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brightest old country of all 'Ain't it a mighty good countryr-spite of its IT troubles an' all, . , t n FFrom the red o the blooms in the May r f t ip cnmsomn iruus o iue I, Kile w -- I Pall! ' - 1 Then ho, for a song' j Tor the brightest old country of all! I'Am t it a mishty good country-answeria i quick to your-call," . . "From the HCi:s m v f. vest 'to the clustering vines on the wain - J)u-a ho. lor a song ; - .: Wr4KM country of all- Liri- i- - ruhtv good count ryr-from cot- ic to garlanded had. iWitlv. oeom in the htlU an il.e ,yaheys for 1 the hearts an' the homes of us all! I Tl.m it's ho, for a song j . j I Ml the glad way n.oii-.i For bflghtert old ..trf of all! t-l'i-.r; k L. Stanton, in At.anta, L 'onsti- tution. .- LXJU-rif" . 4' - j -VJ is WHY- HE PAID. m OLD man Boyne, the boss team ster, was sitting by a coal oil lamp in his host room. He had taken off his shoes jimf his coat, and his coarse woolen showed that ho was not a man of airs. He vv;is deep in his newspaper, of which it was his habit to read every word,' including ads., and be bad filled his old clay pipe for the third time when :i ran at the door caused him to shout: n'oine in!" "(Jood evening, Mr. Boyne.'f said the stalwartrwell-groomed young man who came in. -She's out," growled the bid chap, resuming bis reading. "I know she is, sir. That s why I. called." The old fellow put down aud A norv her. us paper peered oyer bis spectacles. t least," resumed the young man. busly, "I came to talk to von about sir. We want to get married." He sat down, looking flushed and ex cited, and the old man stared at him a minute before ho began: . ' Well, suppose you do? Have you the means to keep her decent? .How much have you saved? Three hun dred; that'll buy the furniture. How lone did it! take you to save that?' "A little over a year, I" 'A, year ". You must be an awful spendthrift. How much do you get?" "Thirty a week since the beginning of this year. I'll get a raise j-" "What?" shrilled the father putting his hands on his knees and peering at the loverl "Thirty dollars a jweek a bachelor, all alone, and havebnly three hundred left! ; How the mischief do you drink?" "Oh, no; it isn't that, sir; I must live pretty well. You see, I wasn't figuring on getting married till I met Margy, and you see I've always been used to having everything." "Do yon own a place, a l ouse or anything?" "No. sir." "You must be daft, then. Vhere Was you going to live? At the Audi torium, maybe?" "Oh, we could get a neat flat for a little money, and- " "And pay rent? You're a fool, my boy. I won't give her to you get a house I don't care if bis paper "skinflint. till you t's only ashamed and grieved to - observe the grasping eagerness with which he pur sued Joe for the payments. ? Month after month the efforts to pay Boyne came harder, for there were the painters and carpenters to pay, a bathroom bad been built into the cot tage, and the plumber's bill was a cau tion. To .make ' inattcirs harder for Joe, the little Stewarts began to ar rive, and 'when the time came to pay the young husband saw that he'd have to "stand off" either the doctor or Boyne. lie paid the doctor. His. father-in-law hounded him at the of fice, at the bouse, .waited for him at the street corner, and then scrawled a letter in which he threatened to fore close if the note past due wasn't paid. Margy almost broke her heart when she found out the truth, but when Dad called she pleaded with him to give them a little more time. She showed him her pretty baby and prom ised that they would now begin to economize in earnest. Old Boyne promised an extension, but harped upon the need of economy until she felt like striking him. It was the same every time a new note came due. lie was insatiate, gave them neither peace nor hope of leniency, lec tured her, scolded Joe even when the hard-earned money was forthcoming. It was necessary to reduce all their expense?. Joe quit smoking and be gan to carry his lunch in a collar-box. 'When he contrived to have the money ready for the recurring -notes -.he -sent it by check to avoid meeting the miser ly Boyne. By mutual consent they quit mentioning his name. Sometimes when he called during the' day to see Margy and her baby she wouldn't let him in, feigning to be out. and thus es caping the everlasting homily about "economy." It was cruel, and she cried a good deal, but she knew Joe would fret and fume if he knew that Boyne had been harrying her. And so they came to have such a terror of bis visits that Stewart bent all his ef forts to forestall the impending pay ments and thus keep the despised old drayman from showing his grizzled face either at the office where Joe worked or at the little home where Margy toiled with no less patience and far more cheerfulness. ' And when the last note "was paid and old Boyne and his hateful