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THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER, v
To the home of hij father returning, '
The prodigal weaiy and worn, ,
created witji Jcy and thanksgiving,
A when on tin first natal morn;
A "rohe" and , "ring" 1a his portion,
Tba servant as suppliants bow,
tie la Clad in fine linen and purple,
In return for his penitent vow.
But ahl for tibejrocligal Daughter,
Who has wanaered away from her home,
nereetianW8n j ressthc dark valley,
And through the wild wilderness roam,
Alone, OB)fie Weak, barren mountains
f The, mountains so dreary and cold
Holland is outstretched in fond pity
Tojreloome her back to the fold.
But thanks to the Shepherd whose mercy
i Still follows Bis sheep, though they
( stray,
The weakest, and e'en the forsaken,
: v He beans in His bosom ulwuv;
. And In- the bright mansions of glory,
Which the blood of His sacrifice won,
There it room for the Pbodigal Daugh-
nn
As well as the Prodigal So.
,r:MifATIENCK.
A THASKSGIVISG STOBV,
't From the boar when, ou a lile'ak
, '' November morning, the poor wan
' had first looked on the woild wiib
her great, patheio eye, she bad
' been sorrow's child. Just a bei
-; ' eye opened, and a feell wail roet-
from her lips, her mother's eyes
'dosed forever,. while her expiring
breath left a flattering kin the
first and last on the infant' p
. cheek.
With the final flicker of life hlie
bad clasped the little nn'e ot
' ' humanity, wrapped in an old hb.iwl
.totter oold breasi; and there, an
hoar later, she wan found, having
'irailed herself to sleep ou her dead
'.-' mother's still heart.
..... , ' "My patieu1!" exclaimed Matron
' Jofief, of the county pour-b"ni-e, an
she paid a visit to the wood Iiounm
.' tojnspect the store o( fael con
: tained in it. "it thin aint a mbf for
a Christian! and the first thing on
fftaoksgmng Day, too! Here, you
Caleb, has the doctor (implied
f looking at the cbild wi'h the
' meaelesf Xs1 Well, tell, him to
come here, then."
ut it needed no dotor tj tel
' that the youug moilier wan dea l;
"'.- sod, as the infant r ow avrule, an l
uttered load protest agaiust o'id
' nd banger, iu needed no doctor to
' tell that she was very much alive.
- Mrs. Jones was not a very gentle
oraatnre. but even her cold bosom
t' 4m.lt a thrrih f iurv ami i-.,ri-liliir
"' up the wailing buudle, elm liuri i.-o
' With it into the boui-e; wuile the
dootor, somewhat nudem (1 i
" many harsh experiences, gve di.
' recjtions in regaid to ihe (lead bod.
Stretched oat ou the frozau ground.
Y r i . 11 . . i r ,i
it .was biddeu away in a roiijjh fun-
uoffin, and buried six feet uud. r-
ground in the I'ottet's Field. The
' little new atom ot 1 fo th.ir. i-,ujjI t
. Its place had been bathed, diewned,
fed, and curi8'nni1; and ti.iiifjii
Y small and pauy, it had evide..iiy
uome to Stay. It slept and cun-
Homed nnnnuiio red bottle ot w uui
milk, and thrived and iew; und n
i . u . . ,i i.w ... ; ...
' . BO trouble at all," wbi lo ilm li.-,.d-
'' nnse said, '-Poor lit t lo mite of
; misery, she's goiu' to live, lj .nl
. help her; an' she's well-named."
T 4. ' nnrr nun rnniicrnr. ni ii j ikr
.Thankful'' at first, bin iUnon
Jones disposed ot that nanw with
jieer.
i "Mach she's k t to b- i'i nikM
for, or ever will nave," sh i -1
tllaif d, tossing her head in its
temple cap. "l tu i eM be a kind o'
. Bsveasm in that nane, 1 k'""-.
0(,"my patience! Wh-r - w.r!il
, this is any how!"
.... ivUatron Jonei was co.iiina.il:
flailing on her patieiiec. ;iinl
perhaps, that was why so ntilo
Jtfftj Bot on this occasion it sup.
piled the nurse with a hpi
""inspiration; lor nho immediately
. echoed the word.
tPatience! The veiy name.
. Poor young on! She'll need to b ve
... patuihee in this world; and, ier
, hapt hearing it called alter her all
tks time, may teach it to grow up
is her heart."
' And so Patience the clnM was
' '' &)ted. Not Patienoe Siuith, or
Jones, or Brown; but simply J'.i-
tie see, and nothing more.
' At the atte ol twelve, a firmer'
Wife took Patience to be a lilt!.'
household slave; and tor eitfht years
She did the woik of a woman whiln
She, was yet a ohild. One day a
, ODnoltbe family, who had be n
- sway in China for several years, re
turned suddenly, and announced it
Vx.be his intention to leave off rov-
' . Iqg and stay at home. Patieuce
had been there wben be wvnt away
ndhe had wept bitterly when he
' , kissed ber "good bye," for his had
. been the one face in t he world tht
always wore a smile when it looked
" at her; abe was there, Irn. wheo he
returned. But to Will uler it
l 'VH another and a wonderiul crea
' tore that looked at him ont of the
.wyd-open, deep blue eyes that lit
op the face of Patience.
