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man Dr. Dick had made quick work
OF getting into the window. Never
could, Dolores?" he repeated, and his
voice was very deep and tender.
NO" said Dolores. slowly, as she
looked up with great light on her
face, as II q sudden revelation had
come to her mo, Dick. ! never
could"
Dolores put her arms on the table
and hid her face in them. DR.. Dicks
arms were also occupied.
"Dick," said Dolores, after a min
ute, "pve been stubborn goose l
felt so sorry and 1t seemed to me
had treated him so badly that
thought thought"
Il know you too well, Dolores" saio
the doctor, with a face very close
to hers, ito believe that you ever
really loved that man. And we have
lost three whole years"
The wedding anniversary celebra
ton was great success and friends
and relatives came from far and near,
Dolores looked as pretty as picture
and more unlike her name than ever
Never had she been so gay and lively.
There was to be repetition of the
marriage ceremony, 1t seemed, later
in the evening, for suddenly the com.
pany was silerced by the strains OF
the wedding march. In through one
door came the minister in his gown,
and down the stairs came Mr.. and
Mrs. Drummond, and following then
Dolores and Dr. Dick.
Dolores has on her mothers wed
ding gown and VEIL" whispered one
of the relatives.
WHO giveth this woman to be
married to this man." read the min.
lister from his book, and the astohish.
ed guests saw that the father and
mother had separated, leaving the
young couple in the CENTER and it
was the hand of Dolores which her
father was giving to. DR.. Dick.
well, did you ever?" gasped the
flighty young cousin. 1T takes Do.
lores Drummond to do things in
hurry, whether it is to be an old
maid all her life or to be married
without wedding card of wedding
present" M. A. Taft in Philadelphia
Ledger.
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don you think it would relieve your
feelings a little?"
Dolores gasped. 1t was not often
that she had lost her equilibrium, but
the pie she was holding trembled VIC.
lently, and to save it she set it down
heavily upon the table. She turned
red and white, then red again. She
took the pie in trembling hands and
carried it to the oven.
He was a fine fellow" continued
the doctor, apparently unnoticing. II
knew him in some ways better than
you did, Dolores. I remember him
when he first came here when was
a little fellow. Then he taught me
all the Latin and Greek l know. He
rather read Latin and Greek than eat
his dinner. Made you feel something
the same way. Why, I could read
Horace by the hour with that big
fellow sitting in the chair before me.
Then that nice little house of his
in the professors colony on the col
lege grounds! We fellows used to
go over and see him sometimes. That
was before lost my college leading
strings and could look upon a profess
sor as an ordinary man. We used
to smoke pipes with him. The
whole house was saturated with pipe
smoke. You would have made short
work Of those pipes, Dolores
1t looked as if Dolores would make
short work of the pies Her fingers
had suddenly become thumbs She
overturned things needlessly, her
face was very red, and there were
tears in her eyes which might have
been tears of grief; they looked more
like those of anger.
1T must be hard for you to pass the
little house, Dolores" continued the
doctor, "and think that if things had
not been as they were you would be
living there now, perfectly happy,
with perhaps a little Marx"
Dick" Dolores eyes were blazing
now, but the light went out, leaving
an expression Of hurt and wounded
delicacy upon her face. She had
grown very w,,.ite row, and she sat
down trembling.
You won't mind telling about him
after little said the doctor encour.
agingly, "and it will really be re.
lief to your feelings, you will find. 1t
would be comfort to you to talk to
some one VINO knew him well. There
is a great deal il the familiar name
of any one YOU love His was coed
old-fashioned rame, Jabez-"
Dick" the word came with almost
a shrek. You know never did call
him by such name; You know
never would, you know IL never
could"
Never could, Dolores, never
cOuld?" For an unathletic young
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The Boys.

