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The man did not know at the time of
their marriage that the wife smoked.
He learned that some time later. He
tried hard to get her to give up the
habit, and she made a number of at
tempts and as many failures. The
habit was too strong
The fellow. had learned ito chew
when boy. The daughter had in
tended to speak to him on the subject
and use her influence to get him to
quit, but it was case of love almost at
first sight, and before "a favorable OPP
portunity offered itself she found her
self engaged to him. But she could
not bear the idea of marrying man
with such a filthy habit, and, not being
able to hit upon better plan, decided
to lay the matter before her father,
who had already shown that he would
not be averse to the match.
The man was fat and funny, and de-
lighted greatly in good joke. He at
once approved the daughters plan,
thinking only at first he would have
some fun out of the fellow. Then an
other, serious, idea seemed to fit
across his brain. The daughter no
ticed this, but as he at once went on
talking she asked no questions.
A short time after when the fellow
called and asked for the daughters
hand, the man replied: Eyes, sir, you
can have her, and I'll give you quar-
ter section of land to boot, provided
two things: first, you are to quit the
use of tobacco, and bind yourself never
to use it again, in any way, shape
nor manners, and, second, you are to
induce my wife also to quit its use"
The fellow replied that he had long
seen the evil of the habit, and had
often thought he would quit, but had
simply neglected to do so. Now was a
most excellent time, and he would
quit forthwith and forever" But the
man was pledged to secresy to all Elk,
cept the daughter, who in turn was to
tell no one.
When the daughter. learned. of the
second provision she. was greatly in.
censed, and proposed to her lover that
they simply elope, but this the young
man did not like to do. He counseled
patience, and said that they should al
least make an effort.
few days later the fellow proposed
TO the wife that he would quit using
tobacco if she would. This was reject
ed so promptly and with SO much dig
nifty that he did not have the courage
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some days, 70 smoke. All 81 wbicb. ~, J.
man did not fail to ..ss. 5.. - ~

Joy ana secretly en-
I ~ AZ when the wife was talking
. III " herself and half to her husband
and complaining Of her troubles, the
man remarked that If It hadn't been for
tobacco there would have been NO
trouble. The wife replied that ii she
could get rid Of her troubles as easy as
she could quit the use Of tobacco the
house would soon be too full of the
sunshine Of happiness for comfort 1t
seemed to her just then that IL would be
very easy to quit. Contrary to the gen.
eral rule, the pipe had no charms for
her when she had anything serious on
her mind.
The man noted the reply, but said
nothing. He seemed to be thinking.
The wifeIoolxed tzhin,-she1was
frightenedsaT The light fell upon his
face in way that greatly magnified
every wrinkle and made him look many
years older than he really was. A dash
OF gray hair on each temple and q thin
spot on the top of his head completed
the picture. She saw all this, and then
stopped while her mind worked. She
had always thought of John as still
young -she had never thought Of him
before as growing old--but growing old
he certainly was. Had this trouble
anything to do with it?-yvas he going
crazy-'if it hadn't been for tobacco
there would have been no trouble"--he
had always opposed her smoking had
that anything to do with it2-perhaps
1t had-she had always been conscien-
tious, and when duty called she had
never been slow to answer.
John she said, going up to him and
putting her arms around his neck and
kissing him tenderly, Il will never
smoke again" John gently put his
arms around her and drew her down
onto his lap, letting her head rest on
his shoulder, and kissed her repeatedly
At first he felt an impulse to burst out
laughing, but seeing the tears in his
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FOR HoRsEBAck-RlDERs.
Advice Which VIII Interest Frequenters
tho RrIdia Path

