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AND HE WENT IN.

stretch to your form-those Scotch
cloths always do! Only piece of the
kind in America. Imported it myself,
sir! Splendid fit! 1 declare, sir, 1
couldn't have done better if I had Ia
ken your measure"
So the pantaloons were purchased.
Next came the coat. Army blue
Augustus could wear nothing else.
He was patriotic to the backbone-no
young man had done more for his
country than he had. He had given
ten cents weekly to the soldiers aid
society; purchased So worth of pin
cushions and wa.sh-cases of the pref
" girls at the sanitary fair-and then
he had cheerfully yielded up his
cousins, and his uneles, and his next
door neighbors' sons, to help fight the
battles of his country-and he had
been heard to declare, on several oc-
casions, that he was ready to if he
could leave his business and they
called for him, but as he never went,
we must conclude that the army was
so full that they did not want him.
The suit was purchased, and three
days afterward Augustus, clad in the
new clothes, might have been seen"
in the cars en- route for fremont. He
had silk umbrella to protect his
beaver if it rained, and a valise con-
tanning the proverbial change of linen.
fremont was reached just before
nightfall, and at the depot he found
his Uncle Jack and a young lady
awaiting him.
Shades of Venus. That young lady
was the fairest feminine creature he
had ever seen. Her waterfall and
round-top hat were magnificent. And
her face was such concentration of
roses and lilies and violets, and all
set in the gilt frame of golden hair
why, Augustus head whirled and he
felt weak in the knees, like one who
has taken dose of tartar emetic.
He rode to his Aunt Mercy's beside
Helen, feeling very much like one IN a
blissful dream. Like the boy we have
all heard of-he didn't care whether
school kept or not.
Helen had such voice-and such a
hand-and wore such charming bal
moral boots, laced with scarlet.
Aunt Mercy was a real princess
fairy god mother fully equal to Gin
derella's. he thought, and he gave the
old lady such hug round the neck
that her collar-bone felt twisted for
two hours afterwards
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OWES MOST TO THE DUTCH
Few of New England's Culinary Idea,
Can "a Tracad Tn ola In

Few of New Engiand's Culinary Ideas
Can BE Traced to Old England.
Even in Connecticut was the skill
of the Knickerbockers admired, says
Harper's Magazine. A new inven-
ton or Improvement was said to
"beat the Dutch" The Delft tiles
on the hearth, the crockery on the
dresser, the blue tiles lining the
front of the fireplaces in the best
houses show how the Dutch had a
part in the evolution of the New
England house. hundreds of open
fireplaces in New England were dec
Grated with these tiles after the
Dutch fashion, and contained not
only proverbs in porcelain" but
abundant biblical illustration. From
the evidences of relics. nearly as
much of the imported fine furniture
in the northern colonies came from
Holland as from England. Not few OF
the old teapots and other table
service, which followed upon the
introduction of those oriental drinks
which drove out beer and tankards,
did indeed come over from Holland,
though not in the Mayfower, as so
often anachronistically alleged. When,
too, the open fireplace gradually
gave way to supposed improvements,
it was to Dutch thing with a Dutch
name -the stove. Not only in Ply
mouth, but elsewhere, numerous
houses had what can occasionally be
seen throughout New England to-
day (nor do we mean by this the
latter substitute of TIM = Dutch
oven. 1t was under this spacious
dome of brick and clay that those
famous articles of yankee diet. the
pumpkin pie, brown bread, baked
beans aud fish balls had their evolu-
tion.
No smoker of tobacco in the snow
white meerschaum rejoiced more in
his coloring of the sea-foam clay
than did the rosy housewives of
Massachusetts, bay in the rich hues
of bean, bread and fish. The Brown
ing clubs of early days met in the
kitchen rather than in the parlof or
vendome. The doughnut may have
been too cosmopolitan an article to
claim invention at the hands of any
one people; yet what yankee '.fried
cake'' or doughnut ever equaIed an
olekoek? Was not cruller, whose
derivation confounds the dictionary
makers, who call it "a kind of"
doughnut, first brought to perfection
by Captain Knoll pronounced and
sometimes spelled crull), the
whilom commander and Dutch church
elder at Fort Orange? To this day
the "cookey" (koekje), noodles,
hodgepodge, smearcase, rullichies,
cold slaw, and other dishes that sur
vive in New England farmhouses are,
despite their changed pronunciation
and spelling, proofs that the yankees
enriched their monotonous menu of
early colonial days by borrowing the
more varied fare of their Dutch
neighbors in the West and South
AS for the popular American winter
breakfast luxury, the buckwheat
cake, it was introduced from Central
Asia by the Hollanders, acclimated,
cultivated, named "beechmast"
! (bockweit). and in the form asso-
ciated with heat, sweets, aroma and
! good-cheer is Dutch invention.
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loo Small for Cats.

