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THE JUMPING KANGAROO AND
THE APPLE BUTTER CAT.
Ry J'>hn Walker Harrington
THEIR FAT FRIEND
Gray Mouse md W'nitt RaM-h ii*e<f
tinder tha floor of th* t-aru and w*rt very
faipy Tb only thin* anh t\*r to
♦red them #• Hmall I>© They hat*f
(•mall or than °n
•Reason • !*■)* #iy* in one (*#*#."
•aid Gray ' but !>miil !*• it al
way* JurnfHr.ic and <iMK*ir> If he * ay-*
around this barn we mi#nt at fuel I
away. Wk>. the other day he c and rn*
Ujfht up to my front door, and if 1 ft l
not been quick with my lt h key. I aro
-n <| that ha wouid have josT:*d m very
ru4'*yr
Yutn Gray Moure etoppad talking ar.d
r.aarty Jumped out <f hit -K.n W it
ftarthi: railed hie *a re and ma le nia
**uine.*r* tremMe Right over their hei*-
tt.e> hard a t* ♦ ike tnuiMter Or*y
M<*u#* urd White li* i rai up ur.d r
<h roariyer ai*l fw# •i out. There they
saw* aomethln* wh; h leaked tike a *>iir
barrel pi a ♦ lon four piano |e*> It had
Jon* pipe in front of It, f* ur or five ttm* •
bl*f#c r than the **rden ho**-, and rhi*.
tie ; a f laingini a- kward and tor
a ft' •I.
"Whafs that"*” nkel White Rabbit, j
reerli.y ha pate on Ora - . arm
"It looks to me." anewered Gray Mouse. '
"like- it *ir.:rno. whi*h the man hi* In the
parlor of hi** n< iee. at least his |e*s look ,
like those of that poor fa as The mans j
fsz'l J:
da ighs-r boxes th* creature's ears for
two hour* every morning, and although h*.
olm and crtra ah* aril! not sop"
"You do not know vary much," whis
pered White Rabbit. "i heart! the man
>if one morning that hi* Utile girl i
pounding the piano In the parlor, am!
thu thing I* not a piano ut all."
Juat than tho creature wlnketl hi* lit
tle eye* and mad* it* big ear* go flop,
flop
”!t seems to ha alive," saM White Rab
bi!
"Yea," answered Gray Mouse." and It
looks a little hit like me only he Is bigger
than Black Horse. What a funny long
nose he had You apeak to him. Whl'e
Jiabblt."
"I'm too bashful,” replied White Rab
bit. as h* backed away
He caught hold of tlray Mouse and
puahed him right through the hole under
the manger. Oray Mouse fell on the
M , llfi L.
at. a. and * da. "w* 'mm I '*- " 1 1
ground In front of the strange animal.
<me of the bar beasl's foot kicked ur> the
earth old covered up the hole out of which
Oray Moure had come. Oray Moure war
>o aoared that ha iIH not know what to
do. Besides he heard Small Dog. snuffing
at tha barn door and scratching tvlih hi*
paw*.
■'What in the world shall I do?" squeal
ed Oray Mouse. "Buppotta Small Dog
mould *tt In? The door I* not bitched
him) be could open It. IH hi* sharp nose
and his big paws."
tlray Mouse crouched down In a ror
a*i ind trembled all over
"©. O." he cried, "what shitll I do?"
Tl < n the big beast hoard him and looked
a- *n, hl eye* opened wide, and he hopped
around on his arrest feet and made a
in I like a trumia t.
"Please. MiKlilv Mouse,” roared the hi*
beast, "don’t crawl up my trunk; please
don't hit* my poor ltttle,ten<ler ear*. Spare
my Ufa and I will always be your friend."
Oray Mouse tried to stop trembling, for
bn saw that tie great heart was afraid of
I,lm. He stood up on hie hind legs, folded
Ms arm*, took a deep breath, and swell
ed out tits chest.
"And who are you. air?" squeaked Orny
Mouse, "that you dare eo shake down the
plastering of my house with your clumsy
feet?"
"Please, str." answered the big beast be
tween hi* sobs, "I am only a i>oor little
elephant, who came to town with the ctr
cu. and they put me here in your burn
until It was lima to parade. lam sorry
that I knocked down the plastering of
your house and If you will have mercy
on m* I will com* down there and put It
bark again."
