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Mrs. Barton's Bonnet By M. QUAD Copyright, 1913. by Associated Ut ei kry Preea. one day, years and years ago, an im portant event took place in the lit of Mrs. Moses Barton, residing In a New England village. In tbe days of Mrs. Barton tbe wom en of tbe land, from high to low, won bonnets. Mrs. Barton's bonnet, at tbe time tbe important event happened, was seven years old. It bad gone through many trials and tribulations and bad become almost a wreck at last. Tbe good little woman must have a new one, and she sighed at the thought Moses was a man wbo hung on to his pennies to the last The campaign must be got under way, however, and when he came In to rest his back from hoeing in the garden she trembingly said: "Moses, I have been looking at mj old bonnet" "Why do you call it old?" he asked. "Because it's seven yean old." "Well, Isn't my Sunday bat nigh fif teen?" "Bat other women are getting new bonnets," she mildly protested. "But you have got nothing to do with other women's souls. If they bad rather have new bonnets than go to heaven when they die, that's for them to say. Von can have 2 hil lings to buy some new ribbons to trim with, but it must stop there for two or three years longer." That settled it There were tears, but no mutiny. Next day the important event took place. Moses wouldn't give up the price because he was stingy. If the wife could get $4 or $5 some other way he would probably not object to her investing it in a bounet. Could she wash and iron tor a neighbor? Could she make a new rag carpet for some of them? She was scheming away when the matter was settled for her. Moses was going away for week to visit a relative, and she would go to tbe big huckleberry marsh and pick and sell berries. Providence ought to feel very tender toward a woman with a seven-year-old bonnet and it surely did in i his case. Mrs. Barton arrived at the marsh, but hadu't picked a berry yet when she came upon a horse bogged in tbe swamp. It belonged to a village mer chant and was a fine aud valuable anl mal. The thing to do was to throw away the pail and make tracks and notify the owner of the helpless horse That's just what Mrs. Barton did, and a lot of men went to tbe swamp and pulled the animal out. Of course the owner was very grate ful. He knew that a neighbor would not take money as a reward, and he asked his wife what could be done. "Why, you can present Mrs. Barton with a new bonnet," was the reply. "I happen to know that her present one is seven years old and that her husband thinks it ought to last seven more." The merchant kept a general store, which Included even millinery, and the wife selected an eight dollar bonnet and carried it over. There were thanks and tears in returu. Mrs. Barton coald hardly contain herself until her hus band reached home. She "iml the bos net on when he entered the bouse. "Take it off!" he growled after one glance. "But it was a present to me." "Then give It right backr' The wife told him the story of the bogged bom. but be insisted that an eight dollar bonnet was an invention of Satan and could not be allowed Is the bouse. Then something almost miraculous happened. Tbe little an humble Mrs. Barton stood right uj before her husband and said: "I shall keep the new bonnet s therer "Maryr "I shall -I shall -I shall!" "Ton will take It back to Mr. Brown and tell him you had rather hare $2 in money." "1 never will!" Then I will leave tbe bo user Despite tbe threat she refused t obey, and he went to tbe house of sister to pass the night That sister didn't have an eight dollar bonnet and she didn't want her sister-in-law crowing over her. and so sbe naturally braced the husband up to carry bU point Almost before breskfast next morn ing It was known all over the vlllsg that Mr. and Mrs. Barton bad quarrel ed about her new bonnet and separat ed. Tbe wives naturally said: "Why, tbe old curmudgeon! DM yos ever boar of the Mket" And the husbands naturally said: "Barton has done perfectly right These seven and eight dollar bonnets are bringing ruin upon the country!" Before the son went down that even lng the villagers wer divided into twe factions and taking things very seri ously. Tbe row was still on and hotter than 'Jljsw when Mr. Barton felt Into the viver and was rescued In a half drown ed condition. Among those who called to see him after the water had bees pumped oat was bis