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A DAUGHTER OF.sees,)
'
A Novsa•ot the Present Day.
CRAFT= I.
Takeo At Her Word.
"Howard, you shall never demes
yourself i' any arab way."
I certainly have no intention
dsaeaaiag' myself, as you express it,
H »lea'•
Hut you have just told me the
you intend to marry Cecile Vaysour.
Y
od affluence Into the abvrah of ery;
her homes dropped from her like the robin bin of Cluderella ou the stroke
u of the faded hour of mld4lgltt, end like
ber she became a creature of yys ter-
ot day, a bird shorn of tete brilliant plem-
age, an outcast. and considered unfit
to mtngk longer In the charmed circle
t where otos she bed been courted. ad-
mfred, and flattered.
Bat tbe knowledge of her poverty,
d when brokeu to her, scarcely versed
to move her.It was welling
y the lone of her father whencompared
mother,
d w110 had mads her their 14k,1, and thus
far on life's journey removed es ery
teat/vale from her pathway.
She was only seventeen, and a lime
aver known a want or a wtsit un-
gratified; her whole life had beep like
as enchanted idyl, end povertywee
ef' bet as eget! -meett ,adosargies
sound to her.
the
She had met Howard Montgwmert
more than a year previous. For six
months abe had bt'eu engaged tolhlm,
loving him with all the fervor of a
flet strong attachment, and be-
lieving him to be bust what he was,
a grand, noble. Ineorruptlble man.
Now when her great trouble came
offabivhad of course turned to
"A Montgomery neve:• yet rtoope
to wed with a beggar."
"Hal
"I do not care; I must talk plaint
to you, or you will ruin yourself an
diagram your family. You need not
think that you are gei.ng to transfix
me with that stern look, nor byyour
dignified, imposing manner. you
marry that girl you will be tbe tat
of our whole set.
i%s see, tel eeriieg of a rah
iltandsome lips disclosed • set of very
white, eve' teeth belonging to t
gentleman addressed by the above re-
mark.
An angry flush mounted to the
lady's brow as she noticed it.
"If you pi, 'at in your mad folly,
she cried, hotly, "you are henceforth
no brother of mine ; I will not re
coqog��npiis��eprtyou;; 1 will have nothing more
t� 4bTj we17'r
95(
It was coldly,
"' Very well!'
you still defy
refuse to heed my
ter r
'1 have no wish to 'defy' you, Helen;
but if you imagine for a moment that
I am going to prove myself the trai-
tor 1 should be it l heeded you in
this ; if you think 1 am going back
upon my troth, boaor, and plighted
word, you ere very much mistaken. A
Montgomery had much better 'wed
with a beggar,' as you are pleased to
pat it, thea tower himself to commit
the dastardly act which you propose."
"Then I repeat you •re henceforth
so brother of mine, and don't you
ever dare bring your beggar -bride
into my presenoe."
The place in which the chose con -
vermilion occurred was a luxurious
° "'doom in one of those palaces which
adorn, wide, handsome, aristocratic
Fifth avenue; a vast, lofty apartment,
Pillared with rose marble, bung with
vend,.curtained witlftledgetees
fit for the gods!freacoed.and carved
is rich and delicate designs, almost
equal to the work of • Gibbons and a
Vario ; lighted by great apace. of
Preach plate -glaze; sarpetsd with the
choicest productions of the far East,
sed ornamented with costly bric-a-
brac, statuary, and paintings from al-
most every country on the globe._
.The speakers were in perfect har-
mony with their surroundings.
One. • tall, willowy, graceful wo-
man of perhaps twenty-five years; a
eseen of brief ,'a thorough woman
of the world; a brilliant, black -haired
black-eyed. rose -tinted brunette, with
all the fire, and pride, and baugbtinese
of • ,gennine southerner in her nature,
the best Kentucky blood in her veins,
and a high -bred grace in every move-
ment.
She looked like • picture as she
stood there, tail, straight, haughty,
and angry ; • passionate gleam in her
midnight eyes, a glow of ruddy fire on
her olive -tinted cheek ; like one of
those rich, glowing conceptions of Ti-
tian or Murillo stepped down from its
frame, in her trailing dress of violet
velvet, with its rare and de-
licate laces, the massive cross
of diamonds •t her throat, and
the cluster of crimson iwde in her hair.
