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rot 11 on v vovuvcwg Luau _-Yvon understand 1:9? h'e said. But lately you are not drinking brandy and soda? _, I-I , an I _,,_,I2_.1 _.:Ll_ 'f:".I.`he stornach- began 01139616. The stomach," said I, lino doubt a very necessary part of the human body. But as-a tonic of conversation it ` failato. interest e. ' ` 1lI'l1L-.. ._-._ _..- ...-.....-.1n __:.1 Several. good religious people, says the Louisville Commercial, who are nocustomed__.to driye out the Browns- borop mad, [were considerably sbooked tthe,` other-' Amo'rnlng"_Wh.8ni on passing a .blao.ksmith shop etithe "edge 01 the town they were brought tsoqto face with a large sign. `Vice For Sale Here. One old lady, who has for years been identied with philanthropic-and charitable work,` wesespeoially indignant. Purely in the -interests of `society she -undertook. to discover` `just what-- `particular `style `of evil was for Q sale.`f.`Euterin the shop i _with` '_her`_ `nose high in the air, she up-` ..-prda'ehed`.,th_s`. proprietor.- "l[an, she said, `I understand you _have_' vioepfor s sale. here. ,.'.l3he; brawuy blsoksmith,.1e_ll- 1 .baolIr more the incarnation .91 himshty. offended virtue... `Eel. ~ms nm,, he re- `I ':pli'ed.iwe`sk1y. L`I,. _ went on the women ;_susterel,y .i*`am*a`i ineinber o,'tbe=seoiety 1 Ear the sfnppxonaion _o*~`Vioe.~` gtid *1 ,-wish Y torn)` of ' jthe -fdeudly` sin you When I am married,`said I, "I ahall to conceal the ravages of inev- itable" deterioration. a You will be very interesting. I shall be unique, said I. There s an argument in favor of marriage, said he. II C A J-.. I.-: _ _ . . _...LL 3.. - -L..-` 5-`.- QC-CC.` UV` -AIIVOVIJU -AIUO When you bro married -said Oheedle. 'C'; !III,,nCnnc ...,....,.., ...... ..... `A fox, being caught in a steel trep by his tail, said I solemnly, `was glad to compound for his escape with the loss of it, but upon oomingpvabroad into the world he began to be sensible of the disgrace - . Il-...-Ll...-... 9! .._2J I'1I.--J`I- -..2L-_I . jizlagemeg ? said Clieedle critical- ly, you approximate slightly to the You don't approximate, I Vretorted. You are the ass, pure and exceedingly simple. MT -... A.-- l_-....... L- ....-...._`I .._.u.I. ._-_ I am too happy to quarrel with you. Phil, he -said, laughing, even if I had time. I just dropped in to leave my address and -to ask you to come and be introduced to my wife. She is dying to know you. You see, she has heard so much about you. IlII'II.-L I.-- ..I.- I_.._...'l9I9 I -..'I_-J ..-.._- Q --uni woo:- --J' rorvu She smokes cigarettes herself, said he. I am teaching her. The mater says she doesn't know what the modern wo- men are coming to. I tell her I hope they are coming to stay. "N ell puts down all my smart things in her diary. Has she put that down? I asked. Of course. said he. ` I m afraid she loves you very much, a said I. In an at n 1.-Incl. Avav any so - There she found her mother hysteric- al and helpless, and there, too, was the baby, snugly wrapped up and carried by his nurse, the mulatto Phcnbe. Some valuables hastily put together lay in bundles on the grass--plainly reveal- ed in the ruddy light from the blazing huts. Nobody seemed to know what to do till Aunt Drusilla swept upon the scene. Then movement took `the place of inaction. It-would seem so, .' I replied with hauteur. ' ' At thi2 iti_me of day? Or any time, said}. . Yon ahou1dn t, you know, he said. "'It .s awfully bad for your inside. A II AIL-.. `II RI. :.. _.._ __:.I- 9) `I ..-J.-..- _:`V -Vhat bu heard? I asked, some- wh_t;_ata1-tl_ed. _ ` Vv nnuuu wins. on Oh, onl`;;whLat I have told her. I have edited you, you know. SUI --III .......- L-.....__..... I) ..-J `I [I31 guns `I wvunvyun Jv- Jvun -nnavvvi "`I will come tomorrow, said I, if I may bring my. gipe. Man... ........I..... ...........4.;--|.-....