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She asked Mrs. Grove to give her
more work, saying she could find more
time. She found it by rising earlier.
IAN how's 1303?" said Mrs. Grove
"Sold it yet?'
mo, but Gus is offered $70O, but
there is strong talk of the canning fac
tory wanting IT.
Tell him to cell it if it's cash or
good man"
Gus nodded his head wisely over this
message. II guess understand the old
Groves little game by this time" he
told Lizzie.
No. 1903 was bought in May. BY
June house lots in Bloward were quoted
at double their May prices "Only, /
wish, Gus. they would pay the money
down, said Lizzie. "They want to pay
SO little down and give notes or swap
property. .
you don't understand business, Liz
zie. If we all paid down, there wouldn' t
be money enough to 60 round. !"
In July 1903 was held at 81, 500.
Two lots adjoining it were actually sold
to eastern men for that price, cash.
They belonged to Mr.. Wheelan. "Crowe
has sold five lots to tho canning factory
for 81, 600 apiece Gus reported. 'I
had an offer If 81, 100000 down and
the rest in two years-but ! told him it
was 81, 500 or nothing. They've found
Indications Of natural gas. !" However,
Lizzie's pleadings were so strong that
he sought the buyer, no less q person
age than the president Of the Arcadia
railway, and offered to sell.
"Humph, said Mr., Gault-Gault
was the great man name we bought
elsewhere. You're the day after the
fair, my Christian friend. But maybe
we can fix trade. Tell you what, I'll
give you 81, 900 in Arcadia, selling for
125 on the street now, but call it par,
and my note for $4o0 for six months.
How's that?'
Thus it happened that Gus went
home with an announcement of the sale
Of 1903 for 81, $50. He was buoyantly
delighted, talking Of the new parlor
furniture and even watch for Lizzie.
It was provoking to have Lizzie look SO
serious when be explained that there
want any ready money exactly. She
couldn't seem to understand that the
stock was just as good. He really bad a
mind to sell little, to give her les
son in finance.
Chuckling over the vision Of Lizzie
when he should bring, say, 5000 or SO
and fling the notes in her workbasket,
Gus tried to sell his stock. But some
how he found no buyers. At last Gus
came home one evening, long, long aft
or supper, and flung his head upon the
table and groaned. He believed that
Lizzie was in her chamber, but she was
there, in the shadow, waiting, and she
came forward and lifted his head from
the table to hold it against her heart
''Let us bear 1t together, DEAR said
Gus wife
Then the man tried to straighten his
shoulders and hold up his head, with a
miserable assumption Of jauntinsss.
"Oh, it's nothing; just yawning. I'm
dead beat, chasing round town after the
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times. lLsoeau .-e.o SAT Gus, greedily
listening to tales of fairy gold. Every
sale made somebody rich. There was to
be a canning factory on Arcadia addi-
tion; Chicago firm was to build a vast
pork packing house on the east half; an
eastern syndicate wanted to buy the
land; natural gas had been discovered
in the southeast corner Money seemed
to float in the air for any ones clutch
ing. The jovial buyers told stories Of
recent investments. A sharp fellow had
made $40, 900 on single deal. A timid
fellow had edged away with hundreds,
which his successor, of harder metal,
had turned into thousands. "What you
need is to keep your grip" said the
street car magnate. Over Gus head
dangled a placard. Lots would be sold
at prices ranging from $500 upward.
'One-fifth cash, remainder in two
years, 6 per cent interest !" Why, he
could buy lot himself. He glanced
from Wheelan, who had apparently
gone to sleep, to Mrs. Grove, wooden
sort OF woman, whose nose was too long
for her face, as her body was for her
legs Sitting, she looked like tall wom-
an, but when she rose she became
absurdly short. Her figure she was
wont to describe herself as ''all of a
bigness. " Literally it was all of thin
ness, and its straight lines were not
disguised by any vain curves of dra-
perry. "Got too many knobs and corners
to ketch on fur furbelows said Mar
tina Grove Her black skirt hung in
plain folds; there were no ornaments on
her black coat; her black straw hat had
q band of Grape upon it, like a mans.