The half-starved, pinched littlt;
orestnre, who seemed never to
have had enough to eat; whose
dresses were always too short;
whose thin, lank hands and wrists
stack out of ber skimp sleeves a if
they begged for a little more cloth
to cover them, was now a tall.
Blender, gracefal woman; pale even
yet, for tht was natural in her,
.bat . with s flush of healrh-ro-e
cheek and a crimson brightness on
ber warm, sweet month. Her dress
f.ted her like a glove, and it war
itber too long nor too short, tier;
ids looked email and elegant
r the pretty rnffle that fell over
. !Iur hair was smooth and
shining as satin. . And sometimes
she even laughed, and a rippling,
joyous sound it waslike mnsio to
properly appreciative ears. She
smiled often; as indeed, she ought,
thooght Will Zinglet; for it would
have been just wicked to hide such
pretty, snow-white teeth,-
The fact was, the period for
which Patience had been "bound
out" had expired soma time ago;
and the Ztnglers, knowing well
what a treasure they had in this
girt, were glad enough to engage
her services at good wages Pa
tience was her own mistress and
quite independent, when Will
Z ngler relumed from China. Will
bad been over half the- world, and
bd sven many thousaud girls, but
tut speedily concluded that he had
never yet seen one to compare with
Patieuci; and ho took the first
favorable opportunity of telling
her so.
The old people were furions.
Their sou as oil to, quiet, and
determined, lhey stormed and
ravt d. He married Patienoe. For
o le bbort enr the poor girl was
happj; every minute ot the time she
was happy. And iu the daikest
and sadd--st ot nil the darL days
lii.it followed, the memory of that
;nef ptriod of perfect happiness
tc.nld send a 'hull of joy through
Utr heart.
At the cud ol thai happy year
the rovina disposit ion that was
boru iu the sailor's blood burt oat
on a sudden; and iigaiu he left
home for a cruise to some far coun
try. Old Mis Ziuglcr loved lies
son with a je iltim, passionate love,
but she seemed positively glad to
to see him go it gave such pain to
his wretched wile. The girl s heart
was cru-hed her joyous laugh was
heard no more; and, it she Mulled,
in wai a mule sadder than tears
She mourned, and there was none
;o o-.mifort uei; she laded diy by
day, and thought she whs going to
die Ht times sue even hoped so.
Hue then came a iy greater than
any she had ever known, for tier
baby looked u,i at her wan ill s
dark e '. with Will's bright
Mink; and to the happy mother,
U. aven seemed mirrond in his
lace. lie was her joy. her comfort,
he:' promise ol a happy future.
For his suke she lived; aud began
to count the d-ns till bin father
would returu and find his treasure
waiting for him! Bat, one day an ill
wind o. origin, l he tidings tbivt Will
Zlniilei's vessel was lost, in the
iDili.m U.vau, with all on board:
and rho lutle mother fell to the
floor, white-, uuconscious, as if that
- iiu-l woid had been a pistol shot
iiuu-il at. her heart. No kind hand
raised her hen!; no pitying vcice
whisjieied hope or comfort in her
e.r. She lay there till the oryiug
.filer little naby reached her heart
tniJ called back ltd flattering beats,
aud then, as ihe roused to that
sound, and crawled over to the
cradle, she bt-nt her stricken face
town over the weeping infant.
.M-rcii'iil tear. ctmo to tier, and
oi'iigl.-d with the bil's teir!-; 'f
i:'(le velvet hand waud-rcd over
her c.l l cheek, and between her
so.'m -lie murmured:
A .d I mast not even die my
d.iliug, ior, how could 1 leave yon
iu t!i h cru'-l woild, alone?"
Tijat is the one thought that I
k'-pt Pa: iei ice here; and witn many
.iji'aer for help, she took up the
iU!(1-,i i;l hto aaln.
li inlrr thau ever, heavier than
e ir h!i- eoiin toinid I ; lor Will's
frtl'i"--and uju'iii r vm c mine than
unkind now lhey weie po.sUivvly
ciicl. They tjiaJged her the food
she a'.e the cud ol milk she fed to
their own t-onN child; and had it
not been for the baby, Pa
ieiici would have died rather than
e tt t'.e rudgel food that almost
clioke.l ber tOewallow. Half uiad
t'l'j grid that eiiragcil, bit
i o'.iht -jo gentle resignation, old
Mrs, Zn!gler accu.-ed the poor girl
ol being the cause of Will's death
"lie would have stayed at home
out for yen." said the vindictive old
woman. "Ho was tiied of yoa, and
that was why he rau away again
t. gel rid of y u to get away from
viiir white face and staring eyes!