ways were commencing to be forgotten by the estranged daughter and the unfor giving Stewart, the t young pair had a kind of informal celebration. Little Joe in his best blouse and baby Mar garct in high chair were sitting at table, their pretty mother a-bloom in her pink kimona, Avhen Joe came home with the last note and a big bouquet of loses for the tea table "Well, "Margy. we're done with the old skinflint, eh? Excuse me, sir." For the old man was sitting by the fireplace, and when he came over to shake hands the old face was so radi ant. that Joe couldn't help taking Boyue's bony hand. "He's given me back all you paid him, Joe," cried the wife, shaking a budget of bank notes at them; "he was only fooling us fooling us into being economical." "I tell you, Joe Stewart," began the old dravman when they sat down to supper, "there's no use to make money if yen don't save, it. When I wtfs your age ' And then for the first time old Boyne s lecture on economy seemed in tcesting to them all. Chicago Bccord Herald. . t nrd then resumed uttering two rooms, so it's your own-fto keep her in." Margy's voice singing was he from the rear rooms. Bovne joe sstewarr, m miser,", and other endearing epithets directed against his hyped for father-in-law, but wisely keeping very quiet, waited for Margy to come in. That was his first but not final effort to get dad's consent. He came again on Saturday evening, while the girl was at market, and the crusty old drayman, with coarse frankness, sug gested that he had a "tidy litthj place" in the West Side, three rooms; and ai summer kitchen, that he 'would sell to Stewart' If he really meant -to the girl at all. The meanness proffer struck him like a blow, said he'd ' think about it, and He talked it oyer with Margy, a marry of this but he he did. whole- souled' winsome girl who had been trained for a school teacher by the anny old man, who "knew-the value of money." v ' - . : -' . ' .r "Let's try It, Joe," she laughed: "it's i rusty old cottage, but we'll fix it up. Dad won't be hard on us for the pay ments, and perhaps by the time it's paid for we can sell it and get a nicer "home."' ; y;-. -y;-' : Stewart, thoroughly despising old Boyne, bought the place on time pay ments and signed about sixty notes at $25 each, listening with suppressed hatred to the miserly old man who had thus unloaded $1500 worth of frame shanty and cheap i ground on h is y?wn da lighter's husband. ' "For the wedding itook place within a month. When the cottage was; painted and I furnished md the young couple, was "well in stalled the old man would come around during the day . to see Margy, but Joe's 'hatred of him rose to the top pitch when the first note fell due and old Boyne In person came to the office to collect it. : After ; that the young man quit speaking to his wife father, '-and the young wife herself felt -A ; - .....K..,:, lie Died Comfortable. All the world oyer, people are at tached to the grooves in which the daily course of their life runs,' but no where perhaps more than among the bourgcoise class in France. To have "to break with one's habits," "to be rooted up out of one's hatlts" is thought one of the worst evils that can happen. This love of habit was pushed to an extreme degree .by a wealthy grazier near Le Mans, of the name of Chapelain. In order to avoid 'the up rooting from his habits that in his opinion death might cause he had a little chapel built over the famly burial place, and so arranged that he could use it every day as a sitting-room. He used'to spend in it the early hours of the afternoon reading his paper, going over his account books, and writiug, letters. His coffin contained a comfortable mattress, and he used it asa bed. When the cure came to ad minister the last sacraments, M. Chape lain said, on being asked whether he felt comfortable, "Absolutely so, M. le Cure In dying, yon see1 I shall not break with my habits, and in the grave I shall be In a home that I am used to." He begged that his old pipe and to bacco pouch, his pen-holder that he had used thirty-five years, and some othet familiar Objects should be burled with him. Paris Correspondence of ttie London Daily News. v Dogr Xife Savers a Failure. The dogs trained to save people drowning in the Seine have proved ab solute failures and ; have been sold. Four were . retained, named Taris, Meidge, Athos and Diane. This last actually saved a man some months ago.