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the new TENANT.
I when he wt wr Uh 1 |
■’ s hut tbe casements of my BMIt |
1 locked the door, and In each part ,
— darkness itisMd. forjoen and ne». j
rileroed no happy iun*hln» through |
barrier ot fa*toned doolat ;
; just by thick upon the floor*
rosemary w*» atretro and cue.
on a certain day came one
rfbo knocked and would not ha denied
Lj threw the rusted caaements arid*
I entered with the wind and sun.
I diner weba that grlel had ipun,
L du’"t that end neglect bad laid,
l c ta !cd hangings,' rent and frayed.
I vanished ere hU work waa don*.
I he hath swept my heart for roe
lean of old Borrowing and doubt,
Lj be hath set it all about
, peace and happy certainty!
iome be glad for such as he
v erv sweet nor let him And
iat ch'ast one tenant left behind,
silent, sad eyed memory! j
-Theodosia Garrison in Harper's Bazar.
NO BREAKING OFF.
Little Disagreement Between
the Peppery Lovers.
bore, Daniel,” began the old
r tv ben lie bad cornered bis son
tbe corucrlb, “what’s this here
tin round ’inong tbe neighbors
•ou and Patience breakln off yer
eineutv"
thin to it 'tall,” with a sullen tone
iok.
led funny. I never see so much
where there wasn’t some Are.
ou and her have some words?”
aid there wasn’t no bteakln off.
1 ? What’s the use of cross ques-
a feller like he was on the wlt-
Istan’?”
s of use, my young man, Haln’t
you more times ’n you’ve got
s and toes that my mind and ma’s
is sot on this here marriage?
our farms jlue. and Isn’t she a
bile, and haln't you a only chile?
t you got no gumtlon nur corn-
use'/”
e said not. She said I didn’t
enough to peel b’iled pertaters
eatln ’em or to keep awake when
a-courtln of her.”
e haln’t so fur wrong, either. And
did you say?”
|tol« her she didn't have lnterleck
u to talk so’s to keep nobody
e anil that ef I was a-plckln and
sin fur beauty she'd be ot the
I of the class. That’s what I tole
ell 5”
rdered me to git out and said
e ever see me on that farm from
for' ril she'd set the dogs on me,
tole her the dogs would have a
muled easy time of It so fur as I
consumed. But there was no
In off.”
n the old man Informed the boy
f the engagement wasn’t renewed
iin 24 hours he'd leave every
ned dollar to a sar.nytorlum fur
[."—Detroit Free Press.
Worlil'H Longrest Stnti-svny.
le Philadelphia city hall contains
lilghest continuous stairway In the
Id, and tourists who have boasted
llieir muscular ability In climbing
I stone stops of the Bunker Hill
jumeiit at Charlestown, the Wash-
pa monument or the monument to
pral Brock near Queenstown, On-
will tell their friends of their
I of ascending the DOS steps which
1 from the seventh floor of the city
I to the landing about the feet of
|iam reun's statue. It extends
the seventh to the sixteenth floor
ta.'.s DOS,steps of iron, arrang-
lm '-'t a square central shaft. In
1 runs an electric elevator. To
the tower stairway the climber
mount 245 granite stairs In the
fways at the northern end of the
thus making a total climb of
(steps.
climbing is one ot the fads of
lists. Hitherto the Bunker Hill
Jument, with Its four hundred odd
i and the Washington rnonu-
| : which has a few more, have rep-
n -tcd the acme of opportunity for
physical endurance In this
[dry.—Philadelphia Press.
A hllaplneed Letter.
transposition of letters In the
word sometimes produces tbe
budget.
The. origin or the word “budget,"
meaning an estimate of government
revenues and expenses. Is thos explain-
i»
Almost from time Immemorial It waa
the custom In England to put tbe esti
mates of receipts and expenditures pre
sented to parliament la a leather hag.
the word budget being thus borrowed;
from the old Norman word bougette.
which signifies a leather purse. Curi
ously enough, the word has passed back
again Into France from England.—New
York Tribune.
Bad Last HI* Fourth.
One ot Judge Howland’s stories bad
to do with tbe old Maine farmer who
bad been married four times. Shortly
after tbe death of bla fourth wife a
neighbor stopped him and said:
“Mornln. Cyrus. How’s tbe wire this
morn In?" /
"Waal, to tell ye the truth,” replied
Cyrus. “I’m kinder out ot wives Just
now."—Detroit Free Press.
Similar, bat Different.
