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spending his idle hours sitting listlessIv
in his big chair
II believe he'll do himself harm. fret
ting after those tickets Mrs Parker
said to Maria one morning 'If he'd go
20 town, 'twould hearten him up-but he
won't"
Perhaps it's spring fever" Maria suc-
gested. ''Joe's been complaining some OF
late"
Mrs. Parker grasped the suggestion
eagerly L shouldn't wonder if it was
Any now, tonic won't hurt him non.
Cne" '" SCI MN
She made as good time as old Jim's
powers powers would allow. On her return she
armed with the bottle of tonic and a
spoon AS she pulled off the outer wrap
per, yellow ticket fell from it to the
NOR, IG unseen by the deacon, however.
LASTLY picking it up, Mrs. Parker drop-
PED it into her pocket. a little later she
took it out to look at Suppose this
shouid hanpen to be the lucky number
wa. Was the thought that ran through her
allnd. aill from supposing, she passed, with
@ a@ialHilnS rapldlty, to wishing, from wish
fias 70 hoplng, from hoping to planning.
from planning TO worrying.
Her final fall, however did not come
Until the next day The issuing of the
automC bllc tickets was to end at no..
Al breakfast Mrs. Parker announced her
intention of going to town again When
she drove into the the yard on her return
there were several parcels on the seat
beside her.
why. we didn't need anything" Maria
salQ, going cut to the carriage
i guess l know what I'm about" the
rnother answered shortly.
The deacon felt worried about his wife
during the next few days-she W. -
self, somehow. AS for Mrs Pa.n> .l..e
avoided her husbands mild glance a the
oddest manner. Those faded eyes seemed
possessed Of a new power, to pierce down
to the very depths of her troubled con.
science Especially did she shun them
afteI still another trip to town She was
res uess and irritable all that evening and
though she went to bed early it was only
to toss end turn missrably. Late at
night, lying WiGe-eyed in the moon
lighted room, she de ecided she could stand
it no lCrger. She woke the deason up at
once.
"Sick, Betsy? he asked, anxiouslv.
Sick at heart, deacon. l got a ticket
With your tcnic that day. 1 didn't know
it. til l got ho'ne. 1t must have been
first time I've ever taken an interest in
the business-I've only been angry at
the way you've gone on about 'em. But,
all Of a sudden, [ felt as if I wanted tc
get the lucky number. l went up town
and bought lot of stuff the next day in
the little time there was left
''Oh, Eetsy:" the deacon's voice bespoke
relief. He had always found her su-
perior strength Of mind and viii lt&Ie
OVerpeWering. lie felt now as ie the
into a more equal balance.
81 was a silly, silly thing" mis- wife
went on; but l did want to win
''Well-Well-Pm sorry for your disap-
pCintment Betsy"
Mrs. Parker was hysterical-'I wasn't
disc ppointed. Deacon, I've won the aI.
tomobily!"
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after all! (Aloud) He does not recon-
mend marriage to you. then?
WidoW-No; not in so many words.
General-That's pity Well, I shall
think over what you've said.
Widow-Yes. do!
General-Th rty years ago! I thought Of
marriage then, when / was only a cap
tain and could not afford IL: and. cow
that m major general retired on hal1
pay, l suppose marriage will not think
OF me l had forgotten all about until
l met you again.
general.
General-MaJor general! Well
might mend even now, but only on eone
W,dow-ReaIIy? What is that?
=, General-That you find me another
little Mary.
Widow don't know. III see.
not wait
Widow-Perhaps
GeneTal-The little Mary Of thirty
years ago would not wait Bat I have
waited. Ask her If she viii come back
Widow-She will; I'm sure she will-if
you ask her.
General-Then 7 do ask her. Come,
Mary. CThey eplbrace)
W.dow--And what about the doctor?
,GeT9eral-WeH be our own doctors for
Widow.And the butler? How shall We
General-Pve got my fee here in paper.
III slip it into his hand as we pass.
Thatll choke him off Come Mary Iet
US go before the patient IS released and
] am summoned. (Picking up hat and
stick)
Widow-But your liver?
Gcneral-Oh. I haven't time TO think of
that! And your nerves?
Widow-Ive forgotten all about them
General-Ah. Mary, we viii forget years
that have passed, And that will be one
OF the greatest miracles ever wrought N
Harley street.
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time you buy so cents of any of those
stores named there, you get a numbered
ticket The person that gets the right
number gets that new style rig l told
you OF. And"-the deacon's courage was
rising-"there amt no reason why we
shouldn't get the right number. I'd feel
proud to go round in that automobily.' -
Mrs. Parker smiled grimIy. I'D feel
like a born fool, but there amt much
cause to worry. You won't get it, and if
you did I'd never let you stir a rod in it.
