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BILLY MASON'S I "FOOLJSHNLSS" •4- By I-.'.cn T. BI1II.LV KG I eari 1 IT he MASON, fn.iii thi lirs! saw a lelejrraj)h i:• 1 nrtner.t J: "|,i rat inn, t!iOiii lit l:i- \vi n!r :kri be a ele:n ajiii (jperalnr. aia: :i.--ketl his father III i)ny hint the l.eei^si ry ouiJi :-o that in 4 t- lea rn he busi ness at hoiii-e. "Ail fii'iii.- lilies.-." in.swi'l'eii son. "Vnn'i: i'et tirei. of it iti !•. a ivivk. Ileitep in for sum that yoiiM it'et some good out of "I wnuiiiii't get iirei: of it." :i. Hilly. "I iii'oini.se you that- if buy me a outfit J'il sHiek to it ti Ma han -i hiiig- sert-e-d you'll get a real SPEND MESSAGES just as Tiwi! settled he mat er. far as -\l r. i:-on \v :si coueerned. Jut Jlilly did aot give up his plan. When the rww railroad came to Brownsville of course a telegraph line fit iiv- with it. and liiliy iosi no time in making the ae| na a nee of the opera tor. who was a pieasa II t. good-n:i red fellow, and (|iiitto willing to show Hilly how to use the instrument. Iti r-sthan a week from the time he beivan to praeiice on the operator's "sender" lie had learned the alphabet. and it was not long before he could begin io pick up short and easy -words as they came to the operator, over the line. "You'di learn the business in wi time if you had a chance.'' the operator said. "You ought to have an instrument at home. Jf you had we'd string a wire between your place-and the station. and we conldi practice a good deal at odd spells." One day the operator at ihe station told him that he had found where a secondhand outfit could be bought for a s'omr, almost. "Jf you'll buy that I'll furnish the wire," he said. "Then we'll have a line of our own. and wiil ask no favors of the main line." Hilly determined that, such a chance as this .should unit lie lost, and he went to work that (lay to earn the money |_" with -which io buy the outfit. lie ran ||-,] j, on errands. lie didi rill kinds of odd jobs that would bring in a penny. Hy and by. seeing' how intent lie was on the purchase of the instrument, his mother felt sorry for him and gave him enough to make up the price of it, when added to wh.at he Ivad earned. And Hilly bought the outfit. A happier boy than Hilly .Mason vras when the wire was strung and the line was ready for use it would be hard to find. !t was- not long before lie was able to "take" the messages the station nvan sent him over their line, and in a little •while he becnnie quite proficient at "sending." Tliey talked back and forth between the farm anti station, and Hilly began to feel quite like a fu!l fiedgeri operator when he was able to "call tip'' the man at the other end of the line. and ask him a question whose meaning did not have to lie guessed at. Oife diay Mr. Mason announced his in tention to take the family and go over to his sister's/ at Three Lakes on a Visit. "We'll go Saturday and come hack Monday." he said. "Hut- guess you have to stay at home"- to P.i!!v—"to S'ce to things. It wouldn't do to shut tip the house and leave it alone." The night closed in, dark and threat ening storm. The wind blew fiercely about the house and made a roaring sound in the chimney of the lirt place. Hilly did not fee! at all frightened at being alone, hut lie could not help feel ing lonesome. ih' went up to his room about eight o'clock and concluded he would yo to bed. "1 wonder if Stewart is in the office still?" he thought. "I'll call him and see." .He went to the instrument and made his "ca "Click, click, click!'' came back the answer, presently. "Didn't know but that you'd gone home."' telegraphed Hilly. "Husy making out my monthly re port," came back the answer. "Shall not be able to get away very early to night. Hood night." "Good night." responded Hilly, and then he went to bed. lie dropped off to sleep almost imme diately. Hut lie woke just as the old :keeps )iis money in, suitt iu wurid Suddenly I nut .• I Mr. .Mason and the family started off on Saturday afternoon on the Ions."