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(To he continued.)
Frederick the Great and His Dor,

Frederick the Great and His Dora
Frederick the Greats fondness for
dogs amounted to passion. He al
ways had five or six Italian greyhounds
about him, leaping upon chairs and
sleeping on the couches in his room
During his last illness he used to sit
on the terrace at Sans Souci and al
ways had dog at his side occupying
another chair. He fed them himself.
played with them and permitted them
to tear, to their hearts content, his
damask chairs and otherwise iniure
the furniture, saying: "My dogs de-
stroy my chairs; if l have them mend
ed today. they would be torn again
tomorrow, so suppose I must bear
with the Inconvenience" One of
Frederick's dogs, Biche, attained his
toric celebrity. 1t is stated that the
king took Biche with him on the cac,-
paign Of 1745. One day the king, I'd
vancing on a reconnaissance, was cur
prised and pursued by the Austrians.
He took refuge under bridge, and,
wrapping Biche in his cloak, held him
to his breast. The sagacious dog
seemed fully conscious of the peril of
his master, and though of nervous
temperament and disposed to bark Mt
the slightest disturbance, he remained
perfectly quiet until the Austrans had
passed. At the battle of Sohr, Biche
was taken captive with the kings bag
gage. So much joy did the dog mani
fest upon being restored to his master
that the kings eyes were flooded with
tears. Travellers visit the tombs of
! these famous dogs. In front Of The
palace at Sans Souci are flat stones,
each having engraved upon it the name
| Of a dog.
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MARVELLOUS MECHANISM.
Auto nations That Have Excited tho We
dor SNP Moov

Auto nations That Have Excited tho Won
der Of Many.
Some years ago jeweler of Bou-
lcgne. France, constructed a wonder
full automatic coniurer. This figure,
correctly dressed in black, performed
various sleight of hand tricks with re-
markable dexterity. and when it was
applauded gracefully saluted the spec
tators to the right and left One Of its
tricks was the following: It struck a
table several times, and made an egg
come out of it. 1t then blew upon the
latter. when out of it came bird that
tapped its wings and sang, and after
ward entered the egg again. This,
however, was nothing as compared
with the automatic fly manufactured
by John Miller, and which flew around
the table during dinner and alighted
upon the hand of its owner and man
ufacturer, to the great establishment
OF the guests. Another wonderful piece
OF mechanism was minute coach, to
which were harnessed several horses,
and which rolled over the table. Upon
starting the coachman cracked his
whip and the horses began to prance,
and then became quiet and started off
on a trot. The coach stopped and the
lackey jumped from the seat, and,
opening the door, handed out hand
somely dressed lady, who saluted and
then rc-entcred the coach. The lackey
closed the door and jumped up the
box, the whip snapped and the horses
galloped off. The famous mechanical
flute player was lifelong figure,
standing by the side of broken COL
umn, upon which it. slightly leaned.
1t was capable of playing dozen diff
ferent airs with remarkable ease. To
effect this result, there was system
Of weights which actuated a bellows
placed in the interior of the automaton
and through an invisible tube forced
air to the flute, where it acted in the
Usual way upon the stopple OF the
opening. In order to obtain the modu-
tations and consequently complete
air. the fingers of the automaton were
movable and closed the holes of the
flute Theoretically when at rest. The
fingers we're moved by wires and cords
that were tautened and relaxed by the
play of toothed cylinder.
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Origin of tho Term Bonanza

The word bonanza" is of Spanish
origin and nautical term, meaning
fair weather at sea-" In Matthew viii,
26, we read that after the Lord re-
buked the wind and the sea there
came a good, great calm.' which last
words in the Spanish version are rem
dered by bonanza" It is easy to I'M
derstand how the word came into its
hgurative use as meaning a happy
calm and good hope after a weary
stretch. The bonanza kings" were
James Clair Flood, w. S. O'Brien, John
w. Mackay and James g. Fair, four
men of Irish parentage, who acquired
vast fortunes from the gold and silver
mines on the Pacific coast. They had
various imitators and successors, who
shared the names, but these four were
the "only original bonanza kings.
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@ l|l R[Eg!! -
dhnanml f1he7nSIS~@ II
<,AjS> IS LIGHT OFT OF
y. !9aSii,s s!5 sl4a::{gl lE|sls(

