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Nous 0! Friends. There is always a peculiar fascina- tion attaching to the case of the man or woman who is whisked away, at a moment's notice, into _ - AHA “W‘Ivj, 655 I. “IV.“V“. .- u-----, ._‘7 the realms of the unknown. And such mysterious disuppearances are, :erhaps, far more common than is [6521‘tu supposed. In London alone many hundreds of people vanish ut- A..-I - MARVELLUUS MYSTEBIES IN LONDON. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE VANISH IN A YEAR Suddenly and Uncannily Spirited Awgy From Under the Very terly in the course of a year. And a very large proportion of these, no doubt. elTuce themselves voluntarily; but there are plenty of genuine and well-authenticated instances in which the circumstances and general environment of the Victims absolute- ly preclude the entertaining 0! any such supposition. n 0 â€"AA __-. It is not more than five or six years ago, for institute, since the sensational evanishmem. 01 Mr. George Fitch, a wealthy stockbrok- er, startled and alarmed London. The missing gentleman was 0! quiet. habits, with a substantial balance at his banker’s and, so far as we}; known, no private Worries whatever. He left his oflice {or his home in the Iuburbs one evening at the usual time. but never arrived, nor was my trace of him seen again from that day to this, although a. reward of $5,000 was promptly orig-reg. At about the time when halt the amateur detectives in London were hunting for Mr. Fitch, another strange case of sudden disappearance under exceptionally romantic and painful circumstances, was engaging the attention oi the British Foreign ()fliee. Mr. C. Fitzgerald, an Eng- lish journalist o! repute, had set out on a journey from Solia to Vienna. lie never reached his desâ€" tination. and, although every eii‘ort was made to trace his movements, the secret of his fate is Mr. Fitzgerald's case brings to mind a similar strange occurrence which took place in the early part of the last century. The victim was Mr Benjamin Bathurst, a kinsman of Lord Bathurst. who was sent on a secret mission to Vienna at the time that England, before opening the Peninsular Campaign, sought to persuade Austria to declare, by way of distraction. was against France. (in reaching Perleberg. in Branden- burg. a couple of sentries were told off to mount guard over the inn where he stopped, and on his setting forWard on his journey toWards nightfall he thanked them, and told them they might withdraw. They did so, and while all the household was on the alert to see him off he walked beyond the circle of the lan- tern-glare and was lost to sight at the had of the horses. This oc- curred on November 25th. 1804, and Mr. Bathurst was never seen or heard of more. notwithstanding that England oll’ered $10,000 and Prussia half that sum for any evidence that Would elucidate the mystery of his fate» But there is another class of mys- terious disappearance far more weird and uncanny than the fore- going. it is at least possible that both Fitzgerald and Bathurst fell into the carefully laid plot of some political o.dvers.iry ; but what shall‘ be said of the case of a man sud- denly and uneanniiy spirited away1 from under the very noses. as it were, of his friends and relations 7. A typical example of this occurred some forty years ago near the vil- lage of llaslemere, in Surrey, Eng- laiiiil. EV EN Y ET U S SULV ED. It is said that, at the time of his disappearance, he was carrying im- portant despaitclies {or the Bulgarian Government, and, if this be true, he probably tell a victim to one of the numerous oathâ€"bound political as- sociations with which that. turbul- ent principality has always been honeycombetl. One morning a respectable {armor named Williamson started to cross a big meadow near his house, for the purpose of giving some instructions to a man who was working on the other side. He trudged along, whis- tling and singing. to the middle of the lield. and there suddenly and U NACCUU STA BLY VANISHED. There was no Wu”, no ditch, no bush even, which could have‘ con- cealed the missing man for a moâ€" ment. His wife. who was standing at the door with her baby in her arms watching him. screamed out, "He's gone ! He's gone 2 What. an awful thing 3” and fell to the "He's gone ! He's