uur xunuuuuera uvyppu LLIU cl Usuug FoI'V-old~'Is1`.ael s`bgnd, - When the Bed Set). {lied its tossing Waves on either. and. : . . ' . Centuries have dawned and faded, Art: hnvn annlz in olnnm 0 DIDTIQI VVIIUII W115 IIUOII Left i it 1; o , C<;ntnine:g3:. n Our forefathers swept the c1 ossiug Fol ; nllllarnnlh` hand \JU|lIJ|lI'lUU IIDVU ILOVVIIUU uuu LDHUII, Arts have sunk in gloom ; >We have stii1_survived and trsgied, ; Brothers ofsthe broom ' ` Automatic rakes and brushes, . Rotatory switch, ,Co.nnot..cloa.nse from slop: and slushos ` 'Equa1.17oso1_1r pitch. ' x - ` Now. all I ~ nr brad is shattered ; Gone; like morning` dew, Allatho mud that once bespattored, All thedust that ew ; ` Yes, air. all `the dirt; that `made is Out of draughts and rains, Now is` swe t up -by the ladies With the r blooming trains. -QI'. .TlI`\l3 an I {AN OVERCOAT TRAGEDY. l She had,-promised him that she would ,mend the lining of his nevrovercoab if he I would wear another and leave that at home. ,Aud so, esvhe left. it, she took it from the [ hall and carried it into her boudoir. kuwgo woe vwu--vw -v ---vv Iuvu ..v....~... ` Her name was Eve Wilton, and she had been married five years, and `never, never, |never in all that time had one` unhappy lmoment`; Mr. Wilton had been ' very "at- tentive, very: kind, very `generous, and had never made her Jealous. She often said shc was the happiest woman living. Now, at she looked at the lining and compared the silk with which she was about to replace !the torn portion she was thinking these I thoughts. They had never had any child- ! ren but when people are all in all to each ' other, that is no very great grief. All her 1 5 care was for him,'a1l` his for her. ._-L L--L L_._.__A VWIV WWII IV! Iaunu, Ivan -gnu -yo - ` And he is . just the deares-t:"beet-,' truest ` fellow in the World ! paid Eve to herself. I'm not". half gdod enough for him. `I won- der what this lulu his pocket ; it bulges if: 1 all out of shape. V A I Gk; uni luau Mun?` lntn the lru-emit nnclxai. an our. on unape. T ~ She put her hand into the breast pocket as she ggoke, and drew out 9. little packaga wragp in paper and tied with blue ribbon. H. nmnthinn Inn ha: hmmht. for me. I home. WNI In paper auu uuu vlubn uxuu uuuuu. omething he has bought for me, expect, said Eve. I wdnder what. it is. I think that I.won t. open it until he comes cn_-1_:_'I u..- ..:1I. .....m.- Hun hnln out it nome." ~ She laid the silk acres the hole, cut it out and bested it down. I wonder what. it is. gaid she. Tom did mean to get me an opera-glass. I know; but that is not the shape of the parceli It doesn't. seem like 9. book. It might. be lace wound on a card, real lace. She looked at the package again. I I do wonder what it is, and then hemmed the arch down. There wasn t much to men after all. I thought the tear much longer. He caughtit. on a nail in the office, I know. Now, I do wonder I what is in that package. V D... "6 Oh; Ann}. nvnr I. Chili!` and 1889, what. is m that pacxnge. Eve put. the coat over a chair and took up the parcel. wrmn wnn t. mind. she- said. I will the parcel. - \ Tom won t. mind, just take I peep. I m sure its for me. Than aha undid the ribbon. unfolded the just take peep. rm Iurerwa nu: Inc. | Then she undid the ribbon, ` paper, and new letters. uh." 'l`nm`! He keeps mv letters next and `saw lantern. Dear Tom`! He keeps my 1` his heart, end he has never told me. `n.-. .1... _...lo:-no um: nnf. hm-I : she law ` hi h6&l`U, EHO. [I0 [I55 never uulu. luv. But. the writing was not here ; she new that at a glance. , T M His mother`: letters, she said. He loved his mother so. A ML -.. -L- L.....-.. 4... hmmlnln a `little. for loved hll mother so." Then she began to tremble alittle. for . the letters did not begin with My dear sou," nor with anything like it._ Shecast 3 hereyes over` them. They `were'lov'e` let- ters. Tom had loved some other woman be-' fore he met me. she said, beginning to cry. Oh, what shallI do 2 Then she cried out, "Oh. foolish, foolish creature that I am ! Of course, she died, and he only loves me, now. It was all over -before we met. I must not mind. ' - But here she paused, gave a scream, and. then threw the letter from her as though it had been a serper.t`and hadbitten her. , It was dated in the previous week. It was not four days old. Oh, oh, oh," cried Eve. Oh, what shall I do! Oh, where shall I go 2" At every cry a thought pierced her breast like a stab. - Tom, my Tom! What shall I do} - Tom! Tom! He to be false-Tom. Oh, I have gone mad ! ~ No l` There they are. They are really there"-_-`those letters. Wh do I not die? Do peof)le'live th"rou'gh suc things as these? Then she knelt down on the oor and gatheredup the letters` and steadily read i them through.` Th_ere_I3vet_e ten. of them. I -I ._ _..L-..