hickory tree. They were both
wn well looking, she in a placid, gent!e
wu- way and he after the fashion of the
southern man of the best type.
The girl looked up. "I should think
tal you might help me, now that you are
rer here," she said, reprc'chfully.
"I'd rather look at you," he replied,
"and I couldn't do that if I were pick
be ing flowers. Besides, I want to talk
va. to you."
no She colored under his ardent gaze.
but her eyes met his bravely. "That,
sounds selfish," she said, "--as if you
en- would rather do what you wish than
ad help me."
ral "There may be a double meaning 'n
that," he returned, "but I'm not go.
ing to take it to myself. I'll put you
a in the wrong-and pick flowers." He
is knelt in the patch of lilies and began
to to gather them and she smiled at him
gratefully.
"And you'll be reasonable in every
ng thing else?" she asked.
ne "It depends upon what you call rea
le- sonable," he replied. "If I thought that
you didn't care for me I'd be as rea
sonable as you please. I wouldn't get
m- up at an unholy hour in the morning
er. in spite of orders and wait for you to
y come out, and then follow you and
inflict my detested presence---"
"Oh, Dick!" said the girl, "and you
know how glad I was to see you. But
at you mustn't. You must be patient.".
re "I think I am," he said, "but why
you won't let me go squarely to your
father and ask for you I can't think.
rt The war is over now and it oughtn't
to take a man more than thirty years t
to realize it. I know that my dear dad
made up his mind to that long ago.
You'll see him at the Decoration serv- f
ices to-day with a bunch of flags and e
a basket of flowers and he'll be there
k because he feels like it." a
k "It's different with him," said the U
girl. "You don't understand, Dick. t
They were all secession people where s
k we used to live and it seemed as if f,
it they couldn't be unkind enough to him, a
c when they found that he was for the V
union. All his friends deserted him
and when he left they destroyed all sj
y his property, and all through the war tl
I he suffered so much, and he came out
a of it broken and crippled and altered sl
so much. They .think that he is cl
soured, and I heard someone sat once , of
g that he couldn't talk about anything a
but the war and abuse the South and
B the Democrats. It wasn't true." ca
S"Of course it wasn't," said the young tr
man, and he added, rather lamely, it
"He's all right. That's what I say. to
He's too sensible at heart to have pro- y
t undices. You just let me talk to him." te
He tossed the flowers that he was m
holding into the basket and took her he
hands in his. She made no effort to
release them, but shook her .ehad sor- in
ro*fully. "It would kill him," she
said.
He dropped one hand and his arm
stole around her waist and she turned
her face to his and their lips met
in a long kiss.
Suddenly she broke away from him.
"Oh, you should not have done that,"
she cried. "It can't be and you must ty
never-we must not meet again, ty
Dick. No," as he moved a step to- to,
ward her, "if you do I shall hate you.
You should understand. I am all he A
has and it would be the greatest un- ap
happiness of his sad life if he thought co
that I cared for one of his enemies." wi
"Why, Good Lord!" ejaculated the the
young man, "I'm no Johnny Reb. I an
? / he
the
ros
ful
Ra
the
chi
to
tha
ing
antness began." Rol
"But you know that your father A
was," she said, "and you know you cop
are a democrat."
He laughed. "I'll vote the rephblie. fed
an ticket from this time forth if that's And
all the objection," he declared. tool
"Then I wouldn't respect you," she At
said promptly, and with a touch of touc
present disdain in her voice. met
"You're hard to suit, Rachel," he It
Said, his brows drawing together in a old
frown. "It seems to me as if there they
was something behind this. It's too cam
absurd that you should throw me over Dicl
for such a foolish idea." "F
There was nothing placid in the ex- j
f the pressicn of the girl's face now. "You
r and have said enough now," she said, with
road cold anger. "I'm going home, and 1
glob- wish to go alone." She picked up her
rkled basket and walked hurriedly away, her
fell head high and her whole carriage ex
little pressive of uncompromising tid'ttrmtn
with atlon. Her lover stood looking after
ani her for a moment with the frl-vi in
Ito a tensifled and then turned angrily on
)lack his heel and took four or five quick
love- paces in the opposite direction.
runk The Decoration day services in the
both hall were over and the procession
snt!e started for the cemetery on the top of
the the Big Knoll east of town. A long,
winding irregular line of buggies.
bink farm wagons ard vehicles of every de
are scription and age preceded by the vil
lage hand and marshalled by a grey
lied, bears; gran in the uniform of ihe
ick
talk
gaze. o t
)hats
go*
you r
-ea
hat t e t
a h get \
rthe hand and clasped it warmly.