-1J n ..:.a "I believe she does, said he. Will you eome-dinner at 7 :80, and whatev- er you like afterward?" ' I will come," said I. He ran away, and I turned to Base. ``He hears up well, said I. _ Yes, said Bane. She is rather nice, you know. CIT L--- L- -.`l:L...`I _.- _.._- -.u-..J_1I- II pi Lung: us. u uuuusy `up you in-we`- '5'n-%s:nan turn.'-5' W1 M the` was ,.to- the hoi_'qt`,th_o;` shop; when .1 steel ( `jh `DZQQ ,. -....'.-u..I g - ' . IIIV W! -xv" Ivtlvhy X; UIVVI A` :1, -"wag V . uorewod % to p fworkftnnqh. % `There it iI..ma. u:1.,.I_I:(l_tho've`ry but % lteel coop :- _i; ;_dpg_(1 cheap at 02.50. 850 In not 'y :foo1'rer `V 1"` Not Doing tine worrying. I have made a discovery, said Mr. Billtops, and that is that there is like- ly to be some one person in a household that does all the worrying. There may be others that `fret, and very likely fret over `triing things, but the real worry- ing over things that have got tobe done and got to be looked after is usually all done by -one person. The person that does the worrying in my house is Mrs. Billtops. The children and myself and all hands lean on her and expect her to do everything. 1 don't know, but I sort of think, that we `expect her to "provide things whether we have any money. or * ..-L -_.1 -1.- -....L..:..I.. A . . . . --... a...i Evan: Univ 11 I ' N ow, as a rule, among men the man ` who does the worrying gets paid for it. He is usually the man at the head of an enterprise or a concern or "department, or whatever it may be, who `is able to do the work and willing to take the care and`;respo'n_sibili_ty of it. ` Those under him-- may Pile their cares upon. him, and he shoulders them-many a man-- easily. There are, thank goodness, plen- ty of men that don't shy at responsibil- ity. ` ,. II-DI-:5 knaan scant: nun` men`; `A: Hahn` l_IJWU IIDCII .\I\l\ln-I Va: In uvn-V -- -9.1 r V V-- W thing. The children ';l.on .t realize what she does. They expect it. And, as for me, the silent pagtner, it i I don't stand up and `take the kn'oelte,, I. think I ought utleajst tn pnt in more oapital."-New York Sun. V . towns Inrvnl --v u--4 ---v Dis far 'nongh, granted Aunt Dru- silla, who, despite her age and corpu- lonoe, had kept well in front of the race. We can rest now. Put dem bun- dles down, yo boys, an, O my Lewd! What : Phcnbe? , ,1 _L LL- _I.1 lnlavv J V`. aanav I hope he e'(l'ited me very carefully, said I slowly.-Cleveland Plain Dealer. U-again Iv cav-uavn vvv -uuvv U-n-J --v-VJ . ur- not. ahd she certainly does seem to make everything come out all right somehow. .. V _,, I. __ , -_-.__ ___.___ LI__ ___-_. "f.`=Bnt these men -gate paid for what they do, and Mrs. Billtopa doe: not un- - leaiahe counts my appreciation as some- thing. don LQL T` . all` . ..rr=qIl'j' . .7 A "_a QUJJ UI 1-cc manna C-vi JV. an-I0ll\A\.n Aft`er ali: it is my inside. I retort- I Vloo "For" 8110. fIf'Vj`"-' TC ' "-`--linen Trdvdlcn I`1I1Is8i_roVn'sj "B1I8INE8 % % anyway. 4 .':y`,ana ':a' cha- :a:_g'7.j3: thein` owp:{|t:`t:'e$sel)n)' aang ` dz; . 5 1-den lftgat Tut A;>vANcz'o`ic ;wi)l be ,'. s_ttendodto- ` 35-" G. R. FORD. A`:-ea r ground. . no heavy. hmw on-'h1m like l And all the bitter days are overhlike th ' I .0 see, A` And even thus 0 odg _ bound, ' 3 o Whom think ye to have` Nothing other ' ' ` aye to be ? OW to d`0.nowhex-e else tou- Never stagnant nor asleep Enceladuris f , . ' onnd , In the shell 1 (1 free, 0 001:: alive and invincible and By the knowledge 3 nre wrapped glouxtzge Wm and )3 9:9`:- ot the thing that he would do , . in the pkg. * where he would be. " hrhhqd ma`: .aZ`3".'.?I'ea" . GEORGE 'PLA XTON. *AG NT. no-Iv ` `Barrie Ont Oceh Bothwelfs Block %a"?n"`-3:4... '::a".':.?fa. .:.:W;Z.?:`.:`:'a `.h I :l'.O_lp0`nl1blO'DVl'll3lltI in cumin. ~`~'3No. *1 and No. as told it; Barrie at Seagers Drug Store. ` _ nu: ow EtIA%BlE%AucTl0NEEH `??G-`IR-35' 0313 HANDLES ALL KINDS OF AUCTION `nu.-.-on u;`-`z`8.3".'iS`a?"Sa'7;%I?i $'e`'~;x'.