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The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

1t is just like a mother to do her
sons problems in algeria for him. and
then to be proud of him for it.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

1T takes mighty good memory"
remarked the philosopher. "to be able
to forget the things one don't want
to remember"
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

The man who has been married
three times may be pessimist now,
but he wasn't little while ago.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

The man who writes sixteen-page
love letters before he is married thinks
ten-word telegram is very long after
ward.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

A soft answer turneth away wrath
and sometimes bill collectors.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

And the man who paid $500 for q
first edition of Shelley in London is
named Wise.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

About the only open-work stockings
that are being worn now are those
that need to be darned.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

Any automobile can be stopped in
fits own length. if what it runs into
is strong enough
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

The cable Announces that Russia and
Japan have settled their differences.
This perhaps means that Russia
settles Manchuria and Japan settles
Corea.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

Patrick. you haven't given fresh ~
drunk what they had"
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

A physician says that the stomach
nothing to do with seasickness Per-.
he is right. but seasickness has 4 =
deal to do with the stomach
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

Another girl has found husband
by writing her name on an egg. That's
cheaper than paying railway fare out
to Seattle.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

It Is sometimes rather rough on II
BRIDES father not only to have to gv2
her away ut the wedding. but big AID
of his fortune with her.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

DE righteous said Brother Dieh
''ls ez bold ez a lion. but dey ain't
difuence 'twixt him en- de wicked N
takes after him.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

Ido not believe Piso's Cure for Consumpun|
has m equal for coughs and colds.-JoHH VI
BoYxa, Trinity Springs. Ind. Feb. is, 1901
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04
vnsist on oettIno Il,

Some grocers say they don't keep D,|
nance Starch because they have a stock
hand Of ~ OF. brands, which they knsa
cannot be sold to . customer who has 81
used the l6 OF. pkg. Defiance Starch z
same money.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

The secret of the popularity of Baxtst
'Bullhead" scent cigar is revealed in =
word-"Quality."
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

The Salvationists In southern ColoradI
are all right 80 long az they dwell =
Amity together.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

Mrs. Homer-They say that Mrs I.A.1
has entirely lost her mind. Mrs N5SI
bors-well. I'm not At all surprised
gave every one piece of II when
had . chance.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

It's as difficult to convince n stubbos
man as 1t is TO fatten windmill by ru1
ming corn through 1t.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

Il understand Highroller has takes
tumble" Yes. he lost his balance at
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

A smile of satisfaction goes with one
Baxter's "Bullhead'' scent cigars.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

The mildest tobacco that grows ia ~
in the makeup Of Baxter's Builhead
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES cold.
more goods. brighter. colors. with lep'
work than others.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

IT am surprised that Mabel got mar,,.l
She said she wouldn't marry the ~
man on earth" We'll. she didn't"
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

More Flexible and Lasting,
won't shake out or blow out; by ual(I
Defiance Starch you obtain better resall
than possible With any other brand ~
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

THAT setter of yours looks like deciA
edly aristocratic dog" Yes. he's u smaa
setter"
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

Eternal vigilance" quoted the i'm.
passioned orator. "is the price Of liner.
ty!" ITS more than that nov" ~.
terrupted disrespectful person IL ths
audience. Il believe Pat Cruwe's IA.
est quotation Il e100.0 .0o0."
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

A young man refuses to believe that
girl knows how to kiss unless he has
direct from her own lips,
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

A million dollar gold nugget was n
Gently taken out at-But hold on, we ~
print the rest until the patent medjci1
man puts up full reading notice rates
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

4 Ct. Louis Worlds Fair Informs.
tion. Bureau has been established - -
Sse Seventeenth street, Denver. H.
charee Of Phil P. HItchcoek. wh.." ~
Information will be chserfully fue.
nished. 's''
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teething, softens the gums redluut
daznmatiou, allays pain. cures wind cotic. 2scaIG
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

