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For 3 Rainy Day. Smith (newly married)-Don t you think we had better lay aside some- ; thing for a rainy day? Young Wife- Charley; dear, I am so glad you said that. `While I was out shopping this morning I bought two lovely silk um brellas, one for you and one for me. Ills Public Speech. Mrs. Llttlewit (proudly)-`-Only Just 3 think! Charles has gone to address a rpublic gathering.` Friend-1 didn t V k_no_W `he was. a speechmaker. Mrs. [L.ittlewit-.-Nor I. but he s been called "upon;-to make a statement before a o__t his creditors.` ' '01] uucn I The answer is not recorded. .. _ V Ill: Recipe. . l`ao.ng;_ Haired Poet (singing)-There is that (can cool the heat` of ~`- ' ` ` ` `Benedict-Eavex 1383 VVIIGII LV.I.l'Bn Vvvlaasnvu nus-J.- I Dana Mas. PINKn.u1:--For two ! years my life was simply a. bnrden,I . suered so with female troubles, and -pains across my back and loins. The ',doctox- and me thst 1 had kidney. I | troubles and {reset-ibed for me. For three months took his medicine, but grew steadily worse. Miihnsbsnd then i advised me to trv L a E. Pink- ) hsm s Vegetable e mponnd, and , brought home 3 bottle. It is the Q: , est blessing ever bro ht to our , Within three months was a changed woman. My pain had dissppeu-ed,my .._...1...:..... 1...... 4-.14-gr- mv eves 'Mrs. Weisslitz, Buffalo, N. v.,l curedofkidney trouble byLydiaB. Piokham s Vegetable Compound. ; -11 LL- .1:..-....-.. Ipvuncirn nr*H'.}1 whinh Villlllbllo All kn-I-I --'- ----rs""' ' V lexion became clear, _my eycl, gait, and my entire ten in 4305 ;hape.-lns. PAUI.A- nxuurz, 176 n....... Rt, nngla- N-Y.-nulIu!d The above amount has been placed at our di posal for investment in Mottgagea on Real Ettat Lowest Run at Interest No Valugllon Fee General FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE business also trantacted. ' --CALL OR WRITE-- Lewis xms a nprofessor now in a_ ``10I;0 and so engrossed in instnll- ing the kn0~w1eId~ge -inito the youth- Iul minds, met" the eel-dom_ wrote 1101119`. - Chnrh-is hand been the "smartest _ .`| Qwickest one of: an the boys.--"1169 xiatlmfr _<;fu_d11ha_t-oanid -he had .early. taken a liking to law. 80 his `fit- their and motther. with `many self-` d 4'3`&1S and sa,cri.Ei.ces. fhad 50.1 him 1 3.1:1w school. b'W:hT8'l`0 he 8l'aduba-tf' ed with high hon'ors.. He brand _a, l?~T?e` and growing -pracatice I1`-OW V_19` 3-thrivirxg city. and had com a 1 Me` uinio politics besides; . -But, `PT.' 0=ccu-picti with the interests of his. c1%iems, ho neglected to write ti) Acme Stay-x-..maa con-.p1-2 on the .-farm-T .'N,.._ .._:.,1, .n` , 11---- L.....! '3-(on-n av; MONEY 2 MONEY! i` Insurance and Real Estate Agent. | Ofce-With Messrs. McCarthv, Boys & Mnrchison Solicitors, BARRIF. .. Ont.-6-ly. Drugs and Chemicalsl lh the Kitchen VANILLA. for ice cream, for instance . Baxmc Powmm, for cakes. One is a drug. of course: the other :1 `ch mica! and then are still others-SPICES of all kinds. cream of tartar, etc. ` ' -A _ `I'\I)I7l`_ Ilullog Llwuua V. --. ---, The best lace to ct drugs is at A DRUG STOR . The uggist knows more about them than other pcople. We keep a gem! drug store. Come and ask u: about kxtchcn drugs. A mouxms anus STEM 92 DUNLOP-ST. BARRIE. A2 Rooms for oicn. in[Ross Bloc UPPIUEG I\I II---.r _, k. No.97Dunlop Street. Fire proof vault: latelv occupied by Dr. Well-Also two rooms with vault. lately occupied by Hood. Jacks and Fraser, Barristcgs; immediate possession. Apply to C. H. ROSS. Barrie. January 2. xgcx. 1-tf ___._.._______________., FOR RENT.