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iGHoRANcE NO EXCUSE.
This Young Msu Properly Buaeosd by
= Greek Customs.


IL in the course OF your wanderings.
gentle reader. you should ever md
yourself In the Grecian village OF Mar
copoulo. 35 miles out OF Athens. don't
rs you value your ceiibaey-if you are
possessed Of that pleasing attribute
pick up any handkerehiefs which you
may see lying on the ground. a suit
OF breach OF promise. which Is now be-
Ing tried In the Grecian capital. should
be warning To all bachelors who in
tend visiting Helias without chaper-
on. The plaintiff in this suit Is a re-
markabiy sood-lookins young woman,
who demands that young man. to-
tai stranger TO her until recently, and
who never asked her hand In marriage
in his life. should become her husband
or pay her heavy damages, In the vii
ihse OF MaEcopoulo there is u curious
custom which has the force OF law. On
certain holidays the villagers assemble
on the village green. and on these oc-
cRsions any unmarried woman who
thinks II Is about timc she took to
herself husband drops her handker-
chief has all the binding force of an
engagement. Now, tho fair plaintiff
IN this suit made up her mind a while
ago that the boys in Marcopoulo were
rather backward about coming for
ward and her chances OF matrimony
were gradually slipping away In spite OF
her good looks. So shs went to the VIII
lag" green on the next holiday and
dropped her handkerchief. There hap
pehed to be strange youth In the vii
lase that day who WA not familiar
with the local customs. The ylilas. boys
fought shy OF tho handkerchief, but
the unSuspecting stranger picked Il up.
Then the villagers set up grca, shout
and brought TO him n biushing beauty.
whom b. had never seen before. an
nouncing to him that she was his fu-
;urc wife. Naturally he was astonlSh.d.
and could only murmur: This IL no
Huddcn." Partially recovering his CON-
poSnrc. he Inquired II he might ask
Just why the young lady waa to be his
future wife. lie said he was over young
to marry yet, and. In fact. declined
with thanks. but the villagers cx-
plaincd their ancient custom to him
and tho young lady declared that he
would marry her or she would know
tho reason why. The young man Sworc
by Palms Athena tina, he would sec
her further" irIt, and made his escape
from the village. but the girl waG ben;
on marrying. and the perHoaai iae!ina-
tions Of the man In the Gaze could not
be considered. So she brought sui, for
Fsh ~ a,,I 10 L., AAu IL
Will win her case. and the young man
be forced to either marry her or pay
through the nosc."-Sew YORK Press.
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TREASURERS OF OLD.
cEiN0 uNEARrHED IN THE
FAR EAST.
Old Mosaic Floor Rsssntiy Dag Up In
Jsra'sism - Peculiar Drawing that
Tell Of Historical E.snts Ages Ago.
Whsn chSi.ti.nity Wa Youns.
Jerusalem letter.

