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hind the woman's rough and icrott'
ding exterior a few traces of human
kindness, and glad enough TO avail him
self of her proposition, which would
serve both her purpose and his own for
the present.
So it came about that he took up the
work about the place, doing this wom'
ans bidding, who In her secret heart
was often sorely tempted to break her
word with this stranger and question
him concerning that past that was as a
sealed book. But she dare not for
the forlorn tramp had now grown
full, handsome and almost rosy with
his out-of-doors life, with blonde beard
and hair well streaked with gray, his
dark, fathomless eyes only adding to
his distinguished looks
But they had both held fast to the
bargain made that spring morning, he
working away through the golden
hours patiently, steadily, always ST.
lent but never moody; she nagging,
scolding, driving the household about
as the whim seized her, including the
stranger, until one sparkling morning
in autumn, when the white hoar-frost
trimmed the fields and a chill east wind
came up from the water, drying up the
sap in the trees and rustling their
leaves like paper, he disappeared as
mysteriouSly as he came. Gone away
into the wind and night, even as he
came with them. Several months later
the postman left this note at the door:
~ was a stranger and We took me in; naked,
hungry and thirsty, ye clothed, fed and gave
mo TO drink. Inasmuch as ye did it unto. one
of the most unfortunate and least deserving OF
Gods children, who but for your kindness
would never have known the great Joy tho
world yet held for him, we did it unto Him.
beg you TO accept the inclosed check in his
name. JOHN SMITH, Tramp
1t was some years later when n hand
some gentleman with snowy beard and
hair, accompanied by a lovely young
woman, lifted the gate latch and came
up the same walk that the tramp, John
Smith, had come n fresh spring
morning, and confronted the fierce
looking woman at the door, who now
greeted them, and who learned that
the tramp, who submitted so meekly to
her unruly temper and fiery tongue
lashings, was a man of wealth and po-
sition, with Judge and honorable pre-
fixed to his name, which was not
Smith, but, who, in a fit of furious pas
sion, blinded by jealousy, had shot, as
he supposed fatally, his wife and a
trusted friend, His wife had fallen
wounded and bleeding at his feet,
while he spurned the explanation she
tried to make, He, guilty of a double
murder, as he supposed, turned and
fled. Whittier? He cared not. Only
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TO escape the haunting sound of pursu-
ing footsteps, which became to his
overstraincd senses like the football of
Il multitude more terrible than an
army with banners, hot after him, Be
hind him doomed the great stone walls
of prison, with a scaffold and dangling
rope. For such crimes men hang, Do
they not?
Thus was he driven on and on, until,
frenzied by physical suffering, he
begged for mercy Of this strange
woman.
But as the months went by. and the
color and warmth of the earth began
to fade as the year took on the changes
of age again, the sweet pleading face
of his wife was ever with him, and a
ehild's voice, pure and sweet, was call.
ing, mistakenly calling for him,
He watched the swallows flying
southwark, with wistful longing, for
their fight recalled Il happy home, far
away in the direction they were going;
an old garden where blossom and vine
ran riot in luxurious profusion; where
the mocking bird sang in reckless joy,
filling the warm, delicious days and
nights with ravishing melody,
The fragrance of the roses and mag
nolias was about him; a golden haired
child whose laughing voice rivaled the
sweet bra notes, and whose face was
fairer than the flowers, was ever call
ing his name, and he rose and followed
the voice, back to the world and home,
where wife and child awaited his com
inc
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A SNEEZING CORPSE.


v an tilIIf0N'N' 'tsltV III ~ sii~NitdI
Drama Was Ruined.
When Macready was a young man
classical drama in blank verse held the
stage. One of these was ".Emilius: or,
the Fall of Rome
.Emilius was played by an actor
named Pope, and the eXigencies of the
play required him to be brought on the
stage on a bier, supposedly dead, and
Flavius, acted by Macready, spoke an
Grafton over the body.
Pope was an invcterate snutf-takcr,
and just before going on one night he
borrowed a pinch from one of the stage
attendants. He was accustomed to only
II mild i%nyigorant, but the borrowed to-
bacco was the fiery Welsh snuff. Pope
was duly brought on the stage by the
usual army ST 'supers,' and Macready
began:
Thou last of the Romans, thy bleed
ing country calls thee in vain. Time
and fortune may do their worst. Since
thou
Here, to Macrcady's establishment.
Popes face began to work. and then
came a sneezc from the dead Roman
that shook the flies. Macready started
as if Shot, and the audience began to
litter. but he went on:
Since thou hast left us we are en-
comprised by enemies who"
Here the corpse began to show ANNA
ton, and her came IA succession OF
sneezes. Boiling over with rage. and
in a voice heard all over the house,
Macready muttered:
"Drat your blood, sir, why don't you
do your sneezing off the stage?'
The audience shouted, and the scene
ended by the corpse stalking off to find
and kill the man who gave him tn,
snutf.-London Figaro.
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WOMAN AND HOME.
A DRESDEN LUNCHEON.