She wore her iron gray hair short, say
ing, Amt never had 'nuff to waste
hairpins on
She rarely smiled, even behind bar
gain, but kind of sardonic irony gave
her talk an edge. She had not visible
creature in the world belonging to her,
except an apopleotic old dog. Rumor
explained her black garb as mourning
for the departed Grove, but as it was
known that he beat her until she pitted
the redhot poker against his fist and
drove him out of the house this expla-
nation was not accepted generally. Fur
thermore, Mrs. Grove had an open
grudge against the sex, which she graf
ified not only in words, but by lending
money at an unconscionable rate of in
terest. Yet Lizzie Plaintiff always
maintained to Gus, who had a great
dislike for the woman, that Mrs. Grove
had her good points. "She always pays
promptly. and she pays fair wages, and
| don't believe cleaner woman ever
lived. The house is kept in repair bet
tor than any place know" All the
more Lizzie wondered over Mrs. Groves s
business. 'tHow can you stand all these
dreadful old duds?" she said to her
once, and Mrs. Grove had answered in
her grim way, "You kin stan dirt on
dollar bills. 1t pays. But-well. tits
bad, " she owned. "'Tain't so much
the clothes; the furnichure is what beats
me. - She gave Mrs. Plaintiff glance
of awful significance 81 dream of 'em
nights said she.
For the lands sake" gasped poor
Mrs. Plaintiff, "you don't think they
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can walk up -4..---.
''Bless you, no. You amt mn call to
fret ! got solution that md lill the
Wanderin Jew. You kin buy every
blessed thing I've got safely, an that's
more'n you kin say Of some Of these big
furnichure stores too. Icould lust make
your hair raise your bunnet, Mrs Plain
tiff-mother's too. Some folks saw they
cayn't be killed. ! kin kill 'em. They's
secrets in all trades, as fool man
knowed used to say, but the only thing
he ever did say warn t a lie. Guess your
husbands s middling clever to ye?,'
.s1ndeed he is" cried Lizzie. "He is
the best husband in the world. -
IT came from your town. Mrs.
Grove went on calmly. Ellis father
kinder kept company with me onct.
Guess neither him nor his son would
set the river afire. But he looks clever.
I wouldn't go without my meat for din
ner to save it up for his supper. though,
if I was you. You kin cut off your right
hand fur a man, an then likes not he IL
grumble cause you re left handed, oh,
I know 'em! I've summered ,em an
wintered 'em. You eat your meat
Unfortunately Gus, having come
home half an hour earlier than COM
mon, heard every word Of this speech.
because he was in the hall outside. Sit
ting by Mrs. Groves side now. he
wriggled in his seat under the prick Of
those remembered sentences Mrs. Grove
turned her pale green eyes on him.
sThinkin of buyin?" said she.
eve not decided, replied Gus cold
ly.
We'll, Iwouldnt then, y Mrs. Grove
said, without expression either in face
or manner. Better 60 home.''
II guess if you'd followed your own
advice you'd have been a good deal
poorer, f" said Gus. And when a man
opposite laughed he felt glow Of salts
faction. His wits were equal to this old
harpy's.
"Well," said Mrs. Grove deliberate,
ly, that's different. I've got some
money to fool away if wanter, an you
amt. I'm plenty smart enough an
plenty mean erongh to be a match for
the real estate booms goin on forever an
ever, amen. It ain't"-
"Oh, I'll risk it," Gus laughed.
Mrs. Grove, after looking at him a
second, said, "Well, faint none of my
business -
Gus was tempted to reply that he
agreed with her there, but on consider.
alton that she was woman he forbore,
though he chafed almost as much over
her grim silence as over her words. To
divert his thoughts he screwed his head
round until he could look out on the
landscape. Soon the scattering houses
were passed. The muddy road cut a
straight black line through green sea
of prairie. The talk and the jokes went
on; the brass band played in front; the
horses were of good mettle and trotted
swiftly. Still Gus wondered if the ad-
dition was not rather distant from the
town. At last they reached the stand
for the sale. and the beer pavilion and
the flock of little flags standing sentries
over the lots. There were no trees and
no grass. hnt nools of water elimn.ered
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and wife anu two children, has no
business speoulating in town lots But
there was 500 in the savings bank.
and somehow-it seemed to Gus, with
out conscious volition of his own-the
crowd pressed him forward, and the
next that he knew he was in the wagon.
