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CONCERNING POETRY.
Judioious Reading Of It VIII Give One
Command OF Lan1uage,

Judisious Reading Of 1t win Give Ono
Command OF Language.
A girl said to me few days ago Of =
friend OF hers: II never in nv life
knew anybody who had such flow Of
language rs she has. She il never 1T q
loss for word of comparison or an ap-
propriate quotation. How in the world
does she do it?'' Well. asked her, and
this 10 what the good talker said:
when 1 was q very little girl nv
great delight was to read and study
poetry. l Learned poems by heart to re-
cite at school, to say to my mother and
to delight my brothers with. Ihave al
ways kept up that habit, and every day,
- am dressing, l have an open book
on my bureau and learn something by
heart, even If it is only verse of four
lines. have never given drawing-room
Rotations, for know should simply
bore people, but have gotten great
deal of pleasure myself from the habit,
and believe it has done more to give
mo good command Of words than any.
thing else.
If you take bit OF advice from me
you WILL chose to begin on the shorter
poems Of Austin Dobsin, of Owen Nero.
dith. or dear old Tom Hood or Adelaide
Proctor, and lator on, Of Elizabeth
Barrett Browning and Rossetti. You
know the last was the poet who 30 dear
~ loved his wife that he buried with he,
the poems which he had written beside
her, and which had never been publish.
ed. Many years after his friends insist.
Cd that these poems should be ,disinter.
red, and it was found when the coffin
opened that her wonderful blonde hal,
had grown to her feet and formed net
work that glistened like gold thread in
the sun over the bundle of papers. II
you do not care for these poets, take any
other you like, but do not try to do too
much 1T once. The little by little is the
very best theory in life If you want to
gain any thing.-Ladies' Home Journal.
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every larm. Inc
accompanying en-
craving shows one
which can not be
surpassed in effect
iveness. A plate of
steel 6x1O inches
should be shaped as
shown and welded
to a strong shank
that can be attached
to a heavy shovel
handle. After ham,
mering the edges
thin they are
ground properly
and brought within
half an inch of each
other, a circular
hole fully an inch
in diameter being
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pain and emotion she had lately under
gone had loft their marks on her face.
was srre that the sight of her would
move her father to pity.
What took place during the interview
did not learn. It lasted for over an
hour, and then was called. was not
unprepared for the scene that mot my
gaze. Nena was holding her fathers
hand, and Mr.. Godfrey's eyes showed
that he had been shedding tears. Nena
turned to me with happy smile. +.
''Father has forgiven U.s." ste said.
Edward Weitzel, in Detroit Free Press
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gage.oar passed over Thorn. aud de-
fterm1ned 70 send to c. for assist
snce. ! was consulting with the en-
g1neer when Miss Godfrey touched me
on the arm and begged earnestly to be
allowed to ride on the engine to c..
1t was . case of life and death, she said.
She appeared SO distressed at the
thought of delay that told the en-
gineer to take her with him. She was
up In the cab in an instant, and they
pulled OUT at once, so"that one of my
passengers 1T least arrived at c.
nearly on time.
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A DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

Handy Device for Keeping Chickens
Supplied with Cool Water.
Mr.. "A. P. Greim, Tompkin's Cove, N.
T., sends description of a novel and
handy drinking fountain, which he de-
'cribes as follows: Here is the cheapest,
md in my opinion the best, drinking
fountain, and SO simple that any one can
make it. First, procure a pan or dish
The size required (mine is an oval-shaped
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-08-28
Investmonts in tho South.