-j pianncd.. often-delayed visit, and Hilly was left to look- out for himself, which I he felt quite able to do. clock downstairs was striking ten. As the sound of the clock died away lie became conscious of another sound— a sound like that of a step in the room below—a slow, careful step, as of some one who did. not car.e to make noise enough to warn others of his presence. "1 wonder if some one is downstairs, or am I imagining it?" thought Hilly. He sat 11 in bed and listened. "I do hear steps." he decided. "Who's downstairs. I'd iike to know? None of our folks—they wouldn't be tip-toeing around like that. It must be a burglar or a tramp." Hilly's room was over the sitting room. There was. a register in the tioor. immediately in front of his bed. When ill is was open, light would shine through from the room below. As he sat there lie heard a sound like the careful opening of a door, and then he •saw a glimmer of light through the opening in the register plate. He leaned out of bed and peered down into the room below. Presently a man passed under the register. He could see enough of him to tell that it was a man, and that was all. He listened. Pretty soon he heard a sound like that of bureau drawers be ing opened. "It is a burglar," decided Billy. "He'll get away with father's bos that he nil idea canie to 1 !1 y. li ry laie 1. Tin Just Mriif! 1 i- O i- ten. ]i \\.1s possible ih:it Stewart u:iv still it the Mnviou. at on Jiis ivjurt fur ill.* in(i! t!i. If .rk he could oni ea 11 lim up! "I'll try it," decided Hilly. lie took a quilt from the hrd ar.o dropped it lightly over the ngistet. "That'll kft he sound of In instni jme:!! from getting down to the li.a'.i,"' he bought. Then he got out of bed noiselessly and tiji-toed across the room to the tabu. on which 1he instrument stood. 11 is hand shook as he ouehed the kev of the sender, so fearful was h« that Stewart would have fttheothee. He sci.t tjie "call" and waited almost breathlessly for a reply. lYesently click, click, click! went the, machine, and Stewart answered him. "A burglar here," he said to the s::i-• tion a ye lit. oxer tile wire. "Send men. quick. No time to lose. Hurry!" I "Ail rigln." came back the reply. I The village was about half a mile iiv.ay from the Mason farm. Hilly cal culated that it would take at least 15 minutes to get men together atif! yet Jthem there. Hy that time the bur lar liiitt'hit be Sdiie. Hut tiiev would be so el OS Ui gilt b.j on his track that they able to run him down. He iisteneti again. Hy and by the man moved away from the corner where the bureau stood and went out of the room. Hilly judged la the faint light that lingered in it that the unwelcome visitor had gone into the pantry, .just across the kitchen from the sitting-room door. He was soon convinced that he was right in this surmise, for lie hoard the sound of crockery coming in contact with other crockery. "He's hunting about for something to eat." thought Hilly, "and don't know just where to look for it, s.o he has to keep looking till lie finds it. 1 hope he'll come across the doughnuts and mince pie mother left for me. and will like them so well he'll keep at them until some one gets here." Hilly crept over to the front window, raised the sash softly and listened. sure 1 hear some one down the He listened again. Hilly could distinguish the forms of several men at the gate. He threw up the sash and leaned, out of the window. "Go 'round to the kitchen door." he cried. "There's where he must have got in. He's in tiie pantry now." The man in the pantry heard him. as well as the men at the gate, and Hilly heard him scurrying 1 across the kitchen tioor and out at the kitchen door. Hut he was not too late to make his escape. The men from the village came around the house just as he .made a bolt for the garden fence, •and two or three shots were fired at him. One of them took effect, and with a groan and some terrible oaths 1 lie fell among Mrs. Mas-oil's petitiiii-as and holly hocks. Five minutes later they had the thief