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no good?’ • Have you - ——iw Miiaa wut’U III? UC'Kttll w * C * k m T ork ' There was no work for Um. They wanted young men. He wail too old; he couldn’t stand the Au <l »»mo were less gentle with the rehoir. Gradually his little fand dwindled, and at last he made i Egging at farm houses along the road. lie found shelter In hayrick* sad bams, sneaking In after dam and tearing before dawn. Laffk or Tood began ,to tell. The wrinkles deepened' iu his foce; liis eves took on a hopeless expression; his gait was ' slower; his back began to bend. In n few weeks Jonas was an old, old man. ' And with weakness came the feeling j of dependence. His pride melted. He 1 wanted s strong arm ahont him." But ’ there was only one In all the world on whom he might calI~"Sonny.” And where was “Sonny” now? 1 There was ample time for Jonas to regret the past A* be plodded along the frozea road he recalled the occur- rences of ten years before, when “Bonaj" bad passed oht of bis fife. On the boy's shoulder* had fallen the harden of the farm, with Its mortgage. • Together they had worked. Bill doing the lion's share, to raise the encum brance; and when the money was al- moat In hand, Jonas had loaned It, against Billy's earnest protest, to n *2?? on 4,1 unsecured note, at heavy . Interest And when the friend failed, I Billy saw the fruits of ids labor swept sway In a night Was it any wonder, then, that he proposed giving up the farm end moving to the city? Were GIVEN AWAY Scad us your name sod address sad we will send you free «nd post-paid 24 pieces of our lewelry novelties to sell st 10 cents each. Everybody you show them to will buy them of you. When sold send us the $2.40 and we will at once Had you (bis Handsome Fur Scarf It Is nearly 43 Inches long, made from black Lynx fur, has six full, bushy labs, very latest style, and wo know you will be more than pleased with 1(. When you receive it we know you will say it is the most elegant and thoroughly good fur you have ever seen. Nothing similar to this scarf has ever before been offered as s premium; It will Rive years of satisfactory wear. It elves ■ stylish, dressy effect to the wearer’s appearance. The only reason we can offer them Is we had a large number of them made up for us by one of the large furriers during the summer/ when trade was quiet; this Is the only reason we-are able to offer such an expensive premium. We hope you will lake advantage of our offer without delay. This Is an extraordinary offer and cannot be duplicated by any other reliable concern. We trust you with our lewelry until sold. Jt costs you nothing to get this fur. Address, Jonas was cooking a bit of bacon! whipped the 0,1 ill,' little Stove when the door open- feet with ,,1 and ,1 rasping'voice spoke fnmll-ners an' \ iarly: ‘‘Goto’ to sell out, I see, Jonas, “ 5 eh?" Jonas looked up In evident displeas ure. He was a slender, old man—per- groun’ from under my ye re consamed pretty man- ™./ e ri r t f nk account, and took P“ ont °. my ® rms > a a' married her, damn yo. Mebbe ye don’t remcm- low-down-'V 5 ' 0 "' hC ' p ' yc lyInd My. , for J he Stlt'lre that his breath failed, for Jonas was up in an flaRbin S. bi3 nostrils white and dilated with sudden, virile an g er He leaned with one hand on the table, and in his grasp was the Ion g bread-knife. Ills voice was om inously quiet: “Steady, Squire. I don’t allow no man to insult me in my own house, ’showing the pink skin beneath, for Jonas was In prime health as a result of his regular, active farm Ufe. Now ks were pinker with Irritation. Squire Barlow was not a welcome vis itor. JoDas's glance .. encountered another old man—as advanced In years s himself, blit not as well preserved. He was short and stout, with black, beady eyes deep-set to a yellowish, leathery face. lie looked the mean, hard-fisted man he was known to be; and as Jonas was not pleased with the Interruption he tnrned again to the stove, giving enrt assent to the Squire's Inquiry: “l’e see right, Guess ye know the moanin' of red flags Jes’ as well as I do, serin’ as how gcu’raly ye happen to be ‘roun’ where there’s bargains. Will ye shot th’ door,' Squire? I