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ii brings, for If II he n work of art
the tidings 1t bears ar not so i'm
portant us the telling Of them. The
communication must be spelled in he
cipher of your friendship, to which
you only have the key. II must he
writ in the native dialect of the heart.
So one has not the commonplace
view of things, and escapes the ob'i-
Gus, II matters little whether one uses
the telescope or the microscope. One
may deal with maerocosm, discuss
philosophy and systems, or gild home
~ little common things till they shine
and twinkle with joy. Indeed. the
perfect letter-writer must do both,
and change from the intensely sub
iective to the intensely objective point
of view. lie must, as 1t were, look
YOU In the eye and hold you by the
hand
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10 them. but what nonotonous and un-
interesting lives they led. Throughout
their works there is never Riimmer Of
wit. though atrociotEs exaggerations
are frequent. and here and there one
comes across real treasures OF uncon-
scious humor. They all asserted that
they could prepare the stone or the
elixir. and. having invested them With
supernatural properties. they regarded
themselves as superior mortals and
possessed Of qualities different from
those Of other men.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

Stout La1y-"Doctor, win nothing
but exercise help me =" Doctor-"Neii,
you might eat less. '-lndianapoli
Journal.
Old Doc-"What are YOU going to do
with that beard Young Fashionable
Doc-"Im going to charge five dollars
visit with it. Syracuse Herald
Frances-''I wonder if Fred is really
afraid TO propose - Susan-"He must
be, dear Anyone could see what your
answer would Brooklyn Life.
,'rhey are brothers, but they never
speak TO each other. Family pridei
pride % ''Yes. they wish people TO
think their father left a large estate"
Detroit Journal.
Patient-"Don't you feel cold, doctor,
on such raw day as this?' Doctor
No; you see. have a patient down the
street who is in a high fever. took
his temperature the first thing this
morning. and so have been quite COM
Portable all duy."@Boston Transcript,
TO arms, TO arms!" cried the bla-
tant agitator. pounding ON the desk
with both fists. why, certainly,
calmly replied the man in the front
| row; we're all that way. Now, il you
had only one arm it might be some
thing to shout about" Princeton
| Tiger.
Mrs. Hauskeep-"Ain't you got any
home?" Tatterdon Torne-"Ies, lady
my ole homes way up in Maine" Mrs
Hauskeep-"Don't you ever wish you
was back there?" Tatterdon Torne-
NO, lady, it makes me shiver to tinl
of il. My homes in Bath.
phia Press.
Say" remarked Wragson Tatters
looking up from the old newspaper
which he had been reading, did yot
ever lose yer appetite?" We'll" re
piled Eton Wrun, Il did just onct. on'
day in 81 l got wat | calls square
meal. an fur. mehbe. Is minutes a'tel
IT, didn't have no appetite at all"
Baltimore American.
o'clock is IN innocent guy" What
| the matter with him." II invited hin
into poker game last night, and h
said, with u bland smile, that he didn'
understand tue game, but would keel
score. finally got him into the game
and, with the same smile. he did m'
out of the biggest pot of the game Will
two par of aces. s.-Philadelphia Nortl
American.
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tarbing element TO my dreams. Al
first could not account for it. Then
] noticed that il was showing briskly.
Ten mile farther on the train was run
ming heavily through drifts of consid-
erable depth. We were not making
schedule time. and as we piowtd along
there was more than suspicion that
/ might spend the night in a snow bank
miles from any town or village.
''When reached my old town the
train WIS more than an hour late. the
mercury had fallen below zero, and
stepped into the teeth of blizzard ths:
almost carried me off my feet. | looked
around for street ear. and then re-
membered was not in Chicago. The
sole cab had esen retired from service
at the beginning of the storm; so set
out TO walk he half mile between the
station and the old homestead.. Let us
pass over that tramp, merely remark
ing that the last trace of my pleasant
dreams of anticipation had vanished
long before | pounded the old familiar
knocker on the front door of my faith
er's house.
My welcome there was all | could
have wished. and soon forgot the
trials of the journey There was the
big coal stove roaring like blast fur
mace. and in every room in the house
n wood fire was burning. The apples
and cider were promptly placed before
me. and we settled down TO an old-timt
chat. At ten o'clock my good old
mother took n small lamp and led the
way to the sprre room, in which fire
had been lighted after my arrival. Here
everything was coy also. and as warn
as toast. The bed with its big feather
ticks. looked like giant snow banl
over against the wall. There wa'
plenty of wood in a box behind th'
stove. and mother suggested that il
would be a good idea for me TO get NJ
orce in awhile through the night an,
replenisk the fire.
Itmust have been after three o'clocl
in the morning when | awoke. Th'
room was colder than Greenland. De
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living. His daughter is also living. and
he owns an orange grove ia taiif0r-
mia. where she resides.
Mr.. Kelly owned large brick house
In Dublin. with three acres Of ground
attached an equal amount of ground
On each side Of the house. The house
has a hall running clear through. IN
;sis will Nf Kelly bsqueaibsd the north
aide ~ the house and the south aide
of the loi to his daughter, and tbs
south side of the house and the north
side Of the tot "a his wifs, There @as
su sstrap9sd feeling between the bene'
fieiaries. and neither has occupied her
side slnee the death of Mr.. Kelly. Zach
has goods stored In her respective por.
tim. The property cannot be sold sep
arately nor rented. na NO tenant nor
buyer wants IN in that shape. The
house has remained unoecBpiesi for zl
years. save that one room il isased on
the da lighters side bg toi. Davenport
= h0 lives there alone.
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IL has just been proposed 10 repeat
in connection with the Paris exposl-
tion, q feature that was decidedly
unique at the time of the exposition OF
1859. and which was then spoken Of as
the most siupendous banquet ever
given In the world. On that occasion
the hosts were the members of the mu.
nicipal council of Paris. and the guest $
the 20. 900 mayors of France. From
that time 10 this the courtesy has never
been reciprocated. II Is one OF these
civil functioDairies who now proposes
that his $500 colleagues should join
with him In inviting the so municipal
councillors of Paris to break bread in
their mnltitudinous company. the bill
for the city fathers food 10 be divided
among the 5000. Lovers of unique
spectaeles will hope 10 see the PROPOSE
tion materialize. but now that the go.
IossaI Palace Of Industry has been de-
stroyed. and the huge machinery hall
win be used for exhibition purposes. IL
il doubtful N there Il any closed space
in the whole country capable Of hold.
ing such legion OF banquetsrs.-Ci
cinnati Enquirer.
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LETTERS WE WRITE.
They Ma, Make the Game of corre-
Apondence Very Inter-
eating.

