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poon. sprang on the whales back AID
buried the instrument to the socket al
the monsters hump.
This plucky, perilous feat. one which
has seldom been performed, was hailed
with cheers By all among the white
crew, except Maddox. whose dusiy Wis
age turned blue with chagrin and
hatred as his boat neared the first
mates.
Resolved that Jack should not win
the prize and become third mate-bent
also on revenge for the throw he had
given him aboard ship-he at once
obeyed a diaboIical impulse that seized
/ him-aimsd the harpoon he held di-
rectlv toward the young man. intend
I ing to dart il through his body, and 81
pin him To the whale.
NO. don't dart yet!"shouted the sec
ord mate 'Wait till Jack gets off!
My God, man, what would you do?"
he added. in a hoarse shrek, as Maddox
hurled the barbed weapon with the force
Of demon.
Whistling on it's way it few. There
WAS a cry of horror; then there was "a
sharp screaIs OF agony, followed by a
gurgling noise, which was soon hushed.
/ ''He is gone, cried the T1ate.
But he did not mean Jack, who, FORUM
ately. had sprung back into the boat
buried itself deep in the whales side.
/ Just in time to escape his enemy's dead
" harpoon. which, grazing his side,
The latter, which had seemed half stu
Defied by the Nantucketer's thrust,
dealt near his life spot, now, on feeling
this second harpoon, gave one mad
bound. which threw up the line at
tached TO it in whirling bights, one OF
which caught tightly about the neck OF
bafiied Maddox. Ere he could disengage
Il the whale went down, and the unfor-
-unate New Zealander was jerked like
a shot far into the sea depths, out OF
sight forever. as if in punishment for
his evil attempt against the life of his
noble young shipmate.
The whale did not tow the fast boats
very far. After it came up. the other
boats joining in the attack, the numer-
Gus Iances soon put an end to his life.
As it was being towed 10 the ship, the
six canoes containing the savages. who
had been lowering near in a suspicious
manner. were seen approaching rapid
", the occupants now and then threat
eningiy Dfandishing their harpoon and
lances.
"Ay, ay! those rascals want to get
our whale away from us cried the first
mate.
| Again Jacks heart sank.
After all the tremendous eXertions he
had made TO secure the prize, was he tC
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place of my third officer, who, as you
know, deserted us at our last port"
''Nie will win dat place." triumphant
Is cried MADDOX, a New Zealander, the
talIest of the harpooners, as he shook
the big rings in his ears.
In fact, ne was a remarkably skillfui
''dart," but not more so than ''Nimble
Jack" the name given, on account of
his unusual activity, 10 fine, powerful
NantuCketer of twenty-five.
The captains announcement was no
trifiing one to this young man. who,
should he win the coveted position and
pay OF third mate. would, az last, be
able To purchase for an elderly mother,
dependent on him alone for support,
a certain little stone house on Martha 5
Vineyard, where she could have 4
small garden, with flowers ana vege-
tables, all TO herself.
IL was a bright morning. Forward,
where most Of the watch were v;4riously
employed in mending their clothes, in
reading and in shaping curious images
out of whalebone, Jim Quady, Gay
Head Indian of seventy years, was tell
ing fortunes.
Eli. lazy redskin," rudcly and i'm
periously interrupted Maddox, tell my
fortune"
The dignified Indian gave one care
less glance at the fierce yisage of the
New Zealander. and answered, gravely:
You Will die with a rope around your
neck!"
All the white men laughed. Maddox.
with blazing eyes. sprang toward the
Indian To strike him; but an iron fell
upon him, and he was hurled. crashing
downward. against the lee bulwarks.
You deserve hanging for attacking
an old man like that" came the deep
voice Of ''Nimble Jack" the one who
had thrown him.
Maddox. enraged. drew his knife. when
= prolonged cry was suddenly borne
down from the lookout at the mast
heads.
There blow-ow-s! there blow-oo-
OO-s."
Where away?" shouted old Block
Two points of the Ice bow, and two
miles of"
Call all hands, Stand 10y the boats,''
was now the order, while. gazing to
IeewHrl, the watch could see the dis
tant form of "a whale. as il preached
(sprang) its full length from the sea.
flashing IA moment in the sunlight, and
then Come down in a cloud of foam and
spray.
THE islanders are after him. re-
marAed the first mate. pointing his
glass IandNard. Il see their canoes
putting out,''
Lower away" roared Block. as the
mainyard was hauled aback Lively,
lively. there, Don't let those natives cut
you out."
NO. no." cried the mate; "and yon.
der" he added, comes anOt her fellow
to have a hand in it,"
''She's not a whaler. sir, hut a sloop
of-war," said the keen-eyed ''Nimble
Jack"
The boats had been lowered. and t!.s
crews were pulling with a viii.
There was an exciting race, especially
betwe cen the first mates boat and thai
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SPURS TO ACTION.
The Very simple Thing That Brought Ir
GriddIetop Back to Life.

