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had actually become her tenant. They talked of their new home continually, and Robert seemed to brighten up over the prospects that Laura was really becoming herself again It was agreed that they were to have a genu- inc house warming in their new home, and even Mrs. Ellsworth was to be es- pecially invited and of course. Sarah too. Lawyer Thompson requested permission to be guest, and they felt highly honored by this conde- scenslon. The night arrived. The guests assembled. Laura, who could scarce retain her tears of joy, prepared most inviting supper. Roberts mother discussed the want of economy in the rising generation with the lawyer, and even went so far as to say that no man should marry without being the owner of 8 home. At this juncture the lawyer arose. Laura knew what he was going to say and was so nervous that she left the room. Sarah was fairly dancing with joy. Robert felt amazed and dumb founded, and felt that his wife had be- come offended at what his mother had said. The lawyer told the story of how Laura was to surprise them. He spoke glowingly of her many virtues, and really astonlshed all present when he handed the deed to Robert for safe keeping. Mrs. Ellsworth began to cry and sought out her daughter-in- law to beg her pardon, and there was finally hearty rejoicing on all sides over the way in which Laura had be- come the owner of cottage home.
 JAMES HANNERTY.
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Dr. Junker, the African explorer, had a good opportunity for studying the fancies of the Mangbattu in matters of personal adornment. They, liko most other tribes visited by him, made a practice of tattooing the breast and belly while leaving the face untouched. The execution of the chosen patterns is in each case matter of many years, and every individual design represents an individual period in the life of the tattooed person.
 Men and women alike, in common with many other tribes south of the Welle, paint their bodies with the dark juice of the gardenia and redwood pow der mingled with fat. The favorites of the princes enjoy most of their leis- ure in covering themselves from crown to sole with the most varied and start ling of painted designs. A Mangbattu of especially fastidious tastes shows his dudishness most remarkably in his hair dress
 "With astounding care and the great est variety" says Dr. Junker, ''they build upon their heads these wonder full structures most tedious and elaborate bits of work. to which, how ever, the Valn young men or the better classes patiently submit. Everything that women of civilized countries have accomplished in this particular, is far be- hind the marvellous forms of those hair phenomenal
 The head band, and accompaniment of the style of elaborate headdress con sists of thin black cords wound tightly around the forehead from the base of the nose to line three or four inches above, and made fast to the back of the lead The head bands, as we'll as the hairdress of . Mangbattu remains un-
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LAuRA's COTTAGE HOME.

her poverty, and as you are simply earning q salary, can see no good coming of this marriage"
 Why, mother am surprised that you should be so hard on a poor girl. !" said Robert, especially when I have selected her to be my wife"
 "Oh, very well" replied Mrs Els worth. "I suppose it's none of my business, having never been asked for advice on the subject; but all I've got to say IS that if she handles your sal ary you Il find living on it more diff cult than you now imagine
 Robert was provoked and left the house, His mother was vexed and disappointed, and tried to find relief in the duties of her household Sarah, being the recipient of all that was said. was more than anxious to un- load the news. She was a tender hearted girl and sympathized with Laura, who she felt had been unjustly condemned. X little later in the evening she determined on seeing Laura, and so strolled out in the direction of the latter's home. She found her in a merry mood, and. while Sarah disliked telling her what she knew, she still desired to let her know how stanch and true her lover was. Gradually the story was out, and, in a burst of tears and indigna- tlon, Laura declared that she would never marry Robert Ellsworth. At this Sarah showed evidence of being horror-stricken, explaining how mean and ungrateful 1t would be to take such step against one so worthy and devoted as was Robert.
 "I'll tell you what to do," explain ed Sarah, dramatically; marry him for spite, and then show them what a good, true, economical wife you can be-
 This proposition revived Laura's hope and courage, and forthwith she calculated on a great and noble re- venge. It was not long before a quiet and unpretentious marriage ceremony took place, in which Laura Crawford and Robert Ellsworth were united in holy wedlock. They went immediate ly to housekeeping in an humble way, and, true to his word, Robert made Laura treasurer of all his funds.
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EDWARD BUHA. dDOub VI. I1c WAS born near Bally Na. County Mayo, Ireland, on Easter Sunday, in the year 17s3. He followed the trade of weaver for many years and then that of miller in his native country. He was married at the age of Is years and was the father of seven children. six sons and the daughter referred to above. His first wife died many years ago, and most of his children are dead, but he has over forty living grand children and more eat-grandchildren than he can count, as he laughingly says. Two sons and many of his other descendants live in St. Louis. He came to this country first so long ago that he cannot fix the date, but he has been back to the old country twice, and his third arrival in America was more than forty years ago, since which time he married his second wife, who died many years since without bearing him any children.
 His father was a physician, and died at the age of 60 years, but three of his paternal uncles lived to more than 100 years of age, and one of them was over 110 years old when he died. A brother died few years since who was also
 