Who wouldn't run away from yoaf
Ugh! I hate the sight of you I Go!
go! Tafce yonr brat and go! The
right of you is poison to me, for
only for you my sou would be here,
alive aud well ! lie came to stay,
nl you, you drove him away! Yes,
ho has grown to hate the sight of
nii. as 1 do as every one does!
Un!"
Patience knew that those wild
words were but. the angry ravings
of a jealous mother, who could not
lorgue the girl who had taken away
her son's heart ; but, they tint her
like sharp knives, aud goaded her
'o answer back, that she would go,
and uever return. This was what
old Mrs. Zmgler wanted The S'ght
of the girl's, sweet, pale fice was
worse than a death's head in her
night; and ber noomg voice singing
luila'iys to the child was as the
howling of wolves iu ber ears.
Greedily she watched the prepara
tions of Patience for leaving the
home, and wfrh triumph she pro
claim t-d to the old man that their
b ued daughter-in-law wai about to
1 hvm them at last."
"You hain't druv the gal out of
the hous.-l'' asked the old man,
who was not an active antagonist
of Patience, though he dared not
oppose his wife ; and, indeed, did
not much care either way whether
Patience went or stayed,
"She's oiu' of her own free will,"
snapped tbe old woman in return;
"but If she wa'n't agoiu' I'd soon
show ber the way."
Out Patienoe did not go that
night, as she had intended. Little
Will bad been siting and fretful for
some days, and belore nightlalljils
burning hand and crimson" skin
had told his mother that be had
fallen a victim to eoailet fever, for
tbe terrible scourge had floated pn
the air from the distant city, where
it was raging lu an epidemic form.'
It was a very mild attack, the
dootor told Patieuce; but it was
simply impossible to remove the
child until be had quite recovered
from it; and without a word
Patienoe .ceased ber preparations
for leaving the house, and told her
mother-in-law that it would not be
possible for ber to go now for at veral
weeks.
"Not a goin't" scrtamed the old
woman. "An' goiu' to have us all
down with scarletine! Bat go you
shall, though ! Au' I'll let yoa know
this bouse aint a hospital for yon
or your yjung un.'
"I shall not to," returned Pa
tience, quietly, "now, nor any time,
until I please. My home is here 80
long as 1 choose to stay. The law
and humanity both sniaia me if I
decide to remain. If you date at
tempt the cruelty o." i. l.1. 0 of
i forcing me io leave your l iiie, I
will tuiik-'iiin whole ite'ghh.'i hood
ring wil h I he stoi y of snc'i in ill alll v.
Now leave tin loom."
If one of litr own nous, or mm ol
the litil lambkins ont in the field
had Mimed 01 Mrs Z nuh'i, whec
She ilnvi g it lu In! t r night,
that hardt-tiei! o'd woat 111 could uot
have Im;i m "dunr. -tai k " as
she , i-v.'iii. ,i hft ,n:ii'.i 1. ,, i hen
tell:: r I Ml b.llr.t. ill! Ut
ter. d im .! il then sLie ; .ddu't
ud b.i'.-k;ig ' lit ol the r-min, Pa
tience clo.-.-ii ..ud locked rl.e duor
uon her.
For dajH and nights Patience -at
neside her child's li ilo cot. The
doctor came every d,v and the
kind man, trembling ai his 011
Uaiing, tapp; d at the ooor u.orning
and evening In hi itic fund ami drink
to Pa'ieuce, and to m-k if h-; could
do iii viiiic,' lor her. Kxci-pt i'-r
ihese visitors siio was left, quit
aloae- Old Mrs. Zing!er h id caused
her bed to b3 removed to the nam
aud there tbe aud the old man lived
now ; except that the ol 1 woman
recurued to the house to cook their
meal.s, but all thtt they ate she
carried out to the b iru witii bet
own hands, while s'.ie spread iar
and wide tiie repot t that, her
daught'T-iu-law had turneu t.heui
from the luiils.:- a report at which
the neighbors smiled, aim gne-sed
"it was too good to he tnir-.''
The crisis 111 the fever had come
and gone, ai.d the doc, or iiad said
that little Will would live. Tne
baby lay sl;e;iiu calmly, tiie
natural dew of perrpiratlou on his
brow, and his cool hand clasped
within his mother's ; for ehc had
dropped a-iei-p inside him, well
knowing that bis libtos; move
ment would wake her. As she lay
there in the sweet unconsciousness
of slumber, her pale face looked as
innocent aud peaceful as the child's.
A smile played around the pretty
mouth, and gentle words came
fluttering betwecu the pink lips ;
"I knew you would come back to
me, ill. lint lor t!: it I could uol
liave lived, dear, i.mI : v. tr baby.
Ball knew 1 felt, in my Utart aud
soul that Uud would send ou
back to me: and now you have
come, my own my own !''