The "EvANsv11LE ROUTE" will sell tickets
from Chicago and all stations on its lines,
on Sept. 9 and IS and Oct. II, at rate OF
ono fare for the round trip, to points in Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.
Tickets will be good for return passage 50
days from date Of sale Solid trains are run
from Chicago through to Nashville, where
connections are made in the Union Depot
tor through trains running to every city Of
any importance In the South.
Tho great advances now being made in
many parts Of the South, the developing of
its vast agricultural and mining resources,
the rapid increase of population in numer.
Gus localities, the continual coming into ex-
tstence OF new centers Of population and
manufacture in hitherto neglected terrific
~, has attracted thousands bent on specu-
!etion, investment and the establishing of
themselves in business in prosperous com.
munities. People of the East have appar-
emily realized more fully these advantages,
and to acquaint people of the Northwest
with the opportunities offered these very
low rates have been inaugurated.
For pamphlet descriptive of the South or
Information as to rates or tickets, address
WILLIAM HILL, Gen'l Pass'r and Ticket
Agent c. Il E. !. r. R., Chicago.
IT seems quite natural that tho threads of
conversation should sometimes produce q
long yarn.
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A mind of the caliber of that of Charles
Dickens, the matchless novelist, could COM
prehend fully the magnifcence of this
country and the enterprise of its people.
A brother to humanity, a conscientious
student OF human nature, and a progressive
writer, he was quick to see what others of
his countrymen had not, that the POSSIBLE
ties of this oountry were enormous, illim-
liable. WHAT impressed him most, Of prac-
teal features, were the facilities for travel
and tho results produced by our democratic
railway systems: Particularly did he note
how women could trav.l alone hundreds Of
miles and be assured of courtesy and free
dom from insult or annoyance. It is re-
GREETED however, that the great novelist
never saw the great Northwest-the region
bordering the great lakes. This productive
territory is traversed by the Saint Paul Il
Duluth-The Duluth Short Line-which 10
the fayorite route to and from Duluth,
West Superior, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Saltwater, being the scenic route, the tour
tst's route, the business mans route. and
the sportsman's route. Write for circulars
or general Information to Geo. w. Bull,
general passenger agent, or G. C.. Gilfllan,
assistant general passenger agent, st. Paul,
MINI.
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The Sweet Girl Graduate to tho Fore.

Graduate Of Yale-This encyclopedia
Is very imperfect. I have looked all
through the letter IF" and I dom find
= single word about "'possum."
Graduate of Harvard--It is not worth
q continental! I've carefully examined
the letter &C." and not the slightest al
fusion is there made to "'coon."
Vassar Graduate-Suppose, Uncle
George, you look under 20" and Or"
Graduates-Oh! Ah!-Harper's Bazaar.
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THE JAMAICA TICK.

An UnmitiSatod Nuisance to Human Be-
ings and to Cattle.
These tiny posts hang in swarms on
the blades OF grass, on the leaves and
branches of trees, on the most graceful
ferns, and on every green thing. The
lady who brushes her skirt against the
verdure on the roadside, the planter
! who is experimenting the work on his
estate, equally with the negro laborer
In the cane pieces or on the stock farm,
are liable to be practically covered with
ticks at any minute. OF course, people
who are able to do so take every precau-
| ton to keep clear of their attacks. and
this may always be managed with more
| or less success; but they are an ever.
present source of worry and annoyance.
and even il whole battalions can be
| avoided, no care can prevent the occa-
sional inroad Of single spies. And q
tick, though only the size of q pins
head, is no despicable assailant He
crawls, he bites, he burrows under the
skin if he has time and opportunity.
and II he and his companions have a
| fair chance Of working their wicked
! will, the result of the wounds which
they inflict may be very disagreeable,
and, In some cases, almost dangerous in
| f1ammation.
Independently of the nuisance which
they are to human beings, they cause
| serious mischief ON the stock farms.
Besides pervading and irritating the
outer cuticle of each individual of the
| herds, the cattle, and especially the
calves, take them into their mouths
while grazing. Then they burrow under
the skin of the tongue, palate and air
pa sages, forming Jumps and sores,
which, of course, destroy condition, and,
If not carefully attended to, eventually
| choke the animal. In some pastures
their presence is 50 marked that cattle
| are known to refuse to 60 in willingly
to Craze, but have to be exceptionally
forced to enter feeding grounds where
| so much pain and discomfort await
| them.
1t is supposed that ticks first made
their way to the island on cattle i'm
ported from the Spanish main, but
| though they have been long more or
less known, it is only in comparatively
recent times that they have thrust
themselves into bad notoriety. The
| direct cause of their increase is the
gradual disappearance of their natural
enemies, which, if they did not exter-
Mate the tiny parasites, at least kept
| them within reasonable limit The
first of these enemies were the bird
tribes. To-day one of the first things
| that strikes visitor is the remarkable
| absence of the bird life which forms
such a distinctive feature in most trop-
| ical countries.-Blackwoo Magazine.
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VAIuAbIo Franch1S0 Secured.
The franchise Of easy digestion-one OF
the most valuable in the gift of medical
science-can be secured by any person wise
enough to use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
uproot 1t at maturity. Bilious, rheumatic
and fever and ague sufferers, persons
troubled with nervousness, and the consti-
pated, should also secure the health fran
chise by the same means.
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The seat of sick headache
is not in the brain. Regu-
late the stomach and you
cure it. DR.. Pierce's Pellets
are the Little REGULATORS.
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!: L. CRAa1N & Co., of Phila., the mfrs Of
close up their immense works than to put
one grain of aduIteratt0n in their Dobbins'
Electric Soap. Would that all were as hon
est.
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THE CONDUCTORS g

