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Instancing an Exception.

"At any rate, it pays to be polite and
accommodating.
''Not always. In leaving train the
other morning l saw lady of my ac-
quaintance had left an umbrella in her
seat. In my haste to pick it up and run
after her to restore it | left my gold
headed cane behind, and I'm out $6.75
on the transaction Tribune.
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Pitied Him.

Mrs. Witherby-Last night the man
next door made an awful mistake. He
got into our house instead of his own,
and | thought at first it was you.
Witherby-Yes, [ met him on the
street this morning and he said he
never was so sorry for any man in his
life.-N. Y. Truth.
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Friendly Consolation.

Young Wife-Oh, I'm so unhappy. I
am more and more convinced that my
husband married me only for my
money.
Frend-Them you have at least the
consolation that your husband isn't 50
stupid as he looks!" !"-Tt-Bits
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A Dropped Letter.

In an advertisement of a railway COM
pany requesting the. owners of un-
claimed goods to remove their mer-
chandise, the letter "l'' was dropped
from the word lawful in the notice,
which ended thus: Come forward and
pay the awful charges on the same. y
n. Y. Tribune.
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Missed Each Other.

Mrs. Gadd twho spent last sun,,"~. -
her aunt's farm)--I did not meet you at
any of the summer resorts, Mrs. Gabb.
Mrs Gabb (who summered on her
uncle's farm)-No-o; and, by the way,
! don't remember meeting you in Paris.
N. Y. Weekly.
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A Iit,l. Rov,s Reason.

Algy-I don't want you to wash my
face!
Grandma-Why, I've washed my face
three times day ever since 1 was a
little girl.
Algy-Yes, and just see how it's
shrunk it!-N. Y. Journal.
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A Material Change.

"Did you hear about the DETACHMENT
Of Skinner'S tombstone?"
NO; what was it?"
Somebody added the word friends
to his ep.iaph."
what was the epitaph?'
"'He did his best. Chicago Jour-
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How the Ne,ehbors Knew.

"It must disgrace me before all the
aeighbors that you came home drunk. {"
"But, my dear, who saw me?"
mo one; but they all heard me scold-
ing you''-Fliegende Blaetter.
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Different.

Arthur would marry that girl but
for one thing.
Chester-Afraid to pop the question?
Arthur-No. Afraid to question the
pop.-Brooklyn Life.
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Should Use Discrimination.

Brown-Do you think man ought to
open his wife's letters?
Jones-Not if she asks for money in
them.-Town Topics
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His Wish.

The football player was struggling
over his examination paper. He passed
his hand over his brow and gazed ar
the ceiling.
81 wish" he said mournfully, as the
pen dropped from his hands.
''What do you wish?' inquired the
professor, who happened to be pass.
ing.
81 wish" was the answer, in tones OF
dull-blue melancholy, that my meIu
cry We're as long as my hair."-Wash
ington Star.
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To Be Encouraged.

Jeer not at the bald-headed man at the
play,
Nor the front row, where long he has sat.
Far better pate that is not in the way
Than the plumes of theater hat.
| washington Star,
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Good Evidence,

Toni don't know whether she sings
or not.
Jack-She doesn't. 1 heard her.-N.
Y. Tribune.
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Proof.

"You say he's not humane man?"
ooh, dear, no; far from it,"
"Are you sure?"
positive. Why, he's president of a
trolley ny."-Chicago Post.
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So He Saws

So He Says.
In the street-auction jeweler there we viii
find
The alchemist mentioned of old:
Mid cheap, trashy trnkets of every X OWL
e kind,
Everything that he touches is gold.
L. A. W. Bulletin
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A Sarcasm.

go" said the composer, Indignantly;
"that writer has the impertinence to
say that my music is reminiscent?"
"That's what has happened the
manager replied.
"Well, you may tell him for me that
my music is quite as original as his
criticism m.'-Washington Star.
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Why She Went.

The opera S one of her Joys,
On everyday shows she frowns,
For music 80 her is just the noise,
But, ah she's a critic ni gowns.
Pittsburgh News
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Gould Think of No Othor Reason.