"Don't be afraid." whispered While
Rabbit, who had dug away the earth from
over the hot under the monger and had
mux out bsirtr.d Orajr Mouse. "Whip
| Mm. Gray Mouse here t a atraw. now
; r> v # him a *ond beaUAf **
Elephants ar# afraid of mice ft# Gray
Mous- with h.t i-aws all vhakini took
th* liras vi-1 walked toward the ele
phant He h* rd the hingri of the barn
door creaking
’orne isav Gray Mouse.*' cried White
Fisbhit. Sirii! Do* is * 'rami *'
I'll let you alooe on one rood it ion, Ele
than? ’* till Gray Mouae. try in t to bo
bravs he ws tremV' r.* j*o that
he could hardly hold the sraw •'and that
is when you are any of my # nemles try*' *
to annoy me that you a h h.m a t ol
Iteeon"
Hmatl gM the door open and came
Jumping with hi* mouth ssi* and
tola white t-©*h shining Gray M >uae and
Whßr R*totoi ran Into the hr!* unlfr the
msr.ger T- • K!*f h,*n? f irH
n* on • irtto except mice "1 flee. for toe
hol on'■e k!iJed a tiger so s id h*s trunk
around rknall I*> M* lifted Small Do*
up to thr* rafter* and threw Mm down on
the ground so hard that all the bark went
out of him
' If >ou dls‘j*b rry little friend* again.**
roared the K>r- *nt, "fTI break every
bone In your body v
Small Do* walked on crutch*** for
after ami h* his never annov **d White
Rabbit and Gray Mouse in their happy
home In fa ? all three be. ime very
gord friends and many Is the time I have
seen them fitting out In the barnyard
smoking the.r corn-rbb pipes
SHE HER % IRS JiUIIKI.
% Fine l.lttle Ilnsl*•%• as Visiting
Jearlrr for Women.
New York Sept 2!.-' My little leather
bag contains all the materials and im*
Please mighty mouse.
plenum* necessary lo clean and repair
Jewelry,” Misa Sara Morton exclaimed
"I go from house to house in New York
and have all the work that I can do.
"You have no Idea how many sensible
women there are who will not allow their
favorite pieces of Jewelry to be repaired
by Ihe beet houses simply because thty
fear that some of thetr stones will be
changed. 1 have many customer* who
watrh me closely the entire lime that I
am al work on their |roprriy. It was the
discovery of ihht peculiarity In a friend
o< mine thal gave the f lea of my work.
Before actually beginning my work I en*
tered a good establishment as an appren*
the where I learned not only how to
clean and repair Jewelry, but also old
watches, of which I make a specialty.
"1 hail aheohitelv no irouole lit getting
work. My method is very aim >b . 1 call,
ask for the lady of the house, explain my
All three are good friend*.
business and a* a rule get some work.
By this method I soon had a* many regu
lar customers a* I could manage, and
non I have many calls that I am obliged
to refuse, *!mply for la< k of time. Near
ly every woman of liberal mean* his a
good supply of Jewelry and lew of Item
keep It In such good condition that It doe#
not need rr|>alrlng and cleaning at leas!
every six mott'b". Few of them are will
ing to trust the cli-anlng of ih.-tr finer
pices lo their maids, and a* It I* m m
convenient for them to let me come In to
clean It than It Is for them lo collect It
and send tl to a Jeweler, I get the work.
These are my regular customer*. Those
who fear to allow their treasures Into the
haml* of any one where they cannot
watch them belong to another c’a-s. As
n rule the articles they prise * > highly
are of llllle value lo any one besklee
themsclve*.
"My chaiges an- less lhan those of a
r.guur Jeweler and 1 am psrtlcular to
have my work as good I average rive
dollars a day above the eost of all ma
tcital* used and my transportation cx
p< uses. That I consider good earnings for
a woman doing. a you might say. tne
. In.nl.al woik In N. w York cly No, I
never take work hetne My ev.ntnga ar>
1 1! free and so are my Sunday * 1 need
rt#t. particular y mv eyes. I often buy
article* ~f my pition* and also act a*
agent In bringing purchaser- to those
who would like* to sell. Many women ad
mire only Ihe latest fashions In Jewelry-
Just as they do In sown,. Wh*n an article
ia no lon* r whal thee con t ier stylish
they become vc.y anxious to get rid of It
in order lo uee the money to get some
thing more lo their tar:e. Knowing Hint
I keep In touch with Ihe taste nnd *-
sires of my patrons they appeal to n
wed a* agent The majority of there wo
men keep Ihe Jeweler's boxes In which
Ihsy are cleaned and snugly wrapped la
THE MORNING NEWS: ST'NDAY. SEPTEMBERS!. 1900.
ihe.r colored no'!fn it Is bard to die
tr. id ibtn IMS new 1 have sold
mar.) uci a# w*ding present# and 1
c noot ##■♦ th e ighiest cbjectlon to their
tein* u>ed m ihl- way They are always
;i‘ *i I P ‘ *enied end cat about half
a* much as they would if bought new
from ibe j. rri rOf coigfv. I have many
Kr*a:r for a a rule u to ultra stylish
w mm are et< rd.ng y extravagant As
t % wear ordy the latest d> sign* and the
moM fa-hi.ntabe none* they are ofi-n
d v I'r thing# f r > tor a much *mallr
sum than they originally vo#t.
