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John G. WYMAN.

influential. He is not very wealthy
man, but be devotes considerable part
of his income to charitable work, and
his wide acquaintance and eloquence
make him a powerful advocate of any
scheme for lettering the condition of
his fellow men. Four or five years ago
he spent winter in brownsville and
while there learned that there was no
free school in the vicinity where colored
boys could learn trade or where girls
could be taught sewing, cooking or
other domestic arts.
Believing that the best solution Of
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STEVENSON'S FORTUNE.
He Is Little Joseph Strong and Gets Half
the NoveIist's Property.

He IS Little Joseph Strong and Gets Hail.
the NOveIist's Property.
Joseph Austin Strong, boy of ~
years, was one of Robert Louis Steven
sons dearest friends, and when he died
the novelist willed his youthful friend
one-half of his entire estate. The boy is
the son of Joseph D. Strong an artist
and newspaper caricaturist who married
the daughter of Stevenson s wife and
made his home in Hawaii. A number
of years ago the novelist and his wife
paid the Strong family visit, and it
was then that Stevenson became so
strongly attached to the boy The
strangely assorted pair were almost con-
stantly together and wandered hand in
hand over the hills and along the sea-
shore. Stevenson loved the boy as he
would have loved son, and when he
purchased an extensive plantation in
Samoa he induced the Strongs to make
it their home. They did SO, and in
nearly all his romantic voyages among
the islands of the Pacific the boy was
the novelist's favorite companion.
About year ago Stevenson reluctant
" sent the boy to Oakland, Cal, that
he might secure a good education, and
it is said was very lonely for his boyish
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Literary Profit.

"Does Woggles manage to make his
works of fiction pay?''
'eWell, - replied the good natured man,
che makes some of them profitable. He
wrote little article which, to my positive
knowledge, brought him in quite sum of
money"
''What was it abouta'
at began Thirty days after date
promise Washington Star.
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dren are taught
to work with the
hand and eye as
well as with the
brain, was found
ed by John @.
Wyman, a phil
anthropio citizen
of Providence.
Mr.. ". y m a n
looks like Henry
W ard Beecher
and has the same
broad, Ii b Q raj
views that made
the great preach
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A tear chung for an instant to her curv-
ing lash. Her lip quivered.
Il have quarreled with my husband
81 thought you were two souls with but
q single thought"
"That was just the trouble. I wanted
to use it for spring millinery, while he
wished to devote it to the new baseball
rules"
All of which goes to further illustrate
how foolish it is to get married without
q second thought.-Detroit Tribune.
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A Throu or


"Whoop!'
CAL the cowboy king, sank his spurs in
the bucking broncho's quivering sides.
''Who was it bet two to one on the
thrown
A smart herdsman by the corral fence
nodded his head indicatively.
"Then''-
The frenzied pony threw himself on his
side and rolled over on his erstwhile rider.
-ssthis is boss on me-"
And they let it go at that.-New York
World.
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Lobbylounger-How was the play last
night?
Fustniter-Wonderfu1 Most artistic
and dramatic production seen in years.
Held the audience spelIbound from first to
last. Why, sir, in some of the thrilling
situations there were times when not a
sound could be heard but the hard breath
ing of Othello, the suppressed sobs of Des-
demona and the conversation in the boxes.
New York Weekly.
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Mr.. Newlywed-What makes you smile
so cyni6ally this evening?
Mrs NewlyNSed-I was just thinking
how you used to hold my hand by the hour
before we wers married. How stupid you
were!
Mr.. Newlywed-Stupid Not much. L
held your dear little lily white paw to keep
you from pounding the piano. Texas
Siftings
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Sordid.

sHere is something that will interest
you,'' said the host. 81 have a large col
lection of works pertaining to poet lore"
''Thank you," replied the modern versi-
fer, ''but don't care so very much for
poet lore. What I am interested in is
poet hire. ''-Washington Star.
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How the Fuss Began.