gone 2 What. an awful thing 3" and fell to the ground ummnscious. When she rt.h vived her reason had fled, and two other Women. neighbors. who wit- nessmi the strange occurrence, re- ceived so nevere a. fright that they were unable to pursue their accus- tomed vocations tor many weeks alterwnrds. No light was ever thrown upon this mystery, and to this day the strangest stories are «float in the district concerning it. n ' A similar case to the above 0C- currcd some years back on the south coast. except that on this occasion no one was. present when the actual translation. disappearance. call it what you will, took place. From a house situated on the main road be- tween Steyning and Braunber. in Sussex, England. about nine o'clock in the evening, a lad of thirteen named Charles Ashmore was sent with a bucket to a well 100 yards or so distant to procure Water. As he did not return the family became anxious, and his father set out with a lantern to seek him. A light coating of snow covered the ground, though none was falling or had fal- len for some hours, and the footsteps of the boy were distinctly traced to g spot about half-way between the house and the well. At this point they suddenly ceased. nothing but the unbroken surface of the snow being visible in front and all around, nor was any trace of the unhappy M found from that day to this. The well was thiekly coated with {C}: and had certainE not. been dis- turbed hr many hours. Deaths ty tire averm 27 P. :0 900 0! an Jcafl't. When the liner “Castria” was out- ward bound to New York a few years ago a quantity of soft cargo in the {orehold caught fire, and was n3}. discovered till it. had gripped the 3 1p. The “Castria” was a thousand} miles from the nearest land. and. during‘the first three days out a terâ€"‘ rific gale had badly damaged more ‘ than half her boats. There were seventy passengers on board, and,! though‘about a score were British vâ€"v“°--‘ wâ€"vâ€"v w wvv-v vvv- v-vaâ€"V" and A erican. the remainder were French at! Italian, whom the cap- tain knew would probably start a fearful panic if the news were known. It Was about nine in the evening. Panic: GAMBLES WITH DEATH. and fierce-r; but the ship's purser' went'below, took one British and one Yankee passenger into his confidence and immediately started a brilliant parlorâ€"game entertainment among the passengers. They began with puss-inâ€"theâ€"corner, and, as soon as it was palled, passed on to musical chairs and forfeits. With all the skill of society enter-I tainers, the three men, knowing that. the risk 0! death was four to one? "on" and that their only chance layl in keeping the passengers below, or-’ ganized and applauded and laughed, making constant excuses to keep be-' low people who wanted to stroll 110-: on deck; and all the while the ship’s' crew were slaving at the buckets,i naked to the waist, and ever the tire: gained on them. Once, among the' merry p.uty in the saloon, somebody remarked that the place was getting' strangely hot, and a pause fell on the assembly as they stopped chatt-- ing and romping, and heard the quick stamp of feet on deck. BECAUSE HE COULD FIDDLE. At one time between me songs somebody remarked how deeply and sluggishly the vessel seemed to ride,’ and the people looked at each other in silence. But the entertainers, with aching hearts, laughed it off,‘ and started another song. Mean- while, the almost despairing “9“]; were sea1ehing for the leak, while others toiled at the pumps till they' dropped. At length it was found, ' and, though all but beyond mending, was stopped just as the singets were beginning “Auld Lang Syne." In another two hours the ship was clear of water, and 250 lives were saved] It was music that saved the Brit- ish emigrant-ship “Shields” {our years back. Besides 200 emigrants for the Colonies, she had a consign- mentâ€"only a few insignificant sack- _fulsâ€"-o{ barley in the hold. Small as this amount was, it swelled with the wet, as grain will, and was so closely confined that it started a bulkhead or partition. and caused a constantly increasing leak to spring. The ”Shields” was then in the in- dian Ocean, 1,500 miles from any- where. and she began to settle. The captain calle d to him three men whom he picked from the emigrants. and told them to keep the rest quiet if they