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LADY OLIVIA'S OPJLS, A L..iy.-Wal.r, Xrmlnl.. I can't say I ever took to my Lady Olivia, though I lived 10 lung with >'er and, after her own fuhion, she Iwhaved well to me. She WM one of your fiubing, dark-eyed beautie*, haughty M an expreet, expecting all around to worship and obey her, and oaring no more for human love aye, no' so much ai the great mutiff at her father gate did, and yet winning it almoot without an effort, if one were to judge by the crowd of enitori that iprang up wherever ihe went. She had been married when only eighteen tea gentleman of lower birth than herself, but of immeoee wealth, and on hi* death, which happened only four month* after their onion, ehe returned to her father's house and declared her intention of remain- ing a widow to the end of her life. She aid that to the world; bat I, who waited on her day and night I, who caw her in all her mood* knew better. For two yean, however, she kept to her intention, and though, what with her beamy aad wealth, she had euiton of all agee and all ranke, ehe reached the age of twenty without encouraging any. But all that came to an end. M I knew it would . She fell lu love at lail yee, veritably in love. Hubert, Berru WM a dark, item, haugh- ty-souled man, every inoh a nobleman, bat, to my mind, much more fit to inpire dread than love. His family wai ancient, more ancient, 1 believe, than Lady Olivia'*, and it wae even more distinguished, having been particularly fruitful in talesmen and admiral*. They were aleo rich. So, alto- gether, the world aaid Lord Hubert Berru and Lady Olivia St. Marlow would be well matched. Somehow my lady seemed to change from that time, not 10 much in her outward conduct, (or in society the wae (till the tame proud, cold, queen-like creature ; bat in her private life, in the hour* when she eat in thai magnificent dreeeing room, with my eye* alone watching her, *be seemed, at) it were, to throw off her old elf and let the new peep out . She wae in love, intensely in love, and aomehow it seemed to flub up in her great, dark eye* with a power that made one al meet frightened, for it gave one a glimpee of the true fierceneee of her nature, she wae terribly rustle**, too, and although (he moved like an animated itatue before the world, ihe paced up and down her suite of apartment* occasionally like one demented. What had come over her I knew not, but at length eome word* of her own gave me a aoipicion. We were *ortmg jewellery, and, under her direction, 1 wa* packing up that which wu to be taken with her on her tour, and *elting a*ide the resit (or alteration at the jeweller'*, when we happened to come acroe* a large opal brooch of singular work- manihip. 1 obeerved my lady eet it a*i<le immediately, anil then, a* a ring of the aame antique workmanship appeared, ihe gave a little start and let it drop. "Why, Morton !" (he began, and then ihe paneed, and aeemed almoet to hold back her word*, whilst her great, dark eye* fM- teneil on me with a look which aeemed to try and pierce my very soul. 1 wa* not afraid of her, though, and ao I looked her back in her white face, and an- wered : "Well, my lady?" For a minute or two *he wa* lilent, but, in ipite of her pride and baateur, I knew he wa* burning to tell me something aye, and it would oul, too, if I waited her time patiently. I went on suiting the jewel*, therefore. "Morton," at length said her ladyihip, "did you know that ring wae in thi* cas- ket?" "Yee, my lady. I found it on the floor near your ladyship s dressing table ye*ter- day, and put it in my*elf. " " On the floor 7" sne echoed, aad then *he took it up and gve another, a little start. 41 One of the opal* i* gone," *he cried. " Yee, my lady. I noticed that when I picked it up, but it wa* nowhere about the floor, for I looked carefully. " Of course. I know you would, b'lt - " Again, however, she paused, and then (he got up and began pacing up and down in one of her wild, fierce mood*, and I let her alone, for I knew it was scarcely safe to peak to her then. Suddenly, however, ihe came up to me of her own accord, and putting her two hand* heavily on my shoulders, said in a low hiding tone : " Morton, tell me, how did that ring come there ?" " On my life, my lady," I aniwered, " I don't know." "You would iwear he did not give it you to give me?" Her eyee were awful to look upon a* ihe aid that, and for one* I did feel frightened ot her. " He, my lady ? I don't know who yon you ing round, ( *aw my lady looking white a* ghoot glide quietly in. I had heard no carriage drive up, and no b*ll, though the dreuing room wai in the front of the house. To my surpn**, too, instead of being in her pink satin ami dia- mond*, a* J had lait eeeo her, my lady wa* dreued