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fering from an attack Of fever, the doe
tor would not let Honorable Tom even
send her a note. The fact is, she could
not bear anything that reminded her of
that hideous night as she always
called it.
"But here is where the providence
that watches over good girls comes in, l
think. Now observe
"a few days later, when they were
just going to start north, Ethel saw the
young man and told him that their
marriage must be postponed for some
months, until she could forget all about
that horrible mousetrap affair. She
said that. for some time to come, the
sight of him would always remind her
of rattlesnake with its mouth wide
open.
"He tried to take her out of it, but
one evening out in the moonlight she
told him just how it was.
"Now, you may think that very I'M
kind thing for a girl to say to her de-
voted lover, and no wonder he didn't
seem to like it. But it was just as well
that she did take that fancy.
"She went with her mother to New
York, and thereby the merest acct
dent, observe-she met another Eng
lishman who knew Honorable Tom.
Then, in conversation, it came out that
Honorable Toms brother had sent him
to Florida on purpose to separate him
from Honorable Mrs. Tom, who was q
very undesirable person.
"In fact, Honorable Tom was the black
sheep of the family. In many ways he
was not a bad fcllow-never stole, or
anything of that kind-but he had a
very light idea of his obligations in the
way of marriage, evidently.
'He himself said, when he was asked
about the affair, that he had come to
Florida on purpose to escape from that
woman - meaning Honorable Mrs.
Tom, his lawful wife.
so, you see, that mousetrap and that
rattlesnake did one good turn for Ethel
Berry then, and second good turn, you
may say, when she married the docto OF
who treated her for the nervous trouble
that followed.
"And I happen to know that the doc.
tor has made her particularly good
husband. know it by her looks. lean
always tell a happy WIFE" IN. O
.Times-Democrat.
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An Irish Ccntcnarian.
A special dispatch from Kenosha,

A special dispatch from Kenosha,
Wis, dated June 10, says:
William Lynch, the oldest resident OF
kcnoslla county, and perhaps the oldest
resident OF Southern Wisconsin, passed
the century milestone in his life today.
The event was made the occasion
OF great congratuation on the part OF
his friends.
Although time has laid heavy hand
on the ccntenarian, and although his eye
has been dimmcd, and his hair turned
from black to silver, he still retains
much OF the vitality which has carried
him through so many years OF active life
Like many OF the early pioneers OF the
Northwest, Mr.. Lynch is an 1rishman
by birth. He was born in the county Of
Longford on June 10, 1899. His parents
were able to give him the benefits OF the
best education that ireland could pro-
vide.
He came to the United States in 1920,
and settled in New York. Eight years
later he was married to Miss Mary
Campbell at the old and historic Cathe-
dral Of St. Peter. After few years he
decided to remove with his young wife
TO the great West, and in 1888, after
long and tedious journey overland, he
arrived at the village OF Southport,
which had been founded only short
time before
He did not linger in the village, but
going out into the great prairie west of
the little town, he became the founder
OF new town, which was afterward
called Pleasant Prairie. His natural
ability and his education at once made
him a leader among the people OF his
new home, and he was ever in the front
rank in all the councils OF the county
and the state He had a passion for
politics, and has held many Offices.
He removed to this city in 1866, and
since that time his home has been "a
political center. He has always been
Democrat, and when he first voted IN
this country his vote was registered tor
Andrew Jackson. Since that time he
has never missed an election, and has
always voted the Democratic ticket. he
has usually been delegate to state and
national conventions. In occupation he
is farmer, and has large fortune.
OF large family of children only two
IN witness the celebration of the
close OF the century in the life OF the
father. Mr.. Lynch said today that he
hoped to live to see the dawn OF the
Twentieth Century.
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you lose anything when you were
struck? Have you watch or money"
Tom interrupted him with a hoarse
cry and sat bolt upright.
my belt!" he painted, wildly.
His hands went to his waist and
then the full force of hisloss burst upon
him.
1t was gone!
The unfortunate young man looked
stupidity at the sailor moment, then
he broke into meaningless laughter and
fell back upon the bed. The blow had
robbed him of his scattered senses and
he tainted.
When the doctor reached his side a
few hours later, Tom was suffering
from brain fever and could not be
moved. The second mate had sum-
moned Capt. Coffin and now turned to
him, saying:
"We can't leave him alone and with
out cent. I was going to try my luck
up north in the mines, but hang ME if
I'll leave him this way. I'm going to
stay alongside the poor chap till he gets
well or dles, II 1t takes every red I've
got!"
'Put it there!" roared the bluff old
skipper, holding out his hard fist.
you're a man, you are. But there's
plenty of money belonging to him in
my safe, and you needn't use cent of
yours. See he has the best care and
call on me for the pay when you need
it,"
That afternoon the northern train
included obed Rider among its passen-
gers, while Tom Scott tossed uneasily
from side to side, rambling on about
secret trails and gold mines until the
stout sailor by his side shook his head
sorrowfully as he glanced at the burn
ing cheeks and growled:
I'm afraid the poor fellow has got
his discharge"
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Life Insurance Figures.