` 2 1 or , maodbt to! rice andtwo I-cent Itnm. -110 over .W1ndaor Out. >. 1- An, I` And 9 could LII!` Ivonnlnvnnnnll {C (II . f.Cv1;w E&.g`5srag~rm .nn;g ;.v.,;g;.;;` CUT FLOWERS-Roses, Carnations, Violets, etc, fresh every day, Bouquets-Button- hole, Hand or Corsage. Funeral Tokens in anv designs. ...,.v, .....u. on urvnsrubauc n uuyuu Luncua nu any ties 3. VEGETAB`f'l`3S-CeI , Crisp and Tender; Lettuce. Cabbage, arsnips, Beets, Carrots, tc. SEEeDS-Flower Seeds. Vegetable seeds, Plants and Bulbs. WM. TAYLOR sEED.'"'roI=2E SEND FOR l5EE'LEY CURE CATE- CHISM, FREE. `TELLS ALL ABOUT HOW TO V \ Vb.v .1-.---..-- n ..-v -..-y. N ell : ngers trembled violently, but she managed to don her frock and shoes before old Aunt Drusilla came lumber- ing up the stairs and drove the child, shoes in hand, from the room. 111\.-__I _._.!_I _-l _I,_, `OI nu; KEELEY` INSTITUTE co. or onmmo. Limited, 580 snnnnounnn sfr., TORONTO. ONTARIO. FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN, Telephone :5. _x55 Dunlop-St.. Barrie , ,, __HA.pli5. FARM S;`I"()CK"'ALE$ TRADE Mamas Dssmus copvmeurs ac. Anyone sending a. sketch and descrition may quickly ascertain our opinion free w ether an invention is prob ably ipatentable. Communica- tions strictly con dent al. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency or securing tents. Patents taken t to Munn 8; . receive 1' special notice, withoutgililuge in the ngx- LAM: - ...x ALLA culauon or any actenunc oux-mu. Tenna. as 3 eat" four months. $1. 80 d by all newadealers. IINN &%cn .m~--v- New York Branch ounce. 525 F st.. Waahincton. D. c. vuv-vvu--V "-____v__-v-- A dnomelyl1Iu`sti'uted`weekly. Largest; En-. culat on of scientic ournal. Terms. 83 {ear-: nun: n n- -_-_ . |I_.-. Il-..l. E0 ZIIKU IIU UEllUl'_ 55 Ill lllll-IFCU, pull unu @9133: dAn:etons.-.P,r1_oo. 89. 1.31 r E ..'.'.3'....`. .?";`,.`2`3`3.3.`. ..7.'~`.`;.`3....` ":...?; 1196101 `IIODICC, wlulouu 0115730 In one Scientic Ilmerican. n x-._.n-........1..un..;.4;..a...I'-....I.I- *l',.....n.4- -1. IAJIQ. -X\ Poor Mrs. Tarleton turned at the old wcman s frightened cry-turned to see that the young mulatto was indeed missing, together with her precious charge, the baby! 4 The unfortunate woman's brain reeled at this last terri- ble calamity, and she fell fainting upon the path. ~ U_-_1.._.. I__. I.-_. -33- --.3 '-L_`-u Lam QQOS1 .3. 433.00 =AssunANc-|':- couaguwgu AAI Q: 1.... -__ . Drinking $0bo`k s5GbtonTBoot~ Gonpound x `In anngnnlwllui nan:-I vnnvulul Kc nan- Pudding that you can eat Try it--its very nice and delicate. Buy a. pound or so of Ti1lson s Flake Barley of your grocer and cook it to-njghtg for dinner. It wnn t hurt; ynu-- IT WILL DO YOU` GOOD. . without fear of its hurting you even if you are e. dyspep- tie '-F1eke Barley` Pudding. The Tillson Compan . Limited. Tilsonburg, nt. 3!: snoeootully used monthly. over ":,4:`:a'-**,..-:>:::2::'.:`a...1- ...z..-=* e no 0 er_ as :11 Mixtures, pills and sun Ara dnmmmnn. P1-loa.VNo. 1. 81 mt _Go TO THE NEW Run, honey. run! Heah come do Yankees! _._L.L- __._ ___I_.I I - .._ -'_ 2-[Y ' ueaa I LO1`?DON . -1 SIAM- I- 1 u`aa`A0mce` . [D0 ENGLAND . , mpxxx, ' manner. 3235 "'3-3' cc I "U:IU` I I Founded 1808 3:4. nun!-A kn TENANT--VVhy pay rent. when, on huch can rnonthl pa ents, you gan become_ your own In . lord ? nu ve the chance of repaymiat a. monthly rate of- $1.20, $1.50, or $1.90 for eac $:oo.oo bot- rowed. . Calls attention to the Special Facilities oered to Investors andBo m-owers. THE PUBLlC-Why spend all our socket money? 6oc. a month placed with the P. . and Loan Association will yield you in about 8 years A PRESENT of $100.00, or a. prot of $41.40 over your monthlv pavmcnts. TH E lNVESTOR-Why not 91300 you! $100.00 with the O. P. B. & L. Ass'n. and have it doubled in :2 years. beside receiving during the in- terval 6% per annum paid to you every six months ? In other words, for your $100.00 you will reeeive :1 interest $66 and a lump sum of $aoo. making a. grand total of $266. :- UZV `Ill U30 Kneeling by her side and `chang her hands, Aunt Drusilla cried -frantically to the negro boys, who stood around. 