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J ll 3rII "W. SLEHDO-E, I'lUU'llIKTOK. 01, XXXIII. A. ISTEWSFjFER FOK THE IPEOFLE WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12. 1899. TEIIMIS: 81-50 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. NO. 37. HOME ENTERTAINMENT .ii Umi'lva matter of music tlial there v,TV little entertainment at home without a l'tani). ,v,. . !i 1 merit, as attested by the high r ,,'overyi'Ue who has bought a Stie IT l or I tie p.il lil'y Jeairs. I', .1 .1 i x inline our Mock or write ,i i n- ra'oi catanegue. ('II AH M. KTIKFF, Ii S Liberty t., Baltimore, Mil. tVlioiLitoii, - hlevciiin si., h. vt. t ly. Wholesale and lietail Dealer in CKOCKERV, iWoocl and I jWillowware, rooms, aper Bags, WrappiiiK I'aper, Twine, Flanks, Cipik, Ih'inijohim, and Ifonsr Fur nishing Good. f-t. Ill N. Sycamore St , near bmibard st. I'Kn-lWIIl'Iii;, VA. . t 8(i cm ii MM elected and rivate Stock Rye Whiskey, lof the Purest Distillation, I and is Recommended to all who use i pr Require a timulant of eliable quality. 1AVKNT0RT MORUIS k CO., Solo agents for the Iisiiller, Richmond, Va. Nil. W. D. SMITH, at Weld.m, X. C. is the solo distributing agent at that puiot, for tho above old and Celebrated Whiskey. DAVENPORT MOHRIst A CO. tmtr :u etm. KEEP YOUR BICYCLE WHEELS TRUE. Thla little Wrench, which (It all aiie apokiM. lent ilh a I. Ills book airinn lull in- .(t..fii hnw In nut in 1W II apokea and keep your own wheel ireie, on teenpl or 25 C.i, E. E. TAOtlAfiT. Pat. applied for. 1011 Weat Av.,Brtolo,N.r hue ol Wrench. lV, ia. diameter. Sickle plated. Meulleai thl. Mkt. THE BEST WATCH CHAIN ON EARTH Kor $1,110 Made while you wait at the wire Jewelry staud, 354 MAIN ST., NORFOLK VA. tear Mail order receive ITotunt attention. All goods warranted, J. W. DENNIS, Norfolk, Va. ..gily. 'a SPECIALIST and AUTHORITY od II All who are suffering with any BLOOD THOUBI.K, would be wise to call on or address bv mail. Conauiiatiou free and Bmlicluea compojnded to suit each panic .r case. When writing to me please en nose sump for reply. PKOF. JK HARVEY, 4'i3 Chnrcb St (New No.) je 17 ly. Norfolk, Va. ". atULKN, T U L L I M WaLTie a. DAH1B1. DANIEL. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WaXDOIT, N. C. tittlri'iht ponruof HttlneMiKlNortliaBip ton.ndlnttitaupreiiieanel Federal eourta- Ool la llnnaaaadeln all nanaaf North Carolina. Iriuefe ogLoa at Haliava, M. 0.,opta avary Mo MILKY, J-35L. m mimm flboic Diseases, aVaVaVktaTlMVaMriMrtVt Tlir. ROSY M.W YLW. Ho! you little fellow, With the sparkle io your eyes! Will you wreathe your amis around us Will you kiss away our sighs? You rosy lode fellow, With the sparkle in your eyes ! Hoi you li-lie fell.iw, Like a sunbeam IV nn the ski..-! Will you set the hells to rilf.'inir Will you ttivo us sings for sighs? You rosy little fellow, With the spaikle in your eyes I Ho! you hi tie fellow, N ivi r your dimple' sorrow di"; The darkness melts in tnuiu And the glory's in the skies. You rosy little fellow, With the sparkle in your eyes I I l SI S III MATH. Almost all pers ins die of disappoint ment personal, mental or bodily toil or accident. The passions kill men some linis even suddenly. The c .million ix prcssinn 1 choked wiih ragu" has little exaggeration in it, lor even though Uot always suddenly fatal, strong passions shorten life. Strong-bodied men often die young, and weak no u usually live longer than the strong, for the strong use their strength and the weak have hardly any to use the latter take care of themselves, the former do not. As it is with the body, so it is with the mind and the temper the strong ate apt to break, or, like the candle, run; (he weak turn out. Mau, of all auimals, is oue that selduui comes up to the average. Ho ought to live luHl years aceoiding to the physiolog ical law, hut instead of that he scarcely re idles an average of four limes the growing period. Tho reason is obvious man is not ouly the most irregular and most intemperate, but the most hiboliuUs and hard-working of all animals. II is always tho most irritable, and there is reasou tu believe, though we cannot