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Show THE OFFENDING HAND By Annie Hamilton Donnell by Jonepl (GlWltghtf B. BowIhr Jeffy felt belter about that hand home. He put out nil hand to Jeffy He and smiled but that was before he when he kepi it in his pocket. Wouldn't Bee how black it was it had knew. Jooked very black when he shut it up "Why, Jeffy, this you?" be said. here, two hours ago. He remembered "What can I do for you?" it now with a little shudder. That Jeffy stretched out his light hand nursery soap and water a little tem- and shut his eyes 'ut it off an' cast It Into Hell Fire," pered with heat might possibly have made ir look less guilty had not oe- - he said rapidly. "It would be over 'uned to hitn did not occur to him goon If you kept your eyes shut an." never budged." Of course nobody had seen when lie The One With Spectacles started lld nit white nightgown over his a very little, but recovered himself little trousers and waist. How else the next instant He proceeded to exthat hand 00) i he keep his band amine the small hand gravely. u his pocket, he meant to, all night'.' "It does look pretty black," he said Jff Ml better about It there In a in a profOMtonal tone. "Been offendhense it wai. In prison, where hands ing you. has It?" kaat that you know ought to be in- "Oh, no, Elizabeth- - please hurry! an vi ,1'i-for their sins. In a sense I'd rather trembled you'd do It seemed to be making reparation the little voice. fcvot i xaoUy to Elisabeth no-but "YOu are sure you want It done? ttill Jeffy twisted aboui under his better think twice. You won't be able III tie white covers miserably. That to cut your meat, you know." hand hurt him maybe because ll was Jeffy knew. and not. stiff, maybe Maybe cramped "Or write in your copybook or play because that. Jeffy wondered it ball " Elizabeth ached there. Or play ball oh! But the small Of course, Elizabeth was to blame hand did not waver. right ' I ptil), she was very little All at once, know," Jeffy said. Sung there in the dark, Jeffy remem"It'll be pretty hard to button your bered bow very little Elizabeth was. " 3Ier head just came to the edge of the buttons, of course "Of course." dining-rootable; you're pretty little "And it takes two hands to whittle. when yon have to stretch up on tip " toe to see what there is going to be Still, if you say so nodded. was the Jeffy .Something mat dinner Perhaps when you were l little as that you'd have meddled matter with his voice; it would not with your big brother's things you go. "Well, then, steady! It's going to anight have Klizabeth was very little and Jeffy hurt, of course now then!" The hurt of It woke Jeffy, Some- as her big brother. Jeffv was lev- en. He had always rather domineered thing awful seemed to have happened over Elizabeth, but he had never done a,nd it required a little time to realize that, before. Oh, no, no, I tell you' what it was. Then he remembered. Kli hand oh. how it ached' He Never! "Does it show, I wonder"' the little shuddered as he drew it painfully out hoy in bed thought, among the other of its cramped prison, and it made him rather faint to look at it thoughts "I'm going in and see," he said with "Why!" Jeffy laughed aloud in his s little premonitory shiver of dread. relief. Why, the little calloused brown Klizabeth because she was so very right hand was there! It felt numb little, slept beside mother's bed in her in some parts and throbbed In others, dainty while crib. Jeffy could see but there it was! Not cut off nor the Whiteness of it shining faintly cast out. You could pinch it and wrigthrough the dark. He crept toward it gle it you could cut meat with it, On the very quietly. edge of it whittle with it, button buttons anynestled Klizabeth snugly, just her thing! The One With Spectacles was mall, serene luce In its mellow radionly a dreadful dream. ance. Jeffy could see it distinctly. In mother's room next door, ElizaShe was lying on that cheek. He beth was singing to herself. Her litcould not see it at all. The other tle, thin, clear voice piped up joyouscheek was fair and sweet, with a dimly. Elizabeth sounded happy. Jeffy had ple in as though a dream-ange- l been there and kissed it a minute ago and that were the print of the kiss. The "big brother" stood looking at it with a strange Impression that Elizabeth was turning the other cheek He flushed all over his little also guilty fare a Somewhere downstairs step Bounded and disturbed Elizabeth In bei steep She threw up both small hands (hen with a restless little heav ing of round body and white covers, turned over on her pillows. "It shows' ' gasped Jeffy, and fled back to his own room In horror. He had scn Utile parallel red creases in Elizabeth i cheek- - that cheek He did BO! for a moment doubt their orio, m gin "It shows' It shows!" he groaned in the aw lul of night. loneliness Perched on the side of his bed with his little lean bare legs he thought about what the Bible said-J- effs thoughts did not quote ver- batim "If thy right hand strlkest thy sister, cut it off an' cast it Into Hell Eire" he repealed under his breath, "an' there shall be gnashing an' there shall be gnashing." He shuddered. The precise signill ranee of gnashing puzzled him a little, but it meant something awful awfui.' An' col it off meant oh, oh! "Ur-rr!