y Miss Rose Peterson, Secres
tary Parkdale Tennis Club, Ct|
cago. from experience advisesd
young girls who have pains anl
sickness peculiar to their sex, n
use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegr'
table Compound. /
How many beautiful young girls ~
velop into worn, listless and hopelso
women, simply because sufficient sttsosI
sion has not been paid to their phyda.
development. No woman II exemqe
from physical weakness and perio9e
pain, and young girls just budding -
Womanhood should be carefully guideg
physically as well a. morally. Anotha
woman,
Miss Hannah e. Mershon, CT
nngswoods N.J., says:
II thought I would write and ~
you that, BY following your kind ~
vice, feel like = nev2 nerson. Tvs
always thin and delicate. and 20 wei
tnat could hardly do anything. lms
struatton was irregular.
II tried . bottle OF vour Ve1etab1o
compound and began to feel bets1..
right away. / continued it, use, ~
am now well and STRONG, and NJ
struate regularly. lcannot say euce17
1or What your madeleine did for -
ssScc e.:sss.S.ss: s:sss 9:s.!y 4 ss:si 2 sss 's''s
Lydia 3. Pinlkhamas Vegeta,1e
compound VIII cure any WON
IN the land Nm 0sSf( - fr0r1
womb troubles, i1Na0rnatiOa q
the oyaziess and ddna1troubaek
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

! Thinking about work is enough to
make some people tired.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-04

Smoke Baxter's "Bullhead" scent Gig,
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

l held my peace, and after studying my
countenance carefully for few moments
Mrs. Railton continued Il have told you
this because 1 have thought-although
of course, L may be mistaken-that your
affection for Sylvia has been becoming
little more than ccusinly. should be
sorry if
MY dear aunt" I broke in impetuous-
ly. what is the use of your trying to
blink facts? You know quite well that L
have been making desperate love to Syl-
via ever since she was 10 years old
"A mere boy and girl flirtation." said
Mrs. Railton.
Perhaps said. trying to speak non-
chalantly but at any rate L do not mean
to congratulate Sylvia on her engagement
TO an old man with dyed hair and false
teeth. If it had been a young man 1t
would have been different 1 don't be-
lieve she cares for him any more than
she cares for-the man in the moon.'
My TRADE fzzled out rather Ineffective
ly. but / was feeling genuinely savage,
and the necessity of keeping up calm
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27
THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR--

ing teller on $40 a week and he proceeded
to investigate the situation. AS a result
of his heartless proceeding he discovered
that the bank was contributing to Percy's
support at rate not contemplated in the
original arrangement. AS rule Percy was
not aware OF Johns existence more than
two or three times in the year. but when
he heard that 1t was up to him to make
good or look up the time Of the first train
to Montreal he fairly burned holes in the
soles of his shoes getting over to the
place where his brother did daily battle
with the world to get tho wherewtthal to
pay his taxes and buy shoes for the baby.
According to the theory Of strict Justice
John should have reminded ks1n that every
tub must stand on Its own bottom, even
If the bottom may happen to get kicked
out, and then have passed him UP with an
interesting tract pointing out to him that
the wages OF sin is death-or stripes,
but we regret to state that John did moth
ing of the sort Being a simple minded
and unlettered gentleman he had probably
never heard of those fundamental busi-
ness truths. Instead he put on his hat
and went back with Percy to inform the
cold-blooded president that he was pre-
pared to do the good Samaritan act to the
best of his ability. Then he extracted his
poor little balance from the bank and
passed 1t over that 1t might be known Of
all men how innocent and unlearned In
the ways OF the Justice-loving world he
was.
In the meantime the greater part Of the
feminine population OF the town had
waited on his mutton-chops and assured
him that to put q handsome young gentle
man of Percy's complexion into q suit
of stripes would be so grave breach OF
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27
Fable for the
Foolish.

the kind of thing that people say about
a man when they are trying to find an
excuse for his existence. What people
seemed to make John lose any sleep at
night and while Percy was permeating
the giddy social whirl he was sitting up
with his business and carefully nursing
the balance on the credit side of the
ledger.
In the course Of time John married and
settled down in the shade Of his own vine
and fig tree. not to mention a comfortable
account at the bank which Percy honored
with his presence about as often as once
in a while 1t happened that about this
time it occurred to the aforenamed gentle
man that he was not drawing the stipend
out of the financial institution that his
elegant manners and exalted social posi-
ton entitled him to and on the supposi-
ton that the matter had been overlooked
by the president he decided to appropriate
a portion of the surplus of the house to
his own use All went merry as dinner
bell for few weeks under the new ar
rangement. Percy broke out In new
clothes that made the rainbow look like
an impressionistic study of the Milky
Way on cloudy night and cabs and
American beauties OF both varieties and
little suppers after the theater gladdened
his waking hours daily.
At this stage of tho game the gentle
man with the mutton-chop whiskers who
presided over the destinies of Percy's 3
bank concluded that tho young gentleman
was hitting pretty lively pace for pay
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27
DICKEY'S ATONEMENT