- Some of these dogs have pups which are being trained to the prof es sion:- It is hoped they will turn out greater adepts ' than their parents.' They already show- a liking for the business. Paris Correspondence New York Herald. ' i I . . - ' TO.. V. THE 'CHItDREHlENJOY . Life out of doors. and out of the games which they play and the enjoy ment which they receive and the efforts which they make, comes the greater. part of that healthful development which is so essential to their happiness when grown. When a laxative is needed the remedy which is given to them to cleanse and sweeten and strengthen the internal organs on which it acts, should be such as physicians would sanction, because its component parts are known to be wholesome and the remedy itself free from every objectionable quality. The one remedy which physicians and parents, well-informed,: approve and recommend and which! the little ones enjoy, because of its pleasant flavor, its gentle action and its beneficial effects, is Syrup of Figsand for the same reason it is the only laxative which should be ued by.fathers and mothers. I ; Syrup of Figs is the only remedy which acts gently, pleasantly and naturally without griping, irritating, or nauseating and which cleanses the system effectually, without producing thatconstipated habit which results from the use of the old-time cathartics and modern imitations, and against which the children should be so carefully. guarded. If you would have them grow to manhood and womanhood, strong, healthy and happy, do not give them medicines, when medicines ,are not needed, vand when nature needs assistance in the way of a laxative, give them only tlie simple, pleasant and gentle Syrup of Figs, i j Its quality is due not only to the excellence of the combination of the laxative principles of plants with pleasant aromatic syrups and juices, but also to our original method of manufacture and as you value the health of, the.little ones, do not accept any of the substitutes which unscrupulous deal ers sometimes offer to increase their profits. The genuine article may , be bought anywhere of all reliable druggists at fifty cents per bottle. Please to remember, the full name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYR.UP CO. is printed on the front of every pack age. In order beneficial effects vv re M V-.i . v. .. yt .'VS. .".ST A -7;.'..s.-y aK.H . 4-SA' beneficial effects it is al- ;.- V I fMUr a , U-,.:V"v -V-.S A - i iiv ways necessary , to buy :( AV4 MJ A only. . . tJC Xi I' I . C. .The Size He Wanted. Speaking recently of queer college fads, Prof. Henry A. Beers of Yale said that in his undergraduate days mourning hat bands became so popu lar as to grow from a mark of bereave ment almost to a feature of natty dress. One" day he went into a store with a friend who, after buying a hat, said he would like to look at some mourning bands. "These widest bands," explained the storekeeper, displaying his assortment, "are worn for immediate members of the family. From that they narrow down according to the relationship. Which, width do you need, sir?" he asked. The student made a moment's in spection. "Oh, give me r.bout an un cle,"! he replied. No greater sanitary advance has been made in the last decade than that relating to the extermination of mosquitoes in yellow fever and malari al districts. If any( cumulative proof were needed of the part played by mos quitoes in spreading these diseases it is found in the September statement of the health officer of Havana, Cuba, from which it appears that there has not been a single case of yellow fever reported in that city for year past. Besides the; crusade against the mos quitoes themselves, extraordinary pre cautions have been taken to prevent mosquitoes from gaining access to apartments where yellow tever pa tients are confined. Which ? I A lean and potash-hungry soil,, j wasted seed, wasted labor and idle! gins A MORTGAGE. Or, plenty of Potasli in the fertilizer, many bales and a busy gin A BANK ACCOUNT. I . Write us for 'L' '" I D our .books. ms.- J 1 Th e y a r e ( s . :" 7)) I H money win- fw J B ners. W send yiC " I them jret to t Jf 1 GERMAN " V:0 . WORKS JR 2" ' , 98 Naasaa St.' W' x :Lv 2 New York . .s I y. So. 5. . -c It is said that in Philadelphia there is a "vegetarian church" and its meet ing house in that cit is the only one of the sect in America. Though this church has but the one meeting house OUQi f jg"Vijt'!a!7!Eir'ip.y?ii.t11 1 have made a most thorough trial of Aver's Cherrv Pectoral and j am prepared to say that for ail dis eases of the lungs it never disap- I - J. Early Finley, Ironton, O. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral won t cure rheumatism ; we never said it would. It won't cure dyspepsia ; we never claimed it. But t will cure coughs and colds of all kinds: We first said this sixty years ago ; we've been s aying i t Three sizes : 25c, 50c, $1. All drosgtets. ' Consult your doctor. If he says take It, then do as he says. If he tells you not to take it, then don't take it. He know. Leare it with him. We are willing. . J.C. AYER CO- LoweU, Mass. SWIFT CREEK Stock and Dairy Farm. Has for sale a large number of nice young registered A.J.C.C. O Jerey liull and Heifers. None better bred in the South. Combining closely the most noted and up-to-date blood in America. Bulls 10 to U months