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How Woman Loves.


Whenever I hear his name, l could
faint. When l see him, could sink
into the ground. At the sight of his
handwriting grow cold from head to
foot. tremble, my heart aches so that
1t seems breaking in two. long to be
with him. yet when am with him
have nothing to say. l have to escape
and be miserable all alone. He is my
thought all day; the last before l sleep.
the first when l awake. 1 could cry
and cry. l try to read, and remember
not a word. 1 like playing best, for
then l can almost imagine that he is
listening. But when stop playing and
look around l find myself in an empty
room. 1t is awful. I-call his name; no
one answers. 1 whisper 1t; still no an
swer. l throw myself on the ground.
and say, think of me, think of me;
you shall; you must; you do think of
me" 1t is great torture and a great
despair. Perhaps it is madness too.
But it is my way of loving. l want to
love while live. If knew for certain
that he loved meme only-the joy,
think, would kill me. Love! Do you
know, poor little angel, what 1t means?
Sometimes 1t is a curse.-From Robert
Orange" by Mrs. Craigie.
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The Neglected Voice.

The voice is the most common and at
the same time the most complex of hui
man faculties. When. we listen to it..
we realize nothing of the many influ
ences at work in its use. Yet it repre-
serts the character. the mood. the tenn
permanent and the health Of the individ
ual when left to run in its own way
If uncontrolled, it will develop much as
a flower garden will develop; the rank
and weedy nature will come to the
front, and the tones Of exquisite beau
ty will be obscured. Bad daily habits
in the use Of the voice will give it
many disagreeable qualities. If con
trolled. the voice will keep its weeds in
the background and permit only its
beauties to be known. If cultivated.
the weeds will be taken out and the
flowers developed Pittsburg Press
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The Old Ch..tuu,.

1t Is said that certain Cleveland
lady whose handsome house is in an
ultrafashionable section of the city was
called east while her home was under
going the renovating and refurnishing
process. During her absence a man
was especially engaged to hang the pic
lures. Among them were a number of
excellent copies of the worlds greatest
works OF art, and the man, an artist
found his task labor of love.
With great care he hung the more
valuable copies in the roomy reception
hall and had just finished his task
when the lady returned.
Her eyes snapped as she surveyed his
work.
"Who hung those old chestnuts
there?" she cried.
"Old masters, madam" said the star
tied artist.
"Old chestnuts, l say; it's the same
thing. If YOU hung them, take them
down. 1 won't have them there. With
new furniture and new decorations and
new carpets and rugs I'll have new
pictures too. Who ever heard of such
old trtmpery stuff in strictly modern
houseT
"And what shall do with the-the
old chestnuts, MADAME" the artist in
CURED
"Oh, dump them into the attic until
can get rid of Them" replied the lady.
And there the "chestnuts" lie, Ma
donnas and cherubs and all, gathering
dust and calmly awaiting the getting
rid of Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Take Your Choice.

The Buddhists believe that happi-
ness, Nirvana, consists In self efface-
ment, oblivion. The young Buddhas
began life by sitting unsupported in
the air just after birth. Their mothers
attained Nirvana Immediately, and
they, the Buddhas, reached Nirvana in
various queer ways.
One earnest Buddha, one of the earli-
est of the long line, earned the "Nibbu-
ia" as follows:
A hawk was about to devour a small
bird. Said the Buddha to the bird of
prey:
81 beseech thee, leave this little crea-
ture in peace. l will give thee its
weight from my own flesh"
Down from heaven came a pair of
scales, and the transaction was accom-
plished. The small bird saAon one side
of the scales, and the BIddha began
putting slices of his body into the other
side, while the bird of prey looked on
with an evil eye. AS the Buddha carv-
ed himself up the little bird seemed to
get heavier and heavier. The beam Of
the scales did not move until the last
particle of the saints body was put in
the scales.
The Buddhists' legends do not tell
how the saint managed to carve up his
last few fragments, but that is not i'm
portant. Which do you think was hap
pier, the Buddha who entered into Mir
vana as the little bird flew away or the
bird of prey that made hearty meal
of the saints flesh an6 sailed off de-
lighted with his bargain New York
Journal.
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Cobwebs and Cuts.

