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An Organ Out of Order The manner In which a gang of

forgers in Warsaw have been discov­ered and broken up makes curious rending. A domiciliary visit hkd to be paid by the police to a house, and on the arrival of the officers no opposition was offered to their entry. Inside <>ne of the rooms, however, they found' a man playing a cabinet organ, and •all the time the visit lasted the man remained, at the organ. iAs they were , about to leave the houSe 'the officer in charge of the police, being softie-thing of a musician himself, asked the performer to play the Russian Nation­al Hymn before they left. This the man did, but the officer was not pleased with the performance, and complained that the player did not put enough expression into the melody. The man explained that lie was un­able to* do so, as the loud pedal ar­rangement of the organ was out of order. The officer at once volunteered to repair it, and, In spite of the pro­tests of the performer, set to work to do so. Great was his surprise on opening the instrument to discover that

'the pedal would not work because bundles of forged notes had been stuffed into the instrument. Arresting every one in the house, the police care­fully examined the organ, and found, besides the notes, documents which revealed the membership of the gang of forgers.

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-and good humor. One day the smr.ll boy was playing with-a cat in the stable while Larry cleaned the har­ness. "Larry," he began, "why do cats -always land on their feet?" '"They siiteer theqiiselVes. jvid their tail." "Well, how do rabbits steer them­selves? They haven't long tails—only 41 stub." "Wid their ears. That's .phwat they have their long ears for." "Well, how does-a bulldog steer him­self? He hasn't got long eafs or a long tail." "Wid his bark." The boy looked doubtful and was silent Pres­ently he ran into his father's study, and in a few minutes came back to the stable. "Larry!" "Yls?" "That's true what you told me about bulldogs. 1 asked father, and he read something to mother out of a book about 'barks -that steer against the wind.' " 6

MISSlOOECOYERS FEAEFUL DECLINE OF STRENGTH

COMPLETELY ABBESTED.

Tlje Black Tulip is

^Medical Skill Had Alowit Exhausted Itself ill Vain Attempts to Relieve Her—A |

Remarkable Result.

The recovery of Miss Gertrude L. Bnll is of great interest to the medical world. A very bad cough followed a severe at­tack of pneumonia. It seemed impossi­ble to break it up or to restore her strength, which had been sadly under­mined. Iu spite of the best efforts of the doctors and the use of several adver­tised modes of treatment her condition daily grew more serious. She finally discontinued all medicine and gave her-self up to despair.

" What was your condition at 'this time?" she was asked. " Sly stomach was so weak I could not

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•^yer have recovered. How did it happen?"

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CHAPTER XXVI.—(Continued.) "Alas! sir, all these good people will

be as unfortunate as myself, for they will not see the solemnity which tliey have come to witness, or at least they will see it incompletely. 1£ mean to say that the black tulip will not be found, except by one wlioru I know."

"In this case," said the officer, "the person whom you know has found it, for the thing which the whole of Haar­lem is looking at at this moment is neither more not less than the black tulip."

"The black tulip!" replied Van Baerle, thrusting half of his Tody out of the carriage window. "Where la It? Where is it? Oh, have pity, have mercy, sir!"' said Van Baerle, "don't take me away. Let me look once more.. Is what I see down there the black tulip? Quite black? It is im­possible. Oh, sir, have you teen it? It must have specks, it must be Im­perfect,, it must be dyed black; ah, if I were there! I should see it at once, Let me alight, let me see it close, 1 beg of you,"

"Are you mad, sir? HOW could I allowj^uch, % tiling?" s.;"fta prisoner, but I am a man. of Jionor<;.9nd I promise you on my word thaM will not run away, I will not attempt to escape—only let 'me see the flowef."

''But my orders, slK my ordsra." And the officer again made the driver a sign , to proceed. Cornelius stopped him once more.