The Very Simple Thing That brought hr
Griddletop Back to Life.
Some men need one spur, some an
other" said Mr. Grateb bar.
Now, there was my friend, Sylvanus
Griddletop. Mr.. Griddletop was a
man with fair income, which, when
the financial cyclone came along, was
very greatly reduced. Mr. Griddletop
promptly shortened sail to accommo-
date himself TO the altered weather;
he economical in all direcli and he
was surprised TO find how much he
could economics, and, while the new
order of things wasn't like the old, ii
was gratifying to Mr.. Griddletop 70
discover that it still afforded some
measure of comfort
AT last the financial cyclone passed;
but Mr.. Griddletop, who had accepted
the changed situation manfully, now
discovered that in the course of that
enforced period of mparatlve idle
ness his manfulness had given way to
sluggishness, he had found Il quite pos
sible to live upon his reduced means,
and now, instead of making an effort,
he did as men sometimes do in like err
cumStances-he settled down into a
placid, dull contentment with what he
had.
One of the economics that Mr.. Grid
dletOp began to practice Immediately
upon the curtailment of his income had
been that of backing his own shoes
There had seemed no easier way of
saving eighteen dollars a year than
this, and he had found the work easy
enough. without realizing at the time
that this, like many another, economy,
like giving up going to the theater,
for instance, meant the cutting off of
50 much communication with the
world, and so tended to the gradual
narrowing of his existence.
Zone day, when he had occasion to
see a man on a matter of business,
finding his shoes in not very present
able condition, MIR. Griddletop stepped
up on bOotblack's stand, took his seat
in the comfortable chair, as he had not
done in a year before, and put his feet
M on the metal footrests. 1t was like
stepping back into the world from
which ne had been so long apart; il
awakened in him a desire for all the
Old-tine activities and pleasures of
life. He stepped down from the boot
blacks stand with a new ambition. 1t
was for him just the needed spur TO
action. ~. \. sun.
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

--Stewed Chestnuts: Shell and pour
boiling water over them; let blanch
ten or twelve minutes, after which
skin, put to boil, adding salt to taste,
and cook tender. Then put in colander
to drain and dry, and serve hot Cream
sauce may be added.-0range Judd
Farmer.
Corn Pudding: Take the corn cut
off of five ears. three eggs, one pint of
sweet milk, tablespoonful of flour, a
pinch OF salt, teaspoonful of sugar
and a piece of b. tier he size of an
egg; beat the yolks 81 he eggs first,
stir in the other ingred tents add the
well beaten whites last. Bake twenty
minutes. Western Rural
Cheese Sandwi 20; Cut in small
pieces one-half cup soft, mild cheese,
put it in a saucepan with one table
spoonful of butter, speck of mustard
and cayenne, and stir constantly until
the cheese is melted. Add a well beat
en- yclk of egg and cook for a minute
longer. then spread on unbuttered
slices of bread. -Housekeeper.
"A Good Glue: A glue which stands
moisture without softening may be
made thus: Dissolve in eight fluid
ounces of strong methylated spirit
half an ounce each of sandarac and
mastic; add half an ounce of turpen-
tine. This solution is then added to
hot thick solution of glue, to which
isinglass has been added, and is next
filte- ed, while hot, through cloth or
sieve.-Leed's Mercury.
Orange Cake: Half cupful of but
ter, one cupful of milk, two cupfuls of
sugar, four cupfuls of flour, the yolks
of four eggs and the whites of three,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
and the grated rind of one orange.
Bake in three layers. Filling: To the
beaten white of one egg add one and a
half cupfuls of pulverized sugar, and
enough orange juice to make thin
icing to put between the layers.
Farmer.
vegetable is frequently sighted in
cooking. A white, mealy potato is a
welcome addition to any meal. Wash
and scrape or pare thin, rinse in cold
water, then throw into kettle of
boiling water, in which two teaspoon
fuls of salt have been pat. Boil rapid
ly. Drain, remove the lid for a mo-
ment so that the steam can escape,
then serve Immediately. -Boston Bud
get.
Scotch Bread: When making bread
take out enough for a small loaf when
ready for the baking pans. roll it out,
spread on one-third of cup of butter,
three-quarters of a cup of sugar, roll
up and knead till smooth, using as
little flour as possible. Roll out again,
spread on two-thirds cup of currants
which have been picked, washed and
thoroughly dried, or the same quantity
of small, seedless raisins. Roll up,
knead gently till the fruit is well mixed
with the dough, put in a small bread
pan and let rise till light; then spread
the top lightly with butter, and sift
sugar over it. Bake in a moderate
oven. Do not let it scorch.
Farmer.
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Indian courts have to decide que

