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He Had One,

A highly honored citizen of Portland,
who has worked his way up from the
foot to the top of the railroad ladder
and who has been a gentleman in every
sense of the word in every station he
has filed, relates the following incl
dent in his career, years ago, while a
conductor.
One morning he had for n passenger
on his train a lady whom he had hap
pened tc meet socially a few evenings
before. She was somewhat of an aris-
tocrat and it was evident that she did
not Intend to recognize in the conductor
the acquaintance she had thus made by
chance. It was in the days when tick
cts on the road were of stiff cardboard.
and of a size which led to the ludicrous
mistake the woman made.
As the conductor approached she turn
ed to look out of the window so that
she might not be exposed to any risk of
an attempt on the part of the conductor
to presume upon his Introduction. Up
on the request ticket, please" without
looking ut the conductor or at what she
handed him, she held out what she sup
posed was her ticket.
Imagine her surprise, chagrin and
vexation when. upon his polite reply
"Thank you, madam, / haze one of my
own" she turned to find that she had
handed the conductor, instead of u
ticket, a tine-tooth comb! 1t may well
be supposed that all aristocratic a%tiecta-
ton and hauteur at once disappeared in
her confused apologies for the mistake.
She was assisted in this by the gentle
manly conductor, whose name, though
not mentioned, may be easily surmised.
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her what had to be done at once, i'll con
sequence of her premature arrival. He
had planned, he told her, not to send for
her--not to let her know or suspect any
thing of the truth until the money had
been pad to the widow by the Insurance
Company. AS things had turned out, it
would be best for both of them to leave
her arrival was known by an body, and
TO let Vimpany carry out the rest of the
business. He was quite to be trusted-he
would do everything that was wanted.
Already lie sad. the office will have
received. from the doctor u notification Of
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To people who have not visited the
United States it is, perhaps, not gener-
ally known that the typical Brother
Jonathan, with his grotesque appear
ance and strange accent, is becoming
almost rs scarce as the buffalo, but such
is nevertheless the case, says Ansmers.
During the past forty years "a great
change has taken place in the manner
and appearance of the American peo-
pie. To-day We find that the true,
native-born Americans. descended from
several generations of American ances-
tors, are a. mere handful among the
bulk of Americas population.
They are far outnumbered by people
of foreign birth and parentage-the
Irish, Germans, Swedes and Italians
taking the lead. The enormous influx
of immigrants during the past forty
years has completely changed the
American type, until the people of the
United States are now found to be
mainly composed of Commandment
cans, Swedish-Americans, Italian-Amer-
leans, Irish-Americans, etc.
Indeed, there are parts of the United
States where little or no English is
spoken, where settlers of Il non-English-
speaking race have made their home,
who read newspapers printed in their
own language and conduct their public
meetings in their " tongue. These
people, however, are not looked upon
as foreigners, for as soon as they be-
come citizens of the United States
which is possible after a four years res
idence in the country-they have all the
rights and privileges of native-born
Americans.
There are many other national pccu-
liarities which might be quoted as rea-
sons for abandoning the custom of call
ing all Americans Yankees" but / be-
lieve have said enough to show what
a great mistake it is and why so few
citizens Of the great republic really de-
serve the title.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
tightly used. The many, who live be-.
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, BY more prompt,
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.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas.
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t 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 fer 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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The Sharpness of Spiders.

Many of the spiders are mimics. In
my garden | had yellow spiders that
lived in the flowers of yellow nasturti-
ums; green ones that offered little CON
trast to the rose bush upon which they
lay in wait for the helpless aphidne.
The most extraordinary attempt at
defense it was ever my good fortune to
observe on the part Of a spider was one
which the insect not only disguised, but
rendered itself completely insensible. l
was wandering through the bog cedar
bush of one of the Florida Keys, sixty
miles from Cuba, when | came upon u
huge web that completely barred the
way; the long cables extended as braces
in every direction, while in the center
poised a big yellow spider.
The moment it caught sight of me it
began to. swing the web, first slowly,
then more rapidly, until in a short time
the spider had disappeared from view,
although not Il foot from my eyes; it was
simply vibrating liz its web, but so
rapidly that my eyes could not follow
it. In a few moments the motion
gradually ceased. and as l remained
perfectly quiet, the spider assumed his
normal position. beginning the swing
ing when | touched the web. Such II
device would completely deceive q
IN H
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PROTECTS UssRs or "RoYAL."I
baking Powder Company Wins Its
Case in United States Court.

