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taken an underhand way of rcbuking
It?
"Nonsenael | don't talk too much, 4"
thought Walker. "But II never talk
too much, why did anyone send ne this
vaicntiuer There's no point to the val
entine unless do talk too much occa-
sionally. but | don't believe do talk
too much. ought 20 know il II make
myself a nuisance by talking, Hold on
herel Had | ought TO know When a
man Is a bore and nuisance, does he
ever suspect the fact hjmselfF Il IL
possible for a man To 60 on. year after
year, deludinF himself with the belief
tina, he is a sparkling and entertaining
conversatiouallSt, whereas everyone re-
CARDS him as a pest9"
Walker was compelled TO answer In
the Affirmative. lie thought of the case
of Ilowelhy. Howelby is the laughing
stock Of a nelghborhood. He Is a per
ststent chatterer, an insipid story.
teller. an affected and eTemiuate doll
Net Howelhy firmly believes that he is
the most popular young man on the
South side, loved by the women and en-
Wed by the men.
"lt iowelby has been fooled for so
long a time, isn's Il possible that some
of the rest OF us have been fooled toog''
asked Walker. "Naw | notice that In
company IIowclby il well received and
treated with consideration, After he
goes away they poke unmerciIai fun
at him. wonder what thry Aay about
inc after ! SO away. | wonder II it's
possible that they speak of me as
noisy idiot or something like that =
| wonder II I've been n bore for years
and didn't know it, How would
know IL unless some one came right out
told me point blank But ron don't
lind many people as candid as all that
Thsrt'd be no chance OF my finding It
cut unless wrli-unleSs somr one
wrote an anonymous letter sent q
, comic valentine. Come 10 think of IL.
Mrs. Walker has reproSed me several
times for breaking in while some one
else was talking. | wonder IL she.
Hut no, II wss some ore who hates me
III keep quiet and tlnd out"
Walker met many acqaaintanees that
day. aud every enc of them was under
suspicion. Walker even made signlfi.
cant remarks. such as well. suppose
I'm = noisy ehamp." or II dare say 1
talk too much. /. and then watched each
face TO see II be could detect the guilty
fiuah. but he couldn't. However. be
wan rather sadly impressed by the fact
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.

''Is your dog fuli-blooded "Guess
he lie. He's been samplin' til blood Of
most of tn neiehbors." - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
she-'T had kiss stolen from me
yesterday He-"No wonder" She
why ~ He-''You shouldn't purse
your Iips.''-N. Y. Press.
Weary-"I ulster be great pianist
and made money TO burn" Walker
eyer die. How did yer lose yer grip on
on de public % Weary-"Me hair fell
out."-Boston Traveller.
Clerk-"Did you say you wished to
see wine glasses, madam ~ Madam
(seyerely)-"Wine glasses!L Not at ALI
show me some unfermented grape juice
glasses."-Tndianapolis Journal
Johnny (sobbing)-"Does= 1t really
h-h-urt you to whip me, mammal
Ma-"Yes, myZson, very much mort
than 1t hurts YOU Johnny drying
his eyes)-"I'mZ glad."- Stray
Stories
."Ah! Angelica. If you only knew how
/ loved you you could not be SO formal
with me- Call me Fred, darling; call
me dearestlr= 81 am sorry. Mr.. Softly"
replied she, but the best l can do for
you Is to call you down."-BaItimore
News.
"Young man, am afraid your going
to college has taught You little of good.
you are going the wrong way. / just
saw you coming out Of a saloon" you
don't call coming out Of a saloon going
the wrong way, do you, dad? ?" But the
father was silent.-Nauv0o Rustler.
Miss Swelltop-"Sister is so disap-
pointed. She can't go to the opera to-
night" Miss Blugore us she so i'll
as all that?' Miss Swelltop-"O! no;
it's just a nervous affection of the
throat. She's not really ILL.," Miss
Blugore-"Why can't she go, then?"
Miss SweIltop-"Why, goodness gra'
cious! She can't speak above a wills.
per. "-Philadeiphia Press.
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The doctor came into the room rub.
bing his hands and smiling.