"That umbrella you lent me yester
day said the man who had just come
into the office.
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Circum,tances Alscr Cases.

Pa gives John a little dressing"
Without asking, when he's late,
But John has to ask for dressing"
When he passes up his plate.
Detroit Free Press.
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Johnny-Mr. Lighthead, my sister
treats you better than she does me.
Nh. Lighthead-Why do you think
SO. Johnny?
JOHNNY heard her tell ma she gives
you lots of tatry, but she never gives me
any.-N. Y. Herald.
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Here it is. came to return it,
Dear me, was the absent-minded re-
ply, 81 had no idea it was in such bad
condition as all that."-Odds and Ends
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GOOD RDlDS
1nent.

Little Connecticut is winning laurels
over her energetic and sensible efforts
for good roads. Much in this line has
already been accomplished in the short
period since the good roads work began,
and that the work is being appreciated
is apparent The benefit to result from
these improvements will not be small,
and the prospects for the future in
this respect are excellent New York
State Is now waking up in this matter.
In proportionate mileage in macadam-
lied roads New York Is behind Massa-
chusetts and New Jersey, and probably
even our own little commonwealth. A
good roads bill will be introduced in
the New York legislature in January,
and 1T is now expected that it will re-
ce1ve the serious attention of the law
makers of the Empire State. MANY Of
the turnpikes in that State are report
ed to be in condition positively dis
Siacelul, equal In this respect to some
OF those in this city, that are complain
ed OF at the present time. The bicyclists
of New York have the credit of initiating
the movement in favor of putting these
bad roads into good condition. Owners
OF trotting horses had long mourned
over the state of some Of these
thoroughfares, but it was not until the
bicycle had won its way to popular
favor that there was any concerted
movement in that State in behalf of
better roads. The horsemen and farm
ers are alike indebted to the ENTERPRISE
OF the bicyclists for the impetus which
road Improvement In New York State
has received.
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Ter rising at a, M, he takes a cold
bath, then takes breakfast. Then he
goes infinitely into the days doings,
sees his adjutants and the officers of
the household. At s he receives the
ministers. An hour later ne goes out
either driving or riding. About Ii he
returns to work and the audiences be-
gin" This goes on till 2, when he joins
MS children at lunch. In the afternoon
he visits the high officials and carries
out inspections, At $50 he receives
again until dinner time, which is at I.
subsequently he does some fencing, and
atter light supper retires shortly after
10 o'clock. This is given as a sample
of an ordinary days work. Every re-
port and document he looks into most
carefully. He believes that it is only by
the most absolute regularity that he
can get through his duties to the en-
pire, and he never leaves to the next
day what can be settled at the mo-
ment.
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lace insertion and finished with lace
rufI1es. The sleeves were of the goods
finished with a long cap of green satin,
ending in a lace ruffie. The dress is
suitable, of course for a wide range of
fabrics, and a solid bright color would
be good choice.
Houses are kept so hot these days that
many women are dispensing with the
once essential flannel underwear. They
now put on a little jersey affair with
long sleeves and high neck This goes
over the corset and just beneath the
dress bodice. 1t comes only to the
waist line, there is a buttonhole to
catch down over the last corset fasten-
ing so that it may not ride up, and no
fulness is added at the hips. This
jersey goes on with the street dress.
Boomers of satin or fiannelette in dark
color and much more scant than wheel
boomers ate also slipped on under the
street skirt, to be removed when home
is reached. Women who have taken up
this fashion have much to say in it's IA
vor and credit it with making them al
most proof against colds.
For the close little toque that is half
dressy and half tailor made a crisp un-
dotted net veil should be worn. It's soft
folds should set well away, by its own
crispness, from the face and should be
drawn in becoming fullness under the
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GILLOPING.

