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A Ciuch.

That was a difficult thing to prove in the absence of documentary evil dence.
 You are sure that he regarded you as his wife," asked the lawyer.
 Sure" replied the woman. Sure Say, once gave him a letter to post and he carried it around in his pocket for six weekSp'
 Ah, but unhappily the letter could not be produced in court.-Detroit Jour nal,
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The Vanilla Bean.

It is not generally known that the vanilla bean is the costliest bean on earth. It grows wild and is gathered by the natives in Papantla and Misantla, Mexico. When brought from the for ests, these beans are sold at the rate of R2 5s. per 1000, but when dried and cured they cost about e2 5s. per pound. They are mainly used by druggists.- London Globe.
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 Marie had heard those stories 0l the 4 l,i,sial.s -.l .e. hear, salA glth Toar at the thought of facing such monsters. Nevertheless she showed herself a brave little woman. For an instant she glanced heIplessIv around the room. Truly there were few hiding places in the little cottage. Then her eyes fell on the large baking oven and her busy little brain found a way out of the diff fculty. She quickly bade the franc tireur get inside the oven and then she filled 1t with the loose faggots.
 Scarcely was her work finished when she heard loud knocking on the door and a Prussian officer entered. He stopped, abashed, when he saw only the little maid before him. Perhaps the thought of some little girl that he had left behind in the fatherland came to his mind, for the look in his eyes was quite gentle and his voice trembled in spite of himself when he spoke.
 "We saw a man enter this house just now," he said. "Tell me, my little maid, where he is."
 In the moment while she was wait ing for him to speak Marie had had time to collect her wits and to reflect that the man did not look like such a monster after all. Now she replied readily:
 "A man? O, yes, soldier just came in here and left that" pointing to an I. T ( in the corner of the room, "but he is gone now," she added.
 She carefully related to the Prussians how the franc-tireur had taken the path that led from the rear of the cottage to the forest.
 The girl answered his questions so readily that it was hard for the officers to suspect her of deceiving him, but he ordered his men to make thorough scare. .T he g.' 'r... -T--ss- -r..--...-
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Bag Wigs and Patches Promised.

It is whispered that powdering the hair is to come back for full dress and that that means the return before long of the white wig. Many women consid- CT this very becoming. Such softening about the face allows the liberal use of powder and even of rouge. Brilliancy of dress may follow. Patches are in the same procession. and. oh, how IovelyI This is a hint Of interest to all women, for even to plain folk not likely to go to even an ordinary ball and not in the least likely Go ever put themselves into -ag wig and .shes it js exciting to know that such fashion is likely to be revived. If it is revived for full dress, it will be extended into all formal wear, and that will mean that the picture hat will become more and more a picture and that the brocade and satin season will be indefinitely prolonged
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Warm Water Baptism.

We would impress upon the clergy the necessity of having the water warm ed. Baptism, it is true, is seldom or never administered by immersion, but even when affusion is used the contact of cold water with a child's head might injuriously affect one with an already sufficiently low power of resistance. -
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The seal worn by the pope and used by him on official documents to which his signature is attached has on it the engraving of fish, with the cipher of the wearer. Since the thirteenth cent1- ry every pope has worn a ring of this character, and it is shattered with 2 hammer when the wearer dies to pre- vent its use on forged document.
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The Front for Safety,

A citizen said to an old negro the other day:
 "Well, Ben, it looks like war, and understand they're going to put the ne- groes right in front"
 "Dat'n be all right, suh," he replied. "Ef dey puts lem in de rear de white folks 'ud run over lem en kill 'em, so I dunno but what dey'd be safer right in frontr'-Atlanta Constitution.
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Research Necessary.

"Now," said the man who had been lecturing, there are many theories as to taxation. You doubtless have your own ideas on that subject"
 "Yes," replied the candid acquaint- ance.
 What kind of property in your opin- ion ought to bear the greatest burden of expense"
 '1 can't answer that until have taken an inventory to see what I have the least f."-Washington Star.
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Keeping It,

Are your folks keeping Lent very strictly this year,?
 'I should say so. They've had the dreSsmaker every day for two weeks, and are now getting ready to clean house. e."-Cleveland Leader.
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Bills of Fare in Fashionable Restaurants.

The question has been moOted over and over again whether the engrafting of French and German dishes upon the bills of fare of the better class of American restaurants is or is not an improvement. Many pretend that be- lore their introduction our cooking was coarse, barbaric. This is an open question, but no bill Oi tare presents attractions to the dyspeptic, but they, like the bilious, malarious and per sons wlth weak Kidneys, can be cured by Hos letters Stomach Bitters.
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The Raae of TIuhAkNf.

