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(Continued.)
"Just send me a few strong doses of
Quinine, doctor, and order me some
milk and some coals, ahd I sail be
able to get along by myself, as I have
often done before and will often again.
A few days will pull me round all
right without troubling any one."
"I'm afraid it may be a more seri
ous matter this time," said the doctor,
"but have your own way for the pres
ent. I'll see that you have some milk,
and if I have a spare rug or blanket I'll
send it a swell to throw over you.
Now, good-by, and see that you keep
yourself as warm and comfortable as
you can under the difficult circum
stances you have chosen for yourself."
"I oughtn't to have listened to him,"
he went on to himself as he walked
home through the driving snow, which
had been falling thickly for some time
"but there's that old Ulundi rug of
mine he can have tonight. It looks as
if he would need it badly."
The ensuing night proved keen and
frosty and Falconer's thoughts revert
ed more than once to the miserable
shelter in which he had left his patient
and the still mors miserable shake
down on which the fever-stricken
wretch was lying. At a comparatively
early hour the next morning he was
again at the door, waiting in some im
patience until it was again unchained
and unlocked, and revealed the solitary
inmate shivering and moaning in
agonies of neuralgia. "So this is the
result of leaving you to your own de
vices!" he exclaimed as he strode in
"but come, there is no time to be lost
now. Get on your clothes, and any
thing you want to take with you, and
I will have a fly at the door in five
minutes. But sit down first and let
me give you a hypodermic dose of
morphia to quiet your pain. Is there
any water in the house?"
"You can get it at the tap, and here is
a
cup. But I tell you plainly, I'm not
going out of this house. Do anything
you can for me without removing me,
and I will thank you and repay you
when I can. I do thank you a hundred
times for the rug you sent me last
night. But go to infirmary or hospital
I will not understand that clearly.
"Well, well!" said the doctor, wish
ing to humor him for the moment
"lie down there and get under the rug
then. Hold out your arm. There,
you'll feel better in a minute. A deal
better," he muttered to himself as he
drove home a full dose "it will be
easier to get him away so. Now lie
still and keep yourself warm for. half
a? hour. I have another.case to see in
the next street, and I will be back here
that time." So saying, he walked
Quickly to the door, from which he
"Withdrew the key and put it in his
•'jacket. It was several fniAutes' walk
to the nearest cab stand and nearly half
an hour had elapsed before he was
again at the door with a four-wheeler.
To his chagrin he found it fastened by
[the chain, but with a powerful push of
his shoulder he burst it open and en
tered.
His patient was lying on the floor of
the front room on his face, having ap
i&rently succumbed to the influence of
the morphia as he was returning from
putting the chain on the door. "What
at monomaniac!" exclaimed the doctor
he stooped to lift him--, "Hallo!,
'What have we here? those, turgors
/again?" In a moment he had laid the
Insensible figure on the bed and was
hastily undoing his clothing. Under
the man's shirt, and next his skin, was
fastened a broad canvas belt, furnished
with six large leathern pouches widely
distending and bulging prominently.
"Ha! this explains the mystery! Va
cuus cantabit indeed! What a weight!
These are malignant tumors with a
vengeance! Come, my friend, let go"
—this to the patient, who was feebly
and half unconsciously clutching at the
belt as he withdrew it—"I must make
a thorough examination of these tu
mors, since I have discovered them at
last."
Placing the belt on the floor—for
there was no table in the room—he un
loosed the'strap of one of the pouches
•with fingers that trembled with excite
ment A yelldw gleam caught his eye,
and for a moment his hands shook so
violently and uncontrollably that a
small avalanche of gold coins rolled out
npon the bare boards with a jingling
crash, and spread over the floor. His
head swam, flashes of fire seemed to
dance before his eyes, a thunderous
reverberation filled his ears, and before
he was able to control his own move
ments he was down on his knees wildly
clutching at the coins with both hands,
thrusting them, into his pockets as fast
as he could gather them up. Recov
ering himself with a sense of shame
and amazement such as he had never
felt before, he was conscious of shud
dering so violently that his teeth chat
tered, and the gold dropped again and
again from his fingers. "For shame,
Richard Falconer!" he heard himself
.aayin^ aToqd, "is this your contempt
for filthy lucre, your boasted indiffer
ence to gold? Get up at once, put back
that money and see to your patient as
you ought! What is all this to you?"
