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Woman Commits Suicide.

New York, Dec. 17.-Her mind unbal-
anced by business reverses of her hus-
band, Mrs. Una H. Perry of this city
killed herself on the Fall River boat.
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What Men Want

Suggestions From
Mems Furnishing Goods Department
On Main Floor
There's a showing here that's
not duplicated west of Chicago. This
stock contains vast variety of reg
ular goods in the mems furnishing
goods line to please and satisfy all
our patrons. regardless of their
tastes. and there's a multitude of
pretty things, silver novelties, jew
elry, cutlery, smokers articles, etc.,
very pleasing for Christmas presents
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Mems Slippers

Bansters fine hand made novelty slippers, in the new
bootee, brogan opera and Romeo styles. These are
beautifully made of genuine monkey. lizard natural
hair fawn and Wei kid, in red. brown black, and
they can be obtained nowhere else in Prices
$500 $500 and $500 pair. Come and them. There
are none to equal them in style and comfort.
Mems felt Romeo slippers with leather SOLE Price
$3.50 pair.
Mems felt house slippers felt bottoms very COM
Portable. Price Soc
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Mems Slippers

Mems black velvet slippers, silk embroidered al
sizes. Price soc pair.
Mems imitation alligator slippers, Everett and opers
styles, in tan, wine and black. Price csc pair
Mems high Romeo slippers, with flexible soes
In black. tan and wine. Price $500 pair.
Mems imported Wei kid, soft finish, chamos lined
hand made of the best. Price $3.50 pair
All the newest styles. too, in womens shoes,
slippers and house shoes.
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ExTERMINGrIKe RATs.

