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JANE'11 AND JACOB.
al Simms OW►PTHea •AIR.
(copyrtgbt, 1106• by the Author.)
U I t T WAS very like
Janet SI/1 wa►
always doleg odd
thiugs. 11 1 were
1`r nut such an old
Z Dodger, and her
uncle as well. I
think they would
a: IA( have ewlrarre wsl
hew. We
bah been o the
='� Then keg' ving
we at t
is matinee at the op-
en bouts that aft•
e813001. It was
We Innitable "Yaust," and Ouuned's
lovely mudo dill rang In our ear as we
burned up the steps of the elevated rail
road cation at Forty-eeoond'treat on our
way hone. We looked back for a moment
at the roger crowd as we mounted the
long flight. Then we were pushes on by
• vudden movement of the throng toward
for
station platform. There wait It rushe
e hl'sing of steam, a creaking of Iron. a
clanking of gates untag wine, • hoarse
ory front the guard, end we found our
selves swept by the flow of belated pl':uw,
are seekers Irrewlstlbly into • car already
well filled. We were sepnriated for a min
uta, and when I looked hack I e w Janet
nodding her thanks to an odd figure of u
man •treks sank tetn•w mutt. --I'aehlrs•'h
.boald not say Odd, for nothing 1. Odd to
New York, where all oattous and all
alarm and conditions of men meet In the
elevated relined troth) on an equal tont
ing. But the figure wee a little dnguler
In that it was not a New York figure
The ruddy health In •the boyl.b faoe woo
York t
not tbo pnduot of New Y rk • r. the
square cut, awkward coat and the shape
less felt hat erre unmistakably bought at
• "general tore," wbere molasses tied
aced corn erre leading oommodltkoa The
thick ihlnelel hair might have been out 4,
the mesure of a chopping )owl. The t1g
are was buooltu-then was to mistaking
It. I made my way to Janet's side and
turned to &bank her benefactor. Just then
some one lett the adjoining meat vacant,
and. with the feeling that reciprocal kind
nee' wag the but evidence of appreciation
1 pressed the etruuger Into It, much
against his will. And am be protested
earnestly but awkwardly Janet said to
him: "I am sure that you are not a New
Yorker. Our New York men do not give
Weir seats to women."
I can see the 400 distinct looks of dlaap•
proved which would have rested on Janet
if her social acquaintances had seen her
thus address a "trial drover." 1 eras
not sleeked I wee simply amused. But
I was more Intended In watching the of
fact of her epei •h on her neighbor than In
speculatag on Its p,sdble effect on her
friends. The sensitive rural nature too
often draws back pained at Its tontramt,
with what la of "taw 01ly." Fora mo-
ment It was n question whether tate strap
ger would rment the suggestion, but the
tactful tone and the pleasant smile rear•
armed resentmene The youth went to
the other extreme. The ruddy obeek flush
.d a deeper red. but nut with embarrass
trent
"No, I'm from the country," he meld
frankly. "I haven't been bare more than
• day or two. I couldn't let a woman
stand up and I ret bore. Standing's pret
ty essy for • mac unless he's berm walk •
Ing ell day."
Then was something personal In the
last pentaooe that led me to think that the
young countryman bad been walking a
great deal that day.
i clever was In New York before," be
said •'I have corn. from a 11tt1e own In
the went to see ilf I coo learn • little
and do a little more perhaps In a bag own
than 1 can In our little une. We havou't
many chances there, and there's so much
ber'o-tbe libraries and themobook and ev-
erything. You'd think I wee pretty bap
lo go to eboul, wouldn't you? But 1
think • men's never to old to go to
sebool 1f there's anything to learn."
Ho looked around to see what effete hie
little speech had had. Meeting a look or
pleasant Interest. be plunged into deeper
eonfdener. He told of the little town
and the stagnation of its almost insular
We, of the embldoe that he had to see
and to learn. of the lonely fireside where
his mother and younger brother rt -ht'
one regret It was not a conversation. 1t
was • rectalit name to an end just awe
fon we reeched our station.
"nits is when i get off," said Janet.
"I'm afraid I've been idling you a lot
that down t interest yon." said the 7001,6;
man, scarlet of face again.
'It Interest me vory much," said Jo
net wtth a sincere smile. "1 believe In
the fellowship of man. I hope that you
may find all that you hope for here
Ooodby." She turned and molded, 'mil
fag to him s we left the tar. He wee
looking after a., bat 1n hand, semelnre
forgetful of h4 surroundings, as i glanced
back from the ration platform.
I never thought to Sea the taro or the
/gore agnin The encounter with thou.
though, came very naturally. I went n-
111111 LOOM Mori he consult an authorlt7
'nue in le o1n 1 ORT Orr," SA
S tew dart latter, and Men was the young
Man of the elevated railroad, tenting at
the rare manuwllpte to their glees nada,
aft nedee.tanding, I knew, hat impreserd
by the lnenriptionu which add of their age.
Re 'tanned up from moot tb.m as I pass.
ed, and a gnfek look of ,feelgnttion came
Into hie /yea. Somabiw the t'Irit of fel
bw.hlp of which Jaast bad Shea me each
e gond example led me to stop gid Mp.$k
to the youth. if 1 had eeooun4Whd him
Moo the first tines, even If we yd Struck
19 • cnneer'atloa as be lata t had
dose, I ahittld have poSee4 Ms afterward
whk • and at letek bat tag bed that Ja-
met had takes ge Well* M�N w Iter.
