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the happy pair strolling through the woods
about old Salem or boating on the river, or
lingering long over the bucket of water
He offered what comfort he could to his
friend when poor Ann died, and l.incoln's
great heart nearly broke.
"After Ann died. says Uncle Billy, 'on
stormy nights, when the wind blew the
in the grocery, his elbows on his knees, his
through his fingers I hated to see him
feel so bad, an ID say, Abe, don't cry an
he'd look up IN say, Il can't help it, Bill,
the rains a,falln' on her."
Green saw his friend rise in greatness
and favor with the people until he was
elected president of the nation At Lin
coin S first inaugural banquet Green sat at
the table on the presidents left. with the
dgnificd secretary Seward, On his right,
Lincoln presented the two men to each
other, saying, 'Secretary Seward, this is
Mr., Green, Of Illinois, Seward bowed
stiilly when Lincoln exclaimed: "Oh, get
up, Seward and shake hands with Green.
He's the man that taught me my gram
mar @@
Uncle Billy delights to tell this story, and
adds; '.i'hc idec Of my teachin' Abe Lin
coin anything Why, let me tell you that
when lie got through with that grammar
he used to study he knoWcd more grammar
than the man that wrote the book. This
was !Abe's grentness-that when he knew
Il thing he knew 1t better than anybody
an he could tell it to the most ignorant
man so he'd know all about it,
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THE TURF

An offer of SO, 600 was recently made for
Miss Alice, by Alcantara, dam Thorndale
Maid, but 1t was declined, s15, 600 being the
amount asked for.
The fastest time on record for ak fur
longs is l:loA, by q I. Fides, years old, by
the III Used Fillette, 116 pounds, at Nor
ris park, Westehester, n. Y, on May 81,
1850.
Lord Fnlmouth's famous paddocks at
Newmarket, England, have been sold at
public auction for .l0,7o0. They include
about twenty-four acres of the best land
around Newmarket.
In the first quarter of the present year
Great Britain exported horses to the value
OF $544,819 against 1856, 430 in the same
part Of 1889. Imports were $36s,372 this
year, against saaaa2, $50 last ycnr.
Touts in nino cases out Of ten, experts
say, do not and cannot know any moro
about race on which they dispense tips
to strangers in the hope of generous re-
ward thereafter than does the ve,iest
stranger himself.
There is yet O chance that Hanover will
be seen at the post this year. He is at the
Elizabeth track, where he had the firing
irons applied to him. He was also blistered.
He is rapidly recovering from their effects,
and il all goes we'll will race before the
season is over.
The first plunger developed this season
on the turf, the eastern racing sharps say,
is Jack Mcdonald, the bookmakcr, who Is
reported to have won $4,000 on Daisy
Woodruff. "Pittsburg Philip has gone in
for steady profits, and is backing at least
two books besides making his own outside
ventures
Tenny, with lis pounds up, won mile
race in 1:40& with case at Morris park,
Westchester. If he had been sent along
a little faster in the early part of the race
it is the general opinion Of good judges
who watched the performance that he
would have beaten Ten Broecks record of
1:39Hl, against time, which has stood since
1877.
Lurline, the dam Of Darebin, was found
dead in her paddock in Australia recently.
She had been shot, but Mr.. Gardiner, her
owner, thinks it was dono accidentally by
sidered one of the best mares in Australia,
and during her career on the turf won
many valuable races, among them being
the Sydney cup aud the Adelaide cup.
The sense of smell is strongly defined in
a horse, and it depends more on this sense
than on that Of sight. ~ horse will leave
musty hay in II bin untouched, no matter
how hungry. He will not drink Of water
Objectionable to his questioning sniff nor
from bucket which some other odor makes
offensive, no matter how thirsty. His in
telligcnt nostrils will widen, quiver and
query over the daintest bit offered him by
the fairest of hands.
One of natures strange freaks may be
seen at the farm of Jones Stanford, four
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IrsscninS Sable Islands TcrrOrS.

