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Bsrsl.r. Br..s Into soe,.,r.

Young society peODle returning nom
ball at Black River Falls, Wis. the
other morning effected the capture of
two burglars The thieves were loot
ing the store Of 2. l. Chapman at Al
ma Center. The -oung people noticed
the light and investigated. While the
young men guarded the store their fair
companions went from house to house
ana organized a posse. Just as the
store was surrounded the robbers came
cut and were met ~ excited villagers.
scantiiy clad and armed with clubs.
revoivers and pitehforks. A battle en-
sued At once. the young women taking
refuge under q flight Of stAirs Two
OF the robbers were taken, one being
Knocked senseless with 9 club and the
other receiving two bullets.
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An AIl-Arouud Man

The Tifton Gazette has discovered q
justice Of the peace who takes the
prize" BY arrangement with the or
dinary he was authorized to issue mar
riage licenses. In these days the ne
groes were beginning to enjoy the lux
ury Of marrying Just like Waite folks,
and the J. p. was gathering In quite q
lot Of shekels, as he not only pocketea
the license fee, but also charged q stif
price for tying the knot.
One day q dark hued couple present.
ed themselves as candidates for matri-
mony, and he soon sent them on their
way rejoicing. In few days the man
returned and stated that he could not
live "wid dat ar oman"
VERY WELL" said the J. p, stroking
his long judicial beard. bring me sis
and I'll give you q divorce"
The negro returned with the money
In q few days and was solemnly d.
vorced by due process Of law"
This is the only instance on record
where one man exercised the power OF
an ordinary, magistrate, q preacher,
a clerk of the superior court, q judge
of the superior court and twelve Jurors.
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golden balls, but when he came out b
wore the silver chain. r.
Week after week this was repeatl
and there never was q Sunday w
James did not have his silver watch q
wear to church.
The sunlight began to wonder Why
II was that nowadays Margery sat
50 often idle In the big rocking-ehair;
indeed. she seldom even rocked now.
When her eyes were open they had q
far-avay look IN them. as though her
thoughts had wandered back to ths
days when her little ones were cius-
tered around her. But the soft, gray
eyes were rarely open when the sun
light came.
Later on he grew to look for her on
the little white bed.
Once or twice he saw James going 10
church alone, and took q good look to
see whether he wore the watch chain.
Yes, there IT was. but 1t didn't seem to
shine quite as much as IL used to.
Poor James! When he stood At Mar
gery's bedside, after coming In from
church, he would try to smile, 50 that
the dear wife, as she lay with her wan
face on the pillow, might not know
how he was suffering. Then Margery
would ask family what time 1t was,
and James would open the silver
watch Then the sunlight would make
the dull silver shine so that Margery
would smile up at James and say that
she was 50 glad. so glad. that he could
have it another Sunday.
Something would rise up In James
throat, but he would try to look glad.
Margery didn't see his hand shake as
he put the watch back in his pocket
But when Monday came II was again
in the shop with the three golden balls.
When Sunday dawned there was no
trail figure lying on the little white bed,
and James was sitting by the window
with his elbows on his knees, his head
buried In his hands. The sunlight lin
gered with him as long a. II could,
and when at last It had to 90 away
James never missed L.
The next day IL came again and
found James still sitting by the win
dow, his head stiIl bowed and buried
In his hands.
In the old churchyerd, close BY the
gray stone wall, are two new-made
sraves. Growing over these, as though
IoininE them together with its loving
is an ivy green among whose
caves the sunlight loves to linser.
In the shop with the three golden balls
hey wondered for q time what had be-
,ome of the stoop-shouldered old man
vho used to come every Saturday night
or that old silver watch and chain.
3ut they soon forgot all about It
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,,,alsp ALIVE sY-wHIrE cars