Md talked M 1111 tibia Maainwalked
Mewl her home ted tae to atop and my
a word M the stranger. hot sake/ him
Mew be was and hi w be wail fasting Ol
HS WAS w ell, be eald, hat he hod not got
et. aur' far- In hent,, he had had nothing
M do hilt lock at the sights Then wee
en week 1n to bad and In one tense he
was et Ill lei° But he eras om the look•
• and where a men wanted to work
there want pretty Meru in he weei ter Mao
L. do somewhere, bel *Might. The an
t"n.,•Ious Influence of Janet Was On 1111
DRn,n waren 1 meggssbid that he all et
tt7 o^lee
the next day te Planes the kind
M w ark he wanted with • view to ameld-
^'ins whether 1 khalif M any relek111
whle h he non;+ qfL He me a'nd M •let•,
ted i want oe ray war. -
I had put nam quite out of my though
Adore be ..tutu tbu next day in I..er. 1
had to perdu user his face fur a minute
before I owed Ideutlfy it. so tboroughl�
was ley wand occupied with other u,al
ten. He wile awkward •trout approach
!ug no. 1 found that be had waited el
mart an hour in the outer odloe before une
of the busy clerks asked haw his timed
and harried that be 111,11 an appp{wuiintnunt
with me. I had w keep him abut ■ little
longer while 1 dispose' of same preen
business letters, mud then 1 mot for him to
awe in. ale rt u1 the edge of one uf,the
big chairs to whish coy clients all He
was ewLnrrus.d, but not timid, merely
feeling the atnngeness of MS aurwuud•
Inge. I asked him what work be stash
ed to get. Anything at all, he replied-.
What work had he done? Well, odd jute
around home end clerked In the country
stud one summer. But he really thought
be wee nut at for very much but plain la
bur, et last until be had had • little more
experience. Ile did not phrase the idea In
that way, but that was what he meant to
say. It nook hire some time to say it too
• 1 hate found employment fur your
protege of the elevated road," I maid to Ja
net the next time i saw her.
"Not Lochinver?" said Janet, for no we
bad obrbetez ed blw to our conversations,
•' Yrs. lee•htuvar," I answered. "Only
his name tem ons to be Jacob. He is naw
pulling a wire rope in the elevator which
saddles sue to my u(lioe every morning."
"And d.eiug It with the enthurl•su
which marked hi. conversation?"
"With tu, auutt:rnuaa mud an energy
trldatreArei nen the tlz Tlsyof tbrxope't
Unite"
"I knew that he would," said Jane:
wbose faith !n human nature was •nue
thing hcautlfel. "Ile hooked and talked
as though he would pull an elevator rope
or drift • market wagon er wsuige a Lig
bushier.. with the same spirit. N h atover
be undertakes he will do well., Murk nit
words."
"Mr dear Janet." 1 said, "I have mark
ed your word• stout too many pe,ple-
about the starving WOMAN who turned
out to be • pruferlonal beggar with n
•
•
S S (nog rt. RV ME» WHIR HI SAW MS.
bank amount and reel estate, about the
man Injured In a railroad accident wbo
was claimlingmymp$thy really for a broken
arm turned to the doubtful profession d -
burglary -that I ata Inclined to 'save the
mark' ler your own sake."
"Denser!" said Janet "I will never
make you my missionary again. YOU. I
will ton. At lest you have done onto
thing practical for Iochtnvar, and I haft
no doubt he needed it And as he has
demonstrated his worthiness to even your
skeptical mind your virtue shall be re
warded with • mark of my highest favor
Yost m. telfiorrnw at Tiffany's and help
me select • wedding present for .lane
Dwight. who 1a about to take to herself a
husband. And don't (a11 to tell me 11
Lochlnvar progresses. I am hal( Inclined ao
become one of yourellente and see for my -
felt how be is adorning his station In life."
"1t is hardly •station. It doesn't m
main in one spot long enough to become
that Bot you need not worry about
Locbinvar. i will bring you bulletin.
about blur at regular Intervals."
I had a bulletin to deliver to about two
weeks. Jacob (i did not know Ms family
name then) spoke to me to the elevator
one day to aek my advice. He had ton
need hie nntarka before to to simple good
morning
"I have an Iden that I would like to
study law," he said somewhat diffidently
"If 1t 1101 tree much trouble, will you tell
me • good hook to begin reading?"
I anewervd rather abruptly with a sug
g estlon. for my mind was toll of an fm
portant case which I had been 'studying
almost all night. But, though the mat
ter slipped from my ruled Immediately. It
returned when 1 saw Jena the not day.
"And what did you do?" she asked I
MM her what I had suggested
"And yeti didn't offer to lend barn all
your hooker she said "What • selfish
man yon are!"
"i support If • woman told you she
wanted to learn sewing you would lone
her your nmchlne."
