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An amusing story comes from ono
Of the clubs hcre--a club which adorns
tho sacred slopes OF Bsacon Hill. Mr.
A.. scion Of an old house. has noblc
pretensions. but limited finances
and has his eyes fixed longingly
upon the Golfers Of maiden
aunt who has . good deal Of
money md far more brains than
some Of the younger members. Of his
family. Tho youth had gambled
heavily. and at last got hi mself into q
state Of financial chaos where he had
nothing left but absolute reputation
OF his debts Of honor" or suicide.
unless his aunt would play the role Of
fairy godmother as she had done be-
fore. In desperation he applied to
her. Of course, without specifying the
nature Of the transactions which had
left him 80 heavily involved. The old
lady was too shrewd. however. not to
know.
"Been gambling. ehp" shc said.
''Woll. I've paid your gambling debts
before. and I can again. l suppose;
but this time I'll make 4 condition.
With some trepidation tho nephew
inquired what the condition was.
''You need . wife to keep you
straight" his aunt answered, with q
wicked CLEAN in her eye. ':Now you've
had every opportunity 70 choose a
good wife and you haven't done II.
Now none Of the girls in our set
would take you for gift. even with
your money thrown in. So Two
selected wife for you She's good
and pious, and healthy sure to out
live you--and not bad-looking She's
old enough to take care Of you and
herself. too. and IL you II marry her
Ill do something handsome for You. !"
''Who is shep' the young man de-
manded.
''She's my nurse Just at present, but
I can get another II you can't spare
her."
"Oh. I can spare her perfectly well.
aunt; and could never think of TAX
ing her away from you"
The end Of all the talk was that the
young man did actually agree TO mar
ry woman who was said 70 be forty
and his aunts hired nurse. II his
debts could be paid and he guaranteed
an income of $6. 900 a yoar.
And what he got by 1t was that his
aunt invited cousin. his rival in the
race for the old lady's fortune. 10
dinner and told him the story, adding
that she had simply made the proposal
as test, and that she should refuse to
receive at her house man who would
marry q servant for money. The
affair is still unsettled SO far as the
gam bling debts 60. and 1t can hardly
be held that 1t presents the aunt In an
amiable light Boston Letter.
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CLIMATE OF KANSAS.
Her People Like 1t, Hence No One ELSE
Has Right to Grumble.

Her People Like 1t, Hence No One Else
Has u Right TO Grumble.
Kansans like their climate. We
have incidentally noticed already
some of the facts that help to consti-
tute climate. One or two more claim
some attention. The division of the
State by the great watershed marks
two climatic districts. 1t is, on the
whole, coolor north Of that line. Wei.
lington. in the Arkansas v alley, has a
mean annual temperature one-fifth Of
degree higher than Fort Riley.
whose elevation Is about the same in
the Kaw Valley. South of the divide.
peaches are more rarely injured by
frost. Along the watershed and to
tho north the wheat is at its best The
rainfall decreases westerly As far
west as the 96th meridian the precipi-
tatiOn is about the same as in En-
gland. West of the Tooth meridian
there is less than twenty inches
per annum. More than half the
rain falls in the five months, April to
August. Tho autumn and winter are
therefore sunny and dry. 1t Is. how
ever. fully believed that the culture Of
thirty years has modified the climate.
mainly in the distribution of the rain
and the force of tho winds. There are
fewer storms and foods. and more
rainy days. This modification Of rain
fall is noticed throughout the State.
as much in the west rs tho east, In
the West now the June uplands are
glorious with wheat the August val
leys rich with sorghum and corn.
The tenlpering Of the winds Is remark
able. The gales become breezes In
the neighborhood OF numerous or
chards. the planted groves. the grow
ing corn. IThe american Desert
of the old maps. and which early
Kansans "allowed" might be found
beyond the Goth meridian. has been
pushed bodily from the State Non
est tnventas.
One thing more, the spirit OF the
people. That has made the State.
All ew.comers become Kansans. As
soon as they have been here year
they say: "We did It "--Robert Hay.
u s. O. g., IN Harper's Magazine.
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Beginning of Steel Pens.

