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Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18
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II isshe leo Kings harvest. a. we'll az
thss Of the icesaesn. He does his part
"a attendance and attention, and she
ases hers in scsasl work. Just notice
st the next Ice carnival. or skating
tournament IL this IA not the case.
The dear. sweet girl il helped into her
rsufers and skates and IL almost carried
down so the ice. bat once thcr.. IL is
she who becomes ths blithe. strong one
and he the cliazing ivy. It is she who
fits about. cutting pretty figures and
dancing upon her ice wings. Is is he
who Is. merely. borns sloug ss eompsn-
Ion aud escort 20 sss CAV creaturs who
seems an incsraats spiris of gsiety.
Sometimes. she will seat her escort in a
chair and. chen. with long s~ifs strokes
with the sharp steel raaaers, she pushes
him blish.ly sionx
What shall 10 60 develep the huss'"
ts The question NEST frequently asked Of
women who write fer the paper and
whess mission i Is TO inquire into The
naodus opersndi of al things that tend
60 make more chaTminx the human fern
divine It 10 true that vsEnsa are lat
ehsstsf and fst I'd 20 greater ex-
tent than tssy shsuld b. but Il IL also
true and . matter Of eoa srssaIssisn that
Cat hressesi women sre fewer 20 ,. feu III
than they we're few years azn wemea
srr fading cut that besaty is matter
controsIsbls ~ themselves and thev
have 40 enc but themselves 20
blame II they 10 not possess
C. Regular features and Jaao-
esane stsfae thsy can nos acquire. bat
they can cultivate charms tsaf sre more
iavitias. Nv urorer. eearse oE Diet. ex-
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18
NAVAL TRAINING SHIPS.
The Prescribed Course OF Boys who Join
the Navy.

The Prescribed Course OF Boys who join
the Navy.
When a boy is received on board he
at once comes under the regulations
He Is required 70 .ake bath, have his
hair neatly trimmed by the ships
barber. end be vaccinated. The
master-at-arms points out 70 him his
hammock-hook and number, showing
him how 20 lash and carry his ham,
mock, and where to take IL when
ordered up for stowage In the nettings.
From the start the boy is taught TO
keep his clothes in good order. and in
thorough repair; cleanliness of person
and clothing Is strictly enforced; and
much stress is laid upon IL at all In
spections Every article OF clothing Is
distinctly marked with the owners
name Immediately after It's issue.
Prompt and cheerful obedience 20
orders. and respectful bearing toward
those Ia authority are insisted upon
The boys are taught 10 regard the
training ship ss . home, aud every
effort IL mado to render IL ss comfort
able aud attractive "a possible. Sing
ing. dancing and other sports arc
allowed on all proper occasions, and
every boy IS required TO attend service
on Sunday morning. the service being
conducted by the chaplain On the main
deck.
As soon ss a boy is enlisted he is
furnished With all necessary articles Of
clothing, and of small stores. such as
needles, thread. buttons, scissors. jack
knife. comb. shoe brush. backing. soap,
etc. he cnst of the same TO be charged
10 his a.~ount
For enlistment boy must be more
than fourteen and under eighteen years
% age. he must be free from ali physic-
a. defect snd have good moral char
a.ter. New England Magazine.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18


There are women who, be they ever so
busy, look as IL they had never done a
stroke OF work IN sill their lives When
they work, they work all over. but as
eoon 40 the toiisorne hour Is passed they
sink thoroughly 10 rest. It is either all
work or all play. But have you not
seen the woman who is the persouifica-
tion OF ease, Who looks as IL, and who
really has, tasted nothing but sweets all
der life. You must have known her,
the pst,ed child OF love and for tune,
whose mission It is TO eat bread and
honey, sweetmests and jam all her life
long IL is well that there are few
such people upon the earth, or this would
De q sadly businese-like, work-a-day
sphere.
It Is estimated that the average New
York family spends s. weekly in news
papers. magazines and paper books; all
20 be disposed Of when once read. Besides
this sum a large amount is yearly in
Il Is the golden age for newspapers aud
all periodicals, that IL certain. But
whether II Is the golden age for literature
T. question.
! Hstty Green, now Of New York. is an
sxsmple OF what womanly smsrtness
aud frugslity eau do. Begin uing with a
pal.ry $40. 900, she has added and sccumu-
lated until she has now a fat Sc, 900.
90
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a, u.a ass . s.sS Es.ss go - CsSL
49, fs2k-