"Do you think I am capable of act
ing a part?" asked tbe stagestruck
youth.
“I do," replied tbe busy manager,
“and the farther apart we are wber
you act tbe better It will suit m«."-
Cblcago News-
Pound tbe House.
The late Sir Frederick Oore-Ouseiey.
professor of music at Oxford, was once
going to cal) on a friend In London and
asked a fellow musician the number In
which be lived In a certain street.
“I don’t know bts number.” answered
rbe other, “but tbe note of bis door
scraper Is C sharp.”
Sir Frederick went off. contentedly
kicking the door scrapers all down tbe
Street until he came to tbe right one.
When be rang tbe bell and went In.—
London Standard.
Uoaina' aWlClepnant,
A difficult operation was performed
tbe other day at tbe zoological gardens
at Hanover. An elephant was suffer
ing great pain from a growth on tbe
lower part of one of Its bind feet, and
It was deemed necessary to cut this
malformation away. In order to ren
der the animal Insensible a dose of <100
grains of morphia In six bottles of rum
was administered- This dose took
about an hour before any visible effect
was produced. The elephant then fell
over In a kind of sleep, and tbe opera
tlon was successfully carried out with
out any further ado. The operation
lasted In all three days.—London Globe
Of three wires of the same thickness
one made of gold will sustain 150
pouDds. one made of copper 302 pounds,
one of Iron 549 pounds.
Tbe Soa« ot Ibo Grouse.
Certain birds when tbe period of
courtship comes round repair to partic
ular trystlng places and announce their
presence there by well known colls or
signals.
The ruffed grouse, as every one
knows, seeks an old lor ot other con
venient perch and drams with his
wings, a hint to any lady grouse with
in hearing that "Barkis Is wlllln.”
The performance of the grouse Is one
frequently beard, but comparatively
seldom seen, and for many years there
were numerous conflicting theories
concerning the means by which the
dramming was produced. Some said
that the sound was vocal, and others
declared that the groasc struck the log
with Its wings. Even today the pre
cise cause of the sound Is not known
for, although the bird bos been closely
watched, Its wing movements are so
rapid that It Is next to Impossible to
tell exactly what takes place. This
much, however, Is known: During th<
performance the grouse stands upoi
the leg or other perch and strikes thi
air In front of his body somewhat aftci
the manner of an elated barnyard cock.
The first few strokes ore measured, but
they become faster and faster Until the
Individual thumps are lost, as In the
rolling of a dram. Whether the sound
Is due entirely to beating of the air or
whether It Is Increased by the striking
together of tbe wing tips Is a question
yet to be settled.—Hartford Times.
NO BUSINESS
Gan be properly run without being
"Advertised,
Why Dinah Wept.
Not long ago, a lieutenant Ip tbe navy
was ordered away on a three- years’
cruise. Tbe order had been dreaded
for weeks, and when. It came the young
wife, -who was. to be left In a Brook
lyn flat with a baby and a colored serv
ant, was In despairs
She controlled her sorrow very well
however, until the actual moment of
parting came, and then she wept a*
though hor heart would break. Thi
cruiser was to leave the navy yard
early- next morning, and the lieutenant
bad gone to report for duty.
In the midst of her lamentations the
young- wife heard - a sniffing and sob
bing- h> the dining room, and upon
glancing through; the door she saw
Dinah, the colored 1 maid, rocking her
body to and-fro In a chair and weeping
violently.
“Why, D-D-Dlnab, what’s the tn-mat
ter?” cried the- mistress. "You seem
to t-t-take Mr. Blank’s departure as
much to heart as I d-do.”
“ ’Deed I doesn’t. Mis’ Blank; ’deed I
doesn't!" sobbed Dinah. ‘‘What am
boderln dls chile am de fac’ dat a cul-
hid gemman friend o’ mine am gwlne
sail hlsse’f on dat same ole crulsab!’’—
New York Herald.
Tbe purest Chinese Is spoken at Nan
kin and Is called “tbe language of the
mandarins.”
“A few months ago, food which I
ate for breakfast would not remain
on my stomach for half an hour, 1
used one bottle of your Kodol Dys.
‘pepsia Cure and can now eat my
breakfast and other meals with a
relish and my food is thoroughly di-
gested. Nothing equals Kodol Dps-
pepsta Cure for stomach troubles’ H.
S. Pitts, Arlington Tex. Kodol Dys
pepsia Cure digests what you eat.
R. L. Hicks.
A Telltale Bongt.
