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TIE WIND RAISER
II ws. a. Insen,eus idea. Bat rss
working was Only Moderate
IN Satisfactory.

He was q tall man with shifty eyes
and telescope hand bag. Aside from
this, he had on a diiapidated storm coat
and tuft Of hair on his pointed chin.
Sir" he said, with eourtly gravity
police eourtly or otherwise-''sir, have
here a most remarkable model" and he
pointed skinny forefinger at his tele-
scope. Il want you TO look at il, sir,
and II IL meets your approval ask you
to give me a card of introduction TO
some New York newspaper man who
can put me In touch with either Sir
Thomas Upton or Ollie Iselin, or both"
In touch, ch ?" said the scribe, quite
softly.
The visitor slightly reddencd..
ut Is figure of speech ~ hastily
said.
= hope you make the figure low." said
the scribe.
3''Lemme show you the model quoth
the stranger, and diving into the tele-
scope he pulled out wonderful con-
glomeration Of strings, and spools and
wheels. II made IL all since breakfast"
he smilingly asserted.
when did you have your last break
fast?" queried the scribe, as he toyed
with the largest spool.
81 call it," the inventor hastily went
on, 1.-The wind compeller.' You turn
the crank A. which is geared to the
cylinder b. which causes the fywheel
C. TO revolve with great rapidity--
which naturally produces the wind.
BY enlarging the fiywbeel and the cylin-
der"
"And the crank?" interrupted the
scribe, with n meaning look at the Wis
itor.
NO" said the latter, "the larger ma
chine would be run by powerful dom
key engine"
II suppose it's much the same thing"
said the scribe. Then he leaned back
and surveyed the outfit with his eyes
half closed. ''Will you tell me-" he
asked, what this mechanical night
mare means?"
81 knew ii would interest you"
chuckled the stranger. well, sir, this
simple little device is intended for use
on racing yachts when becalmed. Put
one of these, sir. on the after deck of
the Columbia, We'll say; attach 10 its
wind-producing focus huge funnel Of
the graphophone order, couple on your
motor. press the button, and when the
cylinder gets 20 revolving you'll have
breeze enough to fiji every blessed sail
--spinnaker and all. OF course. / would
also have 'compeller' on the after deck
of the Shamrock, the exact duplicate
of the Columbia one, and both would he
officially geared TO exactly the same
speed, Why, just see what a saving OF
labor IL would be! All the sailors would
lie around and smoke cigarettes. leav-
ing the whole job of running the boat
20 the man at the helm. Thered he no
excursionists disappointed, no report
ers disgusted. Great scheme, isn't il
What do YOU think of it?"
"As a wind raiser?" queried the
scribe,
ayes"
AS a raiser OF the wind" said the
scribe, so1emnly, tits only partial sue
cess. The best can do for you, my
friend, is ten cents. Here you are, and
good morning"
The inventor connected with the dime
with great promptnesS and accuracy,
and together they drifted out.-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
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A Little Too soon,