in a morning walking drees, partic- ularly unpretending-looking. She came up to me quietly. "Morton," ihe laid, in a low, item tone, "I think you are tolerably 'true when you once give a promiae. Listen to me. If you will come with me and swear not to reveal what I am about to tel! yon, and to do, I will give you a hundred pound* down, and a* much again when I I married. Hark yom, girl, are bold?" "It take* a good deal, my lady, to fright- en me." "Te, bat could you look on a dead man'* face without fainting? Could you dare to viiit the dead?" .She hiued out the**) words, graiping my arm and gazing fiercely into my face, and then, a* I turned *hudderingly away, ihe aeemed to quiet down. "Morton," ihe *aid, almoet humbly, for r.er, " I am in great trouble. I am pursued by a terrible fear, and I am either being driven mad by a fancy or a fiend, uiiten: To-night, for the third time sine* my en gagement to Lord Hubert, I have *een the face of my dead husband, not in fancy, but in living, breathing, ghutly earneet." " Impossible ! my lady," I exclaimed, horrified. " I saw Mr. .St. Marlow'* coffin carried to the vault with my own eye*. " She pat up her band* and covered her yea, " Thi* doubt is horrible, and if Hubert had a suspicion of it, all would be over. I believe I am going mad, but I have come to a determination, for, come what will, I will not be the dope of any one. Morton, I am bound on a terrible errand. Will you eo ire with me ?" There wai no need for her to say more plainly what the meant, for I knew well enough whaC thai large, rusty key belonged to, and for what purpose WM tha' hammer aad chiiel and dark lantern. It wai all horribly comprehensible. Throwing a shawl over my head, I took up the itrange toot* And then, to my horror, the door opened, and the man whom 1 had aeen lying dead in hi* coffin four year* ago walked in. No wonder Lady Olivia uttered thai, one long, shivering groan, which made even the two men almost shriek. i .anton St. Marlow walked iternly forward, and then, a* Lady Olivia iprang up, he stretched out hi* left hand, and 1 law that one of the auger* wu mining. " Your crime wai cleverly planned, Olivia, your hypocrisy wai perfect, and had it not been for my friend'* love and fidelity, my beautiful and affectionate wife would have consigned me to my living tomb effectually." " What mean you ? What mean* this horrible ecene?" muttered any lady, making a terrible effort to throw off her fear. am about to explain. Liiten. That CHANGES IN TRADES. Tke i.rr..i Choaavx Whlrh Navr mrem In Huy Trade* In Ikr L- The multiplication and improvement of mechanical appliances, the constantly en- larging use of steam and electric power and the steadily decreasing cost ot produc- tion, all combined have wrought great change* in Mnuiy trade*. The shoemaker of other days oould make a hoe, and every part of one. lie oould cut the leather, hap* the upper ar-' the lut. trim tho heel, MW, peg, stitch, and finuh the varior* parts, and round it all off ready for wear without leaving hi* shop. But in these "i am aoout to explain. L.i*ten. inatiwitnout leaving ' shop. Hut in theee ring-the opal ring, containing the pouon, | dayl O j Ubor-.avingdevicee and maonmery and which your fond hand placed on mine . . . -actl well. The little prick which, a. tba boai -hoema.er ha* practically gone prick you playfully equeezed my hand, it made acted marvellously, and in twenty-tour houn you wept, a widow, tear* over my coffin. " I ahonld have been buried, bat my old friend, Eric Stone*, hearing of my doceaee, came to take a laet glance at me in the vault aad fulfil a buy uh promiae. "My terror had always been that I might be buried alive, and I had extorted a promise from him that, if he lurvived me, he would come and open my veins, *o that, if by any change the life current flowed again, I should bleed to death in my tomb. " It wa* the dead of night when Eric srept to my coffin and fulfilled hii vow. and, to hi* horror, the oorpee rose up a law minute* after and called hi* name. " He wai skilled and itrung, and he immediately bore me to hit own house, and, uipecting poison, administered tuch anii dotei a* aaved me ; and then, in searching, he found the ring . Suspecting you, Olivia, he kept me hidden, and, closing the coffin again, allowed you to bury your husband, as you thought, and weep your false tear* for him." "Gaiton!" cried thj horrified wonrvn, but St. Marlow interrupted her. " Speak not. Let me not hear that dead- ly voice attain. Mercy you (ball have, but make no attempt to marry, for, aecertaip.lv and opened the window. I helped Lady I X 00 tr X. tn "P* 1 " n " PP*" *" - nd let to the witnee. again.t you." Olivia to mount the low sill and gat oft garden bed beneath, and then descend- ed