With a: grebt'effort he pulled himself
tog^therqftd "beg&n methodically" to.
gather Ap ttie colnsandput tHemtock
into the poach. Most of them were
Kaglish sovereigns, but son* were
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STORY
Eastern coins, at whose value he could
only guess He estimated, however,
that the contents of the first bag must
be worth at least two hundred pounds
a second and a third were opened with
a similar result but the last three con
tained not coins, but jewels, mostly un
set and many uncut rubies, emeralds
and diamonds, some of them of great
size and evidently of enormous value.
He was still engaged in counting and
examining these last, oblivious of the
lapse of time, when he was startled by
hearing the outer door and footsteps
cross the floor towards the door of the
inner room. Almost before he was
conscious of moving he found himself
at the door and in the act of turn
ing the key in the lock. "Good Heav
ens!" he muttered, "I must be under
the spell of the gold-flend myself. This
will never do!". Nevertheless he
opened the door only wide enough to
let himself through, and at once closed
and locked it behind him. Then he
found himself face to face with the
driver of the cab which he had left at
the door.
"Beg your pardon, sir!" said the
man, touching his hat "I thought you
had forgotten me. Is there anything
you want carried out to the cab?"
"I'm afraid I did forget you," said
the doctor. "The fact Is, I have seen
reason to change my mind about re
moving the patient. You need not wait
any longer. Here is a shilling for the
time you have lost.
"Not quite a case for the Union In
firmary," he said to himself after the
cab had departed. "I must get a nurse
for him and order some proper food.
He will be able to pay for them," he
added with a laugh. "And now I think
of it, I had better take charge of his
money myself."
So saying, he returned the jewels to
their respective pouches, fastened them
securely, and again locking the door,
took off his coat and waistcoat and
buckled the heavy belt around his own
waist. Its weight surprised him, but
when he had adjusted it in its place
and rearranged his clothes over it, he
was astonished to find how easily it
fitted and how little external evidence
there was of its presence. Then he
kneeled down beside his patient and
examined him minutely. The man lay
in a death-like stupor, with eyes half
open, and the doctor, raising the lids
successively with his thumb, noted
with keen professional glance that the
pupils were contracted to less than half
their natural size. "Good heavens!"
was his'..first thought. "can have
given him an overdose?"
The next ten minutes were spent in
efforts to awake and arouse the sleep
ing man. He shouted in his ears,
dipped, the corner of his handkerchief
in* water and slapped his fafce, raised
him.
.to his, feet only to find his legs
collapse helplessly under him. Then
he put his hand to the hip-pocl&£ in
which he carried his hypodermic?case.
The bulkjv gouches of the belt delayed
him for a moment, but it was enough to
change the current of- his thoughts.
The thought of the,wealth.bow within
his grasp rushed over him like an- ir
resistible flood, sweeping everything
before it. "Don't be a Quixotic fool,
Richard Falconer! You have done all
yj» can for himj let him go' now^.and
take the feood that has fallen into: your
hands. Here is wh&t will pay all your
debts, solve all yeur difficulties, launch
you on a new and full career, brighten
your wife's lot, and give your boy a
proper chance in the world. Think
how much more good it will do in your
hands than in those of this useless
miser. Now you will have some chance
of pursuing your scientific studies to
advantage and doing some service to
humanity in your day. Just leave the
case to nature. Go back to your house,
make your evening visit in due course,
find him dead, and certify the real
cause—malarial fever. And if there be
an inquest,. there are the contracted
liver and enlarged spleen ready to your
hand as a sufficient explanation, and,
what is better, a perfectly true one."
