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20 AUTHORS DOWNED AT POLLS. OF MIIIIIMI LITIOfiATI Hi: I*TO I'\HLMMK\T Gilbert Parker, fhe nnudlan. One of Ikt Faw Winner*—* ovmn Hoyle H**(tn h n Harrow Itartfin After a Geoil Fight Augustine lllrrell, the f.a*Nl*t. lanes flown to llefvgt. Anthom • ttpe llatl a <*oot ( hanrr of Uinalni When lllnesa Cow. pelled Him to \\ llhdrsn —J. %f liarrie Wni Asked to Atnnd, hut After a £frngle AAlth Ills Inner Aelf flerlde| That Me Couldn't Ks* •lore the l*n Vil irlfy. Copy rich! I>A> l>jr Marshal! I r 4. Nov 1 — Uiaratura gt'tt4 In si")>r.( In Br'.tlah tnf Or.* might si most ha . a *un 1 that "L" after a ran.iliate’s name rne nt • IJt*mrv f pilar.” arhs.a **t?’ *UkM tor 'Vommofl herd.** Novell**, a I t*, historian* editor* and ptablithe'a flgumO Jn th* but aotathow the h and It and L ico* left In mc*t cseee Gilbert Parker, author of "The S at* of tha Mighty" aid other e e.fui novel* nr.tl no** a promintnt ag in Lor*Aon literary circle* wa* the only out-and-out novel lit mho captured a aeat In Parliament, although Conn Doyle male a gallant fight. and Anthony H war* kept out only at the last moment by lllr.eaa J M Harrle could have ha J the offer of a ae.it md Ilidsf Haggird mas #ar> >memhat templed, but both of them held out agalnn fo.ltio.al ho.ca Jerome K Jerome was 10 lav* been a candidate but ‘omshow hu nm* fallM to pouted—Just how or why no one aeems *o know, Pert ipa the **4l'gt blow of all to tha ~ -S ■* Conan Poyl* Trap Taklnc Voter* to th* Poll* lltarary a* pi rat lor. a of the new par'. Ti mer, t w th#* <1 f*at >f AuguMlt.e Birrtll, author of "Ob.ter Dicta.*' ' Judl caim " and many other \t>luni* of delt cate wit ar.d discriminating criticism Mr lUrrell. who l n lawyer a ‘he husband of Lionel T*-nn> -o"s w and *w. *i s one of tha leading igftta In th* Mhrwl pasty Whrn ha *" down to mak# a spee* n the Oommontri ut*ei to <ragg*e upstair* from the r*af*uran and It took a bright mao to make them do that It wa* Rtnrrally fmpaMn) th.it ha wi< destined for a |4ac#‘ In tha • ;net. aj*d nos that ha ha* be#n <l**frai'4 ha <n*rv*a It more than ever If tha liberal part\ ev*r get* Into power df.i n fo: ha deliberately left a *.fa a* at and took tha Übv-rwi nomination in N< rtn Kaa. Man chaster. where tha Con*#rvattlva* ha Ia bif lead He would hkn It too. for he would rather ia considered a man * f affairs than a man of I* tiers He otve lod ina that he would much rath r write about Old-Age Pension* than üboit fimoia author* Gilbert Parker had a hot right. Hl* Lliaral was Usd# brand Harms Winston Churchill Receiving Congiatul.itln# * worth, on* of th* If rmworth Hrrwhor*. who own th* Dally Mall ;m<l % <io***n *r r*> bafizifith and aifklieh Th Jui:ri t which they contested xai the quaint old p|;n: ac:op the lr >*w Tilbury, where > many t'a? -m!tnt e imtacnflrat *m foot on Kr cl ah -oil The Harmaworthn are bulidimt u Mr new home down there for Harm*wort"* Migi* xlne. which will noun mvt thcr,. • o t of ljondm) and be the center of at oi <ny of Its own employe* f think Harm* worth himself ll\ew tn the dlatrl t r la planninc to do ao. At any iat* he ma * a aironir laaua of local interest-. nl backed it up with lot of motor tar* which acurried about the dla-r.ct di- hla name *t<d dintributinif Lib eral literature. Gilbert Parker la not a resident < f t e district, but he hkd the advantage o' a Tory majority In the last previous el* tlon. He took a houaa In the district for i tha campaign, moved hla hutier and hie i other aarvanta down from laorwlon and 1 mode a bur in#'-a of becoming popular. Me couldn’t buy drlnka. he couldn’t subscribe to local charities, he couldn’t ccMitrlbute fund- to the poor of hla district, for all thoM thinge are against tha l.aw Hut he cduld entertain liberally and he could ! male speeches an<l cs.l upon doubtful voter*. To hear him defend the govern ment. a -all the Lillie Englanders, s Antl-lmi*erlallsts are railed hare, and call for a strong administration In the Trans vaal, one would suppose he had been a man of affairs all hla da\ *. The author had some lively time* out In tha suburbs of Gravesend, occupied chiefly by laboring men. Most of them were for Hanmsworth and were His-1 with an irresistible desire to a In* popular songs In chorus whenever the Conserva tive Candida's undertook to address them la public. On ona or two occasions ha cnuld only crowd m a few word* edfew.se but he tcc-k It all food naiured.y nr.