A professor was going to experiment with
laughing gas when he overheard a student
say that il he were selected for a subject be
would take advantage of his supposed coma
When the class met the professor an
nounced that he would like, for the purposes
of illustration, TO administer the gas to some
member of the class. Forthwith this stu
dent volunteered.
The gas bulb was connected with hi;
mouth. He pretended to be very much eI
cited and began to abuse the professor
roundly The old man let him 60 on for
awhile; but the class roared when the pro
the gas had not been turned on yet.-Co'
ler's Weekly.
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dry clothes for the women and chill
drcn."
And Aunt Sarah fell to emptylng
chests. drawers and wardrobes, utter
~ regardless OF her usually orderly
habits. by ten o'clock that night, &c
men, women and children had been
warmed, beautifully fed aud comfort.
ably bedded.
Aunt Sarah felt strange iightness
Of heart as she and Susie Belle sought
n hard bed In the attic. True, she was
at first unmindful of His command; but
had she not made generous atonementf
Even the garments Of her beloved dead,
which she had aired and treasured year
after year. were put into use that night.
A dry sob arose In her throat as she
thought of Sims folks. 'Never
mind" she said TO herself. "Perhaps
they will stay over Sunday. and / can
cook them another Thanksgiving din.
ner."
Morning dawned clear. Aunt Sarah
and her willing little helper were up
betimes preparing breakfast for their
numerous visitors, and n right com
Portable one Il was. Many of the way
farers set out early to return TO the
doomed town or 10 seek friends or rela-
tives in the country. Others fingered as
though they were too weary and fright
ened from that terrible days experience
TO think OF aught else. Most of them
were of the poorer class. One among
them, however. was a man of kind and
gentle manners, who somehow won
Aunt Sarah's confidence at once. He
did not ask many questions: but before
she realized what she was doing, she
had told him of the expected guests,
the disappointment and even the mort
gage.
Alittle later Aunt Sarah was lowering
about her relatives, explaining and
apologizing with tears In her eyes.
Wasn't IL grand of her 60 do that?"
said Jim's wife, who proved To be a
plump. kind little woman. Don't you
mind bit. lear Aunt Sarah. OF course
wen stay over Sunday, and will help
you cook tomorrow; and Saturday
wen have big dinner l am not at
all afraid OF starving In the meantime"
Although the dinner was two days
late, never was more tempting one
placed upon a board nor ever did hap.
pier people gather around Il. just as
Cousin Jim had finished asking bless.
ing. his eldest son returned from the
village, where he had gone upon an err
rand.
Here Is a letter for you, Cousin
Sarah" he said, handing her a large
envelope.
"A letter9" she echoed. "who can be
writing 10 meq"
She broke the seal and n crisp bank.
note fell upon her plate,
She read aloud:
Dear Madam,
Il beg that you viii pardon the liberty
take IN sending hts amount, | shall never
miss Il, as | am a wealthy man and have
ne fariily. oas who knows how to MAKE
much good use OF home should certainly
not lose II, Yours truly.
'RoRERT UPTON"
''Oh. don't deserve i'll don't deserre
to he paid in this wayl" and Aunt
Sarah buried her face in her apron.
Eleanor Norton Parker. In \. Y. Indie.
pendent.
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ARMY RULES ENDANGER LIFE
Standing Up Under Fire Not the Oniy
Absurd Regulation IN the
British Army.

The sunwritten law" in the British
army which, forbids officers from seek
ing shelter when under fire is not the
most absurd regulation of the service.
There are other .unwritten laws"
which are just as Quixotic, and which
lead to just as great mortslity among
the men who are most valuable TO the
service. One of them is illustrated by
a little known circumstance with re-
gard to the famous charge of the
light brigade" at Balaklaya.
- II is rule. no less stringent be-
cause Unofficial. in the British cavalry
that when riding to attack only a GER
tain rate of progress is permissible.
The regular formation must be kept
up. even though greater speed would
minimize the chances of loss of life.
When the Seventeenth and Thir-
teenth hussars were nearing the Rus
sian artillery at Balaklava in face of
fire which caused men to fall every
moment Capt. White, who was in the
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The stitching in OF large cords. al
most as big round as ones little finger.
Is an odd but smart style introduced
Of late. There are cloth gowns with
skirts corded in this style almost to the
knee, and the cords are run acroSs the
tops OF bodiees to form yoke effects
and around the tops OF sleeves. A black
silk tailor gown was trimmed in this
way. with not sign OF ruffle or plait.
There was such an air OF quiet ele-
gance ahoa, this gown that one found
II easy to forgive the show of pride on
the part OF the owner as she showed 1t
10 q few admiring women friends.
Detroit Free Press.
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by the celebrated teacher, Limos, he
was attracted by the sound Of sweet
music. which seemed but the echo OF
his own glorious voice. He walked
along. singing, and the sound ap.
preached, as II to meet him, till finally
II rang at his very feet.
CHANGING down, he saw the she'll of
a turtle. which had been cast high and
dry upon the beach and left there by
the receding waves. The little thing
had died and dried up so that only thu
sinews, shriveled TO strings, and tn,
shell remained. The dried up sinewa
were tightly stretched across the hol
low she'll and the wind as it listed
touched the strings, causing them &c
vibrate over the shell sounding board
and give forth the sweet, sad tones.
Enchanted. he bore his treasure home
and from il fashioned the VOL shell
with which he ever after aeeomuaaied
bis vote. and the nympn. EurydISe, en-.
ehanted by its magic. became his bride
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second line. spurred his horse with the
idea of reaching the enemy as quickly
as possible. This brought him TO
level with Lord Cardigan, who was in
the first line. Lord Cardigan, although
he believed that certain destruction
awaited the whole brigade, laid his
sword across Capt. Whites breast,
peremptorily forbidding him to ride
any faster than the others. White
apologized and obeyed, checking his
horse at once. Had the hussars been
allowed to ride at full speed it is prob
able that the casualties among them
in the course of the charge would
have been decreased by so per cent.
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must make suitable preparation. for