He strode up and down the room in
a fever of excitement, his lips mutter
ing, his head whirling. How it ended
he could never clearly recollect he had
a confused remembrance of rushing
from the house, of passing through the
streets, even of stopping to speak with
some acquaintances. He found after
wards that he had made more than one
parish visit, through which habit and
the automatic force of perfect training
had carried him without any blunder.
After a time he seemed to himself to
wake as if from a dream. His wife's
voice, sounding at first as if coming
from a great distance, recalled him to
himself. "Richard, Richard, what is
the matter? What has happened to
you?" He was seated in his own chair
in his consulting-room, his wife kneel
ing on the floor holding his hands.
"Oh, yon are ill, you ate nothing at
breakfast this morning—I saw you,
though yon thought I. didn't notice.
Oh, Richard, you musn't go on like
that if you were to break down what
would become of us? Sit.still now, till
I see ifthere be any wine left In jthe,
decanter, and then you most have
something to eat,".
"Stopj Mary," said he, as she rose to
leave the room. "I am better now. It
must have been one of my old me-
^v 'IfOvT
grftu. for I have no reebf
coming.id. Ttypffciet Ul haveyonir re
turned frorii peeing Mfkras
cptee, and thepoor fellow to
be In desperate misery and Want He
is in an empty houfe by .fcltfiaelt, has
neither chair nor bed, nor appijrently
a scrap of food to eat And I can't in
duce him to go to the infirmary. He is
a discharged soldier, and appears to
have been a gentleman once, he
seems-to be as proud as Lucifer.''
(To be Continueid.)
TITLES CHEAP FOR OASH.
If You Want to Be Prlnca Bur the
Honor In Italy.
Throughout Europe Italian titles of
nobility do not enjoy a very high rep
utation so much so that, as a general
rule, a mere Australian baron is more
highly considered than an Italian mar
quis, says the London Mail. One ex
planation of this fact is that many 'of
these Italian nobles with high-sound
ing handles to their names are not in
a very enviable financial situation.
Many astounding instances may be
cited of Italian dukes and counts who
occupy the strangest positions abroad.
Some are coachmen, others hotel por
ters, one is an interpreter in a railway
station, another is butler in the family
of an American millionaire. In New
York there is a well known Italian
count, who has run an elevator for
s.everal years past. In southern Italy,
where poverty is greater than in other
portions of the peninsula, the great
noble families are compelled to resort
to the most extraordinary strategeuis
to save appearances. In Naples poor
families have adopted a system of mu
tual carriages and horses, which is
somewhat curious. Five or six families
agree to pay the expenses of a luxu
rious establishment, generally a four
in-hand, with coachman and footman.
The carriage door, with the various
coats of arms of the different families,
is alone changed, according to the fam
ily which uses the carriage. On great
occasions these families draw lots to
see which shall use the carriage and
horses. But a strange fact is that
now, when so many noble families
have become impoverished, the Italian
government is about to increase the
price of titles. In future the man
who wishes to bear a prince's crown
must pay $8,000 to the government
to become a duke $6,000 is sufficient
for $5,000 one may be a marquis, and
for $4,000 a count $2,400 is sufficient
to become a baron, and $1,000 for the
simple prefix "de." These figures ap
ply only to the titles conferred by the
king. Besides these royal titles are
the dignities conferred by the pope,
with which several American mer
chants and business men have been
honored. These papal titles are some
what cheaper than those conferred by
the king. At the Vatican a brand
new count may be created for $2,400,
and a marquis for $3,000. American
amateurs should take note of this fact.
It is hardly necessary to add that the
proud old Italian aristocrats look down
with the greatest contempt on these
parvenu noblemen, whether created by
the king or the pope. These proud
Italian aristocarts of ancient lineage,
such as the Colohna, the Borghese, the
Orsini of Rome, the Strozzi of Flor
ence, and the viscomte of Milan, con
sider themselves vastly superior to the
most ancient nobles of. France and
Great Britain and^the .equals of most
royal families. Some of the old Roman
nobles even claim direct descenf from
the days of ancient Rome.
..GERMANY. AND THE EAST£
Hers I* the Moat ••Bowerful Influence at
Constantinople.
