short

I'laylac ho«l. Acd Itotlr. »hr ► th« lencbvr, Myt, "Hoir mucb U one and one/ I ran t do tiding, but 1 know ‘Ibai one* are very email. And eo I answer her. - Ho. bo. ll isn't much at all! —Youth's I'omi'ftnion.

a Dirk, the Honest K #l.-k. the Honoet'Klttfn.. m One day. when tl)o txiok fin the dlnlng-Toom. Dick ti

In trom tbc kitchen, and took hold of her /•i-ors with his teeth and pulled with all his might. She thought he

Si

It. So In short order he was not ‘short-*t^pplng' a grounder from the Shorten Boy of A IT* taw. H tskm a boy who !» not short-winded‘to play baseball you know and Shorty could as easily aa a deer. But he was

-sighted—that was a drawback.

"When Shorty got home from achoo! that night. Grandmother Short waa Just rhortenlng a batch of doughnuta. and Mamma Short was giving Big Sistei Short her lesson In shorthand. Thert was nobody to amuse him, co he decided to go up-stairs and amuse the Short baby. He sang a short-metet hymn and danced a short-walsted rag dolly in short dresses up and down and yound about until somebody— either he or the Short baby or the rhort-walstefl dolly—was short of breath. And that Is the end of my

short story," said Uncle Vance.

The children clapped their hands with delight. The oldest child sfld It

is a splendid "short story.'*

"Yea." the Uneat one said, gravely; "and then it was such a nice long one.

tool"—Youth's Companion.

co»ijiie«ci«i. bevicw. 0c acral Tratfc Coatfitkmi.

largely favorable, and coupled w greater case of money make for timintc feeling in trade and spect As stated some time ago, and confine by recent developments, the future

seems more and more secure, but the . immediate present does not in all in-' stances present so satisfactory an ap- '

pcarancc.

"Warmer weather has continued •" •jelp retail distribution, but has hot

"Of course." he said. "

than courteous to be oblii

SS - "

H* I'nAtonbU. le," he said, "it

.ous to be obliging with the fair sex. -

r.rc

and coupled with the .. So c ?“ rli " p0Mlb i t you mer make for an op-. a Kjr , w , ntl you lo do .

irade and speculation.' "Certainly ”

ic ago. and confirmed *<j| the anx io U * to

| HAS UNIQUE f.'.ASONlC i-IONOR. Experler.cea of a Maryland Brother

While Traveling In the East. Thomas J. Sbryock. grand master of

the Masonic grand lodge of Maryland.

rtainly.”

. . - , < . •• *he seems anxious to do a li developments, the future sp non i DK> you , bou i d ,poo n ."

and more secure, but the ( "NatuntUy."

s not in all in- -j( s | le jj(. es Jjj.jej-.., you should flit-

isfactory an ap-j [fr _"

lelp retail distribution but has hot in g , xe u to her

With few exceptions, summer re- : ;•>" business has no: e<]ualed cxpecta- j ' J Ycs."

"If she w

at ion. yes.

mts sentiment, you thould common politeness, isn’t

I "Well, no one can tell me again tl

his might toward the kitchen.'-Then, as she would not go with him. he ran back, and the next moment the rook

N’lgnl. the Dwarf.

j There were many other attractions in London at the time I was on exhibition. but as we drew the crowds away

heard a great noise; and, when she I f rom them they began to lose money, reached the kitchen door, she saw two , xhere were a giant-, a wild woroa.i. a big cats on the table, pulling the beef- j five-logged horse, a wolf-child and half steak out of the wHidow behind it. Lit- do xen othtr things, and their managtle Diek. with' his pretty red bow on his | fifcaiy decided that something must neck, was up on'thc table too. his i hr dong. They got.together In secret, claws and teeth to t*rvupled with the | „* was afterward learned, and resolved thieving eats that thcV-^rrc glad to j to Jcidnap 2nd shut me up for sevdrop the steak and run. even l>oforc~jp tfcl weeks. They didn't want to tak/> they discovered that the cook hu) en- | m y ;vj Ci /but they did want me out of tered the room.—IJtjle Folks. tht( w^. Mr . Yeddo and'Anak were