myself. We reached the dim, shadowy church the entrance to the vault and Lady Olivia pushed the key into the lock with almost Serve energy, and then with an effort she forced the great door back, aad we two women atood there, white and ghMtly, amid the mouldering dead ! The horror of that moment I shall never forget. I law my lady fall on the floor, and the two men left the room. Whether my lady lutpectod I knew that ternole secret I knew not, but the gave me money enough to settle and marry, and 1 left her eervice immediately. A* for her ladyihip. the fait thing I heard of her wa* that she wai the reigning belle of the Rn**ian Court for tome time, but th*t"*he wai alway* strangely melancholy. dra con v ' j * t inatjsnt) wu aiwaya *brmo*jviy maianciioiy, 01 toe carpenter s i>r*uv, ami men smus ' " * - -- , n ,* U( ' i and had at length committed *uioide, it ae build tlain did nothing elM. They denly. orbing the de^.t,ll^e... eh "Mor. , HppOMdi , ho gh how WM a my . U ry. a. usually small workshop*, their tm, ihe wai found lying on her sofa, beautifully dreeeed, and without any wound. An opal brooch, however, wa* found in her bodice. " Why, Cuton St. Marlow, my dead hus- band. That ring wai on hi* finger. It WM my lat gift to him. He died with it on. He wai buried with it. Don't you remember noticing it on hi* finger in the coffin ?" Law! my lady,'' I ahivered: bat u *be po%e I took up the ring and looked at it, and the.i it suddenly did itrike me that I had leen that opal on the dead man hand. How came it there, then ? Had the coffin been robbed ? or Ah ! an awful idea iiddenly darted through my mind, and, railing my eyei, I understood the fierce trouble of thoea burning oib* of Lady Olivia. " Morton," (he exclaimed, shuddering, " I should go mad if thi* marriage were broken off. 1 love Hubert Berris better than my own aoul '.' Aad then *he turned back to her wild pacing up and down the room. Day* paseed after that, and though I aw nothing to throw more light on my dark lUipioioD of Lady Olivia'i trouble, it rattier gained ground in my mind than otherwise. She we* haunted by some fear tome fear that might bring about a rup- ture with Lord Hurbert Kerns, aad I felt that it had connection with her dead hus- band. I kept my own cooneel, bat I also kept my own watch. I recollect I WM awaiting my lady' return from a ball juit three day* before the wedding day. when, suddenly, I heard the) door open quietly behind ne, and, look- too , you know the coffin. W hich Tell me quickly." " That one, my lady, the one to your right," I mattered, and then, in *pite of my awe of her, ( oould not for the life of me atiiit her, u, using all her force, ihe lowly and with difficulty drew the coffin oat aad then let it tall heavily on one end on the stones. " Dead men don't feel," ihe mattered, with a ghaitly smile. I covered my eyes, for aomehow to MO her face ae *he bent over that nlver plate and read the inscription WM wone than even the ghaitly sight of thoM coffins, aad when next I looked up it WM became a terrible cry rouard me. Lady Oii'ia wae itanding like a* if petrified with horror, and at her feet wa* the open coffin empty ! How I got that coffin back into it* place I know not How I got my lady back safely into her room I know not. That night seemed alway* like aome horrible dream, and I only remember bite and flashes of it. 1 did manage to get her to bed vomehow, and then I gave her a draught to send her to deep, for it WM agony to me to watch her convulsive ihireriog* aad hear her groans. I knew, too, that for my own take it WM M well to keep the night s nork quiet. The next day, however, to my relief, Lady Olivia woke herself again, though I, who *aw her before the wai drened, knew how he muit have suffered to make her care- worn and old-looking in twelve hour*. My lady wai (till lounging by the fire in her dreMing-room when a menage wa* brought to her that Lord Hubert wu below, and very much desired to be admitted to her preeenoe for a few minute*, a* it wai a matter of importance. Lady Olivia turn- ed a ihade paler, but, pressing her lips firmly together, ihe gave the order to al- low him to come up at once. And I, of coune retired to an adjoining room. I solemnly declare I had no intention ef listening till I happened to go into a oloeet to hang up some dresses, and then I noticed that every woid of what waa being laid in the dreating-room wae distinctly audible. I could also *ee into the room. And then the temptation WM too irresistible. "I come lo uk you lather an odd ques- tion, Olivia," Mid my lord. "Do you hap- pen to poraeee an opal ring '" " Yea. That is, I believe I have tome opali among my jewel*, 1 ' answered my lady, quietly. "Bat how can that intereit you, Hubert '" "It doe, though, strangely. Will