--,..I rreatnent % Farmer As>r
Toledo. ohio-
The white caps" have shown their
brutal instincts In Lucas county by
taking a respectable and well-to-do
farmer named Huntsman. who lives AZ
Holland. ten miles from Toledo. and
burying him alive. The outrage was
committed Sept. 0. The family was
afraid to notify the authorities, but
neiehbors learned Of the facts and In
formed the police. The facts. as re-
ported to the police, are that two OF the
Huntsman children. coming from the
postofice, were picked up on the road
by two men in q buggy and accused OF
stealing a pocketbook containing $50.
The children denied the accusation-
and after driving them to the Hunts
man farm the strangers let the little
ones 20. A party Of men went to the
Huntsman house the next night. and,
calling Mr.. Huntsman out OF bed,
seized and dragged him outside and
beat and abused him in a frightful
manner. Then they carried him 70
grave, and. putting him In 1t, covered
him up. After awhile they dug him
IN. beat and abused him q second dme'
and finally buried him again. Then
they dug him up again and repeated
the Iashing and then drove away, warn
ing him to quit the county within
twelve hours under penalty Of death
The two children were also lasneo.
For several days the family remained
In the woods. not daring to re-enter
their home. Such an outrage would
impossible even In Russia
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Friends Of Rockford college. q col
lege for young women In Rockford,
Illinois, and Of the University Of VIE
eonsin. have contributed funds for 0
fellowship in economies for the COM
ing year, to be held by q graduate of
Rockford college desiring to carry on
graduate studies In the school of eco
nomies, political science and history
Of the University Of Wisconsin. The
k-eulty Of the university voted to rec
ommend Miss Mary A. Sabin for this
fellowship and she has now been duly
elected by the regents. Miss Sabin
was graduated from the seminary
course of Rockford college i've or six
years ago; she studied at Smith COLLEGE
subsequently, and then went back to
Rockford where she took her degree
this year.
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The Chinese province, Manchuria.
which came into prominence during the
late Chinese-Japanese war, appears TO
be recovering rapidly from the effects
e the recent war. Mr.. Hosie, consul
ct Niuchwsng. reports that he had a
recent opportunity Of visiting Kirin.
the central province OF Manchuria. and
nothing surprised him more than ths
magnihcence Of the agricultural area
through which he passed In this jour.
nsy Of over 7S0 miles. The country re-
ssmbled very much the plains of Cana
da. with here and there a touch of the
rolling lands Of the northeast OF Scot
land There were no small cultivated
patches, as In southern and central
China; fields on gigantic scale every
where met the eye. Scarcely a piece
of waste land was to be seen. He
mentions the al but incredible volume
Of trade that was being carried ON
along the main roads. and the great
impetus which the Japanese occupa-.
tion Of the Laotong peninsula gave 10
the Development Of the more northern
districts Of Manchuria- Russian ex-
ploring parties have been trayersinx
the province. and an American and
German firm have established aeen-
cies."
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A Minneapolis man fell In love With
Chicago woman after reading in q
newspaper symposium her ideas of
what husband should be. The edi-
tors Of the city are already expecting
to put in an extra department for the
receipt Of mail to accommodate the
other Chicago iadies who have a few
ideas Of their own about prospective e
husbands. II Is even feared that some
poor, discouraged little maiden on the
uncomfortable side Of 80 may ke
driven to the extreme of saying that
her ideal man may smoke In the parlor
and come to the breakfast table in his
shirt sleeves II only he will hurry up
to provide the parlor and the breakfast
table before the winter sets in
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M.kspr rh.lr Own P..tn,.