She looked like a queen -an offended
queen -proud, regal, nwmtful, but
magnificently beautiful.
Such was Helen, only daughter of
Fitzroy Charles Somerset Montgom-
ery, a very wealthy southern gentle-
man, who was fortunate enough to
escape the ravages of war and lave
the bulk of his property.
He was a descendant of a grand old
English family, who had been one of
the first to eittie in the State of Ken-
tucky,
eo-tacky who were also intensely arie-
tocratic and exclashe, priding them-
selves upon their vast wealth, poeltion
and blue bleed, but who had gradually
died out until only two etrvlved to
preeerre the dignity and glory of the
family name and Inherit their almost
royal pemeesione.
Whether It was the "burvlval of the
fittest," and whether their pristine
dignity arid glory were preserved, are
facts which will develop themselves In
the future.
The other speaker referred to, the
companion of this beautiful woman,
was an equally handsome man ; dark-
twowdd, and darkly -crowned lice Icie
sister, with the saute tall, straight
Henry.. the same clear-cut, high -bred
profile, with the carne complexion. the
same courtly grace and bearing, but
posessing a character infinitely su-
perior, although It was plainly to be
seen that he was the younger of the
two.
A noble man -a manly, chivalrous
man war Howard Montgomery, fall of
floe and energy, of lofty principles and
earnewt purposes.
lie was the only retnateing melon to
perpetente the nese d s nobie house,
the pet and darflht of hie slater, the
meet admired and clouted of all the
cited* In 'widely tidy moved. and hon-
ored and respected amass hb 1>sthdem
a gtealeteansee for bis fair dealing, hie
unswerving rectitude, and almost
princely gl�snersdty.
The brother and sister led shared
equally la the division of their father's
• fthe half of which wee
ortune In Itself ; but
ad greatly augmented here by
a second with Colonel Wil-
liam
llam Everard Iangle while Howard
bale fair to double hie shortly by nue-
cement badness operations.
Both were Ilantientne, cultivated.
rich, and both were Imbued with as
intens pride a�rding their birth
family, and paertion. hut -with a dif-
ferent*.
Hebra was haughty, arrogant and
eontontted on amount of her great
wealth, and the pnrlti.xl It gent her.
while Howard's pride correlated In en.-
taining an unt.lem.bed character,
Wcnrntetw a morn art, a dishonorable
said the seeriflce of truth and
The GabJmet of their present depute,
and trtdsesd of the whole/dodo in whieh
they moved Om at this tines, was
Howard Montgomery's srtgwgeawnt to
(belie Vavesre re, a lovely girl, who ate
till very recently bad moved la the
sone,acid been a mach ad&hed
hells It. le -beau mends.
But a "Indian and terrible red
Algia (Md dareived her in a
elf Mine orf Wei rstwrtel, theirs isavi
her not ealy am orphan ,hut ahanlutal1y
friendless end m1fseuinll1.a.� In the w*wht,
as ,be hal neither !Mother Wer deter,
nor relative of a Wei that she knew
d, wbil* tt was dtaeavuted upon an In-
pentlgwttnw that Wr. Vat:mow was
an honorer Involved In his Herelle
attnrr that every dollar dh(t td.
party whieh he l
n0! be mtftnMst to cannel his
Be beauMflsl deed' Yates/Mar was
f>~illetaly heeled Isom the very pineals
-
haughtily spoken.
Does that mean that
sae -that you
wishes in this mat -
a
s ]dL.Irrn:Asaa.lme
had aright todo--ae a woman should
do, and feel, toward the man whom
she was to marry.
It had serer occurred to her that
the change in berto could
make any differenceei to his
feelings or those of ha many friends.
What mattered a little money ?
II she had none, Howard was rich,
and as kis wife she would never want
for anything In the future any more
than she had in the past- Rize be-
lieved he would do by her as she would
have done by him had their positions
been reversed; so she gave not s
troubled thought to her poverty, al-
though she was nearly heart -broken
over the sad and tragic end of her
parents.