must make suitable preparations for
their entertainment.
So the morning before Thanksgiving
found her up by four o'clock. and bus
Ting about with n brighter face and a
brighter step than she had known In
years. All day she mixed and stirred
and baked and tasted, regardless of the
lowering clouds and steady rain with
out. by three o'clock In the afternoon
the last pie. steaming hot, was placed
beside many others in neat rows on the
pantry shelves, the enormous turkey,
brown and crisp, lay in regal state be-
side spiced ham. Cakes, snowy loaves
of home made bread, jars of preserved
fruits, jellies and marmalades and pats
OF golden butter were arranged in
tempting array. Aunt Sarah gave a
sigh Of satisfaction as she surveyed the
goodly store.
Here, Susie Belle" she said, filling
the child's hands with some of the
choicest cookies. Take these and eat
them. We've got enough for to-mor-
row. Let ne see, Jim has five children.
Well, / want those little ones TO have
n real, old-fashioned dinner for once in
their lives. 1 don't believe they ever
had one out there In Missouri. Dear
mel how IL does rainl" she CALCULATED;
but I'm not a mite afraid of its keep
ing ,Iim's folks nt home. Once Jim sets
his head to do thing, he always would
have his way or die"
And she settled back In her armchair
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ORIGIN OF THE VIOLIN.
The Psychological story of the In
strument ms Told by n Mag
nHIne Writer.

In the National Magazine is an IN
teresting article regarding the history
of the violin. The writer says: An
ancient legend tells us that one day
as orpheus, son of Apollo and the Muss
Kalliope, was walking by the sea, trill
ing in soft cadence a song taught him
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% And small head
with two tight faNen braids was thrust
hastily out OF the kitchen window and
"a prccipitately withdrawn.
Aunt Sarah. who was evidently lost
In deep thought. gave such a sudden
start that the great yellow pumpkin
she was lovingly ceressing fell from
her arm.
"Well. I do declared" she exclaimed
rcproachfully, as she haHtened 10 re.
cover her treasure aud turn her steps
towards the farm house. eli things
haven't come to pretty pass, Sarah
Jane Smithers. You a woman of 90.
and standing out here dreaming like
some younRgirl. and leaving your minee
pies to the mercy Of child. Hut |
guess | ought 20 he excused this once.
things have come SO terrible sudden
like. This time yesterday was living
my old humdrum life, aud not thinking
about making a Thanksgiving dinner.
always said I'd have big one when
] got the mortgage paid and not be.
fore. Hut haven't seen one Of my own
flesh and blood for 20 years. And TO
think that Cousin Jim Is coming and
bringing his wife and children"
by this time she had reached the
kitchen, aud breathlessly depositing
her burden upon the spo,less table she
proceeded toopcn the oven door. whence
issued sayory odor,
".lust one minute more, Susie Belle,
and these mlnce pies would have been
burnt TO crisp"
"Yes'm," replied Susie Belle. re-
spectfally, and with shade of awe
In her tone. THAT was the reason why
called you. thought you had for
gotten"
II Was such an uncommon event for
thorough.going Aunt Sarah 10 forget
anything that the rather timid child
felt some hegitancy In abiding to 40
fragrant breach Of the good woman's
strong point, Aunt Sarah colorrd
slightly. bat made no reply.
"Now. child, You fall to work on this
pumpkin while dress the turkey. 1
want 10 get everything pretty we'll
done up tomorrow No there won't be
much on hand when Jim's folks get
here
Aunt Sarah was the last surviving
member Of large aud prosperous
family. She lived alone with the ex-
ceptiou OF an orphan child Of ~ years.
As one by ono those whom she loved.
and for whom she had eheerfully Saeri.
feed her life. passed away, and she
had no animate object upon which to
lavish her affection. she turned IL all
90 the old house where her family had
lived for two generations. Cousin Jim
had spent many years in Missouri. and
his wife and children she had never
aEen.
The one great shadow that darkened
Aunt sarah's life was mortgage for
$1,000 npon the place, the time for the
payment OF which Was rapidly APP
preaching. Her usually cheerful dis.
position was go eiouded by this trial
that for several years she had not been
able 10 nnd heart for the celebration of
any festivities. However. since .Jims
Holks." thoas that REALLY cared for her
and were her own. were coming, abe
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In Greenland.