I've read about the way they carry on;
it's my belief the devil himself had the
inventing of them. And I'll tell you
what, Deacon, when you go out of this
life, and your blessed mother comes
down to meet you on the other side
you're not a-going flying up to her arms
all in thousand and one pieces" Mrs.
Parker was much excited; she had al
ways felt a half-maternal responsibility
concerning her husband Marias reap
pearance calmed her.
She lifted the lid of the green box, dis
closing packet after packet Of little
tickets ranged in orderly piles inside
She held one up. DO you remember
these, Deacon?"
The deason looked at the bits OF blue
pasteboard, faded now from their orig
inal color, as had the eyes of the little
man himself. ''They were for a m'lodeon,
Betsy, I saved EN- fore we was married.
1 did want that m'ledeon for your best
room"
Mrs. Parker's manner softened She
laid the packet gently down. LINDA
Powell got that melodeon,''~ she said
thoughtfully. ''They used to say Linda
wanted you, Tyson"
The deason's nervousness lessened.s The
atmosphere seemed clearing.
But Mrs. Parker was a woman Of
determination; having long had this step
in view, she was not to be turned aside
by a bit Of sentiment. She held up a
second packet. You mind these, Dea-
CONF
For a baby-carriage, he answered.
chuckling. Saved 'em when you was ex-
pecting Mira. Your sister Nanny'd got
one ready for her first"
His wife was laughing, too, by now,
her broad shoulders fairly shaking with
! merriment. Nanny won that a:riag age,
too, aSG then"-Mrs. Parker was almost
gasping-''her first was twins!"
red packet came next, and, as usual
when questioned. the deacon recognized
it. For patent churn. My! did want
] that churn for you, Betsy
''And this?" Betsy asked, and again:
'And this? And this?
AS she held up a certain pile of red
tickets. the, deacon turned from it to
/ look Wistfully out of the window Down
below the orchard was bit of inclosed
ground-the family burying place that as
yet contained but one grave, and that a
little one
81 did want that tool chest mighty
bad for him. he said, half under his
breath. 'And after all it wouldn't We
mattered. | used to worry bout how
I'd ever tell him if I failed. He used
to count every ticket 1 brought home,
and, after all, l didn't have to tell him
never did go down the day the number
Was given OUT
There was tiny spot of water on the
uppermost red ticket as Mrs Parker laid
them back in the box. She, too. had
turned to look out at that sn3w-covered
plot. Rising, she lifted the green bov
and went to put it away When She
came back she went to stand a moment
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said, that we don't want him there any
longer. Let him 60"
Very well. The minister of justice
summoned the prisoner and said to him:
why don't you go away? There is no
one to watch you there. You may freely
leave the prison, and the king won't feel
inSulted''
'"rhe king wouldn't feel insulted, but I
have no place to go. Where shall 1 go?
You have disgraced me by the sentence;
nobody will have anything to do with
me now; 1 am retired from everything
now. You did not treat me properly. 1t
me to capital punishment. Very well.
You should have killed me-but you
didn't. That is first. Then you sentenc-
ed me to Imprisonment for life, and put
a guard to bring me food Then you re-
moved the guard. That is second. Still
I was satisfied didn't protest. l went
for food myself Now you tell me, GO!
No; you may say what you please,
will not go anywhere"
PRISONERS TERMS ACCEPTED.
Again meeting was called. What
was to be done? He would not go away.
They thought and thought.
eve must allow him a pension" they
finally decided. Without this you can
not get rid of him" This was reported
to the king.
1--WE cannot help it, he said; 1--WE must
get rid of him in some way
They allowed the prisoner 600 francs a
year, and notified him of their decision.
''Well," he said, 'if you promise to Fay
me regularly [ will co.
1t was decided. He received 200 francs
in advance, bid them good-by, and left
the domain of the kinglet. He settled
down somewhere in the neighborhood,
bought some land. began to cultivate a
vegetable garden and lived in clover.
He goes regularly for his pension Get
ting it he steps into the gambling house
and puts up two or three francs Some
times he wins, sometimes loses Then
he returns TO his house and leads a life
of peace and happiness. 1t was fortu-
nate for the man that he did not COM
init the crime in a land where they a e
not too Stingy either to cut ones head
off or to maintain permanent prisons
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behind the deacon,s chair. laying one
hand softly on the thin gray hair that
lay IN eoylsh rings on his forehead.