30 search the woods. _,, - II _I._ ne Ontario Permanent Building and Loan Association --_.. _- 7-vv. An investment safe as government securities and much more protable, realizing the investor an equiva- | lent to :5 per cent. per annum. simple interest. For printed matter and further information call on ' ' ' 7' W 7 (Atoicof McCarthy, Pepler 8: McCarthy) SEC.- TREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. 13- [The ;95 Dunlap-St., Bass Block, Barrie. ` Conveyancing Blanks ` per dozen 15 Cents. Bill Heads and Statements per 1000 $1.00 Assignment of Chattel Mort- "gage Release of Equity of Redemp- tion per dozen O.H.LYON, wvu-In uu Ill-ID VVUVUBQ Go back do way we_cqme. she lhouted. Phoebe mus be capturetlor shot. Go back an {etch young marse fore do Yankees git him. but LL- ...-.._.-.._ I__.-.4: LI-nu`-n Lnndn Getnur p ricesA%ah'd" see our stock Chattel Mortgage Statutory Lease House Lease Farm Lease Assignment of Mortgage per dozen 25 Cents. Deeds, heavy paper. Printed Letter and Note Heads in Linen, Bond, Laid and wove papers, padded, very cheap. r Env \ elopes, printed per 1000 Agteement for Sale of Land per dozen 35 Cents. woonsrocx, ONTARIO, Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. 20 Cents.` E. DON.NEI4I_vA9_ he %*`I|A?iiAvance Ming V \lV J-IILlV\J3 alU Iullllll But the negroes hung their heads sheepishly. ~ _ ~ We'se '11-aid, Aunt-Drusilla," `Deed we se drenl 1nid, they moaned. TlT..-A.I_A_II__ LL- _I.'l _.-'_.-.. -4...- 5-` AND UPWARDS AND UPWARDS ._._op___ " VIIQUIIIUII UU IHVU IIUO Ill! llbvsnlv-I " , VJ . Come back. honey! F0 de'Lew:d u *0. come back I" gasped `Ailnt Drunk!- 1I. as she snatched ` nna"niling1y__ at the mall gure which-`rushed no Jwiftly . 55'. But Nell only shook her head andl l`|_n the faster. Farther and further has -` hind dropped poor Drusilla. until at least she loot light of Njl -In Then she tnronp._nqr~ hands am! -at ; lelpairingly u`pona log. ' " hat -...I- :4. -n `n -|.-`...`I.|.uI Hllni 5 , I-h1atonu when- . .. -_ . ':`D;t ondtit a;ll." ::o.Io.b5e;d. .7730! -n 3 5030 *l9lI0':*.'l.I0`|!V-j.~r. W1,|!!5nrln.`.'."'. . -39*" "v -4`; unuuun `anon, `on-1;; oaavuuuvuu Wrathtully the old woman role 'to% her feet. ' ' an ;."uu , III _I_- __ "7'X3"o' call yd lv'o men!" the ex- claimed. Yo a_ nnmn but apaqk .0 Ann:-a....I1_. _A......____ `III -.4 I-gap`. nnnnh- --uuuuu. 1.9) I_ u,uu.Iu unit a gunman .v cowardly poseums. I'll go back mah- selt. Yeaaurl Ole Annt Drusilla ain't soared o Yankee guns when young Mares Hal : let lbehin ." _ -' - H1-.. , ; -` _L__'4. ` I.-.'..A.-J '-BBC LLB` U JUL IJUIIIII 0 ' True to her wbrd, the intent ` hearted Drusilla turned in the `direction of. _ the burning outbuildings-and ehued down `he pathway was fast aeehe could go. But another pair -of-~!eet~Jwere --lighter than here. A little girl in a imayigrqoh with her shoe: olntehedein her" hahdl. IP66 past the cm negreaa. It was Nell Tartleton, trembling` no longer, hntwiid with eagerness to save her baby brother- Hn.....- |_-_|_ a_-_-_n '|n.`9.a-`i":. .'..<`AI. SAVED THE BABY. J dun '2,` :1`89.8.; ij oaawn BATTLE. U no-Iv OIGIII IIOIII "Elie-i`edera1 oioen-Jp.ut his `spare hand to his month by way of a.-speaking. trumpet and shouted in atentorian tones. "Has-any--man-found-a-baby?" Lu... LL- ..2_.I.A. ......A ._ -..-._..'....._. van a vivid Heah, yo fool niggahs!"oried the old colored woman. What for yo star- in en doin nuin? Want do Yankees to cotch yo , huh? Grab dam bundles an run for do woods. An yo , (:00, Miss --, an yo , honey. Run, I tell yo . Phoebe, min dat ar ohile, or Iwarm yo . Ever body a got to run. A ....I -_-__L-.I_ ..-.. -_.