Former discoveries OF fragments OF
mosaic p.yements In Jerus,ricm. Pales-
tine. and its neishborhood have been
eciipsed by recent lind which Ii most
elaborate and exquisite In design and
execution. and which Is also In state
o: almost perfect preservation. the col
ors OF the mosaics in their artistic
combinations being as bright and enec-
tive m the day the work was finished.
a few weeks since the owner OF .
little property In a small Jewish col
ony just outside the Damascus gate. In
digging ditch in his yard. came upon
some moSaic work at about four feet
below the surface which, when uncoy-
cred as far as permitted by the streets
bounding the excavation on two sides
and the wall of house on the third.
disclosed the ancient mosaic pavement
which the Illustration shows. Further
excavations await the order of the
Turkish government. whose officials
have taken the site In hand. and which
may SOW the pavement To extend some
what further In length on one side.
Tho patter would indicate that the
complete width at one end has been
uncovered. This mosaic floor is about
go paccs weat-northwcst OF the Da-
maScus cate. Tn. part already un-
covered Ia about IS feet In length by
II In breadth. Tho upper and larger
part OF the pavement Is composed OF
m cSqu!Sltc design. including n central
panel surrounded by an elaborate
frame. The panel has Its chief figure.
n representation of Orphcus. In n sit
ting posture. and playing upon nm IL
stringcd harp. Grouped within tho
panel are animals and birds. Including
n scrpcn; and snlamandcr. which lat
ter two arc In an attitude OF conflict. In
the lower right-hand corner Is the
horned and Goat-footcd figure OF the
God Pan. with his pan pipes under his
left arm and his right hand out
stretched. and beneath II \ hare. In
the other lower corner is ccntaur.
with his hand over his mouth. The
posture OF these animals md figures
suggests that they are cntranced with
the music OF tho harp OF Orpheus.
Green branches on the white back
ground. !n,nrspcrscd here and there.
given an added brightness and beauty
to this central design. In the clnborat.
work o. the wide frame surrounding
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WHITE PINE DISAPPEARING.
ssnss,sss Destruction of Trees Causing
Mach Talk of Differentiation,

"ush ta.A ot iAetsfssh'"h
THE white pine tree il disappear
Ing" said n student of III. confer fam
lily 10 IL reporter to-day In the grounds
Of III" Department uf Agriculture.
though now that attention hns been
called To the ruthless destruction of
the trees the various schemes OF rcfor-
rsiaiion nnd conservative numbering
nrr being given consideration. II has
been calculated that the original stand
OF whit" pin. In Canada ani The
United States represented something
like 5npSD.1'p.US feet Of mcrclinnin-
bile lumber. board measure. In 1850
II was computed that the stand had
been reduced to li0,oJp.S1,-o feet.
Gi,Bp.o.J,sD being IN I'll" United
States In III" region OF I'll. great lakes.
iu.opr.OGOODJ In Canada ani G,vD!cDO.-
OJD scattering.
'''rhe white pine II distlnctiycly .
northern tree. The native distribution
of the tree was from Newfoundland nn
the east To LAX" Winnipeg 1n the west.
and theme. io IL" southern boundary
of Wisconsin, Michigan. Pennsylvania.
New Jersey nnl Connecticut. The
white pine belt also followed the Ap-
pllachian rang. ~ FAR To the Snuih
nv Georgia. The bs~i growth or the
tree was IN Main. nnd the irl,lSh ter
Tit1ry east Of tina; state. along III" -.
I.nwr-nc,. river. In New Hampshire.
Vermont. northern New York, Mlci.
ignn. WisCOnsh MinnCsnin nni central
Pennsylvania. The forests of willie
pine have bccn nnnililniei IN New
England. though some cutting coii.
tinuss In Maine. som" whit" pin" siiil
grows In almost lnacC"-slhl- parts of
New York and Pennsylvania.
According tn Professor SI'nlilns. III.
white pine tTr- seldom nIinins height
greater than i'D feet or n iInn"i-r OF
more than forty inches. \ tres Of this
variety once measured hy Ill" division
~ forestry of III" Department 0f NEri-
culture was i1O feet tall and forty
eight Inches thick. That tree wns i'sp
years old. II was u ilIii" saplins hf-
~ years before Columbus sailed frnm
l'nlOs.
1T l. not nn easy ire" tn propagate.
sn many ~ the seeds bs'ing uni"riIl".
II does not. ns u rule. pTuiuc" iiow"rs
and cones until IL II hflcca ar twenty
years old. During the iirsi d'-'nd" of
Its life II viii GROW about on" foot cr-
cry twelve months. and then II grows n
little faster I'LL maturity. \ ir'" iw.n-
~ yrnrs old ought u bc about twenty
Ave feet high. Hnd nt thirty or forty
years Of agc II ongh; ~ measure about
sixty feet"
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are talking too mU:a," cho vca. or,
hurFsealy: "ysa are loo.las ys.y pale.
Your moshs: vli ~ II is all T.iy fsuis
when she come, in. Lie b.c,. amongst
your cushions comfortably. and ! will
go on with ny .sGd!ag."
No" interrupted Dea.il. putting hi,
hand hastily over the opea page. e!
am tired OF reading" Thea, with
short laush-''I am afraid you thinI:
me savase-do you?-aad are woa-
derins whether ! have sadly aste.io5.
ated during this illness. or whether I
am now. for the first time. showing
myself In my real character. The fact
Is. like talking TO you better than
iiS'ening 10 the most perfect poetry
mat could be written. Now you can
not call that uneompiimentary, at all
events. can you? ! feel as though I
mad left the world for years. and. hay
Ing come Unexpectedly back TO 1t. am
now hearing all the strange things the,
have happened during my absence
sort of Rip Van wink!ish feeling. I
suppose: SO ! want you to educate mo
before ] make my way down-taiga.
Miss SylycTtoa was with me yesterday.
and told me OF Charles promotion.
She said nothing OF her marriage. how
ever: but no doubt that will follow.
as II matter Of course
1T is almost arranged to take place
next month" observed Mabel.
"ouecnie." said Denzil. in low
voice. tell me thls-whcn did l last
see Miidred;"
1T WIS she that saw you fall and
went to your assistance. you know ''
returned the queen" eyasIvciy.
u know that" said Dcn.Ii-''yonr
mother told me the whole story. But
have | never scgn her s!nce-!n any
way:"
"oh. whore could you have seen
herr asked Mabel. JcSulticElly. and
with considerable confusion. turninr
to arrange some flowers on the small
table near her.
1T WAS only dream then" mur.
INJURED Denzil. iIsappoIntcdly. and said
no more on the 5ubJEct to his com
panion'S great relief Hut the nsx; day
h. tormcntcd lit;i. Stubbcr to allow
him to 20 downstairs.
tTo be coGt!nucd.)
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Chameleon Colors o, ru,,crn,s..

