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wa frightened at first, but soon cov
ing, she gave us something to eat. She
exercised q strange influence on me. Her
sweet face at once reminded me that
purity existed in the world. She took
q special liking to me, and when | limited
that | would like to have an old suit of
clothes, that | was tired of wearing ugly
stripes. shc-not knowing hat she. was
committing a crimc-procurcd for me an
old suit of clothes. At the gate | kissed
her hand. My companions, three vile
wrctchcs, were not impressed 10y the
little girl, and had l not possessed a gun
l am sure that they would have robbed
the house.
We had not gone much farther when
pursucrs came within sight. Then there
was a race for liberty. | was fleet, more
so than the wretchcs. About the time
night set in two of my fellow convict>
had been captured. The other one kept
close to me. 4 gun fired. heard Il
yell. Looking around, l saw him fall.
The darkness and the dense woods pro-
tcctcd me. Icscapcd. Finding a canoe
| crossed the river. The face Of the lit
tie girl was constantly before me.
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MANS A KICKER.

Give to him power and friends and wealth.,
Give to him love and home and health,
Give to him ease and peace and rest.
Give to him all that makes life blest,
Give to him what the h art most Graves,
What makes the freeman more than slaves,
What makes the patriot tried and trus,
What lifts tho martyr to the blue,
What molis the hero from tho dust,
And shapes him for the noblest trust;
Give him his choice Of youth or age,
The manners that do most engage,
The poets fire, the painters art,
That burns the brain or moves tho heart;
Or give him all the things to eat,
The ripe, the luscious, sour or sweet,
And add to these flesh, fish or fowl,
Then listen and you'll hear him growl-
For mans q kicker,
Give to him sorrow, grief AMI care,
The sorest eros ses man may bear,
The toughest paths, the blacklist woe,
A heaven in which there is no bow
Of promise, and in which the clouds
Enfold the light like funeral shrouds;
Let sickness, death and every i'll
Which makes earth bltterlay their chill,
Cold hands upon him. Let his life
Be one amending hideous strife,
A wilderness where jackals howl
It's all the same. You'll hear him growl-
For mans a kicker.
Merchant Trdpete
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Suuattery in the Metropolis.

On the eastern side of this city, says q
New York letter to the Philadelphia
Press, there is a village OF squattcrs, who
have taken temporary possession of I'M
used sites on a hill, and have erected
shanties which serve at once for pigpens,
hcncoops, bedrooms and living rooms.
They enjoy the privilege of squatters in
having no rent to pay. but they are en-
posed to the penalty of being, at any
moment, turned out from their dens and
losing land and house at once. Usually
they remain while the quarrymen who
are opening the streets almost undermine
their shanties, and then. if the buildings
are not blown away, they pull them down
and pack them away like tents to another
dwelling place. The village is filled
with snarling dogs, which aid in draw
ing the swill or coal carts. for the chill
drcn are mainly employed in collecting
swi!l and picking Goals through the
streets. The shanty family are never
quite so poor as the tenement house fam
lily, as they have 20 rent to pay.
But the filth and wretchcdncss
in which they sometimes live
arc beyond description. The peo-
pie have very little regular occupa.
ton, many being widows who do occa-
sional ''chores" in families; others live
on the sac of the coal their children
gather, or on the pigs which share their
domicile; others keep fowls, and all
have goats, though where the profits
from these latter come | could never dis
cover, as no one seems to buy the milk,
and l never heard OF their killing them.
Money, however, in some way they do
procure, and one old red-faccd swill.
gatherer who died left, it was said. n
large deposit in the savings bank, which
no one could claim; yet one corner OF
her bed chamber was filled with q heap
of ill-smc!ling bones, and the pigs slept
under her bed.
There is another old ragpickcr whose
shanty is a sight to behold. all the odds
and ends of a great city seem piled up i'll
it-boncs, broken dishes, rags, bits of
furniture, cindcrs, old tin. useless lamps,
dccaying vegetables. ribbons, clothes,
leeless chairs and carrion all mixed to.
gether, and hcaped up nearly to the cell
ing, leaving hardly room for Il bed on
the floor. where the woman and her two
children sleep. Yet all these arc marvels
of health and vigor, far surprising most
children in the comfortable classes.
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Some Famous Hot SHELLS.