Grand Army. In one of the buggies, a
k. ery shabby one, sat Rachel, driving
wThe boys Untio vetera e tion.
i. v at one, 'satahe, deari" she
n't a colt whose fiery spirit chafed against is
rs the foot pace to which her firm, strong in
ad hands on the reins compelled him, .and at
o" by her side, holding the furled post tao
- flag, was her father, a bent and with- cc
nd ered little man. tn
re "I see that copperhead Pendleton do
and his boy were at the exercises," he re
he observed to his daughter suddenly. "I ni
ak. think it would look better if they
re stayed away, but I guess the young ti:
if fellow wants to make himself solid be
m, with the boys until after election. fo
he What's the matter with you, Rachel?" Al
m "Nothing at all, father, dear," she ju
ill said faintly, "unless I got up too early in
at this morning." pr
S" 'From the cold ashes of fratricidal mi
ad strife, of hatred, anger and all un- we
is charitableness to a glorious new birth th
of love divine, a new country, united de
)g and undivided forever more,'" he
)d quoted from Barker. "I don't feel any
call for glorious love for the men who
tried to kill their country, I say that
if they let us alone we are doing well gr
Sto let them alone, without loving them. co:
Yes, they're united and they had bet- cr
terha stay united, too. I'd have been a
a man to-day and not a wreck it in
Shadn't been for them." a
S "iDo you take their part?" he asked Ior
in a sudden gust of passion, oPt
te "No, no," she cried. "I'll hate them, via
too, for your sake and the sake of your
A wrongs." the
S "Not hate them, Rachel," said the aft
old man, more gently, "but - pea
The fence of whitewashed pickets dea
that surrounded the little cemetery mi:
twas reached and people were already
tying their horses to it and unflocking the
towards the gates, bearing their baso -
ets and armfuls of flowers with them res
As Rachel got out young Pendleton
a approached her, but her look was so plit
Scold and repelling that he drew back "
with a sinking heart. The veterans of Bel
the Grand Army, pathetically infirm
forming into line and Rachel turned to is
her father and was surprised to see rep
that he seemed oblivious of his sur- visi
roundings. His gaze was bent thought- doo
fully afar and his lips were moving.
Rachel drew closer to him and caught
the words "hatred, anger and all un- A
charitableness," and again, "of love of I
divine." Then one of his comrades surn
called to him and he limped painfully pair
to his place and unfurled the flag at t
The address at the Soldiers' Monu- and
ment concluded, the people dispersehd c ls
to lay their flowers on athe graves. Idli
had becen another of those addresses h
a"m eshy"-full of the "forgiveness, tis
concord, one country and one -flag" o
ing on his daughter'ls arm and mov-ing
ing from one grassy mound to another an
with the flowers that s he carried, th u
not feel so genuinely indignant as 're
udsonal because of this, and, presently
ing Rachel, walked over to a grave be
Roberts, -th Virginia cavalry, C.. S. ale
A. The man looked up. It was "the Loun
copperhead Pendleton." busy
"Thanks. comrade." said the ex-Con- the
federate, simply. hohling out his hand. 'eqt
And the irreconcilable Union veteran atti
took the hand and clasped it warmly. agait
At the same moment Rachel felt a
touch on her shoulder and, turning. out
met Dick's triumphant smile. "whi
It was a long time before the two bidd
old men finished their talk; in fact, we
they were still talking whe.n Rachel
came and silently stood beside them. T
Dick stood a little aloof. t
"Father," said Rachel. ien
He smiled at her a little shamefaced- hc
sºe, tb ,iiSt Alasew ºfrirend. "It's as
I wa's laing, Rachel," he said.
"There's no call to hate. Hate's a basl
thing after all, and Barker was right.
'Love divine,' that's it. Love divine."
And Its divinity Dick and Rachel
knew as they looked into each other's
eyes at that parting.
"You ONE POINT HE HAD OVERLCOKED
I Capltallet Points Out the )efecit In
,i I Inveutor'a sloheje.
her A great many curious inventions are
Srecolrded at the lPtent ofilee. and a
great many others that the public
after never hears of are "sidetracked' on
the way there. A brisk. eager indi
on vidual called on a c('apitalist "ir the
ulck p);rpose of interl'sting hiiml in a dtevice
or" disco]ur 'aging borglars.
"I want to get the: idea patented."
the he said, "and I haven't the mone(y. I'mii
wioi willing to go halves with any muan that
p o will give n;e the finaincIal baciing,. My
ong, cholne is this: Y(: first make all
cies. y:our doors and windows scen're, so
de- they can't be op)'aend at all from the
vil- outside-make all of them tight and
rey- fast, except one-tnhere are plenty of
the devices for doing that nowaday.-~
make all of them tight and fact. exce''t
one. Leave that one so it will opten
easily. Then run a wire from that
window to the head of your hbld,
whore you have an alarm hell. The:
burglar comes along, tries the doors
and windows, and when he comes to
t,.at one he raises it. The alarm dc's
off and the burglar hears. it and flves,
or it wakes you upl, and -you are ready
for him. In either case it ac(com
Illislhcs your purlpiee."