Everything all right2" asked the
man who was anxieuSly waiting for
him.
"Gonidn't be better" returned the
doctor.
Good" said the man. with sigh of
relief. Then. when he saw that the
doctor intended 10 say nothing more.
he asked. with some hesitation: Err
ah--boy or girie''
The doctor stopped rubbing his hands
and looked a tribe uneasy, as IL the
task before him were not just to his
liking
We'll" he said. at last, you'll need
tandem bicycle for 1t" STRAY
Stories,
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ST. VALENTINES DAY.
of Our GrandmOt hers-Its
Probable Origin.

Valentines day TO most of us means
mysterious ringing OF door bells and
the production from no one knows
where OF little packets, more or less
dainty, containing loving messages or
drolI lines from friends--the love
words entwined with posies and gar
lands, and trimmed with lace or sill
yer paper.
In our grandmothe day they chose
The fanciest and daintiest sheet of note
paper, and. after much cuoge.ing OF
brain and measuring Of poetic feet
ard counting OF syllables, they took
The finest quill pen that the dexterous
hand of man could fashion, and in tiny
tlonrlshing letters copied their poem,
refolded IT inside sheet of coarser
paper. sealed IT with big drops of red
wax, stamped with a device of two
hearts pierced with an arrow, or
dove bearing an olive branch, aud then
with a beating heart and throbbing
brain sent IL TO The One.
but why do all this on the fourteenth
Of February Nobody knows exactly
why. The day is set apart TO the mem.
DRY of st, Valentine, who died for his
religion In Rome in the year 2To. but
what link there is between him and
Cupid nobody pretends TO guess.
Some people think that as the birds
choose their mates and begin to think
of housekeeping together about that
time. so the young men and maidens
choose their special friends on that
day. II is a fact that the Romans
had custom at their feast OF Luper-
calla, which was held in February, OF
putting the names OF young women in
box from which they were TO be
drawn by chance by the young men.
Our custom may be derived from this
one. fashion before the Christian era.
The clergy OF the early Christian
church found II hard to root out these
relics of heathenlsm. so they tried
20 give them a Christian meaning and
turn them TO good account. They sub
stituted the names of saints for those
Of the women. and IL Is still a custom
among Roman Catholics In some sec
uons 10 choose a patron saint for the
year on 81. Valentines day.
For centuries the day has been eel
ehrated all over northern and western
Europe, in England, Scotland. and par
ticularly ia France In the latter coun-
try the lads and laSses met on the eve
Of the saints day, and each wrote the
name of an acquaintance OF the oppo-
site sex upon a little slip OF paper.
These were thrown into box and
drawn as In lottery. Each maid thus
chose her mate. and was Of course
chosen by some one else. which in some
cases might have caused strained re-
.ations before the year was over. The
Young man was bound 10 the service
IL the fair one who fell TO his share,
somewhat rs the knights in the be-
witehing tales of the middle ages
served their ladies'.
So, though the custom be from heath.
en- Rome. though the offering ranga
fFcm coarse calared print 10 ieweled
trinket or dainty souvenir. we find
human heart responding TO human
heart down the ages. and many an ar.
row has Cupid sent. winning It's way
straight and true. on 81. Valentines
day.~Anna Breath. in Christian Work.
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that no one OF his friends conlradfcted
him when he said these disIaragfng
things about himself. 1t was evident
that whoever sent the valentine had
done so with at least a measure of JUS
LITIGATION. If Walker had stopped 10
consider he would have known that II
is never considered polite to contradict
man when he Is saying mean things
about himself. But he was not in
mood for fair consideration of any
thing. lie had discovered his true char
acter. and he held himself in contempt.
Fortunately he had his pride and self
respect remaining. and he decided upon
reform.
For two days he didn't speak except
when he was compelled to do so, and
then he talked in monosyllables.Z Mrs.
Walker was frightened and began to
fear that he was going into decline.