Butterflies change their colors ac-
cording to the heat of the atmosphere.
This interesting fact has been discov-
cred by NJ. Sandfuss of Zurich. Swift
zerland. who subjected 10000 butter
flies to experiments under different de-
greees of the suns heat. On one occa-
sion. it being unusually cold in Swift
zerland. n butterfly common there tool;
on the appearance of n butterfly from
Lapland. On the other hand. butterflies
which were subjected to 4 higher de-
gree of so!ar heat than the normal look
ed as If they had been born and raised
in Corsica or Syria. One result Of these
novel experiments is the production
Of butterflies of an entirely new type,
some of thom being of bewildaring
beauty.
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WONDERFUL cow-HoRsE.
New Jersey Again In Line with some
thing Abnormal.

thing Abnormal.
Veterinarians are Interested deeply
In freak cow-hoTsc. which Is In the
posScssion OF Mr.. William S. Hugo OF
Eli5Ibothport. n. J. At first glance
the animal looks like n mare OF nat
ural size. but on approaching hcr hind
quarters the formation OF COW Is dis
covered In the hip bones. which arc
level with the backbone. She measures
23h inches from one hip bone TO the
other. The mare has natural shoulders
and head. but when travelling has the
peculiar stride Of the COW.
The animal has attracted much at
tcntion. and several circus men have
cndeavorcd to buy her. Tho mare can
get over the ground in lively fashion.
while not appearing to be going fast.
In the stall the animal chews her cud.
us does COW or bull. and II watched
closely many OF the attributes OF the
bovine can be observed. when swish
ing flies her motion is tho same as
that OF COW. She can gallop. but in n
clumsy fashion only.
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-, ,,,,n ,,, the Bor.rsh,r,