Indian courts have to decide queer
questions. The Buddhists of Japan
presented an image TO the great tenn
pie Of Buddha at Gaya- The Hindoos
objected 10 the acceptance of the pres
ent, especially the abbot of Sivaite
monastery near by,who claimed, under
a decree four hundred years old, the
right to determine what should go in
to the temple. A man broke into the
temple and carried off the image.
Some of the rioters were fined, but APP
pealed to the supreme court at Calcut-
"a, which has just decided in their IA
vor, having ascertained that the alb
bots claim was legal The decision
will cause trouble between the Budd-
hists of India and those of Burmah,
Ceylon, and Japan.
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first days of November, Atlanta well
coined within her gates 500 newspaper
men. Three of the largest state press
organizations in the country arrived at
the same hour. The editors came from
Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas. Said
one of the editors: "When we entered
the grounds what we saw astonished us.
We looked in amazement for several
minutes from the terrace near the audi
forum upon the beautiful buildings
and the grand panorama that was be-
fore us. If we were going to have an
exposition in our state we would have
the exposition here as our model"
Quite a number of Chicago business
men, together with the First regiment
and brass band, are on the eve of in
vading the great fair.
The success of the exposition in the
matter of attendance comes from the
tremendous attractiyencss OF that en-
terprise. Nothing could be imagined
more complete and harmonious than
this show of the great cotton states of
the south. The reduced rates of travel
on the railways have also contributed
largely in the direction, though not go
ing nearly so far as the cordial hospital
ity of the Atlanta hosts. The action of
the managers in declining to open the
exhibition grounds on Sunday has
given widespread satisfaction through
out the south, where reverence for the
Sabbath has not yet given place to the
loose ideas which prevail in some other
parts of the country.
But a word of caution is not out of
order. The exhibit of rascals and i'm
posters in connection with the Atlanta
exposition is as rich and varied as il has
been at other great fairs, and the Wis
itor might do worse than look to his
purse strings. 1t is not the fakirs of the
Midway who are TO be fes ed, not those
who sell pure gold badges for quarter
of a dollar, who lure you into cheap
shows or bad dining halls, not even
those who pick your pockets in dense
crowds or sandbag you in dark alleys.
These are open-hearted, honest rogues
whose designs may be anticipated and
whose deeds may he averted by keen
eye and a stout cane. The dangerous
rascals are those who shake your hand.
The peerage of fraud thrives on
crowds and vanity. There is no oppor-
tunity at such times as these to analyZe
society. Everybody is on the rush,
seeking invitations, parting their hair
in the middle, wearing their best gowns
and brightest jewels, spending money
with careless grace, holding their heads
as high as they can, In fine, being of the
world worldly and striving for distinc-
ton in cosmopolitan society.
In this turmoil and passion, when
heads are turned with the thunder of
high names, when eyes are blinded with
glares and glitters, when even the poor
brain becomes soft because the legs
are tired and the arms are weary and
the stomach is jaded with beautiful
foods and bad hours, the soft, smooth,
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One of the smaller New Englan col
leges has for janitor a colored man
who has filed that position to the sat
isfaction of all concerned for over
twenty-five years. Like many of his
race. he IS posse sed of much wit, and
il Is not often that the students get
the laugh on sam" as they Familiarity
and affectionately call him. One
autumn day. just after the college year
had begun. when he was overseeing
the burning over of part of the campus.
a freshman coming along cried: We'll.
sam. II ats most as black as you are!'
Yes, s. h promptly replied sam;
and next spring it will be most as
green as you are! - Youths Com
panion.
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September, Notwithstanding the Sc
,erely hot weather, was larger than had
been expected, and has since been stead
lily on the increase. Large excursion
parties from the surrounding states
have become quite the fashion. One
day, not long since, several thousand
Tennesseeans passed through the ex-
position turnstiles. Large parties OF
journalists have made themselves IA
niliar with the principal attractions.
The last week OF October, including the
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CUPID & co.