Princess Louis Lorinoff! By Jove, I
don't envy Monsieur lie Prince! Not a
bit of it-not even for half million of
money. And I'm to keep out of his
way. Well. I'll obey that command
with all the pleasure in life. Aud
I'm not to marry before I'm forty
that's what it amounts to practically.
Well, don't know that mind that
very much-do 1? All! we'll. 1 don't
SO much know about that-I-" and
then he stopped short and fell into a
sort of dream, dream of himself
walking along country road and be-
side him-"and, oh! damnation," said
Dick Aylmer aloud. what did the
old brute want to write to me for?"
He struck match and set fire to the
letter; then a sudden thought occurred
to him and he crushed the flame out
and locked the letter carefully away in
his dispatch box. II may find that re-
mark about marrying again useful" he
said to himself. Anyway, best to
keep it,"
But though he had locked the letter
away he could not put the thoughts of
1t away from him as easily. Indeed, it
kept coming back to him again and
again. particularly that one unpalatable
sentence about him waiting till he was
forty before he, need expect his uncle
to hear of his marrying under GER
tain amount of dover with the bride.
Now, Dick Aylmer was utterly ig-
norant of the circumstances in which
the little girl of his dream was placed.
She might have a dover, it might be
large Or small, he did not know; and
on the other hand, it was more than
likely that she had not so much as a
penny in the world. Somehow, al
though he had never been within the
precincts of Graveleigh Hall, he had
an idea that it was place without
much money behind it. True, the beds
i'll front of the house were gay with
flowers and the house was large and
CT a certain appearance. But the hedges
which skirted the sloping meadow were
none too we'll kept; the entrance gates
needed coat of paint badly, and had
apparently got we'll used to the neces-
sity; the drive was not very we'll kept,
and altogether he fancied that Dorothy
Strode's dover would be but thing of
| small Importance compared with his
uncle's idea of what Dicks wife ought
to be possessed of.
Now, 1 may as we'll say here that
Dick Alymer had made up his mind to
marry the little girl of his dream. 1t
might be sooner or it might be later,
but he meant to do it all the same. If
he could get her sooner-why, he
would; and if he could not get her as
soon as he wanted her-why, he would
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ever been in IN all his life. And. Oh!
by Jove, he reminded himself that he
had forgotten. or more correctly he had
never known, what the old lady's name
was. Dorothy had called her "auntie.'
and he had naturally said "your aunt
and he had come away without know.
ing what her name and state were
whether she was wife, widow or maid
However, he did not let that trouble
him much, and he drove gayly along
between the sweet wild hedgerows, feel.
ing as il the soft September air, just
tempered with breeze off the sea
was air Of an Arcadian land, and sucl
Objectionable persons as aristocratic re-
lations did not exist in all the world
And then when he reached Graveleigh
the long struggling village street with
Its quaint old-world shops and its odd
little pcstofiice. he pulled up the good
horse and stopped to make inquiries
Can you tell me where Graveleigll
Hall is?" he asked Of a respectable
woman.
"Why, yes, sir-you do go along that
road and take the first turn to the right
and then 70 do come to it," she re.
piled.
"Ah. thanks. By-the-bye, what is
the name of the lady who lives there?'
he asked, carelessly.
Miss Dimsdale. she do live at the
Hail." the woman replied. "And Miss
Dorothy, she do live with her."
THANK you very MUCH" said Dick
pleasantly.
The good woman watched him as he
drove along. Another of 'em after
Miss Dorothy" she said to herself.
And'Dick drove gaily along, getting
more and more light hearted as ne
went; for was he not getting nearer
and nearer with every stride of old
Derby's legs to her? But he did not
get to the hall without being further
watched. Scarce was he past the end
of the village before he met David Ste
venson, wearing the light clothes and
CATERS of country gentleman who
looks after his own farming, and David
scowled at him murderously. Happily
Dick neither saw his rival nor his
black looks, and drove on, flicking like
schoolboy at the hedges as he passed
BRUTAL interloper!" David growled
out between his strong teeth, as he
stood leaning over the gate, watching
the retreating dog-cart. Going there
of course"
Ito he continued)
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have to wait; but as for waiting till his
savage old uncle chose to say ''yea or
nay"-why, the idea was simply pre-
posterous, and Dick put it aside at once
as contingency which could not be
considered for a moment. After all.
his marriage was his business, his and
nobody else's on his side; he meant to
marry to please himself. and his uncle
could go to the deuce if he liked. After
all, if he did marry her or any 9TH
Ell girl that he chose to marry, and his
uncle cut up rough over it, what could
he 90? He could, and probably would,
stop his allowance Immediately. But
then he had absolutely no guarantee
that the old savage might not from
mere caprice do that at any moment,
when ne would have no other course
open to him but to exchange into u
regiment serving in India, and live on
his pay So that, after all, what was
the good Of his depending too much
on his uncle, who would, if his wife
happened to die, assuredly marry again
on the chance of having an heir who
would cut him out of his heritage?
Ell the same, Dick Alymer did not
think that there was the remotest
chance of his uncle's wife leaving the
way clear for a successor-her ladyship
was at least fifteen years younger than
her lord and was a woman of agrees
slvely good health, which she kept in
perfect order by living by line and
rule; and he reminded himself that
beyond stopping his allowance and
possibly having another heir, Lord
Aylmer was absolutely powerless to
leave one stick or stone away from
him-the property must go with the
Ieitle to the heir who was to follow
him.
A couple of days went by, and Dick
Aylmer had almost forgotten his i'm
cle's letter in the pleasure of anticipa-
ton, and by the time he turned out Of
the barrack gates, bound for Grave
leigh Hall to make his formal call up
on Dorothy Strode's aunt. he was in as
gay and lightsome a mood as he had
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Set super.tit,on 1t N.uxht.