-_ `-L A _...A. Two minutes later Baby ` Hal was oooing, just as if nothing had happened, upon Nel1 e laoerated shoulder. Poor Phaabe, badly though not dangerously hurt. told how in ying blindly from the Federals she had been struck and disabled by a falling beam. - A .. LI... ..L..--. ...._.....I 4......`-... LL- III.-.2 wow`: .1 QIU--loa wvuun-U ....... _, .. As the story spread among the -Fed- eral soldiers they gathered around Nell, cheering her so loudly that Aunt Dru- silla, sitting dlsoonsolately upon other stump in the woods, heard the uproar and wondered what it meant. -v VUIOQQUVQ anion UIIUIS IIIIIU {UH BIIUIIULIQ Oh, you ve come back for the baby? Come back through th shlla and bu1- , lets, eh? My girl, you're a regular Joan _ ofAru_. __ _ _ _ _ was ac. vi e No, an, I'm a Confederate.` And please, won't you help me to nd baby? The big soldier caught Nell up in his arms. . i _ . ` -H`-`"Why, four poor little .foot s ont.-_ he cried, and `your shouldez-'5 bleeding _ too. This is.la1_vvful. _ ' vvvu at -5- vv 0 I-- Dc-I-1;-'?x;:ind my. shoulder, Mr. Yan- kee. Let me nd baby. V "`IL. III_A_.._1 -1--.. __A. I.3..'.._-_- I.`._.I 'IIInnJ .n-IIInu% Q\IIaIa\A?II'? IIIIQJJ 1 -E1.-om the right came an answering hail, and a" soldier came running out of th`1_i__ark_neaa._ can `I-unanoawuuv We found a colored girl and a baby over there, air, he said. The girl had been knocked down by some burning L timbers from the barn. - wanueu I_Up Ill)` ll}lIIU_.`lI . bring a px-eoiou`s"p kigeintoxn `no:-thorn yvavnfusuyu vv Michigan. `Wham `baked and dha1faote_r of the package. this main at? ihdjtdlophono said `it was; a B-month-Old baby.='g'17ne person Ail`! tho` ohd hd'beon left; the-mother being idond.`-zhadl-vixedo that she could `noiongqr " intro of thcflittla `ono. G,e_n e1_-:;l`jA on_t:`V_onlar to1d_.th itnxionn tathqr, that he ootild do nothing .19: iii;n',_..yvhi6at the latter nomad greatly disappointed. Mr. Nol-' lotjyaid. {shot 80 yoqugagowhefoompany aot}gptod-ohargemo! -- _t_hht ohunotii. but th0`~`oarrio3q `of mon,~- women "ind. chi!-_ 1`-inky **nh!v:h#;?b9b9dbjid%r -mac-=- Tiibuno. ` - "2" 115.! "r'3E'1".'e: Hal 1.. vv;ee,Iihe eons her heart sang, and -she heeded no oth- er sound. _ _ A branch, ahorn of! from its parent ' tree, crashed down upon the heroic ohildeand bore her .to eerth,==geShe_:orawl- ad from beneath it, her:sh'o_u1,der bnniaed and than `n-"I -...:4.|.. .'.|'._.._` ..-:_ - -7 -. V. -v--., - an-rv v\r u-wu-u And everybody ran-even fat Aunt Drusilla herself. Down the dewy lawn, with the Federal bullets whistling among the tree tops hard by, and the ames spreading to the barns and sta- ; bles, they ed. For in the night attack no one was safe. Neither north nor south warred against women and chil- dren, but under cover of darkness the gravest danger threatened all within the area of attack. -_. _-.._.. nrv-IUIIUII nu, av; Isuuuliuos`-`IJl'll_l_lUu and torn iendgwith; sharp` pains in her anklethaftoldpof a serious strain. She could. run no loziger, but limping was still possible; so onward she limped. At 'Q`\A Inunn (Ivan -nan.-L4-1 ---` ----u rvunnuavg BU UH vvaru IIIU uulpau. At -last `the lawn was reached, and Nell felt a"heavy hand descend upon her. aching shoulder. (63.1) L...) .LI-___,III I C The child` looked up into a rough, bearded face, begrimed `with powder, yet not unkindly. ' The baby 1 she whispered hoareely. I ve come baokfor Baby Hal. The bearded man let theeword which he carried fall back into its sheath, Ill'\I_ ___I__- _-_, _-........... uuu uqustrulu l.Klll'l'i|60 madly past her, escaping from the advancing troops." She heard the sound of many ` footsteps and the sharp hanging of the Federafries. On the rising ground be- fore the house black gures hurried to and fro--the van or Butler's army.; But she did not stop. What were the enemy to her when Hal was missiug-wound'- ed by a chance bullet perhaps and dying in the elds? TITSLI, -' --- -nnv ClUI\I` With a roar the house 1381131115320,` and a shower of sparks soared into the ail` and fell among the ti'eee.'