Mrs. Chugwater-When was going
over a crossing down town this morning,
a horse tried 60 bite me-
Mr.. Chugwater-The owner must have
been keeping the animal on diet Of
sWeets. Chicago Tribune. -
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HALF-RATE EXCURSIONS

To South Missouri, Arkansas and the
Southeast.
On May 81 and June II, round-trip
tickets to South Missouri. Arkansas and
the South and Southeast, via the Mem
phis Route, Kansas City, FIT Scott &
Memphis R. R, will be sold at rate of one
fare. with minimum rate OF 81. Tickets
available for stop-off at intermediate
stations For detailed information, time
schedules, and printed matter descriptive
of the great stock-raising and fruit
growing sections of Missouri and Ar
kansas, address
]. E. LOCKWOOD, G. P. s. 7. A,
Kansas City, Mo.
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First New Woman-That Mrs. Umphry
is horribly lacking in manners.
Second New Woman-What' the mat
ter?
First New Woman-I saw her in a street
car the other day when a number of gen
tlemen entered, and she never offered to
give up her seat to them.-Cbicago Record.
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MfnAraI Water.

The finest in the west. Come and try it
Nv PHILLIPS 612 ". Eighth ave.
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Unlucky.

Jones-Curry is an awfully Unfortunate
fellow.
Jackson-That so?
Jones-Yes; he SHORES SO loud that he
always wakes the baby; then the baby
cries so loud he wakes Curry, so they have
to walk together.-Scribner' Magazine
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WYMAN'S WORK.

His Industrial School In Georgia Where
Negro Children Are Educated.
The Wyman Industrial school in
brownsville, Ga, where colored chill
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The Best BumWer School
Ever taught in Topeka will begin June
3 at Ponds Business College. All grade
studies below the high school will be
taught. Come all who do not pass.
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Two Cents.
2 cents per roll,
White Blank Wall Paper,
16 yards to the double roll
full length.
Paper hanging
10 cents per roll
At Van Houten's,
720 Kansas avenue.
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Half your life is wasted if you neglect
to use Ne Plus Ultra Polish.
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TIE CHINESE BUY OUR "sANG.'
The Eerb Dug by Amelie Rives- CHAMBERS
Tanis Goes to Them.

"Thcre is quite a trade in ginseng"
said tie broker. I'VE export it to China.
for the People Of that country have q
profound faith in its efficacy. It seems
to be 4 cnreall with them. It is an old
woman's remedy here-no one considers
it as Of any value. but the Chinese think
differently. That which comes from
Manchuria is esteemed better than
ours: but, then, they take all we send
gladly enough. No European nation
sends my.
The crop begins to arrive in juno
and keeps Oh coming till frost destroy.
the tops. We use the roots, and I be-
lieye they say the more forked they arc
the better. The last crop consisted of
about a quarter Of a million of pounds.
Yes, it is growing scarce, for i'll The
search the sang diggers' arc extcrminat-
ing 1t. Since [ have been in the business
say, III 20 years-the price has rison
from SO cents per pound to 81. The PLAT
grows i'll moist woods-in leaf mold-in
every state east of the Rocky mountains.
You have read a good deal about the
sang diggers' of the North Carolina
mountains, but there are people just
like them at work within a hundred
miles of tho city-rlen, women and
children, who find their work material
~ helps / II getting a living.
"A man up i'll Onondssa county, III
this state, has begun c%ultivating it, but
at present he is giving his attention
more TO producing seed and urging 9TH
ers to cultivate it than producing the
roots for market. He is an enthusiast Oh
the subject. New York Press.
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Credulity of Russian Peasantry,

A writer i'll a French review tells a
curious story serving to show the misery
and credulity of the peasantry in some
districts Of Russia, as we'll as the au-
dacity of the inscriptions swindlers by
whom they are sometimes f1eeced. An
adventurer was recently tried at Saratof
for having induced a number of peasants
to abandon to his keeping all their world
~ possessions, with the view of emf
grating under his guidance to-Jupiter.
There they We're to find land in album
dance, easy to work and marvelously fer
tile. When the local authorities inter.
vened, it was found that quite a band OF
emlgrants were preparing to start for
the blessed planetary colony. We are not
told what defense was made BY the pris-
oner, but it was quite apparent that his
dupes We're aware that it was to 10 ter
restrial land of promise that he was to
lead them. He was therefore indicted
and condemned for "spreading false re-
ports about Jupiter. "-Westminster Ga
Zette.
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s'VENUS" ANO