In eastern Australia 1OOGNooo
sheep and great herds Of cattle .nS
horses now feed upon pastures cors.
ing Hat ground, which, thirty vss-.
ago was q desert OF soft sand. 50 80,
ten" that the feet sank deep at eysrv
step. This once worthless ground h.,
been beaten into compact soil by ~
feet Of the sheep and cattle. and n :
believed that other great desert az
panses In Australia may be tnrrat
into productive pastures in a sjmJIs.
manner.-Youth's Companion.
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and this made II all the harder for the
sun to get rear It. When he got to It at
last he looked through the window Just
under the roof.
What he saw must have pleased him
very much, for he came back after that
whenever he could and stayed Just as
long as he could. He and q certain
wonderful ivy which grew In q soap
box In the window soon became great
friends, and the visits Of the sunlight
were eagerly watched for BY the grace
full ivy.
Indeed, the sun seemed to have
fondness for everything in the little
room II used to wander over to the
bed in the corner and touch its snowy
white coverlet: then II would shine
upon the little stove opposite the win
dow. / must tell you here that ] really
think the stove was jealous OF the sun
light You see, it had such q polish
that It shone itself, and when the sun
was not about the fire In the stove
seemed to burn brighter.
The old-fashioned bureau showed its
age more than ever when the sun shone
upon II. as old things and old people
are apt to do when the sun shines on
them. The well-worn deal table was
always secured 50 white apd clean that
the sun was very fond Of 1t. The two
things ths: he loved best o. all, though,
were the sweet-faced old woman who
sat % much In the big rockingham
and the ivy in the window. His last
lingering glance was always at these.
He couldn't quite understand why 1t
was that the old man he saw there on
Sundays and heard talk In such gen
tie voice to the sweet-faced woman
was never there at any other time, until
one day he saw him, In the early morn |
ing, going into a mill at the other end |
of the town. The old man was not very |
quick In his step, and his shoulders |
stopped from bending so much over the
loom. His hair was white and his |
hands were thin, and the sunlight
him very gently as he passed
through the mill yard gate.
But there was much going on In the
little room that the sunlight knew
nothing of. The dear old woman, who
was so fond of the shabby rocking-chair,
was seldom idle. She seemd to have
In endless number Of stockings to knit;
but these always disappeared as soon
as finished. Her own stockings and
James James was the old man with
he gentle voice. needed careful mend
ing to keep them whole. Sometimes
he mending was done by candle-light;
out James would shake his head, and
he stocking would be laid aside:
There was never any work done on
Saturday night. That was the night
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In recent letter DR.. George Ebers,
the famous German Egyptologist. thus
sums up his life: Next March shall
be sixty years Of age. and have loved
much, erred much, borne much and
worked much" The humility Of the
greatscholar finely illustrates the truth
that profound knowledge and AFRO
gance are not necessarily allied, as un-
thinking and unlearned people often
imagine. He who is most learned is
apt to be the mest eager and modest
learner.
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Miss Della West, daughter OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. John J. West. and w. W. WHY,
young attorney Of Chicago, elcped to
Milwaukee the other day. and their
friends say they have been married.
The young couple met two years ago at
. charity ball. and have been trying to
get married ever since Miss West's
parents. who are wealthy. objected 70
Mr.. Witty on account Of the alleged
smaliness Of his bank deposits. John
=. Waters. also an attorney. 10 said to
have played TIE part Of Cupid IN help
ing the lovers dodge the vigilance Of
TIE young woman's parents.
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The most famous clown in America,
Austin B. Crary, famous for the Hey
Rube" expression and his donkey and
cart performances in Barnum's and
other circus shows, has gone mad. He
talks necessarily, saying that the fact
Of having had to act crazy for twenty
ave years has resulted In his really be-
coming crazy. As he was being taken
TO the asylum in Cineinnatio he ex-
planned to the keepers his plan for ar
ranging matters that all actors might
be paid $50 day and all other persons
t6 q week
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Exeursion to Mexico.

For the Pan American Medical C,-.---
at Mexico City, November 18Th 70 Ia.6 - sss
Santa Fe Route will sell round -rn n, ,I:La.e ..e
from Denver at rate Of S5I55 -'Ae''
Tickets will be on sale Nuveu.l-.- 7,b -.
10th, good for return until be-lu,bsr 9It. ILl
stop-over privileges allowed in N-yct ''s'
This Is an unusually favO-ltt.- -r,..,--,
u to visit the land Of the NJ Mr...zr,,lr,ss' ''uu,
see the most picturesque and .l-.-..,.-SS ga. sae
ton or the North American c,l-. .-g- pO''
For full Information and &c.,.
scrptive Of Mexico. call on or lfi--ss "
General Agent Santa = P5-.s-
100 Lawrence Stree. Dso1,.
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A rr.-.l.r.. Tai.

The tall man with the literary stoop
in his shoulders then broke the silence.
The average native Of Porto Rico"
he began, els so large that he win fn
q good sized hogshead"
A loud protest went up from the
loungers In front Of the postofice. Ths
tall man cleared his throat again
Il ought to add" he said, In soft
ened tone, -that he win hll the hogs
head with dark-brOwn molasses."
Whereupon the hour for dinner hay-
ing arrived the house adjourned until
2 D. m without eeremony.-Eev York
World
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HIS HEAD BURIED IN HIS HANDS