Jammed between Mrs Grove and Mr..
I. J. Wheelan, whose profits there was
no counting. Gus glanced sidewise at
him. This man, during few months,
had made more money than he had
made in his whole life. Yet he had been
saving, hardworking, honest, faithful.
He thought of the lean acres in the Yer
mont farm where he was born; of the
unending drudgery in heat or cold.
Then he thought of his wife and the
two boys-Gus, 0, and Sammy, (there
was little grave out in Vermont-she
came between us and Sammy and he
thought of the 800 in the savings bank.
70 think how hard it came, how Lizzie
had scrimped and pared the household
expenses-no meat today, no milk yes.
terday-a dyed gown, darnings innu-
hlO4oDlOy AOQID lllCilOQ lIOlll Sl66D TO IRON
and clean and mend for Mrs Grove.
the secondhand woman so the bows
called her-who had rooms next to
theirs--good heavens! How did the wo-
man manage anyhow? He thought what
a sweet, rosy face Lizzie had when they
went to school together. He remember.
ed that he used to picture how, after
they were married, he would buy
her black silk gown and gold
watch. She should have a lace col
lar and coral pin. Those days
her lips were red as coral, and her
brown hair had CLINT of gold in the
curve of its waves, and her violet
eyes sparkled so bright-so bright
in the twilight Well, now she was
his wife. Her best gown was the
dyed black woolen, five years old that
spring, and the only watch in the fam
lily was the silver Waterbury which
somehow Lizzie had earned enough to
buy for him. He thought with lump
in his throat) how cheerful and loving
and patient she had been.
This 500 in the bank had an object.
The Plaintiffs lived above Mrs. Groves
blue front renovating emporium. For, -
said Mrs. Grove, II amt goin to spend
my time oleanin up clothes an things an
then fault EN- as secondhand. I" They
had room for parlor, but they had
no furniture. There had been a fire and
sickness and DOCTORS bills east and rail-
way tickets and furniture bills west un-
til the Plaintiffs purse was far too lank
for parlor furniture. But now the money
was saved, and this dearest delight of
Lizzie's heart could be gratified. Time
and again the two had planned the fur
nishing. Only two new chairs, for the
red wicker rocker was good still, and
cheap table, adorned with the scarf Liz
zie had embroidered, and the black
horsehair sofa which had been Mother
Plaintiff's and an ingram rug (Gus,
after hours, could paint border on the
foor) and perhaps curtains-curtains on
gold rod. This afternoon being half
holiday Gus was to have gone with
Lizzie to actually buy the articles which
| thev had "'~~'-~7 ~-'' half a dozen
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covery, even after the disease has pro-
gressed so far as to induce repeated bleed
ings frola the lungs, severe lingering cough
with cop.ous exreetoration E1cludihg tu-
bercular niattsr), great lnss OF aesA ana ex.
tretne einaciaticn and W>%i.r.sss.
Do you dorb. that turGi lis u such cases
reported to us as cured BY 'asai'i@n Med
ical Discovery were genuine ts.s@s or that
dread and fatal disease? YcnGE19 t.at take
our word for it. They have, l. s:.:arlv every
instance, been so pronounced b. he bSsc
and MOS. experienced home piysiosans,
who have no interest wilatevar i'll mis-
representing them, and Who were often
steengly prejudieed and advised against
a trial of Golden Medical D;s2overy,H
but who have been forced to confess that
it surpasses, in curative power over this
fatal malady, all other 1ledisitlcs with
which they are acquainted. Nasty COD
liver oil and its filthy 'ernulsions and
mixtures. had been tried in nearly all these
cases and had either utterly failed to teue-
ct, or had only seemed to benefit little for
short time. Extract of malt, whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypo-
phosphites had also been faithfully tried
In vain.