ain’t got no plans for heatin' all ont doors.” Jonas spoke impatiently. Then, as the Squire closed the door with an FaDatoas Coat of Solomon’s Tctupla Solomon’s Temple flourished before the days of modem “Graft,” but it may be wondered what became of all the jewels and precious stones, for the talents of gold, surer and brass used In the construction of the temple were valued at about thirty-live billions of dollars, and the Jewels about the same, according to Villnpandus. The conse crated tosscIs of gold amounted to two and three-quarter billions; of 'Silver two aud one-half billions; the vest ments and musical Instruments to eleven and one-quarter millions. There wore ten thousand men em ployed to hew timber, sfcven thou- saud ns burden curriers, twenty thou sand as hewers of stones, thirty-throe hundred overseers, all of whom were employed for seven years and upon whom Solomon bestowed as a gtfc thirty millions of dollars. Adding the food and wages the total would be over four hundred and fifty millions of dollars. The costly stone and tlm- lier equalled twelve billion more and IJjo whole total has been carefully IN YOUR OWN HONE. A wonderful offer to every lover of music whether a beginner or an advanced player. * Ninety-six lessons-(or a less number if you desire) for cither Piano, Organ, Violin, Guitar, Banjo, Cornet or Mandolin will be given free to nrako our home study courses for these 1". struincnts known in your locality. You will get ono lesson weekly, and your only expense dur ing tho time you tako the* lessons will bo the cost of postage and tho music you will use, which ta small. Write at once, it will mean much to you to get our free booklet. It will C you under no obligation whatever to ta l neverwrlto again. You and your friends should know of this work. Hundreds of our pupils writet “Wish I had known of your school before.’* “Have learned mnro In one tj*rm in my borne with your weekly lesions than in three terms with private teachers, and at a great deal less expense.** “Everything is so thorough and complete.*’ “Tho lessons are msrrelsof slinpUcIty; and my ll.ye.rold boy ' ha*,®* b»d too tout trouble to tom” One minister writes: “As each succeeding toion comee I am more end more fully penuuded I mado no mistake la brooming your pupil.” Wo bare been eetabllehrd emu yeare-have bmunds or pmOa from debt yean of *ro to •; eercoty. Don't fay you cannot leeromwio till jyuK-od for our treo booklet aud tuition offer. It win be eent by return mall free, Addreee V. 8. SCHOOL or MUSIO. 18 Onion Square. New York City. ~r—’ . . ~ v.itj { nrre they to continue there, with noses to the eternal grindstone, merely eking ont a living? The mother agreed, faith tahte son being deep and a bid- but Jonas Said No, and v/hen, after months of argument, Billy an nounced his Intention of going alone, Jonns rose in wrath and showed him the door, bidding him with a curse to “Go, and Hay, and never show your face again.” Now, ta his bitterness, weak and weary, Jonas sat down by the side of the road and wept qnletly- the first time in years. Oh, If he could only find “Sonny.” “Sonny” would forgive him. His heart went back to this old home; (o the sorrowing mother, who had ptacd away grieving for her son. He did not know that on tho day of his departure, Billy, prosperous and genejous, haring heard of tho air .reaching sale, had appeared before the astonished Squire Bartow and up- aad th.4. lewll-IJ it a. * / DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER. , Fen country, ta a spacious, well-wood- ' cd park, Hose to tho town of Hunting- • don. Four centuries ago It was the ; dower palace of Queen Katherine, of ; Arragon, after her divorce from i Henry '.TH. ‘ It would stlU appear to , be the residence of her spirit, since , her ghost, ta long, queenly robe and royal crown, Is sold to roam IK iur- rldors even yet. The Castle, however, has another ghost, less dignified, per- , haps, but distinctly Interesting ta Its estimated as $77,521,005,030. Cron and Parrot FlghL Adam Forcpnugb, the veteran shew- mun, had a white parrot which had learned to say, “One at n time, gentle men, don't crush,” acquired, of course, from the