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Show the cle thing to find out. She seemed to know her own mind," dim returned gloom. ly. -music ia the lowin oI the estti on Now that Is just what the didnt til tint, Aa iu toe i any laughter of the waterfall do. It Is no nse for us to argue, Jim, an rdi; but if 1 eau find a grain of comfort of the bluebird aa the hum for la tbs anigirt you, I will. The whole thing is mm' of the bee, my comprehension." beyond Aa tne o.e woodpecker peckin oo the holler sugar tree. When Ruth Rutherford (an alliteraThere t iiuimc iu the hoaem an the clear tive name which the girl detested' biue of the sky, putting on her wrap preparatory la the svreaiuiu ot the chicken hawk waa to a belligerent call on her friend, abe a'circuu 'way up high. But the sweetest songs ol June time aint heard Clarlcea voice in the hall below. noMuerea near a suroU went down hurriedly to meet her. To the mus,c .o,u; at uoouUme of the ole She Come into the library,, she said dinner bell. hastily, knowing perfectly well that When plowin' in the distant fields, clean Jim was in the room Just beyond. out o' sight o borne, Now, I want you to give an account too. with all your heart that of yourself. What have you been dodinner time would come, You aauh the lurnea stretch a a ay aroun ing to Jim? He Is just about brokenthe lower bend. for he believes all the nonAn potter Toond a bit before you start for hearted, sense were talking to him yesteryou tother end. An you bend your head an listen to ketch day. What did yon mean by It. Clarthe welcome sound. ice? You know that you think that An caiclate n a purl nigh noon by thad-der- Jim is kind and lovable and brilon the ground, When through the hazy atmosphere, your liant " Clarice flashed indig I dont longin to dispel. t Comes the aurry music of the ole nantly, although her Toiee trembled dinner bell. a little, be Is not brilliant at all! He When the harvest day ia over an the toil- ia the most stupid man that ever DINNER bel-The- a iur-or- ers work ia done, Over wavin corn au clover tinted by the settin aun. Low an sweet the distant music of the ole bell floats along; Borne upon the evenin breeze, mingled with the reaper song. An you loot acrust the niedder, past the ole crick windin through. Where the nutter meet ih waitin' with a welcome there for vou. Oh, there ain't no oi Bummer that can strike ou mute bo we , As the r n when vou're hungry, of the ole dinner hell. Edwin C. Dais, in the Indianapolis News. ur i nmz" 11 Jon.s. By Mabel CriiLse th. unit ter with WIIUNG the And Kuth Mir blather keenly. Jj you Jim.' Q 'eyed her t ".Xu " jt KOIf W hats the use of fib-- , lung to lie; si,. diimind-e''Somewith sisterly Hankne. thing's gone wrong, I c.m see that clearly enough. Any Uouble at the thce? -No." -- what la Well," Impatiently, then? You always tell me things In the end. so you might as well go ahead snd save me the trouble of drugging It from you. Jim start'd moodily out of the window and vouchsafed niieply. 'Youve not quarrelled with Clarice, have you? A swift change in lier brol tiers face told Ituth that she had tom bed on the truth, ami she followed up her advan tage promptly. That is it, I know. Now what was the fuss about ?" There was no fn and no quarrel my sapient v.stcr, only Wlien an Oil Wa a Carloidty, I.mp - li I 11 . big that tin e Where " "Not mu h h .1 . VI I .1 . 