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made considerable effort TO recover
the ring, il was not found. Naturally
it worried her a good deal, and the
next year she would not go back to
the same place Nor did we 90 the
following year: but the third year we
went there again, and one day l was
in the woods, about a mile from the
lake, with my boy, trying 10 get a
shot at some denizen of the forest or
other. As we went Peering around
among the trees 10 get a squirrel we
had seen 1 noticed something shining
in a twig in a tree about % feet from
the ground. I sent my boy up after
it, and when he came back l was
more than astonished to find that the
shining thing was my wife's wedding
ring.
How it ever got there was a mys-
terry at first, but / was not a believer
in fairies and that sort of thing, so
1 began to investigate for material
causes. The top of the tree had
deadened, and with a suspicion in my
mind I sent my boy up to see what
signs might be above the green
boughs. He called down to me pres
emily that there were remains of a
fishhawks nest in the forks of the
tree, and, putting this and that to-
gether, I came TO the conclusion that
the hawk had caught the fish that
had gobbled up my wife's ring in the
lake and had taken it to the nest for
the young hawks. They didn't care
for jewelTy and had left that part of
the fish in the nest, from which, as
the nest was blown to pieces by the
wind and beaten by the storms, the
ring had dropped out and by chancs
had caught on the twig where I
found it. In any event. if that was
not the way it got there, how did it?
For surely it was there, and my wife
is wearing il to-day"
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A TRUE FISH STORY.
ding Ring That Was Lost by
CIergyman's Wife.

about the queerest fish story I
know of" said a highly truthful-lOok-
ing man-indeed, he was a clergyman
to a Washington Post reporter,
"happened 10 me at a little lake in
Wisconsin where l used to summer
with my family. One day my wife
was out in our boat with a party of
friends. She was letting her hand
trail in the water, without thinking
about ITS shrinking effect, and when
she finally took her hand in her we'd
ding ring was gone. The lake was
deep at that point, and, although we
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CATS THAT PLAY DUETS.
Fs5,to and Socrates, Two New Jersey
Feline Gentlemen, Do Some
Wonderful Things.

Newark, n. J., boasts Of two clever
cats. Their names are Plato and Soc
rates. They are members of the cat
family. and both, the Newark News IN
sists, are gentlemen. In addition they
are two OF the prettiest and best edu-
Gated cats that ever Tapped milk froTA
a saucer. The marked ability displi yed
bv these feline gentlemen is such that
none can fail TO be interested.
Toe" and 'Sock," as they are IA
miliarly called, are the pride and es-
pecial pets of their mistress. Though
she is not an animal trainer, she has
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DR.. Cara,
3I7 9TH. STREET, N. w.
Oldest German Specialist,

X-Ray for Examinations, Diagnosis
and Treatment in Skin and Blood Dis.
eases, Cancer, Rheumatism, Piles.
Structure, etc.
Private diseases and Vitality of both
sexes in old and so-called fncursbJe
cases cured. Static, Faradic, Galvan.
ic Electricity, and Cautery in use.
Urine examine. Daily, from 10 to 6:
Tuesdays and Saturdays till p. m.
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DOG SAVES GIRLS LIFE.
Brave Yellow stag Hound Kills Two
Gray Wolves in Defense of
Its Little Mistress

George Findlay, a well-lnown re-
publican politician of Topeka, Kan,
has returned from a trip through the
Indian territory and voGches for the
following story of the remarkable
devotion to his little mistress of a
dog owned by Jim Hay, a quarter
blood Quapaw Indian.
Hays four-year-old girl Nellie wan
dered into the woods near his place
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How shad Are prop.xa,.a

When the United States govern
ment discovered that shad were
growing scarce shad nurseries were
established and millions of shad eggs
planted, not only in the old swim.
ming grounds of the shad. but also
in the Pacific ocean and its rivers.
The experiment was so successful
that it is said there is now no danger
Of the extinction OF the shad.
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Trouble in Letter writing

A bashful young man in Newark. n.
J.. who is rather timid in speech. but
bold and eloquent with the pen, made
a marriage proposal by letter. The
lady, for safe keeping, put the note in
book, and few days later lent the
book to a female friend She proved
to be the young mans other girl. Now
there is triangular quarrel between
the three.
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IS ROUGH ON RATS.
Jack, Bucking Fox Terrier, Has
an Original Way OF Dispatch
ing the Rodents.