see 11 rely bound, hand and font. by Mrs. .Mason's clothesline. The shot had struck him in the leg. and I quite disabled him. but, the party from tin village had no intention of letting him get away, and, being un used to dealing with burglars and that class of r.ot-to-be-deperuled-on persons, and feeling rather insecure 'tis long as he had the use of hands and feet, they determined to be 0:1 the safe side. "I'll bet he don't get them knots loose very easy." declared the man who did the tying. "I guess there hain't much danger o' his gittin' away." The tin box in which Mr. Mason kept his valuables was found in the llower-lu'd. where the man had dropped it when ihe pistol ball had struck him. Some articles of old fashioned jewelry and trinkets of some littie value were found in his pockets, and turned over to I'.iily. Then they took him to trie village with tin 111, iitul he was lodged in jail for safe keeping You may be quite sure that Mr. and Mrs. Mason was greatly excited when they found out what had happened. "Why. 1 had over in that box!" cried Mr. Mason. "I've been saving it up to make a payment on the wood lot. with. next .week. 1 ,ion't know what I'd have done if the man had got olV with it." "Now. what do you think of my 'foolishness?'" cried Hilly. "If it hadn't been for our telegraph you'd have lost your money, as sure as you live." "I wouldn't wonder if you're right about that." answered Mr. Mason. Billy's father went to town the next week, and when he came back he had something for Billy. "It's brand new," he said, as Billy unwrapped the box. eager to see the contents of it. "Nothing second-hand about that, my son." "Oh. my gracious," cried Billy, his eyes almost as big as dollars with sir prise and delight, as the last pa fell off. disclosing telegraph bright with enamel and gilt tat ion. "Isn't it a daisy? tiier, you couldn't have anything I'd rather have this. It's a good deal nicer one the operator has down at ion." "Glad you like it," bis "You've earned it. 'foolishness' will tun has." The thief never Brownsville. It he was tin old otfem ed in several othei misdemeanors, am over to the prope believe he is stil Perhaps, had it Mason's "foolish be at large.—Le PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. Il'-ir in Fact.^ law mean'.'" "V attorney at law.' "What does heir at irtually the same aa Delroit .)ournal. compared me with ist night." Clara Mabt 1—"Harry sparkling w'.iu- "Hccause you have improved with age, 1 pr» su me."—i'Li la del). Ilia Nor A er ica ti. He (with the contempt of a boy of 10)—"Girls always giggle more than boys." She (with the acuteiiess of ].') —"That's because ib.ey have to look at boys."—St ray Stories. Meliariglc—•• "l'is said thitn doodshas a pair o' soospindcrs i'nr every pair o' pants. Schwartz—"Yell, so haf I." Me Garigle- "How manny pair of pants do yez own'.'" Schwartz *'Yun."—• -Manchester Union. Practical Grammar. Teacher— "Now. Tommy, give me a sentence, and ,, ... gone and brought vou an aid de camp's egg I then well change it to the 1 perati ve by mistake."—Stray Stories. form." Tommy—"The horse draws the I wagon." Teacher—"Now put it in the imperative."' Tommy "Get up!"— lit ray Stories. I Its Reason for H"ing.—"Hut why."' asked the amateur anarchist, for the twentieth time, "why do we need any law at all?" "Law." said the flippant person, "is necessary for the conserva tion of our own property and other people's morals."—Indianapolis Press. The Hoy Told Him.—After a recent. supper In the rural district a clerical looking individual arose to respond to a toast. "What am 1 here for to-niglit'. was the question he opened with. "To eat!" shouted a hungry small boy. near the door. "You've done drinked six cups of coil'ee an' sw altered 1 he last biscuit on the plate!"