__-L- things as Uncut: 5 oor letters and through; ` Thereiwere ten Such love lettersr!. Noother interpreta- ` tion could be put upon them. , They were absurd love le`_t ters, such as are .always pro- duced in eourt"iii-cases" of bre s'oh"of pro- mise. And the called him ..P.ops.v. Wop- .sy. Darling. arling. Lovey Dovey, Own Sweetness, and An el ofmy Soul, and they were .all signe , Your own Nellie. A p . `fIt is all true," said poor Eve, wringing her hands And it is worse than any- thin I have ever heard 0 . I trusted him so, believed irrhim "so. My Tom`. mine ! Theushe wiped her eyes, gathered up the letters,_ wrapped the silver paper about them, tiedythe blue ribbon, and put them; back it: the awfulbreast pocket of that dreadful overcoat, and. hung it up in the hallagain. ' wmm clan" never know. . she said. I ll hallingain. Tom shall never know, said. not reproach him.- I will never see him again; when he comes home, I shall be dead. I will not live to bear this. I ~ mu-.. 4... ...+. Rnmn to think over the best. I will not live to near ulna. Then she not down to think best means ofeuicide. She could hang herself_ to the chandelier wit.` the window-blind chord ;. but. then she would be -black in the l fume and hideout. She would _drow.n_her-_ `self ; butwthen her body would ooatin . dowuthe river into the sea: on _ dl-o;w_ne people looked even worse than etrengled ones. 'Shea.wae.too much afraid ofgreat-.me `to blioot;,hei-eelf, even in'thia'etroight. - Sher viroulii .t._'e.lt'e`.` poison. ` Yes, that `would he beat: ; and though she should never see Tom` e`gnin,"he would see her, and remornewould kl` FUR- . nere Inc |uu.uu_u 5.-.... ......-_____ I who in coolly ttescherops to women never hu inf remorse.` Remorle in` love affain is ` a purely feminine quality, and even t._h`e iworet ot, the` `ca ' ' are*_ not i(_it. hou_t is, . owfegexj. . it is` nhtural to. ;h_af1_igve`_'_-V,ths'15.A remorse; ie` , `.pougibl9 ` ' f- A \~-A- I..'u-}..1 _ fk ` t._h`9h worst 0:3`, ma 'aux ..., b it. out. is. N we. elk `nn. :4. `h_of1i9v_e" renotge" U `pot to 5 man .whom"_`m\ohu believed - to" I (@393 nhuis `91911 :-,: ind-'?Evo=took` 8 5 I'hhI'o tab`Te assume in t.He'~tho:ig`l_n, ,g_h6.t. would kneel-bcuidp. .h9r :.99i,n`. 4499,. '*- *-----n4`. inn.t.__ ,x1`mm a _whom_fnno bu ebellevou m uu- uu jnihujjlish `fprmg a'.~1it.ele mh'tEbTe 'cbin`f`o 9 it : ,gt_rdt."f1`gnV kneel. 99i_ii,xi_ .;g1;g1"_`1)i"1fp'a~I'.` into tan-rI':hnn Ps!I..i.0.n.9&9 :9.x919nmi,qn-.. ,9! reg;-gt,` which she perhaps might. see" froui Iomg~sjr_itua1poinywofvobservstion. .. . . - 4:- .m.u-nnnnn.-her` hutisnd-.thik__va`g,;h ~,. L6 H ` Q` ` ' ml. % '.::.*.*fa::......-;':.`::::.......:1;,...$.:*:,..::,i';:', J h. ,l' , h- d.h_,. I was .1::**'%`;:s.. ::*:m%&5: I |l|l~bC"!d|:3:`;FPQ.`!9l'aa,e: ~-.;: ` t [ "I want. it very Itrd1.`,uid Eve. ua;~1n-;.:".I"t.'i`1II`'D . . ; - O[_|-vrl`I`B[`:l.|GU-- ~ _ " `Jr 13aV9,"Ebw.ooF6' .9r; r9:;:.s,th9i?=t`nei`t9 9.1!.-p A ; 517 77. .iif9"ri." ti b%`b,qf 1"; JP!!!) . . yanp it, yaxfxltrdn g. |_s_i(l % L`. U l.&'!`b' Ran. noounry,-.1 -.~.r"$. " .2:-.' _ 0! SITIQ -I- _.--_. ___-___1,, _, A,__, ghim; ` are she made A: great mistake. g_ _-_n_`. o..-..nlruu-nun ha . wom rm: Nonmnnu ADVANCE. ls hf EH13. -.-St. James Ga. nette. A man: scherops `Rembrle 1:: a.'a`irn ` 7 -.L..-1:... uni nvan T l Wm: a gravel: leglccllounded as wder and handed lg `,e"6ee_ the. counter. f ,.s_v_e'nt. etrei he to fhu-2 room anclvlannclreeaed hereelfvnn =:reti?red>;t.ol_bed, taking the p-w- derewith hem: Once or twice she. tasted it with` the-l.Ip',of her tongue, `ho ing that it wa.a_not. v_e1jy:`disrgreea`bie;j_ . t_1en',' nding it eweet.,eel:e..brevfely' eiwiriillowed it. It. is over, sheaaid. _ Oh, heaven for- giverme and forgive Tom. And then she "laid herself down upon` her pillow." Just. asehe did so the familiar sound of e latch-keyin ;t.he door below startled her. was now. -No one else but. Tomlwould walk in in that cool way,and he was calling her. ' ..1.1__- 1.i___ 1.1,__ -_,1.____ ___ _- _m- Elwi `tookV"ijti;,__a`t :dc\s`tl li1i;_`_ 9%: "cent! he ' . Luked a.n l"wli`lk`il`off.`.` ""0n'e `o; t.h`ome, '5lh`e 1 Tom never came home at. noon, but there he . 6 `P11 "Eve, Eve, Eve, where are you?" Neverbefore had she refused to answer that voice. _ ` Why_ had he eoxne to torment her dying moment `Z. Hark 1 now he was bounding. -up the stairs ;. he was in the room, ' . ` ` ` What is the matter_` _ ; Are you ill 3 N 0," she snidiaintly, only tired. Ah,you look tired, little one, said he. I `camehome to get the overcoat. I sup- pose you have found out bythis time that the coat in the hall is not mine. I wore J ohnsonfs home from the oicelast night by mistake ; he is anxiousabout it. He asked me if there was any one in the house who would he `likel to meddle with papers in his pockets. said that I thought not, I hadn't a jealous v7vi'fe-eh ' what s the mat- a tan IJ`I1n9 . m"`(3i1':."l?om, she cried, hysterically. Oh. say it again ! - It. was not your costs? Oh, Tom, kiss me. _ (|"lTLu --Lat 3. LI... nation 9" nrinr` Ant `J11, -1 Ulll, K133 lg. Why, . what is the matter ?"'cried out Tom. _You` must be ill. Then Eve remembered` all. I .am.i.a wicked , woman, Tom; There were letters in the pocket -love letters. ; I read` them; I thought you were false to me. . I-I took poison, Tom". I m ,goii1g to die, and I long to live 30. Oh, Tom, Tom, gave me ! u\.'..- ...... :9 L. ....:...a At. ..~....