tell what au auimal secretly feels, that, more than any other animal, man cherishes wrath to keep it warm, and consumes himself with the fire of his owu re f -clions. A BOY'S MTIO. ll'Iculd only see my mother!' Again and again was the yearning cry repeated. "If I could only see my uioth- !" The vessel rocked, and the waters, chased by a fresh wtud, played musically ainst the side of the ship. The sailor, a secoud male, quite youthful, lay in a narrow bed, his eyes glazing, his limbs stiffening, his breath failing. It was not pleasant to die thus, in this shaking, plunging ship; but he did not seem to mind bodily discomfort. His eyes were far away, and ever and anon bloke foith that grieving cry: ''If I could only sec mother I" Ad old sailor sat by, a Rible in his hand, from which he was reading. He bent over the young man and asked him why he was so anxious to sec his mother, whom lie willfully hit. "Oh I that's the reason," he cried; ''I've nearly broken her heart, and I can't die in peace. She once said to me: '.My son, when you come to die you will remember this.' 0, il I could only see my mother ! ' He died with the yearning on his lips, as many a ooe has died who slighted the mother who loved him The l'oet (in-inuitiu.'ly "l m't yen think we would make a good nuclei? She (coyly)' I'm 1 or averse " Some Wotueu .irej aiousof au echo be cause it a wa .s nets t last wor I. A rn A vC?.,. has laid It" cool aed re- T?.-;- Kilt!.-.- luad 1VV oiwn a kind XTi irV-M T " " '1 1 o v 1 n it -JlV A iiilut-lf it all illltl Vl.U It .' Je ....1 it. ImmiIih'iu w,te Woltll tile wlule. Wllvu it comes o Min to t ii' trarric end If men would onljr t iice ihe nu-t rom mm sense pteciutloiis ae.onst the en croashimtlts of ill heallh. there would be fewer hous of moalllilie. and fewer women Kit alone alinosl lulplcsa before the battle of life is half over. A man a liver and stomach ale twin maelimes that work together, either to make 01 unmake If thev work wrimu. (hey iteflete and poi-otl his llHd. Impure itid inipover. !hed blood mean sickness slid death. II they work riirhl. the, putll'v and enrich the blood. A man whose blood "ch and pure, and whose liver is active cannot well Ce unhctlthv. Headache., b.housne.s. in diucslion and coattveness. which men cn "Sly diareiird. are Nature', warning .1.,. ,1,. iin mechanism, stomach and liver i. working against. Instead 01 tot kirn tr Pierce's (io'.den Medical tbscov erv i. the bet medicine to u under tliene c7c ,m,tuce. It create, appetite, c.r rerta all disorder, of the durestion. invifr. r ate. the liver and fill. Ihe .rtcnes with rTch, d. healthy bl.Kd. A. nn inviyrat- Sfih malt c(.ets I fathj arral h nod maker and Besh hulbler It d..es not build "cklv flabi,v fat a. c.-i liver oil does, but the (frm, muscular tissue, of htalth Vitr tha hut n ne veara." writes iunm Miller or ll Mulberry Street. Ko,!.,.;. K.. hVve Wn er, vt I" ' fy Imi with a n.nnuiK aore l, I trl"l ra""V K of JllfCTen. mA sHnn. f",. S iSEli ihISwt- tirely cured I can now 00 a. jooa a Oa) wora "Sr. Pierea'a PleMa.1 PellcU Ibff opaattpattoa and btlioaaneaa. BE CAREFUL IN BREATHING. A I It THAT HAH I'ASKKU T( IKirOlI TI1K LllNdS IS Kt'I.L CK l.MI'I'ltE OASES AND I'lllSIINtltS WASTE KUBSTANCKS .vnit mi:st i.trri.B iiahies he KISSED II V ANY (INK. W hat is that everybody wants, says the conuindruni, usks for, everybody gives and nobody takes? And the answer is, Advice. Hut there is one class to whom this does not 11 1 ply, mid that is the noble army of mothers. They want advice, they ask for it, and they take it gladly. What shall we do for ihe children ? How shall we best care for the babies ? These are the great questions and near to every true woman's heart. To keep the baby well and tlrnug per haps the great essential is calm and deep sleep. If the little one rests well at tiight, its clioi.ce.H of health are always o.nud. The books say : Give the baby a cool Lath and put it In sleep by itself. Never li t a lili!c child miiain in bed at night wilh another person, not even its mother. That is what the books say, books written by men who know a good deal about babies, but