Miss Alice Sinclair of Cincinnati, o.,
who acted as bridesmaid at the we'd
ding of a friend, found a thimble in
the piece OF brides cake which she ate.
This was regarded as proof that she
would be an old maid. To prove that
the sign was false she agreed to marry
William Keller, to whom she was en-
gagged, at once, and invited all the
wedding guests to be present at her
the ceremony was performed within
three hours Of the time when she was
acting as bridesmaid. ~ I
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YOUNG MANS MANNERS.
Society Ask That he Dshav, wsn. !.
Then HI, Path WI, =. $500. ss

Society AsAs That he Behave WsA, and
Then His Path WI, Bs snasotA. !.
Society asks little Of q, young man
except to behave we'll. II no be manly
in looks. II. he has q good manner, Il
civil to his elders. II he has any little
gift Of entertaining-any ''pArlor
tricks"-if he sends a few flowers oc-
casionally. looks pleasant and is po-
lite.. his way will DO smooth to success
) -..!ell#ays providing that he is really q
gentleman. He never joins her on q
thoroughfare unless the friendship be
On established one and only with her
permission-nor will he stand and
converse with her. 1t is provincial to
walk "sandwiched" between two
women, to stare, or look after any one
Who has passed. In public convey
ances man does not pay woman's
fare unless he is her escort, except In
an emergency, when he must ask IL
ne may. lntroductions are rarely
made in public places or conveyanees.
A man precedes q woman when enter-
ing theater or public place. In a
church the Lady goes first He may
precede her up public staircase, but
in private house in ascending and de-
scending, he follows. In picture gall
leries, elevators in public buildings,
hotel and theater corridors, they being
thoroughfares, a man retains his hat.
In a hotel he removes it il women are
present In a lady bows to a man in a
restaurant he rises slightly from his
seat in acknowledgment. When he is
with party, If lady with her escort
stops to speak to his friends he rises
and remains standing until she passes
on. He also rises If a man is intro
duccd to him when with stag party.
If bachelor show some little hospi-
tality it advances him much in favor.
II he has attractive rooms, or has any
thing to show, he may give an after
noon tea CT a chafng dish supper.
Simplicity is in order. A bachelors
entertainment is usually regarded in
the light of frolic and his efforts in
diligently considered. A bachelor may
live where he likes without loss of So
clal position, if he belong to one good
club; which he may only use for the
address on his cards and note-paper.-
Ladies' Home Journal.
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/ n. IltsraaureI s I q. uAi.ss 8