But however she may have regard-
ed lin poor Ceclie's misfortune In les,
lag all her money did make a vast
dltferenee in the feelings of ber "dour
five hundred friend.;" and the crash,
when it ..ase, eruahe'd out almost
every spark of levo, admiration and
fs.edebtp wtteb they 11.01 ver
ttert fined, or professed to entertain
or her.
"How dreadful "' they cried, with
faces of dismay. "Poor child, what
will she do? Of course Howard Mont-
gomery will aver marry ber new -
It would be each a mesalliance," and
bright eyes grew brighter, hopeless
hearts became lighter, ae calculating
as -webs and scheming maidens began
to feel that the handsome aristocratic
young Southerner might turn his at-
tention in another direction now.
To bre sure tbe fair unfortunate was
Net as pretty, Just as pure. just as
intellectual and accomplished as Abe
had ever been ; but the almighty dol•
lar -that golden god, who hitherto
had paved her pathway with pleasure,
and surrounded her 111. with a halo
of glory -bad proved fickle. taken tin -
himself 's s petted darling wings and flown away,
waa
faond to be only a thing of common
clay after all.
Helen Langley, who should have
been most sympathetic, most tender,
comforting and considerate was bit-
terest of all.
Poverty was the worst, the uopar-
donabie sin of all In her catalogue of
crime* and Cecile. perforce, hall be-
come a sinter past 111 forglveneen or
absolution.
For a moment or two after etre
had uttered that last litter, pas-
sionate sentence, her brother stood
reganling her with a •tern, search-
ing look In his dark eyes, then hie
handsome lips slowly curled again.
he began, coldly, but with
a decision which there could be no mte-
taking, "1f you were a man. I would
not have given you breathing space
after those last odious words; but
Once, you are a woman, nad-my uls-
ter, I suppose I muse endure them
and let you go unscathed. Let me
tell you, bowever, that you have
greatly mistaken my character, 1l
you lmaglae that I am going to prove
recreant to my vows, sliassey because
Wise eel I love has become the vic-
tim of misfortune I have won bet
affections; I have wooed ber from
the beginning with the intention of
marrying her ; and, patting myself
and my love for bee entirely cote(
tbe gneetfon, do you away I am go -
Ing to break ber heart now.
Ply
became her fortune has taken 1becameWhat was bee money to me?
�Id
you think It was simply that I want-
ed when I asked Mr. reverser to
give ms h. daughter ? Have I not
enough and more thanenough Fier
troubles have not chau>gsd er nn•
tare, eiospt to make Mw cling to
toe more toad! and to be more de-
voted than She . the
same pure, true -hearted girl that
she has always been, and whom you
have professed so to sdmlre and love.
Without me she weeld be utterly
(doodles and de motels, sad this
change In her circumstance* will not
make the slightest dl(terence with
my intentions rreeggardlrg her,"
You are determined.lien -you will
not Wotan 10 retiener-lou are bound
to marry ber ! Kira Lang.y cried,
with a flash of ringer In her eyes.
"Mo=ot certainly I shall marry Ce.
elle Vavaaour. I have Dever thought.
of myth a thing as breaking my en.
gageneent with her until you pro
pouel It to me to -day."
"Where le your pride 1" alts cried,
esornfolly.
"(load Heavens, Helen 1 bane yon no
consideration for ms? Do you think
it *mild owl me nolitlag to give up
my promised wife, and do ,you 5IM
I can cast ber ends like it worn -ort
garment? I all you my whole We
would be blighted, all my hespee
crushed --destroyed, If anything should
happen to oilennte Cecile's after
Hone from me. She is dearer to In.
than all the world held ee ; name•
fortune, position would be nothing
without her," he returned, with an
ear'nestndw which proved the truth
of his words beyond a doubt.
"You are too sentimental for any.
UAW Howard," Mra Langley re-
torted, Impatiently.