The earliest notice Of steel pens that
] have met with is by Wordsworth.
In 1906 he and his family were occu-
lpying the house at Coleorton during
the absence of Sir George and Lady
Beumont. and In tho month OF Decem-
Der the poet wrote to the latter what
he calls 'the longest letter he ever
wrote in my life" and with reason.
US 1t fills eighteen pages He begins:
my Dear Lady Beaumont: There's
penmanship for youl ! shall not be
able to keor 1t up to the end in this
style. Notwithstanding ! have the adj
vantage Of writing with one Of your
steel pens, with which Miss Hutohin-
SON has Just furnished me-" The next
men ton that have noted is by Dr.
Kitchiner In 1924. when speaking Of q
friend above sixty he says: "This
strain of the eye and OCCASION for
spectacles Of high magnifying power
is particularly found In mending pens,
SO that he has sufficient number Of
pens to prevent the necessity OF
.mending any Of them until he has
finished writing" To this there Is
appended a note; ITO those who
find the mondlng Of pens rather .
difficult Job ! recommend the occa-
sional use Of steel pen. especially
when they wish to write very small
and neatly" The steel pen seems to
have been still rarity at that time,
and my own schoolboy experience
tends to show that II waa From
about 1924 to 184a ! do not remember
the use Of steel pens In school, and In
earlier years 1925 to 1882 ! have dis.
tinot recollection OF our using quils. =
Notes and Queries.
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Wandered for Years,

SHELBYvILLE. ILL, June 12-In 1877
Martin II. Phipps, well-to-do farmer Of
Gallatin County, Ky, almost insane be-
cause of waywurd daughter, left his
home and family, determined to be q
wanderer the remainder Of his life. Every
effort to ascertain his whereabouts was
unsuccessful. A few days ago his son,
still living on the old farm with his
mother, saw in the daily paper that NJ. IL.
Phipps, of Shelbyville, ILL.,, had been al.
lowed pension as II Mexican veteran.
He arrived here yesterday and found his
long lost father an inmate OF the poor
house Phipps is now seventy-seven years
of ace
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obsysd the scriu,uraI Injunction.

COLUMBIA, 8. C., June 11.-Nlrs. Catha-
rine Crowell, the great great-grcat grand.
mother Of Mrs. A J. Bennett, Of Lancas-
ter, died Friday in her ninety-ninth year.
She was the mother Of sixteen children.
Her descendants number 422, not including
the families and descendants Of two of her
children who live out West aCd have not
hseu heard from for many years. She had
grandchildren, 2l2 great t-grandchildren
S2 grcat-great grandchildren and o great
sreat-great grandchildren. She was mar
;'cd when she was sixteen, and most Of
her descendants have done likewise.
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To Enco uraas Silk Culture.

WAsHrSGToN, June 1l-Senator Chandler
has introduced, by request, a bill appro-
priating $3.50, 900 for the development and
encouragement OF silk culture in the
United States. 1t creates a division of
silk culture in the Department of Agrcul-
ture, and authorizes the establishment Of
experimental silk culture stations
throughout the country. 1t provides for
The free distribution to the farmers ani
others Of mulberry seed and silK-worm
epOs
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Extremely Rara Occurrence.

ANAMosA, Iowa, June 12.-Anna l..
Hover female convict, made her escape
from the penitontiary here Sunday night
by saving Off an iron bar over her window
IN the top tier Of cells and letting herself
down by means of bed clothes then climb
ing up rope and scaling the wall. She
was sent from Cedar Rapids eighteen years
for murder in the second degree, she hav-
ing assisted a man-in killing her husband.
She afterwards ran away with her para
mour. she had served five years. She is
the first female that has ever escaped in
Iowa
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Dynamite on a Lake Steamer.

DETROIT, MICH, June ia barrel OF
:sh in which was a dynamite bomb, was a
part Of the cargo in the hold of the steamer
City OF Cleveland on her trip from Clevo-
land last Wednesday. The barrel was ono
OF number of others consigned by John
Kingsborough, a wholesale fish dealer at
Cleveland, TO Ryan a. Bourke, of this city.
The bomb was discovered when the barrel
was opened the following day, and was
thrown into the river. From tho appear
nnce Of the barrel it had been opened and
the bomb placed in it after the barrel ha
ie n the warehouse in Cleveland
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An Everyday Idyl.