an odd sense of something lost tugging
at mis- heart The next evening he came.
intending to go into the parlor and begin
his rivalry with John; hut somehow the
lonely little figure in the hammock drew
him aside ard he spent the evening as
he spent the preceding ones, in the moon
light.
"Good-by," he said at parting, to
morrow l really must break into John 3
game and recover my lost ground.
She sighed and then laughed so quickly
that Dickey could scarcely separate the
two He stood confused for moment.
and when he recovered himself he found
that he was still holding her hand, that
she was watching him shyly. He went
away with his brain in a whirl; in his
efforts 10 soothe her feelings had he made
the child love him? Far into the night he
sat smoking and thinking, and in the
morning the queer feeling was still in his
breast, and Blackstone lay open but un-
read before him all day. In the afternoon
as he left his office there was a commo-
ton at the nearest street corner and
runa way horse dashed into view, drag
gng a dogcart in which sat two girls
Jessie and Belle. The quick turn about
the corner sent the cart reening on one
wheel, and almost as Diokey recognized
the occupants they were spilled in the
dust. With a cry Dickey rushed forward,
the other In his arm with words Of solicit
Gus endearment But the figure drew
resolutely away.
This is not Jessie-this is"
But Dickey only held her the closer.
mot Jessie, but the girl love- the only
girl / ever really lovedi Let John take
care Of Jessie Are you hurt, dear?"
There was a contented sigh against his
shoulder, II haven't any pain now. not
even in my heart. which has often ached
at your indifference"
John and Jessie are to be married in
the winter" she told him later.
I'm glad of it: We'll dance at their
wedding" he laughed. but, dear, I'm only
a poor young lawyer, and"
And I'm ages too young to marry, SO
I'll wait whole year for you. and If you
give up smoking and send me only one
box of chocolates a week you can save
no end of money"
And so it was arranged. and when Miss
Delaney next spoke of the lack of artistic
finish to that theatrical performance
Dickey stoutly declared the finish was
the finest on EARTH" and held to his point.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

10 something IKE tho following:
Sin is q creature Of such charming mien
That to approve II needs but to be seen;
And seen enough and in the proper place
A goodly profit comes from its embrace.
That this statement is a true one may
be seen from a brief observation of the
case of Percy and John. Percy and John
were brothers, but otherwise unrelated.
Percy had been given that label because
II was seen from the start that he was
cast for the Percy part. As locker he
had Apollo outside the ropes In the first
round and his clothes We're eartorial SON
nets. His manner was a combination of
Beau Brummel and an experienced floor
walker, and when II came to turning out
conversation he could give a college pro-
fessor the under hold and put him on the
women thought he was just too sweet
for anything, and they were about right
In fact, Percy was the original male Glib
son girl. When he was not occupied with
his real business of life, which was to
spread Joy and gladness among tho men,
bers Of the opposite sex, Percy dallied
with the ledger in banking house and
meditated new and striking designs in
neckties.
John, on the other hand, would never
have been picked by any one not familiar
with the situation for Percy's brother.
He was about as attractive In get UP and
general appearance as q pair of care-worn
shoes and his clothes fitted him as though
he had been blown into them by cyclone.
The best that any one could say for him
was that he was honest and industrious
and evidently meant WELL When that sort
of a verdict is sent in 1t Is safe bet that
the miserable wretch who receives It il
about as popular as Tax Collector. It's
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27
CAUGHT IN a COMPROMISING SITUATION