loved their lives. These three at once started a concert, which went splendidly. and, badly as men were wanted at the pumps, the skip-l per told on one sailor to join the concert. One of the most striking cases of games and merrinient played in the very jaws of death was at the siege of Nurkut. in one of the recent 1n- dian frontier aflairs. Besides a doz- en British officers and their wives, twenty civiliansâ€"men and women-â€" were enclosed in the round house. The sudden outbreak of a I’athan tribe had hemmed them in, with 600 unpleasant and bloodthirsty tribes- nien anxious to get at them. How the rifle tire p(1°.ol‘C(l in during tWo days is well known, but it is not so well known that concerts, sing-songs and parlor games were in full swing all the time, to keep the. besieged’s spirits up. A matron and a couple of the men organized and kept the fun going on a constant round of jollity; and, While the bul- lets pattered on the roofs, blind- man's buff was raising shouts of laughter inside. The latest comic songs were sung to the accompani- ment of an old piano inside, and the crackle of rille lire outside; and never did spirits flag or fun cease, though it was touch-and-go whether the gar- rison would be rescued or butchered in the most h rrible manner. ()n the third day a battalion of Sikhs arrived and drove the 3 mseUS'rEn ENEMY AWAY. l ‘ Probably the most extraordinary ldance ever known was one given atl ithe British Legation duting the siege of Pekin last year. Death was tread? ing on the .very heels of the dancers,i but they gave a regular and very successful ballâ€"not a scratch “hop”. but with a band. supper, program- mes, an “M. (3.," and all the other apparatus. l Two of the men turned the situa- tion with the proposal of a dance, and all went well again; while the third amused the children with BLI NBMA N ’Sâ€"BUFF. At last. by heroic eflorts. the fire Was got under, but it was not till they reached port that the passen- gers knew o! the awful danger that threatened them. They presented the purser with a jewelled watch worth $2.30. 'CILIUS UUL\VCVII LIII'U The dancing began at 10 p. m. and; they know that a lasted most of the night; While all; most wideawakc sex the time thousands of Chinese fiends doze were swarming round the place. ycl-J q ° cl at 1,] lug: for blood. When the relieved. tiggrfigtgg alterno 0 cars came on duty they repaired‘ fee! a bit done a] to the ballroom, while the former . . batch of male partners took up their2 due to the electric: . h m 3 here, r rifles and went out to the defence! :lcthzt s:n.pno 01,2) Not a single casualty had occurred a fact that the then, nor did one happen during the d 1 3 ball, by some extraordinary chances! 333:), :goutmtgn 3: yet some determined assaults were' ni ht and mornln made by the besiegers, and three; Ewes. and at their! times a waltz was stopped short in a the middle for all the men to turn tween threeâ€"21L: nut and help in the Menu. A lamous " ' I dance Was also given during the siege‘ MIMI? 7“ INDREDS OF LIVES SAVED BY PRESENCE OF MIND. THE FIRE CREW FIERCER Lies Averted by “Ppss-in-the- Coma” ad Blind Ian’s 9’ We need not be afraid of darkness overtaking 11s, for the day and night here are each 336 hours long ! The cold of the lunar night is far more intense than any experienced by Nansen' s expeditmn, as the tenipei '1- ture sinks to about 300 degrees be- low zero. A11 111111 ense "'moon :whieh looks as large as fourteen or- dinary moons, can be seen. This .gigantie ‘moon” is our earth. -- g- -â€" The Necessary Baggage You Would Require For The Trip. Would you take a walk on the moon ? Well, first. you must obtain a plentiful supply of compressed air, water, and provisions. On our backs are strapped tins of compressed air, from the interior 0! which issue tubes with ingeniously constructed mouthpieces, which we securely fasten to our mouths. This is a necessary preparation, as there is no air on the moon. Perhaps the first thing we notice is our extreme lightness. The fat man 0! our party suddenly discovers that he can run as fast as the Scotch express. A rock as big as a house bars his way, but, with the greatest of ease, he jumps over it, and alights as gently as a. bird. Our strength, too, is enormously increased. Great blocks of stone. which two horses could barely move on earth. can be lifted without much difficulty by any one of our com- pany. The practical joker with us is seized with an idea, and the weighty one is his victim. Taking the latter in his arms, he throws him upwards to a height of several yards, and catches him again as if he were a cricket ball. The scientiâ€" fic member of our party tells us that the force of gravity on the moon is one-sixth of that on our earth, and, therefore, our strength is apparently increased six-fold. 01 Matching. to the music of the Joy- ous pom-pom, and any quantity of sing-songs. gymkhanas, and game- parties. 