not everything. Some of us have never been able to be lieve that this is quito right. The hu man mother is the only animal that puts its young away from it during the hours of darkness. Little chickens sleep un der their mother's wing. The cat and her kittens resolve thcnisclvi s into a furry mass lor their niolit's rest, aud all the animals of the forest are equally tender and near to their offspring. It must be remembered, howevar, that our huuible con-ins, the eat, the ben, the lioness, etc , are very sensible mothers, aud that by considering their ways we, too, may become wise and learn how and why we should have our little ones near us at nighl. In the first place, great care must he taken to secure air that is pure for the baby to breathe. It uiu.-t uot be con tamiuatid in any way, not even by ibe mother's breath. Air that has been drawn into the lungs and forced out again is full of p. iou. Nut ouly does it con tain impure gas 's as catbonic acid gas but a pernicious waste substance similar in quality to suake poison. Suffi cient quantities of these noxious mate rials will cause death, as in the liiack Hole ol Calcutta, or the crowded Scandi navian ballroom where merry inakirs danced in a low, unventilated space till they fell fainting and dying, their revels and their lite ending at the same time. These are extreme cases, yet uuseeu poi son lurks iu the breath of every oue poison iu minute quantities. So let the mothei turn her face away, keeping the baby within range of her comforting maternal hand, but out of reach of all naves ol exhaled air from her own lungs. A good place for a small infant at night is ou a hair pillow a little above the level of the mother's head, or perhaps down toward the luut of the bed. Thus it will be perceived that the old fashioned truudlc bid, though convenient, is not without danger. A baby sleep peacelully in a cub close to Its motlors ltd when it will toss with rest ess cries iu some distant part of the room. Children are but tractions ol tneir parents, and if ever they arc to become whole Lumbers they need all ihespiiitual aids that loving contact and (helroodin presence of the mother can give. Aside Iroin the normal poisons that ex ist in air breathed out from the lungs others may go with it that are especially injurious to the sensitive , lining of the uose, eye and mouth to what is called the mucous membrane. Little invisible particles may thus he absorbed by a sleep ing infant and its own mothei become source of daugir. Imperfect teeth, in- fcrior digestion, catarrhal conditions ol the air passages, and various infectious disorders destroy the purity of the breath and renders it lull of possible disaster le the highly sensitive, of whom infants art the chief. It is common to say thai oertaiu tliincfare nut contagious, and they arc Uot, nl.erc sunshine, free vn't latlon aud healthy children are. line 01 a I ol the (actors may be absent, and these simple condiiions of innocent dis ease may be passed on, forujiug just the right soil for more things, as diphtheria or scarlet fever, later. The burden ol the song in the little street game is the admonition forward. d to the gill who stands in the cenire by ber true love : "He sent vuu a message to turn back your head. And knowledge, who loves motheis best and always, goes more than half way to meet them, reiterates the wisdom of Green Basil. And bow about kissci? Are we not to kiss our own babies? No, dear mothers, not.when ihey are' very little and if you really love them. Kisses are for ohildhood and for all the other years of life. Children need kisses, millions o! them, and thousands of hugs and patlings and pettinga. But iufanta are too frail and tender, too easily poisoned, for such tempting demonstrations Pr. Louise Fiske Bryson, in New York World. IE! If, silting with his litlle, worn-out shoe And scarlet stocking lying on my knee, 1 knew the little feet had pattered through The pearl-set gales that lie 'twixt heaven and me, I could be reconciled, and happy too, And look with glad eyes toward the jasper sea. If, in the morning, when tho song of birds Reminds me of music far more sweet, I listen for his pretty, broken words And lor the music ol his dimpled led, I e mid be almost happy, though 1 heard No answer aud saw but his vacant seat. I could bo glad if, when the day is done And all its cares and away, heart aches laid to tho hidden I could look westward And with a heart full of sweet yearn ing say, "To-night I'm nearer my little one By just the travel of a single day." That Two Dollar Bill. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. NO WONDElt THE EIIITOR WAS STUNNED WITH SURPRISE. The journalist, having concluded his work of devil, piinter, bookkeeper, j ib printer, reporter, editor, press hand, mail ing clerk, collector, compositor and ad. solicitor for tho day, bad sat down to study out what string to pull to get enough money to meet a note of $14 38 coming due next Saturday, when a man he did not know came into the office and sal down without being asked to do so. For a minute he looked around the place and at the presiding spirit of it before he spoke. "Y'ou are," he said slowly, "the prepii- etor of this establishment, and it is a newspaper offlce?" It is," replied the wonderiug editor. And this is your product?" he said, balding up that week's issue. "A oewt- per ?" "Yes." ' The herald of a noisy world?" said the visitor dreamily. "Yes." "Tho million - filded multiple ol thouuht ?" "Yes." "The hasty record of tho world's af fair.-?" "Yes." "The moulder of public opinion?" "Yes," said ihe journalist, looking worried. "Man's daily doings done in ink?" "Yes." "The richest ticasure of the art pte- servalive ol arts.' "Yes." "The Archimedean lever that moves the universe?" Yes," and by this time the editor was getting rcidy to escape by the win dow. "And all for a dollar a year," said the visitor, still in that dieamy tone, as he let his soft blue eye fall over the page. "It's a blame shame," he went on, going down iuto his pocket, "here's two dollars, and I'll send you in a c nd ot wood and a bushel of apples and four gallons of ma ple syrup next week " Then he got np and went out without so much as saying "good bye" and the editor gazed stupidly at the two dollar bill on hiskuee. Washington Star. FOK OVUK t'la-'TV YEARS Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over filty years by millions of mothers for children, while teething, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy lor Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by druggistB in every part ol the world. -.) cents a botile. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins low's Soothing Syrup," and take no oth er kind Anna "They say 1 have my uioiher'i mouth and nose." Hannah "Well, your uioiher was luc'y lo get rid of em " Check. I i tirlppe HurrrsKfiill) Treated. "I have j ist recovered from ihe second attack of la grippe this year," says Mr. Jas A Jones, publisher of the Leader, Mexia, Texas. "In the latter case I use I Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and thiukwith cousithrahle success, only being in bed a little over two dsagain-t teu days for ihe former attack The second attack I am satisfi d would have been equally as bad as the fir t but for the use of this remedy as 1 had to go tubed in about six hours alter being struck' with it, while in the first case I was able to attend to ludnes about two days before getting 'down.' " For na'e by W. M Cohen Woldo-i J N Hrowu Halitai, Dr. A S. lUrritoii, Etiduld. DrugiMHt. How quickly a conscience afteer one slitch is dropped. Beantaa Bifnatira tf tin una ion saw mwars uoiigni II I could know those little feet were shod In sandals wrought of light in belter lands, And that the footprints of a tender God Han side by side with his in golden sands, I could bow cheerfully and kiss tho rod, Since Bonnie was iu wiser, safer hands If he were dead 1 would not sit to day And slain with tears tho wee sock on my knee; I would not kiss the tiny shoe and say, "Bring back my little boy to mc I" I would be patient, knowing 'twas God's way, Aud that Ilo'd lead me to him o'er death's silent sea. But, oh, to know the feet once puro and white Tho haunts of vice