old. $25.00. Heifers. me aare, $33.oa POLAND-CHINA PIGS. $5.00 each. Send check .and get what you want. T. P. IHtASXV i LL, Prop.. Battleboro, 1V. C. . Current Events. j Uiie v Methodist ministers of .India napolis, in order to stimulate fresh ih ! terest among their congregations, have adopted a 4lan of exchanging pulpits. The congregations are not told what preachers they are going to have and this deprives them of the excuse of tc4 made for not going to church that they know just what the sermonUs gO ing to be. ' . . : . ; j. -The best ten chapters course of Bible studies, which is being given in the chapel cf the Fifth Avenue P,res byterian church, New York city, on; Sunday evenings at 7:30 o'clock, is arousing unusual Interest. Three hun dred and sixty-five persons were pres ent for the study of the fourteenth chapter of John and about the same! number of the third chapter of John.! Five of the "best ten" chapters are j found in John, and the other five! represent five other books of the; Bible. ; , ; r(- .; -ii The Rev. Dr. P. S. Henson, referring to the agency which is most keenly; felt in the destruction of the influence; of the church of today, says: "It isn't ; the higher critics that are destroying ; the influence of , the church and I : have no more sympathy with the de structive cities than you have. The trouble is not with the higher critics, but with the lower , living of Christians. The fog of " higher criticism is not to be dissipated by firing great guns at it. That only adds to the fog the smoke of the powder. You can, dissipate the fog only by the sunbeams of Christian I living. I'll wear myself out preaching the evidence of Christianity, and some cross-grained representative of Chris tianity, in the fcjws will spoil . the whole inside of ten minutes after I get through." , " John . Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, in bidding fare well tn the Coal Commission i before going West to the miners' convention in Indianapolis, declared that the non union miners had been decoyed into giving testmony In favor of the operators. State of Ohio, City ofT oledo, r-m Lucas County. , 4 Frank J. Cheney, make aththat heUth senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said. firm will pay the sum of one ihundbei dol labs for each and every casejof catabbh that cannot he cured by the use of Hall's O in i ttt "Ittt Xt'-n ivir T "'trvV "i Sworn to before me and subscribed in my . . presence, this 6th day of December, seal, f A. D., 1886. A. W. Gleason, (v ' ' Natamt Public. acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists,75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A million one-dollar bills, packed solidly like leaves in a book, would make a pile . 275 feet hieh. v, .Mrs.Winslow's SoothingSyrup for childrea teething.sof ten the gums, reduces inflamma tinTLftllftva nain.cures wind colic. 25c. abottle w- j ' One thousand five hundred arid thirteen novels were published in England ia . 1901. v: , ' - i . . . FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous " ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorer. $2 trial bottleand treatise free Dr. B.H. Kline, Ltd., 931 ArchSt.,Phila.,Pa. Two men and one , woman living in Worcestershire, England, state that . they , are centenarians. ; t If you want, creamery prices do as the creameries do use June Tint Butteb Color. . . .' ..'-- '-: . There are two women of : seventy-five , years and over for every man of that age in the borough of Finsbury, England. lamsurePiso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago. Mbs. Thomas Bob- " bins, Maple St., Norwich. N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Dublin Museum now possesses a large , stuffed elephant, the first mounted speci men ever exhibited in Ireland. Girls Punish Deceiver. ' A young man living at Heydekrug, . Prussia, was recently beaten to death by three indignant girls whom he had deceived. He proposed marriage to the three damsels, and by careful man agement successfully avoided ' detec tion until recently, when one of his fiances caught him walking hr the country with another,ypung lady. Th young man tried to explain the situa- . tion, but to no avail. The other night he wa3 ' attacked by the three girls, who tied him to a tree and with heavy whips lashed him to death. They then calmly walked to- the . police station , and informed the authorities of their act, ' ..;.-'':.:. ...-"U;..: ' ; ' . The constant widening of the scope of school courses is instanced by the recent introduction of classes in gard ening, housework and basket-making in the Hyannis (Mass.) Normal School and a course in millinery in the Boston public schools. A Berlin dispatch : says that Presi dent Castro must pay the amount of the allies demands or furnish guar antees of payment before the block ade will be raised.
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