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The evening world., 1889-06-08

Ward, Fox and Watson, foreman, the spade
" ,'TR9 on" c%%'%% f fS% fP,toSy!SIy' ,dalptca~ and DR..
fractions. at Roster X Bial's Concert Hal next
week. The GLOWING specisltics Will also be
m mann M Nh rPf2 rslS. tRS i0S SSmpT% "nbr Me :'t TMpt
itnla Forrest, the sk~ipping-ropc adept: the
ShFstcr sisters, duettists, and Laura Lee; bal
Rehearsal will also hc. given.
T. Randall Brown will give another entertain;
a!;o show for the first time the most dinicult Of
all his tcats. IN which q wirc. will he stretched
from the stage Of the Biiou Theatre 10 the Fitth
hold the end to his forehead, while Mr.. Brown
writes upon q blackboard at the Dijou tho num-
A~ilccthrc on Pickett charge is nightly deliv-
cred by Edisou,s perfected, ,phonograph at the
rcI B%sIlS Of G G s]tIScti"n from Ihi: lp Ty,ogE. aG siSo
With admirable, eiect, singS Marie jan ems
he. most versatile and interest ng entertainer.
There viii be a frGeial bull AZ tho Fifth Aye.
benefit rendered to Ed IhurnSer, the entorpris.
ing business manager Of Hermann, the ma
Business at tho Grand Museum for the week
just ended was very, satisfactory notwith' tand-
iHg the weather. The beauty c%ogtest proved a
The name Of, the winner OF. the gold
Mhtch ~ not yet Known, out New YORK seemed
tn beat her ~siSterE. Next week there will be u
rather amusing exhibition IN Curio hall, IL will
consist OF twenty young and pretty red haired
girls who whistle popular operatio airs. There
will be q plethora OF other ci rios in CuriO hill,
and Nevelle and Maxwell's Comedy Company In
hourly shows in the theStrum.
Tho Bat" will be presented at Manager
Ambergs Terrace Garden. in Fifty eighth street,
near Third avenue, OH Monday night. Tonight
the ever popular I" Cloches dc Bonneville, =" bet
TER known ns THE Chimes, OF Normandy, = will
be sung. Tomorrow night there will be II
sacred concert.
"Uncle Toms Cabin " will be PLAYED next
week at II. r. Jacobs Third Avenue Theatre.
A / the Theatre ComiQue, Harlem. Miss Henri
eta Berleur will be next weeks attraction.
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CLEAR EXPLANATION,

