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it up and darted off toward the ilI-as-
sorted couple. In vain did Mr.. Snob-
berly whistle softly and call: "Fidoi
Fido! come herel That's a nice little
doggy-woggy." He insisted on carry.
ing that document back to his mistress.
A minute later the intelligent animal
was frisking around in front of Mrs. B..
wagging his tail and holding up the let
ter, as much as to say: Amt a smart
dog?"
Old Burdstick swooped down with an
agility that was surprising in a man of
his years and captured the letter. In
vain did Mrs. B. endeavor to secure the
compromising document He smelt q
rat, with livid fingers he tore it open
and, after several frantic efforts, he ad-
justed his glasses and began to read:
dearest Gus: The old fraud-puff-
the old fraud-why that's me-will be
away to-morrow'-not much he won't"
-etc.-and the excited old gentleman
kept on reading and putting and blow.
ing.
The note was signed: "Your darling
Lucy"
Mrs. Burdstick's name was Lucy, and
he recognized her well-known hand
writing. He glared around like one of
the wild animals. The dude was not in
sight, neither was Mrs. Burdstick in
sight, as she had hurried away so asnot
to be present during the Impending
cyclone. All at once, gray-coated
policeman darted forward, rushed
across the grass, and from behind q
large tree, where he was trying to hide,
he dragged the trembling dude.
"I'll teach yer to kape off the grass, ="
said the policeman, slamming the
wretched man against a tree time or
20.
That's right! make him keep off the
grass! Brain him." exclaimed Mr..
Burdstick.
Lave me alone for that" howled the
policeman, getting in some very fine In
dian club practice.
It is hardly necessary to add that the
policeman did his whole duty. When
Snobberly comes out of the hospital he
will be summoned as a witness in the
divorce suit. Mrs. Burdstick has re-
turned to her parents, and among the
dogs that were drowned by the author
tiles was one that bore a remarkable
resemblance to unfortunate Fido, and
which had been turned over to the dog
catchers by stout old gentleman, who
bore a remarkable likeness to Mr..
Burdstick. ALEX Z. SWEET.
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COULDN'T OBEY BOTH.
where Two Signs Arc Different, It Ia
Difficult to Decide.

Difficult to Decide.
A Tribune reporter recently wit
messed an amusing incident at a rail
road station in New Jersey A waiting
passenger stepped over to the counter
where newspapers, knicknacks and to-
bacco were sold and bought a cigar
This he lighted and strolled com
posedly about the room; presently the
porter of the place approached him. and
with emphatic Hibernian brogue asked:
''Can you rade?"
"Quite fairly" replied the passenger.
"Whv?"
Then what does that sign rade?" de-
manded the porter, pointing TO one on
the ticket-seller's box.
"'No smoking" responded the pill
grim in deliberate tone.
"Well, that's the rule, d. We moind"
"See here" said the transgressor
"can you read?'
"Indade I can. shure."
"Weil, what docs that big sign by the
cigar case over there say?"
'Tt says, Smoke the King of Cluba
cigars.
That's exactly what I was doing.
Now which sign must ] obey?"
by the powers! man, but We have
the best OF it, and I'll report that TO the
company, 50 / will ~. Y. Tribune.
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when she was in the park. Among
them was Gus Snobberly, the dudiest
dude in Gotham. On this occasion Mr..
and Mrs. Burd.tick had met the young
man on entering the park, and Mr..
Burdsticlz had remarked how singular
it was that when he came to the park
by himself he never met Mr.. Snobber-
", but whenever Mrs. B. was with
him they were sure to meet a job lot of
dudes.
Il wonder where is Fido?" said Mrs.
B.. looking around. Incidentally it
may be remarked that Fido was her
pet dog, to which she was very much at
tached. as have already intimated
"Hc was following along behind Us
while ago" said Mr.. B.
"Fido?" queried Mrs. Burdstick.
no; | mean that other puppy that is
such great pet Of yours. / refer to
that dude"
Mr.. Burdstick.'
Mrs BurGstick."
Mr. Snobberly is only passing ac-
o. aintance. He is an old friend Ct our
family and perfect gentleman, added
Mrs. Burdstick
lie was over there by the statue of
BuINs awhile ago" said Mr.. Burdstick
Mr.. Snobberly?" asked Mrs. Burd-
stick, eagerly.
NO; Fido. There they are together,
now" said Mr.. Burdstick, pointing to
a bench in front Of them on which was
seated Mr. Snobberly, fondling Fido.
AS Mr.. and Mrs. y. strolled past, the
former did not look at the gilded youth,
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FRENCH FEMALE coNvIcrs.
By Marrying Fellow-Convicts They Can
Escape Confinement in Prison.