The young man from the city had
been fishing. He hadn't had much
luck, but it was more than he was
used to, and he looked very Jubilant
as he strobe into the farmhouse
kitchen with his catch.
.What'je git?" asked his host
.sOh, nothing much. Just a few
catfish.
"Mean them?" the farmer inquired,
pointing with his pipestem.
Certainly. They're not very
large. But there's no doubt about
their being catfish"
"Wal. mebbe they passes fur cat
fish out whur you come from. But
here we calls them kitten fish. Den
yer Tribune.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
lispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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BRAVE BOSSY.
The Cow Saved Her Calf by Whipping a
Grizzly Bear.

1t
Grizzly Bear.
Usually q cow does not stand
much chance when she engages in a
hand to hand conflict with a grizzly
BEAR" said Michael Ayers. a Colo
RADIO stockman, "but several years
ago one of my cows killed one OF
these animals and came out of the
struggle without a scratch. The
COW had recently given birth to a
calf 1t being her first-born the
mother was exceedingly vicious. and
it was unsafe for a stranger to ap-
proach her, as her horns were long
and pointed. The cattle-shed had a
matched roof, and was scooped out
of the hillside short distance from
the house.
One night bear, having smelt
the presence of cow and calf,
mounted the roof of the shed and
proceeded to force an entrance by
scratching through the thatch. The
COW at the same time detected the
presence of the bear. and held her.
self in readiness to receive the in
truder. The noise of a terrible strug-
gle aroused me, and grabbing a Ian
tern rushed from the house, and
on opening the shed door, found the
cow in a frantic state, butting and
tossing to and fro some large object,
which evidently had lost all power
of resistance. 1t turned out to be
goodsized grizzly, which had been
run through and through the body
by the courageous mother. The
little calf was nestled in corner,
sleeping peacefully, and seemed UNI
mindful of the maternal struggle.
suppose that as soon as the bear
gained an entrance through the roof
It was pinned to the ground by the
COWS horn before it had time to do
any damage.
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stretch to your form-those Scotch
cloths always do! Only piece of the
kind in America! Imported it myself,
sir! Splendid fit! I declare, sir, l
couldn't have done better if had ia
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One Source of opposItion.

at seems shame said visitor
at the capitol, .'for man to serve
his country faithfully and thea be
cropped out of sight. I'm IN favor
of lettin' 'em hold Office during good
behavior"
WELL" replied his companion, lit
might be good idea. But l don't
know but some o. the senators I'D
look at it as an effort to shorten
their terms. "-Washington Star.
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Three Pieces orFortuue.

That SpiegelmuIler is lucky
man"
How SOP
well, one day there was fire next
his place, and his goods all got wet.
! hen cyclone came along and blew
his store down. When he got it built
again fire broke out and burnt it
up"
Il don't see anything lucky about
that"
What! If it isn't lucky to have
water sale and cyclone sale and
fire sale all in six months, I don't
know the first principles of bust
ness -
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"Will you be mine, darling" he
asked, after years counting.
mo, it can never be-" was her re-
ply.
''Then why have you let me hope so
long? he said as he went toward the
door.
because. ] never intend to belong to
any man. You can be mine If you
like"
He saw the difference and stopped.
Years afterwards he saw the differ
ence still more clearly. lid.
Bits.
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Selling His Epaulets.