On the morning of the 18th, as he was
waiting at the corner for trolley car,
barber with black ringlets came out
of the shop next to the drug store and
said: How are you, Mr.. Walker-how
do you do, Eir7 Say. got something
here that belongs TO you. guess it
was sent TO me by mistake, or at least
/ Judge so as far as | can make out, be-
cause your names here, but 1t came
addressed to me all right. / put it in
my pocket and says to myself: Now
the first time / see Mr.. Walker passin'
by the shop here III give this to him,
and probably he'll know what II means;
but was sure IL wasn't for me, because
I haven't bought any meat from Krasch
since | had little trouble with him
about round steak that my little girl
went there and got one morning.
told Kraseh In so many words that I'd
never deal with him again in no way
shape, manner or form, because al
low no man to send me such meat
My moneys as good as any other mans
money, and"
Walker might have heard great deaI
more II the car had not come along
In the envelope which had been hand
ed to him by the barber be found ar
itemized bill from Krasch, the butcher
How did this bill happen 10 reach thu
barber? Evidently IL got into tn,
wrong envelope. Then what? He saw
II all in fash. That valentine was In
tended for the talky barber, who hac
quarreled with Kraseh.
81 don't talk too much, after all, :
thought Walker. with feeling of in
/ finite relief. "pshawt knew IL all IN,
time. Chicago Daily Record.
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WHAT A FORMER AMERICAN
SAYS.
Doubled Their Cultivated Lands ana
More Than Doubled Their
stock.

The following letter written by Mr..
John Cummings of Wetaskiwin, AL
berta, Canada, formerly of Washing
ton, to a friend in the United States is
only one of a hundred similar cases,
and what was done by Mr.. Cummings
can more easily be done to-day by any
good, sJeer and industrious farmer who
chooses to make his home in the Do
Valnion.
Dear Sir:
You want to know how j got along
since | came into Northern Alberta. /
am happy to inform you that am not
ashamed TO tell.
We located five miles northeast of
wetaskiwin; left Pennington. Wash
ing;on. on the Goth of May, driving all
the way.
We had time 10 build our log house
the first fall and to make us comfort
able for the family and stock. We then
built four stables lsx20 inside, so that
we could put everything inside them
when the cold got down to the fifties,
and worked hard getting up the stable
and got through clubbing on the LIST
December. but to our surprise we had
no use for the stables only for the milk
cow and two span of horses. The bal
ance of the horses lived on the prai-
RE all winter and took care of them
selves. The doors OF two stables were
left open for them TO so into in cold
time, but they would not do IL. but
stayed out on the prairie the coolest
night VIC had and looked as spry as
criekets.
can go ten rods back of my house
and count ten residents. know all of
their circumstances. Every one of
them have doubled their cultivated land
and doubled their animals. and great
deal more. All OF us are comparative
Iy out of debt and an unusually big
crop TO threSh and prospects of fair
price. and l expect we are as well con-
tented lot of people as there are from
Florida to the KIoudike.
My son bought two pounds of Irvine
TO the acre, and when we started 10 bind
some barley. We found that instead OF
taking two pounds TO the acre. IL was
taking nearly Eve pounds. Then yon
ought 70 have seen him hitch up team
and make for town for 100 lbs. more.
| cannof say how IL will threSh. All |
can say IL that II Is well needed, and
sakes az enormous amount of twine.
Il
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Nature. Efforts.

Ny friends eolored maid came IN
one day after her regular weekly out.
ing, looking as II she had enjoyed
ferself
well. SUSAN" said my friend. who
Is sympathetic. II suppose You saw
all the pretty things in the stores
downtown 90
Nom. not x'actly. | ben lookin' az
de handiwork OBJ de Lawd."
"indeeie So you took a little trip
to the country to see the fields and
Covers
-Sosm; no. indeedy. ben AZ de
dime museum. They has hairy boy
there ard two-headed nan.s-Waver>
~ Magazine
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FOR q moment or two Walker was
shocked and bennmbed by the awful
impact of such an Insult. He felt the
surge of hot blood to his head, and IN
ihedizzinesso his wrath all the articles
ON the breakfast table went swinging
In semi-circles. He crumpled the en-
velope and its contents into his pocket
and sat Tuning while Mrs Walker
poured the coffee.