* Then agate. 1 have patrons who have
m#t with rever** * and are forced to eell
their >eU Sa-b thi a# sre not abeo
latelj r.. rttgrxi Ml *e dm Hm ' ••
and epoeed of when mone yis needed. Klur
tuaiions in the s*o k market always ha#
*.u n an effect. Broker# seem particulary
fond of hiving their family wear hand
some jew. try. and whan they are in lu* k
n. -I of f' lrt buy suh |>koti that ran te
r>4 wcer thing g against them 1 navy
Jrrd mr>ney on jewelry though I must ad
m i t *t I have l*en naked to d> *o mor*
na* or k it I* t toe one thing that 1
snail a!w tvs refuse, and 1 think my
reasons are obvious
T regular . iMomers are as a rule of
tw . ckisses, collector# or person# hunting
l tin#. The colieetors have a fancy
f-r some particular style or w>me article
of u . s*yles. They are always on the alert
♦ tuid to collection and are willing
to pav g<at prices. On the other hand the
l aigain hun’er# do not care what they get
so .or.g ae It Is cheap Then there U an
other da#* who I cannot call regular pur
chavers. The) sre women of means and
with reverses aid call oft me I look
their Jewels over, put them in thorough
repa.r and take them to aome of these
women who I think will buy. I te’.l the
circumstance*, never the names, and It Is
seldom Indeed thal I do not make sale*.
All of this I do on n percent basts, and
last year I almost doubled my earnings of
Al per day.
"My work I* pleasant. I might almost
way dainty. There Is nothing heavy or ta.
bor.uue, so I- snnot see why other women
should Hesitate loundtriakt It. 1 un th*
only one In the field so far ss I can learn,
but f am sure that there Is room even here
in New York for many more."
Idifayette M Laws.
< AI.I.ING Till! shots.
A I’racllce at Hevolser Matches That
Seen.■ strung* to thr I nlttated.
From the X* York Hun
Uninitiated spe tutors of the shooting
by the Am rican revolver team al Green
vlll*, N J . in their cable match wl h Ihe
Frenchmen, were probably mystified by
I tie action of the evperls In frequently
i siting out the hours of the day utterly
r Kurd less of wlial correct time was.
"Five o'clock?" one man asked of hi*
companfon at about half putt I.
"No, J o'clock." wa the Incorrect an
swer.
I hai ihe-e men were not making date*
f.*r dinner was i-hown by a conversation
that took place a few minutes later One
of th contestant*, after Ju*t mtss'ng n
bull's-eye, turned to a frtend and asked
"How'* that?"
"on* o'clock; try a> fi o'clock, the fr end
sad.
'All tight. I will" But he knew very
wrII that the rule# of the match called
for continuous sho tlng, and kept right
on.
Ho It was every day during the shoot.
Kvery one connected with the match any
would occasionally mention some hour—
any hour but the right one. apparently—
and no one seemed to think It strange
When asked for an < yplanatlon of this
after the match, fbrgt petty, the crack
shot of the polls* force, burst out laugh
ing.
"Why," he said. "I never thought be
fore how funny It must sound to an out
e iler. You see that's the way we call tar
get*. In our trlnds they are arranged like
tii" dial# of clocks. The part that would
lie due north to a map-maker l* 12 o'clock
and so on all the way round If a man
shoot* too low and and a little to the
left you see he's 7 o'ctock or half-past 7
and be should aim at 1 o'clock Y>r half
i t 1 In Older lo correct hlmse'f It's
just n easy way of calling shot,."
"Here, waller, you have charged for
Hire* soups instead of two." “Ye*, sir;
there Is the one I spilled ou madame's
Urea*."—Journal Amusant.
A FALL FROM GRACE.
The Wad ttorj of €*od Old Deacon
Everest at the lf;sc Hall liinr.
By E. J Webster.