Love into brambls fell.
Loud he called and long:
Passed a poet down the path,
Busy with song.
''Coms and help me from this plight,
Cried the little elf.
Said ths poet: This Is odd:
I'm In thorns myself
Brambles. brambles everywhere.
Roses all too few;
Who so hedged me roundabout7
Love. I swear twas you.
'"Though unkind to me you've been,
Still my hand I'll lend:
Aid me. Love. and I'll ali you.
And our feud shall end"
80 inseparable they go;
Friendly as may be:
Love delights TO have his darts
Tipt with minstrelsy.
Happy. too, the poet is
That his songs do rest.
Close behind some silken folds,
Deep In beauty's breast.
Chicago Record.
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THE BEAUTIFUL FACE.

Yes STRANGELY beautif d your face I ani:
Your vei~e j. Ike tae muru-us ihlt DEGREES
A morn Of Arril- AMI swake> the trees
To meet the soft caresses OF the wind
Like sudden Ignt your presence strikes men
bliui.
From y0ar compelling speH the weak man
hses.
knees
And with your golden hair their chains you
bind
am not one o. them Not 70 you kneeI
Cold : yO1r ch1rm-llke the white moon
your soul
For something more akin 70 me yearu:
Iou can enthrall- DUE. empress. can you feel
March on uacEaIlenge1. 20 your far OF goal.
rom you to some more hum a heart turn
Louise Chandler sl0uiton. in y. \ Iude-
pendent
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sisters VIII Test Z Ne Law.

G. ID. Zeigler, superintendent of
schools in 0utagamie CO nty, annulled
the licenses of five Cathd ic sisters who
were teaching PUBLIC schools at
Freedom and Little Chufe, exclusively
Catholic districts. Nd charge was
made against them, exfept that they
wore their religious g fb in school.
Bishop Messmer, of 4 reen Bay, in
structed the sisters to continue teach
ing, Notwithstanding r action of the
superintendent, and us bring the
matter to a legal test
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WISCONSIN stale NEWS.
Conspiracy to smuggleb sevealed

Whisky and opium I'd the value of
thousands of dollars, II Fas said, had
been smuggled into Bayfield, from Can
ada during the last year 3hd from there
shipped to other ports, mainly along
the lake. This smuggling was done by
alleged fishermen, and Re charge was
made that back of thef scheme was
company composed of II ghly-respect-
able merchants. Ii WI known that
the company had ageIfs, who were
members of the combif ation, in Mil
waukee, Chicago. Cleveland, Detroit
and other lake ports.
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A GOOSE GUN.
1t Was Big Thing. But Ii Would Not XIII
y Goose


''Talkin' about your big guns" re-
marked Frank Timms, the Petaluma
pothunter, Il reckon / owned the big
gest gun-barrin' cannon o course
that ever struck the coast. I'm talkin'
about sportin' guns now, not them
thunderin' big chimleys they have on
ships that'lI throw bsse-burnin' coal
stove fittsen or twenty miles an blow
hole in the water biggern Mt Di-
ablo.
The gun which I'm mentionin' OF
was goose gun 1 invented myself for
use up in the Sac'ermento valley.
wanted somethin' that would sweep up
acre or two o geese at one swipe, so
/ got a section o. six-inch water pipe,
plugged up one end, loaded her with
half bushel Of BIB shot, strapped it on
my mule and started out.
II was a little arly an couldn't find
goose. They hadn't got out on the
feedin' grounds yet. so sat down an
waited. Purity soon they came in
clouds an lit all around me. There
was forty acres covered with 'em SO
thick that you couldn't throw a rock
without hittin' goose, an the farth-
est one warn't more'n forty yards from
me
well, sir, sighted my gun along so
it would sweep the field in good shape,
an touched her off by pullin' a string"
Timms paused. He did not care to
reach the climax of his story too soon.
II might shock his hearers.
'How many geese did you kill?"
mot blamed goose. The gun was
so big an carried such a charge that
the shot dropped straight down to the
ground, and the mule, gun and all shot
clear across the river into Suffer
county If you don't believe it you
can go up there an see where the
river is with Suffer county on one side
an Yuba on the other. San Fran
cisco Post
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When WRINKLES seam the Brow,