The notion that the horseshoe is n
rrotcction against evil is as old MS
the hills. There is legend that the
dcvil one day asked st. Dunstan. who
was noted for his skill in shoeing
horses to shoe his "single hoof." Dun
1,,r knowing who his customer was.
,ied him tightly to the wall, and pro
Ccadcd with the job, but purposely put
,i,o devil to so much pain that he roar
od for mercy. The saint at last con-
co,tcd to release him on condition that
10 mover would enter a place where he
cav A horseshoe displayed.
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kR XyIi.-(Continued.)
|,ou not reproaeh me'" she
Sns,ely. Abuse me. speak
anything but act
as you are doing: your
killing mo. Not all the
! could heap upon me
Ia me sufficiently for all
| you suffer. Have you Tor
| actually thrust myself
liz, IL was I who offered
l. that fatal night. not you
|,or me: Why do you not
Sith all this? Have ! TO
|eruel thoughts into your
Ii, that you are too noble
against a woman? II you
h. unkint TO me. l think !
tsel quite so wretched."
billed. though rather sadly.
La you will have to so on
hrd forever II you are
ne TO DO unkind to you"
bo you know. strange aS II
In the dIspieasure l fel, In
kainst you has somehow
| leaving only love and
10 It's place. ! am not
ou now. my darling: ! am
d 4 II,tl. lonely perhaps"
D. ,urnIn. abruptly away.
lngt Interval he came back
Issla. and went on with a
tulacss that In aowlsc de-
be said. -of course this
irs will not last forever.
bay. cures all things. In
y | will get through n lit
| think. and refresh my
ba, certain foreign cities.
for awhile. and do not
ne during my absence.
lug tonc-"romcmber.
!, whatever you do. or
you marry. wish You all
) that ein poRsibiy bctall
sure you forgive me-"
Mildred. tremu!ourly.
that has happened"
~" he said.
no; kiss me ;han?" wh!s-
y.
~ hcE once again. for th.
poa her lips: and IL was
kfied.
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Dicltcng' Love Lcttrr"

Charles Dickens love letters cXist--a
,o,,Crl of them. So states n writer III
" london weekly: 81 had the pleasure
=, I.nowirg Mira. Dickens and had the
,,,.iyiIcgo of receiving her at my house
H. NV earliest London days. Without
oycr for moment limiting at the!'
contents. she would smile in a haif-
,mrscd and yet pathetic way at the
snrreatlon Of a mutual friend that he.
famous husband love letters Wou4u
nnI,o n popular volume, after being
,difch of course
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DISTANT 80. 100000 MILES.
Eros 10 That Far from q. Most OF TIA.
Time.

1tmr-
Late last December the astcro!d
Eros. which WAS discovered about
three years ago. came within 10000
600 miles OF tho earth. This In not the
In Its orbit II 10. or would be II the
earth was In the corresponding posi-
ton In It's orbit. within about i3.o0o.-
COO mlics. but unfortunately this only
occurs oncc In about forty-hvc years.
Consequently the astronomers took
advantage OF tho conditions prevailing
In December to take innumerablc pho
;ographs OF II and few stars In Its
vicinity In connection with the sun
from all points possible. with the OBJ
ject OF usIng them rs basis for the
computation OF tho suns distance from
the earth. which. though known ap-
proximatciy. has never been deter
mined with precision. As the earth
and the star are now speeding away
from each other and further photo
graphing. therefore. of no avail for the
purpose. the astronomers have begun
the task OF measuring the photographs
some 5000 or 5000 in number. to as
certain the distance in minutes and
seconds OF an arc between Enos and
the neighboring stars. After this Is
done the intricate mathematical cal
culations will be entered into. These
will occupy many months. or perhaps
n year or more. before anything like
Il definite result can be reached.
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THE MOSAIC FLOOR.