Aud softly us the words were
spoken, the great blue ejes of Pa
tience opened, and she sa: up and
looked around . The silence and
erntiness ot the room did uot bring
desolation to her heart ; the voice
of ber husband seemed to sound iu
her ears; she still saw the face that
had smiled in her sleep.
'It was not, a dream ! ' she
whispered. "No ! Heaven would
not mock me so ! It was a vision
be is not dead ! My Will is alive
alive and coming back to me !"
And with a cry of rapture she
rose from the bed. The room was
no longer dark all the east was
red and the bright "radiance was
shining in at the window.
'It is morning !" exclaimed ' Pa
tience, "and what a bright sunrise ;
but bow warm it is!" uud as she
reached the window and flung tip
tbe sash, she leaned oat to bieuthe
the fresh air of morning hut. then
a cry of terror burst fiom her lips !
It was uot the sunrise, but the
glow Iroiu a blazing lire that red
deued ull the eastern fckv. Tbe
barn was a sheet of dime; aud in
the barn slept two human beings !
No thought of their hard hearts and
cruel tongues came between Pa
tience aud the duty that lay before
her. She paused only to close the
window, and to place e bairn beside
tbe baby's cot that be might not
roll oat; and then she fled Irom the
bouse, shrieking for help hu(I
hastening toward the burning barn.
fortunately tbe stable was not yet
on fire, aud she succeeded in wak
ing the hired man, who slept there;
and between the two they dragged
the old couple out of the flames.
Their bed was not yet on fire, al
though tbe rafter i and woodwork
all about was blazing ; and although
they were ball stifled with smoke
and scorched with sparks and
cinders, neither Mr. or Mrs. Zingler
were seriously hurt; and in their
terror they even forgot, to upbraid
Patience as the possible cause "bf
the fire.
"A mighty lucky esoape!''cx
claimed Silas, the hired man, "for
all ol us, and we owe our lives to
Patience here an' we oan't be too
thanklnl,'' be added, glaring at old
Mrs. Zingler.
"And this is the morning of
Thanksgiving Day," murmured
Patience, hysterical with emotion,
and half laughing and half crying.
And a real Thanksgiving It sball
be!" cried Mrs. Zingler, "If God
will only forgive a hard and. cruel
old woman, and give her a heart of
flesh instead or the stone she ' bas
earried in her breast e long.- Oh,
Lord I ob, Lord have mercy !''" '
' "Amenl'. Raid . the old man,
reverently. And ratience hurried
away to her sleeping child j iwhile
Silas dashed a tear from his eye, as
he remarked, "how -rhe'd -alway
beam tell It was never loo', late to
mend.":-! .; v.. ..:r: M-Sgj
And ft w as a feal Thanksgiving
beneath the roof where true Chris
tian feeling bad been too long a
stranger. Tbe fire, bunid out in
tbe barn, bat the boase being along
distance from It, was nubarmed :
and the glow from a warmer- and"
kinder fire entered the soul of old
Mrs. Zingler. .All day long she
made preparations for. a. grand I
Thanksgiving dinner, and Silas waej .
sent far and wide to bid gnosis to .
it ; many of whom oame to witness
what they called a miracle in turn-;
ing Mrs. Zingler into a Christian j
woman ; and some of whom came :
to show a kind feeling ior Hittle i
Patience. But the guest whom no
one had bidden and whom Patienoe j
atone expeoted came last, lor tne
ship bad not been lost, and Will
Zingler came home to eat his
Thanksgiving dinner with his wife
and his father and mother; and to
kneel by his baby's cot and thank
God for that and many other bless
ings. New York Ledger.
Ancleut Thanksgiving Days.
Thanksgiving day was suggested,
doubtless, by the Hebrew feast of
the tabernacles, or, "feast of in
gatheriag at the end of the year."
Its history in America begins as
early as 1G21. The occasional ob
servance of each a day, formally
recommended by the civil authori
ties, was not unusal in Europe at
an earlier date. In Holland the first
anniversary of the deliverance of
the city of Leyden from the siege,
Outo'.ier 3, 1575, was kept as a re
ligious festival of thankngiviug and
praie. Iu tbe English chuicli i-er-vioe,
the fifth of November i-.t so cel
ebrated, in cdTumem:)iation of the
discovery of the gtmpowcer plot.
Oae al the uiot reumi kahle
thanksgiving custom.! ou record
prevailed at jjoutbaicp' in aud
Eastbampton, Long irlani', Mou
tauk Point, which connsts ol 9,000
aires, was owned by numerous pro
prietors in these towns, aud used
as a commou pasturage fur vtock,
The time of driving the herds home
to inter was fixed at a meeting by
the town council, " and it came,"
says the historian, '"to be a rule
from the period beyond which the
memory of man runneth not, that
Thursday of tbe week following tbe
retnrn of the cattle faom M on auk,
should be observed as a diy of
thanksgiving.'.'