The Litsfsaurs O the OAiaese.
I Chinese literature u % extensive that
. catalogue Of the books In the four I'M
perial libraries Of the present dynasty
classifies and briefly describes no less
than 5000 books. and itself Nils 200 vol.
umes. Although some Western writer's
have described the collection as a whole
as a vast library Of Oriental conceit
and dreary wilderness Of words, the
Able Remusat.. q genuine student Of
the chinesenAngusxe 'wsrnte enthusiast
tically regailing their. charm. saying
hme found IN them; "eloquence ana POI
ETY., enriched by the beauty Of pictur-
esque language preserving to imagina-
ton all its colors. The descriptions 10 q
very accurate one. too.-suecess.
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The Scots Wow.

DR.. Pitcairn, being in a church in
Edinburgh, where the preacher was
not only emphatic, but shed tears CO.
piously, was moved to inquire Of a
countryman, who sat by him, what it
was all about. What the devil made
him greet? ~ was the inquiry. "Faitk"
said the man, slowly turning around,
we had may be greet yourself if ye
was up there and had as little to say"
-Argonaut.
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Rowr xnh1

wec6er One Hundred Dollars reward for an5
case of Cat8rrh that cannot be cured by Hallf
r j. CHENEY & co, Props.. Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned. have known +. n
Cheney for the last IL years and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business tpansactions
and financially able to carry QUO any obliga-
tons made by their firm.
o.; Walding, Kinnan b Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists Toledo. Ohio
Halls Catnrrh Cure is taken internally, act.
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Testimonials sent free Pdoe
5tc per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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LNeEY M

Lucky Man.
'Dfd you ever get re igion?'' asked
the revivaNst.
"Well, should say so-13S pounds of
II" replied the man.
"a hundred and thirty-eight pounds
Of religion!" cried the revivalist. ..How
did you get that?"
"The only way that a good many
men get religion was the reply. ST
married it."-Chicago Evening Post.
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Guessed Cerrect5lx.

Defeated Candidate-You encouraged
me to. run for the office. You know you
did. gu said you thought wouldn't
make q bad alderman.
Trusty Henchman-Well, the returns
seem to show that was right.-Boston,
Christian Register.
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Light.

'You first saw the light on June 15?''
The Boston girl frowned impatiently.
You misunderstood me!' she ex-
claimed. 1 first saw the light on June
1S. I was born June Is, but was not
fitted with glasses until the next day."
We could not help but be struck with
her dignified caandor I'm discussing this
delicate subject.-Detroft Journal.
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His Logic.