this panel are wrought mednllions in
leaf-encloscd wreaths. IA In all. con-
timing representations OF fruits, ami
mails. and birds. with symbolic human
heads in the four corners. each looking
towards the center. where Orphcus sits.
Beneath this main part OF the floor.
but wrought In with II SO rs to form
an harmonious whole. are two rows OF
designs, there being three in each row.
The first row is composed OF three
panels. the central one containing two
female figures in byzantine dress. with
n column standing between them. and
n Greek name written alongside OF
each in poor orthography and style of
character. TIE lettering suggests the
reyerse side OF the byzantine coins. On
either side OF this central panel Is an
other. containing each stone which
protrrdes above the surface and sug-
costs tombs beneath. The lower row
is OF three medallions. each contain
ing figure, the right-hand one OF
hunter with a spear, running; the CEN
trail one Of lion. and the left-hand one
of n leopard, both bounding away.
The work is assigned to not earlier
than the Fourth century. and possibly
as late as the Seventh. The designs
seem purely pagan and classical. There
is little, II anything. to indicate
Christian origin. There may be
nimbus abont the heads of the female
figures. but it is as likely to represent
the dressing of the hair or be designed
IN throw the faces into better relief.
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CHAPTER XIX.

"1IiIarsd's engagement IS at an 'nd
with Lord Lyndon" penzil P.,.'
hargnrd face flushed crimson nc ,., pu,
IN his un!njurcd hand and nFuSnGn ,.a
%ncr m his hair imprtuously dNin% ms
owes on Mabel the while. w hnI
osrsoI ~ ito" he asked with suppressed
oaI,ot,on at must have been very
"nddrn -Four weeks ago, yon say
why, that was just after ~
paused. ,.. ,,,,,,rrod '
.,,I Mabel slowly: aud she grew
frightened. m fearing that Mildred w"ul" /.
nnndcmn - the remark If she heard oi IT,
and determined to make no NOR" ..,.,', .'u
", ,,,,as,ore whatever happened. o'
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r, r,l,rnrd Ilkrs sncloty.

King Edward much prefers cohsen-
ial society to solitary state and so mas
I,troduccd the custom of having a
good-sizcd dinner party every evening
9t tho royal table. The members OF
his own family. all guests ond several
,ncmbers of the suite arc always In
attendance.
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Automobile. a.. Transport, Wagons.

Experiments In France have proved
convincing. and tho French believe they
arc certain to play n role OF much I'M
porianco In modern warfare. II IL odd to
note the different GEra to which nature
and science arr put, on the battlefield
they fl.ht for tho destruction Of life. while
throughout tho country iiost-ttct'a Stotn.
nch ultt-rz lights 10 preserve u. For
nifty years the BIttefn has been curing
dyspepsia. IniiE-stion, constipation and
bliiousneas. II Will also prevent malaria.
fever and ague.
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lArTER XVIII.

not appear to recover
Idly as had been at ar1t
xpcctcd. the inward In
recclvcd-,housh slight
him more seriously than
sd anticipated.
sc had been tcicgraphci
snlng OF the accident. and
at Kings Abbott early
morning. having elected
night rather than endure
OF suspense. though the
been very rcassur!ng.
day showed their patient
tier than on the proceed.
rc had boon more decided
amendment. and he had
the dressing OF his
wonderful composurc nnL
I toward evening he grew
ID irritable. and cvinced
patton TO wander: where
c;or looked grave. shoe.
made certain changes In
but all to no purpose.
hc vas In n raging fever.
pay after the fever first
Lady Caroline. having
lhc poor mothers lying
hour or two. was sitting
pom as the time wore on
ng. Bending over his bed.
= certain change in his
she asked. tendcrly.
hc whispered. with deep
Is tone. and holding out
Mildred. dear Denzil."
roline. thinking that he
pit he said:
v are not" quite distinct
again. II want her-why
= come 10 me?"
'aroline was greatly per-
new not what to de. Had
Inherent she would have
dictates of her own kind
! Tor Mildred on the spot:
she remembered former
.yhdon's recent sad de.
uld not care to take the
on herself of bringing
aAd Dcnzil together.
Ahrcd." called the sick
ny; and then the little
mat had come to him In
u her face vanished. ana
once more into the tei
o. bearing with him the
c loved.
ura he lay thus, calling.
iuly sometimes feehly,
pr her, until his loving
was smitten to the core.
amc Stubber. the family
lelnE Dcnzil in this state.
PIN silently for several
me, said he, with de-
iFcTanion must be sent
or wrong"
Lady Caroline blessed
AMI sent for Mildred
'hout Il moments delay.
hrr foot crossed the
ooor. n sudden silence
IT." turned-the fever
ih conquercd-while his
1t up with passionate
I fond hope.
WITH hesitation Mildred
l' side Of the bed. and
oIIne went over to the
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Arc You u.inr Allen. roo,-r..--

