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Cham pioned by 2 Dog.

Several years ago ill Wisconsin,, before the Indian had retired fram the neigh borhcod of the white man, mother and her little girl were alone in their cottage ou the edge of I great forest EyeryfhinR seemed peaceful, and tbere was no thought of danger. The mother sat inside the door sewing, while the child WAS iH tie bright sunshine play ing. Their large black dos Cuff WAS the only other member of fhe family. Sud denly half | dozen Indians fresh from q recent raid gn whisky stood ill fhe door way and demanded more whisky. The lady had no whisky, but offered them food and drink The Indians, however, were drunk, and before the mother could interfere the roughest saized the little gi1l and was making of with her when the dog, which had wandered away short distance, came bounding back. h al instant he had the savage by the throat and threw him 10 tho ground The others. having no firearms, beat a nasty retreat. The deg kept q tight grip on the Indian until they had all gone, then released him. and he also departed. Our Dumb Animals.
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Deafness.

Ii las been stated that three persons out of every five in this country who have attained the age of 10 yeafs are mere er less deaf in one or both ears
 4 large proportion of this deafness is caused by eatalrh and medical treat- ment for difficulty of hearing is usually directed to the catarrhal source. In Eu- rope much of the deafness is hereditary. Dr. James Kerr Love of Glasgow re- gently read paper on deafness before the Royal society of Edinburgh, from which t appears that coneenital deaf ness may be either hereditary in the di- rect line CT in collateral branches. and that it depends ou not one, but many anatomical defects. Intermalfiage of deaf persons perpetaates hut does not accentuate the tendency of deafness. The hearing brothers and sisters of deaf mutes are as likely to have deaf mute offspring as if they had been deaf mntes themselves Consepeuinity of parents emphasizes family defects, and in this way many cases of eongenital deafness oeear. One of the most singular points of Dr Loves paper was the assertion that the state lad the right to control the marriage of persons belonging to families badly t4.slied with deafness.
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MY LADY,s SECRET.

 Ny lady always smilesi-not much to eio, But when the hours and days increase in
 care, And dreariness and weariness pursue, When youth and love grow dim in backward
 view,
 And life is but 10 bear and still forbear, All, then, her gentle sweetness, undecided By years of biti ierness, shone forth. She smiled aly lady always smiled, in life and death Some enYied her Q life thar seemed all smiles And some cried out or caught q sobbing breath Self plying, and God and man reviled. But some, to sorrow burden reconciled, We're glad the glaeness of her face to see Through toll and care and heartless apathy. But when they laid my lady with the flowers To sleep, where wake a thousand smiling
 springs, 4 solitary father, praying hours Beneath grand arch and grave cathedral
 towers,
 Thanked, for my lady's rest, the King of
 kings. He knew her soul had yearned weary while To sleep and rest the burden of t slnlle!
 Pearson $ Weekly
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QUEER LIBRARY FREAKS.
Funny Requests For Books That A1nuso
 and Amaze Employees.

Funny Requests Fer Books That A1uuse
 and Amaze Employees.
 Once in awhile the clerks il the pub lie library get hold Of good joke through the ignorance of people vino come there to take out looks Il was net long ago that woman who was anxioHs to join the Daughters of the American Revolution came there to lock up her family history and get her facts and claims ready 10 submit to the committee on membership. She went about t in rather queer way. After looking about ai4lpsaly through the in- dex fer R time she discovered "Lossing's Family History 6f tbe United States. , She wrote Ter request for the books on one of the cards provided for that pur- pose and WAS quite indignant with the clerk who handed j. to her becanse it did not contain what she wanted.
 It was not long after this incident that another woman, who, from her dress and appearance, the clerks thought might he literary, wrote on one of the cards request for ''1he Autocrat of tic Breakfast Table .
 Holmes Autocrat, do you want?a politely asked the clerk
 sOh, I don't eare whose 1t is, was the reply. l only want 10 find out if it is proper to use toothpioks at the break fast table .
 Another request for a magazine which the applicant said was called Brain kept one of the clerks busy hunting half an hour before he discovered that what was wanted was the magazine called Mind Still another clerk was shock ed the other day by 4 request for Wash ineton Irying's Alabama. The clerk mildly suggested sAlhambra. '-Ghi- eago Iimes. Hnrald.
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SERVANTS IN JAPAN.
They Fender Issneilent se,rsne + rhar