"Oh, be forbearing, be generous; my whole life depends upon your pity! Alas! perhaps*'lt will not be much long­er. 'You don't know, sir, what I suf­fer. You don't know the struggle go­ing on in my heart and mind; for after

-.all," Cornelius cried, in despair, "if this were my tulip, if It were the one which has bfeen stolen from Rosa! Oh! I .mutt alight, sir! I must see the flower, you may . kill me afterward if you like, but I will see it, I must see it!" ^

"Be-quiet, unfortunate man, and come quickly back into the carriage, for here is the escort of his highness the Stadtholder, and if the prince ob­served any disturbance or heard any noise, it would be ruin to me as well as to'you."

Van Baerle, more afraid for his com­panion than himself, threw himself back into the carriage, but be could only keep quiet for half a minute, and the first twenty horsemen bad scarce­ly passed when he again leaned out of the carriage window, gesticulating im plorlngly toward the Stadtholder at the very moment when he passed.

William, Impassible and quiet as usual, was proceeding to the green to fulfill his duty as chairman.. He held in bis hand the roll of parchment, which, on this festive day, had become bis baton.

Seeing the man gesticulate with im­ploring mien, and perhaps also rec­ognizing the officer who accompanied him, his highness ordered his carriage to stop. In one instant his snorting steeds stood still, at a distance of about six yards from the carriage in which Van Baerle was caged.

"What is this?" the prince asked the officer, who at the first order of the Stadtholder had Jumped out of the carriage, and was respectfully ap­proaching him.

"Monselgneur,'-' he said, "this is the prisoner of State whom I have fetched from Loevesteln, and whom I have brought to Haarlem according to your highness' command. He entreats for permission to stop here for a minute."

"To see the black tulip, monseig-neur," said Van Baerle, clasping his hands, "and when I have seen It, when I' have seen what I desire to know, I am quite ready to die, if die I must; but in dying I shall bless your high­ness' mercy for having allowed me lo witness the glorification of my work."

William looking with his cold glance on Cornelius, listened to his anxious and urgent request. Then, addressing himself to the officer, he said:

"Is t)4s person the mutinous pris­oner who has attempted to kill his Jailer at Loevesteln?"

Cornelius heaved a sigh and hung bis head.' He did not try to make a struggle or to defend himself; and he presented, to the prince the affecting spectacle of 'despairing innocence, like that of a child; a spectacle which was fully understood and felt by the great mind and the great heart of him who observed it.

"Allow the prisoner to alight, and let him see the black tulip; it is well worth being seen once."

"Thank you, monselgneur, thank you," said Cornelius, nearly swooning with joy, and staggering on the steps of his carriage; had not the officer sup­ported him, our poor friend would have made his thanks to his highness prostrate on his knees with his fore­head in the dust.

After having, granted this permis­sion, the prince proceeded on his way over the green amid the most enthusi­astic acclamations. He soon arrived at the platform, and the thunder of can­non shook the air.

CHAPTER XXVII. Van Baerle, led by four guards, who

pushed their way through the crowd, sidled up to the black tulip, toward which his gaze was attracted with' Increasing interest the nearer he ap­proached to It

He saw it; that unique flower, which he was to see once and no more. He saw it at the distance of six paces, and was delighted with its perfection, and gracefulness;, he saw it surround­ed by young and beautiful girls who formetf^i^ijard of honor for this queen of excellence and.purity. ...And yet; the more he ascertained with his own eyes the perfection' of the flower, the

r',mor« wretch^ ang. miserable he felt, 'air around for some one to

whom he might address only one ques­tion; but his eyes everywhere met strange faces and the attention of ail

was directed toward the chair of state, on which the Stadtholder had seated himself.

William rose, casting a tranquil glance over the enthusiastic crowd, and his keen eyes rested by tarns ou the three extremities of a triangle formed opposite to him by three per­sons of very different interests and feelings.

At one of the angles, Boxtel, tremb­ling with impatience, and quite ab­sorbed in watching the prince, the guilders, the black tulip, and the crowd. At the other, Cornelius, pant­ing for breath, silent, and his atten­tion, his eyes, his life, his heart, his love, quite concentrated on the black tulip. And, thirdly, standing on a raised step among, the maidens of Haarlem, a beautiful girl, dressed- in fine scarlet woolen cloth embroidered with silver, and covered with a lace veil which fell in rich folds from her headdress of gold brocade; in one word, Rosa, who, faint and with swim­ming eyes, was leaning on the airm of one of the officers of William.

