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stale Bread Economy.

A Long Island man who was show
ing a friend a couple of hunting dogs at
his place the other day looked up as he
heard the sound of approaching wheels.
'Here's the bread man." he remarked,
and as his friend gazed in surprise at the
open cart laden with bullying sacks, think
ing it the strangest bakers outfit he had
yet seen, the owner of the dogs bought a
barrel of the merchants stuff.
cts for the dogs, you know" he ex-
planned as the wagon drove off. Broken
up and mixed with other things it makes
good food for them. That man does very
well with his stale bread business. He
buys the bread at low price in the city
when it is too old to sell to customers
there. But it hasn't reached the dog
food stage then by any means. He
first retails it as long as he can to the
Italians who work on the roads and do all
the hard labor hereabouts. / believe
they wash it down with beer of about
the same state of freshness. Well, when
the bread gets so stale that even the Ital-
ians can't eat it it is ready to be peddled
around among the villages in the neigh
borhood. The farmers buy it to feed
their pigs and chickens, and a good many
people use it, as l do, for their dogs, so
there is no loss or waste to cut down the
dealers profit. New York Tribune.
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kissing the Bride.

A hundred years ago the minister
finished the marriage service by kissing
the bride; then all the gentlemen pres
ent followed his example, and in some
regions the bridegroom meanwhile went
about the room kissing each of the ladies
in turn. There were brides who receiv-
ed the salutations of a hundred or more
gentlemen in one day. As If this were
not enough, the gentlemen called on the
bride afterward, and this call was known
as "going to kiss the BRIDE" In some
parts of the Puritan country kissing at
weddings was discountenanced, but there
were other parts of New England in
which it was practiced with the greatest
latitude and fervor. There were often
rude tricks played upon the wedding
pair.
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er, but / could hear his lightest whis-
per. For three or four minutes he was
silent. Then he began cursing his
a ferocity in his language that gave
me the keynote Of the trouble between
them. He suspected her fidelity and
thirsted for revenge. If she had mar
ried him for money, he had married
her for love, and the blow had told on
him harder than If he had been young
man. From cursing and reviling he
went off into fit of weeping and Ia
menting, and it was easy to realize his
mental sufferings. / was helpless In
the matter. of course. 1t was my part
to remain silent and hope he would
go away without seeing me. This he
eventually did, but from some express
sions let fall | knew that he had at
last made up his mind to decisive
step.
The rule in France. / believe. is for
the dishonored husband to swear a lit
tie, weep a little and then walk away
and become as much of a philosopher
as he can, but couldn't make myself
satisfied that Dubar would be satisfied
with that He felt the blow too keen
ly. He wanted deeper revenge than
that of casting his wife off and sharing
a part of the public scandal. had
seat at the same table with the couple,
and that evening at dinner / watched
him closely. His conduct would have
~ l. ir
language in the dell. He was all smiles
and soft words and seemed to be court
ing her again. The young wife had
frightened up and looked cheerful and
animated, and | read the story very
clearly. On returning from the dell
he had "made up" with her, and she
had been deceived into believing that
he had forgiven. That he was playing
her false was plain from look or two
of his when she was not observing /
saw his mouth harden, his eyes fash.
and felt sure that down IN his heart he
meditated sones evil.
That evening there were music aud
song, and Dubar and his wife partici-
pated with apparent enjoyment and
were quite loving toward each other.
Before the party broke up for the night
1t was suggested that we go to a GER
tain spot on the morrow to gather
MOSES. The suggestion, as was after
ward remembered. came from Dubar.
We were to take luncheon and be gone
all day, although it was only three
miles to the spot mentioned. Bright
and early next morning a full dozen
Of us set out, there being seven men
and five women AS the procession
turned into the mountain path ! was
last, and Dubar and his wife were be-
fore me. He laughed and joked, and
she was merry and full of song. had
been bothered with lame foot and
was obliged to proceed slowly, and
several times they laughingly called to
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Through q
Telescope.
Hv NJ. OUaH.
BY n. QUAD.
Copyright, 1901, by c. B. Lewis.