They Bender Excellent Service if They
 Ire Treated Win Consideration
 jaWnese ersaiits sre excellent if you choose them Wish discretion and treat them with the estadiislied consideration of the counuy. There is Il uni ieersaI so- elal compact iA Japan 10 make life pleasant by naliteHe6s. Every body is more IT less well h1sd and hates the man CT woman who is yakamashu-- noisy, uneivil CT exiqent.
 Peonle WL0 lose their temper are al ways in harry, bang doors, swear and swaeeer, find themselves cat of place II land where the lowest eoalg learns and practices an ancient courtesy from the time when he wabhles about as a baby upon his mother back. Therefore to be treated well iA Japan-;ts perhaps, Indeed. elseWheTe-yo mu4t treat every body, including yoar deinestics, well. and then you will enjoy Che most pleas ant and willing service.
 Your cook will doubtless cheat you q little, your jinrikisha man will now and then take too much sake. the mus lnu and the boy wife will gallop all over the place about everything yon do, sad tse gardener and the coachman will fight cocks ill the back yard when your LACK k turned, but if conscious of your own you can forgive the little sins of others You can hardly fail to become closely attached to tHe quiet soft voiced, pleasant people, who Us soen as they have learned your ways will take real pleasure in making life agreeable to you.
 \ present. new aid then of a kimono to tie maids, of toys and sweetmeats to the children, a days holiday now and then granted te the tbeatef CT the wres- tliBg match ale richly rewarded by such Hr.sht faces and unnlistakab1e warmth Of welcome OH arriving and of good speed on going IS repay you tenfold. Respectful as Japanese servants a1e- and they never speak except on their knees and faces--rhey likc to be taken into the famil ly conversation and to sit sometimes i'll friendly abandon with the master and mistress. admiring dresses, pictures or western novelties and listen ing sometimes Q the samisen and koto as children of the household. Edwin Arnold in seribHefis
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"Me.so IN PAST CABINETS.
Mckinley the First "ascs In the Presi,ler.
 tial Ghnie

 Mckinley the First "aIca In the presioes
 tial chnir.
 Major Mckinley wasthe fist No to be president but 'Me'sH in f4e cabinet are no novelty. Washington had one in his second cabinet, he being James Me Henry of Maryland. who was appointed secretary of war Jan 21 li96. MeHenrv vas also secretary of war under Pgesi dent John Adams
 The next Me- to be chosen toa eabiz net position was John Mclean of Ohio. who was appointed postmaster general by President Monroe June 2G, 1893. President John Quincy Adams contin- ued Mclean as postmaster general dur ing his administration.
 Andrew Jackson, remembering his ancestry, made d Me- secretary of the treasury This was Louis MeLane of Delaware. His appointment was made Aug. IS, 1881. Two yeals later May 29, IS33) Jackson made McEane secre- tary of state, ho succeeding Edward Livingston of Louisiana.
 In 1911 President John Tyler went to Ohio for Me" for secretary of war, choosing John Mclean, who had been postmaster general i'll Monroe 5 cabinet.
 President Willard Fillmore had Il Me for secretary of the interior. This was Robert MeClelland of Michigan. who was appointed March I, 1853.
 March :, 1865, President Lincoln ap- pointed Hugh MeCullocIf of Indiana sec retary of the treasury, which position he filled while Andrew Johnson Was president.
 The secretary of War under President Hayes was Il Me. " This Was George W. MeGIafy of Iowa. whowas appointed March l2, 1S11, and was succeeded by Alexander Ramsey of Minnesota Dee. 12, 1919.
 The next Me" to git in the cabinet was Wayne MaeVeagh of Pennsylvania. who was attorney general under prcsi- dent Garfield
 There have been four secretaries of war whose names begin with Ne, two secretaries of the treasury, two post masters general, one secretary of the interior and one attorney general
 Of the letters following the "Me1 three have been G's three distinct per sons, three different positions, two have been Els tthe same person, same posi-. tion), four Us (two persons, five posi- tions), one 8.-Salt Lake Herald.
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IT CANNOT sE.