''Who sent IL - 'Who sent II 2"
"Who sent it?" he asked himself over
and over again lie tried TO fix in his
memory a list OF all who might be his
secret enemies and 10 select from this
list the most despieable, vindictive and
unprineipled scoundrel OF all. / his rep
tile he would meet He would meet
him and then-and then he would slap
him In the face and compel him 10 get
down on his knees and apologize, and
then he (WaikerD would spurn him
1.-THE wretch) with his foot and call him
all the vile names which may be used
in propriety by high-rninded gentle
man whose feelings have been out
ragged.
Oh, the visions of revenge which are
conjured up by fine, feverish ragel
Walker snapped at his breakfast as
II he were a eaged animal, aDd there Is
no denying that he had murder In his
heart. Once Mrs. Walker saw him
staring emptily at the popoverS and
asked what was the matter. He did
not reply, for he was absorbed in con-
temptation OF picture in which he was
throttllng the villain who sent the
comic valentine.
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CURRENT TOPICS

Java furnishes two-tnirds OF the
quinine used.
= 1t costs for food about $50 weck
1 keep an elephant.
Prussia has begun appointing fe-
male factory inspectors.
Grnany has twenty-three boats Of
over II 900 tons capacity.
There are 6.lO3 pieces in the mod
ern high-grade locomotive.
The height of the atmosphere In
supposed to be about so miles.
The average amount of sickness Ia
human life is ten days per aunu.a
In Chin. the members of a mans
family are held responsible for his
debts.
There are as many shades of face
powder as there are shades of color,
almost.
The agriculture. impIement trade
In Russia Is practically controlled by
America. |
Our lead penciIs. the most common
of all writing implements. is over 200
wears old. Z
The r,ercentage of recoveries in the
u;l,va,,Laa bosnital foy the insane last
wear was 80.
Miniatures of their net dogs Ia the
VERY latast atTac,ation among New
york women
Tuinois ,,,o,,,,r,,,,. ,l.aIors want 4,
| ,,,v enabling them IN ecize "reminiscences
for had debts
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.;,rs tbor,. 10 i. ,,roat .xoq1,,s ~ tbe
n,,o,,l. ~ E;,,lond
VT. .,1.,,oarxo., .uo -o,,,;uoa %
,a,ora+a,,d ,a1oara-1h,, "a ~ ~ abIe
a., eur, ga ~, 80
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80 oe,,,.,i,,,. s,,,,,t ,,.;as - Ioc,at;,n
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Is" 80 - -,
M - -, .s =. ss 49,, 20, -, Go SE7
7- "o'ioil - 70
i'NaA ~ tue sie"'ea' PSS"H ICING
|
siAh We Va WIG P'O"i ~" W. A--''-
Aeteu'
during the last IL months at ieast
dozen elephaht trainers nave oeeh
kliied-more than nave peeh Killed IN
10 years previous
But three states in the union pay
their governors an annual salary OF
$4,000. They are New York, New Jer-
Bey and Pennsylvania.
II has been discovered that the
bark of the acacia tree which will
grow in almost any soil, is an excel
lent tanning material.
Omaha, Neb., has a labor temple in
which IS local unions hold their regu,
lar meetings. IL has six halls which
are under constant rental.
Chinn's new railroad from Cantor
to Hankow. which. with it's branches
will be /. oaa miles long, Is to be built
entirely bvl American capital,
America sells nearly three times nj
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After breakfast and when he was
safely away from the house he took the
envelope from his pocket and studied
the handwriting. He did not recognize
IL. IL was evident that the sender had
disguised his penmanship, OF else had
the address written by some one en-
tIrely unknown to Walker.
The cowardl
lie looked at the valentine and re-
read the verse of doggerei, and II Is
needless TO say that he discovered
depths and varieties Of insult not In
tended by the hack who wrote the
lines.
Sitting in one corner Of the car, with
the valentine folded carefully, he took
the lines one al time:
you talk and Eabble all the day"
IL was simply brutal. lie read IL
again. and suddenly this question
flashed into his mind: "Do talk too
mueh?"