ns n.d ass . s.sS fs.ss go - Cs~ls
s-Gsnsts<s-1. hes4ads - BE se<xo~eA~i
thr fo1r a as seated Ia ros "a se.s vslE
i..x ro.asz- III grEass Esr - tns scel ~ es
s..ss,su<.a ~ ssA f&soxs 81 ssxzxlsezs. l~t
I've xos % d. n r1ghs nere Asd nos
w aAE's your eass<- asked the Ea<a
"a ruy lsfs. ~ ~ to.o4zea hAs . yaags.
I've lost wife ana ave caildr~sa.-
~ alis"
Then nay house burned down and
gcs eo insurance.
sWeliy'
.sfhaa L fen cat II tree and hroks
nav Lex. aaa Ghant walk for year.
w ELI
Then | sold a Iseoe 81 real estate-the
only property haa-and . fellow robbed
me II every cent.
~NellS"
'.Thsn gos heavy cold, consumption
sci il. aud one Of my lungs Is gone and
the other going,
"Wssly"
well. I'm ragged, poor. hungry and
sick. aud want money 70 buy supper
and pay for nights lodging.
II see. You are hard mp, indeed.
sho1ld think you were tired Of life !"
III have Just one object In living"
And that
when was a boy 10 years old, sad
lived In Vermont, stole a watermelon
from farmer. Ny crime was never
discovered, but il has weighed ike lead
ON my conscience and / know II has
hastened my end want 10 live long
enough and collect money enough 10 en-
able mo 10 return 10 Vermont, so TO
that farmers house. and, standing be-
fore him, say;
Mr. Prtchard, thirty -nine years
ago. when | was a giddy boy. l stole a
watermelon OF You. | am sorry.
want 10 be forgiven before | die, and
want to make such reparation as can.
Here is $30,0 in gold Take it and
buy O steamboat and say I'm forgiven. '"
''You sre an Internal dead beat and
liar" roared the judge as the man stood
in an attitude of humility. but We
chippel in half dollar apiece and sent
him away rejoicing New York Sun,
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18

srcl.s, b@thsns s1d ssssatisa - .sa<saI
AsAlth xhsf saa ssears eiear - - essa-
plsxioa aaa = s~sst ersakz. Tks lzaslss
~isl u4As tas teeth waite. sssa szd A..
tx.eslss a Little ka0~is1zs Of ths a12a-
care . .rt .ad ths rts.s alad ot soap sfii
a44xs tas za2ks ~site aud syAx<tEsS.l
rhs hair ~ fresasst shsIPoolax De-
ssaaes fairiy frssf.as VITA ths frssh,
safety snsli that Is ca EA.s lead,
e1s sal1eaa9a sazzza's
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18
BAD ECZEMA ON BABY
Head one Solid Sore. Itching Awful
Had to Tie His Hands to Cradle.
Cured by Cuticura.

Our little boy broke out on bis head with a
bad form OF eczema, when he was four months
old. We tried three doctors. but they did not
help him. We then used your three Crricr RA
REsEDfrs. and after using them eleven weeks
exactly according to elections. he began 70
steadily iru prove. and after the u,e OF the for
seven months his head was entirely we'll
When we began using it his hcsd vas solid
sore from the crown 70 his eyebrows IL was
also al over his ears. most of hs face. ard
small places on different parts OF bis bod v
There we're sixteen weeks that we had to Keep
his hands tied to the cradle. and hold them
tens lied on his hands 20 keen his hnger-nzlls
out OF the sores. ~ he would scratch II ne
could IN any way get bis hands loose. We
knew your NTrICvss REsEpTEs cured him. We
feel sale n recommending them 70 Others
GEo. 3. 4 JASETTA HARRIS. Webster, Ind.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18
GIDDY CARRIE CARELESS
Tells rhs latest EAds That Govern
Men. WoElsn add Tat1ss
Cs<at.iisy - exssss-s 10 ths Fxopss
TAs4x fhs w..lsAas.f ws@.a IA tA.
Issssa s1@xss-wAsk FsIle. Gar.
ssrs wn1 ID ssx . Carl