A lieutenant in the reserve of the
italian army and resident OF Genoa
was recently discharged on account
of his socialistic tendencies. In
letter addressed to the paper Era
Nuova, he has offered his epaulets to
the fund OF propaganda for the So
ciallst cause These ensigns of his
grade will be sold at public auction,
upon a first bid of 35 lires, or 81, at
which price jeweler offered to buy
the epaulets.
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Lion and Horse.

If lion and a strong horse were
to pull in opposite directions the
horse would pull the lion backward
with comparative ease; but if the
lion were b tched behind the horse
and facing in the same direction, and
were allowed to exert its strength in
backing, he would easily pull the
horse down upon his launches or
drag him across the ring, so much
greater is his strength when exerted
backward from the hind legs than in
forward pulling. Chicago Journal
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Changed His Mind.

Bingo-No, thank you, dear, don't
believe care for any mince pie.
Mrs. Bingo-But Henry, have put
in lot of that brandy you brought
home the other night.
Bingo taghastl-What, Not the
brandy | raid Ss quart Tor?
Mrs. Bingo-Yes, dear.
Bingo-Great guns, give me the
whole pie!
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Not Worthy of Him.

She-It cannot bel am not worthy
of you.
He-Nonsense.
at is true, too true"
'Impossible. You are an angel"
mo. no: am an idle, silly girl, ut
terlv unfit to become your companion
through life.
This is madness. What sort of a
wife do you think ought to have?'
"A careful, calculating, practical
woman, who can live on your small
salary"
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came from Mr.. Bunker's Aunt Mercy,
who resided in the little suburb ban
village of fremont. We will look
over our hero's shoulder while he
reads it-a very impolite proceeding,
but the only one which will give us a
knowledge of the contents:
DEAR AUGUsTUs-As warm weather is at
hand and the city must be very hot and I'M
comfortable, write to you to come out and
pass few weeks with US at fremont. There
is good fshin in the vicinity, and finer walks
are not to be found anywhere than our city
can boast Also there are host of pretty
young ladies here, which is no small recon-
mendation, take 1t. My husbands niece
Miss Helen Browne-a charming young girl, is
spending the summer with US, so you will not
be lonely. Please let see you early next
week as possible Your affectionate aunt,
MERCY CONVERSE"
Augustus read the letter, and tossed
up his hat. The very thing! He had
just been wondering where he should
go to rusticate.
Would he go? To be sure. Helen
Browne pretty name-the first of
it. and as for the family title it had
been borne, and was still borne, by a
great many respectable people. And
spelled with final it looked very
well written, but what mattered it,
any way? it could be safely merged in
the name of Bunkec, and who would
be the wiser?
fremont must be paradise. And
he had heard his mother say that
Aunt Mercy was the very princess of
good cooks. And good cooking was
not to be despised by fellow who
passed his life in thirdrate board
ing house, where fried mackerel was
a treat, and boiled onions a luxury.
Those fine walks? He could explore
them with Helen. That capital fish
ing? He wondered if Helen could put
worm on a hook without squirming.
Wouldn't it all be glorious? glori-
GUS!
Suddenly his castles fell.
Jones and Smith were making him a
suit of clothes, and it was three weeks
yet to the time they had promised
they should be finished; and Jones
and Smith, though excellent work
men, could not always keep their en-
gagements. Augustus remembered
WIN q SnuOQGr GnaJ III naO Dcen just
nine months and three days after they
had promised to finish the last suit
they had got up for him, that they
were finished.
"Well, WE'LL" remarked Augustus, =
'deuce take the tailors, and deuce
take the clothesl And Eve not
thing to wear this melt
ing weather. I can sympa-
thize with Miss Flora McFlimsey.
But there are ready made clothing
establishments. Jenkins patronizes
them, and it's pity if they can fiji
Jenkins, they can't fit mev'
So that very afternoon Augustus
called upon Messrs. Pinch and Pullem
and looked at their wares. Their
stock looked we'll there was no gain
saying that, and Mr.. Pinch warranted
the sewing to outlast the cloth.
Augustus tried on a pair OF liiac-col-
ored pantaloons.
Seems to me they are a little
tight" he remarked to Mr.. Pinch.
splendid fit, sir, splendid!'' return
ed that enthusiastic gentleman.
Look as if they growed on you! Not
wrinkle, sir! and, by Jove! not {
single baggy look about them any
where And they'll stretch, sir
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Climate and Crops all Right.