both cm the watch for,some move, hut

Th« Hint, or an irebtrc- ] jt came in a way they did not expect Mr. C. K. Borchgrevink. commander At the hotel where we stayed 1 had of the antarctic yxpedlUon of 1S98. I , bedroom to myself, but on one aide •nearly lost his life by an accident of a | of was Anak add on the other nsrim so pevi.liar fhat it is. probable ,be showman. There were doors Icadno other man could duplicate the cx- I ] D g from one room to another, and as pcrlencc. At J>- foot of Mount Ter- thesc a]wa>e were oiK-n at nlghtlP did tor. In February, two. he Ir.ndod from 1)0t tbat , lW .,j COB}c to , ia rm. bis ship v.-lth Captain Jensen and three. , .jowever.cone nighr about midnight

other tarn. Then, wishing to take a ; waD namori BurKe . nirture of the shore, he sent his uoat | 1: i driap lor j 1( : to the vessel to get a camera, and I, Pn> . , 0 my open ind Captain Jensen were left alone j th c ’ roonj ^ i.-ja.

. who had agreed t

on the rough beach. Before; thi returred., a strange and awful thini happened. Mr. Borrhgreving tells

Story in the Outlook;

the boat

ing the

sleeping. He must

j have moved like a cat. and no one ! heard him. and he must have chloroj formed me to prevent my wakint

He tied a line

tort business has no: equaled cxpecti ions. Kailway earnings are really fiai ering. June returns on nearly 100.0c

niles of road allowing an aggregate ' "What's the ni^ttei

jam of 8 per cent on last year. j "Oil. perhaps mv chivalrous nature "In the matter of actual business im- led me fc overdo the thing, but I've jusi irovcnient is noted in the demand for been sued for bfeatfh of proiflBg." inished products of iron and steel and j

umber seems to be recovering from the Th " I -“ r * rr ‘ b ®

emporary depression noted at the be- | Mrs. Locutie—This is my new eventinning of July. The shoe trade and I <»K frown. What do you think of it? uturaily hides and leather, heretofore Mr. Locutte—Whew! Don* you—er tackvvard. have begun to show a favor- | —J’ ear anything else with it. tble side, and the strength of wool and 1 Mrs. Locutte—Oh. yes; a few flow-

aoolen goods is also more noticeable.] cr *-,°' course.

Ilir dry goods trade taken as a whole is I '* r ; Locutte—Well—er—you d better •athcr quiel, but increased interest is , Cet about two doren sunflowers,

ihortly to be expected. The East all jobbing trade in this line is not — -*• as early as a >

II ’abbing trade it xted to set in qui

•go. '

"Good growing wcath die country over, and c< •epcu-ls arc generally mo

n and cotton : favorable.

An absolute cure for ell loot trouble*. Guaranteed to stop ell odor end exceeslve perspiration. Brings red. burning, raerting, tired end tender feet to a perfectly normal condition. A eoperior toilet article for ladles. This powder doe* away with the uee of dreee

•epom are generally more favorable. I *2 dSeSVl

yusincss received from Western Southern manufacturers indicate a gooo ;

yusincss. It has been a waiting marl et ., •or cotton,- Uie crop position not being | .

• s yet clearly defined enough to indace ! V»- commitments. A better tone is soted in the manufacturing branch.’ particularly in print cloths, which are scud to be in increased inquiry at Fall

Nebraska was <

recognize the importance a

irds of toe flow of

the first States te '-** k rt*iL rell ‘

nt my waking tip. uind me and low-

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explosions bought cai

rush with tremendoua j f9e ' d me from thiT’biucon)" 1 *^o ? MothTr | x 0 H 2 y ti^^y!|16 n, " h " A 16 -^ 0 * 1 - 7 ^

slons _ shook

is that the perix-ndic-

ular rocks above us wore falling. Then we raalirecL what Was taking placa.

The .nighty glacier immedim

west of u

berg.

"Millions ot tons of ire the cJean. ‘ We could sec yond an Immerse cloud of rolling snow. The water rose from the plunge of this antarctic monarch. I sang out to.Jenson. 'Now we shall here to face the

wave!'

We rushed to the highest point of oar

limited beach, four Wt above the sea.

'e saw advancing on us a dark

what was taking plat glacier Immediately to t! r giving birth to an ice-

c pinged into c nothing’ bo-

and 1 then was put Into a hat | othvflU.OOaiu.OO

box and -&rriFd.through the streets for . p™;,,. VcwtnSes.-BeeU. two cr three miles. Burke had rented | Ngtlve, per bunch IslS'c. Blackl a house to hide me In,.and I was in bed 1 — — * •

in that bouse and it was nearly noon

the next day before 1 awoke.