1he decision of Judge Showalter in a
recent case that came up before him
sustains the claims of the Royal com
ANY 10 the exclusive use of the name
Royal as o trademark for its baking
powder. The special Importance OF this
decision consists in the protection which.
it assures to the millions of consumers
of Royal baking powder against inferior
and unwholesolne compounds. The ex-
cellence of this article has caused it to
be highly esteemed and largely used
G-ilnost the world over. Its high stand
ard OF quality having been always main
aimed, consumers have come to rely i'm
plicitly upon the Royal" brand as the
most wholesome and efficient of any in
the market. The cupidity Of other man
ufacturers is excited by this high repu-
tation and large demand. Very few of
the hundreds of baking powders on the
market are safe to use. If their makers
could sell them under the name of Il
we'll known, reputable brand in%calcula-
BILE damage would be done to the public
health by the deception. The determi-
notion of the Royal Baking Powder
company to protect the users of the
Royal baking powder against imitators
by q rigid prosecution of them makes
such limitations of It's brand extremely
rare .
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Joke on a Republican.

From Chicago Chronicle.
Congressman Wellington is a good re-
publican who wanted to lock horns with
somebody on the single tax question.
Il was unwilling to meet anyone less
famous tllanThomasG Shearman. Now.
Mr. Sherman was never known to let q
chance go by to get mixed up with Il
good protectionist in debate and no
sooner had he been informed of the able
congressman's burning desire to meet
him In the forum thar he wrote to the
local committee Offering to divide time
with Mr.. Wellington whenever the lat
ter might find it convenient. But Mr..
Wellington has not yet found time to
meet Mr.. Sherman. He has not found
time even to reply to the committees
note informing him of Mir. Shearman's
readiness for the proposed debate and
asking him to name a time and place.
This is thought to indicate that the con-
gresham is either a very busy or a
very discreet man. But his enemies saw
he Is simply afraid.
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3 BLIND Q E
w1Lk1E L s.
CHAPTER xLv11.-rHE w1rE's RETURN.

XLVIl.--THE WIFEfS RETURN.
OF course Mrs. Vimpany was quite
right. Iris had gone back to her husband
She arrived, in fact, Mt the cottage in the
evening just before dark-in the falling
day, when some people are more thar
commonly sensitive TO sights and sounds,
and when the eyes are more apt than al
other times to be deceived by strange ap
pearances. Iris walked into the garden,
finding no one there. She opened the door
with her W key and let herself in. The
house struck her as strangely empty and
silent. Sue opened the dining-roUm door;
no one was there. Like all French din
ing rooms. it was used for no other pur.
pose than for eating, and furnished with
little more than the barest necessaries.
Shit closed the door and opened that of the
salon: that also was empty. She called
her husband; there was no answer. Sht
called the name of the cook; there was nc
answer. 1t was fortunate that she die
not open the door of the spare room, fol
there lay the body of the dead man. She
went upstairs to her husbands room.
That, too, was empty. But there was
something lying on the table-a photo
graph. She took it up. Her face became
white suddenly aud swiftly. She shrek
ed aloud, thea dronpA1 the picture and
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Girl Students in Uniform.

The young ONE of Lawrence uni
versity at Appleton, Wis, nave decided
to wear uniforms, a subject which has
been %agitating them ever since the
males of the military department BIOS
sotned out in gray and black regimen
tails. The original idea was to have suits
of cadet gray, like their brothers, but
this was found impracticable, so the
girls nave decided upon navy blue
blouses, laced up the front with black
braid. For the gymnasium the girls
will have boomers, and for street wear
skirts, both of navy blue. The suits
Will be quite an innovation. as Law
renee is the first college in the west, if
not in the country, where the women
students have adopted a uniform.
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Equality of Sex.

1t is natural for a woman to resent
the imputation that the feminine mind
is not SO strong as the masculine and
this spirit of Independence was early
manifested in a schoolgirl living in a
Massachusetts town. She had, too, per-
liaps, been made to acknowledge the
superiority of her brothers.
One day her mother remarked upon
the apparently utter lack of intelligence
in n hen.
you can't teach a hen anything" she
said. They have ruined more of the
garden than a drove of cattle would.
You a can teach cat, dog or pig
something but n hen-never!p
Hint" exclaimed the child, indig-
nantly. 4 think they know just as
much as roosters. "-Yonth's COMMUNION,
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Scarlet Fever Settled in The Back.
OPERATION WAS uNsuc,
CESSFULLY PERFORMED.
The Patient Was Finally Restored,
IS After hiphteen Years