CsFalsllty IN srsstiax 10 TIA propss
thlax tAis season. Lsssltads, laagaer
sd iaailssrsnes nass ssas - the vall
.aa, Ia shsir place. = gFaeioasasss. sgsh
aad ~sicoms. VIA D0Eh sr4s cut
ssrstcAsd ysaF Ess6sss zFests yea, beam
ias ssth al sas sdaIEenes that natuEs
vii psrmit. Sbs - s.d 80 sss yoa.
siaa az over. aaa shs shows Il a. oPsHiy
saa azdisgatsssiis a4 Il .ae hai nos Dsea
tsnshs fos the pass few years 20 eoAeeal
her Alrsstleas. likes and dlslikes aaaef a
cold, soelsGY halssaF. The sonaaa who
understands bsr BUSINESS. greets Yols a,
IL shs had sst another fvisad IA tbs
yoad yoar osn sweet self
There are ps0pls Of whom oas never
tires. as matter ko~ often oas sees them.
aor h0s intiaats the assoGistian may bs
There IN about tAsm shat air Of berpss-
uAl charm and vsristy that makes them
dsiightfGi companions They ara sure TO
10 good tempered There Is nsysr any
fear OF nnding them in pet, nor a prey
90 some ui-hamor wholly uaFsAsonabts
sna insxplaiaabis
Thsy are pleased when you are pleased
ant interested Ia what you have 20 say.
They ars 80 synapsthesie that your ills
and trou5 5les become their own. sad your
friends become so dear 10 them that not
Toe the world would thsy DO anything 70
rob you OF thsm. sometimes with these
bright, sweet natures you Ind the added
charm o, originality, and when you
come across such one, treasure IL and
preserve 10 as oae of the pearls of your
lite. FOR sel dom. indeed, are talent,
originality ant good nature found COM
binsh Ia one mortal frame A nature
that Is 30 richly endowed 5 three-fold
talented. it has tho taleut OF magnet
ism, the talea1 OF keeping good -natured
nd the priceless talent of originality
which. as RudYsrd kipling says, IL is
not the discovery Of anything new, but
l.. rather, new way OF looking at old
thing. Aad that makes IL I'll the more
delightful.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18
Cuticura Resolvent

The new Blood sn5 skia PHrfe and greatest
of HHr.or ker1e1 -. eahses fhe blood of A.
impurities sna poisonous etenaeafS al thgs
removes the raase. vhiie NrTfCT a. ths sreat
sk 4 eurr. ard CFr1crsa ~esr a. ef48is5t.
in b<aotifer. clear fae ska and seeIp. ana
fesFore The hatr- EhFs fae Crrrefss kEE y7Trs
fgre rveTT syeee es 81 ifchtnE. eHrnlrG scs 2
pimriy. aad b4ofcny ska. seslp. snd Aaad 1fs
sasee. frara q "a sizs 70 scref8s8. fr8a tafsaev
70 s1s eken the best physicians TAI
Ersf zws~rwNe~s pr1~p f-r-~v-rz& ~ Srs~
70 Rssrzvrxr. e. ~ prr1srea - To- Por-p,
NsrS sxo Eas1IctE CeRvnesTr5x, ko<feB.
sTSead So Hev - Gs8re 1sSa pisesses
= pages 81 iiaSTratlons zad 80 test azoBfss
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18

"T take pretty small shoe.- saH .
fair customer in shoe store.
Naturally. madam replied the %
lite clerk, for you have pretty, small
foot
sale promptly effected Chicago Inter
Cs.e2a
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18
HEALTH IS WEALTH

Dn. T.. G. WKsr's SEavE AID BsiTy TEksr-
sExT. a guaranteed specific for IiysteI1a Dszzi
ness, Conyu)sioas Fits Nervous Neuralgia.
use of a coho, or tobacco. Nakefuiaess, Mental
Depression. soffenira Of the Brais Tesu ting
IN insanity and leading 70 misery. dscay and
death. Premsture Old ATs. basrelress. Loss
Of Power ia either sfr. InvoluntArv Lrsses and
sperruatorrhnsa caused by oter-eserten oftbe
brain. self-abuse or over-indulgsner. ZACH hox
contains one months treatment. G.8 box.
or six borss fer $50. sent by mall prepaid on
receipt Of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received
hy us Tor sin boxes. accompanied by sspp. we
viii send tise parebeser one written guarantee
fo refund the money IL the tressoEenf 1ees net
effect cure. 6Ha-s ssees issaed oHytB
WHITE 4 WHITE,
Morton Hoase Pharmacy Seie Agents
% Monree-stFeef. Grand Rapids, Mich.
OPEy ALL vIGHT
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The c,or Brute.

ooh, madam, Jlp has just bit man
in the street,
What kind of looking man was it,
"He was nearly in rags"
Poor Jip! Wash the darling's mouth
out with little can de cologne. Judge.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18

FangIe-noes Dr. Pillbury practice
unch9
tuTuSo--N cell whenever arvbody
wants him ., hes wiling 70 practice On
'eza.-~ Epoch
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18
A Dubions Con,plIment.