An old time remedy to stop blood
flowing from cut is to put cobwebs
over it, but from recent discovery it ap-
pears dangerous thing to do. Some
time ago a woman fell and cut her
head, and when her friends hurried to
her assistance they found the blood
flowing from a deep cash. Cobwebs
were applied, and the bleeding quickly
stopped, but in few days the woman
was taken with lockjaw.
A scientist declared there were lock-
jaw germs in cobwebs, and that was
the way the woman contracted the dis
ease. He has made quite study of
the subject and says that in handful
of cobwebs he found 81 different dis
ease germs. That being true, it is very
easy to see how one could get not only
lockjaw, but many other dreadful dis
eases, as the cobweb is placed right on
an open wound and the germs can en-
ter the blood. Cobwebs form in dark,
dirty places, and 1t is not to be won
dered that they gather germs. = Ex-
change.
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A Poet with viror.

The McMillans of London published
a book of poems by T. E. Brown, which
the English critics lauded because Of
the "vigor Of the poets descriptive
style" Here is little sample of it re-
ferring to the sailing of a fishing
smack:
So to the jetty gradual she was hauled;
Then one the tiller took
And chewed and spat upon his hand and bawied,
And one the canvas shook
Forth like a moldy bat, and one, with mods
And smiles, lay on the bowsprit end and called
And cursed the harbor master by his gods
Ind. rotten from the gunwale to the keel,
Rat riddled, bilge bestank,
Slime slobbered. horrible, saw her reel
And drag her oozy flank
And sprawl among the deft young waves that
laughed
And leapt and turned in many a sportive wheel
As she thumped onward with her numbering
draft.
We believe this is poet who could
almost do justice to the Chicago stock
yards. The rhythmic swish of the pig
sticker's knife and the thrilling splash
of the hog in the scalding vat ought to
thrill such bard to the very core Of
his immortal soul. Give us a call,
Brown.-Chicago Times-Herald.
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A Caroline Islands Legend.


The Caroline islands group includes
besides coral islands five mountainous
islands of basaltic formation, beautiful
and fertile with rivers and springs.
Among the many queer legends of
these children of the Pacific there is
none mere highly improbable than
their theory as to the origin of these is
lands and their inhabitants. They
think they themselves were very strong
in the water-in fact, they lived in it.
The story goes that woman and her
children were floating around on the
reef when a man appeared from the
west with basket of soil on his Shout
ders. He had started out to make an
Island with mountain on it. One of
the children cried out to him, "Give us
a little soil to make q place for our
mother to rest, for she is very weak
and cannot SWIM" He took out a
handful of the earth and threw it
down, making an island. AS the man
was going on his way over the water
the son slyfy made hole in the bas-
ket. so as he proceeded on his way he
left trail of land behind. Suddenly
he became conscious that the basket
seemed light, and, looking around, he
saw the land. In his anger he turned
about and trod upon 1t, and thus the is
lands were formed.
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Renting Locomotives.

Hundreds of locomotives are rented
every year. Several corporations make
their chief revenue this way. The
Baldwins have many machines out on
the rental form of payment-that is,
the engines are rented in the same way
that you would buy a stove on INSTALL
ments-so much down, so much a
month, the payments to apply on the
final purchase money. 1t is seldom,
however, that railroad rents locomo-
tives. They are usually let out to con-
tractors who construct temporary rail-
ways for hauling dirt from excava-
tions.
Contractors who hire the locomotives
usually have their own names gilded
on them so that the public may suppose
that they belong to them. The engines,
as a usual thing, are cast offs. They
may have pulled express trains once,
but now they are only fit to pull gravel
cars. The engineers who work them
are oftentimes also the cast offs of the
profession. They may have operated
express engines, but through careless
ness or other incapacity have been dis
charged from one road after another
until they are only fit to haul gravel or
wood trains.-Philadelphia Record.
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Golf Before n Mirror.

One of the chief teachings in the reli-
gion of style is that to attain to ortho-
doxy it is necessary or at least desira-
Bile to practice daily in front of look
ing glass so as to make sure that all the
motions of the true style are being cor
rectly carried out
This always appeared to me a very
hard saying" until had consulted w.
G. Grace, John Roberts, G. B. Fry, K.
S. Ranjitsinjhi, FL. K. Foster, Kraenz-
lein, e. G. Bredin and other champions
Of sport.
All the above were unanimous in at
tributing the high degree of skill to
which they have attained in various
games and sports to the fact of their
having devoted many hours day from
very early stage of their careers to
attitudinizing in front of looking glass
es in their bedrooms.-GolfI illustrated.
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Insisted ON a Change.