11 ' Ilf. v ere al w a In mid g me-- 1 tress w a men act i u M s' tin ' In 11 '1 - l.v s In - , 1, ' - s ( t a in o ll t.il' g ot do. s us,, mnl bei'i'tit. III ng nil ii w m iv I It! .1 ,. .int.qiiiire's. !' lot 11- 1- 11 tl w ,.,irul(.lt.a I neigh-liorhoo- 111 n. I J Ku-1- 11 ! , 11 o. N. - --I ()f ,e woman'll columns and til, woman's de pMiUin its. riioy, also, lave liad their duy . To meet tlio-- e and oilier eh.u.ges, the new sp.ipri iiim.iii ot the tweti tieth eeniiny will lie a new type, ami mu li w ill lie expot ted of lier. Stic vv III lie a well ed,n it it. wed ha. .meed, cool til young headed and prm icruii, with a body ,1 s ti, lined as her v , know mue alien the ric.li'li iingo'.ge tl an 00 most of lier s.steis ot today, yet not a lut more than hho Will Heel lo know. '1 he news- paper woman of the fmme will have. passed the expel incnt'il slake of her pud' 'ssiuii.i work tojieessinus to tier Will tie no lo' gi r m de, cJi uses for her no lougi mi. p't She vv ill be tint ot the rank' ,,t the amateurs and In line h, must s'.iud Willi the u,,r or fall lo .ho mie le s .is me g.ven lo lue man at ilie disk beside heis. She mud. il w j I ! Wist WORDS. aaai a J. k d 111 v v 1 1 es. r. comes . -- . I i i : M n- pla.v-ceritr- v ( t tious. the Hu ill, in believes, to give a few c 111, pies, in the eristeuce of double tailed 17.1t nl which condescend to take in ,ts mouth the vv inning ruin-he- i s ol t lit hutiry. He believe R l un! in ky to many or begin a Journey u Tiros lay or a l rnlay. He believe ln "i I"1" r of nialedn turn ami of the evil eye anil nltcmpt to defend hi him If agnni't them by wearing amir-lels- i such as the torno, a coral imitation of the iioi o. the goat, by spitting thlee tunes on the ground while pronouncing a magic toimuln, cr. ill ecruin distiii ts, by invoking the name of Irgil, vv t.o somdmvv acquired, during the middle ages, n lil.arre reputation as a iiiagc mu. He believe Id ol whom ft goodly number Mireeri pimtice pi .f Monally on Mie Island, r wonder selling to him. among vv 01 king l.m 111, giotesque colored of St. laul to he . ttnehed to barren fi nit flees and liuriel in wbleb wine has soured. He hi deves Unit a person born on a Friday Is able to predict the future nml that a person born on June 2U, the fete of St. Raul, who was unharmed by the viper which en11 Doubly endorsed miles and certified checks have taken the phn e ot clmn Ii coniiei turns in osi.iblislinig credits anil commcri ini ri la Irons Virtue is essentially a Mmbt.iu of youth. Old poop.e do not lay claim to virtue, they insist thill they have other txai lions that must be lived up to. 1 In Slcllr, me vuily supersti- v . 1 Tliete is neitti'T pmiit 101 pleasure the eiiinpaid'iii'li p ot nu ti vv ho thnik and talk nglil.y of woimn. Avoid comp, niinist.ip w ;tli men who prate ol iheir oiiiitii'sis, an' who delight to talk oiil.iimilly about tliem-M- I 111 People of 11 ( ! ku)i-ri.tlllo- . In v competition. It wa prize In a awarded u Mi" licamce Curdy a. of Banchory. It lost y reseintdcs thv famous harp of Bruin Born, and a rut Hoy ago it was stringed and found t isisess a svv eet and delicate tone. on. petition tor it was very keetv Theodore N.ijuei, the well known Ja colnte cn, in. ,'t, remained In the bid ding until iMO waa reached, and finally at i'.s ids it was seemed bj the authorities of the Edinburgh Auti qmmaii Museum. The l.ninoiit hatp, which datea frota the eleventh or tuclith century, wai sold at .'). A lo,k of hair from Prince diaries head, iiiid Hunt! r fioin that of Iu wife. Pi mcess I.ou.se, of Stohlberg. A sword wliirh It went for t,'. I.' hid worn wa sold l"r 7S. Highland daks went at ill to iKi each an Audrey K111.ua sword at PJo, ami two genu. no old Highland tuigel at ofi it.s and li Ss. it" ks. tin ui iiing men i pm, ,e. p.ag A gnl li.'isn t Him b ii'- lot a young man vvlm attempts to kiss her and hen quits. h An 0 is Unit o! ki I 11 bn-ag- circled his hand, aide to do both these ihese things and to charm serpent S besides. 