- " softly shuddered Jeffy. thiuk ing how hot hell fire must be. You were to cast It Into Hell Fire, where there would be gnashing if It ever struckest thy sister. The Bible And It had struck .said you were. her. it had struck Elizabeth The darkness seemed to grow dark er, the stillness stiller iu Jeffy "a room. The little figure on tho bedside swayed unsteadily swayed again fell backward on the quilts Jeffy was very tired. It tires you to to what does it tire you to do? Yes oh, yes. that. An' It makes you tlreder feel sorry so aw ful still to to--o aor Some one seemed to be speaking in the room, but there was no one il Jr'ffy rould see, for It had grown light, as If many lamps had been ligl Or else it was one great lam iv the ,un The VOkM QpoM It be morning0 called out and now It seemed to be his own voice calling to him. "Oorne, Jeffy, time to go." It said, "The sooner you gel H brusquely. over wfth the hetter. I suppose roe So's Me," Elizabeth Smiled sat up on the bed ho had slept all night outside the covers, slanting i' oss them and listened eagerly. Then If Elizabeth was happy, she she wasn't unhappy. She hadn't laid anything up Perhaps if he were to go in there now and say: '".Elizabeth, I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry" perhaps If he were to :lo that, she would forgive htm, You couldn't tell till you tried. Jeffy tried. He slid softly to the floor and softly across the floor to Klizabeth. She was Jtttng with her little bare feet out between the bars of her crib, swinging them to the time of her musl- - Jeffy caught the glints of morning sunsh ne In her yellow hair and thought how beautiful they were how beautiful Klizabeth was. Before he got her his heart had her la Its arms hugging her. "Klizabeth. Tm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry. KM abeth!" he cried The gay little soni. ended suddenly and the gav little sieger whirled about. "So's me." Elizabeth smiled. . know that"" "Yves." shivered Jeffy, answering himself, "I've got some o' in clothes all on I'll be ready In a minute' Von re go "Wei!, be spry about It trig to the One With Spectacles, sup 1 "Yes, to the One With Spectacles. When Kli.a He was the kindest one beth had the croup he came and when He was the one mother was sick But now of that always smiled. course now he wouldn't smile " It was too early for office hours. hm the One With Spectacle was at Which Way The story is told of a major who was In command of troops who were in Piirwilt of some outlaws In the Cfe ise he arrived at a village to dls over that he was too late to Intercept them, and finally ordered the horse unsaddled and fed. Now lie major's hostler was a son of Ireland. .Ignorant of everything per tainlag to the equestrian art. and. mi tig in from the village In a state bordering on Intoxication, he put the major's saddle cm the horse facing to the rear. When the horses wers brought up for a fresh start the major, Instantly discovering the mistake, de miinded the reason for it. "An' sure," said Pat, a little terrl fled "an' shure, major, an' I didn't know which way you was going!" An explosion followed -- the ma jot was satisfied and Pat escaped punishmentHarper's Weekly. t Her Pointed Retort. When 'he old lady put her head out of the window and required of the young railway porter what the train was stopping for the young man bought he would have a little fun at the old lady's expense. "Engine was out late last night, rna'am,' he remarked with a smile, "so she's got a thirst on her this morning; they're giving 'er a drop o' wine." "Ah' It's water,' said the old lady. "If you'll wait a mlnutte, ma'am,' whether he grinned. "I'll inquire " they're givin' her port wine "Never mind.' came the answer, I "don't you trouble, young man. thought, jierhaps by the way we've been getting along she was run on sloe gin!' London- TOGA FOR BLIND MAN. Your Watch is Worth More If It comes from a thorounhly re liable Jewelry house. Ourgoodssrt by our reputation guaranteed e fair dealing and successful half extending through a century. fr busi-nee- has been aligned with the Democratic party, but declined to support Mr. Ch .eland during his first campaign. He has been a strong supporter of and ln Bryan's last campaign Rich Aspirants for Nomination Are Bryan, made many speeches for him in westof Side Tracked for Him Career He has been foremost in states. ern A Remarkable Po'itician Democratic party councils in the Lawyer by Profession. and has taken an active part in elections. Mr. (lore is well recent all Oklahoma City, Okla Totally blind informed on current events and his since In. early youth, yet able to dis understanding is said to be most ceru tin political situation and to win acute. His wife and brother read to the I)e h ratic nomination for Timed him; and in this way he keeps closely States