The prince then slowly unfolded the parchment, and said, with a calm, clear voice, which, although low,^ made Itself perfectly heard amid the respect­ful silence, which all at once arrest­ed the breath of fifty thousand Specta­tors:

"You-know what- has 'brought us here. A prize of. one hun^redfi thou­sand guilders has been promised to whosoever should grow the blaick tu-. lip. The black tullpr-has been grown; here it is before your .eyes, coming up to all the conditions required jby the program of the Horticultural Society of Haarlem. The .history of its pro­duction, and the name of its grower, will be inscribed in'ilje book of.honor of the city."."Let the person approach to whom the hlack' tulip belongs."

Boxtel, thunderstruck, and ' Corne­lius, in Joyful amazement, both ex­claimed:

"Rosa, Rosa!" "This tulip is yours, is it not, my

child?" said the prince. "Yes, monselgneur," stammered

Rosa, whose striking beauty excited a general murmur.of applause. • "Oh!" muttered Cornelius, "she has then belled me, when she said this flower was stolen from her. Qh! that is why she left Loevesteln. Alas! am I then forgotten, betrayed ~'by her whom I thought my best friend on earth?"

"Oh!" signed Boxtel, "I am lost!" "This tulip," continued the prince,

"will- therefore bear the name of its producer, and figure in the catalogue under the title, Tullpa nigra' Rosa Barloensis, which will henceforth be the name of this damsel."

At the same time William took Rosa's hand and placed it in that of a young man who had rushed forth, pale and beyond himself with Joy, to the foot of the throne,* greeting alter­nately the prince and his bride; am! who, with a grateful look to heaven, returned his thanks to the Giver of all this happiness.

At the same moment there fell at the feet of the President van Herysen another man, struck down by a very different emotion. Boxtel, crushed by the failure of his-hopes, lay senseless on the ground. When they raised him and examined his pulse and heart, he was quite dead.

This incident did not disturb the fes­tival, as neither the prince nor the president seemed to mind it much. Cornelius started back In dismay, when in the thief, in the pretended Jacob, he recognized his neighbor, Isaac Boxtel, whom, in the innocence of his heart, he had not for one in­stant suspected of such a wicked ac­tion.

Then, to the sound of trumpets, the procession marched back without any change in its order, except that Box­tel was now dead and that Cornelius and Rosa were walking_triumphantly side by side and hand in band. On their arriving at the Hotel de -Vllle, the prince, pointing with his finger to the purse with the hundred thousand guilders, said to Cornelius:

"It is difficult to say by whom this money Is gained, by you or by Rosa; for if you have found the' black tulip she has nursed it and brought it Into flower. It would, therefore, be unjust to consider it as her dowry; it is the gift of the town of Haarlem to the tu­lip."

Cornelius wondered what the prince was driving at. The latter continued:

"I give to Rosa;the sum of & hun­dred thousand guilders, wSich she has-fairly earned, and which she can offer to you. They are the reward of her love, lief courage and her honesty. As to you, sir—thanks to Rosa again, who has furnished the proofs of your In­nocence—" f 1 ;

And, saying these.words, the prince handed to Cornelius that fly-leaf of the Bible, on'which was written the letter of Cornelius de WItte, and in which the third sucker had been wrap­ped.

"As to yon; it has come to light that you were imprisoned for a crime which you had not committed; This means, that you are not only free, but that your property will be Restored to you; as the property of an innocent man cannot be confiscated. Cornelius van Baerle, yf)u are the godson of Cor­nelius and the friend of his brother John. Remain worthy of the name you have, received from-one of them, and of tlie friendship' you have enjoy­ed with the other. The two De Wittes, wrongly judged and wrongly punished la a moment of popular' errdr, were two great citizens, of Whom Holland is. now proud." v

•The. prince, after theSe; lastfWords, which, contrary to his custom,-he pro­nounced Avlth a voice full of emotion, gav^r to:"the lovers to kiss, while they were kneeling before him.

Cornelius started on the same day to Dort with Rosa, who sent her lov­

er's old. housekeeper to her father to apprise him of all that had taken place.

