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Show u ') 1 inKf other peo UTIurmomariT'' which waa pie fortunately. 7ni help mer hf naked. noat fljvck u la such fun to decorats tha j kouia with tha hoUy and atuff for tha holidays. Now Ivs Juat been trying jo vkthls' bunch to the chandelier." Sht mounted a chair and affixed the. noh of green spray to the chnde-i,- . Alfred stood in dumb admBw-un- .i Be looked at Prudence, and he iked at tha green herblage whl Ji n ha fastened to the fixture. She at smiling, then pat out ' i or ban A , me said. sho down "Help Alfred canght her hand to assist her id a from the chair; Heroes are made In a moment No man knows tnwhat Instant hla aoill maYHaraa within him so that he will do And daro aa ha never dreamed of doW or daring. The phnosophera call such times psychological moments. j This was one. Alfred helped Pnideneo down, and It waa quite natural and easy for hereto And herself la his arpis when sho reached the ' floor. And then before ahe knew what ha was about at least, SO aha, paid he had kiaaed her. Mister Ruthven!" she exclaimed; "How dare your f t I I you know the tha 'mistletoe!" he stammered, 41aeagagihgone arm and pointing to tho decoration .1 - i l ' above her heaA ."T fokgot that," she said, demurely. Aad than Alfred found tongue . at last Ind told her what aha had wanted him to tejl her all the year. And ha asked her to he hla Christmas "gift, and aha consented In what la so often called the way. 'That 1 she allowed him to put the Mas back ' where he got It Later that evening Alfred said to look-dow- hi, there Is anything In thn worlg morn aggravating to a young wpjnaa than a young mag who win not, or cannot, a that aha favora him ahova all tha reaL-l- t haa not yat baair llatad.' Prudence Milton aa much aa a year ago dlscovarad that Alfrad Ruthven possessed an tha qualitlef thstge to maka n man nobT andaplendld am krava an. not brave! . A biva '.man would hava propoaad to Pro r,c,long - .know Inca. But Alfred. f waa haadaoma tod of and prosperous. Jut onatniuf hi lacked Alfrad waa baahful an tha lova auljact A great many man are jao. f They aan dlacuia polities,' tha musical ; Coma wa now to Christmas ova. Prudence had, by ways and means familiar tp tha feminine mind, conveyed to tha Laahful Alfrad the lnteHIgeneo-th- at aba had made for him a Christmas remembrance. j Never mind haw aha did this. You, If you" are a mss grown, will be this to hark back lnto'oiif own past andj bring up some Instances of woman's diplomacy wherein she ,VU able to tell you something with out saying anything in particular. Just' gava your IntulOog n fhlnce. Knowing this, If red knew thaflt wu hla hounden duty to reciprocate to-co- , y f glasses, tha arnmrHtrnturw. art; dance and tha elaaalca fluently with young woman, hut thayahraAy from tha real, heart, lntfcetrl!q aa aeroplane dodging a church oaetiUlr Why, Prudanca had Inveigled Alfred Into long walka with her In the a: vary moonlight of spring and tha go! in ,- dan moonlight of wnmo all avalL Once, In Anguat.iKa wajt bokf-to- g with him, and aba bhdrltehdld to ba afraid tha boat would capsize. -What woulyrntdfi MU eked him, , Naturally aha expected him loreJly that ha woulfVtfnnfcb fn 'after her d nava her nf parish In thtf dtte&Jff? ' Such a heroly yemark aa that would of aourao lean Into A mote pajiipn&l time-honore- t 3)0a woes, ax.oo, ax. so awn ts.oo. lt.n aerr t imU If Edward Dougla Whiu New Chief . Justice, and Pdevrtr f Wyo-- firing and Umar if Georgia, MU,uJ NeiJijirl., Washlngton.