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llko vd vet moo the brow would it uw tuoro iwoot tliau tliii raflu lu tuuet the love tlil waa utti our iuk krw ibo paanl awaj o uol roalui o day wiictt tho atjdvtifearduus are ti uio auluniu tluh again aud oa kuch daj u uif ia tho lotig 4o froii jjiy heart ii uuu alydaruuc my lotuyvhllsa wiui llic wood iu griijf ftad tu perish int loaf awliirlfhthuultano chill j hal the tlrouguuhtf ho hat tairic far mc iigreeuiuuiybcartiiruititni fair m ilic ts the toru i audlouginthfurugorutri true uiatea weru wa tljj iiuudcrtoni hut woo tliat at flat so mrf aud rtcki and renditias iu iajth jjitid ltafod ott like tljd fljiiig htt to be ujcrged in the i loom of t r in uio glory of l6c belief yitidc why eveu tho drwid of ujotc wild itoruia to euiuc apace h lot in the uioubi of ihcfr wlii koftb eaiiln her rtatiugiiacv light fold un fold iu uio elm liyrrd old with he wititcacti ervucluc pure of my ijiirit lrijt iiy adored u la let uouic of tb blctt ccurvi oh uo uot the glioatlr breaui i of kiuct tut dreamed ot tmr xor lc touch of iikud luurccd in death like velvet apou tjic brow coutdeoutparuwilhttheiweot i trong faitli to tueet the love that ia til my though piedaijjtoujat rvalij6f day wtcro the ftdcloff gardens a smrcf ya ttilrr riafiing ym t a piuj ll cu the bcaardl voice ll alice sttn- fey that fikliunitcd hrvachibkld verne ifl he it ia bit pew ousrinday for he coald oat see bcr from whero ia ill lad u chirmed him so deeply th uc begin t3 lajce pin lo discaur tt wbst cancerti sbe ang knd lo hire beau to hear lex then he toacd oat thil he betmufai and it wbj very casyto t an incroioctioa lo bcr and tiler that easier still lo fall ia ijc wilh her and thta he becm la call occa- aionaily with flowed and bjwk tad all the littjc offcrinfja k gen heme j is prn ilefjed to make hi lady frienif lie wu handsomc ha wn rich whether his toajcctiou wrere o ood tocial posilisq or c ot did not nailer for do oac ever taw any o them he bad the ltafui manucr o a parlor kwhl aud all the accomplish incuts uecetiary r ind he had romahliceycs if he bid colaroraantii heart i alice lited rotnuliccye and ihe miu nerof bocielj ste was flattered by the attention of a mau go highly thought of the riiest of the beat peggle so agreeable ia his mandcrr aokvell bred finally the felt that beu he blbuld say vill yocv the coald ool tay j ko- and comiug to this point he was pleased to ihink tlathc was rich for abe cqoid cot doubt lhal there would be a wclcomp in liis heart for poor old aunt aun who was her charge and care ted had been since herpirtuts died aud ahe betrothed iicrselt te him happily when the words sh s had drtamed of were really ppokcu acd wailed for him to men- lion the object of aant aqd bimtelf at hut he did so it was after the day was get for iheir wedding- where will your aunt go after we arc married he ackes lias e lie auy rela tives y kot cue betide uiytcifalicc answer ed we ixc the lust of oar race i though so aid archibald aud aa i foci kindly to i he old goal i ull yoa ill bay her into the old be eh busline the auderwgud reapectully solicit the aatxou age of the public acd loiorms them that weji equipped nd atxuafabigs can al- waya be sheared- alliixfcltblcs a cotutotutyflus incct all train between 9 w- aw tsls vm carefdl attenlton pflen to cterjoraer the vthtm of coromereiiil travol- icn fully met john wlhilahs -agtok- pujfe facjtory planing- mill thos ebbagei- man i bayc resumed tho ujaj acomcut of tlid painp bnsfueaa in actoo and wi tild tectfniy- ibform all partic in want of ndmp that wo arc now prepared to iapplr tbeia item the old btyto wooden pump to the best force pomp made pampa for wind mills 4r rook well supplied on short notice deep weill a spajcialt prices bioht eve it time our plaaing lnmhor dreaaod while you rail ixoaldfnga c mad to order ve hare ilut quantity of lombtr or le toitmbu for b dldlnc parpotea ordern br mail will rwciro pro apt and careful attention shopatfootofrivei thosebbagferhanaflei mill street what ill do ladies home it primrose and sh com fort a hit tnd put of our way alice j i dont want aiint aun oat of my wav said alice she is my dear friend and cempaoioo she ia not so very old archi balddot sellable fcr sach a