II Is An the Vogue for springtimo En-
tertalnn,euts-A Delightful Combination
Of the palhty with the Eiesant-Every
DIsb. Gun or Saucer Used Must Re of
Genuisc Dresden China.
A very dainty and flowery style OF
luncheon is the vogue for springtime
entertainments, and into its scheme
enter all the features, each and every
one, of the pretty table and its setting
forth. This Is known as the Dresden
luncheon.
First of all it Is imperative that the
menu be as simple and limited as good
tasto will allow.
Five courses, or six, including cof-
fee, arc now considered sufficient for
the most elegant and formal luncheon
party. A hostess bears in mind that it
is supposedly n slight midday meal
that she is serving to guests who
have breakfasted late and whose din
ner in the evening will be more or less
elaborate and substantial.
Boulllon, game, an entree, n salad,
dessert and coffee, Is the accepted
menu.
With this most sensible innovation
of simplicity care is taken that the APP
pointments of service and table deco
ration are a light and dainty as the re-
past. That they are very handsome
aud exquisite in detail does not mean
that the effect of simplicity is not Sc
cured in perfection. '
The Dresden luncheon is considered
to combine the dainty with the ele-
CANT more delightfully."- than any other
design Of artistic entertainments yet
seen. The keynote Is the blending
everywhere upon the table Of the del
icate Dresden china c%olors, blue, pink,
yellow and violet.
The fine flowers see upon the royal
china are scattered In embroidery oven
the linen centerpiece; on this stands a
Dresden bowl holding an o~ld-fashioned
nosegay of pink rosebuds, hot-house
daisies with their yellow centers, pam
sizes and heliotrope. These are tied
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loosely together with q bow of blue
ribbon, which gives the needed touch
of that color, unless one is able to get
natural forget-me-nots or some other
fine blue flowers, like %scillas. A few
airy and smaller lunches of the same
flowers, in little cut-g)ass stands, are
placed about the table.
The candelabr bra have pink rose
shades.
The fnger-bowl mats are embroid-
cred to match the Dresden flower cen
terpiece, and floating in the water of
the bowls are the different flowers; a
few rose petals in one, a daisy in an
other and u pansy in another until each
has one.
Every cup, saucer, plate or dish used
Is of Dresden china, the greater the
variety. OF their shapes the prettier.
The ice cream Is served in small satin
cases, in the different pale c%olors, blue,
pink, violet and yellow. When boxes
in these colors cannot be procured
plain white Is used. On the top Of
each is tied q little bunch Of satin
flowers composed of tiny pink rose
buds, blue forget-me-nots, q daisy, a
bit Of heliotrope, or a few violets.
At the place of each guest is n name
card, done in the Dresden design. The
cards are made of water-colors paper
and the design painted in water color.
The color of the painted ribbon bows
in the designs given varies in the diff
ferent cards in blue, pink, yellow and
violet, and where the loop and end ex-
tend over the edge they are cut out,
making the ribbon look more realistic.
The sign of all Dresden ware from
the royal factories is the tiny blue
crossed swords on the reverse or bot
tom of the dish, without which no piece
is genuine; so on the back of the cards
must be sure to paint the sword
sign In just the right shade of old blue,
thus making complete the idea of a
veritable feast of Of royal Dresden.
A very new and pretty design for
name-cards at these luncheons is the
violet one shown in the second picture.
a plain white or cream square envelope
Is used for this card. Where the name
Is to be seen an opening like that of n
picture frame is cut through the face
Of the envelope, a line Of narrow gild-
ing finishing the edge, The name of
the guest Is written on a plain card and
put inside the envelope so as to show
through the opening.
Some other small graceful flower in
place of the violet is sometimes painted
on 1t with good effect; and if one col
on, as yellow, for instance, pred omi-
mates in the table decorations, a design
Of jonquils or buttercups is chosen.
A cardboard rest is tied in at the top
Of these envelope cards by n narrow
ribbon caught through two little Sits
In the envelope over the one in the rest
itself. They are then stood around the
table like dainty little picture frames,
which in reality they are, making the