OoRJAA6%A0 @>NAg ~ Os A@s 4~SUAa
There arrived one day at the Swiss
hotel where was putting up in the
month of August man and his wifo
named Dubar. They were French, but
both spoke English fairly well. While
they were husband and wife, he was
so years old and she not over %. The
disparity between their ages was re-
marked by the gossips, and it was set
tied that it had been marriage for
money on the girls part. They had
been married for a year, as some one
ascertained, and the little tendernesses
looked for, but before they had been
with us three days made up my mind
that the young wife both feared and
hated her husband. l saw it In her
looks and actions when she was off
her guard. On his part he treated her
courteously and rather paternally in
public, but accident made me listen
err one day to speech of his that told
me he had a great bitterness in his
heart against her.
I paid little heed to the gossip around
me, nor did l take any interest in the
family quarrel. 1t was on the fifth
day after the couple arrived that I
wandered away by myself along the
mountain stream and by and by sat
down beside a bowlder to smoke and
gaze at waterfall on the far side of
the creek. had been there quarter
of an hour when l heard footsteps,
and, peering out, l saw Dubar ap-
preaching. noticed he was pale faced
and his lips were compressed, and he
was muttering to himself in French
as he sat down on the other side of the
stone. We were hidden from each 9TH
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A splendid monument brilliant with
gems and gold was erected by William
Rufus over the ashes of his father, but
in the Huguenot wars of the sixteenth
century the Abbey of ST. Stephen was
plundered and partly destroyed, the
shrine was wrecked, and the bones of the
Conqueror were scattered about the
church. A thigh bone of such size as to
indicate a man of great stature was saw
ed and placed in new tomb when the
church was restored in 1912. About a
century later this second tomb was re-
moved to another part of the choir. and
in 1893, during the ruthless days of the
terror, it, too, was rided, and the last
relic of ''the famous baron" disappeared.
The slab of black marble alone remains
to mark the spot so tragically associated
with the memory of Gulielmus Con
questor.-Good Words.
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COMMISSIONS.
They Are More Serious For Adults
Than For Children.

TnGY Are more serious HOE AOuIIB
Than For Children.
The sight of person in commissions is
terrifying, but in the great majority of
cases the sufferer is in no immediate dam
ger. Whether or not the CONFUSION fore
shadows a serious ending depends upon
variety of causes. AS a rule, convul-
sions are more serious in adults than in
children, especially very young children.
Two things are necessary for the occur
renee of convulsions-frst, an unstable
condition of the nervous systematic pre-
disposing oause-and, secondly, some ex-
citing cause sufficient to disorder the
weakened nerve centers. The instability
of the nervous system is more pronounced
in children than in adults and seems of
ten to be hereditary, the members of GER
tain families being more prone to fits
than others.
Certain chronic diseases of nutrition
such as ricketts,, are associated with an
irritability of the brain and spinal cord,
and commissions are peculiarly frequent
in children suffering from such diseases.
Commissions in children are very com
mon at the onset of one of the acute fe
vers, such as scarlatina or measles. At
significance, but when occurring later
during an attack of scarlet fever they
may point to the existence of a kidney
disease. In whooping cough commissions
are sometimes produced in consequence
of deficient aeration of the blood, owing
to partial collapse of the lungs.
In children commissions are perhaps
most commonly the result of some disor-
der of the digestive tract, caused by the
presence Of indigestible material in the
stomach or bowels, or Of intestinal
worms.
Inflammation Of the ear is another COM
mon exciting cause of commissions, but
teething, which is blamed for so many
fits, very seldom causes commissions I'M
less the eruption of the teeth is exceed
ingly difficult and painful.
In children, as in adults, commissions
may be due to hysteria or to epilepsy.
They may be caused by great shock to
the nervous system, such as a severe
fright. Meningitis or a tumor of the
dren and in adults.
Whatever the cause. it will be safe to
put a child with commissions into a not
too hot bath-say at a temperature of
about 90 or 81 degrees.
Nerve sedatives are usually prescribed
in the hope of preventing a second con-
vulsion, but the cause, if discoverable,
must of course be removed.-Youth's
Companion.
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NOT A CASE OF LUCK.
C0mstock Lode Discovered After
Hard Work and PerseYerance.