"If good old Deacon Kveres* ov. I
have real rained hi# enthusiasm for the
national game." mkl the ex-irv mer of
•h# Moral R* form Club sadly, tve wou. i
hava compelled the violatovw of the law
to ceasa from desecrating the Sabbath.
a*d our town might sbll retain the (him*
pioornip of rhe county. Rut. after being
the prime mover for hollne ■ niwl dis
comfort n the first .day of tne w*- k. t , k
let him*'if be led astray by hi*
desir# to aew Bin Medford mk* a home
run. And now the <|en< <n ha* both scan
dalized the reiigioiM* cl* m< ii ind lost
I>ipularlty with the base' -ill fare
"About two weeks ago the dea on came
to me with the air of a nun w o is
shout to inaugurate a mor! movement
that wUI make sinners think they have
t>umpe.| up against ci spiritual cyclone.
" I'm told.* said the deacon in his sol
emn. earnest way. 'that men in whom all
sens# of moral obligation Is dead are
landing together to lacerate the enr# and
hollei** feelings of the truly good *
" The Boxer* certainly are miking it
warm for the missionaries,' j rep;*o. #ort
of puxxied. for I thought he was talking
of tha Chinese outrage**. *mit I nadn t
heard they were slicing off tart yet.*
" "It’s not those j*oor benlgnted heath
ens on the other fide of the globe that
I’m referring to. *aid the good man. #ort
of impatiently It’w tnat gang of htgh
binders they call the Williamson baseball
team They're coming over here Hun*
day with their own umjiire and n rlngr
pitcher to break the holy calm of the Sab-
bath, awl try and take the championship
from our town But wltai they strike
the religious sentiment of this berg they'll
find they are against the real thing
The unranotified exhibition won't be al
lowed lo last more than one Inning. Un
less ©ur boy* happen lo hive them on
ihe run,’ he added In a meditative sort
o? manner.
” 'There's going to be more bumps than
gloty for the man who tries to stop that
game,* I warned the deacon 'You're s
good man. and a pious one. There ain't
a man In town who would look better In
a martyr’s crown. But there's no use of
hurrying It up*
•'But the deacon *a* obstinate and !n
--* Sled that It was his duty to stir up the
authorities and hav. all violators of the
law arrested. The next day he called on
Ihe sheriff. The sheriff sra-n't any 100
pleased at the Job the deacon had marked
cut for him.
•' 'l'm beta to uphold the majesty of th*
law.' said the sheriff. 'And I'll >hi it If I
have lo hire a derrick To pr- serve the
sanctity of Sunday I'd he willing to till
the Jal' with non-votlr g criminal* But
there's a t'mr and plan - for etery’hlng.
nnd this oflb ■ Is having trouble* of Its
own trying to capture criminals wlio hove
1/0-
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2ji
The good deacon was a sorrowful and
badly bumped reformer.
failed to pay their tines. I don't believe
1 can atlestd to the queetlon at present.
Call atound again In a few days, say In
November or Pecs mb. r. Then I'll get
after the violators of the Sunday law In
. manner which will make your present
ardor for rtform I ok like a victim of an
Ice trust.'
"The deacon, seeing that lie wasn't go
ing to get much assistance from the ber
tff. determined to act himself H> he call
ed In the minister and the Sunday school
superinh nd< nt and explained lo ;nm hi*
plans.
" Well go to the game Sunday.’ sold
Ihe deacon, 'representing In our person"
Ihe majesty of Ihe low. the sanctity of
the Hsbbath and the Moral Reform Cluh.
You can distribute the ilrst tw.> to suit
yountelves, bull w.ml It understood ihnt
If this Infamous desecration l *topp."l It
is through my efforts, and the presidency
of the club l coming to me at the next
election The minister and the Hunday
Reboot superintend! til agreed lo this, so
the deacon went cn with Ihe detail* of
ht* scheme.
" 'Even ihe noble men who conduct re.
forms should sometime* display common
sens* .' continued the deacon. 'Now 1 un
derstand the sinful game of Hunday base
ball better lhan either of you do. so I
will lake Ihe leadership We can't very
well slop anythin* until ll has begun, so
we might a* well lei litem play an Inning
or is" When 1 give ihe signal, you can
both step forward and order Ihe unholy
exhibition lo cease. The crowd will hive
a reverance for your character and office*
which they might, through some over
sight. fall to display toward Ihe humble
man who is at the track of this move
men for good.'
"It seemed to both the minister and ihe
Hunday School superintendent that they
were going to be put In a potsldoo wbers
| more bumps than tokens of esteem wrould
W roen ng to them But they were In ivm
-1 |.a thy with th* movement, and the dea
, on had Nen the on# who bad started It.
! So they •greed to do #s he dlrected.
