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room in the house ready for him. and


sent the close carriage to meet YOU
Godfrey burst out laughing THAT is
too good joke not to be told to Jack, I"
he said: and so presently he turned the
tables on his friend with some enjoyment.
Rita expected you to arrive upon
crutches," he said "No wonder Miss
Taylor sent an easy carriage for you.
She has been making all kinds Of prepa-
rations for your comfort. You will find
the softest easy chairs in your room, and
there will be hot water bottles in your
bed presently"
HIM. and so that is how youth would
treat decent middle-ager exclaimed
Jack. not condescending after this speech
to more than a smile.
Now l drew a much truer picture of
you" he said to Rita in the course of the
evening Il knew exactly what you
would be like. When / last had the
pleasure of seeing you, you Were d small
person in pinafores. You had your hair
cropped ali round your head. You had a
habit of screwing your knuekles into your
eyes, and of occasionally bowling, and
you used TO sit on my knee and play with
my watch chain. / was prepared to find
you very much changed, but I knew you
would appear with your hair turned up,
and your pinafores gone, and your frocks
down to your heels; but never expected
TO find you transfer ,led into matronly
woman, with wrinkles on your brow. See
how much common sense | have, and
how wanting in common sense you must
be-"
And then he stood rather defantly be
fore her and laughed; and Rita was lit
tie abashed and did not quite know what
to say. 1t was true she had called him
old, and as far as years went he was
old, she thought, and yet she could not
but allow TO herself that he certainly had
not the look or manner of an elderly gen,
tieman.
4 was so little when l saw you before,
you forget that" she said, rather depre
catingly after a moment.
And | seemed so very big, do you
mean to IMPLY" he asked
No; you are not so very big Rita
said this little blantly. Il don't sup
pose 1 ever thought you that; but l am
sure you know" half reproachfully, thai
when one is a child all grown-up people
seem rather old"
And how do they SEEM" inquired
JACK, pleasantly, When one comes TO be,
let us say, eighteen or thereabouts?"
And then poor Rita looked embarrass
ed and blushed again.
Il don't know" she said, shyly.
81 suppose you still think of me as a
sort Of Methuselah"
"No, DON'T she said.
''0ne of the patriarchs, then, at any
,rate?"
Il think you look younger than papa
does she said.
We'll, l ought to, for / am his junior
by three months, and at oer time Of life
three months TELL replied Jack, grave
".
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An Elephant Against the Bagpipes.
1t is a fact that pipers in Highland
regiments are posted to companies, and
always follow them wherever they 20.
On one occasion a company Of the Cor
dons were marching from place called
Jellunder to Fort Kangra, situated on
one of the lower ranges of the Him2-
layas. Accompanying them was an
elephant. on which were placed sick
and exhausted men, After few days
march we were deprived of music on
account of the piper's feet becoming
blstered and he was relegated to the
back of the elephant. On the last days
march, before entering a new station,
some one suggested that in order to-
brighten us up the piper might be re-
quested to play on the elephants back
at the head of the company. TO this
the officer assented, and accordingly
the piper was handed his pipes. When
he began to tune them II was evident
that the elephant had no appreciation
of such sounds for he shook his head,
tapped his big ears menacingly, raised
his trunk, with which he embraced the
piper round the waist, and Violently
threw him and his pipes into ditch as
a mark of his disapproyal of such
music.
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One thousand pounds was the sum
paid by the late Bernard Quaritch for
an autograph letter of Columbus,
which he afterward exhibited at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago. A wealthy
collector of autographs in Chicago in
1898 offered through the American
Press TO pay 100000 for genuine au-
tograph letter of Shakespeare. Only
seven are known to be in existence,
and as TO three doubts have been ex-
pressed as TO their genuineness. Two
letters of Mary Queen of Scots, writ
ten just before her execution, are said
to have cost an English collector 500
600. The one letter existing in Titian's
handwriting was sold for 5000, and n
letter of Raphael's for $500. The one
letter writtca by Corneille which was
ever solo WIS purchased by Alfred
Morrison II $500.
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In western Kansas it has been known
to blow twelve days on 4 stretch and hold
a sheep up against the barn until it starv.
ca to death Harvard Herald
When front porch can't be passed
that has not an occupied hammock hang
ing on It, its a sign the summer is in
fun swing Philadelphia Times.
Soda water sells better than hot cakes
in this weather. Buffalo Times.
At summer resWts engagement fingers
move in the most fashionable circles
Philadelphia TINES
The first sea serpent Of the season was
captured at Seneca lake. II consisted Of
thirteen feet Of eel and the robust Tlsissg
ination of tAe FARMERS in that immediate
vicinity Washington Post.
This Is busy season for the lie
guards al the coast reeortS- The number
81 insxper1 bar foolish bathers wha
plunge into the surf OILY to have the surf
plunge into them appears 10 be steadily
increasing. New York Mail and Express
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insane Man,s eleven Renx.