Where are they?-the friends of my child.
hood enchanted
The clear, laughing eyes looking back in
my own,
And the warm. chubby fingers my palms
have so wanted,
AS when we raced over
Pink pastures Of clover,
And Knocked the quaiPs whir and tho
humble bees drone?
Have the brcezes Of time blown thei,
blossomy faces
Forever adrift down the years that are
flown?
Am never to see them romp back to
their places,
Where over the meadow,
In sunshine and shadow,
The meadow lark's trill and the humble
bees drone?
Where are they? All! dim in the dust
lies the clover;
The whippoorwills call has sorrow.
full tone,
And the dove's-1 have wept at it over
and over
l want the glad lustre
OF youth, and the cluster
or faces asleep where the humble bees
dronc.
James Whitcomb Riley.
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EFFECT OF THE OPERATION.
Part Of Nature % sheep Grated on
Ear%&nnr .ti

Part Of Nature 81 sheep Grated on
Farmer.
An operation was performed re-
Gently by local surgeon on farmer
living near Norristown, says the Phil
adelphia Telegraph, and the peculiar
methods pursued will go down on rec
ord as a marvel of science, II the
tiller of the soil should get perfectly
hale again.
The man had been suffering from
cancer Of the stomach for many years,
and considered his case hopeless, I'M
til he conferred with the surgeon, who
promised that an operation might cure
him. Accordingly it was agreed to
perform it at the farmers home the
1ext day.
The sufferer was laid upon table
side by side with healthy sheep. The
stomach of each was cut open, and the
part affected by cancer was trans
ferred to the sheep in exchange for
good slice of its intestines. Both
patients were sewed up and soon re-
vived from the effects of the anesthet-
ic used during the extraordinary oper.
alton. The sheep was turned loose
and it's master put to bed. For week
the farmer was nourished on goats
milk, and after ten days was allowed
to sit up in chair, as everything was
progressing favorably.
To-day the proud surgeon received
letter from his patient stating that
the sheep was still alive and feeding
as usual, and that the only i'll effects
produced upon himself by the ex.
change is an Unsuitable "hankering
after grass"
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ONE ON Mr.. BOWEN.
Lack Of Appropriate Raiment
Him in Painful Position.
Put


A Western senator brought to the
capitol yesterday good story about
Minister Bowen, which the minister
himself recently told at a dinner.
II was asked some days after ar
rived here in Washington" said Mr..
Bowen, why l had stuck so closely
to my rooms at the hotel, and had
not showed myself around town.
"The reply was rather painful
one, but nevertheless fully truthful.
1t was because hadn't the cloth es. !"
Thereupon Mr.. Bowen told how he
had been commissioned to hasten
north suddenly and without opportun-
ity to provide himself with the heav-
Ter wearing apparel necessary for
residence in cold climate. AS soon
as he reached town he put a local
tailor to work upon an outfit.
The hardship Of the situation was
that Mr.. Bowen had ordered some raj
ment from London, and this was com.
ing across the Atlantic in a British
bottom, which was one of the very
first ships to be held up by the block
aiding fleet of the allies. There was
no. help for it, and Mr.. Bowen's Lon
don clothes, such as are necessary
for proper appearance in polite soci.
ETY., are still somewhere in South
America. He had reason, therefore,
for being personally grateful when
the blockade was raised and his
clothes had an opportunity to go for
ward to Caracas.-Weshingto Post.
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Making a Lawn.

The lawn should be the first care in
any home-ground, says Country Life in
America. All effective planting Of
shrubs and plants has relation to this
foundation. Homelikeness depends
also upon 1t. Grass will grow any
where, to be sure, but mere grass does
not make lawn. You must have a
sod; and this sod must grow better
every year. This means good and deep
preparation OF the land in the begin
ming, rich soil, fertilizing each year,
Resolving and mending where the sod
becomes thin. Usually we water our
lawns too much, making the grass
shallow-rooted and causing it to fail
early. Every inducement should be
made for the grass roots to go down.
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A TALKING ALARM CLOCK.
It Is Guaranteed to Get Any Man Out
of Bed.