Sable Island, which lies about 200 miles
to the west Of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is
little known save to shipwrecked mari
ncrs. So many sailors have been cast
ashore there that it has gained the name
of the ocean graveyard" The island is
used as a beacon station on which the
Canadlttn government maintains two light
houses and stores Of provisions to be used
in case Of shipwrcclss. As there is 10 COM
munication between Sable island and the
maill land except by means of chauce ves-
sells, it has often happened that ship
wrecked seameii have been kept on it for
a long time without being able 10 make
their condition known, The Dominion
government now proposes To overcome
this difficulty by establishing a regular
system OF pigeon post between the island
and Halifax. \ homery is to be tstab-
lshcd at the latter place, and an occa-
sional consignment of trained birds is to
be despatched to the former. which will he
available as mcsscngets In any special
emergency, II Is stated that the Canadian
government is importing the carrier pig
cons from Belgium,
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ATCRlSON PHILOSOPHY.

Excuses are often the clothes that incoul-
petence wears.
Hopelcssncss in man inspires hopeful
ness in the devil.
Man can suggest more good things i'll an
hour than he will do in Il year.
The trouble with charity is that You will
find most pf it in shiftless men.
Ignorance is so conceited that it often
thinks it knows more than wisdom
1t is easier to forgive II stranger who is Il
thief than to forgive IL friend who is a fool.
You might rs we'll try to shoot off Il gun
slow as to make some men act moderately.
Attitude is every ything--if you don't stand
up tor Il man YOU are probably laying for
him.
that lie thinks he is seeing himself; as Others
sec him.
Give II girl Il dollar, and you will see her
wearing it tomorrow; give a boy II dollar.
and he will eat it.
III becoming convinced of your own ig
norance you become convinced of the ig-
norance of others.
How much moro wicked a lie seems when
you are telling it to save others than when
you are telling it to save yourself!
After all. there are only two kinds OF
men-one kind is usually too kind to BIO
busy, and the other is too busy to be kind.
-Atchison Globe.
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yer.s home life. In the afternoon and
evening he Is to bo found in the pleasant
series OF rooms on the eighth floor Of tho
Strathmore, the handsome apartment
house that stands on Broadway at Fifty
second street, where he lives with his wife
and sister. Mrs. Collyer is too delicate for
housekeeping cares, and finds the present
mode OF living preferable to the anxiety of
koeninc up house of her own. In these
ta2.efully furnished rooms, Robert collyer
cntertnins his friends and lntjmates, An
excellent and lifelike p9rttaIb pf himself
in crayon adorns the walls. amldfplctures
pf graceful scenes in this; country and Eu-
rome. The bric-a~brac and dagt1cles Of vertu
scattered here and there giye indication
Of those frequsz,t trips abroad pt (which the
pastor of the Church OF the Messiah is so
fond. English scenes, amid Which he was
born and reared, have evidently strong
hold on his affections.
The man or woman who, seated among
these pleasant surroundings, can get Rob
ert Collyer to talk of himself will find that
he or she has opened a rich vein of deep
interest. His has not been the conven-
tional life of the clergyman,
His grandfather was an English sailor,
who In obedience to Nelson's signal that
"England expects every man to DO his
duty laid down his life at the battle Of
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7I THE CATHEDRAL, 1T ESDS AYIES.
the next TWENTY-FIVE years there were two
uirisings but amends were made for this
between 1915 and 1881, in which period are
recorded seventeen revolutions Of different
sizes
Chilli rehcllctl from Spain i'll 1910, but was
crushed by the latters armies six SeAr9
later 1t reversed matters tfc ioilo"lhe
wear and became independent. III ls'3 1t
INDUCED il, a first class revolution, fol
lowed by eight smaller ones, the last one
being in 1880 y long period OF pence and
thrift was closed by the insurrcclinn OF
,S5l under Gen l'rripla, since which time
there has been practically no home troubles
larger than riots.
Peru proclaimed independence i'll 1914
without success y second time III ISL, II
dit te,sei. The war ti4u. iiro''s',rat"d l-'--'
ing three years and bringing; as its reward
the sought Tor freedom. The i,rize prpNtd
hardly worth the having, ~ II started u
series of civil wars Which continued until
1857 During this term Of sixty-three Years
there were iorty5seycn rebellons.
Bolivia. the inland republic, was of4sI-
nally part of and known as Upper Peru
It secured its independence in ls23, itnd I'M
mcdintcly thercupun began civil war, IN
the following three years there being not
less than l:ftcen popular uprl.ings. IN
1890 there was Il successful rebellion lini"r
Gen. Balco, ia 1880 u counter reheill"n,
Five years after occurred a hard tonight
war. From this time OF to lasl tie ms
tory of the country is II REGARD of fighting
either at home on abroad. Since that tl'ne
they have Turned over IL :Icw leaf, aud en-
gagged in o.:ly one foreign war and five in
surrectIous
Paraguay was born as IL nation In ISL.
Tn ls14 ii lccame a dictatorship under DR.
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Pucpncity of the Fox Terrier