life at all in fact while i havd ay voice and my fingers to keep her from iluo eachajl bhall be hers 1 can earn tut we need dnt yoa forgeu my love siid archi bald my wife cant sing in public or leach iiltlegirjs heir nates she will be ilrt archibald yetue jtoafl hive to private parse and as i hoiu the parse i shaji pro vide foryocr auntag i think proper the proper wav is that sho shall live with me said ahw quietly bat a wite mast obey her hesband that yoa ickaowfcdge it right said archibald we are oot yet married said alice dill moreqaietly tdatwe ghail be in a few wcokr said archibald when i am married my aunt will hve with me sid alice share my home as she his always ue be my friend my corcpaaion alwajsv she looked away from him as she spoke bat he looked at heraagrily ive always laid- id never have a amotherinilaw atoat my- hoase and an auntinlaw woalibe worse ha said slowly we shall live at a hotel and an oldfaehioned person like that would be in the way yoa dont notice it perhaps bat yoar aaat is very idfahioced and quiet qaile impossible yea x understand the viang replied alice and oiher things are also quite im possible for instance that i shaald insult aaat ann looked him ju the face again as she spoke and drew from her finger her engage ment ring in- which a cqstlj diamond gleamed like a ilar i release yoa from yoar engagement she said qaietly and dropped it into the palm of his band oatsfcetcbed at the moment in a geat ire which had followed the word impossib the politeness ad elegance which were only the veneers o a coarse nature chipped off under ilia preai are of anger so said mr archibald verne so yoa are willing to give up- the advantages of a raarrnge will 010 aud go on earning yoar living by yo ir masic for the sake of common old scctch aant oearly in her dotage no flo ilice you want me lo yield to yoa that is all bat i will never do it 111go as iar aa to board the old u the country but ill thercib a comprom- ing and tfko tbrf best with indigdatioo in her creaxare plainly ot bare her with lie pat on yoar oht alice arose eyefl thank heaven i have not learnt what you really are loo laic bho snld all 11 over between us sho left hc room as ahe rpokc archi bald verne waited ten minutes bat ahe did oot return fifteen and stifl he was alone ho riug the bell aud ho one servant hurrjing iu from he kitchen of the neat hide fiat cama wipiuglicr eoupy htuda on her apron tell mih alice t am wailing he said siercly the woman took the message and re turned will a little twisted note which be tore lo fragments after ho bid road it and scattered in the air a he hurried dowo the atrcec after ibis sach went a separate way alice aaug and taught muic as before archibald lived ihe life of a gay bachelor how became to b pec a late uo one knew bal that he did it wis certain hctdoabled his fortune lie was apoken of as a mil- liouairo lio bought a palace bu ami eplcudid horses suddenly thefft was a crash where the moiicy went it was hard lo siy but it was gone a red flag flew from tbc door of archibald verne thy millionaire wan gone xi the soupbubble goes where the peer man archibald verne weut nobody asked bat his creditors ten year pans like a dream len years were gone bat looking at the face of alice stanley one would scarcely havo believed it lrosh fair and sweet as a rosebud she sat iu a beautiful apartment looking out upon the ica at the fieit window aant ann was seated tier plain cap of spotted mthlia was ercliauged for tno of real lace fastened wilh a diamoud piu ueralpaca gown no loader haug plain aad straight la the tops of her prunella shoes ilich silk cat by a modiata of distinction revealed ueat satin slippers and ailk atock- incs she had a pencil in her hand and was making little calculations suddenly she paused when i look back how strange it seems thai i hoalil be a rich woman jalice she said who ever could hae bolieted cousin luckii woald bavt hoarded and saved aud edded to leave it all to me well well im truly glad i shall leave yoa bc0ud the sordid troables ofrtbis world wheu i go and my dtwr joa are rewarded for yoar kinduess to me lou woald not leave the old aanlie or scud her lo the poor hoase yoa ralhet gave tip a rich husband i know you never told me about