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and by that time we might nave no
country left"
WORDS OF WIsDOM.--IT Happiness
is evident to us in this life by de.
Iiverance from evil. " Happy is he
who seea the day :" said q blind
man, but a man who secs clearly
does not say so. D." Happy is he who
is healthy !" said an invalid. When
he who is we'll does not feel the hap.
pIness Of health.
No man ought to complain If the
world measures him as he measures
others. 70 measure one with his
own yard-sIick may be hard but it is
fair.
No person can be so feeble or 50
poor that he has not duty 10 per-
form which being performed makes
him one with the highest and great
est.
TO pronounce man happy merely
because he is rich is just Ms absurd
as to call man healthy merely be-
cause ne mas enough 10 ear.
Ignorance and deceit are tw" Of
the worst qualities TO combat. 1t Is
easier to dispute with statesman
than q blockhead.
Nature has written letter of
credit on some mems faces which is
honored wherever it is presented.
1t is an excellent thing when
mems religion makes them generous
free. hearted and open. handed, Sc"rn-
ing to do thing that is pallry and
Sneaking.
Childhood often holds truth with
It's feeble fingers which the grasp Of
manhood cannot retain, which il is
the pride Of utmost aye tn rcr"v"r-
Getting up in The morning j. like
getting up in the world. Won can.
not do either without more ar less
-elt:lcnial.
He who can contemplate his past
and not receive many warnings from
it, must have had remarkably
stupid existence.
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WmEN ynr cannot sleep for ""''Gh-
ing, ii l. h"I!ly necessary That amy
one shuuII tel you that y"u need
fnw dn-c- 90 Ehnnl"rIa iu'- Cough
Remedy IL lay tn" irritation "l
the thronl. sad max" -I"rp p"--i!l".
IT is good FRS il. For 81" nj j..
S. MUOmuu' drug -'nr".
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An old h3.hcinr lays the bride -
foolish buc.'I-r -hr dur-u't marry
the best nnu 1t the webbing.
No WuUInn ever hated Il nIhil Tor
being ~ love HI'h her, Int nany 1"
woman has hated Il nnt ~tnr hGIhg
Indifferent t. her Charius.
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WHEN women cry il give. them
time u think Of arlne other GEru-c
0esidr- brCau7e.
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NUMBER IS.

SLIGHTLY RELATED.-A sable
son Of Ham presented himself at
the desk OF the marriage license
clerk Of the Probate Court the other
day, and asked for license to marry
his dusky Dulcinea. Among other
problems prnpounded him waS:
Are you and the lady related pig
Yes, sab ~ was the answer.
What relation are you 10 each
other,n was the next query.
= Sab !" calculated the applicant
for tnatrimoa isl honors.
mean what kin are you to eac
other ?" g. rlained the handson;N
Harry. ~
We ism! any kin to each othcAss
no kin at all, sah," responded tH
American citiZen Of Ethiopian -
scent. $50
But you say you are relats
answered Rviichen. - .,-<sfsif
~ thouGya "a ,'lely
tender retaRSnSYSf lpf Il
iiIIiIliii 4
: s*ss" :: s, ~
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BEAUTY hath no luGtrr a." " mere
it glearnrth through tho crystal "cb
that purity'- fine fingers "ea"e for
ii,
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me a fe& copies of ~. I"g sr whjrh'
had the obituary and rfrs'0An,"$hss;
death Of my'iittlr child ~rGI4 II
two ago, and publish the enclosed
clipping abou' my uiscr's marriage,
and ! wish you would mention in
local columns, il il don't cost mo
anything, that am going to have 4
public sale AMI will rent my farm.
also That | have few extra calves IL
sell. Send me Il couple ~ extra
copies this week, but Is my time Is
out you can stop my paper, rs times
are too hard e. waste money on 4
newspaper
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BLESSINGS may fail and fortuna
vary. but the thankful heart remain
The happy past at least u 7rcT'
and heaven is ahead. y,
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READ not t, contradict an,Sf: -
flute, nor to b"licv" and tnk' g.
granted, nor 20 find talk and ~
course, but 10 Weigh and consider. ~,
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The strongest hear wIIl faint n
sometimes under the feeling lhatT
enemies are bitter and n.y. l'ri"nd.,
only know bali the 8Orr"" -
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rTN NEH" y With he Coyiugtou
= '>rm have enlarge! NY Stock
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AvAHIcr is the most oppr:it" II
all characters u that Of ipd Al
mighty, whose alone it il 70 give a"d
not receive.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-31

London without Il murmur had his wife
been selfish enough TO tear him away
from his beloved Meran
"a model husband - said the ancient
count, with an uuctuuus chucklo. no
few Of us excel in that respect but
there il this to he said in our exculpa-
tion-so few have been matrimonially
20 fortunate as Prince Won Steinheimer.