"But." said ;re capitalist. "if you can
make all the doors and windows fast
except one, why not make that one se
cure, tceo. and thus keep the burglar
. entirely?"
never thought of that!" replied
the inventor, rubbing his jaw.
Education for Hanuwncn.
England has a school for the edll
cation of hangmen. This latest ad
junct to civilization in Great Britain
was established as the result of
bungling work by executioners during
ok the last few months.
The work of a hangman is light and
a the pay high, so there are already a t
ng number of pupils at the school which
ist is in ILondon. A session there is an a
ng interesting sight. One of the pupils
nd acts as the subject, the attendants t
1st taking turns playing the role of the I
h- condemned. Hanging consists not f
merely in placing a man over a trap n
on door and launching him into space by t
he releasing a bolt. There are various v
"I nice preliminaries to be gone through.
ey First the condemned must be ar- a
ag tistically pinioned. Then he most t
id be supported on his way to the scaf- s
in. fold in order to avoid painful scenes. g
?" After that there is the rope to )be a;l- a
he justed quickly and without fumbling, e
ly in order that the agony may not be d
prolonged on the scaffold. The rope n
al must be strong enough to bear the F
n- weight of the condemned, but not so
th thick as to slowly choke the con- I
`1 demned to death. b
lye h
Particularly Out.
The old colored man had grown
gray in service. He had almost be- H
. come the custodian of the family se- d
crets, as he was of the family silver.
The married daughter, who lived T
in a distant town, had come home for >
a visit. Callers were coming all day la
d long, and old Pompey was kept busy
opening the door and receiving the bi
visitors. w
One bright morning the ladies of t
the family went out for a drive. Just
after they left the bell rang, and Pomr th
pey recognized in the caller a former bh
dear girl friend of his young married w
mistress.
y "Are the ladies in, Pompey?" said II
g the young lady. ni
"No, ma'am, they'se all out, ma'am," w
responded the old retainer. th
"I am so sorry I missed them," re.- v
D plied the visitor, handing in her card. at
k "I particularly wanted to see Mrs. H
f Bell."
n "Yes, ma'am, thank ye ma'am.
e They'se all out, ;ja'am and Mrs. Bell
3 is particularly out, ma'am," was the to
a reply that greeted her hearing as the en
visitor opened the gate and the front sti
door closed.
Had It All Firxd. the
A political orator addressed a club
of Italian voters in English and to his of
surprise and satisfaction his listeners
paid strict attention and applauded the
at the proper places, shouting "Viva!" "Vt
and "Bravo!" repeate.dly. At the (-on
clusion of his speech the orator tookl
his seat beside the chairman. He
whispered t at he was delighted with
his recepltion and had never sploken no
to a more intelligent audience.
"Ha-ah!" replied the chairman: "me
fix all-a dat. Mie hol il) one-a tiega,
cvra man say a 'Hurrah!' Me hol'
uli two-a finga, evra man say-a 'Vi\i!' an
Mie hol lup t'ree-a finga, evera mIlnl say n
'Bravo!' Me hol' up whole-a hand,
ovra man say-a 'Hiyi!' lik one great
yell. Me fix all-a (lit." ot
Quaint Anotloneering Method. slil
The inhalitants of a village in Sur- 110
rey. England. recently wvitnessed a lint
quaint mcedi aevaal sllrvival in tic pot
sale by aluction of a local meadow. I
I.ollg ago, w\hen the worldll wa's nl)t so ing
lbusy as it is to-day. the landlord of loo
the "'white brown menao!w'' at Iloullrell ile
lequenthed thl m'ladow s5hl)j't to anl
auction sale whic'h ever-- now alidi
again adtls to the giayety of this rural S
polpullatioli. At each bid a boy sets the
out to run to a given point and the int!
"white brown meadow" is :t to t'h "n
bidder whose offer Is unchallenged fror
when the last boy returns. colt
There Is probably more real enjoy- war
ment in a Chicape kiss than there is
In a Bo'ton interlabial ccmbusion.. D
Chicago .talr t:ews.
GHOST GIVES A ROSE
CHARMING STORY RELATED BY THE
MEXICAN HERALD.
ientle lplirlt Visits Cltlidhood Friend
and Leaves a Glft "for Old Timeb
~aed Ibear Remembrances" -- True
)panltls Courtesy.
are in the lovely moonlight a few even
ýd a Ings ago a Mlexican lady sat within
illic the embrasure of a window in her
on Ioniutry house. looking out on a little
iii- qli uar where were tlrees and shrubs
the andt flountailn that murmured plain
t ice iively. The moon began to shine be
aind the towers of a great church near
ed it hand, forming a picture which kept
I' l he lady at her window. She had
-hat :raveled far. in l;aly and in Spain.
u.uX t. she thought. "I have seen noth
all ng more beautiful in any land."
so While the lady kept watch in the
s- window. drinking in the beauty of the
)icture which the yellow moon had
of )ainted for her, a figure emerged from
rt ossed the street and approached her.
pen t was a man. thin. very pale, dressed
hit wholly in black. His eyes seemed pre
, .ernaturally bright, and he smiled as
l:. ie capve to the window where ,trt one
ors wvh. had known hint from childhood.
to But a shuddering fear fell upon the
lady, for the man, though smiling,
s' poke not. He had come quite near
idy antd was gazing into her eyes intently.