AAtST lRnteen I ears,
From tie Epenimg Ne,rs. Ne,oark, n. j..
ABOUT eighteen years ago, when Mrs.
Annie Dale, of SIS Bruce street, was a
bright, merry school girl, she was taken
III with scarlet fever. She recovered, but
she was a very different girl from II ply
steal standpoint. She was cured of the
scarlet fever, but !! left her with an af-.
lection of the back. AS she grew older
the pain seemed to increase. Her suffer
lngs were Intensified by her household
duties, but she never complained, and
with n hand pressed tightly to her back,
she did her work about her cozy home. ,
! was fourteen years old when l was,
attacked with scarlet fever, and havei
now suffered with my back for eighteen.
years. E,
Night and day | suffered. 1t really
seemed as if l must succumb to the pain,
and then to make matters worse, my head
ached so badly that | could scarcely see,
at times. Finally l went TO st. Michael's
Hospital, at the corner of High street and
Central avenue, and there the surgeons
performed n difficult operation on my
back, but it did no good; it was like every
thing else. | was told at the hospital 10
return for another operation, but the
hrst mad left me so weak | could not so
back. Then again l had become discour-
aged and my three children needed my at
tention and care at home. The pain be-
came harder TO stand, and my back was
almost broken, it seemed. | thought |
would never know what it would he like
to be well again. when | was told 10 try
DIR. Williams Pink Pills. With many
doubts, q faint heart and an aching back
! went TO get the pills, and little dreaming
tllat they wo, ID prove the elixir of n new
life to me, l Segan to take them. Only u
short time elapsed before l began to i'm
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The House.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The various ex-
ecutive documents including the annual
reports of the attorney general and the
board of managers of the soldiers
homes were presented and referred.
The consideration OF a resolution call
ing on the secretary of state for the cor
respondence in the Waller case and call
ing on the commissioner of pensions for
the names of all pensioners dropped
from the pension rolls or reduced, met
with objections.
The house then, at 1:l5, on motion Of
MIR. Thomas, rep, Michigan, adjourned
tomorrow
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-
Senator Morgan on British Berlng
Sea Claims.
Asserts That the Actual Amount DUO
Exclusive of American Claims
Is Only $90,1O2 = Bill to
Pension Mrs. Gresham.

cording to notice given, proceeded to
address he senate in support of the res
olution offered by him, referring that
part of the presidents message relating
to the payment of the British Boring
sea claims, to the committee on foreign
relations with instructions to examine
into the question of liability to Great
Britain n report to the senate by bill
or otherwise.
Mr.. Morgan said that recent events
imposed upon him the duty as Il nato
a member of the tribunal of arbitration,
which sat in Paris in 1898 and as chair
man of the senate committee on foreign
relations, to reply to certain criticisms
sent out through the American press by
the British government, touching the
attitude of congress toward hat is
called the Bering sea controversy. He
asserted that the question whether a ne
gotiation respecting the liability of the
United States to Great Britain for the
seizure of sealing vessels in Boring sea
under the orders of Mr.. Cleveland's first
administration should take place, under
the treaty of February 80, 1892. was still
an open question and had not been
CLOSED by the award of the tribunal of
arbitration. On the contrary, as he pro-
~ ~ 'lio1
tracts from the treaty n the award.
that tribunal expressly refused to make
any decision of such liabilities or de-
clare that the seizure Of the vessels an
der Mr.. Cleveland's order was illegal.
These questions, he said, We're distinct
ly remanded by that tribunal to the fur
Their negotiations of the treaty powers
as original questions. Great Britain,
however, c~ontended that the tribunal of
arbitration considered and decided this
question of liabilities. If the president
SAD MI. Morgan, IN his most impressive
manner, had sent to the senate the
diplomatic agreement made by him with
Great britain IN which a commital to
the British contention is sought to be
apparently avoided by q compromise,
put IT is IN TACT admitted, without re-
serve or qualification. The vote of this
BODY would have settled the attitude OF
the country by accepting or rejecting
that agreement. II congress should
thereafter appropriate the coveted lump
sum to satisfy the British demand,
we would at least have been free from
the acceptance of the humiliating atti-
tude OF accepting and indorsing a false
hood as the decision of the tribunal OF
arbitration and of paying citizens of the
United States for criminal wrongs done
to their country. The reassertion by the
president of the Justice and rightfulness
of the demand of the British govern
ment made with the insulting arrogance
of an ultimatum, requires of
that Its refusal at it's last session to vote
the lump sum of $4,000 to satisfy this
demand should be defended upon the
principles and facts that justified that
VOTE
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HI, Div,n,,y.