My head ached and my eyes were heavy, and it was some time before I

ige place.

ray ey i time

is in a strange pli to know why I v

tidge with

m lng t

-rest. I tc’Ii

green , led to I

made out ihkt I was Then 1 cried out

there, and why Mr. Yeddo and Anak were not with me. The men who had kidnapped me were in the room, and it was Burke who answered me: "Don't get frightened, little chap. You are with friends, and won't be

hurt."

. "But how did get here?” 1 asked. ! "No matter. Do you want your din-

now?”

. know that they had

havr. taken-more ‘ piayKj mc a |rkk and , wa> an .

angry that

bold, and frightened tnoiight they meant

.. '"K “P 01 ? j me prisoner for weeks

ek|. 1 tore the nails from my

utehed the uneven rocks, with hacks toward the advancing water. Although it could not have taken more than seven minutes, the time seemed long b«9rc the water closed over F]oatlnk upward, scrambling upon

the rookl. 1 tore the nails from my I (a , lM| lhcm , flesh In my endeavor to keep ffom be- ; ,. oblwrE but

• the i -* 1

- i 1 ^

' playe i pry at ithey s

ac a trick, ai frightened,

raid be

Native, per bench lalJic. Blackberries, Eastern Shore, per quart, 4o5c. Cab-bage-North Carolinn, per crate fl.00 al.50; do Norfolk, per bri. $!.00al25. Canlcloupcs —Florida, per crate 50c* $1.50. Cucumber*—Charleston, per basket 15a25c; do North Carolina, 15a25c Eggplant*, Florida, per crate $1.50al.75

5aiK£rS;T-S‘U,

Poaches, Florida, u»r carrier $1.00*1.50 30a40c; wax, 70a80c Tomatoea, Potomac. per six-basket carrier, fancy, 50

a65c do, fair to good 25a30c.

Potatoes, Norfolk, per bri. No 1, $1 25al 65; do. seconds, $1 00a! 10; do, BuUer ^ * '

Ladlu Can Wear Shot* On* *ixe »maller after using Alien'* Foo»Ea*e, a powder for the feet. It mnkM tight ornewahoe*ea*y. Core*swollen.hot.*wratPerfume and*, each Dr. B.H. Kuxa.Ud..iaiArchSt..Phlla., Pa.

efAve.

.TS 7 If* one thing lo invent an airthip, and another to r»i*e the wind.

WHtnt

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1AIL

n*o's Core cannot be too highly spokea ol a* a couch care.—J. W. O'Bnixx, S22 Third Avenue, N., MlaneapoU*. Minn., Jan.«. 1W3 If talk i* cheap any man can afiord to

b and I i jt it twenty ; per . Tbt . h0

I kidnappers K laughed at : return. .

The dinner they offered rrte was

one. and 1 would e^t noi

same with

house to which I had

Ing dragged out. After the second wave we again felt the rocks tinder

our feet. ‘

At the place where Jensen at

first Mood the rock

feet above our heads. It was somewhat lower when It struck us. Where

the wave had struck with full force j bed'forVumiture. a the fare of the rock bad been altered. ] sarc j] r y t(J( and rocks were still falling when the | J K ,]j cc searrhii

ound us. bleed- i tbat ,j, e .

keep ' -Mb. 25a26t Dairy pU. :

is. j 23a24c.

Ji leSSri r “ b ' 1 *" 1 • ep ' d °-"'

,0 10j*ul0vc.

aim i Live Poultry. liens, 12al214c; old

. three men In the boat found us. bleed- i

right a small peninsula of Ice pro-

trndei’

and the reck

iso many

: wot

and althi

have

for me, I was

never find me among

b afraid

H jjTnp. young.Ug*.

Hides, Heavy

•alters, late kill, 60-lbsTuid

; in great 1-ondon.

I2e.

ides. Heavy steers, association and . srs, late kill, GO-lbs'and up, close selection, Hal2c; ooars and light steers.

Chicago, Cattle, Mostly lOalSc lower, good to prims steers $7 75a8 75; poor to medium $4s7; stocker* and feeder* $2

oows, $1 50a5 75j ’ “ Texas-fed steer* $4

6 60; Texas-fed Mixed and bntol choice, heat ~

and lamb whether* $2 50*3 60.

4 00*600.4

l 50 50a

itohera $7 30a8 06; good to ivy $7 75*8 17; Sheep, eheep ib# slow to lower; good to choice » $3 75*4 75; Western eheep

East Liberty, Cattle steady; choice $7 15*7 50; prime $6 75a7 15. Hogs, prime heavy $8 10a8 15, mediums $8 00;

.e reck Itself bent toward the ; my being kUnipped. The police - west. From the moment it struck I arching, and a large reward tl* curve of the mountain rock to the j been offer.v. but the two men did not wen of us. the wave took a course lo ftar tba: tbf>y v..,,.,,,, ^ ronnd

more easterly titan where Jensen and j GU!