! have never ceased to long for rope
tition of the charming visit / paid to
your delightful home. "
eff your eXcellency but knew how
welcome You are, your visits would not
have such long intervals between
at is most kind of you, princess, to
cheer an old mans heart by such gra-
cious words 1t is our misfortune that
affairs of state chain MS to our pillar,
and indeed diplomacy seems to become
more difficult as the years 90 en-, be-
cause we have to contend with the gen
ius of rising young men like Lord
Donal Stirling here, who are more than
a match for old dogs that find it impos-
sible to learn new tricks.
"1ndeed, your excellency." said his
lordship, speaking for the first time
since the ambassador began, 1.-THE very
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Then, as tho lady descended the stair,
Lord Donai turned, with no very thank-
full feeling in his heart, to hear what
his host had TO say.
Lord Donal the American embassa-
dor Gays that woman is not the Princess
Won Stcinheimer, whom he has met
several times in London He cannot re-
member her name Now who is she,
and how did you come to meet herr"
my lord duke, it never occurred to
me TO question the identity Of guests [
met under your hospitable roof knew
the princess five years ago in Washing
ton, before she was married / have
not seen her in the interval, but until
you showed me the telegraphic message
there was no question in my mind res
gsrding her
"But the American ambassador 10
positive.
Then he has more confidence in his
eyesight than | have If such a guess
ton, like international difficulties, is
to be settled by the embassies, let us
refer it to Austria, who held long
conversation with the lady in my pres
ence Your excelency, " he continued
TO the Austrian ambassador, who was
lowering near, waiting to speak 70 his
host my lord duke has some doubt
that the lady who has just departed is
the Princess Won Steinhelner Nou
spoke with her and can therefore decide
with authority, for his lordship seems
dsinclned to accept my testimony.
"Not the princess Nonsense know
hervery well indeed, and a most charm
ing lady she is. hope to be her guest
again before many months are past
There, my lord duke, you see every
thing is as it should be If you will
give me that stupid telegram, / will
make some quiet inquiries about It.
Meanwhile the less said the better
will see the American ambassador and
convince hin Of his error. And now
must make what excuses | can ~ the
lady for my desertion of her
Placing the paper in his pocket he
hurried down the stair and out TO the
street There had been some delay
about the coming Of the carriage, and
he saw the lady he sought at that mo-
ment entering it
he heard her say to the coachman. She
had evidently 10 intention of waiting
for him. He sprang forward, thrust his
arm through the carriage window and
grasped her hand.
princess he cried "you will not
leave me like this! | must see you to-
morrow
ono no. she gasped, shrinking into
the corner Of the carriage.
"Nou cannot he so cruel Tell me at
least where a letter will reach you
shall not release your hand until you
promise.
With a quick movement the girl
turned back the gauntlet of her long
glove. The next instant the carriage
was rafting down the street while
chagrined young man stood alone on
the curb with long, slender white
glove in his hand
BY Jove he said at last as he fold
ed it carefully and placed il in the
pocket Of his coat lit is the glove
TINS time, instead of the mitten'
TO BE CONTINUED.
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nervous little laugh bordering closely
on the hysterical II was about 70
make my way out by some private exit
if l could find one.
THAT woud he impossible, and the
attempt might lead to unexpected com
plications. suggest that you take my
arm and that you bid farewell TO her
grace pleading fatigue as the reason
for your early departure. Then | will
see you to your carriage, and when l
return shall endcavor to get that nm
lucky telegram from the duke by telling
him | should like to find ont whether 1t
is a hoax or not. He will have forgotten
about it most likely in the morning.
Therefore all you have to do Is to keep
MP YOUR courage for a few moments
| longer until you are safe in your car
rlage.
lyon are very kind, she murmured,
with dOwncast eyes,
"You are very clever, my princess
! hut the odds against You were tremen-
dous. Some time yuu must tell me why
you risked II.