A Vigorous and Successful Campaign
Against Rodents In Cape Town
II the Pied Piper OF Hamelin had not
been flling an engagement elsewhere
he might have found remunerative EN-.
ployment recently in Cape Town
South Africa. where the authorities
have been waging a war Of extermina-
ton against the numerous rats. These
rats. according to the New York Press
were responsible chiefly for spreading
the buhonie plague throughout the re.
gion and thus gained the enmity Of al
classes. Hence In the war OF exterml.
nation a reward Of threepence a head
was offered for each rat that should be
proven 70 have suffered the extreme
penalty Of the laW-whether guilty o.
not-of having introduced bubonit
plague during the course OF its enter.
prising but all too brief career mat.
tered not Il suficed that the grave
crime OF bringing the plague from the
stricken ports OF India into South AZ.
RIGA had been fixed on the rats thai
came over in transports. The result
Of this was that so vigorous and sue.
cessful a campaign has been carried
out in Cape Town that It is at this mo
menf practically ratless-save for fresh
arrivals. which are summarily dealt
with. During the early stages Of this
minor war the rat-receiving once OF
the docks was besieged by huge mum
bers Of bloodthirsty human eonquerou
every day. but in the later stages the
siege relaxed 50 much owing TO the
growing scarcity Of rats that the pol
tax had TO be raised 20 sixpenee. Ar
soon as these rats were received ant
paid for they we're taken to a small
hut near the sea and consigned &c
flames lasting as long as there was RAJ
fuel 10 feed them.
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When We grow discontsnted. IS We
sometimes DO. with our environment:
annoyed because the old shades are
faded. and We cannot aRord new ones;
the carpets shabby and the purse too
Cat to replace them with finer and
more modish fabrics: when we com
pare ourselves with our neighbo-s and
are vexed { ~ their spl nd r surpassss
our own. we may hnd a tonic in max
ing a pllgrimage 20 an Alaskan home
says q writer in the Christian Herald.
The red man In Alaska. living with
primitive slmplieity. is satisfied With
q IRE on the hearth. even II Il burn
IN q smoky chimney and the roof IS
blaekened with the SCOT He asks for
no luxurious easy chairs. A bench
running around the walls Of the liv-
ing room flls bis ideal Of comfort.
Thick clothing Is a must-be, and he
and bis family is fortunate II they
are sWathed In thick woolens, or fur
uished with skins. The spells Of his
hunting and trapping must bring what
money he requires. and at all times
pelts may be seen drying from poles
AND bars propped up against the cell
Ing. Outdoors. the Ind an conaescends
% hunt and ash. but within his home
he Is an autOerat. living in lazy In
ertia, and waited upon, hand and foot
BY his Womankind. To the children
he Is not unkind. and they group about
him. as bears cubs in the den. It is
hard to be sick In such a home as
the one our artist has photographed,
and as there Is very little OF tender
ministry or patient eare-taking, those
who are too IN to rally under Natures
handling. usually die, and are little
mourned. Gentleness and sympathy
are qualities which come from civiiza-
ton.
Much missionary work Is being done
in Alaska. and schools are be ng estab-
Ished for the little ones. A genera
don hence. an Alaskan house, even
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der and climbed into the house. pres
entity emerging with the fowl squaling
and struggling n hts arms He had
actually crawied under an old WO-
mans bed 10 set that rooster.
When Roosevelt went west to be-
come sandman he took ''BiH" Sc
WalI and wilbur Dow along with him
and kept them in his employ for some
years Dow died IN the west. but
SeWail came back 70 Maine and Is
stin living at Island Falls, where he
delights TO tell Of the days he spent
with Theodore Roosevelt He says
that at the time OF the chase and cap
ture Of the game cock an aged set
tier o. Island Falls. sdmlring the per-
sistency and determination OF young
Roosevelt, said. That young teller'n
be president some day, II he lives
New York Tribune.
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Eeari5 $4,000 Eidrlne couplcs nlasriss
Thers Ia Fitiesn KearA
The greatest Gfstna Green Of ths
Emitted States Is no more. The new
law passed b. the indiana legislature
e IN force. and no more can runaway
couples be married IA JensTsonVllle.
The lstiie city opposite Louisville. Ky.
Young love 8 who i've IN nearby states
are not the only ones who are sad
At TIE charged con itous Two white
headed 'squifes SIT h thsir ollces and
mourn for the TT Zee that win no
longer be theirs. Runners" who met
incoming boats and tried 10 guide the
runaways 70 their respective employer
each squire rad dozen OF them, So
intense was the rivalry Tor this luera-
tive business--run-' no longer. bui
have turned to o.her walks Squire
John II Hause still has HIS ONCE at
the top OF the hill overlooking the
Louisville and Jeffersonvile ferry
TIE old horseshoe stn hangs over
his door. and the matrimonial sign
sill stares the passe--by In the face
Squire Hsuse has married s00c
couples. Squire Nixon. who has beer
IN the business three years. has mar
Red I.lO0. He Is a MATCHMAKER BY
trade. and has kept up his business
30 be win not miss the fees so much.
Recently Magistrate EphIafm Keigman
died. He held the record over all COM
petitors. He married 10 900 couples
during his life In teen years the
three-Hause. Keigman and Nixon,
Keigman's successor--married 1900
runaway couples. These three men
have derived from these marriages
clear Of fees paid to ''runners,T a little
over 800 600. County Gle k Carr als9
mourns a rich source Of revenue taken
from him. During the year 1900 1907
licenses were is-utd to out-of-town
couples. Each was forced to pay s.
for a certificate. of which the clerk
kept 81. So It can be seen that he
loses $500 a year Of his income
An JeffeIs-nvil 9 mourns with these
men. says the New 70 Times, for IT,
best advertisement has ceased. But
thus do old institutions pass away
Many Of the $1,000 who were married
in JefiersoaviIle are still living, and
many Of the rs 900 eyes may possibly
be wet with tears as thy think that
other sweethearts win not be able 20
fee to the haven to which they rushed
to escape obdurate parents.
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couldn't tell whether he meant to
shoot me or the pipe. The chances
we're IN favor Of the pipe. however.
and Il seemed good chance to test
my nerve. I made up my mind to let
him shoot. and pretend a careless air.
but I'm telling you that IN the ten or
fifteen seconds OF waiting the sweat
came out at every pore and ny heart
pounded my ribs sore. felt a sort
OF tick at the bowl OF the pipe. heard
the crack OF the gun. and knew that
the bullet had passed through the
pipe. / got a brace with my hands
and feet and waited for the second
bullet, and Il went through the bowl
after the first. / sat there until the
fourth bullet hit the pipe and knocked
the bowl on the stem. and then the
shooter sauntered up to me and laugh
ingly said:
Excuse me. stranger. but I
thought II was imitation
Same as you are.' I replied.
MY gibe hurt him. but he was man
enough to tell everybody about my
nerve, and the boys Clipped in sum
Client nuggets to buy me this $50
smoker.
Nerve! Say. do you know what
happened 70 me when I made an ex-
cuse to go upstairs after my old corn
cob? I had no sooner got into my
room than my knees gave out, chills
galloped up my spine and III be hang
ed II I didn't faint away and lie there
for ten minutes.
''It had suddenly occurred TO me
that the bowl Of that pipe was only
six inches from my nose while the
fellow was doing his shooting. and
have not yet got over touching my
nasal organ now and then to see II it
is safe"
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! line. When the game began they
meant to murder us. The half was
nearly up They were inside our
five-yard Hne-we lost the ball-got
out Of ammunition-Seore was 'thir-
teen. fifteen. nineteen dead men-it
was our last down. knew a scheme
would work. asked the captain!-
Where were you? I must have had to
give the signals. We worked a flying
wedge with a long double pass, then
got out and ran FOR II. / had all their
ammunition and had lodged their full
back coming in. The men were cheer
ing-Oh! but It was glorious-I must
have gone out Of bounds, for OH Ny
headi-I think we-Did We score?-I
think-I know got there Just in
t-time," and with his teeth set IN the
old way. and that old smile Of triumph
on his face, be fell back on the pillows
dead. At the funeral the pall-bearers
were his nine classmates. That night
we tried to have q little supper AZ the
Seventh AVenue hotel We sat down,
but By some mismanagemsnt ten plates
we're laid instead OF nine. We tried TO
talk; We tried TO eat; but somehow We
couldn't The walters brought the sec
Ond course. We tried again; It vas
no use. Just thelf a man passed down
the corridor outside toward the ele-
vator. The second hush had fallen on
as when there came the single exclam-
atlon-''DoWnl" With one accord We
looked into each others hllng eyes
Then our Visions focused on-Jim /
ToWnsend's vacant chair. We rose IN I
silence and left the room. There are
no joys 50 keen as those which We ten
men had known through four years:
there IL no sorrow 60 keen a. that /
which We nine knew that night-La- /
dies Home Journal
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ROOSEVELT AND THE FOWL
How Ne caught the oanssOoE =. -Oa
hin" sswams.