How These Treasures of the Louvre I'M
pressed an American Woman.
A New York woman, an art lover, is
spending her first season in Paris, and
how some Of the old world art is seen
through her new world eyes she tells in
a recent letter:
ITO the new world conner among tho
art treasures Of this part Of the old
world, it is the marbles rather than tho
paintings to which the soul responds.
With the first headless muse, whose flash
still tirobs after hundreds of years
through the draperied masses of her thin
Greeian robe.is established bond which
strengthens with almost every step
through the marble lined Galerie of the
grows with the freedom and promise Of
the Winged Victory and the fulfllment
of the Venus Of Milo.
No statue i'll all the world perhaps
stands sc irresistibly for the message Of
wemanhood as does this Venus. From
and her sweet and gracious mouth to her
yielding but perfectly poised body and
her firmly set foot she speaks womaIl-
the low. beauty, honor, sincerity, pro-
lection, fulillment of true womanhood.
As you look through a long vista Of
marble set halls and for the first time
see the Venus awaiting you at the end
With her calm. hopeful smile, and as
she draws nearer, until you have come
to the salon reserved i'll simple entirety
for her breathing self, You know that
sic las been waiting for you through
the centuries, and that to see her is why
you have come all across the miles OF
sea and land.
She brcathes and smiles as You look
at her, and her eyes that have been tell
ing their secret for ages look into yours
aud bid you read. They tell you that
the hand Of her fashioner, Il young,
hopeful enthusiast, some inspired master
OF his loved art. put, all unknowing per-
haps, his very heart into this master ere.
alton of early Greece and Of the whole
world. What matters though he be un-
known? To see tho Venus is to know
Alttt Nv A1io ~ IINSo III III III 1 t L.
his heart, speaking through time and
the half century that she las dwelt
among us, that has Won the homage OF
every II coming under her spell.
From II of the grand staircascs Of
the Louvre, where she is set as its
crown, the Winged Victory filings her
message of promise-the promise of
which this age is coming to be the fore
runner. As you come face to face with
the glorious ard Sweeping lines of this
noble figure you are conscious that it is
she who has set the keynote of the times
which are among us, the keynote of per
sonal liberty. As the Venus stands for
the fullness of life, the Victory stands
now, as she did ever in her centuries
before the Christ. for the very breath Of
the liberty of effort which shall lead to
fulfllment. She bids you hope and
strive; the Venus whispers of peace at
the end. New York Times.
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SOusA.

A resident of Cincinnati who knew
Sou>a, the bandmaster, when he was a
boy in Washington, says: His mother
was a German and his father a Spaniard,
and though they had other children
Mrs. Sousa would always talk OF my
Chonny, as if he was the only one.
Chonny had every whim gratifed. He
wanted a piano, and got it; a violin,
and got it; a drum, got it; a horn, got
it. His parlor was like a music store.
He played everything with ease. He
was at first a drummer boy i'll the army,
but later got charge of the Marine band,
whether by influence or merit I do not
know. That gave him room to develop,
and he did to an amazing extent"
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In many parts Of the West Indies sha1
oil is used in the lamps.
British "Red Coats"

We never think of her majesty's sol
diery as being attired in other than red
coats and brass buttons, but there was a
time when the regulation uniform OF
British soldiers was entirely different
from what it is today. In the time of
Henry VIII the colors Worn by tho army
were green and white; later on, white,
with a red cross on the breast. The first
mention of The red coats, which were
so detested by the American patriots Of
Revolutionary times, is found i'll IL cir
cular letter by Edward, earl Of Derby.
1t bears date Of 1917, and is to the effect
that thereafter all foo: and light horse
soldiers will appear in u red coat made
i'll cassock fashion. st. Louis Repub.
lie
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VISIT TO THE
The Great Structure Erected by Order Of
Philip II Of Spain.