''Sir." said the landlady 'look at
the advantages ! off.r Use Of piano.
bath and gas Think Of the view
from your window. and the good
air!"
"But mad anne. will you furnish hot
food with all these luxuriesp"
''Sirr' answered the landlady.
frigidly. II keep boarding-house I"
"And ] can not subsist on use Of
piano. gas, or bath. View and air. ]
am . boarder.'
The bargain = Of -Dsfroa nv
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GENERAL IGNORANCE.

A Leader who Commands the Largest
Army Ever In the Eield.
Inotice some of the newspapers are
making no end of fun of Harvard
graduate who could not toll who dis
covered America. Oh. woll. my son.
that il one Of the things you don't
learn in college. am Ike the Har-
ward graduate. lido not know who
discovered America. II you know. or
think you know q man who does
know. I wish you would tell ME. I
would give some money to learn jus
that much. am also a way down in
the spelling.class. l can not spoil
Shakespeare as Shakspere himself
spelled 1t. I wish you would tell mo
the proper way Of spelling that great
mans name. I do not know why
there are 80 many gray
horses and no gray colts. l do
not know whether the cgg began
with the hen or the hen started with
the egg. can't understand why we
can't find the North Pole when wo
know right where 1t is. Idon't know
why matinee should come in the
afternoon. ldon't know why q man
wears buttons on tho tail Of his coat
! can't see what earthly use an ele-
plants tail is to him. Idon't under
stand why people in town are always
wild to 60 to the country. and people
IN the country are crazy to come to
town. Why don't they change places
at once and be done with itp / do
wish I could some where hear OF q wise
man who would devote q few hours
every century to teaching me few
simple things that every body ought
to know. and that every body. except
myself seems to know already. -
Robert J. Burdette.
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SANK GENTLY TO sLnnr.

General shertdan's Venerable Mother Dead
"A Noble woman's sufrerings Peacefully
Ended While Her Gallant sons Life
Seems to BE Hanging in the balance.
SOMERSET, o., June 12.-Mrs Mary Sher-
idan, mother Of General Phil II. Sheridan,
died here to-day ut halfpast 1 o'clock p.
m. She was born in the County Of Cavan,
North Of Ireland, in 1901; married in that
county to John Sheridan in 1924, who died
here in 1876. Patrick, the oldest child, was
born in Ireland, also daughter, who died
at sea. The family came to Quebec, Can
ada, in 1899, thence to st. Johns, New
Brunswick, from there to Portland,
Me-, arriving in Albany, N. Y, in 1880.
Remaining in Albany . few years, they
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No Change In Sheridan's Condition.

WASHINGTON, June 12.-There is no
change to observe in General Sheridan's
condition. 1t continues to be substantial
ly the same. His pulseis 10i to 106 of lair
volume and tension. He coughs very lit
tie and his respiration remains irregular.
He take, plenty Of nourishment without
indications Of failure OF digestion or assim-
ilation. There will not be another bulletin
issued until morning The General has not
been informed of the death of his mother.
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TWenty.Three Days' Fast.

RACINE, Wis, June ll.-John Zachar, jr.,
son OF a wealthy Bohemian farmer living
In Mount Peasant Township, five miles
north, has not tasted food for twenty-three
days. During the greater portion Of that
time has done arduous farm work, but has
now grown so weak that any thing more
laborious than light chores exhausts him.
He talks nationally and gives no other rea
son for his abstinence than that he is not
IN
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Colored Teachers Association,

RALEIGH, N. c., June 12-The Colored
State Teachers Association, membership
one thousand, met here to-day, and W II
continue in session one week. Rev. j. &.
Price, of Livingstone College, Salisbury,
president OF the association, in his ad-
dress, expressed satisfaction ut the educa-
tional progress made among the colored
people, aud asserted his belief that his
race was on the eve Of an important edu.
cational reyiya
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Il Was Not Murder.