She-Tm so glad you have come!
He--Are you really?
She-Yes, for if you had not there
would have been thirteen at the table
Epoch.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18

speela siuay sa4 practiee ioF macy years.
over stld tfcaisa sfsFy. heoeAt eases a
laotK>, a. -soi,>. aLors nIs on tns
face ef bisdy. euf-s wttho9 9t x sing nserrury ef
et4vE poiSoas NJ az j. tbs curse OF ihe
human race. leaT chiidren Niu sueef from It's
eifrefs. Avoid IL a. you would sy..ii any IL al
" dfu2, sad ase it no more Ihssr diseases
are feieg cured In this slspensAfy without
Dr Grafton isagraduate % Rush Medical c.
lese. tuh ago. a.. i vel known a. over tue
lRii'd states Aiia tAesda ~ honsands of oid
smd yuuns men he has cared snd II l. well
ANON i l. c. Ihat iOrye.fs h has eanfnrd him
sell 10 the s,udy aRa treatment af fesUzi ana
Cntone DISEASES. tAus ehialn NJ EdrsnEaEes
Iew Eossss'. Meeirlne. nkoa other scisnees..s
pF0gfrssiNc ans every yeas shows pr00t If us
advance. BY a comblas an uf remedies Of
greai curative power lac has - arranged H.
treatment tAat 10 viii affofd act ohly nfne
date relief. Lut permanent cures. Al iorms
OF Throat. l.fn: Nrfke and Bios,4 Diseases.
al Chr0Ele biasases lar IN advance Of any IA
stiIuton In thls country. Those MO 90 item
plate going 80 Hot springs Tor tha treatment
OF aag Private or Blood Dissas ean be cured
at onr-thsrd the cost IL cur Dls3enssrg IA Eas.
RtPrrRE cured without pain or lindraaee
Ladies BY mis- ireatnsn' , ,d psss oiy oysly
lfcckles nacshea1s. erapfens. etc. brill ant
eyes and perfect nralfh eat be had. That
tired tee.ing. ana al f.iRale Neakness
promptly cured. Nervous Irostr&toa. t.eu-
ersli Dehtlly. rieepiessuess. Depression and
Iadiga ton. OyI-ial Troubles Inflammation
and Iteration. Falling and ~ placements,
Spinal Weakness. Kidney Complaints and
ciaAge o. lie. son.u the old Doctor.
Eve and Ear .,i Acute or Chronic lnham.
Globe. aud Far and Arsr sghieaness. lnyer-
sion OF the Lids. Scrofulous Eyes, Jlceraiions.
Inrammaf ions RbscrsS DimnesS nf Vision OF
one or both kyes. aud Tuners of Ltd. InHam-
nation Of the Ear. liberation 81 tataTiE. IN
terna' or Ext-TnSi Deafness or Darhivsis. sing
Ing or Roaring Noses, rhiekenea Drum. etc.
Nervous Debility ssTf"s'GEs9sf.. ss%i"si Eoasf..
Night Emissions. Loss of'vitni Power. 5 eep
lessnesS ID ,sppndency, Loss of Memory Con
fusion of ideas blue before fhe eyes. Langupr.
Gloominess. Depression Of Spirits. Ayersi n 10
Society. Easily Discouraged. Lack Of Conf
dencc. Duli. Lsiicss nfit for Study or Bust
ness ana fuds lie burden safely, pernan-
entity and priyaie,y cured.
Private Diseases Eeos1. EEsoea pgisGa. lam
G.e-t. Structure. Seminal Emissions. Loss III
Sexual Power. Weakness OF the Sexual organs,
Want of Desire In Male or Female, whether
from imprudent habits of Young cr Sexual
habits OF mature years. or any cause that de
biitates the sexual functions. speedily and
pe-msuenily cured.
Both Sexes 9nsS nsy roSSe oS0nasI'as eal or yrte
Delays are Dangerous.
Send 10 CENTS stamps for Medical Guide on
Laws of Health.
OFFICE HOURS-9 a. m. TO s p. m.
Corner bridge and Canal. Grand Rapids. Mich.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18