The Great Structure Erected by Order of
Philip III Of Spain.
The Escurial, built by Philip II le-
tween 1868 and 1884, was called 1.-The
eighth wonder OF the world" says q
special correspond nj Of the Boston Her.
aid. 1t was at once Il temple, q palace,
a treasury, q tomb and a museum. That
is to say, all these We're included in tho
huge building which Philip erected Gil
the slope of a spur Of the Guadarama
range. 81 miles northwest Of Madrid.
The builders object was to carry out tho
will Of his father, Charles V, by con-
strncting a royal burial place, and also
to fulfill a VOW hc had made during to
battle of st. Quentin, when he i'm
plored the aid Of st. Lorenzo, on whose
day (Aug. 10, $3.50 the battle was
fought.
The edifice stands about 5000 feet
above the sea, facing the mountains, with
its back toward Madrid. 1t is a rcctangu-
lar parallelogram, 74O feet from north to
south, and $50 from. east to west. On
the east side is an advanced portico
which breaks the facade. This gave rise
to tho vulgar impression that Philips
idea was to make the building in the
shape OF u gridirOn, an allusion t o tho
manner OF st. Lorenzo's %martyrdom. he
having been broiled to death on a slow
fire i'll the reign Of the Roman Emperor
Valentianus, A. D. 2Gl. There seems
to be no other ground for the fanciful
invention.
The building covers SOC, 900 square
feet Of land, or nearly IL acres. 1t has
l6 courtyards, sc staircases, IS clois-
tiers, So fountains and 3 900 feet Of paint
ed fresco. The church, which occupies
less than a sixth of the whole space, is
800 feet long, $50 feet wide and 800 feet
high to the top of the cupola. The re-
deeming qualities of the enormous struc-
ture are size, simplicity and situation.
It seems to be a part Of the mountain on
the slope of which it rises. It still looks
grand even among mountain buttresses.
Otherwise, it disappoints. Its architec-
ture has little in form or color to com
mend it. It lacks the prestige of antiq-
uity, and it does not express any reli-
gious sentiment. Itmight be a vast man
ufactory. Its cold granite walls, blue
states, leaden roofs and small windows
give it a commonplace appearance.
OF course it is now little more than
q skeleton of what it was. The living
monks who swarmed in its courts IRE
here no longer. The on which
they lived have been taken away. The
French soldiers stole and carried away
many of its golden ornaments in 1908.
Its best pictures have been removed to
Madrid. The building has suffered from
neglect, exposed to hurricanes and win
ter SHOWS. Better care has been taken
Of it in later years. 1t is now used as a
seminary, where about 200 youths re-
cciye a secular education.
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WELLINGTON WAS WARNED.
A Design Which Might Have Materially
Affected the Destiny of Europe.

A Design Which Might Have Materially
Affected the Destiny Of Europe.
The story gees that Wellington used
to ride over daily, with one or two Of
his staff, from his headquarters at st.
Jean de Luz, and take his stand OH the
top Of a wooded sand hillock, called
Blanc Pignon, OH the left bank Of tho
AdoDr, which commands a view Of both
banks and the town itself two miles up
stream. This had been noticed by the
French, who had still command of the
river and the opposite shore, and the
Jealous sailor aforesaid, Bourgeois by
name, conceived the plan Of cntrapping
the great English captain by lying in
ambush for him. with a few rien,
among the underground Oh the sand
dune, which happened to be Oh neut.ll
ground just outside the line of French
pickets.
General Thouvcnot very honorably de-
clined to sanction this tricky proceeding,
but, seeing through his glasses from the
clock tower of the cathedral III Bayonne
that it was actually being carried out,
Notwithstanding his d%isapproval, he sent
a mounted orderly, as fast as he could
gallop, down the road on the left bank
of the river fthe present site Of the Al
lees Marines) past the French pickets,
to warn Wellington of his danger. The
message was just in time. When within
a short distance of the ambush, awaiting
him on the narrow little track winding
up the sand dune, he turned his horse
and moved quietly off in another direc-
ton.
So says the story. which, entirely be-
1ieved by the French, is placed on record
by Mcrel, declared in d f~ootnote to be
correct, ard then 1S4G) within the
memory of living witnesses. We can en-
tirely agree with the author i'll his sue
ceeding remark, Thus, by one of those
strange chances beyond all human ex-
PLANTATION. there fell through a design
which might have materially changed
the course of events. ''-Macmillan's
Magazine,
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% AND The INuIANS,
The Old Kentucky Hunter Was Prisoner
In Their Hands For Months.