Advice which VIII Interest Frequenters Of
the Bride Path.
Avoid the drives whenever possible.
The ground is harder than in the bride
paths and your horse is more liable to
slip. 1t stings your horses feet to cam
ter. or even trot fast, over hard SUR
face
Never spur your horse to make him
''show Off" Those who you think are
admiring your Workmanship are un-
doubleday jeering at you as simple
ton. Keeping your horse quiet, yet
well up to the bit, bespeaks a steady
hand, firm seat, and. in fact, an ac-
complished rider.
Do not rush by lady. Her horse
grows excited at the rapid approach Of
another and is liable to bolt.
II you cannot ride we'll without the
aid Of stirrups don't put on spurs.
More casualties have resulted from
spurs than any other cause. Your
horse SHES. you lose your balance,
your spurs prod his tanks, and, natu-
rally, he runs away Horse and rider
both lose their heads and the chances
are that you may both lose your lives.
Unless it be absolutely necessary
never dismount in park or on the road
when accompanied by lady. If there
be anything amiss with her habit, sad
die, or bride the evil can be remcdied
just as well mounted. Should the lady's
saddle. have turned, that is, Of course,
another matter, and the best thing to
do-is to walk slowly until policeman
is met or q friendly stroller comes
along, who win keep an eye to the
horse while you work at the girths
Nothing Is so awkward as toes turned
out.
Keep your elbows close to your sides.
Increase or diminish pressure on the
bit by movements of the wrist. You
can not control norse by physical
strength.
For morning rides wear derby; in
the afternoon . silk hat Leggings,
sack or top coat, and'derby are harmon
ious. Long trousers. cutaway coat, and
silk hat are another combination.
Let your horse know that bicycle
will not harm him. Permit him to
stand quietly as the machine goes by,
and meanwhile pat him on the neck or
shoulder and speak to him kindly
The Rider and Driver.
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TREAcHERoUs REPUBLICANS.


Oily Oratory for OleagInous Oppression
If there were reason to believe the
speech of such republican as the pre-
siding officer of the monopolists' con-
vention then would it be painfully
evident THAI treachery was rampant in
the G. 0. p. Speaking to representa-
tives of the republican clubs, ]. M.
Thurston, of Nebraska, said: 1.-THE
vote buyer and the demijohn must be
banished from every polling place over
which the flag of liberty beneficently
floats. Shades of the past! what is to
become Of the republican saints? If
vote buyers are to be banished, what is
to be the political status of Dudley,
Wanamaker and Quay? Must these
eminently pious representatives of mod
ern republicanism be exiled and their
occupation destroyed? If there is to
be no moro vote buying, by what trick
shall such worthless as these retain
their prominence in the republican
party and pay their tithes to "Cheap
| Johns" Sunday -schools? When Brother
Harrison has psed the power Of the
chief executive to reward the Judge
/ who protected the inventor of blocks of
five. is it fitting that policy should be
adopted that will render migratory this
defilement Of the judicial erminea
And then what scant respect is shown
certain recent republican saints by this
reflection upon the dernijohn. Why
should a convention of monopolists and
tax eaters cast such reproach on the
statesman who was SO seldom sober as
to warrant the suspicion that his nor
NAL condition was that Of inebriety?
There be still in public life many gem
tlemen who have personal reasons for
speaking kindly of that era in republic
anism~swhen nediocrity and chicane
wereAAd as bestpassports to executive
favor. They managed to keep their
names less conspicuous than other COM
Founders of the felonies by which the
administration was marked, and have
| held their heads high because of their
cunning. For these. it must be serious
| offense to know that 1.-THE rounder,
hummer, vote buyer and demijohn must
be banished from every polling place, I"
But eminent republicans need not be
disturbed. Mr.. sThurston did not mean
! anything, He was talking to q crowd
who. understood what was intended.
Dudley is not to be driven from a party
whose executive committee is con-
/ trolled by Matt Quay and whose possi-
4 Bile candidate Is ]. Mulligan Blaine
/ Chicago Times "a N al
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ne SMOKED IN 4 STREET cAn.
nut the Little Conductor and thu Drives
Got Him Out.

