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"Who is there in this little town that
we would care to have?' was the reply.
''As far as I know, we would only be
bored by the presence of any of the
families whose acquaintance we have
formed
"There's Lawyer Barker, and Mr..
Benton, and old Judge Window. They
are all pleasant"
eyes, but Mrs. Barker would talk
about nothing but what she did, and
how she lived. in Boston, and how I'M
kind fortune is to cast the lot of so re-
fined and delicate person as herself in
the west. Mrs. Benton would enter
tain me with her troubles with the
hired girl and an enumeration of the
children's ailments, and old Judge Win
dom would gurgle the soup, and put
the turkey stufing in his mouth with
his knife. I would really rather just
have good dinner all to ourselves,
since we cannot 60 home to eat it,
"Wen, Mary, just as you feel about
it," said Mr.. Gilmore, as he put on his
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Gilmore.
What are you going to do
on Christmas day?" she said.
Il suppose Ishal just nope
around all day in the board
ing house; there is nothing
to do and nowhere to go, and
I have no acquaintance
here"
"Where is your home?' said
Mrs. Gilmore, with genuine
interest.
And then the pretty little
seamstress told the rich and
beautiful Mrs. Gilmore all
about her home and her child
hood. 1t was a commonplace
story, because there are so
many thousand similar sto-
ries. Her father and mother
had had a good start in life,
were prosperous and respect
ed. They had moved to the
west just when the period of
imitation began. She and her
sisters had been sent to good
schools, had taken music les
sons and known every COM
fort in life. Then came the
general financial crash; then
the death of her father; then
the hopeless struggle of her
mother to keep the family
together, ending in their 60
ing back east to her mothers
family. There the seamstress
had found a life of depend
ence uncomfortable, and she
had taken up the occupation
of sewing, and gradually
worked her way westward
till she had come to this
place. She was bravely at
work supporting herself and
sending some money home to
her mother regularly. But
home life and the gay pleas
ures of youth she had been
obliged to forego, and she
did it with an accomplishing
cheerfulness that seemed
reall y wonderful to Mrs. Ell
more. 4
All morning Mrs. Elmore
kept thinking over the story
of the little seamstress. She
wondered how she herself
would feel placed in similar
circumstances. Then she OBJ
served her more narrowly,
and noted how refined the
young girl was, in her per-
sonal appearance; how soft
and pretty and we'll kept was
her hair; how neat her linen
collar, how white and beau
hands. Again and again she
into conversation, and noticed
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overcoat preparatory to going to his
office, ''only think it looks little I'M

overcoat preparatory to going to his
office, "only think it looks a little un-
sociable in us. We owe something to
society here, even if it is a small west
ern town. think, DEAR" he added, as
he kissed her fair cheek, shat you
would be happier and more contented
if you could only take a little more in
terest in people"
Mrs. Elmore sat thinking over the
matter after her husband went out. He
was railroad official holding a very
important position, and in receipt of a
very large salary. His duties required
him to be stationed at a small western
town on the line of the railroad, and it
was great trial to himself, as well as
to his beautiful and accomplished wife.
that she was deprived of the pleasures
and advantages of a city life to which
she had been accustomed. She had al
wayslooked upon her stay as temporary,
and to be endured as period of wait
ing only. The people of any preten-
sions in the place who had called on her
had all been uncongenial to her, as she
really was woman of very superior
cultivation and accomplishments; and
she had gradually withdrawn herself
from social intercourse, and occupied
herself with her books, her drawing
and painting, and in keeping up very
extensive correspondence. Not that she
felt herself above or any better than
the people of the town-she was too
genuinely lady for that-but they
were uninteresting to her; they ap-
pealed neither to her sympathies nor
her taste, and she preferred her own
society to theirs.
Mrs. Gilmore was interrupted in her
thoughts by the arrival of the pretty
little seamstress, whom she had en-
ployed for several days. After she had
given her some general directions about
her work, sudden thought struck Mrs.
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Buying for the HOLIDAY.

B. Troth Shall it be the jewelers. or
the milliner's next?
Miss Feaney Well, you go to the
jewelers. and I'll visit the milliner.-
jewelers. Weekly.
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Ingratitude.

walked some dozen miles or SO
Up to my waist in drifting snow,
And got myself frost bitten,
To get maid a Christmas tree.
And then she hung on it. for me,
What do you think? PA mitten.
BROOKLYN Life
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Fashions Observed al Hotels.