"No: but I .hnuld give her a card re
one of any charitieswhere ?bey would let
her use one and ado her bow. len 't
there a home for indigent young men who
desire to become Iawyeret"
' On the meted', 1t in our constant en-
detr,ror to tlltnnurnge such young men, toe
they 1111 the pretension with • crowd et
hada nnlehcd attorneys wbu take ten from
Its. ant prices and bring the badness Into
disrepute. Why, 1f the profession atm•
Unto to BM recruits at the prevent rete
of enit.tment, we shall. leve legal Idvto
thrown 1n with every dinner set at the dee
partmeht mores"
"Well, you must enbd•te yen.. prided
done) jalou•y this time," Mid Janet,
"and help young Lochlover. 1)n It for
my .eke."
I have taken orders from Janet for se
many yearn that it never more to me to
questtou her In.tnrrtfon.. So 1 lent Jacob
some lecke, and when I found that be bad
mattered their ..entente In a very short
time i offered him the privilege of remain.
Ing in my Oboe In the evening after the
elevator stored running and using my
Winery. He reveled In that privilege. i
was sitting up at home very late one night
preparing • brief, and I found that a trod
Important paper had been left in, my dtwk.
There was DO ehota but o go down town
and get 1t The brief must be ready the
next morning, and the paper wee loakd
In the private drawer of my desk when no
one but me would get tt It was nearly 19
o'eloek when the Janitor 1M me Into the
building. I eitmhwt the stairs to my otliom
Boor There wet a light in the mater of -
Ba. "That's 'tepid of Johnston," 1 add
en myself. "He has left the gee bnrnlne."
Bat, when 1 opened the door, then sat
Jacob, poring over a elf bound volume
He looked embarras.m) when he maw ma
"Ain I In the way?" he asked.
"You're not likely to get vnuek sleep at
•thio rate." 1 replied. "Do you stay op a
later this very often?"
"Alone every night," he entwine!
"Do you mind?"
"Not • bit," I add. 'If ynnr health will
'hs')d It. But 14 h • pretty hard life, I
*nth, for one who hat lived In the open
ate De moth."
"The life In the open Mr stoned up Just
Nei 'set 0f ,1011117 i need Mer ebM .ort et
ting," aid Jaonh.
"Yoe tate striking aa average. thesnr'
'•?rydag Martha als bellresn the sound
mite and ttc sae
" Den y label* ea , " aid i.
"There kali WOW. there .diene to
Me," mid Jamb, and lanai sot answer
NOT
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soothing sue withdraw hip ra ��
rblff ds art mut lo woods ways, i r
/ e oushIleave, tba garni s alar bo
Hs fa d w e1 ss ant flo (t
A dr winter dew(holds 'away. r t `
a;:: 1i
tRist :the
hiarj'
IdsstveirjbQoDan
ajd bar
t iir e i 0 Mie era waved fbe y, Iden grain In air,
r!.11.31.. garners and a nteous tar .d
'`�„ suerdons sins pe seas• tf
iiiri d A? gratefu c, for mercies gi `
r . ^ R urn heartfelt that $ to be
dor ! (#f
W -t
fent, to rt de A d nth • evails w re lift h d
t .1 leaves a rtirtvtn
fore the illy, northern'la
ffluek Ilif and Joy t�lw rel ryi"
1 bin t hay OWt Omt's 1b\rrlain
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of �at►a►ity imPlora--
a the n3' �*r act divine,
if in b499ar'S" aberdir r.
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Ms. I got my paper and started home.
He was leaving the building at the sane
Uwe, and we walked a few squares ib
gether.
"Have you ■ray Mends In New York
yet?" i asked. Jacob had never confided
any of the facts of his daily life to me.
"I have some relatives bed," he said,
"They are rich people. though, mote
tells me. She hasn't beard tram them to
90 years. I mag go to see them wane day,
but not so tong s I'm only an elevator
boy "
"Perhaps if you saw them they amid
belp you tat. De soniethIng better, though
then is no dlw{(rwve In any kind of bonsai
labor," I hastened W add.
"If I can help myself. dr," said Jacob,
"1 think I would rather do 1t"
1 did not believe that there wea any
ant about Jacob. I rather liked his dee.
Oration of independence, and 00 the Im•
pulse of the moment I made him • propo-
sition.
"One of my junior clerks leaves tomor-
row. Would you like the place?"
"It's very kind of you," said Jacob.
-"Am I fitted for Int"
"You don't knew en much law a some
'd them perbnps," I answered, "but poad-
bly your eathualaam fur your work will
atone for that. Places of the kind usually
pay only In experience, but we will maks
the pay the tame s that you are remising
n ow, and perhaps there will be extra work
by which you an earn 1t"
I left him at the corner half dreaming
Mo much absorbed to say, "I thank you
Jacob served three years In ray office
By that time he es prepared to Ids a
very creditable examination for ad®ter1 '
to the bar. I had reported hh progress M
Janet from time to time and had received
her thanks for my 000elderntfon, but tt
ws not on bar •octant now that I mos
e 000nraging Jacob. He earned all tbe
sonddention he received. He had had
only two brief vacations to visit his home,
and the reminder of the time be had de-
voted unremittingly to study and to the
work which I had given him. He could
do the work of any two or three of the
slats In the office, or In the bonding, for
that matter The president of a Mg rail-
road with which I had Rome bedtime from
Mme to time noted Jamb's energy and
oomtuented on 1t one day.