it bat i heard somelhiug and guessed more and lelt me have you crieved for him darling have j ou been unhappy alice shook her head ko she answered i rccret the mau i faucied that i loved bat i lhauk heaven that i was saved from uniting myself to one 60 coarse and in eao i shoald have married him from mercenary motives only after that laj i interview and i should have been justly pnuuhcj when he ion his for tune v j at this uutucct a kiiock came upou the door two lidiea were announced thev had kquired for the cider miss srauley and atrfaer bidding were shown in at once we are straugtrs ray dear miss staa- icy end the fpoketwcujau but your pbianuiroy is well known and we come to ou to beg we have a home for old and poor persons iu this place it receives forty and there is a vacancy which we wish lo rccure for a very uafortanate man he was occe rich but lot his fortune and feilinlo habilsof dissipation finally his health brokedowu he u ouly forty bat one would fancy hitu seventy and his physicians say that be can never support himself each a gentlemanly pcrsoa eo elegant in his mauuers what we desire ii that yoa should head a subscription for ihe purpose of bnyingbiraintothellome bal as we are btianccrs wc shoald be gad if yoa would come with as to see turn our carriage it a ihe door yoar uames are guarantees for your sincerity ladies said mis stanley look ing at the cards in hex haod ikuowihe home loo have visited it a pleasant place tell me ihe poor miui iiame and let nc hive joar paper here alice read it lo me i have uot nn glasses t alice tk iho piper cazed at it and started violently archibald verne she ejscalafted is it possible that he has come to this you know him then asked one of the cbarilibli ladje- he lived in xew york had a epleiidid residence there at one time a slender man with light hair and very regular fealarm ye ia be mr verne wekaow skid alice then aant ann held ont her hind took the paper and wrote samethiagou it in pencil f shall bare the check tomofrow she said i t how kind how good yoa have sabscribed the whole amoant ibc five hundred dollars ejaculated the ladies ia a breath they were profaae in compliments and thanks bat acn atta only answered them wilh a smile tliey could not understand i am sure llr verne woultr have been glad lo do the sams for me it ustraoge how tbincs come aboat she often fstd to alice after that i should not have gone into the old womans home if yoa had agreed thai sir verne shoald pat me there while i could have earned my bread in anjbodyslnurseryi or kitchea but how little 1 thought as i l behind ihe screen in oar little flat and heard him propose bayiog me in that i ahquld do the same by him in ten years time and he be thankful for it whether sir verne was thankful of dot no one can tell uelounecs in the invalid chair some one sent him and eats the fruit forwarded by ihe same friend and idly reads books ih at come as mysteriously perhaps he fancies they come from alice btft it is aant ann who sendttliemt baylor i shoald like sachthings if i were in liis place aud i eapposa he does if it is revenge it is an atuiable phase of that cnjoli6ii i fell yoa exclaimed the young med ical student our professors a great a or- geou hows that asked his cham wrii a fellow wax brought iu with a crashed leg the professor said it must come cff co he hacked away and by gosh i cat off tbo wrong leg tf yoa dont call that great surgery wait a bit tbo professor said it would be terrible i for the poor fellow to o about with no legs at all so he epliutered up the cashed leg in stead of catting that off too and unw he is as good as ever wonderfnl skill the pro- feasors the strawthat 8aved ll hyiaaath lullll jll a coruytyoung man living not a thous and milcirf from tho city of new york had at the age of oneandtwenty come into the ptjasession of irlargefurtuiie immediately thereupon the fairwuather ftieuds asuetu- bled iiboul niiu aud sought tu make life pleasant fur him howastfoudof oompauy full of life witli no restraint save his own conscience ana he was easily led on into the glard and glitter of convivial enjoyment his mother hod died when he was a youth of biifccii and his father had lived but a yenrlouger and he had uo near relative to couhsel