 Mir. Burk was never sick, and never, from any cause, lay in bed half day during his long life, Although not a total abstainer, he seldom drinks in- toxicants, but in h.s early manhood he was an active producer of the mountain dew, which never paid tax, and he delights to recount the expedi- ents, some of them very amusing, by which he evaded the excise officers. He is still astonishingly vigorous for a man of his age. and declares that he can beat any of his descendants dancing a breakdown. Although not large man, being only about feet inches in height, he was formerly noted wrestler, and now firmly believes that he can really overcome in such an en- counter any of his grandsons.
 His eyesight has always been so good as to render needless the use of spectacles, and he now threads her needles for his daughter in the day or night time, without any difficulty whatever.
 He never used cane in his life. He has smoked moderately since boyhood. His hair has not fallen off and is iron gray in color. The old gentleman is a sprightly tallxer, and still possesses a good memory, which makes his narra- tives of the long ago very interesting.
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SEALED IN A cLoIsTER.
Nuns i'm a Catholic Institution for
 Life Fasting and Praying.


 Life Fasting and Praying.
 At the Corpus Christi monastery of the Dominican nuns at Hunts Point, a community of women were a week ago sealed in cloister which they will never leave alive. There was little or no ceremony The women, many of whom gave up bright worldly prospects, are to devote their whole lives to prayer, adoration of the blessed sacrament and fasting. Last week the monastery, with its beautiful chapel, was blessed by Archbishop Cor rigan, of New York The sealing of the cloister took place at o'clock in the morning. All the visitors left that. part of the monastery, and assembled in the chapel. A heavy wooden door leads from the cloister to it. This has two looks, one on the inside and the other on the outside. The mother prioress turned the key in the inside lock, and one of the sisters, who looks after the outside affairs of the, monastery, locked the other one. As long as the monastery stands and is used by the nuns no visitors will be al- lowed to pass through that door, It. will be opened to receive a new mem-. Der of the community. Even Arch bishop Corrigan will go into the cloister only once year, when he makes his annual visitation. He must be accompanied by two or more priests then. Whenever any of the nuns are taken sick the physi- elan who is to attend the patient, ill order to enter the cloister, must have a permit from the archbishop and the superioress. Even when a nun is on her deathbed her relatives will not be allowed to go into the cloister to see her. After the sealing of. the cloister Archbishop Corrigan gave benedic- tion in the chapel.
 Cloistered communities, like that of the Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Alteration, are very scarce in this country. The Carmelite Nuns, the first order of religious women established in this country, and the Trappists, have rigorous and severe rules like those of this order. The American branch was established in Newark thirteen years ago by nuns who came from France at the request of Bishop Corrigan. Their superioress was tho present prioress of the Hunts Point Monastery. The Newark community has prospered, and 1t has It's full quots. of sixty nuns. The life of the nuns is of remarkable severity. They rise at 6:30 8. ID. and are in the chapel at 6, when they say that part of the office called ''prime' and ''terce." Medr ttation and mass occupy the time nntil g o'clock, when they have light break. fast. From that time until 1O:30 they arc engaged in making various articles for use at the altar. As the nuns never eat meat and have . long fast from September to May, their diet Is very simple. An hours recreation after dinner is followed by an hour of pro- found silence. Each nun sleeps on . board about feet inches in length and feet in width. The habit is worn during sleeping hours; in fact, 1t is only taken oil for change and for the bath.
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MONUMENT TO LINN EUS.
This Great BOtanist Honored by . seamc in Lincoln Park. Chicago