In 1903 and 1904, according to a
French journal, the Rhine, Loire and
Seine ran dry. In 1915 the heat through:
out Europe became excessive. Scotland
suffered particularly in 1925; men and
beasts died in scores. The heat IN sew
cral departments during the summer Of
1905 was equal to that in n glass furnace
Meat could be cooked by merely expo
sing it to the sun. Not q soul dare ven
turc out between noon and 4 P. NJ. In
IT'S many shops had to close; the
theatres never opened their doors for
several months. Not q drop of water
fell during six months. In 1773 the
thermometer rose to 116 degrees. In
1873 the heat at Bologna was so great
that o great number of people were
sti1ed. There was not sufficient air for
the breath, and people had to take refuge
under ground. In July, 1913, the heat
became intolerable. Vegetables were
burned IN and fruisdried upon the trees.
The furniture and woodwork in dwell
inr houses cracked and split up; meat
went bad in an hour.
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AMID THE WHEAT.
mid the wheat. amid the wheat.

Amid the wheat, amid the wheat.
At morn the sturdy cleaners greet
What time the meadow-lark upsprings,
On buoyant wings, end scars and sings.
The reaperS whet their Scythes in tune.
Till dies the sunlit afternoon,
Then homeward thread the through
Where grasses CLEAN with shimmerinG dew
While birds their vesper songs repeat
Amid the wheat. amid the wheat.
Amid the wheat. amid the wheat,
The peoples find a shy retreat:
With every breeze that blows is blent
Their aromatic, drowsy scent
That watts the weary soul away
Across some wide, aerial bay,
Where shorcleSs realms of dreanland lie
Beneath an iridcScent sky:
Such viStaS ore to those who meet
Amid the wheat. amid the wheat.
Amid the wheat. amid the wheat,
Who stravs with frolic loving feet:
A little maid that comes to see
Where dwellS the braggart humblebee;
A little maid of summer few,
With laughing eyes of pansy hue.
Whose heart is like a morn in May,
Whose life an endless holiday:
All. may it ever seem as sweet
As now to her amid the wheat.
Clinton ScONdrd.
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HUMOR OF HI DAY.

Is q hotel waiter girl made to order?
GLOW sleep the brave?" asks q poet.
This depends largely on the number OF
cats in the neighborhood.
A bar in the river and q bar on shore
have the same name, because water is
scarce in both places. -lNe'chat '1rar-
eler. .
The difference between the human
race and a horse race is disappearing.
You can't bet on either, nowadays
Philadelphia CuL
"Moirc antique sashes 81. or eight
inches wide are becoming more popular"
but they should not be worn by the more
antique ladies. --Norristown Herald.
Child-"Mamma, I want some ~raisins."
Very well, take q handful" "a hand
full Oh. won't you give them 10 me2
your hand is larger."-Ge'maa JOKE.
An exchange says that there is a large
falling off in the population of the west.
crn part of Massachusetts,. The bicycle
is bound to make its way everywhere
Burlington Free Press.
A boy will eat, and a boy will drink,
And q boy will play all day:
But a boy won't work, and a boy won't think,
Because he amt built that way.
Chicago Ledger.
The story that the site of Chicago was
bought for a pair IF boots is not sur
prislng when we consider the size OF the
accepted boot in that locality. This
probably gave rise to the remark that
corporations nave no solcs.-Lye.
The Afghans eat MO as we do ap-
pies. Tac cause of the recent attack by
the Russians can therefore be easily
understood. They were obliged to use
their guns to keep the Afghsns from
coming within hailing distance. -New
York Sun.
In the days that are wintry and chilly,
When with bills we are driven nigh dat,
We're panied on rejecting how lily
We honor q draft.
But in summer when all wonder sadly
Why no cooling breezes should watt,
It's worthy of notice how gladly
We horror a draft.
The Rambler.
4 poetcss asks, "Oh where does beauty
linger?" We think that we are breaking
no confidence when we reply that in
these artistic times it generally fingers
on the toilet table until the girl puts it
on with a brush and a powder puff
Tie Rambler.
"Did not the sight of the bound
less blue sea, bearing in its bosom the
| white. winged fleets of commerce, fill
YOU with emotion?" eyes," replied the
traveller, .'for a while it did, but after a
while it didn't fill me with anything. 1t
sorter empticd me. "-Sytinys.
The farmer leads no EZ life.
The G D sows will rot;
And when at E Y rests from strife
His bones all A X lot.
In D D has to struggle harI
To L X living out:
If c frosts do not retarl
His crops therell B y drought.
The hired L P has to pay
Are awful A Z, too;
They G X rest when he's away
Nor any work will do.
Both n z cannot make to meet
And then for A d takes
Some boarders who so X 1 cat
a. Z no money makes
OF little U c finds this life;
Sick in old y G lies;
The debts he o z leaves his wife
And then in P G dies.
H. C. Dodge.
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HEALTH HINTS.