COmstocIx Lode Discovered After
Hard Work and Perseverance.
Just beyond "the DIVIDE two men kept
a store They were James L. Flood and
William O'Brien. They had saved some
money after few years Of trading with
the miners, were ready for deal in one
of the mines and had faith in Mackay
and Fair. So, when Mackay walked into
their store one morning and remarked,
"Jim Flood, if you and O'Brien will put
up the money, Fair and | will put up the
brains, and think the four of us can buy
the Con Virginia and make something
out of it."
GLOW much do you want, John?" said
Flood.
eighty thousand dollars"
The deal was closed on the spot. The
history of the "Con" Virginia is as well
known almost as the story of Washing
ton and the cherry tree. Before the four
miners had struck the ''lead" they had ex-
hausted their money and their credit.
There seemed to be nothing in the rock
they brought out of the earth. Other min
ers met them day after day and laughed
at their apparently hopeless task. They
were jeered and made fun of. But they
kept serious faces and sober minds and
were not to be thwarted by the idle talk
of idlers.
One morning, when the prospect SEEM
ed the blacklist, a friend said to Mackay:
"John, luck has gone against you. Why
don't you quit and go prospecting|
'The man who figures on luck in min
ing" said Mackay, sis a fool. The man
who figures on doing lot Of hard work
and not losing his grit will get some
thing"
The four partners did not lose their
grit, nor did they rely on luck. One after
noon the rumor spread over Virginia City
that the econ Virginia men, had struck
a body of ore. 1t spread as wildfre often
swept over the Nevada prairies. The four
men left their mine at shutdown and
walked down @ street amid babel of
cheers. The next morning the Consolidat-
ed Virginia stock had gone from 80 cents
to $3.50 a share and in another day up to
$500 share. In three days it was an
nounced that the body of rock was so
large that its value could not be estimat-
ed. In two weeks the United States gov
eminent was negotiating with the own
ers of the mine for the redemption of
bonds whose values had been affected by
the civil war. In two months the finan-
cial centers of old Europe had felt the
shock, and about the same time Mackay,
Flood, Fair and O'Brien were able to an
nounce that they were millionaires be-
You'd the dreams of avarice.-Success.
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me. we had gone about mile when
they drew ahead out of sight, and,
knowing the locality well, set out to
This took me to the east side of
ravine, while the main party were fol-
lowing the west side. ! got along
fairly wen until was about to strike
the path they were following. Owing
TO a bend of the ravine, the path was
half a mile away at one point and
then came turning back on itself until
1t was only few rods from where
sat down to rest and wait
l knew that most of the picnickers
had passed, but was sure | could head
off the Dubars, as l caught sight of
them at intervals, and they were still
tagging far behind. Opposite the spot
where rested the west path ran over
cliff, making the highest point along
the ravine From the top Of that cliff
to the bed of the ravine was fully 70
feet. Though my eyesight was good,
had brought along my binoculars, and
as / rested focused them on the dis
tant cliff to make out the Dubars as
they passed. In three or four minutes
they arrived. They were walking hand
in hand and still acting like lovers.
could see the smiles on their faces as
they halted for breath. ! could and
did see more than that. AS they stood
peering down into the ravine / saw
such a look of malignant triumph on
the mans face that it made me gasp
for breath. The look warned me of
what was coming. She stood a little
before him, pointing at a flower grow
ing on the very brink of the cliff and
speaking of it, and I saw him glance
up and down the path to see If it was
clear. Then 1 cried out, but my voice
was weak and broken and did not car
ry q quarter Of the distance. / sprang
up to wave my hat and let the man
know was watching, but it was use
less move, and / groaned In despair as
I realized it. l had the glass full on
him. when he stepped behind her and
put out his hands and gave her sud
den push. She had no chance at all.
It was only three or four feet to the
brink, and the push sent her over as
she screamed out. Dubar stood for
moment and then turned and ran for
the hotel and gave the alarm. Word
was sent to the picnickers, and they re-
| turned, and before noon we had the
body at the inn. 1t was terrible fall,
and death had followed 1t. 1t was an
accident" of course, with bereaved
husband to give all the particulars.
and every one sorrowed with him I'M
til his dead was shipped away and he
had departed with his tears. l was
the only one who knew how the TRACE
dy had occurred, and I said nothing.
She was dead, and his life had been
wrecked, and why should NEEDLE?
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THE FASHION PLATE CHILD.