-A well furnished room suitable for meetings and convenient- ly located over the reading room d! 't_h Mechanics` Institute; rriay be hired at reasonable rates.. Apply to the LIBRARIAN of the Inst. tf. ---__.__._....:.-_..____.. e`r! _ I hose` lone . m513 `Iv Md ndti 1 % SEEDmS':l'ORE OFFICES TO Ham-.-on LEASE , t!I--l. K71: nu Dunlon Telephone 15. $190,000.00 to Long. HENRY BALL osaeumn. n|)|:A .. -. __ Barrie. January Tana: Mamas Demons Copvl-'uc.|-I1`: &o. etch and desert (on may. KID}. Lem -545 `- -1 nu-Hr-u UUU`-1u':, un wuv -* " The girls, for there ha-d been sev- -'T| dauglxmrs, had such * large 5f3U1"' ids and in.crasin`g cares that,` :t`h_0Y mimfl -to remember. by "Ghee-`ring -= `Word of pdh, thcrir lonely. x'p*13n`t- ml anxious fatheir add mot11'3i'- "It was Rebncca who '-Ezirssti vth0\1`8'hF- 7493.. ARE 1\EEDED.EYERY DAY wig, DIIIL-XV, LVI .4 flh littclllllll FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. `PI J__ C4. 1 GOTO THE NEW '-.1.r~z`-{-1 7 swan.--p\..---__ , . :35 `Dunlap-St.. Barri? They were going "to have rur11..~ free delivery in fa4ther s* izeishb-01"? h she wrote John one John had be'cn` her -favorite b1'th`..'z hm: w"uth a-11 her duties sheL.`.Vha1-:: `managed to keep i._n,',t6uo.h Wi',?l1`;:<._h,i13!!2} "W :*.nt it `be :3. g;1'ea't',_tL1)i{l1.'8' 7} Consei-va4stive'Candidate for Sonth Sijncde. uua L(l'LlJV.7% Ill """ _1:i:T3|_:\cca who Hau2,h*9n!-.n'} Ieocf w in . Hti Vpre- Is )tm ;m~ust ydo 'be.`tter. John." .- ?Thia-t (was the begtinfning. John wrote` to Dharles. `telling him about it. (and the word went on. until all the .e1e.ven were `apprised out the Ila-cut it-hat hereafter Aletters home would be` delivered at the gate. V .JJohn -WIhe'e'1ook saw the postman calming ` qtihiaet `first morning. He` was si-txting in his chair hy"the' window --the gwin.VdoIw_ that `faced the blue ridge` nsfhills over which the child- reh had disappeared one by ome. nev- efr to return. ` . - "Not" likely we ll got a letter.`is it Imot'he`r P` the hiazd asked. a._wist- fuvl e'x.presslion'crossi.ng his` face. "I wish the` children would write often- e`r. I expect they forget how much 'we' miss them. but I m not `com- -pllaxing. I know -they have cares enough olf their own. ~ . e His awiif `hsaxd come `over to -his side. She. ltoowas lookii-ngianxiously to- ward the ttwo-wheeled cart. "I- wish they would too." she be- gian. flhe`n she stopped Ifor the lit- tle eart was slewing up. ' L He's sltolpped. `lfa1t.her! she cried bre`a1t .h:'lc(.+`S!y. Oh. I (hope it's a _ leitter Item One of the .childrenl' Q `Lydia W'he'e1ock hurried down the .1! ` "A Jelttcr `for. you, mxa am. the. man `said. touching his hat. This is a `great .day `for country folks. isn t it? 'I`he'y deserve some of the city peo- p~1e"s p.rzi'v.ile;ges`.'- . ` . ` Mrs. \V~he u3lock Iiok the legtcr H vousnss and joy. I - '-- H - .. l..n ~ nv|cnl7o1`.. 'wxi.th fingers that trembled with ner-' vuuuautaw u-uu JEIJI . Yeas. at is. "she" answer- ed. as lslhe studied the 'g3u:pe;'- snrzptio-n. All at once `her face light- ;dd "Why, it's from John!" she cxeld. happily. 1___-I_-._.`l 1...'.I`n `-|fA'II`I`_ "tllafll-1 time that ay. because of the ' next day. It was anether letter, and uuluu. uuyyaa; o A She gand her husband had `a beau? V 'ldt;tcir.