The notion of Germany: possessing
the cradle of human civilization in As
syria, as weir as the holy "places of
Christianity, might feasily 'attract a' ifess
enthusiastic mindlKan that of the em
peror, says the'S&ect&tcii. To irfake
matters easier, Germany has become
the patron and almost the protector of
the sUltan.: No influence is so power
ful .at Constantinople as that of Ger
many. She can obtain concessions
which aire refused to every other power.
Her officers drill the Turkish troops,
her manufacturers supply the Turks
with cannon, rifles and ammunition,
and in a number of ways the sultan has
come to be dependent upon his brother
autocrat. Originally^ no doubt, the sul
tan leaned upon Germany because Ger
many seemed the one great power
which wanted nothing from Turkey
which it would weaken the independ
ence and integrity of Turkey to give.
We can hardly suppose that this is still
the view entertained at the Porte, but
Turkey is now too much beholden to
Germany to be able to withdraw. She
cannot shake off her formerly disinter
ested and yet helpful friend, even
though it now seems probable that this
friend will ultimately follow the ex
ample of the others, and will want to
"concentrate, and so strengthen," the
power of Turkey by slicing off a few
outlying provinces. But in all prob
ability the emperor's dream does not
really stop at slicing off provinces. The
world has been hesitating long and
wearily as to who is to have Constan
tinople, and there seems no possibility
of agreement among the rival claim
ants. Under such circumstances, what
could be more natural than that It
should ultimately fall to Germany?
That, however, is a piece of German
"idealism" which, can" be kept in the
background for the present
Mrs. Bizfer-
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Sutlated*
"Charles, I don't think
we will go to Starfish Beacb/after ajl.
I hear that Mrs. Dibble is jpliig to be
there." Mr. Bizler—"What
There'll be room enoughs
'you." Mrs. Bizler—"Qh&l
I met that woman, at tm
summers* '^4
brought. )n intact with tbattamfcotor
work of heri again, rifl
of the sight of it"—Boston Tiyv
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NORTHDAKOTA
STATE
NEWS.
Hunter has a photographer.
Page has a music store.
The Hunter band is being reorgan
ized.
Grand Forks is to have a new band,
stand.
Prof. Ruin has been re-engaged-at.
the Hunter schools.'
The postofflce at Hope has been re
painted and new fixtures added*.
State's Attorney Blacfcwell of La
Moure is to erect a fine brick block.
J. A. Buchanan of Stutsman county
has planted 200 acres of corn.
The originator of Root's addition to
Wahpeton was killed in a runaway at
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Mayor Brown ordered the chief ol
police to close up the Devils Lake
blind piss and keep them closed.
Carrington has a man named Pea
body who is said to be an inventive
geuius,
A bridge a mile north of V. C.. on
the Soo. was burned, but no delay
occurred iii traffic.
Hie Cavalier branch of the Great
Northern may be extended to Walhal
la.
C. C. Teterson, a farmer near Rey
nolds. has all kinds of fruit trees in
bloom.
A band has been organized at Hank
inson. and now a base ball team is
wanted.
Farmers say the season is so early
this year that some harvesting will be
done by Jury 4.
Grand Forkers are kicking on the
way some kids are permitted to run
wild around town.
Mrs. John Larson was struck by a
Valley City delivery wagon and prob
ably fatally injured.
O. M. Hatcher, formerly of Hankin
son. was confined at the small pox de
tention hospital at Winnipeg.
The new settlors who are coming
into Logan county will go extensively
into cattle tnd sheep raising.
At a mass meeting held in Ellendale
SlOO was collected for the India fam
ine sufferers.
Contractor McDonald is reported to
have flunked on the Minnewaulian
court house job, and new bids will be
called for.
The barn and blacksmith shop of
Peter Arndt at Wimbledon was de
stroyed by fire. A kid and some
matches started the fun.
Hamilton has a tree that cost the
city $100. It is the only one of a
large number that lived, and is said
to be worth about 25 cents.