most charming souvenirs when taken
home and a small photograph susSti-
tuted for the card with the name on it.
1t would be difficult to conceive q
more spring-like picture than this
dainty Dresden. table, surrounded by
pretty girls in light tlower-like toilets
fluttering with the laces and ribbons
of the present modes. Judith CARING
ton, in Chicago Record.
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How completely the sense of a sem
tence is altered by the omission of an
initial letter is shown in the following
selections from various papers:
1.-The conflict was dreadful, and the
enemy was repulsed with great laugh
ter"
'1n consequence of the numerous ac-
cidents occasloned by skating oR|Taun-
ton lake, measures are to be (aken to
put a top to it,
''When the presidents wife entered
the humble sitting-room of the mine
she was politely handed a hair"
AT a large dinner given last night
at the E, nothing was eatable but
the owls"
"a man was yesterday arrested on
the charge Of having eaten a. cabman
for demanding more than his fare"
"An employe in the service of the
government was accused of having
stolen Il small OK from the Boston
mail; the stolen property was found
in his vest pocket
THE Russian soldier, Kachkinoffos-
kewsky, was found dead with a long
word sticking in his throat.'-Phila'
delphia Record.
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.yocating extremes that would be more
appropriate for an opera bouife queen
than fora sensible woman who whished
to take her exercise in a sensible man
ner.
The underlying principles of correct
dress for the wheel are comfort and APP
propriateness. The carrying ont OF
these principles need in no sense con-
fiict with good taste or merge into con'
spicuousness,
There is perfect freedom in a skirt,
provided the SIX ,rt is made as 1t should
be.
The woman who rides is obliged not
only to dress with due regard to her
appearance when mounted, but also
should exercise the same care in re-
gard to nm attractive and inconspicu-
Gus appearance when she dismounts at
the door Of her friends house, the
store, or to enter a hotel, or wherever
her faithful wheel may take her, on
business or pleasure bound.
The fundamental principal of com
fort for a wheelwoman lies in the IN.
derwear. Corsets should never be worn
under any circumstances. Neither ts
1t desirable to ride without any sup
port for the body, especially if the
rider Is inclined to stoutness, An
equipoisc waist from which the bones
have been removed IL the best substi.
tute for the corset, as then the mus.
cles are allowed to have full play, and
are not CONSTRUCTED in any way. Union
underwear is now so universally worn
that it would seem almost unnecessary
to recommend It; but upon the wheel
1t becomes almost Il necessity, doing
away with much unpleasant thick
ness around the hips.
A pair of full Turkish trousers, MAIDS
Of black India silk, will be found an
admirable substitute for the petticoat
If preferred, equestrian tights ara
also extremely comfortable. LeggingI
are stiff and uncomfortable adjuncts,
and are not necessary, They interfere
with the "ankle motion" which should
be cultivated by every Wild
wishes to ride gracefully.
For summer wear, low shoes and
ankles covered with smooth black
stockings are the most comfortable.
The form of the skirt is by far the
most important part of the wheel
woman's attire. 1t should flare from
the hips, so as not to hoop" around the
ankles or bind across the knees.
The skirt should clear the ground
about four inches, and be lined with
silk OF satin to prevent clinging. An
Elton jacket or habit waist, as one pre-.
fers, makes a natty and feminine
adjunct to the skirt. This can be ex.
changed on warm days for the ever.
popular shirt waist of cambria or silk.
Given a wheel properly adjusted for
her height and weight and q few gen.
eral directions in regard to dress, any
woman with ordinary intelligence and
taste may rest assured that in riding a
cycle she is doing nothing which de.
tracts from her dignity or personal APP
pearance, but OF the contrary, she can,
by exercising her good taste and never
losing sight of the principle of appro-
priateness, soon find herself in the
full enjoyment of a pastime not only
unsurpassed for its life,giving quail,
ties, but which will prove itself to be a
veritable fountain of beauty. -liar-
per'S Bazaar.
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On the Mexican Border.