parson. "Parson, do you think I'm la th wrongr asked the revived "1 surely do." "Where was I wrong T" "In not spending tbe same amount 4 Sssnsy on new clothes for yourself t aisteh tbe bonnet" Two day later tbe row was at as end and everybody shaking hands ss4 sorrowing or trading tea and coffee. DQAflrm DHUUlH jfor hi lotsi Ctftdks, Apples, I Oranges, Plain and Fruit 0 K Cake. Phone 162 I f pn m sk Best Treatment for A Burn. If far so other reason, Chamberlain's Salve should be kept m every household on account of its great value ia the tttsetaaent of burns. It allays the pain alaaeet instantly, and unless the injury it a severe one, heals the parts without lea viae a scar. This salve is also uaeoualed for chapped hands, sore nipples and diseases of the skin. Price 21 cents. For sale by aH dealers Adv.) Fer political indigestion just try one f these party harmony dinners. Croup and Cough Remedy. Croup is a terrible disease, it attack hjldren so suddenly they are very apt to choke unless given the proper remedy at once.There is nothing better in the world than Dr. King's' New Discovery. Lewis Chamberlain, of Manchester, Ohio, writes about his children: "Sometimes ia severe attacks we were afraid they would die, but since we proved what a certain remedy Dr. King's New Biscovery is, we have to fear. We rely aa it for croup, coughs and colds," So can you. 50c. and $1.00. A bottle should be in every home. 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If you are constipated jf your entire system is poisoned by the waste matter kept in the body seriousresults often follow. Use Dr. King's New Life Pills and you will soon get rid of constipation, headacheand other troubles. 25c. at Druggists, or by mail. H. E. ''Bucklen & Co., Phlla. & St. Louis. The excuse given for the stealing of the "Mona Liza" sounds about as good as that some girls give for running away. D- Hobson's Ointment Heals Itchy Eczema. The constantly itching, burning sensa tion and other disagreeable forms of ecze ma, tetter, salt rheum and skin erup tions promptly cured by Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment. Geo. W. I'itrh of Mendota, III., says: "I purchased a box of Dr. Hobson's EczcmaOint ment. Have had Eczema ever since the Civil War, have been treated by many doctors, none have given the benefit that one box of Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment has." Every sufferer should Sry it. We're so positive it will help you we guarantee it or money refunded. At all druggists or by mail, 50c. Pfeiffer Chemical Co., Philadelphia and4St. Louis. The bright boy is already picking out the longest stocking. Mother Of Eighteen Children. "I am the mother of eighteen children and have the p aise of doing more work than any young woman in my town," writes Mr. C. . Martin, Boone Mill, Va. "I suffered for five years with stomach trouble and could not eat as much as a biscuit without suffer ing. I have taken three bottles of Cham berlain's Tablets and am now a well woman and weigh 168 pounds. I can eat anything I want te, and as much as I want and feel bet er than I have any time in ten years. I refer to IK one in Boone Mill or vicinity and i ry will vouch for what 1 say." Chain ' Tlain's Tablets art! (or sale by all ; tiers (Adv.) The stocking follows the flag. Shopping weather all the while No cold storage brand of Christ' au trees. Yon Need a General Tonic Take O rove's The Old Standard 'Gror-'s Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the wall known tocic properties of Ot J I N I N E and IRON. It acta on the Liver, Drives ant Malaria, Enriches the Blood snd Ootids Bp the who's ivstata. SO cents. Sectric Bitters m law n i. j Made A Ran Of Him. om pain ia my back." wri tea if. T ALL lOftCS. 1 AM fflS SLAVT SAYS' ATTORNEYS AFFINITY "All That Is Mine Belongs To Him" Reads Document Found By Daughter Of Dead Lawyer-Expected To Die First Miss Branch Declares Monticcllo, N. Y., Dec. 27. Miss Adelaide M. Branch.who, was the affinity' of former Ditrict-Attorney Mel vin H. Couch, secreted herself for three years in a closet-like room in the rear of Couch's law office in the Ma sonic Temple, willed to him all her little property. The document written by the woman which was found this afternoon by the lawyer's daughter, Miss Louise Couch, who since her father's sudden deith last Sunday morning has taken charge of his affairs, revealed that the lawyer so completely deminated