Old Gryphus was by no means ready to be reconciled to his son-in-law. He had not yet forgotten the blows which he had received in that famous en­counter. To judge froni the weals which he counted, their number, he said, amounted to forty-oue; but, at last, 1# order, as ho declared, not to be less generous than bis highness, the Stadtholder, he consented to make his peace. '•»

Appointed to watch over the tulips, the old man made the rudest keeper of flowers in the whole of the Seven Provinces. It was, indeed, a sight to' see him watching the obnoxjous moths and butterflies, killing slugs, and* driv­ing a waythe hungry bees.

Rosa, growing not only in beauty, but in wisdom also, after two years of her married life, could read and write so well that she was able to un­dertake by herself the education of two beautiful children, both born in May, the month of flowers.

As a matter of course, one was a boy, the other a girl, the former being called Cornelius, the other Rosa.

Van Baerle remained faithfully at­tached to Rosa and to his. tulips. The whole of his life was devoted to the happiness of his wife and the culture of flowers, In the matter of which oc­cupations he was so successful that a great number of his varieties found a place in the catalogue of Holland.

The two principal adornments of hla drawing room were those two leaves from the Bible of Cornelius de Witte, in large golden frames; one of them containing the letter in which his god­father enjoined him to burn the corre­spondence of the' Marquis de Lourols, and the other, bis own will, In which lie bequeathed to Rosa bis suckers, un­der condition that she should marry a young "man of from' twenty-six to twenty-eight years, who loved' he^, and whom she loved—a condition which was scrupulously fulfilled, although, or rather because 'Cornelius did not die.

. (The end.)

LITTLE STABLE IN CHILI.

UnllatterinB Picture of the Republic fi :. -Here Painted. .-

Chili in the last seven years has had no'less than twenty-four, changes of cabinets.- Sotne have lasted a few months, some a week and one lasted through one night. The Chilians when they go to bed never knovy under what government they will wake up. But they don't care.

There are five political parties, bat at the bottom Chill is an oligarchy in the hands of the leading families. Fav­oritism in its rankest forms extends to all departments of the government The postoffice at Santiago, the capital, is entirely in the hands of women and Is more like a sewing society than a public institution. Mails go wild'and only bribery or flattery can secure de­cent attention.

The streets of Santiago are a cloud of dust in the dry season andf a sea of mud when it rains. They ore paved with wooden blocks, never cleaned or repaired, and riding over them makes oue think he is rolling on square wheels. -

There are still many open sewers into which all sorts of filth are thrown, to lie and rot or to be carried by the rains into the streets and dooryards.

The vice of the working class l».pro-tracted drunkenness. Workmen ara serviceable on an average of only four days In the week. ^The Mercurio of Santiago says that work In the harbor was suspended about ninety days out of 140.

The lower classes live like beasts and have few needs beyond their drink. Hundreds upon hundreds of the holes where these human beings house them­selves are of mud walls and floor, often no windows and unclosed gaps for doors, a broken chair and a filthy mat­tress, a few tatters for the family, a little brazier, of coals now and then on a small wood fire, around which the members of the family squat In-dian fashion. Water is considered harmful.

The death rate of Santiago is enor­mous—in the neighborhood of thirty-nine per 1,000 inhabitants. The death rate among infants is appalling, dut largely to the great number of illegiti­mate births, which is 33 per cent for all Chili, and as high as 65 in soms places.—Brooklyn Citizen.

jOoe Hundred Year* Ago. ' Napoleon declared tlfe marriage of

his brother, Jerome, to Elizabeth Pat-1 terson of Baltimore annulled. ! An epidemic of typhoid fever caused

hundreds of deaths among French pris­oners In England.

Bonapare assumed the title of king of Italy. | The sudden rising of the waters of

the River Elbe inundated ninety vll-| lages.

I Tecumseh, the great Indian chief of ' the Northwest, had begun to show J his jealousy of the white man's prog-' ress.

Admiral Nelson began his pursuit of the French and Spanish fleets.