A walk with a fox terrier as a companion
can never be wholly without incident.
There will be, unless great amount OF
care is exercised, ut least one fight, and if
the owner likes he can without violent cx-
ertion promote several, Whether the dogs
antagonist bo a mastiff or n tiny toy ter
ricr it IS all the same to him, his dispo-
sition being much like that Of the Irish
man who hearing Il noise in the street, sent
his little girl to inquire its meaning and to
say that 'if there was going to be a row,
father wanted to be in it." Severe lessons
and lacerations seem to be entirely without
effect, and the terrier is sure to go a second
time ut the bulldog who has all but con-
verted him into q corpse,-Ncw York Tri-
hunc
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WHOLE NO. 11O1.
Trafalgar Robert Collyer does not trouble
himself to trace his lineage further back

than that hero.
His father WIS Il Yorkshire blacksmith,
and II good one. Whatever could be done
with iron i'll those days he could do. He
wns a kindly man and earned eighteen
shillings Il week. Robert always refers to
his father in Il tone of atfectionnte regard.
"He never thrashed me but once" said he
flor striking my sster-and then cried
because Iwould not yell. begged my par
don, gave me sixpencc and took me to a
grand tuck out at club dinner, which
was SO good that | would have taken an
other thrashing for the like" There was
kindhearted blacksmith for n fatherl The
elder Collyer was an athletic man, fond OF
his pipe, his beer and hs children. In 1874
he dropped dead at his anvil.
Mrs. Collycr Roberts mother, ! find
thus described by Moncuin Conway, who
visited her near Leeds in 1871: "Shc is II
blonde beautiful old lady of about II, with
gentle blue eye and Il certain play of ht
NOR about eye and mouth which left me
at no loss to know where her son got his
love of fun. Her voice was clear and kind
and her manner III receiving al ulu I,I..a
of her son most cordial"
From this sturdy father and gentle
mother Robert Collyer inherited those
sterling qualities which have been of great
service to him in his long and useful career
From his parents he received good princi-
pies and a fine physique; his education he
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gave himself His fathers library consist
ed pf four books only--the Bible, Bun
yants arilgrii,4'a t'rogres.," this "Ioung
Mans Companion and 'Robinson Cru.
soc From this small nucleus he acquired
a ycarnins for knowledge geand 4 stronglov
of literature. From His Broadway home
overlooking this vast city, three quarters
of Il mile from his handsome church, sur
rounded BY hooks ana evidences of refine
meut and culture, his thoughts, he says,
frequcniS spar, the vast Atlantic and cen
ter on the SPOT where stood that humble
Yorkshire home where he eagerly de
vpurch the contents pf those four books,
and afterWartl went TO School--fuur years
in all-to u man 1t Fewston, named Willie
liartic whose principal claim to scholar
Ship lay III HE fac; hat lie had lost the use.
Of his legs. In those days Roberts favor
ite books were the Bible and Robinson
Crltsoc." It is possible that they are so to-
day.
OF y strongly religious temperament, the
Young blacksmith took To preaching. III
those luvS his mother had never heard
him preach, us She did not reside at Ilkley,
where Robert was apprenticed to the old
employer Of his father. That he was diff
dent and sensitive at that time is evidenced
blN tllt jtttl Niilt ttott w tli,tl II
mother should come in while he was
preaching lG WAS sure !e should stop
short
Then, he day after his marriage, came
the emigration to America, which meant q
month If discomfort on the water, during
which time he frequently preached to his
fellow voyugrl.S: his arrival here and tinl-
ing work in Pennsylvania us a hammer
maker; his preaching and working and
friendship for Lucretiu Mott AID liur
schou! If thinlse!s. Then came Ills change
Of views and iinal severance from the
Methodist church. Having taken mp the
antiSlavcry cause with earnest enthusiasm,
he fought for it with his fellow workers to
the end. He was active in the political
campaigns, to the end that slavery should
be aloi:shGG, IN .S5l h6 United with the
| Unitarian church, and going to Chicago
| became Il missionary of the church in that
city, where in 1860, he became the minis
ter OF Unity church, which, beginning with
seven members, gradually grew into n
| powerful congregation under his earnest
/ preaching
In 1861 this active man was camp inspect
tor for the sanitary commission. by thi.
/ time his reputa as Il teacher and speaker
| had extended over the country. IN Sep
tembcr, 1879, he became pastor Of the
| Church of the Messiah, New York, and at
once became widely popular.
As we sit in his pleasant room Robert
/ Collyer touches lightly on those things
| which relate to himself and hisworks. HI
is, however, fond of relating incidents ul
his trips abroad. lle has revisited England
five times since 1865, each time with in
creasng interest, and has travelled In othel
parts of Europe
When, afternn hours 'sconvcrsation, take
my leave and find myself standing in up
per Broadway awaiting II car, the impres
sion is strong upon me that | have just
lett the presence of arugged, manly char
acter and remarkable man.
y e. De EnSTtJNF
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a VIEW Ut lltl- t'ul-AltR iGIE,
is the owner OF the Voice which uttered The
cheerful greeting.
The casual visitor Will find him friendly
and courteous, but not cffusivc Tic
strong humanity ,erva'lin- the man puts
one Mt his ease at once, while with old
friends he is genial and hearty and an nlto-
gether delightful companion H6 has a
keen relish for fun and hearty laugh
that is irrcsistihly contagious. There are
evidences about the room Of frequent Wis
It's to l.nglantl and his early Yorkshire
home, where as a blncksmiths apprentice,
with II book in one hand and a hammer in
the ot her, he was working out his destiny.
while ill II cottage not very far away the
sisters RroEte, all unknown to him, were
in their sad and l,eniltiftil way weaving the
fatcful thread that binds them to The world.
.Although G6 years Old Hobert bollyer does
not show any sign of ,l"cadence. His splen
did physique. developed by the rugged life
Of the English smith and the American
hammer maker, has stood him in good
stead The murll of time makes itself
known in the silrcrv whitencss Of his hair,
but has laid no sign of weakness on the
strong and massive face.
''This is my Workshop said he to me.
'For about three years have followed the
present arrangement. My home life is
spent in our apartments at the Strath-
more, while in this study do my work.
Here, then, is spent large portion OF
what may properly be termed Robert Coll
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fastened 10 his elbows. The other elbow
operates the triangle. On his heaa sa fast-
ened II frame with bells in it. and while
arms, head and feet arg busy he carries the
air he is playing on u harp.
Dixon lost the greater part of his hands
two years ago He and another negro were
rivals for the favor of the same girl. Dixon
won, and the jealous suitor put dynamite
rocket in his bedroom. When it went off
it took with it eight OF Benjamin's fingers.
The crippled musician is accomplished
in other things than instrument playing.
For example, he can put his mouth over
the rim OF beer glass and toss off the con
tents at one gulp.
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SOME HOT SUMMERS.