Jack is the common enough name
Of an exceedingly uncommon fox ter
rier owned by William KrOnberg, of
11S6 Fourteenth avenue, Detroit. Like
The Washington bee., 1901-05-25
Telephones in Hospitals.

Telephones are in commoh use in
French hospitals TO enable persons
with infectious diseases TO converse
freely with their friends without dan
ger OF communicating disease.
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with It with very little Inconvenience.
ANY number Of men can scale a build
ing. The quickest work is done by
tive The first hooks his ladder in
the SeCond-st0ry window and ascends
it,. when the second passes another
ladder up to him, which is hooked
into the third story. The first man
then climbs to the third story window
and the second man climbs to the
second story. after which he passes the
first ladder up again. BY this means
the ascent is continual BY the same
method six or even a dozen men may
scale a building. Three may be on
one ladder at the same time without
danger of its breaking. The ladders
are constructed of the hardest and
strongest wood.
The ladder was the Invention Of a
man named Chris Hoal, who has since
died. but whose widow is Teaping the
benefits Its great advantage is as a
time-saver. Two men. or even one,
can reach the sixth story of a building
and rescue a woman, the descent being
made by means of a large belt into
which rope is Topped in half the
time required to raise the ponderous
truck ladder.
The accompanying pictures were
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able; the former, black as midnight.
IS worn with large pompadour and
coiled high.
1 came to this country to study and
be quiet, is all that the princess would
say 10 anytinquiry. She VIII not speak
OF her country nor say why she chose
to come to Chicago to study.
Maharajah Dhuleep Singh. father of
Princess Sophia. was only II years old
when Great Britain took possession OF
the Punjab. and also Of the famous
kohinoor diamond, the most highly
priced possession OF Runjeet Singh. The
princess was born and reared a Chris
tian- Her mother was a LaIf caste.
Miss Banda Muller, daughter Of Ger
man missionary at Cairo. whose mother
was COptic girl. Queen Victoria took
fancy to Bamba, and when the mar
rage OF the maharapah took place be-
came godmOther to their first born
now Prince Victor Dhuleep Singh.
husband Of Lady Ann Coventry. and
the first of the Indian princes to marry
into the British nobility.
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Sowing and Reaping.
QUAINT PRINCESS SINGH.
Ways and Appearance of Titled Girl
Who's TO be a Medic"