She made no reply, but took his arm
and together they sauntered through
the rooms until they found the duchess,
when Jennie took her leave of the host
ess with demure dignity that left
nothing to be desired All Went well
until they reached the head of the stair,
when the duke, an ominous frown on
his brow, hurried after them and said
"My lord, excuse me,
Lord Donal turned with an i'll CON
cealed expression of impotence, hut hi
was helpless, for he feared his host
might not have the good sense to aNolo
a scene even in his own hall Had II
been the duchess all would have heer
we'll for she was lady Of infinite tact
but the duke, as he had said, was Z
stupid man, who needed the constant
eye of his wife upon him to keep hin
from laundering. The young man whis
} pered Keep right on until You are II
your carriage | shall ask my man her'
to call it for you but please don't driv'
away until | come.
A sign brought "A serving man up tn
! stair
"Call the carriage Of the Princes
yon Steinheimer, said his master
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.Hrusrs 10 him if you don { wish to !
meet him"
"Thank you 80 much. You have now |
an opportunity of retrieving your dip |
lumatic reputation if you can postpone
the interview without offending him. "
Lord Donal departed with alacrity,
and the moment he was gone all APP
pearance If languor vanished from Miss
Jennie Baxter.
"Now is my chance, she whispered
to herself. II must be in my carriage
before he returns.
Eager as she was to be gone, she
knew that she should display no haste
Expecting to find stair at the other
end of the gallery, she sought for it,
but found none Filled with apprchen
sion that she would meet Lord Donal
coming up, she had difficulty in timing
her footsteps to the slow measure that
was necessary. She reached the bottom
of the stair in safety and unimpeded,
but once on the main floor a now prob
lem presented itself. Nothing would at
tract more attention than a young and
beautiful lady walking the long dis
lance between the gallery end of the
room and the entrance stairway entire
u alone and unattended She stood
there hesitating wondering whether
she could venture on finding a quiet
eide exit. which she was sure must eX-
! list in this large house, when, TO her
dismay, she found Lord Donal again ut
! her side rather hreathless, as if he had
been hurrying in search of her. His
| brows were knit and there was an anX-
! ious expression on his face.
II must have Il word with You
alone, " he whispered. "Let me conduct
you to this alcove under the gallery"
mo; am tired | am going home.
81 quite understand that, but you
must come with me for moment.
MUST she said, with suggestion
of defiance in her tone
Eyes, he answered gravely. ~ wish
TO be Of assistance to you, | think you
will need it. -
For a moment she met his unhinch-
ing gaze steadily; then her glance fell,
and she said in low voice Very
well.
When they reached the acove, she
inquired rather quaveringly- for she
saw something had happened which
had finally settled all the Young man :
doubts-"Is it the American embas-
sador? %
"No; there was little trouble there
He expects to meet you later IN the
evening. But a Geographic message has
come from Meran. signed by the Prin-
cess Won Steinheimer, which expresses a
hope that the ball will be success and
reiterates the regret of her highne-s
that she could not be present. Luckily
this communication has not been shown
to the duchess told the duke, who
read il to me, knowing had been with
Won all the evening. that il was likely a
practical Joke on the part of the prince,
but the duke. who is rather a serious
person, does not take kindly to that
theorI. and if he knew the prince h
would dismiss it as absurd, which il l..
! have asked him not to show the tele
gram to any one; so there Is little
time for considering what had best be
done.
There is nothing for me to do bu
to take my leave As quickly and a
quietly as possible, said the girl, Will
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After the editor Of the Hawvillo Clar-
ion had been banged up against the wall
n few times and dragged around in tho
dust he succeeded in breaking away from
his assalant long enough to say, Sir,
thank YOU"
You thank me" exclaimed the irate
visitor in establishment.
Certainly replied the editor. You
have done me m inostimable favor"
In what wayE' demanded the visitor.
81 said in my paper that You were a
lawless brute, didn't ~ inquired the ed
itor
That's what You said.
well" returned the editor, lit occur
rcd TO me afterward that possibly |
might have been mistaken. but you have
now proved the case for me-, and | am
naturally grateful You have relieved my
conscience of great load, | feared |
had done you an injustice. Chicago
Post.
