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Show f thing OLD BILL LEWIS, W ORTH WEST sourl wan a Mis-i- l new country forty yean ago. In the north-- , west county, Atchison county, Ilea a tract of broad, level valley, iyirt of the great bottoms that -r itr.tib up and do wn the bank of the Missouri ilverfrom St. Joe to Sioux City. la. This vast tract Is a series of fertile gumbo'' prairies, sandy hummocks, sloughs, cottonwood forest and willow thicket. In high water it all overflows. It is a formation of sand, soil and decayed vegetation, that breeds bad water, big mosquitoes and malaria, raises great com, but not the best citlscne that the treat state of Missouri could boast of. The native grass on these bottom lands grows to Immense hlght four to ten feet Old mil Lewis waa a pioneer an bottom, gigantic in stature, six feet four in bight, his smoo'.h-shav-e- n the raw-bone- d, face was as nngular and as devoid of beauty as a stump fence. Forty years ago Old Bill was the king of the bottoms. He lived In the northwest corner of Atchison county. His domain reached from the river to the bluffs, a good twelve miles, and Bill's land lay on either side of the Nashanabotuna river, which here runs Its sluggish course westward across the big bottom to Join the muddy flow of the Missouri. Hero, in eight of Nebraska and Iowa, Bill raised corn, cattle and hogs and considerable trouble, as anyone would find out who tried to stay on the bottom And failed to fellow Bill' Ideas of wbat wore the duties of a good citizen. Bill first attracted attention be yond the confines of his own neighbor hoed about 1850, when he boarded down-rivsteamboat, and after in' licr from boiler deck to pilot spectir.g house, he approached her commander, Gapt. La Br.rge, who Gtood on the hurricane deck, near the big bell western steamboats carry on the upper decks. As he slouched up to the captain and peered at him with his foxy little eyes, he said: Say, Cap. what will you tax me to ring that bell from here to St Louis? "Oh, I gue?s I could let you do it for about (25. Bill, and I'd board you into the bargain," replied the captain, who supposed it was Bill's way of asking the fare to St. Lou!. All right." replied Bill. "It pretty high, hut I guess I will trade with you. "You just go down to the office, said the captain, "and settle with the clerk, By the time the boat had backed off, and bad turned her wide bow pointing down the river towards St. Louis, Bid's tall form loomed up In front of the pilot house; he grabbed the rope that runs from the pilot house autl is attached to the heavy iron tongue or clapper of the big bell. Bill began to ring out a strain that floated over the eand ban and willow thickets, and must hare been startling to the fregs, catfish and mosquitoes. "Here, what are you doing there?" shouted Capt. LaBarge from the pilot house where he was swinging the w heel first one way then another, in his efforts to keep his boat oil the sand bars and snags. Ringing this dunged old bell,' shouted Bill. "Didn't I pay that galoot er u flap that Infernal bell. lie tried to bluff old Bill, threaten 1 to put him ashore, but be soon found that be got no encouragement from the old iontirrsmau in doing that. The captain knew something of Bill's power on the bottom and as his boat must invade Bill's domain again, b tried coaxing, and then as a last resort compromise. This won the fight for the captain. Bills colors went down, and the bell was silent, but the old man bad his (25 back In his pocket, and (25 more of the cr.ptsiu's money bad crns with it to keep It company, and as a further inducement he held the right to passage, meals and state rcom to St. Louis, seven hundied miles away and back to hta home. GOOD MANNERS IN 1023. Hints for Jol-t- s Condant of Society Man. What Is probably one of the oldest books on deportment In existence was discovered in rails the other day, says nn exchange. It was published In that liy In 1G2S for the college of the Jesuits of I .a Klrche. and is untitled "Good Mcnurrs in Converse Amor.g Men." The text is In French, with a Iatin translation. Deportment in public is first touched upon. "In yawning do not groan, this ancient guide to politeness says, "and do not gape even when speaking. In Mowing