Old Grumpy-I have found 1t the saf est rule in life to trust no man-to take 1t for granted that every one is only waiting for an opportunity to beat you
 Miss Cutler-Ah, your case only em phasizeS the fact that too much retro spection Is a bad thing.
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Accounting for 1t.

"See here, Lucy" said the teacher to one of her bright scholars, you have written the word oyster without an IT."
 "Oh, yes" exclaimed the scholar. reaching for the slate to make the cor rectlon; 'I must have been thinking this was one of those months when there Is no r. in oysters. s."-Yonkers Statesman.
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His ISufc

'T suppose you have your own ideas as 10 the proper line of warfare" said the Spanish official
 "Yes," replied the general Seven words to the line is the average upon which base my calculations."- Wash ington Star.
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Thnnchf Wnsfed.

WaldO-What do you think about our coast defenses?
 Chimmy-Nuttin'. I never owned a sled, an, besides, winters over.SNew York Evening Journal.
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After a Bargain.

Life" exclaimed the woman with the sharp features, isn't worth living They who knew her best were vague ly conscious that she was possibly try Ing to beat somebody down.
 But whom ?-Detroit Journal.
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Inst Large.

Mir. Query (to MT. Newcomb, who has a 200-pound wife, but no children)- Have you a large family, sir?
 Mir. Newcomb-Large but not numer ous.-Tit-Bits.
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Truly Loved.

Mrs. Adsley-My husband is very good to me. He always accompanies me to church on Sundays.
 Mrs. Darling nothing. My husband looks under the bed at my re- quest, every night.
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The Reason Why.

Now" said the professor in natural history, "take the case of the hen. Why does 1t lag the eggP'
 Because 1t can't lay carpet" replied the bright boy of the class.-North American.
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Making Ready.

'T don't know whether or not the women are arming for the fray" said the perfumery clerk; 'but we have sold quite lot of powder of Iate."-Phila- delphia North American.
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Literary.

Willy Furfy-Tve just finished a lovely book on the races.
 Miss Prudely-I am so glad to hear 1t. I should think that you would pre- fer any kind of literature to that hor- rid habit of betting you have got into.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18
Cheap Irrigation.

The best and cheapest irrigating plant, from and Pumping Plant, built exclusively by the Hercules Gas Engine Works, 405 SansOme Street, San Francisco, the largest builders in the west.
 Write for circulars and information concern ing their Special 213 H. P. Engine and Pumping Plant. Hundreds sold this year; just the plant for prompt, efficient and economical irrigating service. A plant of this kind may save your crop.
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He Moved On,

''It rests with you to say whether I shall remain here and be happy or go to brave the terrors of the frozen Klon- dike."
 "I appreciate the favor you have shown in applying to me first" replied the widow, but my property is so tied up that I think you would find 1t easier to get your grubstake somewhere else" Cincinnati Enquirer.
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"A Spring Walking Hat"
After Taking.

''What makes Pepper have such sad and melancholy air? Is he In lover
 "NO, poor fellow; he was married three months ago."-Detrolt Free Press.
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Hia Penance.

Wilkins-Are you keeping Lent?
 Harper-Yes, I always do. My wife has her mother spend the month before Easter with her every year.
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Proof Positive

McSwatters-How do you know there's goin' to be war?
 McSwitters- -Blowhard is going to Klondike on the next rain.-Syracuse Herald.
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Cruel.

He-I never discuss matters upon which I am not fully informed.
 She-What do you ever talk about be- sides cigarettes?
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His Point of View.

Deacon, do you think that the moral tendency of bicycle riding is bad?'
 "Yes, for those who do not ride. De troit Free Press.
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America's First Street Hallway.

The first street railway in America started on the Bowery, New York, and ran from Prince street to Fourteenth street In 1881.
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HUMOR OF THE WEEK
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
 OF THE PRESS.