How ne Caught the GamecOck ~ -Old
hin" sowans.
Up IN Island Falls, AroostOok coun-
y. lived q rugged farmer and back
woodsman Familiarity known as ~Old
BIZ" SeWall, and to his house one
day IN autumn about twenty-five years
ago, came a rather delicate youth.
armed with a gun and fishing rod.
and looking for a place TO board for a
few months while be ''rOughed it, for
the benefit Of his health. The youth
was Theodore Roosevelt Of New York,
and he was made welcome. For many
weeks. accompanied BY bin" SeWan
and Wilbur Dow, q young man living
in the neighborhOod. the newcomer
went hunting and fishing and gradu-
any color came 20 his face and
strength to his muscles. II be was
slight and rather sickly he had plenty
q grit, and soon he won the friend
ship and admiration Of an the woods
men IN the Island Falls section. They
said that, although az first sight the
young tourist "didn't look a. Il he'd
pun through he was game to the
backbone. and Il sticking to Il was
any help they thought he might turn
out al right. after all Many stories
are told By those Who remsmber
RooseYelt's visit Of his courage and
parsistency. one day when. with
SeWafl and the rest. he vent on
long tramp through the woods alter
deer. ne was much exhausted On the
way home and someone offered 70
carry his rife for him. Roosevelt AZ
most Indignantly declined the prolfsr-
"a asistance. and, although almost
ready % drop 81 hls tracks from
uearins-s. he ciuns 70 his rife and
struggled through 10 the end a. me
journey. on another occasion re had
9 iong chase amer 6 game rooster
t1at had escaped from bis COOP. and
p1r1uef TIE bird through the rliiaga
rtreets. over fences and through yards.
rEfli 1naiig 4 1er into en- open VIM
Gov 81 Lte second story of q hoasa
Netting 1aunici. EooseFelt Eol 3 lad
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POWER OF ONE WORD.

Breaks Up supper Party, at which ono
Chair Was Vacant
On the morning OF March 10. 1889,
news OF special import from the Phil
ippines went eoursing through the ma
ton. In a certain half hours fighting
thirty-seEen volunteers had been shot
killed and wounded. Scattered
through six different states that morn
Ing nine men read the name Of a col
lege classmate IN the list, and, for the
first time in all their lives grew seri-
Gus. The bearer Of the name was sent
on sick leave TO his home In Pitts
burg. a medal for special bravery on
his coat. and a bullet in his head One
morning ! walked into the sick sol
dier's room and found him-sleeping.
For an hour he lay thus, then turned
''Why-w-w-why! Shorty Is that you?
D-d-did we score? Did that scheme
work ?-I-l'm hurt T-take out time.
There were seven hundred Scrubs-I
mean Phili-PhilispaniOs In the rush
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