Sundaj afternoon the deacon, the ram
, .vtcr and the Sunday school aupcrlntend
; ent wl! bought tl kets to the baseball came
! riful took their seat# In the grand stand
In his younger day# the good old deacon
had b**n a pretty awift article as a base
lutil player hlm*elf. and the crowd and
the fight of t.v men practicing brought
| stirred his sporting blood
I • It s a degrading exhibition.* observed
the minister.
It certainly Is,* aeaeittsd the devcon.
*but Bill Medford, the captain of our team.
I probably won t come to bat until the tec
nod innirg V%e can't stop the game he
l | f mu tstta'i tm ♦ tfcal
Williamson p tch+r he ought to be Jailed
for breaking the B*bba*h and also for be
ing an all around lobster *
i "Both the Sunday school superintendent
nd the mini*ter looked as if they thoughs
the deacon's language warn t eiactly that
of an ardent reformer hut Just then the
umpire called the game, and the deacon
b* ime too o’ l upled so pay much atten
i non to the effect of h# speech.
"The first Inning Udh trim* falleti to
More. In the nrat half of the secoM
Williamson su'reeded In getting a man
| around the circuit of the base#, so th*
evident disgust of the deacon In the #ec
-1 ©nd half, after two of the home players
had leen retired she third got his base
on balls Then Bill Medford lined the ball
to deep left for hre* bases, bringing In
the man ©n first The n*xt minute Bill
scored ©n a wild pitch.
" 'Woh. wroh. woh.’ yelled the worthy
deacon, forgetting the reason he had come
to the game. "Good boy. Bill. We'll ahow
Robber! Thief he shouted
those Williamson gazahoo* how to
play ball. It's a disgusting spec
tacle,' he added, suddenly recollect
ing with whom he was silting, and turn
ing 10 th* minister nnd the Sunday School
superintendent, ‘a sight lo make a man
acliamerl of hi* fellow beings. But that
certainly was a peacheriro of a hit.' he
added emphatically.
” Ha ln t we better assert our author
ity nnd have the game stopped?' Inquired
the su|terlntendent.
V 'V! "U. I don t know that theie ta any
morr sin In five Innings than there I* In
two.' replied the deacon doubtfully. The
game won't count If we stop It now Our
levs are .iheatl. I-et them play on the
five Innings. Then we can assert the
mn thy of the Hubbsth and clinch the
championship al the unit t.m* '
"But when ihe tlfih Inning was flnl-hsd
Williamson was two runs to the good.
The deacon wouldn't listen to any propo
sition to stop ihe game.
■' ' \ man need* to use gumption.' he
growled In reply to the arguments of the
grieved minister and rtund.ty School *u
lerlniendenl 'even If he is ft I*l with the
ambition to he ,i reformer and stop an In
teresting exhibition of Ihe national game
If you two are looking lo do a truly
righteous action, you'll shoot thal blind
■ obiter who think* he's perfotmlng Ihe
duties of umpire. If he had given us half
a show we would have hod those tnul a
from Williamson beaten clear out of sight
by this lime.'
"The minister and the Sunday School
Tha sheriff wasn't any too pleased with
the Job.
superintendent were shocked at th*
worldly expressions used by the deacon,
but as he was In charge they didn't like
lo lake the responsibility of slopping Ihe
(time contrary lo hi* directions.
hen the ninth Inning came Wllllsm
ron was three runs ahead The visitors
came Ilrst to the bai and were retired In
one, two. three order. For the home „., m
a base hit. an error at third and four balls
tlll.d the bases Then Bill Medford the
captain of Ihe him*' team, the
- very rooter, nnd the best batter In the
county, came to bat. The Sunday School
superintendent, who didn't understand the
game, was shocked at the shout which
went up as mu picked up his hal
"'Oh. It s dreadful lo have Ihe calm ef
the Habbath Interrupted by such nolm *
he urged the deacon. Wouldn't this be a
g.sl ilme to slop the gamer
“Hut Ihe good deacon had berg) carried
nw.iy by his revived enthusiasm over
base trail, and Instead of alflrming this
pious plan, was enraged al ihe superin
tendent's suggestion.
•• 'Stop the game’- he shouted fltop ,he
game with Rill Medford at u.t )in ,| lhr , p
men on liases? Well, of all .laddering
Idiots, you certainly are Ihe pris* aped
rnen When you get Inside the pearly
gates and the heavenly hosts esrlk. up
their music 1 suppose you will let out a
plaintive bleat; "Please, lord, stop them
They .are making too much noise " •
"The minister nnd Ihe "Uperlnb-ndeftt
slxn.d over the deacon's fall from grace
and moved over to other seats. Hut the
and. aeon didn't care.