tNfAlAtdSD AAAbAtit-J
The Princess Sophia Bamba Dhuleep
Singh, daughter of the late Maharajah
Dhuleep Singh Of India. who has just
entered the Women's Medical college
Of the Northwestern university, Chi
cagO. keeps generally in the seclusion
Of her room, her maid serving her
meals there On Sunday morning she
went OFT Cor a walk with two dogs.
which crossed the ocean with her One
is q great Dane, and the other a big
Russian pointer. These the princess
evidently intends shall be her compan-
ions while she lives in this country
It is a grief to her they are not al
lowed to live in her rooms, but they are
carefully guarded in the barn.
On the street she wore a short blue
skirt with an etOn jacket of fur, and
a brown felt hat. Her dress is Euro
pean, and her speech a quaint lisping
English. The maid she brought from
England is as reserved in speech as
herself.
Some forms of American etiquette
seem to surprise her. as. for instance.
the refusal to permit her maid to oc-
cupy the place which she herself does
not take at the ia BILE
ON- she EGlldIEeus Out / Thought
Americans were so democratic"
In her own apartments the princess
wears rich and beautiful gowns and
little jewelry She will not burn me
gas. but has provided herself with a
number Of kerosene lambs. and last
evening. as she sat down with a biz
medical book to study her first lessons
at the college, the gown she wore was
OF the thinnest muslin made in her own
India. II was white. with delicate
flower figures. and was made over yell
low silk. The bodice was cut low, and
the elbow sleeves of yellow silk were
covered with flowing bell sleeves of
the muslin trimmed with lace, and the
skirt had a deep lace fiounce. On one
barred arm she wore a number Of gold
bracelets of different sizes, but no
other jewels
She is a woman possibly IS years old.
Her complexion is q cellar olive. Her
hair and eyes are particularly notice
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very little Of this worlds goods.
I'VE are to be married as soon as We
have saved enough TO make a little
home for ourselves" explained Louise,
with a world of love and pride in her
voice.
Josiah Medford went home raging.
"TH spoil her prospects for her, the
mink" he mUttered, and he went
straightWay TO old ClybOurne with the
story.
Hell see what fool she is. to
throw over money and marry a poor
grubbing railway clerk and it'n be the
end Of that win" so the disappointed
sutton reasoned
Old Clybourne listened to the law
yer's tale.
He said nothing. and Medford went
away feeling puzzled.
The next morning old ClybOurne
wrote the widow Amberly.
''It has done me good" he ended his
letter, to know there is such a thing
as real love in the world. To be sure,
money can't buy everything Do come
and visit me, you and. Louise, and I
VIII help the girl out in her pTepara-
tiOnS for marriage / am thankful TO
have it proved TO me that money is not
all In all to everyone, as it is and al
ways must be to me, though it has not
made me happy"
And so the old lawyer was complete
" routed. horse. foot and dragons,
but old Clybourne thought none the
less of him. after all, for his enter
prise. It's failure had made bright
spot in his shriveled up old heart
Louise Amberly married her young
lover. and old ClyboUrae is alive yet
No one but his attorney shares with
him the secret of the viii.
Some day" chuckles old Clybourne;
"some day( theTeu be q suTprisei"
But no one viii ever be more sur
prised than was Elias ClybOurne when
he found out that money doesn't rule
everybody.
Copyright, 1901, by ". R. Hearst.)
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fiat. Two men can reach the top using
only one ladder. in a few seconds over
one mins,e.
In case of fire, IL would be the
duty Of The first man up to make fast
to the roof a heavy rope. Into this ne
fastens the large buckle Of mis- belt in
such a way that by the use of a glove
for the wight hand, the fireman can
descend and stop at any story or at
any other point in his descent. In
rescuing a person from fire, the person,
if conscious, merely has to cling to the
fireman around the waist or hips, d ~
is brought safely TO the ground. Such
a descent is shown in one of the ac-
campaigning pictures. If the person is
unconscious q belt is buckled around
his or her waist and coupled TO the
dreman's belt. after which he can
make the descent with his human bur
den without great inconvenience. II
is impracticable, but altogether posi-
BILE, to descend with a rescued person
by means Of the ladders. The rope /.
a necessity only in cases of life-saving.
The crew can go UP or down on the
ladders without any trouble The de-
scent on the rope can be made from
the fifth story in two seconds. by ,
skilled member.
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deprive shem of the cash which they
seek. At the same time it is certain
that if the money is not forthcoming
she VIII be murdered. Every tradition
of south of Europe brigandage proves
this They have the whiphand of the
situation A mere iuCOnsiderable knot
OF human beings. they dictate to the
world. Doubtless the money will be
paid The sum asked for the release
of Miss Stone is a tride when weighed
aga INST her life. The sum may come
from popular subscription, or from the
state department. or both, but it viii
be given to the brigands as soon as
they can be reached for final negotia-
lions. 1t is believed. with much show
OF reason. that the required amount
has been already cabled to the official
American representatives. in the Orient.
With the woman at liberty and under
the protection of her flag, the task Of
hunting down the bandits viii fall 20
Bulgaria and Turkey. ReDarauon 70
America viii be demanded Immediately,
and the case thus assumes a grave in
ternatiOnal aspect. President Rose
Welt IS said to hold Turkey responsible.
basing his claim upon the fact that
Turkey is responsible for the disturbed
condition which makes such Outrages
possible, The sultan VIII be required,
not only to return the amount of the
ransom. but t. make apology and to
pay pUnicOry damages. That monarch
never pays anybody or power if it can
be avoided. and hence an American
naval demonstration may be necessary
In order to back up the demands. 1t is
held i'm England and on the continent
that when this is done the sublime
porte VIII give an ordeT upon its scanty
and depleted treasury. II is. of course,
entirely possible that it viii refuse to
yield at all. in which case war would
ensue as the outcrowth of the act Of a
score of villains IN Bulgaria.
g q
once America nas formulated its de-
mands it VIII be compelled to push
them To a conclusion. however serious
thar conclusion may be. For the mat
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NEW TESTAMENT IN
UP-TO-DATE ENGLISH.
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Chicago
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n -E MOST hazardous work in fire
lighting is that which falls on the
Pompier crew. Authorities admit
ii. Observers can see it. For while
81 is taking life in hand 20 enter a
burning building, it is doubtful if that
feature of the service involves the same
dangerous chances as scaling the walls
Of a burning building to -periious
heights, where a mis-step would mean
a plunge through space to certain
death And that is one of the feats
the POmpier crew has to perform, and
one Of the risks it has to assume.
Salt Lake has such crew in its fire
department. 1t was established ten
years ago and in all this time it has
not once been called into action at a
FIRE. 1t is a matter of cOngratulatiOn
thar this is true. But all these years,
with changes now and then in the
personnel of the Big Six. the crew has
been pTaCtiCinE continually. until now
there is not a man among them bur
can scale the highest building in salt
lake with the same agility that a cat
seeks refuge from the 5lOOdthirsty,
barking canine at its heels. The Pom
pier boys know not what minute they
may be called upon 70 brave the dan
gers of lifesaVing. Although, as stated
they have never beer summoned into
acton in that capacity, yet chey are
constantly in readiness and in a flash
could raise their slight ladders to the
C0rmost story of q burning building.
The members Of the local crew are
NJ W. Earl captain: r. Mccarthy,
Andrew Eikrem, A. r. Williams. RU-
fus Smith and William Baldwin They
work like one man Each of them Is
provided with a Pompier ladder This
object is shaped like a large scythe.
the blade being a steel hook, and Tia
handle straight with small cross bars.
as rounds spIiced onto it, The oder
weighs only twenty-five pounds. max
ing it possible for a man to run about
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FAMOUS DOCUMENT FADING
Declaration of Independence Is Now
Practically Blank Parchment.

