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object Of charity" groaned Dora, ''es.

object Of charity" groaned Dora, 'es-
pecially-"
"Oh, we'll, I don't suppose he'll
preach about it next Sunday" I said,
consolingly; but Dora wouldn't cheer
up very much. Still, it was very COM
Portable to have plenty of wood, and
I felt grateful to the good man for
instigating Uncle Jink to come to our
assistance. r ~. ~
Of all. the 36z days of that year the
three hundred and sixty-tifth was the
most dismal at Maple Knoll. 1t opened
with drizzing, soaking rain, much
more depressing than the blizzard
from which it evoluted; the kind that
dampens your spirits in spite of oil
the philosophy you can bring to bear
against it. The sky was dismal gray
waste without slit of light. Aunt
Laura had a racking neuralgia in her
face. Dora had been dreaming about
charity and wood all night. AS for
me, I had a little trouble of my own
which popped up just now more ag-
gressively than ever. I never had but
OuC 4OSC1 u "dAOCu OuV OAOJS
and he was poor young man who
had gone to the frozen Alaskan re-
gions with the ayowed intention of
making his fortune and coming back
to share it with me, rebuild the old
house into stately mansion and take
care of Aunt Laura and Dora, which
was quite proper; for, you see, had
been gathered into the family when
I was left a small orphan, in Uncle
Johns time, and he and Aunt Laura
had not made an atom of difference
between Dora and me in their love
and care. But now it had been so long
since I had heard from Frank I
couldn't help being afraid he had
frozen to death or been buried in a
snowslide. And this dreadful rainy
day l couldn't even have the satisfac-
ton of going or sending to town for
the mail, if there should possibly be
any news. =
that the more downcast we felt the
jollier we should force ourselves to be-.
| To-day I think we degenerated into
Stiffness in our efforts to be cheer
full. But lot of smaller troubles
followed each other so persistently-
such as the refusal of the cook stove
to draw, the falling of the light bread
in consequence, slip in the mud on
Dora's part, ETC., etc.-that when, TO
cap the climax that evening, our be-
loved fireplace smoked sulkily and re-
lentlessly, we felt that we might as
we'll wind up the year by going to bed
at eight o'clock.
When we were all snuggled down
and the lights were out I could have
cried just out of low spirits, but I
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And the world looks dark and drear;
I'm short Of breath. so pant and wheeze,
And shiver and shake, ana cough ana
sneeze:
My limbs creak mournfully in the breeze
For I am the poor Old Year.
Twelve months ago was young and fair:
I ruled the world with a regal air.
And every one welcomed me, here and
there,
Without a frown or a tear.
The boys and girls hurrahed for me,
And I was as happy as happy could be;
The world around was fair to see,
For I was the glad New Year.
The merry thrush and the bold cuckoo
Gave me song and welcome true:
The white puccoon and the violet blue
Peeped slyly into my face;
The tulip gave her rich perfume,
The larkspur waved her azure plume,
The red rose opened her velvet bloom,
My royal court to grace.
The brooklet burst it's icy bond,
The fern uncoiled her greenest frond,
The daisy waved her yellow wand.
To give me welcome meet;
And summer brought her glowing days,
Her bearded wheat and golden maize;
The wild bee hummed a song Of praise,
And slipped the clover's sweet.
Then autumn poured her ruddy wine,
And shook the cluster from the vine,
And dropped the needles from the pine,
To scatter in my path;
The milk-weed burst her silky pod,
The partridge piped from the turfy sod,
And queen-of- -the-meadow and golden-rod,
Bloomed gay in the aftermath.
But now, alas! my time has come:
I'm weak and weary, and cold and numb,
ND nd nd nd OH
And the world Is dark and drear:
No blossoms spring as I pass along.
No warbler sings me a welcome song:
But the bells ring out merry ding-dong
To welcome another year.
Helen Whitney Clark, in Golden Days.
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every precaution to prevent the spread
of the plague. His mind and will con-
quered his bodily sufferings until the
very end, and even as he died he was
still trying to indicate to those around
him the lessons of his own case. He
left letter for the queen of Portugal
begging for her influence in favor of
his colleagues at the Lisbon bacterio-
logical institute. DR.. Pestana had be-
ieved himself immune on account Of
the injections of plague serum he had
taken.
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A NEW ONE ON HIM.
Mrs. A1frfI0 johnson Adnsfnssfers -
Gentle Rebuke to Her Err
ing Partner.