-l md* a . h a favorable Imprest.on that when ♦he \o:e* were counted, it vu found that he had nearly doubled the previous T>n eervailva majority l.lsely Campaigning ty Coma Doyle. Dr ronin Doyle • defeat at F>llr.burf ' , bii rather •• a *ii'pri*e #;♦ '.'High ns via trying to get a seat from a np'.i tuency whleh at the previous .*• non bed Pint the Liberal Candida's to Parliament tmoppo#*l The ConitrvaUva i**ri> mana ger* -"onstderei the |ia e a fori *rn hope but tha novel;*' went a*, 'he fight wifh fjrh aurpr ■ r.g % ',g r and drew au'h big crowd* that It re ! t*g*n to look alf be wou.d ge’ Jr If he * ad. It w f .viid havs ben tha hew\ rest rone rvwnve victory of tha elect up A it ha *oet by only f*7 vo'e* T* e LAoctcr. s*o has Jii*t returned from Hoot' Afru 'er* he served tn a field hospital went t w rk r n Monday evening bspt 2* atl it I* doubtful if any inil '.!*<• in the -ountry did any more hustling r r. re did lr. the ne*t ten day* I had to make ten political speeches yes’erdsy.** r ;d on the p *ff rm ore evening and I expert t mnke 'he same r miter to ’ay *o you can undere’ar i t.ne pressure v pretty high I undertake this duty from i strong • onvlctton th * t I am fighting not for myself, not ev n for party but for natural pro*perlty **n n !l qu** t n.t t ‘ ere !■ very !|tt> and fferettce of opinion between myself a 1 my opponent The .South Airman war Is the <*nly Mg j quest.on on Which we differ Ibe eve (he I qua*'lon of the reset'lemen? of H<> ith Afri j a should be left in *h# hands of the l'n !< nist Government ’ You ran Judge of the * cutty of the author cf “Sherlock Holmes" bv follow ing him about for one day At the break fast hour he was sjwakmg to tha wrork j men engaged on new buildings at the ! Hoyal Infirmary I talk-d and talked all last week he said, “till I am *.ck of | hearing my own voice, but 1 would taik *>th night and day to you If It would bring you to think with m" At the din t er hour he as* addressing the employe* of aorna rubber mills, inviting them to ask him question*. and giving quick, good natured answerer to their heckling The Afternoon found him addressing tha work men at a brewery, and two or threa more factories Than dinner In a hurry and an address at tha Literary Institute, before *n audience that more than filled the fdaee, and to an accompaniment of cheers. ! patriotic songs and waving of flag* lie had optmona on everything from un i Important local affairs to the Houth Afri ! can sett lament. He was In favor of every thing lrlh Home Rule wan ill right, but [the present scheme of local self-govern ment ought to be extended and havs a j further trial Public houses ware all right | in thetr way. if people wouldn't drink too much, old age |cnion* were probably a good thing, but he couldn’t pledge him self Chinese affairs ought to go slowly. Great Britain ought not to rush Into every rnterpr se there. He felt I nglmd had hee n the policemen of the world too long, there was not a dancing dervish, or a mad Mil* lh or any kind of r-llglous fanatical lunatic but Grat Britain and Great Brl- tain's army were * >nt to put them down l seemed to the Doctor to be everybody t*e's business just a- much s KngrUnd s She never got any thank- for It. She jh the hard and d.rty work ■ f the world wh|l, the other nations stood around an<l Jeered at her. and so on That evening meeting was so crowded that it became necessary tg address an overflow meeting, then another one in or.other part of the town. After mi