TALLAHASSEE, FLA, June 12.-Dennis
Williams, colored, who shot and seriously
wounded Superintendent Mccormick, at
Ellaville, Saturday, was taken to the
woods by mob and lynched yesterday.
His body was afterward found In the
river. The negroes are greatly incensed,
and it is reported they will try to avengs
Williams lynching
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AWAKE up now, o thou faithful and de-
vout soul, and go after thy Redeemerl Fol-
low His footsteps, gather up diligently the
drops of His blood, and sprinkle them with
a true faith in thine heart! Take up the
bundle of myrrh, and lay it at thy breast,
o thou noble bride mad spouse of Christi
His passion that He suffered for thee,
write in thy mind! Learn to die to all sin,
from thyself and from the world, that thou
mayest be crucited unto the world, and the
world be crucitied unto thee.-MiIes Corer-
dale
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Brjdue Bills ADDroved.

WAsMlNGToN, June l2,-The President
has approved tho acts authorizing the con-
struction Of bridges over Staten Island
sound, the Tennessee river near Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, and the same river near
Guntersyille,
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Tam many McGinly All Riqht.

New YoRR, June 1l.-Dennis McGinty'
tho Tnmmany delegate, who was thought
TO have been lost en- route homo from st.
Louis, arrived tonight. lie says he stayed
at st. Louis with some friends, and did not
start with the delegation on the special
train.
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Senator Chace Reelected.

NEWPORT, X. l., June 12.-In the General
Assembly Jonathan A. Chlce was re-
elected United States Senator by a ma
jority of both Houses. Vote: Senate-J.
II. Cbace, 30; J. w. Davis, 4; Charles
II. Page, /. House-Chace, 80; Davis, 8;
Page l.
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Mormons BuYina Land In Mexico.

Ell PAso, TEXAS, June ll.-Solon Hum
phreys, OF Now York, for himself and his
associates, have about closed here an inn
portant deal for the sale Of 900 acres OF
land in the State of chihuahua, Mexico,
to Andrew }. Steward and Geo. NJ. Brown,
Of Salt Lake City, agents OF the Mormon
Church Of Latter Day Saints, for coloni-
sation purposes.
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A Soldier LYnched.

HELENA, MoST, juno ll.-Robertson, q
colored soldier at Fort Shaw, Saturday
niIht had row with man near the Fort
over sporting woman and killed an inno'
cent by-stander. Fifty masked citizens
from SUI u ver tooS the murderer out hast
aight aud lynchcd him.
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The Maddost Woman in New York.

New YoRK, June 12.-In the suit of Miss
Minnie Terry against the wife Of Doctor
Perine for $4,000 damages for libel, the
jury this morning brought In sealed ver-
dict awarding the plaintiff twelve cents
damages.
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lustica McEnerv.

BATON RoUGE, La, June 1.-THE Senate
to-day confirmed the nomination Of ex-
Governor McEnery to be Associate-Justice
Of the Supreme Court for the term Of
twelve years, in place of Robert b. Todd,
whose term has just expired.
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Baliimore's Population.

BALTIMORE, June l2,-The police depart
ment has just finished taking a census OF
the population OF Baltimore, including the
newly annexed sections. The result shows
the number Of inhabitants to be 1906, Of
which 6I 500 arc colored.
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H vow ~s1is sss s.s spsy sssai s.fss, ps:
pepsia, use Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
They are q positive euro for Dyspepsia. In
digestion, Flatulency and Constipation.
We guarantee them. 25 and 60 cents.
Garrett Bros, druggists.
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wife (to husband In Il

Wife (to husband In the grocery
business) john. ! do wish you
would Join church and become .
Christian. You promised me you
wopld,v Husband-sI know ] did,
Maria, and ] wilL but I've got t0-work
~ lhAt stock Of maple sugar nrsk
I'm 40 hyposritA ''--G y 6wM
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Thrown From NJ. Bunny and Killed.