The monument to Linnmus, the emi- nent Swedish man of science, was un- yelled on the ls4th anniversary of his birth, May 23, in Chicago. Placed in Lincoln Park at the foot of Fullerton avenue, it has been erected by his fel- low countrymen now living in Chicago by voluntary subscription. Standing upon heavy granite base, the bronze statue of the great botanist, looks out upon the world in calm repose and dignity. The work of art is copied by C. F. Dyferman, of Stockholm, from the memorial in that city by the lead ing sculptor of the time, kjellberg. The bronze was cast by Otto Meyer, a resident of the Swedish capi- tai. When entirely finished the design contemplates the addition at the base of the pedestal of four al legorical figures, likewise in bronze, typifying four of the sciences in which Linn@us was distinguished, including, of course, botany and medicine, These will be placed in position in time for the exposition of 1893. The Swedish Linnnan Monument association has been the sole mover in this gift to Chicago of a beautiful and enduring ornament. Of this corporation Robert Lindblom is president and John k. Lindgren treasurer, the other officers comprising the best-known Swcdes in Chicago.
 Charles Linn@us was born h sspal- und, the son of the pastor of the par ish. The boys attention was turned
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was appointed vice consul in 1885, when twerty-one years old. He was born in Chicago twenty-seven years ago. The bride is contralto in the choir of the
 New England Congregational church and formerly sang in Clarence Eddy's choir in the First Presbyterian church, Chicago. She will not give up her musical work. In personal appearance she Is a striking brunette. She ro- ceived her musical education .in Chica- go in the school ef Mrs Sara Her shey Eddy. Her advancement was so rapid that she was soon chosen a member of the Eddy Ladies' Quartet and was in frequent demand for anna tcur recitals and concerts. In June, 1889, she accompanied Clarence Eddy's Organ Concert Company to Europe as one of the associate artists. She was well received in London and called second Swedish Nightingale. In Paris she appeared at the Trocadero, with remarkable success Then she be- came pupil of the celebrated Henschel in London. She is only twenty-five years of age, but already is one of the favorites of the lyric stage.
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kerosene and sat in darkness for two hours or more. The hard seats in the branches, the long, tedious vigil, tho quiet of the night, and natural drowsi- ness soon relieved the party of its spirits, and the proposition then was made to go home. Just then, however, . commotion in the bushes was heard.
 It grew louder and louder. Then there was . roar, and pretty soon a rustic in another direction. It was evident that there was not only one bear approaching, but two. The discovery was quite enough to keep every hunter in his perch. But the grizzlies did come near the tree They seemed to meet in the bushes about twenty yards away, and to be bent on
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Laura at once began system of rigid economy and hoarded up money in little sums, never saying a word to her husband of his growing riches. As months went by and the savings grew larger, she began to wonder how she would exhibit to Robert the ac- cumulated whether she would have it converted into gold or silver and hand to him as a gift, or have it in paper money, and some evening when he came home have bills of different denominations tackled all over the wall to surprise him. This is what puzzled her.
 Thus the time passed by and the amount grew larger. They were living in rooms in thickly settled portion of the city and one evening, when Robert returned home from his busi- ness, he received 0 notice from the person from whom he rented, to the effect that within ninety days the building in which they lived would be torn down to receive new improve ments. Robert and Laura talked the subject over about where they should moveto; and although not well pleased with where they were, they still dis liked the idea of being ordered out,
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disturbed usually for weeks in sue cession.
 The bands are put on the heads of unweaned children, and have per ceptible effect on the development of tho skull. Dr. bunker saw many Mangbattu children whose heads had thus been rendered peaked to the ex- tent of extreme deformity.
 Experience shows, however" says Dr. Junker. that such artificial mal- formations of the skull do not affect the mental faculties so long as the top of the skull. and with it the brain, is allowed to develop unbranded in some one direction. The Mangbattu tribes prove the truth of this assertion, for they stand without doubt on much higher plane of life than many other native peoples which do not use the head bands"
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toward the natural sciences In these
 he soon began ta dis tinguish himself
 In 1729 he was under the ins truction of the great Celsius, for whom h c lectured at the university. He started on his famous trip through Lapland May g.
 l73e, and took n long journey through northern Europe. He publis he'd his great work, The system of Nature" in Holland in 1735, and lived to see the
 twelfth edition of that epoch marking volume greatly amplifed in the hands of his fellow scholars. "The First Principals of Botany" was written about this time. The next year he went to England and was invited to lecture in Oxford university. He de- voted the rest of his life, however, to steady, research and featuring in the University of Sweden. In l753 he was decorated by the King with the Order of the Polar Star, being the first man of science to receive that distinction. He thereupon changed his name to Carl von Lime. He died Jan. 10, 1770 His life's work is contained h 1sl volumes.
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4 Machine Glove me.4er.