- They po-red over -the closely wnizt~te`n sheets. Joihn told them all about his `work. `about every little deltsmil he thought would be of in4 tetresst anrd:'heHende'd with a tender and loving cmehsage to them both. . H-is 'arthe'r and ` mother were cry- ing when they had finished the let- te`r.' and Lydia laid it -~eare1ully a- way among he`r treasures as some- thing infin`-itdly precious. to be read again and again. V The` postmanstopped again the from Oharleb thui time. who with all his kefenness. -had` a loving heart.` ,.:; 1-: n 1.1.... '\l7'In.-ua_" an was .Isc.'.>uuca.:. us.-.. V. -..v...,._, _._.,, ".Ch;arlsie"s a godd la~d.7. John Whce lock said, drying `his dim eyeglasses whc'n Lydsi-a had. f'u1is~hc.d readinvg. I `r.ahe`r guess we're not sorry we sent him to" law school. are we? Ch;a.rlie"s as s_ma~r.t its a_steel tra-p, too. but hefll .neveVrVd_o. 'a.Vnyt-htintg dis- honorable to gain a point. I would- n t be a` bit surprised if they sent him `to Congress some day," \_LA.-_ .......4. 6-111: nay} D1111 `LU \IUlJElUL uvnngv -.-.'. Rdbecc.a s letter came the next day telling them about the children. and `enclosing a "picture of the baby whom they lhiad never se'e.n--a'fat`. smeiling'1i.t,tle crciature. with a dim- pldd Lace. A ' ' V} " -<~AL in... L1,... muafmnn L [J-l\I\-I uvuvvvu ` On the `fourth day _the postman stcwppdd agagin. `He smiled as "he ha-nded ancnhhcr. letter to-Mrs. Whee- lock. _ _ ~- -A n---21.; uxxr-rm wg lgla-d to'he`ar `from h.im!_. I c_.io\us 'le. l:ter, . for 8116 remembered {how- lucx. A . She took it xhga=ppily.' "Why. its from Frank! she-[or.ie-d beamingly. Ano.tho'r' son. (is it?" ,- ` _ "Yes. my youngest boy. oh. I n:_1 so She_ ~ `hurried ,?oroa;thle.sly up the rpawth. '- She wasuanxious .to_re'wch her husbna-n-d's side` aim`. read `that -..:pre-% hard. Fr_ank -Ahaad ;yv_(:rk_e'd.. on {thq fgrm to nwIk_6 them al1:opm=orta~bl_e. .`A`Da'r` u, __ns .1... .....u-.-un`urr\sr`I, -hni":i'n\,niV- uv no-U:-a-- -...~.__ boy ! she. .mu_.r e`r.ing` _a ._.littl-3, 1'91 `, ,_\_ A __ er-Ing.,a.._mW- ` .. '1 -.5 Ewhdn s_h,._ ov.pa;.1e;1_lt;`a/_sl.1pAof b 11.. `. >' 121l. Lvihel`-` 9-P-` .- 7 L `u p|3.!.)1E`...t._b;_fI;>x'lb-nnr ~nfnther. .Fr3nk ` Mpxaper zwu on mm; ;o.,.. 1 Ddar mother anid1fath_er._ .be`s!a-n.f .L _ ._:yo.u j. `shexqwgth; a UULH us; u_uu.uu. nu--. ._:_~_ .mu,rmuro'd, . .-her lips ~ quiv- This}: 1-"oli'it'd17i*.n,.2'..:n1 -;f.-himsfelr. Ljlos`.x`rg nAtvl.ast with a1`ction`ato _mes- _t-1;_e;n an. `- .. - ?Mrs. _ WIhek$look folded the letter -'_w:it-h .th!de'rv hmuda She was `think- ~ `---- 'C__ LEA yynqpq ~VV|1l-`u tI.I!B_llB.\;7.ll\ ..uwu-usw -c `ing .ur- `tn -er` fmtie bpy;;7.'o:"E1}e W7eav1:'s: -h~d.roI1dd:*bank and. she saw him. agatin atVhe`_f side. She looked amass at Il;`e'r hjtxsbah-d xwa't'l1 eyes .full_of - ----' . s-,, 2__.sL :4. .c..+1n, '.te`a:rs. - - -"it's just mike; him._ in`t it, faith- e:r,3`~ she said. ."0n1y think at -his Lt`hi`nkin ufwthe `fences 'a nodT old house. It does "need pa.intimg. does-_ n`t t`? Fnimk was _a1ways the boy to kc`-::.p rthaings up. ' ' nu ___ :1. --...c...& ..... mun Eda:-ran`-` ;:1v_q_ Rump `|.l1\l.l.l5D.-uyg ._ ` ` V !'1`h_us _it went on for eleven`! days. sun-til e`very child had `written. What a .joy,ul tiime` it -had been!` . Mrs. . W`-h-elelcuck, as Ethel `peimed" with "he"-r trdm=b1> .`ng -lnand a letter to each one. told rthe`m `azbou-t, it. And as she mad the stouoahing letters. `they determin- ed` that the-.Er father and mother sh_.oul not 'be` neglectedv lagaein. So` it came about that the long and dreary tsile-no.es_ ,werc broken` at last by cheering.