Call 1t whet you wtil-b tlo not
rare; but yed eannht move me a
hair's breadth i dal! Ins all try
eloquence, ton, to hasten our mar -
Maga for the poor child will have no
Rowe when her father's ereditors are
ssel�i'sflai, save the one i "tail offer
ha
"iViil. Dowsed Massagessery. yes
what t hare said" Wm riot,
retorted. In Mg es.
fere t►kIts and net as tint of a mare
wase.
set Helen, and If seen is rear ver-
Met--tthat T. am no lager to to r•-
12=fur your mer --that yoe
orti +e.tractse - from Your
art and horse -en It fMet remain.
1 apeo+•. slthOier It It. a very em
Mei and areal ams, bttghe YaWnt• wan
td In i4dil ender lip • "Yon and alight
. addare all that ars left of oar father's
tautly, $$4•.4t will be eery hard to
walk 1t. egarat• pa1de' wisier'M1 Mir
arm we have been so Whited. .but 1f
los w allow a tale to
cF
annot tsg7 %bait I am in any
apemlW. I will not shame my Man-
hood --I will not do violence to nv
Wee. and Grail both my life and Ce-
cile's, teveu t*oogit my only sister tie-
Mands lt..'
Howard, you are au incorrigible
fool 1" Helen Langleycried. angrily.
'tut throes Into a wits heat of pea
don tt;' to wards.
How i[ootgowary stepped for-
ward W e table near them and took
his kat
His file fees had crown vary pale
and tbe welt of fie: b which lay be-
tween his teeth war nearly bitten
through with the effort M wade to
restralu himself, and thaw was a
daugercws gleam in his eye.
Hla Water had not Inherited all the
fire of her race by any means, nor as
much of their asif•conend either, as
would have been well for her.
.'That in encestktttg that I tun al
lova
w no ono to say to s with imppoo
nity." he returned. la au inflnxlble
tone. "Good -morning and good-bye.
Helen."
Without welting for any reply and
before hie dater could recover from
Ler street. ruder h its UMW Vbat'
site had dome, and that she was being
taken literally at her word, he had
left the room and the house.
wet .7.7.Te 1.` ereetalesme
,. ea OW j Lav cess weer W ?be ausreane Make Norther study et
se Ontietrtt th.Wtsrtww
41
S0[ a eddy c[ Chine's man -
mire and •Uitt tta, and their pesle-
dloala are reporttag what has been
teamed. The latest number of Rao.
skll Vdsatedk my* It 1. sot surprising
that the Celestials sadder Europeats
baradios" w Why ese oontiauelly
what bad manners and
breaches of 'tlnsstte ds the part et
whit. mea The cling, accord-
ing to the Oldness ftetioa, 1s diamet-
rically opposed to the European idea.
For instance, when a Chinese wel-
comes a visitor to his house, he does
not remove his hat, it he herpes to
have it on. H. puts his hat on if he
ia caught without it. Tba seat of boa -
or at the table la at the left of the
hest. It would be oonattier/id sn of-
fense if the guest inquired about the
health of the hostess, or, still worst,
=premed • desire to be presented to
bar. A Chinese takes no offense if told
that he looks yoesger than he la The
olds the man the more he is reaped -
ed, independently of kis qualities, and.
therefore, a Chinese wishes to appear
older than be really is. H. willingly
forgives many offenses, but should
anyone happen to tread on his foot he
iGiltlsM to sweetie 'the 'smut hasabte
apologias. When a eon dies in a Chin-
ese family the bereaved tether cos -
aiders it proper to show strangers a
smiling countenance, no matter what
'his sufferings may be.
The Russian ne wawa
there la • miniature - of . s{lq t
China known as Lipa Atfglgst
od,m•nner' aro aoosptgd
authority. The books
eg�te -gree: tit oke rel -
la --their severity. A Cltii . Noma
even build • house according to kis
tarts. No matter how r:eb be 1e1, it
Is not proper for hjelt to band sealer
or a higher boars Musa that of W
neiglb or 1f the lager happsiea its be
of super'.oer rank soelWy. In
*admits
etiquette there are Memvart
�I
the bow. Ignorance aI a ideas
of propriety withka tla bow
Iran often weaned
A Chlaase sgd�h5 cares•
Volk-. will sat t3M hlg p�saJ
reasoo for w peer
health or the $ el a ile
a pretext for leering. Saab th4gs
have led =say peewee to regard tie
Chinese as lnsinoere, bat tkte der
them injustice They aro
oonshdered to be odd,
Indifferent to a soft
Aa a wafter of teat
tgilimeL
of stolidity Is ally a of the
wonderful self-control a the Iron
force of character with whish this
rase . endowed. -New York flea.