his captive th it she was willing to give her life for him. Miss Branch hoped that her death would come before that of her "master" She believed that, although he was sixty five years old and she was twenty-five years his junior, his remarkable vitality would give him at least twenty years more of life. "Met, at his age, was stronger than the average man of tfeir'v years," Miss Branch told Dr. Johi i . Curlette. "I never dreamed that his heart had weak ened so as to cause instant death. It is true that he complained of not feeling (uite well the night before he died, but he seemed as strong as ever when he returned from the room of John II Smith, who lived in the Temple. The determination to bequeath her propcrtv, which, so far as is known, consists of mortgages aggregating Sf42, th.-ee suits of clothes and a few books, was reached just before Miss Branch left Couch's room last July to seek for a few days the companionship of a woman in Ellrnville, X. Y. "I loved him all through and to him rightfully belongs everything 1 possess in this world," Miss Branch wrote in her will, according to Sheriff Kinnie, who took possession of the document. "I only wish that I had more than 1 possess to give to him. I am his slave and what is mine belongs to him." Sheriff Kinnie declined to make public- the entire contents of the will, but M Look for tbe Heater with the TRIANGLE Deaere jBsrlj said Miss Brauch designated enn lebpl of her clothing, as well as the mort gages in the paper, which did not heir the names of witnesses. Miss Louise Couch spent most of the day rummaging through papers in her father's private safe. She came upon the will when she accidentally upset a letter file. Miss Couch failed to find a will signed by her father, but she is confident his legal widow will have no trouble in ob taining possession of his p operty, which amounts to less than $5,000, ac cording to the family's estimate. "Mel never spoke to me about a will and I made this one eagerly because I loved Mel and wanted to leave him something in case I should die when he had become an old man," Miss Branch said to the Sheriff today. "Mel fas cinated me more than any person can imagine, His presence was the joy of my existence. All I desire now is to be left alone with my grief and to get away from the prying public, which can not realize how much I have loved and lost." Miss Branch's only joy was the e 'turu, of a photograph of ('ouch which had-been taken from her effects in the attorney's office. Mrs. Couch got possession of it and refused to give it up, but Miss Branch pleaded and threatened, and late this afternoon Mrs. Couch sent the picture to her. "It is the only thing I care for on earth," Miss Branch said tonight. "It is the best Christmas present I could have received." Sheriff Kinuie's wife who has been in almost constant attention on the woman, told Miss Branch that she might expect her brother Herbert to vis'it her tomorrow. Branch, who is postmaster of Hart wick, N. Y., a village near Cooperstown, notified the Sheriff todav that while he would come to the aid of h;s sister, he will not make a home for her. - J tit REWICKING Made Easy EASY wicking is only one of the many improvements that make the new Perfection Oil Heater (Triangle trade mark) superior to any oil heater ever made before. Wick and carrier are in one. Just turn up the old wide, slip it out and drop another in place. 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In the Woman's Home Companion appears an article entitled "Littlo Courtesies of Social Life," In the course of which the author mentions aa follows, a few people who make nuisances of thefmselves: "Other discourtesies yon meet Is private as well as in public. Do we not all knew the man or woman whe takes up a book or paper and reads while others in the circle are talking T Do we not meet every day the persons who discuss together people and places and things they know and we don't? Does any one of us escape the trial of the interrupted who breaks in upon oar best story with an irrelevant re mark, or who snaps our most telling argument in two to Interject com ment, humorous or otherwise? Or of the chronic story-teller who can hard ly wait for the conclusion of our anec dote because ot his eagerness to cap it with one he believes better? We have all met just such , people who have done these very things, thought lessly, no doubt, but not the less un