Always leave the water standing
in the washbowl when done with it.
Fill up your coat pocket with ho-
til stationary; it will help TO adver.
tise the hotel.
Look over the papers and books
on the news stand without any in
tention of buying anything.
Suck the soup from off the end Of
the spoon. The harder you suck
the further you can be heard.
Step up to the boothlack stand snd
brush yourself or black your own
boots, thereby saving dime.
II anything is mislaid or lost in a
hotel il is proper to accuse the
chambermaid or other help Of pilter
ing.
1t is proper to wash your mus
'aehe IN tie finger bowl, there being
no law by which you may be stop
ped.
Stand in front of the counter and
publicly proclaim that you think the
hotel IS about the worst you ever
saw.
Stick your feet upon the writing
desk in the reading and writing
room next to your neighbor who is
endeavoring to write.
1t is proper to ballast your coat
tail pockets with oranges, apples aud
a general supply Of fruit hen leav-
ing the dining room
Invite chums to your room and
keep up such a racket during the
night that no one in rooms adjoin-
ing can get moments sleep.
To write your name on the regis
ter so no one can decipher it is q
sure sign of greatness, and one
whose chirography is wholly illegl
able is pretty apt 70 be taken for
millionaire bank president Chica-
go Hotel World.
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Was Columbus a nago2

81 don't often laugh outright in the
schoolroom," said down town teacher
the other day, ''but I have to struggle
hard to suppress an audible smile some.
times. For instance, was instructing
my class one day in the events just pre-
ceding the revolutionary war, and after
l had read and explained the lesson
began to ask questions about it. asked
one boy to name one of the causes that
led to the revolt of the colonies against
Great Britain. 'Tea,' he answered. That
was all right, SO said to another, col
ored boy, by the way, Name another
cause After pause he replied, 'Cof-
fee.'
ION the same day l gave my boys a
short talk about Columbus, and then
asked, who can tell me the nationality
of Columbusr A half dozen hands were
raised, and selecting one of my brightest
scholars told him to answer. Judge of
my surprise when he said triumphantly,
Dago.' philadelphia Record.
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FRUiT fos 4 Mil loNAlsE
Rare and Costly FRUITS to Be Had All
the Year Round.


Mr.. WIN Croker, ne of Califor-
mas millionaires. has devised
most ingenious scheme for supply
ng his table witt fruit.
Only q willie ago he spent $780,
900 in buying a ranch Of several hun
dred acres rear Santa Barbara. 1t
is called Las Fuentes, and is near
tue sea. BIT in its precincts may
be grown all the fruits o. history
and romance. and it is into just such
project that Mr. Crocker is about
to enter. When the open air of the
sunny South will not suffice hot
houses viii be called into play.
In VIM. Crock rs scheme is in
yolvcd J F. Eaton. of Santa Barba-
IA, and he is Entrusted with the mis-
sion to raise strange and outlandish
fruits tor Mr. Crackers table.
OF these there will be-and in
fact. they are approaching ripeness
-cherimoyos, strawberry gua,as,
lemon gaayas, passion fruit, banan-
"a of five vaTities, including the
NEST dainty; dates of two sorts,
maogoes rineapples, msndarins, tan
sarines and navels of rare quality;
in TACT, everything that is golden in
the morniDg and leaden at evening.
Already contracts have been let,
under the auspices Of Page Brown,
the architect, for huge building or
stone. This is especially built for
lemons. 1t is $50 feet long, and it
is made of stone that is to be hewn
on the spot. The roof will be form-
ed Of Mexican tiles. fashioned after
the ancient California style, and will
be year before the stone is ready
for the masons. There are three
reservoirs or tanks, which have cost
$4,000 and which will hold 3,000.-
geo gallons in the aggregate The
great warehouse will be used for The
curing OF fruit and will be proiita-
bic adjunct to the hot house.
In Europe there are warehouses
where lemons are cured, but in Cali
fornia this is almost unknown. At
Las Fuentes lemons will be gathered
in their green state and left to be
"cuied' for six months or so, that
they may have thin skis at their
maturity.
The hot houses and green houses
will be equally elaborate, aud besides
the many delicious fruits of the
tropics named there will be many
others that may be brought from
Africa and the Indies.
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An Ideal Stnilio.

