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THE house in which Alr William
 Johnson carried on the business of money lender and financial aeeHt was in no way different from those sur rounding il save that the downstairs front window bore the legend Loan Office, in large black letters on white ground. \ quiet orderly. miadla=aeea man was Mr, Johnson, and people#0Ho met him in he street and did no knaee him would have taken him 8nyEHi4g rather than q man who put out his money to asuIF.
 Certainly there was nothing a5 thg ShYloeIl about him as be sat one spring morning in his diuaE office eyeHa much thamhed account book. flc aa 8tatE spare, looselyzbaift man. Wi5a q paHe face and hin, straegline crop af beard and Whiskers that always looked as if it had grown in patches. Usually. when he 8as not talking To his clients he carried a quill pen ia his maaths there was something iA this habitthat gave him the appearance of an ab= stracted poodle carrying I stick.
 AIr. Johnson was deeply expressed in the consideration of q certain entry in his account book when the door of the loan office opened very suddenly aud set the bell ringing with sharp dis sonanee. He heard d lieht step ia he little lobby. which was partitioued of from the rest of the room. For mo ment he did not answer summons of the bell-it was never wise to be in too much haste to welcome callers. But presently he rose and opened Che door, the quill pen still retaining its hori- zontal position in his mouth. He lifted his eyes carelessly from the jtte swing counter to the person who stood behind it. He was not easily surprised for he had seen many strange things in his time, but what he now saw surprised him into a vague, uncomfortable si- 1enee.
 Behind the little counter stood q young lady-nay girl-of some Is or
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a9 years, fashionabls dressed, evidently of good position and paipabie refine ment Her pretty, fresh lace. revealing itself to Mr Johnson's astonished eyes from beneath the ravishmcnts of a much behowered picture hat. seemed strangely out of keeping with the dingy color of the little lobby.
 "0h-er-ye are AIr William John son?" she said
 'Yes." answered AIr. Johnson.
 '.You-er, you-lend money, don't gou2a
 "Yes, said Mr. Johnson again.
 .I-I want to borrow some money" :" she said, looking out of nalf-averted eyes at the money lender.
 Mr. Johnson's first impulse was to stretch out his hand for one of the ap- plieation forms which stood ready in small box on the counter. But upon reflection he lifted the swinging shelf and asked his new client 10 step inside. When she had passed into the office he closed the door and joined her and from
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The Greyesorue sight Witnessed by ga Traveller Near. 2 Vermont
 Tgz.Ga.

That frightful wind which visited this part of tine country feW weeks ago did many violent things which were not discovered at the time. One of the most greWsome Of theae oeeura renees was discovered by a travelling man in the vicinity of Rupert, Vt. ghe agent was driving late in the afternoon on a somewhat unffequented road toward Rupert, and he noticed far ahead of him something sWaying and dangling from tree. As he drew near CT to it he could hear weird ratsHnq sound. and, although le could a86zsee distinctly. yet il was evident that the thing in the distance was of human shape.
 "some poor fellow has got tire1 of life, soliloquized the drummer. and has made away Wilh himself. Izyi5E he had chosen some other time
 As the horse drew near fhe dreaded object. the drummer was almost tempted Q turn about. baU the night was cold and the way bac]5 vas I8He. and he determined 10 face tBa awful thing whatever it was. When he reached the spot he found to his horror an open coffin lying on the ground. while dangling from the bougG of tree near was 8 human skeleton witch sri1ning teeth, eyeless sockets and ratding bones.
 Near by was an immense tree up- rooted, its roots extending upward in the air small family buryipg groand, an open and ragged grave torn all to pieces and a splintered eof- fin told the story. The recent wind had torn up the tree, the roots of which had been entwined around and under the grave When the roots gave way and came up with the force of the wind, the grave had been torn open the eof- fin Wrenched in two and it's silent ten- ant had been thrown into the air, some of the rattIihg bones catching on the bare branches of the tree from which ii tangled.
 The drummer drove on without look ing backward. When he reached Ru- pert he notified the authorities and the uneasy bones were soon buried in an other plaee.-N. Y. Press.
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TOMMY sPlNk.s EAas