OM Howard she a eel, _._. 11 tier Wt�i MMA PriQuaelzIL
brl=bt bead apLnt >tir IQIoFWOr•
,
CHAPTER II.
Planning for Their Future.
Howard Montgomery went directly
from Col. Langley's elegant residence
to the po len luxurious abode of hie
affianosd wife -Cecile Vavaeonr.
04 ortand sonWhy for the Igor Ir. a sbauza 1 *agar
yt (�l�f i ride a of e. zasi ittibm .ti tried ahnul.i sol Tuve -.
forward at this trying time, and
alWe. r beautiful e as long as rue- offered the t sympathy and shelter
wh'oh this poor lonely girl so much
needed.
" There will be no trouble about
that in the future," he answered,
as he braided back the soft locks
come nester the relentloes hummer wf
from her forehead and touched It
gently with his lips, '- and you
shall live Just woere you pretsr• 1
urge their immediate marriage, that will do Just as you say s*a*t the
Coolie might at once De surrounded by house -If you will be happier has
his love and protection, and that she than anywhere else. I w111 perebase
need tenni no change in her mode of It � all 11 contain, and It shall
life; and It one the declaration of
be your home atilt But--tt mint
this determination to h. rtstlf:'the be mine,too ; your own good judg-
ment wl tell you that I could not
wit o5 had cuuswl the disagreement
do this for you etcept under the
recorded. Ip the previous chapter.
protection of my nn;'tue ; and Ceello,
Howard (Quad kir betrothed sitting,
1 know that yaw father and pother
rad and alone In her tpoeedoir, her face
pale and wistful, her Gtr weary and tta ap you• You have no friends
iekcted. mem 700 can go fora home;
Al the door open«1 and he entered,
you are not ittted to take care of
rhe sprang to meet him, with a glad
yo reelf ; you are my promleed
rye her countenance lighting up with wife' yon intend to tmmaerry me some
rte. at tsvrd.snsse teat odd his time ; ^ th bei a kray�A whom
1t 05102 of whom she had ' Yt1a11
been think- and 1 am sure woo do not ears any
think-
ing, rend how entirely her heart nes more than I what the world may
How email I d«cribs Cevfle Veva"-
.
avu-
say ceding the proper period for
,art isolation and mourning."
How can 1 dL. 1n,dtlra .lin her re.11. be �IItlnuad.t
' O5.'$oward, you do not
that sad papa sad manses gang
away la Greenwood 1" the yr
orti4 la raised Hirt
Ing blonds satffosed her face and lost
1011f1 a hood the f••ih.+ry goal that
aTTeess
for/dead.
�°y.
to e
rs W her eyes and •
grieved 1looea�� about her mouth.
How oatld ells bear to think or talk
of her owe ess while her dear
oast ley so and silent in their
newly made gneiss? 1t rennet slmalt
like sacrilege to her.
Howard >tfostiomery drew her yet
closer to hits,
" Dearest." he mkt gravely, " 1
know that you trust ode fully, and
you will know that whatever I tt:
for you will be Wording to my
judgment. Yoe must not think Me
unkind if I talk burinew to yea far a
little while, and tall you Just lege
affairs stead. Yue already know emits -
thing of the ldfmse.al trouble that hue
swept aw`i�super father's ,
aridnow It!�• necessary that
orulit.ra le. sathifisid. They
toile thy waitedseveral
d�istuurbing your s(; bee
Ctc,le, this great house is no place
fur you with only versants for sow
pen lour.'.
I know it is not, Howard, and 1
can never tell you Trow very lonely I
Have been ; I would have beeu glad
to go away before if -If there had
been any place for rue to •go." she
rail sadly, and ifow.lnt Montgomery's
creditors had postt tined the despoiling
But it could not be delayed much
longer, and bee lover knew It -knew
that the aristocratic residence, with
all Its wealth of ark,rnmeut, must
the auctioneer.