1 Military men are well aware of this curious fact, and they often make sudden assaults on camps or lcities between three and five, for gthey know that at that time the .most wideawake sentry is liable to . doze. i Strangely, at the corresponding time in the afternoon, most people dee! a bit done up. Whether it is .due to the electrical condition of ithe atmosphere, or to the position _ o! the sun. no one knows. But it is in fact that the nervous system. .brnin, and lungs are most vigorous itrom about ten or eleven o'clock .(night and morning) .to twelve or lone. and at their lowest ebb be a tween three and five. Some Useful Hints to Mothers on the Care of Little Ones. Babies cry because they are sick or in pain, and in almost every case the sickness or pain is caused by some disorder of the stomach or bowels. Fermentation and decompo- sition of the food produce a host of infantile troubles, such as griping, colic, constipation, diarrhoea, sim- ple fever, indigestion, etc. l’roper digestion of the food is necessary to the maintenance of life, and evacua- tion of used up products and refuse of digestion is. necessary to health. The lesson to mothers is, therefore, that the stomach and bowels should be carefully watched, and ii baby cries or is fretful or cross, some sim- ple vegetable remedy should be giv- en. Mothers should never l'CSOl'L to the so-called “soothing” prepara- tions to quiet baby, as they invari- ably contain stupefying opiates. Baby's ()wn Tablets will be found an ideal medicine. They gently move the bowels, aid digestion, and pro- mote sound, healthy sleep, thus bringing happiness to both mother and child. They are guaranteed to contain no poisonous "soothing” stufl, and may be given with abso- lute safety (dissolved in Water if necessary) to children of all ages from earliest infancy, with an assur- ance that they will promptly cum all their minor ailments. For the benelit of other mothers, Mrs. Alex. Lafave, Copper Clin'. ()nt., ays :â€"â€"“I would advise all mothers to keep Baby’s Own Tabâ€" lets in the house at all times. When I began giving them to my baby he was badly constipated, and always cross. He is new four months old. has not been troubled with constipa- tion since 1 gave him the Tablets, and he is now.always happy and good natured. Mothers with cross children will easily appreciate such a change. I enclose 50 cents for two more boxes of the Tablets, and will never be without them in the house while 1 have children.” Baby's Own Tablets are sold by dru‘ggists or will be sent by mail, post paid. at 50 cents a bux, by ad- dressing the Dr. ‘v’illinms’ Medicine 00., Dept. '1‘., lircckville. Ont. Four O’clock in the Morning is a Mysterious Hour. The hour of 4 mm. has something mysterious about it. Cocks crow, people on the brink of death give 1m the ghost, everyone who is asleep sleeps sounder, and even the Watch- ful sentry can't always keep his eyes Open. At this hour people are in their weakest state, and if life is: just on the flicker, it is not surprising that it goes out. Many" a. man's life has been saved by a spoonful n! brandy or ammonia administered just when the clock strikes four. The period of deepest sleep varies from three o’clock to live. An hour or two after going to bed you sleep very soundly ; then your slumber grows gradually lighter, and it is easy enough to Wakcn you at one or two o’clock. But when four o'clock comes you are in such a state of somnolencc that you would take no notice of the end '0! the world. A WALK TO THE MOON. WHEN SENTRIES DOZE. WHY BABIES CRY. The Littie Man in All Ages Haa' the Record as a Fighter. The untrained big man will beat the untrained little man at fisticufls‘ or in a wrestling