II Is tho only cure for Swollen.
smartin.. Burning. Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Ailcn's
Foot Ease. n powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores. CSC. Sample sent FREE. Nd
dress. Allen s. Olmstcd. LEROY. N. Y.
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An Imprisoned Georgia moonshincr
writes thus to his friend on the outside:
John. old boy, | have been took TO iail.
Please send me my fiddle. Bunynns 'PiI-
grims Progress two pounds OF tobacco
CChn VIM. and n gallon OF corn lickcr.'
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com,,r.,,,. Cos. Of Education.

London. with .l.GOOpp people.
spends about S12.O1D.Ooo year on
popular education. New York. with
3..OO.UOo. spends about Sl5.sD.orO.
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Halls Catarrh euro
l. taken internally. Price, ,5c.

A Denver man rcccntlv obtained vcr-
dict for $50 damages against the man
who hit him and broke his nose. This
seems to he little enough. for II tho
bridge was broken he may never get over
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-08-02

The greatest OF professional athletes
use Wizard oil for a "rub-iown.' 10
softons the muscles and prevents sore-
ness
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"As soon nS Miranda saw Ilmson shs
marked him ns her own" said the pen
sIvo cowboy. but she didn't get him. iis
lost the brand and IL siill "A maverick.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-08-02

The Sultan OF Turkey has lost hla third
wife and Is much affected. He has only
cighty-four OF them left.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-08-02

Piso's Cure is tho best medicine We ever used
for all affections of tho throat and lunFs.-Wn.
o. E.psLEY, vanbureu. Ind. Feb. 10. 1900
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Getty.barS Park.

In the Gettysburg National park :,3
mounted cannons have been placed
nnd total OF $40 monuments havo
been erected.
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President Richard C. Hughes OF
Tabo College, who has accepted tho
presidency of Ripon College. Is 40
years old. and has n high reputation
for scholarship and executive ability.
Abygsinia was converted to Chris
tianity in the fourth century. The
country has now over 1900 monks.
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sIrs. Windows Soothing syrur.
For children tcnthinE Uoftens this gums, reduces IN
nafnmaton, nllays pain. cures wind cole 2c Oot1
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Mildred 50 i.
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-11-01

The proprietor II a large dry goods
store had decided 10 tear down the old
building and erect a new one in It's
stead. In rurtherance of this plan he
was removing his goods 10 temporary
quarters in another building.
The goods were nearly all out Of the
old structure when from some I'M
known cause 1t caught fire. The de
rart..cnt VS. promptly on hand and
Iuaa lad stream playing on the
flames, but the merchant was wild
with excitement. Running up TO the
chief. he urged him to greater haste.
Never mind the goods!' he shouted.
save the building! I'll give the boys
a check for $500 for their pension fund
II they don't let the fire spread beyond
that fioorr'
"why, you're going to tear the old
building down anyway, aren't your
asked the chief.
yes" he said, "but do you suppose
i want the Insurance companies or any
body on earth to think that's the rea-
son why 1t caught freE'
BY great exertion the fire was cx-
tInCuished with little loss so far as the
building was concerned, and the mer-
chant was as good as his word
Youths Companion. >--~-"-