I stood. i They played cards and drank from a short story. j a bottle all the evening, while I lay on “Jnrt a short one. Uncle Vance—a thc ^ * nrt *ondered if there was no weenty. teenty short one!" coaxed the i.*?* toT me to «cap»- 1 fell asleep

children. And Uncle Vance laughed. I ™ il<; ^ **** f* Pl«Tln*. and , r e, ok «i. ' who wore verr obon trousers indeed. lab,e and asleep. I was up in * | moa * lj 0s-« ) z choice lamb*$600o6U). He belonged, to the Short family, and 3'»> *** <"* bed. I wmicrev everybody • ailed him 'Shorty' for short. ! 1 knew that the key of the door was | LABOR AND INDUSTRY He went a rbort distance to eehool. and ; ’ n pocket, and I tiptoed over | Indiana farmers arc organizing Uade

' d be was of his pretty, i IO hlra and worked er, softly that 1 j .union*,

■ect that was be- I » ot 11 wirtwrat dikturblng him.

ihort lessons tad I 1 unlocked the door and slipped I out and down two pairs of dark stairs The pay of thc German soldiers is

eL It was a wretched ] only *ix cer' '— "

dear me. how fond short teacher! I •atise she gave him

held on!;- short cessions of scllbol.

t liked short thin)

San Fra: irganized.

•ancisco. Cal., salesladies have

Hair Falls

^ “ I tried Ayer’e Hair Vig6r stop my hair from falling. Oi

half a bottli

J.C

Uing. Onele cured me.”

Baxter, Braidwood, 111.

Ayer’s Hair Vigor is certainly the most economical preparation of its kind on the . market. A little of it goes a long way. It doesn’t take much of it to stop falling of the hair, make the hair giow, and restore color to gray -hair. sum*ms*. *>*«***.

yousbotU*. Be rare sad rive tbs nam* <g rm

Headache? Appetite poor? Bowels constipated ? It’s your liver! Ayer’s Pills are liver pills.

Want your

Buckingham’s Dye SOcti-ef drucgUtiM R. P. M*s It Co , Mufcui. N H

iony liked short things,—you soc aI " 1 * B, ° ,hc *irret. It was a wretched 1 only six cents a <Uiy. n In the Short family.—unices It \ street with,thc poorest of houses end J Buffalo, N. Y.. anion labor men will

it ran In the Short family. ..

w-aa som-thlnc to cat. He didn't like : on, T' * P»bli< lamps, and vhon pieces al shortcake. He was verj' r - in * aW8 >' trom'the- house I "

fond of short trike. Sometime* hr | several time* tm the i couldn't tell » nlth he liked best—that i 1 w “ stlU running

or his pretty. sw<rt teacher. ! banged Into a policeman. "One day. jr *hort time after thU : reached down and grabbed

then story cgfcns. something happened, called out;

Utile Shorty missed a word in bis | ’■fite** “T *oul. but whom have we

epelHng-Mas*. He couldn't spell short, i here?”

AH the other short hoys laughed, but ’ "> cm Nlgni the Dwarf, and I am

escaping from those who kidnapped

me." I replied.

He could not believe it at first, but later on he put me in a hack and drove with me to my hotel and saw me safely with my frienda A day or two later the kidnappers were arrested and vent to prison, and the adventure made me so popular that crowds gathered about the hotel to cheer me and

thc

ounce and Buffalo, N. Y-. anion i d In run- I nominate a local ticket feU down j Wisconsin dairy indu

isconsin dairy industry employs

levralk. J >700 hands at an annuaTcost ior wages

annually for wages ol employees' in the

cu«h sidewalk. | ’Too hands t

t boys laughed,

r in ax i

, glass industry in this country. • It is understood that the car builde will go out over the Union Pacific sy

" Yon must sfay in at recea*. I am

afraid.’ tpe teacher said, shortly. 'Short boys must study their lesson*. There

* no short cut to knowledge' "Poor little Shorty! He was short-

rtop .on the baseball nine a^d they were short of substitutes. What would they do iHthout him? There was a short shower, and then shortly it

cleared off.