flOu1SFllIe AOUIleE-l LElltl-t
As q physical "seeable" thing the
famous Declaration of Independence
is no more. The stirring text and the
sigma lures of the members of the
continental congress have faded away.
This precious document IS preserved
in a cabinet in the state department
library, but it is now practically moth
ing more than a large sheet of pareh-
ment on which no legible writing ap-
pears. Part of the words Declaration
of independence which were written
in large letters with many ornamental
hourishes, are decipherable. Not a
signature is visible to the naked eye.
One hardly discernible stroke Of John
Hancock's pen is all that remains of
his bold and vigorous autograph.
which he pUrposely made large as 10
show the British government that he
had no fear of being known.
The declaration is preserved in
narrow drawer, glass covered, which
slides in a steel safe with heavy double
doors locked by d heavy combination.
After its removal to the state depart
ment from Independence hall in Phila-
delphia. where the continental con-
gress held it's session on July T. 1ll6.
the declaration was placed In a glass
case and exposed to the view Of visit
ors Owing to the strong light 10 which
it was subjected it began to fade and
was then removed to the drawer IN
which it is now preserved. The fading
continued. however. until now the not
ed document is nothing more apparent
~, than q mere blank sheet.
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SAT- LAKEyS NE SAVFRS.
Athletes of the POmpier Crew. Who Are Prepared TO Scale
the Walls of a Burning Building at Moments
NOtice---Are In Constant Training