1 MoinHo A Tim! lion Not l!l(. If we must have mosquitoes at all. people will regret that the new spe-ies of these insects which Dr. William L. I mieiwood has discovered is a na t.ve of the Maine woods instead of more populous pails of the country. uiiths Companion. I'or tin ay s tiro mosquito does not Idte, although It so huge that if It were given to biting it would lie a tenor, ami, moreover lu larvae ml ea gi upon Hie la I ne of v olio spnios o iiiii'ipntui s. tin I't'.l'oli pi Iinei.ts me being 111.1 le to deiern.iiie if the new mosquito will Hirin' m tic I'linuite of Southern New It has received the name of Logins d 'ui ni lira midi t w oodi. Its manner of disposing d tin larvae of other nro iiiii"i is cnlnnhitcd to tii'ike sufleicis Coni iimiit iii'is'imlii bites gleeliu. lie v, tiin Is light." say s Ju h ,.i 'I ,u,c o ly ;( few turns uni svv allow .1 Rittshmg Dispatch, I , v 11 ' . 11 11 11 1. . mi n 111 ,lll "Is. d Louisiana Purchase and the Territory It Brought Bv Noah Brooks nppi r poi iron of tbe Louisiana Run li'ird'iry of I omsiaim; It comprised of the thirty third degree of Intitudc, Sil'pi and westward and northward . base know w.i all that t n j- - flu uni i ea.stward to th d as tar as the iimb tm mined boundaries of tbe newly aeiiuied possessions uuglit exieml. South of this was the Distrn t of (lib mis with its 1'he nsmn oi me scat of gov eminent fixed at New Orleans lu. upper part of the purchase did not take pirn e until Ikoj, when, having lecelved the 011011 liom the Span sli, the Fren h epresentativ e handed it over to the agent of the I lilted Mules with a very brief and simple ceremony. By these unimpressive proceedings tbe Government of uro I lined States wa put in siss"ssiou of territory within whose bounds now nourish the St, lies of lannsiana, Arkansas, Missouri. Kansas, Iowa. Neluaska .North Dakota South Dakota. Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, the Indian Territory and parts of the States of Minnesota and Colorado. The men who wire the active agent in the transfer of this mighty land from one national jurisdiction to another, aie well nigh forgotten ln tjie crowd aud rush of later, but, nut ies important, ev ei!t l'.y Hu Hi;. uic piirebase the ,'a; of a mighiy 11,1 , w.i iw. ii eslablislii't! By Ibis purchase the possibilities ot developing iroiu llm icpubi v w ond iow it vv ere strengthened. Voder our benignant rub eomloti luxury ii m w Ii pi ospc; v. amt even variety of material activity till tin " fib u 10 mu lather flood only a reckless wilderness m.i ,fi.!e n 1, Id (Ml vv.tli fioci.uiii the iiaine of JefferMVll, Liv'!llgfifit .uui .',111.1 , n. umginflct nt p nisi inii..uiu dig bet'vr t.'ian bey knew, made th .'! Bought the Great We t. in Scriluci j i'voin "iri (w -- i I " !c l: gage, Sy 1, in ovir nt 1, he a ." '1 ci 'R. nit i.ginii lfioig In I,, w i tiro 111 Hie N w ii Iar hast i'IIovv in alXcfii' .1 t'.il mu ni .0 La ke Li ie." W Hie s .is eiinu I , ch evening K I n ' .1 a .Hintlt that war 'iml Hie battl. In afi'V ii-.- ' hi is Hie wm v u .1' lung luting ' 11 I . a 4,fi ' 11 - w li, : 11 TnUUii'i Outdoor ll( goi ill at the age ol seventy tne y.'ir. omit last lolstm ne.itly oviiy day ciiIk lake .1 ride on in l.ivoide I101 sc. giro lor a wall, under Hie linden dec with his daughter Alcxaiidla, or, m company with li s great wolfhound, tramp over the nroud acre of tin' lanrous estate of Jsimya Ioiv.uul. lol'iot 'as lnn been ati ardent out of door man. in arly life a hurdle rider of no mean accomplish incuts, a hunter, and an athlete; in' later year a pedestrian, to whom leolvc liiiie a d.iv was .hi avciagc vv d.iv in Hie 'iiildh ml hi wlnmi h Still through Hi' does s ci' her ge of the nni ne ni'C Ins tonsil ars ui. ot be taught to lung aw the ob-n some irista nee Mie e ni'li rt p!ratioii M" dl! to tm ,in'y of tin ha tuber of lie IiO- but in r y of case It ls 1:111 d by the pro' nee of adenoid II gejnent of th tin tonsil inn bo .issiiciati'd with either of tin 0 ' oii.lit ion, or it may exist ahuie nuths Companion. 1 Horn Ohio where the k f.n turn aie en Foril 11 and Dn gag"d "1 don't enie a 11 ev m,i bed. he nor w l.it new s. inung tli" i.ev I'lojinieut 111 I. s, 111. mu ! .1 ' ni In r iiii'.H en thcic m the ?eiiow III, IS oi fi il ai U nt p'y n I VV 11 11 n in ifilslv In' oi till . . 