-.3 lmmunnl I baushene auovv luv 3 Yes, yes, he cried, Oh, good heaven! VV}1a.t poison? n'rnon Il!; Iynnllr `I hnnahf. f VV H8-D PUISOII I Ho'ma.n- will know. I bought -it of him. . Perh_'a.pa he can save me, cried`Eve. ` An:-119' {sign} mhrnl Inlvkni nu (`oath tn `ht! mm. rernupa ne can save me. uucu uvcn - Away: `want. Tom`, white as d_ea.th,_ to the druggist. around the corner. He burst into. _ theshop like a. whilwind. mm... 10.1.. v 1-... ........A -H15: lmlv who line HIIUP IIKU IS WlIllWlIIUa VThe lady, he gasped, -the lady who bought. poison here an hour ago ! She took it. by mistahb. Can you save her? Is there ` an antidote? She is dying ! (\Tn r|l\ nah} tho ALI (`lav-than Rn : an BHLIUULC 5 DHU Ill llylllg i .No, no, said the old German. Be calm, be at rest. No, no. she cannot. die ot data. When a. ladyssks me for fpoison dat. will not turn 3 mt. black in de face, I say to myself, `So! I shmells somesings, and I give her in de paper a. little sugar and somesings. She can takes. pound. Go home and tell her so. I never sells poisons to womens data cry and do not. wish de ml. to become black in de face. So, be calm. . So Tom ew home again, and Eve re- joiced: and hearing that Johnson was a bachelor who admitted himself to be engag- 1 _L _ _1:j -.-. ._:._ -11 4.1.... ....c..l. an 5|-us I-uni 08.011810!` W110 aulluuwu uuuacu. nu ma cu5a-Ip _ed, she did not rip off the patch, as she had `at first intended to do. - A King Prevented Druiikenness but Ee- tabllshed a More Baleful Practice.` About eegen _'yeara ago King Ka.la.mba'_' ruler of the very intellectual Baluba. tribe in the southern part of the Congo basin, decided that mtoxicating li uors were a. great curse and that he woul at once free his people from the bondage of intemper- ance. He therefore made it a. grave crime to drink palm wine and other intoxicating` beverages, and in order to put temptation beyond the reach of his people he issued an edict that all the palm trees inhis country should be cut` down. This destructive measurewas immediately carried out. If ` .1, - n_:_.. 1.-.! .............l with this remarkable measure was ll'n'l(llR.DBl_V uurnuu Uulu ... the king had stopped with this remarkable effort to propagate the cause of temperance all might have fared well with ` his people, but unfortunately he introduced a practice which was far more baleful than intemperance. He introduced the culture of hemp, and made hemp smoking `one of the religious practices of the country. Thenceforth this injurious vice was to fig- ure amtihg the rites employed in the wor- ship of the native gods. The culture of hemp rapidly extended and the habit of hemp smoking grew upon the people" until, the New York Sun says, it has seriously injured them. The results are said to be far more injurious than the excessive use of Qpjnm. Prince H. de Grey, who is the commissioner of the Congo Free State in the Kassai district, writes that he has visited" Baluba villages whose entire population has been _ al- mostruined in morals and physique by the practice of hemp smoking. He is- now using all all his inuence to root out the `practice He finds. however, that he must move with great prudence, for fear of exciting opposition that may defeat his He has secured. the consent of pur fose, V the in to the reintrodnct.ion.of , the palm tree an about 4,000 of these trees have thus far,,l_)een replahted through the coun- try. He.is'also-introdiioing the culture` of tobacco, and thinks he is making headway in his efforts to induce the king and his subjects to diminish the area devoted to hemp planting and to replace it with the tobacco pl vnt; He hssisent to Europe for -a large quantity of tobacco seed and he hopes that `grad V jpractice-which isinow ruining the people. __ uslly:he may? destroy the p III In G JV . Eve ? lI\I 7'1 The Olcigs Language. Probably the oldest. known specimens of recorded language in the world to-day are the inscriptions on the door-sockets and L.I..l. .9).-nnn Fnnnd AI`. Niffer 1)? L116 Baby- nude: inscriptions we uour-aucu-.u nuu bck-stamps found at N iffer by Baby- lonian exploration expedition of the Uni- vergity of 'Peu11ay1va,nia., which has recently vreturned.` ,Th`e`brick-stamps, which are of yellow c1a.y,"about. four by. ve inches and an inch in thicknes's,_ bear the name and tit.1es"of King Saigon and Ihis, son Narim- '-Sin, who lived about 3800 B. 0.. and they were-tuke'n_ f;'o'1n` ._h_e` mound which covers the"-aighyof ancient. Nippurn. with it; fem- fous',;`.emp1e`,of B'a`m.1._ The expedition alto ifofurid may other` obiecte. of `interest, inch ; es: `clayj abletsi containing `contracts, lieu of goods`, 'te`im`)le` incomes, `art fragments and .|....m mm-_h light on the history of the peo_- imagea 3013 by the templ`efa`kir`s. These * good,'tem1`)Ie` incomes, art Irugllutuuo nuu images" templ`efa`kirs. throw much light on history poo- pl,_us'. opposed to'-that'of the kings. and the.vmr_k of the expedition carries Baby- lonian records back-a. thousand years. to a time . of which .practi ca.liy . nothing has. }.Iilhel'I'._() been. k__nown.. The, antiguitiey ....- .....-...:.. u... innirerljibv Museum. found arownowin ghe "University < r1_is:n_ 'o"t 'l.