4 patient in an English insane asylum
imagined himself dead, and nothing
could drive the delusion out of his
brain. One day the physician had a
happy thought and said to him:
Did you ever see dead man bleedT'
No" he replied
Did you ever hear of dead man
bleedingf"
NO"
well, If you viii permit me. l will
try an experiment with you and see if
you bleed or not"
The patient gave his consent, the doe
tor whipped out his scalpel and drew a
little blood.
There" he said. 'you see that you
bleed; that proves that you are not
dead"
Not at all, the patient instantly re-
piled: that proves that dead man can
bleed"
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MackereI Feedine.

once enjoyed the privilege of seeing
an army of mackerel successfully cor
ner a shoal of small fry in rocky shall
low pool which was a cul de sac The
mackerel swan behind their victims in
serried ranks-a company of hungry,
determined creatures, intent upon a
gorging feast to which there need be
no limit. They had followed the fry
miles maybe, merely swallowing one
here and one there to keep their appe-
tites whetted Now they had cornered
them where there was no escape for
their victims. No alert fisherman, on
the lookout for just such an opportu-
nifty. was at hand to convert their tri-
umph and feasting into captivity and
lamentation-they might feast az viii.
And, We gods. feast they did! No one
who has not seen il would believe that
the cubic capacity of a mackereI could
possibly deal successfully with the
number Of small fish lie actually swal-
lows.
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TROOPS GUARD NOME.
Martial Law Declared in New Ell.
dorado by General Randall.

Martial Law Declared in New Eli
dorado by General Randall.
Reports have reached San Francisco
that Cape Nome, the new Arctic Eldo-
RADIO, is in a condition of the most des-
perate lawlessness, and that Gen. Ran
dali, in charge of the Government troops
there, has been compelled to declare mar
tial law. This is the story brought by
the steamer st. Paul, which arrived di-
rect from Nome with forty passengers
and 81 100000 of treasure. The jumping
of mining claims is the direct cause of
the state of anarchy which prevails at
Nome. Human life is held so cheaply
that almost every discussion or argument
ends in murder. Deadly ARRAYS are of
constant occurrence, and there is no law
or order nor any safety for life or prop
erty.
For fifteen miles the beach is covered
with tents, so crowded that work of any
kind is impossible. Any property left
without guard is Immediately stolen and
redress is out of the question The Nome
Chamber of Commerce has been forced
to turn over the government of the city
to United States Commissioner Rawson.
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THE GREAT NORTHWEST.
Daniel Webster's Queer Words Abou
1t in 1914.

Daniel Webster's Queer Words About
1t in 1914.
In 1874 Daniel Webster spoke ia the
United States Senate against bill to
establish a mail line from Missouri to
the Pacific coast.
What Go we want" said he, with
the vast, worthless area, this region of
savages and wild beasts, of deserts, of
shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust,
of cactus and prairie-dogs?
Mr. President. / will never vote one
cent from the public treasury to place
the Pacific coast one inch nearer to
Boston than it is now'
Mr.. Webster was supported in his
opposition by Mr.. Clay, Mr.. Calhoun
and other leaders of the Senate. Know
ing little, if anything, of the physical
geography of the country, it is not
strange that these statesmen, being I'M
able to forecast tie future, should ut
ter false prophecies A man may be a
politician and an orator without know
ing geography.
DR.. II. III. Field, who quotes Mr.. Web
ster's remarks in 'Our Western Arch
ipelago" briefly describes that worth
less area" out of which within half a
century have been carved California
and Washington. the one rich in gold
and silver, the other richer still by rea-
son of its coal, iron, lumber, northern
fruits, wheat oats and grass.
Its people, says the author, writ
ing of Washington, tell us that it has
more coal than Pennsylvania, more
iron than Alabama, and more lumber
than Michigan and Wisconsin put to-
gether."
1t is rot uncommon for the land to
yield from fifty to eighty bushels to the
acre. Riding through the oat-felds,
one may see stalks nine feet high The
grass retains its sweetness through all
weather. 1t does not spoil when left
lying out in the fields, but remains
green and juicy. Cattle can be raised
almost for nothing, so abundant is it.
Horses will not bring much more than
sheep, and are offered at three dollars
apiece, and the pick of hundred for
five dollars
These great deserts" as Mr.. Web
ster called them. have indeed bios
somed as the rose.
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BIG TREASURY SURPLUS.
Balance for the Fiscal Year Just Ended
Exceeds SSO,OOO,OOO.