you how me the ring ?" There WM a silence, M if Lady Olivia hentated. Then, however, he roee, and I heard her no to the oaaket of Jewell, and I crept to the door and knelt down to where I knew wae a certain mall crevice. And then I *aw Lord Hubert take the ring and examine it, with a frown. "There i* a stone miming." "Yes. It ha* been gone lor aome time." And then my lord put hit ringers in hit watch pocket, and taking out a small itone he held it out toward* my lady with a look on hia face I (hall never forget. "There it the loit opal," he aaid. "Lady Olivia St. Marlow, need I tell you who gave me that, who warned me againtt yoor fatal hand, and that your tin is known." For an instant thoee dark, evil, beaati ful eye* fluhed up defiantly, but even the oould not face Hubert Bern*. The next initant ihe wai crouching on the floor be- fore him, with her face buried in her hand*. " Hot up, woman," cried her former lover, iternly. "I do not pretend to judge you, and I will not be lee* merciful than ' iMton St. Marlow, who, rather than claim you for a wife, or expoee you to the world, live* the obecure and humble life he do**. Only, I will prevent your doing more harm. UMton St. Marlow, enter. ' out of existence, or it going. Kxcept a few custom serving shoemakers, fewer in num- ber each year, there is now nothing between the factory band and the cobbler. The very name "hoemaker," once the designa- tion of the Crispins, is now used chiefly to deecribe inferior workmen in any craft re- quiring special ikill, knowledge, or dexter- ity. Nor is the shoemaker the only artisan to encounter this misfortune. The gold- smiths or goldbeater* are among the oldest of craft*. In England the goldbeater* guild WM one 01 the greatest and moet in- fluential m all London town. The gold. beaten fought the fishmongers and the .pen or tailor* for precedence, and bloody flicu between the three were not un- common. In London they still preserve something of their ancient organization. Their (hops were knjwn by the big yellow arm and hammer at the door. The jewel- ler* do the worn of which the goldbeaters formerly had a monopoly, and the electro - typert, too, have taken tome of it. Silver ha* largely superseded gold tor decorative and ornamental uses, and thin gold leaf pre- pared by a machine process supplies many of the requirement* of those artist* and artiaans formerly requiring trie labor of goldbeater*. Year* ago the craft of tte nail- maker WM a separate and distinct one. Blacksmiths.quick at handling and shaping hot iron made nails by hand, and this wa* an established industry. Nowadays nails are a machine product, manufactured by the hun- dred groee, and the nailmaker, with hit mall shop, his hammer, his anvil, and hit bellows, ha* been left behind in the march of progress. Another trade, or busmnae, which ha* sustained almoet a complete transformation, and has been nearly blotted out within a few yean, is the uusmee* of tairbuilding. This WM a separate brrnch of the carpenter'* trade, and men trained to had business being with carpenter* and builder*, and not with landlord* and agent*, at a ml*: an i you smok 'Ottier fel- Sky-Rocket Photographs. An exceedingly ingenious invention con tilling of a camera combined with a para- chute, eepecially dengned for obtaining photograph* of fortification* and of the camp* of the enemy, although picture* may al*o be made for surveying purposes, * f mark* an important step in the tcience of modern warfare. The parachute it snugly- folded in a thin cate at the end of a rocket, which i* tir*d to the required height, and burst* open by mean* of a time-fiue. The nspiosion *et* free the parachute, which i* protected from in jury bv a casing of abe*to. The parachute ha* a number of thin um- brella rib*, and these are forced outward, and kept in that position by a strong spiral sprang. From the parachute a camera is suspended ; and aitringheld by the operator 11 attached by a universal joint te the bot- tom of the device, for the purpose of pull- ing the parachute uack. The camera i* fit- ted with an instantaneous shut ter, operated by clock work, *o it to give several exposure* at interval*. At the back of the box i* an arrangement by which the plate* can be manipulated by mechanical agency. A winging motion can be given the camera by the operator, and thi* will enable him to obtain euoceeeive picture* over a wide area. The whole arrangement it exceed- ingly clever ; aad there is no doubt that sky-rocket photograph* will play an im- portant part in the military maneuver* of the future. Forgot all About It. Dr. Duncan the great Scottiih theologian and Oriental scholar, having to preach in a churoh near Aberdeen, set off one Sunday morning to walk to the place. Slowly moving along, he