The Cisalpine republic was merged Into, the kingdom of Italy. -. . '

SevMty-fiv« Yeara Agok The Russian ship St Nicholas was

blown up at Ismail. The population of the United States

was 11,600,000. General Orvalle was elected Presi­

dent of Chile. A violent 'hurricane caused great

damage to life and property In Wash Ington County, Ohio.

The United States government had spent but $8,000 on internal improve­ments in the State of Illinois in 25 years.

There were in Illinois four tribes of Indians, the Menominees, Kaskaskias, Pottawatomles and Chlppewas, num­bering in all about 6,000.

The province of Conception declared itself free and independent of Chile.

Fifty Year* Afc* French and Russians contended

fiercely for the'rifle pits which the lat­ter had established between the French advance and Mameloji.

Recruiting stations for enlisting men in the British army were discov­ered in New York and Philadelphia.

The President Issued a proclamation declaring in force the reciprocity treaty between this country and Great Britain.

A fire works manufactory at Ber­gen Point, N. 3., exploded, killing sev-

I en persons. An explosion took place In the Midlo­

thian coal mines in Virginia. Of the 55 persons in the mines at the time 35 were killed.

Forty Year* AgOb The Confederate Congress at Rich­

mond adjourned sine die. A heavy storm accompanied by

freshets swept oyer New York and Pennsylvania, doing great damage.

News reached the north that Sheri­dan on the previous day arrived at White House on James River.

That Jeff Davla had resigned in the Interest of General Lee was reported in the north and denied.

President Lincoln issued a procla­mation ordering the arrest and punish­ment by court martial of all persons supplying arms and ammunition to the hostile Indians.

A breach had occurred between Em­peror Maximilian of Mexico and the Roman Catholic Church.

A week of panic in the New York markets had resulted in declines of 23 points in gold, |4 a barrel In pork, 50 Cents a barrel In flour, and 15 to IS cents in wheat.

The Moat Beautiful. Love of country may grow at home

like a sturdy plant, but in a foreign land it blossoms Into glory. A writer in the New York gun says that some months ago hundreds of Swedes were turned away from Carnegie Hall, where the Swedish students were giv­ing a concert. Every seat was filled, but the unfortunate late comers lin­gered for hours, hoping that there might be returned tickets, which they could purchase at the" last moment.

One woman, with tears in her eyos and voice, declared that she had como seventy-five miles to hear the' Swedish national hymn.

For'more than' two hours a lovely blue-eyed girl stood with her pale face almost pressed against-the glass door. Finally some one said to her, "Come down here by the open center door, and you will hear better. • "No, thank you," said she, in the

softest voice. "I can see the flag here."

Then, toward the end of the pro­gram, came the national hymn. Every woman's head was bowed in rever­ence; every man's hat came off. A Swedish listener, to test one of tha bystanders, a young girl, said to her, indifferently, "I don't think that tune is very wonderful."

Instantly the eyes flashed sparks of fire, anjl the low, soft voice returned, "Eveiyone loves his own country hest Its own dear song is to hlm the moat beautiful in all the world."

Thirty Y< The Hawaiian treaty was ratified by

the United States Senate. Port Jervis, N. Y., was inundated by

the breaking of an ice gorge. Wilkes-barre, Pa., and other places were flooded.

John Mltchel, the Irish champion, whose election to the House of Com­mons was set aside, died.

Miss Bessie Turner, girl witness aga inst Theodore Til ton, told her story at the Tilton-Beecher trial in Brook­lyn.

Governor Tllden of New York sent a message to the Legislature declaring the State canals to be mismanaged and the funds looted by contractors.

The mills of the Austin Powder Com­pany, near Cleveland, O., blew up,, an­nihilating three persons and fatally In­juring others..

Tlburclo Vasquez, noted California brigand, was executed at San Francis­co. • . - ... , (. v.. ...

The California State Board of Trade has Toted to request the secretary of agriculture of the'. United" States to appoint a special cdtinftlssloner to as­certain and report regarding ail agri­cultural products that can -be raised la the State. •. >

Japanese cotton mill owners are en­larging their plants to meet the in­creased Chinese demand for Japanese cotton manufacturers.

Twenty Y< A fierce engagement took place be­

tween the British and Arabs under Osman Dlgma at Hasbeen.