A Nell-known physician Of this city. who resides on
Madison avenue, while in the Union Club the other eve
ming. was approached by one Of his friends, who alb.
ruptly said:
doctor, what ia PSresis, anyhow :"
The doctor looked at his qusstioner sharply for . mo-
msnt, motioned him to . seal, and sAid:
"PAresis, ny friend. ia, In brief. consumption OF
the nerves and BRAIN II has many ways Of mHnifostinG
itself. and almost innumerAble causes"
A number OF prominent olubmen gathered round to
hear what the eminent doctor had 10 say on this subject
which is At present so aEitAtinE the community. The
doctuT continued.
"The man whose hand trembles as he lifts mis- glass OF
wine has the sure symptoms OF p AreBie, The woman
who feels = sinking sensation Ia the midst OF her social
than the demon PafeSts. What causes ~ ovsrSoTf.
excitement, indulgence, high living and dissipation In
oil its forms. A pain in the head, inability 20 remember
SYMPHONIC q PAresis; II ~ Aterribls thing Naturally
you ask, What can We do BE careful OF your manner Of
living. DO not OvertAE your energies or vitality, and take
the only DISCOVERY which has ever been made for Pare
sis, either in its first or last stages, which is Pa mes
Celery Compound. Ihave seen . great deal Of this won
dertul d'eosry. which was mAdeb the late Prof Phelps
msnded aud indorsed BY the medical profession and SCH
entsts generally. believe II men and women were to
use y carefully and systematically they would certainly
avoid the first symptoms an final stage OF PAresis,
with all the horrors which they bring"
A serious expression came oyer the faces Of the
listeners AZ the doctor spoke, and many men who had
been comparatively gay and thoughtiess before were So
rious when he concluded The reSe. at on o the fact that
Phresis has been so ~alarmingly increasing through
out America during the past few years, has necessarily
caused apprehension on the part OF many
Men and Women
who have believed themselves to be in perfect health.
and the timely remarks and valuable advice given by the
doctor, az above, should carry their lesaon to the
thousands who may have the seeds OF this terrible dis
ease and who do not know II,
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Why do you start up and look at me so suR-
%piciously? Sit down aga II, my man l am
only 'ndulging in a little ma urnl merriment:
Don't gtudee It me this time tomorrow l
able. and If, alter what is gNing to be done
to me Is done, you happen to peep into
my coffin when l am cracking, my sides
II o see me g%rinning and opening
my jaws; il you hear my voice tx
pressing what / feel-you will take to your
hee s. my brave fellow, as quickly us il Old
Nick were treadln them down. Is there nv
thing on your conscience. you watchful limb
Of he law, that You could not stand and IA Q
II out: flat you could not summon courage
enough 10 drag me from my coffin, and ask
me what the devil l was grinning Tor, when l
ought 10 he lyinG like Q log Of wood in my
go nG 10 happen next There is such a con-
scious strength in righteousness, YOU know.
that it ought not to be scared by such a light
thing as a dead mans mirih. Have you com
mitted a crime 30 horrible that people shud-
der at the mere mention Of III Here, take
my pen and confess, rs am about to do.
And there WAS my old mother, knee ing,
pressing me to her breast and telling me that
she was going 10 save her innocent boy :;
while the dread phantom looked down upon
me with its accusing eyes, My mother re-
called such tender "reminiscences to com ort
me as a memorable holiday in he country.
by the seaside in the Summer, when she and
/ aud Petsie PLAYED upon the sands and
rowed in u boat on the blue sea and listened
to the boatman's stories-false, no doubt
about whales, and storms, and shipwreck.
We had . ride IN u waRonette and a picnic
in the woods, where we pc ted each other
with flowers.
"Pstsie is up there" said my mother,
raising her eyes to the black ceiling, wait
ing for us, But we will not go IN II we ara
called in a natural way, and until my dar.
linR's innocence is established. Petsie is
working for yOu there as | al working
h re.
Then she sang a hymn in q thin, piping
voice. and would have liked me TO join with
her in the singing. But l could not; my
throat was parched.
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the top of their voices. in tones Of exultant
excit. ment, The MurdereT's Confesio
Fu | and particular account! Horrible dis
closures" There they are. winking at each
other at the trade 'hey are driving and wish
ing there was u murder like this every day.
The rRscaiS will Charge twopence, t~hreepenee.
SiXpence for Il penny .paper-I have paid 1t
myself wien a big murd r Gaze was on. What
hustle and animation evervwh'rs! 1t VIII be
like u holiday. Hundreds of pounds will be
poured into tho newspaper ti,lS; | can see
my old mother staggering through the streets
with the hogrid d n in her ears.
What My baby boy, my darling limo
cent lad confess to a or me he never commit
ted! You airs! You liars. You have in
vented the lie yourselves. to sell your papers!
Don't eIieve them, gentlemen. don't believe
them!"
The crowd follow her as she stumbles ON.
pleading. moaning, wringlnR her hands.
Who is she ?' some ask of the others.
who is she Why. his mother-thO
murderer's mother HORNY! HoC ray!,"
They tear after her. they surround her,
deSpairing face. There hasn't been such =
treat in the streets in months and months.
And when sho manages to escape from them.
and hides herself IN ner garrett lying on the
floor, moaning and sohLIne at the wicked
ness of the wor d, the m b of people outside
linger for hours, and point TO the house
which hides the murderer's mother from
their pitilesS gaze. Why. II she were to
exhibit he self IN the muse hallH and sing
song about me, she would mtke a fortune in
u month. l can hee the newspaper boys
tire ting themselves to the galleries of the
thea res and afte' wards 20 hot pies and
baked potatoes. pad or with the money they
have mad out Of my confession. And what
viii all the Q peo lie do Tor me? Will they
cast one compassionate thought npOn me.
waiting here in my urisun cell. counting this
strokes of the church clock, and counting up
how many more ] shall hear before death
folds me in its arms, tght, tight, tight, till l
am choked and done for
ID mn them, one and all! / will not
confess
1.-THE END.l
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streets 1t was raining hard, the wnrder told