The receipt of letter is no longer
the event it was in the old stage
coach days: railways and the penuy
postage have robbed il of all excite
ment. We have forgotten how to
write interesting letters as we have
to fold sheet of foolseap or sharpen
a quill. Yet at times, on red letter
days. we find one among the number
which demands epicurean perusal; /:
is not TO be ripped open and devourcd
in haste; II insists on privacy and at
tention. This has a flavor which the
salt of silence alone can bring out
dash of interruption destroys its eN-
quisite lelicaey.. More than this, II
must be answered while il is still
fresh and sparkling, says Harper's
Bazaar.
Though the fire of such letter
need have neither the artiticiality al
flirting nor the intensity of love. 1rt
ii must both light and warm the read
er. 1t is not valuable for the news
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The Rensnn Mhr.

When it was the fashion for young
Englishmen to go up In balloons with
Green. the well-known aeronaut Al
bert Smith. a friend of Dickens and es-
teemed rs a wit. assembled one day be-
fore an admirirg crowd Of oniookers.
Waving his hand TO a young lady. an
acquaintance Of his. a he was starting.
he said:
"If come down again will bring you
a skye terrier.
He came elo"n again, and without the
terrier. We didn't quite make the dog
star" he said, IN pianation.-Yo Youth .
Companion.
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II was said Of Judge john Edmonds
that he was never at a loss for witty
reply.
..What a stapid person Mr.. Brown
isl! said some one 10 the Judge refer
ring 10 a maa who Was an extremely
praSy speaker and blessed with loud
voice. which he used TO its utmost ca
paeity.
"Indeed. consider him most re-
narkable man, said the Judge prompt
Iy. sHe's the oniy man know ho can
aIl house and empty il at the same
time.s--YUuth's Com Hpanion
The Afro-American advance., 1900-04-21

There Is more Catarrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases pdt to.
gether. and until the last few years was
supposed 10 be incarahle. For great many
years doctors pronounced it q local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, aud by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurahle. Science has proven
catarrh TO be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by L. j..
Cheney 4 Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market II is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. II acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case II
fails TO cur. Send for circulars and testi.
monials. Address r. j. Cheney a Co., To-
, ledo, Q, Sold by Druggists, 75e.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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HANDICAPPED BY A WILL
North and south side Of mn Indiana
House Left 10 different
People.