match, but in train-g ed armies weight tells for very little. So long as their armies were recruit- ed irom the cities and villages of Italy, the small-limbed Romans de- feated the largeâ€"limbed Germans in almost every encounter, and this, al- though the men of the forest were hunters, lived in the open air and ate, it is always assumed, quantities of meat. The wiry little Roman who took blows from a vine-stock from his ofllcer must have been one of the best soldiers who ever lived. It was after Rome had enlisted the big barbarians in scores of thous- ands that her standards went back in battle. The slight and pallid Sar- acen drove the picked soldiers of Europe out of Palestine. If armor is any test, the heroes of the middle ages were com} aratlvely little men. (it the men who fought at Jena, the Frenchmen were probably by 10 per cent. the smaller, yet Germans. Pom- eranian and Polo alike receded be- fore their charge. 1' oolh Powder In a. handy Patent Box (new) 8020mm mum - - 25: 25° large LIQUID and POWDER. 15: AtdlStomm' by Halter-them The truth is that weight and height have almost as little to do with tit- ness for soldiering as with fitness for command. The man who can walk thirty miles a day and carry his rifle easily, will, if he has nerve. make an excellent soldier. A regiment of Lord Robertscs would not be last in the field, though; if they were badly fed, they would appear to most well- fed citizens as a regiment. of “starve- lings." Height or want of it does not interfere with shooting. It aris- es. we suppose, from some instinct of selection, that our sailors, who will face any troops, are seldom excep- tionally tall. And little men who, as their ridingmiasters informed us. will fall any number of times and care nothing about it, are capable. of being very soon licked into en‘ective cavalry. There are probably no such men in the‘ world as are to be found in our Sikh regiments, their average being nearly two inches higher than our own;th Englishmen defeated them at Sobraon, and if they revolted our officers would lead the under-sized Ghoorkas against them with perfect confidence. Experienced otlicers who have watched the Japanese in action believe that they would The rallusion about the courage and endurance of citizens- as compared with countrymen is equally without foundation. Lad fo1 lad, the city 'aii is as well fed as the country laborer’s son. though his food leaves him with a tendency to pallor inâ€" stead of a tendency to ruddiness. lie is as much out as his rival, though -it is in the street instead of the lane: and, though bad air seems to stunt his growth, it does not destroy his health, as witness all statistics' of city mortality, if children under 3 me excluded. As {01 his courage go and hit a young London coster- monger, perhaps of all the families of men the readiest for .11 light. The earlier armies of the Roman Repubâ€" lic were drmv from Rome itselfâ€"- that is, from southern slums. to which Bethnal Green is a sanitorium. BEAT THE RUSSIANS, an opinion which is shared by the Sikhs, who have observed both, which is the more remarkable be- cause the Sikh has to overcome an instinctive feeling about the Euro- peuns. ()ur own “light” regiments -â€"-e. g.. the Rifle Brigadeâ€"which, be- cause they are light. are tolerant of “weeds." are among the best regi- ments in the service; nor is there any regiment in the World that, would not be proud of defeating Zounves, whose average low stature has fre- quently been commented on. 3393 Where Certain Crimes In- duce Similar Ones. One of the strangest peculiarities of human nature is its inclination to imitate the misdeeds of others. Crime is epidemical; a particularly dreadful murder, the details of which are set forth in all the newspapers, often has the efl'ect of inducing simi- lar crimes. One of the reasons, and probably the chief reason, why out- side executions were abolished, was that instead of acting as,a deterrent the execution had the centrary ef- fect of inciting to murder. "wâ€"vâ€" 5010mm In 1885 a woman of Geneva, nam- ed Lombardi, killed her {our child- ren, She admitted that she had been reading of a woman who kiiled her husband, and the very circum- stantial account had made her wish to imitate the crime, but as her husband was dead she killed the children. This is only one instance out of hundreds which have come to our notice. A Q. ,___‘A_ vul IIV VIVV. The infectious nature of self-murder receives a striking testimony in the following incident. Dr. Oppenheim, of Hamburg, had to examine the body of a man who had cut his throat and had died after some days of suflering. The medico told his as- sistant that death would have been immediate ii the man had cut in a way which he illustrated, and he was _-.. 