"Send hire to me when be 1s ready io
maidhe. ' i want such a mac
my omen In fact, I want many sob
WHS.'
So 1t harpoon' that when Jacob was
ready to enter the profession • position In
the legal department of this railroad, with
• good celery and a fine opportunity for
improvement, era open to him. And no
he left me with regret, I think, on both
aide&
The term of his experience In New York
had done him aworld of good. His mental
equipment had been improved, of monde
but his drew and manner bed improved
no lest All of the bucolic air had disap-
peared He was not extravagant In ane -
ting, He had no money with which to
be extravagant, for the surplus of his lit-
tle wags had been Dent regularly to his
mother. But he found that he onuld buy
Nothing of modern ant in New York quite
as cheap •e he could pureha.e the old
style garments of baa boyhood in the little
tows from which he had oorne, and oo•
✓ ationally be found an extra job of work,
JAsg'rTOMB lin LIrtTRR Alt) ennn IaRaa-
Iivze.
cola h MAW 10 boors Stolen Ibm twso,
Whink gsvo him She money to clothe hien
sin genre bs"omIngly than he had done at
the time when I first Mw him.
On Thankegtvtng evening, the annlvew
Nary of nnr firstemoanter, i met him near
my home nn Madison avnnna. He was as
handaomn and as nine looking a man we I
would meet on that fashionable thorough
fare 1 say "Mee looking" tweed his
appearance was not fahtonahte. He woe
well dreamed, but In an nnaseumtng way.
i stopped for a wood with hint, end
redden ampule movers me 40 ask Mtn to
bike Tbenkagtvtng dinner with nae 11.
thanks) me M his format way and enrept
d, but be told me that he neat Ont
make a all that he had tern plenntng-
the long defarred visit In Ida "rich rola
hive*"
"I walled anMI 1 had made a little
Owe fnr myself heave," he aid. "My
motto wankel tee beigatto Iron them kung
ago. hot I .houghs i would hatter watt
Perhaps 1f i had geom. to thaws before they
would hare had an Iden that 1 wee gnfeg
to ask something of theta. , "sere arra •
great deal of goodness an& kindness in
New York, but I end there Is a great deal
.1 suspicion too."
"You arequite above suspicion now," 1
Maid. "You have done really wonderfully
well, and you have •hewn your ability te
take good care of yourself. Are you go-
h,g this want" And we walked together
up so Sixty-aeoond street and turned to
ward fifth 'uprose.
Oddly enough, we seemed to be going to
the same neighborhood Presently we
Mase to a big brownstone baaga_ Jacol.
"This 1s the number, I think," and he
took • letter from his pocket • I took t
sweeping glance at the name and address
"I am going In here, too," I said. Jo
sob was not a man of many words, an.. b.
made tto comment.
Together we went up the steps, and 1
rang the bell. They knew no so well
that the butler ushered me Into the draw.
Ing room, taking for granted that Jacob
was with me.
In • minute Janet came Into the room
and gave me her smiling greeting. Then
she turned to her other visitor. It wa.
evident that she did not recognise the fere
or the flgnre. Both had changed a great
Iea1, and the had seen them but once.
Jacob hesitated for • minute. I did not
OW to help him out of hie difficulty fur-
thsr than to say, "Thi. V MW Janet
Gray."
"I have a letter from my mother for
Mra Gray," meld Jaoob, ''I am your
amen, Jacob Thomson."
Janet took the letter and stood treeso-
lees for a moment. She knew the name,
w ed the emaciation of 1ta owner with me
ped the way to suspicion. ' You're
as►Mr. Hamilton's Jamb Thomsons" she
said.
"I was once," Bald Jacob, • Hale pus
sled. Then • light broke to on him
"And you are the young lady of the ele
vatd traln-that Thanksgiving day when
I arrived 1n New York," he said, his face
all aglow.
"And this is the oddest meeling I ever
witnessd," said I In my turn. "And to
think that you two have been four years
identifying each other!'
"That is Cousin Jacob's fault, I am
sore," said Janet,"Why did you not
some o see os befoe?"
"Beranse i didn't know," mid Jacob;
•'beause my philosophy was at fault, 7
think. I wan too proud to hunt op toy
doh relative. until I wee independent of
them, and now I find that I have been
dependent on their kindness all the time"
HE USED SLANG.
S et Dads Little Argument Surely
Broke This Habit.
"My eon," said the old gentleman,
who very properly objects to clang, "1
have been thinking Over your request
this morning, and I am inclined to
think I may have been a little hasty in
ley decision."
"Thank you, governor."
"I believe in clearly understanding a
less betters reopening it. Now, as Ire
member the conversation, your call at
the offioe was prompted by a desire to
'raise the dough.'' - -
"Yes -that is to seri-
"Never mind. 1 ask for no explana-
tions. I do not seek to inquire into all
the trivial whims of youth. 1 accept
them as I do the wild flowers among
the grain. They are useless, but they
are cheering to contemplate. There are
many thing. 1 de not undersand.
among them being golf, lawn tenets and
football, but I do not assume to inter-
fere with your innocent diversion any
more than I undertake to keep track of
the martini fad. If you want to give op
experimente with the chafing dish and
go to work with an oven I have no ob-
jection to offer, nor will I let the meet
matter et expense stand it your way. I
was rather bosy when you' elle to me
shout raising the dough this Morning.