The Old Kentucky Hunter Was . Prisoner
In Their Hands For Months.
Boone frequently took to the field on
set expeditions against the sayages.
Once when he and q party of other men
were making salt at . lick, they were
surprised and carried off by the Indians.
The old hunter was a prisoner with them
for some lnonths, but finally made his
escape and came home through the track
less woods as straight as the wild pigeon
flies. He was ever OH the watch to ward
OF the Indian inroads and to follow the
war parties and try to rescue the pris-
onnrc.
Once his own daughter and two other
girls who We're With her We're carried
off by a band of Indians. Boone collected
some friends and followed them steadily
for two days and u night. Then they
came to where the Indians had killed a
buffalo calf and We're camped. Firing
from a little distance, they shot two In
dians, and rushing in rescued the girls.
On another occasion, when Boone had
gone to visit a salt lick with his brother,
the Indians ambushed them and shot the
latter. Boone himself escaped, but the
Indians followed him for three miles by
the aid of a tracking dog, until Boone
turned. shot the dog and shen eluded his
p%ursuers. In company with Simon Ken
ton and many Of the noted hunters and
wilderness warriors he once and again
took part i'll pcrilous expeditions into
the Indian country. Twice bands of In
dians. accompanied by French, Tory
end British partisans from Detroit. bear
ing the flag of Great Britain, attacked
Booncsboro. In each case Boone and his
fellow settlers beat them off with loss.
At the fatal battle of tho Blue Licks,
in which 200 Of the best rifemen of
Kentucky We're beaten with terrible
slaughter by a great force of Indians
from the lakes, Boone commanded the
left wing. Leading his men, rifle in
hand, he pushed back and overthrow
the force against him. But meanwhile
the Indians DESTROYED tho right wing
and center and got in tho rear, so that
there vas nothing for Boone's men ex-
cept to flee with all speed. -Theodore
Roosevelt in st. Nicholas.
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He Was FOxv.

Tough Customer-How much are your
neckties?
Clerk-A quarter, SO cents, IS and a
dollar.
Tough Customer-See here, young
Teller, the sign outside says that this is
a n price store. Now, don't you think
you can bunko me! G'day-see?-Rox-
bury Gazette.
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4 Attitude and Suffrage.

The United States voting precinct with
the highest altitude is that Of North
Star, located near the celebrated North
Star mine on King Solomon mountain,
i'll San Juan county, Colo. The stone at
the office door Of the usual polling place
is exactly 3 ,1O1 feet above the level of
the sea. North Star, although almost
inaccessible for from six to nine months
each year on account of SHOWS, general
" polls IS to so votes.-St. Louis Re-
public.
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TOugIlened.

Say said the deputy, II put No.
Ill on the treadnill eight hours ago as
a punishment, and I'll be dinged if he
amt goin on jist as clipper and happy
as can be-"
"Why. Of course said the prison
warden in tones Of disgust. Didn't you
know the Teller wa sent here for bicycle
stealing: That sort Of thing is right in
his line. '-Indianapolis Journal.
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AT the AufSaf

You say her marriage was a failure?''
well, I don't know what else to call
it. Not half the people who were invited
came. Detroit Tribune
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A substitute shines lightly as a king
until a king be by, and then his state
empties itself, as doth an inland brook
into the main Of Observation-Disclosures
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Gave 1t Up.

Mrs. Urban-So you feared to remain
in the country any longer? Were you
afraid of tramps?
Mrs. Lawnville-No, l was afraid Of
the terrible dogs we had to have to scare
tramps.-New York Weekly.