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Show with an old man, but I will call Rene, and let him decide what wo shall do." Oh, no, please do not do that. Here most never, dure never know. You (m accept my money ; It almost becan say it longs to him alioady. low; it is for him that I lrtvv (oneii ail the-'jears, and 1 thank r.od that you mod It." Sudde i!y the rid officer understoo and when l.r looked at the woman her eyes filled vlo stool hefore with tc ars, he was sure. He is jorr son? lc .vdel. she did not lmt uMik 'nek in the eiir.'r (eMdrir. Tin old cai tain wo;r over to her, bent do .in and kissed i.er fore! end. You t e ui rot H 'e your face for If ou h ;v sinned, you at y body. u e: e "i cut bav a ad !h, mried the pa t." Cl American. Int? a ij aVi ayj Her Glove V7vV W F I v Ilttl plovo lay on the floor Reside a chair; Ho haliftl just luMdt- - tin: door, And saw it there. A M lie picked It up nnd looked around With noxious ryes, And klJMd the tie.iMii'e he had knew her H '! r, Gw' found-l- ie U With Imping heart hr hoard a stir. The curtain mvayid; n u lie turn d to tell his h,o to her, The bijlcnUtd mail. 1 a M Her mother, beaming on him there, SaU nnxlmi luy: Ive ) t my gUno. I nuruhr whore 'J he lliin;; can he?' -- S. E. KLscr in Chlcu-- u -- f ! ?r ,r r, I s 5i r tn0 i i rxw 1 o 1 li-o- , nn.-vo- I rrn LCNELI.YCC3 The surroundings of the cottage have been improved since our previous visit, and the many articles appertainTRIP THROUGH THE COUNTRY ing to Bums tiro clearly shown in tho museum adjoining. We look in nt old DEAR TO ALL SCOTCHMEN. so vividly portrayed in Miovvay "Tam o Shunter, " white Relics cf the Famous Poet Preserved k. insur'd, ruunzd, unl curl at Many Phccs Which He Irrnncr-ta- t "As T.unmiu oih, zed in His Verse At the Auld 'IN- ii iith am! fnn grow fal uiul fuii-nt- s ; Erig o Doou." TN j'l;or or1 nr! Muss; TN lUirs qti'i K anil CiUirlii-flow.' A little further on v. e ; me to the Nai elai t'ci i n ) rpi Irnc' (f; tional ruur.i'rinl, t .mated on tho haulm Ore nt t..e tno.--t inti-Leg trips lo b spot overlis through Hi Laud of of the I'n in, in tt .vo.c'i.'-d Ir'i; o 'Ann," wit ere An tho ookin'-; Lan-e; we hdt cm Her tl at pi;iv-Tam's gny mire Mn;;;!e reft liehinl i lir-- t si: re r e"l!y, an! nn!" One pivoi cions Her ain gray tail," Mir.-ivDu led fri s. by the top at deoteh laddie deehtred lo ills filluv an st se.erv.l ot Ibr p k 1. lutul, t i f nt he could M.v the t pot where Mag ;'e si reek or In ds in the ci ter rf e Iri'g whin tie witch f ol baA. TALE CF POLLY BAKER. THE LAND OF IiUItXS CF THE FRAiF.IES. Trackless, Treeless Wretc Without Water cr Human Habitat on. I ind al i ft ai j n he sot a.lr'lt h a s Ki'l It at in iriiiti- ".a as to be ra r.e n, ar do, n (ui the c drtq i i.inl the Kansas (k k.r.u o ft ;t i h li-r West a "i v, - is f a e t! e !e;'. 1'! e s I O ot the V has ;i :u r i ( i! tl n. Ti er g (iy i i nn l.a' It. ;t, (Mi, ntin !y iridi r ("si, at ion, kill (f t e l..u i is a ;c'.:c rr.,1 iii ci in. tothonnmoity. In eveiv u'-t the eye excel t til" ra;; lag me'-ta track I tr i ! - wvie v. lieh is (illy by a lower!; (li-k- , , M r . of Benjamin Franklin That Fooled French Historian, When Benjamin Franklin wss on his famous mission in Haris he and SiIj latino were ouo day discussing the numerous mars they found la the Abbe Riiynais Historic des Deux lades," when the author of that work lmppned to come in upon them. They told the good man the subject of their conversation, and the able Immediate ly denied that there were any error lu his history. IBs attention was railed to the ste7 Hoax u-- - 1 a ' ts & " ; : v' rv ii.