Inixh' b* tin kled u gathering f street railway empl yo*. Luckily the donor Is a big burly m.m with a big burly voice, or l*oth he and his voire would have been used u; long before the campaign was over one of the funniest features of hla cam p tlgn was the fac that he and his op. ponent. O. M Brown, often appeared f*v R ther on the same platform and threw verbal bouquets at each other with thr u in st politeness ar.d good fellowship Ksch said lhat .the other w as a most ad mirable candidate and that on mst points they quite agreed At cue of the meetings tiis novelist's candidacy was endorsed In Dr Joseph Bell, th- f imous surgeon who was Dr Doyle's teacher and who Is none other than th** original of Sherlock Holmes'’ Dr. Hell said Doyle was hi* dresser In the Edinburg Infirmary und If he proved to be half as g>od a member I’ > *a n • -i -• r. .e would lx on of tha best tn the lions# cf t'ommons. Ilnrrie Wouldn't atari and luthony llupe < ouldu't I-Tiilbli. J M. Barrie has boen .iskel twice to stand for Parliament* and at n bye elee- Hon a few months ago he got uj suffi cient courage to *ay that he would at least think about if But after pondering on the awful necessity of getting up anl making a a(>eech his heart failed him for tha author ot "The LRtla kUuiatsr THE MOKNING NEWS: SEN PAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1000. is one of the most timl 1 of rrv* r At this election he consider'd U*a m Mt er nguin— and again gave It up and the chance# are that ParhameM w*4i hava to got a.ong aa best ;t can without hlir. unl##a It oould t** arranged that be shceild n*v* t have to d> scything except vote. Anthony Hope w* nominated hy the Liberals in t aiklrk-Burgha axei accept ed the noma!ion. The author of “The Prisoner of Zervla" is an old hari a*t the business. for in 1*92 he eonteated a sat wit.') Lord Cunon who afterw ,rd married Mas Ixdter of Chicago and aub aepusn’ly be* me Viceroy of India An thony Hope, w'ior- real name la Anthony Hope Hawk ns was not well known then, hue he m-de sum r.f i,r*g and such wiity repl.e# to t*>e heckling of his audience# that he made a strong flgr.t of it A Urge p.rc r.f ue district was a ronenaMVk * r nghold. however, and tha hov **.. ! c. d> f*-i fed After the vote bad been '■our.t* . I th ran-iidwtes to make a #!*••• h to the e|#rror* The novel**! got a hearing, but when Lord f :rxor. lertoodc to Rfeak he w is met wqth '* r. an upr r rut he rtnally had to deliver hi* address in private to th* repoM# r This year Anthony Hope would have fared better. If is thought, but, at the .’a* moment, he had to resign “Three days ag he wrc*fe io r.l* m.‘if.gers. “I had a ** f: \i* return “f the troub.e from w*l h I had * tiff# red before, but from at hi i hoped I hid re. overed The *' ta k n>de me unfit to travel or to *m t.nu# mv pr* i*a 'mtions f r putting .ir cas* adequately before the constJtutency i on- . ** 4 j my rr.e*l al adviser, and he fells me that the work and excitement involved wo Id be very bad for me c •f.'- dering the state of my heart, and that tha alJttlonai Gilbert Parker Addrweil ng a Noon*day ‘Meeting. strar would prof'ably result In mv be ing laid up seriously 111 I do not feel that 1 am justified in disregarding this warn- If g. either from my own point of view or from that of the constituency" %%!n*tn t Imrrlilll Wins Against Odds. Among the new members of Parliament w'ho repesent more or |e s literary In terest*. re urn men who will not be con tent to sit quietly ard listen meekly to the voices of thrtr elders, a* trad.lion requires that new members should The/ are Winston Churchill. Conservative, and Henry Norman. I,literal, both of wh- m attra t* 1 much attention by overt iming the previous majorities of the ot er party. Winston Churchill's brilliant m <her was, as ev ryona knows, an American. J* nnie Jerome She wan Lady Hat dolph Church ill tlh she married young ComwallW W st, who Is only a few months eldar thin her son. Bhe took an act Ivs part In the campaign. Just as she -ltd wnn yo tg Churchill contested the same a -at-Ol I ham -once before. and It was doubt!e*a largely due to her efforts that he wag - or. - - £y-£i elect#d this time She rale about wih him everywhere ujml ao>k hands in def>*a.bl.v ll#*nry Norman ha n *#• l around the work! #*ven more than "hu *‘i 11 ard Iws many frl nds in the Uni and B.ates He reived th#* deg.e of Ba •• lar of Theology from Harvard Ur.lv-r It# and lived for .1 nuinb r of yea - in Amer ica The freedom of Nlagam Falls P.rk to the public Is eaid to t.