11 m 1 . Mouili lirRHtlilnt;, Mouth hr mg i n 01 e tl an a hab,111 it it vcii'ii' c of ip hi ni ity or dis. r air passages. A I s- in-a- i wlnsky-peddiin- that j 111 that she it. I tioul to laugh lnt mood. I told her to ak not behave id, ef that kind Whisky ieil.lle.l in Wagon Allot, ion really war inly. An entirely novel heme of has been di. ovei.'d in the Jim nodded his ib, iu, s and (ben re an tiled ins stmy with a d out aged Chiikasgvv Nation. '1 he culprits, who are peddleis, navelh il in an old wagon air. "It was all no use for linoe .ud draw n by a poor spun ot Indian pomes mnl wgre ostensibly buying eggs and mi hat she had ob. met tl un'ii tures ehai'gi'd nci in.'ii.ig and tuat poultry, but u the sly they would some who ha been motels ol eouttesy sell small bottles of whisky to farmto their mothers mnl istir- - were the ers and Indians throughout the at $1 per pint. The ottieers embodiments of seltishi es and 1111 011 disem en d that both axles of ttie wagaiderateness toward then w.v on were ol iron and very large. Upon "Well, of all things " Oh. there was lot mm ol it. too.1 further investigation it wa discovered I and she was m deadly earnest that .lies axles were hollow and I had never saw her in suoh .1 would hold about four gallons each a good business. Ini! I was not rich, The peddler would remove a bolt and I would probably exit el her to and insert a small plug and draw the mu. the house null dress herself, too. whisky out of these axles. an alont five dollm a week Ruth. UvMlan Kant Days. I Say, breaking off suddeiny with .1 j . Fast in Russia are numerous. v.iu-edo in days Ids what pathetic appeal the ordinary Lenten period. Beside you suppose made her t.uk so '" " I I . "I li.lv IU. luriy iue: '.,0.1'. however 'u ight days instead ot finny they have eon Clarice for the e or Io v dey- of fasting one Hirie siroit"! period 1 cannot see how she could hiv ii.-en days in June oiu of four ot 'brot a tered 0 radieclly in 2 nt going to se oer tip ":ii. n tell iii)' in Afigllit an i Sifioimr o! tlii;"i tin '(.."is. Nov.ino and D' I am nu houi oni.i aid ' d riieit- - ei - ill iiuiuaeu uiKc en truth ol I IsHMi. iv . a "I tlorft sujipi m. :1m' it rc is 'ingle i lie Moiy of Queen Marys burp it dm lug a limit, ng trip lino th highlands of Pi in h h ire. In the year 1iii.t. she of, 'iied her own harp S a I j VV i He says tile 1.0, will pet.li Inns 'f (! tfus plat lot and untili tm li. game Ml' n a line t'sli that Im tm iue looks e lie dn s li'.mi .mi,'- ("m'i to make a hi pi r. a and nevii ta .at.,) Dining eh. ml ng tunc lie tre qucnily eau he two tih at a time. ii .1 id seen ke brutes on s(, h hud not I he mu .1 g Shi ill , ;1 , I - ' a ,1 i , ' Il ml ti, , I, mi , n- .11 vv Hi e try the trill vvieii he ur.' li,. ling li he till that he M p.p tm in , last, he s,i - Ill v, ii to hi want nog ui a v ci y s.i.ut 1, me u tine Usu ,, ,1 l.v ' ly , She eiro igli to f a 11 lie s,y. man ,n the n 1 Educations t QUEEN NURY. nl The boy with uiily hair sthlom beany Hung mole than the mail with curly hair. He was, and is, only a plaything lor the 'eiimune sex. If you must go Into debt avoid your relatives and dose friend. You will prevent arousing the hatred of the Play-Centr- es former mid retain the frl ndslilp of tbe latter. The New York Board of ExperiAll the wisdom of the fit nit and the . . bitter experiences of centuries do not . ments In Recreation combine to convince ron.e young meu By Alice Katharine Fallows that there are really some things iu tins w 01 M beside giutifying personal exHE New York Board of Education has nlrendy begun the pleasures. some for eveuii a with number of g unities, play periment Do not grop In ihe dark Wait uiq girls and some for boys, in the amide basements of s. bool buildings that uid to siund Idle while the sjn.,.; taught Its til you