without a chaperon7"
She sprang to her feet, her eyes fash
ing and her cheeks flushing. in a manner
that 1 could not help confessing was emil
nently becoming TO her.
''Do you think care about stupid con-
ventiOnalities," she said. when 1t is
question of justice between you and met
DO you imagine 1 am going to remain
at a decorous distance from you when
my happiness Is at stake, do you?-"
But 1 Interrupted her.
''It is not so much a question Of what
I think or imagine as 1t Is Of what Mr..
Fitzgerald-
How dare you mention him to meH'
she famed out; eft Is the worst taste on
your part IL 1 had refused you and ac-
cepted him"
THAT is exactly what you have dons,''
I interposed.
Indeed" she bowed haughtiIy you
know more OF my affairs than I DO my
self"
mine. your mother toHd me you were en-
gagged to him"
And you believed II and wrote me
this-this unpardonable letter came TO
tell you that I am not engaged 70 any
one-and that I never shall be-"
mot even to ms7'' pleaded
"You deserve the worst punishment you
could possibly have" she said with hint
of relenting In her voice At this mo-
ment we heard q carriage drive up 70 my
door and a moment later we recognized
my aunt's inquiry.
Gerald gasped Sylvia, '1t's mothsrl
Hide me, for goodness sake"
There was only one hiding place in the
room. a cupboard disguised by the name
Of pantry. AS I closed the door on her
Mrs. Railton knocked and entered i
saw her glance wander round the room
as she said blandly: so glad you are IN.
my dear Gerald. Have you seen Sylvia
this afternoon?
"Sylviaw / exclaimed In amazed tones.
'I managed to lose sight OF her Just now
in Fifth avenue. and it occurred to me
that perhaps she had met some one she
knew, possibly yourself But II you have
been in all the afternoon OF course my
surmise Is incorrect. She has probably
gone home. VIII you see me down TO
the carriage7 What charming chambers
She raised her eyeglasses. What Is this:
A letter addressed to Sylvia7 Shall take
IL to her?' She was about 70 pick IL up
when there was a terrific crash and a
faint scream. unmistakably In Sylvia's
voice. sylvia she exclaimed In ma
jestic accents, as Sylvia emerged, dis
closing a vista OF broken crockery-
IT am sorry, aunt 1 said graveIy,
''that Sylvia should be found IN such a
compromising situation, but, after all,
there Is a very good way out OF II.
Mrs Raiston's horrified gaze removed
Itself from Sylvfa's face to me and de-
manded my meaning
''She can always. as a last resource. be-
come engaged to me-" continued hardly
'Of course. I am a very bad match for
her, but we are very much attached TO
each other-as you see-and-"
'.And it's the least can do after break
ing his tea service" said Sylvia. taking
my arm.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

the laws Of esthetic harmony az to
threaten the very foundations Of society
They also assured him that nice man
who could adorn a dress suit as could
Percy should be granted a perpetual i'm
munity from the operations Of the vulgar
minions of the law. The president, being
particularly solicitous OF the foundations
of society and knowing how hard dress
suits were to suit, fell on Percys neck
and told him in trembling accents that he
was proud to know that he was once more
square with the world and that II he
would give him his sacred word OF honor
as a man and a banker that he would
never steal again in that unofficial manner
he would make him assistant cashier so
that he would be beyond the reach OF
temptation. All the women said that 1t
was perfectly lovely of Percy to be so
good and forgiving when every one knew
that he could just as easily have carried
off the furniture OF their old bank while
he was about it. AS for John, they all
knew that he was nothing but Percy's
brother anyway, and 1t served him right
for wearing such old clothes and looking
like a scarecrow on a vacation.
Percy Is now the cashier of the bank
and his friends have him slated for the
presidency as soon as the gentleman with
the mutton-chops now holding that posi-
tion has the decency to cash his last
check. Meanwhile, John puts IN his leis-
ure time snoring up the mortgage that
rests upon his vineclad cottage and push
ing collectors of the front porch. As he
turns over the leaves of his erstwhile
handbook he sadly ponders the profound
wisdom of the proverb that the way Of
the transgressor is hard-on the trans
greSsor's relatives.
Copyright. 1903. by Albert Britt)
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