hut the Little Conductor and the Driver
Got Him Out.
The man inside the horse car was
very large and red. The conductor Of
the car was small and pale. The large
red passenger was infringing the rules
Of the railroad company BY lighting :
cigar The small conductor had
watched this audacity, and when he
was satisfied that the cigar lighting
process was not an Illusion he re-
marked, with considerable sternness Of
voice for diminutive man:
You'll have 10 put that cigar out "
The large red man took no notice OF
the observation, but pulled huge vol
umes Of smoke.
you'll have to put that cigar out, I
say"
still the large man pulled solemn-
Il say youth have to put that ciga-
out"
The large man turned his small pig
eyes lateraliy and said:
''Save yer voice, young feller, save
yer voice."
The conductor looked the large man
over. He observed that he was about
the size of Mr., Sullivan, the pugilist,
and she wondered whether his salary as
conductor was large enough to induce
him to risk his life in physical en-
counter with the burly ruffian. There
Is personal pride In nearly all men.
and that conductor forgot the corpora
ton he was serving and its rules, and
determined that he, as an individual,
would not be crushed.
You'll have to put that cigar out, !"
he repeated. His admonition was pain
fully Interchangeable in diction and tone,
and it was beginning to annoy the largo
red man.
''Say, young feller," remarked the
latter, ring the bell and let yersef
off,
The conductor walked forward, to the
drivers platform and said q few quiet
words TO his coadjutor. Then he re-
turned to his own platform, and for a
moment or so, as the car went on, he
was silent. Finally he directed atten-
ton again to the smoker.
You'll have to put that cigar out, he
said
The large red man rose to his feet,
and as he did so the conductor pulled
the bell for the car to stop. The smoker
strobe out to the platform, and. glover
ing down on the little conductor. held
the lighted cigar under his nose. say
ing:
"Thatcigar amt going ter be put out.
Seer'
| The car was now at standstill and
the driver was looking back at the two
men on the rear platform. He saw the
little conductor let fly his fist at the large
red man and Immediately he let go of
his brake and gave each Of his horses q
sharp cut with the whip They leaped
forward and galloped away with the
now empty car. When the driver looked
round again he saw the figure of the
large man standing ruefully in the mid
die OF the car track, block behind.
A small boy went out into the stree
to see what the man fell off the car for.
The determined smoker was busting
himself. There was no cigar near him.
He looked about in dazed way, and
| then said:
"What was that conductors number?''
The small boy did not know; so the
comedy will never have tragic sequel
IN. Y. Sun.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE.

--Sanso-- times make money
scarce" Rodd--"Yes; but not nearly
so scarce as . real jolly good time does "
IN. Y. Herald.
--Mamma-srm inclined to believe,
Margery, that your papa thinks moro
Of you than he does Of me-" Margery--
ooh, well, mamma, you're not blood
relation, You know. Jury.
How do you keep your butter this
warm weather, Mrs. Moriarty." Sure.
Mrs. McFinnegan, we keeps him In the
back lot, Jest loike we did In the win
ter, an bless your heart Billy loilkes
itr'-Light
Papa "Well, my son, how have
you got along in college this year7r
Eob-.1 have held myown. pa" 'salad,
very glad to hear II" II was number
nineteen In the class year ago. and
am still that Light.
--sTrotter went over to France and
announced that his business was fem
cling, and forthwith all the Journalists
hi Paris bowed before him. "StranRe,
wasn't it?D Eyes, very strange, consid-
ering it was swire-fencing. Harper's
bazar' &.
No Hurry Doctor-"Xou don't
seem to improve % rapidly e 1 could
wish, young man. Patient-No. !
guess It Is the nurse. Doctor The
nurse? What is the matter with herr
Patient--"She Is only eighteen, doctor
IN. Y. Sun.
Cavalry Sergeant to Assembled
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PERSONAL AND ,MPERsoNAt..