Man that is born of woman is small
potatoes and few in hill. He rises up
today and fiourishes like ragweed, and
tomorrow or the next day the under
taker hath him. He goeth forth in the
morning warbling like lark, and is
knocked out in one round and two sec
onds
In the midst of life he is in debt, and
the tax collector pursres him wherever
he goeth. The Danistcr of life is full of
splinters, and he slideth down with con-
siderable rapidity. He walketh forth in
the bright sunlight to absorb ozone, an.i
meeteth the bank teller with sight
draft for 1857.
He cometh home at eventide AMI meet
eth the wheelbarrow in his path. 1t
riseth up and smiteth him to the earth.
and falleth upon him and runneth one OF
its legs into his ear.
In the gentle spring time he putteth
on his summer clothes, and = blizzard
striketh him far from home, and filleth
him with cuss words and rheumatism.
In the winter he putteth on winter
trousers ana wasp tnaC aOideJn eXcite-
ment he starteth down into the cellar
with an oleander, and goeth backward,
and the oleander comcth after him and
sitteth upon him.
He buyeth a watch dog, and when he
cometh home from the lodge the watch
dog treeth him. and sitteth near him un-
til rosy morn. He goeth to the horse
trot and betteth his money on the brown
mare, and the bay gelding with a blaze
face winneth.
He marrieth red headed heircss with
q wart on her nose, and the next day
the parent ancestor goeth under with u
fee, arrest and great liabilities, and com
eth home to live with his beloved SON
in-law.-Wichita County Democrat.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18
ScrOfula Cured.

I have a sister younger than myself vhsse
Whole bBiy was covered With scrofuia sores
frora head % feot. She could not lie dowa a.
night, and had 20 peace Nv day. A friend ad-
vfsed her 70 tfv the CUrfcuss REerDfrs. she
di8 - ard fAry currd -
DORA =. kRNING. RBshsylvania. Ohio.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18
A Different Point Of View.

She thinking of her English history
What great fight it was at Hastings:
He thinking of the sparring match
the evening before in his room at Hast
ings hall>-Why-why! how did you
know about it. Soto voce) Confound
it! Jack must have left the curtain up.
Harvard Lsmpoon
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18
$1,000 REWARD!
PRIVATE Diseases of MEN

koF aRs esss tass tai 10 eaFe eoTnng gnasr
thsE c@silrnt ~ T. leNing thelF diFxcgi "a ;.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-18

Send 10 CENTS stamps for Medical Guide on
Laws of Health.
OFFICE HOURS-e a. m. TO 8 p. IN.
Corner bridge and Canal, Grand Rapids. " ch.
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and Lamp
DEPARTMENT.

Decorated Dinner Sets, III pcs,
Brown Blue and Green,
Worth $22.5o. Price $1,000.
Decorated Chamber Sets, Bee
Hive Special Pattern,
Worth $500. Price $3.50.
Carlsbad China Tea Set, So
pieces, Gold Band,
Worth SIS. Price $12.
White lronstone Chinaware in
open stock, at greatly
Reduced Prices.
Glass Stand Lamp, with Burner,
Wick and Chimney complete,
Worth 50 cts. Price IS cts.
Decorated Vase Lamp, Shade and
and Vase to match, Duplex
Burner,
Worth S.. Price $3.25.
Bisque Finish, ditto,
Worth 5000. Price $3.75.
Hand-Painted Vase Lamp, with
Shade to match,
Worth $1,000. Price $500.
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Automatic NJ


But time changes minds as we'll as nm.
ners, though even now when making
changes from one circle to another, it often
requires that adaptability which could BE-
said found in one who has automatic man.
ners. However. such radical changes not
only appear In drawinR-room repartee,
street dress, ETC.. among people, but also N
mankind. Railroad travel is one instance.
A few years ago, comparatively one mad to
consume much valuable time in IN uncom.
sortshle way to make what is now thought
nothing of as II nights Journey in n sleeper.
The most modern equipment and trans
portation facilities can DO fovnd on. the
fast trains of the Minneapolis & st. Louis
railway to Chicago. st. Louis, Hot Springs,
Kansas City, etc. Inqaite of any agent Of
the company, or G. M. Pratt. general ticset
and passenger agent. Minneapolis. MINI.
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THE %QUICKsAND.