The members Of the church board Of
the African Baptist church, Of Frank
fort, Ky, have been arrested By the
city marshal FOR violating the building
ordinance Of the city requiring a per
NIT from the council to erect q building
IN the city limits. The negroes recent
y bought ground Just opposite the sx-
ecutlve mansion and the governor and
adjacent property owners raised ob3ec-
tion 10 the building q church upon
f. The city council refused to grant q
permit. The ch4reh board, ignoring
the action, let de contract and the
contractor had begun work on the
church. The matter has been IN con-
troYerzy several months, and Coy.
Beckham threatens to recommend the
removal Of the capital Il the church is
hdilt
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300 REWARD. SION.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased 70
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able 70 cure in all It's
medical fraternity. CaGlrrh being q COnSt,tl-
ti0nal disease, requires a constitutional U, at
menL Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces % the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength BY building up the constitution and
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars FOR
any case that 10 fails 70 cure. Send for list Of
Address +. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O
Sold BY drL -CiSts 15c.
Halls Family pills are the best
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

Meistersinger" performed. He was
very anxious to see the effect OF Wag-
ner's glorious music on the country
man, and watched him keenly during
the rendering Of the overture. which.
grand as II Is, Is a little noisy. more
especially when the bang Of the
drums and the crash OF the cymbals
occur at intervals. But the country
mans face remained absolutely IN
moved. At last the Londoner could
bear his friends indifference no
longer. Doesn't this glorious vol
ume OF sound affect you?" he said.
"oh. no. not in the least" was the
calm reply; you forget that am
a boiler maker. "-Tit-Bits.
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

The supreme court Of appeal In
Austria has decided that II a wife
saves money from the amount allowed
10 her BY her husband for household
expenses ana appropriates the savings
for herself this proceeding amounts
to theft Mr.. and hrs. Daun Of Wen
ma, after being married for thirty
years, were divorced, and Hrs. Daun
took with her the sum. amounting to
about ss25, which she had saved from
her weekly allowance made to her for
household expenses. Mr. Daun
brought an action against her to re-
cover this amount. and judgment was
given In his favor. Mrs. Daun has
to refund the whole sum.
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

A pack Of ivory playing cards, said
to have bern carr Ell BY Prince Eug ne.
the colleague Of the Duke OF Marlbor-
Ough in the campaign against the
French unler Marshal Fillars, has Just
been purchased by Queen Christina Of
Spain. The court figures are all
hsnd-painted, but Of no particular
merit The pack was at one time in
the possession Of the Duke Of SAKE
coburg Gotha. father Of the Prince
Consort. and grandfather Of King I'd
ward VI The cards were given By
the duke some sixty years ago to
Spanish nobleman. who visited hin
court IN 8 diplomatic capacity, and
grandson Of the latter Is In Fuch re
duced circumstances that he was glad
to dispose Of the pack 10 the queen.
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

While Queen WIlheimina has bean
staying at schWerin she has taken sew
eral motor trips with her brother-in-
Law. the grand duke Of Mecklenburg
The queen Who Is already an mimi
table skater, fne horsewoman and
can drive a coach and four. & aid 70
be enchanted with the new sport. and
has ordered an automobile to be made
for her.
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

An electric automobile recently came
% the rescue Of a church II Stratford.
Conn Something went wrong with the
lighting facilities and the church was
left IN total darkness. Kerosene lamps
had been proposed when up came an
automobiles member Of the congrega-
don, connected the feed wire with his
storage battery, and in a minute had
the church brilliantly lighted. After
ward he unhitched the automobile and
took his family home.
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

Young Nan Nearly Feet TAIL
The taIlest man in the world. as he
claims. has been visiting different
places IN Maine and has attracted
great attention. His name Is Edward
Beaupre, and his exact height Is z feet
10& inches. Beaupre is twenty years
OF age and comes from the province Of
Of Assinaboine, Northwest Territory.
He says be Is nothing but a boy, but
there is enough Of him to make hall
q dozen boys OF ordinary size. He
weighs $50 pounds ana is a we'll
bailt young chap. He wears a No q
shoe and 4 No. q collar, and every
where be goes he attracts attenfioD.
IN al the hotels where he has ever
stopped he has never found bed long
enough to accommodate him, 50 two
mattresses are placed IengfhWiss on
the door, ana on these be stretches
sut % sleep. Beaupre says be did not
begin 70 grow until he vas z years
old Then be began 70 shoot up and
when he was sixteen years old he vas
seven feet ii height He SAYS hts
parents are Of ordinary height. bis
father being feet 5 inches 81 height.
and his mother en- inch shorter. Beau
pre- e. great eater, smokes everything
Sd the shape Of tobacco. and Is never
SEX He takes pride IN believing he
s. TIE laIlest man that liVe1.--LeHis-
Ton. Re. J0urnaL
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nIoon.Alns Di.tlusry in Broo,r,,.