State Secretary 'Shaughncssy under
date OF June / furnishes the following
facts regarding the progress OF the A.
O. II. Lie Insurance Fund since Fen. /:
Amount in Beneficiary Fund Feb 4,
1899, $Io,o64.o5; amount collected on
January assessment, No. 7, $I,955S5;
amour, collected on February assess
ment, No. s, $2,ooS. so; amount collected
on March assessment, No. 9, $o,o5S IS;
amount collected on April assessment,
No, 10, So,o62.45; amount collected on
May assessment, No. II, $44.oo; amo,tnt
collected on initiation fees, S1S7;
amount collected on delinquent assess-
ments, $34S; amount collected on inter
est from deposits ,$54 90; total $Io,6S3 s..
Claims paid, Nos. l62 to III inclusive,
$4,000. Balance in Beneficiary Fund,
So,6S3. So; balance i'll Expense Fund,
$4,000; advance assessment, $S45; tn.al
funds on hand, $Io,o12.67.
List OF claims paid since sending out
last report, Feb. 1, 1899: No. 16e, Byron
Comiskey, Ramsey county, died Jan. go;
No. 1863, Thos. Mcdonald, Ramsey,
Feb. 10; No. 164, Geo. Crowley, Pipe
stone, Feb. 10; No. l65, Ed +. Mectaan,
Rice, Feb. Id; No. 100, Geo. Gowan,
Washington, Feb. Is; No. 10y, Michael
O'Toole, Ramsey, Feb. IS; No. ,oS,
Jas. II. Seaman, ST. Louis, Feb. 81;
No. 100, ]. ]. Foley, Hcnnepin, April
10; No. 100, John Dcgnan, Hennepin,
April rs; No. III, Frank Dunleavcy,
Hcnncpin, April 20.
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lltle cry Of astonishment and dropped
on his knees by the wounded man, ex-
claiming:
"By thunder, Ned, know this man!
he was passenger with US! If it isn't
Mr.. Scott, I'm a sinner! Somebody has
knocked him on the head and gone
through him! Bring the lightl He
may be hurt bad!"
As he spoke Tom moaned and stirred
upon the bed. Then he opened his eyes
and struggled with a wild look into a
half-erect position.
whats all this!" he groaned
"Where am II"
cts all right. Mr.. Scott replied a
familiar voice. "You are with friend.
Better lie down awhile till you feel bet.
ter"
Tom looked at him in bew;ldered
fashion, blinking his eyes in the glare
of the lamp which the third man held
close to him.
"Mr. Green!" he said, wonderingly.
'Yes, SIR" replied the second mate
of the Seabird, cts me. happened
o4ouS JuoC14 t1AiCs al ) W. 44oA 1AuSA
Let me look at your head"
"My head?" repeated Tom, who had
no clear conception of where he was OF
whether he was asleep or awake.
"Yes," replied his rescuer, lifting thu
hair on the top of his head as he spoke
"You were knocked down on the stree,
and I found you there. I was going
down to the vessel after some things
left there and I stumbled over MAJ
on the sidewalk. had no idea it wa:
you, but couldn't let chap lie Their,
in the mud, SO we took you in here
This is my room. I've left the Seabird
you know. I'm off for the gold mine:
in the Klondike if can get there
The last word acted like magic upor
Tom.
1.-THE Klondike!" he repeated. eyes
remember. 1t all comes, to me now.
forgot where I was. remember now
I was attacked on the street! Some
body came up behind and struck mel
'That's it. Then I came along ant
found you. You've got an ugly cut OF
the head, but I don't think it will
amount to anything after you res
awhile. There is no doctor round here
that I know of, and I'll just put hi
of plaster on it for you if you dom
mind. You can get it looked at to-mor
row if you want to"
The third man held the light whil'
this was done and then left the SECOND
mate with his patient, who asked:
"Who was that?"
ST hire this room of him." was tn,
reply. "He helped me bring you il
from the street."
"You are very good" said Tom. "bu
it's late and I'm keeping you out of you
bed"
AS he spoke he tried to rise, but thu
other restrained him.
"You are not we'll enough yet" h
said, kindly. Better rest awhile. Dit
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A MAD and a MOUSETRAP
By Pauline Freeman
IsaS AZ II ~ 7S as AZ zsS AZ: ~