Ft an early period of New Eng
land history, certain periods of
prosperity were often made the
rccisiousof public thanksgiving or
feasts, and often a day of fasting
and prayer was tamed into a day
of fasting and praygr was turned
into a day of thanksgiving by what
seemed au immediate answer to
their prayers.
Perhaps, to recall to oar minds
that firstsThanks giving of the Pil
grim Fathers may pat us to the
blush. Olten on thiejday have 1
heaid such remarks as, 'T have no
thanks to give; I have nothiug lor
which to be tbau tful," from lips
that it would seem might have had
alite's work in framing words of
praise aud gratitude, so blessed
were they in. the health 6f them
selves and their dear ones' while for
some fanoied trouble this great
good was quite overlooked.
A Saw As Is a Saw.
The biggest saw in America, il
ti it in the world, is said to ho tho
now ono recently put in tho urinor-pl.it-
depnrtmont of tho Home
stead mill (Carnegie s). It cost
Silo.OOO, weighs 111) tons, and will
cut a nickel stool armor plate ns an
ordinary saw does a plank armor
plates ranging in weight from eight
to thirty-eight tons, and some
times twenty-nino feet long and
twenty inches thick. The saw baa
a blado sovon and a half feet in
diameter, geared from above, and
revolving horizontally, and with
it an angular slab of cold nickel
stool, weighing about a doiwn
tons, is taken off liko tho blab of a
pine log.
Vogrant-Verses-
TIIAT ACCOUNTS FOR If.
That old woman
Who lived In a shoo
I'niboblr llvtsi
la Chicago, toa
(OSTHABT.
A wild, lata ftuppor with the boyal
My wife walls up, I fear.
And tliug I come "l'rom iauvc' to gny.
From lively to oui-e."
-Jrndi
TUB HAMK Ol. I) WAT.
Said Ere: "What a cuoor of fifUwm yoL
nrel
"Ha tlio wont one that ever I carried."
Bald Adam: "Your dri-mca are better bj
far
Than any you had whon we married."
DitooKLYn Lura.
Tho Burglar Forgot Spmothlny
Hearing a noise at night, Jonos
descends with a lighted candle
and discovers a burglar escaping
with a full sack. "Hallo!'' he
cries, "corno back you!" "TSh,
what?" returns tho burglar- "Ah,
yes, tho silver candlestick.-' Per
mit me." He takes it frorA the
hand of the astonished ' Jones.
"Ten thousand thanks! Have J
Tk Vint Stop. ' ..
' rrhap yon ara run down, cao't Sat
can't alaep, can't think, can't do anything
to your aatinbtctionand yoa wonder what
Us yoa. Ton should luted tho warning,
yoa ara taking tho first stop late Nervous
PrortratVon. You naad oarro tools and
in Eleotrio Blttart 70a will find tho exact
remedy for restoring your narroua tyatem
to lta normal, healthy condition. 8ur
S rialiff results follow the nae of this great
lervsTonlo and Alterative, fourappe
Ute returns; rood dleestlon is r-ntored,
and the lArn and Kidneys tm so I i-nlthy
aettnn. Try hot! I a. j t K. b.
I'nf t's dVT ft' .
:pAT;cLEmtti);SAii).
to Wuili ra Ms Dnty
THE CAMPAIGN JUST BEGUN
A Brief Speech at the Villard
Dinner, in Which the "
Chief Guest Addressed -Himself
Plainly
to the Peo
. ' pie.
New Yobk. Nov
On Thursday evening, Mr.
ry Villard gave a dinner to
18.
Uen.
Pret-l-
dent-elect Grover Cleveland at
Sherry's. It wai intended that no
speeches should be made, but
toward the end Of ths dinni-r Jlr.
Olevelimd was called Uj'Oii. He
made a speech, if-did several otht'r
I Seutleiimil. Wha-: was o.tiil hi- ..II
wss kept, secret. This alternoon
Mr. Cleveland's remnks vere
given to tun puiilie. 1j n-.-iii,., n
to a toast, Mr. Cleveland said:
MR. CLEVELAND'S SPEECH.
"Mr. Villard aud ientieiufc: I
find it impotisihle to nd m i'e!i' ut,
this moment of the c iitlictiii
emotions that stir within u,r. 1 m:o
here assembled good and s.:;mii.;ii
friends who have laborni hum.
santly and devotedly for the mu: v
which has crowned leni.)cr.i' io
effort in the i;auva-s j-jso rli.-,,.';
and F emtio; foruet now snr itiv
iuee i-Ujils httve been ;!i
iz-d by persiui at,r,iehin'!
fiieiid.tbi) iwrthn cimdid iv
tud to e.itij iuj 1) ,
bunuer.
"This a vakens a tfuni-. ol
ecu r
xud ,'rati-
i. 1 . I : - .
mue wuicn ic is a reat p t-.i -me hr
tne to thankfully acknowledge. I
coutess, too' thaf I liivo'ni'j
shared in the partissu s di.slaef 1..11
wbich.our great victory is c.tleul i
tfd to aronsa iu every heari tn
thoroughly Democratic as mine. It
is seldom given to any man to eon.
template Snob a splendid campaign
so masterfully arranged in bis Iv
half by such good Iriends followed
by such a stupendous and a com
plete triumph.