-T- he day confirmed tl ward Douglaa ! -- you sate ' on . of " mV THE ' tor I l dings?" Generally, put it Let ua pass lightly over the glorious days of fall, whan Prudence allowed Alfred to eall several times and find her la tha kitchen with an apron on helping her mother .puLnp J allies an( reserves end things. Lot .us even tightly over Ahe evening, he showed him the blister upon her fair white hpnd made by a sputter - teg drop of apple butter. Tee, pass lightly over It Any sane man,-anman. In possession of ordinary faculties, when a beautiful young creature Xeld out a little white hand and showed him A blister thereon not a big 'tf Hidt dpot of blister. Just a a blister would have taken that hand in hla and all but wept over It He would hava asked beq tp rive that tsnd to him and to coma along with It herself, and would have sworn by high heaven and thf.nyirchljig stars and the sun And1 tuooaand sky thkl never again should that wonderful hand know the wearying stress of Aid Alfred dof tell Wht Ha looked at the blister appraisingly without taking those taper fingers to his and he said: "Stick a needle 'under, ft from one side and let the water but, the put a little peroxide on ft tomorrow " Shades of Romeo! ' Memories qf . Dante and Beatrice1 Yas It ' any , wonder that Prudence brought her pretty lips together la n ritralghf liua ar.d registered a medal tow that Alfred should rue tils speech some flayb Let ua now paa lightly on again. , testi-mdn- at onefl At we heard Santi come last year An see his sleigh tracks in th snow y An he has sleigh bells, cause we hear. An where th chimbley is we see 4 Th soot all scraped off io th back An'at shows where b Santa, he ' i Corned down th chimbley with his pack. But Alfred Potts, Jiefsniff, likfl this, " A mis qavi "You dont know wha By not a bein bad, buncause There never was no nla Claus! o 6mi ' Revived by Ruling of Highest Tribunal. Whlm-slcaLPa- Wuhlnjtou Announcing the broad isle that a conspiracy under the dheraau antf-trus- t law may bo a conttauona offense," instead of ah limited to tha formation of tha mnaphacy, and, possibly, Avert acta Ihereaader,! which would revive the konaptiacy, tho supreme court, of the Jolted SUtes Monday went, a long ay toward dispelling doubt as to the of youth; Usually' succesafuL ' A man of property Opinions wETwoiSSnT!ltnKST5Srir-heade- e ' 1U n i ? I j-- ' s Nen me anAVillie Smith an all V Th ftherboys, an Spot McKay, we fyear somebody call i a in" Ui away- - i toccaie hpme, slip f Anwe uFont play with Alfred Potts Bulause e kpov 'at is bad' Whey we think of thlots .an lots 1 Or Christmases at he have had, ' I trl my pa what Alfred !sald r, his head an some ahake Anhe laugh An aay 'at Alfred's chance Is slim,' sc Santa wont buhlieve in him t r - ' tCevrriaht Ml. W. IX Unconstitutional. Charlotte., (J lathe federal court at Greerisfuei y. c., Monday morning, two me; 'Quater and. Napier, charged with violating the white slave law, were fod' not guilty on tho ground that teh law waa unconstitutional In thatlaterfered with tha state'i rights. Thli leciiion will have great effect on othr oases of this nature ta be tried in thh state. , Murder Suspect Arreated. Kansas Cl Fogler, a farm hand, was attested by the chief of Kansai city. Kan., and held ou murder suspicion in tie Bernhard case. The polio say another suspect tj,-J- ohn tif will be arrested soon. -- . NsUU Their Llvee. the bodies of the miners killed iyn?JEellerlew Friiky VeBjj f,ave been recovered. Thirty onq men lost their , e ?Thirty-o- n . C.- -hl explo-slonla- r , - - For Parrtck's Pardon. Jew York.AanOUncenient la made lhatjthe Medico-Le-a- l society haa appealed to the governor to pardon Albert L. Fatrlck, Serving a life sentence for the murder A tnuiam Marsh Rice fn this city Bom years ago, . I f flflht for a Tar,f( Commission, Washington th light for a manent tariff comm Ion began la ths Senate on MondaJiswhen Senator Beveridge asked hlt action the inance committee proposed to take on hla tariff comm Ls Ion bilL ' S Boap , her.' In six months time the itching, burning and scalding of her bead was over and her hair began