The British under General Graham were ambushed by Osman Dlgna's men near Hasbeen, who later attacked Saukln, the English base.

General Grant was able to sleep only through the use of opiates and the In­flammation in his throat became se­vere.

Bands of settlers, rendezvoused' at CoffeyvlIle, 'Kan., made a start for the' Oklahoma homestead lands. , r

The parliament at Stockholm re­jected a measure placing duty on American grain. ' The strike on the Wabash and-Mis­

souri Pacific, Gould lines,- ended—a victory, it was claimed, for the atrlk-eri. - . , . _ ":

Tm Yoars Aao. . ..T":./"' Cuban affairs so stirred up the

chamber of deputies at-Madrid that the military governor resigned

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Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women ' to write, her for advice. She has guiged thousands to health. Address, > » Lyhii, Mas&. -' i,.;;

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Subservient to the Master. . Even in these days of gallantry, a woman is constantly reminded of her old inferior position in the eyes of the "lords of creation." The word "lady," which is supposed to be so complimentary, meand "one who serves bread"—a waitress, nothing more nor less; so that when you address a countess even as "My lady," you are simply saying the equivalent of "my waitress." "Wife" Is another word for "weaver," the woman who weaves her lord's and her children's raiment "Spinster" Is, of course, a "spinner," a word reminiscent of the days when • girl had to spin her complete out­fit of house linen before she was fit to be a wife; and "Mrs." is an abbrevia­tion of masteress, the most flattering description of all, and yet showlng that woman derives her position solely from her master.

Retrogression. "Well, I never!" exclaimed Mrs.

Bllggins. "What's the matter?" asked her hus­

band In a startled tone, as he turned around from his shaving glass.

"The.idea of a grown man like you standing there-for' five minutes at a time admiring yourself."

"I'm not admiring, myself. My feel­ings are those of astonishment, not ad­miration. I can't realize that I'm the same person who years ago was called •precious pet* and held on people's knees and kissed by the neighbors. It's an awful thought."—Washington Star.

8KIN PURIFICATION. .

Cntlcnra Soap, Ointment and Pllla Cleanse the Skin and Blood of Tortur­ing Humors — Complete Treatment •I.OO. The agonizing Itching and burning

of the skin, as In eczema; the fright­ful scaling, as In psoriasis; the loss of hair and crusting of scalp, as in scalled bead; the facial disfigurement, as In pimples and ring worm; the aw­ful suffering of Infants, and anxiety of worn-out parents, as In milk crust, tetter and salt rheum—all demand a remedy of almost superhuman virtues to successfully cope with them. That Cutlcura Soap, Olutment and Pills are such stands proven by the testi­mony of the civilized world.

Surely Stuck. Billbrown—Are you one of the stock­

holders in the Bunko Oil Company? Jaysmith—Well, I labored under the

delusion that I was for a time. Billbrown—How's that? Jaysmith—I discovered later that I

was merely one of the stack-holders.— Chics go Daily News.

Effects of Prosperity. In the six years of the country's

greatest prosperity, from 1807 to 1903, sverage prices of breadstuffs advanced 85 per cent., meats 23.1 per cent, dairy and garden products 50.1 per cent and clothing 24.1. All these were products of the farmer and stockman who profited more than any other class of the community by these advances. The miner benefited 42.1 per cent by that advance in the average price of< metals. The only decrease in the aver-' age prices of commodities In that pe­riod was In railway freights,, which decreased from .798 per ton-mile in 1897 to .763 In 1903, a loss of 4.4 per:

pent the report of the Interstate Commerce Commission shows that the average Increase In the' pay of railroad smployes in that period was a trifle above 8.5 per cent

Plio's Care for Consumption carsd me »f s tenacious and persuteat cough.— Wo. H. Harrison, 227 W. 121st street, New York, March 25.1901.

A gutta-percha and rubber manufae-luring company of Toronto has made a belt for the grain elevator of the Inter­colonial Railway-at St. John which ls~ mm of the largest ever prduced. It lr »t rubber, snd measures 3,259.. tesb Its ireight is nine tons.