Customs duties are in many particu-
lars not enforced along II Mexican
boundary with the strictness that pre-
walls upon the Canadian border. This
is especially the case with those NOV
able western commodities, cattle, horses
and sheep. With all the natural OBJ
stacles in the shape of mountains, for
est and arid plains it has thus far been
found impracticable for customs officers
to patrol so long a border, and among
the numerous ranch herds grazing on
both sides of the boundary it is hard to
prove of cattle found on either side
that they were driven from the other.
The sentiment of the people along the
border inclines to free trade in respect
of live stock. With some of the Gus,
toms officials who are in service 70,
reasons neither hygienic nor patriotic
it is not difficult for smugglers to CONF
to terms, and thus it comes abou'
that of the many herds of live stocl
driven north from old Mexico but ;
small proportion is ever accounted fol
in the records of customs receipts
| Chicago Herald.
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DOLLY.


A ieat ";se maid with eyes ss brown
As tbs sntumn leaf when it hutters down
To the pool below, and a dainty mouth
rs red as a rose from the June-sweet south,
Soft fair checks with a changeful flush
As sweet as the red which the twilight hush
Or .Ss moons frs, silence brings to the Sky,
When swift through the silence the swallows
fy.
This is 4 portrait Of Dolly, sweet,
Slender ana dainty from head 10 feet;
Loving and thoughtful beyond her years
Yet filed with the Gladness so near TO tears
Az April day with u sunshine beam,
And a pattter OF rGindrops through all its
CLEAN,
A nature tender and true and strong,
As rhythmlcal-sweot as a passionate song
Al dear little girl so pure and true,
What shall ! say TO a child like your
Is there a sermon which / can preach.
Porchancc a lesson my love can teach'
Then take this hint-when the years have
flown
And YOU stand In your womanhooi alone,
Keep your heart as sweet as 1t IS to-day,
And the sunshine Of love shall gid your way.
e. NJ Colson, in Inter Ocean.
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climbing up the eastern slope with the
crimson a~vunt-couriers of the dawn
close at her heels. The wind came
whistling in across the level ground,
with the sharp sting Of chilly waters
on its breath, where beyond the comb
of the hill could be felt rather than
seen the gray-blue fields of the sea,
1t was the time OF the year when 1t
passes from age to youth, puts of its
sober, ermine trimmed garments, and
lons its bright emerald robe, bordered
with daisies and buttercups. The ice
was al melted from the caves, and the
time for the return of the swallows
was near; saucy Robin, with his
waislcout d fuller crimson, was already
on hand, and from the dove-cotes came
the sounds of tender cooling notes;
about the chimneys the twittering of
many sparrows.
She could not tell from whence came
the Granger, except it was from the
wind and night, and his journey must
have been painful and full of mlshaps.
His clothes were tattered and torn.
only a remnant of a hat and coat re-
maired to suggest their former state.
His feet were almost on the ground,
and showed great red and white bis
tors as he limped rather than walked;
his face was whittier than his rag Of Il
shirt, and his gaunt eyes had a hunted,
hungry, yet defiant, look, pitiful to see.
Sticking in his ragged hair and beard
were bits of straw, while across his
forehead was an ugly red welt,
'Nhere did you come from, and are
you brute or human?' asked this tall,
angular, sharp-featured woman, in a
still sharper, more incisive voice, asshe
opened the door in response to his tim
id knock.
From your barn just now, madam,
and | am or was once, at least, human;
but for the love of heaven give me
something to eat, or take a gun and
blow my brains out quick, for nm
more dead than alive now, as you
Sec
The woman looked at him suspicious
ly, the n across the room toward a bu-
reau which stood in one corner. Fol-
lowing the direction of her eyes, he
staggered acros the threshold of the
door, but she turned on him savagely.
ut is in the right-hand corner of the
upper drawer" he said, pointing in the
direction of the bureau as if to hasten
her purpose.
Been peekin' in at the window, have
you?' she snapped back at him. Then,
walking over, she opened the drawer
he had indicated and took on. an ugly
looking revolver of bulldog pattern,
and placed it within a few feet Of the
mans head, and said:
You may come in, and ! will give
you all you can eat and some decent
clothes; but stir one step too close or
take one liberty and you are a dead
man
She stood before him with the re-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-09