Mr.. Alfrido johnson had come home
Saturday evening somewhat under
the influence of one thing and another
mostly gin.
Mrs. Alfrido johnson was waiting
for him on the front steps. Both
her hands were behind her, and a cas-
ual observer might have noticed that
in them she clutched n poker Of no
uncertain weight and length.
"Yo kain't cum in yar- yo' boozy
brute" she exclaimed.
AIfrido johnson wobbIetf n moment.
then stood stiIl-as still as he could.
Never before had his right of en-
him.
"AhII show yo'," he mumbIed.
finally.
He took five steps in advance. It
was not until then that he learned
the object of Mrs. Alfrido johnson in
holding her hands behind her. He
learned with suddenness that
amazed him.
As it was he fell to his knees be-
meath The weight and force of the
poker's descent.
And he understood then that fur
ther attempt at entrance was useless.
"Yo' think yo're wahm, doan' yo'T'
he managed to mutter.
A smile showed the gIistening teeth
of Mrs. Alfrido johnson She grace
fully toyed with the poker.
"Luks e me lax I was wahn,er den
what yo' be-" she said.
Els dat so?' sneered Mr.. Alfrido
johnson, still upon his knees, one
hand rubbing his head.
'Doan' LUX t. me dat yo's so waf,na
yo' couldn't carry stamps in yo' pants
pocket"
Whereat Mr.. AIfrido Johnson sub
sided entirely. But Mrs Alfrido stood
there, with the poker just the same.
until the cool evening air had quite
tempered the ginny brain of her Ee9e
lord.-Detroit Free Press.
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In order to save the beautiful trees
which it is necessary to remove in con-
structing the buildings for the Paris ex-
position an ingenious method has been
devised by the engineers in charge of
the enterprise. Trees, roots and the
surrounding earth are incIosed in heavy
plank bins built around tlaem, and are
then bodily lifted into the air and kept
suspended there until the excavations
aEd building foundations are complet-
ed, when, If there is room, the trees are
let down into former positions The
plan has been found to work admiralty.
and it is SO simple and practical that
it might be adopted whenever IL is nee
essary to disturb trees in the course Of
building operations.-N. 7. Mail and
Express. .
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OBJECTED TO FooLIsHNEss
He Hated co Hsap HaBy-Tsfk- Est
ws~n Ne PIsyea ywrs~ Ts
was Df6-rruf

MY dear" sHid the young father.
| ''there is one request T want 10 make
of you-
What is ft. DEAR?
# wish dear. that yots 7vouIfn-t
talk tI1is baby talk tn our child Tss
| absurd The idea of sayiug '<ftefy-
kitrhy-kee- and whose wfzyicsns fs
'oo?' TO human being rs little less
than barbarous- Don't you let the
neighbnrs do it. either
"F1l try not to- dear she answered
patiently. 'But it Seems go ar1usc
Doriy so much~
Don't call him Derry either les
positively isfotic His names George
and there's no use Of starting him osrs
in fife with, a voeHbuiary like u Poly
nesian national hymn
"But he's a little frctfuI te--day and
wants to be amused
'sThere are rational ways Of arurrs-
ing child You can sing to hTn.--
II have been singing 10 him"
Well give him 10 me- and I-I sing
TO him awhile"
She passed the baby over and nc
proceetid to do his best with the To-
reader's song and the Besiouin Tov.
song and various other selections.
The baby persisted In whimye-ing.
He continued to sing. and presently
the htle one began TO smile fn .
little while it was fast asleep.
'You have aufesed him b~autfsugTy.~
the mother admitted. by the way,
what was that song you sang over and
over again? 1t seemed 80 ssInefuF uld
lively
"Havcn't ron heard shats~ he gys~r-
led in asfanishment. ITS from sfss
latest comic opera. ard It's esrker.
The chorus goes:
Toodfcsy. fooSTedy- up-f-6ess
JiH1mfsy, taH1rity. iiugrrer.
Rightly. jfggsty, rurnnfty-hor
Blimrsity bIan. and sway we rus
II only remember the chorus hsrt
I'm going to buy 10 and learn sh~
whole thing by Observation-Disclosures
Star.
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GEM IN HIS NIGHT SHIRT,
How Plucky Pete Mcdonald, Of ths
klondike, Amused Himself In
q Seattle Hospital,

Pete Mcdonald, brother of Alexan-
der Mcdonald, the millionaire king of
the Klondike, left the Seattle hospital
few weeks ago, having been there nine
weeks with broken leg. Pete McDon-
aid, though not so we'll known as his
brother, is rich, nevertheless, and when
he visited Portland last winter he
spread his money freely, as BELTS
generous Klondiker, says the Seattle
News.
At the hospital beside Pete's bed, on
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THE CHOPPERS. !"
One Of the Most Extraordinary Super
stitions in the World Enter
tained by BOers.