ticket seller. Ono day the parrot got lost, and after a long search Mr. Forepaugh was overjoyed to hear Us familiar voice from an adjoining cornfield. Ho dismounted from his buggy, en tered tho cornfield and found the par rot ta the middle of a flock of crows that had peeked him until he was al most feathcrlosa. As tho crows bit and nipped, tho parrot, lying on his moters of American colonization, hangs ta the great hall, and Us origi nal is said to keep a nightly vigil for rogues and poachers, accommodating himself, according to Inclination and moonlight,, by either sitting astride the park wall or secreting himself un der tho shadow of the mighty elm trees. Trobably the ghoqt of Kir John Repeaters Is an Immense saving of gamekeepers’ salaries to tho ducal purse. Lord Denbigh, who Is well remem bered In this country from bis visit in Boston n few years ago, at the bead of tbo Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of London, Is the chief of the family to which tbo famous novelist, Henry Fielding, belonged. IIo likewise elnlms relationship With tho Imperial Austrian House of Hapsburg; this claim, however, being ridiculed by many eminent; English genealogists. Ho Is lord-in-waltlng to the King, and ouo of the forty Roman Catholic members of tho Upper Ilouso of the English national assembly. Tho Bradley-Martlns, It Is learned? have mado several efforts to purchase Ilalmacaan outright, the magnificent place they occupy In Scotland.' But, though they have frequently raised their figures to a fancy price, they cannot Induce the owner to part with it The fact that they merely lease tho place does not prevent them from spending a mint of money on It. It Is now far more luxuriously fitted up than Balmoral, the Scotch royal resl- lenee, and. Mar Lodge, the Duchess, side nud defending himself with Ills claws, was repeating over and over, “Ono at a time, gentlemen, one ot a smoke lying low on the horizon. The road .was lined with beautiful resi dences, and as dusk came on, lights E Ud shield of in tween.ilia *hoot ad and the cartn time. Don't crush. appeared ta the windows. Thera was warmth and cheer. Might not food Colorado’s Fine Capitol. The State Capitol of Colorado was erected at a cost of $3.600,000 and Is constructed entirely of Colorado ma terial. The cxlerlor Is of selected gray granite and the interior of polished ns LAV still, the precious bundle clasped in his arms. angry slam, he lifted the meat out of notice, Jonas. I’ve bought c the pan with • fork and put It on a blue plate that noted, warming, on the edge of the stove. Ye don’t seem very glad to see me, Jonns.” The Store's voice was a cross between n whine and n snarl, and his black eyes gleamed malignantly. Jonas conitai * ’ ’ MM automatic **!”». {jjj marble and onyx. It stands In the cen ter of a ten-acre tract and required about ten years to complete. here,” ho growjed. “This ain't no place for hoboes.” Jonas turned and went ont again. He would not beg from a common - stable-hand. He would push on to the city. As be passed the side of tbo house he glanced up at the root and stopped suddenly. There wns a glow ta the attic window. The gloss shivered and a gash of smoke and name told him Instantly that tho bonso was on fire. With quick stops.he no to the front “It Is reported that our corner drug gist Is about to fall.” “Goods a drug on tbo market, eh?” 1 on the fust mortgage. It's the sweet est day I ever dfawed breath. Pack up ye’re duds, ye wbitebetded pup. It's my turn now.” He dodged the heavy too of Jonas’s boot and hastened down the graveled walk to his buggy at the gate. Jonas went back to the kitchen and cleared up the breakfast dishes Then- he sat own with his pipe to think It over. The Sqnlre’s words were no surprise. He knew that Bartow bad bought up the notes; he knew that there was no hope for him after to morrow. He find already packed his few clothes In a grip, and was ready. To-morrow, before the sale could be gin, be would walk ont sad leave the old place, with aU lta memories to Its new owner. Jonn's nature was self-contalnea, and he did not show his emotion*. Yet, as he wandered shout tho house, thinking of Eliza, be came very near to tears. It was all so lonesome and for lorn. The dust lay thick on the per- lor table, something bo had never known in the old days. Hi* mtad went back, as It had done a hundred .. thn waAtr frt “Snnnv. Jonas con tinned his preparations for breakfast Ha gave a final stir to the coffee, set the pot and -the plate of meat on the table, and cut a thick Slice of bread. Than, as be sat down to sat he looked up at the Squire with -'fold, hard eyes: - “i didn’t ask ye to come ta, Squire, an' I'll not ask ye tor go long as ye . behave yerself.” He spoke very quiet- ly, almost us though lie were talking to himself.