Peddlers are unpopular in the north
ern part, of the state, as the recent
small pox cases are thought to have
been introduced by tbem.
Bob Milton, the Wahpeton- hotel
man. has developed into a poet. His
worst enemy will admit that Bob's
dinners are better than his rhyme.
If the Northern Pacific extends the
J. & N. to Dunseltli from Leeds it is
said Obeiou is to be made a division
point.'
Devils Lake will hold a specinl elec
tion .Tuue 8 to vote ou the proposition
to bond the town l'or 5S.000 for a city
hall.
It is said that S. E. Ellsworth of
Jamestown lias withdrawn from the
judicial race in favor of Bartlctt of
Griggs county.
Key. Rodericit Mconey,, rector of
the Episcopal church at Fargo",'has
accepted a call from Brainerd,1 and
iwill'leave
1
for that place Aug. 1
The! burning of- the Sob trestle near,
Valley City made trouble for the tele
phone company, whose wires went
down, witli the bridge.'
li'fllfnm Cruff hit LUcfa isWaid to "be
a canaiiia'to'' for 'elertc of courts"" in
Barnes county. He is one of the best
fellows': oh the map, sviad an old sol
dier.
Cal Newcomb of .Oberon. spent, about
two weeks hunting and trapping on
the Shoyenne ,anc| was rewarded'With
240 muskrats, five mink and one- pole
cat!
A Carrington man traded a couple
of dogs to some emigrants for a
young monkey. The monkey is a very
snail one. about the size of a gopher,
and is full of amusing triclcs.'
The Northern Pacific artesian well
at McHonry is now down over 100
feet. The probability is that they will
have to go about 1,500 feet before
they can get water, as they are al
ready in rock.
Veterinarian Moore vaccinated 450
bead of cattle in one herd at Medina.
A. E. Vrooman of Arthur is enthusi
astic over the automobile system, and
wants to put in a..line between Huut
er and Fargo, to make, the round trip
daily. He will get one large enough
to carry twelve passengers.
J. W. Balch of Jamestown has
eighty acres of corn grovying' near
that city which he is protecting €rom
gophers by putting out poison. The
corn will be cultivated the same as in
Illinois or Iowa. He says that, with
the right kind of cultivation, it woll
stand dry weather better than oats
or barley.
Glen Farnham and-Frank Eiske of
Carrington, were experimenting with
the contents of a bottle filled with
powder, when a spark, probably from
a nearby fire, ignited the powder and
caused an explosion. Farnhuin, who
was holding the bottle, had one of bis
hands severely cut and received sever
al wounds about the face. Eiske was
painfully burned about the face.
Bids have been Submitted to the
quartermaster of the Department of
Dakota for the transportation of
Company A of the Seventh United
States infantry from Walker, Minn.,
to'Seattle. The, Northern Pacific and
Great Northern being the onlyi lines
able to handle the business t» ad
vantage, were the only bidders A
/r?te^f
wa» made over both
lines for .officers and $21.45 for en
listed'ibferf. ..
^atf^iriierrSeeley, between Steele
and ..Braddock. had runaway which
killed one of the Hones and pied up
Uncle 8am'» official «ome. 'Wt"
WV :«C3«W
Wilton
in elegaiilt
Mary (}eraidin &^'P^blna' gets an
$8' widow's pension. 'V
Oscar, Olson' of .'Buictoh, oi i^t|b .bt
Ssl» weighs 288 pounds.
.. There Is a' scramble for flax seed in
some sections.
Oakes is enforcing the dog license
a
Rain is badly needed &t Bismarck
an vi in it
The Bowesmont ferry across the
Red will ba operated free this year.
Vegetation in the state is farther
advanced than for many yeaps nt this
season.
In Osnabrock. some one has been
poisoning the pigs that run loose on
the streets.
The Jamestown school board has in
creased the salaries of a number of its
teachers.
Work on the grade for the Wash
burn road is progressing rapidly at a
dozen places.
Politics was so warm in Bowdon
that some of the fellows fought it
out.-
The owners of the Hillsboro starch
factory want the people to plant po
tatoes.