streets. 1t was raining hard. the warder told
me.
II haven't asked a favor o. you yet" 1
sa d. Tell me s netting more"
What do you want to KIN W"
4" Has my mother been outside the prison
walls to-day p
" have not seen her myself" he replied.
" ] WAS told she has been hanging about"
She Is not there n w?'
mo. she is not there now"
II WAS a foolish question. knew, where
she wa -toiling through the streets, through
the pelting rain, in search OF the man she
had followed the night before. A startling
contrast presented itself to me. l saw her as
she was al the present. time, shiyering, atten-
uated, starving, her few poor clothes
drenched with ram and as she used to be in
the days of my childhood, a blooming, pretty
woman. with ever IA smile on her lips, with
of her loving heart. There was an old-fIsh-
toned song she used to 5 ngt Let us haste
To the kolven Grove, Bonnie LaSSie o." How
sweetly she sang II! How supremely happy
she was! And now, there upon the bri"po,
she was lingering asst night. and will l,nger
tom ght, in the vain hope of saving the inno-
cent child, the guilty man. To night My
last night on earth The stars will shine no
more tor me. My last, last night! / must
has en- with my confession, for time Is waning
fast,
My Confe.sionl What u sensation 1t will
create. The newspapers will be filled with
il. he reporters will be running like mad
in all dlrectr ms, and their pens Will be ty ng
over the aper. te trlng and scratching, over
it like b, odnOuuds tearing at the earth for
evidence 4 a CT me hidden beneath. The
tel, graph will be flash ne ia tempting news
all over the ", rid. The placards VII blazon
IL IN enormous lie tiers, and some of them will
be printed in red ink. The snrG policemen
win walk their beats with their heads All inch
nearer the sky. When II nnn whom they
have appreheuuod confess 20 the murder,
~ tAla IlANnVn ion IN thar Pulllnu KnI WhU
don't they discover the others? If ha been
ms cunning as some, ], too, night now be a
free man. The newsboys will bawl out the
delicious morsel in the streets, screaming at
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HE did not see me-" my mother said; ~
kept we'll in the shade, too, for wanted to
catch the words he was mutterinR to himself.
l was sure that / had been sent out by a SUI
preme power to bring him to justice, and to
show the cru Il world that my dear son was
g%uiltless of the crime for which they have
condemned HIM. The monsters-the mon
sters! Has the judge who pronounced the
sentence any childrenH And dare he look
them in the face after what he has done?"
She followed the man for hours through
streets and pa ks. where he sometimes sat
down, but could not rest for longer than a
minute or two at a time. At length he came
TO n bridge. II was still dark aud a drlzzling
rain was falling. He paused upon the bridge
and looked over the pArapet into the river;
and presently he swayed as though he were
about to fall. She ran close to him with !
wild scream and threw her arms around him
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aud implored him not to destroy himself. but
TO come with her to the prison and confess
the crime.
What CRIME ?" he cried. Are you a
madwoman ?"
mo" she answered, II am a messenger
from heaven! Come with me to the prison
and save your SOUL"
Let me CO." he shouted, "Or / will do
you q mischief"
You are q murderer" she shrieked, "a
murderer! Help! Help"
Aroused to fury and to a sense of his dan
ger. he shook her violently of. and she was
so weak and exhausted that she fell to the
ground. When she struggled to her feet the
man had escaped.
" shall go out tonight" she said, Ito
search for him, and tomorrow night as we'll.
They tell me his is the last time I shall see
You and that it will be useless my coming to
the prison again, for | shall not be admitted.
But when ! md this man. this murderer, and
drag him here, and wien they hear him con-
fess TO The crime. they will give you back to
piness. what happiness! My hea I is break
ing at the though of 1t. We will go away
together aud be happy once more. We will
not remain in this cruel city. my darling.
We Will go into the coun ~ or TO another
land, where there Is nc injustice. Yes. l
sh II and the man. I shall find him He
shall not escape from me o second time.
Don't for one momeni lose hope. my boy !
Your old mo her is working for you and will
set YOU free"
she knot beside me and pillowed my head
upon her breast and spoke of the old times
and recalled incidents Of my early lite, which
would have formed tender "reminiscences Ia
the end of my days had ! lived TO be an old and
innoct Mt man. Old and innocent Ha, hA,
ha Why should l not laugh in bitter,
savage defiance at the idea Of Innocence and
old age ? Ha hA! ha What is the matter
with you. my nervous lynx-eyed warder ?
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JESSIE'S FATE CRIES OUT.
DISTRICT. ATTORNEY RlDGwAY MOVED TO
PROCEED AGAINST DR.. DOwNIE.