thy nose do It not as one would sound a trumpet, and aftcrwe.rd regard not fixedly tliy handkerchief. Avoid wiping thy nose as the children do wiih the fingers or upon the sleeve. When listening to some one speaking do not wriggle a brut, but Lerp thyself in thy skin the while. It must have been hard lo obey this latter injunction, Judging from what is said a little further along: Kill not fleas or the like in the presence cf others, but excuLe thyself and remove whatever torments thee." Three hundred years ago gentlemen did not wear such costumes as they do and or.c cannot help feeling that a little pride and swagger was excusable In a dandy of thn;e days when he donned for the fiivt time a particularly fetchd silken ing costume of doublea and Iiobo, Yet this guide" rental ks severely: If thou art well bedizened, if thy hone lie lightly drawn and thy habit will ordered, parade not thyself. but carry tiiyrrlf with becoming modesty. Di mean not thyself arrogantly, neither go mincirgly about. I,et not ilty hams hung limply lo the ground and tuck not r.p thy hose at every turn." "l)o not embellish thyself with flowers upon thy oar," la another injunction but the which rounds curioua adviic. "Whoa speaking raise rot thy voire as if thou veil crying an edict. is J ist r.s pertinent now as when the budding young gentlemen of I .a Ficehe Table had it drummed into them. manners in those days mutt have been rathrr mere prlml'.ivc even than these table d' liotcs of some of tlic in this city, fer the book nays: Being seated at the laid?, scratch not thyself, and if thou must cough or upit or wipe thy nose, do It dexterously and without a great noise. food when Stuff not thy mouth eating and drink not too much of the wine if thou art not master of the house. Show not overmuch pleasure, either, at the meats or wine. "In taking salt have a cars that thy knife be not grerry; when It Is necessary to clean that or the fork, do it neatly with the napkin cr a little bread, but never with the entire loaf. Smell not of the meats, and if by chance thou dost put them not buck afterward before another. "It lo a very indecent thing to wipe the sweat from thy face with thy napkin or with the rame to blow thy nose or clean the plate or platter. sad-color- ed to-da- y, high-colore- y, nt h The lllucksniUh's Anvil. It Is not generally known, observed a prominent blacksmith, that nearly all of the anvils used by black smiths in this country are made by one firm In Brooklyn, N. Y. All kinds of substitutes have been Invented and put on the market, but after using them WHEN IIE COT TIRED 11E SAT DOWN. office (25. and didn't you say yourself that was the price for And ringing this bell to St. Louis? the bell rang out louder and faster, fiich waves of sound that the captain was unable to hear whet the engineer was saying up through the speaking tube connecting with the engine rcom down In the below. "But," said the captain, "you didn mean that, did you? Did I? Well, do I look like a man that's joking? Nary a joke. I meant just wbat I suld, and all the time he was ringing the bell. The passengers had gathered around Bill, and tiny seemed to reileh the Joke, and were of the opinion that he bad the best of the captnin. Just let him alone," salj the cap tain; "hell soon get tired of that fun." But old Bill hung right on to the bell rope, and kept the hell going. When he got tired he lay flat down on the deck and kept on ringing. Night came on; the boat tied up to the bank on the rustled the reslleea leaves of the cot ton wood, and sighed a mourning dirge Nebraska side, and while the wind dine among the willow, ding-dondong, rang that bell, and ding-don- g was echoed back from the prairi" bluffs that rose to the weal. Never was the sound of a "bell buoy" at sea The mournful and passengers began to lose interest In the fun, and threw out sundry hints to tbo captain, who In the meantime had grown stubborn and sullen, that tiny ttestgbt he owed It to them to do some g, sleep-dispellin- g. the blacksmith generally goes back to the wrought Iron anvil, which is handmade. There are plenty of cast-iro- n and steel anvils for sale, but they find but. little favor fiom blacksmiths, who prefer an anvil that sings. The cast iron anvil has no music about