Balance for the Fiscal Year Just Ended
Exceeds $SO,oOO,OOO.
The surplus of the United States treas
ury for the fiscal year which ended last
week was $S0,O00,00O, just double See
rotary Cages estimate in his last mes
sage to Congress. The surplus for 1890,
just ten years ago, was $S5,040,271, and
began to fall of greatly until a deficit
came for the year ending June 80, 1894
For 1890 the deficit was $S9, III $50,
with all the burden of the war with
Spain during the first six months Of that
year. Each month the surplus contin-
ued to grow, that for June being about
100000 and It is the largest surplus
for any month of any year for long way
back. The total receipts last month We're
over $50,000,000, and the expenditures
have aggregated $50, 5S5, 900.
The receipts for the year have been to
date $566, At BAT, and expenditures
$4S7 1903, 49S. The War Department has
spent $134, 653 $50, and the navy, $685.
0S9, 149. The receipts from customs
have been 1888, 491, 1873, an increase of
about $17,500,000; internal revenue,
$249, PIP 1913, an increase of about SOD
100000. Miscellaneous, $3S, so. 1t
is estimated that the treasury will have
about $500, 100000 of gold coin and gold
bullion, or, in the words of an official
of the treasury, more gold than is gather
ed under one single control anywhere else
in the world" In this sum is included
the gold reserve Of $150,000,000 and
1927, 797, 1T9, against which certificates
have been issued and $40, 673, 242 in free
gold
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Nothing 70 Brap About.

In Scotland they have no green corn
on the cob. Therefore, when this
Scotsman came to America he was
amused to see the people deyourine
those great hunks of corn. A friend of
his recommended the dish to him ms
tasty and delicious, and when the
sturdy son of Scotia lunehed at res
taurant he ordered a plate of "boiled
sweet corn on the cob" When his
friend met him next he asked him ii
he had tried the corn yet.
"Ay, have l, and it's no onything to
max sic fuss ABBOTT, I'm thinking"
"What, didn't you like it?'
1T wusna sac bad r the ootside, but
it wus maist awfy touch i the inside
Scottish American.
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CHAPTER xI-(continued.)

CHAPTER NL-tContlnued.
"But you must bear it, she SAIL 81
think a great many things are hard; this
seems a cruel thing-but yet you had no
choice. You have done the only thing
that it was in your power to do"
IF you tell me that l shall be able to
endure it." he said
Then do tell it you" she answered,
with the color IN her face. Il think you
have done right. | think you have done
what only generous man would do.
And / am glad" said jeanne softly.
Not glad that such a trial has come to
you, but happy, at least" and a sudden
culver came into her voice, that when l
thought you were strong and good | was
not wrong"
jeanne, Joanne" he said.
He gave that cry, and then they turned
away from one another, and for little
while neither of them spoke again. She
was the first to recover herself, and to
break the silence.
I'm glad that you are going to new
associations, and TO a new life altogeth-
er, she said. quietly and quickly. THAT
will help you. And you know-we both
kn0w-that the things which often seem
hard when we look forward to them may
not in the end prove hard at all. Your
cousin is good l remember how you
used to speak OF her"
'Yes-heaven bless her,-she is good, -
Godfrey said steadily. Il think no truer-
hearted woman lives"
Then in time she viii make you hap
py," the girl answered. softly. 1T may
not be quite with the same happiness that
you would have chosen for yourself, but
you will be safe with her; you win never
care for her less than you do now; you
may come to care for her so much more.''
Il may; ii IS al. / can hope" he said
1T is a great deal TO hope" she replied
earnestly. And you will have good
ground to expect it. That makes me
glad"
She spoke the last words almost as If
to herself, but he heard them, and the
color came to his face
God bless you!" he said. II shall be
q better man for this"
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Chinaman who is near the rebellious dis
trict. Sen Wan Lin's detail as an officer
of the Chinese army is the command Of
all the military forces of North China
When DR.. Sears. the Baptist missionary,
was in Chicago he formed a close friend
ship with the general converted him to
the Christian faith, and made him a
member of the Baptist Church. Gen
Sen Wan Lin interprets his instructions
as wide enough to cause him to take
measures to prevent bloodshed wherever
ii threatens
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One of the Last of the UnspoiIed Cities
of the East.