HIS HEAD BURIED IN HIS HANDS.
when the old woman would sit with
her hands resting idly in her lap, while
James would placidly smoke his pipe,
and between the whiffs read to his wife
the news Of the week.
They were old, these two. and life
had gone hard with them, most would
say; but their love only deepened as.
the years went by, and sorrow served
but to bring them closer together.
The days came and went, and Eradu.
ally the old mans step grew slower ana
slower and Margery's face more vrin-
kled- The fire tried its best to make
things look bright and cheerful about
the little room, but there was not much
coal used these days, and 1t had hard
work The ivy was the only thing that
did not seem to feel that something was
wrong. II grew 50 high that there was
danger Of the sunlight's not being able
to peep in the window II It kept on.
On Sundays. no matter what the
weather might be, the old couple went
to church. They were always neatly
dressed; but their clothes were BEGIN
ming to show signs OF constant wear.
Times were hard. people said, and
many mills were working only ON half
time: soma were even shutting down
altogether. Winter was drawing on,
and the outlook was gloomy.
The sunlight was surprised 10 End
the old man At home one weekday
near the end Of the autumn, but as
the winter wore on he grew accus-
toned to seeing him there.
0ns Monday he met James on the
street., and saw him enter q sh7p In
front Of which three golden balls were
hanging. he noticed thst James
looked about before going In: he felt
Of being seen When hs came
out hs looked very old, and the sun
light Nondsred what had hscons Of the
old silver chain he always were with
bis big skssr watch
Strange. that parting with such >
tri1Is zhould make man look cid.
Whsn szfurdeT night came Jznes
esst sEsia e 10 ehop ritA ~ seFse
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A Philadelphia boy smoked cigar
cites on q wager, against time. It took
him only half an hour to absorb pois-
on enough to kill him He died in a
few hours. Death followed a. surely
as II a deadly weapon had been used.
II Is none the less suicide when q fatal
result follows longer use Of cigarettes.
Such suicides are not rare. Insane aSy.
lums and graves bear witness to the In
sidious and destructive power Of this
habit.
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tagged. Her mind ran to nothing else.
Religious books were her only reading
and the singing Of hymns her only hap
piness. Her kindled imagination would
not let her await the promised reward
To her childish mind 1t was a tangible
reality within her reach. and she would
have Il now.
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4
;oars' ride from Columbus, Georgia
tut to the little town Of Crawford
here Annie lived. Yet residents oi
olumbus, and visiting strangers a.
:ell, continue to go over the rough
1untry road nearly every day to learn
first hand the touching facts OF
-nnies gentle little life and pathetic
cath, and to visit the grave in the
ak Grove churchyard In which she
having the childishly longed-for
sleep" which led her to the dreadful
ct that has well-nigh broken her
arents' hearts. Imagine little, light
omplexioned country girl, barely turn
d thirteen years Of age, with her light
air hanging in two braids down her
ack, and with a face from which the
Iaby look had not yet departed, the
,et Of her father, a well-to-do farmer
nd justice Of the peace, and equally
eloved by her mother, happy In her
.cme, bright and vivacious in her dis
osition-imagine little creature such
3 this looking a smiling good-by for
.yer into her mothers face and then
going and tying a thin cord around her
seck and hanging herself to a bedpost!
They had been together in the farm
!ouse sitting-room, the mother and the
title child, for some hours before the
,ragedy. Mrs Rutledge was In her
avorite rockingham sewing, while
Annie sat on a low stool at her feet
reading Sunday-school book-"Asleep
in Jesus" by B. C. Crawford-which
ihe had read and reread until she knew
Il almost by heart. Suddenly she laid
The book down and, leaning her arms
IN her mothers lap, looked up at her
with a strange, smiling earnestness In
her baby face and began TO sing. 1t
was the hymn she loved best of all.
Asleep in Jesus" the book, and Asleep
overmastered her feryid re-
igious nature. She sang the hymn en-
-irely through from the first verse to
he last. with the queer, half-smiling
ook into her mothers face aS the while
Ind her little childish voice ringing out
With unwonted clearness.
Mrs. Rutledge rose to go out of the
Dom as the little girls voice died
Iway with the last lines Of the hymn.
Mamma" called Annie, as Mrs. Rut-
edge reached the door.
Yes, dear" she replied, turning
around at something she
ancied sounded IKE a strange note In
he little voice.
Nothing, mamma, only won't you
lease shut the door tight?"
There was a bright smile on the |
hild's face as she made this, her last |
eQuest, and the fond mother went her
ysy with the echoes Of the childish |
'oice singing Asleep in Jesus" still |
inging in her ears Half an hour |
ater she returned, and there was the |
.orrible tragedy before her, and the |
1ystery of the queer earnestness in her |
oice and eyes which had half troubled |
er so short a time ago was revealed |
ow when the eyes were closed and the
dice hushed forever.
A year ago there was a revival meet
1g in the Oak Grove church, near the
home. 1t was conducted with
II the Southern camp-meeting fervor,
nd little Annie, then only twelve years
Z age, was much impressed and
Trought up by what SIZE heard and |
aw there. From that day until the
atal climax her religious real never
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A Tenacious Clutch