` thoughtful letters from. the` othIi1~_dren._ John Wheelock st-an-dxs more erect ; now. and his V wninlild =`x:accm.as lost his wistful `look. His wife sings happily in the sunny o1d'Ear_mhouse' la?-bohcn: When all why meroies. 0,my God,- My mising soul surve'ys, _ _ Transported by :the view._I m lost In wonderglove and praise. `He : husband, l:istonin\g. says to himself. I~t s the letters ha-ve done it. and rural fre'e delivery. -praise the Lord! ~ . ' ` V The.Bible is the best `selling B33; in the world. It leads, and by a long in- -terval. all other publications` in copies purchased inthe ordinary channels ot trade without regard to what may be .. . .n, _ 43-1-! Al.`-lhnblnn IJBIIV Vvnsu :5 called the omclal distribution. Every `bookstore which , undertaken to carry 9. full line of stock sells the Bible. -Several important corporations conne themselvei to the manufacture and sale ot Bibles, and others nd in 58.11:: - >,, V the Bible their leading feature. 01 not other book can this be Iaid. Speaking ~ -__ -3 LL- _....o-tnhl- `n. 0005 can Iallli UV Discus -vrvw-.-..._ .some time ago at the insatiable `de- ` mend for the Bible - as any; article or - merchandise, an oillcer oi! the Metho- dist`Book Concern said: Like all pub- lishers, we hate to keep watch` of the sale of books in general. even` the most` popular, so as not to get overstocked. But this never occurs-in printing the- Bible. We just keep the presses stead- ily at work. and it we happen to and that we have 40,000 or 50,000 copies ` on hand it gives us no uneasiness. We ~A_- A- _..n 4|...-n - ant` urn an UH llluu II. 5113;: an -- ..._-..--_-_~ are inure to hell them,` and wife o ; straight ahead printing. - The Dlrtlest People In the World. With possible exceptions in the cases at Tibet and Lapland we are compelled to admit that the English working classes ` are probably the dirtiest bi- peds in the world. alikevin their clothes and in their persons, and that they display themselves in `public and even travel by public conveyances in condi- tions which would not be tolerated in any other civilized country. u-........ an... mnannh working class LI\|J 0 any outer u_vuu.cu \.vu ~. Nothing like English working class dirt is ever seen in` public on the con- tinent" ot Europe unless in its tar east- ern portions, and dirt is prejudicial to ` by its direct physical health not only in a still greater de- lent Selling `Book In the World. ._-. . . .L _ 1...; '..III_... Lam`, I operation, but, in 81:11! greater ut- gree, by reason of the absence of self respect which it entails and which re- moves from the dirty man or woman at least one safeguard against drnnk- ` ~ --A -..-..-b onlannnlIlItIf_-I;0n- ":L'ENm*n;f:XuT1FuL mws at least one Iuucguusu u.,u...... ..- ..__ enness and against m1sconduct.-Lon- don Lancet. A, . Asnarauus. _ Asparagus. deservedly a favorite veg- etable, was extensively cultivated by ` the ancient Romans, but was not in- troduced into England before 1660. In some parts or Europe the seeds are used as substitute for coffee, and a spirituous liquor is made train the ripe berries. Asparagus is both iithic and J diuretic, and its roots used to` be ex- '~-~'- -----I In -nnanino, In ggnjg ulllreuc, llllll ALI Lvvuu uuv_ -- _- , tensively ued in medicine. In some t old recipe ` books directions are given for boning asparagus one hour, but this is a great mitake--twenty or thirty minutes is long` enough to cook it suiciently-but there was one sug-T gestion worth -following. Instead of 1 cutting 01! the white parts it advised that they be broken, saying that it they were too tough to Ibreak they -----A ..