The dying lips of 8 dear friend At parting spoke to me, Saying; "Wheresoe CT your path may trend There ever I shall be. 'Go walk where oyer Esypt's sand The burm,a. simooms blow, Or i'll Alaslta's sunless land, Your wake my wing shall know. ''When winters nights are long and dark. I'll lead you by tke hand, And when the waves beat on your bark Will beacon you to land. He died. l watched his spirit go Across death $ daflsenins sea. He came not back, and HOW know Of things that cannot be.
 --Cy Warman iE New York Sun.
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Shirt Signs.

In BroakIyn the other day, said a resident of Manhattan borough, 'I saw ill the window of furnishing goods store this sign; shirt Constructor : There is d furnishing goods store iii New York that displays, among other signs, one marked shirter. There nsed to be another furnishing goods store ill this city with sign reading, IS I re- member il, Shirt Builder but shirt Constructor is new as far as I know. : New York Sun.
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TIRES THAT LEAK.

The Morgan & Wright single-tube quick-repair tire must be regarded as a distinct improvement in bicycle tire construction. Ithas the following ad. vantages:
 While punctures in it can be re. paired with plugs, or semi-liquid in. jections, as well as in any other single-tube tire, it can be pe'7naneatb repaired by using the quick-repair strip inside the tire. See cut No. l.
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Good Manners aud Quick Wit.

The little viscount is receiving d few friends in his bachelor quarters. Among them is Boireau.
 The latter, having allowed his cigar to go out, throws it without ceremony en the carpet. Ill order to give him a lesson in good manners the little wis count stoops to pick 1t up, but Boireau, feigning to misunderstood his intention, interpoSes:
 "Oh, leave the butt, my dear fellow. Take fresh cigar ,
 And he hands him the bex.-Paris Figaro.
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Ancient Toinhstnnes.

The custom of inseribine upon totab- stones WAS ia yogue among the Greeks and Romans. The Greeks only did ihis, however, i'll the case of their illnstrious men, but when Roman died he was duly buried near q highway, and on his tombstone was carved suitable inscrip- tion, which in the majority of eases be gan with Stu. yiitor (stop, traveler).
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TiXf TO PLEASE.
.,ce AGENT TELLS HOW HIS oegr RIVED THIS RULE. ssoS 0S

7 : Pyroteeilnic show "i'o '',, ....s. to pissppoint His Audi { 7 .,s,,,nqat \ Which Proves Tiaat
 ', tgere Appreciated.
 lFa5 edifor. as he scratched the ftii's i5,n ,a.ng9 out of the advance tls gyiting and substituted Z .',.e aggregation. : tpe IT aIn sure, , said the ad- iil.s ..f IS he read over the ten . is1'i' .g1l,aatic n critic was giving to Z o,s'ril ,.srsfclly put back into his lid ''l Inf column notice he had ilHl' ...s op q smiled the q. c. that Fs.el'sl ',,. strive to please, too, don t
 ,..s. .,-ir d semidisnppointed talSI' f.l,, rsed to have friend who ,. .la. .a.Ily was the most self deny
 < l'I'.a ever saw, and what he Z ~ 3o to please an audience Ieutli doing. .,,
 I'd is he noWt
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oaii as n 1alis1nan.

e91a alorning News reports a N case of superstition. A 4al Ill Peuzance had suffered I.,s 1"a she adopted il remedy \ N le to most people almost N N, IS the disease itself. She snsg '.".l toad, placed it in Il bag, N aua her neck and carried it s The woman was cured \, sa, :. she was being medically " Pensaneo infirmary at ls a.lie The woman believes,
 .,. KY tilis was U coincidence N, a'iaiige talisman was the
 her cuIe.-South Wales
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More E.Ionuent.