He had therefore determined to
BOSTON LAUNDRY STAUB
never fails to give satisfaction
10 TES D1BVIL DIIADt
Or Has eons Oskar agencdse Under-
takes Igo worts.
Any plunge into popular literature
On weal subjects -or into realistic
f (Aloe -shows not only that " cir-
ounustance. environment and heredity
have replaced the world. the flesh and
the devil," but that we have =bine
toted for eke embodied spirit of evil
a the old days an abripeaction. So -
Cody, which is reapooatble for nearly
as wide a field of harmfulnem aa
predecemor. It does not, to he sure.
snatch away Indians. preferring the
leue direct niethod of moving them on-
ward to some reservation not aa yet
wanted by the whites, but otherwise
It is as aetive as ever Satan was. So
clety determine' 'environment. and
environment determines character.
Society is responsible for the tough ou
the streets of New York, and for the
spiritless failures who drift dejected-
ly through some of our alleged pic-
tures of weatern life. Society is to
blame for public corruption and pri-
vate dishonesty, for drinking, for
woman's wrongs. for the woes a the
working man, for war, for unionsd
views en the currency or the tariff or
the policy of expansion -for what-
ever, in fact, happens to be the parti-
cular bete noire of the particular
speaker who holds the floor at a given
moment. Truly. there is no room lett
for the Prince of Darkness; his oe-
ovation is gone, and Society has tee
uniphantly usurped his ancient do -
maize -From "The Point a View." in
the April fkribner's.
Ma Own Pros Will.
Dear Sits. -1 CattoOt speak too
strongly of the excellence of MIN -
Marti LINIMENT. It la THE remedy
In my housellokl for burns, 'sprains,
etc.. and we would not be without 1t,
It is truly a wonderful medicine.
John A. Macdonald.
Publisher Arnprior Chronicle.
Onee Was atom" fte atm.
Kennebec, Me.. Journal. " who has
Vile incitement rewn to his undershirt:
' My appendix has been cut ont," and
lie explains his core in this way : 'You
see these are the palmy knifing (lays
of the surgeon. if a man falls In a fit,
faint" or happens to lose oortecioneness
for any reasan, they cart him off to
the hotpitttl nod operate for append!.
ciao withont waiting for tilm to come
to and say what ails hlm. I've been
sliced open ()nee, and I don't hanker
teller's Grip PoWdetil Care.
Too Clever by Halt
a Perla mnnufneturer named Per
Fon ha. tort been norivleted of wiling
canned horseflesh as potted -dock,
bore. etc. He eaLd. like east Weiler's
friend. "that It was ail In the season-
ing," and that he amid make horse
into duck or hare aeoording as Motes
diftefliell'Ile hitters ou tam cane 'N-
H.," meant not "Mention Honorable,"
as purchasers bad gemmed. hut
"Melange Hippophagiqns." Judge
grave Vr. Person tabs month'.
Minaers Winton Ceres %Met le Com.
Raw Wass Me Weaned
Lard Nelson once sent his coxswain
with a mot* to Lady Hamilton. with
orders to wait ter a ovly. Whim her
literate had reed it, aie mid to the
sailor : "I supple* I abaIl have to
five Nelson's commit* • drink. Whet
shall It bel-* pot ot bear, a glans of
grog or • drop of peach r
*Mem your Nitrate 1" mid Jack,
"I Walt a bit Northeast'. I'll taint tbe
beer new, tied I eau be /Waking tbe
greg while your ladyship's aisles ibe
togleftel masa
planning something fro biped girl le Melt.
Lama County, a.m.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath diet
be Is senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney • Co.. doing business in the
city of Tdledo, county and State
aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sima of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every came of Catarrh that
meted be cured by the ass of Hall'.
Catarrh Curt.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my peewee* this flth day of De -
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Catarrh Care is taken inter-
nally, and sots directly oa tile blood
and 1111100116 surfaces of the 'system
Send for teslintonials, free.
Haire Family Fla are the WM.
It Was the Rage' Letter.
'The Inter Ocean tell* of a baddul
man who courted a girl for three
years without daring to proems. Fi-
nally. while he was vbdting in mt.