" 'Swat It. Bill!' he ibout. and, standing up
rn hi* s at. tsavltg hi* hat. and with
his gray hair blowing In Ihe w.ml "Un.-
It out. Bill! Tear th* leather off! Drive a
hole through that fat center fielder''
"BUI waited until he found a tail to
hl I king and then swung hard. As he
hit he turn'd a little too much and th.
hall salbd In a line over third ha* , far.
far. beyond the left fielder All the'iun
ners came In and Bill made the circuit
of Ihe base# The crowd, thinking the
game won. began to pile on to the Held
preparatory to earning Bill Medford off
In trlumpb.
• But the umpire, who had been vainly
trying to m-ske Hnulf heard, rims run
ning up to th hrune plate, holding up his
hand fir slbnce
" Krul. ahoti ed the umpire. 'Font Go
lark to your bases.*
"This was too much for the deacon.
" •Robber' Thief*' he shouted, running
at the umpire 'Kill him! Throw the um
pire into the river*'
"When the tang) was finally straight
ened out the goxf <k*acon was a sorrow
ful an| hadlv humped reformer 1 trted
to console him but he refused to be com
forted.
** The minister and the Hunday Hchool
superlittsnd* n are trying to hav me ex
pelied from ih* Moral R form Flub for
allowing th* gam# to g<v on.’ said the dea
<-on sorrowfullj ‘and the baseball fans
blsme me ter r->t afopp*ng the unh>ly ex
hibit >u w l we wr* ahead A foul!
Why. that lull #<* the fa ever bat
ted on an American diamond'*'
JOHN*# ' \.l IM \n.
%flra. MntrlnxMiinl Vlliaa Tells a Tear
ful lornii Wife n l.nrld Expert
eter.
"Women my are queer creatures,"
volunteered Mrs. John Matrimonial Bliss,
looking up from many odd* and end* of
millinery trifles that she was diligently
sorting
T often fee! pt rfectly queer and inex
plicable myself, and yet we are not half
so unreasonable, and. yew. cross-grained
.vs men." snapped Mrs. Thomas Honey
moon. who was half enviously observing
Mr* Bliss' Industry from the depths of
h*r rocking chair.
Now what makes you say that?*' In
no* ently Inquit<d the lady on the floor,
trying to colonixe a bun h of red velvet
roses on an old green felt shape, and
seise the effect by means of a hand mUron
‘■lts of things," assured the caller.
‘’Before I marri* and. you know, I cherished
pretty high ideas about the miscullne na
ture I thought men so vastly superior
to details, so big minded, never put out
of temper bv little things, leaving trifles
to women and eo on."
’Well?'' came a genile Interrogation
from the amateur milliner.
"Well," answered the bride with a dis
tinctly tearful quaver In the laugh. "I've
lived to learn that a man can be petty
enough to disturb a household, to lose
his self-control, to wound irreparably the
feeling* of those nearest and dearest to
him. simply because hla pajamas were
hung two nights in tuccesslon in a dif
ferent place."
Here Mrs. Bl!s very suddenly to
augh a laugh of such rel sh and vigor
that the gren felt anti the red roses has
ti y slid over her nose to :h* flo.>r and
momentarily oh#cur**l sight of the bride,
who, without inor ado dissolved into
h arty jobs flat any less sympathetic
woman than Mrs Bilse would have fail
ed to understand; hut Mrs Bliss did un
derstand.and scrambling over to the rock
ing chair fall of misery, she took ihe
weeper in her arms administering apolo
rl**s. klsa s, pats nd hug#. nd an ex
planation that won the offended visitors
interest and at ntlon ,
"I was not laughing at you." insisted
Mrs. Bliss, with an honest countenance,
and yet a twink's In one blue eye. "but
if you will forgive me at a recollection
your remark alout the |ajamas called
up. A funny recollecdon of my own brld#-
liood and of Its difficulties Why
my dear w" man, when I married I did
Just what ninety-nin* out of every hun
dred norma! women do. I sought to re
form my husband of hi* one and only
fault, untldyn* *-.
‘ You know*, of coume. that all women
are more or less bom foreign missionaries,
blessed with a special talent for leading
others he k to the path of rectitude, and
1 couldn't bear to discover a flaw on
John’s Id al character. But. oh’ how dis
creet I was. No one not even my dear
froth-r. should know how John hung his
expensive ne--kt|e* on the gas fixture; put
hi* *pong‘ jii't w here It w at Id drip en
the mahogany washs'and. d* orated his
pretty dreN;ngtaMe cover on which I
had expanded my finest skill as a needle
woman wl h hldem* damp shaving tools;
kept his top chlff filer draw rs in a per
fect pie and bung his nignt c'othe# on the
back ©f hN dressing room door. Just ex
actly where any one ccming up the stairs
would s**e it waving w Idly In the breexe
The llllss flower.