growing. To- dayahefeels much in debt to CutL cura Soap and Ointment for the fine i d of . M 'ITWinidf" seventy-fou- r - "My -- waa an eczema In my Asgoon as the cold weather mf feet would Itch and hunxnd.v then 'lbs wpufd ferack sieB and bleed. iTheq I 'thought I Would flee to my jno(herik!rlenda, Cutipuragiap and Cutlcura Ointment I did for four or flv'wlHteni. wnd perw (ny feetj sgq as, v smooth as any ones. Ellsworth Dunfeetcame , own-caa- e - ham, Hiram, Md, Sept - , Railroading.'; , T , owlj UppenOd. .He wa limping' down the street "Yea," aaya the lady whose dress case la covered with, strange.forelgrv frith yne arm-i- . a all both, eyas labels, the way ' tallroada are run In mourning; "Whafa tb nowadays Is - a great lffiproyemest aatteffV; oerfed over what they wpre 60 Years pgo " Jfriend. . "AutWobUe, accident H ' "But surely yotrhadogxpbrieDCe "No, re p Ha Ilia th ar, sadly. . "1 as a traveler 60 years ago."- says her met a man who cblridnt'take a Joke. friend. " nr;, If White j8lavi (ow Ives. f r 'and- - tutlcpra Oink mentf Mother did an Jthey helped Cutlcurm ft-- x pa X . ng-a- I a . . "My mother used to have a very had . I humor on her head which the doctors called an eczema, and for Jt I had two different doctors.' Her head was very aorw and her hair nearly all fell out One lQ aplte of what they both did. day her niece came In anT they were speaking of how her hair waa falling out. and. the doctor did It no good.. She aaya, 'Aunt why dont you try .'V" Prog rasa In r- Fernle, HAIR i -- to eigk years In the penitentiary, !or the muter of Night Marshal Arthur Goegrta of Telluride, but In ao doing he atalnlstered a rebuke to the ury. Juda Shackleford declared it war-su- ch urdlcta aa that rendered In the murtq case that disgusted people with afainUtratlon of Justice In :rimmal com., ,, , ' i OLD LADYS SAVED at Mirror are aa follows: He la not aUy Bll fteffigmea- .He accepts refusals of marriage ao nicely that one la 9frry one did not accept him. I The bald patch looks awclei nice. One wguldjjlkto kfea 1L A doctor welcomes baldness when It comes to hlry, aa.d Jl , g .sign j pf- and dignified learning.1 which Invariably Increases mb .practise .2 v . , cine. The Agent But It cured you? v Mr. Knocker Yes, of even the little faith I had In It "Bn "The frectVeault U that OusUve E. KlsseUff Kew York and .Thomaa B. Harned T Philadelphia must answer further ie the Indictment brought In 1909 In StwYork, charging them with sonsplrafj with the American' Bugar Refining qmyany and- others, to drive Aa Pennqivanlf Sugar Refining com- 5 Mr. Knocker 1 had little faith la the curative properties of your medi- 1 i , Adga Roasts Jury. Ouray, Colo District Judge Sprlgg 3bacMefoif on Monday sentenced Jesse Mum to from seven, and one-h&- r, la the' bride," The picture represents a basket of fruit on which a. number of insects hava gathered. On a pale yellow apple, which la the centerpiece In, the Muster of fruit, la a large fly, painted so true to nature, ao aay the officials of the gallery,; that '(U4 canvas was injured by some one who endeavored to shoo" It andJBfougM hla eane-o- r "A hand too close to the canvas. tribute to the painters genius, aaya thq letter recording the fact, lor which the work had to Buffer.1 '" ' Why Do They. women like the baldheaded It la somewhat difficult to define, ay be because he appears to be: - .Thoughtful and Mnd. Trustworthy and confiding. the follies 'and frivolities and vfl ll sent to the senate within k ehorf fw. " OTFtRSE IS CONTINUOUS. j?f. j we tell him 'tisnt so, An.nrn it Tribute ta Painter's Skill. One of the still Ufa paintings by Jan van Huysea in tha museum at The Hague was recently Injured, but It la believed the perpetrator waa neither vandal nor thief. pany r put t bqalnesa. ODAY when me an Willie Smith . An Alfred Potts an Spot McKay Att gpme more boys we playin with Got talkin' goroa.hnut ,Chri.itma day An how we must buhhave real well, Causeall our'pas an mas they said 01 Santa Claus can always telf v i, WTiat boy has mischuff in hiahead, Why, Alfred Potts he say To us: Its nothin but a lo o fust Dont you buhlieve ypur Jas and mas , Jbcfc ijever wis no Santa Claus f wed- - , - M , A Womans privilege. "What la tha latest thing In - -- (. BAD. Thera la no playing fast and loose with truth. In any game, without growing tha worse for 1L Dickens. 