Tommy saink vas a boy
 Who brought bushels of toy To the hearts in the sleepy old school But 'swaa not his fine looks Nor his iking for hooks. For he stood at the foot, as rule But Tommy Wos blest
 AboFa all Of the Fest Whom I knew in those iuh41ut years. For in some funny way,
 But just how I cant say, He Was able 10 wissie his ears. The lazy old clock
 Would be dreaming. 4tick=toela' And the room quite as 8Iiu 85 Il mouse, When some one og the crowd Would dare snicker out loud and arouse al tine rest in tho house. Then the teachers command Would be Hold out vour hauds' And some one would shed few tears And all just because,
 spurnlnE Natures set laws. Tommy spink chose 10 wIsgle his#ears= His scalp, SO he said.
 Vas tao big for his head And he rolled il about as he W6I,a3, While his ears. to and fro
 So gfoiesquelX would go You would laaEh though you knew youtl
 be killed
 And to this very day
 When my skies are gray, There is one recollection that cheers. As I think. with a smile.
 With what innocent guile Tommy Spint1 used To WigeIe bis ears. Oh, Che years have been long Since l left the glad throns iloved in those happier days. They have passed frommv Fiow Al those friends whom ! knew And are threading lifess devious ways All is fading. 1 find,
 Yet with pleasure my mind To that one youthful picture adhcers. And from out the dim past I'll recall to the last How Tommy Spink Wiegled his eaes Nixon Waterman, in LA. N Bulletin
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den to myself. Was troubled with smothering spells, also palpitation of the heart and that bearing-down feel ing, and could not be on my feet much.
 ssI was growing worse all the time, until l took your medicine.
 After taking three boxes of Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Lozenges, the tumor passed from me.
 My health has been better ever since, can now walk quite a distance and am troubled no more with palpita- tion of the heart or bloating. rec ommend your medicine to all sufferers from female troubles"
 It is hardly reasonable to suppose that any one can doubt the efficiency of Mrs. Pinkham's methods and medi- cine in the face of the tremendous vol. Bme of testimony.
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NY 0WuERE in the east can be HW found such a large number of ~ N> good laDdloeked harbors, eapa- ble of sheltering the largest ships from the terrible tropical storms, as in the Philippine islands. Along the coast of almost every one of the hundreds of islands are found immense bays on. the shores of which large towns and cities are destined in few years to take the place of the native villages.
 The exclusive policy of Spain, which has kept these harbors closed to the
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but its surroundings, including the bay of Manila. This bay is one of the finest harbors in the entire world. It is 12o miles in circumference, and has but very few dangers to navigation. The wharfage, and facilities for loading and unloading vessels are not in keeping with the nature and importance of the harbor, however. The principal wharf age is afforded by two long piers run hing out into the bay from the mouth of the Pasig river. One of these ter- inmates in a lighthouse and the other in fort. Good wharfage is also found for smaller vessels in the Pasig river, which is navigable for distance of ten miles.
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been of more importance than the port of Sual. Situated on the Lingayen gulf, it has, next 10 Manila, the best harbor oil the island of Luzon. It is about 15o miles from Manila, with which place it is connected by the only railroad in the island, and which car ries the product of the rice plantations to one or the other of the two ports for export. Lingayen gulf runs inland 90 miles and 20 miles wide at the entrance. It affords anchorage for vessels of all sizes. The town of sual is at the pres ent time but a small place, and landing facilities are poor, but with such a natural harbor and the fertility of the
 territory surrounding it it is destined
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Next 10 Manila the harbor and town of most importance is Tloi=o, 25O miles tothe south of Manila. The harbor here is not to be compared with that at Ma nila, but if still affords well protected and naturally good anchorage for yes sels of all classes. Smaller vessels en- ter IloiIo river and discharge their car goes at the yvharfs along it.
 Of all the islands tuzou has the great est number and the best harbors. Into many of the bays forming these har- bors flow rivers that are navigable for
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some miles for tRa smaIferelass res seisz
 Along the west eoas6of IpzaH tHese bays are found every fa4 miles Some Of chem viii never an1thtHe more than mere shelters 8or Ras=fa vessels. CT stopping places for the smaller 7es= seis engaged in the caaataise trade. The first pert along the west coast from tHe north is Port sal0maeue. Once inside the haTbel vessels are shel- tered from all but Che southwest and the Uest-nort6Ues5 winds. and even partially sheltered from these, There is good anchorage in from five t9 seven fatboms of water with a mud bottom. 8t the present time eoast7eise# vessels make it a port of call once each month, but with the development of Che is- lands the barbor gives promise of be coming of greater importance.
 The next harbor of any importance is Lapug bay. To make this harbor a good one it will necessary ito remove d shoal at it's mouth, which lies direct 1y in the center of the entrance. ItWiu be many years, however, before har- bor of any importance will be needed at this point.
 Port San Fernado offers good am chorage for vessels of almost any size. but the harbor is exposed to the north winds. The town promises to become of some importance within a short time, and is now port of call for coast ing vessels.
 Of the ports that have been open.to the worlds trade during the years of Spanish sovereignty, with the eXeep- tion of Manila and nofIo, none have
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HE DID NOT HAVE IT.
How a Josbing Judge saIted Down Delightfully."- Fresh
 Young Man.