By Marrying Fellow-Convtcts They Can
Escape Confinement in Prison.
French female prisoners and con-
victs are treated with more kindness
on the whole, than persons of their
class In England Their matrons and
wardresses are Augustine nuns whose
rule, though firm, is gentler, more mer-
ciful and more steadfastly equitable
than that of laywomen could be. The
female convicts are allowed the same
privilege as the men in the matter of
earning money and buying things at the
canteen; those of them who are young
also enjoy privilege not granted to fe-
male convicts in other countries-that
Of having husbands provided for them
by the state-only these husbands must
be convicts. Every six months notice
Is circulated in the female peuiten-
tiaries, calling upon all women who
feel minded to go out to New Caledonia
and be married, to make an application
to that effect through the governor.
Elderly women are always very prompt
in making such applications, but they
are not entertained. The matrimonial
candidates must be young and exempt
from physical infirmitieS. Girls under
long sentences readily catch at this
method of escaping from the intoler-
able tedium of prison life; and
the pretty ones are certain to
be put on the governors list,
no matter how frightful may be
be the crimes for which they have been
sentenced. The only moral qualifica-
ton requisite is to have passed at least
two years in the penitentiary. The Sc
lected candidates have to sign engage
ments promising to marry convicts and
10 settle in New Caledonia the remain
der of their lives. On these conditions,
government transports them, gives
them a decent outfit and a ticket-of-
leave when they land at Noumea
Their marriages are arranged for
them by the governor of the colony
who has q selection of well-behaved
convicts ready for them to choose from;
and each girl may consult her own
fancy within certain limits, for the pro-
portion of marriageable men to women
is about three to one. OF course, if the
girl positively declares that none of the
aspirant bridegrooms submitted to her
inspection have met with her approval,
the governor can only shrug his shout
ders in the usual French way. 1t has
happened more than once that pretty
girls have been wooed by warders, free
settlers, or time-expired soldiers and
sailors, instead of by convicts In such
cases the governor can assent to a mar
riage only on condition that the female
convict's free lover shall place himself
in the position of a clSet-of-leave man
and undertake never to leave the coll
ony. Love works wonders; and there
is no instance on record of a man hav-
ing refused to comply with these con-
ditions when once he has fallen in love.
Boston Courier.
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Measured by Your own Yard.tick.

Our mode of deciding upon others
will be the mode others will employ in
deciding upon us. A harsh man, with
cast iron criticisms will some day meet
cast iron. You fay others, and others
will fay you. Let one of these merci-
less critics Of character overcome by
temptation, some day step little out
of the right path and he will find him
self in hailstorms of denunciation. You
have not the entire mono oily Of spikes
and goads and pincers. with what
measure We mete it shall be measured
TO you again" More than all, we
ought TO be induced away from all
harshness by the fact that we ourselves
are to be brought into high tri-
bunal at the last and that he shall
have judgment without mercy that
hath shown no mercy. You who are
accustomed, with rough grip violently
70 shake others for their misdeeds,
waiting for no paliiations, and listen
ing 10 no appeals. what will become Of
you when. at last, in that day which
will surely come 10 you. with all your
Imperfect ions, you appear at the bar 81
your Maker? - Taimage. i'm Ladies'
Home Journal
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WONDERS OF SLEEP.
A Scientist Explains Why We Lose Con-
sciousncss During That Period.