'a Stepping hesitatingly, ap jtha steps of the Milton home on Christmas eve. He carried a smgj package In one band. It waa hla 'Intention to deliver thin tQ whoever paid to th floor, with A massage that It Was for Prudeace. In answer to ls ting no leas a parson than Prudeace heraalf opened the door. , Her ayaa jvere sparging, her cheeks wens rosy, and la one hand aha "Ahwa aay to our fries d, .whom held a hunch of groan stuff." wa observe counting n largo rolla of exclaimed. bills before starting out, "going' to "Why, Alfred 1"' she Come right In. , Im. putting up the buy something to fill some oae'p stock 1 Christmas greenA" ' 'li I So Alfred cams right In, shyly and He looks at ua with n merry, holihlyly depositing the Uttle package on day twinkle in hla eyes and replies: n small tabla In tha hall aa ha entered. "Tee. I'm going around to bny a Prudence led- - the way to the living wooden leg fo mybrother," 5 w ) TOO ' Km. WhSaWi (arthhi Buckle.' pare Kfthe full committee - 'WWW i . - sT7 ker, you maygq j?u(and atake all your worldly possessions that sooner or later ahe will bring that man to Ms knees, or her feet, as you like to Continental Oil Company (ynm, reblin ran taa bine, softens ibo gees, raineeelSa misagllinpiiuwMytiirtdBiis Ifcesboui y that the , dii at prove any of the charges mad a Fly committee took up the ividwi I executive sesaionl The report will be pre- ' Helping Her, Mother Put Up JelUea and Preserves and Things." HAMUVACTVaCO WW Experience la a safer and more useful guide than any principle, however accurate and scientific. It may be. tmouily I oi Monday to Put tho Kies Back Whara'Ha dot It , 0 , and to reciprocate In advance. Always, always, a man must reciprocate In advance to a lady. So' Alfred might hSvp been aaan "In the Kitchen With an Aprn On, TIN OILER EYEA-JtEAD-Y standard on Camps ay Truth has a sliding scale, of tha frank parson. Against Provon. - Washlngtsai-Tb- e of tho senate vbkk kas been Investigating tha ckirgmi of bribery In connection with tha elerilon of Senator William Lorlaw $t Blinois decided unan- IlllnoV , I la, She Allowed Him fcEHwug OIL ND Is spsclsRy sslsctsd for sny nood In tho homo. Saves tools from rusting; Can cannot break. Dots not gumorbocomo randd. JlUIAM E. LORIMER. Senator from Illinois. -- ALL-AROU- tM THE KANDY Unltad$States i lhna, Elousohold Lubricant -- "That ool4 than ut W Charges PommlttaeJ . NOT GUILTY. jll .le-w- - yl w Mon-tlo- n jua-tlce- o FINDS iiaW J Dollar ' My Shew to ho look and t othar $3juo, loof ar Um or HW . yoa hay. nallia that aay ahoaa hat baaa tha ataaSard fororar 10 Io youthat I mat a and MU aiora $300, $300 and HV yaara: manufaaturar la tba Sahad Stat F " .llty aounta .1 aayathar mada W. L Ooaglaa aivoM a honaehold t It avaryvbara. L. Doogl ' hwa w. thabAUon CAUTION 1 aaaaaad NO SUBSTITUTE TAKE vrtaaaampad If yo daatav aaaaut aa ly you waa wot tor MaU On Caialo. ihmiiIm W. L. OOloLkl Ada a park, aa, Maaa, to be- - chief 1 tha United Sutra.- - ' White's name Accompanykg la tho Hat of ionjirvuns ' were those of Justice WE Vudeventer of Wyoming, mow a kdgf of the Eighth Judicial circuit, mf ioirph R. Lamar of Georgia, forsrt of the supreme eourt of hla at la be associate of the EaiM BUtes. No action tu tsken in their caaea, although then iq ae apparent opposition. nor wa attempt made to confirm the jidges earned for the new court of cosaefc1 AH were referred to the aenaii jqdlclary committee. - Tw, t' fully W. 1 i)Biadt, tbeaupuW an4 the hi;h grant mistletoe." " , " ""That mistletoe 1" aha laughed. "Alfred,, that mistletoe la smllax. I dont believe It would hava worked at all If : i It had been real mistletoe."