- A bullet pinged not a foot away from Nell, but Ihevheard it not. I ' .- -- 4 llf1'-\n `I"\_, .n p. -..- cup:-cub UIIUIIIIIUI-0 Hold hard there! cried ha" voice. * What in heaven : name are you doing here? . ` ` ' vv vnnunvu `r "51 ot long h2d"tBB'LSEE'$1a negreas to wonder, for presently there marched` through the woods a guard of honor surrounding the Federal oloer who car- ried both Nell and the baby in his strong arms. ICf\L AL; 4L:`A" A-`AA A-u-5` M : -'--- "."'B.'#""f.`. 1'00 -0Y1"li9f?9;*3' 1 and the determination tq::'save_'4littlejHl * strong' -her.` A:j:i'ggsd`st"o'ne:_out her bare foot, but could, not stay her even foran instant. Now she saw the roofs of ` her father : house illuminated by the spreading re, and new again the shells went whistling over her head. Rabbit and squirrels skurried madly past her. esnanino fmm um ...a-.---=-- UC\IIIB KO Oh, ohile, ohile! cried Aunt Dru- silla as she gave Nell=her very heartiest hug. Yo done give me a pow fnl scare. But We all rightnow,` breas de Lawd, an den: dar Yankees` ain't no bad after all.-Chicago Inter Ocean. method: the dtrniinntinn tn. -...-`I:u'.1. u-n --v so-av-u V- uuvvuwv At last they reached the dense woods, and the sound of ring came but faint- ly to their ears. though the glow of the distant re still showed its grim reeo- tion upon the sky line. t6`l\:.._.. I_-._..I. II .----.L4-til A-cunt IN-.-_ It]! `From Australia. Not. many years ago the possibility of shipping eggs from Australia with any likelihood` of their reaching Eng- land except ` in a decomposedcbndition would have been ridiculed an utterly unworthy of consideration. '_'1-'od'ay the -thing is `not only "being "accomplished, but the eggs arrive in such tint, `'3'l'ass condition -that theyypass asnevi'.l`aid. This has been rendered possible by the universal employment. of refrigerating apparatuson shipboard. The 6888 while still 'p'e'i~feotly fresh,` are` torwarded `by the Australian poultry keepers `totbc cold store andare 5hi pped to England at the, timewhen egg`saro sca ro'e_`a nd oonseqdently at` their` =darcst.r Many _ _tho1iiia_n:ds "of dozens; " " A "in ;bo _`xes with cardboard divisions, led upwith dry pea `hunks, are. now -forwarded" to this country from November to Jan-.. __-____ 7.. - _--..-L nnnndnnrnnn Galen um: UUIIIIUSJ u.'ua_u quvvvu-uun vv C,-'_ nary, Ina recent ooneignmeat ihe lpeal price -,0! the egg; at the tifne of ahipping was 5}5d.,.pera-`dozen. the v!1;eiL'ht["ahd packing . cost about ,3d.. per do_zsen,: and -they realized In; 6d.; per-'dozen:retail on arrival at this side 0! the world.- Ohambere Journal. unu-.--.V.u! -reg? V "won; his uI.3i i9ini*1 W ` M .3. 'm`h:m; ~ %V993- use:-":*r=~a'tsa`.-is1f==*-`*Ii?*r*-== tu iiiy; 1:-that .h0*I_-""Y',": I._ _ __ L_L.n1-Q1 `-1110 11.6 nU-"'IIW J V: 11;? . I am--; `fun: 2' *.rlqHr_'u'n'*-"_L`_` ; iii ?imu.n.' noinud ugrxpuu "1_;n_o nppy, H A South Side: called. up the American Express company by telephone and wanted the agent to, makep eontraet to .-_.-_ _. ._ __~_.'...:.`...-.`. -'....'.`..n.a.'..r.`.v innnr hnuhh-n ."3h0-.' ` ' Well," Ihl, II: A-_AL- LI- '-nIu-an IVE app I ' ' nu as-%-nu yotithink amen gnd :hi'_I~w19 . :,au_>_'1'.1I..'.c -- 3 . ence the prot. whose the ad ml Feeble gods? d. one before you disavowed, .. Woven ruin !or his shroud. A 1. more crafty. is more proud, is non calm than are ye. ` - We that search and would torment His intent. _ Meet yourselves a in a well. But can track not, neither tell, 1; this man indeed rebel so to do and so to,be. -Louise Imogen Guiney in Chap 3003, uvuuguluugny W [IKE pal`! In VIII W0l'l(l' - wide choir practice. * wAfter all these quiet private rehearsals At last in my own plaoe~you-may look for me vnlnn `hi H1: vnnf. ntnrnnl nhinn ` Jnktnc um blag ub.om1:?- w:7a'l.l;,";:niollom' whnc are iy`o`u r` hlllndi l oontrontod Ohoudlo.1*=`$';I*.v *oun %. - '>uo*=you!"