of the East.
Bagdad is one of the last of the I'M
spoiled great cities OF the East. The
bazaar of Constantinople has been de-
filed by western innovations, and Euro
pean fashions are stealing into the
shops of Tabriz. Bagdad is changing,
too, but its colors and ways are rich
still with suggestions of the days of the
Caliphs and the luxurious era of Islam.
The old part of the customs house is
the palace of the Callphate, hoary with
the marks Of more than eight centuries.
and mosque and minaret recall great
names of great days which viii never
come again. In the palace court now
are iron from Birmingham and cotton
from Manchester, matches from Swe-
den and cheaper and more sulphurous
ones from Japan. chinaware from
China and Russia, spirits and sugar
from Marseilles, with wheat for ship,
ment to London and wool and hides for
America.
Where the Caliph's fayorites once
sold kingdoms inspectors now take
their petty brides. 1t is a curious bed
lam. Caravans come in from Persia,
Arabia and Mesopotamia. The laden
camels, horses and donkeys surge out
east, north, west and south. A hamal,
or porter, pushes by carrying on his
back 350-pound bale of cotton. And
the Bagdad natives are distingu,shable
from the rest by the Bagdad button, a
scar about the size of date, often en-
the end of the nose, always on the face,
the mark of an ugly scab which sooner
or later comes to disfigure almost ev-
cry resident of Bagdad. Jews, of
whom there are 10000, one-third of the
population of the city; Armenians,
many Of whose women have been mar
ried to Europeans; Arabs from the des-
ert, Turks. soldiers and fat civilians
some dark, some blonde as the jani-
zaries; chavadars with their caravans,
Persian traders of all kinds pass to and
fro under the covered streets between
the bazaar shops displaying all the
produce of the east.-Leslie's Popular
Monthly.
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WHERE The Book WAS HIDDEN.
Government Records Were Missing for
a Period of Five Years.

Governments Records We're Missing for
a Period of Five Years.
Once in while something out of the
usual happens in the daily life of gev-
eminent clerks which serves to break
the monotony of the work." said a
clerk In the interior department. &c
casionally in all of the departments
records or papers will mysteriously dis
appear and how they got away or
where they went remains always an
unsolyed problem. About five years
ago large book containing the rec
! ords used in one of the bureaus of this
department suddenly disappeared.
How it could have gotten out OF the
room without hands was unacceunta-
Die, as it was bulky, heavy volume.
1t was of no value as a salable article
and the motive of the theft was as in
explicable as its whereabouts.
"Diligent search was made at once,
but to no avail. The search was not
given up, however, and was afterward
periodically made in hopes that it would
be found in an Unexpected place. And
it was found in such place a few days
ago. One of the clerks happened to
look upon the seat of the chair of an
other cierk-.an elderly lady with poor
eyesight-apd there, under a piece of
outer covering, lay the big book. The
lady was a''short person and the book
had faithfully preserved its records and
held her up for five long and weary
years without complaint. There was a
/ general laugh at her expense, but the
chief was very glad it was eventually
found in the office.
Official papers are often blown from
the desks of clerks into the street.
Sometimes they are of importance, but
! usually they may be replaced with a
slight delay constituting the only loss.
A clerk carelessly laid five $40 bills on
MS desk in a room on the Seventh
1 street side of the former postoffice de-
partment building on a pay day few
years ago. 1t was during a heavy
thunderstorm. A minute later the bills
We're taken up by a gust Of wind and
went sailing In all directions high in
the air above the street. Where they
landed was never known. for none was
recovered. The clerk took his loss
philosophically when he got over the
shock and said that while he had
heard of it raining cats and dogs, he
could testify in any court that he had
seen it rain crisp new $40 bills in
Washington
"One day in this department some
valuable papers disappeared. 1t was
thought they had been stolen. Several
week subsequently they were discov-
cred under the corner of a desk occu-
pied. by temporary clerk. She had
thought them of no value, and had
! placed them in this position to preserve
the equilibrium of the desk, one of the
rollers being Washington Star.
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Miifrid,s Mittr Rernrt.