Sovriat Equality tn Cambrldjie. Before Longfellow bought the house

In Cambridge so, associated with hls:.-memory.it was owned and occupied by old Mra. Cralgie. '.

Mrs. Craigie was a woman of many Conway; emlnls-

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to protect

eccentricities, Moncure , says, in his recent book cences."

Some one once tried,;"to to.-have her trees tarred them from caterpillars, which also In-faded her neighbor's tress. - She refused to be so cruel to the caterpillars. "

"They are our fellow worms," she * said. • . . - ' i*'i

The Trouble with Him. ^ "I refuse to talk to you, sir!" roared

the indignant old father. "If you willgt^.., come around when you are sober to ask;^i| me for my daughter I may consider the fi'&i. matter." mw

"When I'm shober? Thash all. right, old man—thash all right. Glad to do ifc&j®-Only I never seem to want her whenl®! I'm sober.''—Chicago Record-Herald. ; :sgfI*

; ' Iff Earliest Grcea Onions. The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, |||§

Wis., always have something; new, some-thing: valuable. This .- year they offer tfjll among their new money making vege-tables, an Earliest Green Eating Onion. Wil ' ' • " " ' Gardener! It is a winner, Mr. Farmer and

JUST SEND THIS NOT" and they will send you ^jjfcfg plant and

catalog,- together wrtff enough seed ' to grow .

.1,000 fine, solid Cabbajies, >» . 2,000 rich, juicy Turnips, '

2,000 blanching, nutty Celery. « -2,000 rich, buttery'Lettuce, ' ,. V

• * 1,000 TBplendi'd Onions, * » 1*000. rare, luscious- Radishes, .. 1.000'gloriously'.brilliant Flowers. , 3

In all over 10,000.planta—this great offet is made to get-you to test their warranted N vegetable seeds and ^ >

ALL FOB BUT 160 POSTAGE, providing you will return this notice, snd ^ jST • I if you will send them 26c in postage,'they will add to the above a big package of > Salzer'a Fourth of July Sweet Corn—the earliest on earth—10 days earlier than Cory, Peep o'Day, First of All, etc. IC.N.U.]

Paying tor Information. "Say, 'me good man," exclaimed the ?

city youth, who- was undecided wheth­er to buy shrimp or minnows, "what do you catch fish with around here?" '

"Give me a quarter and I'll tell you," grunted the ruralite with the new-cut ra* pole.

"Here It Is. Now, what do you catch them with?"

"Hooks',"—Philadelphia Record.

•IOO Baward, SIN. . T51* o* this paper will b» pleased U 1 learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease' that science has been able to cure In all Its . •taxes, and that li Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Curs "if-3 Is the only positive cure nnwWyiwn to themsd; ** leal fraternity. Catarrh U^S^.-uonstltiiHoaal " disease, requires a consu^Hud treatment > Hall's Catarrh Cure Is takeRKiirnaUy. acting £ directly upon the blood and^icous sunacesol i

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Ina Its work. Tlie proprietors much faith In Its curative powers tliat they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it nib to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. i-*.'-*

Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O . Bold by Druggists. 7Sc. .

Hall's Family Pllla are the best.

Tired of English. 6' •" Hdsband—You. on£e..told me that you . »r« studied French*. Italian and Spanish^ i while i a^. school. ^ Gau you speak any of 'F " thiwu. now?' ; ,::V :

^Cultured Wife—All of them. Why? ^ ' . -Husband—I wish you'd do your talk-ing- in. one or the. other of them until get through with this newspaper. !

- ; ; • ' *•- li .' * « I . TO CJTteE A COLD IN ONE DA*

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al. dnurrfsts refund the money If It fails to cure. • , , E. W. Grove'* denature is un eaeb box. tta g_f \

..T ...—... . i .„ • n \ .' The use;of- the X-rays .has proved a 3-' Taiuabiie^adjunct to. jiearl fishing on the c 4 coast of Ceylon'. By'this application it ^ is possible to discriminate between;Valua*^, $ I ble ;oy»tVsrs' and those containing .ne ^ .'<* L peiarli'. Oysters useless for the commer* ^ I ciali purposss ̂ arcj throwa back into tha r-

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