"They say there is character shown ill the way q man combs his hair ;
 Well, l think that often there ia more character shown ill the way he doesn't comb it. "--Iletroit Free Press
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About 1o.000 a00 of the bovine spe-

AbOuT IO.8OO.N NV0 or tH8 U0FIHe spe- cies are now to be found ill the Arsen- tino Republic Thty are all descendants of eight cows and ene bull which Nere imported into Brazil in the middle of the sixteenth century.
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.IIonors ef war is the privilege al lowed Q he enemy, oii eapitnlation, of beiag permitted to retain thelr arms. This Is tho highest honor Il victor can pay vanqnlshea ice.
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The yield of wheat ill France, owing to the careful cultivation of the soil and the large quantity of guano and other fertilizers employed, is I bushels per acre.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-14

A fancy dress ball is given once | year by the lady artists, seulptors, sing CTS and actresses of Berlin. No males are permitted at this ball, and about one third of the attendants go in mascu= line costume.
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AAAoANS &o t'ANAN>>-
 thus closing the puncture, as i'll cut No. ,.
 The Morgan & Wright single-tnbe quick-repair tire is guaranteed not porous. This is on account of the way in which 1t is made. Nearly every rider has heard of tires that "leaA like a sieve"
 Many tires rot, because water gets into the fabric between the two layers of rubber. The Morgan & Wright fabric is proof against moisture.
 Everybody knows how comfortable Morgan & Wright tires are, and yet how ealdom they puncture. This Is d3e to the fabric.
 Ask any bicycle dealer whether other tires last as long as Morgan & Wright tires. Ask, also, what the Morgan & Wright guarantee means. Morgan & Wright tires are repaired free of charge. at the factory in Chicago or at any of the Morgan & Wright free repair shops, located in the principal cities.
 N. B-Wncn you have puncturc, get right off Riding tire flat, when 1t has a Tack or nail in if, may damage it considerably.
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ro llr.-

fo Live.
 ' llaNa justice, truth, req 5 si,l lE4oelty, sincerity. com 5a' and duty welded into S'letor Hugo.
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D'ns frnt Matter.

1 ,.,. ,s.sSgSetantly)-Then you sf
 i,e ~ indeed. simply said
 NeW York Ledger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-14

ss Inf column notice ne had 6 " .,'.s oa 'ss smiled the d. C., "that k eal''s' strive to please, too, don't
 pin d semidisnppeinted K lalSg' aeed to have q friend who s,IlT was the most self deny K. 'I'' ayer saw, and what he 10 to please an audience K .@ath doing '
 $ he now?'
 tilIed him. It was this way; ibs pyroteehnie branch of .ae aftand used to give shows z 7 \ .1l .,sose imitation Coney Islands K .I| i.l m nearly every sand bar in " liver tributary to the Mis- 1a had been the originator of .ts feature at this place, and ssm,ral success had made him ss,af be would sooner have died failure. One Fourth of July .ang to give the grandest dis S. lie, and the feature Ill the ..-s rters on the bill was a set @ feet high. with all enormous o,ded with fireworks to go up s too as q grand finale. There az5z tjnes as many people there i as there had ever been, and res feeling 50 good you could B.s walk.
 F r5ody was on edge, too, for the sze of glory tue management
 advertising for weeks, and saoptly at the hour of 10 a friend stepped forth like q n sci of the great display with band there was q round of ap- Allowed by a dead silence as '' 5se sat bIeathless watching for
 of blazing glory. But some laD't burst. The professor fired nd fetreated to 8 safe place, wder Youldn t burn. 1t fzzled
 oat instead. Once, twice. | fzled, sputtered and went 1':.ss tbqn 1he crowd began to growl m crowds always will, and ssor began to get wild.
 al other attempts to set the were no more successful, and Fith | smothered scream of A lie shot up the ladder Of the is very top, where he had a aaed with all sorts Of inaam- Bl explosive things arranged to the proper time He stood a5ment silllouetted against the aOgd indulging i'll gibes and now and then threat as to night expect if he would only aa to tie ground, This was his 45w what he could do to pleose gc, and in d minute, and be- ndy had any idea what he next, he eanq ht up an armful Tlosiyes about him, fastened hs clothes and hung wreaths over his neck and shoulders, lg the whole thing afire. he into the air in the balloon, sready tugging at it's anohor. balloon shot up it was q ter and the poor devils shIieks le intensity of the scene, al- awith red and blue lights, aifwas flied with all manner x hombs and crashing exple- 9aeli tainted, men ran heIp- aouting, and still the bal upward with it's fiery freight 0e AgsI until, when it had point l,000 feet above the BE, lausht fire and the whole S lass shot like blazing ball z.a' & the gronnd.
 asa'H I'll be safe ill betting those zaa q saw such an exhibition IS
 Tor will ever again m all
 md when 1t was over, 'he agent, the audience realize what the professor please them, and they chip 9a built him a monument sll' having oil it, besides his aa lloPer dates, no other in- Ae'pt He striyed to please. .
 aale critic was at least half 1 ' towering his speech after
 v this remarkable tale. and 1 s9ald ask any questions the Tll st1i had folded his tent like 4ll S'olen away to the office of 4aalalle critic he had to call l
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pay a vanqnlshed foF
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By injecting NJ. & W. quick-repair cement through the puncture, and then pressing down on the tire with the thumb. as in cut No. 2, the repair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-02-12