or to guide liiin once be bad lovod a beautiful young girl but his dissi pated courso imd frightened her parents and they bod forbidden liim their houc until he could truly mend this hod so angered him thai i19 had torn tho image out from bis heart resolving that be woald never be a slave i and he was living a brillutii glorious life he know qr at least he fold himwlf so he dmiik deeper tad deeper and anon he carac ta the gumiugtahlc in hhuil every vice that a wealthy upend- thrift might find fleeting pleasure in ho in dulged in and the circle of friends clung to him closely they swore by hiui and declared him a rump they drank bin wine and robbed him of his money and if a uew ource of pleasure could he found they all went ia for ihe enjoyment and he paid the hill j one day after bis eye had become blear ed aud his step uncertain he mot the girl he had once loved in the street he read pity in her swejt faoc and saw tears in her eyes and he tried to steel bis heart yet bethought of her an til his wild- friends were again around him j one day he wenl to the bankwkdrew out a thoosand dollars that night he sat down id hia own apirtmeals with bis own wine upon the sideboard and his own bards upon he table and played with his dearfriendb tic wine flowed freely he drank deeply and thsv game went on recklessly they played for high stakes and played fast aud late on the following morning the yonng man awoke with a bursting head and adung eyes by and by 1 called to mind the events of tbc njgbi he looked into his pocketbook and into his iporse empty both and he remembered that he had givrn his checks to various members of the party for large amounts- j he found the stabs and they told him he had drawn 1 his chocks to the amount of over two thousand but what of thai before night be had drank brandy enough to steady hit nerves and make him once more happy anolher evening came nd again his friends were assembled around bis board- he had got up a grand sapper for thcui thib time and after the various coures vt food haid ubsed iu order came be wine and tbc toast and one of the friends one to whrmi a lrge checkbad betn given got up lo offer 1 bcntinicnt fill up fill up be tried while i give you hie toast of itie evening heres tu onr sober and thrifty hot may he he otras frciitible as lie is at ithit luvnteul it wji drank with cheers- th rot time three j it was obarved thai front tlut mouieut the sjirits of their host scctned to fail him he ixcamc moody oud abstracted by aud by mine one bantered hirn apon it and- asked him what wa tbc niatter he an swertd i was thinking did toat tell the trulli when he said i was tobcr and thrifty xnd thereupon they all ckclaimcd tlf course be did he wafc ever i nun soberer or moce tirifiy t because pursued- the boat pathetical ly i shouldnt- want a tricud to heou my accouiit obo sensible lo the hist fill tip btrt the host would drink no mare he bade the other enjoy theriisfclvcs as much and as long as they pleased but they must excose him without luui however tbc sport lagged- and when they found that tiiere was to be- no cirdplaviug they soon aspcrsed andafer they were gouft thcyouug man sat down alone and thought and tlie words saber and thrifty j sober aud thrifty i rang ia his ears aadhe repeated them aloud and then he repeated slay he be ever as sensible as be a at this moi ment and then with a smiting of hia clenched hand upon his bosom he i 1 tom did not bc i will not let him lie on the following day the the bank and was closeted for half an hour with the cashier ott the morning of the next day a paragraph appeared in all the morning dailies announcing we are real pained to announce that a b the yoon man who was left the inheritor voulh went to and when the christinas bells were ring ing fred led tlc dear girl of liu oldtime lovo to the ator and took her hand in wed lock promising that the night had passed and that the morning ha1 dawned uion a new and belter itfc boys or girls tho rations on which a poets brain fed intpirationfl of a fortune little more than two years ago has lost even- dollar misfortune lias befallen him false friends have betrayed him so that now his note for less than a hundred dollars has gone to protest on the next day after