@. II. Kelly, once IA prominent citizen
of Dublin. Ind, died 20 years ago and
more. Will" still living he erected "A
Fnc aud costly monument In the Gem
etrry there for his own use, says the
Rosion Transcript After his death his
body was taken Ia Boston, Mass, for
burial beside the body of his first wife.
lie was married three times, and there
was but one child. n daughter by his
first wife. His second wife ls dead and
l. buried here. The third wife Is still
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brothers kit of tools will no longer
consider him "A superior being because
he tools are his property rather than
hers. Again, the advocates of dumeS.
tic training for boys say that, while
there will always bc division of &C.
equations In the family, ns in society
here is this difference In the fanny
that in those occupations which re-
late 10 the common life there ought
To he common performance else The
division of labor will result in di'
vision Of feeling and Of thought
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Aaoypmsnt Of an Arnb GIrI.

From southern Arabia BY The late
T. Bent and Mrs. r. Bent: Arab giris
before they enter the hareTp and take
the veil are a curious sight 70 behold.
Their bodies and face are dyed a bright
yellow isith tameric On this ground
ih.y paint black lines with anftmony,
over their eYess The fashionable color
for the bohe IL red green eppts adorn
the cheeks. and The general espect IL
strE,s ..asltie l.s-Rfsna efees rlrtlan.
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Stomach
In Spring

Are THAT RTfIous YELLING, bad taste
in the mouth, dull headache, sleep
lessness, poor appetite. .##
No matter how careful you arc
about eating. everything you take into
your stomach turns sour. causes dis
tress, pains and unpleasant gases.
Don't you understand what these
symptoms--signals of distress--mean7 ?
They are the cries of the stomach
for helpl 1t Is being overworked. IL
needs the peculiar tonic qualities and
digestive strength to be found only In
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The Evening STANDARD says the al
chemists are no longer in fashion, and
hansen. Raleigh and Roentgen have
taken the places of lIermes, Gcber and
FLANNEL. II seems fnrcical that men
could have lived with the sole object Of
seeking after the "lapis philoso-
phorum" or the elixir vitae" The
science of chemistry owes it's beginning
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HOODS
SARSAPARILLA

The best stomach and blood reme-
dies known to the medical profession
are combined in the medicine, and
thousands OF grateful letters telling
its cures prove 1t to be the greatest
medicine for all stomach troubles ever
yet discovered.
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The curse of Slang

Mrs Wayhack-I wonder why that new
feller who was goin to edit the Clarion left
town 30 rapid like
Mr., Wayhack-Well. when ole man Knott
died las week the editor TELLER writ item
about it an headed il Knott Is Nit" an
the Knott boys run him cut o town.-Ralti,
more American.
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theatrical Manager Your coined ,
10 seTy good, very got,si. indeed! Bui
yoss ought TO cut 0sIt ole act OF H.
PLAYWRIGHT Cut cut one aet7 Why
I; : only 8 one-sei piece.
MAKES no diTereuee-aH the bet,
ter..--Ler Fiah
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Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot -Ense.
A powder 10 shake into your shoes II rests
the feet Cureat orna, Bunions Swollen. Sore,
Hot CAllous, Aching, Sweating feet and ln-
growing Nails. Aliens Foot. Ease makes
new or tight shocs easy. Sold by all druggists
aud shoe stores, al,,, sample mailed FREE,
Address Allen & Olmsted, lie hoy, N, Y,
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She 10 ron believe that blsaehiu.
the hair VIII drive pers0n inssne2
lie Sure thing Why. ] knos ivt
or three fellows - ho arc crazy assf
bleael8,d blogleA Chicago Ats&
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One of Them,

Look here. said the approached; 81 gave
You ten cents not five minutes ago. Now you
are at me again,
I'm such an absent minded heesar," said
the mendAcant, apotogeiically, Philadelphia
North American
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johnnie What's an iguanh. paw
Mr.. Wise-Alust be sleeping car-llal
timore American.
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The advice of some people should be ac-
eompauled with printed directions for tax.
ing Chicago Daily News,
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ArfIIIery.