1...-.. on lnam 'va v v-vâ€"v _v_ startled, two days later, to learn that his assistant had attempted to commit suicide by lacerating him- self in that very manner.‘ The man “unlined that he had never thought ‘01' gulcide until the day of the' ex- . AL- .I-g‘ A-.- mnmfl..h HALL RUOKIL. Montreal. THE SIZE OF SOLDIERS. CRIME IS INFE CTIOUS. FRAGRANT a young .mnn whose un- bounded assurnn ' the usual question:â€"~ Do you think you can support my daughter in the style to which she 1.-.. kam- ._.__.A ‘ _ vv -ucvu ”ll” has been accustomed ? - The. parent spoke this phrase with the air of a man who thinks he has uttered a poser. The suitor looked him in the eye. Let’s talk this thing over, he said. Do you think your daughter is qualj- fled to make a man a good wife? â€"'â€","- Yes, sir. Her mother and I are both practical people, and we have given her a practical education. She can not only read Greek and play the pianoâ€"she practises three hours a dayâ€"but she can cook a good din- ner, and do the marketing as intel- ligently as an experienced steward. Moreover, her abilities with the needle are not confined to fancy work. She’s a treasure, and We don’t propose to have any doubt about her future. ion. 1 have been waiting several days for proper weather conditions, tier 1 am anxious to make no mis- take, and cannot trust artificial light, and this damp. murky \v‘ath- ier is likely to mislead me. The pur- est \\l:ite diamond will, on one of these dark. foggy (lays. take on a snow shade, and to all appearance be 0“ color. No one is safe in ex- amining a diamond except on a clear day. Then you must be careful of the immediate surroundings, for the stone will take up tints of walls and 'ceiling. and you will hardly recog- nize your diamond when seen under idil‘i'erent conditions." You were asking me if I thought I could support her in the style to which she has been accustomed. I was. Well, I could. But I don’t propose to. After she marries me she's not going to practise three hours a day on any piano, nor cook dinners, nor handy words with market people. She’s going to have all the sewing done outside the house, read what she enjoys, whether it is Greek or Choctaw, and go to the theatre twice a week. It’s time that girl had some enjoyment out of life. One year ago, Mr. Anderson told his friends he had found a sure cure at last. His friends smiled, but said nothingr in reply. Ilis continued hopefulness Was proveibial, but everybody had long since paid little attemion to the remarkable rune- dies he was continually discovering and subsequently rroving failures. But this time. it was no failure. It, was Dodd’s Kidney Pills. W. C. Anderson considers himself toâ€"day as successful a man as there is in New Brunswick. lie has found good health after many disappoint- ments. llodd’s Kidney Pills have raised the burden off his life. Six boxes cured him of every symptom of. Kidney Disease and he acknow- ledges he owes his success to them. Few {wrsons know that the state of the weather has a marked eh‘ect on the appearanze of diamonds, but it is a fact well understood by deal- ers in precious stones. Attention was recently called to the matter by a diamond expert when the. sky Was overcast by clouds and extreme dampness was in the air. "Here is a lot of diamonds," he said, "on which I am asked to pass an opin- Treated in Vain by Five Diflerent Doctors for Kidney Troubleâ€" Took Many Medicines Without Successâ€"Dodd’s Pills Succeed Where Other Things Fail. Waterside, N. 13., Sept. 2.