Nell—She used to boast that she was
one of the charter members of the Wo
man’s Suffrage club. She doesn’t; ap
pear to be as proud of It now.
Ec-lle—Oh, she’s just as proud, but.
you know, the club was organized; lf>
years ago. anil she must have been at
least 20 when she Joined.—Philadelphia
Heeord.
The geographical divisions of the
United States are the north Atlantic
group, the south Atlautic group, the
north central group, the south central
group and the western group.
Dyspeptics cannot be long lived
'' herons results.^ In “Tbe Still because to live requires nourishment.
ivhicb was written by Profess- Food is not nonrishming until it si
i-i iJ S |>r»r f U :'' n ",: The St f in „ I digested. A disordered stomach can-
at sea.” A large number ! not d «8«i fa* 1 -' 1 mu8t . hav , e a88 «'
i’l-uitisl and disposed of before It ;tance. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di*
i:-covered that “clam” had been gests all kinds of food without aid
fteii lor “calm." j from the stomach, allowing it to
— rest and regain its natural functions.
a Heavyweight. J l t8 elements are exactly the same as
then she said in telling ofthe the patnral digestive fluids and its
episode, “she sprang to s.mply can’t help but do you good.
Some Exploded Food F&llnetea.
Fish ns n food of tbe brain worker
must be consigned to* tbe limbo of
vanities, though certain forms of fish
are the cheapest ef all foods, notably
the bloater. Oysters and turtle soup
are frauds. It would take 14 oysters
to equal the nourishment of one egg
and 223 to provide tbe same amount
of nutriment contained la a pound of
beef.
Salt fish, especially salt fat fish, Is
tbe most valuable food for the poorer
classes, and whole races In the sooth
of Europe live on the Newfoundland
cod. Canned salmon we see at 18
pence a pound Is no more, expensive
than cod at sixpence. Millions of peo
ple live on it, and the North American
settler who is not well provided with
cash finds It a good substitute and
change from, .flesh meat at times.
Frogs’ legs are not of high nutritive
value, which need not surprise us.
Turtle soup, from the chemist’s point
of view Is ndt worth a tenth of the
price paid, for It—Exchange.
• did ?’
: >f < r| u'.'se. Do yon doubt 1FT
|f '.” lie replied, “but after see-
I can’t help thinking that It
I st i " ! vp Jarred blm quite a bit”—
F ea So Post
Cheered by- It.
are sure you can support my
111 the style to which she ha*
i-if-nied?’’ asked the heavy fa-
R. L. Hicks.
Too. Classic For Them.
A resident in a small suburban town
had a visit from a German friend who
knew little English, but played the vio
lin welt Oue of this resident’s neigh
bors gave a “muslcale,” and of course
he and his visitor were Invited. The
German took his violin, and when his
turn came he played one of his best
pieces from one of the great masters.
When he had finished, there was an
awkward silence and no applause. The
people were still looking expectantly at
the German, who looked disappointed
and flustered. The silence grew pain
ful.
Finally the hostess, quite red In tbe
face, edged over to the side of the Ger
man's friend.
"Can’t you get him to?" she whis
pered.
“WMat do you mean ?"
“Why, now that he’s got tuned up,
Isn’t he going to play something?’’—
London Tit-Bits.
rndemtuod at Lnst.
"Hello. Central. Give me one triple
nought South.”
“What?”
“Don't you catch it? One zero, zero,
zero South.”
“Wb-o-tr
“South one double nought, nought.”
“Can’t you speak plainer?”
“Oue thousand South — ten hundred
South. Get It now?”
Oh. you mean South one ought, dot
answered our hero, with the
"•if youth.
1 glad to hear It. It’s more
' ft'ord any longer.”—Indian- |,| e ought. All right.”—Chicago Tril
one.
Ills I.nje Honrs.
1 "Yon never think of staying out late,’
said tbe convivial and 111 hted person,
“Sometimes I think of it,” answered
Mr. Meckton distantly,
i “But you don’t care for that sort of
thing.”
“Net in the least."
“Ifi rhr.ps you never had any expert
encc-V”
“Cl:, yes, I have. It was only Inst
n!-- 1 ’ ti nt I was out at half*past 2 a.
r i i'-tta sent me out to see If 1
c in't keep the hack gate from siam-
niiug.”—Washington Star.
And no advertising pays better than
newspaper, advertising, Tbe news,
paper goes into the homes of the
people and is-read through. If bar:
gains are offered, they make a note
of it,
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