I know that 1 spoke shortly, but niy
heart IN 1n the right plane, and I am too
generous and indulgent to deny yew
slightest request. Here, my boy, is 9
tents. Go and boy yourself • oaks of
yeast "- W eahington Star.
what rreteat Meat.
A few evenings ago a little 8t Lout.
boy was Mostly engaged in learning hi.
lemma His father, one of the leading
eltiaeme of 8t. (aerie, had gone to the
lodge. Him mother was busy sewing
The little boy looked up and asked :
"Mamma, w hat dos 'pretext' mean?"
"When your father has lo go to the
lodge three times • week, that h a pre
text to getaway from him family."
Next day, when the boy read out the
definition of "pretext" to the whole
School, ha created • ssoation.-New
York World.
1. t,tr. We►tl Living?
Yrs. eproke-'ape oke said it wee so
l4nch as him llfs was worth to go into
that mosenn1, anal i guess het *•S rig lt.
MM Anooks-What wu the admin
skil
A time, "--Yoaken Swansea.
G•eest 'arena.
In spite of the fact that she wanted se
learn something aoou1 the suLject
memo preamble that she wea versed 1u
some feature of it better than he thought
1a truth, the demure appeer•l.ce of a
g irl or woman does not necessarily make
11 are to draw any oonolustons es to her
knowledge of those features e<t.ur Idtmr
page nut usually recognised In po.1t
society.
"John," she said, "1 wait you to glia
one the meaning of owe slang wards '
"Why, of antra," he replied. "Fin
ahead.„
There is nothing that please( • man
more. you know, than any sort of an
Intimation from a w„man that he karma
more than she does about any subject
Things of that sort occur so seldom.
"What's • cinch?'
"That's easy," he replied. "You know
In the west the knot a cowboy ties In his
girth 1s called a Much, the feature of It
being that it positively Jwlll nut slip or
come loose. Front ?hal we sort of reason
that-er-"
"Yes."
"Well, It conveys the idea a something
that bold. tight."
"Like matrIuony!"
"Will, not exactly. Matrimony N
sometimes a olncb, but gel_J11sa14_i10t
be a good deal.'•
There was just • suggestion of • sinis-
ter meaningbefore
underlying this, but e
she had time to go very deep.), Into this
he hastened to esplain that cinch meat{
somuthtag teat war easy-• certainty.
J -.J ioclnaianoe "•-ha. want ab.. •ts
1-m d. sp my mind meek you es
me. 1t was • clneb that I wuuld get you.'
"Oh, 1t was. was 1t' ' she demanded,
suddenly shuwing unmistakable signs of
aggreldvenea.. "And what 1s a bluff?
Can yore all me that""
"Why-er-er-s bluff 1s er-"
"When you told ere yen could support
me to the style to wblele. I bad teen
accustamed," she Interrupted, "I suppers
that was a bluff."
ttemetlmes • man whose hump of hu-
mor L abnormally dock! e'1 is unable o
✓ es tae point of a joke when he is the
butt of it. Possibly that 11 :7 explain the
strained relations that existed In tbal
household for as much nr half a day.
why Latin 1. 110 0 by Yb►aIelaa..
"I don't see " old the mac leaning
en the drug -sore counter, "why a deems
don't write his prescriptions In English,
Instead of In Latin "
Tbe druggist said. "You think, I sap
pose, that tbe doctor writes his prescrip-
tions
rescrlptions to Lulus, so It can't be read se
easily -De the laymen can's steal his
trade and learn what be 1s gluing him.
Bot that's all wrong In the arse place,
Ledo 1s a mon exact and oonclee Itl '
n e than Eagitah, ea
tanagguags dose sot changeand , ssbeing alla Rduindg
tar,guages do.
"'1 hen again, since • very large part of
alt the drugs in use are boanleel., they
have in the pharmaoopele the same
names that they have In botany-i-tbe
scientific names. Two thirds of snob
drugs haven't Any English names, and
es codeine' be written le i ngllsh,
"But ..oppose a doetnr olid write a pre -
deletion for an uneducated patient The
patient reads It, and then tries to get 111
18114 from memory the mooed time.
Suppose, fee instance, Is calls for iodide
of potrslom and he gets confused with
oyaotdo of potassium. HI mold oaf 'y
bike tee grains of the flnt, but one grain
of the second would 1111 him as dead as
• mackerel. That 1 an exaggerated ow,
but It will serve as an illustration. Don't
you see how the latln IS a protection
and • safeguard to the patient? Pre*rip.
'lone in Latin he *an 't read sod conse-
quently do.sn't try to remember.
"Now for a anal reasen. Latin to •
language that 1s used by scientific mos
the world over, and no other language
Is. You an get latlu preecrlptloos filled
Is any 0000817 on the lace of the earth
whore then Is ■ drug store. We had •
prescription come In here the _VOW day
w►lob we bad erfgtnally, aed wl lel had
e thos been steamed by druggists In Lon -
den. Paris, Berlin. Conotanbinople,
Cairo and Calcutta. What good would as
E nglish prescription be is K Peale
hare"-
•
1'
At ■.dile• Jaaetle.,
"Change cars ter t)reamland I"
Boy roused up a little. Ho mot�bti
hand, and It oa•+bd the arm of the Mw
rocker. He telt for his plotan book. Ii
was gone. Be thought 1t bed dropped ea
the floor. 81111 he did not open his oyes.