—Atlanta Con stitution. It is much easier to be polite and neighborly than to fly into a passion when things don't suit you. Take this note, for instance, addressed by a lady to the woman who lived next door: '"Dear Madam: Your children, who are numerous and appear to be disor derly. no doubt deserve the frequent ^loggings you gi\e them but. as my nerves arc weak. I write this to ask if you can't do so met h' ng 1 deaden the Kound! '—IV. O. Times-Dcmocrat. FAMILY LIVES IN A TREE. Jersey M:in Who lias lluilt I!ini sei Home Well Aliuvo liriimiil. John Hausch. of Haledon. N. .J.. and his family live up a tree. A more unique habitation cannot be imagined. In the lira aches of a big oak he lias built his home. It is perched among the leaves ami o\cr the top of the queer abode lowers the top of the tree, forming its chief roof. Kausch. says a letter to the St. Louis Hepublic. is a Herman laborer who has worked around Haledon for five years lie has seldom earned more than a a day. He grew tired of paying rent and. with the German's love ot owning- a home of his own. he tried to buy some property from the real estate dealer of the place. Wiliiam Hiischman. The latter owns nearly all he land in that vicinity, and is anxious to have the property improved. lie told Kausch he would give him a nice lot for little money if he would build a house. True the lot was far away from the road, but it was dry and well situated. I was covered with line trees, ami an esp cially majestic oak grew in the center. Aft: paying for the lot llnnsch found he hadn't money enough to start the house he had promised 10 build. His wife and three small children ate up his meager earnings. Husch man told him he would have to give up the let if he didn't begin the house. Hausch thereupon secured a number of big bo.xc.-. lie had conceived ihe idea of making the branches of the tree serve for uprights and timbi rs. The naiis in the boxes were sull'c" On the strong lower brandies crossed and recrossed tile" boards made a very uneven floor, but tin branches vvere strong ami the boards would not slip. The house is circular, but very irregular. ten: I: I Abo\e ail there is a smaller structure tir.it Haiiseh calls his garret. Whci. the wind blows the whole structure shakes and, swings like a hammock vet the whole l'atnilv live there. St'crel Iiitni't F.inr it Hi ri rs. bir.4'.-4' porci'lain was fomti'.oti in Kt.nipe i'or -inn years hofon* a er tiittti |uttrr sKci-i'i'ded in liiiditisr cni* the process of inakinsr it. Tito Chit jioliorv is scattered all over the a-'.d everywhere valued: bur was tile distribution inn* than in western Canada. century a Chinese on the Pacific coas south of Yancouv i!o of willow-f hands pany's off radinsr tine qu the held limner, .onces.ro-e a speech, aiid (Jf those pres- .ticer thouirht that about to speak, and outpost do you come?" .'in .lert City." replied the ill the audience—perhaps from .:y To hear The exact words of the .stion.—X. Y. Tribune. The Spirit of Discontent. ary William—])e courts are run in terests o' cle rich. Us fellers don't no show at all. junt De Ties—Dat's rig-ht! When er chaps gets hurt on de railroad company pays 'em fer de damages ,ien us fellers gets hurt dey utuallj omotes de brakeman.—Puck. Dt'iiri'dat ion ot Money. I-i 1S73 ii silver dollar was worth one dol lar ilci six teti'lis in tro.d. In 1S78. ei^hty nmeeints in lss:{. eighty live 1 nts 1SSS. sevc nty-two eeit in ls!K. nxty cents, and in ISiHj foity !ivt- cents. Moii.y may dipre eiiite, 1ml tin re is 1,1.4. staniiard stomach remi't! century, •ivliuh iii.s le eii.ili^ed ill half is 1 l.,ti:tt r's Stomach lias been the one unsur mdigestion, d\spepaia, MM! that Hitters. Jt always a .-s4.