l. that OF dyspepsia Few remedies do -..-
than paHlate this obstinate cOmpa.ar TSLs TH
Hostetter's Stomach B!tterS. h6W-ys- iy
you win and that 4 is cOnquersh.. ,t aDi
with Its symptoms. heartbur-. ffrnisSals
nervousness. and loss Of flesh AMI v.pS- NJ
iousness and constipation frygge1,,y scca.t o.
pany u. These, besides malar.aL -hann.,,9i,,
and Kidney complaints. arr aiSJ sIbd1sG.
with the Bitters. IAl7e
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sREIIGIOUs FERVOR.
n % NOT ALWAYS A GOOD
THING FOR CHILDREN.
Ana shs Ended Her Life that she Might
Dwell AMID the Happy Surroundings
OF Par.dIss-A Sad Case Rsporssd
FROM Georgia.

LTHoUGH the sui
eide OF little Annie
Christian Rutledge
occurred several
Jays ago. the won
derment and pity
which the bare re-
eital Of the fact ere
ated have steadily
increased as the
lead
ing up to the event
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KILLED HIS ERRINo WIFE.

Their ChIIdren Saw the Trssedy -
Suicide Followed.
Some weeks ago the wife Of 8. J.
Fowler, an Oklahoma ranchman eloped
with James Russell and went to st.
Joseph, Mo. Fowler came in search Of
them, and last week found his wife in
a clearinghouse In Sixth street She
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As an indication Of what Il possible
IN the way Of fruit raising in Illinois
We read with interest that a second
crop Of strawberries ID being gathered
and sent to market from the neighbor-
hood Of AIhambra. New Douglas, Be
thalto and Alton A second crop OF
peaches has also been picked. and cher
~ and apple trees are IN blossom for
second crop
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The West-bound Lake shore fa.t
mail train struck and instantly killed
James Kramer Of Chicago near Iaports
Ind, the other night. Kramer vn,
about - FEARS old. and had been con-
nned IN the asylum at Dunning, M A
letter was found on his person ad-
dressed to Josephine Kramer. Who /.
supposed TO be his wife.
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went with him to the street b see
their two boys-nine and eleven years
old-in a covered wagon, in which they
had come from home. AS they stood
In sight Of their children, Fowler shot
his wife, killing Ger instantly, and
then fired a bullet into his own brain,
through the temple. He died an hour
later at the police station. The woman
was young and handsome. Fowler is
said to be the owner OF a large ranch
in Oklahoma and an extensive dealer
In live stock. He had followed his
wife and Russell all the way from Ok
lahoma. He found them first In Kan
sas City. and had Russell arrested
there. Mrs. Fowler escaped and came
to St Joseph. The children who wit
messed the tragedy. said Fowler ASKED
his wife to return home with him, and
when she refused he shot her and then
himself
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THREE GOLDEN BALLS.
~ Dorothy Dene.


room. and In such q
little house, and up
8 q ch q narrow
court, and hidden
50 far back, that
even the sunlight
was q long time In
finding IL out A
great high factory
wall overshadowed
the little house,
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"Scrymser keeps two Office BOYS" ..Wb-y.
"Well, be says he saves money hv bsE,,
one boy stand right by him all iay and Es.-ss
track Of the blOi,er" A'P
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'I tell you these little vacation .-.,. a.
fellow an Immense amount - sd" sSa
they do: ! feel bracad up enough =, NS.
every creditor I have" VIM
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why, Mr.. Desmond. d.d vr :, 70 tbs
dining room before gr--'.as -.- b..s.esss'
YES. the hostess well KEEP br; -aa r.4rssh.
ments seemed TO BE- g---.ag away"
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When bilious or costly. ~ 4 Casc,,s,
candy eathartic. cure gua-g.-.-,l Iar -
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To date the government has paid
aezriy 800. 900 IN premiums Tor speed
made by war vessels. IE excess q fhs
or<f5oes rsqc,rsuspts
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Just try lOc box ~ Ca>-lr--S The tneS,
liver and bowel re-u.atDE eK.r mlla
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Hnssred at POstodles as seeOad-aAs nstts