The spick and span young officer who
calmly takes command over veterans
grown gray in battle and victory" is
sometimes an amusing person, particu-
larry If sense of his own Importance
is unduly developed.
On one occasion word was received
in various South African camps that on
such and such morning every man in
Officer IS army must change his
shirt.
The Imperial Light horse, who form
ed part Of the command, had only one
shirt apiece, and that was on their
backs. So messenger was dispatched
to explain. But the honorable and gal
liant officer, fresh from Sandhurst,
knew his business.
'If the men Of the Imperial Light
horse have not got second shirt" said
he firmly, "let them change shirts with
each other. My orders are imperative"
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The Oldest Visiting Card.

The state archives of Venice are said
to possess the oldest visiting card of
which there is any record, of course
leaving aside the probable use of such
articles for some thousands of years in
China. Giacomo Contarini, professor
at the University of Padua, sent the
card in question as a curiosity to We
netian friend, saying that the German
students who came to Italy had the ele-
CANT and laudable custom Of leaving
such little cards, with their name and
place of origin, at the houses of friends
when they called and found them alb
sent. The card referred to bears a coat
of arms with the motto, "Espoir me
comfort" and beneath. "Joannes Wes-
terhof Westphalus scribebat Patavii
Martii 1860. London Tablet.
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The London Bus.

English travellers" says a London
correspondent of the Boston Tran
script, "have so jeered our advertising
outrages upon architecture and scenery
that l fancied we were of all nations
most culpable. But after a seasons
residence in England 1 hold America
excused. Our advertising efforts are
modest, even feeble, beside those of
our British cousins.
"a London bus Is a mere advertis-
ing van with accommodations for pas
sengers. 1t takes almost as long to
read one through as to read daily
paper. The destination of the bus is
marked in inconspicuous letters, the
smallest on the canvas decorated We
hicle, and the chances of disentangling
those letters from the maze of adver-
Using announcements about them in
time TO hail the bus you want are small
er still"
Amador ledger., 1901-01-18
The Lor ofa Shin.

A ships log is an instrument for
measuring the rate at which the vessel
is going and consists of three parts
viz. the log chip, the log line and the
log glass. The principle is simply this:
A light substance thrown from the
vessel ceases to partake Of the motion
of the vessel as soon as it strikes the
water and will be ut behind on the
surface after certain interval. If the
distance of the ship from this station
airy object be measured, the approx
mate rate of sailing will be given.
The log chip is the float, the log line
is the measure of the distance, and the
log glass defines the interval of time.
In the old days the heaving of the log
required skill and watchfulness, but
since the patent log has come into use
no skill is required in finding the speed
of a vessel. 1t is regulated by clock
work, and the number of knots the YES
sci sails per hour is recorded on the
dial without any hand touching it.
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The "Camep. Hairn Brush.

Contrary to the belief of most peo-
pie, the camePs hair brush used by art
lists has nothing of the camel In it."
said manufacturer of soft brushes to
writer the other day. There was a
time when real camel's hair was used
for the purpose. The ship of the des-
ert, however, has long been superseded
by the homely little squirrel. Not only
is squirrels hair very much less costly,
but 1t Is better, softer, more pliable and
far more durable. At the present day
1t is doubtful If you could find a pound
of camel's hair in all the brush facto-
ries In this country. However. there is
no cause for fear that the graceful lit
tie squirrel will be exterminated. 1t is
the European squirrel that furnishes
the hair for the brushes. the covering
of the American squirrel being too fur
ry and soft for the purpose. Wash
ington Star.
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The sneexe Wood Tree.

The remarkable sneeze wood tree is a
native of Natal and other parts Of
South Africa. It's funny name was
given to 1t because one cannot saw 1t
without sneezing violently.
The dust of its wood has just the
same effect as the strongest snuff and
is so irritating to the nose that work
men are obliged to sneeze even when
they are planting 1t.
If piece Of the wood of this tree is
put in the mouth, it is found to have a
very bitter taste. and no doubt it is this
bitterness which prevents insects Of
any kind from attacking the timber Of
the "sneeze wood" tree.
The fact that insects find it so disa-
greeable makes Its wood very valuable
for work that is required to last a long
time
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JACK TAR's GRoWL.
A Story illustrating the Sailors
Habit of GrumbIing.