TUB CAMPAIGN HUT JDST BEGUN.
"I should not, perhaps, introduce
anything sombre on this occasion,
but I know you will forgive un
when I say that every feelinu ui
jubilation and even my sense ol
gratitude is so tempered as to b
almost entirely obscured by a reali
zation, nearly painful, ot the te
sponaibility I have assumed iu the
sight of the American people. My
love ot country, my attachment to
the pr.nciples of true Democracy,
my appreciation ot the obligation 1
havu entered into with the best
aud ru.ist conSding people in the
worn!, aud a consciousness of my
own weakuess, all conspire to fill
my mind with sober and ounressiui:
reflection.
"When I consider all that we
have to do as a party charged with
the control of the Government, 1
feel that our campaign, instead i f
being coucluded, is but just be
gun, t
IBS CONTEACT WITH THE PEOI'LH.
"What shall our performa'ioo" iu
of the contract we have made with
our countrymen, and how well sh 1 1
we justify the trust they have i
posed in usT If we see nothing iu
our viotyry but a Iicen6e toievel in
partisaa sgoils, we shall fail i:i
every point. If we merely piofeis
to enter upon our work and if v;i
make apparent endeavor to do it a
cover for seeking partisan advan
tage, we sball invite contempt and
disgraoe. If we attempt to dis
charge our duty to tbe people
without complete party harmony
in patriotio action, we shall demon
strate Qor imoompetency.
THK LIGHTS OP HOPS AND SAFETY
"I thank God, far above ail
doubts and misgivings, and awa
beyond all difficulties, we may con
stantly see the lights ot hope and
safety.
"The light we see is the illumi
nation from the prlnolpies of true,
honest and pure Democracy
showing tbe way in all times of
danger and lending us to the fulfill
meat of political duty and the re
demption of all our pledge. This
light is kindled in thy love of jus
tioe and in devotion to the people's
rights. It s brignt in a constant
patriotism and in a nation's prom
ise. Let na not be misled to oar
undoing by other lights ot false
Democracy which may be kindlvd
in broken faith, and which, blnin
in bypoorloy, will, If followed, lore
us to the rocks of failure and dis
grace. If we see steru labor ahead
or us, and if difficulties loom op on
onr horiEou, let as remember that
inihej thickest weather the marl
uer watches most anxlons'iy for bis
troe light 1 - - '
Who In onr party ehargtd with
any responsibility to the people has
not pledged .his devotion to the
principles of true Democracy and
who among as has -made pledges
with ; iuton -to decsivtt . I have
faith in the manliness and trdth
lolaesa bf the Democratic , party.
My belief jh onr principles and my
faith lb our party "constitute my
trust (hat. we shall answer the ei-peotions-
ot our country men ud
shall raise high up'aloft the stan
dard of, true Demooracy, to fit the
gaz S tot many years to come of a
prospernus, a happy, and a con
tented people." , ;
fl WIDOW'S LOyE POWER
' Whoii fas' "grat saw hershe was a
vr itlow..' . Sfie was still quite young,
not overSix '-and' twenty, and her
slioi t, ciiHy -hi),ij.v of a' dark-brown
sIifuKvvnudo her look e ven yfiunger.
'i'lif-j-a tras a pathetic look in tier
srmv 'ivps i.at hrst drew . Marsn
Kcr.Oa'ii'.'t attention' to .her-that
and ono wtlier thing that appeared
extraordsimiT to ton, x-. ;
ii.y li.-r.l toon loitering around
tlio.iitttestiljtirban station waiting
fo.r,lln t'vtvin to'tbs city until the
"haat ha-1 livougnt on ono ot tne
'Kvoro i.cv.di:cho3 "ho so inuoh
dreatlcil. A man cannot abuse
uataro a.; Kendall had,- working
d:iy half tho night in the
iiiiiv ;-, fur months at a stretch,
:; :.:;! j-...! ure resenting the neg
i i' !-. r laws.
, it lis-vrfiicd that while the
r. uit of tlfj iuin!.'3 had rewarded
i i- r. tt! I y c.iitiui? cold galore
i ( j 1,; 1, iii-wora bands, nature
d v 1 ; '.ii'il by visiting him with
, . nervous beadaohe every
J.ii :.,riilent had delayed the
'....in for hour, and Kendall
!'-. ;itlv;uitn,'o of the delay to
low.; ruy Kloro and obtain
uui; L'l.ny loliof for his aching
:h.