DANvILLE, ILL.,, June 1l,-Alexander
1Ieming, prominent and wealthy farmer,
SaA thrown from his buggy at Sidell, Ia
ehis county, this evening, and instantly
Killed. His wifA who was In the buggy
NJ BIN was also Dangerously hurt
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Death 0t a Iockev

New York, June 1l.--Charles Cross, the
Jockey who was thrown from his horse at
the jerome Park races on Saturday last,
died Of his injuries last night ut the Man
haitian Hospital.
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"a MAN can not love God supremely and
love money, too. In the parallels Of our
Lord the true use of money was never lost
sight of. We have no more right to waste
money than to be miserly with it. Lavish
generosity for foolish purposes Is not
praiseworthy generosity. y."-Iteo. r. H. EN-
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IT is with the church in the house as with
the church in tho village. The wayfarer
may get o word in passing which he never
can forget. The stranger that turns aside
to tarry for night may hear at your fanl-
lily worship the word that viii save his soul.
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swarms Of Locusls.

CHICAGO June 12-Dispatches from
points In Northern Iowa and Western I'LL
nois report the appearance OF swarms VI
seventeen-y year locusts.
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NEVER neglect daily private Bible read
ing, and when you read remember that God
is speaking to you, and that you are TO be-
lieve and act upon what he says ! believe
that all blacksliding begins with neglect Of
these two rules. John $50.
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NJ MIgMk sss:y.:. ssiE:y:: hsxs S.ss

SoOther ct hand. II Is the only hal0
medicine yct made that will remove Gu
infantile disorders. Il contains no Opium
or Morphine, but gives the child natural
ease firm pajn. Price a6 cents. Sold by
Garrett Bros, dmgelsts.
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TEMPERANCE---REvlEw.
international Sunday-School Les.
son for June "A, 1899.

The Force Of Example ss Applied 70 the
Use Of spirituous Liquors Tho Mo-
1och Of strong Drink and Its W0r-
ship-Lssson of tho Quarter.
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Terrible Punishment in Africa.

A recent telegram from Bechuanaland re-
lative to the supposed massacre by Lo Ben
uulo, the king of Matabeleland, of 900 men
proves to be exaggerated The truth is as
follows: Mr.. Fred Seton, the celebrated
hunter, with some English friends, Mr.
Jameson, of Dublin, Capt. Fountain and
another, who were on hunting expedition
to Lo Benqulo's territory, were away in
Mashonaland after big game, accompanied
by body guard of $50 Matabele warriors
under an Induna. Their duty was, while
ostensibly acting as guides, to watch the
white hunters and prevent their leaving the
actual hunting grounds, and, above all, to
thwart any attempted gold prospecting. The
latter attraction, nevertheless, induced the
whole party to deviate from the hunting
grounds toward the northern gold fields.
prospecting by the way The Induna neglect
ing to prevent this, one of his followers, fear
Ing the consequences, returned and informed
Lo Benqulo, who dispatched a regiment to
administer the inevitable punishment. The
kings messenger overlook the party and
communicated the death sentence, which
was Immediately carried out. All the $50
natives died without murmur, the mode of
execution being two spear tbrusts and blow
from a knobkerrie. The English hunters
were simply cautioned and conducted back.
London Daily Chronicle
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Skate Patents Nearly Out.

Men who still consider themselves quite
young and frisky remember that in their
boyhood days there were no skates without
straps and few without wooden footpieces.
In their days there were but three kinds of
skates-high Dutch, which had the runner
brought up in front into big curl; low
Dutch whose curl barely came up above the
wood of the footpiece, and rocker dumps,
which sheered at both ends, and were the
hardest of all to skate on. Then, too, most
skates had cutters in their runners.
In those days a cheap skate could be had
for fifty cents but some of the high Dutch
sold for s. to SO pair. Then came the era
of patent clamped and extension skates,
which were either screwed to the sole and
heel of the shoe, or fastened to it by clamps
working on the cam principle. These skates
were vast improvement on the old style in
comfort, as they did not impede the circula-
ton OF blood in the feet as strap bound
skates did, nor did they require wood to be
carried by the cord to tighten them. They
were costly, though, and the best of them
were equal in price to the finest of the old
style, and the cheapest sold for 50 and So
pair, Now several of the patents have ex-
pired, and, as a consequence, the hardware
stores are selling what may be called cheap
edition of once high priced patent skate for
sixty cents a pair. All the leading skate
patents expire in a year or two, and then
there will be great decline in their prices.
New York Evening Sun.