Me sum. ,ght I do not line lessons. Rushing open the door into one of tlmse play on lrovv flint the light 111. iv 1"'. but lit nine gli b f .1 c lit iktres the visitor tm eta a composite rush ot sound like the roar tin'! e e at .! of the oi e in, and is confronted by a kaleidoscope of humanity, ing a Una . It is jii'l as 1, I to re which gradually resolves itself In the figures, long anti treat m the ilaik as it is to advance slioit, tidv and unkempt, Jew and (lentile, of a thousand boys It in Me m IU nut fti I ktw( r gathered 'it long mbits all up and down tbe big room, playing dickers, tbim-1oes. ci ok nole mnl the other ban less games. Ov r in a 01 ner a lew little Lmnur spt iict r insert shown m r.imln UTe, up are reading, ot. with oarettil thought, seleiting books troin a small haw l.itelj l 'Jlu-l.br 11 v. re iii Knc.siml. In a room tievoml, athletic hoy in all sort of hunrotous improvised cos- - j Rangoon by ('apt, mi C. I! Williams of mantis, ami tuni' s are piepni u.g uiui"r tlieir director for a conti st w,tl .mother team lie insect is a spin t'lass roon aie oc pied 'iv inlellei ;nel boys, in tbe alphubt t of wboe desire its body and h g are lanii sliaiied ami Mmids lor Ati'er.can History or titbor Readings instead of Amusemiiit ooo'iid lo si nil'll' a beautiful flower or Athletic. It teed on btilioi llii-- and while It is are still so few tint only thoe over lying ui vv.i't tor tliem undei a spiay ot Owing to i;'k of fund, font teen, who' L'nni be 0111 rounded to go to school in the d t mie, are invit'd IlHVis II luole ,,y Ilk II blue bios New Noth III flro inn ilr c'a1 it is p irt .eniarly important to io attend, litre ha ottered tor a long time evenog gi.,'in ir een'rois ike inot min r ntu llii In 10 in ip' and import aid in their vv ay, but min a m ,n t e to tbe ami high i.rnwn out '1 lie ober mid 1iiuif- - and mdustr ou. to whom the temptat on ol th" e,mt me re' least aliiu g. ib suns tlue i nlvviv to be found .11 tne rooud., d, stints if it, ami lull ' nt to spend 'he ml a to's. ni Mu of yi mu iiopui.i roll, too tired or mil tl light on it . dm te i, ng n won, tl"it nits alHiut until It finds its k d '1 I" (nines the tie RlfiUidi.1 1,0011 or 'in t '" " hill, fro! ldood and swift purpose, anil aft ,w cd m.scbiet au d hi th ng done that should have hi n on mid' me. and lr, v. m R ml. fi" ti even lor smi u ... R. it'll of Education's oases of wlroiosoiii" p 10I 4 nr. .. c tl glit v, ''on' n ft, y and wdliout prii'e, with no ctmi,'i"ii w Two tin1 j easurv De ,1, m a ia Iu houi from be deliverance ovt t( mp ation age, utc tui.tui.v liter must Evening EY CWNED v bt C. M. r A r( vra-me- e I r age - A Jo-oa- Sympathetic Woman The id B'l Jot O ?? 7 . d Me iCN FUTUR OF THE m PriM In Gratis ol tieaia- - It VV m Give- f p CompaU ll ork UrtvifN Hartl. .iploilAUebu 1 IU Htt emiii)d(ia -There was dispersed by auction la Touching the scu.Mjt.omtl icpor;.i'g a family col-- , formerly done by women. It nicy be D, tiiiuig on Faun-dasa'd that aiich work ha bid its viav. let Pon of Stuart and Ja'tbla relics of u m the l.a gr-a- t historic interest at value. The wide Elizabeth (! Wo.iiVi nil long j iviny death of J. N. liur.aut Steuart. die Hem. Joi.i Hal er go down m diving eon a es. nor go the livelfth aud last I.airr" nf Dalguise, up in balloons, nor I ill m Iron; of oi la rnhsime, brought this unique cok hie tars lo lest the prat tn al woikuig h, 'lion to the ha ui uier. In lo'ine lo the of the ftnlars Inttrest ci. red mainly VI two an-- ' k wo t.nl lu'ii.s one known ms Queen of who co'iit that rrportus kind it ahoDld be i d it.! t.a can) of M.iiy's haip. and the other Vi the Iat-1- ; o ,t or r.t' ,'oii im h For the tl.cn ..liked, il n a,i i of t!i it irp woo .11 !.it tvir'iy ymr they Imre reOsed wt e giKi.l a t.il urn 'i c gil tH.iial Museum o? Antiquiin the ties. and are well known to tscottisli not ask questions Is tb