Odd, Curious and Laughable Phases of Human Nature Graphically For trayed by Eminent Word Artists or Our Own Day-A Budget of Fun.
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Many really clever and deserving people are unpopular because they try to make out that they aHSunt to more than they really do.
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Sure fo Re TTsed

First poet-I am going to have my revenge upon the editor.
 Second poet-How?
 First poet Gin hoarse whJsper)-I've sent him poem, and I've poisoned the gum on the return envelopes-London Fun.
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6 fA P p

in your pocket, if you buy SeAiI(fng's Best baking pow der, and use only one heap ing teaspoonful to a quart of flour. ,,
The St. Johns herald., 1898-06-18

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 A. W. GLEASON, SEAL Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
 FJ. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c
 Halls Family Pills are the best
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ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and levers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of it's kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stom ach, prompt in its action and truly. beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend 1t to all and have made it the most popular remedy known.
 Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute.
 CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
 SAE FRANCISCO. CAL
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After Something Pretty,

0fi Uighrocks ' refuse to tGka the picture won't give you q cent for It.
 Whats the matter? Ii looks like your daughter, doesn't 1t?
 Old Highrooks-O' course # does That's the reason I don't want it. Any fool Of a photograph man could take 8 picture that lceE. like Ter. What did you think i want painun TOT, any. WAY?
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Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a God-send to me.-Wm. B. Mcclellan, Chester, Florida, Sept. r, 1895.
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She-Miss PopIin has been out Of the world. hasn't she2
 He-Yes. was with her tbis morn ing fer .e.# E1 l.a. ..1 told her orE 2
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The Reason.

"Why do they call 1t a flying squad ron,' l wonderW
 Because it'll make the fur fly when 1t meets the nemy."-Cleveland Lead,
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rushed in and bayoneted the old man as he stood.
 The mistake was unfortunate, but the Prussian command could not afford to waste time over a single dead French man. The house was fired; the soldiers marched on, and by the time the rear of the column disappeared over the next hill little but a heap Of smoking ashes was left on the spot where the old chateau had stood.
 But the boy Charles, standing there beside the ashes of his father, swore to be revenged upon the Prussians. From that moment he was a man, he had a purpose.
 On the afternoon of the day on which the Prussians marched through BOis-le- Due Charles learned from the villagers the whereabouts of the nearest b~4y of French soldiers, aud set oil to join them.
 It was soon discovered that the strange. silent lad was 8 valuable mem per or the company on account of his knowledge of woodcraft and his abso- lute fearlessness. Important scouting duty was entrusted to him, and after a time he became the captain of the most daring of all the bands of the franc-tireur. His little company was a constant aggravation to the Prus- sians. a very thorn in the sides of dl- vision commanders.
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To Draw Her Beau.

Father-Why do you paint, my child
 Daughter-For the same reason thai you use rosin before you play on your violin. To help to draw my beau; see!
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A Hawaiian Incident,

She-What did you do the rest of the time e?-Detroit Free Press.
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One afternoon, shortly after the sec ond visit of the Prussians to Bois-le- Due, little Marie Duret was alone in her parents cottage while they were at work in the fields. Marie was a comedy little maiden, a dark-eyed, nut brown peasant girl, and though not a dozen summers had passed over her head, she was a neat, thOrough-going little housewife. Although her home stood quite apart from the other cot tages and not far from the great forest, so that 1t could scarcely be called part of Bois-le-Duc at all, Marie had become so accustomed to playing the mistress for a whole day at time that she did not in the least mind the loneliness.
 To-day she had set the house in or der, had swept the floor and had piled beside the large brick oven a heap of faggots against the morrow's baking. All her tasks completed, Marie took possession of a low chair and began sedately to amuse herself with large
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All In Being Used to If.
Little Chicago Girl-See how you like our water. Here's a drink
 Little St. Louis Cousin (tastine it)-

much body as ours. ] like ours Uas5-- Cleveland Leader
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In Evidence,

Uncle Jim, why do some of the col ored people place empty medicine bot
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r T happened in 1870, which is still
 spoken of as the terrible year" in
 A Bois-le-Duc. The war between France and Prussia had ragged all about them, but not a soldier had been seen In the tiny village, for which the peas ants daily thanked their stars. The old man who lived alone with his son Charles, in the cheateau above the town, and who was still known as "le Duc," though his title had vanished with his estates long before, firmly be- lieved that France was on the road to ruin, but he scoffed at the idea that the Prussians would ever invade French territory.
 D'-+ ono H-o errrr,r,1ar r1,orninO Rnis-Ia- Due was startled uE e sound .t u-r... mus, and a body ct t.,ss..l -.l1. -r uaronad through the town. Ju ,-- -l.. went the PrusSians, and there betOIe the old chateau the order to halt was given. The old soldier had seen their coming and had prepared, according to his own Ideas, to receive them. From
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ana ~.4r-s~vi7e su Ear r-T Head "HoW cmpLE-5c tpl...t '- -F cry .--us Ae slys.
 Didn't you eyer notice that an emp ty wagon makes the most OiseT'-De- troit Free Press.
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CT dunno. suh oulass bft is ter let de WUu kuOW what Killed em. -AJiauya Constitution.
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No Substitute. He-What will you take for a kiss?
A Oueatior of Time.