Jones says he thought his gas meter
had gas-trick fever, but now believes it
to be affected with galloping consump-
tion.-Observer.
Ikey--''Who vos it dot said, pay as
you go'?' His father-'1 don't know,
key suppose der poor Teller didn't
know no peter, Puck.
Laura-"Charlie sent me the loveliest
present Of a mirror!" Flora-"Yes, T.
heard that he said woman never was
too old to be pleased with a looking
glass. Cincinnati Enquirer
Judge-''Do you mean to say that you
We're the last person to play on the old
opera house stage?" Witness-"Yes,
your honor. I'm a pipeman in a hose
company. "-Detroit Free Press.
1T seems strange that he could plum
DER a great corporation like that for
years without being found out" We'll,
you see, the corporation was pretty
busy itself. Chicago Journal.
Prisoner-"It's hard to charge me
with forgery, for you see / can't even
sign my own name. Judge-"That
point Is 1mmaterial; it's another mans
name you're accused Of signing. Tit
Bits
Testing m.-Bagley--'D you recol-
leet that five dollars I let you have
about a year ago?" Brace-"Perfect-
ly" Bagley-'"That's good; I see your
memory is all right: how's your eye
STANDARDIZATION Life.
Il asked Miss Golightly if she be-
HeVed In Cuban autonomy" What
did she say?" "She said she did, and
that 1T was easier for her to believe in
1t than to try to understand what it
was."-Chicago Record
Not Spoiled by Fortune. -Anna-"And
her uncle left her all that money. Has
1t changed her at all?" Belle-"No, in
deed! She is just as enthusiastic as
ever over eighty-nine- cent silk marked
down from one-sfxty. Puck.
Peddler-"W Wouldn't you like some
notices for your house, mum? It's very
cheering to husband to see a nice
motto on the wall when he comes
home" Mrs. Dagg- you might sell
me one If you've got one that says,
BETTER Late Than Never New York
Weekly.
L thought you said you were going
to show me rare and valuable dog?"
exclaimed the uninitiated man. II am
going to, Sir replied the dealer,
alphabetically, as he gave a poodle to
an employee. I'VE haven't had time to
shave him and leave punches of hair
here and there. "-Washington Star.
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TAKING CARE OF TOURISTS.