Mrs Hicks-Lord i ; colleotos a.
Sevres, Of which she u particularly
fond, and her cabinets contain spect
mems Of unique beauty and true excel'
lence.
"A fourteen-yenr~old girl who w1a
sworn a. Witness in Camden, N ~
murder case said she had never seen =
Bible before she entered the court
room. n
Jack Campbell, son Of the late Bart
ley Campbell, Il one Of the most popular
young men In New. York's theatrical
circles, He stands fully six feet two
inches high in their estimation
Not Too Good. Since january 1
Mr.. Goodhue, Mr. Goodnough. Mr.
Goodwill and Mr.. Goodman, all Of Phil
adcfphia, have been sent to prison tor
fvariouscrinesHndn aisdeneunorss while'
one Of those who escaped sentence wna
Mr.. Goodheart
Both the parents Of Congressman
Mckinley are living ut the old home n
Canton, O., aged s. and 80 respectively.
The congressman h the baby Of The
family at the age of 81 He has .
brother who Is consul at Hawaii, and
the two brothers have not met In fifteen
years
Eoen ~ Jordan, tne famous !. Do o.sol
dry goods merchant, went to Boston
from Maine fatherless boy Of II and
worked on suburban farm at four dol
lars q month, and thought he had struck
amnence Wnen ne secuIeas z pasce - 8. :
n neroan'ilo mouse sA1oo So
01'o yoat
IL mas peen oeciaed .naS tne I'm perl-
al RUSSIAN FANNY snall make = mur
next summer, v,slsing hniva ana DON
nara. Ihey VIII spend several weeks
on the czars estate ~ MourGap wnero
tney Will De joined py the czaroWisN On
ms return from nis eastern trave'A
Ihence al VIII go 70 Inc erlmea-
Mrs John Drew, the actress' y now
by her own frank confession seventy
one years OF age. She Il still playing
IN Mr.. JeHersons company, Due Wnen
ne taxes up "hip van Winkle AGAIN.
as sne THINKS ne may n 2 year % sw0.
she may ABANDON the Stage, On Mnlch
sne began ner career as = cnlld o. tnIee.
"A boy In Charlottesville, Ind, while
passing along the street amused him
self by rattling stick on the fence sur
rounding the home Of an irritable gem
tleman. The latter, on hearing the
noise, hurried out and fatally shot the
youth with rifie. he underworld %
justify his action by declaring thar y
not only annoyed him, but ms renee
had been newly painted.
Some doctors think they have too
much travelling to do to reach their pa
tients Let such doctors read this; a
Caribou, Me-, physician was called TO Q
lumber camp above the Aiiegash 70
perform surgical operation upon Q
iumberman He started at ten g m,
and beyond Grand Isle found Tour
teams stationed at Inherent points
awaiting him He arrived 81 his des-
tination at midnight, having made the
distance OF one hundred and two miles
in fourteen hours.
Prince Hatzfeldt, the interesting
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Mayor Of Western town Ito stranger
who has just alighted from the train)-
Excuse me, sir, but can't ] sell you
lot in our new cemetery?
stranger = Thanks, no. I'm only
going to stay here over night
Mayor {doubtfplly) Yves, but the
bovs here act on sudden impulses. ~
is always well to be prepared. Mum
sey's Weekly.
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0uestof Highpriced House. What's
this item on my bill lone dollar for use
Of bath on the 10th? ! don't remember
rnything about II
Hotel Clerk WY, ~; don't you y.
usubsf MN yoa went Up u ~ rool
!. I. az, s1a ie|l Iete ~ si.tara
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NEE there was
a man and his
wife, and their
daughter q n d.
the daughters
fellow.
The wife and
the fellow were
addicted to the
use Of tobac-
co. The wife
smoked and the
fellow chewed,
much to the dis
gu st of both
h u S b a n d and
dauphfer.
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Born to Luck Slimleigh Weally,
Miss Pert, / badly expected to find you
At home, you know, and / weally think
I'm the iuclxiest dog alive Miss Pert
-s'I know you are. / was Just reading
that thinking made. the blood rush %
ones head, ana that exempts you from
apoplexy call that luclt Chicago
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REpusEIcAN .LoYALTY..I
4 Striking Comparison for the Conslls1
tion Of the People.