Oh, deacon, deaconi'' she said in a
seemed striving for the mastery. How
many times veil reasoned with you
bo9t buyiIg things we didn't need and
couldn I afford, for the sake of chances
tnat never amounted to anything? Think
OF the money we might We laid by-more
than enough to buy neIodeons and patent
cnlItfhs, ana goodness knows what all. +"
y reckon you're. right, Betsy the
deacon answered submiSsiyely.
Betsy laughed or sobhed--which was
lt?-and laid her other hand tenderly up-
on the gray hair Still you'll go on do
ing ito the end of tirne-or your tins.
But remember. if you should win that
new tangled heathenish rig. not one rod
do you ride in it, Then she went out
to tho Kitchen where Maria was getting
supper Wen have wheat cakes ana
maple syrup, M ria she said your
pa s fond of wheat cakes. And get one
Of the PIES ycu. baked this morning; and
III fry serne ham and eggs-your pas
fond of ham and eggs"
Land. what geese women areG' she
eez canned M 1e little l@ter, when Maria was
out OF the kitchen. 81 did think for cnce
I'd make the deacon see the error Of his
ways. and have no backing down about
IT. Ene-t her ard herein I getting him up
the supper he likes best, and feeling as
grateful, to him il he'd got me all those
fine things he's wastin' money tryin' for .
During the succeeding weeks the collec-
tion of these yellow tickets went merriIy
on There had been TO such chance in
scme time, and the deacon was like a
starving man in spite of food. Many
were. the excuses he made to go to town.
Steadily the little, store of ready money In
the old chest grew less and less.
- Mrs. Parker. pleaded, scolded, threat
ened b17t though the deacon admitted the
force of her argunn ents, nearly wept at
the sight of her distress, shrank before
her d:spleasure, he continued to spend
money. Almost daily. at one or another of
the sttr rej issuing the automobile tickets.
In all his purchases he never bought
anything for mis- personal Use. If your
pad only get things needed now and then
pesky tickets" Mrs. Parker said one
morning to Maria cor. if sence he will
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from brandy and wine Is not much bet
ter he thinks. So the kinglet lives,
reigns, grabs money, and conducts af-
fairs in his palace just as the real, great
kings Go.
There is the same pomp at the corona
ton; the kinglet awards medals, reviews
parades, has councils and laws and
courts of justice, the same as real kings,
only on a small scale.
One day, about five years ago, a MUIR
der took place in the land of this king
let. The people of that kingdom are a
peaceful lot, and such a thing never hap
pened there before. The judges as
sfmbled, investigated and tried the case.
There were judges, and prosecutors. and
jurymen and lawyers. They tried the
case, and condemned the man to capital
punisnment-to death by the euiIlotina
Very we'll The decree was presented to
the kinglet. The kingle1 read the
sentence and confirmed it. The murder
er should be put to death. But there was
one trouble-the kingdom had neither
the guillOtine. nor the executioner to be-
mead the criminal
The minister fegan to think what to
do. and they soon decided to inquire of
the French government whether it could
furnish for a certain time the necessary
machine and eXecutioner to behead a
criminal, and how much the thing would
cost A letter was forwarded to the
French government. In week they re-
cetVod an answer, saying that the ma
chine and the eXecutioner could be had
for the sum Of 16,00C francs This was
reported to the kinglet The kinglet
thought the matter over, considered it
carefully. Sixteen thousand frames,
The rascal" he said 'isn't worth so
muchH' Could it not be done more
cheaply? Sixteen thousand francs! This
meant to burden each inhabitant with a
tax OF little over two francs. 1t was
too much They might rebel A meeting
was called to decide what to do.
HOPE IN THE FELLOW FEELING OF
A KING
At the meeting it was decided to write
to the king of Italy. The French govern
ment was a republic; it had nc resoact
Tor kings; but the king of Italy was,
after all, one of their own. He might
therefore, quote a lower rate. The lette~
was forwarded and an answer came i'm.
mediately. The Italian government
wrote that 1T would send both the ma.
chlne and the executioner with pleasure.
and that it would cost in all j.. eco francs
Cheaper, but dear, neverthelessl rThs
rascal was not worth even as much as
I2'UOO francs. This would again mean TO
assess the people a little less than TWO
francs each.
Again session was held. The ministers
Ihought, considered the matter carefully.
Perhaps 1t could be done in a less ex-
geLslVe way. Perhaps some of the sol
diers would undertake to behead th,.
murderer. A general was summoned.