japanese Society to Make Life Pleas
ant for Foreign Visitors.
The large number of tourists who in
recent years have visited Japan have
added considerably to the revenue OF
the country. 1t has been calculated
that every visitor spent in his travels
not less than five hundred dollars. and
the aggregate result of the arrivals
from foreign parts meant between two
and three million dollars to Japanese
bread-earners. Most of this fell into
the hands of curio dealers, who palmed
Off inferior goods to ignorant western
ers, and of the guides who acted as
their agents.
To remedy this abuse a society was
formed In 1893, on the initiative of a
number of Japanese noblemen and gem
temen, assisted by several influential
foreign residents. 1t was called the XII
hin-Kai, and it's objects were to extend
a welcome to foreign tourists and to
render them every assistance during
their stay in Japan. 1t aims at bring
ing within the tourists reach means of
accurately observing the features of the
country and the characteristics of the
people; visiting public buildings and
places famous for scenic beauties; see
Ing objects Of art, both ancient and
modern; entering into social and COM
mercial relations with the people; in
short, affording them all facility and
convenience toward the accomplishment
Of their aims, thus indirectly promoting,
In however small a degree, the cause of
International Intercourse and trade.
Arrangements are made for the provi-
sion of trustworthy guides and facii-
ties given for travel and Sightseeing
Entrance is obtained to all the govern
ment establishments and to places Of
interest in different parts of the coun-
try. Introductions are provided to man.
ufacturers and merchants, 50 that, al
though the main object of the society is
of social nature, 1t may be of great
service to those who go to investigate
commercial and industrial conditions.
According to the rank or personal rec
ord of a tourist the society will intro
duce at his request to any Japanese no.
bleman or gentlemtn, If the clrcum-
stances seem to warrant such an intro
duction. In the case of distinguished
tourist the society might make arrange
ments at it's own cost to entertain him,
so that its members and friends may
make his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Free
Press.
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the Cubans use their machetes with
horrible effect have never taken place.
They do not fight if it is possible to run
away fast enough,
The Spaniards, then, brought into the
towns the pacificos who had been rem
dered destitute by their fellow-Cubans,
and provided them with plenty of food
daily so long as they could, reports to
the contrary notwithstanding. Probab-
ly most people in this country have not
yet outgrown the idea that Maceo was
murdered by unfair means The author
fatty contradicts Mr.. Stephen Bonsal
and Mr.. Richard Harding Davis, alleg-
ing that the former is right in the main
In regard to the appalling number of
villages that have been destroyed, but
absolutely wrong in attributing their
destruction to the Spaniards.
The Boston Herald concluding says:
"As for the horrible atrocities, with ac-
counts of which we have been supplied
for about two years, they are practi-
caly nonresident. However, so far as
they do exist, we have been attributing
them to the wrong side of the fight. If
there has been hunger in the towns,
it is because the insurgents have driven
away to the mountains, or slaughtered
wantonly, all the cattle, to the end that
Spain might be forced to buy provisions
for her soldiers and the pacificos, and
thus become the sooner impoverished
and unable to continue the war. And
the Spaniards are unable to catch the
insurgent bands, because the towns are
full of spies, who steal out and warn
their friends which way the column
Will march that day, and the country
regions are populated chiefly by farm
ers,s who invariably direct the soldiers
wrongly, either from approval or from
fear of the rebels"
IN any case the attitude Of President
mckinley regarding the Cuban question
meets the approval of the great major
ity OF the people of this country. Press
comments upon this feature of his mes
sage from all quarters are most com
mandatory. Leading Democratic Jour
nails approve of it. Take, for instance
the following from the New York Times
It says, speaking of Spain's present at
titude towards Cuba: Here the Pres
1dent reminds US. is an administration
at last established in Spain which is an
mated by the desire to satisfy the lust
aspirations of the Cubans. 1t is willing
to give them all that they could reason
ably expect to obtain as the result of
independence, provided they will forego
their demand for independence. To sat
isfy their just demands it has incurred
powerful ennities in Spain itself. Shall
we not give this new and liberal gov
eminent fair trial? Shall we not al
low it to proffer it's olive branch and
suspend our own minatory procedures
while the offer is pending? Shall we
not wait for the effects of a departure
from the Cuban policy Of Canovas and
Weyler, instead Of assuming, in spite of
the evidence, that that policy Is still
maintained? That is the question which
the Presidents message puts to the
Congress and the people of the United
States"
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| Occasionally there are two sides to A.
disputed question and sometimes it
| pays to look at both sides of it. Span
ish reports of alleged Spanish victories
| in Cuba have been declared to be highly
| exaggerated and magnified while insur-
gent successes were reported to be in
significant and mere guerilla sauabbles
and contentious. In this country owing
perhaps to the strong tide of sympathy
prevailing for the brave and struggling
insurgents, the reports of Spanish sue
cesses have frequently been belittled
while the Cuban insurgents were re-
ported to be achieving bushwhacking
victories unlimited. AS says the Bos-
ton Herald on the subject: Enough
Cuban victories have been reported to
annihilate even Weyler's vast army; we
have been told of atrocities ad nau-
seam, and we have come to take for one
Of the permanent and reliable facts of
life the oft-repeated statement that the
Cubans are just about the finest people
in the world, brave, self-sacrificing.
kind, enlightened, charitable, forgetful
of self-in short, aureoles are waiting
for them. The same people who take
this view of the case also consider that
almost any list Of contemptuous adiec-
tives would be too short to sum up the
truth about the Spaniards. However,
some people have come to the conclu-
sion that it is not much more than a
comic opera war after all, and that the
combatants are mortally afraid of ecah
other.
Now comes Mr.. George Bronson Rea,
who was for many months field CORE
spondent in Cuba of the New York Her
aid, and, in Facts and Fakes About
Cuba" gives his experiences and re-
views the various stories that have been
circulated in the United States concern
ing the present insurrection.
PROFESSIONALLY, Cuban sympathizers
in this country will denounce the entire
work, and will be exceedingly angry
at the harm which it will do to their
cause; but if the story told in this book
is true--it bears the mark of veracity
ON every page-it is the most valuable
book on Cuba that has appeared since
the outbreak Of the present contest
The author is one of two or three cor
respondents who have actually been on
the field and seen the fights, or, rather,
the flights.
The frontispiece shows Gomez threat
ening to shoot the author if he dares
to write the truth regarding the situa-
ton of the insurgent forces. The up
shot Of the book is simply to the effect
that the news" which has been pub
lished In the papers was manufactured
in Florida, and had no existence in fact;
that the Cubans, not the Spaniards,
burned the crops and the dwellings, of
the pacifcos and drove them to the
towns for shelter, and that the Cubans
have not Joined battle but once or twice
OF their own free will. When the enemy
is known to be approaching, the Gu
bans fee in ali other directions, as if
the affair was a hundred yards dash
with separate goal for each contest
ant. These fearful charges in which
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FASHION NOTES,
In Stripes for the House.