DIR. Kent HAS Not Yet Completed the
Analysis which IL to settle the Questlon
Rr to Whether the Woman Was Poisoned
The Case Exciting Talk In Drooklyn-
Dr. Downie sun In Raymond street Jail.
Picture nh oil lamp burning dimly on n
rough wooden table in n dingy front room in
n Brook YIN tenement, where fragile, pale
faced Jessie Duff sits asleep, with her head
pillowed on her arms eros cd before her.
She is sitting MP for DIR. Downie. the man
who lurcd her from a good home and kind
husband in GLASGOW. Scotland.
Her two children, whom she brought with
her, are asleep III AN inuer room.
The hours paSs quietly by an still she
sleeps unit | suddenly aroused by heavy I'M
cel tam loot falls IL he stairs.
YEARLY she aris es and q. ems the door
1t is, Downie who btuggers in, his face
famed by rum.
She forces a smile to her wan features, and
Rreets him . easantly. He responds with a
curse and u blow.
Sire qunils before him, | ut her ahject atti-
tude on Y seems to anger him the more.
lie win his thick. str ng hand in her
luxurlant black hair aud throws her on the
fioor.
Then he kicks and beats her, finishing his
cruel work BY hit, ing her in the stomach.
Then he filings himself on the bed and
SINKS into "a drunken 3 upor.
But the woman; what of her -?
Well, he has often abused her before. and
she tries TO sleep. Pain keeps her awake.
She cannot get out Of bed next day..
From II bow beside her bed she takes q
drink. believing il to be water.
II has a nasty taste and she asks the man
james, This has u bad taste"
why don't you drink II all and finish
your elf ~ 10 the brutal reply.
She DIR INKS, rapidly become worse and is
---A A. A. n-.-I U. nhAV I---.A -
she dies in ngony.
This was the asst scene in the life of Jessie
DUFF. whose tragic end Is the tnlk OF Brook.
lyn. aud Tor whose murder 1t Is likely DIR.
Downie will have 10 stand trial.
Downie was arrested first on a charge of as.
sault. The woman was then alive. and her
accusation of him in connection with the
draft of br-shloride of mercury which sho IL
said 10 have taken hal not then been made.
His eel, n the Raymond street jail Is
within sight of the hospital dead-house,
where the body Of the unfortunate woman
lies.
Jessie Duf's body hns been removed to
Evergreen Cemetery and buried, but the
mystery Of her d ath is not yet c cared up.
Her two orphaned children are being taken
care of by neighbors in HAls'y street.
DIR. Kent, of the Brooklyn Board of Health,
is making n chemical analysis of the dead
woman's stomach.
Downie saws she poisoned herself.
II is altered, however, that IL she did &C
he placed the poison in fer way deliberately,
aud hat she frank IL Tut Of the bowl ut hel
bedside unknowlnHly.
District. Attorney Ridgway il making an in.
ves,igation of the case to-day. and II the
facts warrant IL the charge against Downit
will be changed from assault to homicide.
Downie has a wife in q 'asgow who is we'll
to do. He used TO hav, an extensive practice
there until he began drsslpating. when he los
it, and finally eloped with Jessie Duff.
--
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II am doing no harm" she moaned
Let me go /"
Seeing who she was, he released her, and
told her. not unkindly, that she ought not
TO be wandering through the streets at such
atime Of night.
y You do not know" she sobbed. piteously,
you do not know, II you have an inno-
Gent child at home, pray that he may not be
brought TO shame and death through mans
injustice -
he let her go, and she continued on her
way She followed one man, a miserable,
loflorn wretch, who WAS muttering to him
Seii' and who Rugged the wall, 30 that dark
ness might more surely encompass him and
n'ue him from mems eyes. Every now and
men, she said, he turned his head, some.
times suddenly and quickly, sometimes
slowly and YEARLY, as though he was in
"reAd that no was being followed.
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M. II. Resembles Great Comic Song,
Written Expressly for the SUNDAY
WORLD
CRUISE OF THE "AEROSTAT."