T certainly seems to me as if some
power watched over the destinies
of young girls and guarded them-when
they're good" the old bachelor said. He
ought to know, thought having him
self been sort of honorary uncle and
guide to as many as dozen young girls
in his time, all of whom were happily
married. He was philanthropic sort
of middle-aged man, with a very
large experience of the world and its
ways.
"Why, I've known cases where things
came right just when the girl herself
thought they were going hopelessly
wrong" he continued, seeing that we
were all listening to him and ready for
more. Nov there was that case in Flor
ida with my dear young friend Ethel
Berry. 1t looked like very sad case at
one time, but it proved to be all for the
best.
mo, don't mind telling you about
It. You, none of you, know who Ethel
Berry is. And, in any case, the thing
never was a secret.
well, of course, you know that all
women are afraid of mice. would al
most be inclined to suspect woman
that was not afraid of mice, for my own
part-I should regard her as something
uncanny-'fit for treasons, stratagems
and spoils' something not properly
womanly. But Ethel's feelings about
mice was really quite beyond the or
binary. On every other subject she
was as sound as bell. You couldn't
brighten her with gun. She could
shoot pretty well and had act ually killed
several deer out in the woods. About
snakes she felt pretty much the same
horror that most people feel who have
not been used to them from childhood.
She was not by any means a nervous
or fainting woman. But, somehow,
she could not stand mice; have even
seen her jump away from little wooden
penwiper, because there was figure of
a mouse on it, with beads for eyes-and
she knew perfectly well thai it was not
real mouse. too.
when EtheI's mother took her to
Florida she made the acquaintance of
young Englishman there who was
supposed to be engaged in he orange
growing business, and also supposed to
be doing very we'll at It, Personally, he
was liked by everybody, not because
his elder brother was said 10 be lord,
but just for his own sake He was a
gay, free-and-easy sort of youngster, 30
ciable,. a good banjo player, always
ready Tor a bit of fun, and nobody had
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English Doodle and Yankee pluck.

English Doodle and Yankee Pluck.
Yankee Doodle went to war.
Cause Johnnie thought he ought to,
And drive the Spaniard from our shore.
Do something worse, and more, too.
Chorus:
Yankee Doodle do them UP,
Yankee Doodle dandy:
English Doodle. Yankee pluck.
10 greed came mighty handy.
The pretext to war was slim.
p Before their Maine explosion;
But after that whatc'er could swim,
Was bought at Yankee notion.
SO Doodle down to Cuba went
To ply his humane mission;
Before the year was fully spent,
He showed his high ambition.
In Cuba Yankee Doodle stayed
To get his cash invested.
He'll have their wealth in various WAYS,
Till from them all is wrested
Still. Yankee pluck is to be praised.
1t had no bad intention;
The rank and file won no disgrace,
For war is greeds invention.
But Yankee Doodle wanted more,
Cause Johnny Bull is "Jewcy";
Though Monroe taught us keep in
Shore"
They sent brave Admiral Dewey.
The Philippines we must secure,
In Yankcedom's name we'll take it.
1t stands for freedom to be sure,
And in its name we'll make it.
Out with the Spaniard was the cry,
We'll make them a free nation;
Nicer Bcclzcbub told blackcr lie.
It's but DETERMINATIONS
Then rouse We, patriots, to put down
The ilnperialstic notion;
Or u. S. A. will lose her crown,
BY expansion and explosion.
-Monssini.
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SAD CASE OF JACK SMITH.