it. and does not give any more responre to the hammer than if one was hammering on a stump. I' I music, or singing, as smithy culls it, that is warned. A ltltu k smith docs ncurly till his talking io his helner by the sound made on the anvil by his hummer. As far as the village Mack smith Is concerned, singing by the anvil is Mb constant advertisement. Ordinarily ail r.nvll will last fiom ten to twenty years, that is, if It is handled carefully, though there are many anvils that are now used by some which were used by the father during their entire lifetime." Washington Star. ANECDOTE n U'wi of THOMAS Thai COUTTS Wore Was FI.OBIDA M while ago, when Bristol was growing rich with the profits of the West India trade, of which It had almost s monopoly, a stranger took lodgings there, towards the close of the year, and used to visit the coffee-roo- m of that famous old inu, "The Bush," rays the Hourehold Word a lie would arrive about noon every glass of day and calling for a brandy-and-watsit over It until he had carefully gone through the London paper of the preceding evening. The landlord of The Bush, seeing how anxious he was to read the London paper, mr.de It understood that while he had it "in hand" no one else was to expect it. Bather "seedy garments, a lean body, a confirmed stoop and u limited expenditure of a dally with nothing for the waiter, clearly showed the newspaper reader to be a pour gentleman" and by that title he On Christmas wjs soon eve houest John Weeks, the landlord, anxious that the decayed gentleman should have one good meal at leust In "The Bush, delicately Intimated io him that on the following day he kept open table, to which he would be welcome fre of coat. Punctually at 1 o'clock the next day the atranger appeared at "The Bush" in his usual svWdy attire. He partook of the good dinner with the apparent relish of ft man to whom such a feast Is a novelty and did justice to the "stunning ale" for which far and near The Bush" waa fj motis. The dinner was conThe decayed gentleman recluded. mained the last and read the London paper in the kill hen. When he prepared to leave the landlord respectfully helped him to put on his overcoat and at the same time slipped a guinea Into hs hand. The poor gentleman pocketed the coin with a smile and a sigh. But He came no more to "The Bush. shortly after "The Bash" Itself waa advertised for sale, with nil Its valuable good v. ill and appurtenances, and poor Weeks was trembling at the thought of bilng turned out by n new owner, when he received a missive from (oiiilR & Go., the London bankers, to the effect that if he wished to acquire the home ho had occupied ho might craw upon them for the Hastening to London money. to thank his benefactors and convince himself uf the gepuineners of the offer, he was Introduced to Mr. Thomas Contis, the head of the greet banking firm, who proved to be no other than The Bush the poor gentleman. guinea," It is raid, was afterward worn, mounted In s bracelet, by ihe Dnchena of St. Alban, the widow of Mr. Cout.tr. li.-a- INDIANS THAT ARE CUT L ITTLE CIVILIZED IN THE SOUTH. lababit tho EvorElsdM Vo (invoramrat I Ivan Hal Hal Karvatkuu Aalila fur Thaw, and Hit Voluntarily tor Ualrvat. y cr pur-cha- re -- IIE Seminolei now fMrs n,lnber only about 1.51)1), perhaps some le&i, though during the last few years a fc. increase among them has been noted by others and reported by them selves. A s time advanced, and civilization made rapid strides along the coast, the Seminole has scented danger to all he loved most; and a the habitations of the white man came nearer, he has retreated before the advancing foe, going farther In toward the Interior of the state, until now he inhabits the central portion of the Everglades, visiting white settlements ut rarer intervals, and keeping his whereabouts and number diligently concealed from bis paler brothers, says Jacksonville Citizen. No government reservation has ever been set aside for the Simlnolcs In Florida, but the governor of the state, In 1852, appointed three commissioners to tried 5.0UO aires uf date lauds for their homes. The general government has sent an agent among them, Dr. J. E. Brecht of Fort Myers, and- the Womans National Indian association lias selected Mr. Breriil, the