evitably sorrow and a cold handout
at the back door. No one seems to
know who manufactured this theory
and placed it on the market. but
every one believes in 1t Just as
firmly as he believes that all men
named Jim are honest and with about as
much reason. OF course, II will be ad-
mitted that there must be some color of
truth TO an idea that is so firmly held
by the major portion OF the human race.
Other things being equal, IT is usually
the man who stays out late at night who
has the headache the next morning and
the absent-minded individuals whose
moral astigmatism prevents them from
distinguishing between their own pockets
and those worn by other people are sell
dom allowed to decline an invitation from
the State for a brief sojourn in the In
stitution for the Suppression Of Unneces-
sary Night Work. These facts are ad-
mitted to be more or less true: but the
point that we desire to make, If we can
find a place to put IL. Is to the effect that
II is not always virtue that lands inside
the money at the finish, while vice is left
kicking at the post.
A long and careful study Of the ways Of
the wicked world inclines us to the belief
that the dictum of the alleged poet on the
subject Of the exceeding sinfulness and
unattractiveness Of sin should be changed
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27
By S. 3. Kennedy

must bring her bonbons and flowers and
sing to her in the summer moonlight TO
his mandolin. Dickey undertook these
things in a spirit Of penitence and mar
tyrdon Night after night he sat on the
Dorch and strove to be amiab.e while
mentally he was fuming against John.
He sometimes wondered why nice girls
like Jessie had to have small sisters.
During the second week Of his en-
forced reparation he made a discovery.
Belle had heightened her dresses and
twisted her braids into a knot on top Of
her small head, and with these personal
changes there had come also a touch OF
coquetry to her manner that made her a
most delightful companion. He found he
was fretting less over Johns advantages,
but now and then the old jealous thoughts
would come.
Are you not almost placated?" he
asked laughingly one night
Belle answered with spirit, do you
think six boxes of chocolates and three
bouquets would atone for all that laugh
ter in the dress circle and those catcalls
from the gallery? No, indeed"
Dickey acknowledged that she was
right, and went on playing the agreeable.
And as he was as much philosopher as
martyr he set himself to get all the pleas
ure possible out Of his new role. 1t was
really surprising how quickly time passed
IN Bellies presence. AS she swung in the
hammock with her heightened skirts frou-
frouing about her she made him tell her
ell about his hopes in his profession and
never doubted but that he would achieve
his ambitions. Sometimes she talked of
Jessie and wished, with a larguishins
glance into Dickey's eyes, that she were
like her sister, lit would be so lovely to
have a man like Dickey in love with her. "
He looking close to find the coveted like
ness. discovered she was very much more
beautiful than Jessie, and wondered that
he had never known IL before.
After six weeks of this sort of thing
Belle sighed prettily and said she sup
posed he had spent quite enough time
and money on her to salve her hurt, and
that he had better resume his attentions
TO Jessie. OF course, she would miss him,
she added with dropping lips. but she
trusted she was no usurer to claim more
than her debt. Dickey went away with
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27
By I. w. McKail.

exterior before my aunt oppressed me.
1 wanted to go out and hit somebody.
1 went home and wrote Sylvia a furious
ly sarcastic letter of congratulauon-
About two hours later lit a cigarette,
mixed myself a whisky and soda and
lounged in an easy chair before the open
window. The sound or cab approach
ing rapidly aroused me. Looking out OF
my window, 1 saw that 1t contained Syl-
via. AS she stepped out Of the cab at
my door, looking more bewitching even
than usual. l noticed that she carried a
letter in her hand.
Thus forewarned I answered her hur-
ried knock at the door with a matter
of-fact Come in" and evinced none OF
the surprise she evidently expected me to
feel at her appearance.
You are perfectly horrid," she began.
'Why?" 1 asked innocently.
ITO write me a letter like this" hold
ing out the offending document
us It not little indiscreet OF you."
1 went on, realizing my advantage, ito
come here alone. to a bachelors rooms,
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

family had gone to market at a nearby
village-there they would stay until the
storm had spent its force. Anna Saratov-
sky peered out at the dark spot in the
snow. Obeying a sudden impulse she rose
and ventured TO the door. Then she re-
turned.
1T is nothing" she assured herself.
1T is not a man. / am seeing sights
il is the storm" Again she peered out.
1T is-it is a man." she exclaimed to her
self: "a man who Will surely freeze to
death
She gathered her rug close about her.
Then with sudden energy she threw open
the little door and staggered, buffeted by
the storm. across the space Of twelve
feet 1t might just as well have been
twelve yards. The storm, which had de-
signs upon Alexandrovitch, prevented her
from reaching him. But only for time.
Making an extra effort she cast off the
rug that hampered her and then, with a
sudden leap, she plunged forward and
fell prone upon the dark object by the
roadside. The object stirred.