It b quite difficult matter to reuair ones gloves 90 neatly and perfectly that 1t cannot be detected as an ur- professionaIs work, but little inven- ton covered by Austro- Hungarian patents, facilitates this work to such . degree that even intrained hands can do 1t with neatness and dispatch. Tha apparatus Il made Of nickel, and con, sists of two parts which prcss against each other by means of . spring. Pax4 Of the top edge is provided with small teeth in close range to each other. Tho seam of the glove t0 be mcnded is caro- fully pressed between these teeth and tho needle passed iu and out 1T overp opening. Repairing done n thlo nln1
 ner | e perfset that it ennnoo nn
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Crooks Council of War.

A writer in the Century, giving an extended account of General Crooks warfare against the Indians in Cali fornia and Arizona, thus briefly de- scribes the Generals unique method of holding council of war:
 He never asked any one for an opin- ion, never gave one of his own, but taking his rifle in hand strolled a short distance away from the camp, sat down under rock, crossed one knee over the other, clasped his arms about his shins, and occasionally rubbed the tip of his nose with the back of his right hand.
 This last was the infallible sign by which the troops afterward learned to know that one of Crooks councils of war was in progress.
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4 Clock That Never Runs Down.

Darius l.. Golf, of Pawtucket, R. l., who has fancy for mechanical curios- ities, possesses n clock that is said never to run down. Through an ingenious contrivance 1t is kept wound by the simple opening and closing of the front door of the house. Electrical appliances, operated by the running of the clock, raise the gas jet in the hall at dusk, and lower it at bed-time; ring an early-ris- ing bell for the servants, a later one for the family, and, an hour later, the breakfast bell; and when the. hour is struck. musical cathedral chimes re- spond in the chambers of the house.
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due to most untoward circumstance connected with the lassoing of griz- zlies, with which Mr. Keely was un- familiar. that the tale ends as it does. In order to facilitate his use of the larint Mir. Kccly WITS given the topmost perch in the somewhat fragile tree, and to better secure his prey when caught he had made the nome end" of the rope securely fast about it's trunk. The accompanying illustration tells the rest
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Do not let the milk get over-sour, for if you do the butter will contain casein, and be cheesy, and will not keep. It may also develop the begin ming of putrefaction, and this is sure to spoil whole tub. It is far safer al1a better to get the cream all up while the milk is still sweet, and then these troubles will be avoided
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uoBoKEN's MONUMENT.

erected to commemorate the demise of the Volunteer Firemen's Association was unveiled Decoration Day with appropriate ceremonies.
 Nearly every building in the city was tastefully decorated. Two grand stands were erected, one in front of the City Hall and the other encircling the yelled statue in Church Square Park.
 The statue reveals n firemen life-size and in full uniform In his right hand he grasps a lantern and while coolness and courage are displayed in every hneament, anxiety is artistically sug- gested in the pose of the figure.
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All Sorts.