The Boer is deeply religious, and,
moreover, so supremely egotistical that
he really believes that his people are
superior to any other in the world, says
the London Mail. The ''doppers" some
40 years ago somehow conceived the
idea that they were the descendants of
the lost tribes of Israel.
This was surely daring proposition
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A big buck deer suspended By his
heels in front Of game store on upper
Broadway created much sxr;temeut
yesterday afternoon. StTH and STARK
as he was. he waggrI his tail Tie
man who first saw she tsE1 wa1 nenr-
ly tainted. Have I got tfIsmg- hs
asked himself and then he stood ,oeu-
mousfed watching the tail wa1 On. a
big crowd gathered. In few minutes
che matinessresnforcsd the shroug and
Broadway was blocked Tttook two po-
Ifcsmen 80 clear :fse sidewalk StfIF thr
deer kept on vagging his tail FfnaIIy
the owner of the animal asnfsfed she
trick He had put small Electric bat-
terry inside the deer and sstaehrf the
wires to ifs taiI-y T. werfd.
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Ancient Autonomy.

When Nineveh and Babylon were in
the splendor of their might men in
China were predicting eclipses, max.
ing catalogues and giving names to
the stars. But Nineveh and Babylon
were mere mounds of rubbish when
China was great, and to this date the
civilization and life of the empire il
the wonder of the world. = -
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stand, was some 5000 in $40 gold
pieces. With these he amused himself,
stacking them up and building little
heaps to while away the time. For
hours he would lie there, lovingly fin
gering his gold pieces.
But the funniest feature of it all was
the fact that Pete insisted on wearing
$500 diamond in the bosom of his night
shirt. The diamond was as big as the
end of ones thumb, and its glittering
rays seemed to comfort Pete as he toyed
with it in his hours of pain. Every
night the millionaire would fasten the
diamond in the bosom of his night shirt
before going to sleep.
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Mrs Bowers-Here's an eusragrorx
thfngf 4 eoInrsd poker cIub that ai-
ways opens its meetings with prayer
Mr.. Bowers-Is msy be Outrageous.
bus not unusual The sfxfs Legislative
always opens fss meetings with prayer,
too.-Pucte
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There's Tom Lofty talking suag
talk. I didn't know he pIayevf tine
royal game
~Oh, he don't but BE inst drsrk .
hos-Scnfch and it's s6<rsef hss
toaaue.-Ornaha worsdHerasd
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Pennies ~ Kruger Souvenirs.
Kruger pennies are being purchased
as souvenirs throughout Cape Colony,
it being assured that no more Of
them will be coined after the war.
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A Phrenolosist,. Reply.

She-Jack, you're an amateur phren-
ologist. Now, can you tell mans
character by the bumps upon his head? :?
Jack-Well, it depends upon how
long he has been married-Judpe,
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This
the
e OF %ar and whose interests have been
Cape Town
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Volcanic South Afrle.,

The southern part Of Africa Is Of vol
canic origin and the land in the neigh
borhood Of Kimberley is so sulph1rous
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LAMENT or THE
9QLD1EAR<e (!
= ,/1kJ
TIlW.N ~-S5sE::-V=-
"W2Aie;;;l ;ESEEfsz SEasezs-E
E A&sA\ A\2A~A<A>

LAS! my time has
nearly come:
I'm weak and weary,
and cold a n d
numb,
And sad and sour,
and cross q n d
pll1m-
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-11
Parsnip Complexion

1t does Tot require an expert to de-
tect the sufferer from kidney trouble
The hollow cheeks, the sunken eyes,
the dark, puffy circles uader the eyes,
the sallow parsnip- coiored complexion
indicates it.
A physician would ask If you had
rheumatism, dull pain or ache in the
back or over the hips, stomach trouble,
desire to urinate often, or a burning
scaliing in passing II. II after passing
there is an unsatisfed feeling as If
it must be at once repeated, or if IN }
urine has brick dust deposit or strong
odor.
When these symptoms are present
no time should be lost in remosln the
cause
Delay may lea to-gravel, catarrh of
the bladder, Inflammation, causing
stoppage. and sometimes requires the
drawing of the urine with instruments.
or may run into Bright's disease, the
most dangerous stage of kidney troa-
BILE.
DIR. kilmsr's Swamp Root, the great
discovery of the eminent kidney aud
bladder specialist, is positive remedy
for such diseases. Its reputation Is
worldwide and it is so easy to get at
any drug store that no one need suffer
any length of time for want of it.
However, if you prefer to first test
its wonderful merits, mention the
RICHMOND DAILY PALLADIUM and
write TO DR.. kllmer a. Co, Bingham
ton. n. Y. for sample bottle and
book telling all abo1t it, both sent alb
solutely free by mail.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-11