MIR. CRmpbeII'A AIr-ShIp in Readiness for
the Ascent on the 10th Inst.
A distinguished assemblaRe is expected to be
present Wednesday week at the Manhattan Ath-
letic Club Grounds. when Prof, Hogan hopes to
demonstrate the feasibility OF navigating the
air in the Z" Aerostat, " the air-ship invented by
Peter Garment Campbell, the Brooklyn jeweller.
Representatives of many scientific societies
will be present, and the United States War De-
partment will doubtless be represented.
y. l.. Noodle, who managed the successful
balloon ascent of Profs. Wise aud Donaldson, is
in charge of the enterprise.
The Aerostnt is the only machine Of the kind
in the world that has ever left the ground.
On the Sth of last December, in the presence
Of 800 people. IL atcended 500 feet, moving
back and forth and around in a circle in spite OF
q stiff breeze. and the aeronant terrified that
sne nfnueu ner puHaer ~ Ven as q sI02h AZ yea.
days now to make final preparations for the
trip.
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IiIs Mock In the Yoke.

Grafton-Aw. Algy, where did you get that
stunning collar you're wearing? All the fell
lows ave spoken to me about it to-day, and
I'll bet it'll be all the wage.
Baboony (whisperinr)--'Sh, Cho'ly! l wun
short o collahs this mawning. and haw Jove,
TO tell the truth, this is one o. my cuffs I've
put On,
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Frank Templeman, who claimed that an
agreement existed between Inspector Byrnes
and District-Attorney Fellows to divide Detec-
tive Wilkinson's bill for S., 900, for services in
the Kerr trial, was found guilty Of attempting
to Suborn a witness to commit perjury. and was
recommended to the mercy Of the Court, yester-
day. de. will be sentenced on Wednesday. The
case will be appealed. The penalty il any term
under seven years III State prison. or o fine of
81, O00, or both.
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Brooklyn r eu,rIcnl Notes.

There wasn't room at Zipp's. Casino for the
many aHGny people who eonEr.EH,sd there to Pay
Minnie Scbult. lat Thursday evening. Minnie
will have about 800. to take with her on her
trip TO Par \. She sails June 20 and will make
one Of a large and Jolly party. including George
Huber aud Fred Willis. On the evening Of her
inscribed: To tho original chappio from an
unknown donor"
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The Term Applied.

TFTOnI PUcN.
Tramp Ito pedestrian)-Would you be kind
enough to give me fifteen cents? / want to
buy a clean collar and have my boots BACKED.
Pedestrian-What is your profession
Tramp--I'm on the railroad,
Pedestr. an-Brakeman?
Tramp-We l-er-kind of a brakeman;
I'm nearly always broke.
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NOTICES,

YOUR COMPLEXION, As WELL AS YOUR
temper, il rendered miserable by n disordered liver. Inn
prove both b. taking CAKTER's LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
American Works, 1856 w. Goth. VIM. II. BoWdon. prop.
CARPET CLEANING-T. NJ. STEWART, AGO
9TH ave. send Tor circular telephone call 1913 21st st.
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No Poetry In His.

NO IOBITy III HE
TFTom Puck
NO." he sighed, YEARLY, as the train sped
on towards the big city, no, there isn't
much poetry IN my life.
What might be your business4' asked
the man in the Rame seat.
am employed by a leading publishing
house to examine all verses submitted to 1t
for publication"
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A NIIsnomer.