#- du* l rg D to his efforts. He bus written tunny 1100 h moat 1 v of travel, and on one v:n**on M nu* that eiv different America. l pubilsheta were then pree-ing h.m 10 write a hook for them Another new member Is Bi Geor N'ewnts who owns th** St.'.trvi Macax; e and so many other publi atione that be would Itove to oonau'.t • tv ok te:ore is could give you ih#* names of thorn a 1. And then, of course th* old war horses of lltersiurr have been r* turned I’iofe* or Jam* s Hryce, W. K II Lecky the his torian. John Mori# y and i.T;a-'e Diike And the Hat would not '<•* cimp *e w ithout T. P. O’Conn' r and Ha ry labouohere. Marshall Lord —An American who visited the Paris exposition tnlnka Its failure to realla# cx|e •taiWf'ns was die to two things. It was not sufficiently kvallsed anl Its mag nificent distance* made people weary The othr trouble wua d)iip{sdnmnt with what had **n announced as ootnt of the biggest features, like the teles cope that was to bring the image of tin m'on within a few miles The visitor stys the show reaolved tUwif into a •Suuday aXtcrnooß perada." AN ORNITHOLOGICAL FLIRTATION. By SuaaA Brown Robblfit. It was Just 4 o lock in ths morning when Miss Clarita etce.a crwpt QUlsUy dowrarairs and out at the sida door. Hbt stood for a moment or. the broad *tona step# and look a long, free breath, then •he went down th# grave* walk and into tM screet She turned away from ths village, walked swiftly t >ward tha f.e/da and hills to the north It was only ■ Apr ! that E.mvl.le had taken a lively interest In birds. It had known vaguely tnat there wera birds within Its borders— English sparrow#, an oriolt or two. and out In ths country rows ar.d perhaps a few Jays. This lim ited ornttholofrl ml knowk igs had *atia ft*d E.mvll.e and wren It heard that In Boston It'was the thing to r!* early, take . •*• *fwi stm and i rtbMg t* had *fr.lled tnd iigenti} Elmvllls was Mb fniiea from Boston A hundred mile* a year waa quite fast enough for a fad o travel to ward Klmvble. r-u* when It finally ar rived It was received with much enthusk asm The little village - .ddenly awoke to ths fa t that there w* r* rda in it tree* of whl h It had never dreamed, and birds In It* fields and pasture* whov- very nam** It had never hear : It began to tala w.*sly of vireow arl warhW* red-starts and flickers folk who had known of birds all their live:* suddenly found shemaHvsa in great demand. ThU popu- iarlty might have turned their heads had i It lasted long enough, but when It was discovered that there were questions which they could not answer, they were promptly made to know their proper places, and to feel like Impostors who have been found out. The newly aroused interest In birds took different form h There were some who made up parties and took long walks In the w *.*!*. where they talked and laugh ed so loudly that all the birds fl* and before them. This class enjoyed the bird walks greatly and went every week Then there was young Mrs. Qoodnow who had seen more bird* than any one el*o In town bur who could not tell the s *ng of a roee breasted grosbeck from that of a cuckoo declar ng naively that she did not care anything about the noises the birds male Others wondered how* she could know so many birds Whan she did not have.her curt to help her, but she had a very fine pair of field-glasses and unlimited tim* There were t e two elder Mies Steelea wh j contended themselves with looking from w.ndows Into the top'* of the elm and maple tree-* which gtew about their horn ar.d there w.is ther sister < larbsa wl*> on this beautiful June morning, was ou; in the country at a lit.le nftei f-.