doctors wife, as itr, representative among the Indians. The woman's arsoriallon began its work through Mr. Brecht before the govcrnni'-n- t nppolute I her husband, the government maVinq it appointment through th ifforis of the association. The bought some land for a station, mid the government in tine bought of tli-- ; c. ao. Nation , the two working along harmoniously. lr. the meautim", the Episcopal church, through the bishop of the sotill'trn dim ere, W. G. Gray, began work among the Indian?, lie appointed a resilient uitaioiiury, so that now the church, ihe guvriimcnt, and the Humane socifty a:-- ail urlicd In an effort to eduiate the fC!!i.'!io:..s. Efforts are Icing tnuile to it aril tU? Indians tiaiful. honest and in this ait, The . the cgi nts are women nee sewing machine., and they are beginning to learn the uks of the conventional cooking iitCiA',1!:! and tnblcwrr, as well an household furniture, while the men learn the use of farm tool, large suic'-riFng- I'laml Hina iprara In I Night. tool, tie. But thy oppose island in the Missouri river broken carpenters' all efforts to tca. h them English or to was into fragments ami washed away Instruct them In the rudiments of the unusual spectacle Atchison, Kan., or of the Christian religion. learning mornwitnessed yesterday people consider that they hold the They TOO ing. For years an island of 609 or acres has been one of the attractions of Everglades by right and by treaty, and It was ns fertile as a gar- the various movements through that Atchiron. den, and was known all over the went section looking to its ultimate reclamation arouse anxiety and bitter feelfor the excellence of the celery, asparagus, Gweci pQisicr-F.- and melons it pro- ing. duced. It had the appearance of a veritable oasis in a desert, and itsgreen Tlia An An , shrubbery, generous shade trees, velvet lawns, and cool springe were a perpetual joy. I'ron this Island a shooting club had a home, and the baseball enthusiast:; tad their groundsand grand stand. Altogether it was a most pleasant resoit. In a single night thin bland was dissolved into fragment?. The recent rise in the Missouri river struck it I only a reminiscence. it. and What was Kansas lots, however, was Missouri's gain. With the obliteration of the bland the current left the Missouri shore and struck hard against the Kansas bluffs. The result of this Ib that the Missouri banner has been planted ft mile westward, and hundreds of acres of rich bottom land have been added to its domain, while Kansas mourns the loss of jts green island and pleasant park. Cincinnati Enquirer. to-d- ay litre ISIvck Storking Wtrt Worn. I saw a lhtle girl In striped red and white stockings the other day," said the woman, "end it made me think of the time whin I waa a little girl myself. There was no thought of black The small legs of all stocking then. the small girls looked like sticks of variegated candy. The child who had the gayest combination of stripes was ihe happiest, and if th color scheme to our huppoued to he displeasing youthful tuF.ies there was such a feeling cf utter woe as I know I seldom feel now that 1 am grown up." New York Times. J Will O' fho Wlp. he shines so bright. And seem ter Uante so g3y, You want kc?o Iui trill In sight An wishes j ob had im day and night Fchtcr frolick Willrr-dr-wi- s, y. Xmpiptr. I love it ns the drinker docs his wine; A dally, dear companion, map of life In busy circle, politics and strife. Of words from tart reply to those divine. It gives alike to all who ask: amine Of sterling worth s pread out before the eye. It talks lo me of persons long gone by. And of those pa .hlng now that brightly shine And fill the burdened moment with thrir light. No freight trjin draws Mich a commodity Of var'eus wares ns this thing brings to me Of information; heav'n and day and night, Ocean and sea are plundered of their ' I W(H tS To give me what my roul so gladly green. Rushvillc, III. Rev. I.. G. Littell. Chicago Record. A atl.rrinrr Kiplanitlian. Distracted Mo:hc.- - (a: her dangh tcr's wedding) "Oh! Oh! Oh! What shall we do? The giMom h.imt come, the gia sts are lieginnlnu to giggle, arid my daughter i ie a fain!." Friend of the Family -i!m yourself, madiime. 