The pretty house dress shown here is
of the simplest sort and can be copied
successfully by any one who has the
least idea Of dress cutting and making.
Its material here was striped Nile green
and white cashmere, skirt and bodice
being made in one. 1t opened all the
way in front and fastened with large
pearl buttone, large vatican pleat
the back. The bodice part
was decorated with large green satin
collar, which crossed in surplice fashion
in front, fastening with a large bow at
the side. The collar was slightly drap-
ed at one side, was banded with white
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents, and other small
advertisements, One Cent a Word each In
Sertlon. Five Cents Word for full week
tseven times,.
Display advertisements, per incn, one In;
sertlon. S1.20 each subsequent insertion; ~, ~
one year, $40. a..
Obituary Notices. In prose or verse, 10
cents per line. Notices Of Births. Mar
riages Deaths and Funerals. so cents each
Local Notices Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their
own immediate business TALL matter to be
unobjectlonable). and their contracts do not
include Wants. To Let. For Sale. ETC.
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English foxes are so tame that two of
them recently had fight on mans
lawn, and were separated with difficulty
by the use of stick.
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chin, Such veil is usually most suita-
Bile in black, but brown or white may
be called for by the style and coloring
of the toque. FLORETTE.
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A paradise for the legal fraternity.
The people of India are the most prone
to litigation Of any on the globe; there
are 100000 lawsuits every year.
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Never too old to learn The Yarmouth
(Maine) Gazette tells of Grandma Ma
bry aged ninety-four years, who re-
Gently rode on a bicycle.
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Godstow, near Oxford, with the ruins
of the nunnery where Henry II. first
saw Fair Rosamond and where Queen
Elinor put her to death, has Just been
sold at auction.
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Switzerland's monopoly of the alcohol
trade for 1898 is estimated to be worth
about 6,76o, 900 francs clear profit.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE Cry, 10
CENTS A WEEK, so CENTS A MONTH. SO FOR
SIX MONTHS, So A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS
BY MAIL
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Colorado farmers have found that
raising potatoes is a different craft
from raising prices. Potatoes grown in
the northwestern States are acknovI-
edged to be the best in any market
and command fair prices. But potato
raisers in Colorado, disconnected with
their usual returns, combined to hold
back their crop, intending to create a
Minnesota potato-growers, however,
threw their potatoes into the breach,
and the consumer eats the Minnesota
tuber at the usual figure.
The kaiser is a busy and methodical
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THE GTON PUBLISHING co.
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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The Indians Of Guiana have queer
system Of enumeration. They count by
the hand and it's four fingers. Thus,
when they reach five, instead of saying
so, they call it "hand" Six is, there
fore, a. hand and first finger" seven,
a hand and second finger" Ten is
"tWo hands," but twenty, instead of
being -four hands, is "a man" Forty
isl"two men," and thus they go on by
twenties. Forty-six is expressed as
two men, hand and first finger"
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The royal baron of beef which always
appears cold on Queen Victoria's side
board Christmas day at Osborne is in
variably cut from one Of the bullocks
bought at the queens annual sale Of
fat stock at the Flemish farm, Wind
sor great farm, early in December. This
year there will be $50 sheep, 100 swine
and 80 bullocks to be sold.
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Medford Center, Maine, has remark
able citizen in the person Of James
Smart, most aptly named, who, at the
age of seventy-eight years, is a capital
skater Last week he was on the ice
for the first time this season, frisky as a
boy Of twenty. He says that "the way
to keep well is to keep your joints linn
bered up, and skating is good way to
do it,