crowd in on him now and expect him to
carry their names and faces through a
siege well calculated to make him forget
while it lasts everything but the business
actually in hand?
1t is not difficult to picture this throng
at Canton. Original Mckinley men; men
claiming to have swung their ward OF
city, or county, or state at critical juno
tCre. either before the st. Louis convention,
or later: men armed with petitions carrying
the names of thousands of amiable people;
men conscious of aptitude for particu-
lar line of official work. which they de-
scribe; big and little bosses and sub-bosses.
all touch shoulders in this rush for recos-
milton. before the man who must pass upon
their claims has had the slightest oppor-
tunity to inform himself about what is
safely within the possibilities of his own
office. For until he assumes the duties of
his office, and has counselled with his
lieutenants and the party's leaders from
every section of the country, he cannot he
i'll a situation to say what is best to he
done, upon whom the rewards should
properly be bestowed.
1t will be great day for this country
and let it be hoped that it may not he far
distant-when the President of the United
States is in the largest measure relieved of
all this pressure, and has the full time
necessary to weigh the far greater prob
lens that always confront him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-02-12
4 Good Starting Point,

As an entering wedge in the process of
wisely widening the District appropriation
bin into more generous proportions the
item for insertion than the estimate OF the
Commissioners appropriating $500 for the
maintenance of TIE free public library that
was established by act OF Congress last
year The sum is small and yet il is alb
solutely essential If the institution created
by law as "a supplement of the public edu-
caiional system of said District is 10 be-
come an actuality instead of remaining a
mere potentiality. The case is so plain
that argument is superfuous. There are
other worthy projects for which the House
tailed to provide sufficiently, and for which
the Senate is expected to appropriate more
LITERALLY. The free public library however
l. peculiar in its needs in that it can not
De placed on working basis until the
small 'Gnd for its support is created and
delay in accomplishing this means a def
mite less to the laborinS men, government
cierES. school children and other sure pa
irons Y no have waited patiently for the
establishment of a free circulating library
under municipal auspices. This loss es-
pecialiy IN the case of the public school
and cents, and it would be most unwise to
permit the lack OF the comparatively paltry
sum now needed to prevent the opening of
TINS greatly needed institution while over
a million dollars are spent annually in di-
rect support of the schools. of which the
Hciary VIII be SUCH a valuable supplement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-02-12
The Push for Places.

According to the dispatches from Canton,
Mr. Mckinley is getting a taste of the
qualities of office-hunters several weeks in
advance of entering upon his presidential
term. Many of his visitors now cali for
the confessed purpose OF asking for office
ard with an idea that by thus appearing
early on the scene they will forward their
chances of recognition. They seem i'm
pressed with the notion that in the distri-
button Of the federal patronage the old
rule in force at country mills prevails
that the first to come are the first to be
served. They will find out their mistake a
little later.
A moments serious reflection would save
these men from the folly of their course
Ii rs not necessary for them to be expert
tnced In public business. or familiar with
the situation here. TO know that at this
stage of the game Mr.. Mckinley cannot in
reason charge his mind with their particu-
lar aspirations. Not only are there other
matters numerous and vastly more impor-
tant. but they take precedence of the
distribution OF the patronage. The inau-
gGral ceremonies. the first meetings of the
new cabinet the first message to the extra
session of the new Congress. the attention
necessary TO the business OF Congress az
II proceeds. all must engage the new Pres
ident before he can In reason be expected
to turn to. the matter Of rewarding party
friends with good places Why then should
any Of those friends. however deserving,