Jack Smltn was clerk on thousand year
And his heart was as bright us the May;
His SMART little wife made his humble home
For she did her own housework with never
fear
OF what other people might say.
Nigh, say,
OF what foolish people might say.
His tastes being simple, his wants they
were few:
Contented and happy he dwelt:
He dined on plain food and took exercise,
too,
So vigor and health and good nature he
knew.
He felt,
To shorten the girth of his belt.
Being poor he could live as 1t suited him
best
And dress just for comfort alone:
Eie could ride on q merry-go-round with a
zest.
Speak the truth and be homes, because he
was blest
With true independence unknown.
Unknown
To those in a weather. zone
And thus he was happy until in awhile
There fell TO him ches galore.
And then the poor fellow bloomed out in
the style
And dwelt in grand architectural pile
With servants on every floor.
HORROR!
With bosses on every floor
J. Cumberland Smythe was our gentleman
now,
Esquire tackled onto his name;
And his ambitious wife she was training
him now
To make his politest society bow
TO further her loftiest aim
That came
From trying to "get in the game"
With nothing to do he grew puffy and stout
And, wine made him red in the face:
He dined on course dinners with nabobs
about,
His health and his nerves and good nature
gave out,
And he soon was pit!ful case,
Full case
For the doctors who thrived on his pace
In garments Of fashion he had TO be bound
And walk with dignified tread;
To operas, balls and receptions around
His wife made him golf he didn't she
found
Another to go in his stead,
His stead.
When scandalous things might be said
A valet he had who would fawn at his face
And fun of him make at his back.
His butler. bedecked with gold buttons and
| lace,
Looked down on him so that he felt In his
| place
AS small as the point of tack.
| A tack,
And worse than man on the rack.
In his carriage with liveried driver before
| And a folded-armed tiger behind
| And his wife with a poodle he had to adore
He rode in the park while admirers. a score
| Would bow to his wife who inclined
Inclined
While he was compelled to be blind.
In spite of his money both ends wouldn'
meet,
For he had to ape weather. geese.
So worries and cares made his trouble:
complete;
To keep up the style he must practice de
ceit
Which robbed all his slumbers of peace,
| OF peace,
Till death seemed his only release
| One day in a restaurant sadly he went
| And asked as a privilege rare
That he, as in days he had happily spent
Could take off his coat and in shirt sleeve!
| CONTEXT
| Sit down on plain wooden chair,
Hard chair.
And feel just as free as the air.
"And can't l." he asked, "as a privileg
| So great,
Have corned beef and cabbage to eat
With plenty of mustard and all on on
plate
You'll paruon my tears for, alas, 1 mus
| state
It's years since I've known such treat
| A treat,
1t'syears since I've known such treat.
III. c. Douge. in Chicago Daily Sun.
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A New Dodge for Summer.

Clerk-Are we going to use the sea
serpent this summer?
Proprietor think not. I have
better scheme than that. ] shall ar
range to have bottles washed up on the
beach every day, each one containing
message from some arctic explorer
N Y Journal.
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J.F. Mccarthy, we'll conttartor- Es-
Inmates furnished on application. 40
Central avenue.
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Dandellons.

The market gardeners around Paris
cultivate the dandelion on large scale
and sell it for good prices in the mar.
knf
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John J. McHale and Ace P. Abel,
lawyers, 3o1-3o2 Bank OF Commerce
BuiadinR.
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Call Up Mearher 4 Co.

SdA w MSAS0SL u W.
II you want good dry pine wood. Ev-
ely load warranted. Tel. 1911.
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Medieval French Beesar..