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Jennie set about the construction Of q
ban dress.
ton, and the girl babe goodby to her
hostess with a horrible feeling that she
was acting disloyally by one who had
bcfricnded her In her hand bag was
the invitation to the ball. and also the
letter she had written in the princess
name, accepting it, which latter she
posted in Meran In due course she
reached London and presented herself
to the editor of The Daily Bugle
"Well, Miss Baxter, he said. "you
have been extraordinarily successful in
solving the diamond mystery, and con
graduate you My letter reached you, |
suppose Have You given any thought
TO the problem that now confronts us
Can you get us full report of the
Duchess of Chiselhurst ball, written
80 couvincingly that all the guests who
read it will know that the writer was
present?
at is all a question of money, Mr.
Hardwick.
"Most things are. Well, we are pre-
pared to spend money to get just what
we want.
GLOW much?"
"Whatever is necessary.
THAT vague, Put it into figures.
"Five hundred pounds, 800, 81, 900
if need be "
at will not cost you 81 900, and it
may come TO more than $500, Place
81 600 to my credit, and | small return
what is left. | must 90 at once to Paris
and carry out my plans from that city 3"
"Then you have thought out a
scheme? What is it,"
II have not only thought it out, but
most Of the arrangements are already
made, | cannot say more about IT. You
will have to trust entirely to me,
"There is good deal of money at
stake. Miss Baxter, and our reputation
as newspaper AS well, | think should
know what you propose to do
"Certainly. | propose to obtain for
you an accurate description of the bal
written by one who was present.
The editor gave utterance to Il sort OF
intersection that always served him il
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His Dcncicnt Ear.

, Il give it up said MIR. CumroX as he
put ON his hat. I'm not going to stay
here to be narrowed by false alarms any
longer"
whats the matterE'
Il can't tell whether Dolly is practic-
ing an aria from a grand opera or wheth-
er she has seen mouse and is scared, -
Washington STAR
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A OUTIFUC DAUGHTER.

TO BE CONTINUED.
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and there are so many to whom they
are unhecoming. also look we'll in
diamonds; at least so I've been told
over and over again, and I've come to
believe it at last suppose the young
men have not concealed from you the
fact that you are Il strikingly good
looking girl, Jennie. Indeed, and this
is brHg, If you like, we two resemble
one another enough to be sisters, nearly
the same height the same color of eyes
and hair Come to tho mirror, Miss
Handsomeness, and admire yourself.
She dragged Jennie to her feet and
drew her into the room, placing her
triumphantly before the great looking
glass that reflected back full length
portrait
"Now confess that you never saw n
rrettier girl, cried the princess glee-
fully.
Il don't think ever did" admitted
Jennie, but she was looking at the
image of the princess and not at her
own The princess laughed but Miss
Baxter seemed too much affected by tho
unexpected present TO join in the merri-
ment She regarded herself solemnly in
the glass for few moments, then
slowly undid the clasp, and, slipping
the string of brilliants from her neck,
handed them back to the princess.
"You are very, very kind, hut can
not accept SO costly present "
Cannot? Why? Have | offended
you hv anything have said since you
came2 p
"Oh, no, mol 1t isn't that.
"What. then? Don't you like me,
after all
Like you? I love you, princessv'
cried the girl impulsively, throwing her
arms round tho other neck
The princess tried to laugh as she
pressed Jennie closely to her, but there
was trenor of tears III the laughter.
You must take this little gift as a
souvenir of your visit with me. | was
really-very unhappy when you came,
and now-well, You smoothed away
some Misunderstanding I'm very
grateful And it ism t natural for wo'
! man TO refuse diamonds, Jennie.
Il know it ism t, and | won quite
refuse them. I'll postpone. 1t is posi-
| BILE that something / shall do before
long may seriously offend you. If il
does, then goudby to the necklace! Il
il doesn't when | have told you al
about my misdeed--I shall confess cour
ageously-you will give me the dia
monds.
Dear me. Jennie, what terribl,
crime ara you about to commit? Why
not tell me now? You have no idei
how yuu have aroused my curiosity.