$k(;dq`aiI(:s.iiI Sciitlalid. `mug % meicsn , ca::e:b`enaim or the Ma % ch6t.pr,Guu.rdia1i throws ,nw Ii ht. on` the bmcailled plague` of mice hit a south of. a-...n.....: n. nnn'nL`l`I`t.h:I'IrIO vfrhin are lU'UuIu:u `nub... .. _ .__V, Scotland. It. app'earI`t.hwtl:o vex` nor. mice, but V6163`. ' The'y`n.ro In mice, with shorten tiila, `nd are t.o"di'or rdm'6zdinar'y .n':`ii:c just .. .1_........ .n4'..}- Si-`Any: 1'-nhbita. V shor_ter" mils, sna are ue.:uu=.. from fozdinu-y mice ~u.mt_1ch _u`!.hsreu dior:,f'rbm rabbits. They hate- ddatI`oged`oI_`-sraroulaaoying . thu` vegcmim ` out xixI.iIy`- a`qnanc'nil'u zoiguplsnd pqbliutal - in several }cquhtieb;i..u:at.hey mwarm in-ylnil-; lions upon the hills and no-.r.I.pidly multi- Elying. Their pne_qgw&_.;ix_n;guch vut nnm- ` .. |....hv:omo.nnknow_n,,moo,x;gg.t.;;n.ct.od % L.z,2x."; HEMP SMOKING IN AFRICA. `mg . {, ,,'?" .'. `..;';3'I.`'.;}:' 'iz.'`I. ".7..'s"n:f<`t,'.7-i '3 ' g`-:g$" "I?-9"`*s" .1 `P `$.f'*=`M`"`J ` *3` `nzo._::.`; I `A I J `LA: 1`: 1 II! OQICXQ Hague 0% _"!IIl|i`D III vnfv.u-_-. appetn that the vermin out ;1`he'y.n.ro or 6 ,,.__:. .22: - '.`i'uI nu-A nah Nllirillu veruuu uuu ` They are than M- '-`HA nu-A ealnred tsin ' W` `: n .u - 1 Ell Luiuwnvu M ixdeum. MY 7 0 (`.Lu0K `1:<.17n`NDJ%. Every Iuornihg -as I went. to wnrk--tim- ing myaelt so as to reach the utce-by 7-.- . I met, just. in_ front. uf Green Bros.` snore, two` girls hurrying in t.he(pp0sit..e direc- tion. It soon became evi(_ienl. Lu me that they likewxse timed themselves to reach a 'cerw.in place by 7; and that mu` respvctive schedules iut._ersect.ed exactay at. this point. At. r-at urn nnmuul nu.-'11 nrhur n.-Sal. cl... auuuuulco ulyvlol`-UI;cuI5.\a.uL!_y HAL` LIIIS PUIHU. _. At. first we passed each nbher with the qtudied imconcern of entire `strangers. [In time, however, the meetings became so to- A ular, such a. matter of course, I mink- ] ike myself-t.hey be.-ga.n to expect: them, and` I noticed that 2'19) could nm, rum-ess` a. smile and a. shy g.-unce In my direction. (`nu nf thong nh- u u'-H: n-,nhnu- luv-nu -uni Q BIIIIIC KIIIKI Q lIJ SILLAIUC III III! IIIlcUUII)lIa Oneof these gins was mt her large and icoarse-featured, with frowsy hair and ob- trusive freakles. SL111 she looked like gt kindly person, and I re-allv felt more good fellowship for her than for the ntller, who `was a. little, black-eyed. p`.u:np. cre-azure withla clear complexion and a reura.r.ku.bly i pretty face. ' GFDAIIQHU l\III` Il'l\FAlD s`:nn|1u;nfuv-Inn ;I`YI- l Pl GUI: lGUU- Gradually our wordless zioqlmintance im- proved until, by and by, lhcIn.,1`;xi:1g greet.- ing was quite frank and accompanied by a. nod and that souudless movement of the 3 lips L-hat`. sjgnies a. variety of unanalyzed i + sentiment. f\ I , _, ,7 I.l,,,.,,,TI,,,,,,,`I. nun IIIIIIIFII Ilo I One day as I passed these two I happened to be in the company of a young man with whom I had a. slight a.cqua.inLa.ucc. As we met. them, I saw that he lifted his hat and was evidently a f.ieml. lC\X.'iH unn lyiim-"11 Ira rnn nxkn urn fhnnn WEB UVIIIUIIV-J G A. lUl|\lu Will you kindiy tell `me who are those young ladies?" I enquired when we were out of hearing. 1 (war-l>uin]Ir tnln Iv-nce.rnnl:arn_.uInr|z `AP _UlIIJ U1 HUGH. Ills- Certain1_v, two dress-makers-workV for Mme. De Land. 7131 .1 L3, ,1. l-,.__I.._ ._.. $VI.IIIUo LIV IJGI-Ill. I did not pursue the subject, having for some reason no curiosity . regarding their names. TL _____ .`l.___1.,__ LL- .__,.._LL ._C L`....L..e..l\1.n | luuuvu. It`. was during the month of September, that I one morning met the larger girl alone. She re urned my greeting with a. `smile that; `was so expressive of grief that I concluded her friend must be seriously, if not dangerously, ill. The next. morning was a repetition of this, and upon l.he thirgl morning; I felt. consbr-a.iuec1 Lo acuost her. clan aka:-I nninfnllv on T Rh $I_l`H] \K'!I. ` mornmg 1 I810 cnnst-1" nu auuuau um. She ushed painfully as I did so and was for some moms-ms silent, as one unable Lo utter bad news. No, her friend was not ill. ` `ll ,,,:-_:4.__ -_....:...J .-... l.nunn-1 f]1nl;|I`\;fa My curiosity carried me beyond the limits of curiosity. She has gone away. perhaps? Yes, she has gone away. She will return soon ? No, she--`she will never retnrn-tn me. There were tears in her voice ulllmugh her eyes were quite dry. I murmured an apology and lifted my hat, was about Lo pass UH Wa.it." I paused abruptly and turned full upon the large, ill-favored girl who was blushing hotly beneath her treckles. 4._.1l -9` ..l... ,..-.nm'l . nouy ueueann ner 1l'ecKu:a'. ,. "I--must.--t.e1l--someoue," she gasped. I haven t. a. friend in the world, uow--you look good-I must.` tell someone." I hurl nu-nn sun] umsx \A'a]kilID SXOWIV: 100K guou-1. mush Lcu auuwuuc. I I had turned and wa.s walking slowly - with her. I would be late at the office --it2 was no matter. We burned into a. side. street that, at this hc_>ur,A was neay deserb ' ed. 1All!_ I__.-___ -_ .1. ALL... I... 9-...