—And a* the Squire’s face reddened with suppressed snget (for be had expected Jonas to cringe be fore Mm) Jonas calmly stirred bis cof- _fee, looking meditatively ont of the window across the bleak, frozen blu- Side.' . Jonas's Indifference was too much for the Squire’s temper and he let him self out with an oath. “Ab-h-bj” ho snarled. “Ye nay well say ye dldnt ask me In, Jooae Updyke. But ye dassent ask me: why I come. For though we’ve lived here In this valley ntgnSeventy year, boys together, and men'togather, this 1* the fnst time In ■forty year gone that I've crossed this bore doorallL But It won’t be the lash Jonas, it won’t be the last, me boy. There was an unction* sneer in hto voice that grated ojLjevery fibre or Jena's being • . . “There wouldn’t be no tears shed, Squire, If ye wasn’t to come tack no more. An’ as for crossln my step In a M— hnttPIH Ter* and op on the broad porch. The door was locked, bat be pounded on It with his fists. “FIREI*’ ho shouted; and again, “FIBE! FIRE! Thcdooropened suddenly, showing tho white,-scared face of a woman.: “FIRE!” Yon house Is on Oret” ho cried, as be poshed post her. Women screamed and children ran hither aud thither. Hardly knowing why JonaB hurried up the broad stalra. Ah he turned Into the upper ball a cloud of smoke enveloped him. He en tered the first room and ran to Ipo window. Opening It, he shouted into the Stttl night sir, “FIBEI FIBEP*'He beard men’s voices, but as taa dream, for the smoko was stifling him. Ho mast get back or die, like a rat In a bole. As ho groped his way ho fell against a bed. A tiny voice startled him. It was a baby, choking ta the dense smoke. He reached out blindly; his hands came upon the child strug gling beneath heavy coverings, lie grabbed It up, dragging off tbo blan kets, and wrapping them around tho or lather, Princess of Fife's place, pales Into lnslgnlflcanco compared D O YOU KNOW that dirty bottles and scales cause you trouble? Obviate this by using our Developers, put up READY TO USE. Simply empty our tubes Into the developing trsy and add tfce water— we don’t charge you for the latter. Large quantities of developer made up at one time oxydize and spoil. With our developers you only make up enough for Immediate use. Send 25 cents for half a dozen tubes sufficient for 24 ounces of devel oper for Velox, Azo, Cyko, Rotox, or other papers, or 60 ounces of Plate and film Developer—a Developer which will not stain the fingers or nails, and is non-polsonoua. We have a Sepia Toner for gsslight papers, 6 tubes, 25c. with It. * Tho Bradley-Martlns have been so long ta England that one almost for gets their rise to Influence ta tho so cial world, l'hclrs Is a success duo to riches-at least, so It would appear, and, In fact, such success makes small Impression on tho thoughtful. Yet, when you look Into It, you find many things that urousu your admiration. It Is no mean thing to make an en trance ill the London world of fashion. It requires a deal of tact and knowl edge of men and women. The Earl of Craven, the son-in-law of tho Bradley- Martlns, passes most of his time look ing after his forty thousand acres, and ta attending to his duties as county magistrate near his Warwickshire home. Lady Craven hi keenly inter ested In poultry farming, nml at Coombc Abbey has bred birds .hat have stirred up the keenest sort of competition amongst English fnnierH. Moreover, it Is agreed on all hands that the lioy-and-glrl marriage of 181)3 has turned out more pleasantly than the wiseacres of that date predicted. NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMICAL COMPANY Uth St. and Penn Av*., v* Washington, D. C. Wake Up, Old Man,' Wake Upl no longer. Jonas was up long before dawn the next morning, as Squro Barlow bad pred , -*~* ” last breakfast, si ready to depart-, the yard without. » »««« *—— -- f r . • hirp ,r. lt r but be swung awsr s gait that set bis j onsly. Over his ilwuw.., — ~ —v camv be carried bis csTpet grip-sack. In Us pocket was money-not “ to be sure, but enough to keep him for a month. And why worry beyond even sf seventy If you bad asked*Jonas whither ho wai bound he could not have told you, bnt be feltTi his beart thst ta could make his way to one of the large dues and find work, for hi* spirit was yet young. It was his boost, admitted by his neighbors, that ta hadnotaged a day, ta look or manner, In the post ten yesre. So he strode on with a light etep, and for » ahont twenty P««ng «P at country hotels. *be fw«b tor wns, like wine: the varying tondscape was s delight,' He lived again the days of ilxty-three when he tramped OP and dowm the State of Tennessee, fighting -and being fought, day after day, torongb 'that terrible campaign. ■ BE A BOOK-KEEPER! BE A FIRST-CLASS BOOK-KEEPER You TO Never Pall Asleep Over Your Work or be troubled oreir long column* of figure*, If you will iHU-ciuuM and master the content* of «lt>—particularly to the profrcsshc. It l»;ads Hive etntemer t: keep book* for or iuana«o a Stock COflpaay or BUfluiaUunoe , aud more—iMLCti more J Why Go to “College” to Learn Book-keeping ■.■'fro.™ «? tewreot -Vranut.ro monlh. c. mh^raaan.lqu.tre. ut. will, for the Email sum of $3.00, qualify, you at yocr own home ANY portion Where a HrttrCiass book-keeper may !>•; required or Id you ask for anjrihinir fairirt l'rico (for book and • course,’’) •articular*, or enclose $8.00 in manner directed below, and you will options. Too, Everywhere. Free! Il'llif Kv'hafsf S'apliuM vS&l TOO! >odwin> l»ractlcal ln*tniotio n for Butrin*** Men” fan extremely « JLOUi will be Kent, iUEC OF CIIAKGK. to tho^e who »ill OO to It, and wend f..r tlie Iwok and ••course” above ir or to hand it to somebody else to use—a* it is worth ONE DOL. 11“! GOODWIN little one’s bead and body. Somehow he reached the door, stag gered Into tho hall and foundtbestalr- way. As he started down ho tripped over the end of a blanket and rolled down, down, over and over. His head struck a sharp corner at the foot of tho steps, and be lay still, the precious bundle clasped ta bis arms. An Immeasurable space of time passed—then-Jonas awoke slowly, no •ted,.bo cooked bis l*by sun-up he was reuuy *u He stepped outof the yard without a look back. The —— s-ot#h Vnvnniber .frost, down the road at m»b «rv -eart pounding joy- Over his shoulder, on ajieavy r 1- uii C*TpCt rT-P-SSC—. tet was money—not so much but enough to keep'him for And' why worry beyond a a', sarpniv YMfl Of IZC? And the Countess of Craven grows prettier a« she grows older. rrinee Nanseta Pehnsmez Monte zuma, who claims to be the lineal de scendant of the famous Aztec King of that name, 1-. a email, olive-skinned youth, with large, heavily-fringed gray eyes, a full, red mouth and long hair. He, wears civilian clothes, a broad-rimmed sombrero, and usually carries an Interesting, carved cane. van Calava. Then n familiar voice sounded In' Ills '‘Father, father,’’.It said. Surely “Yes, father. It was right here. It was uur baby, and you saved it for us. The fire’s out There's no danger. And I've bought the old home, father, and you can go back If yon want, and never work or want any morel” But Jonas did not hear. A great peace came over 1dm. no knew only that “Sonny” hold hi. b; that “Sunny" that was “Sonny’s” voice, and he back III tho old home, anil it was i to get up and milk the cows . struggled against the* heavy si nis eyes opened and looked up Billy's face. "Sonny, Is It yen?" tek^l w^^jjM'ker^ajn^l Slowly, the truth dawned upon 1 He closed hi* eye* again, tryln; remember. “Sonny, there was a and—a—a—baby— HKKUND MOSEY! Coil $3 OO. Sena for further “set ror- ■oncy's aortl I Find P The umlprsltfned supp m(Trial school*" which co cutout this -card,” pi” $8 .urotoentieraj-ltre.i 1 ”;' •Room 436,1218 Broadway, fiwm UABaB