William Lighbfoot Yisseher tells this char. aefprfstie story gE Hon. Isaac Parker, famous as the terrible judge at Fort Smith, Ark.5 who probably sentenced more men to be eX~ eeuted than any other judge that ever IiYed. This was not, however, because he was so mreIeatlugly severe but because he had the hardest and most numerous lot ot crlms inals te deal with that ever came within the jurisdiction of such an official One day when there was an unusually large batch ot eulprits t8 be sentenced, the judge looked compasisonately over his speetaeles at one young scamp, and sad;
 .sIu consideration of the youth and in- experience of thls prisoner l shall let him off with | fine of S59-2
 Before tbe judge had done speaking the very fresh young man eaollE stretched hls right leg and ran his hand into his trousers pocket on enc sides rema1klns noaehalantly as he did 50:
 That's al hanzg. judge I've got that much right here in my jeans
 And one year In the penItentIarys con cluded 6he judge. Then looking over at the convict in a qujzzical sort of way, he added: Do you happen to have that in your Je9ns!3 -@oman3s Home Companion.
 X genial person is one who laughs heartily when he hears funny story second time. -Atchison Globe.
 Will t cura2 Use St. Jacobs Oil for lame. back and you'll see.
 q feel all run down. said the jocular citizen as the cycEst rode over him.-L I. Bulletin.
 Tuse Piso's Cure for Consumption bothin my family and praetiee.-Dr G. " Patter son, Inkster, Mich, Nov. 5, 1894.
 When we hear of a fire where the organ was saved, we don't know whether it IS an advantage or Washington (Ia.) Democrat.
 A "doubting Thomas" full of aches uses St. Jacobs Oil. Hes cured.
 In order to keep the stove hot you should keep 1t coaled.-Chieago Daily News.
 Explosions of Coughing are stopped by Hale Honey of HoTehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute,
 Set all things in their own peculiar place and know that order is the greatest grace. -Dryden.
 You will be disabledby Rheumatism. Use St. Jacobs Oil and cure 1t.
 A bad player and bad piano make bad standardization Globe.
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Liagayen Gulf and Port of SuaL

ports that have been open to the worlds commerce have been Manila, IIoilo, Gebu sual and Iamboanga.
 Of these Manila is of course of first importance, and since the stirring events which have happened there dur ing the past few months, the world at iarge is familiar with not only the city
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worlds commerce. has prevented 4he development that would have occurred
 under moee liberal government Asa consequence of tbe same policy but #5ttHe is known af tlza ggaa zzza. ia9i E oi
 #bese haf65Hs except to The cQast wise Ha1isa lars. Bat comparatively few oi fht@ have ever been surveyed ia any tHifHg but the crudest way. fHe only
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aNNe SO 'oStAA+1A ts praises. It las done von- lers for me in relieving me
 of D tumor.
 '' My health has been poor for three years. Change of life
 was working h upon me l A was very !" much bloated 1d was a bur-
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TUM0R EXPELLED.
Unqualified Success of Lydia Fl. Pinlzham's Vegetable Compound.