_ : III. p... Lung`.-all a-. '- 5?'i"l'n'i`-6";r:`.f1 ;`;::i';:dnfo'AxliiirialFln- -In-hunt innd 'Ibar1iia go,='-.*ho':daid.=-.1 And uxwnun `me: the wedding mu; rang- o'|_|_t_ hi! u_i_9n_1.. ? L {V6 an--_Iu- ___ A_II___-` I-L`_L.-_- } n`aoa% 'Eohl:n"d"ui ," n nd,aV II I sit on": stump here intho woods among the clean faced beeches - The trunks of seem tomeltkethe pipes at a mighty organ [ 7 3 my sotil wittrwavo on wave of tho -. Eilnrvnnnlnu In nfwnnan` n-ublnnahn ._u:u_uux my soul Wnn: wavuon wave 0! 39.0 ~` ~ - `harmonies or the tiniversal anthem, The grand divine conic "1 am chorus. The-vred' equine! ucolding in yonder hickory . tree - - snack ` of hlaokbirds cluttering in council `nun-hand _ UVVU WEI, HCCVCC II UIIIIIY 3 Tell me the worst, aid 1, sitting `d?.'.'. :. . % rial; lIlU0ll!'_'_ ' E L _ `f0h,.tright1ully. Buss replied. He never come:-hare now. Jinn he been like. it long? "Became back from the honeymoon just a month ago. Have you seen him lately? Saw him the night before last. Ho\yf_.did}he Ieem? __ , _ Wonderfully cheerful, I thought, considering. .` lbuplioity, said I. llg -.._... L- ._L:...-. ..l-..I_ 'I-L__l..- II """'l""" J J """" " '- He says he pities single Johnnieu. Bravado, I murmured. And that it he had his time over again he would do just the same. (CE- 2.... -..-.u. A... LA -.-.-L I-.- 4-..- ~1?93r old.Joe!" _-.7`-I-ie+;vd'avl;;e;voI`;;~o_;);<;-t}; expe- rience," I remarked. -And I added, 1' I L | n go:-av--- Such was the cry` which roused Nell Tarletou from her bed that summer. evening when General Butler, at the head of the Federal troops, swooped down upon City Point, Va., and block ed the road to Petersburg ' I :0 an ln,__I-L-_ J.___`L , 1.: u _auI1 gauun vs UIIUKHIIUB cnlnerugv Ill councu overhead. . The monotonous cricket: in the unseen mead- Iven the silent ants traveling their nu-row. highway with enormous burdens at my . -eet- . ` `All. like chorielere. eixig in the arched ' cathedral < can. seat: uuua ausvanp III!` In use [I60]: Irunau cathedral V The heaven prompted mystery. "1 an, I sun. The rays-io! sunshine shoot down through the branches and touch the delicate ferns and the blades of coarse grass piercing ; up through last year's dead leaves. R And all cry out together. "I am. We used to. call `upon `all these `worksotthe ` Lord to praise the Lord. and they did 1 T praise him. . A. . . *' But now_ they praise no longer, tor they have ; ` been taught a new son,.snd with one accord they chant the I am." : I. too, would learn the new musiogand fhegln hesitetingly to take part in the world- : Chin nhnilt nsunnl-Inn -u man an my own pIuuu~yUu'n:I_uJ 1003 101' mu value in` thetvast eternal chorus,` _ And we all of us. an yousee us. are but mouth- pieeea; T T ' the til it that Behind and beneath sings ever through us, new whispering. now thun- dering, I am?" . JDIIAEQ `H Bunch- In I'D.--m-n-6_- - $-V I"ie_t;i _mucl;'? -if "V; any you `nanny A_:wnu_u|_u "` 4 wo'b'1-gpdiea a small coda split, lit, _ 4 Vm_ur_murad. Louis. We.dpp9d-uloomily ,` . , _ . -Thoiunkg thin woefully tut. " llid Btu. v"-There-'3-Jewson 'gcno"- -`?He `fell at -!Dieppo. " ' "_".l.`_b're',"a Divers. `A'Aua..wismn 1" ~ z % And Han-.e}..-nd.nov :<,ihosd1o.t' . Owen. 'v ..--aid I, - 3-?deaarv.a.d J .b.0tt0.r l hie; Qt Hlnael it would be kinder not ~lo5lpo tik. '.~-=;~'. : - , . R Ayoftypbq) wigramia nu words? % `I:`1*t n'v.",o"vrq:f'c[l,.I-.,,"." T "t?Ah" ., % ~ .. `' .' ;~9snow.aua%;{hq pm. it_1 ~. .~ . g A n,ann..... -...* A..`..-.I.a...l- ub"..|;_'.;I;i ;`I- 4 A": I toiled wearily up thevetaira I Uwondered what Cheedle would say. It did not_ occur to me that -he might not -be at the club. I went tromroom to room looking for him, and at last I ask- ed a man named Bass: . Where in Oheedle? Hoie married," said Base. `'1 mean Joe Cheedle, I explained. Joseph Saunders; Oheedle. Yes, he is married. "How did it happen? I asked. Oh, it was quite a premeditated af- l.uI- I! --8} I)... III I....._. .'II -I_-...L :1. vvuw `CCUV Z llovnAl\I\llBIllIl\C fair,`-_{|%tI:i'i Ban. I knew all abontuii two days baton it came 01!. um-n ...