-d remedy fur liver or kidney troubles. Xol lirnrritl'K Ecu. The freshness nf 1-1:2- is carefully graded in this country, .but our distinctions are sur jj.issed in del eaey by Uio»e iunuiriy in vuiriii' anmn^ the Hritish residents in India. A distinguished general once hap])elied to to|. in Calcutta. At hreaktast the preat man was served with boiled efrgs. He took one, broke the shell, and dropped it with an air of dis^n-t. "Here!" he cried to his servant, "what do you menu by giving me a bad egg?" The man hurried to his master, and exam ined the egg with the utmost .seriousness. I. entreat your forgiveness." said he: "but it's all a mistake. The stupid waiter has LOW-HATE EXCIUSIOXS, Via Missonri Pacilit* Itailway and Iron Mountain ltoule. To points in the West.Southwest and South east, at ha.t'-rau-s 1 phis S-.Oni for the round trip. Tickets on sale Tuesdays. September 4th and lSih. October 2d and liith. Novem ber 6th and "JO'.h.and December 4th and 1sth, 1000. For full information, lain! folders, etc.. address any agent uf above Iu.es. cr 11. Towi'send,(i. 1*. T. Aguit. St.Luui^Mo. Getting a Rest. The confusion in other parts cx the world i.-'h'e IIIP sultan of Turkey to li.nk out enable the sultan the window so much tea Washington 1 01 now and then without quite ot" seeing the bill collector.— Star. A new pupil in a Brooklyn school was asked his name. "Jules," answered the littie fellow. "You should say .luiius—not Jules." suggested the teacher, "Now." she said, addressing another small buy, "what is your name?'' "Hillious," was the prompt response. The Manufacturers of Carter's Ink have had forty years' experience in making it and they certainly know how. Send lor "Ink lings," free. The indefatigable energy of some people has a terribly wearying effect oil the peo ple that are compel led to associate with them.—Hrooklvn Life. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat- and lungs.—Win. O. Eiid=ley, Yanburen, hid.. Feb'. 10. 1900. We have it from a certain eastern author ity that the very strongest drinkers are nften not able to raise the price of a drink.— Indianapolis News. A Colonel in the British South African Army says that Adams' Tutti Frutti was a blessing to li is men while marching. Some people spend so much of their time in trying to be amiable that they haven't time to earn a living.—Chicago Daily News. PTTXAM FA:I:M:SS PYKS do not spot, streak or give your goods an unevenly dyed appearance. Sold by all druggists. In the country they call fun wickedness in the city they eaii wickedness fun.—Chi cago Daily News. That lazy liver of yours needs a whip. Ayer's Pills will stir it without stinging. All druggists. 25 cents a box. J. C. AYER COMPANY, Practical Chemists, Lowell, Mass. Ayer's Sarsaparilla Aver 8 Fills Ayer's Ague Cure Aytr's Hair Viper Aver's Cherry Pectoral Ayer's Comatone 0*»' Hi WW' 10c. 25c. 50c. Minneapolis. SXA.OO I'CU WEEK to men witli rips introJuee «,uv lV.ultrv Compound anii'iig farmers Adilrct.* witij stump. Acme Mi|r. Co.. Kansas City. Mo. His I'urjione. Xn man proposes to remain single. Winn lie propv- he expects get mar ried.— Philadelphia Record. To Cure a Cold ill One liny Take Laxative Iirmno t^umine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 2oc. Mixed ale causes many serious ailments.— Chicago Daily News. Hall's Catnrrb Cure Is a Constitutional Cure. Price. 75c. SUFFERING- AND RELIEF Three Letters from Mrs. Johnson, Showing- that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound Cures the Ills of Women Wrote for Hrs. Pinkham's Advice November, i897 DEAR Mns. PINKHAM:—I am a great sufferer, have much trouble through the lower part of my bowels, and I am writing to you for advice. Menses are irregular ami scanty, am troubled with I leueorrlicea. and 1 ache so through my back and down through my loins. I have spells of bloating very bailly. sometimes will be very large and other times very much reduced." MKS.CHAS. E. JOHNSON". Box 3H. Uumford Center, Maine. Nov. L'O. 1897. Improvement Reported December, i897 "DEAR MR?. PINKIIAM :—I wish to tell you that 1 am improving in. health. I am ever so much better than when I wrote before. The trouble through the lower part of bowels is better anil I am not bloated so badly. I was very much swollen through the abdomen before 1 took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound. I still have a feel ing1 of fulness across my chest. I have used three bottles of it ami am 4511 the fourth."