pleasant for that reason. "These and many others are always with us, and all are guilty ot discour tesy snd genuine bad breeding. The only way to eliminate them and their breaches of manners Is by individual effort with our families, our friends and ourselves." IS WORLD'S LARGEST LATHE Immense Piece of Machinery Turned Out for Use of United States Government. Those who live Inland, and, fn fact, all who are not fairly familiar with the large guns used for sea coast de tense, can hardly appreciate the huge sire ot lathe necessary to turn and bore them. The lathe being designed and btrnt by the United States Naval Oun shop at Washington, D. C, by the Niles-Bement-Bond company, at the Bement works, is the largest made. The lathe is so long that the prepara tions for its installation Include the construction of a tunnel extending out under a highway, as there was not room for It between the walls ot the shop. The lathe bed Itself Is 175 feet long and Is made in five sections, but the total over-all length. Including projec tions at the end of the bed, brings it up to 186 feet The main portion of the bed on which the oarriages travel has three broad shears, the total width being 108 inches, or 9 feet, and the length 103 feet The rest of the bed extends under what is called the boring bench, which has two shears. The total width of this Is 62 inches and the length 75 feet The weight of the machine complete with electri cal equipment Is 800,000 pounds, or 400 tons- American Machinist Children's Valuable Find. A. group of children playing in a plantation at Stoneclough, near Bol ton, turned up a sod and uncovered what they thought was a valueless medal. They found others in the same way, and played at keeping shop with them. The coins were sover atgn pieces of the early part of Queen netorla's reign the latest was dated 1851 and the report getting about people hurried flocked to the planta tion in search for more. A party ot colliers even deprived the children of theirs with the tale that they were going to give them to the police. Al together, it is thought about fifty were collected, but the police, who when they heard of ft went round the district collecting the coins, only re gained about thirty of them. The ex planation given is that in the early sixties of last century a Bolton man ufacturer was robbed on the highway not far from the toll-bar which used to exist hereabouts. But as, accord ing to local history, the highwayman got clear away and was never traced. It la difficult to imagine why he should have troubled to bury the money. Love-Waking Over the 'Phone, Letter writing love-letter writing has degenerated Into a despised neces sity to be made use of when one is without the sons either geographical or financial of the telephone, local or long distance. A fluttering "Hello4 traveling over hundreds of miles ol wire now produces more ecstasy in the manly breast than did the old-fash ioned scented note, written on pink paper and filled with pressed forget me-nots snd heartsease. And the maidenly heart, too, li stirred more quickly by the thought that somebody cared enough about her to spend $6 on a telephone call from the ends of the world than It Is by the sight of a pile of letters two Inches high. There U no use bewailing this sad state of affairs. Doubtless Cupid can balance on a wire as well as he can hide In a scented envelope. Hoods of the Colleges. "If 70a have taken a degree la di vinity at Oxford," 70a are entitled ta veer s red hood.' The speaker was Ethelbert Red, the Dnluth psychologist He continued: "Wearing a red hood myself. 1 take a natural Interest In hood stories There Is one about a man who com plained to his bishop that Bo-and 80, though not of Oxford, was wearing s Duster's hood. " And I eall it, bishop.' said the com pialnant bitterly, 'wearing a lie on his seek.' " 'Oh, don't nse so strong a word ai 'hat," said the bishop. 'Just call U s false hood.'" Diarrhoea Quickly Cured. "I was taken with diarrhoea and Mr Vorki, the merchant bare, persaadrd ...e te try s bot Je of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Alt-, taking one dose of It I was cured. It also cored others that I gave it to." writes M K. Ceohart, Orlols, Pa. That is not at all unusual. An ordlSary attack of diarrhoea can almost invariably be cored by one or two doses of this The Standard Shoe Co. New Bern, N. 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