senator in the recent Oklahoma in touch with all public happenings. Law-toprimaries Thomas P. Gore, of He knows the history, political and as one of the most looked is uikju of all the prominent men LIFE INSURANCE ACTIVITY. otherwise, remarkable men in the southwest. In Oklahoma and Indian territory, and as almost is regarded The New York Life's Business Nearly His election Gore was opposed for the certain. to the Limit. Up Legal nomination by two men of wealth, of whom spent a small fortune each The New York Kile Insurance Comin advertising aid organisation work. announces new that its pany paid state bebusiness during the half year just end- Few people in the proposed would orator'' blind the that lieved ed was over seventy million dollars. make even a respectable showing in As the new law allows no life com the primaries. But. while others were pany to wiite over one hundred and on results, Gore was makfifty millions per year, it would ap- speculating a 'grass root" campaign, speaking ing pear that this company is working farmer and to The New personallyman nearly every nearly up to the limit. in the two territories. laboring York Life gained, such headway bemeans to travel fore the law was passed and suffered To get the necessary over the state he placed a mortgage so little, comparatively, from the Armon his home at Lawton, staking all strong Investigation, that the question on the results of the primaries. with its management has been how to Gore will, if elected, be the first down to business the limit, rathkeep to occupy a seat in conman blind er than how to reach it. No other At the age of eight he lost company is writing nearly as much gress. as the law allows. The New York his left eye, a playmate accidentally Life has evidently become a pre- striking him with a stick; and at the age of 11 he lost the other eye ferred company. The company's payments to policy through being hit by an arrow. Notwithstanding this affliction. Mr. holders during the six months endis a man of superior education Gore ing June 30 were $2 1,660,761. It is as an orator. He was THOMAS P. GORE. interesting to note that this amount and is36 noted years ago in what is now (Blind Man Who May Be United was almost equally divided between born and at the States Senator from Oklahoma.) payments under policies maturing by Webster county. Miss., death and payments made to living time that he became blind he was in the Mississippi state senate is intimately acquainted with them. policy holders. Thus, while death-claim- page were $11,180,626, the amount and lived at the house of United With conditions in Oklahoma he is From thoroughly conversant and his memSenator J. Z. George. paid for matured endowments, annu- States of ory concerning statistics, etc , is rethe he reached time until that age ities, trust fund installments, for pur- 16 Mr. Gore studied at home, his markable. chased policies and for dividends was At the request of many members mother and sister instructing him and $10,480,135. Modern life Insurance, as to him. His favorite book and others he attended the sessions practiced by the best companies, em- reading Men," of the constitutional convention, and braces a wide field, and covers many was "The Lives of from this volume he says he many of his ideas have found their and It is money saved for contingencies. much that has been beneficial way into the measures adopted by the aged, as well as money provided gained him in later years. to that body. for the families of those who die He was graduated from the schools Mr. Gore was a member of the last at Walthal, Miss., long before he at- territorial council and took an active tained his majority, and in 1891 he part in the discussion of legislative Europe's Extinct Aurochs. Professor A. Marten3 of Magdeburg was nominated for the legislature, but bills. He has practiced law since he has reviewed all the early literature not having reached the required age has lived in Oklahoma and his cases and documents relating to the famous he was disqualified for the office. generally are prepared with the utwild ox of Europe, the aurochs, or Then he taught school for several most precision and with an attention to Texas for a time, and to technical details that is considered urus, and shows that It was not Iden-ty- , years, went in lived has Oklahoma ten years. wonderful when the physical disabilbulld-anim"$5,000 won't pay for the Since reaching voting age Mr. Gore ity of the man is taken into account. also lived in Europe in the time of the aurochs. It Is on record that a herd of thirty aurochses were SIMPLE LIFE IN PALACE. pie may be varied without stirring living in Poland In 1564. In 1627 out of doors, for if they like swima few aurochses C. M. Schwab to Spend ming there is the magnificent nata were sfill In existence, but the race Brother of torium and gymnasium, and if they Honeymoon in $5,000,000 Mansion. has since become extinct. The typlike billiards, there is the billiard ical color of the aurochs was black, New York, The bride of room, tl is understood that the bride