Oklahoma has thousands of acres Of
the finest farming land ia the world.
wait ng for you or anybody with
a little cash and lots of
gumption. Climate and crops are
just right. Farms will cost more
next year than this. TO find out if
this is the country you want, ask G. T.
Nicholson, q. i. A. Santa Fe Route,
Topeka. Kas., for free copy of oklaho-
ma folder: new edition just out, hand
somely illustrated.
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Meat-Fater This Time.

There was great JOY among the
vegetarians in Germany last year
over the fact that vegetarian won
the annual walking match from Ber-
lin to Friedrichsruhe. The same veg
etarian pedestrian was in the race
this year, and it was generally ex-
pected that he would win the match
again. but he was badly beaten by a
.meat-eater.
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An Artist mills Line.

Applicant-You are advertising for
a retoucher, | see.
Photographer-Are you good at re-
touching?
Applicant-GoOd at it, Why, sir, [
can retouch woman's picture SO
artistically that her own husband will
fall in love with her.-N. Y. Weekly.
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The theory of intrinsic value has
been abandoned by the best writer's
and speakers "-Encyclopedia Brit
anniea. Metallic money. while act
ing as coin, is identical with paper
money, in respect to being destitute
of intrinsic value. North British
Re7ieHs
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When tho Emancipation is Complete.

Old-Fashioned Passenger (awaking
suddenly from doze)-I beg your
pardon for not seeing you standing,
madam. Please take seat.
Woman Conductor Shaking him
again)-Say, uncle how much longer
are you going to keep me waiting for
your fare?-Chicago Tribune.
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AnInfalIible Indication.

There was an intense silence around
Mrs. Hashems table while the chicken
was being served. 1t was broken by
the girl with fluffy hair, who whisper
ed to the one with dark glasses.
'.Bliven has paid his board bill at
last
Glow do you know"
Gle got piece of white meat in
stead of the wing and neck, as usual. :"
Washington Star.
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What Could Do IL.

To wound mans pride has often
been found to be the most dangerous
thing one can do.
The feeling of the greater part OF
humanity is represented by the reply
of a Gascon officer to Charles VII when
asked if anything could detach him
from the kings service.
No, sire-not even the offer of
three kingdoms like yours; but, yes,
sire-one single affront. Youths
Companion.
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The Arena says the unemployed
number fully 100000 people which,
marching four deep, would make a
column 300 miles long, while the
women and children, the aged, sick
and inirm dependent upon them
would trail along for /, 200 miles in the
rear.-Labor Advocate.
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True Indepeudence.

Young LADY, am tired of living on
my relatives, and want to be independ-
ent
Employment Agent might get
you place in store.
That won't do. I'd be under some
ones orders continually. want to be
independent of everything and every
body"
"Ah, | see. I'll get you place "a
cook. IN. Y. Weekly.
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On the Safe Side.