Only q small quantity of either food or
drink should be given to a sick person at
q time.
A clean newspaper often renewed makes
q better table cover for a sick room than
cloth.
Common baking soda is the best Of
remedies in case of scalds and burns. 1t
may be used on the surface OF the burned
place either dry or moistened.
10 prepare an egg for an invalid beat
until very light; add seasoning to taste
and then steam till thoroughly warmed
through. The most delicate stomach
will be able to digest it.
The French method of administering
castor oil is to pour the oil into a pan
ovcr a moderate fire, break. on egg into
it and stir it we'll; when it is done flavor
with n little salt or sugar or currant
jelly.
The Medical Journal states that a few
handfuls of common salt thrown daily
into closets, and an occasional handful
into wash basins, goes far toward coun-
tcract;ng the noxious effects of the ON.
niprcsent sewer gas.
A little daily change in the arrange
ment of furniture, q little planning tor
such pleasant surprises as an invalid can
bear in the way of food, company and
amusement, will often be more elfectual
in fastening the convalesccncc of q pa
tient than q score of tonics.
An agreeable dish for an invalid's tea
can be prepared by toastiug dry crusts
of bread in a moderate oven, until they
are brown. When cold pound them in
q mortar until reduced to q coarse meal,
then sift it through a flour sieve into q
dish. Serve with milk, or cream and
sugar, if desired.
How to cure q hiccough-Scc how
close together you can hold the tips OF
your foretingers without touching. Now
keep your elbows out free from your
side. You can get your fingers closer
than that. They are touching now.
There-now hold them so. Steady
Then ask: "Now, why don't you hic'
cough2"
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The King Of Dudes.

Berry Wall is the king of dudes, says
q New York letter. This sovereignty in
the matter of dress is the unique means
the young man employs to dispense with
an income of over $500, 900 q year. \
gentleman, who has known this cccen-
trio spcndthrift for years, met him at
Saratoga recently. During the past
month he has ~rcplcnishcd his wardrobe
with the most marvellous variety of gar
mcnts ever made for mans back. 1t is
said that, after a long career among the
toilcrs Of the world, this fastidious
dresser has finally decided that no one
can excel the fit and style Of the clothes
made by q New York firm. Poole, by
special permission, allowed to refer to
one of us-II. NJ, the Prince OF Wales
as a customer, if superseded by this ar
rangcmeut. Mr.. Walls happiest mo-
mcnts arc when he is astonishing a gap
ing crowd by his attire. Just to give
them something to wonder at he will
change his costume three or four times
an hour. When conscious that he is
being pointed out as the beau of the
fashion plates, he will excuse himself
from his friends for a space of five or
ten minutes to return in n spick-and-
span outfit of an entirely different de-
sign. The transformations in dress arc
made by two Wallets, who are always OF
duty in his apartments to strip and re-
habilitate him as they would a dummy
model in 4 millinery store. The fellow
is not bad at heart, as liberal as a profit
gate prince and nobody's fool by any
means. This pcnchant for clothes is
simply m cxpedient for spending money
and killing time.
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Tank. hair. among the ancientss was a