"Passengers for Dreamland change
ears!"
Bey knew the vole..• He wanted to
answer. H. triol to itft his head, but It
was to heavy he could not move It His
Ilpe parted. and after a while h. said,
"16.1. -a -t1"
"This is the plan whore we change
ars,' said the entre. "It le Bedthne
Junction. W. reach here at 7 55, 1 b
gentleman eallsi Mr. Charles Alton has
taken the Dreamland oar. I came back
after yon, and we mast go at once."
Boy felt himself lifted by stroc.' arms.
Tbet next be saw he was laid In • soft
bed, and a Deft hand was drawing •
white sheat ever him, while • weft vola
mid: "This It the Dreamland ear. You
di not "hange again til! morning. f will
let you know. I look after all the patses-
gere I am the conductor."
Boy's eyes opened wide. " You're
mammal" he said.
Mamma lire.' 'bay's plump, pink
Sheiks Ills eyes clad again, and the
Dreamland ear moved on, tarrying boy
with a through ticks: In hie nightcap.
serf..,,. 100-11„Ia,o,,..
Mfllloneere-One man In a million.
Coupon-Tbe veal cutlet of the golden
ealf.
F•hle-An span freed 11e with • moral
attao b men t.
Diamonds -The gems of thought most
peculiar o worm n.
Moncpoll 8-A man who tries to gel •
monopoly or monopolizing
Y.gotlst-A min who rant disguise
Ib. Interest be feels in himself.
Hypocrite -A moo who I,rs?s for some-
thing he Isn't willing to work for.
Energy -The arIllay to work gives Ile
otherwise perfectly harmless bridles
Muton-BometIing a girl Bites the
fellow she doeen t are o go hand 1•
glove with.
011es May• Seer a Tire,.
A tiger with •, glass eye le a1 present
In the menagerie •1 'tutrgan. A uncus
• ffeeilon of the mune., ennead tb. heat
se hes the might of esu dye, As the pe le
lie didn't appreciate a nneayd tiger the
beast was put under esweaene, and the
mestess ovate removed. He wan rae•eurd
for a new eye, whieh had te be mud*
with a special degree of fereetty. For eke
fin) week be trled to rub It ant, but new
HUM Ooatantd al the (only wild anneal
wish • glass e&
r.rtess (`.15.4ar Fasts.
!here are .eine artoa. facts Omni tea
'slender. N. century can hetln on Wed -
sada,. Friday or Saturday. Tim same
ealsatd•r ah be used .very twenty years.
October always begins en the seme day
et the week as Jannary, Anvil and July;
Betelemberes December. Febrnery,Wertr►
mad blermulter hems en the same days
May, June and Andrea always boogie ea
dads....s days from each other and every
mast* in the year. 7 as first and 1M
days et the ys+ty '-*M. • oleya the am..
?bees rules do nM apply to leap year,
gibes setup main U malts bHwasa daps
b011'a a lad after ietrnarj tut►.
TOLIYBY TILE EDITOR,
During • Holiday Ramble He
Visits the Old Homestead.
al. Fumed Clauses That A.terl.bed &1o.
Oa• of which Uererve• the Widest reb-
111.11o■ ler the leaeat It May Yrese he
1)10.,.
k'rum The Leader and Hacurder, Ter
route Junctfun,
'11ue editor of 'fhe Leader and Re-
corder, during a re. tel huldhlay trip
th vugb the couutier of York, feel.
Le@t•nn and Grey, spelt a sew days at
the uhl parvutal bwue.tead where he
Was burn anw ►peau many happy
ream. The old bumeetead is In the
township of Euphraeiu, Grey county,
about nue and a -half miles south of
the village of lleutheote, and about to
milts from the town of ldeaferd. It' is
occupied by the writer's youugeet brei -
flet, George J Fawcett. '!he latter
wen the picture of houlth, end, /etlsent-
'krins ihaT-Il.vt he -cane from De-
troit, where he had been living fur see -
mai years, and took loset.won of the
homestead, be was in such feeble health
that his 1111et was deepaired ,f, dee writ-
er rnggewted that the bracing climate of
- urtJ*rte-•tvp'inee-..rust-be thee
ntir seine •iii -the -wail- for it 'ab
constitution. The reply nems contain-
ed,. tement s
ontained,.,otatements so remarkable that we
cementer it a pk•asltre'es well as a duty
to give them ei wide publicity MS pear
• 11e through the volumes of The Lead
er and Recorder. A waver', attack
malaria, contracted as hiIst in Detroit.