-e,- " fl'eczsr.cLoy Rodary was taking Ins the Marne, in spite j valk alorg t;s n.ie;ity years ho still carried seif tied aul hardly leaned on cane which ho carried since he i lain (ioa n the sword. At mo bridge he was hailed y a Ura.an wnom he had known for Captain , 1 yea-- s. to congratulate you, Csp-3- , that your nepl eiv has passed his carnation with honor. thank you, Paul. Ite captain continued his walk, lost thought. Without knowlrg it the The n had touched a tender spot. Allow uio 1 had indeed Rene Dubinsson ted his examination ahead of all. j thereby gained the r.ght to enter ole Poiytechnique In Paris, and the Captain was Justly proud of him, there were other things which ople did cot know. To give the man an education the plain had made great sacrifice 3, i now he did not know wherefrom the money to pay for him get lie at the Ecole Poiytechnique. The young man was really not his phew at all, but only bis waru. ere are in life people who lose and ople w ho find. E.ghteen years before, while the ptain was stationed at Vincennes, had found s baby boy on bis door p one morning, as he was leaving his wife g no with i sister the child. Wien t! ey came in tie baby, who was t vidoutly hungry, v as jelling at the top cf its vo.ee. Ilo was on the point t.f going to tie intelligence fo a nurse when t o doorbell raig. A young and nnu ually pretty gill of twenty stood blushing on the docrslep. "I beg your prr'on. I am afraid I have made a mistake." What do you w.sh? I was told that somebody In th.3 hotte warted a nurse." We do, Indeed, the Captain r Mg 1 3pars, to m? V.'hen the Captain entered his den. window of which o eued Into the irder, he heard the voice of Rene e Juliette outside. d Oh. Jow T!-- cat Monsieur Rene, you do not how proud I am of you and hew that you are to study in the city." Vy dear old Juliette!"-sm only afraid that you will be me so proud that when you come ek you will have no more thought 'f your old nurse." Shame on. you. Juliette. You that I will always love you Just n' ffiurh as I do now. faptatrs brow darkened wnen H heard these words. He had Just tow j. 0 mil u ulle l on 'H 'he for i a at rt- - )ir r.d " in In Hl daily walk. the mayors otllce, where he up fcis nilrd that to save had the w,,, Pa'Iug the nurse lv cmid hlrl1 hme (0 Pt j,pr R0 Bn(j ij,,.,, ,fw' n,rr"'ry money either by his pension or by .'in? mortgaging house. 'Pn IMt!,0 loin1 1 1m a(,QH8lntnnce 11on In the of asktrg y ,flr a ',mn mde him blush. V ' " Bt he easier than si. "r8p Juliette, who had now in hu house for eighteen U. years. went back to the day iu l0''v;tita !lm(lie fnd Just returned 1,10 tech' .8r"' L - vp'y have have tinned, you suffered. plied. The girl was evidently strong and healthy, though she was unusually pale. She told of how she happened to be looking for a position and was engaged on the spot by the Captain, who hail cot heard one word of what she said. They Had never regretted engaging her. No mother could have loved Rene Uglier than she did. And now, because of the miserable question of rnouey, ho would have lo send her away, ltut It was for Rene's sake and the sacrifice must be made. he went to the w.r.dow and called. you Juliette! Monsieur le Captain. her to come In and sit down, and with a voice trembling Ju:t a little he said: Juliette, I have something to tell you which may hurt your feelii gs. as It hurts me to say It. 1 am forced to ask you to leave us. "What She turned deadly rale. have I done to deserve this, Monsieur le Captain?" Jul ette, you ought to know that you have done nothing to displea.e me, hut there are times when one is forced to do unpleisant things because it Is recessary. It will cost much money to fend Rene to Pans nnd keep him there ard I must economize. I shall bo perfectly frank with you 1 have not the money ami do not know wheie to get It. Shall I sell the house where we have all been so ' happy or shall I pledge my pensl"n-."OL. Jull ttea face brightened. Captain, how yon scared me. I could not think that I should hive to leave your house, tho oily louse 1 have What should I hive none? I ant too old to taho u new posit on. but row when I know that It Is only for ntv wages, 1 am happy again. I do not want any wngis. and you hr.ow tow little It costs to I cep me lire." The Caiftin llstere!. deeply