1 mw tpe piumm only two hours ago, ctUr.r.g the Great Dry Goods Einporlui'i at the corner, lie said he had furqu.ti'n to g'i glove." Distracted M'lCur (Middrnly breaking into smile "Oh, then it's all lie's pi ni.itLly wait in; for hi right. ' New Yirk Weekly. change.-- Thu Dcmuml V;i Knilrft.i, Mrs. Thomas Roy of Ottawa. Canada, But true you mammy; donn gib chase, died recently, leaving a will which diDabs lots o Joys like dls; rected that Lr daughter i.huuld marJos look an laugh an' keep yoh place; ry In twenty-fea- r hemor Hiiffcr the Ef yoh comes too nigh 'em dey leaves loss of her inheritance. The lady was no trarp, able to fulfill the condition, although Bey's gone, like wlllcr-de-wl- s. the demand was very sudden. Washington Evening Star. Hnti llnrva In Kara. very Interesting race took place at the fair grounds near Plymouth, a man Ind., Wednesday, between named Grant sr.d a horse. Grant was of a mile and the to run o' a milc.but heavy horse three-eightruin made the track muddy, so the disof a mile Somethin x New In n Child rrn'n 1nrtjr, tance was made mile lo favor Grant. He At a delightful birthday party that a to one-han and one-hawon eiioily In little nn'.d give to her friends each cue w: asked to conic dressed as a re roads. Chicago TImes-lleraldoll of some kind. In the little procca-ccsalc- n that inarched to the sound of Ill Jisrhliie Could Heat It. ilie l.rg'nr.lig of the party at p'us-imade its steam The first laundry doi's and wax dolls. appearance icrcnll in a western Kan-ta- n there were rag duilti rulmcd dolls, those and Brownie bulled men a who One town. put shin in and took it out two day later Ihr.: ce.iild only say two nr three word said to the pruprb tor: "Sly wife can and doll that danced all the time, unseemed to run hi at you warble g. and when It conics til the'r machinery to pulling the shirts to pb'ces, I've gut down. A family of four little rblldren a tli rcntdng machine that will knock represented a row of paper dolls. M- e- vt.:k Evtning Pott. that machine of jours all hollow. Man A one-quart- er one-four- th lf fifty-srve- lf d. Point Vanijil'r Who I In Ma Hangar of llnlns I Used. Apeaking cf the recent "hazing" outbreak at the fulled SIhIis Military acacii my. West Point, In which sei erol pieties or members of the entering cImb were rather roughly used. one of the prominent meniLei of the Southern Athletic dub said the other day: "Will, you can Just bet any of your pnre coin that those hazerV will not tackle one little plibe; that lr, if they know when they are well off. You know who I Cadet John P. Sullivan. Will they haze him? 1 don't think." And the sportive club man smiled knowingly as he thought of the havoc that might be wrought in the ranks of Ihe cadet corps should any attempt be made to luipoeo upon bis popular associate. The other rienilurs present agreed unanimously with the speaker's views, and some Kiiggcsted that if any attempts were muile to liazo little Johnny the custom might be brought to a siplden stop. Those Interested In athletics in New Orlcuib will recognize the significance of the remarks when they bring to mind the great hammer thrower and weight tosser of the Southern A Mile tie Club, who for the past few year has held the record for the south. John P. Sullivan, who Is ft cadet at West 1oint, is no little boy, although young in year, lie stands over six feet and weighs a little over 200 pounds. Every muscle In his hruwny body is trained to great development. and liis fiat of hurling ft sixteen-poun- d hammer 110 feet stamps him as one of the strong men of the country. Cadet Sullivan has also had several year training in the gentle game of football, anil he is well able to take care of himself in any and nil situation. Moreover, he In n very good boxer. Take it all in nil, Cadet Siilli van bids fair to make a moat efficient army officer; one who ran fight when the necessity comes. Meanwhile his club mates In New Oilcans are waiting to hear of the casualtl-- a when some of d the upper cl:s.i uvn attempt lo haze "little Johnnie." It Is. perhaps, needless to add in the list of this year's plibv who have suffered the indignities of hazing the name of Cadet Sullivan will nut appear. There are reasons. St v: Orleans Democrat, lnttlnc nn Air. "What make thrt iun in your back yard cackle so loud?" "Oh. they'ro the Juki laid a cor:iciti!:' street and tlie'g iryinz to nick the iun think she did Signal. K.'