Mrs. ELIZABETH WHEELooK, Magno. lia, Iowa, in the following letter de- scribes her recovery from a very criti- cal condition:
 DEAR MRs. PINKHAM;-I have been taking your Vegetable Compound, and
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What He Got.

Bill-You say the thief snatched the purse from your wife's hand? Jill-Yes.
 How much did he get? Thirty eents?"
 Thirty days."-Yonkers stafesman.
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:" Eva Dispositions
 Are Early Shouyn. j"

Just so eOa fn the Blood comes oat fn shape of scroE oIa, ptmptes, etc., ffa children and yoaag people. Taken in time f can be eradfcated 5y astang Hoods Safsapa4tta. n older people, the aftermath of irregular Li0t1g shoUs f. self fn bilious conditions, a heavy head, a foat mouth, a general bad feeling.
 1t is the blood, the impure blood, friends. which is the real cause. Purify that with Hoods sarsaparilla and happiness will reign in your family.
 Blood Polson-eI 1iYedi in a bed Of fire for years owing to blood poisoning that fol. lowed small pox. It broke out all over my bodv. itching intensely. Tried doctors and hospitals in vain. I tried Hoods sarsapa- riIla. It helped. I kept at it and was en- tiralv cured I could go on the housetops and shout about it.n MRS. J. T. WILLIAMS. Carbondale, Pa.
 scyofula Sores My baby at two months had scr0fula sores on cheek and arm. Local applications and physicians medicine did little or no good. Hoods Sar- sapariIla cured him permanently. He is now four. with smooth fair skin" MRS. & s. WRorEN, Pennington, Del.
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The Good-Natured nmsiness Nm.

me SC8A-NatuEsu oASEhSss AAHs
 Blessings on the head of the good natured business man. He does more good than missionary. So many business men are cross and unreason- able that good-natured one has a start that is very valuable.-Atehison Globe.
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d6od3 SosJq5od&

Hoods Pills cure liver its; non-irrftating and the oay cathartc to take with Hoods sarsaparilla:
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Explosions of Coughing are stopped by Iialc's Honey of Horehound and Tar Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute,
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In order to keep the stove hot you should keep 1t eoaled.-Chieago Daily News.
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Tuse Piso's Cure for Consumption bothin my family and practice.-Dr G. " Patter son, Inkster Mich, Nov. 5, 1894.
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A "doubting Thomas" full of aches uses St. yaeobs 0iL. He's cured
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Set ali things in their own peculiar place and know that order is the greatest grace. Dryden.
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When we hear of fire where the organ was saved, we don't know whether it is an advantage or a detriment.-Washingto (la.) Democrat.
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q feel all run down. said the jocular citizen as the cyclist rode over him-L. l. RrIilaIirl
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Will t enre2 Use St. Jacobs Oil for lame. back and you'll see.
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You will be disabledby Rheumatism. Use St. Jacobs Oil and cure 1t.
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X genial person is one who laughs heartily when he hears funny story a second time. -Atchison Globe
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 ~0h. to be sure!' laughed the girl. We'll thanks Mir. Johnson. and eooG= by you1l see me on the first of July dead certain. you know"
 On the first of July Mir. Johnson sat n his office iH state Of nervous eXpec- tancy; but the nervousness had noth- ing to do with the money whichWas due from Miss Laftimer All the morning he waited and all the afternoon and still she came not. And then as evening drew near the postman brought reg istered letter and Air Johnson opened it and drew out e20 in notes and one pound in gold and d note that smelled of violets.
 After long time NEr Johnson rose from his desk and locked ap the notes in his safe. Then he took the sovereign in his hand and went out into the street. He presently came to the little shop of working jeweler and entered ii timidly. When he came out the soy ereign hung on his simple watch chain and his fingers felt for it and caressed it as if it had been live thing. And that was the end Chicago Daily News.
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WIND OPENED 4 CRAVE.