quickly got into the seventh heaven of mental exaltation, and time, space and matter fell from him like garment*. Reaching the church, and see- ing the people enter, it occurred to him to be a very proper thing to engage in public worship. Going up to the elder at the plate, he enquired who WM to preach, and only "came to himielf" when he WM told that the preacher wu to be "Mr. Duncan, from Aberdeen." One i* at first inclined to doubt the authenticity of inch anecdote*, but the preeent writer it ready to believe 'anything of the kind since an abeent -minded friend of hie returned home, after performing part of hi* journey by rail, to aik where he WM going to. therefore thoy did not find it neceuary to J oat something.' 1 FALL FUN. Brown " What tobacco are ing mo*t of now?" Bunker ' lowi." Will you marry me?" " I am already engaged to four men." "But you can only mariy one, you know. Let me be the) one." " So you are not going to send your con to college? L'ncle Oatbm ""i'am't no use ; don't care nothin fur game* au' never did. ' Nell " What make* yon think your new suitor i* entirely too honeat '" Bell* " Because he wouldn t even steal a ku*." Ethel" What did you do when your fiance aaid he wa* going to hare hi* mu* tache shaved <jtf ?" Maude" Oh, I *et my face against it. ' He" You are the only girl I ever loved" She" Oh, nver mind that. The main queition i* am I the only girl you efur will love." Wife "And did Mr. <Uy really say I WM positively dove-like?" Husband "Something of that tort. He laid yo were pigeon-toed, 1 believe." Mrs. Hiland " I don't like to see girl* throw kis*ee. It is so immodeet." Mr. Hiland " Ye* ; and thtn they are usually sucli pour marksmen. " " How did you come to break with Mis* Sweellipe? Yuu alway* said the wai at good ai gold." " Yee ; but 1 got acquaint* ed with a girl who had the gold. ' " Your wife takes great interest in the woman queition. " "She doe*, sir : (he u> so much taken up with the right* of woman tnat she forgets men haveany. " Mr*. Bingo" Can't I have a bicycle, dear?" Bingo " Pshaw, you'd never learn." Mr*. Bingo" Well, I've had enough practice working the sowing machine." Judge " You sa- your tray wa* kept in the house night* and read book*. What book* "" Father of the youthful acciiacd The Boy Bandit* of Bombay' Mriea." Edith" What tr-akes you think that Charley i* in love with you ?" Maude "Why, ma talked to him over half ao hour lut evening, and he really eeemed to enjoy it." hverett Wreit " Lady, if you would like to have some wood sawed " Mr*. PotU " We burn ga." " Then perhaps you will let me turn on the gu for me break fMC'' He "Do you know how to make good bread ?" She" Oh, ye* ; but I don't mean to ; when I marry I mean to get a husband who will be rich enough to buy 'mo cake." Ethel "What made people think they were husband and wife f Frank "Why, whenever he related a good story she al- ways interrupted him by saying h*'d left To The Girls. Oirlt, M many of you will have to make your way in life alone and all of you ought to be> able to help other* fight it* btttlet do not wait until yon are flung off by diaastor. and your mother and your father are dead, and all the resources of your family have been Mattered, but now, while in a good home, and environed by prosperity, learn how to do some kind of work that the world must have M long M the world stands. Turn your attention from the embroidery of fine slipper*, of which there) it a surplus, and make a uful article. Expend the time in which you adorn a cigar-case in learning how to makt a good, honest loaf of bread. Turn your attention from the making of flimsy noth- ing* to the manufacture of important some- thing*. advertise themselves. Wooden stain are now put together by machinery, and are) | bought by builders ready made from fac- tone*. Thi* hu (hut out moet of the stair builders, though a few of them are still to be found. Iron staircases, too, have largely superseded in modern built house* thoee of ood. All of these change*, while injun ou* to the material intereit* of individual*, have, in the main, greatly aerved the pub ho by cheapening wonderfully the purchase price of such articles of manufacture to con- sumers, and thereby widening immeasur- ably the number of persons able to procure tuch commodities. Among unprogrenive persons the extinction or decadence of ome trade* it deplored, but abler men, with their face* eit toward the future, aeo nothing but general good to the community in the change* we have mentioned. THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD FEVER. It U fcl'lnn a fcrral Blum to *)*l*>rS In Wentersi Aswtralla. The gold boom in \Vet Australia is developing with wonderful rapidity. Al- ready in Wostern Australia, we are told, there are springing up tow nth IDS, where desolation once reigned; railway* are be- ing laid M fast M the workmen can put them down; a wild and hitherto unpeopled region ii pulsating with civilization and a new life. The recent discovery of an anriferout reef of untold valae has given an impetus to the industry both in England and in the locality of the mine*. Speaking of the discovery, Mr Malcolm Frawr, agent- general for vVeitern Australia, report* officially M follow*: "It would *em to eclipee anything ever discovered in the world's niitory. 