-l'n- m-u- sw'dl-hcade- THE SMALL COIN Of CoBvrriatlon Cornea Chiefly bulillilowt California IlnuW Torulax (lot 1BOOO (Jallona I illy. The largest brandy still in the world Is at El 1lnnl vineyard In San Joaquin county, not far from Stockton, says the San Francisco Call, fart of It has been built about four years and the other part was finished only a short time ago. As Is well known, the El Tina! vineyard has always made a specialty of brandy and sweet wines. It was the intention of the proprietor to do this when they went Into business, end for that reason they had the largest still built that was evrr put up. That was, as has bern stated, about four years ago, anil even then it was ahead of anything in existence. It could produce more brandy in twenty-fou- r hours than any other still In the world, and It has not been surpassed since. But even that was not enough to supply all the alcohol needed in their business, so another still was built and made to work in connection The two are with the original one. really one etlll as they are used and have about three times the capacity of any other still In the world. This enormous machine U located in a building by itself and part of the year is kept running dny and night. It Is very complicated In its workings, so that a description of that part of It cannot be attempted here. It will be sufficient lo state that the grape juice or wine le pumped from vats to a tank on top of the hill. From there It simply passes through a scries of heated chambers In the form of a vnper and comes out In the shape of brandy. It can be tested In tbe different chambers and tho change noted. In the first chamber It is little more than warm wine, and it gradually gets stronger and stronger until it le sharp to taste. From the time the wine leaves the tank until it comes out as grupo brandy only ten minutes Is occupied. In the old method of distilling it used to take about three hours. In appearance the largest brandy still In the world Is simply n conglomeration of tanka, pipes and boilers. The cspucity of this still is enough to make a person wonder what becomes of all 11s product. When running full lime It can convert 15,00) gal lens of wine Into brandy In a day. This will mnko about f.000 galloiifl every twenty-fou- r hours, or enough to keep about 40,000 men in a slate of Intoxication during that time. In a month there would be enough of brandy on hand to intoxicate 1,700,-0men. cr about the entire population of New York. But. ns It happens, very little of this brandy la sold as brandy. It Is used to fortify sweet wines so that they will be in a condition to keep until rcaily to send to market. The alcohol acts a preservative of the grape Juice the rame a.i it would of anything else. It keeps It from turning sour. 0) from How many, for instance, spral.ing of the wile ns "the b''!'.i'r half, know iliat they are quoting Air Ihliip Sidney, or invoking "Mrs, Grundy," gueus that hrr author was Thomas Morton, u playAnch wright who lived till I'd!!!? phrzers, arc the small cuin of conversation, which b'ar the same Imprint as the more Important quotation, and we use them freely without a thought of their orlgiu, a we pars the nimble sixpence" from hand to hand In our daily traffic, without a glance at its workmanship. Tbo metaphor that struck our ancestors as so admirable strikes us still, and we continue to use the apt adjective which, first given by Shakcepcare or Milton, Bounds us fresh as when originally applied. The "bubble reputation." the "itching palm, the "milk uf human the "undiscovered country," the "green-eye- d monsur," still our favoriie synonyms for fame, covetousness, humanity, eternity, and Jealousy, are from Shakespeaif , who haa Indeed furnished us with much of our small coin. His .adjective are the most opposite, ton, of any in the language. Quoting him, wp speak of an "ancient grudge," of "hated breath," "this working-da- y world," good set terms," a foregone better days." fell eoiiciurion," "even-hande- d Justice, "golden opinions." "a eh.inni-life," "a towering passion," "a round unvarnished iale," hairbreadth scapes," and many more common expressions