It Is Guaranteed to Get Any Man Out
Of Bed.
'Ring-a-ding-a-d ing-a-ding! Get up,
YOU lazy loafer! It's o'clock" Those
strenuous words, preceded by the
tinkle of a brisk little bell, caused q
visitor in a West Philadelphia house
to hop out of bed the other morning
with immense suddenness. The words
were so authoritative that he had the
same feeling of submission he had had
when schoolboy and his father called
him. So he jumped up now without
question.
What had awakened him was pho
nographic clock, an ingenious arrange
ment devised by his host, which was
so set that the same spring which
started the alarm started, a moment
later, photographic attachment. The
maker of the Photographic clock said
he thought of patenting it. "You see"
he said, "the monograph, speaking to
you after the alarm awakes you, can
be made to say different thingscan
be made, for instance, if you have an
important engagement, to tell you OF
it-can be made to state emphatically
to you, don't you know, the reason
why you should arise. Usually my
photograph says to me: Get up. It's
I o'clock. Get up. or the boss will
dock you for being late. "-Philadel.
phia Record.
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Good reason for Not Trading.

Those who know DR.. Wilder, father
Of Marshall P. Wilder, appreciate
that humor is hereditary The doctor
approached a friend in the Waldorf
Astoria last Saturday and asked:
.Did you know that the Times pub
fishes every day a list Of the names
of people who will never trade at
So.and-So's (naming prominent de-
partment store) again p
mo, you don't say. Why, should
think that would be ground for q
damage suit"
well, you see" replied the doctor.
.the names are under the heading,
Died Yesterday New York Times.
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were coming from far and near to be
present, and there would be house
full.
DR.. Dick leaned against the window
and Dolores looked out with smile.
Again DR.. Dicks lips came together,
and he seemed to be saying some
thing between his teeth, though he
made no sound. For nearly ten min
utes he stood without a word. Then
he spoke, and there was grim look
about his chin which made it look
more determined than Dolores own.
Dolores" he said, why is it that
you never speak of Marx? Don't you
think it would be better for you;
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strinaina th@ Old Folks.

Hi Hev yew heerd ennything
frum yewr son sense he went tew tn
city?
81 Oatbin- Yes; he writ that he wus
carryin' purity near everything afore
him.
Hi Harix-W What fer kind Nv job
hes he?
81 Oatbin-He's workin' in sum big
foundry; a hash foundry" think he
sed it wuS.
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Haunted.
There came a whisper in the night,
A little cry across the years,
And I who heard, in deep alright.
Awakened with unnumbered fears.
1T is some deed that have done.
Some, sin T wrought long, long ago;
But hush! am I the only one?
Then wherefore am 1 troubled so?
"For all men do some evil deed
And all men falter-some may fall;
Do ghosts of Selfishness and Greed
Come back, o God! to haunt them all?
'Mayhap some waywardness was mlns
In vanished days; mayhap ! fell.
Must l now drink the bitter brine
Must T see eyes that CLEAN from hell?
Then came a whisper through the night
A little cry across the iyears
And l who heard, In deep alright,
Listened with wild, unnumbered fears
II am the ghost of that pure deed
You might have done, but did not do
I am the ghost of that good seed
You might have sown when Life was
new.
"And this it is that haunts you now
That deed undone. that seed nnsown
TOO late. too late, to take the pillow, !.
The Spring is gone, the May Is flown!
And this l heard amid the night
This voice that called across the years
And when the dawn came. silver white
was companioned with my tears.
Charles Fl. Towne In Sunday schoo
Times,
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Read what Mrs. Day says:

willy
to
praise
t all that to dmore.
will PnkhamS
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THE TAVERN.

Tho Tavern IL bright and warm and es
And the travellers laugh they sit at play; @a
Priest and courtesan. lady and lord.
Crowd together the gaming board
Jester judge the red brm-
Outside the roads far and dim!
The Tavern talk is loud high.
Honors and jealoustes, minstrelsy
Politics pleasure. and, loud above
The dominant
Yet each to his neghbor a mystery still
Dark is the night sill!
Each alone to the Tavern old,
Some in taters gold: @
Each hence his lonely
Reft of his doublet
Each the wide Threshold
Outside the night is black cold!
Life greets the guests at the Tavern door;
to no more
With the stirrup that all drain,
The pain,
Death touches his o
Outside the
Ethel Watts Mumford in Ippincotts Magazine
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How's THIS?