*ur. It wax ••. 11 when sh ■ walke*l up th* path to (he Mle door. Hhe was tired on*l very hungry, hut slw* wa* aiso happy an 1 had a quart it y of bird news to tell her sis era Breakfast was r#**idy and n le|le lous o>i#jr cf hot coffee t ame out to her through the screen door, and she want n eagerly. Bhe hung her hat in the entry, then passed *.n to the dining room Usually she greet'd her sister* with a ch#er> good morning, hut this time she t.ad hardly r ’sae*! the threshold befor* she was aware that something was wrong A quick glance at Elinor and Caroline Showed her that it must he something very wrong Indeed Her heart began to beat faster and all the happiness s*emed suddenly to have gone out of the morning She looked timidly at her sPteri and they stated at her In stony silence "What 1 the matter?" ahe asked trem ulously. "1 should not think you would need to ask that question. Clarioaa Maria." Elinor *id In : holiow voice. "No. 1 should not think ao," echoed Caroline. Now It was only about once in three years that she and and anything bad enough for them to call her Clarssa Marla, and *t thot ir. iiient she felt tha* I fe was to*> fjl of biltemeaa to be born ffhe sank weakly down In a chair an-l waited. "To think." began Caroline in a tone ot sadnesa and rtproeL *‘W think that The Trials of Women -#F _ ' V MISS SAIDT WRITES MR5 ' P,NKHAM A GRATEFUL LETTER. v “Dear Mrs PitthaJJ: —Will you kindly allow me the pleasure of expressing ey 4 * \ RTatitude for the wonderful relief I hare expentneed by taking Lydia E. Pink- II jL *r j (inm’a Vegetable Compound? I suffered for • lon* time with nerrous prostration j 's*** p /j) an d general debility, caueed by falling of the womb. It aeomed as though my back s * v . Y D would never cease achtn*. I could not sleep. I had dull headaches. I wa* weary yj \ W 0 all the time and life waa a burden to me. I aoughl the eeaehore for relief, but all fO *aio. On my return I resolved to pre your medicine . atrial. I took two bottles and wae cured. 3 ‘A onlr xive your medicine a fair trial they v k " “ would bless the day they saw the J'd .*3 adverUncment. and there would be happier hoir.ea \ 1 I mean to do all I can for you in the future. I have hyK jggg you ai.'i.e t0t1.a:..: y re. tf: : t ''loch lam ”'i> A very jrrau ful. - M:- - 1 ”M.\ .-.U. . .1 N J \ 1 Tho homes of this country are filled with women •“ whose trials seem too hard to bear. t They have some feminine disorder and do not get ' l .^gj3aE|Sall;i| Fr- quentlv it is not possible for the ordinary physldan : 1 4 to understand the fundamental cause of the trouble. W%, ’ The one person who is best qualified to advise sick wo men is Mrs. Piukham, and she does it without charge. Why then should any woman try to bear her burdens alone, or trust to inexperienced hands the complicated question of her health I fTil Every one will agree that theso are the strongest reasons why a VwA ] 3 jAI woman who is ill should appeal to* a person who knows the most /kD -'JgW' B'jTi about the kind of illness with which she is afflicted—one who has had ;l the greatest experience in treating just such cases, and meeting just the svmptoms that are manifest in her particular case. j Mra. Pinkham’s address is Lynn, Mass., and all women are invited to write freely to her of their troubles. Mrs. Pinkham’s JWPjflHLijkfife. v * great medicine for women is Lvdia E. Pinkhßin's \ wZ table Compound. Every illness or irregularity of the / >. female organs wiU be helped by this sterling medicine. It vJ has restored to health already more than a million women. j MRS. MUELLER'S HAPPY LETTEk TO MRS. PINKHAM. “Dear Mrs. PivkhaM It afford* mejrrcat pleasure to tell of the benefit I have derived * from the use of your remedies. , !l E 1 **"' 1 <* j waß greatly troubled with my menstrual periods, was very weak and ner- I vous. could not work at all. 1 have taken several bottles of Lydia E. Pink ham's I Vogetable Compound, also used the Liver Pills and Sanative Wash, and am wonderfully improved in health. My neighbor* are all surprised to see me out and dome my own work. £ “I would advise every suffering woman to try Lydia E Pink ham's remedies" Wr \ —Mrs. Henry Mueller, 543 McAlpine Ave., Clifton, Cincinnati. O. . 