Pm poor little fashion plate child,
And my manners are gentle and mild,
But the trials endure, and the fun abiure
Would set any other child wild.
All my frocks are quite fetching and smart,
But great rage fills my poor little heart
When l foolishly stand with purse in my hand
In pose quite approved by Delsarte.
An umbrella l have, though tits plain
There is not the least chance of a rain,
For my shoes and my hat are not fitted for that;
Ny hair would be curled all in vain.
Little girls must all hate me, fear,
For on Sundays and afternoons clear
They are dressed just like me for the public to
see,
And their comments are caustic, hear.
How wish could wear an old dress
Made of gingham, and then / Just guess
I would make some mud pies that would open
your eyes,
Though my pose might not be a success.
-Minna Howison Coale in New York Sun.
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At dinner party the conversation,
which had become informal and gen.
eral, turned on the subject of tricks
with cards. One of the men produced
a pack and proposed to show the COM
pany a most remarkable performance.
He asked the hostess to have a soup
tureen brought, and it was done. Then
he asked the lady at his right to draw
a card from the pack and make men,
tai note of it. She did so and returned
the card at random to the deck. The
performer next asked three or four of
the male guests to shuttle the cards in
turn and requested the last of them to
place the pack in the soup tureen and
put the cover on. Turning to the lady
who had drawn the card, he asked her
in what order she would have it ap-
pear from the top of the pack, and she
said she would like to have it in the
seventeenth place. One of the gentle
men then took the pack from the soup
tureen and counted the cards from the
top, face down.
"What was your card?" the perform
er asked the lady, and she replied that
it was the ace of spades. The seven
teenth card was turned over and prov
ed to be the ace of spades.
A few days later cabinet officer,
who was one Of the guests. met the
performer and asked for an explanation
of that interesting card trick.
"Oh, that was an easy one," he re-
piled. ''You see, that was a pack OF
my own, and there were So aces Of
spades in it."-Exchange.
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Room For Doubt.

They were newly married and were
spending their honeymoon in Rothesay.
At the expiration of week they sent a
letter to the old home, in which 1t was
written that 1.-THE weather was lovely and
that they often INDUCED in short row
in the mornings"
Next day, on returning to lunch after
an hours boating, they found telegram
awaiting them, which said: "You say you
have had a short row. How do you pro-
nounce last word2 Your anxious IA
ther"-Exchange.
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Renewed the Row.

Husband (after quarrel with his wife,
We'll, let us drop it. don't care to
have any words about it; and, besides, |
like to talk to a sensible person when !
am talking.
Wife with sarcastic laugh)-You
don't always do it, then.
Husband don't?
Wife-No. l sometimes hear you talk
ing to yourself. land then the music
struck up again -London Telegraph.
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"Do you ever look back on your life
and reflect on the opportunities you
have missed?" inquired the melancholy
man.
mo, SIR" answered the hustler. at
would be just my luck to miss some
more while was brooding over what
can't be helped. "-Washington Star.
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Little Boy (from next door)-Mamma
said would you please loan her few of
your fatirons?
Mrs. Kinde-CertainIy Mamma going
to iron today?
Little Boy-No'm. She wants them to
throw at your cats tonight.-Chicago
News
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Tom-How can you admire that fellow
He's as homely as an ash barrel. Got a
pug nose and ghost Of mustache.
Clara-That's what makes his face 80
eloquent.
Tom-You can't prove it.
Clara-I can. His nose tells Of the ups
and his mustache typifies the downs that
all lives are full of.-Exchange.
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ssRough on Bunions, y

New and successful treatment, only complete
cure. Gives ease and comfort at once. Sub
dues inflammation. Allays fever, pain, sore
1a uses Of ionts To tired sore or fevered
feet it gives relief and comfort at once. Best
possible remedy for sprains, mashes Commissions,
ly by mail E. S. WELLS, Chemist, Jersey
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A Costly Funeral.