worst piece of social advice which age cao give to youth. A man who never asks questions la the mtll-- e tba world, lie had better ak loo many than too fe0Tr few. We can defend ourselves against curiosity, but no armor 15 (tO rfl fO i,t avails against indifference; we mu&t res.gu ourselves to be bored to death. Wbat Is the sHret of the art of Interrogation? Putting aside quick sympathies. which 11 at the root of every sicial art, we believe the most eseuiai quality for those who would excet In ifks directness. The art of ask tig questions so as to learn, instruct, please and influence is not the art of beating are the qu, atoms about the bush. The questions whirl offend and sib-mwhich suggest some ulterior motive, it is a found-ou- t si licme which mikes men angry. Anything of the nature of a trap kevps us mi our guard, if we fall into one, we resolve It shall be th last tune; sttspo ion kills confidence Interrogative bints are utterly useless. The average man dots not dislik- - to he questioned: he hates to be startled, crossed. Interfered with, reproached. wearied or betrayed. He hates tbg Questions which are not asked w.th a simple Intention. There are questions which are asked not because the aker wan's to know, but because he Intend to telf. Others, Hide ostensibly I'lrecttd to trnl out a Some men mans opinion, are really intended to ret.e, ; upon hi eh.ii.-teier-. Inquire as to their neighbors projects in older to put difficulties in tlo.r way. Strings of meaningless questions are posred out by those w ho piotoml an interest in some subjtet which they neither kunv nor care any tiling about. lived! We believe the conclusion of the matter to be this 'l he art of interrogation Perhaps you will kindly explain," Is a serious branch of the social art. Well asked quest m aic of the essence Ruth said coldly. of agreeable intercourse, but the Interrogetiv e mood will not justify an miptr But this Clarice stubbornly refused Uneuce. an intetferenee, a verbal assault-no- r, for tbe matter of that, a bore. to do. and it was not until Ruth put ofT her dignity and descended to tender coaxing that she drew the truth out of her friend. "He he came around yesterday morning and 1 had been suffering for three days with an ulcerated tooth. 1 didnt have a wink of sleep during all of tl.wit time, and I was too great a coward to go to a dentist at first. Well. Jim came then, and of course my By Beatrice Fairfax penes were all on edge and the world HEN a man describes thequnllty lie most admires lr woinnti looked blue and I was all N,V he paints a vivid word pii tine of one p.11 to ular vvoni.in .nut and I couldnt see anything in its puts in an Impressionist h.u kgi mi id of wonen in gem ml a, propi r perniectiv e. everything was -lie very otlen becomes con, mas ol the qualry only alter In y j distilled and out of proportion oh, i'rjj has learned to know and love the woman, and lie is quite UU 1 how felt understand you -ltkely to love koine other woman for a totally d.keretit pi rfectlv," said Ruth, with sympa-tlicfquality. onii'iireheiision. Poet will rhapsodize ami philosophers will philosopi i7.e "V '"it cai'ed him brilliant Just now. ntokt admire, and vhen they 'met the foi tunate posover the they qualities but it seems to roe that even a man sessor of the said qualities they pass her indifiereutly by and fall at the feet of might have known oetter than to make some woman who differs in every respect frm tlielr ideal. a proposal of n arriage at such a time. From a woman's viewpoint woman quality is sympathy. The symI thought at once of all the skeletons woman is loved by men, women and children. Sympathy is essentially I had seen in married lives, and of pathetic a womanly quality. every warning I had ever received How we love her, the woman who when we pour out our tale of woe Into from nnv one on the subject and well lier patient ears, puts