"T won't cry.' Shorty said. 1^11 learn to spell short. I guess that’s the shortest way out,' and it wax. Bo the trouble was short-lived, for Shorty was not ahort-wltted. That was not one of his shortcoming*. In short he ronld spell even a short word if he set a box:

"Bully for t

: Dwarf!”—San Kntncis-

go out over the Union Pacific sys- i tem wher'e unions are organized. | Potter* at East Liverpool. Ohio, hare sent out word to all their men that all plant* win resume operation* in full Assurances have been given that no strike will occur in the district this year. .

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kre<fe*>k!teb*as. W* taploy s efetf

vko U ss expa

which vailed :

g ocean liner Cel-

resting spots contiguous thereto,

r the par

to it

interest

After

discovered that 167

nity

were on board. These formed the Celtic Masonic association and elected Oen. Sbryock president. In virtue of his distinguished office the general presided-at a lodge meeting of Syrian and American Masons held la a cav-

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••Dxak Mia. Pixxhaw :—Soon after my marriage two years ago I found myself in constant’pain. The doctor said my womb was tun

held there," It is said, "since the time of Solomon.^ In connection with this Interesting event—in which representatives of twenty-six grand lodges parled—Gen. Sbryock was elected

member of the Royal Sol- • ledge of Jerusalcffi.

elpati a hon

omon Moth

honor c

gram Egyp

from the gram lodge of that

ng n r of

made a

the pr specia

honorary lodge of

•celving special courtes grand master of the gra that country namely. Id

Ragl

attended a meeting of Bad HeSouan

ORGANIZED "INFERNO CLUB." Statesmen at Washington Form a

Unique Assemblage.

Senator Depew. Senator Burrows and a number of other statesmen who like to have a good time Lave organ Ized thc "Inferno dub.” It meets

the restaurant at noon and its

iri •bi

hoard such horribly harrowing sti of^he atrocities committed by

ally In <

essions are described as hair roisii

'he orj Bcmbet

C*rd such horribly harrowinj

Ing.

The organization is an outgrowth of

! on the Philippine bill. The of (he club say they have

dories

American soldiers told by the opponxets of tbc measure that they secure no satisfaction in the articles printed In newspapers because they are so unexeiting and dull, so the club was formed In order to supply this deficiency. Each day r-ome member of thc club tells a blood-and-thundei' story, which he dresses up thc^flcrccst language at hfl command! Senator Depew so far bears the palm, as he related to thc numbers the nar relive of a railroad ride during which took place a robbery. “ murder, a suicide and a wreck. Innumerable people were killed and there was more blood shed than has been shed In the

Samar campaign.

MBS. PAULINE JUDSON.

Secretary of Scht-nnerhom Gulf Club, V ’Brooklyn. New York. \ four month:,, when my husband bream* impatient beeauac 1 grev. worse insteaA of better, end in i.peahinjr to tbe druggist he advised him to get Lydia E. Pink hum's Vegetable Compound) and Sanative Wash. How 1 wish I bad taken that at lint; it would bar*

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the automobile face. He went spin ning up the avenue to the capltol yesterday In a machine of the latest cutj with Mrs, Dcpow. but it waa plain to ‘ see tbat be did not like his position of chauffeur any too well. He had many narrow escapes from street cars and vehleles and his phiz wore a stvt of "JVell, what's going to happen next?" look. Mr. Depew is neverJWTess a confirmed autcmobilist. So deeply does tbe horseles carriage idea permeate him that the other day in discussing the omnibus claims bill he referred to It as' the automobile claims bill. When his attention was called to the slip he replied: "Only an ante dlluvian would call It an omnibus hill in these days of improved vehiclcr

The Deceitful Man. Official—I am greatly grieved, madam, to nave to be the bearer ot *uch sad intelligence, hut I am obliged to inform you. nevertheless, that your husbanu was killed on opr railroad today. Madam—Good heavens! Is it possible? Official—It is too true, madam. He

could recover of him was his trunk. Madam—His trunk? Did he have his trunk with him? The treacherous villain! He deliberately told me h* was only going away fqr the day.

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At rtahlln snow falls o« 15 Jnys th* yc*r *nly; at Moscow on TFdey*. | while is Iceland, the average i* 44.

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Clothing stores ‘‘not in the union"' ay being picketed by the Unior Clerks' Association of Duluth, i . The mortality from accidents to railway employees was reduqed 35 P«r last year by improved coupling devices. .The average weekly earningsA>f the women wwgeworkers in the iargt cities of Ohio is $4^3 a week, and their living

expenses $5-2J.

Saut* Barbara, Cal., plumbers went on a strike for higher wages. They

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