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The Latest in "Tips.''

A somewhat grasping hotel proprie
tor met bis match not long ago. He
had shown q wealthy visitor into 8
room containing a chandelier holding
twenty candles, and instructed an at
tendant to light them all. The man
did so, but the guest Immediately or
dered him to put them all out. YET
when the visitor asked for his bill he
found this item: Twenty candles, five
shillings."
He went back to the room and took
them all out, wrapped them in bit o!
paper, and slipped them into his over
coat pocket.
When leaving the hotel he found
many servants in the hall, smiling
pleasantly, and ready for the expected
tip. Then the departing guest DIRE"
out the candles and began to distrlb
ute them. ALLOW me. sir" said ne
with q bow; permit me. miss. They
are very superior candles, l assure
you; l paid q good price for them"
and So he left them, staring hopelesslS
at their novel tip.-Tit-Bits.
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some moments. Then suddenly turn
ing, she went into the second Of the
two little rooms.
When she returned she carried the
old can in which they had planted the
carnatlon. 1t now held a sturdy plant,
and bearing itself proudly aloft on its
slender stem was a beautiful blossom.
"See. Bobby" she said, laying her
hand on the bowed stem. i've been
keeping 1t for a surprise for you, but
you shall have it for the lady. Per-
haps the young man can take 1t to
her"
Bobby looked up. Motionless he
looked at the flower, then sprang
quickly to his feet. 'He said he'd so
back in an hour. shall just have
timer he exclaimed.
Carefully and tenderly the carnation
was cut from it's stalk and wrapped in
while paper. Then. only stopping to
kiss Maggie in way that told the
gratitude he could not speak, Bobby
bounded~Sown the stairs and raced
away toward the station. He was only
Just in time, for as he sped around the
last corner he saw the brown coated
figure crossing the street. Breathless-
ly he rushed after him and accosted
him at the gates.
"It's for her, sir" he gasped. hold
ing out the precious white parcel. 1T
grew from the one she gave me that
day. It's all I could get, but I'd like
it to 60 to her"
The young man took the flower 81
Iently. For the first time that day
tears filed his eyes, and he stood
fighting back the emotion that threat
ened to overpower him.
Then, looking down into the wistful,
childish face upturned to his, he said
gently, ut shall be put into her hand"
And Bobby was satisfed.-Buffalo
Times
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; An0utdoor Pantry, 8
; SoutPerq Style 3
En- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Pantry requirements are a rife par
adoxical, in that they are air and light
and darkness. A pantry window is
essential, even if 1t be no more than
a tiny two-light sliding sash. set any
how in the outer wall. A regular
window is much better. It need not
waste wall-space-shelves, but can be
so placed across it as to admit it's
working. But If panty can be al
lotted as much as six feet of house
wall 1t Is better to have the window
set crosswise, with the lower edge a
little more than breast high. Then,
by making one sash Of glass, and fill
ing the other with wire gauze, the
pantry can have handy outdoor clos
ct. Have tight deal partition run
ming out from the sash division, as
far as the space permits. Put shelves
around three sides Of the two COM
partments thus formed, and close them
with tight light deal doors. Thus the
indoor pantry can subserve its proper
purposes, and the outside closet ban.
ish the iceman for six months In the
year.
People with plenty Of ground space,
yet CONSTRUCTED houses, may proftably
take @ leaf from the book Of south
country household economy. 1t is COM
mon there for country folk to have
sort Of outdoor fresh air closet, a small
detached structure set in the shadiest
place possible, standing upon four tall
legs, with a fat shingle roof Of barely
enough pitch to shed rain. The floor
is at least four feet from the ground,
and the whole structure only big
enough to reach well across. There
are shelves all around, and the wealth
erboarding up next the roof is full Of
tiny auger holes. The door fits tight,
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the stone age. They know nothing
of the use of metals, and they possess
not a single article of modern manu-
facture tnat has been introduced into
America since the landing Of Colum-
bus.
One of the most startling objects
found among their effects was a crude
and primitive fire drill, used to start
fame. This ancient method of pro-
ducing fire by friction is the same that
was used q thousand years ago. A
stick of wood swiftly turned in a slot
under q steady pressure produces q
cone Of dust, which gradually springs
into a bIaze.-New York Herald.
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His Ext usiye Programme,

"My idea," said the ambitious young
author, "is to write q historical novel,"
"Yes"
"And, Of course, a magazine article
showing how I came to write the his
torical novel,"
"Yes"
Then to dramatlze the historical
novel"
"Yes."
Then to write q magazine article
showing how I came to dramatize the
historical novel,"
Yes"
Then to dramatic the magazine or.
ticle."
"Ahw
And to write q magazine article
showing how came to dramatizc the
other magazine article"
"Goodw
"Then to dramatize the second maya.
zine article"
Excellent! Excellentw
"And then to write"
"Oh! understand the scheme, Fine
programme-if the public will sand
for it"-Puck.
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placinr the Responsibility.