meed. I Oh, Cnita'n." fhe continued, could never I ear to pirt from you ard Rone, whom 1 have rursed and seen grow tip. I love him as If 1 e were my own son. I have five thousand francs In tho bank which I have saved out ' of my wages and I beg you to t'.ke R. 1 could never do, Julhtte. That You are still a young woman, and the day may come when you will many and have your own home acd neee tr.e money, anJ I might r.ot e able lo return it right away. Juliette 1 rxtkcd up. and In a voice trembling with emotion, said: "You reed never give It back to me. My family, my lome. Is the boy that I hive nursed nt my bosom, ot whne bed I have sit night after n!g,.t when he was sick, and you. Captain, who have always been so good to mo ard your dmr wife, wlo now sleeps beneath the sod! My life could rot repay you for what you have done for me." He ashed exaggente. Juliette; It who must be thankful to you for You Btker, anil as elo- f ir $rr. are ti e cl: f (er iis Prairie cf this regen. and as tr.in whirls inch in their past Nave of Me rosa Abbey, hind legs and s:t bolt u; right as n;o tior.less as a statue. There are a few building.-- , and tuiirovv streets, without houses, but they are at wide intervals. a In's or a tram, and we were surThe one single a Ivnr.tage that a lone- prised to find there were no e'ectric ly pcdistrian has in that region is cars bet w Pin Dumfries and Maxwell-town- , which are divided by the Rivr that by following tho railroad track sufficiently far he will reach a town Xith, crossed by a line suspension some day; but walking at this season bridge, the old bridge, nnd the new under tho burning prairie sun and in one. After viewing some of the public a waterless country is by no means buildings we wend our way to Burns street, a straggling, narrow thoroughpleasant. It is positively tiresome to the eye fare, where the poet lived and died. to ride across the prairies In a com We were rereived by Burns r, Jean Armour Brown, fcrtable Pullman car surrounded by all the luxuries of life. This being a pleasant, buxom lady, with fine dark true, it must be next to appalling to eyes and a striking resemblance to the poet. There are many mementoes In hove to tramp over this region with out food or water, except what one the house, and Jean, with a certain begs at the way stations along the amount of pride, turned over the route. I have never been able to see leaves of a large volume which conanything picturesque or inviting about tained the inscriptions attached to the wide stretching plains." Birm the wreaths sent by admirers from all parts of the world at the centenary Ingham News. of the poet's death. Continuing our Journey, we find, Etiquette In Warfare. offer of ihe mika- along a narrow passage In High street, That do to allow the noncombatants to the Globe inn (Burns Howlf), where leave Port Arthur Is one of those Burns was the center of many merry artics. Mrs. Smith, the genial proamenities of which warfare between civilized powers furnishes many ex- prietress. brought forth from a recess amples. The duke of Wellington was the poet's chair, in which we sat, and a stickler for etiquette In this connec- in rooms above were w indow panes on two verses to Lovey tion. It Is on record how, after giving which he Junot a good beating. he sent to In- Pollie Stewart" and "Gin a Body Meet quire concerning his health, the friend- a Body," a punch bowl and Jug with ly message being accompanied with a toddy ladle, another chair of the present of vegetables, which were raid poet's, his wife's chair. Highland to be scarce In Junots camp. The Marys chair, etc. Higher up the great duke was especiilly punctillious same street we came across "The inn, which, we are in any manner affectirg the comfort Hole in th Wa or convenience of wo.t en and cnildren. informed, dates front 1G20, Here we Soult, during the pe nsular war, hear- were pieecantlv rceiveil by the Mr. John Thomson, a gieat ing that there were many wounded Engll It in an adjacoi t village, re it rn'li ctor of Burimiana, who has many im mentors, including forwith to tl eir assistance; ard ail tho Interesting Burns' snorib tick, which he preson-cti.'