thia the yoang man we will call him fred went to tom am berly to whom he had giveti hundreds and thoasauds and asked him fora loan of a honored dollars fon my honor fred i wish i had it bat really the youth waited to heat no more he tried half a dozen others and with the same result save that ono man who had won two thousand dollars from him at one sit ting offered to give him five dollars but he wouldn him r then fred went to hii noome jiud told off hia furniture and gavo tbeiffi up and from that time was lost to sightior several months it was along towards christmas time that the daily papers cameoutona certain morning with a paragraph which to a cer tain set was startling j we wo happy to staluat a sad tuistako was made 0 few mouths stiicd tui tho anuouuee- meat of tho entire loss of ilr a fi b for- tauc ho had at hut time won vorj uufortu uate and throngh some strange mfatako a note of hisweni to protest but he all right now the cashier ot tie lank whoto his account j kept informs oi that bo will ih oner the young ulstfs check for half a million with pluasare- alltswolithatcndtwcjl j within foar-and- twenty hoaxa of tliat time fred was in receipt oj a- dozen gushing notes from as many different individuals offering him any help ihj thfiir power to give and wgging him to rancmbcr tho old friendship ouly ono of tbcm did ho an swer aud tliat was the siiobu front toni amberly do yoa remember ta m 1 ht vo 01100 offer ed a toast in toy rooms w ha ior of myself and you called me yoar botta andthrltty host aaresoltedhmyismol heart from that moment that yoa bad not iui d you like boys best well each one to h 11 taste a mancliild was the hope of ihe hebrew woman aud what mother of to day is not prouder of bavin a boy than of haying a girt it will te so no doubt to the end of ibe chapter but all the aarae one boy it more troublesome than six giru and gives hu mother more anxiety lake it all iu all than twenty lie crie more from the first he tambles about more he has more little illnesses and lie is hungrier hf has a much greater object ion to learning hi letter and ho doc more miscbw r look almrs bs fuur tirls now all in a row like a set of lcp one flaxen head juat a liltljj below the other what meek liltlo thiriga they arc how feurfu o being called naughty they speud hour after hour dressing htlle dolls with bits of silk or plajin- foi and gcoe 011 t slate they work book rairki and draw pictures theyearu their lessobe as in du bound andwhen ibey to out wilh jinunna they are as particular about the convn- lonalitics and as cartful of their clothes as she is herself what good cbildrtu you have say her friends and indeed they are good bat mrs ca bova good gracious how often has tommy anooped pre serves what day passes that jim does not fifiht with charlie ara what from glae to liquid blacking has not billy spilled on ibe home carpet they write on the doors with lead pencil they chalk and cat aud tear allihat ijes in their way they scrape acquaintance wilh any amruing ragamaffin ihey meet and pat all sorts of unpleasant things into heir pockets at any boar ot the day or evening ihey coolly walk off and come back when they choose and they eipresa themselves as desiring lo learn nothing and seem to carry out their intention a complete scouring three times a day ooly keeps them partially cleao and they have no retard whatever for public opinion after awhile when mrs bisnoeek girls are wellbehaved young ladies ehe will see with approval certain wellbehaved ycuuj men pay them addreses ia proper t form ander her own root and will makeup the wedding garments aud invite the wedding guests and reallyieet as though she bad done it all while mrs c at home daring the jongeveriingpi will wonder what can keep those boys out bo late and be shocked and horrified by the news that one of her off spring is engaged without a word of advice from her either to some girl she never beard of before or to tho last girl of all olhers she would have cboicu had she been consulted ah a boy is something to be proud of perhaps- but for solid comfort it may be youd better choose uigirl could spelling is an art which occasionally is a lost art even to the natural speller the way in which- it elades the pens and