made for The Herald at a special ex-
hibitiOn of the Pompier crew on the
hose tower back Of the fire department,
which answers all purposes as well as
a substantial business block. In one
picture the crew is shown apparently
ellnging To the side wall, but in reality
each man is hooked onto mis- ladder.
The top man has just reached the
roof and all the others are ready TO
ascend at a signal. From the time
the first ladder was hooked into the
second-story window. Or first window,
as 1t is here shown, until the top OF
the tower was reached by the last Of
the six, the distance from the ground
being sixty-ave feet, just one minute
and sixteen seconds elapsed. For the
same number of men to reach the roof
by means Of the truck would have re-
qGired at least eight minutes The ad-
vantage Of the Pompier system is
therefore obvious. The record in the
local fire department for an ascent of
I'VE stories by one man is one minute
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THE KING JAMES BIBLE.
The Maonificat

St. Luke. f. 1854 And Mary said my
soul doth magnify the Lord.
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my
Saviour
For He hath regarded the low estate of
His handmaiden; for, behold, from hence
forth all generations shall call me blessed.
For He that is mighty hath done to me
great things; and holy is His name.
And His mercy is on them that fear Him
from generation TO generation.
He hath showed strength with His arm
He hath scattered the proud in the mag
inatiOn of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their
seats. and exalted them of low degree.
He hath filled the hungry with good
things and the rich He hath sent empty
away.
He hath helPen His servant Israel, in
remembrance of Ills mercy.
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His Great Ambition.

tInIcagO pOst)
Z wish [ could write better" sighed
the boy
rs that all?'' asked his mother.
well, | wish could spell better. too. -
he admitted
How about arithmetic2'' she inquired.
but in this line he betrayed little inter-
est
We'll, she said. ct am glad YOU are
ambitious in two things. at any rate: but
why do you select writing and spelling
particularly
Because he replied. ''if 1 was real
good in those things I could write my
own excuses for taTdiness without being
caught. the way Johnny DooIittle does y
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competent little body, the young Louise
and with her at the outer side of the
living problem and her mother on the
inner side, at home. the two lived 81
comfort and peace.
And now Il was,
Hal hal the wOOin' O tt"
For the grabbed old lawyer lost no
time in declaring himself a suitor for
the hand of the widows daughter
Louise refused him fatty. His exh--
bitiOn Of his ways and means OF llv-
ing" his setting forth Of his wealth
and ability to give Louise and her
mother a life Of luxury and ease had
no effect. He was persistent, and at
last Louise. to put an end to his att5n-
tons. introduced him to Henry Thurs
ton, her promised husband. A hand
some, manly fellow was this same
young Thurston-withaI possessed Of
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In the prosperous city Of Fordham.
an Illinois city of mills, factories and
railway shops, lived Elias ClybOurne. a
cynical. lonely man, whose riches made
no one the happier. not even himself.
To him he. called. one raw March
evening, Josiah MedfOrd, the attorney.
q man as hard, listed and greedy
as was ClybouTne himself.
I am past seventy, MedfOrd." the
rich man said and I want you to
draw up my viii. I have never made
a Will. you see. and don't want that
scamp Of a Harmon-my cousin-nOr
that iazybones of a Henry Clybourne,
my nephew, to dance over my grave
and dance they would. If / should die
intestate. So Fll make a win that'lk
wiring q tear or two from their eyes"
The grim old fellow laughed as he
spoke. 1t was not pleasant laugh TO
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ter of that. there have been many wars
in which thousands of men have died
and gone to the worms for less grave
causes than assault upon the liberty
of an American citizen. Whether
rightly or wrongly. in many parts Of
the world the safeguarding afforded by
the American flag is supposed to be
equal to no safeguarding al all. The
present president is a fighting man and
his people viii await with grave inter
est his action in this first severe test
of his quality as an executive
Dollars must effect her release. In
til then the honor and life Of this brave.
self-sacrihcing woman hangs by
thread.