In my experience there is nothing like
gondola to paint from, especially in
the summer-and it is the summer time.
Then all these Venetian cabs are gay in
their sunshiny attire, and have laid
aside their dark, hooded cloaks, their
rainy day mackintoshes-their felsi-
and have pulled over their shoulders a
frail awning of creamy white. perched
upon delicate iron framework, with
snowy curtains at sides and back, under
which you paint in state or lounge lux
uriously, drinking in the beauty about
you.
have in my wanderings tried all sorts
of moving things to paint from; tartanas
in Spain, volantes in Cuba, broad sailed
luggers in Holland, mules in Mexico, and
cabs everywhere. One remember with
delight-an old nighthawk in Amster-
dam-that offered me not only its front
seat for my easel, its arm rest for my
water bottle, and a pocket in the door
flap for brushes q am likely to expect all
these conveniences in even the most dis
reputable of cabs), but insisted on giving
me the additional luxury of knot hole
in its floor for waste water.
But with all this cab is not gon-
dola.-F. Hopkinson Smith in Scribner's.
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/ have been great sufferer from
catarrh for ten years; had it very
bad. could hardly breathe. Some
nights / could not sleep and had to
walk the floor. / purchased Ely's
Cream Balm and am using it freely
it is working cure surely. | have
advised several friends TO use it, and
with Iappy r, suits in every case. 1t
is the medicine above all others for
catarrh, and it is worth its weight
in gold. thank God l have found
a remedy I can use with safety and
that does all that is claimed for it.
1t is curing my deafness.-B. w.
Sporty, Hartford, Conn.
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Only One on His Side.

A capital story is told of a well known
judge who is noted for his fondness for
conveying to jurors in his charges to
them his own opinions with regard to
the merits of the case. In one case he
had done SO with great plainness, but to
his anazement the jury remained out
for hours without coming to an agree
ment. The judge inquired of the bailiff
what was the matter, and learned from
him that one juror was holding out
against the other eleven.
He sent for the jury at once, and stat
ing to the jurors that he had plainly
intimated how the case ought to be de-
cided, said he understood the one juror
was standing out against the other
eleven. He proceeded to rebuke the
juror sharply. The obstinate juror was
a nervous little man, and as soon as the
judge was done he rose and said:
"My lord, may say wordF'
eyes, sir, said the indignant judge;
"what have you to say?"
"Well, what l wanted to say is, am
the only fellow that's on your sid e.
London Tit-Bits.
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~ >1htfsstt stsef4 wit kt&b ANESfE1s
Col9neI Thom:ss f. Fisher tells a story
which is u goot one. Among the first
railroads built In the Tinted States was
little line sibotit twenty miles IN
length. In It'd course of time bic
tunnel line was constructed through the
same country. The original line be-
came merely branch. For many years
it was run in cheap way, with one
locomotive, one engineer and two or
three freight cars.
Finally new general manager was
appointed. He had been in the Office
but week when he sent for the one
lone conductor who had held the posi-
ton ever since the road was built.
II would like to have your resigna-
tion," said the general manager, when
the conductor appeared.
my resignation" inquired the con-
ductor in establishment.
"Yes, sir; yours. -
"What for, pray:"
"Well, ! want to make some changes
and get new blood in the ine," was the
general managers reply.
81 won't resign" answered the con-
ductor.
'.Then Twill be compelled to discharge
you, a step which for your sake I had
hoped would be saved from taking
young man. you will not discharge
me. I own controlling interest in the
stock of this railroad and elect the presi-
dent and board of directors. shall have
you fred"
The old conductor did really own the
majority of the stock, and, as he said,
put in his own board of directors and
president.-Atlanta Constitution.
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Brace Us.