vanishes from the brains of its partners deserting ibe inveterate letterwriter and the child in a spellingmilch at the time of greatest need is really surprising we all know the tensaiiou of uncertainty as to whether we hive spelled 1 common word correctly because 11 looks meer ou paper and auy oue who has had ex perience with the various letter games which arc so popular with some people knows bow quickly one begins to feel that almost any combination of letters must spell something one of th quickest- wilted jouruabsts of a certain city proved himself unite a wonder in the way of acagratil guessing one rainy day amoug a party of people housed in a country hotel al last one of ihe lookerson pxkod up five letter from the hen ym ou ihelahle and indrjj theju tu him bajin4 of course it will not lako yoa a minute to form a word from these to ihe amazement of those who were watching his feats of orthography the five letters absolutely defied hw efforts to arrange them in each a way tbit they spelled anything at last whu he had looked at them and worked over them 60 lougihat he had grotvn 10 leek as if there was something encauny about them ihey suddenly took their proper positions in ihe following prdec co ald jast a the lookers ou wereaboat 0 con- gratalate hituhovever be swept ibem to gether in a heap again saying as hedil so its a pity im not scotch for then i might have said that was the proper way to spell eomething perhaps i and he look ed greatly surprised at lhashoutof laughter which followed his annoucement ycutju- cvmixuiiou a uttlitwoim that was host um 1 li a very lifllc word only uitfother day a vtryuaaiiity little word i had not utcant to say if fiily it were ruaily lust rstiolilduol uiiud a bit i llnul i hiiuuld jicrve tlrft kur rvillv piiti ij j v s i ur if uj ouo vum evti find arfuu that utuc- word so tliat uo more from any fii could it be ever heard imtaro wo all of us should ay that ll was oraethhirflbb wita uch comietcacss lo have lost that naughty word ot inlrfcv litis ibea i wasnt really losj whtiifroiu my jips ti flew- sj little hrvthcr picked it up alij now be says irtoe mauiuia kaid that tlu- worst ttpiildlie 1 cuuld uol gutit baci ijut tho orst otjl now ftimiv ua i 111 auaji 011 itvlrack miiiija ad iapa loola- jrnsvjt joiujj liimtaiil it tici of course it h hi ut fijtnc tutciiiiiilt5ljica wicu j oil luff ullllf ktii alifvl 1 li lltr f if iiwriuui rititt oli t foe n i iijm u cl i 1 iirall wcarvlea1 tbc siy lliitl pa uimd jm other liiis vu ctr sevin tc cuuic upon tbclr tmek hut uv a uaukbt j lilllc honf u alnays coauioi back jiici nfitiiijtjh iai down to bed rock the chariot of nnssious both at brae and abroad will drig heavily until we get down to bedrock ou tho subject of chris tian stewardship weekly giving or laying by ia the divide rue every one accord ing as god hath prospered him is the divine staudard a recogniiionof gods ownership of ourselves and all we have underlets ibe whole movement whien national convenlkjnijatid state conventions atjd itsociaticni an4 miuisters meetings and theological professors shall unite in a movement to disqasb snd state and restate and affirm and reaffirm the doctordf christian stewardship and applj r to every man and childinjhe cborch and shall pmctica it snd advocate it fearleialy and sustain each other in the advocacy of it 10 the home in the prayermeeting and in tbo pulpit uulil the church u delivered from ihe witholdiug spirit of covatbasuim then khali we begin to see the dawn of the latter day the practice of annual col lectins or of occaaional ooltectiont answered passably well for the missionary exigencies of thirty years ago bat tbejr willnot answer fortiie missionary demands of today at present strained finajaci arc characteristic of all our benevolences such appeals speb clloru suchcroauiugby secretaries aiiiiu uch entreaty sujch beseecbicg fl5h fughtiugs wiuiqul and feara within of boards ajid comroitkes as the ends of the yeais come touud aud the deficiencies are feared there is uo- occa- aiou fur it whatever it cau all be pre vented and i irtmciiiluus uplift bo giveujo foreign lutseiihis and home missions cutf niaie mirisioustttud city missioua and uiii- ersiiies and colleges add seminaries aud academies