Everybo knows this is goo place 20 be,
but eI erybody does not take measures TO be
there An efficient preventative places ms on
he safe side of incipient disease. and there is
no one more reliable than Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters in cases where the kidneys are inactive.
which is but the preliminary TO various destfuc-
tive maladies, WEIGH disregaried have "a fatal
termination. BTight's disease diabetes drop
sy, edema, are but the ouigrowths of neg
ected inaction OF the kidneys aud bladder.
They should be checked at the outset with the
Bltters, which will prevent their progress by
arousing the renal organs to activity. and thus
place those who resort to this saving medicine
on the safe side. This preseryative of safety
also conquers constipation, liver complaint ma
larial fever, nervousness and dyspepsia
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Trouble Abroad For Somebody.

Have you any eggs that will do to
t'row at ham actor?" asked the bust
ness-like urchin with basket and
bad eye.
why, yes" said the grocer. leading
the way to barrel in the back room.
q think we have a-p he w.'-Chicago
Tribune.
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Good old lady said TO her nephew, a
poor preacher:
James, why did you enter the min
istry?"
because / was called" he ans
wered.
James," said the old lady, anxious
1y, as she looked up from wiping her
speetacles. ARE you sure it wasn't
some other noise you heard?'-Chris-
tian Sentinel
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Congenial Spirits.

Aunt Maria-I think you and Mr..
Mann ought to get along nicely to-
gether You know you both like the
same people.
Matilda-Yes, and what is better we
hate the same people. Just think
what nice long talks we shall have to-
gether.-Boston Transcript.
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stockbrol<er, grown rich, gives
some advice to a new beginner, You
see, my dear friend, men may be divid
ed into two classes-dupes and
rogues.'
And where do you come in?"
Il? / have been both in turn
Supplement Litteraire.
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Fnnnd II a Blessing.

DR. Guthrie, of Edinburgh. after
carrying on ragged schools in that
city for a number of years. sent in
vitations to a dinner to boys who
had found blessing in the schools.
Two hundred and fifty responded,
one gentleman travelling SOD miles to
be present
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Points OF View.

That building" said the American
citizen proudly, was built in "a days. ="
"Mercy That's nothing" said his
friend from the old world, speaking
with even more pride. We've got
a building in our town abroad that
was built in "a years, and it's not en-
tirely done yet. chicago Record.
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He Need Not Despair.

George, in despair must be an
idiot | don't seem to be able to
find any suitable vocation.
Mabel, tearfully - Never mind.
George. If worst comes to worst you
can become diplomatist. Chicago
Record.
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1t is said that all the gold in the
world, not counting that in virgin
state, would not make block of more
than 613 cubic yards. A cube of the
above dimensions could be put in
room "a feet each way.
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His Qualifications.

Agent-So you wish a situation in a
travelling company; have you had any
experience before the public?.
Applicant-Well, yes; | was the in
terstate champion long-distance walk
er in SO, and was the champion for
ty-days' faster from 'S5 to 's7.-N. Y.
Herald
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Fitted the Place.

Wool-'rhe conductor was impudent,
and reported him.
Van Pelt-Did he get discharged?
Wool-No, they transferred MIN
to a place in which politeness is
not required; they made him a ticket
Seller.-N Y. World.
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Dicky Dummles-lou have turned
my brain all topsy-turvey. Miss Col
deal. (Tenderly) Can you read what
is in my mind?
Miss Coldeal-I am afraid not, Mr..
Dummies never could read upside
down.-Harper's Bazaar.
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Rather Topheavy.

Boy-That toy boat you sold me is
no good.
Dealer~What's wrong with it9
Boy-It won't stand up Flops
right over as quick as put it in the
water. Guess you think wanted it
for q man-of-war.
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valley. Plain and Peak.

An art book of Northwestern scenes,
from photographs, over 100 views, with
descriptive matter, elegantly printed, sent
with other publications of much interest
to investors and homeseekers, for 10 cents
in postage. Equal to gift books sold for a
dollar. with much less information and
beauty Address F. |. WHITNEY, G.. p. s.
r. A, Great Northern Railway, st. Paul,
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Why She Liked Him

Elsle-Oh. uncle, am so fond of
you
Uncle-And why?
Elsie-We always have jam when
you take lunch with us-Fliegende
Elaetter.