—MRS. CHAS. E. JOHNSON. P.OX I 33. Rumford Center, Maine. IVc. 13.1 0 Send Catalogue to Town State 1 s'.'T. Enjoying Good Health June, i899 DEAR MRS. 1'INKHAM :—Since a year ago I have been taking your iiK'dicine. and am now strong and enjoying good health. I have not been so well ftr three years, and feel very thankful to you for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound has done for me. I would advise all who suirer with fe male troubles to try your medicine."—• MRS. CIIAS. E. JOHNSON. BOX XS. Kutn ford Center, Maine. June 1, lS'J'J. I THIS OFFER IS ABSOLUTELY ISAVE AND WILL To S. E. OLSON CO., THE BIG STORE, Minneapolis. •^jly easily and without gripe or pain. Start to-night—one tablet—keep it op lor and help the liycr clean up the bowels, and you will feel right, your blood will be rich, jok clean, eyes bright. Get a 10c box of CASCARETS, take as directed. If you are not id or satisfied you get your money back. Bile bloat is quickly and permanently To any needy mortal suffering from bowel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETS we will send a box free. Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. ESTABXiISKED 1870. WOODWARD & GO., (RAIN COMMISSION Orders for Future Delivery Executed in Ail Markets. POMMEL SLICKER Keeps both rlJeranJ sadjle per- I fectly dry in the hardest storms. I Substitutes will disappoint. Ask fof I 1897 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker— it is entirely new. If not for sale ih your town, write for catjlocue to A. J. TOW!:R, Boston. May 1 Dessert tur Tn-I)ay. You ne-eJ not worry ab.mi it if you have Buniham's ll.ity .lellyeun in tile i-ri M)M :•.i 1 ti. Or.ly necessary tu -tins solve in hot vv at*, rand st.md iivvay to cool to scvure tlu liiu? 4 4..i cious jeiy. Absolutely pure Relatir.e. siu-ar and fruit tlavors. Flavors: •Lemon, orange. rasplK-rry. strawberry, wild cherry. |tacli. also unllavoive.i "eahstoot" for witie and colt'ee jelly. Your grocer sells it. MONEY FDR SOLDIERS' -HEERS- Heirs of Tnion Soldiers who nmde homes!c,i" Joss than acibet*»iv Juno I-^T-4 no niai'er :f aWuuiomM 1. it ihe :uMitima 1 homestead rij,lu was not or umm1. should address. A\ith tuil par ticulars. 1ILNKY OIM\ Washington, I. t\ PUS "Pr Williams' Indian Pile Ointment will euro Blind. ItU'odinc ami Uchinu Piles. It ahMTbs the tumors, allays the Iteh iu£ at once, aci as j^'iiUiee. tfive* instant re lief. Prepared far Piles andlt The private par's. At rirueyMs or hy mall on receipt of price. .%0 oent* and Sl.OO. WILLIAMS MR .. CO Props CI.EVEI.ANIV OHIO Biooct Purifier, Liver Invifforntor. Touie. Apiu. tizer. The bitters that cure DYSPEPSIA. J. P ALLEN MEDICINE CO.. ST. PAUL, MINN. A. N. K.-G 1831 wwaawiK Puffs under the eyes red nose pimple blotched, greasy face don't mean hard drink ing: always as much as it shows that there is BILE IN THE BLOOD. It is true, drink ing and over-eating overloads the stomach, but failure to assist nature in regularly dis posing of the partially digested lumps of food that are dumped into the bowels and allowed to rot there, is what causes all the trouble. CASCARETS will help nature help you, and will keep the system from filling with poisons, will clean out the sores that tell of the sys tem's rottenness. Bloated by bile the figure becomes unshapely, the breath foul, eyes and skin yellow in fact the whole body kind of fills up with filth. Every time you neglect to help nature you lay the foundation for just such troubles. CASCARETS will carry the poisons out of the system and will regulate aroi CURES WHfcKt ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Couch Syrup. Tastes Uo4h1. Use In Sold bv rlitreipts. KKADKHS OK TIMS PAPKU liKSUMNU Tn IH ANYTHING A1V KUTI^Kl* IN ITS CoLl MNS H!Ol'LI INSIST 1'1'ON llAYINt W11 AT Til ASK l-Oti. KKM'SlNti ALL Sl HSTlTrTKS OU IMITATIONS. FREE! YOU HUNDREDS OFs DOLLARS A YEAR. Out* Mammoth Fall and Winter Catalogue will 5 be sent to you on return to us of this blank properly filled out. Order from this Catalogue everything you need for yourseSf and family. S\A#E MAKE WHOLESALE PRICES* DIRECT TO CONSUMERS. S ii ALL DRUGGISTS DULUTH.