and rhorch cxiension and what not instead of so mach talk and so maoy speeches and addresses and orations and auecdotes why uot devote some of the beat time of a conveutiou to practical conference on thw subject xr ii i a cirr rtaknc car of t pennies it js really furprisiuglojinowhow many people there arc who lhe irom dbd t0 mouth who never save any money and have nothing bud by for emergencies many families too with t good income spend as ihey cam it fnd arc alwaysooi of money every boy uud irl kbouhrcarn touvc a hale alwa t havea balauce in their favor the itabit taiiotii childhood would proe liivaluihit mi after life aiid prevtul isauy a otim e ai ll is iruch misery to be uiriftv isruch u good thing aud i rings more happiness thai some people a protuineii man of one of our urge ciiics once sdid had rather hayo in jr boys misers thin spendthrifts of coarse either extreme is bad but it ia not pcces- sarv to cbose between ihe two jvils wise- eeouomy is whit is desirable eveiy joang person should have aliitle account book where everytlnng iboald bo set down and balanced once- a month many a penny would jbe aavecl in this way birapjj by seeing it set down in wack and white reminds jou thai money is being received and spent parents cannot begin to teach the habit too soon carefully managing be income no matter how small il may be they happvjhomes only two words apd yet how much mean l i soma wives only knew how much depended on tbem iu regard to ihe home being happy i think they would strive harder to wield a bettermflnence i think a great many homes are made unhappy by women caring more foraociety than ibey do for their husbands and chil dren how many men epend their even ings at saloons and elsewhere and find it far more pleasant than tbey do at homel and why 1 because the wife cares more for society than sbe does for the happiness of her husband oh if some wives i coald only know that the society of huseand and children was farbetter than the outsido world with all its falseness and deceit how mach happier their homes woald be 1 wives think over this thfee who have been the cause of hasbaods spending their evenings elsewhere resolve now t4 make yoar homes hippy and yoa will never regret it homes uotiiiarely roof and room i it needs 9omthin to endear it home is where the heart cau bloom where theres some kind voice to cheer it what is home with none tq meet none to welcome none to freet sis- homo is sweet and only rwt wliero thenos one wo lovoho moo us dell hvsierrwr functiou ujesa puaxlc overs dojgi rform it acts as a suspender to the best remedy for amanwhois spell botnd a ojclionary some children are like stair carpets they cant be kept in order without the rod strange bat true the tired man iwho lies abed in tbe morning is not attired man what fi mouth pe his pants yoqng men in cmrnenqiug lifs iajtate the little fish tbey alwayi begin- small sciile the marriago lie choojd be asimplohcan knot it never works well when it is a doable beau knot t- i never have any tronble said awedy vocalist to get 00 the high notes ita the loan notes that trootyame- sixty thoasana peoptare said to be oat of work iu ahe city o berlin ninety thousand are out of work in the east and of london alone i mr henry james iias dramatized bis own novel i the american bis lint effort n that direction the py la four actat it was performed iu sooibport on jan 3rd nothing on earth can bwile bat human beings gems may flash and reflect ifght bat what is a diamondflash compared with an eye flash and mirthflash i a face that cannot smile is like bad thai can not bloasom and dries apon the stalk laugh ter ia day and sobriety is night and a smile is ihe twilight that hovers gently between both and is more bewitching than either dkcot tu ibe new luoadow cast year hot eyes were rheumy and woak aud rod tier breath yoa oonlrtsincli it afar sue bad ringing and olxxincss oft la her head and the cause oil- alfwas catarrh tbi3 year her breath is os tajii i liar ojij a ijrijlitasa alar- au uja eauio ol tbo cbaugc alis is rtajy u aayj waa tb vt ba coro forcaaarrli i dr-jasaicauvrhhtniedywillpoaiuvjj- ij onfi catarrh in ilia head nb rnattar how bad or o how long truthn fbjrittnti bv all drligjjitts j alal nqiisffi in