brought the writer's brother ss-6WltbY-
dlor, from which be dee-pseud only to
Fnd himself the vi,tim of a amlldien-
don of troubles which unfitted him for
work. Ile wag attended by some of
the most eminent ph)sieeiane iu Detroit,
but he received little or no benefit from
their trelumeet• Change of air was fin-
ally recommended,and he dere:•
his family to the county of - Grey. A
slight change for the better was notice-
able at first, but he saw relapsed into
the old condition, and again sought help
from the leading doctors of the district
in tura. Sleeplessness took possession
of him, end soon be was wasted to •
mere skeleton. Then the doctors declar-
ed they could do nothing more for him,
and advised him to go to California
Xheall these 'weary months to dad
In papers from.. time to tired; and
laughed at what he termed the "mir-
acles” wrought by Dr. Williams' Piak
'Pills. 11e had no faith In such reme-
te., and tt was only when the physi-
cians told him that they could do no
more for him that, like the drowning
man who catches set a strawbr thought
he would try a box of the pills. Tb his
Plot aatooishment his sleeplessness
had vanished before be had been orlpg
the pi11e a week, and. he slept like an
Infant. Gradually his strength return-
ed and his appetite improved, sod soon
he felt 11ke a new men. A few months
after taking the first done he was ss
well as ever. For more than two yeare
rad he bas not taken any medicine
whatever, and to day you will cot find a
sturdier specimen of mankind in Grey
than Geo. J. Fawcett. "What do I
think of Pink Piller he queried with a
. mile; "why I think there is nothing
like them on earth for building up the
111(011: but for 7)r. Williams' Pink
Pills I do not think I would be &Iles to
day."
The years of experience has Wraith
that there in absolutely no dimease tlo4
to a vitiated condition of the blond or
shattered nerve. that Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills will net promptly can, and
those who are suffering from each
troubles would avoid much misery and
save mach money by promptly resorting
to this treatment. Get the genuine
Pink 1'tlle every time and do not be per-
suaded to take am Imitation or .owe
other remedy from a dealer, who, ter
ilii' Sake of the extra profit to himself,
may s7 is 'host as good." Dr. Wil -
tame' Pink Pills cure when other medi-
cines tail.
CAUSES OF WAR.
They Are 1. Abenrd Sowetlr., AN
Thor •1 I
"Did you know that the Wiggins fatally
and the Wagglna family, are 110 longer uta
' peeking termer' said the wonlaa *be
had Just run in fur a few minuted; le be
pelghburly and reelable.
"No," answered the bo.roo. "Whet
was 1t about?"
The same old foolish moray. .Their '
shlWnn fell out and grew impertinent,
and then the madam Mork sides, and the
first thing any one knew there was • gen•
end wlsunderstuuding."
"How Mullah! 1 never oould are why
people didn't hare more lntelligeuee than
to do such things Hy the way, did you
g o to the theater last week?"
Yes. Isn't that new star, Gerald Me -
Pigging, slimly serandl"
1 can't say 1 think very much of Ger-
ald MoStiggina"
"Nut Halal muoh of Gerald McStlggln.1
Well, 1 sure free to say that 1 don't b.;leve
I ever knew what acting wan till I now
him. lits voice is so 11 clodlous and re-
fined and the way he walke Is so gr•uceful
that I don't see how anylx,dy that is cul-
tured could belp admit -tug ben."
"Perhaps he's to the loklreef some poo•
par " was the rather icy answer, .'tent 1 't
note.. cared much for matinee actors who
had women standing on the curbao,,e to
e ar them come out after the sh...v was
over."
"I never did such a thing "
"Ob, I knew, you didn't -at levet I neva
illMO UIctiitis'at►tiStltit teteewei i k -
eau Weems the aorik r
Hamilton Feast Ile 1s my idr.I et on
acor. He hes so much repute. T1., re le
any suggestion of self 4 uns•lonenesa
in what ho does, and be taut always try•
Ing to Impress you with his personal
beauty, either.'•
' He's • phases clown 1"
"Cdr It be possible that yen and retrad,
Nang Wit. fiarwtteen rats to seed -lase - -
g uege?" inquired the bush.', who wag
getting red In the face.
They were both sanding In the ..riddle
of the floor. One held the permed wtth •
grasp which threatened to break Its rube
and the other was nervously pulling a leas
handkerchief into atter. Jh.t then the
boatel' husband entered.
"W hat's the matters" he exclaimed.
"You seem excited."
"Oh, Mn. Bing!. was jowl telling me
that the Wigginess and the Wagginses had
quarreled."
"-Yes. I'd beard of 1t. It wee about
their children. Wsn't It foolish?"
.And both women replied at once, 'Pee
fatly absurd!"
HIS LOVE GREW COLD.
Be She Declared, let He Vehemently
Dented the ('•
The 'pirated young man, stung to the
quick by the taunting words of the fair
creature whom he led to the altar but a
few their% weeks before, clinched ISIS hands
tightly and drove, almost In vain, to sop•
press the angry words that involuntarily
welled up In hie threat and Sought to ..-
saps from between hit firmly pressed lips.
"Bah! You no longer love me!" Dried
the beautiful woman, ramping ber foo
u pon the rich carpet angrily. "What a
fool I was to believe your words of love?