The photographs of large number Of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
catarrh and kindred ma1adies have been
skilifully reproduced in a book of 100
napes which will be mailed to you, on
receipt of address and six cents in
STAMPS. You can then write to those who
have been cured, aad profit by their ex-
perience.
MHDIcAL ASSOCIATION. Buffalo. Ns Y.
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under huge dock leaves, and there was
rank growth Of plantain and iimson
and smartweed, making the ground
quite as green, from distance. as grass
would do. Mr.. Wheelan plodded through
the mud, and Gus splashed after. The
lucky speoulator halted before a flag
bearing the number 1903. Gus also
halted.
i suppose they will build up rapid
~, said Gus. WheeIan made a motion
with his shoulders, between a shrug and
shiver. "You thinking Of investing,
young man?''
"Well. yes Amt 1t a good invest
ment?''
If you can afford to lose the money,
young man. then you can afford to specu-
late in land, and you may make some
thing if you buy right. But il you can t
afford to lose you better not touch 1t.
You heard Mrs Grove. She's apt to be
sound" So saying, Wheelan walked
away.
"I'll bet he's just trying to scare me
off cause he wants that lot himself, y
was Gus instant thought. So readily dc
we impute deep laid craft to other peo-
ple's motives, and so seldom do we al
low them to be swaysd by random i'm
pulses like our own. Ten minutes later
Gus was the owner Of lot 1908, and he
returned home with the deed in his
pocket He found Lizzie distracted with
anxiety over his long absence. Matters
were not greatly helped by the explana-
tion. Lizzie grew quite pale. "Gus-
then--the - parlor stammered,
making pathetic effort at ooncealine
her disappointment, ''but, OF course,
we can wait awhile" If she had re.
preached him it would have been cas-
Ter, Gus thought. He kissed her and
called her his precious, brave little
wife, and Lizzie. poor soul, for min
ute believed that such words were better
than chairs or curtains. He broke into
fervid eulogy Of the lots, directly on
the street car line
"Oh. did you 60 ont in the cars.
Gus?''
"Of course not; the track amt laid,
but it's right on the line. And there's
an eastern syndicate and parties from
Chicago The magnificent gossip Of
the wagon was repeated until Lizzie's
Imagination caught fire, and she re-
preached herself for her wicked disap,
pointment. Before they went to bed
they had made no less than $500. In
view Of such opulence Lizzie herself
did not consider bsefsteak for supper
extravagant She even allowed herself
to be helped twice.
From thanoeforth lot 1908 may be
said to have become one Of the family.
They talked of it constantly. Gus and
Sammy were taken out to view the
family estate. In consequence Mrs.
Plaintiff spent the most Of the night
removing cookie burs and mud from
their garments. Sammy explained tina,
in their glee they had twrastled" and
slipped. "Say, amt papa real kinde,
happy all the time now?" said Gus.
He gives me a nickel most every Sun
day"
''Yes. dearie, but I'd save 'em If
was you," said his mother. And fol
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TAKE STEPS

h time, ifsyou are . suf-
ferer from that seSurge
of humanity knofvn a.
consumption, ard you
can be cured. There is
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-
the evidence Of
huHdreds of l;v-
ing witnesses to
the fact that, In /,
all it's carlyj
stages, consunp-'
ton Is a curaS1e
dis ease. Not
every case, but q
large PereentGs
eases, and we be-
MHy o. PR eest
cured by Dr.. Pie
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The bill introduced into the House by
Representative Larrabee providing for
the appointment CT women on the school
committee is commendable in it's main
purpose, but needs amending in many
particulars. The number of members of
tho sc hool board ought not to depend
upon the caprice or disposition OF the
city council. Under the bill as drawn
1T is only when the city council makes
formal request that the Mayor is au-
rhorized or obliged to appoint three
women. Thus it is among the POSSIBLE
ties that the school board should have
eight mem bers some years and eleven
others. The law should declare simply
that the Mayor shall appoint, and the
appointing should not be contingent
upon the wishes of the city council.