The author of From Edinburgh to
the Antarctic" writing of the sailors
habit of grumbling, says: 1.-THE dinners
are all the same-that is to say, Mon
days dinners are all alike, and what
we have today we shall have this day
six months hence. Jacks forefather
this day 100 years ago had the same
menu and made the same uncompli-
nentary remarks about the dishes, and
100 years hence on this day Jacks chill
dren will growl over their salt horse
and plumless duff" The author also
tells this yarn" to illustrate, that
Jacks habit of grumbling can't be
rured and must be endured:
Once upon time there lived a skip
per whose wife said to him that if she
went to sea the poor men would never
find fault with their food. Her hus-
band took her with him on a voyage,
and the good woman attended to the
cooking in the galley herself.
The scouse was thick with fresh veg
etables, the bread was white and with
out weevils, the meat was good and
the duff was almost half plums, but
still the men growled.
Then the shippers wife thought of
the hens she had brought on board to
lay eggs for her husbands breakfast.
She took them out of the coop, wrung
their necks with her own fair hands,
plucked them, roasted them and sent
them to the forecastle on the cabin
china.
"Now the men," she said to herself,
twill know how much we think of their
comfort"
At eight bells she stole forward to
the forecastle to listen to the praise of
her skill as a cook. She looked down
the hatch and saw a big black fist
plunge fork into the hen and heard a
hoarse voice growl, 81 say, Bill. what
dye think this ere bloody fowl died
Off"
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Cured by Forgetting.

This is an English story, and, strange
as it may seem, it made a hit when 1t
was told at the Lambs club, says the
New York Telegraph. 1t was perpe-
trated by Lawrence dOrsay, the Eng
fish actor. Several members of the
club spun yarns of dubious merit,
when Mr.. d'Orsay in his peculiar way
began:
Nov, gentlemen, I'll relate a story"
One man present pulled out his
watch, and they all thought it was 60
ing to be serial. One or two started
to go, but the actor stopped them by
his assurance that the story wouldn't
be very long.
'There was friend of mine in Lon
don," he said, "who was an incessant
cigarette smoker. Finally he lost his
memory. Then he forgot to smoke Gig
arettes, and he got well again"
Mr.. d'Orsay effected his escape
through the assistance Of a friend who
knew him when he didn't tell such sto-
rips
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Blamed the Planets.

In the middle of the fourteenth GEN.
fury in Paris new ordinance enjoin-
ing the cleansing Of the streets and the
shutting up of swine was carefully
neglected. as usual, and a terrible
plague was the consequence. The fac
ulty of medicine, called upon for rem
edy by the king, sent to inform him
after long discussion that the plague
was the result of hostile conjunction
of the planets Mars and Jupiter.
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An Unexpected Re.ult.

You know how superstitious Blox-
ham is?"
''ls hep
'Yes; he picked up pin in the street
the other day with the point turned di-
rectly toward him." g.
Go on"
IAN hour afterward he received tel
rgram announcing the death of an IN
ele from whom he hadn't heard for sew
eral years."
"And the uncle died immensely rich
and left him all his property"
Not much! He had to pay the flu
neral expenses" = Cleveland Plain
Dealer
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And There He Was.

"Yes," he said, 81 think a man owes
1t to himself to choose a wife who can
do Homework, If necessary. OF course
wouldn't want my wife to work in
the kitchen, but she ought to be able to
do so. One never can tell what may
happen. Girls sometimes leave sud-
denly, and fortunes are occasionally
swept away. In my opinion, girl does
herself just as much honor in learning
to do homework as In learning to play
the piano or in studying Omar Khay-
yam,' and
"Oh, Mr.. Spoodlekins," she cried, sex
cuse me for interrupting you. but such
funny thing happened this afternoon.
dropped the dishcloth and said to my
self, There, know somebody will
come this EVENING" And here you arep'
Chicago Times-Herald.
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A DOMESTIC JAR.
The Little Dialogue With Which the
PROCEEDINGS Were EnIivenad

The Little Dialogue With Which the
Proceedings Were EnIivened,
Here's II little dolly dialogue that
was overheard in a $24 a month Capt.
tol hill mansion one evening last week:
She-Why, oh. why. did ever marry
you?
He-Because was a good thing.
She-You are becoming positively
coarse
He-Association.
She-You pay no attention whatever
to my little wishes.
He What's the use of chasing a car
after you've caught it?
She-I believe you have been drink
ing again.
He-No such luck.
She-Pm in rags.
He Well. we'll do a sketch. Som I.
She-I haven't been to the theater for
two weeks.
He Yours is sad story.
She-Brutei
He-Ours is q peaceful home.
She-Are you going down town to-
night?
He-If can swing you for car fare.
She-I have only So in my purse.
He-Hetty Green!
She-I saw pair of high heeled pat
ent feathers today, reduced to So, that
Fmust and shall have.
He-D'je see any mems brogans for
S1.39?
She-Why don't you get shaved?
He Waiting for pay day.
She-Don't you know the rent and
the gas will be due this pay day?
He-Then I'll cut out the shave
She-I wish had never left mamma,
so do.
He-Others. others!
She have good notion to go right
back to her this minute.
He-Have you got an umbrella?
She-Oh. yo% you g-g-government
c-c-clerk. (Tears. Curtain -Washing-
ton Post
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His idea of an Abb.