.:es Charles Napier was a prisoner to his friend John R'rhmond; an he was treated as an honored puo.st, ft r M iwvelltovvn, signed particularly by Baron Clouet. Keys e'dse return bv Burns; a part of examined end three af.er When, camp. months uneertainty, the BritHh gov- the Masons npr it of the pirt. (do. ernment sent to asccrtan what lad Wo next visit St. Michael's churchbecome cf Napier, Key, learr.irg for yard. where lie the runalns of B trns, the first time that his gallant opponent liis wife, nnd five sone in a mauso cum, had a bllrd and widowed mother, In which Is a bas-- d'ef representing Burns at the plow, looking at a vis'on f said : "Let him go and tell her of Highland Mary. Many aneimt he alive. is that monuments are to le f'nnd in the s t th-- tlc'-'-elve- z- Is stay- - aid-d- - s mother, with its old churchyard, dat-tibuck Mviral cd.turics, vviw reTam o Sbantir and S n;t r Johnnie are Router Johnnies wife Is Luried. burled on tho oppi site side of the churchyard, tut whether in ease tlv'y would fall out, history is silent. We came arrows an intelligent Seotcii dame at Mayboie. who informed us She had she was 103 years od. walked three miles, carrying eggs anl honey in a basket, and was going to return the same day. Though slightly deaf, she had not lost her tongue, nnd chatted in a very Intelligent manner Many other beautiful spots we vis f Girvan, lnclitil Iteil in the vicinity ing Bailantiae, Colmonell, Dailly, May bole. The Maidens, nnd Dyne Hill; lint not being Immediately connected with Burns, we close this brief sketch of a pleasant run through tho poet's country, leaving Mauchline, the fa mous ruins of Melrose Abbey, and other places for a future visit. c T !jf big Mother had a oookdnve I n , iiitv your w.-tl.Inner limn fe.ds And Sle'li t'pon a ch.itlriK dish. le-- il lk ' eh 'Jjv'f & C:1 ' Vi't j if : lr i e cd-luat- ed I.lece, I'cLMir, exposlton next year. Inter-natlnr- nru.'-dai- a, Balmoral Castle. churcl jard, nnd on one (the C.'roS' btiSi tin- - pedigree can be traced from At the top 1(K4 to ti e present day. of High strut Is Bunin statue, show- dog resting its head Ing I is favorit his foot a striking monument; ut we tnmk it would look to better advantage if ra'seil a few yards. Leaving Dumfries, our next stop was Kllmnrnoc. where a fine monument of Burns is to be seen on an eminence In Kay park; In fact, we think It Is one of th best statues of the features of the poet. So it should be, for was It not In "Auld Klllio' the first edition of Ills poems was printed? Behind the- - statue Is an Inttrestlng Burnsiana museum. Ayr was our next place of Interest, tho surroundings of which were so closely ci tinerti-- with Robbie's life. A peasant walk from the station of about two miles btongit us to the world-knowcottag- - where the poet was lorn. We totppnse it Is tho same nt the exterior looks very cottage. Iffi't'i nt to rone of tint old prints. 1 Examine titrfully every bottle of CASTOTfU, a aate and aura remedy for lufante and chiton-- , and aee that it . Bctrsth Slgnslur of la L'M For Orcf 30 Yer. The Kind Yon TT"vn Alway And so we think. If this keep up, n e a to hnteh, A tnotbao-ti( l to i mn e ne i it n Tl Will cook upon u mat'll - Mi L.ind'o.rtt'i Wilson. In BrlgTim. D b !ave an med- d-- - Exposition that they are the greatest tv-- I Wurth Grandma h.ul nn nnd spit. Kqu!pt",d with rr.ine her she tinned And tin-ibanquets out For kings and Hneia tit. Famous Cattle to Be Hotel. Gcxslers castle, near Km naeht, on tho lake of I tieerne, f'.mous In the history of Wlillam T.,a exploits, lira been sld to a company, which will convert the snelert stronghold It, to a modern hotel. I find Important to Mother. n Gov. Epilepsy, Backache and Kidney Complaint, Mr. V. 11. Smith of thli place is a well man again and those who have watched his return to health unhesitatingly give all the credit to Dodd's Kidney Hills. In an Interview regarding his cure, Mr. Smith ear: "1 had been low for eighteen raontht with my back and kidneys and also Epilepsy. I had taken everythin! 