wnose list it were but damnable iteration" to extend. Verbs phrusfs of his are also of the most familiar. To danro attendance," to "scotch the snake, not kiil it." to "applaud to the echo," to sup with horrors. to "die in harness, "making night hideous." "a tale unfold," to "oui-l!enHerod," to "fool to the top of his bent, to "cudgel one's luaius," to vpeuk by the card." are sonic of the obvious examples. to-d- klnd-ucsA- pur-luo- ," ," 1 It Vrn't Seoap. At Red Creel: the stage stopped fer half an hour for the passengers to get dinner end the driver to change horses. As we drove up in front of the shanty hotel from the west an army paymaster In sn ambulance drove up from the south. With him was a guard of six cavalrymen, nnd whllo tbe paymaster entered the inn with us to tak6 dinner the soldiers ate their bacon nnd hardtack In the shade of the stables. We had been eating for about ten minutes when there was a sudden hurrah outdoors. followed by a dozen rifle shots. Five men on horseback and a sixth in a buck board drawn by a mule dashed out of the thicket a quarter of a mile away, and, sweeping down on the paymasters rig, hail transferred the safe to the buckbuai d before one of us reached tbs door. Ore outlaw had been killed by the fire of the soldir-rand two soldiers had been wounded by the fire of the outlaws. The fellows were off at full gallop and the score of shots fired after them only hastrnrd their speed. The paymaster was the last one to leave the table, and as he came out r.n excited stage passenger called to him: "There they go. major! Yea. I see em!" quietly replied lh s officer. "And they've got your safe? "Yes, I expect so." "Great Scott, man, but ere you going to let 'em git away with e.11 that money?" shouted the half frantic passenger. AH of what money? "Why, In the safe!" "Then isn't a shilling in it! said th major as he returned to the dinner table. "One of the door hinges was out I'hlhwoptijr. Have you heard Miss Kdytke Chap-nian'- r. of order trad so 1 was carrying til mom y in this carpet bag. ileffniiiiin of iihilonphy ? A thelie reached down and lifted up the atrical frii ml fells me that in the course anil opened it to show ns (lO.DvO of a cot! versa i ion with Mi Chapman, bag in crisp greenbacks, and as he snapped tint very long ::go, he said to her the hick he sighed nnd said: "1 don't believe you know the mean"Sorry for the fellow out there nnd his gang, but perhaps they'll hare beling of "Oh. yen I Jo," nuuvered the clever ter lutk next time! nrires; philosophy is the fortitude with which one endure the misfnr-tum- s Tli llvar Old Fvlluw. or other people." Washington What do you admire most in my Dost. new dress?" she asked of those who were praising it. "Just whni'a in it now,"answrrrd the Vine D Nat Mali Mi llaa rump Ihe old Idea that vli;ei growing on a veteran beau of forty gay seasons, a house tend to make it damp Is denied he blew her a kiss. by some or tho best authorities, who A Haanball Town, ronteml tl)t Just an opposite effect i "This It; a great base bail town, Isn't produced, a the vine draw nut ull the moisture it ran for rood. This is said li?" I should say so. A fellow ran't even to he especially true of the Japanese ivy and the Virginia creeper whlrh get off to go to hi grandfather's funshield the walls and no cool them, eral without showing a doctor's cerwithout ilaniimeiw. New York Evening tificate. Buffalo News. 1oxt. id y: bi!o-;aphy.- Th n Comfort Fr.iiM.C's (putting bin head ruiiH'jus-i- y In at the ulning room iloori--''Milc.ir, I lMpi you anil Hrideot will be comlu-I'itm.- " iib!i' to fume to a Otpr sh Vnt. Wfcnt a during blcjciS. .Lai He tii.ii Miss Datih'cy rin.-- t be. I when out riding the uiiur day the w nl right over a cow lying in the road." Mr. SmiriiiT (tearfully)-- 1 Humph! She "Yes, Miss DnshD-- went over with a rush, but the bicycle remained If wo did she'd imiarli it." The on Mm other side," y lu-a- r BRANDY STILL. LARGEST CADET JOHNNIE SULLIVAN. Want Dacha' l.ratilvt A SEM1X0LES. I'imI Way. gfH "Do you like the girl Lrn.hr Tom is engaged to?" Amy "No, but Torn likes her well enough for the whole family, n what earthly diffi rence does It make?" New York Weekly. Ni 11 Most of the canal barges in the south of England are worked k womus |