AS a boy l remember the place-a sterile
stretch of undulating pasture land miles
away to a wood of %forbidding oaks and
stunted birch against a gray blue sky. Poor
land, all of it, II dotted everywhere with
hummocks shaped strangely like the mounds
in the alder-grown Gods acre far down
the road; hummocks growing nothing but
rank %sorrel, and looked upon as Indian
graves by all the children. Even they felt
the desolation of the dreary waste, and
when a bit OF country makes this impress
sion upon CHEEKY and joyous childhood. il
must be desolate indeed.
Close up to the wood and so far away az
to bs quite lost to view from the struggling
village of general store, blacksmith shop,
the crippled cobbler's little shanty, and
nearly a score of houses scattered along the
dirty country roads-close up to the wood
stood a rude derrick. 1t was reared by a
small space whore even murrain did not
grow-a circular space not ten feet across, a
shimmering surface of dark brown, sticky
even to the look.
The whole village turned out when the
derrick of rough timber, fresh cut from the
woods beyond, was put up. 1t was a long
tramp over the uneven ground; damp, much
of it, even for our sturdy young logs. And
when the youths dashed on and came to the
broken space IN the poor and sickly sod
they found imbedded there. only her head
and shoulders showing above the surface, a
stray COW OF the herd.
The place was a quicksand of the most
dangerous character. The sod all about
quivered like a thing of life as foot was
pressed upon it. and the timid dashed back
in terror. But tho surface of tho quick
sand showed not n ripple, not Il sign of the
deadly work it was accomplishing with the
certainty of fate. Slowly, surely. silently,
inexorably, 1t WAS sucking down its victim
to suffocating death.
There was a sound from the imprisoned
animal almost h~eartrending as the party
gathered about the treacherous place, and
she turned upon liz eyes which seemed hui
mar III the mingling of terror and entreaty
they contained. 1t WAS then that the der
rick was raised. succor of the peor ani-
mai was attempted. But the suck
ing monster of the qunqmire. then
for the first tune revealed,
had hcr embraced too frmly in it's thou
sand arms. All the strain of double tackle
but caused her to groan in anguish. She
was pulled down, down, down. She was
drawn down to death before ill our eyes,
and when evening came, the shining sur
face OF the deadly place showed not u bub-
BILE to mark its direfui work.
They were troublous times. They were
timeB when men dashed down from miles
away--from whore, nc ono knew. They
were timea when mon disappeared rs If
swept from the earth. They were times
when suspicion ruled with despotic hand,
and mems lives seemed no more than those
of the c~rimson-hne leaves flute, ing lazily
down from the trees painted M II by tho
autumn sunsets. So it came that suspicion
-most cruel and uniuBt-was directed
against one man, of fair face and manly
form, who lived in the struggling village
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of-that no living thing he loved would
ever know, he thought.
And the man came very close to God, and
upon him settled a blessed peace.
Then, suddenly, the food-gates of the
sky were opened. The rain boat mercilessly
down upon the etretch of pasture land.
Even the cattle fled wildly for the proteo-
tion of the wood. But upon the upturned
face of the man it fell unheeded. He was
~communing with the All Powerful.
And only after q long time he thrilled in
every nerve of his benumbed body as he
realized that the quicksand WAS only about
his shoulders still. Or had it only been a
minute instead of hours, as he thought?
He counted the secondhand how sweet
life seemed! All, he must count aloud to be
absolutely sure! Sixty-12O-1 S0-up! up! up
to 1880! A half hour! 1t was true, oh,
God be thanked, he was not sinking
deeper!
The BILE ssed rain, terrific in its violence,
had beaten, beaten, heated down upon the
earth until it had lone this wondrous
thing.
At a home in the struggling village where
kind %neighbors watched over a woman
broken as a reed, was found upona gate
post in the early morning a paper rudely
written and showing a hideous DEATHS
head. 1t only said:
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22
BEWARE
HE QUTcKsAND WATTS FOR
DOORS.


Comprehending, at last: the added horror
snapped the tiny strand of the woman's life.
They found him. his head still above the
deadly mire. There was u smile upon his
face, and his eyes were half closed, SO if in
estacy at his deliverance. But his body was
cold in denth.-Thomas j. Mosier in San
Francisco Argonaut.