havo boldly ven tured in, The hands that should havo battled for tho right Had been wrung crimson in the clasp of sin I Aud should he knock at heaven's gate to-night I fear my boy could hardly cntei in. Tie Slips Mountain. HAWAII HASAN ILLUSION. I1EI.1EVED UV THE NATIVES TO HE THE SPIRITS OF DEAD WARRIORS. Mount Tantalus, just outside of Hono lulu, can be made to sin any song or run any score in the whole inusicial rep ertoire. The natives attribute it all to the ghosts of departed warriors, said to inhabit the fastnesses round about, but science has found the real explanation. The top of this mountain is voiced like a dreamland, and even the most staid na ture will thrill and be mystified by its sweetness and melancholy. It is at night time only when the plaintive and strange sounds are heard. At times they are loud and boisterous, like midnight revels, and again they soften iuto a complete wail. These voices, which moan and scream and sob about in the night, are believed by superstitious natives to be the spirits of the warriors whose mangled bodies lay at the foot of Pali. To destroy this pretty illusion is al most barbarous. Still, these sounds so levcreutly listened to by the Oabu natives can be caused by nothing more than the ocean breakers beating on the wind.nird shore, aud the plainiive cadence of the calmer, surf below, alternating wilh the angry and wilder scolding of the siorm above, echoing among the dales aud crags of the lofty mountain. Tho feeling as of the preseuce of human spirits about you can not be shaken olf, and the weird sono of terror as of human voices can not be hushed nor translated iuto their sounds by evcu a strong mind. Ou a dark night a sensitive and supeifluous mind could uot endure with comfort the hideous forebodings of the scene. Now, if two persons whose voices chord should si from one of the heights, it will be found that the mountain will catch up the song and take it from cliff to cliff, carrying it off into the distance in one direction, and bringing it hack iu another, until a per fect round is obtained. Then if the two singers suddenly cease their song, the mountain will go on singing it for quite a long time alter they are silent Satur day Evening Post. How tu Prevent I'lieuiuunia. Y'ou are perhaps aware that pneumo nia always results from a cold or from an attack of la grippe. During tho epidem ic of la grippe a few years ago when so many oasis resulted iu pneumonia, it was observed that the attack was never foil, wed by that disease when Chamber lain's Cough Remedy was used. It counteracts any teudeney of a cold or la grippe to result in that dangerous disease. It is the best remedy in the world for bad colds and la grippe. For .ale by W. M fohen Welil.m, J. N. Brwwn, Halifaa.Dr. A. S. Harrison, Eulleld, Druggists. Not yet: "At last we have a united country. "luittd! With Massachu setts and the Philippines at swords' points." Skin Diseases. Fe.r the speedy and permanent enre o! tetter, fait rheum and eciema. Chain- brrlaiu'a Eve nnd Skin Ointment is without an equal. It relieves the itch ing and smarting almost instantly and its continued use effects a permanent cure. It also cures irrh, barber a iron, scald bead, sore nipples, itching pilea, chnppeel hands, chronic Bore eyes and granulated nils. nr. radv's horses are the best tonic, blood pnrlrler and verojuuge. trice, ao cents. BeildDy For sale by W. M Cohen, WeMnll, J. N. Brown, Halifax, Dr. A S Harrison. Kr 'I HniiOjUU. SIMPLY A SMILE. Englishman What will you take ? Frenchman I will take a drop of re contradiction. Koglishman Contradieli.nl what on earth do you mean ? Frenchman Veil, you put in I" wliis key to make it strong, 1 1 water to make it weak, le lemon to make it sour, and sugar to make it sweet, Den you ay "Here 'ato you!" and ou talc it your-ell. That Fatal Gift Beauty. HOMELY GIRLS IN DEMAND A CII1CAHU MAN KAYS IT IS OUT OF PLACE IN A STORE. Is beauty an advantage or otherwise to a woman who has to work for a living? Ten years ago such a question would have been regarded as a joke, for in loose days beauty and lots of it was ihe innllo. But limes