mo" continued the Eskimo, sadly;
there isn't so much money in the hotel bus.
ness in Greenland as the volume of traEei
would indicate The average Arctic eI.
plorer is so particular these days! He bls
to have boot for dinner every day, and fresh
boot at that Canned boot won't answer
at ALL No, don't know as | blame the ex
plorers so much. They've got to have suct
experiences as the public taste demands, i
they are to do any lecturiDg, | suppose
Yes"-Puck.
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The turkey and the wild fowl. 10 increase
the scanty faress
"our husbandry hath prospered. there IL
corn enough for food.
Though the pease be parehed In blossom,
and the grain Indifferent good.
Who blessed the Ioavea and fishes for the
feast miraculous.
And filied with oil the widows cruise, He
hath remembered usi
solve thanks unto the Lord Of Hosts. by
whom we all are fed.
Who granted US our daily prayer Olive
US our daily breadP
BY us and by our children let this day be
kept for aye.
In memory OF His bounty. a. the lands
Thanksgiving day"
pious feast to make,
with the fat deer from the forest and the
wild-fowl from the brake.
And ehanted hymn and prayer we're raised
though eyes with tears were dim
''The Lord He hath remembered us. let US
remember Him.
Then Bradford stood UP At their head and
lifted up his voice;
''The corn IL gathered from the field. call
you to rejoice.
Thank God for all His mercies from the
greatest 10 the least.
Together have we tasted. friends, together
let us feast.
sThe lord who led forth Israel was with
as IN the waste:
Sometime IN light. sometime IN cloud, be-
fore Us He hath paced
Now give Him thanks. and pray to Him
who holds uH IN His hand
To prosper ua and make OF this strong
and mighty Iandr'
From Plymouth TO the Golden Gate. to-day
their children tread
The merciea of that bounteous Hand upon
the land are shed.
The ''iocka are on o thousand hills" the
prairiea wave with grain.
The cities spring like mushrooms now
where once was deaert.plain.
Heap high the board with plentcous cheer
and gather 20 the feast.
And toast that sturdy Pilgrim band whose
courage never ceased.
Give praise 20 that Ail.Graelous One by
whom their steps were led.
And thanks unto the harvestH Lord who
sends our daily bread"
Alice Williams nroiherton. In Home
Queen.
'''rhere was great store OF wilde turkiea
OF which they took many beside vouisan,
=. The fowiers had been sent out by
the governor that 80 they might-after a
special manher-rejoice together after they
had gathered the fruits OF their iahorH ''--
Pnlfrey'n History OF New England.
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The old colored man was watching the
newfangled machine spin down the street
and remarked: II reckens dat mus be one
er-one err dem autographs
Its an automobile"
Oats it. ! allus was gittin' dem two
towns mixed, but | knowed it war somee ere
in Alabama. Automobile Magazine.
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Each a IN. Marks.

Wasn't il lovely in the ,ones' 10 ask
US to eat Thanksgiving dinner with
theme"
Il don't know; they waited 80 late
think they expected as TO ask them."-
Chicago Daily News,
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SPANISH NEWSPAPERS
In Epoca, n Mighty Conservative
journal. Is Edited and In Part
Owned by NobIemnn.

Madrid, the Spanish capital. has one
or two papers which have fair circula-
ton, but they cannot compare in i'm
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A Valuable Aeeamplt.ament.

Uncle Bob What did YOU learn In
school to-day, Johnny
JOHNNY learned how 20 whisper
without mosin' my lips.-N. Y. journal
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Left RehInd.

Stubb-The Shamrock has three leaves,
hasn't it?
Pennies. 1t left England, it left Amer
lea and left the cup.-Chicago Evening
News.
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After an, there are bgt two classes OF
unfortunates in the world; these who
are married and those who are not
CAicago Daily News.
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Increase sn CoaI Expert..

Exports OF coal from the United
States have increased from 227.sis
tons in is7e 10 over 1000 900 tons dur.
ing the past year.
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Thanksgiving Gay makes even the
turn over new lear and
spread itself.-IA A. w. Bulletin.
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AuNT2SsgSs
SARAH.S
THANKSGIVING
: DINNER.

SARIEi Aunt
Sarie! do come
quick. the mince
pies are burningl"
And a nmnlI hind
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DISADVANTAGE OF PoLarENEss
On Hsnbsrr street Cars Il u usvtss -
Surrender . Esat 70 Lay.