The Lake Shore Route has recently gotten
out a very handsome litho-water color OF
the Exposition Flyer" the famous twenty
hour train in service between New York
and Chicago during the Fair. Among inc
many wonderful achievements OF the 20
lumbar year this train-Whlch was the
fastest long-distancc tram ever NOUS y
monument place. and to anyone interested
In the subject, the picture is well worth
framing, Tcnrcnts in stamps orsilver sent
to G. X. WILDER, West. Pass. Agt,, Chicago,
will secure onc.
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"Where lgnOrance." Etc.

Bridegroom Elect (who has given
every reason he can find to Justify his
marriage)-Besides, old man, it will
improve my position. Now, you were
well off before you married, weren't
You?
Ilenpccked IIusband-Yes, / was.
Bat didn't know it.-London Judy.
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Superior Language.

A barber Of North Adams, Mass,
advertises as follows: ''Physiognomical
hairdresser, facial operator, Uranium
manipulation and capillary abridger.
Shaving and hair cutting ambidex-
trously done. Shampooing on physio-
logical principles. New process Of
singeing artistically performed. Di.
minutive craniums a specially"
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.Iiow's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. j.. CHENEY a. Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known +. J..
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in Ill business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West a. T'ruax, Wholesale Druggists, To
lcdo, o. Walding, Kinnan q Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials Tree
Halls Family Pills. pc.
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~ don't see how your uncle ever got
we'll If you are telling the truth when
you say that he had nine doctors at
once"
so, 1t is simple enough. He ups and
gets well before they could agree on
the proper course of treatment."-In.
dianapolis Journal.
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He Wasn't n College Man,

Blake-Darn an ignoramus, anyhow.
Kimball-What's the trouble now?
Blake-1 was calling on Miss Pcrtly
last night, and she asked me if | could
tell her what the phrase ''indulging in
osculatory exercises" meant. She said
she saw it in some novel she had been
reading.
Kimball-Well what did you tell herr
Blake-l didn't know what it meant
until blocked through my dictionary
this morning.-Brooklyn Life.
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Rather Go Without Ii,

Shortleigh-Boreby, let me have ten
dollars until tomorrow. will you?
B~oreby-Of course l will. But lust
let me tell you this story first.
Shortleigh-Say. never mind, Bore
by; am expecting some money myself
tomorrow IN. Y. World.
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Proposing Under pimcu,t,e..

What was the greatest disappoint.
ment of your life?" asked her dear
friend.
when a deaf and dumb nan tried
to tell me he loved me in a dark hall.
way" she responded. Halo.
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Good Advice from China.

Eat at your table as you would eat
at the table Of the king" said Con-
fucius. The Chinese sage meant that
good manners can only be acquired by
private practice.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-09

"Humph!a said Miss Hawkins, as she
glanced over her fashion paper; ''here's
a dress Id like to wager will never be
worn"
(Which is thatg' queried Miss farley.
This said Miss Hawkins; and when
Miss farley looked she saw that it was
4 design for a costume for an Elderly
Unmarried Woman" She did not take
Miss Hawkins bet. -Harper's Bazaar.
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JOHN SMITH, TRAMP.
BY CARL LAURENT.
copyright, 1874, by the Authorl

HE had good
cause to remem-
Der his coming,
for it happened
Just at the time
of her m t
stringent need
of help-and II
mans help at
that.
He ca e at
til a t peculiar
hour when the
stars Q yet
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-09

Lawyer-What are your assets?
Client-Abont SIS, 600.
Lawyer-What are your liabilities?
Client-0nly $1,000 and a dressmak-
er's bill that hasn't come in yet.
Lawyer-Better assign.-Hallo,
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To Cleanse the Sv.,.u

Emectually yet gently, when n
bilious or when the blood is impnsl
gish, to permanently cure habtail
ton, to awaken the kidneys and N
healthy activity, without irritstim
oning them, to dispcl headache 4
fevers, use Syrun OF Figs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-09

rs Tompkins henpecked"
"Is hep" exclaimed Potts. 81 should
say he is. He doesn't even dare to
claim a full proprietary interest in his
own rheumatism indianapolis Jour.
nal.