Sleep on very low pillow or none
AT ALL. Sleeping on far bed will help
to give straight, firmly poised should
ers.
Walk from one to three miles every
day in broad-soled shoes and loose
clothing. leaving cares at home You
may find them when you return, or
they Will have fled entirely.
Walk with the limbs swinging from
the hips. like a pendulum; and To this
keep the weight Of the body forward
on the balls of the feet. This is the
secret of a graceful stage carriage.
Take morning sponge bath with as
much regularity as you eat your din
ner
Do not retire in a bedroom in which
Put out the light. throw open the
windows as wide as possible and get
pure oxygen before retiring. Then
leave the window SO that there is cir
culation of good air all night long.
Regular hours for sleeping and for
eating are the best means of keeping
perfect health. A dentist on looking
at a girls teeth found no cavities tS
MI. She asked in surprise. f.How il
that?'' He replied that she had PROV
ably been sleeping regularly, eigX
hours "a night, and jokingly added than
there is a science in teeth reading
quite as real as palmistry.
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bed with IN attack of the grip.
After while the disease lot having
left him, he was advised to try Paine's
celery compound. He was soon back
at his flee in the department of pub
wrote a letter TO the proprietors of the
remedy, in which he says.
Il had been told by friends of the
wonderful results obtained by them
from the use of PAine's celery COM
pound. After my severe attack Of the
grip | determined to try it. l have al
resdy found that my friends reports
we're not at all Exaggerated, and I
wish To join most cheerfully with them
in rec ommendipg the remedy to 9TH
ers.n
Hundreds of grateful letters have
been written to the proprietors OF
Paine's celery compound since the Ap-
pearance of the grip this year, telling
of the perfect recove, les it has ffected.
The letters come from men and women
of many conditions. Few pc, sons are
SO poor they cannot afford TO have this
great remedy constantly in the house,
and none are 20 prosperous that for
their health's sake they can afford to
be without it. When so many men
and women whose words carry the ut
most weight in the communities in
which they live testify as they do to
the great benefit they have received
from Paine's celery compound, there
can be no hesitancy in trying il. A
single trial is the test which 10 conf
IDENTIFY invited.
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John l.. Might Have Been a BasebaIli.t

1t is not generally known that John
l.. Sullivan came within an ace of be-
ing a professional ballplayer instead
of q prize fighter. The exclamation
himself is authority for this statement.
He told of his close call to baseball
fame to a gathering of friends the
other day while discussing the nation
al game. sullivan has always been an
admirer of baseball, and there are few
old stars he does not know all about.
He can talk about the points of pIay.
and goes back TO the Whites. John
Morrow. the Dorgans. AL SpaIding
Colonel McNey, John Ward and ali the
old-timers.
Il was on the point of being a Gin
cinnati Red. A little thing changed
me-. said John l.. I was offered A
salary of S1,S00 a season to play with
the Cincinnati team. / was n good
hallplayer. and then l thought serious
ly of taking it when another thing
came up that made me determined 10
follow the life of pugilist. | was
just then starting out as a boxer.
gave an entertainment. and nv list of
tie receipts was not far from 81 500
1t came so easy that l said: What is
.he good of working a whole season
for $500 when you can put on the
gloves and knock out that much coin
in fifteen minutes:' That made me-
shake baseball as means of making a
living, but | have never lost my inter
Est in the game"
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-11
PAPER Weights.