herself in our place for the time being and finally sends of course I would not listen. Is at leait one person who understands us I should think not. Indeed Ruth ua away with the feeling that there The sympathetic woman is not alwaya pretty or stylish or clever, but slie said promptly. "I do not wonder ttiat Is something better than all that, she is lovable. All men like and resp, ct lier 1 you called him stupid hope that is restful and diffuse an atmosplieie of untold peace toot li is all right now Clarice. It hag and seek her soc ety. She aud comfort. Jut to go and sit near her is to find conoliiiion. done mischief enough I should say. She never Imres because she alwaya auits her moods to tier friend and "The tooth has lieeu pulled and I surely the sy mpatbetic woman Is the best of li! women, for in o; Vr to lie sv m have had a night's aleep, thanks. "Then perhaps you would not object pathetic she must pusses all of the qualities that go to make woman lout ole. Now Yoik Journal, to hearing the story over Jim. raisI think that you may ing tier voice, come in now. June came, obedient to the summons and Ruth, after a murmured Bless vou my children. had the good taste to lane the room hastily. Waverley Magarlne. jO Shackelford, a Shelby County pioneer, was the first man to introduce oil in the comity. Some time in the .Os he isited St. I.oms and brought to Shelhy ville two lamps and a couple of gallons of oil. When tlm citizens of the village learned it there was otis.di aide excitement much mote than when the e'eftric lights were tin tied on a few Ilo on did I made a trilling cm nr when I veins ago About inn p, op!e gatln red supposed she cared tor mi that was at the store to watch Mr Shackelford take til life in Ins hands, lie loaded lamp, turni d the vv ii k and pre- "Are y on ay J in 7 I am mire, up the tor illumination by fastening a for vou. Dont pared that (him e eau oil the end of a stu k. paper lighter at conclusions Jlltiip 'I didnt jump 'it any am luinn I J be crowd looked iiwasy, but duln t In to ui.tiry me run. mid tlie new halo i.g v.oi..s was assure you I an n!."e um es Oil ot s;; p.'r galand she flatly rofii. d "But why'' vvhv why'- Ruth fl'ked lon. Mr Miackelfoid bought soiii" to ! ew dderm tit. In honest know uitioduce tile iiiiprov . ii i.t among hi I am losi'ive fellow t.noi.s, but he only d.sposiil of somethirg of g.rl and a gallon the following y iar. Clai cna-(Mthat dance iaies for you ' Courier. "I had sou times entertiiiid suet an idea my si If but you Pi-ftnil Dog sor, trulii K.witurky. both made a slight niM u JoinJ l'.il ,sli. ol In il'nn.l d min "Don't be ,) m, idd"". ug t.y, y he inis ,t 1,1,4 ,nat a ii tatih tell me nil sin 1110:. I and u lot li'ii than any so; ty for y o erfniil Bernard Shaw ES WOVEN .7 Point of View. O The uiy-trun- The ! t Art of Asking Questions n' niiu Here. in 1 lb, t. on p .! '("'.I "fi is '. in Id up tlie p : . Dm Mil k yu'. till' lOfi.Ufi 1 . VI Iml tlie I e 14, r srmer forgot. stoi y is.go'iig lie rounds regarding " " - "v t llbh'd w 1th i I' s (01 Hie way Ininii : oiu so l.c s'oiv goes, ihe iM.vii tiro igld aine 10 Inin (lint he had forHe look out hi gotten 0111 'Hung not'diiMiK. went over every item and He saw that he had tieckc it off made ail Hie purchase that he had intended R.nf a lie drove on he could not pul Hie Debug aside. When he armed holin' and drove up to the house ins daughter came lo meet him, and A I ' ' with a iocs of surprise asked: vv here in 7" Why, . fsOiigevhr of HIM Small singing lord live from eight Raven have lived to eighteen years for uimos; ., iiundied year in captiv I ty longer than tiiat. p.'Mo. The low) live len to twenty year wild 'goose live upward of a hundred are said to have .1" I swan yt.ii-- . .immumI Hie go of dun Tlie long life ot oml li." I'""" meipieted a coni-1- . fi. (iron lor ,00 grad mortality of M ( ir y on' - A |