Artillery is becoming all tho time more
important branch OF the military service, In
a sense war is already almost as much OF a
shell game as is diplomacy. Detroit Jour
al
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pres. Of the nrtiiss soldier.

The British soldier dreas WAS rot
aiwaya red IL was ~ bite In the reign
Of Henry VII. ard dark green In he
une Of Eliz4Deiby-G Chicago Tribune
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Johnuon'a Pure cider Vinegar
made by aging elder In barrels Ask youl
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Cmrtrr,u Ink.

Good ink ia necessity fer good writing
Cartcr's is the best Costs no more thai
pour ink
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Gho.t of the GIncIcr

And Other Tales, including Making Rcvo-
luton, Susqurhauna Trail, Sculpture of the
Ellis, Once Pillar Of the World, Feathers os
Fashion, and others. A delightful volume,
beautifully illustrated. Ready for distrihu.
ton about May l. Send 10 cents TO 4. w.
Lee General Passenger Agent IaekawannA
Railroad, 10 Exchange Place. New York
City. Edition Limited.
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A Regular Uirh,

The burglar sometimes becomes a jai
bird. because he's robin philladelphi,
Record.
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A wise man never considers = woman's
age Chicago DAILY News.
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To Care Cold In One nay
Take Laxative Dromo Quiune Tablets, All
druggists refund money ifit fails tn cure, 2he
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-18

When the revolvers of the two men
were picked up it was found that they
had empted four Of them These were
al they had. Twenty-four shots had
been fred altogether with them The
fighters had their knives with them, Of
course, but there had been no opportunity
to use these. The emptiness Of the re-
volvers points to one interesting fact
among others. 1t shows that Whitlock
did not have a shot left when Penn killed
him. He was therefore entirely at PENIS
mercy. In an encounter of this kind it
is considered wise to hold back shot OF
two.
1t was thought quite fortunate that the
wild bullets only struck four persons-the
conductor, a negro, a woman and a child.
The grand jury was in session at the
time the train arrived here. Penn was
Immediately taken before it, precedence
being given to his case before all others.
After a thorough Investigation Of the
facts the jurors decided that Penn had
acted in self defence, and Immediately
set him at liberty.
Tt is said that the original difficulty
occurred through an insult offered to
Penn's family, which he resisted by
whipping Whitock. A week after this
incident Whitlock shot at Penn from be-
hind a tree and hit him in the shoulder
Two months later Penn sighted Whitlock
and brought him to the ground by a well
directed shot in the leg. That was two
years ago. Penn went away for some
time. and they did not meet until last
week when ne settled the dispute
finally
There may have been many duels In no
tells and other crowded places, but this
is the first to take place on a railroad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-18

shots, but fine work was extremely diff
lcult under the circumstances. So many
bullets were fired that some one was
bound TO be hit, whether principal or in
terested spectators.
Penn was the first one to be touched.
A bullet struck him In the left arm. 1t
did not shake his courage in the least.
On the contrary it seemed to nerve him
TO a pitch Of deadly wrath
''N0w, I'll kill YOU sure, you dog" he
yelled.
His next shot niczed Whidock in the
ribs and shook him up considerably.
Conductor b. w. Strong came into the
car at this moment, and lie received one
Of Whitlocks wild bullets in the leg.
Penn steadied himself against a seat
with his wounded arm and took more
careful aim than he had done before.
There was a deviHsh look of rage and
determination on his pale. drawn face.
His bullet went straight enough, but
1Fhitlock had already jumped aside, and
so his end was pos tponed
PENIS superior courage and determine
ton were telling heavily on Whitlock.
lie stumbled through the doorway and
across the platform into the next car.
This was even more crowded than She
other. Tt was filed with women and chill
dron as Wen as men WhitIo-k would
have liked To end refuge behind one Of
the seats, but fl was impossible. for they
were filed with crouching men, women
and children.
Again tho bullets whistIed through the
cars. smashing windows and mirrors. and
ploughing burrows In floors and roofs
Women shr-eked and tainted Chill
dren cried and men were terrified
There was no more running away for
Whu,ock. lie was in The last car. He
fired unously az Penn who advanced
With the same exchanging look Of fear
mi determination
One OF the bullets punctured a negro
severely In the rhs Another clipped a
woman's arm. A third grazed 5aby's
scalD.
Penn paid no attention t. these moi
dents. he kept his eye on Wailock.
WITH the utmost deIteraHon he leaned
heavily against one Of the seats ana
took careful, aim at Whilock The train
which had been On a curve ram on
straight piece eft road ana thar favored
him. Whtlock's bullets were dyiaz aU
around. bgt they did nor distura him.
They were chiefly dangerous to windows
ANA passengers
Having taken his aim. Penn fred
three times in rapid succession They
were magnificent shots under The crcum-
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Duel by Rail
Thrilling Encounter Of Kentuckians
Aboard a Railway Train.