There is said to be a case of diph
theria in the Deaf and Dumb school
at Devils Lake.
H. C. Rulid has secured the contract
for the erection of Ahe Hughes electric
plant in Bismarck.^
Thorpe, the Minot wife murderer,
begged for his death sentence, and was
accommodated.
"One of the earliest business build
ings at Bottineau has been retired
from circulation.
A laundry team ran away at the
Forks, and the team looked whiter
ttan since the last snow storm.
A German drove into the lake at
Balfour and! had a narrow escape
from drowning his team.
The nostofflce at Parkhurst has been
ordered discontinued, and its mail
will be seut to Jamestown.
Dirt is now being moved at a dozen
different places along the line of the
new Washburn road.
Rev. S. E. Ryan, who has just been
transferred to Casselton, is undergoing
an attack of mumps.
Bernard Hibbert has been appointed
postmaster at Boc and C. S-. Rude at
Mona. both in Cavalier county.
Farmers near Mayville are rejoicing
over having struck good soft artesian
water but it is away down, 303 feet.
The streets of Carrington are being
improved, and the bikers are rejoicing
thereat—those 'who don't own all the
sidewalks.
Bondsmen of Park River druggists
have been sued because of violations
of the prohibition law in relation* to
liciuor permits.
Tramps get on the Northern Pacific
at Mandan, are caught and fined in
Bismarck and the capital city people
kick on having to feed them.
Jamestown wants the city ordin
ance auainst tramps enforced.
Minto and Park River are getting
ready for their annual fairs.
Christian Scientists at Hallock have
incorporated under, the state laws,
rented rooms and will hold regular
services in future.
There is an attempt being made to'
strictly enforce the Sunday" closing
laws, ami as is -usual in such cases,
there are those who object.
An Indian outbreak occurred in Far
go the other dafv. Au Indian tilled up
with firewater and went scalp hunt
ing. He was landed in the cooler.
PMncipal" Hoover of the Park River
public "schools, has succeeded, in: hav
ing.drawiug added to-the curriculum
for the..coining year. A special teach
er will be placed in charge.
Bottineau citizens took up a collec
tion for the support of the faiflilies of
the Canadian soldiers in. the South
African, .war,, and forwarded a .neat
sum t'j. Montreal.
The flowing tvell on the liilt at Port
land is about played out, and the -peo
ple are beginpiij$, to wonder whert
the water.supply is coiniug from for
fire protection.
President Harmon has resigned as
the president of the Mandan Fair as
sociation, and was succeded by Mayor
McCillic. Secretary Kennedy was
succeeded by tj: L. Heegaard.
Nineteen land agents were looking
over -Northern Pacific land beyond
the Missouri last week, and stockmen
are beginning to fear settlers may en
croach on the range.'
John Needliam, formerly of Absar
aka. now of Hope, was seriously in
jured while chopping kindling wood.
The axe caught in the clothes line
and he cut his skull open.
J. J. Hess, who has officiated as
yard master of the Northern division of
the Great Northern during the past
two years, has been transferred to the
Montana division, and has been giveu
a car for his private use.
The Mcllenry county commission
ers pigeon-holed the Balfour petition
for a bridge. The citizens became in
dignant and dug, up the funds for a
bridge, which was built in two, days,
,aad everybody is happy.
The controller of the currency has
-approved the organization of the First
National Bank at' Lidgerwood, N. D.,
with a capital of $25,000. J. Mathews:
of -Lidgerwood. J. A. Morrow. M.
Lynch. D. H. Stiue and Frank Patzek
are named as incorporators.
Rev. G. Barnes, formerly president
of Fargo college and a genial gentle-,
man, is said to be supervising three
farms and has splendid prospect*. He
has ttiosts of friends who will bfc
pleased to learn of his bright pros
pects.