He knew that the comic valentine was
always supposed To touch on ruling
weakness. Could II be possible that the
sender Of this valentine had struck on
his (Walker'G) greatest falling and
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friends In much tho same terms, One
of his friends, bradbury. had received
az unsigned letter. advising him that
he was not civilized being that the
people who congregated In hia Hat Of
an evening were little better than saw
ages, aud that Il was an outrage for
anyone To play the piano az two o'clock
In the morning, as at that hour all
honest men and women were sup
posed Co be la bed.
bradbury was very angry lie went
to Walker with the anonymous letter
in his trembling hand and asked,
"lsn't that the most insulting thing
you ever rcade"
Walker behaved with admirable
coolnt -, lie smiled peacefully and
remarked; "Never let anything like
thai worry you"
swell. think know who seat II.
What Is your opinion OF a man who
would write that kind OF letter and
send II 20 you without signing his
name9''
bradbury. man who would do
anything like that Is simply beneath
centenp ut. You can't afford tn waste
any righteous Indignation on such a
cur. Dismiss the entire matter from
your mind. Don't be foolish. III this
fellow Is too eowariiy to sign his
name. simply throw the letter into The
wastesbasket. aud let that be the last
OF It,"
Considering that Mr.. Walker held
such sensible ane cool.hcaded views
concerning anonymous insults. lis
subsequent conduct l. not easily exe
plainpsl unless Il be admitted thai 1t
l. easy ennngh 80 ignore an insult
which Ii aimed II some one else.
On the morning of a certain fchsu-
nry ia. Mr.. Walker Went to his hresk-
fast a. later hour than usual. He
founa a letter lying beside his plate
and tore IL npen. carclessly enough.
unfolding a yillainous comic yalen-
tine, printed In shrieking colorS.
II Was the picture of a misShapen
wretch with eonieai head and q large
lower Jew when was fastened on IA
hinge fashion. There were certain
Iincs ard explosive marks 90 Indicate
that fhis jaw was In rapid motion,
below the picture was the following
sogyerei:
TO 4 NOISY IDIOT.
ssYGa talk and xahhIa all the day.
But there's no ssaae In what ypa say,
Ga e4erg subject you must spout.
Kos are 9 ehump beyond aeabs
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England can no longer compete with Us in
the shipment OF many products to China.
Our trade with the Chinese has increased al
most forty per cent. within the last year.
This is merely natural. The best wins in
everythiBg. For a like reason. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. the best remedy in the
country, has for fifty years acknowledged no
superior to cure constipation, indigestion,
dyspepsia and biliousness.
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The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs. All
opens March /, 1900. A most desirable :
tractive and convenient resort for be- :,
and pleasure seekers. Ideal climate, y =
sparkling water, best accommodat5r'
Through Sleepers via Frisco Line W.,
for particulars to Manager Hotel or to a,
representative OF Frisco Line.
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Called 1t Down.

you want decollete shave, / presume"
remarked the funny barber, as the dudelet
climbed into the chair.
"Aw-beg pardon" said the youth, "but
weally,I aw-fail TO comprehend.
That's French for cutting down" an
swered the knight of the razor, with grin
on his mug-Chicago Evening News.
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Rnne. sneltz. Rromus.

Most remarkable trio.. Will make fell
low rich despite himself il he plants
plenty. Salzer's catalog tells. Send Zoe. and
this notice for samples OF above and big cat
alog. John A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse,
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How did Jack come to make up with
Jim? Heard some one say they were at
skies and sevens, and was afraid of the
unlucky l3"-Town Topics.
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The Grip of Pneumonia may be warded of
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
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You must behave yourself if you hope
to avoid worry no guilty man can avoid
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1t requires no experience to dye with PUT
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A man seldom tells the truth about his
business; he exaggerates it one way or the
other.-Atchison Globe.
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Halls Family Pills are the best.
An AII-Yenr Resort.

The promises of lover are as unreIng
as those of politieian.-Atchson Gobe
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To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinfne Tablets. All
druggists refund money lift fails To cure. 25c.
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ssYSn talk and xahhia all the day.
Bul there's no ssaae In what yea say,
Ga esery subject you mast spout.
1os are . ehump beyond = doubt