HOW'S THIS?
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure
r.. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props Toledo, o.
We the undersigned have known F. ]. Cheney
for the last IS years and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fnanci
ally able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists Toledo
Ohio: WALDlNG. K1NNAN & MARVIN. Whole.
sale Druggists Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills the best.
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Free Medical Advice TO Women.

Mrs. Pinkham invites all women to write to her
for advice. You need not be afraid to tell her the
things you could not explain to the doctor let
ter will be seen only by and is absolutely
fdential. Mrs. Pinkham's vast experience with such
troubles enables her to tell just what is best for
you, and she will charge you nothing for her advice
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Changeable.

Changeabie.
Clara-Have you seen a more.
changable girl than she?
Clarice-In what way?
Clara-Why, she has changed the
color of her hair three times and her
religion twice.-New York Times.
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Another Case OF Nervous Prostitution Cur

DEAR Mrs PTKnAM me to cypress to ySn the benefit have
started take i'll was the Of Could
heard Of Lydia Pnkham wonderful medicine and began its which
Immediately
heartily recommend to all suffering BERTHA
Lapidge Francisco 1901)
mn
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The Ills of Women Act upon the
Nerves like a Firebrand.

dependency "the bue sepessness iabity Of
from arrangement of the which makes
her Herein concsivey that Lydia F. Pinkhams
will quickly relieve all this trouble
Details Of Severe Case Cured in Eau Claire Wis.
-
Ireado
f. Pinham's Vegetable Compound expert
after
friends and
valuable
Vegetable
Wis Gy 1901
Nothing will relieve this distressing condition
surely as Lydia D. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; 1t
sOOtes, strengthens heals and tones the delicate
female organism. It is positive for all kinds Of
female complaints that bearing down feeling, back
ache, displacement of the womb, Inflammation of the
Ovaries and Invaluable during the change Of ie all
of which may help to cause nervous prOstrat1On
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:. TWO SMART BLOODHOUNDS :,