4 Striking Comparison for the Consllsra-
tion Of the People
Events 10 press upon one asaother IN
American politics that comparisons, OBJ
viously Just, often fail to be effectuatr
cd because the people are SO engrossed
with the affairs Of the hour No citi-
zen who recalls the course lot the ma
3ority of the republican journals and
republican partisan advocates during
the Saclyille West inciden5 can discov-
eT In that either true Americanism or
sincere patriotism. A democrat was
president A democrat was secretary
Of state. republican intrigue was
set on foot to bring about complicae
ton with q foreign government for the
express purpose OF embarrassing the
government of the United States: The
=republiean triekster IN the far y estswhe
wrote the decoy letter TO the British
minister did 1t with malign motive. He
threw away all the instincts of an
American, discarded the obj cations of
patriotism and betrayed his country.
Murchison played his conc called card
deliberately, willfully, bavse ~, for the
direct and designed end of involving as
as q nation with England and compell-
ing the national American executive to
resort to severe steps for the vindica-
ton Of national honor. Mnrchisofi's
motive was as ignoble rvs Mr.. Cleve-
lands dilemma was difficult.
If the president did not demand the
recall OF the British minister TOR inter-
fering in American politics he would
have incurred the censure of great
mass Of the American people without
reference to party. This was the OBJ
ject of the republican trai tor-for trail
tor is any American who will wanton-
lyembroil his country with foreign
government. The traitor S purpose was
TO arouse prejudice against Mr.. Cleve-
land, then running for q second term,
and increase the vote agai nst him GER
tain to be incensed by Sac,kyille Vests
course.
Did the republican press denounce
Murchison? Did notable republican
spokesman declare such tactics unwor-
thy an American citizen? Did any con-
vention of the party declare that vic
tory won at the expense of national
honor was too dearly bought2 Contrast
their failure to do this with the cour-
ageous, frank, disinterested conduct Of
the democratic press and democratic
politicians toward President Harrison
and Secretary Blaine throuk the
difficulty with Italy. Which is the sloy-
al" party, the national party, the true
American party?
While in the state department Mr..
Bayard was required to take up the
subject of Behring sea- He laid down
the principles which Mr.. Blaine has
followed. While the controversy pro-
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OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

--"Republicanism and the cause OF
honest elections go hand in hand" says
New York contemporary, which needs
to refresh its memory by a careful re-
perusal of the Dudley letter.-St Louis
Republic.
Benjamin Harrison, who is swing
ing around the circle in pursuit of a re-
nomination 10 the presidency, will
probably find it upon his return just
where he left tin theIinside pocket
of Hon. James G. Blaine.-Chicago
Times.
The misfortune of Mr. Edmunds
retirement from the senate is made pc
culiarly sad by the fact that it places Mr.
Hoar first in the line OF succession to the
Craftsmanship of the Judiciary commit
tee Of that body.-St Louis Globe Dem
ocrat trep4.
shall the republican party dis
band, or shall it go to the country?"
asks one of our leading republican ex
changes. By all means let it do both.
It's usefulness is over, and, perhaps,
breathing pure country air would invig-
crate the best of its members enough
to make them democrats. louisville
Courier-J ournal
The republicansewil not dare de-
fend the Mckinley bill in the next pres
idential campaign. They will play the
same old game of promising to correct
their mistakes, but they will find that
there was great deal of wisdom in
| President Lincoln's observation: "You
can fool all of the people sometimes
and you can fool some Of the people all
the time, but you cannot fool all Of
the people all the time. ~ Chicago
Globe. III
A republican organ made in
dignant by the statement that Ben
| Harrison's trip is a junket provided by
railroad corporations declares that
Mr.. Harrison refused to accept free
trip across the country. and is paying
for it like man" 1t is stated that the
expenses of the journey foot up q round
$1S5, 200, Of which great sum the presi-
dent with his teeth firmly set together
has insisted upon paying the price of a
first-class passage by ordinary convey
| ance from Washington to San Francisco
and back. The more one thinks of the
deacon's backb bone the more one is con-
WINGED that that grand old man
wouldn't accept q favor from a railroad
corporation any more quickly than he
would accept seaside cottage from a
real estate combine. Chicago News.
Dividing the Binlon.
where did all that billion dollars
go?'' Is o common question regarding
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LOVE AND TOBACCO.
The Gentle Passion Proves to Be
Mightier Than the Weed.

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