A paper weight that is beautiful is
made by artistically arranging tiny
seashells and MOSES together and
putting them beneath glass. These
glasses can be bought either oval or
square, and they magnify whatever
is put BENEATH them. Take your glass
and cut Piece of cardboard the size
of the hollow in the glass, and onto
this cardboard arrange as neatly as
possible the tiny sprays of moss and
81 ell flowers. Have your variety of
the smallest shells handy. also candle
and beeswax, and handle your shells
with tweeZers. and put the coarser end
of it in the flame OF the candle. just
long enough for it TO get warm, then
have your wax made into little round
wads. put the shells into this while
they are warm, and when they are cold
they will rest perfectly solid. With
the little roseleaf shells you can put
these leaves in one at a time, until you
have a perfect little flower. The card
board is covered with little. shell
flowers, and pretty ends of MOSES are
put into the glass, and the bottom
covered with felt. This is beautiful
and makes a usefm paper weight as
Well
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-11

and the pro prietors of this remedy
have never known SO great a call for
it-has been due TO its use by thou
sands of people for whom it has been
prescribed by intelligent physicians. to
restore the patients vitality, to purify
the blood of the enervating poison. 10
restore the nervous system to healthy
action and TO strengthen the vital
organs.
A person will continue to suffer
from tne evil effects of grip for many
months unless he attacks the disease
by geitirg rid of the unnatural, nm
healthy poisons in the system supply
ing the body with new blood, arous
ing the healthy acton of the
kidneys, liver ard digestive or
gans. aud nourishing ard up
building the over exerted aud deoilitat
ed nervous system. All this and just
Il is Paiue's celery compound will do.
In the multitude of cases where it has
been used, ii has never failed.
A case we'll known in Chicago is
cited. Mr.. Frank f Davidson. who
is one of the most brilliant and best
known engineers in the world, bad
just finished the plans for the great
intercepting sewer system of Chicago,
which is to divert the entire sewerage
of the city from lake Michigan ,thro yh
the famous Chicago drainage canal,
and down the Mississippi. Superin-
dent Davidson had worked for months
on this sche me. He was we'll nigh
exhausted and took to his
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-11

Tomorrow will be the birthday an
niverssry of Abraham Lincoln. He
was born in Hardin county, Kentucky,
February u, 1909. He lived in Indi-
ana from 1916 to 1880 and then moved
with his parents to Illinois. After
serving four terms in the Illinois
Legislature he was in 1s46 elected to
congress from the Springfield district,
beating Rev. Peter Cartwright. the
famous Methodist preacher. In 1855
he was 8 candidate for the United
States senate and held the celebrated
joint debate with Stephen A. Douglas.
which, though il did not secure him
seat in the senate. made him a repu-
taticn that secured for him the Repub-
hcan nomination for the Presidency st
the Chicago convention of 1860 In
November of that year he was elected
President of the United States. On
September %, 1862, and Janusry /.
1868. be issued the emancipation proc
lamations affecting all slaves within
rebeilious territory. June S. 1864. be
was renomiusted for the Presidency
and was re elected the following No
vember, receiving PIP electoral votes
70 General McClellan's 81. He was
inaugurated for his second term March
4, 1865, and on the Ii b of the follow
ing April was assassinated by Wilkes
Booth in Ford's theater, Washington.
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Grips Ravaass Doomed.

So much misery ard SO many desths
have been caused by the grip. that
everyone should know what a wonder
ful remedy for this MALAY is found In
DR.. Kings New Discovery. That dis
tressing stubborn cough. that inaames
your throat. robs you of sleep, weak
ems your system snd paves the way for
consumption is quickly stopped by
this matchless cure. Ii you have
ehihs and fever, pains in the baek of
the head, soreness in bones and mus
cles, sore throat and that cough that
grips your rhroat ike 8 wee. you need
Dr.. Kings New Discovery to cure
your grip. and prevent pnsumonia or
consumption. Price 80 cts sad 81 90
Money back if not cured. A trial bot
tie free ST a. G.. Lukep s Co., drug
store.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-11

1t was stated in some papers that
Senator Binkley voted in favor of 3
new hospital for the insane to be To-
Gated at Columbus. This is mistake.
MIR. Binkley spoke in favor of addi-
tional facilities for caring for the in
sane, but he is not in favor of building
q new asylum. His idea is. aud it is
the correct one, to make additional
room for them at the institutions the
state already has. That would, of
course, be the most economical ar
rangement.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-11
New Burglar Alarm.

Professor Colman has invented a
new burglar alarm system, in which
Hertzian waves are employed in the
place of the ordinary conductors low
used III this invention the connecting
conductors are dispensed with, and a
transmitter is provided i'll the PRO-
tected structure. which is thrown in
to operation Immediately upon any
tampering with the protecting barrier.
A series OF vibrations in then produced,
capable of transmission through the
intervening medium TO actuate a cob
ering receiver at the alarm station.
The receiver thereupon closes the local
alarm circuit. causing the bell to pro-
duce a signal until il is stopped.