'Aladdin and hi* Lamp' doe* not record greater riches than thoee officially vouched for. A holeS feet 4 inchee wide and 3 feet deep "hu yielded 10,000 first, and then enough gold i* left to tcale out two hundredweight. Thi* reef outcrops a distance of half a mile, and it U believed to be a deep one. If it i* anything like thi*, the wraith which is reeling '.here mo*t be something which will startle the world." It i* added, in comment by the London Financial NewH, that "if premnt indica- tion* are to bo trusted it m a reasonable inference that the reef which run* north and aouth of C'oolgardi* will turn out to bo one of altogether exceptional wealth, while at the Murohiton field, although it hat been hardly scratched over, the mine* that have beec opened are averaging from their crushing* from three ounce* to four ounce* to the ton. During the six month* ended June 91), 1804, the gold production of WMt.ern Auttralia amounted to 82,764 ounce*, and it is estimated by eminent authorities that the total for 1494 will be '2l)0,0<M) ounce*, or nearly double the out- put in 1393. The gold it there of that there can be no queition, Wife "The doctor sayt I will gain ten or fifteen pounds if I go away for a month. Can t I go, dear ?" Husband "Not much! Why, not one of your gown* would fit you then." Teacher "Now, Johnnie, we've been hearing of the changing seasons ; how can we tell when fall U here ?" Johnnie ",Cause everybody's clothe* smell of camphor ballf. " "Say, I don't believe that story about Mrs. Danaon's hair turning gray in a night, do you ?" Suiie "Mei-oy, yea! Thai's nothing: my mamma turned hen How in half a day." A noise in Europe- They Mked what WM it, TwM little Japan In the China oloMt. " Do you think Sickle* will recover *oon; asked the invalid'* friend. " Hi 'mm," ra- llied the physician thoughtfully. " My answer depends on whether you mean phys- cally or financially." " Ah," aaid the catual caller, seeing the; >oetat work in the adjoining room, " the )re of gen in* i* burning, eh ? ' "No," aaid the poet's practical wife. " I gucee it i* hit cigarette that smells so. " stoak* -" There gor* Chanter Oakee. Ue'i got one of the finest voice* I ever leard. Ever hear him sing? He'* got a fine voice." Oakes (sadly I "Yee; nioe voice. 1 heard it about an hour ago ho sorrowed ten." She " Why did you make me a promiae you never intended to keep ? You would not treat a man that way." He " Of course not. If you had been a man there would have been aome show of reasoning with you." ' I don't believe .lack love* me M well M he ought to." Bertha "HM he been neglecting you, dear?" "Oh, dear, no. He refuses to break our engagement when v know I oould marry Mr. De Million if lie would." Of count) it't none of my busmen, dear," said Mildred to Amy, " but if I were you I wouldn't marry Mr. Spatter*. ' Why not?" " With all your money, you ought to be able to get a really handsome man." Here's somethin' great limply great '" exclaimed the itreetlakir, M he blocked the path of a portly citizen. " I don't doubt it," was t he reply. " But I belong to the clan of people, air, who object to having greatneM thrust upon them." Life's Problems Solved. Tired Tin "Wot't that you say? Look- in* fer work ?" Wayfaring William "Yep. I an't no tramp. I work on firm*. But I never stay* in one utyation more'n a week." "Why not ?" "Well, by that time the folks generally stops treatin' me at company, and want* me to work." Ho "She ha* very handsome teeth." She "Why shouldn't, she, when her brother u a dsnlut T". HF.NKVKRIMW Hood's Har*pa- nllu now I want to bow and say 'Thank You' I was badly affected with Kf-SWSM and rf |M *, covering almost tha whole of one Aide of my face, neiirly to the *** top of my hrad. Running *oros dischargee) from both ear*. My eye* were very had, the. evollste ee> >* It WM painful opening ot closing them, for nearly a year I WM deaf. i went to inc ho*pital and had an operation performed for the removal of a oanvact Croat eon ey. Onr day my *lster brought me Hood's Sarsaparilla which I took, anil gradually began to feel hat- ver and strnnirer, and slowly the tores on mf yet anil In my ear* healed. I <tan now hnaf aadaMMwellMever." MHO. 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