:: Lank. hair. among the ancientss was a
sign of cowardice: auburn hair, or light
brown, evidence of great susceptibility
to the tender passion, as we'll as rare in
telligence, industry, and a peaceful dis
position; black hair was not highly es.
teemed, the possessor of it being thought
Jealous and quarrelsome; red hair, in
general, was an aversion, a mark OF rep
robation, even before the time of Judas.
Gas wicked as a red ass" was freely ap.
piled to any one having bright hair, and
was a popular and opprobious saying,
and to make the sentiment more bind
ing, one of that patient tribe of quadru-
peds was made to atone for it every year
by being. thrown from a high WALL
1Ln LnteaiMo
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DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR Buffers, the
celebrated Temperance Restorative, that
tones without exciting, and regulates
without pain, is the only true and abao-
lutte remedy for biliousncss, collie. indi-
gestion, nervousness, sick headache,
flatulency. liver complaint, rheumatism,
and all ailmcn's arising from corruption
or impoycrishment OF the blood.
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Wagner, the murderer, the first man
hanged in the Ohio p%enitentiary, left a
touching temperance sermon behind. The
leaves in his Bible were turned at every
place where drunkenness was referred
to. 1t had been the root of all evil to
him, and he seemed to hunt up all the
passages on it.
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Causes tho blood to heat and get into adepleted condi'
ton, and weakens the whole system. thus giving oppor-
tunity for ~scrofula. salt rheum, bols and humors to CON
to the surface. The blood should be purified AMI vital
lied by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, which will e1pel all
and give tone and strength tothe whole body.
"Ihad four scrofulous sores como on my feet. which
grew 80 bad that I could not wear 8 shoe. Nothing
which I took did me any good till one day I saw Hoods
Sarsap,rilla advertised in the paper. and decided to try
It. have taken two bottle, and the sores are almost
entirely healed" Mrs. A. PITTS, South Potsdam. N. Y.
al was subject to severe bilious attacks. Last spring
1 used Hoods Sarssparilla, and was greatly benefited,
by it. think it a very excellent medicine, and chser
fully recommend 1t for biliousness and all impurities Of
the blood" yrs. j. ". CLEMENT, Franklin, N. H.
My daughter received much benefit from the use Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla as an excellent tonic after q pro-
tracted attack OF bronchial pneumoni,." Rev. F. H.
ADAMS, New Hartford, Ct.
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A New Orleans paper refers cditorially
to the wonderful restoration to health of
Mr.. 4. Posey, druggist, 225 Canal street,
that city, who some time ago was pros.
trated by an cxcruciating attack of sci
atica. After much suffering his wife ap.
piled St. Jacobs Oil. which cured him
promptly and entirely.
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We Caution All Against Thorn.

We Caution All Against Thorn.
The unprecedented success and merit OF
Ely's Cream Balm-a real cure for catarrh,
hay-fever, and cold in the head-has induced
many adventures to place catarrh medicines
bearing some resemblance in appearance,
style or name upon the market, in order to
trade upon the reputation Of Ely's Cream
Balm. Many in your immediate locality will
TESTIFY in highest commentator Of it. Don't
be deceived. Buy only Ely's Cream Balm.
A particle is applied into each nostril: no
pain; agreeable to use. Price Sue. Druggists.
Hay-Fover. I have been a great sufferer
from Hay.Fever for Is years. I read Of the
many wondrous cures by Ely's Cream Balm
and thought I would try once more. In Is
minutes after one application I was wonder.
fully helped. Two weeks ago I commenced
using it and now I feel entirely cured. 1t is
tho greatest discovery ever known or heard
of-DUnUMAL CLARK. Farmer, Lee, Mass.
prico Al ranta
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On O Tombstone.

While staying a few days last summer
at Stonington, Conn, says a Philadelphia
Times correspondent, I copied from a
the following inscription:
When Rhode Island
BY her Legislation
From 1914 to 1850
REPUDIATED
Her Revolutionary Debt
DIR. RICHMOND
Removed from that State
To THIS BOROUGH
And selected this
As his family Burial Place
Unwilling that the remains
OF himself and family
Should be disgraced by being
A PART OF
The Common Earth Of q
REpUDIATING STATE.
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Engraving is very ancient. The oldest
records are cut in stone, some in relief
and some in intaglio. The hieroglyph-
les of Egypt are cut in the granite mon
oliths and on the walls of the tombs and
chombnrs
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Important
when you visit or leave Nov York city, save baggage,
e1presssge and S3 carriage hire. and stop at the Grand
Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central depot.
dollars, 81 aad upward Per day. European plan. Els.
vator. r. staurant supplied with tia best. Horse cars.
stages and elevated railroads to all dspots. Families
can live better for less money at the Grand Union
Hotel than at any other hrst-class hotel in the city.
Constant ocrunation nreyents termination,
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Mark Twain's latest advertisement is his
assertion that lis children are we'll behaved,
well governed and companionably charming,
and lie refers to Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Charles Dudley Warner and his other Hart
ford neighbors as witnesses. How could you
expect them to be otherwise, were they not
brought up on Ridges Fooda-E1change.
LIGHTNING kills 100 Frenchmen every
wear.
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A forciblc illustration of the weight
of the atmosphere was given by PROBES.
sor S. =. Langley, the American astrono-
mer, in q recent lecture in London. lie
remarked that the air, so limpid that it
scarcely appears to be matter at all, is SO
enormous in mass that it really presses
with nearly a ton to each square foot;
so that the weight of all the buildings
in the worlds metropolis, for instance,
is less than that Of the air above them.
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\ locomotive will run GO, 600 miles be-
fore requiring general repairs; but some
get discouraged at AZ $1,000 and want a
little 'rctting."
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The Frog Fishing Industry.