1 j. A a W w, haw drpMlat with the National City Bank 1 js&xm ULydr 118 II fill n ATTTArn Lynn. Maa. |&a which will be paid to any prr* n 1“ L I3S 1B I EUp II 111 Pi |ll who can ahow that the *tn-c teatimonial letter, ate l jk'-B IEI 111 W\r. W|l AIM not yenutnc or ware pwHtnhed ’rfore obtaining the ■ I ||| I IBEII I 11111111 111 wrtt.ra ayecial parmt.e n I.YUIA K PINKHASI MHA.HtWavmi£LUR2j yUjVUU 11U Ml UlUl MKDiaNB CO . Lynn. Maaa. you should disgrace us, and not only ua but the good nam of our family, by mak ing your pretented Interest in birds an excuse for going out mormngs'and carry ing on a flirtation—*’ "A scandalous flirtation,'* interrupted Elinor. **Yes. a scandalous flirtation with Dea con Upton.** Claris*** started to her feet with a little cry. "I—l never did.'' she gasped, while the color r- -se in her fa •* "Ton saw him this morning. You won't deny that. I suppose, though I don't know." and Or*ltne shuddered ''Yes.'* said Cliri s i eagerly. "I did *■■*e Mm l * '• * • • M' - 41 but. he was on ore *He of the river rind I on the other, and we just stopped to speak about birds a minute." Elinor smil'd sardonl ally "An ! ’hen,*' she said "he kls-cd his h 1 1 to vci - not once hut several and you—'* "You kissed your hand to him." fln J— : TZT7— —ryt — ' -• 3 i-jfft. . >v • rdie j ■ ■ l : ■ " -j A. Coran Doyle. lsh*-d Camline as Elinor paused and seemed unable to go \ • r -*.i Marla, you klfted your hand to him. We know it becaus* Sally Porter was on the hill and heard your voice and saw you do It." "oh" crlel Clarke*, brr face lighting up. "he did not ki-s his hand to me. Mow* cou’d you think he woj*l he so silly ** Ue a • war to birds around. You Jur pur your fine rs to your lt"s sid n m u sm.i king *0 nl so," and she I! use raid, "and somehow ft makes the birds come ” The eider Ulster* l-wk'd skeptical "Th Is n very iDienlJUs ex use * said Caroline coldly. "Ar.d ho a *!o >ou expliln your conduct?*' Theie w# re tears in Clarls-a's eye now. "1 Just tr el to s • if I could do it," ahe said, with a little sob. "Weil," said Elinor. * i don’t know how. many pwpe till bciLive yvu. You know 1 what Bally Porter is like You’d batter j eat your breakfast and start right out and S see and ex (-lain to all the people she has * told the story to "etna, sit down, things ; will b* stone cold " ‘ I—don’t want .inv breakfast. I'm not - hungry’.” ar.d Olirlsvi went out of the • room with her handkerchief haid to her eyes. An hour later Kliror tried dcor and found it locked * You'd bettor come down and eat something." she ssld. halt there was n* answer and she went away. An hour af**r that she came again This 1 time she shook the door vigorously. "Cla rissa. ’’ she colled in a subdued tone, "come down vtalrs at once. Deacon Up ton Is her and won's to see you." > Oh. I c m t ' cried Clarlsso In n frtght , ened voice. 'You muss." ewid Elinor emphatically. * !!• says h will wait any length of time, but he will see you.” "Good morning. Mira Steele.” he aald. h ‘> , h rawsn • ■ I that they had met before that morning and there wax n antnan) pause. She looked down at the carpet and he lookerl at her. "I think .Miss Clarissa," he enkl des perately when the sUenca had berome unendurable i ihlnk that you have hear.l ll.