-CL `A ng DI-IV; IV V: V: -v V - V were unt to eat. - sheep Bones He. . A Kansas editor pays tribute to the sheep sorrel pie. which was one or was dried apple pie from - December until grass, or. until the squaws came around with wild gooseberries. But, `the Johnny jumpup "came sheep sorrel, and, with sorghum sweetenin. what lovelyvpies were made! Corn bread and `Missouri, bacon, sorghum and butter- milk, with a quarter section or sheep sorrel pie to iinish upl Kansas people _-__| ...-...'I Ilwlnn In '9` . the luxuries ot- primitive Kansas. It V happy thought. with the coming of of this day and -generation don't know_ 0): `HI! UH) Gnu \.....-..---_ A what real good living is." ~ III II!!! ryruuunuuu ~ It. Is. said that Richard- Harding I Davis` `once made a joke `about the pyramldsvthat is` still repeated at Shep- `.'.xeard s hotel. the tashionable hostelry of Cairo. Mr. -Davis was studying the ` `pyramids. and-_a de approached and `said to him: ~ ' ` ' A L--- \......a....a. ab dam-n to build ` mid to nun: - . L . . _ _` It took hundred of yeurs to build them monuments, -sir." . - . . ~ `FA,.'government,. job, eh? said; the ` ' ' Pleasant Antlelp/atlonn. _ Why can"t_you marry me? It : trug. rm not enprmously rich: still I have "an%in'c9me,n1nt: his emnsh to: support K 1 1-.-.'."a.* - a.1'.l'.'\I9f`:!hnur.4 s?wsidicn1oi1Ily ;~ The eleven children were `all mar- ried an-d `gvome. John Wheelock and his wife were quite alone. "Dhe -farm d1-d notvlook `as it hag! done` when Frank. the youngest boy was -at home. - . ` Eve`ry=t`h1in.-g had` a prosperous, we'11-c:ared-=for- look in those days. Fnank had made` \tLhG `soil yield a rich -harvest.` i,But whun he was 24 years 0 l'd the xniiming `fever seized him, and he` had gone West. He was ma1`rie`d'no.w and had two beautiful cmlldreh. Intent on money-muakting, .Frank seldom wrote home, but once in Ia .~w~h"rle` he remembered .thImt he had -.1 .....;1..n.- and can; them: --on the I.'y1-antic. A u\n-I.-..J. :39 .(. It used tovbe told" b who was a" memherot"con`greu at the breaking out or thefwar". `that `when he- saw there virus really `going to be a fight he a musket, slipped out L of Washington and walked all tlfe way ' to Bull Run, where he arrived just in time to have a hand in the fray. ~ _ .u....... ......a. mu ho at-nmll 3 IIuIlII.ll.I Ipl-IV -I-I-Inga , He wore a dress coat, "L but he stood` his ground as long as any. one. The rout was complete, and the next morn- ing, a good deal out of breath; he was back at the capitol, tellingsome of his 1 _ fellow congressmen what he had seen. ~ ---A -AIn I-I1-In nl\l\?|I`I'\+ f [CHOW C0llgl.'_BBu.Ir:u Wuqln an. nu... .. .Who gave you this account or {6 ght? asked a member from northern. New .York as he joined the group. . Why, I was there myself," said Lo- gan. ` g ' The New Yorker was mystied. Ap- parently he had not heard the news. You were there! he exclaimed. ` Are the cars running? No, said Logan; the cars ain t running, but every other thing in the state or Virginia is, as near as I could make out." . An. Anecdote of Handel. On one occasion Handel was caught `in a shower oi. rain and being unpro- vided with an umbrella was obliged to seek` shelter in a biacksmith's forge. Either Handel was in a silent mood or else the blacksmith showed no con- A versational symptoms, for in a little while `the latter began hammering away at his anvil, accompanying his work with a song. He little thought the use his visitor was making ot him and his snvil,'tor it is said that Han- del . was listening all the time to the strokes of the hammering on the anvil, which, by producing two harmonic sounds, according in time and tune with the tune the man sang, formed a, bass accompaniment. Handel, '_on reaching home, remembered the air and the hammer accompaniment. to He wrote down both, and so we owe to a shower of rain the composition known us-em- C-`I-_...