Isn't there a soldier in your army
who would cut rascal's head on?' ne
was asked. Anyway, they are supposed
to kin people in time of war! That's
what soldier is trained for"
The general spoke to the soldiers but
meme Of them would undertake 10 DO il
NO. they said I'VE can't do this. nor
We're we taught to do it."
What was to be done? Again they
thought and thought, called special ses.
sions, committees, commissions. Then
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THE DEACoN'S SINFULNEss
written for Evening Post BY Emilia EllIott

AS the sitting room door opened, Mrs.
Parker looked up from her sewing. The
deacon's been up to mischief she said
Deacon Parker was thin, understood
man, with small, appealing blue eyes, set
in a thin, under-sized face-a tinfd
deprecating man, but, in his wifes opin-
ion, as prone to mischief as the child he
resembled.
He stood now on the threshold. his
look of giee modified by his very evident
sense of wrong-doing. "My, it's cold" !"
he said, siding up to the fire, one eye
on his "better three-fourths,' as the
village wits were wont to put it. My
hands nigh froze driving. What do you
think. Betsy-they've got one of those
new horseless turnouts in town. I'd Ike
one, first rate"
tfOld Jim'n do you, deacon I'd like
to see myself riding in any such Tom
fool rig
Would you, y?"-wiIlfully misun-
derstanding her eff that amt fort nate.
What'll you say when you find yourself
riding in that same automobil5?' :
THAT I ought to be ashamed of my
self. at my age. But see here, deacon,
you've been up to something. You
might s well out with it first as last"
The deacon drew up his arm chair, In
which he looked smaller than ever; then,
taking a yellow ticket from his pocket,
handed it to his wife.
Deacon Parker, are you up to this
again?"
'Why-why not, Betsy?" the deacon
spoke nervously.
MIRA" Mrs Parker said to her daugh-
ter, fetch me the green box from my
cupboard"
The deacon actually shivered as his
daughter rose to obey. Her alacrity ex-
ceeded even that demanded by f1lial duty,
he thought "I guess I'll go see to the
chores" he said weakly.
'Stay where you be-" his wife answer
ed "Is this business worked the same's
all the rest?"
The deacon frightened. Eyes, every
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-05-26
FIying Ticker Tame
.rk Cor. Pittsburg Posi-.

New York Cor. Pittsburg Post
One piece of pleasantly popular in Wall
street when business is slack is for some
body to send several hundred yards OF
ticker tape flying from an upper window
of skyscraper. The sinuous ubiquity Of
this material when turned loose In the
breeze is remarkable. There was a fight
of ticker tape this afternoon, and in less
than minute it had twined itself around
cab drivers. horses, lamp posts. police
men and WaShington's statute in front
of the subtreasury, festooning itself to
everything in its way, animate and mani
mate, and giving that dingy street a hoIt-
day aspect that would have been done on
purpose. The messenger boys of course
enjoyed 1t. The young gentlemen in uni
form who carry messages in this ne gh-
borhood always have time for froltc, no
matter how important may be the issues
in which they are called to take part
and one has yet to be found without time
enough to take an extra turn in flying
ticker tape as it passes him.
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There is a little kingdom on the shore
Of the Mediterranean sea, beteen France
and Italy. It's population is smaller than
that of a big village, amounting to about
1000 people, and there is not even as
much as an acre of land to soul. But
there is a real kinglet IN this little king
dom by the sea; and the kinglet has
everything palace, a court, ministers,
archbishops, generals, and also an army.
Not a big army, just sixty men, but an
army, nevertheless. The kinglet's in
come is very insignificant. To be sure
there IS a tax on tobacco, on wine, and
on brandy, as everywhere else, and the
people who drink and smoke. yet their
number is so small that the kinglet
would not have enough to support him
self, his court, and his officials if he did
not have a special source of income. The
special income is from the gambling es-
tablishment in his kingdom-from rou-
lette. People gamble, lose or win, and
the proprietor gains all the time. And
out of these gains the proprietor pays
big sums of money, because this is the
only gambling establishment that re-
mains in Europe. Before, there used to
be such gambling establishments In the
domain of each of the German princes,
but they were prohibited some time ago.
The reason why they were prohibited
was they used to bring about many dis
agreeable consequences. Someone would
come there to gamble would lose every
thing-his own and sometimes other peo-
pies money as well-and then he would
either drown or shoot himself for grief
The Germans prohibited this in the
domain Of their princes, but there was
nobody to prohibit it in Monaco. So it
remains there.
THE LITTLE CZAR MUST LIVE.