"No. Indeed, it wa an ugly situat on,
but I hugged my seciet. miking up my
mind thm with tact ami sweetness I cotikl
wean him from his unfortutiat* habit#
First. I determined to arous** all of hi#
pride and interest in beauty by doing up
his dressing ro*m in the daintiest atyle
with frilled muslin curtains and flowery
chinix. and then, ©ne by on*', in silent, gen-
tie object lessons, prove to him how easily
hia things >ould be tidily kept.
"I worked the whole sole mo as a de
lightful smpri". . In one day. while hr
was nway at hl office. I I lit nsformed that
lit 11• dressing 100 m Into i bower 1 hung
a lovely little cabinet ngainat the wall, and
pur the ugly (having tilings In It. 1 went
through the chiffonier drawers, placed
ihe c'othe* In neat pile* ami put all the
ne. kites gloves and Utile thing* In a
wonderful series of laquer boxes rhnl ;
only opened when you touched a certain
flower on Ihe II I. I put all his shoe* In a
window scat drape I In chln'x that did,
not look In the len-t like a stupid, clumsy
shoe box; hung his ntghl dress on a hook
In Ihe closet, and when 1 had finished,
from the appearance of that room, you ;
could easily have guessed it to be a young '
girl's bower.
"My lalor* were Just over when s man
no i horse dashed up with the news mat ’
momma w 111 and wanted me. so 1 only ;
hnd time to scribble John u note and i
rush (or the train 1 stayed wtrh mamma
three day*, nnd In that time I had ten
telegrams of Ihe sir.incest nature from
John They were all Inquiries nhnut his
clothes, sud some of them must have
wruck out sparks as they came over the
wires 1 couldn't at all understand what
wai- the matter hut a revelation was
wilting me when I got home.
"That room that dear little bower! 1
Tile I'illftil Wreck,
wish you coohl have seen the wrecked
appearance |< prescind. 1 simply sal
down ami cried unill John arrlvisl. ami
then. Instead of folding me In his arm*,
he stood on Ihe threshold surveying me
nnd the debris with n grim expression
on his poor rnxor-*< .irred face. In a
froien tone he Inquired If I would klodiy
tell him what I had done with his good
raxor and strop. Why I had locked hi*
nrcktlea ami pocket nandkerrhlcfs away
from him In 'those devilish boxes.' and
w hat 1 means by robbing him of h*. shoe,
ami hiding hts night gown.
•They look'd so dreadfully untidy
HANG ON,
Coffer Topers o Had n Mte,.
"A frb-nd of our family who lived
with us a short lime waa a great coffee
drinker arul continual sufferer with
dyspepsia He admitted that coffee d'a
ngreed with him, t ut you know how the
eoffee drinker will hold onto his coffee,
even If he knows It causes dyspepsia
<>ne day he -aid lo m- that Poslum
Fiiol ('off.e had been te ommended nnd
•uggeste 1 that he would like very much
to try It. 1 secures! a pn kag>> and made
It strictly nrcoriling to direction* He
was delighted with the new beverage, ne
wus every one of our family. He be
< .mv- very food of It and In a abort time
hi" dyspepsia disappeared. He continued
u.lng the Poslum nnd In about three
month* gained twelve | ounds.
"M> husband Ir a practising physician
. in i re* ltd, Poeuim ns the henlihled of
n.l her-rag*". He never drinks coffee,
but Is very fond of Poslum. in fact, all
of our family are. and we never think of
drinking coffee any more. " Mr# Mary E
Brown, Waterford, Va.
A SOUND MAN
is a Mao Free from Chronic
Gisease.
ftrgirrt Hrana * Ahnnrrrd < nnti,„.
• ton anil n W rrrkln, of Ih. WltnU
S-ron Syfia Dr. Ilathan,,
Great Sprrlallat Vlio Carr*.
J. XEWTM HATHAWAY. M. D.
Th* Oltlr*l E.labll.hr4 9prrl*ll,( |.
the South.
Thrro ! no chronic dt*c*!> whHi fo..
not, 10 a grrAfrr or lc* rxter.i. a*ct ih*
whole nrrcou* *y*(rm. con<lliion r.
acts upon the other ora tne of th< tody
not at nrat afftetrd. cauelnA then* many
lompllcatloa* of dlemters which rr,<
down a man’* whole conetltutioi.. nd i>.
duce him, unlem a cure be etteclad.