n 6Citutbt LAPtaiub why "o IOsS W.
sciousncss During That Period.
In a paper published in a French
medical magazine. DR.. Brown-Sequard,
the famous elixir Of life" advocate,
adduces some of the reasons that have
led him to the conclusion that normal
sleep is the effect of an inhibitory act,
instead of depending, as formerly sup
posed, upon a vascular contraction tax.
ing place in the cerebral lobes Elk.
periments plainly prove that sleep may
exist whether there is little or much
blood in the vessels of the brain. That
the loss of consciousness in sleep in nu-
merous other accidental or pathological
cases is the effect Of an inhibition OF
the cerebral faculties is to be believed.
DR.. Brown-Sequard argues, because OF
direct proofs showing that the loss OF
consciousness in the case of pune.
ture of the bulb, and in other cases,
also, is, beyond all dispute, due to an
inhibitory act, and also because of all
that is known of the circumstances
which preccde or accompany sleep. The
broad statement made by the cele.
brated author is that there exists, when
sleep occurs and as long as it lasts, irri-
tation at a distance from the organs In
which the cessation OF activity takes
place. Among the proofs Of the exist
ence OF such irrtations the following
are cited: Feeling of heaviness in the
eyes, persistent contraction of the pu.
pill, contraction of the orbicular muscles
and contraction Of the blood vessels of
the retina of the eye and of the
cerebral lobes. -Chicago Herald.
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Trying to Buy Back his own Body.

This qneer story comes from Massa
chusetts: "A man who lives in a sub
urb of Lowell is seeking to have deed,
given by him twenty years ago. recov-
cred. The deed conveyed his body to a
surgeon now practicing in Great Falls,
\. H., for the sum Of $40 and other con-
siderations, possession to be taken on
his death. Since the deed was made
the giver has made a fortune in South
America and has decided that he would
like Christian burial The deed pro
vides that the body shall be dis
sected and the skeleton articulated
and presented to a medical university.
The lawyers have decided that the
deed holds good and the only alterna
tive is TO buy of the doctor. The giver
Of the deed has made big offer. but Il
has been refused
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ny Ou tHc lncredSe. Inc SulUS LOT Cl-
vorce are apparently becoming more
numerous. In fact, divorce epidemic
seems to have broken out, and the
eases are so numerous as to discourage
che clergy and coAgest the dockets of
the local courts. There is a mania to
relapse, temporarily at least, into
state of single blessedness. 1t is con-
6ned to no particular class or condition
of men.
The aristocratic people who reside on
Fifth avenue and live sumptuously every
day and belong TO the upper crust of
Gotham society are as much addicted to
divorce as those who infest the slums
of Cherry street, never wear fine raj
ment or go to Europe in the
summer for their health. The causes of
marital infelicity are various. Married
couples quarrel for divorce reasons, so
to speak; but the principal cause seems
to be incongruity of age on the part of
the unhappy couples. Old men who
marry young wives, and cice cers0, are
the most frequent applicants for relief
from their conjugal bonds. Young
women who have aged husbands will
dirt with young men, as a certain old
gentleman who lives on Madison avenue
has found out for himself There are,
of course, many notable exceptions, but
1t would be very difficult to make the
elderly gentleman referred to believe
that there is an exception to the rule, so
prone is the average human being to
form his opinion of mankind in general
by his own individual experience.
Not long since an item appeared in
che New York papers that created a So
cial earthquake among the elite 1t was
to the effect that Mr.. Burdstick, a
wealthy merchant, had brought suit for
divorce from his young and charming
wife, who previous to her compare
lively recent marriage was known as the
belle of Harlem. In the same paper APP
peared another item that Park Police
man O'Donohue had almost pounded
the life out Of Gus Snobberly, a young
society man, and some surprise was
created by the additional item that al
though urged to do so Mr.. Snobberly
refused to prosecute the brutal police
man.
1t did not appear that these two
items had anything to do with each
other, but they had. 1t seems that
among other pets Mr.. Burdstick had a
dog-a pug dog named Fido-which
was the cause of both these disasters.
Mr.. Burdstick was = short, fat man, with
his head jammed down between his
shoulders. He had lurid-colored face,
suggestive OF high feeding. He also
had great difficulty in catching his
breath; like the editor of campaign
journal, he could not get along without
great deal Of putting and blowing. He
was upwards of sixty years of age. Mrs.
Burdstick was not more than twenty
five, good looking and vivacious, as is
usually the case with the bellies of
Harlem.
The weather was unusually mild for
this season of the year, and Mr.. B.
made it point to accompany his young
wife in her walks. He went with her
TO look after and care for her, but there
was no occasion for it, as there were
several young gentlemen who cared for
her and were willing to look after her
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but Mrs. B. I'D, as she shyly dropped q