--slnqun n`nnkI'I\`*h, when Ila illlol Ills lint Inn. The killing of a brother men, even in battle, in adpalntul thing to remember. A soldier `of the war time vividly de- ecnlbed his . nut experience: ` - - L - Ann ' anti `nil. IA!`- 'cnUe(I I-|IU_II|I|v Unywsnvusvs My um man I saw but twenty sec- onds, but I shall remember` him for-' ever. I wss standing by my sun when I a. Confederate infantry soldier rushed up. I whipped out my revolver and took him through the breast. He tosso ed up his arms, gave me the strsnges look in the world snd tell forwnrd upon wt. 1...! king nine: hrnwn III I: WWII IBIS was nuts vua_--- _ his nee, He had me eyes, brown _cu1-ling halt, a dark mustache and a handsome face. I thought the instant I. nx-ed that I should have loved that 1 ` man it I had known him. I tell you I A-....n.I- luusl-`nan "__'vnI`Ifh I ;W`nl'le DU lt`.LL|ULuUU.|vu a...-u-u. .. a tavt'he`r and mother, and sen!`t11~hi a handsome` check`. T - Jachn came next. John wash the_ thrnnfcst one, and when he was `a "baby Lydnia W'he`e.lock. after the` fa- shiop of Hannlah of olld, ha-d Belt him aside for the Lord.` She dlxvays` t=h.ongh ms the` sixth verse in the thirst 6111a;pIdr of John wwhcn she? thcuglxt of him: h'1`he`r-3 was a` man` ~se'n`t` from God whose mmmc was John," for no unkdmd word. look or a.ct*ion had ever marred his gentle 1;-tr. - - ~ \ `I I- _. _ -...:n-n:'a+!\.`l` , 5 war _ is ten % Companion. 1 Famous `Quarry. The entire mass of the Monte Sacra. 5,000 feet high, which dominates Car- rara, is solid marble. One of the most famous quarries_-is in the valley of the Polraccio. From7this were extracted in Roman times the 1,700 tons of mar- ` hle that served for the construction or '1`rajan s column at lgome, Here Do-. natello got the block which he carved into his St. George, and Michael Ange- lo the one tor his Moses. From here al- so came the huge block mentioned in the memoirs of ' Benvenuto Cellini, l which served for the colossal Neptune of Ammanati in the middle-of the foun- - `L- vu__-- 14.11- GI:-Innlthl If OI Anunnuuu us Luv uuuuu. V- ....- _ min or the `Ham a nu sxgnox-1; "It Florence. ` ' - A Water Volcano. One of the greatest natural curiosi- ties in Central America is the Volcan de Aqua or water volcano, which is situated `in.Guate1nala, about twenty- ve miles southwest of the capital. Its apexis 14,450 feet above the level ot a the sea. and cultivated elds, and tor- est trees extend almost to its summit. It occasionally vents torth torrents 0! I ,4, _-.`._- n. `ma nnmuainn an 0` (`III |;llV Illlltivbosnvnn ---- `ftrhe Harmonious Blacksmith. ll. Utxzuuuuunug vvuuu .v.... .....