-!'- ' ' (Copyright, mo. : XT. D. Nesblt) j fid f&en, of courea, could' aaytty p fight along to n request that,1 v, C - "Do you know, I don't believe ever would have had the couyag to, propone to you If It hadn't been for that -- will-tag ha waa wRllng to die forkev, Ight eonaldar favorably a propq-pm to ahar hla Ufa wtthhlm, or rde to that affect But whan aha aakad him, with a emulous ahake Jn her lovely voice, with a world, of faith aad trust hi her luatroua ayaa: , What would you do If tha boat capsized?" Ha never even atopped rowing. Ra Juat aald: "It wouldn't matter much. Tha water isn't over three feat deep here." Prudence almost capsized tha boat from aheer vexation than- .- Whan a woman becomes vaiad with n man because he doe pot realise that he loves aU-Ir. B 3.e0&4.00 SHO. S- - d 'lar:",t avowal for being to lay down hla young Ufa for her e - - !!; ok'nls-reason- - . 4 PHESiOEflKlH-iUSTtCE- - "I dont mean that But nowadays, No matter how long your neck mar be jorft tour QvrdatjMkmluta'Wuard, dont you nttiOEA MbeflVlffiera i'lkV A erJunr Oil ..wdV ura U aatfly. and, aaickly. It WTeck It la always had at qoips point drived out all aoreneas and inmrtnmation. convenient to a cluster of farm bouses T , choice where the vlctlhiacan gtf fof : ooffee a .womajo..Ringlaft-omand to get wgrmnil TIM .W VJ W IMany the choice madd' by A man who chose another .u Y.-- tp t 1 Y . T , eaqer'yo;!Work1a Health Regained by Right eod-- v The average healthy m&n.pr woman la usually eager to ba busy at soma " useful task or employment But let dyqpepsls or indigestion get hold of one, sng all endeavor beeeqoos ,il a burden, r. K A year ago, after recovering from an operation." writeq a MIchlgafiJaaL "my stomach ana nerves began to give me much trouble "At times my. yppetltq, waa voracious, but when indulged, indigestion followed. Other limes t had ho hppe-tt- e whatever. Tha food I took did not nourish me and I" grew weaker than aver. S , . lost Interest I In everything and alone. I had always had wanted to trifle good nerysFhut-now-lha.mere- st would ppset me Aft 4 bring on a violent headache. Walking across the room was an effort apd prescrilrl exercls waa out of the question. " advertised "I had seen Grape-Nut- s at thq I what read believe did aot but I time. At lait when It seemed waa literally starving, I began to eat 1 u Grape-Nut- s. A POSTAL CARD BRINGS caraurtmuoaistiaH: RAWURS HIDEfc FEprSy WSCL HL rDEMUB 1 COXA&AiX V IF YOU appetite, Indlceetioo, Flatulence, Sick Headache, aU rua down ar toeing fical gaa B will find ntwhat aim van need. They tana ap tha weak mark and build ap th. (Ucitac cnaratea. ;iGome la.LoV Angelos; ft7ri7ui'!i5rsairl W- - r BrH- - x'i'C "I had not been able to work for a year, but now after two months on 1 tkh Floor Baaabarger BuUtUag, I am eager to be at work Grape-Nut- s again. My stomach gives me no trouaa well aa men ble now, my nerve are steady as ever, WIILl TQ Women aro mada mlaarabla by have ambition and Interest in Ufa and "P ' kidney aad bladder trod- F ble. Dr. Kilmers come back with the return to health." Root the great kidney Read "The Road to WellvlUe," In remedy promptly relieve. pkgs. "Theres a Reason." At druryt bt fifty cent and dollar sizea. A tofteVf abeva the read You Ever a bottl br mall t aa appear fraaa time to "time. Then fr ajo pamphletsampl alt about It . telUag haaaaa nre aeualan, traa, aad fall el 034mm If. T, KUnra 0 Cm, t. Blaghamton, t d,. latere, r h i I 1 y-- an aw..i.namrci'aiari;intar-- r 1 Swamp-BLAf- Z K |