spot? Certainly. Every detective knows
well that one murder Is nearly always
followed by another in the same town,
at least. This axiom OF the police force
has been proven time and again i'm
Washington. We detectives are more
than usually watchfuI after such an af-
fair as the Dennis murder I believe
there is something in the idea that the
scene OF every great crime possesses an
unnatural fascination for other crimI-
nails.
Take. for example. the house at Six
ty-third and Walnut Streets in Chicago
This was the famous Holmes Castle
where II. II. Holmes, the 1ife-Insurauce
agent committed so many murders. lie
was hanged in Pennsylvania i'm 1894. you
remember. That house has been robbed
twice, burned down twice. and during
one OF the fires a man jumped out OF a
window to save himself and was killed.
"Adolph Leutgert's sausage factory
has been robbed several times. The
Chicago police are accustomed to keep
a watchful eye on the nlace now. only
the other day man committed suiciIe
at Seventy fourth and state Streets.
There was nothing unusual in that until
you happen to remember that his body
was found within two feet Of the spot
where Minnie Mitchells body was found
in the BarthOlin case There are no
places OF this evil reputation in Wash
ington."
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bia. secretary; William J. Fritsche. OF
Ohio; William F. Adams, of Wisconsin;
and George H. Davis, OF Massachusetts.
OF these Mr.. Herrick and Mr.. Fitz
Gerald were chosen from the School OF
Diplomacy and the other three from the
School OF Law. All are members of va
rious fraternities.
Georgetown was represented by Mich
ael ". Sullivan. '02, New York, chair
man; Edward !. Cantwell. '04. New
York. and William Matthews, 'o5. In
diana, one man being selected from each
OF the undergraduate classes.
Cleverly did Georgetown prepare for
the fray. "One forty-minute speech is
better than three twenty minute
speeches" said Matthews, OF George
town. and he planned to have not three
addresses but one. The debaters pre-
pared their arguments together. agree
ing that il time were called on any
speaker, his successor would take UP the
line OF argument and complete It before
he began his own speech. Georgetown
presented an unbroken chain OF logic,
each man taking up the speech where
his predecessor left OF. The decision
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pointed the writer 20 an excellent pIace
in the Postofice Department. Posrmas-
ter General Payne read Mr.. Moses. let
Ter the other day when st was brought
70 him by the appointment clerk. and
then looked up the record OF the case.
When he found that Moses had been an
pointed TO good place AT liberal sal
airy ne whistled and remarked:
Good Lord, How anyone in a--thori-
-ty in those dark days Just preceding the
civil war could appoint a man to a Fed
erai office after he had written letter
containing such rebel sentiment as those
expressed by Perry Moses. OF Charleston.
). c, is more than can see. Then n
at any time the country needed good and
faithful servants. servants true and Io--
a. who would stand by the rudderIess
ship OF state, so feeIingly described by
the rebel applicant. until it either ran
on the rocks or reached the haven of
safety
But presume that the letter showed
what was desired-that Mr.. Moses was
an excellent penman. a good corposer
a gentleman OF feeling and imagination
and that was all that was desired A.
ter reading the Moses letter vssn-t ,
DIT surprised 10 find on looking uu he
records In the case that he served a
short five months as an emplove
of the Postofice Department and
at the end OF that time resigned his 70
sition TO espouss the Southern cause
Nj. Moses, on leaving the department.
did not forget his Southern courtesy
The following is his letter to Mr.. King.
who admired the penmanship and winked
at his sentiments:
Washington, D. c. Feb. s6. 1851
Hon. Horatio King. Postmaster General
My Dear Sir: In leaving the Postohice
department allow me 10 tender my
thanks for the uniform courtesy and
Kindness with which you have ever
treated me.
l nave repeatedly expressed my sense
OF the obligation 10 others. and beg 10
assure you personally that I shall ever
hold you in grateful remembrance. With
esteem and respect. PERRY MOSES.
There are many documents in the old
file which have a sentimental and his
torical value. and Postmaster General
Payne has displayed a lively interest in
all OF them, having taken package OF
the old papers TO his apartments. where
he pores over them IN spare moments.
He has instructed the appointment clerk
to look for some more. and the vaults
and coal bins Of the department are be-
ing searched in the hopes Of another
find.-NeW York Sun.
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schools Of that city. He took the de-
gree of bachelor OF laws several days
ago and is already a bachelor of arts.
Mr.. Sullivan has had considerable ex-
perience in the practical working OF a
law Office and Is we'll known and liked
in his native city. A newspaper man.
he has always been a Democrat. II
intend to do my hardest fighting when
get back home" be declares.
Edward James Cantwell, OF Brooklyn.
y. Y. is likewise a newspaper man.
He received his early training in the
public schools Of Brooklyn. He is a
close student OF political economy and
a personal friend of President Gompers.
Five years ago he was elected secre-
tary of the Mutual Association of Let
ter Carriers of Toledo. Ohio. a position
he has held ever since. He has been
editor OF the Postal Record" and was
sent 10 Washington 10 watch the in
terests Of letter carriers throughout
the country. He is a member of the
Delta Tau fraternity, being admitted
when the Taft Club OF Georgetown Law
School was made a local chapter. Al
though always connected with the de-
batting society. he has steadily refused
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voted 10 the culinary art in these small
suites Is necessarily reduced TO the
smallest possible proportions. SO the
gas range was found 20 be an absolute
necessity.
when one wishes 20 introduce a gas
cooking apparatus f. is absolutely essen
tial that a good one be purchased. BE
sure 10 get one with a good oven. as
one OF the tin flmsy affairs is practical
ly useless. II requires a fortune eIpend-
ed in gas 10 get one OF them up 10 the
right heat FOR cooking or baking. and
then Tire chances are IL viii either not
bake on top or VIII burn al the bot
tom. The improved gas range Is far
better than the ordinary gas stove, and
costs very little more. no more when
tho Advantage arc considered. new
and improved range has six top burners,
one double and five single holes, an oven
for baking. a broiler and a warming