She- didn't know there was any ubstltute.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Type
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 Only complete stock of Printers and Bookbinders' supplies on the coast, in- cluding all the latest and best productions.
 Everything a printer wants.
 Better values for less money than any other house.
 Send for specimen book. American TqDeF Founders
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'H-m! Law books on the rights of the wife! Well. my husband and never had any dispute about that"
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600--- oL -l0 N0-Il-7- IUOE TJUEcI n
 closets and cupboards and rummaged
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thinking that nl5 omceI was fn danger
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Purifier. a-- -.. completely .E cured. 10 .s 0 wonder .5 aL4 that ] got we'll"
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it fixed at once ; why not pay the same respect to your own body |?
 Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. ', and tell her
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-08-28
KILLED by Savage storks.

Complaint was made to the officers Of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals that extreme cruelty had been
practiced in Golden Gate Park by the
manager of the Japanese tea gardens. 1t
seems that the old house cat had become
the mother of a healthy lot of kittnes,
which, upon becoming half-grown proved
to be a nuisance to the manager. Dur
ing the visit of couple of ladies who
wanted to have a sip of tea after walk
the Jap, much to their horror, threw the
kittens into the enclosure where the big
storks are kept. The savage birds with
their long, sharp bills, at once attacked
the helpless kittens, and after repeated
jabbing killed them and then proceeded
to devour their victims. The sight 50
shocked the ladies that they. fed without
finishing their tea and complained to the
officers of the society. To the latter the
wife of the manager made no denial that
her husband had thrown the little ami
mails to the storks. but she said nd,n that they
into the Enclosure AS the ladies who wit
messed the cruelty could not be induced
to appear in the police court the case had
TO be drODped.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-08-28
CHINESE POLITICAL CLUB.
Americans Who Wear the Queue to
Take Part in the Campaign.

Eight native-born Chinese, of more than
q years of age, have registered as voters
for the coming municipal election and
have organized a club for campaign pur-
poses. They will vote in the Eleventh
Precinct of the Forty-third Assembly Dis
trict, and will cast their eight votes for
such candidates as they may find TO be
friendly" TO them.
There are between 300 and 400 native
horn Chinese in this State who have at
tained their majority, said Tong K.
Chong. editor of the Chinese World, yes
terday, but there are several thousand
native American Chinese not more than
or years old. OF course it will be long
time before any of the latter can vote or
become Mayor of San Francisco so we
need not take them into account just yet"
white man who has had more than
thirty years business experience in Chi
natown said that the son of ing Fook
and the son of DR.. Ii Pc Tai started the
Chinese American political club some
Years ago The club at present consists
of six or eight members.
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STRUCK A WAITER.
C. J. johnson Arrested for Assault
ing a Japanese Boy.

c. w. Johnson. a wholesale butcher,
surrendered himself at the Southern Po-
lice Station last night In answer to a
John Doe warrant, charging him with
battery on s. Sunni, a Japanese boy, en-
ployed as a waiter in Market street
saloon.
Johnson visited the saloon last Wednes-
day night in company with party Of
friends, two of whom were women. They
had some trouble with the waiter and
left the saloon. About half an hour
later they returned and made the claim
that Johnson had only received 40 cents
change for $40 gold piece which he had
given in payment for a 60-cent round of
drinks The boy denied the charge, saying
that he had been given two 50-cent pieces.
A wrangle ensued, in which the boy was
slapped and cuffed until the bartender In
terfered and the party withdrew to a
back room and rang for a waiter, The
boy answered the call and when he en-
tered the room Johnson struck him.
knocking him into the hall, where he lay
unconscious for an hour.
The proprietor of the saloon is of the
opinion that one of the women robbed
Johnson.
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hurried her off too soon. Father Coll
Inns, the priest at st. Joseph's, attended
her before she died. He said If he knew
She had a son he would have acted diff
ferently as to the disposition of her
money.
II had a quarrel with my stepfather
Yesterday and this afternoon I bought a
revolver and cartridges for So so. 1 went
to see him again tonight and expected
trouble. l taxed him about the money
and he denied having any. We We're sit
ting in the kitchen at the time and he
got UP and ran into his room. / sup
pose he picked me out for good thing.
thought this is enough and gave 1t TO
him. I then walked up here and sur
rendered
Sullivan did not appear to realize for
an instant the position in which he was
placed