The Baltimore Sun prints a story
as told by the wife Of member or
the House of Representatives. To-
ward morning, not long ago. the lady
was awakened by unusual noises be-
low stairs, and tried to rouse her hus-
band.
wake up! Wake up! she said in
q low voice. You must wake up and
60 downstairs; there are thieves in
the house"
"Oh, no, my dear" rejoined the half
awake husband, reassuringly. There
arc no thieves in the House; they are
all In the Senate"
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weeks ago, and who has now returned
to the German capital with curious
memento of his journey. At first he
thought the country rather dull, but
one day, as he was strolling through
Srebrenica, near the Servian border,
he saw an object In which he at once
became deeply interested.
This was O cap, or hat, Of extraor-
binary shape and construction, and it
was worn by a comely farmers wife.
The German followed a woman at O
respectful distance, and the more he
studied her strange headgear the more
his instincts as a sartorial artist con-
vinced him that by a little deft man.
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Issued by Insane Patients.

The News is the name of unique
and interesting paper pule:shed by the
patients Of the Maryland Hospital for
the Insane at Captonsville, Md. One
of the articles reads:
1T is 4 wonder some of the patients
do not learn the st. Fitus Dance.
Every other dance seems to have been
tried here in the Assembly Hail."
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and fastens with lock. Around each
of the four legs is commonly tar
bandage applied six inches above the
ground. This traps ventursome ants,
spiders and their kidney, thus keeping
the inside clear. The structure Is
whitewashed inside and out twice a
year. In hot weather floor and
shelves are washed every morning, and
secured twice a week. Such fixture
should not cost over three or four dol
lars, even if one hires it built, and it
is certainly among the handiest things
one can have about the house or yard.
Chicago Record Herald.
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A Blow That Stunned.

"Have you ever had Il dumb, name
less feeling of some approaching disas-
ter?" she asked.
well, no." the celebrated lawyer
replied; "the only time ever had that
kind of feelicg was once after the
disaster had arrived
"Oh, dear! What was it that hap
pened to YOU"
WHY. you see, girl that had been
engaged to several years before my
marriage came into my office one day
to have me give her some advice con-
cerning the disposition of about $780,
600 worth Of property she had just in
herited from al uncle in Australia that
she had never told De about. ."-Cht-
cago Record-Herald.
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MOTHER sHIPToN DIDN'T SAY so.

Information For q Correspondent VINO
Asks About Her Prophecy.
A correspondent writes to the New
York Sun to ask for information con-
cerning the so-called prophecy OF
Mother Shipton. What is commonly
spoken Of as Mother Shipton's pro-
phecy Is a piece Of rhyme which was
first printed about 1862 It Is as fol-
lows:
Carriages without horses shall 60,
And accidents fill the world with woe.
Around the earth thoughts shall fy
In the twinkling Of an eye.
The world upside down shall be,
And gold be found at the root Of tree.
Through hills man shall ride,
And no horse be at his side.
Under water men shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
In the air men shall be seen,
In black, in white, in green.
Iron in the water shall .toat, :
As easy as a wooden boat.
Gold shall be found and shown
In land that's not now known.
Fire and water shall wonders do.
England shall at last admit foe.
The world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
This rhyme was published in an al
legged reprint of a chap book version
and was included with about ten 9TH
ers, according to Notes and Queries,
in a book issued by Charles Hindley,
Of Brighton, England. For num-
ber Of years it was supposed by many
that it was what it purported to be,
namely, a prophecy uttered by Mother
Shipton in the first half Of the Six
teenth century. Several persons, how
ever, cast doubts on It's authenticity,
and in April, 1873, Hindley wrote to
Notes and Queries and, to use the
words of that periodical, made a
clean breast Of having fabricated the
prophecy"
There Is some doubt as to whether
there ever was a Mother Shipton. The
Century Encyclopaedia says she was
born near Knaresborough in York
shire, In July, 14SS, and died about
1859. It also says in regard to her
that she was "a half mythical English
prophecies, baptized Ursula Southiel,"
who married Tony Shipton, builder.
Other authorities says she was proba'
bly, wholly mythical. Various other
prophecies Of less interest than the
one quoted are attributed to her.
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Proud Of His Blooms,