A short, thickset man, dressed in a
suit Of faded jeans, which terminated in
rubber top boots, yesterday crcpt softly
along the bank of q shiny ditch in "thc
Neck" clutching in one hand a slender
pole, from which dangled a short line
and supporting with the other a large
sack slung to his belt, the contents Of
which wriggled and squirmcd in a way
unpleasantly suggestive of snakes.
''What are you hunting ior?'
"Frogs!" was the hoarsely whispered
answer, and the hand supporting the
sack vas raised as a signal.
The reporter stopped and the frog
| fisherman took 4 step nearer the ditch
and softly lowered mis- pole. The end Of
the line disappeared among the flags,
there was q moment Of silence. the pole
dartcd to one side, was suddenly jerked
upward, and with 4 surprised ''chunk'
an immense green bullfrog lay sprawling
in the road at the tishcrman's feet. Be-
fore froggie could gather his faculties and
hop away the mau seized him. opened
his sack and thrust his Shiny captive in
! among the mass.
"Do 0 eat thcm!'
sometimes; not Often" was the
answer. "They are very good. Icould
sell more than | catch, though"
''Whcrc do you sell them?'
"My wife-she does the selling-has
regular customers. | do not ask for
names when the money comes"
He embossed the squirming sack, laid
aside his pole, and, seated under the
spreading branches Of a big willow tree
chatted for an hour. Philadelphia is u
good market for the frog hunters. There
are about fifty who follow it regularly
as q profession. During the season they
make cnoughto live comfortably through
the winter. An expert fisherman will
catch from five to twenty-five dozen per
day. The early morning and evening
are the best fishing hours. The imple-
ments necessary to pursue the calling
successfully are q pair of high-topped
boots, a belt and sack, and a pole and
line. Affixed to the end of the line is a
grapnel made by soldering the shanks of
three or four fishhooks together. Armed
with this and equipped as above, the
fisherman is ready.
Stagnant bitches are the hunting
grounds, and they arc found in album
dance in ':thc Neck" along the Della
ware river on both sides, and among
the swamps and boys of interior New
Jersey. \ frog fisherman must have q
supple wrist and aquick eye. He uses
no bait, but steals quietly along the
ditch, rod in hand, carefully scrutinlz.
ing every secluded spot. When he
spies a frog he noiselessly lowers his
pole until the grapncl touches froggic.
Then with a combined side and upward
jerk he impalcs the frog on ono of the
sharp hooks. In removing the hook
care is taken not to i%njurc the game. for
dead frogs are of no use. The result of
a days hunt is confined in a large tank
at the home of the fisherman, where they
are FED on corn meal until sold. Large
restaurants are the principal purchasers.
Prices vary according to the size of the
frog. The smallest bring twenty-five
cents per dozen: the largest three dol
per dozen. -PhIhdorhia Times.
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% Cents


Will buy d TREATISE on THE HORSE AND H1s
DISEASES. Book Of 100 pages, valuable tx
every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken
Sent postpaid. New YORK HORSE Book Co.
1A Leonard Street, New York city.
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Miss Cleveland's book was written on
Irish linen paper. She is the first lady
of the White House 10 write, or rather
to publish, any continued literary work.
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An Only Daughter Cured of Consumption.

An Only Daughter Curcd Of Consumption.
When death was hourly expected from Con-
sumption, all remedies having failed and DR.:
H. James was experimenting, he accidentally
made q preparation of Indian Hemp, which
cured his only child, and now gives this recipe
on receipt of stamps to pay expenses. Hemp
also cures night sweats, nausea at the stom.
ach, and will break a fresh cold in "a hours.
Address Craddock & Co., 1882 Race street,
Philadelphia, Pa naming this paper.