Jacob Schmidt, the Russian who, it
Was alleged set the fire in the hills in
Dickey county several weeks ago, was
arrested and brought to Ellendale to
answer to the criminal charge of un
lawfuliyvseftlng fires. He was arrange
ed before Justice Geer on Thursday,
plead guilty to the charge, and was
Oaeef $50. Hdd not his neighbors in
terceded in his behalf, the penalty
would have been much heavier.
The buildings recently used by ttje
blind piggers at Wahpeton, and closed
by order of the court, have !ecu re-J
leased provided the costs are paid.
The booze and bar fixtures are to be
destroyed,
"My
tfome things,*'
W4th gentleimllel..
•Tee. When anything 1*
take it for granted tfiat it
And Henrietta always thin!
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Prppoaed Alllantee W»tl» EatlMd
If the- United States and
should form an alliance there wottUTbe
'tittle chance for enemies to overtop^,
us. When men and women k^p tip
their health with Hostetter's, Stomach
Bittets, there iii. little chance of at
tacks from disease,' as it steadies the
nerves and increases the appetite. Ttyv.
it*
•fWl & Blv End Foremost.
"Has the, committee got everything
arranged for the political meeting?"
"Yes we -have fixed it so that the
crowd will cheer half an hour and the
band will play an houf. That will
leav.e the candidate
A Forescolnar Conclusion.
"Do you think that messenger boy
will ever reach Kruger with the ad
dress?" asked the Englishman, with a
gallant attempt at scorn.
"Sure." replied the American. "He'll
get there plenty before Roberts reach
es Oom Paul with the queen's mes
sages'—Philadelphia North American.
A Working Basil.
"I want to marry your daughter,"
said Foxey.
"Have you snoken to her yet?" asked
the father.
"No." replied the suitor. "You see,
I want to get your refusal, so that
will have something to work on."—
Philadelphia North American,
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to agents selling our household goods. Sell on
sight. Write C. H. Marshall & Co., Chicago.
Rest fill Stage Properties.
"Belinda,' what makes you so crazy
about Oriental rugs and draperies?"
."Why ,the dustier and dingier* they
get the .more Oriental they look.",—In
dianapolis J6urnal.
Mn. Wlnaiowa (Soothing Srrnp.
For children teething, •often* the guma, reduce* lar
fl»mmUon, wtad colic. 23cabottl»
Iin't. Strangle.
That women ar'e- hot at ease unless
they do,carry:a pocketbookV
That women can tell the* smallest
detail of other women's dres3?
That women learn a foreign lan
guage so much more readily than a
man?
That women are so much more con
stant in their affections than men?
That women can smile so serenely
when knocking ten years off their hge?
That women insist upon the foot fit
ting the shoe, instead of the shoe fit
ting the foot?—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Jubge Lynch has no sause what ever
to be proud of his family tree.
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for there* of thrcentuty,
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Just fifteen
minutes
for his speech."—Chicago Record.
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A Blood
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Is that tired feeling—blood lacks vitality
and richness, and hence you fell like a lag
gard all day and can't get rested at night.
Hood's Sarsaparllla will cure you because
it will restore to the blood the qualities It
needs to nourish, strengthen and sustain
the muscles, nerves and organs of the body.
It gives sweet, refreshing sleep and imparts
new life and vigor to every function.
In the spring I would have
no appetite and would feel tired and with
out ambition. Took Hood's Sarsaparilla
in small doses, increasing as I grew
stronger. That tired feeling left me and I
felt better In every way." W. E. BAKES,
Box 90, Milford, Ohio.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the Best Medicine Money Can Buy. 'Pre
pared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Just a Little Drop,
In the west of Ireland on a certain
circuit, a judge was wont to doze dur
ing the speeches of counsel.
On one occasion counsel was ad
dressing him on the subject of certain
tdwn commissioners' rights to obtain
water from a certain river, water be
ing very scarce at the time.
During liis speech he made use of
the words:
"Eut, my lord, we must have watpr—
we must have water."
Whereupon the judge woke up, ex
claiming:
"Well, just a little drop—just a little
drop! I like it strong."—Spare Mo
ments.
1
1900
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every good
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Si Jacob Oil
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