` vvnnrn aha We knew each other for two years, she said a. "little brokenly, but growing grud- ually calmer. She came to me 3. waif ; I passed her on the hridge one night as I came home ; she was leaning over looking into the water. I went. back and spoke to her-I saw by her face what she was going l to do. She, was alone in the city with no ' work. and had eaten nothing for two days. I took her home and taught her to sew. I was a. stranger in the city myself, but I had ...... o....A.. 'l`h..-m I am. hpr a nlaoo with stranger In (In: uxL_y In) sun, mu ; um. my trade. Then I got. her a place with| madam ; before long sue was a better seam- stress thanl. ..n._ _...a 1..- r....I. ........-. 4.. cl... nhu cnn nrrlo h member ? BIare33 Inlllill .1. By and by, Jack came to the city, too. 1 \Ve had been engaged from our school days. ! We were both orpnuus-I wsus the sn-on__gest --I used to take his putt. He got it posh ` tion as a. clerk and we were all so happy. You have seen him ; he was winh you one morning last. summer-perhaps you re- He came Loesee us every Sunday ` and took us-to the park. Sometimes when ' he could get. off, he took us to the play. He . always took her ahmgeand I was glad for E her sake. They seemed fond of each other 3 and I was glad of that, too, because I loved them both so much ; I had no one else but those two. 4(f\__- ._:...L4 T....I. Anvunn In-up no fn an In flln. ( ( those two. ' One night. Jack came for us to go to the play-only a few days ago, but it seems years. I could not. go--I was not well, so I urged them to go alone. We were to have been married this month; she was to live , l withlus ; we had all planned it, over to- L gether-often. . 6-"I`|-mu never came back. I sat up all 1 gamer--oInen. ` They never came back. up night waiting. ldid no believe in their; treachery at. rst-l thought they were murdered. \`l?_ ;._....-.1 _._.I .....1I....I ailanilv lh'll`h tn IHIITOGTBU. We turned and walked silently back to the main Llnoroughfame. I do um know, now, what. I said to her, I know that I said l but little--there was so little to say. L-.. .1.-. 1 ......IA nun} Ixaul` fhn thnnaht `of meeting her. IL was a cowardly thing- but mmle--cnere was so muu w an . After that I could not, beau` the thought` to do but I took another street. '~- . n~m.ly `ninr T Iroknd nn l\..- ._-.-.... . to do out 1 won auuuier uLrc\:u. One evening, as week later, I picked up the paper and read this item : A GIRL DROWNED. The body of a young woman was found! in the river this morning at the foot. of` Market.-street. It. was taken to the morgue and later in the day identified as Jennie Millet`, a dressmaker em loyed by Madmne De Land. It is said t. at. her health had` been poor of late, and it is supposed she jumped from the bridge in a. t. of tempor- I a.ry`insa.nity. `Duo than-n more thrnn who read tillaia item a.ry`msa.nu.y. But there were three who read that. that knew the truth. .---a-::------_--____.____?__ J1 \JIIlV nun .--vaulu.-- __._-, The best antidote for the bite of 9. mos- quito is undoubtedly ammonia weakened ' with _a. little water or salt and water. Some l people 0 so far as to press the poison out: of the ite with some small metal instru- `ment like the point of a watch key before applying the antidote. This prevents the painful swelling that sometimes occurs. As | in other cases. One man s meat is another 1na.n s poison, and the same remedy will ' not apply to all individuals. Some nd csmphor most eicacious and salt and water will not avail. Ammonia, however, seems . to be generally successful, as a neutralizer V of the mosquito oison. Where there are large quantities o mosquitoes and no reason . for their a. peorsnce is apparent, it is well , to look. 3 out A the premises for something ,which attracts them. An uncovered barrel 1 ,2 _-:_ .....a.... AH In-inn thnln in hordes. I which attracts mom. All uucuvcuzu uulnvn . ,of rain water will bring them in hordes,; `and damp places and stagnant pools area .3 ots .where they delight. to congregate.- . ew York Tribune. 'lfo Cure ling-VI. hjllketjs. AND ANIEII Th .gf!ins`.ih;vIi -id 9` W6 eet .*h_at..; Unexcellea in Tom ao_enqg...9 strncgod should b_e.dtla.ted eI`t.h.,e r4 1.,.,wm,. 3o1iou.,,1_ g1',dli1l,y3. 15'y; ,i_b ifqdti(;:fn;; g gin?-II probe'fixF_h ' good: Inigo shock a 1*`,7A3R?'.`!>*I!I3' ..:.i....-.b`. `A 9E*3EL 9? .sm`~iusI!x 9. Also lmf wood we , in 5:rA'glnUi2b,,gr,LA Athpfq pa \'.ee'tjih-arnitiy 3961103 988! terms or 1 ;-~2:.}*.%ii2` `T.`i'.~'*3. -;;`.,.1.`-*'.*;".`-`." .. 'g~".:` ":1 ` vii ".m1.k.tn vi-(M91-t9,wrwvs3*W . `J."k.'.'i 21`; :...'i`r`1 53`,-`t fa,c iit i ` V . wM. -an lo .6` i$:'5h.0,!??5|" . . . , A % ree:any~a,, :aAse:a::.i nu; ` s I vu - - I L :. . V: " Ktfi `rig? 71,1 " t ear, th .0mcp.Wusaro9Inq.,u. uwa. . A .-; R43 `" ll :2 run: . e93 xy-".h vrsesxirv-.. T _ TCGU 011% 01) to . . . = i.tt *`r`e1.!`y``It, 3 our in *b1;naf`} ` as` s.n;im ?."~ . . M ` _"llI'uuu plguouuvy f oI1'.!'Iii8 h t_.`sI.n8,`I=' the. fix`. hii-I-6xii:` ibfbt i , . "_li?etl`2 :;i.1'c`>ri.IiI," ,<:`ii.It`-', c i-fnib ``pa`tt"`-`dr t?aoh"`w"" ' ' 13"*';1`5"'_'*7{.'s1'a`.';;ja_{_.'fi-ti6Gi%fBtbt57.I . `; 9%! 1 F H mfitii ' 5`% 1i.r'-)"`.!- ,Q".."