Merchandise you consider yourself a type
writer?
Clerk do.
Merchant Well. from the appearance of
this letter should consider you q type
Wronger.
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NEGLECT Of Duty.
tFropl ns Ptu.bvrg chro

[Fropt The Pi,tsbur0 Chronicle
A Chicago horse has been named Kvrle
Below, and the Society for the Prevention
of cruelty TO Animals has done nothing with
the case yet.
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Tom Died In Time.

Iron ne EPoeA.l
Amy-Do you think Elsie loved Tom?
Lu-Think not abe married Jake coming
back from Toms funeral.
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h Latest and Greatest Comic Song,
Let Me Shake the Hand that Shook the
Hand of Sullivan "-SUNDAYS WORLD.
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A 1t ~ OuIi He.

TFrom the Pitsbur1 Chronie's.l
Mr.. Wanamaker's ~favorite color is red.
This Is as it should be. He is Postmaster
General, and the letters his department
bIn les are read, too.
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IL Might Influence the Girl.

Young Observation-Disclosures, old Hendricks
came in to. day and ordered a ton of coal and
l sent him /, 800 pounds.
Old Northumberland heavens, boy, do
you want TO ruin me? l have never sent
Hendricks more than /, 900.
Young B~ituminous-I know IL, father, but
] expect 10 get nm answer from Miss Clara
Hendricks tonight.
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An Advertise

An Advertisement
IFTom he Epoch
Wife-Don't fa | to insert an advertisement
about poor lost Fido.
Husband--Fesr not. Exit
Wife (reads in paper the following morn
ing)-Teu dollars re award. Lost last Monday,
a meas y, hAre-Iipped, cross-eyed old yellow
no Ia |, 10 wild with leas, hns a glass eye. and
his wnlnts woul I make a ~rhinoceros shud-
der. Knows how to bite. Fifty rewards II he
is returned i'll u hearse. wife faints.)
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Ex-Mayor Ely Writes Of Tennie Clanin's
Castle in PortugaI-SUNDA US WORLD.
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SYNOPSIS Of CHAPTER l..

fSs his crime in wTanS H raves Of his %S%Si Ew hGMh he &TSS 6mp%%sR md e sSEsTy TssR d want
she tells lin how she felt mpelei to walk tes street in earch for the real murderer. She scans
theta Of each paSrbyAn md is finally stoppd by apoiceman.
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Out Of Circulation.

from the Pusburg C%hronfcle.]
Two bad Nickels. of Portsmouth, o., have
been retired from circulation. They are
charged with murder.
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In tho SOup.
Iron the Epoch. ]

(Scene-Dinner.)
Small Boy-Wow, oh ! here's q caterpillar
in my soup
Mother-Give It to me. dear. I thought
missed one of my eyebrows.
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Thoughts for Young Men-Read What
Great Men OF To-day Say In the SUNDAY
WORLD
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Summer Apparel.

Iron Puck
Ftzmaurice Browne-It seems to me that
Delaney Jones exhibits about as poor taste
as any one I ever saw. Yesterday he APP
peared wearing q lannel shirt
V. Montgomery RoblEson-That's correct;
that's good taste; that
FitZmaurice BroTne-And celluloid cuffs.
V. Montgomery Robinson-Great Scott
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Jack Borrowitt-I think I'll have to move
next week, Mrs. Pancake.
Mrs. Pancake-Why. Mr.. Borrowitt,
haven't / always treated you with the great
est consideration? If your money wasn't
ready, I've been willing to wait q day or two.
II know it. ma'am but you've put IN the
room over me q family with two small chill
.dren. and next door a man who plays the
banjo"
That Bearing Down Pain
IL cured by OARTER's IRON PILLS. At druggists. -
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LL RIGHTS Reserved
AT THE DOOR OF CONFESSION
Il TVid Story of o. Mwrdere1's Last Night
on Earth.
BY 8. l. FARJEON,

seSe ana Kisses" - Al the Sign or the Steer FtGOoa," - Lomdons
Heart" aud others. -