Portugal owes over $500, 900, 900.
 The United States navy has . paper boat.
 The celery crop of Kalamazoo, Mich, will be worth sl, ,0oo, 900.
 It takes a sailing vessel l25 days to sail from Philadelphia to San Fran cisco.
 Under the present game laws of New York the English sparrow is not pro- tected and 1t is made misdemeanor to give food or shelter to that bird.
 A choir of twenty natives of South African tribes left for London last week to show the result of their education and training by giving concerts.
 A London tradesman recently re- ceived an order for sixty-four pairs of shoes for the daughter of the Grand Duke Paul of Russia, a child less than year old.
 A child was born at Nautmeal, near Reading, which measured 32 inches in length and 9 inches across the shoul- ders. The mother and child are both dead.
 There are now l9,373 newspapers printed in the United States and Cana da, gain of l,613 over last years record. New York is in the lead of the States, having l,sss papers.
 At . play called Nell Horn, brought out at the Paris Theater Libre, to il- lustrate London life, the program shows "rudes" for ''roughs" and ''total- isateurs de the" for "teetotallers.n
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he is 12s years old,, and to prove it to the satisfaction of all he sent to Ire land for the parish records. His homo is W ith h ia d a u g h t r, Mrs. Mary Glynn, a widow of ian un- certain age," but who thinks she is -lA m H.
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and shows . great advance in thought over any of his predecessors. His temper was fiery and his habits some- what peculiar. In summer he slept five hours a day, in winter ten.
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HOBOKEN'S PRIDE.
Her Eiremen's Statue Unveiled with
 Pomp and Ceremony.

In accordance with a proclamation issued on May 20, by Mayor Edward R. Stanton, of Hoboken. the statue
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Black silk stockings and low buckled patent-leather shoes are correct for such dressy occasions as parties and matinees.
 White or cream-colored China silk is considered the most appropriate of elaborate dresses for little girls, finished at the neck and wrist with . frill oS lace.
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THE OLDEST LIVING MAN
HE RESIDES IN THE CITY OF
 ST. LOUIS.
He Has Just Reached Hls 190th Year and Can Run, Jump ana Wrsstle - Long LiFe of Edward 0urk, an Grishman.

For heartiness h old age Edward Burke of 1914 South Third street, St. Louis, will yield to no man. He says
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THE rIcorAH OF HINposrAS

standing his apparently dangerous position, that he laughs, sings, smokes, and eats in this peculiar situation.
 This machine is peculiar to Hindoostan, and is known as the picotah.
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CHRISTINEN NEILsON's WEDDING
She ls Now thc Wife or Denmark's
 viee Consul as Chicago.

Otto A. Dreier. vice consul of Den- mark, located in Chicago, and Miss Christine Nelson were married at the residence of the brides parents, Madi- son, Wis, last week, in the presence of the immediate relatives of the famihes.
 The bride and groom have been acquainted about six years. The latter's father, Emil Dreier, consul of Denmark, has been prominent resi- dent of Chicago since 1854. The son
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HUNTING BIG GRIZZLIES.
PRRlLOU0 SPORT INDULoEp IN
 IN CALIFORNIA.
TFap e Ex-(sov. WasermanS Danch-A Dosson Journaliss Who win Hereafter Discard she Larias and Cling to . Trussv Riac.

O V. W AT E R. man ofCalifornia owns a gold mine in Guyana Val ley called tn e Stonewall. It is a handsome piece of property and its operation has brought n num- Der of small in- dustries into the valley, such as ranching, bee keeping, ] garden ing, etc.
 The Cuyamaca Valley and the
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wish he had . gun. It was by this time nearly o'clock, and in the first darkness of September night. While Tip Ferguson slowly reconnoitercd and peered into the darkness the pro- cession halted and the doctor lighted
 the kerosene torch. Under its light the party found the tree which in the afternoon they had prepared as a
 blind, and in few moments all were in its branches The cache beneath it had not been disturbed. Hell come soon if we keep quiet" they eAid. But he didn't come for lonr Enc. The party 'doused" the burning
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PEAKED HEADED PEOPLE
THEY TATTOO EACH OTHER
 FROM HEAD TO FOOT

And Arc the Strongest Race Of Peo. pic on the Face of the Earth, Ac. cording 10 Dr. Junker, the African Explorer.