You are feeling depressed. your appetite
is poor, YOU are ohertd With Headache
you are tiiigetiy. nervous and general our
81 SORTS and ,sdnt IL Brace up. trace up
hat not with siiniiarts, sprieg medicines
or tiers wli CHI have Tor their basis very
cheap had .xhiskeY. aud Which stimulate
you for an hour, and then leave YOU in a
woisa condition than before What you
i'm ~ an Alternative hat viii purify our
d, start healthy action OF liver and
tlnFys resfoie YOUR Vitality and @lv'
+ az W. Il h sith ailf! ssr' Myth. Sueh mesls
cine YOU van find in I'll cric Bitiers and
mis- 20 cents a bottle, a. i. Y iliiams
in. Il Co., Drug Sto.e.
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A Safe Enyesesnen

Is one whichis guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case of
failure return of purchase price.
On this safe plan you can buy from
our advertised Druggist bottle OF
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. 1t is guaranteed to bring
relief in every case, when used for
any affection of the Throat, Lungs
or Chest, such as Consumption. In
iammation of Lungs, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Whooping Cough, Group,
etc, etc. 1t is pleasant and agree
able to taste, perfectly safe, and can
always be depended upon. Trial
bottles free al 3. @. Williams, Jr. &
Co. s Drug Store.
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Couldn't Get the Best Of Him.

1t takes Georgia editor to get
the better of soulless corporation.
One of them who recently moved to
another town boycotted a railroad
which refused to give him q pass.
He shipped bis hand press By anoth.
er road, and walked the whole dis.
lance. seventy-fve miles Wall
Street DAILY Neacs.
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Merit wins.

We desire to say to our citizens
that for years we have been selling
DR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, DR. Kings New Life Pills,
Bucklen Arnica Salye and Electric
Bitters, and have never handled rem
edies that sell as well, or that have
given such universal satisfaction.
We do not hesitate to guarantee them
every time, and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price, il satisfac.
tory results do not follow their use.
These remedies have won their great
popularity purely o. their merits
Z. G. Williams, il. & Co.'s Drug
Store.
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Col the aitten Every Time.

81 can marry any girl piease," was
his exclamation. but unfortuna ely
then he did not please any; ard there
was pl.in reason for il. He had con-
traetsd eatarrh OF the worst form, aud
although a wealthy, educai ed attractive
person every other way, he Was posi-
lively IepulsiyB to his lady friee DIS, a
number Of whom rejected his ofIess Of
marriage. A friend sdslsrd ham o use
DR.. saRe's Catarrh Remedy. He took
bis advice and Is now the most popular
beau in town, and he real y can marry
any girl he phases" TO ask IL made
his breath pure and sweet be has no
headache no Offensive discharges nom
the nose in short is 10 periect heslLh,
and all from using few bottl' 8 OF Ut.
Sage's Caiarrh Remedy.
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Dogs sray Talk Some Day.

Professor A. Graham Bell believes
that dogs may be taught to pronounce
words, and is now making scientific ex-
periments in this direction. The same
opinion was expressed two centuries
ago by no less an authority than Leib-
nitz, who adduces some startling facts
in support of it. The value of such
language as n means of enlarging the
animals sphere of thought and power of
conception, and of giving a higher de-
velopment to it's intellectual faculties, is
incalculable.-Profe E. P. Evans in
Popular Science Monthly.
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A Romance In a Nutshell.

She went to a ball; wore too thin
clothing; caught cold; was very i'll for
many days; devoted admirer brought
remedy, when her life seemed 10 hang
by thread; she took it; recovered; and
'ly married the man who had saved
ter life And Tire remtdv he brought
e as D Pree's 6 den Medic |
Discovery which IS a eer.aiB curr fps
al fdrea md lung 1isea es ard scyo:u
10 q n plants, Of which cotsampsio.
is one.
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8ooklen's Arnica SaIve.

Tns RrsT st1vA = tNs wo - tor cuts truis-
81 sores. ee.. 81 hhsnm Fever, sores
letter Oh pred nands Cgiibii.iHs Csnse'.
tior arupl ms, SID i poshvess cures Pi'ff
r 40 % required Il g euaIentsed o g;yt
efs@ s,esisfseio7 or money refunded
Pri,. 10 cent pfr box AZ e Z " iliiau.s, n.
Il tos irug Sure
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Machinery Has Affected the Shoem aker
A man called a shoemaker thirty years
ago made shoes; today, except In rare
cases, he makes only part Of shoe as
he labors in some factory guiding one or
the other Of the numerous labor saving
machines, and is known as heater,
binder, eyeleter, heller, laster, pegger,
stitcher, trimmer, filler, cutter or dresser.
What is true Of the shoemaking trade is
true of other trades.-St. Louis Repub-
lie
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Two Valuable Friends.