~T A - 1' ~ 50. `. . ... .41! "_ ~`.:u T ` %%`KI1EE.o%?:?fq<';#?;o?'W` d 4,006 - vuinul an` int. boiorc milkmu. C UBI_|J ll .7 Vlnlllll` BIIUU i uuv vlu 'viD0d of in bof`oio"Iiiilkin. A Cure for `Mosquito Bites. t "War A sta oc eminent. American Fhysbcieus `sud Surgeons have onened an olce or medical and surgical attcndunue. at No. 2303 ht. Cathvrine Street, Montreal. They give f ee services to all who call up -u them bet r August 1st 1892. and frankly tell you it your case is curable or rot. Alli curable rass srereiected. Stwcisl attention is mid mev 1': on- lnmude livi g outside of Montreal. should addrc as their letters to Mr J IHN A LRRA Y. Manager. audiuclose two 3 cent Stamps for symntom blank and questii-n aheeas. 14-39 I'VlIll|UIv - - - ~ Annulcu runes.` .b _th_an_,t,_~,.,- Unexelled i_n 1'p`ne'. Tou_chad.Dura.b11tty. . .0AI-hfl`.-' jnapeoviog aoliglted, Alwaiyq ul toahow pg gs; Lin-gesuoold aluya uh-ha,` . _ siigmy L1 A196 16156! `abound-Band mhtrumentu tn ihu`-iim"= sell on may terms or to rent. I715 AI_aEl_=IICAN_ DOCTORS , ___ J A---....'.- I ;MON S DON viii Ttliiiuiuuv-v_--rwv -v~- (Q Ycartfracticc in Euro): andAv-u;1'a_s.) 4g PURE 5 Valves | Strength, ;J.M.BOTHWEL|;, The cheapest and choicest stock of Teas, Coffees, plain and fancy Groceries in town. I 'lQUALITY HIGH. 1 I ,3 "By a. thorough knowledge. of tho natura . laws whi_ch govern the operator-s of digestion ' and nutmrion and by a areful a. plicntion of , the time properties of well-seleote Cocoa. Mr. . r.~...... hm: m-mndad our breakfast t.- blea with 8 THE FINEST TEA IV THE WORLD F `R the properties or wen-sexecteu uooon. mr. Eigm has n 0V1d0d our do cats 5' avored beverage which may save us .......u hnnvv dnnmra bills. Ilia by the judicious EPPS S com delicate avored beverage wmcn may uuvu uu many heavy doctors by judicious use of such names of d at that a constitution | may be graduaily built up until em-on enough on main. evorv tendency-to digeage, _ und;-995 gradually built unuu auron enougrn to resist. eve-rv disease. undredo of subtle ,nmla.dioa are oqtioa around us ready to attack wherever H1 re as a weak point. We 0 may eacane mam 3 fetal shaft by keening our- selves well cox-mined with pure blood and a pro- rly nohriahed frame " - Civil Service `~ azutte. I Made simply with hol`lng water or milk. * Sgld only In packets. by Grocers. labelled . t. nu: JAMES mpps a: co.. Hommopethlo Chemists. V Lu..dou. nmrlund. 39-:13 .-.___......_.... gnoumox-: P1_xy} my MGANS __. __---:1`.- ` EH 0!! I155] Ipunnuu Us up awn *9 canto tub of first ho , - x`-Ivix-u und* esvy no`?- s$'&'3'a `&5 tnkononiustrumonta I WM: `sHE*RfWG,O'D3. *f0Q. WusaropInq., gpd Vcqgnar Owen i 1N DIAN SOLE AGENT FOR BARBIE. GRA'I`EFUL- COM FORTING. THEIR SERVICES ARE ` 'P'urity I-`REE. BREAKFAST. End Flavor. rouuu-nu...` `I0 1'01. 1.- HOOQV; KJAHIB` Il|.t.f PRICES LOW. a dented Derby. V M "Hcre`n yer town at last 3 And it looks like a very jay place at that," sail the short tramp to the tall one, casting his eyes toward the house. roofs eastward. . T The boys, sitting twenty feet awhv, be- came silent. and cautiously watched the newcomers. - ..m1;.=.I mm tall t.ra.mn. in adeep ` \'ep," replied the tall tramp. adeep but svrmus and quiet voice; and right about here's the spot. where I jumped on a." freight mun fteen years ago, the night I ran away from home. That seems }i|_:e _vesterda_v, though I ve not beeli here since.-. V uL`l.2...\-.] l\ nnru` hnl hecuse July 21 spent nun my Inc Ilclu, Lvvnv . _ ()h,1`ve read somewhere about tha.t.-- the way great. men feel when they visit their mmve towns. ` I 1,_ ._E._. L-nu.` UH.'|l Ild.l.|\'U Uklua The shortitravnp took a. clay pipe 1! his coat pocket. and s (fed into it 3. cl end from another p ket. Then he qnired : HA..J nnuv 1vnI1,I`n harp, What .'1|l`| II\"' IV l\4 IIVIVI -""J, " -'VV' you grfn to do '3. ' Hnly ask zivound wha.t. s become 9f,_V_',',y fnllu, then go away. V It won t take long: L 'm.......m 1..., .. +hm.mh nan] train alarm 11: Inlki, then 15 won I; wuu: ulna. _ There ll be a through coal tn-akin along In nlmut an hour, cordin $0 what the agmah told us at that last, town. Will` you be- 9 u I ma. -..-!- but-k in time tobounce that Uill'K H1 [HUG LO UUUHUU blluv 6 Yes. \Ve needn t stay hefe_. Th}'eI little to be picked up in a place `Ilka thxa... Then skin along and make er igvasti-` gutinns. 1 1lsit here and smo e tid yon" mmebuck. If you could pinch abit o" i_re:;,:_l_ tux meat by the way, it wouldn't- hurt. . .,n. 4 v- . 1. .1 - .-n ........... Fm nurt. arm. ~*'s1*:.~:::;P;f any going to ask the kll_d8 ,,V: re"`-" Urxxylrt-.<;p1e Still lV8_ 9 ' the two fhe null tramp trodel1C': l:l1'edt%own the },m_\`S. His companilgnins 3`. the turntable ezuzhzmkrm-nt to 0) 1` mad ncu` Lhv 1<)colnotlV shed ;(_3l'%55t:heli-rga`h-t urn-(1 hut cfmder wlth W W . Vpll H . I 1:11` :1 l(`_ - , _ [(1)0 Von y0ungst_.ers know people hl` by the xynmne of Kershaw '9 began the tallvv munp, stuntling beside the_ two boys, . Bum n.-umined sitting on the grass. One` `l~`lm<)k his head. The other said N0. ` rx _:I.... 3,... n rnnrnnt- HIHMK IHH head. "Lne obner Iuuu uvo lhc trump was silent for a. moment. 'J"m.-n in occurred to him that his mothqr had taken his scepfathes name and. h" sister nxighb be married. Therefore he asked : How u.