DANIEL cIEvERT0N.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-18
About Spanish Newspaper

Spanish newspapers are queer things,
even outside of their news" about the
United States, the Indians and what
much to the public which they serve
as to the uncomfortable ignorance or
wilful dishonesty, or both, of the peo-
pie who make them.
1t is said, for instance, that outside
Of the larger cities there is a large
class of people who do not even know
of the existence of the present crisis.
To n ~unacquainted with Spanish
customs and it might seem
strange that Spanish newspapers did
not lay the whole matter before the
people, but, according to an American
paper there are some obstacles in the
way of such a general campaign Of
education in Spain.
In the first place, it must be remem-
bered that less than one-third and IN
ly a little more than one-fourth Of the
Spanish people can read or write. An
educated Spaniard is not the rule, but
the exception. A newspaper among
a population more than two-thirds of
which can neither read nor write Is
not likely to have a tremendous cir
culation or unlimited power. Even in
the cities the circulation is not large.
La Epoca, the conservative organ OF
Madrid, for example, has a circula-
ton of less than 5000 copies. Outside
of Barcelona and Madrid there are
perhaps 600 papers published in
Spain, and not half of these pretend to
be newspapers.
Indeed, out of all the 1900 periodi-
calls published in Spain, the scientific
journals, religious papers and fashion
papers are largely in majority,
while the newspapers are in the mi
nority. Newspaper enterprise does not
have much encouragement. Foreign
news is obtained chiefly from govern
ment officials. The whole kingdom of
Spain does not receive as many for
eign dispatches in a week as are sent
to a single city in this country. The
average Spanish editor does not see
much use in paying for an interesting
dispatch from abroad when the
chances are about ten to one that when
he gets the dispatch the press censor
will not allow the paper to print it.
All these facts must be borne in
mind in considering the influences
which go to make up public opinion in
Spain. Unfortunately for the stabili-
ty Of the present Spanish government,
clerical influences in Spain are rather
with the Carlist pretender than with
the young king. If Sagasta were able
to lay before the Spanish people gen.
orally a true statement of the present
condition of things and Of Weyler's
brutality. spoliation and outrageous
robbery in Cuba it would not take long
to settle the Cuban question with
peace and honor to both sides.-Tag-
CARTS Times.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-18
of q Ring.


At the close Of the battle Of the
Tchernaya l was riding from the
bridge toward our camp when a zouave
offered me a huge gold signet ring
which he had taken off the finger of
a Russian officer, says the Spectator.
1 need not mention how he had OBJ
tanned it, but 1 bought it as a memento
of the day. 1t bore a massive shield
with a coat of arms and a coronet with
the letter a." l wore it occasionally
on my foreflnger as a signet ring, and
the likeness Of it is to be seen in an en-
craving from a photograph which
adorns n of my books. When l at
tended the coronation Of the car In
1856 Count -, adjoint of the min
lister of Finland, to whom l told the
story of the ring, took an impression
Of the seal and discovered that the
ring belonged to a colonel whose wild
ow, an English lady who had been a
Miss Hope Of the commandery Of
Worcester, was then living at her
country seat some distance from Mos
cow. l sent the lady the ring with
a few lines to say how fortunate l es-
teemed myself to be the means of re-
storing her a souvenir of her gallant
husband. Before l left Moscow my
fair countrywoman brought me the
ring, and with many thanks asked me
to keep what was painfully associated
with the memory of one whom she
could forget. / was not des-
tined to keep 1t long.
The following year I was on my way
to Sir Colin Campbell's camp, and
while the Nubia was coaling at Alden
Mr.. Stewart Muirhead of the 7th hus-
sars and l were lodged in a sort Of
cave for the night. 1t was intensely
hot, and my companion, who was a
confirmed sybarite, hired a Somali
Arab to fan him to keep the mos
quitoes away while he slept. l reposed
on an adjoining couch, and when ]
woke in the morning the ring which
l wore on my finger was gone. The
hotel was turned inside out, the POI
lice were summoned, all the Somali
boys in Alden were driven like a flock
Of sheep into the yard, where their
wool was closely searched am, their
scanty clothing infinitely exs1!nined,
but though l offered e~gregious ran
som the P. and o. Nubia sailed that
day with me for Calcutta, disconso.
late and ringless!