Possibly the appointments should be
subject to the approval of the board of
aldermen, though We think that provis-
ion had better be omitted. The terms of
the first appointees should be SO arranged
that. there shall be but one vacancy each
year. 1t seems as if the bill would
be greatly improved by these amend
ments.
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The bill granting municipal suffrage
to women has been defeated III the
Massachusetts, House by 40 majority.
The argument most used against it was
the indifference or opposition of the ma
iority of women. 1t was pointed out that
the privilege of voting for members OF
school committees had not been generally
used by women.
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One of the closing acts of Congress
was to vote to continue the sugar boun-
ty for another year, and strange to say
the Hon william l.. Wilson led the adj
miuistration forces in favor Of it. In
asmuch as Mr.. Wilson and the other
Democratic free traders have been in the
habit of denouncing this very bounty as
the eliminating atrocity of class legis-
Iationn it looks as if the threatened re-
volt of the Louisiana planters had made
vecy serious impression upon these men
who claim to be guided entirely by prin
ciple and to be loyal to their convictions
whatever happens.
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The municipal elections in New YORK
as well as in Maine. go to show that the
Democratio party is getting no better
pretty fast.
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If an international monetary confer
ence is held a majority of the American
delegates will be free silver men. Of the
six SO far selected, only one, Mr.. Hitt-of
Illinois, is against the free ami unlim-
tied coinge of silver, the other five, Sena-
tors Jones, Daniels and Teller and
Speaker Crisp and Representative Gull
the white metal. Mr.. Cleveland has the
appoinmento of three delegates, and proba-
bly, will select gold monometahsts. Per-
baps there should be no objection to let
ting the free silver men have majority
of the American delegation, for if the
convention is held and anything sub
stantiaI is done for silver, it will be
through the efforts of its friends. But
conservative, rather than radical silver
IL en-, should represent the United States.
One trouble with the proposed medical
registration board is that if constituted
o the basis proposed it will be entirely
under the control OF one school of physi-
clans, for though the other schools have
representatives Oh tHo poaru tHe fegu-
lars" constitute a majority. That fact
tends to arouse suspicion on the part of
the homeopathic. and the ecectics that
the board may be means of expressing
them and renders them and their friends
LUX ewarm, if not positively hostile TO
the proposed law. 1t is obvious enough
that some sort of measure ought to be
framed to prevent persons of no educa-
ton and oftentimes of no character palm
ing themselves off as physicians, but
there is great difficulty in framing one
that will not be tainted with a suspicion
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The attempt of the legislature to crowd
all it's economy into the closing weeks
of the session seems likely TO do injus-
tice to good many worthy institutions
Here is the appropriation for the Farm
ington Normal School reduced four
fifths, from $780, 900 to $4,000, and that
for the dormitory for the Deaf School re-
duced two thousand, with probably more
to come of the same sort. Some weeks
ago a bill involving an ultimate expen-
diture little short of million went
through with whoop and almost any
institution or society that asked for
money got all it called for and more too.
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in the Department of the Gulf. A lit
tie later. matters took on livel1er turn.
More troops arrived and the gun boats
were REINFORCED. The feet at this time
consisted of the flagship, Hartford, Mo
nongahela, Richmond. Mississippi, with
the gunhoats Essex, Sachem and Alba
tross, with some half dozen OF more
mortar boats,
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that it is designed to suppress not only
uneducated doctors, but also doctors
not educated according to the tenets Of a
certain school.
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THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, MARCH z

Now thar'he has got Congress of his
hands the President has gone South to
recuperate. kA
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The State BOARD of Health has done
excellent work since it was instituted,
and good part of the credit is due to
the efficient Secretary, Mr.. A.G. Young,
whom the board have had the good sense
to elect every year. 1t is now proposed
that the Secretary shall be appointed by
the Governor. There is no good reason
for this change. The members OF the
board being men of scientific and practl-
cal knowledge ara much better qualified
to select a secretary than any governor
is likely to be. When board is doing
such excellent work as the Board of
Health the proper thing is to let 1T alone.