The biggest moonshine distiTery
was discovered in Brooklyn the other
day in a suburban cottage Inhabited
BY Russian Jews It's capacity was
$50 gallons Of proof spirits a day ana
its profits were $500 a week. A wagon
load Of its products vas captured and
the officers found the place By allow
ing the horse to choose its own route
homeEard.
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

In more than three thousand schools
IN Great Britain the boys are studying
text book on Canada which set forth
her history, explain her system Of gov
eminent and lay stress upon her nat
ural resources. These. books are sup
piled free BY the Dominion, and Lord
Strathcona, Canada's high commission
er TO the mother country, win give
valuable medals next spring to the
scholars who pass the best examina-
lions on them. The laudable aim OF
Strathcona and his countrymen is to
impress British youth with the advan-
tages Of the Dominion as a field for
emigration. It should be easy. Geo
graphically speaking. and in other
ways, too. Canada Is the nexts best
place to the United States.
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

Fobs for the watch are in fasbio,
again for women and they are worn
tucked through the belt All the Ola
devices which the jeweler can invent
are wrought out in these little fancles
every sort Of fancy stone, as well as
valuable gems. being used in the varied
designs. while for riding there is a
leather fob with a fancy monogram Tor
ornament.
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

Every package Of cocoa or chocolate
put out by Walter Baker & Co., bears
the well-known trademark Of the
chocolate girl. and the place Of manu-
facture, Dorchester, Mass" House
keepers are advised TO examine their
purchases. and make sure that other
goods have not been substituted. They
received three gold medals from the
Pan-American exposition
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"A curious letter from Nindanao. IN
lhe Philippines, has BEEN received AZ
tie war department from washington
Il d written in characters not unlike
the notes of a musical ssore, ard g an
actnoEledgment ol q gift b. Wato
Mama Dstoh Baqui. one Of the native
1licfs. his conduct had been 60 sxem-
rary ct TIE time when other inhabI-
ients 81 the PhillDplte Isles were
giving much tIoubie b tie United
states that General 1[aeArthur, after
3 ttet through that pnll 81 sh8 erchi-
o. decided e snd Tat0h q cane.
He Accordingly had one be11llfdlIy
beaded and elElsGei. @ an expense Of
61drt $50 ana forwarded it % the
'cTl ELiet win Sc conrllaicnts. The
ncNl1du nt translated into Eng
loioTs Ie letter from
g11 tcillr Hafc lt1ma Dat1h Haoui
- R tFol1eI the cartaLa general %
lc rrInlz c1ntel1inr tie arpro-
~ ia hfch hare
lom his exceHe1ty fhrcush
TO commanding cl.cer q rEslai /
- express my greet l1ee -
W t's t1c lla rea kranee.
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

Having found By personal expert
euce that Lydia j.. Pinl<ham'S
Vegetable Compound Il = medi-
cine Of rare virtue, and having seen
dozens Of cures where my suffering
sisters have been dragged back 10 life
and usefulness from an untimely grave
simply b. the use Of few. bottles Of
that Compound, ] NUS proclaim its
virtues. or should not be doing my
duty % suffering mothers and dragged
ont houzeiceepcrs.
Dear Sister, 81 your health poor,
DO Jon feel worn out and used up,
especially % you have any Of the
troubles which beset our sex, te,rs ny
advice let the doctors alone, Try
Lydia -. Pfnkham'S Wegefable
Compound & 81 better than any
and al doctors, for g cures and they
Do not .--AIas. y. G. siu1H, 1919 Oak
St., Ireasurer W. G. IL ~. Kansas
City, Mo.-gsoo1 5e1isit b asa.s .ssii.oaiuI b
80 learE
Ma. Pinkham advises siclzwO-
men free Address, Lynn, Lass.
The broad ax., 1901-11-16

y removing the exhibition buildings
n Paris the foundations were found Of
tie palace that Napoleon T began to
build near the Trocadero for the King
Of Rome. Plans were drawn for q
larger ana more magnificent Krsmlln.
with the Bois de Boulogne for Its park
ana the foundations we're begun. After
the fan Of Napoleon they were built
over and forgotten.
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would Remove Two Objections.

Bishop Philpotts Of Exeter once
went to stay with a friend in Devon
shire. cts a beautiful place, is it
not" remarked somebody upon his re,
turn. Yes" said the bishop, sit is a
beautiful place; II 1t were mine, I
would pull down the house and I'LL I'd
the pond with it That would remove
two objections"