rTo BE Continued
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Dag.
"rhen they knew what it was all
about.
.And this was what showed the pc
culiar makeup of that girl; she
wouldn't have gone into the room if a
mouse had been there, but as soon as
she was quite sure it was rattlesnake
she put on her slippers, lighted lamp
and led the way.
by that time the violence of the
snakes agonies had subsidized. He had
stopped whipping and threshing about.
Only the faint tremor of his rattles
kept up. You see, he didn't care for
Goldfish. but cheese, being made of
milk, had u certain attraction for him.
He had gone to investigate the bait on
that mousctrap and had sprung it just
as if he had been real mouse. The
consequence was that the spring, which
was good, strong one, had gripped
him tight on the back of his head. And
that was the end Of him.
But, though Ethel could go into that
room with a lamp and look at the snake,
the sight nearly shocked her into hys-
terics. She said she could never forget
the look of that dead RATHER, with its
jaws wide open. staring at her in the
corner of the room. More than that,
after she had nearly dropped the lamp
and set the house on fire, she declared
that she must get out and 60 to some
other house. She could not stay in that
house another hour Fortunately, there
was sort of hotel in the town, and the
Berrys went to it. But it seemed very
hard-at the time at least-that during
the next few days, while she was SUI
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I'm made man. He's lost his pile
and the papers, too. I'll take the train
to-day, you fool. in your place. Iwon-
der if he will get over the rap or not
! don't need to fret, anyway. I didn'.
hit him. and hell never know who did,"
Toms unintentional rescuer came
quickly along until he caught sight of
the PROSTATE figure, then he stopped
short and slipped his hand behind him,
glancing sharply about on every side.
Apparently satisfied that no one was
near. he knelt by the motionles>' form
and struck a match.
1t was CHASTITY picture. Toms face
was so covered with blood that his fea-
lures were not recognizable, his cloth
ing was disarranged and covered with
black mud. and asthe newcomer looked
a deep groan came from the PROSTATE
mans lips.
With little exclamation of horror
the stranger rose to his feet and ran
back TO the door he had just left He
was gone but an instant, returning
with another man, who assisted MIN in
carrying the inanimate form to the en-
trance. With much trouble they lifted
their heavy burden along narrow
passage into scantily furnished room,
where they placed it upon a narrow bed
in one corner.
"A small kerosene lamp stood on a
table, and by its light the first man took
look at the face, saying:
Get a basin of water. Ned, quick!
We must Gee how bad he is hurt"
When the water arrived moment
later, he washed the blood from Toms
face with . gentle hand, then as the
features became di;tinct he uttered a
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-16
LODGE OFFICERS FOR 1900.

Elections Held by Three Prominent Or
 ganizations Last Evening.
 New Haven commandery No 2, Knights Templar, elected officers last evening as follows: Commander A. w. Mattoon generallssimo, Y. W. Wilmot; captain general, B. G. Gilchrist; senior warden, John H. Pearce; junior war den, Frank w. Bishop; prelate s. J. Bryant; warden, w. S. Garde; treasur- CT, c. F. Root; recorder, F. G.. Anthony; assistant recorder, T. P. Dickerman.
 Court Yale No. 103, Foresters of America, elected officers last evening as follows: Chief ranger John F. Will jams; sub-chief ranger, David Levigne; treasurer, M. J. Began; financial sec retary, Frank P. Brady; recording sec retary, John F. Kilboy; senior wood- ward, George Levigne; junior wood ward, Charles Blair; senior beadle, James Hayes; junior beadle, Bernard Ganley; trustees, James McInerney for three years, Williams Coogan for two years and Carl Parsons for one year; doctor, J. l. Reilly; druggists, James T. Eagney and J. G. Buckley.
 Elm Tree lodge No. 35 N. E. o. P, elected the following new officers last evening: Warden, l.. E. Conneff; Jun for past warden, F. F. Hill; vice war den, w. c. Frey; secretary, T. Laugh lin: chaplain, Thomas Seeley; treasurer. IT. R. Welles; financial secretary, J. Wall: guardian, William Beckett; guide, John Wheeler; sentinel, Homer Could; trustee Charles Mercer, for three years organist, Charles Scully.
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WHAT IS GOOD MEAT.

Poisoning by alimentary substances is so frequent, and the grave symptoms following the ingestion of tainted food elude detection. Recently it has been proposed to make use of the cllmping reactions, made familiar by the Vidal test, to determine the bacillaemic quail ities of meat, and it would seem that the method promises much. It may be wise to recalk a few of the characteris- tics of sound meat. Good, wholesome meat is neither of pale pinlish nor of a deep purple tint. It has marbled appearance from the ramifications of little veins or intercellular fat; the fat of the internal organs especially Is firm, hard and suety, and is never wet; whereas that of diseased animals is of- ten soft and watery. Good meat has but little odor, whereas diseased meat smells faint and cadaverous Good meat bears cooking without much shrinking or losing much of it's weight, but bad meat shrivels up and boils to pieces-this being due to the larger pro- portion of watery and gelatinous mate- rial and the absence of true muscular substance. Under the microscope the fiber should be clear and well defined and free from infusorial animalculae, while that of diseased meat is sodden, as if 1t had been, soaked in water; the transverse streaks are indistinct and wide apart, and animalculae abound in it.-Sanitary Recorda