but Mrs. B. I'D, as she shyly dropped .
note, or binet-doux.
Now If the programme had been car
ried out, Mr.. Snobberly would have
picked up this letter, and subsequently
pressed it to his lips in the seclusion Of
his elegant bachelors apartments. It Is
wrong and sad to think that such things
occur, but they always have occurred,
and it does not seem probable that such
improper proceedings will ever become
entirely obsolete. We must take this
world as we find it. But to resume.
AS luck would have it, Fido saw his
mistress drop the letter, and, as he had
been trained to fetch things, he snatched
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\ Dele .ts rift.
There is but one thing desire, she
sighed.
Tell me" he pleaded, and you
mall have it, What is it,"
Rest" she aqswere L--Ju &c.
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cause it is not decidedly u~nbecominR to
any wearer. 1t fairly adapts its style to
every variety of form. face and figure. and
appears equally jaunty on the Bowery boy
as it does on the Fifth avenue swell. Il is,
indeed. a democratic hat, and will proba-
bly, maintain it's sway with little change
during this and perhaps the next century.
While among the hatters this week I was
shown q novel electrical invention by which
every owner Of q silk hat can become his
own polisher. 1t is an electrical hat. pol
ishing and cleaning machine which does
cess of renovatlnR An old hat from min
utes to seconds or hours to minutes. as the
case may be. Tbs patent is on an inside
clutch, which folds q silk or a derby hat of
any size without damaging the lining OK
leather in the least, while revolving at the
rate OF 1000 revolutions a minute. The
polishing is done with strips of plush. silk
or suede leather. according to the condi-
ton of the hat when the operation begins.
Ironing is rendered unnecessary, because
the heat developed by the friction against
the rapidly moving surface of the hat an
swers every purpose that the heated iron is
used to ACCOMPLISH.
One Of the prettiest soft felt styles in the
market to-day is the Arion in black, wood
brown, umber and pearl. The Ysddo is a
pretty braided straw hat, with low row
and narrow brim.
But a word as to the cam paign hat which
will be out az soon as the national conven-
tions are over with. They have decided
that Cleveland and Harrison will be the
nominees and the lippeoanos hat is being
manufactured by the ton. The fates deal
unkindly with some hatters. and this may
develop into another instance of "miscal-
culation" on both sides.
Other firms. however, have been wiser
and have prepared two styles of campaign
summer novelties in the shape Of the Inoia
helmets. This is to be an innovation. and
there are those who predict that tho high
hat is doomed as far a. npaign purposes
are concerned.
ALBERT EDWARD TYgRELI.
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H Chicago
AUKEE &
ST. PAUL Raj WAY

Is the Fast Mail Short Limo from ST.
Paul and Minneapolis via La
Crosse and Milwaukee to Chicago
and all points in the Eastern states
and Canada. 1t is the only line
under management between
St. Paul and Chicago, and it is the
finest equipped railway in tho
Northwest. 1t is the only line run
ming Pullman drawing-room Sleep
ing cars with the luxurious srnok.
ing-rooms, and tho finest dining
cars in the world, via the famous
"River Bank Route" along tn:
shores of Lake Fepin and the beau.
titul Mississippi river to milwaukee,
and Chicago. It's trains connect
with those of the northern lines in
the Grand Union depot at St. Paul.
No change OF ars of any class be.
tween St. Paul and Chicago. For
through tickets, time tables, and
full information, apply to any
coupon ticket agent in the North.
west.
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ever. may be of any bright color, and the
general idea is to furnish a straw hat
which may be packed in An ordinary hat
bag by a tennis playing or yachting young
man for transportation into the country.
Straw hats hitherto have proved lament
able failures, often suffering destruction in
the course Of an ordinary days travel.
But the summer of 1892 is proving a great
cloth cap year. and tho textile fabric men
who have been selling remnants of suitinps
to hattefs now see matched designs OF hats
adjoining the fashionable tile establish
ments.
Another new thing in derby shape ia what
10 called q mixed fur felt" The
colors are the light ashy gray, prevalent in
suitings, and the surface. though exceed
inRly fine, appears rough in imitation of
the suitinRs they are intended 10 accom-
pany.
l was told in my meanderings OF an odd
investigation that was made at five leading
street corners Of New York. by a prominent
Wholesale hat house. 1t was a question with
them whether to brow a great mass OF
light derbys on the summer market and
this il how they solved the problem: Ten
thousand persons passed the given points in
something less than an hour. Nine thous-
and derbys were noted. OF these ,74S were
round crowned and only 252 were fat
crowned The ~favorite color was black.
n OF the 5000 derbys, more thar s. poi
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SUMMONs-IN The DISTRICT COURT OF
~ the Fret judiclN district Of the state Of Mon
tAna, in and for the county of Lewis and Clarke.
Dora Brown, plaintiff. Va Louis brown. de-
fendant.
The state Of Montana sends greeting to tho
You are hereby required to appear in An action
brought against you by the abovs-namsd plain
till In the dlatrict court of tho First judicial
district Of the state of Montana, in and for the
county Of Lewis and CIarxe, and to answer the
sivs Of the day Of ~service) after the service on
you OF this summons il served within this county;
or. IT. served ont of this county, but within this
district. within twenty days: otherwise within
forty days, or judgement by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer Of said COM
The said action is brought to obtain = judy
mont aud decree Of said court dissolvine the
bonds OF matrimony heretofore and new exist
ing between plaintiff and yourself. upon the
ground t At you did. en- May ~. 1896. .w~ilfully
and live separate and apart from her, and that you
have continued so to oo-without cause or rea-
son and against plaintiffs will and without her
consent, and for general relief, all a. moro fully
appears from the complaint on file herein to
which reference is HEREBY had.
And You Are hereby notifel that II you fail to
appear and answer the said complaint. as above
required. the seid plaintiff will apply. to the court
for the reiief demanded in the complaint.
Given under my han and the seal Of the district
CONT of the First judicial district OF the state Of
Clarke. this ri day Of May, in The year OF
our Lord one Thousand %igh hundred and ninety
two.
sxAL.J JOHN BEAN. Clork.
HyH. r. TrcMasoN. Deputy C]c:k.
F. h. 4 I. II. MCINTYRE. Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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A Little Girls Experience in a Lighthous