have changed, and, strange aud ina'ional us it may appear, good looks are not only at a discount in the modern business world, hut positive ugli ness is enjoyed as a boon. Nowadays the "fatal gill of beamy" is pailicularly fatal to a job. "Yes, sir, there is a growing prejudice against employing very handsome wo men," said a big retailer. "It's no joke, and there's no sentiment about it; it's just a coiei-drawn matter ol business. I don t care how competent a stiikingly handsome woman may be, or how discreet and quiet and industrious she is all the same she's bound to detuoralizj the force. She uiaki s the women jealous aud the uieu abseut-uiiuded, and it tells on their work. Of course she can't help it, but that's no aiTair of mine." "I've made a study of the subject," he contiuued, "and I know what I'm talk ing about. A real beauty iu a store will reduce the working capacity of its em ployes about li(J per cent. If she hap pens to be a very unusual type a blonde, for iustanee, with dark eyes the reduc tion will be fully 25 per cent. Suppose the payroll is 8750 a week, you'd have to make au entry every Saturday like this: "To depreciation on account of blonde (daik eyes) 8187 5U." That's enough to break Vanderbill, "I'm talking from experience. We had a young lady clerk here once who had everything iu the world to recom mend her except homeliness. She was beautiful, poor child, and, what made it worse, she had that hopeless, ineradica ble kind of beauty (hat one doesn't out grow, like warts or freckles, and is al ways the same, no matter what happens. I believe that girl could have fa'le i into a hogshead of black molasses aud come out still radiantly lovely. "Well, she went to work, and I never had a bettor or more faithful employe but the deadly deuioraliniliou began to spread the minute she stepped behind the counter. Everybody felt it. The book-keeper was a surly Scotchman, and about as emotional as a fried oyster. In less than a week he was raising a mus tache aud making at least forty errors a day on his ledger. The correspoudeuce clerk started half his letters 'Dear Annie,' instead of 'Dear Sir,' aud the cashier was short every night through trying to make change with one eye on the lady. And that wasu't all, The floorwalker and head salesmau became rivals in their minds, because she never as much as looked at cither one of them and had it out while the store was full of custom- They spattered goro all over the ribbou department aud finally rolled through au opeu hatchway aud were both laid up for a mouth. And now, by licorgc, I hey ure threatening me with a damage suit. "I am e,nly mentioning a few of the worst cases. 1 thought iho head porter would escape because he was such a di.-a greeable old rascal, and besi les he had a family as big as a kindergarten but Ii didn't. He primed himself up uutil he looked like a shaved ape, and when he rcaliz d that he wasn't in the ruuniug he got even by beating his wife. She had him arrested, and meanwhile the eleva tor man nearly murdered several of our best patrous by stopping between floors to feast his eyes on the charmer. By that time I thought the thing had gone about far enough, and I let the girl go. I advised her lo get a job in a telephone exchange, where folks couldn't sic her." "But I thought haudsome clerks were considered valuable for drawing custom ers?"said the reporter. "That used to be the theory, but it ex d d. Years ago a big Chicago con- lecttouery shop became laiuous all over the coutiliy for its beautiful sales ladies The result of the experiment Was this The place lost all it. women customers aod the trade of the men proved worth A young chappio would drop in buy a slick of gum lor a cent, and talk lor tliree hours at a stretch. At last the proprietor discharged the whole force aud engaged a lot of the homlicst women in Illinois, cross-eved prefened. After that he made a fortune. And so it goes. I could cite you a hundred cases, but you can say confidently that pretty women very pretty women, I mean are at great disadvantage in business. It's next to impossibility for one to get a job. The homely girls have the call. Chicago Inter Ocean. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind Yea Have Always Bough Bears the Signature of TEACHING THE LESSON. IUS INTENTIONS WERE GOOD, HUT TUE ENDING WAS UNEXPECTED. Mrs. Baneks was going to the city, which was distant an hour's ride from j her suburban home. Mr. Baneks, who was going out for a run on his wheel, and who knows it all, was laying down the law to her iu his usual vigorous style. "Whatever you do or don't do, Mary, don't carry your pocket book in your hand," he said. -.J "Where shall I carry it?" asked his wife. "You don't expect me to carry it in my mouth like a Newfoundland, do you?" "Carry it iu your pocket. What are pocketB for, I should like to know?" "Pockets aro out of date' The dress makers will not put them io dresses any more." "Well, iMary, you'll lose your train. Be sure to get home before dark. It is not safe for women to be out in the even ing now. Some of these fine nights you'll bo held up." "I'm not afraid," answered Mrs. Baneks' "If people go along and attend to their own affairs, nothing will happen to them." "Don't you believe it!" said Mr. Baneks emphatically. "Not being afraid isn't going to save you from robbers and hold ups. I am not afraid, but I shouldn't like to cross that viaduct that you must pass on your way home not after dark, I wouldn't, Having done his best to rattle Mrs. Baneks her husbaud rode off on bis wheel, iutetiding to go iu an opposite di rection from that which his wife took on tho cars, when a sudden idea developed in his fertile brain, "It will teach her a lesson and show her that I am always right. I won't frighten her too much just enough; then I will reveal mv identity. I'll do it!" With that he rode off wilh a leisurely ill, for he had plenty of time to catch Mrs. Baneks on her re'turn. That good womau had made her visit to a friend on the South Side of the city, and was hurrying to reach her own train by taking a short cut across the viaduct. It crlainly did look dark and forbidding, but she grasped her umbrella with a de termination to sell her life as dearly as possible. Besides, she had crossed there many times and nothing had ever pened before. She stepped in under the traffic of the cars and was picking her way through posts of solid masonry when hand fell on her shoulder and a voice hissed iu her car: "Besileni! S-t-ts-ts-tl lour money or your life !" "Not if I know it," answered the brave little woman, and there was a scrimmage that lasted for several seconds, and then she emerged from the viaduct with broken and battered umbrella, a sprained thumb and with all her valuables in her possession. Sho was at home, peacefully composed, when her husband made his appearance. looking like a prize fighter who bad been worsted and limping painfully. John Baneks, what in the world has happeded to you?" ' B i-c-v-e-l-e a-c-c-i-d-e-n-t," said Mr. Banks slowly, throwiog a dilapidated bat the table. "You poor, dear fellow! Why, your faco is all scratched and torn, aod your clothes are ruined!" "Never mind my clothes-. I am thank ful I escaped wilh my life," said her hus band, as he limped to a chair. "Well, we've had a chapter of ucci en's," said Mrs. Baneks. "I was held up just as you said I would be." "Ha! How singular! But it appears that you were not bun?" No, but the other fellow was. I shouldn't be surprised if he died from the effect of the healing I gave hiir. Wouldn't it be dreadful? I ruined my umbrella, but then I saved my pockol book." "Much money in it?" asked her bur- band, trying to look as if he was inter csted. "Uniy my cir fare, but I eeedtd lb!." Chicago Times-Herald. Nothing is lost when a candle burns. If the smoke aud invisible vapours be collected and weighed, it would be found that they would weigh rather more than the whole of the original cm die weighed before a match was applied to it the extra matter being derived from the oxygen of the air. Cole Is nro rasily taken and often de velop into bronchitisor consumption, ifou aliould cure aeold promptly with Pr. John W. 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