The Rhine Was dried up in the year 1882.
In 1856 great drought swept through
Europe.
In $40 it was impossible to work in the
open fields.
In the year 1852 the heat was so great
that eggs could be cooked in the sand.
The heat in tho year lO14 dried up the
rivers and tho brooks in Alsacc- Lorraine.
In the year 993 the nuts on the trees in
Germany were roasted rs il in u BAKERS
oven.
In the year &a7 the springs We're dried up
and men tainted with the heat in Ger
many.
In 1Gl4 in France and even in Switzer-
land the brooks and the bitches were
dried up,
The crops were burnt up in tho year
1894, and in 1888 the Seine mud tho Loire
were rs dry land.
In the year 1908 the waters of The Rhine
and the Danube were partially dried up.
and people passed over on foot.
In 1927 it is recorded in Germany that
many men and animals came by their
death through the intense heat, "
In 1000 the rivers i'll France dried up, and
the stencil from The dead fish and other
matter brought II pestilcnce into the land.
Extraordinarily hot were the years 1924,
l1l6, l156 and 1911. The summer OF 1915
was so hot that the places of amusement
Ind to be closed.
In the year 11l5, from the month Of
March till October, not drop of rain fell
in Germany; the temperature rose to IS
degs. Reaumur, and in favored places the
fruit trees blossomed second time.--Dc-
troit NeTs.
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Scrap Books,