< (elt that he hal expressed lilme-lr vaguely, but she understoi Ia: I ridded ner head wMhout look.ng up. She tried to keep her lips steady tut si could not prevent the tears from coming When the deaeon saw them the- (termed to give him tna cour age of desperation. i cannot express to you my regret that I Wes the iiiuae—the Innorent cause of giving you pain I would <k> anything In m> pow. r f.,r he privilege of living over this morning aid omitting ihut scene. But only on your account, remember," he went on Impetuously, "only on your acoounv it* tnjaau i would not oara who knew or saw I would not be con tent with merely kissing my hand to jw either and I would be willing to—er-do it ow the gr.*en in front of the poatoflKl In sight of everybody ** Clarlsm was looking at him new an 4 the deacon moved hie chair nearer. Hff #ye made him shirk of drowning violets and he had a strong desire to save them "Clarissa." he said ild you ever want something very, very much, hut kr wdng that It was far b vond your reach, after a time almost forget that you wanted is and deceive yourself info think.r.g that >x>u were happy without It? Did you. Clarissa T* She nod*led "Well,** he went on. "that has been mv experience, and this morning something happened that brought it all bark 10 ate and—oh. Clarissa! 1 don't ee how I can live without you any longer." Sne was silent for a moment then she *m softly. "I don't think you will havs W | . . POI.VGAMY IA CHIN A. Why the Men Ary Allnvrrtl * riarttl l>- of Wire*. Ho Tou. Chlny ronsul Ornrrl *• francluco. In Weekly Golnit bck lo tho rellglou* qul!i you think lhat you *re rlitht. of court*, and thM you hnv- thr trur rellirlon o do w. It null b* rrm“tnt>*rcd ,h,t CThln l • very o;d country, with the old rut civilization In the norkl. and you cr.- not flt anew rolt(rkm on *n o.i 'luntry all *t on* hound Hrllirlnn 1.1 nuit'T of growth and evolution, and—wdl w* hav grown o our own llnrr. It I* vary aay to aay, “You arc wrene A'ou m i*t thua and ao." but vital problem* ora r.’t aattled In that wav Tna mlaalonirlai f' r inatanca, praach In China lliat po.vgimr la a ln and that there muat only >■r , wlfa Hut lhay have, apparently r*' ,r taken Into consideration the fa ; t*t In China there are more than (!*<■ timr* ■is many women as men. We u'l*! 10 drown our girl babies, but the civiliz'd world was horrified at such berhari'> ' v * did It to keep down the numlier of lluouw women. What whall we Jo !'! Ihl* surplus of women If one man tail's core of but one? There Is r work In all China for these aupet women to do, and the moral condlt " !1,,t would result If each man were rastre *d to one wlfa wou'el be such as to p'l*-’ n any government 10 Its roots. 1 am rot urging the ethical side of this ?uh> l I am merely saying that here Is' practical qu<>atlou > and saying that it *• a sin will not solve It. I have only id' ll thla as an example. There are many other uch question*. The Woelrt's lararst Hog From the Youth's Companion. In tha town of Holland. Vt . lives Sims, a huge Orman and ling Ish mast ff •io enjoys the distinction of being proba&Jf the largest dog in tl.e world Ne.ro l* owned by Judge tYayr.e I *>*• of Rutland, who is very fond of * f* I*- 1 *- From Up to Up Naro measure* 7 f"* * Inches, and he tips the scales at * pounds He stands nearly three feet In I *n, and he measure- around hi* girth Sf 1 1 es. The circumference of his bras* ci Is 33 Inches, and his foreleg roasur* lt% inches. , Nero is very fond of the fair se*. *<r* Is a special favorite with women • na children. But when a strange man approa- es n kennel. In Judge Halleys Isa k yard. M* him beware, for Nir., i~ not strangers. One day n pe.l • ■ ' 1 Judge s house, and when Mrs *’• ' fuard to buy of his wares he threw him self In sm of rage uj-r 1 M It- Mr ’ Halley called Nero, and with a h.iur'l mastiff came to her rescue. The poll' went away In a hutry. Nero's daily rations consist of a big P of corncake and milk This Is his or. meal, and strange to say. for *0 large dog he ha* a light appetite. Judge Halley has been offered l*™* sums for Nero, but has never shown a desire to part wltn him. In Rutlansl Nero Is a prune favorite * :< * all who know aim.