- 4.1.- ._-....4. M ..-.:.1 `I ..u.;..:._.. f? '7 III . She is ratheranice 31:1, ? said Bans. Her name is-tha: in, was--Nelly Il.......I. II Sometimes I almost envy him, laid Bass. My dear Baas! After all, he in at rest. " "Is at rest?" I wondered. What will you have? asked Bus. `'1 will have an explanation from him, I replied. u! ...-`... n ...a.I L- u_.I....a. ...nI ...... -CW L CWIIUKO "I mean. said he, what will you have to drink? .Gal1..wouid be appropriate," said 1. `'`Two brandies, with a small soda : split, _' said Bass to Louis, the waiter. VI am sorry now that I went to Paris, I observed. _ . -One often is, sighed Bass. _ V Ital had stood by him this might nave: have eoonrred. - V , ,II __ll TI? III y` u-. ,-_ .._. Nellffiarietonidwelt with her mother and baby brother in their old fashioned ` home on the James river. The father of the family was away on . the Potomac, ghting the battles of the Confederacy, and only a few faithful negroee remain- ed to guard Mrs. Tarleton and her chil- dren. 17-!` .._..-_.. .I_._,_ I, n n you go?" _ XCIIII Andy? Vvvunnvuo -"rm is what we all ma. w, an "I w'en`t to seek forgttqlosn ", A "I heard all about that aair said ` jaaaasympaumioanly. We all thdught "'9.-!"3!"'*1- nIO,j_,L,,,j,,A,Q as '"7'7f1;';v`:7':;;?j26rgotun 1:," I cued. * "xigyour;-1i"m1aa'- ~ 'nu`-4. `..-4. :2 ....aa L- icn'..'a. n. 1.. 1... "Q! UlIl"-'II llll" 1' : I _ V J ,-fxoc yet." and he. But 1: in im- ` lln`a,nt.". f ` _ A ` 1`-{What Io:-t.._ot 3 man in he! Quitetan ipforio;';brand."v . ` ii"-BesutitulV_woman;aro` invariably un- ; torturiato in their`-husbands, " said I. '- .Aallu_'_'_I..s.1`_-..'-_.. 5-1.1 ;|.;_~ n ..-:.1 II--- IUIUCIIIIUU Ill Illvln u-uuiwuun-`nu ll: , "0.r;ar rdu was i,-ret%oa1,?" Two inmates a n Im|ll'iodsplit`,A -' l..T;""'i7h7`;"-;"" -"I I ---`I ` f`No_f yet..'ho replied. "But that it'ia`,t,ob`o noon," ~ _ _ A. 1`Ihop9 |ho...1'vill. bu an ,l_)appy-u PP! aI.lho.deggrvu-to bq..~'. .Iid I, . .Vnn nlunnltf inning nhnumldn " IIIPPI II. uIl.uII,Irvuu-I0 nq.;:;nxu L. %..- ;.You should ..b'a:.hiorp,nharitabl, laid `Bus. `;`-You Ihould romombdr that -"9.1'.`- v!9s: % Q1-..;,hL__- IL. II I 4,; Q- ` ` I `know her, '3 I groazied. "` Is he mar- I-J ..._.-I.9II . -1! CVDIG V VI- P.`I4iko ...-;;....,-~ I merjeotod bit- IO. U` - "'Yaa'-"-shtmetully, 5 said he. Il.I&' LL. 9 unnu- As Nell sprang from her bed she heard the rattle of musketry up the river. A shell tore, screaming, over the house, followed. by another and another. Then there burst forth from the stables a lurid glare, and she heard her moth- er's distracted voice shrieking that the negro quarters were are. ' \T..I17_ u.-an-an 6--n-u.I..I...I _l-I-_A.l'._ L_A_ END OFCHEEDLE. rang, "A nu: 1 -Ernest H. Crosby in Oonaorvator. H" `ct-I%o`ui: PAc1'ioe.' ..{:TliE`fNORTEERN AD .\TAR(3E.. % . _..;:`.?F!n_g,II,I " . 'i,nc..:our,.'\`ivor'oh1 '2 ate U :,y'- .` -z. . .o.-.-.- `- .-15 - I` * ~aln.b.!x)r - mAn.V.wh9."`h%T ;*nr#eitxl:.s9h9;:.4n, ht : Iio'1oN for bofins a'......|.,-....a ..u......1....I- ~: `;) ; }:_.-y. 4 _" rzsum` IlI:dQi,='=" riuponqgl Ch! -1IIt1oo,` Wqni " kiln iaominj-*-'in?r%'-tndt; 0. Om - on-_;n.'..a.'._' lll-`.I.. l._ mar. You win-nn your amnity same day. % T 4 lCII1I.2_L -1 , __ J- -.._ _...._-.9 ! --I-4-4} IE1 I W._hioh_ot';us do you mean? naked Bass `:1-'4eaent1't_1_l1y. , . - . Both qtgyou, said Cheedlo. "If both of us nd any ainity, ghero will be trouble, said I. . u 11... _.__1-___L__'_1 __- n L- .._:_'| 1115.4. uuvu-o - ---_, _..v-- u-v -vvn-use Do;n' min yo shoes till yo ~gite' out o ah, exclaimed Aunt Drueilla_ resolutely, and so, barefooted and half clad, Nell hurried through the contu- aion of the hall and into the lawn be- fore the house.