The most costly state funeral which
has ever taken place was perhaps that
Of Alexander the Great. A round mil
lion was spent in laying Alexander to
his rest. The body was placed in (;
coffin Of gold, filed with costly aro-
mates, and diadem was placed on
the head The funeral car was embel-
lished with ornaments of pure gold,
and It's weight was so great that it
took "a mules more than year to con-
vey it from Babylon to Syria.
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THE HOLIDAY.
He gave his eyes to the skies of blue.
His ears to the birds and bees,

He gave his eyes to the skies of blue. =
His ears to the birds and bees, +,
And he gave his heart to the winds that few
Away over empty seas
And he saw the depths that he could not sound,
And he heard the unworldly songs,
And his heart, unfettered, fed past the bound
OF tired life's rights and wrongs,
And he neither wrought played nor slept
Nor troubled with good and ill,
And his dreams were vague the scents that
swept
And sweetened the lonely hill,
And there from morning till eve he lay,
And never joy he sought,
But he came home glad at the close Of the day
Because be had lived for naught.
j. J. Bell in Chambers Journal
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Lights That shine.

"Do you think the present generation
will produce men as great as those who
have gone beforeY asked the worried
man.
81 don't know" answered Farmer
CorntosseL ''Tt pears to me like you
don't hear as much about young men
studyin by pine knots an taller dips as
you did in them days. Cigarettes an
fireworks seems to be more In demand
now."-Washington Star.
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Teacher-As | have been telling you,'
there are two general classes of work
ers. Tommy. does your father make
his living by using his brains or by
using his muscles?
omrny-Neither one, ma'am. He's a
policeman.-Chicago Tribune.
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One stiII Nicer.

Mrs. Newma-Oh, l wish you could
see Mrs. Winklers baby. It's perfect
ly lovely! Such delicate, sweet little
creature as it is! It's a perfect little
cherub, with the loveliest eyes, the
sweetest little mouth, the cunningest
little nose and eyes of heavenly blue.
1t looks as if it had just dropped from
heaven and every tiny feature had
been fashioned by the angels.
Mr.. Newma-Is it as nice as our
baby?
Mrs. Newma-Mercyl No; not half
as nice.-Pearson's Weekly.
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Are You ON Yonr Feet p

If you walk or stand much, and your feet get
tired, pain and ache; if they are tender, fever
ish or sweaty, Rough on Bunions" will give
to stand any demands made upon them. The
only real cure for Bunions, and cannot be ap-
preached as remedy for sprains, mashes, con-
tusions, ETC. Ask for Trough on Bunions' %
S5c. at druggists or sent by mail E. S. WELLS,
Chemist Jersey Civ N r.
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Doc. Snake or Solder Bites.

Mosquito and all insect bites, wounds or
scratches by any animal, cured by Wells
miracle of Healing" powder; Kills Ivy Poison,
Itch, Salt Rheum, Eczema; Miraculous in heal
ing power. Cures ulcers, skin diseases, felons,
boils, burns, scalds, eruptions. Disinfectant,
cleansing. Makes perfect lection Cures any
sore on man or beast. Csc. bottles at drug
gusts, or sent by mail promptly on receipt of
price, E. S. WELLS Chemist Jersey City N T.
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DimcuIt Dutch.

The Dutch language is of good old
fashioned tongue. 1t is so difficult that
English speaking people cannot with
out difficulty acquire it. In fact, some
folk say 1t is more like unto English
than it is to German. The Beers in
South Africa use the Dutch tongue as
1t was spoken 200 years ago.
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MiracIe az HeaLing.

Ivy Poison, Itch, Salt Rheum, Eczema, cured
by WELLS "MIRACLE OF HEALING" pow
der. Cures ulcers, skin diseases, felons, boi1s,
burns, scalds, eruptions, mosquito and all in
sect bites, dog bites, wounds or scratches by
any animal As an injection, is cleansing cor
receive, healing, curative. CSC. bottles at drug
gists or sent by mail promptly on receipt of
price. E. S. WELLS. Chemist. Jersey CITY. N 1.