l. A physician cannot be always
had. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains;
Bruises and Burns occur often and
sometimes when least expected.
Keep handy the friend of many house,
holds and the destroyer of all pain
the famous Red Flag Oil, 25 cents.
2. Many precious life could be saw
ed that is being racked to death with
that terrible cough. Secure good
nights rest by investing Is cents
for bottlespf Pan-Tina, the great
remedyf6f coughs, Colds and Con-
sumption. Trial bottles of Pan
Tina free at E. G. Williams, Jr. &
@ y rne Stafe
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Dieting and the Complexion.

Sometimes a strictly vegetable and
fruit diet, avoiding carefully all butter
and vegetable fats, will purify the com
plexion when the most careful regime
in bathing and all the prescriptions of
the physician are of no avail. Such diet
ing need be adhered to for only few
weeks and then one may go back gradu-
ally to ones ordinary diet, remembering,
however, that an abundance of rich
pastries, cakes and sweetmeats, eaten
promiscuously between meal times, will
tend to ruin the very best complexion in
the world. --Exchange
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Unremitting

Trottor yale, '95)-"You say
your father writes to You with unre-
mitting regularity"
Camper yale 's4)-"Yes, a letter
every week, but DO cash. Epoch.
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Asl, REWARDED are those wnoreAa int AMI
Rtoli la then act they Tili 1nd hoEorfk,s employ
ktfsi4iV nseat that viii not take them from their
sssusts nomes es,d fsusiiiss The PROFITS are large
aud suf Tor every industren person ,ans nave msqs
,a ars ,,ov tnan several hundred dears month"; ~
Il sq r any one TO make s. ard upwards per days VINO
8 willing to work. Either young or old capa nvt
ae,la: we start YOU everything No special abiii-
" reagired yon reader do u ne well az any one
rite IL Is tu teuiars vhen we
Address stinson CO.. Portland. Maine Dec 1t-p
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Let de band play, dere's musick
in de hair. Use bound to c. P. HER
RINGS Great Premium Sale, to get
my dollars worth, an a present in
de bargain.
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Ely's Cream Balm is worth it's
weight IN gold as a cure for catarrb.
One oi'le cured mes. A. Lov,li,
FianAiin, P
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REany Persons are broken
down from overw5Eg CT household cares.
Browns Iron Esikters Rebuilds the
system, aids oigeslloA. removes excess OF bile,
and cures malaria. Get the genuine.
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Young Author-But don't you
think my humor is delicate /?
Old Critic-Oh, very! Why don't
you take a tonic for it?-Puck.
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Why is an editor moral man
Because he always does wrlte.-E1.
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VIM. PHILLI PS
Merchant Tailor,
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of New City Building,
Subscribe for the INDEPENDENT
only $3.50 a year.
Sal AND s24 DESKS.

The Tyler Desk Co., of St.
Louis, Mo are now out in thous-
and daily papers offering their cele-
brated 4 # 6 Standard Commercial
Brass Lined Curtain Desks at $2l
and $24 net, spot cash, and $1,000
to any factory on earth will dupli-
cate them in style, finish, details and
price. Send your orders direct as
they are made and sold exclusively
by the Tyler Desk Co., st.
Louis, Mo. See their card in this
issue.
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II sh'd think after your paying
that newspaper Teller ten dollars to
rite speech for you agin the cor
porations, that you would "a either
delivered it or got your money
back"
II did better'n that" answered
the Hon. Hayes Seed. II traded it
to the president of the P. D. O. Il
n. G.. Railroad for an annual pass.n
Indianapolis Journal.
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What is

Castoria is DR.. Samuel Pitchers prescription fa
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Nor pr
other Narcotic substance 1t is harmless ;1sute
for Paregoric, Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
1t is Pleasant Its guarantee is thirty years by
Miens Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and aays
fevcrshness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd
cures Diarrhoea Wind Collie. CastOria relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation and hatuency
Castora assimilates the food regulates the stomach
and bowels. giving healthy and natural Sleep Cas-
toria is the Childrens Panaceathe Mothers Friend.