but there was a gray variety in Po- Prof. Edward H. Schwab, brother of and bridegroom will occupy the manland and a red one in Germany. Charles M. Schwab, said just after her sion for two months, and then will "We won't travel in my return to South Bend, Ind. marriage: Unkind Advice. Two Irishmen were eating their FOR SPAIN'S ROYAL INFANT. lunch, when one asked the other: "Pat, an' what be you thinking about?" in Which Sumptuous Perambulator Pat replied: "Shure, Mike. I was His Highness Will Ride. how I would be getting me clothes over me wings when I would London. Her Majesty. Queen Vicget to heaven." toria of Spain, sometime ago ordered "You would better be thinking how a perambulator for the new heir of you would be getting your hat over the Spanish throne of a well known your horns when you get to the other The carriage English manufacturer. place," answered Mike. Ally Sloper. was completed and. after being placed on private view for a short time, was Generous Mr. Kraft. shipped to Madrid, where it now the the "Mr. Kraft, merchant." said awaits its use by the royal child. college president, "has offered to doThe perambulator is a sumptuous nate $5,000 for a new building to be affair, and yet is no wise showy. It known as 'Kraft hall.'" is entirely in white and the middle "But." said the dean of the faculpanel on each side carries the royal buildfor the ty, $"$5,000 won't pay Spanish coat of arms. The hood of ing we want." white patent leather at the head of "Oh' no. You see, Mr. Kraft's genthe --a, carriage Is supplemented by a silk Is seoffer erous contingent upon our shade extending the full length. This curing donations of $10,000 each from shade is trimmed with the very finest tea oilier public spirited citizens." MRS. E. H. SCHWAB. of lace, especially sent on from MadPhiladelphia Press. (Young Bride of Brother of Millionrid by Queen Victoria for that puraire Steel King.) pose. MEAT OR CEREALS. The body of the carriage is suspendbrother-in-law'private car, because er from two sets of springs by means A Question of Interest to All Careit will not be in keeping with our fuful Persons. ture life. It will be the simple life we will lead." Arguments on food are Interesting. he is only LM a Many persons adopt vegetarian diet - The young professor met first who while the and girl, OO the ground that they do not like to feel that life has been taken to feed she was studying at Notre Dame, will begin their "simple life" in one of the them, nor do they fancy the thought most gorgeous palaces in New York, of anting dead meat. a magnificent French mansion with On the other hand, too great congardens, huge wrought iron palings, sumption of partly cooked, starchy oats and wheat or white bread, pastry, locked gates and army of servants, Milch the steel magnate built on Rivetc., produces serious bowel troubles, drive. The bridegroom's broth erside because the bowel digestive organs er has turned the $5,000,000 house is are overstarch (where digested), over to them for their exclusive use taxed and the food ferments, productheir honeymoon. ing gas. and microbes generate in the during rooms of the professor The private decayed fx)d. frequently bringing on on the second floor, are his ind bride, peritonitis and appendicitis. decorated with the painting "AwakStarchy food is absolutely essential For Future King of Spain. of Cupid." Behind each bedening to the human body. Its best form Is XVI. a Is room Louis room, dressing " shown in the food "Grape Nuts. w here of straps. Insuring an unusually easy mil as the bride never dreamed of motion. the starch Is changed Into a form of The wheels are rubber tired The In planning her "simple life" sugar during the process of its manuand ball bearing. The body Is Ophel room of the bride's dressing telling In this way, the required facture. Itered In white satin, quilted over the food Is presented to the system In a is decorated with "The Toilet of very softest of down. Cupid." form and Is Immediately When they breakfast vis a vis In made Into blood and tissue, without Severe Drought in .Jamaica. $5,000,000 haven for simple life this taxing the digestive organs. For the last three months the tropwill s. gaze upon they honeymoonei A remarkable result In nourishment ical Island of Jamaica, surrounded by specially woven tapestries, represent Is obtained; the person using Crape-Nut- s (Or the Hunt." a warm sea, where the evaporation is "Diana Preparing ing gains quickly In physical and and the service, all of which Is espe- meat, has suffered from a drought as mental strength. Why In mental? as any which visit the Inland cially designed In keeping with the severe Because the food contains delicate will give them the deserts, far away from any large bod) French period, particles of Phosphate of PttMl obof water. qulntessense of simplicity. tained from the grains, and this unites blocks from the two While only with the albumen of all food and iho Cannot Purchase Poet's Home. whirling subway, the Schwab home, combination Is what nature uses to reThe effort to purchase the John like the chateaux of A.ay Kidean. build worn out cells in the brmln. from which Howard Paine "Home, Sweet Home This Is a scientific fact that can be Blols and Chlnonceaux. were taken. Is as Iso- cottage at Easthampton, long Island, different parts easily proven by ten day's use of lated as though a feudal lord's archers has failed, and It Is llkel to b re' a There's Orape Nuts Reason." moved to a new site and completely to keep intruders at bay waited Rend, "The Hoad to Wfliville," in The amusements of the young peo- - remodeled foi a dwelling hoii'e. pkgs. SIGHTLESS HOMA OF OKLAORATOF: BE 3ENATOR. MAY ISBW new-stal- Tit-Bit- s Self-Mad- e rJ, s 170 AIN ST. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH THE FAIR CULPRIT. CAUGHT How the Naval Lot". Officer Recovered His Buttons. It happened on one of the T'nited States cruisers now at Hampton roads, ys the Washington Herald A lieutenant, having met two very charming ladles while ashore, invited them on board for luncheon. They came and were- shown over the ship. They lingered long in the lieutenant's room, which was daintily furnished, and they admired his photographs of home. When he was summoned on deck he left them there. Returning, he took them to luncheon and, having to go on duty in the afternoon, he excused himself so as to get Into uniform. Alas! he found that every button on his best coat had been cut off and then he remembered that one of his fair guests has been rather importunate on the souvenir question. He got her alone after luncheon and accused her of the theft and after some prevarication she confessed that the buttons were in her corsage. With some firmness the lieutenant led the culprit to his cabin, pointed silently to the denuded coat on the bunk, produced needle and thread and, going out. locked the door on the outside. In half an hour he returned, unlocked the door, found that his coat was once more in excellent order and then, with great gallantry, bowed the lady over the side. She has not been Invited to luncheon on the same ship since. A FASHION FROM WAR. How Flat Watches Took Place of the Old-Tim- e "Turnips." When the neat man takes unto himself a wr.tch as thin as parchment he little thinks that that thin watch results from army regulations. Up to the time of the Allies taking Paris the ordinary watch was convex in shape and called from its outline a "turnip." The officers of the Russian and other armies objected to this because its bulbous form made the uniform of a man on parade look untidy, whether it were carried in the coat or the fob. Here in Paris, however, they found that the watchmakers of the Palais Royal had contrived a chronometer which got over the difficulty. Flat watches were the fashion in Paris. The English when they appeared in the streets of the French capital marched in not in gala dress such as the others wore, but ln the raiment which they had worn on camGreat was the impression paign. which their habiliments created. But they at once adopted the smart flat watch and brought it back to England for our own manufacturers to copy. London Standard. Photographing the Mirage. The photograph represented a palm grove, a lake and a .caravan of laden Arabs moving camels and white-robeln stately wise across the pale desert "That is a picture of a mirage, or fata morgana," said the traveler. "I took it in the Sahara, not far from There was really nothing there but sand wastes on wastes of 6and, but my dazzled eyes saw that mirage and my camera saw it, too. This is the only mirage picture I have ever got. I have tried in Ceylon, ln Egypt and in Morocco to photograph various mirages, but always in vain. There are scarcely six mirage photos in existence." Tom-boukto- Paddy and Taxes. voice from the jungle of Burma is heard in the following letter from a missionary correspondent to the A Christian Herald: "The Lord has sent me $10 from a friend In New York, which will buy thatch for the three native houses and an addition to this one I live in and pay for its transport here besides. Another gift also came and with it I have paid this new man's wages for one week, bought a small supply of dried fish, paid for a fresh supply of stamps and left a little for daily needs. Our store of rice is fast melting away and dally the prayer Is offered at morning and even Ing worship, before the children and heathen visitors, that the Lord will send money for more rice, for paddy and for the taxes, which are now due." Dreary Guest Chambers. "Who does not remember the guest chamber in some old country house, a place with damp sheets and an atmosphere like that of a vault? Such rooms are hotbeds of neuralgia and pneumonia." writes Dr. William S. O'Hirge in Health. Music Good For Liver. Where the trouble Is physical, such as failure of an organ, indigestion, congestion of the liver and so on, strong. Arm. martial music will give best results, according to Dr. Latson, editor of Health Culture. For this class of treatment the key of C major is particularly recommended. 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