E&t1 Logic.
Little Charlie lat supper)-Grandrna,
do your glasses make things look big
ger?
Grandma-Yes, dearie. Why?
Charlie-oh, only thought IL they
did maybe you'd take 'em off while.
you're cutting the cake.-PolichinelQe.
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drst days use Of DIR. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer
Send for FREE 1900 trial bottle and treatise
Ia r. H. KLNE, It'd. 93l Arch St., Phiadelphia, Pa
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Ho! FOR oKLAHoMAY

subscribe for THE klOWA CHIEF devoted to infof.
NATION about these lands. One year, sl.0O. Single
on Oklahoma. Morgan's Manual (21o page settlerF
Guide, with fine sectional map, s1.Oo Map CSC. An
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C.H. Crabtree. Des Mones. Iowa will on request
explain all about the Gladiator Gold-Mining com.
pany; extremely interesting: write me-
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Mrs. Winslow's soothing Syrup.
osmmation aays pain. cures wind collie Csc bottle
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WOES OF W0RKE RS.

Industrious small
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Work for the Phllateilists.
The various countries Of the world
now use 1900 different kinds Of post
age stamps.
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JeH-O,

delicious and healthful dessert. Pro.
pared in two minutes. No boiling! no
baking! add boiling water and set to
cool. Flavors:-Lemon, Orange, Rasp.
berry and Strawberry. Get package
ct your grocers to-day. 10 cts.
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tho great scientific discovery for shattsreA
nerves and thin impoverished Mood.
WISC0NSrN AKD IOWA
people cured By Kid.ne-oillb. In wpitlnH
them pao0sWe nelese stamped addressed
envelope.
Mrs. v. e. Leftover, II 9Th St., Fond.du.Lac,w via
Mrs. Emma Hancock. 326 18th st., Dubuque.
N. d.. Maggie, s45 Iowa St., Dubuque.
Mrs. A. Orth, 178' Francis st.. Dubuque
Jos. Shaw. Ice Dealer, Fort Dodge.
George Launder: Blacksmith. Fort Dodge.
Mrs. Thos. Ward, 18th st. & Sd Ave-. Fort DodgA
Elmer Davis. Blacksmith. Fort Dodge.
]. f. Monk, Teacher Fort Dodge.
Mru. I1ulsizer. 327 18th ST., South, Fort Dodge
John Killing, Carpenter, Independence.
J. II. Mann, Engineer Independence.
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills.
but Yellow Tablets and sell at fiftN
cents box at drug stores.
ioHN MORROW q CO.. CHEMISTS. Springfield. q
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To Eli In,
'AnY vacancies in your office, sir?"
''Well. you might come in and see IL
you can fill one of the vacant express
sions you notice on my clerks faces
Chicago Record.
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aENERE.hE|:,Al - ACHES

Of sny kind are esuss9 b. dtsordefse
Kidneys. Look cut also fcg backachs.
scalding Urine, dizziness ana BRICK
dust Or other sediment In urine which
has been allowed to stand. feed these
warnings before It TO- too late.
$50 81; !; ]
MoRR0W,s
XII. '1 NE-oIDS
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ear. you are a little hard
Miss Dimsdalc. with IL
|, he was her old love. );
had been her dear
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-09-18

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VI fgsyss shd self peaial. when tho
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~ saecsasfaliy plaansd Aad aasislsd
~ the frisads oi ths mevs9as nt tAs,
thousands Of dollArs wers salaed ia
lues The array sHPssts 70 far saFpasa
.hoas a9uISa thh PFsssat ysar, al.
thoaeh 10 has eeon ssadiag regular
rsait.Anees 70 ths fH@las stFlohsn
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nne, u ia nat expected thal thsss COO
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special Nuoiiou 81 which all the sAls
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whethsg ior he table on The hone
groceries, elothlng, saraisure, er Aay
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Artlstic
The Welt kaown work OF The people
SnonH ths ehagohisas crowds hAs se
cared ior them maay fEiauds froga eli
rAnka of life, leading stAtesmen And
PhhAnthF0piais contributing their
Apee oil w0rds at praise And eOIamoa-
dation 10 these sslt doaying tallsTa
auloRg the - ack sheep nranka ards
Aad oateAats of every nature have
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over the lAnd aud no eAas seama TOO
hard or hopeleAs 10 enli1t their sympa
thy aud effort " redeem.
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.Aal he wlll pes "asssF forge" bat
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