a special to the New York Journal
from Lebanon, Ky. says:
Duas in Kentucky have been more
numerous than elsewhere. but none of
taem have been more exciting than that
I'm which NJ W. Penn killed J. L.
Whiu5ck The other day.
T0t iu the memory of the Oldest Ken
tuc3ian has there been duel in which
So many people took so deep a personal
interest The two com5atants fought
one another through three railroad cars
All their shots whisued past the ears Of
other passengers. They empded two re-
vohers apiece four in ALL That it was
ala emnentuy complete and satisfactory
encounter is the opinion of all who were
present Both combatants were promi-
ncut citizens.
3Ir Penn and Mr.. Whtlock had not
shot at one another for two years until
they met ON the train coming into Leb-
anon. Whitook felt that he had once
been injured by Penn, and only The lat
ters death would satisfy him.
The train was very crowded when they
met Penn was on the platform of the
smoking car when Nhitock caught sight
of him. Whiuock made a characteristic
movement with his right hand and Penn
who know perfectly what this meant
reiterated rapidly into the smoking car
lie was evidently anxious TO avoid a
feht and Dire thousht that hy putting the
llae.h of crowded oar and few other
obstacles between himself and his an-
tasonist he misht accomplish his pur-
posse HE was mistaken. He was q brave
man. as subsequent events proved. Prob
aay DE considered a swiftly moving rail-
real train an unsuitable place for an enc
counter Some men arc cry flsti5ious
Nhltock followed after Penn as quick
ly IS BE could lie aired rapidly as he
ven- b1t the motion % the train ruined
bis ai9. AVID only the windows and the
seats suffered None of the men in the
smesue ear attempted 10 ohstruct him
.u amy way.
F1u's retreat finally carried him into
tEe aeease car. Wh.uock followed pre-
crita-ey after him. Here Penn found
oo-r behind Pile OF trunks at The r1r-
ward end of the ear. while WhiUeck was
sta exposed il tle aoel Penn show q
strategy NJ h-h order In this ma0eu-
rre. elt he soon abandoned bis adylu-
tase WhueCk took three shots ar
feuDs head and arms which were reen-
ms oct FROM behind thc trunks Thea
ha realized THAI i he remained fin tr1t
position DE WAS pretty certain 60 Sc done
ta- while le had little chance OF h.t.fnr
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Light on Poor Lo
How an Old Navajo Kept Faith
in Face of the Greatest Peril.

Washington. Nov. 17.-One Of those ro-
mantle incidents which occasionally
throw a sidellght upon the Indian char
acter occurred a little while ago in Acl-
iona, but the full particulars have only
ujst reached Washington. Some Navajo
Indians were encamped in Canon Padre
in November of last year. and as the
newspaper dispatches described it, pick
ed a quarrel with some cowboys, result
ing in fight, in whcih several shots
were exchanged and a number OF men on
both sides were killed and wounded. At
ter nearly a year. the Indians concerned
in the ARRAY were put upon their trial;
and until booth parties had laid their
versions Of the affair before a jury, all
the facts Of the case did not come out
Tt appears that for many years an
aged Navajo named Be-gwo-et-ten had
benn IN the habit Of grazing his focks
on some public land north Of the Little
Colorado river. South OF the river the
public domain is claimed as a cattle
range by white man named Roden and
some others About nine years ago while
the old Indian was camping on the bor-
der OF the river with his sheep a white
man passed his camp, and soon after
wards this Indians two grandchildren
picked up a tin can which they and
their mother used to hold drinking water
and in a few hours All were dead. The
Indian superstitiously assumed that this
was the work OF the white man who had
passed his camp and purpozely set n
trap for the Indians there; and he idan-
N