1 knew of, and nothing seemed to do me any good till a friend of mine got me to send for Dodd's Kidney Pills. startling. Dimlnishlrg Scale. New Spcrt for Children. Ryde, IhIo cf V.luht. has a new sport a regatta for children. In shallow water, where drowning waa Impossible, the children race In skiffs, canoca, small craft fitted with paddlea and la tuba, and have greet fun. Nov. e e n In 1 r Germrna First Admiral. the Germany has Jmt centenary of her "first admin)," Rudolph 1. rummy, who was born Sept 4, 1804, and orrnr.'red tV Oman navy during tho first Gorraan-Danlal- i campaign In tho '4ns. Tho German , navy came Into belrg with nlno stcara-ctaone sailing frleate, the DeuUch gunbonta. laud, and twenty-seve- the World. 7. t Special) After eighteen months sufftring from Bent Cream, Ark., two-poun- Urn-sei- Last Australian Convict. The last of the old time convicts transported from Great Britain to Australia has Just died. His name was He was born In Fredi rick Clarke. Yorkshire In 1829 and was sent to Tasmania under a ten years sentence In 1817. Between then and bis death he received sentences amounting In years and the aggregate to eighty-fivseven months for Int'hraaging, bank robb.ng and other offenses. seems to have adopted the mors Insidious plan of weeding out the chief, Osnmn Hr.aha, one of the most powerful chiefs in Albania, has just arrived nt Fnttnrl, ostensibly on a visit to the Governor of tho province. H 1 stated to be really, however, ia a condition of gilded exile, and many other chiefs are believed to be threatened with similar troatmenL icine In the world, for now I am able to work and am In fact as stout and strong as before I took sick." Dodds Kidney Pills cure the KidKEEPING HOUSE IN RUSSIA. neys. Cured Kidneys cleanse the Some of the Difficulties Which Must blond of all Impurities. Puro bleed Be Overcome. meas good health. An Englishwoman residing In the InToo Much for Ducks Digestion, terior of Russia thus describes her one of the SL James park Recently moist "As housekeeping experiences: lake keepers found a (London, Eng.) sugar Is unobtainable on the steppes, duck lying on the bank dead. It wa one Is obliged to break up a huge discovered that the bird bad swalor three-pounlump Into lowed a toy clock and a small penny pieces and crush in a pestle and mor- rubber bail, evidently thrown Inte th tar. I believe that churns may be water by children. procured in big towns, but they would tlon nf th Mostf? be very expensive, and the English There morr Ctrrh In thin until tn nil 4b(hrrtli-rput t'tsetlirr residents in country villages, who do thu w Ktf a ureal be incurnbie. a t te auppjetj I cal an4 a It ra d H'.unred ct, pr not rare for the smoke flavored Cos- Uiaiijryrani jrrara I and bjr cuuuiif talHof pruaurtbeil cai remediea, sack butter, make their own by shak- Utture al rainiH. pr 'flounced It larerabtfc a lib Im be arntliatbnai dl pn(.a arrU ing cream in a big bottle. The Cos- ea emit) l hepr ref- re requIreeonafUutbMtai treainien H t are a inaniiiM'tured by K. J. Oianef sack servants cajlial laundry A ill MUnh Cure.U i c u tl'uiloDaJ etira nil 4.O.. T"letlo. (be lily women, though their washing appli- thematket. K la ,taken d In frm ! Infernally the bto4 xtttful. a acta It ui directly somewhat are they ances Jrp jrimitive; aurUoea of lha jrtem. They offer ona and tiiiieouAtep use large, low, wooden troughs to wab hundred ur f r anyrnMi It fail U mr hM uon'et. eireuura and the clothes in anil boil them in pea forA.Mn-.