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20 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- „ —~yi i /j { T Vf 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 tice to Increase year by year 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. He will be glad to sen ! free by mall. In plain wrapper, the new edition of hi# s -puge hook—an acknowledged authority cn Chronic Diseases. DR. HATHAWAY & CO., t’A Bryan Street, Savannah. Ga. OFFICE HOPRR-9 to m . C to 5 and 7 to 9 p, m. Sundays 10 a. m. to 1 p m — 1 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 P. P. P . a wonderful medicine; It glss sn appetite; It Invigorates and strength ens. I*. P. P. cure* rheumatism and all pains In the side, back and shoulder*, knees, hip*, wrist* and Joint*. P. F ” curs# syphilis In all Its various •<**•■ old ulcers, sore* anti kidney complaint P P. P. cures catarrah. rcsema. erysipelas, til skin diseases and mercurial poisoning. P P. P. cures dyspepsia, chronic female complaints and broken-down constitution and loss of manhood. P. P. P-. the h*,t blood purifier of the ag*. has mad* mnr* permanent cures than sll other bloat rem edies. I.lppman Bros., sol* proprietor*, Savannah. Us ad —fllenklewlr*. the Potteh novelist. I * bicyclist of some capability for long n Ing. and I* now about '* "* k * • tour awheel of Germany,