81 within the cushioned pew,
isu., must confess my thoughts pursue
of penitent.al fire.
Yet none with n the ediface
In worship.ng are less raan.ss-
Ny thoughts are rgnged with heaven,
bliss.
For Nell.e's in the choir.
a w5tch!ng figure, straight and trim.
sac stand and carols forth the HYMN
she bushes meath her brSai hat rim
To see how | admire.
watch her lovely, pulsang throat
aer atniples and her curtis l note
Celestial muse seems to float.
For NellieNs in the choir.
In through the chancel window Sins
A rosy sunbeam, and 1T sips
And never seems 10 tire.
And while the pastor does exnouna
And lnll his flock to s.pmber sound.
Us loye that makes my world go round,
For Nellte's IN the choir.
Detroit Free Press
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There is more catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable. For
q great many years doctors pronounced
it a local disease. and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced
1t incurable. Science has proven catarrh
to be a constitutional disease, and there
fore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
T. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a ~teaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucou surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address,
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold nv DRUGGISTS. 75c.
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The Two Mysteries.

.H
We know na,t what 1T Is dear, this sIeep
SO deep hi still:
The folded hands, the awful calm, the
cheeks SO pale and chill;
The lids that VIII not Eft again, though,
we may call and call;
The strange. white solitude of peace that
settles over all.
We know not what 1t is dear, this des-
olate heart pain;
This dread to take cur daily way and
walk in 1t again:
We know not 70 what other sphere the
loved who leave us go,
Nor why were left to wonder still, nor
why WI do not know.
But this we know: Our loved and dead,
could they return his day,
Return and ask us, What Is l.fe?" NOT
one of US could say.
Life IS a mystery as deep as ever death
can be,
Yet OH! how sweet it is to us, this life we
live and see.
So might they say, these vanished ones
and blessed is the thought
so death is sweet to us. beloved, though
we may show YOU naugint.
w may not to the quick reveal the nlys-
terry of death:
"Ye cannot tel Us, f We would. the mys-
terry of BREATH
The hill who enters life comes not with
knowledge or intent;
SO they who enter death must go as l.ttle
Children sent.
Nothing IS known: but l believe that God
is overhead,
And as life is to the living, so death is to
the dead.
Mary Mapes Dodge.
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".F..
REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.
The Claims Of the Cities After 1t
Will Re Heard 'Todoy

Will Be Heard Today.
Washington, Dec. 9.--The republican
national committee which is to select a
place for holding the next republican
convention. has decided that It will
hear the claims of the rival cities today
If the cities desire to be heard. 1t is
rumored that a combination has been
formed between San Francisco and
Pittsburg looking to the location of the
convention in one of the two cities.
Salt Lake is understood to have with
drawn from the race.
Up to 3 o'clock the committee remained
in executive session and none of the con-
testing delegations had at thai time
been admitted within the carefully
guarded portals of the summer room.
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A Singular Form of Mononania.

There is a class of people, rational
enough in other respects, who are GER
tainly m~onomaniacs in dosing them.
selves. They are constantly trying ex-
periments upon their stomachs, their
bowels, their livers AND their kidneys
with trashy nostrums. When these or
gans are really out of order, il they
would only use Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, they would, IL not hopelessly in
sane, perceive its superiority.
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Mrs. Jack GARDENERS DAD Costume

Mrs. John l.. Gardner, the famous
Mrs Jack" Gardner of Boston, has the
distinction of carrying not only the
first muff of the season, but the largest.
1t was made of chinchilla, and matched
the deep, full shoulder cape worn with
1t. 1t was at the Guild-Parker wedding
on tuesday the muif was noticed. Mrs.
Gardner was II of the last to leave
the church. Her own was of light green
velvet, made demitrain, and lined with
yellow silk. A bonnet of violets and
black feathers. combined with chin
chilla fur heads, completed an exceed
ingly odd toilet.
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National Park Protection.

Denver RepubIlcan.
The Yellowstone park, which is
touched upon in Secretary Lamont's
report, is a place of such great natural
beauty that congress should not hest
tate to appropriate whatever money
may be needed to carry forward the i'm
proVements which AVE been designed
n that are deemed necessary. 1t is
to be regretted that reports Indicate
that there has been great destruction
of game, and that the number of buffa-
loes in the park is so small that the
species threatens to become extinct, at
least in that locality. Some provision
should be made for the adequate pro
lection of game in the park, more es-
pecially the rare species.