King Leopold Of Belgium is perhaps
the most skilful Of royal gardeners,
and is said to be prouder of the lovely
gardens and greenhouses Of Laeken,
which are the products of his skill and
care, than of any other of bis many
possessions.
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No Yankee Blood In Him.

mo, really" she said, Il believe my
husband is different from other men,"
"Oh, yes, I suppose so," her expe-
rienced friend replied. "but you'll out
grow it. Every woman thinks, during
the first few years. that her husband
is not like other men,
But William" she insisted, has
never, 80 far as I know, expected to
get a fortune out of an invention OF
some kind"
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An Extremist.

Talking about college spirit" said
the first fair coed, Sophie Moore car
ries it to the extreme
You don't say?" remarked the other.
Eyes, she won't ever eat anything
but strawberry and vanilla when she's
being treated to ice cream, because
red and white are the college colors."-
Philadelphia Press.
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Reconciled to the Outlay.

Mrs. Dearborn -"Did Jerry balk
when the minister charged him So for
marrying you"
Mrs. Wabash-"He did a little, at
first, but finally the parson said he'd
do it cheaper the next time."-Yonkers
Statesman.
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A Placid Statesman,

n Z t10ku Se"to01117H'-
IT suppose a man in your position is
beset with people who are trying TO
impose on his good nature"
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum.
"But don't complain. If you haven't
something that somebody is trying to
get away from you, it is sign you
haven't amounted to much in life."-'
Washington Star
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A Technical Defense.

Sue-"You said you were going to
marry an artist, and now you are en-
gagged to dentist"
Flo-"Well, isn't he!;an artist? he
draws from real life~-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
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The Now Power.

Teacher, teacher" said little Rich
ard.
We'll, what is it?"
Didn't you say yesterday. that the
world was kept in its place by the
force of gravity?
Yes, the attraction Of the sun Keeps
the world moving in regular orbit"
Then somebody's been stringin' my
pa again He said last night it was J.
Pierpont Morgan. ."-Chicaso Herald
Record.
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Fire Ma1rine Machine on Exhibition.

Fire Making Machine on Exhibition.
In the American Museum Of Natural
History can be seen some new and in
teresting household utensils from the
Arctic regions.
They belong to a hitherto unknown
race of Esquimaux dwelling on
bleak and supposedly uninhabited ISL
and in the north end of Hudson Bay.
These people have been termed a lost
tribe from their primitive condition
and mode of life. The most remark
able feature about them is the fact
that they stand to-day at the very be-
ginning of culture, literally living in
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Social Trafuiu1

Miss Observation-Disclosures, sir, 10
this a training school?
Principal-"It is."
Miss OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, sir, T
wish to learn how to eat olives."-Ohio
State Journal.
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Lawn Tennis Captures a King.

The King Of Portugal Is an enthusi-
astic lawn tennis player, and both the
king and his brother, the Infanto Don
Alphonso, played for the south of Por-
tugal against the north in the recent
tournament at Cascaes, for the chal-
lenge cup offered By the Queen Of Por-
tugal. The king plays hard vclleying
game, with good judgment in placing,
and can hold his own with the best
players in Portugal.
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nr,x,no an Ene1ne by Lieht OF Sun,

Driving an Engine by Light Of Sun.
People in Los Angeles are much e1.
cited over the apparent success of the
machine recently built there by Bos-
ton capitalists to harness the rays of
the sun and make them work steam
engine.
They have built q huge "sun mo.
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Most Important Thing.

Professor-"Can you tell line anything
Of national Importance about the Ha-
waiian group Of islands?"
Bright Boy-"Yes, sir. The Pacific
Ocean" ."-Chicago Daily News.
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An Entertainment.

"I don't know what to do with all
this money" said the practical politi-
cal worker.
What money is that" inquired the
friend.
"The boss gave me $4,000 to put
where it would do most good. I have
over $4,000 left"
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The Tramps' View.