Anally to a nunt.ii iind phyetoal
Thr Orlclnal <*an.r
may be Varicocele, or Stricture you’hrul
folly or e*ce*. Blood Polsonlnp K:;r.*y
Dleeatie. eta, but unle.a the proper treai
ment la applied and a thorough cure made,
the raeult will be th— aame In the end
Every day of neglect ta an ad.it.o a.
lay of danger.
Both becauec I have conflow! my prac
tice to Chronic I>lse.iee and thetr corr.pli.
catlona. and becauae for over twenty
yeara I have had th* privilege of esamth-
Inir and treating more of theaw cates than
any other apeclallet, I feel that I am
Kitted to Advla—
all auch eufferer*. In whatever stage of
chronic dkeeuee the> may be.
And more than this, I can bring about
a cur* wherever auch a cure la powa'.hle
I tin.) few hopeless cu*#-few caret
where natural
Health and Vigor
cannot be restored Many case*—thous
and* of them. In fact, during the p*t
twenty years—have come to tne. or been
sent to me by other specialists, which
were aup|sed to be Incurable In SO pr
cent, of ail such cases, covering all man
ner of Chronic Diseases, 1 hove been able,
by my exclu—Tve methods of treatment and
the use of remedies preparwl under my
own direction from my own formulas to
I'rrwianently and Thoroughly Care.
It la these cures, by many called "mar
velous.-' and Ihe gratitude of those w-o
have been cured, eapresaed by them to
thetr friend*, which ha* caused my prac
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Every raa# which I accept Is treatsd
constltuikevally, my purpose being to put
every organ of the body, and the who.,
nervou* system as well. In a etat# of per
feet ard harmonious vigor and heahh
J. IGMTOI HUHIWIV, M. O.
Dr. Hathaway prefers, whenever It is
lioswlMe. that ht* patients make at least
one peraonal call at his office, although by
means of this series of symptom blanks be
j I# snahled to perfectly diagnose wvery
I case, snd his core* by mall are as speedv
and thorough as when the patient regular
! ly visits hi* office
He makes no charge for examtnafon
arid advice either al his office or by mall.
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straying about I though* I would Juat put
them In order.' I faltered.
" •Order,' almost shouted poor John.
'They were In simply apple-pie order,
madame! Why. I knew Just where I
could lay my hand on everything I want
ed, and now!
" 'When 1 came home to dress for a
funeral on the day you left I couldn't And
a blcased thing hut a striped blaser,
a pair of sennl* shoe* and a bicycle cap—
a nice outfit for a pall-hearer! I had to
send word I was desperately 111 and shave
for two day* with a paint brush and a
case knife, because a burglar or somebody
had got my raxor.'
"Well, my dear, to make a long awl
sad story of our flrsi and almost our only
real quarrel short, I compelled the lac
quer box**, the window seas and Ihe dear
hssl* well cabinet to disgorge their cort
•ents. Sudly, I hung the night rown buck
on It* old hook resigned myself lo John's
queer masculine notions of order and con
venience, and gave up all hope of Im
buing a busy man with the habits of a
drlnty girl. It was about tha stillest,
most short-alghted and selfish noalon I
ever had. To-day I realise that I could
never care for John nearly so much If h#
was one of those fussy, half feminine
creatures who must have sachets Ist
linen and thirty-nine sliver toilet article*
on shelr dressing table
"Since that eplaode of the lacqusr bos*
John's dressing room has been run to
suit hi* own peculiar fancies, and he !
supremely happy. When I g't * w *
chamber maid I take her solemnly t*
(hat room, ar.d In n version lit for her
rais alone. I tel! her of Mr Bliss’ rax*
when his possession* are disturb.'! He
now housls and brag* In public that hi,
house Is the bes ordered In Ihe country,
for he slways know* where to put bis
hand on what he want*. 1 learned mv
lesson early, and am always glad and
ready* to pasa It on to anoshcr woman,
for we ns a sex, my dear." wound up
Mr*, nils*, "are Just a little Inclined to
show smsll pa'lsnce for our husband's In
nocent llllle weakness,#. I tell you what
It Is. a wife who makes her man baouy
In the tr fl ng affairs of conjugal Ilf* - >•
opt t> hold his iffwllon most surely, fob
after all. men are keenly appreciative "f
consideration In smalt things and a to*
keen spirit of reformation on the lf< •
part ha* at ole i lots of married haota
nes." Kn.lly Holt
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curs# syphilis In all Its various •<**•■
old ulcers, sore* anti kidney complaint P
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til skin diseases and mercurial poisoning.
P P. P. cures dyspepsia, chronic female
complaints and broken-down constitution
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