â€"W. C. Anderson, of this town, is a remark- able example of persistence. For years he has been trying to find a cure for his trouble, and for years he has been tasting the bitterness of disappointment. But tried again and now at last he has succeeded. ...Ilis trouble was Kidney trouble. by no means uncommon in this province. Indeed some physicians go so far as to say it is the most prevalent malâ€" ady in Canada. At any rate, it was the affliction of Mr. Anderson. AFTER MANY FAILURES W. C. ANDERSON MAKES HIS DISCOVERY AT LAST. Five different doctors have attend- ed Mr. Anderson in his time. None of them touched the root of his suf- fering. The amount. of meoicine Mr. Anderson has swallewul would doubtless surprise that gentleman himself could he see it all poured out together. _ _ n _ A i I When George IV. was Prince Ru- gcnt. he visited I’OI‘ICflthX’, and at the time His Royal Highness vat suffer- ing from a cold. h----‘1 -xfl“. I, warn Illa .- vvâ€"â€" One day the Rom] patty were showing themselves to the people from a balcony. A ' -â€"-__-_A fin]. Wliich is the Prince? I must see the Prince! cried an excited old Yorkshire woman. who had come to see the First Gentleman in Europe. That’s him, said a bystander. pointing upwards; him with a hand- kerchief in {iis hand. ‘ ‘-- 3- nuan- COMPLETE SUUUESS. -UJ \â€" ............. , Him! cried thér old lady in pro- found contempt. That. the Prince! Why he blows his own nose ! WEATHER AND DIAMONDS BLOWING HIS OWN NOSE | A lady had a cook who gave her every satislaction, and she was under the impression that. the cook was '0‘“!qu satisfied with her place. But .one morning, to the lady’s intense surprise, the cook gave her the usâ€" |ual month's notice. 3 What do you Want to leave for. ’Jane ? asked the mistress. I am very much pleased with you, and I 'tllought you were quite comfortable 08va m It u do” that the public :0qu tho superiority at am panic Mud. .â€"_______._____________, If You Want “mm I W; .m maul-I... The Dawson Commune: 00. %?m here Yes. mum. I’m comfortable enough in a way, butâ€"- The cook l'zcsitated and [idgeted about. But what ? queried the mistress. Well, mum, she blurted out, the fact is the master doesn’t seem to ’preciate my cookery, and I can't stop in a place where'my eflorts to please are wasted; so I'd rather go, mum. But what makes you think that your master does «not appreciate your cookery? Has he ever com- plained to you? asked the lady. v“ vv-w-u - he said he couldn’t. help doing so because my cookery was so delicious; but. master here-hasn’t. been laid up once all the three months I've been with you. and that’s just what both- ers me so, mum ! No, mum: but my Vlatgvimlt‘stcr Was always laid up through _ovcr-cati.ng A good many people responded to the invitation, and, when the place was full, the showman brought forward a very ordinary baby in- deed in all respects. Now, then, ladies and gents. shouted the rod-faced showman. walk up and see the most wonderful baby on earth! The charge of ad- mission is only sixpencc. Walk up! Watk up ! What is there wonderful about it? asked one of the disgusted audience of the showman. I’ve seen thou- sands of babies like it. Well, said the showman, getting near an aperture in the booth, all I can say is that. it's mother as it's the most wonderful baby on earth, 1111’ if she doesn't know, who does ? You’ll have to take the lady’s word for it ! he yelled. as he dodg‘vd an empty bottle and disappeared from new. In. Wummw'n Soornmn Svrcr has 1mm and M km! of mother! {0' ”W" cbiidmu uhllc teething. “comes the child. mm‘m thv an»: “I!" mm. ("'9‘ wind culic. "guinea the Monmc and lmwcls. and in tho- I remedy {or Uig'fl'h‘fl Tithtyfi‘l' emu l bottle acid I. druuisu lhnuxhofl We world lie sun god at gu- " nus. Wmuww‘a 5007mm mum” In anmw'n SOOmee Svrcr inn. of mothers fnr thetr childm tooothes the child, minus 012- mm. find who. remit!" the Monmc and tut-gt rgnuody toy Uis'fl'htl't. Tammy-1 Tomâ€"“You are dearer to me than life !" Maudâ€""Oh, pbhaw !" Tom -â€""But. I mean it ! It didn't. cost. me a fanning to get into this world. but. your last diamond alone cost. ,mc a cool one hundred dollars. A little boy Was suflcimg lroxu su'crc Cuid. and his mother gave him a bottle oi cough mixture to take while at. school. (in his return she asked him if he had taken his inedi- Cine. N0, he answered; but Bobby ' . lie liked it. 2'0 I swap- " u handful of nuts. Dudcly: You look at. me as if you thought I Was an Idiot. oh? Strung- cr: Why. no; you can't be such an idiot. after all. Your mnm'k shows that you read a man's thoughts at a glance. 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