___w _, pure cold water; On one occasion an eruption of this kind inundated the. northern valley and destroyed a whole \ village situated on the side of the The way no Put It. At 'a school examination at New- castle-under-Lyme, England, a boy was ="tolc1 to write an essay on the pleasures of reading. He wrote: People read for many reasons. Sometimes they read : for humor, and then `they read such books as `Don Quixote. At other times they read for amusement, and then they the Bible. ` Took it llldlr. _ Yes, old Bizziboy gave a reception out to his place on the hills and then turned the hoe on the first detach- ment to arrive." * 2 _He did! What did they say to that? V '1_`hey called it unconventional hos- pitallty. You know. he's too rich to quarrel wit . au malady." Tess--She s a protessional nurse, I believe. Jess--Not at all. What gave you that idea ? '.l`ess-She remarked I that she sat up last night `with a sick man. Jess+-Lovesick; that was all. It i was that ance of hers. T -- ; A strong Word. Dr. Blunt--We -must wake her, he- c9A1se.I want to 'ask her`!!! she has . obeyed myorders. ThePatlent s Hus- band-Er--ah-;-doctor, _it_ might be_ as well to--ah- -puth that questi_o:1__!u-~u 1 | somewhat durerenttorm`. - Much` Bigger. I Y.-Do you think Ike ever lies about the sh he 4catches?-C.-No. I don't. _but I think he lies about the -sh he, ;:aoesn'ttatchsf ; t % Beiiig. askd the na1;e`;t the world : `,.grea,te'st composer. :1 vqxnart, VU3;Y0tI1U _(9lV!,I`.kInan;~VltI_ld :`3h10Y010lla - ` cl?` uuu Luuvvu nuua. . terrible busmeu."-3u'{* W wellcook"eud.`l well E food, happiness does not -depend upon. it so completely as dog I a man's. Without regular, (abundant smeals a man, is disturbed in spirit and considers himself abused.` When 3! man loses his appetite it is because of ` i some physical ailment, never a mental one. A great blow may make the} I ! touching of food. an actual impossibil- ity for his sister for hours, or even- days; but, no matter if the foundations f of the earth were shaken, the ordinary man can eat. He can eat at any time or all the time. I know a man who is living on the street during his wife : absence, and he confesses to averaging ve meals a day. _QL-_ 3.. ....J. -v\l\IIl| 1-hon IQ`. nve meals a. ua,y. Food so `often is not more than `rai- ment With a girl, Investigate the light . housekeeping arrangements of sky par- lors, or even first class rooms, and AL- -_-n ..-.........1 uh-I Hun:-pin IOTH. CV 313$ \fllLDD nvva.-nu, -.__ consider the well gowned _ girl therein and see it it is. I know a girl, and a college girl, who existed on 87 cents for one week in order to buy an ex- pensive trie her mother s good sense had denied her. Shopgirls, they say, sacrice their lunches to buy a Laura L Jean Libbey novel, but where is the A -__-.. _-.-. u-vhnnf o rngqnn. dean uxuucg ngvvxu; .,_- .._-__ ,, man that ever goes without a reason- able amount otvgood food for any need he may h_ave? streaks Otyeuuw auu nun.-. . This 1: a lump_ot ambergris, the druggist said. It is worth about $500. . n 1 Judge. amen n.. The patron put his nose to the am- bergris. Then he said, surprised: "Why, it has no smell." _ _ The druggist, smiling, rubbed it with his sleeve. and immediately a powerful. ; musklike odor lled the air. ! -_.L._...... n I... gain nova! lnusxuu: Vuva uucu u... ..... Crude ambergrls, he said. never A smells until you warm it or rub it. This chunk or ambergris here smells ' like musk. That is because it is crude. The odor of prepared ambergrls has not the least resemblance to must." Be rubbed his hand over his sleeve. From handling thls.' he said, my cost will `smell for months. My hands, no matter how I wash them. will smell for several days." h'[l3. , "My John shiall be. a m~i'niIs.tz-._ .-1 she` lmd ftmdiy declared. and unlike many son's,jhe" did n`o`tT disa.ppoiht hok. He grew up -a slenuder. . thought-Iul. studious lmd, desiring no-| rthing better vhan to labor inthe vine-` yard whcl`-3 the ifeiulds are white?