A gentleman who was putting mp for
parliament was a very bad lax. hand at
making a speech. He therefore, soiic-
tied the help of Sir vrilfrid Lawson.
His request. of course. was complied
with
As Sir Wilfrid and his friend were
proceeding to a meeting 4 friendly OPP
penent cried out ''There goes. Nilfrid
and his performing bear"
The baronet answered: quite right.
my friend: am teaching him to climb
to the top Of the poll.
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Unpardonable.

Il shall never speak to him again"
she declared.
why not?' her chum asked.
when we were at that concert the
other night | told him If he didn't take
me out of the crowd l would faint and
he would have to carry me away"
"YesY'
well, you'd have thought his life de
pended on getting me out of there in
hurry Chicago Times Herald
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One
Osa9agasS
z. GffGRa


- y nSOcfOrcs with two OF
sksc BEST doctors In the city
for two years and had no
relief KnfN Y used the
Pifsksaags7 remedies.
sly trouble was ssscer-
aEsOn Of The uterus. Ssuf-
fered terribly, could not
sleep nights and fisOuglsf
sometimes fhsaf death
would be such a relief.
" TO-dayE am a well iy0.
Rssass, able 10 40 my OWN
work, andkave mot a pain.
used fOus' bottles Of
Lydia e. PirsE6EsaEsa'S Nege-
table Compound assH three
packages of Sanaffve
Wash ana cannot praise
IRE medicines enough. -
MRS ELIZA THOMAS
$50 Pine ST., Easf0B, Pa.
KgrSs PfsaEfaanr advises
suffering women without
Charge.
Lydia f. Pinkham Med Co.. Lynn. M&ss.
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REsr FoR rHE MOWERS.

No matter what ails you, headache to q
cancer, you win never get well until your
bowels are put right. CASCARETS help
nature, cure you without grippe or pain,
produce easy natural movements, cost
you just 10 cents to start getting your
health back CASGARETS Candy Ca
thartic, the genuine, put up in metal
boxes, every tablet has G. G. G. stamped
on it. Beware of limitations.
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Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
well as the adult. All who try it like it
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown OF
Mocha or Java. but it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. "A the price OF
coffee 15c and 25c per package. Sold
by all grocers.
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strength Of Ewes.

Eyes of different color vary in
strength. Brown and dark-colored eyes
are weaker than gray or blue eyes.
Light blue eyes are usually the strong
est, and next to these come gray. The
lighter the pupil the longer and the
greater is the degree of strain which the
eve can bear
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INCENTIVE Woman.

What is your greatest household ex-
penseY asked the first deaf and dumb
man.
Matches" wriggled the fingers of
the second.
''Matches?' came the surprised in
quiry from the astonished hand of the
first man.
Yes, talk in my sleep, and my wife
always lights a match to see what l
am saying. "-Baltimor American.
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Mhnt nn ana Children nrlnk2

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAIN-O? 1t is delicious and nourish-
ing, and takes the place Of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made Of pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades OF coffee, but costs
about u as much. All grocers sell it. 15c
and One
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Japan Anxious.

Japan is alarmed over the emigration
of many of her residents to this country
who are lured here by misrepresentation.
This is like the misrepresentation which
deludes people into believing that any
other medicine is equal to Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters for stomach disorders.
1t will cure indigestion, constipation and
dyspepsia
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Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet 1t makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen. Hot and Sweat
ing Feet. AT all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. .Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted, LeRoy, ~ 4.