There was one incident connected
with the accident to my train last night
that did not give to the reporters.
A young lady boarded the train at
e. whom recognized as the daugh.
tor Of John Godfrey, one of the stock
holders of tho road. She had a ticket
1or g. and / noticed when 1 stopped
at her seat that she was pale and aei:
tated. After the accident she was one
OF the hrst to get cloar of the wreck.
and did not appear to be injured.
Luckily, th's engine was not dis
sbled, the accident having been caused
BY the rails spreading just as the bag
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Hot have about made up my mind
to enter the army" She-''But suppose
there should be a war!"-N. Y. Sun.
Country Editor-"My uncle has left
me 500. What on earth shall do with
it?'' His Wife-"Spend it," Country
Editor-'1 daren't. People will think
I stole it."-Good News.
-Interviewer-"Are you favorably
impressed with this country?'' Eminent
Lecturers Very. I'm raking in thou
sand dollars week."-N. Y. Weekly.
1t is said that Chinaman never
goes crazy. There is no reason why he
should. The women of that country do
not wear bonnets.-Ram's Horn.
English Host to American Tourist
"Ah, say, what do you do in America
when one of your great men dies?"
Satirical Tourist-"We promise to build
a monument"
IL never get mad over the loss of
an umbrella" II do" '"Well. YOU
shouldn't. Just keep your eyes wide
open and you'll be sure to find some
one else's. ~ Harper's Bazaar.
20, look at those big waves" said
the girl at the seashore. "Those are
breakers, aren't they, pap eyes,"
said the old gentleman as he gazed at
the hotel bill, ''they are breakers.
Washington Post.
Mrs. Slimdiet tat the dinner-table)
DO you notice, Mr.. Dashaway, how
entirely free from flies we are? won
der why it is?" Dashaway-"O, I
don't know that there is any special
reason why they should come here"
Elk.
-Bessie-"One Of the horrid papers
has sent an artist and reporter here to
write up the bathing scenes. 1 think
they are over there on that sandbank."
Jennie-''How scandalous. Let US 20
over where they are and sit down.
The Epoch.
-He-t'And 80 your answer is final?
You will not be mine?' Shelves, alb
solutely. But pray don't go and blow your
brains out" He-''It would be an IDLE
attempt People say if had any br,.ins
never would have proposed to you."-
Boston Transcript.
DIR. Linn boff. - miss Clara, heard
you quoting: and sat like Patience ON
monument Now, what does that moan?
l never saw Patience on q monument"
mo: doctor, but fancy you are a,cus-
toned to seeing monument on your
patients. "-Ex.
when woman gets frightened at
night, she just pulls the bed-cl ,thes
over her head, says she is terrified out
OF her wits, and goes to Sleep" says one
who knows; but with a man it is differ
emit he says he is not afraid. pushes
the clothes down, and lies tremb'ingly
awake for two or three hours strei1iing
his ears at every sound" - Hamburg
Nachtrichten.
john said Mrs. Dingley to her
husband after his return from fishing
trip, you ought to spend an hour with
our fisherman and get some points about
the different kinds Of fish," ''Er-what
for?" demanded John. 1T looks q little
inconsistent. that's all, to bring home
mackerel when you've been fishing in
fresh water" Boston Herald.
1t Was . Boston Horse.
''Git up!" exclaimed Miss Bunker.
Hills cousin. But the horse did not
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-08-28
It Was . Boston Hor,