On HsnbarI Street Cars IL u UeWDs -
Surrender . Esat 70 Lay.
An American who has Just returned
from . summer trip to Europe Gays he
found It more difdcult TO b polite in
the city Of Hamburg than In any other
place in Europe. There the most chiv-
alrOus man has to think twice before
giving up his seat In a car to lady
as he may be turned of the car for his
pOliteness. 1t seems that the Ham
burg trolley will seat according to
size, twenty to twenty eight persons,
ten to fourteen on each side. In add
ton, four persons are allowed on the
front and FIVE persons on the back
platform. When the car II full the
conductor hangs out sign "Besetst,"
which means occupied" and 1t 10 alb
solutely forbidden to take on another
passenger until someone gets on the
car. Sometimes, while the conductor
is In front collecting fares lady will
step on the car, which is already "occu-
pied" As there is no conductor On
hand to prevent her. the lady steps In
side, and the gentleman who may offer
her q seat comes out and takes his
stand on the platform. When the con-
ductor, after going his rounds, returns
to his post, he promptly requests the
gentleman to step of the car, a. be
has forfeited his seat and the car IL
fully occupied" Should he refuse to
leave the car he is put of. The police
men on the streets are instructed TO
watch the cars sharply, and IL they
find a car carrying even one more pas.
senger than is the proper complement,
the conductor is fined Y cents. which
is paid to charity fund Of the street
railway COMPANY,
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AN ADVANCE MOVEMENT.

Several Oeaumns 10 Close In On AgalnaIdo's
Manila, Nov. 8, 0 p. m.-This evening
q fleet Of transports and gunb0ats left
for the most Important expedition Of
the autumn campaign. It's destination
Is supposed to be Bagupan OF, some
other northern port
General Wheaton commands, with a
brigade consisting Of the Thirteenth in
fantry, the Thirty-third infantry, two
guns Of the Sixth artillery and two gat-
lings. The transports Shedan, Francis
CO De Reyes and Aztec carry the troops,
with the gunboat Helena az an escort.
A dispatch boat was sent ahead to
arrange a rendezvous with the United
States cruiser Charleston and the other
warships that are patroling the north
coast Of Llzon.
It Il assumed here that the purpose
OF the expedition is to move down the
Dagupan-Manila railroad towards Tar
lac or to prevent AGuinaldo's forces
making another base farther north.
Dagupan and Apparri are the strong
holds Of the insurgents in the north.
Aguinaldo may attempt to shift his
headquarters to the rich tobacco coun-
try at the northern end Of the island.
1t will be difficult for the insurgents 70
escape.
Should the concerted operations sue
coed, organized insurrectiou on large
scale should be at an end early next
spring, although guerrilla warfare is
likely to continue for long time. No
one anticipates that the insurgents will
make many hard battles.
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xipains'e stsry. ~rAs Man Whs
Would - King" has found strange
parallel n central Africa. whers q
ronaxoe . weird and bloody ~ any
ever psnAsd ~ the English writer han
lust reached It's finale. Two French
eAcsrs, 1ssaniny Of great empires
With Themselves a. rulers. headed .
mutiny aAA murdered their Command.
or. Then. with their supposedly devoted
followers, they plunged iate the vii.
dsrnsss and wsre there in turn Aur-
dersd by the native soldissy 81 whom
they counted for the arms that could
win their Kingdoms. To make . Attinl
climax to the story. the news Of thsi'
fats reached Paris on the very day
when ynemorial services were being
celebrated for the ofacer they slew
Fictiop's pages can furnish few more
thrilltxS narratives. and the novelist
would indeed be dull who could not
weave q tale Of fascinating interest
sround the ambitions, crimes and end
ings Of the soldiers who wanted To rule
q troDic world.
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It takes very small mirror to re-
nsct the whole surface OF the sun. and
q single paragraph from private let
ter expresses the less frankly avewed
attitude Of many . pfesent-day under
graduate. More than TIVE centuries
ago, Edmund vernsy wrote IRON Ok
ford: Most Honsrsd Father: I want
. HIATT, and . payYs Of Fringsl 0lsvss,
before Sunday NEXT. fer a. come from
church everybody Esssth u1sn No and
asketh who An. TAis was told BY .
Vriend Of Nyns wAe vas asked ~ TIVE
q Three who was" TAs reader Of
today may well snils. for IN an slasssi
Of sseisty wsetA seuftias. tie trained
an kaasse AanA nAy . gieysassA u u
.paeasse, asA ~ hsAl y distinctly val
~ ah6ts ~ Hiatt