Love? You never knew the meaning of
the word. You told me befog ere were
married that you would die for me, and
now"- Her slender frame Shook with
emotion, and the tears cause into her large,
sari dy
"By ne. heavens, you do me less than jus-
tice!" declared the young man, fumbling
nervously with his watch chitin. "I love
you .4111-I have always loved you. The
words of love and affection which I utter-
ed daring the early day. of our love were
true. I would die for you even yet, but
low -yon ask ton much of mere
"Too match? There wan • time when
nothing wea too greet for you to do for
me. Yon Soy I demand too much. So be
1t. If this small Mon, which ,n all i sok,
be toe great for you to grant, then never-
more will request of mine be directed to-
ward
owand you. All 1e over between us"
With • proud, imperious gesture of dis-
dain she turned haughtily se though to
leave the room.
The young man darted forward with
an expd•elen of abject misery ulain his
multi! h, regular features. .
"1180 not say that, my darling!" he
cried pasdonately. "Sorely you would
not work year life and mine for each •
trivial thing? There must be Sime way
out of Illa wretched m8underdeeden :
L ?.her" nothing else 1 can dot"
"Nothing." Iter steely gray eyesflash-
ed and her buxom mew' and fell) with emo-
ttun. Either you eometer to my demands
or we must part 'forever. And, attar all,
whet in It that I ask? Nothing that any
man should refuse the woman he loves.
If you love me, a you my, you cannot re-
fuse me thin one 111tle request.."
"As jou will, Nora," be replied tener'
ly, with pale, Set fern. "An yen will.
Bo tin cmrrquentval what they may. en
thin point 1 ahe adamant. Neva, i love
you, Trot never under any eirnomdan -e
an 1 rrmaent to go to the theater with you
en the horse ears."
Hie Fetal F.reor.
"Boffkln hs got himself in a nate fix."
"Howl'.
"Ile *rete an article nn 'Thr Ida!
Wife' for a woman's paper butt month "
„Well, what's that gee en do with hie
prwsnnt fix?"
Somehoxly told his wife about It, end
she'. Creon reeling tele thing overand over
duraag. the ;wet two dive, trying in dl.
t+?Y 4 single tett wh9e'lilh Me Idrep Ai-
mee test
iMmIdes her. She ha.n'e fnnnd 11, and
Betfkle la taking hl. meals amen •awn."
-Clevelead Leader
'Easily Arranged.
She t (e iagttl ar * o? a quest 1111*) p
tike o her to o • qucetlon ,up•
poring theft peps should w ill ell his 0 00ey
40 my brothers and slaters and 40.15 me
penniless, what abould 1 do?
Hs -Try and upset the w111 on the
grounds of Insanity. undue Influence and
anything elm that might *egged itself.
She -I see; but supposing that be willed
It all to me and left the in out In the oe:df
Her -Oh, then I ih.uid mit you to rear -
z7 1110 at once.
She- But t'f tbe otben teed to apM
that will?
He -I should be your lawyer, and the
money would still oome to e& -Pick M.
Up.
The Anarrblet 1e Hicks.
Mn. Bink► -A noted anarchist of ah1-
sago says t 11 people will woke up sued
fine utorntrg and lied that lihaeell Sae
ha lust every dollar. -
bit. Banks -That'" so. every word of la
"My goo dnerl When *111 is be„ do yea
think?"
"H ben he dlc.. "-New York Weekly.
A Veteran. ....
#rr1.N401r/411604,Nppag!2•avgihon you were
'lever out of We country?"
' Well, asyway, 1 was doctored by et
tsarinary."-Clnclnnati Enquirer.
A Smell ('ate.
"Young Dealer is getting to be as ave`
erste. poker player as hie father."
"A chip of the old block, eb?"-Phllr
delpbla North American.
(arsenseat'vest).
Would you Wish
As a Man
To Leave your. Wife
and Babies Helpless?.
Emphatically, NO you say. But don't
you know that the unprotected widow
and orphans are the sport of Fete -the
driftwood of humanity -What can they
do when you are not there to help them?
The question demands an answer. The
answer is starvation or degradation.
The remedy is insurance, Add to In-
surance
o-surance brotherly consideration, can
and attention, aid and help, and you have
The Canadian Order
of Foresters.
They offer insurance at just enough above
cost to insure absolute safety.
(HERE ARE TNM RATES:
Between the On On On O.
Age. ei $y'• $'.oew-.te.7,o. arose.
.i.
Fell informs** seat es sloOdeatlon to R. F.1.L,Orr,
H. C. R., Ingersoll. Out. ; Tiow. 11•,lre. H. s.,
Brentford. Ont. 1 or F.es.r (modulo, Sup. as
Organiestion, Br.ntfod. (let
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DON'T CHIDL
THE
CHILDREL
Don't scold
the little ones if
the bed i. wet
In the morning
It Isn't the child's fault. Weak
kidneys need strengthenins
that's all. Yoe can't afford to
Ask delay. Neglect may 'nail
• lifetime of Suffering,
DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
Strengthen the Kleinert ..a
880415.., thee all treats.
bir. John Ceram, employed at
M. S. Bradt & Co,'. store, Ham-
ilton Out., move m
1fy tittle boy ..vea yeah of the
battbeen trenhlml leak Me edd•ey.
M.ee birth sod odtsld sot told hit
water. We trent h1wdrMe orf tri.
fare dewerteg nod weed. •ase AIM
ter.1. rreee.t,..- but tt:ry wore of 11
s o11. One Mea of Doss's [Ilse,
P10. eemplefbly cored bin."
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