"Git up!" exclaimed Miss Bunker
Hills cousin. But the horse did not
move.
1.-THE animal does not seem to oompre.
bend" said Miss Hill. LET me try"
"All right"
Proceed, Bucephalus!''
And the animal proceeded. Harper,
Bazar >..:~. =
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Both In the sama rs.

II would suggest ice cream, . remarked
Miss Bleecker, "but I'm dead broke"
II, too, am in mortal Fragments re-.
piled Miss Beacon-Street Of Boston. ~
n. Y. Sun
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Tho ssMother's Friend -

1HE first week that man has telephone
In his odco be 10 apt to have the yeller
fever badly.-Boston Bulletin.
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Not only shortcuts labor and lessons pain
attending It, but greatly diminishes the
danger to life Of both mother and child II
used few months before confinement,
Write to The Bradfeld Regulator Co, At
ell druggists,
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DRINKING FOUNTAIN COMPLETE.
chicks can drink from either side, they
can not soil the water and they can
not get on the pointed top-Farm and
Eireside.
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A Valuable Franchise Secured.

THERE is nobody or nothing in this world
that Is so often crossed in love as tho trent
door-mat -BinRhamton Leader.
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:-Clara-(to her father) -. Henry
wanted me to ask you if you would
help him out of his debts.'' Father
''l,l give him . lift Boston Herald.
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THE EN0INEER's STORY.
That's plucky gal of John God
frey's. She rode with me on the engine
to c. after the wreck last nil ht, and
! tell YOU she's true grit.
didn't want to take her, with me at
first cause was afraid she'd make
trouble and delay me, but she didn't
She never opened her head after she got
into the cab, but just chung to the seat
Well. she had to hang on, for the way
old Forty-seven rocked was caution.
tell you, we never made them ten
miles in the same time before.
After we got started l looked across
at the gal. She was starin' straight
ahead and it seemed as if we wern't
goin' half fast enough for her. She
was terrible pale and her teeth was set
like brake, but it wer'n't because she
was frightened. She had somethin'
else ON her mind.
She jumped from the cab the moment
we pulled into the yard at c., and
hurried off across the tracks. heard
her tell the conductor at the wreck
some one was dyin' and she wanted to
get to c. as soon as ever she could.
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SAD tho penknife to the pencil: "Since
you're 50 sharp, think Id better shut up
Republican.
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ALWAYS avoid harsh purgativep pills they
drst make you sick and then leave YOU con-
stpated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you well. Dose, one pill
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A PAIR lady becomes still fairer by using
Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hilps Hair and Whlsker Dye, so cents.
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ALBERT BuRcH, West Toledo, Ohio, says:
"Halls Catarrh Cure saved my life wv rite
him for particulars. Sold by Druggists, &c
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A roPuLAR fallacy-that tho easiest things
to do arc to tell tho truth and to edit = pa
per.-Light
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No Place to Find tn. News.

Tangle-What's the news, Bronson?
Bronson-I don't know =.
Tangle-Don't know! Why, you've
been reading newspaper all morningI
Bronson-Then, how in the world do
you expect me to know the news?-
Light
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TIE receiver is as bad az the thief, but
neither Of them feel ~ bad a. tho loser
Denver Road.
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A PnoroaRAPnER's negative aud pretty
girls Affirmative are both developed in 1
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soap-dish), and then cut board (of any
size you wish) the shape of No. ,see
i(lustration). and another the shape of
No. 2. You may now fit the pieces to-
gether by mailing No. on the dotted
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A COMPOSITE ROMANCE,
A Story Told from Seven Differ
ent Stand-POints,
THE LETTER CARRIERS STORY.