A Little Girls Experience in a Lighthouse
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Prescott are keepers
of the government lighthouse at Sane
Beach, Mich, and are blessed with a daugh'
ter, four years old. Last April she wat
taken down with measles. followed with 6
dteadful cough n turning into a fever
Doctors at home and in Detroit treated her
but in vain, she grew worse rapidly unit
she WAS a mere handful of bones." Their
she tried DR.. Kings Now Discovery and af-
ter the uss Of two aud a half bottles, was
com pletelv cured. They Say DR.. King.
New Discovery is worth its weight in gold
vet you may get a trial bottle tree at X. s
Hale d Co.'s d ug store.
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Opportunity,
Opportunity.
Master of human DESTINY am I,
Fame, love and fortune on my footstspu

Master of human DESTINY In
Fame. love and fortune on my footsteps
wait,
Cities and fields l walk. penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing BY
Howell and mart and palace, soon or late
knock unbidden once at evsty gate.
If sleeping, wake; il f~sastiag rise before
turn away. II is the hour Of state
And they who follew me reach every state
Nortsls desire, and conquer svsry foe
Save death; but those who doubt or hest
tate
Condemned to failure, penury Inc wee
Seek me in vain and uselessly inplors:
answer not. and l return no more.
JHo. J.: ~lSsAL.a
Rnt fail ye not in this respect.
eeize every opportunity to travel
Over the Chicago. Milwaukee 4 81. Paul
railway.
This 10 the advice Of
0Ko. H. HKAFFoRn
General Passenger Agent Chicago, Ill
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That nightmare ofman's existence which
makes God q moekery and banishes sleep
from weary eyes, readily Yields to the po-
tent influence of the celebrated English
Dandslion Ionic. 1t tones up tho digest
i've organs, restores ths appetite. makes as
similation of food possible and invigorates
the whole system. All druggists sell it at
81 Dor bottle,
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. .
|EW sioux CITY ROUTE
EAST.

Passengers for the East from
Helena and other western points
will finds the NEW ROUTE via
SIOUX CITY and the ILLINOIS
CENTRAL r. r. not only desirable
as to time and equipment, but ono
Of tho most attrac tive. passing
through Sioux City, the only Corn
Palace City of the world; Dubuque,
the handsome Key City of Iowa:
Rockford, Illinois. q new manufac-
turing city, that has become a
world within ITSELF" and Chicago.
whose growth and enterprise is
the wonder of the world. With
elegant free Chair Cars, and Pull
mar Palace Sleeping Cars on every
train between Sioux City and Chi
cago, and with a close connection
with the Union Pacific trains at
Sioux City, tho