Louis. he deckled to propose by mail.
He tent the letter, ani for two h moo
wag one of the happiest men In Mis-
souri. Then be began to believe he
bad been precipitate and WAY as-
sailed with doubt as to how his let-
ter would be received. That night
he didn't sleep. He thought all sorts
of things ani vainly winivd he could
intercept the letter before it reached
her. Bat dist wan manlialtly im-
poinible. It wax not until noon next
day that he received an inwiration
as ho was pursing a telegraph office.
Rushing in le seised • blank and ner-
vously penned the following: "Miss
Mary —, Chicaeo, Mailed you wrong
letter yesterday. Please do nol open
and deliver to me on my return." AU
ter that he breathed freer. at the
manse time wondering if he bad not
',toyed the fool in not letting the
matter ste.nd That evening a to/e-
rrata Wall awaiting him at the ho-
tel. It read: "John —. St. Louie
No; you milled right letter. It was
about time."
PlIft2 FRUIT =TRACTS
are winning friends by their groat
strength and flavor.
The Savages of Oonsrumptloa.
In ao far aa war 'sada to the sac-
rifice of human life, it is but a
trilling evil compered witb sharer
age of ornistimption. Dr. George F.
Keene. of Rhode Island. at tbe late
meeting of the National Conference
of Cliazities In Cincinnati referred
to the ravages of tuberculous die-
sel* as follows:
Even in the few short yeare since
Koch's discovery, over two million
persons on this continent hare suc-
cumbed to ite fatal infection. Tbe
annual tribute of the United Bitiottwe
to this soars. le over one hundred
thousand of Its inhabitants. Each
year the world 'Wide 1-1Yek000.
sash day 8.000. each mloute 2 Of Ito
people na a sacrifice t6 this plague.
Of the 70,000,000 Individuals new
Menne these United States, 10,
,OM mum isevitably die of this
disease if the present ratio le kept
op. It le confined to no, MOO. It la
limited te no country, bet it le rib'.
options and anivereal.
Broken Ekorn ay -stems, shattered
nerves. and enuudated forme, are rap-
idly restored by Miller's Commend
iron PIM.
Careful soltuates ot the force of a
eyelet's. and the energy required to
baps fall fledged burg:loam in active
operetta reveal tbe pressers of a
Ezmakes ths mighamot ef-
roar handled Mai •Ibtree
WM power was ted as
awes oceans these sae pow -
sr that lb sidatable by all Me mean.
wads ranee or maws 'lambin-
g*. the same time. Were
windmills and the
of ail men an4 all Weak
they meld not at all ap
proaeb tato teamadons form exert
owl by title terrible atom.
Way after"
as reervUlne kw an kiwi" of pain, t
Whets there is roach a good rem:
remit estetalere in five ednetale
age all pain am as rap
vulielas les made it se.
ISSUE NO 26 1899
the follow lidonalMos mammas-
puulemilorA_ AllailleS puts forth OBS a by ..
eanita the
ad at Atm Dentlitte 01111*. /OH Thrive?
wirr; Will her Attar call-
ur isad boa man, or milky „mks If your baby
Masted street on s);Iridz bar ais.
Me mum la
is del'
tcate
with ver bad ; that shoe had
a bard nt it to get kw Wools*
with her Odd bars them extracted;
she sold they had pawl the door
the time thie morning Were ehe
could prevail oa her coming Ia. At
Met she decided to bare oft out. ami
thew come in math* day *ad have
ansther out. and err on from Mae to
lime *MU she bad them all mt. Ilbe
was seated la the Mair. ber math
exandoed. flaking aim very badly de.
gordirias around the MOM aid fora
tally Mad it out 'Ilbe serif& "Oh.