There is one family ON my route that
gives me more trouble than all of the
others put together. Not that they
ever com plain of me or compel me to
walk to the top Of a ive-story building,
but can't make 'em out. don't usual
1y bother my head about the people to
whom deliver mails~ there is some
thing so singular about this one family,
= however, that can't help taking par
ticular notice of them.
They live in an elegant stone house
on Kenyon avenue, and consist of a
middlo-aged gentleman, John Godfrey,
by. name, his maiden sister and his
daughter, girl of seventeen.
Mr.. Godfrey, who is a wealthy rail-
road man. has hard, stern look, and
his sister doesn't appear to be any too
,amiable, but tho daughter has fairly
won my old heart She is as handsome
as picture, and she always had smile
Tor mo when she came to the door 1.-THE
maiden aunt answers my ring now,
and how her face would light up when
handed her a letter addressed in a
round, manly hand to Miss Nena God
frey, and postmarked G..
At first, when she and the servants
stopped coming to the door, l couldn't
understand it, but have arrive at the
conclusion that the maiden aunt always
takes the mail in order to prevent Miss
'Nena from getting her letters. During
the time Miss Nena came herself l
brought her letter postmarked c.
nearly every day. Since then I have
delivered only two for her, and the
maiden aunt's face has worn such sat-
listed look as she took them, that 1 am
sure the letters are from some young
man Miss Nena is in love with, and her
father and aunt are trying to break off
the match.
l met her on the street one day
short distance from the house, and she
stopped as though to speak to me- She
changed her mind, however. and passed
on with pleasant ''Good morning."
but noticed that her lips quivered as
she spoke. think she wanted to ask
me something about her letters. Poor
girl! l wonder how it will end!
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THE MESSENGER BOYS STORY.


Las night bout seven o'clock had
ter>take "a message up on Kenyon ave-
nue.. 1t was fer Miss Nena Godfrey,
AN wen rung tn bell young lady
coined to tn door. 1 axed her if Their
was answer an she tole me to come in
an she WOULD see. She then went inter
,thA p4<fdr. an tore open the message,
an wen she read it she turned as white
asa sheet. an l thought she was goin'
to fSinf jess then the boss came inter
tn fqom an he said to her, awful stern:
''What's the matter! Who's the tele-
gram from?"
She didn't answer, an he said: "Let
mesee.dtt;;', but she turned quicker'n a
flashsSn' threw it into the crate w'era a
fire wass b,trnin', an it blazed up in a
second.
TIL old gent: started for her, lookin'
awful mad. Jes' then he seed me an
he axed what was I waitin' fer. l told
him til answer. He said Their wasn't
nun, an fer me to clear ont. l didn't
wait fer him to tell me twice. I'll bet,
though, he talked mighty sharp to his
daughter after I'D gone.
l sees good many funny thin gs car
ryin' round messages, but never seed
anythin' like that before.
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the man who lives q dual lho will kin
himself sooner or later.-Elmira Gazetta
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som ething Now.

A tool for cutting corn, tobacco, etc.
and for clearing up brush is wanted on
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III.

THE TELEGRAPH OPERATORS STORY
Something rather out of the common
happened at our office last evening
The Mllowing message was sent from
Miss Nena Godfrey, 1893 Kenyon avenue:
Come at once, II possible. Will is very low.
DIR. OTTO SCHMIDT"
The message was delivered to Miss
Godfrey, and about nine o'clock the
lady's father came into the office. The
clerk having stepped out for moment
l got up to wait on him.
Mr.. Godfrey wanted to know il we
had copy of the telegram that came
for his daughter that evening. told
him that l was acquainted with the
contents. He then wanted to know if l
would tell him what was in it. He
said that he was not at home when tho
message came; that his daughter had
gone out and had left the message for
him, but that the servants had mislaid
IL,
AS MI. Godfrey is well-known citi-
zen, complied with his request The
contents of the telegram had an en-
tlrely different effect upon him from
what expected. Instead of being sur
pr1sed or shocked, it seemed to make
him very angry. He recovered himself
quickly. however, and, with a curt
''Much Obliged he walked out I
wonder who Will is?
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1Tls no longer necessary to take blue pills
1iverPills are much better. Don t forget thia.