`mut. a. family named Comes`? None here," replied one of the boyf. ut the other said, Coabes? That. 3 the mune of Tommy Hacket.t a gf11dm5h *-T Don't you know, Dick--old Mrs, Coupe!` ?" '|\n Oman`-\ .`uunuIr mint` 8. U3 5 1)ou L know, l)xc_k-0lQ 3'1"?` 9"? u-wk The Lrzunp drew and expelled 3" .q __' audible breath. - e nit 1heu,;he 88.i(3, th1s MVit}`C`;.ate]s);`?ya be the mother of fommy 3 mo, -at numb know what. Tommy's mothers . . is '3" , n I heard Mom cnllfler A1506 ',L The trmnp s eyes g Isteqe - _` {- And Mr. Coates'? he 1`l"d` Oh. I 11eve1'_heu@d of him. . I 3 died long ago. h And Tommy Hackewis father. Wh" e?" . He's the boss down!-1` '*h"`;F: 5h~t T ~"'-`F-' . . ~ :9 '2 .= tum. Agent. I think- thav ca llfima -4 HFOUII lion. reu `And now vou re here, Billy, what . \_> . 1' rm W39'vi:`{:;; M` on Xgfcg are Opel}. . `.31. -9 55" :; ,3; 7 `. ,2: '` " D`. V `V : . `.m,liglr)f;a"`ckUv, o|ThI`9 I 1892 from cigar .4: in. HI?"-n ` are VEN. sbya "'1`han|u. very much. replied the tramp, coptinuing to walk with them, I.1i`.:~,bo 3 looked snrpsod am=hiQ;'noy.`s i7i3pping at;~.:j,t. : oule, but`jchb"y mid jothing. `~` ' `, A `At the nxt."ornef`fheVtx-hmn snhEau`h~: I IIUIIMI, U|IV`V|IU" HVUIII I!UI;|IIIIsa . 7 ' .` `At n6xtoornef`_fhovt:'-wlup spbE'ou i> I think I l go .back now. Good night,` youngsters. 'I`|u: hnvn tn-n(`nA`:I nn ?"hn4I LL- Omnuvuvi -1.. youngst-era."A The boys th tram ' re? A traced his stepg.;.; - r_V`ghon he reache the ,Hacl:et.t._s"hous'c`*hebiased at the gate. The children, a. boy of 8 and a. girl of 6, ~ looked At. him mu-innnln frnm Han ninn-In \lIIII\IIWII` C III! III 3 GIIII `a_.t him curiously from the 1 5` A an lll\I\ Mfr 11.. 1:124:66 : Inlv Jun Mata gm?" he asked. Tho nil!` ntnnn LIIU SH`! !`'Pp6'l U30` [0 IIIIU Ell Q00 `V _a.ml stood, there. The boy 1Mkgd.;gp.%.-fe 5 "tramp.uxd imswered z :'9Ye's n ir.- ;_;` _ Is your mother in 2?? `' W KL... -lug`. nnnnn xbkg nfinnnf if I Ia ydurnio_1_her'in'_??? V` ` `f '_ be: ` :Noi;:|he's acroefs *the street. nit Mu. , Johns_qn n." _ 4 ~ ` " .She'll be back soon. added the girl. Grundmother s in, though, continued aha little boy; Would you like to see an 9 IIV IIIIU V her '2 an`? , ucu 3 I . __ _ No, no ! Donweall her; I Juat_want- -ed to see your -mother.,` , nn vnn knnw nn'.n?nnn 9 nnui|-ml thn NVVJ II\l BWV"J\lII_I IIIUI;I`IUIcy I _ Do you know mamms 2 inquired the irl. ` " ` ` T 8 \X.'n"._nni T `nun: knr In-nihnr In-nu- `""Well-no ! _ I `_:n_`evv,_ `her brother, yTour We hvdn -_ an unole-_-excepi Uncle George, and he'I.paps q mother, said the knit ` \JVU' `V Dill!` IIUUVEIQIJC IIIUUIIUI IEIVI VIIU boy. . ` V. .. ._\ . . _ `.`What. 1 No} an Uniile Wili-`5`*Uncle Will Kerkshdw !",_ _ . T ll!` L I cup:-. ,4Anm;`:L|::||La-`mV`\1h Law :1! can 775::": gyegf" .aih{('ithe boy. Did you know him `befo`re`he died 2 '1`h'a.t _wus' I long time o.g'o.' ` ' " ' ' Tho nuunn maria nn nfhnu-,. nntunu-.1 Innni. UIIIIU Gslle The I-ram made no otherroutward mani- festations 0 his surprise than *to' be_ silent and motionless `for a. time.` Presently he said in a trembling voice: .Yes, before he died. `Do you remember _when_ be An! 9 Vuv II | ` died 2 died? xv`. _ - A . Oh, no. ' "I`hat`wae'when"*mamma"wae a girl. She and randmother often talk about . it, though."` ncleWill'eta1'ted West, you ' know, when he was 15 years old. He was ! standing on,.,a bridge out near Pitteburg} one day, and he saw alittle cirl (fall into 2 the river. He .jnm'ped in 'to'1ave her,`'] but he was drowned, cauee his head hit a stone and that stunned him. a They . didn't know it was Uncle Will, or who 5 it was, at rst, but mamma read about ' it in the papers, and Grandpa Coatee `I went out to see if it wasn't Uncle Will. . Grandpa dentied him and they brought 1 him back here, but what do you think, the ' doctor wouldn't allow them to open his coin, and so grandma and inamma couldn t i see him. He s buried up in the grave ard, next Grandpa Kerehaw, and theres.a ittle monument there that tells all about how he died trying to save a little girl from drown- L. `T nun road it, hut. Malnle can t. She : t c'uriouly from the! iKzz;. ' V` V _ V 5 `:Ar: you"l\vI`r. Hacketb little boy and iv 9" A an an ' ' . llli IIV GDDU\Ia The girl gylpped back to the hall dog; ~-A; V ml ntnnd them, The hnv lnnlzar! nn A0;-tlia E died trying to a. utue gin u'uIu uluvvnr in . I can read it, but Mamie can She s my little sister there. The tramp had seated himself on the yiazza step. He was looking vacantly be- ore him- He remained so until the boy, frightened at his silence, moved further from him, toward the door. Then the tramp arose suddenly-. V 45111.. 99 t... id hnolrilv, T wnn t wait. troud. UTBIIIP ll-F030 Buuuuug -. Well, he said, huskily. I won t wait. to see you miunma. You needn t. tell her about me bein here. ..But, as. -could I just geha. look a.b-a.t. your gran ms, with- out her knowing anything about it. ! nu , I. .,_ .--I- I.:.. -:n6nn n khan` ant` uvith. 01: H8!