/Os diddle/1 get it ; your Mamie slip-
ped en." Data, now, "Oh. ne;
ledge here hi rear teeth." "Well. inze
Shoklyasyle. eel Maw. war.***
in *iv aay and ne geoellse oat'
meond. tooth. Mash. Mr forceps; she
intuiV tell yes to stop. Doctor
that It le aot at all bad ;
took Moe oet. ahe mot making a
Iowa Wm. dem," said site ; "had
I Mown that there waist, mf -
teeing l would have bad them out
years ago." Issavhig. ebe Maid. 'I
will fill oar Wiese w th My Own per -
MOM " abe is it
wed; haa seat to us
so Mita No *taw
telt the
who nail in
work, at prices than the low-
est. Main offloe, 1,006 Market street
gives a jet black, lasting polish
Weddbig !tanager
A. bright yowl( lady lout lut upon a
7stamenromeatikin for wouwo-the sep-
al 11,11411ov She has ob-
ration cat the prospective
Heir Werephio might be wealthy and yet
Haag aad beernislug manner. says the
New Torii Telegram.
flo what dos this Moonless young
Woulaa 4b but start in business eta a
W5Mittlf,,,10410DlatWattrete 'palming to
Me to everything and relieve the fam-
ily of all troubb In the matter. Her
aincoeas I. said ha's been encourag-
ing. tithe is *Apposed of course. to
know all about BOWISM, jacket" wraps,
stockings. boota, gloves, laces, hand-
InnwhIeLs and underwear. and to be
sallied in selecting them.
Rhe usually Installs herself In a
hewer not far from that of the bride
that to be, end thereby sane the
family the annoyance that wcted at-
tend doitur the work In the hoer..
That tied feeling will dieeme.ar, and
You will ite able to eat well and sleep
well, toy ming Miller's Compound lest
Mkt
Re "Alleged Too Mush "
City Editor -Mr. Strong hla beeui la
to -day •nd he bsd murder is bis eye.
HOW in time did you come to speak of
Hrs. Stroag's "alleged husband" la
that paragraph about her aocidentf
J. Freah-I did it to steer dear a
a libel suit. You know yoe told me
•Iways to say "alleged thief," "alleg-
ed mu:darer," and that sort oe thing.
It has been well said that Britain
is the ouly nation that has won the
esteem and affection of a eonguered
race, and the reason is ob•imii:-1111111
leaves them their religion, their na-
tionality, and •Il that belongs to
them ; she ouly directs them aid civ -
If the child la restless at night. has
coatc-d towns. sallow complexion. •
deso-of trwara Worm Powders is what
le required; pleasant. harnolem
Owe of White Baran Ribbon.
"Yon ca.n wear a white satin ribbon
trldrOnitelY." earn a eel with prac-
tical Ideas, "If you only know how to
clean it I Wraith mine with warm soap
and water and a nall hearth. or. If they
are not very mucli soiled. they can be
simply rubbed out In the hands. But
after rubbing be sure to let there dry
before bootee. If Ironed weli they are
too Miff, and will not tie well."
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Sabre
61I lay
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haft
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won Gem. ft
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OMMEIErarEesim
•
and sickly and its food do
not nourish it, put fifteen
or twenty drops of Scott'
proof that thcy will thrive
Emulsion in its bottle duet
or four times a day and you
on this emulsion when other
food fails to nourish them.
It is the same with larger
Scott's Emulsion seems to be
tte element lacking in their
food. Do not fail to try it if
your children do not thrive.
It is as useful for thcm in
summez. at ill Mutat',
eta jeer don Ma sca
SCuri a rowel. commas. Tenet
One Induceassej.
Sandy Pikee-Dtd Misty Moo ta
bard, many r
Slily salvia -Nape I Very smooth
Sandy Pikes -Net I always
thougbt Misty had scruples 'amino
shifting off de mortal colt?
Hilly Culgate-8o he did.
tAll be heard tie doctor say be was
going to his regain' Pam an' dm, w
just panned away wid dat sweet gado
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) We give tisk Line 4 -Blade
Pearl Handle KNIFE for
selling Is of ogr Bright
L4bt Chemical LAMP
weiVrmad yegt ahem sood
iewoord whin pooped
Wiles islet semi the do coon
sad we eel wad ha. mil
all diaries milt dams
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FITS PM, °r`B.!
areicat
gals ligaminee seesiougartle Yews
hem palm bailey •
to this wide ',Learnt
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TELEGRAPH MATCHESi
IFIRST In 1851. FOREMOST in 109R
The non of the BEST MATCH'S.
for the Least Money.
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