And since then all those bent upon
gambling go there. There they lose their
money, anj in the meantime the kinglet
gains You cannot easily make marble
palaces out of honest labor. The little
car of Monaco knows well that this is
wicked business, but what shall he do?
He must live. To live on the income
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A Good Ro!nds Ernertment

Farmers Of Wabash county, Ind. are
showing how good roads can be built by
cooperation and at much reduced cost
They have an agreement among them
selves on road building, each owner OF
land abutting on a highway 20 be i'm
proved pledging in work or cash 81 80 each
per acre within nalf a mile of the road
Payment may be made within three
years, and the burden, thus distributed
Is hardly felt The work is done in dull
seasons and gravel roads have replaced
the old mud highways over many miles
Of turnpike. On the completion OF a
road the task Of maintaining il is as
sumed by the county authorities.
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they changed their minds and decided to
substitute life Imprisonment for capital
punishment. The king would thus show
his mercy, and at the same time mis-
expense would not be so large. Tne
king was satisfied, and the matter was
settled, But here was another trouble =
there was no permanent prison in the
land, where the prisoner might be kept
for lifetime. There were some small
rooms where prisoners were held for a
short while, but there was no solid Dris-
on to keep one forever. A place was
found in the end. The fellow was i'm
prisoned A guard was stationed TO
watch him.
The guard watched him, and used to
food for the prisoner. The fellow was
there six months-a year.
THE RASCAL'S PREPOSTEROUS
CONSENT.
At the end of the year the kingIet be-
gan to go over his accounts, and no
tlced a new expense; and not d small
the prisoner. A special guard and food!
1t cost him 600 francs during the year.
And the fellow was young, healthy: he
would live another fifty years. Just
think of how much that would amount
to! Too expensive. 1t could not remain
so. The kinglet summoned the ministers
and told them: Think of some plan by
which we can punish that rascal more
cheaply. He costs US entirely too much"
The ministers assembled and cudgeled
their heads over the matter. One Of
them said: 81 believe it were a good idea
to discharge the guard" Said another:
But the prisoner will run away!' Let
him gO!' said the first.
This was reported to the king. He,
too, was satisfied. The guard was as
charged. Now they wondered what the
prisoner would do. They saw that when
the dinner hour arrived the or minal
came out, looked around for the guard,
and, not finding him, went to the kitch-
en- of the king to get something to eat
went back to the prison, closed the door
behind him and stayed there. The next
day he did the same. He went for his
food, came back-but did not go away!
What now? Again they thought
Let US rather tell him plainly" they
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Distributing Match sase,

The Omaha" Railway is distributing a
beautiful pocket match safe, taking fhe
longest matches, and one may be secured
by lnclosing cents in stamps to T. w
Ieasdale, General Passenger Agent, st.
Paul.
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STRUCTURE

In days without rain, injury or inconve enierce.
The tougies are inherited night and act while YOU
sleep GraL- Solvent removes every Symptom of
structure, leaving the canal as healthy as when
nature formed il. No BRUTAL CUTTING OR d.
LATING. NO INJECTIONS TO IRRITATE THE
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disease. The seminal ducts project into the ure-
thrsl canal through the FROST ts Gland s7i are iv
reached by LOCAL TREATMENT
Dr. carter's Gran-Solyent" soluble Eougies will
dissolve. digest aud forever remove
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We answer the ques-
tions briefly. If you cut
an artery in yoIr arm you
do not take internal medi-
cine - stop the flow Of
blood. YOU USELOCAL
APPLICATIONS. SIM
ilarly when the urethral
ducts become weakened
ard relaxed it is ridiculous
to take internal treatment,
which must pass through
the stomach and urine be-
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VariCoceIe is an accurnul alton Of sluggish blool
IN the veins Of the scrotum d1e ely = ir9srs =
circulation and has its ori-in in a diseased and
torpid Prostate Gland. Operations in this dilelss
are only temporary, and no mcdaniel device vet
discovered has cured single case. Crla-Solvent
heals the Prostate and restores healthy circla.ion.
Vsric?ceie disappears and the sluggish accumulation
isLe laced by pure hsa'thy red bod
Thousands Of men strictursd wesk va ssti~e and
despondent were cured and restored bv the 81
James methoq last year. A vast army Of men in
%hGIn me light OF life has penetrated the fearful
nightmare OF structure and seminal cecay.
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General-Major general! Wei.
might mend even now. but only on eoue
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MEMBRANE: r. NO INTERNAL DRUGGING TO
KUN The STOMACH. The ST. James treatment
is lo-al Greet an positive.
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W.dow-Really? What is that?
General-That you find me another