1'. iv.o r-iiunros from the sta-
ili-i !;- -i.r.nul wkat he was looking
: :. . . m ilo one-story building
.-, Ini'l ill'.' sign, "Drugs and
,'-.;; ," :md Kendall entered
1 i . ;,.!'! looked around for the
. A plight rustle behind
i !; 1 j.: inn case made him turn
;:. .-v.-; i'i tljtil direction in time to
; .; ii':- n 'i 'Mi emerge.
j( a lii.i young woman with
i!-ti- .';r;ivy eyes and short curly
hu'..: I s-lio advanced with an
' . : ' , : ; 1. 1 vo to bo business-like
i i . 'J'iie years that he had
y from civilization bad
. . . 1 Juiiish Kendall of his
1 :..ite lvven-iico for woman. lie
!. vol Jiis luit with a courteous
' -.. ! - t ungraceful bow and
.. , - r t:i: (lruggiat.
.:. i.. druggist; what can I
r.i n':'' itskod the young
v.--ii:iii. lilllo smilo playing
iw.'inl t!i i iiil curves of her mouth
ii., i 1 , i i-t'jo shadows from the
1.. "'.bs i-f i ho ;;i'i!y eyes.
lv.i-i.ii. .!!' jvrceplion was keen,
r;i!, I a' ;;iiilior ghincoat her he
in i 1 divsii of black, unre
;: 1 a i-ingle glimpse of
'iii:.'. .-nil 4 .Vnigbt she uaa taken
lh-.. j ' v u. her dead father, or
j,, :i r husband, and was
t : i . . b;v;jRl the billows of com-
li
V, . . :
a coiiLluctiug such a
L'wi.i.-, .; i.i.s a novelty to him,
but ii-. rli.'; ilio ten years he had
'.. '!; . .1 ri.iio things had hap.
I'i-i.-.'.l. i,:i,l JCeadiill accepted this
as i ,0 ( .f 1 h i ii. Reluctantly, how
ever. iV" In' was one of those men
!: et a womai adorning a
i liiiikiiig it tho brightest
ho.
r.;
l ! . .
( ii'-
-i 1:: i. ilh for husband and
i- .''.:. us a bread-winner.
"V. ,: 1 v. oii'd yen ;idvise for a
... i.o-ul.ivbel'" ho asked, re
: fVem his first surprise.
.i..!h curly bead was bent
-iy ..idi-ways, as tho druggist
-, .. .i.l. "Autipyrine is good,
I iiuriiciunnia, too," she said,
i.t ji(-riiisj)3 those are still bet-'
-. ' i,i;d i-lio look a box from a
If a:ul extracted some grayish
ikiiTy capsules from it.
Tli -i 0 are marked 'sure cure,' "
t - il. ";i:nl I'have no doubt if
;i Lavo i.iith enough they will
:-.-y in'.t tin -ir promise."
Man ii a creature of such
'. ii ;on that as soon as ho
; .- .. .i'.lowed a capsule, washed
v.-ii .111 a glass of cold water,
; ' .".'j hoadacho began to sub-
. nUly bo left tho store and
- d i'do tho hotel across the
t. lio wanted very much to
. tl'.o history of tho young
-,!!, yet shrunk from asking
i in r. Ho was then relieved
:i i nc.v-oidty by tho landlord;
.. a , only to glad to have some
Miiikti).
,':rvt you was surprised to see
wiiii'.n runnin a drug store,
1 1 you ?" he asked, with a little
n v
.:i.
ci:l'
i v';if.. iiiaccd, ' repuea Jienaau,
li..- (jiu.olion in his eyes led the
i.xiu. is landlord on.
"Snii tho Widow Kingsborry
l i f luii-iband was a druggist.
' .'. .1 tiiiiin' kind of a follow,
i -h; li" crood enough for her,
i li took frum bad to worse.
V Hit
! 1 .'in' ninnnail di-- Ifonni
il lit
died ufter a protracted
Then Bho found (out that
1 1 ikon tho money she had
nJ worked for to help pay
i-iiaco premiums and spreed
"h v as perfectly heartrendin'
1) o iter despair whon she found
( .il Le w he had deceived her and
l-'i:i Iter vilii only the little -store.
irha vv ( i ick Vter his death that
ucwtuit3 for her curly hair--but as
too:i -i-3 nbo" could creep aropnd she
o pcucA up the storo and has kept
up pluckilyHt it over since." S
. Jwndall ground hia teeth at the
rocih l, . His heart, gave a throb of
pity for thovpoor ...little druggist,
und "iilly,is fkbl to love." .
, lio had come down to the, little
laco 1 6 IrtoVft t somcrirpporty that
was for sale. . It was rather a grand
country house and although the
price vr& reasonable the had do-'
uided not lo. take it' But now, for
ObviouB J-easons, he 'changed bis
mltid', and fooling much .bettor,
wuUokI around to Bee tiie agont
and doss the deal;'; :'"-' '. ...'