` KIIUWIII5 auyuuuu uuuuu nv . -The boy took his sister : hand and with- M drew into the doorway. Then he said : Why, of course. You can see her through the window. M HIL- 4........... aouuul nnn3nnI'. than Adan hf hh the window." The tramp stood against the ed e of the ` piazza upon his toes, and craned' is neck to seethrough one of the lighted-windows. So he remained for several seconds. Once` during that time he closed his e es, and the muscles of his face contractex Then he bpened his eyes again. They were moist. `In nnnlt` nan n`U&ht.l Old ldvg H18 Byeu B351. LIIUJ vvuav uuuuuu an I I He could see agentle old lady, with ' . smooth grayhair and an expression of calm and` not unhappy melancholy. She was sitting in a rocking chair, her hands test- ing on the arms, her look fixed unconscious- ly on the paper on the` wall. . She was thinking, and evidently her thoughts, ghpugh sad, perhaps, were not keenly pain- u . ` ` . The tramp read that much up'on"her face. Presently". without a word, he turned quickly" about and hurried away, closing the ate after him. 9 hen the two children told" about their visitor their mother said : You muatn t talk to strange men, Tom- lmy. You and Mamie should have come right in to grandma. m.-:.. `nfhn guide "I-IQ wag nrobgbly in gramtma." I.`heir father said: He,wu.s probably` looking for a chance to steal something. I ll let. thedog out in the yard to-night... A _.l .I....:.. ..n.-ul-nnlthnre _I gunnogg ha 165 0"`! III DUO Jhlu U\l`llleIavn, ` And their grapdmother: . .I suppose was onlyia man w~ho`likee so hjear children talk, and peg -t}a'ps'.t poor fellow, he has no lime one of hu own; _ % rm. 4 L..-..... 1...... thnunuv tn t.ha cemeterv. little one 0; [ms uwu. The tramp knew thewayo to the cemetery. But` first` he}found`thehhous'e where he liafd lived as a boy. It looked .pa.idf1illy rickety and euirpsininzliv small; = .89. he .!mi"'Ii<.i from before itend went up by a back street across the ueirin creek and up a hill, where etVlas_t he stood before the cemetery gate. It was !oked' so he climbed over the wall. He went 'still:fu.t-thelf _up the hill, pest tomb- stones that looked very white and trees thatlooked very green in the,n'1oonligh_t'.' At the to ot the _,hill he found his father : grave. , eaide it was another mound, and -it the head of thih was a. plain little pillar. \ H, __ LZ.J. U\l\lI1 hl` -r}n}e. Besid w -at head W Themoou was high - ----A On -nnlna-i high now, auu Luv u.....,. was used to seeing-in thve-night. Word by- this-ingcripyion ; , . ' _ V . 1 I , William Albert. belovetf son of the` late Thomasflfershuw aud*hie wif9~Rachl ;-born in Briclivill, Au g`u`e.t;*_2,, 1862, __,.dr9'wnAe"d.`in ..u_ ` .,. -n.....|......n river nem-.- Pittgburg` V Ill 1)nunvu_3`.._., .........,l_,` ,. the Allegheny river near it Pittsbnfg, July `.26, 1877. while heroically `enden.vouring.to save the life of 9. child. ei h. . gI wonder, he said aloud; what poor. bloke it is that : doin duty for me under the ground hete '." . And at the thought that he owed an ex- cellent posthumous reputation to the un- known who hadhappened to resemble him fteenyeers - before, _he_, laughed louder. The trnmploaxghed and then uttered` at`, Having no one neat to shat -e" hie mirth he i looked: up at the` unieble moon and nodded I__-...:.....|n r.In'nru,n.t.- 60 IE} 3 tting looked: 0,1: mm; ,I|lll9u_Iv _.....,.., ..... knowing|y\.&h`er&t.. as if to -as ` wm.:. ;. . ne ioke'we're enjo kD9Wi.08|) .mP..'-8!-vs. -9 .1.- "This is a ne joke tween us, inn : rt. 2" _ _ A....l kn nn hy ha` I SW90!) III, mu :9 Av . _ __ __ And by and bv he remembered th; was being waited for, and he strode the grgvey and, from the. cemetery. , mn`hi s `railroad the ihqt`-tr traq1p,Ab: .._, ----e _ `smoked isll the refuse wt session, was "gfowing im the expected coal train advent. by wh_ist1e-end pus s_:...' _-....nint.n hmo}:ed=.s1l refuse tobacco` 111 mu pop-V semen, advent whietleegnd pu hiqueooiate h . [0 W, - _` 4 _. Found ontell yon; . .. to know 2 queried the Itodt little `Vagabond; etirt- ing down theembsnkment `to mqnnt the ...` \ had `herdlded its Ihulfl impatient, Already, 6 and rear when_ tr?. ;f,& hu'awoEd_ _ A ;..A:x)` ' ' ` Ye , answered the mu 1 tlitd I` The unu3.1l~xpo.n ruped the 1 jtentedty? small a -9 iixf&f*t'!,Iir.iV .nk I AIL...-`gun fit an 4 gran grasped il'0!l rod at- iof thcmovfng coal itito`He ii-b stir- ~ `xi: uion"monnted=.th0_. ' n' ` 7 12.` ' \V. ` "8 i'":_`A ti"m' ? '"*"i1'fdiii!if`ts'i u.&`i?oa::c5ah.$;aeam5 sxcautm. <:c.n.% CV01` 0311 me Phi ? dud.-and eoncly buu;od,on tho ADI !!! CI! Iuv asuyirBm:sh'srnnu:r:.._ ml-A manna- v. he nddlt-Ilrln hill our share`: pv- '1 -. midi: ff ished. { promptly he eynq mom mo. cuu,..u,w.,.. By'tLhi's railroad Chp 'lh6,tt, tramp, 1 _.__:_...a --1] oh`; rhfnna .t.6bucco in'[h grgv. and mom the. cemetery. ` y'thi's ih6,t"t having` kedisll refuse .b6bacco`- inhiu pop-i ` V --.-.. ~..v.'......:..a imnntient. Already; .ug7`\l`B_t}_2,` 1862, __.ar9v:vn_eu. xu nea.r~ Pitfsburg, Jufy .. nl\:`." : "..'-'-W2. .3 .1.` "0 '3 ` joke'we're enjoying bo- I he thathe. pad for,` and he from n;.";;1i` ..ge;a, . 3-victim? -u hwuvvtj -nu_cw1__vq,uI_I:, % `Whv so pale, poor crossing sweepor, . Why no pale and sad! sir.iso.n ` ..-an whenotheplgofmom` T400 S... lo- ..._....L ....o...._.......:..... A findows