-i I. .1. IKMvV CO.. Tolxds, OUe is 8 id by ;v. boilers. The system of mangling Family Fill for conatlpstlo rather curious; first, they wrap the wooden a Trick ef Photography. things caufiily urouml roller, Lhe a pastry pin, then press it If you are an amateur photographer up and down a board scored with and have a negative of some friend nicks, loosely laid on the table. whom you would like to see locked this mal.es a clatter, more up for a long terra, put your printing di afening, if less irritatlrg, than the frame Just Inside a wire mosquito nettuneless squeak of the Britb h mangle. when you print tl.e next picture ' It hough the summers are Intensely ting from the negative. The result will be a print showing your friend behind the bars. The eCect will be almost e n Chiefs. bubllUvO Forta, tired, apinrent-ly- , of cintmuous fighting with the Ab bar!. .ns, without obtain. r.g any result, A lo-n.ir- do.-.- n A;ba-,?- The r r w,-ot- If Holly Wipes Cut i now-famo- house. Three months before he had lost s only child, a little girl of three y H tt s and so he and his wife derid-nd- keep the boy and gave out that .rrVi was their nephew. Then came the time when the Cap-- a was persioned. his wife died, and 3 education ard maintenance of tie cost quite a little money, especi-as his nurse, Juliette, bad remain-- . In the house. Tie budget was painfully small a :?im of 2.500 francs a year and francs from the Lection of Horor s wife's dowry had ail gore to pay the education of the boy. And now he would have to go fa .ris to study, and that would .enn francs for his equ'pment and 1.00 ' uics a year for tuition and board, here was all that money to come certain quent mill rets which the nbbe credited tier with making before a Massachusetts court. Tho able insisted that it was a trim st( ry, but admitted that lie roukl rot remember his authority for it. Hr. Franlvl.ii was shaking with laughter during the proteat-twit- s of the learned Frenchman. I wdl tell you, At lest be said: nblio, the or'gin of that story. When t waa a print-- r and editor of a new paper we vvero sometimes thick of news, and to amuse our customers I used to fi'l tip our vacant column with aimed ites and fables and fancle of my own, and this taio of Holly Baker is one of my making." t.l . - to of a ick hnd, yd the mistress old has !os t run 'ale to keep milk and other foe. da sweet there than in England, fur every bouse I: it j t in Hi tli h buBfbL Penetrated Into Lassa. Lassa's former secret is said to have been more of a general superstition than a fact. Though no European army has before entered it gates, they have not always been closed to th discreet traveler. According to a recent writer Warren Hastings, keenly aware of lasa't Importance, sent an envoy thither ont Thomas Bogie as early as 1774. Manning, the friend of Charles l.amb, passed four months within the vails of the sacred city, and left behind him in eloquent descrlpt.on. He wa evea granted nn audience with tli dalal lama, a boy cf 7. u-- novo the tank of cottnge has Its Ice-o- n house, which h refilled during the lnt-I- , tt r pirt cf the winter with huge blocks of lee brought, perbais, many miles across the fr(zn steipe from some distant lake or river, in the bullock carts. TEA a Cver th Phone. Chf'incey Depew was not long ago telepherlng irom the Waldorf. For soir.n reason he found It difficult tn n;nke "Central" understand who he was. I am Chminrcy Depew!" ho called tones of deep ndlgna-ton- . lr. stentorian 'Tint you hear. H, a utlcoy ! Chaureey Depew! Oh," rntre the voice of tie girl awretly. "I beg jour pardon. Well, I nt the Tsarina of Russia! '.New Herald. What is wealth to home happiness? Take a little more time (or teal Shortest Dlspatehea. The shortest two dlspatehea ea re ord: lord Lawrence to Queen VI torla reccavl!" (I have Sind). SI Francis Drake to Queen Elisabeth Cantharldes!" (The Spanish fiy). New York Hrese. Stcn,Flcanc of Precloue Stone. From Brewer's Dlctlon.-r-y of Dvrs and Fable we learn that th amethyil tplfies humility, the diamond Invul-nerabl- o i faith, tho sapphire hop. and powei glory gold sincerity, donyx and stiver purity. |