A talesman who was called In MUIR
der trial in a certain state was asked
whether he had any prejudice against
an alibi plea on the part of man ac-
cused of crime. The talesman replied
that he had not.
do you fully understand what Is
meant by the term alibi?" he was
asked.
81 think do; yes, SIR"
what do you understand by it,"
The talesman reflected a moment and
then, with a hesitancy Indicative Of
graveness, replied, IAN abb is when
the fellow who did 1t wasn't there"
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No Case.

Man Ito lawyer)-Ive been badly bit
ten by dog. Can get damages from
its master?
Lawyer-Did you do anything to irri-
tate the dog?
Man-No.
Lawyer-Were you on its owners
premises?
Man-Er-yes.
Lawyer-In what capacity AS a
friend Or
Man-Of course this is strictly conf
Dental.
Lawyer-Certainly.
MAXWELL, was trying to break in
to his house.-Pick-Me-Up.
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Not Quite Clear.

Hinkly-I wonder what Stilson was
driving at this evening?
Holden-What did he say?
Hinkly-It was at the club. and /
was having broiled lobster. StiIson
suggested that l was sort of cannibal.
Pm half inclined to suspect he was
making fun of me, although don't see
how.-Boston Transcript.
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A MARTYR.

"How can you call old Bogles mar
tyr to his principles when every one
knows he died of indigestion"
Exactly. He died because he was
devoted to the principle Of allowing no
doctor on earth to dictate what he
should t."-Indianapolis Journal.
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Early Football Players.

Football was for many years the ma.
tional game of Florence. The season
was from January to March, and the
ladies and gentlemen of Florence and
the populace as well were wont to as
semble on the Piazza Santa Gioce to
witness the game, which was called
"Calcio," from the word meaning ito
kick" The last game was played In
17o9.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
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Too High For Inspection.

Count de Koronet (who is an ardent
admirer of Willie's sister)-What are
you after, my little fellow? Come
round here where can see you.
Willie (who Is climbing on the back
of the counts chair)-Tom said you had
a skating rink on top Of your head, and
I want to see it!-Brooklyn Life.
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~1'he Blues"

The origin of the term "blues" has
been traced to the belief that persons
in indigo dyeing establishments are Pc
culiarly subject to melancholy. An
other belief Is that the expression is de-
rived from the German blau, or lead,
as lead by its heaviness has always
been held to typify gloom and depres-
sion.
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No HumOr In Them.

Giles-I don't like that BARRIERS fun
ny anecdotes.
Miles-Why. what's wrong with
them?
Giles-The illustrations are painful.
Miles-The Illustrations?
Giles Yes; he uses original CUTS
Chicago News.
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Not True to Its Name.

didn't you start out with a play
called Turned Adrift?" asked the
friend.
eve did," replied that eminent TRACE
dian and repertory actor, Mr.. Barnes
former, "but we couldn't get anybody
to float indianapolis Press.
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A Helpful Suggestion.

kin yeou tell me, young feller," in
quired Mr.. Reuben Hay Of Four Cor
ners, where hereabouts kin git me a
good farmer suitT'
"Why, there's a good pharmaceutist
not two blocks away" replied the
young fellow blithely.-Harpers b.
gar
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Crane ON the nnnr.

The custom of placing Grape on the
door of house where there has been a
recent death had its origin in the an
cient English heraldic customs and
dates back to the year HOO A. D. At
that period Indictments, or armorial
ensigns, were placed in front Of houses
when the nobility or gentry died. The
Indictments were of diamond shape
and contained the family arms quar-
tered and covered with sable.
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Much the Same.

Mrs. Hayseed-Did you go to hear
the bowling dervishes while you were
in the city?
Mr.. Hayseed-No, but l went to Cous-
In Miranda's, and she's got twins
New York Weekly.