)m- She was held as by a spell; an im
pulse to run fronm the window seat
all and hide within the rooms came upon
ast her, but sne bravely resisted.
se- At last she summoned courage, and,
lar with faltering tongue. said: "Pray,
led me into the house, Senor L.; the
taguan door is ajar. We may talk
better, perhaps, within the house."
But the man outside, clasping the
window bars with two white hands,
1 made no reply.
ad- Then the lady said: "You are
tin strangely pale. Are you ill? May I
of bring you a copita of brandy; I have
ng some very old and choice."
The mean tried to speak, failed, triei
nd again, and then said in a low voice,
a thrilling, unforgetable: "Did you not
ch know that I was dead? I died a week
an ago. and there is sorrow and weeping
ils still in my house and I dare not re
.ts turn there, even to see my loved ones.
le I felt that I must see old friends and
ot familiar faces, so I came here. I have
aP many visits to make to-night." The
by bright eyes of the dead man shone
us with a mysterious light.
h. The lady had summed up her cour
ur- age and said: "Yes now I remember
st that they said you had died. I felt
if- sorry, but we had not of late been
s. good friends, and so I did not grieve
%I- as once I might have cone. We knew
g, each other in youth and were chil
)e dren together. I am not afraid of you
e now, and again ask you to come in,
ie Pray enter. Pray enter!"
0 "I do not need to enter by the door;
a- I can pass through here," said the
bright-eyed ghost of the night, and
he entered as if the window bars ex
isted not.
n Taking the lady's hand the dead
e_ man wandered out into a corridor,
down into a great garden. The air
r. was full of the perfume of flowers.
d The dead man plucked a red rose,
*r moist with the dew and gave it to the
y lady.
y "This for old times and dear remem
e brances of childhood." he said, and he
walked away and seemingly through
,f the garden wall.
t The lady called a servant; he locked
the zaguan door, the lady went to her
r bedroom, placed the rose in a vase
1 with water and soon was sleeping.
In the morning she wondered, on
i first awakening, if the vision of the
night had not been of the fancy,
wrought perhaps by the witchery of
the moon. But the rose was in the
vase, the rose given "for old times
and dear remembrances."-Mexican
Herald.
There Was a Boom On.
A citizen of a flourishing western
town was boasting of the growth and
enterprise of the place to a group of
strangers in the smoking compart
ment of a western express train.
"Only eigh. years old, and one of
the finest young towns in the west."
"I don't think much of it," said one
of the smokers.
"You non't?" cried the man from
the town in question, aggressively.
"When were you there?"
"Used to live there."
"W\Ven did you move away?"
"Two wct-ks ago."
"Oh. well, you ought to see the place
nowv! "--Youth's Companion.
Chance for a Pretty OuarreL
A lew days ago on tile Thames an
angler hooked a trout while fishing
with float and bait. The trout's rush
broke t he gut above the float, and
awayw. vent trout, tackle and all.
.Later. lower down the river, an
other alngler observed a float violent
ly agitatetd on the water. He nlade a
slip knot in hIis line. cast it over the
float. playedl aind landed tile fish-a
line I rout between six and seven
l)Oulnids weight.
There arises a nie(stion for the fish
ing caslisl.s:' To whom didt tile fish ne
long, anI to vwhonl dhe loatL anld tac,
kle?--Country I ie.
"eare(d to (bo to St. Vinc'nst.
Sir Rolbert Ilewellyn, governor of
the \Windward Islands, postponed his
Intended trili to the island of St. Vin
cent through fear of further violence
from volcanic eruptions and wired the
colonial office in London he was -
anxiously awaiting tne arrival of a
warship.
Dress slowly when you are In a
hurry.
The book world 15 aiready Int-rest
Lg itself as to who will write the oa
Icial biography of Cecil Rhodes. Pub'
Ushers are assuming that, sooner or
later, there will lie such a work. Their
idea is that if Mr. Rhodes has left par
pers having half the human interest
of his will his biography will be a
.nique book.
Tell everybody your business and
the devil will do it for you.
Public money is like holy water
every one helps himself to it.
Keep Out the Wet
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15 cents for it today.
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ass
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P ILES aio kinds cured. New method.
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