` So L-'a'r1y in life he went West to be a missionary. Absorben ,in- ibis wvork, and` of.te`n exhausted from -his iollrncys -a=c1`oss the white dusty atreftches of a-lkalli. the. too, seldom wrote: homof. Not -that he d.-d not ihink o"H`nis {f.arther and mother. `but that he. (id not take" time to `send Mlm the letter that they craveid. [LeJwu`s -lmd be.en ,a `hm-loving boy. nd .the:y mtisscxd him `perhaps moire: ,1 3 1|.-. ......us|\In. I CI-ystallhing Flowers. The process or crystallizing owers is simple and can be satisfactorily ac- complished by any one who has artis- tic. skill. Arrange some basket forms of any desired pattern with pliable copper wire and wrap them with gauze. Into these tie to the bottom violets, terns, geranium leaves--in fact, any owers except `full blown] ~~~~~ -_.s ..x..:. nmm in a solution of Except L U]! uav vv up 1 1 roses--and sink them in a solution ` plum of one pound to a gallon of wa- ' -"-1L -._4.n `I... gnlnflnn `ha: 000]- puuuu LU II sullvu V- u-. ed', as the colors will then be pre- 1 served in their original `beauty, and the crystallized alum will hold them taster than when formed in a hot solu- ter. Wait until the solution has cool- '` tion. When you have a light covering 01 crystals that completely envelops the articles, remove cheerfully and ` allow it to drip twelve hours. These 5 baskets make a unique ornament and long preserve their freshness. Runes: and the Dog. .Many eccentricities are pardoned in musical geniuses, especially by those who do not suffer from them. Unfor- tunately the object or a musician : : "wrath is quite apt to be unable to ap- ; preciate why he has oifended. n_- ...... ommv um nnnaessor of the Wu C IJGB Vllcuuvuo One can fancy the possessor ` untrained voice who gures in the toi- e i lowing story thinking hard things or the celebrated composer Rameau. One day Ramean while calling on I I lady xed a stern glance on alittie dog 1 Awho's_at in her lap and was barking`: good naturedly. Suddenly Ramean ` selaed the poor little fellow and threw himput or the window. """ ` `- AL A -nnlnn 9 kht` nunput 01 um wuauvvv. "What `is the matter? agked hostess, much alarmed. * __`_`He barked. talse! said Bameau In- 1 s A Pusler. At an examination in an English school the teacher was so pleased with his class that he said they could ask him any question they liked. ` Some were asked and replied to. See- ing one little fellow in deep thought, the teacher -asked him for a question. The boy answered, with a grave face: P-please, sir, if you was in a soft , mud `heap up to your neck and I was I to throw a brick at your head, would you duck? FBI...` nouacntno lafnnf fD0nPdQd_ _-. . A. Quite Dlerent. .Mother-'-You've been sitting in the conservatory all this time, and with young Charlie Brown! Am Ienever to elnstill _a sense of decency in you? [D-aughter-"1`was Lord Copperbulge I ___._.. _.u.|. ...........-an oor Mnfhf--Oh. was with, mamma. dear. Mother-0h, ; % girls! Uallgnter-".Llwuu uuu. v...,.,...-.......,- _. n that's a dierentlmatterl Girls will tie mm lm:y 11;r.15.L'.\u nun 'pU&-Hut `."A" " i.f such a thing could be `D33`.bl." man any of `the-others. He - hafd bougm his mxthws wool out 011 at a sheftzp-s`hc:ar&n-g time. That was the` gum joke of the -family-L,`?'T is ~l1`a` borrowu` clot}h0s.. with wig and sis:-.`7.t:xc1cs, and letting one 0` 1Vh0`.n(-.3:-Tnborsin`t. `the 3.rt' per" su'a=do,d hirn -to bring `him into the` harm ~house' and Iintroducc him a8 wool. Mr. .A.1m.m1e,~, Mc}C a..buyer Of