-Tliat n?ijht ho remained in the
LyiUaga. and flgain dropped into the
nttlo drug Rl ore to buy a box of
crpyilr;!. '.) Ihvdiod redly hh Je
!r,te,l f !!i : ,. , --. ' rf ! i'
that he "bought "Trom the widow, i,
After his removal to hia new home ' '..
he rarely passed a day without -,
dropping in.and purchasing soma;,.- , 1'
Tho widow's tender heart was . r ,
touched with pity .for the poor man )A ' ? V
who needed 0 much'Tnedicine for f f. . '
his headache, and f 'pity is akin to . '. ;
loye." i ad she seen the' stack of j : ; '
unopened boxes ; of the ? magif ? v f
capsulea--'in.fKndall,B;-v.-inediojn '
chest the inconsistency 4?J her Bex. w
wduTd doubtless Jhavef prevented a
any change iri the iwidow's" uentir - v
ments. . About two- month after
his first visit to her store Kendall 1
came in and found i an; awkward , V '.
country gallant going in just ahead
of bJm.--' !''. - K'ii--hl-S'i'r:
"Want a nickel's worth of JoTe . 'i:
powders," he snickered. , r ,'::'''!s;
With a flush in her cheeks the."; : -widow
' bowed to Kendall -and ''2!-
turned to wait on the countryman.'
She took down a bottle of, fine,.,
white powder and weighed the
amount. As he took it the fellow ;
said:
"My chum used it and it Worked .
fine. - He spread it. on candy and MhS" "'
give it to his girl and they wua '
. .... WV
laugh. "I hate to sell it, but they.- .
will have it. Of course there s
married iaBt nigni. iiope l unave ;. . .
as 'good luck.'. ''
Kendall looked at the druggist i-;d
questioningly as the fellow deyiv;;
parted. - ''Zr:-'rQp
"Ifs what they call love pow- - "
der," she said, with a little forced I ' 7
nothingin it only their imagina- . r -tion.
They think that if they can ; ' . ' .; Vt' . ;.
get a person to eat it their love ia - 7
secured." -- - ijs .;.'.
She stepped behind the desk to ''i'C::.
attend to something ana Kendall
was alone. Quick as a flash he
drew a box of bonbons that he had v
bought for the widow and . noise- -.
lessly moved over and secured the :
jar of love powder. He sprinkled ;'
it generously over tne coniecnona
and slipped the bottle back into "
placo. As he did so he lifted hia
eyes and saw that the widow wag -regarding
him in a mirror that
hung behind her desk. ' I
Perhaps it was the expression in '-Jv'V-hor
eyes that gave him courage, vii: 5 t
for he turned and went back to ;
ner- ' ,ii.' "ii-
"I have brouirht vou these." he " : .; ;rj:i'
said, banding her the box of bon- V' "'i';"-'" ", 1
bons. 1 .. ',i':':.
A demure smile which she could. 5 ''J?.
not repress played around i th , ; "yi;' ,
corners of her mouth as she gravely ' -
thanked nun and opened tne box,; ( , ' rt ; -One,
twov three pieces she. ate,- ''i'ry
and then Kendall, whose heart waa d-l I
wildly beating as he endeavored to - ' '-.''-speak,
coolly asked: "Has it done ' . H j J :
its work?" y'-'..-'.-'.jv,:-'.
x iuluk ii uaa, sue Btuu, laiiinv, .
and Kendall's arms were around'
her and her head was on his breast, h
the sad look gone forever from her'
lovely gray eyes. Exchange. " t
Ulien Baby vriia nick, we gave her Caatorfa.
When -lie u a Child, Bho cried for Castor),
When she become MIbb, abe clung to Caatorfa.
When she had ChUdron,auo gaTathao Gaatliclm
WHEHE TO BUY I
tRJUAT TiTI fill VI
HOW KUCH TO PAYjE : V
These Pr- thoughts that most ,. v
concern people when they have , V-
made up their minds that" they : ' " :"
want '-. ,ir '.
1 -.--,-,. U
Drv Goods,
FurniihingGowI
yiot n ing,
Eto. Yoa will not make a mis.' .'
take in coming to our. platje to ;;
buy, .We will show you what' ioi O
buy. The amount you'll : W! ; ?
asked to pay will be. BatiafaV
tory. ' - v
Ths Beat Gasds,
The Largest: Sleck,
flia Very UitPs r
" These are tho'efements' Jhat
enter into making our, store' the
favorite place tot buying.- (pur
prices are so low that wej
in Dry Qobds, ' Clotning, Boots,
Shoes, Gents' Furnishing Goods,.
Trunks, Valisesi etc. "'r, f
We have a nice line of DRESli
GOODS in plain Kand fancy.'ie.
signs,' which, w yi seJUt the-!
lowest prices. v');,'V V; f ''
, It you wish to save tawney;
we ask you kindJy to, give us a-,
call before ?;purchasing';el8e-
where, '- tfi -;.-;,'; rzy-r:
ThaiJkirjg you tot past patronj
H ' '.' J k' f'-- .!
; We retnain, yours tru,ly3 ;
cinT'":)o:'r-
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