And the locks grow scant and silvery, in
firmities of age come on apace. To retard
and ameliorate these is one of the benign eff
fects of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a med
icine to which the aged and infirm can re
sort as a safe solace and invigorant. II
counteracts tendency 20 rheumatism and
neuralgia, improves digestion, rectifies bill
iousness and overcomes malaria. A wine
glass before retiring promotes slumber.
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Information reached Green Bay from
the Oneida reservationlof the death of
three children as req llt of the forest
fires raging in that region. A number
of dwellings were burns some of them
on the reservation andlothers just out
side. Among those des royed was that
of John Skanidore, ann his three chill
dren who were alone y the house per-
ichaJ
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Touched by Kindness.

A queer old clergyman once lived in
the diocese of Canterbury, of whom the
following anecdote is told: On his GO
ing one day 10 order wig the barber,
young in business, readily accepted the
order and ventured to ask his guest
TO dine. The invitation was accepted,
and bowl of punch followed, to which
the divine did full justice. After it was
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over the barber was beginning tomeas-
ure, but his customer shook his head.
mo, no." he said, ''you shan't make the
wig" "Why not?" exclaimed the as.
tonished host. "Have done anything
to offend your, quite the contrary;
you're such good fellow that haven't
got the heart to take you in. I'll go to
somebody else. You know, if you made
the wig you'd never have been paid for
it!"-London Telegraph.
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LAND SEEKERS EXCURSION.
November 10th and December 3rd and


On the above dates the Big Four Route
in connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio
Ry. will sell round trip tickets from all
points on their lines in the west and north
west TO all points in Virginia except east of
Gordonsville on Washington Division) and
North Carolina at one fare with two dollars
added. Tickets good thirty days returning
and good for stopover. In Virginia they
have no droughts, no billiards., cheap inn
proved farms and the best markets in the
country. Send for free descriptive pamph-
let, rates, etc. U. l.. Truitt, N. w. T. A,
234 Clark St, Chicago.
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Back to His old Love.

Rev. Walter c. Clapptof Milwaukee,
who about year ago s4eded from the
Episcopal and joined II Roman Cath
Ollie church, has. ACCORDING to his own
statement, become coIAinced that he
took wrong step, and bow he has left
the Roman church and Returned to the
Episcopal or AnglicanI faith. He has
written to Bishop Nicholson saying
that he made mistakdAnd making his
unconditional submission.
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From Now Until Surfing

Overcoats and winter wraps will be in fash
ion. They can be discarded, temporarily
while travelling in the steam heated trains
of the Chicago, Milwaukee q St Paul Rail
wav. For solid comfort, for speed and foI
safety, no other line can compare with this
great railway of the West
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Killed Hlrl.eIf.

Thomas Hanrahan, atwell-to-do farm
er near GAINESVILLE, WIS found by his
wife hanging from a r fter in the barn.
He had been sick for 20 weeks for the
first time in his life land because his
head hurt him and feaking that he was
coming to poverty IA committed sui
eide. He was 81 year& old and leaves a
wife and three childrtSl.
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Had Five VIves.

Peter LeClair, of thorpe, was sem
fenced to two years at aupun by Judge
Bailey at Neillsville Jor bigamy. Lee
Clair, who is so years DID, had five wives,
one in North Dakotas one at Rib Lake,
two in Minnesota and No. at Thorpe,
the last one 17-y card ld girl, who made
the complaint agains4him. He pleaded
guilty.
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EXPOSITION ECHOES.
Notes of the Great Fair Being
Held in Atlanta
The Show Is a Great Financial and srtis-
tic suceess-Nariety In the Scenes and
Attractions-Festures Not to
He Overlooked.
Special Atlanta Letter

He ATLANTA eX-
position is now in
the full tide of sue
cess. In spite of
the fact that for
some time after
its gates w e r e
opened the exhibit
tion was in com.
plete in many oil
its attractions, il
has up to the pres
ent time paid eX'
penses. The at.
tendance d urin c