IL dare not tell you, princess, mo-
until my project proves a success on {
failure. We women some have on
way made for us; others have our owl
way to make. | am among the others
and hope you will remember that, i
you are ever angry with me.
as il new kind of speculation,
fortune made in "A day, gambling"
Something of that sort. | am goin,
to stake a good deal on the turn of
card; so please pray that luck will no
be against me
eff pluck will make you win, | ar
sure that you will carry it through, bu
if at first you don't succeed, try, t;
again, and if yon haven't the none
III supply the capital. | know | Shout
like TO gamble Anyhow. You have m
best wishes for your success.
Thank you, princess, | can hardl
} fail after that "
The time had come when the tw
friends must part. The carriage Wa
waiting to take Miss Baxter to the sta
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assured her, and there speedily came
over her a sense of delight in all tho
Kaleidoscope dazzle Of this great en-
tertainment. She saw that each one
there had interest in some one else, and,
to her great relief, found herself left en-
tirely alone, with reasonable assurance
that this remoteness would continue to
befriend her until the final gauntlet of
leave taking had To be run-a TRIAL
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"Do you believe there is anything in
the claim that mems characters are
shown in their handwrting|
"Nes. \ man who always writes his
name so that it can Toe read Mt glance
has not yet arrived at the point where he
thinks the world can better afford 70
waste time working OVER puzzles than
that he should put forth an extra effort.
no matter how small"-Chicago Times
Herald
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ro,.orso If tba4 is tbe case We sit hmm
il,. ~ ,.,,,. faot a,,titio,,. 70 enul.te
h,,, ,,.;+Lo,,+ Lnro ~ ovcoIlin.,
rho ola ro.r cbrcl,lad ooain and.
.,,r,,ir,, ~ +hn ,,irl bayan to make bis
,d;a,,~
"Thon my former rooms are waiting
for mo NJ the castIo 49, he concluded
..Yas vorr evcellancv. with the adj
dition If two rod rocking chairs import
Oh frn,,, A,,eric, which Won will find
r,o.t co,ufortobIa RESTING nIacos when
rnr o,o froa from, tbe caras ~ .toto
"Ahl The rocl,inp cbairsr remem-
her now that you were expecting them
when | was there 80 they nave ar
rived safely nope out l 'hinN yon
had ordered an lncredlpie huhner To oe
certain OF having al least one Vi V"o
servlceahle
NO only dozen ana theV all came
thronSh without damage
lyon young people you YounG peo-
pie! lnnrmured the emDaSsaaor' neho-
ing again over the mana pre9ehle" MINI
'What unheard II things You DO
ANA So the ora man ohuilleu away
leaving many compliments behind hllh'
evidently not having the slightest sub
rlClon that ne had met any one hut the
person he supposed himself addressing,
for his eyesight was not Of the best, and
an ambassador meets many fair and dis
tinguiShed women
The girl sat down with calm dignity,
while Lord Donal dropped into his
chair. an expression of complete mysti-
ticatiun on his clear cut honest face.
Jennie slowly famed herself for the
heat made itself felt at that elevated
situation, and for a few moments moth
Ing was said by either. The young man
was the first to break silence
SHOULD be So fortunate as to get an
invitation to the Schloss Steinheilner,
NAV | hope that red rocking chair
will he allotted to me? ] have not sat
in one since was in the States.
Eyes. one for vcu. two for the en-.
bassador, said Jennie, with laugh.
Il should like further to tiatter my
self that your double generosity to the
ambassador arises solely from the dig
nifty of his office and is not in any
way personal "
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06

the convention in support Of conservative
action upon the platform. While the
rural Democracy of his state, he said,
would stand by that great tribune OF
the people. William j. Bryan, he begged
the convention that it take no action that
would imperiI the chances of victory fo1
Mr.. Bryan. His heart was beating, he
said, in time with the very principle OF
the Chicago platform, but he felt that
such friends of Bryan as Senator John
W, Daniels of Virginia, whose fealty
was beyond question, ought to be lis
tened TO by those who had any desire OF
carrying such states as New York, Indi
ana, Illinois and West Virginia.
I'm the name of God, = he shouted
warmly, eff the men in these states who
stood by Mr.. Bryan in 1896 are not his
friends, where are his friends to be
found?'
AS Mr.. Miles concluded, Chairman
Richardson announced that he had been
informed the platform committee would
be ready to report at $50. Thereupor
a motion was agreed to to adjou m unit
that hour.