l fintl'that I; very cheap scrap book can
be made out of old government reports;
they are just wide enough for two columns
of the ordinary newspaper. Cut out about
twenty pages after each fifty. Then the
book will be filled to its proper size again
when the clippings are pasted in. Be sure
to use only one side of the page in making
the scrap book. Label your book when it
Is finished. An index can be easily at
tached in each book.-Cor. Author and
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baing the wild gra4, they would use it TO
build i hay palncc il which 10 Mold an in.
terstiEte exposition
The structure. whose walls are to be
constructed of the biz; bales, will havea
length oi 2O4 feet and wi,l,i, Of 10. Th"
display VIII include collections Of live ma
tive fish, geological, botanical, ornth0lngi
cal and geological exhibits, Indian and pre-
historic relics ana representations ut the
products Of farms, factories, forests and
mines The exposition will be opened by
Governors Fifcr, of Illinois. md IuTey, ri
Indiana. and ono or more prominent speak
ers will he secured for each day Of The cX
position The list Will include eX-Gorcriror
Palmer. Senators Allison, VOORHEES, and
Cullom Congres~iuun payaon, Cannon
and probably Mason, and Bob Rsue,tc
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A PALACE MADE OF HAY.

The Novel Honc to he Provided for an
Exposition.
Scattered throughout the United States
Mt different times there have risen ice pal
aces, crystal palaces, bluegrass palaces,
corn palaces, summer palaces and mineral
palaces. Now another one is buildings
hay palace
Some time ago the good people Of Mo-
mcnce, HIS, looked out upon the vast
kankakcc marshes from which the people
of the rcinagc derive their chief income,
and concluded that after harvesting and
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r t9aCkEELS HHFDUT,
Mr. Coonrad married sixty years ago.
His wife still lives, and the couple have
eleven children, fortytwo grandchildren,
and thirty four great grandchildren. The
old gentleman has used liquor and
tobacco all his days believes in personal
liberty, goes to bed at a. m, gets up at
a. NJ, and votes the Democratic ticket
whenever there is an election.
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There is u story to the effect that Mt
Bowdon college, where Mr.. Reed was
educated and where there used to ho End
mny be yet constant struggle batween
the "town and country" he oacc Hinsle
handel disposed Of t:,rae lumoarinal, who
set upoa him to rcTango themselves 70: tho
defeat OF thoir champions, who Ii! 10
Gently been "li:....aln bJ oao Of thc c':s:so
athletes 80 badly t.iat he had t. 81 to ts:o
hcso;t-! g. r1--:s.-
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AN ANcIl:1% WAX VETERAN

Phcuunrn MI. Coonrad, WHO is About
40 Years Old.
On II farm about six miles from Manches-
ter, Ia, lives Christian Conrad Il native
of Cumberland county, Pa, who was born
Sept. -, l1So. Despite his great age he
buscs himself in caring for his cattle and
hogs, cllttirg wood, and raising corn and
potatoes.
But it is not for his years alone that Mr..
Coonrad is worthy of notice. He is one OF
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There are only Avo states in the Union
in which u schoolmaster can now legally
fog pupil. In all other states n pupil
menaccd with corporal punishment can
arm himself .~itll any sort of weapon md
uso it as best lie can. Massachusetts teach
crs fog an average of two boys per day Per
caniIa,-Detroit Free Press.
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Twins in Every Respect.

The Johnson twins, of Bristol, EnSlaud,
are two Young artisans between whom it
is said there exists 4 most remarkable
similarity. Not only are they of the same
height and weight, having the same col
ored hair, eyes and complexion, identical
physical measurements, and feeding, walk
ing, running, laughing, crying, singing
and speaking alike, but they are of the
same occupation, hold the same position
and have the same religious persuasion
and likes and tisli.:es. More singular
still, they have cspo,,scd very similar
wives, and they hive the same number OF
children. who are of tho Same scSes-three
girls and three boys each.
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ns''s o''u p'i0s' IL
"'"ss .sn" 'ea'i'et
1917 y - . ~, F" as'. u = =
'I',,.,. 'lJaiiu h'e neoN
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The nnchess of Ieinster npneared ut the

The Duchess of Leinster appeared Mt the
late state ball at Buckingham Palace wear
ing diamond epuulets, u diamond corsclet,
coils of lightly mounted diamonds among
the laccs of her wondrous gown, a diamond
tiara, diamond bracelets, diamond neck,
buckles than tho dazzled beholder could
count.
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private, and car
ried IL ll,uskct un-
til the end of the
civil war. After
tho close of the
contest he engaged
in civil engineer
Ing. He located at
Fremont, Neb., in
1875 and has lived
there ever since,
his present bust
ness being real es-
tate and banking.
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