Resting Robert-"See here, Tom this
paper says we have no leisure class in
this country-that even our million
aires are hard-working men,"
Tired Thomas 90 That man don't
know what he is writing about. We
are the leisure class."-New York Her
aid.
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GorE-No Robber of His Race-LinguaI-
Quick and Effective-Most Import an
Thing A Technical Defense - Social
TrainIng-Reconciled to the Outlay, Etc
Marvellous braes are bonny,
And everyone extols
The hazards and the bunkers, there,
And the course of eighteen holes.
IT'S there with Annie Laurie,
And caddie, every day,
60, and oh! how blissfully
We hoot the hours away (awa)!
Detroit Journal.
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Quick and Effective.

d Willie-"How did you break your
wife of the advanced woman crazew
Wise-"Told her everybody thought
it meant advanced in rs."-Kansas
City (Mo.) Independent.
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FLOATING TARGET SHOWING FULL SIDE OF BATTLESHlP

This, after all, is only a modiaca-
ton of the huge sun motor built by
Ericsson and set up in Boston, many
years ago, the boiler in that case being
a long tube running longitudinally
with the mirror. Whether the heat
from the sun can compete with the
heat from coal, from an economical
standpoint, is, however, doubtful. On
q cloudy day the sun motor would
have to 60 out of business altogether.
Perhaps at Los Angeles, which is In
the sunny land, more sunshiny days
will be found than anywhere else on
earth. In these latitudes there would
be many days in the year when such
an engine would be altogether useless,
while a coal engine would be always
reliable.-New York Herald.
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tor" which pumps up water for irri-
CATION purposes. The sun motor looks
like an inverted umbrella, consisting
Of a reflector thirty-three feet six
inches across the top, lined with rows
of small mirrors. These reflect the
sunlight, concentrating it upon a small
boiler in the centre, In which steam is
generated.
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A Stroke of Genius,

"This is shear genius on my part"
unused the editor, as he proceeded to
maize, an item out Of 1000 words OF
manuscript. - New York Commercial
Advertiser.
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No Robber of His Race.

Clones, you borrow an awful lot Of
trouble"
"Well. m always willing to lend it,
amt IW
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Lingual.

"Uh, ma.
"What is it, JimmieW
"Do we eat Off a plate-or do we eat
on a plate ?'-Chicago RecordHerald.
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To the majority Of the inhabitants
of Italy the taste Of meat is known
only on rare festivities.
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sincare Grief at Els Loss.

Banks-"You think I look iglum. Well
why shouldn't I? I have lost a rich
aunt"
Beach-"Did she die suddenly"
Banks-"Dies suddenly? She isn't dead
at all. Her niece has Tilted me."-Bos-
ton Transcript. -.-,.....1sH, =
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II Feet Were NinbIer Than Tongue.

II Feet Were Ntnbler Than tongue.
Stutterton-"Have gug-gug-got tut
time to cuc-cuc-catch the n-n-next
t.train for N-N-New-"
r. r. Porter-"Noo York? Yis; ye
have, providin' ye walk ,fasther than
ye talk. 1t don't lave fur an hour
Philadelphia Record. g..
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Discovery Of An Extraordinary Headdress
Not many travellers 90 to Bosnia,
but there is a young man in a large
Berlin millinery establishment who had
the good fortune to go there q few
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Twice a year, In the first week In
April and October, the Chinese carry
food to their dead.
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A White CarnatiOn.
By Miss Kitty Cox.

E was only a newsboy, and O
dirty and ragged one at that,
but under his torn jacket
+boro plowad a spark of
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price shoes on the market He has q aroe linz ~ CuJ
Misses and Ladies'" Oxford from soc to $500 Der nair
% you to try pair of those Battle Axe Shoes Bobo has lots
tne and the boys tell that he has placed an order
tne battle Axe people for solid carload Battle Axe Shoes
Clothes and Bobo sells the bes he don't deal in trash b %
clean fresh line of good and uptodate ready made cotbn
en Boys and Children, and all his clothing is bound to
satsacuon ou can get suit from 75c to SIG 80 What
m use OF paying $50 100 for suit when you can Get for
ana ohlrts-4ou know the time is passed when will LOT
my wife worry making Shirts when can buv 60 Sbirt
from u Bobo TO tor dress and have two alike.
fats! Hats Bobo sells the Wonderful Jefferson Hat and
'y az are guaranteed to give satisfaction and you can get
ON Gr SZoo and $3.50 and they good ybodys
Ito" aoout the girls, they want nice Shirt Waist or
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waist o ash Dress or anything they DessTCoods and
h"ceS Iboons and Embroideies. Well, them if
any They he Five Tborso,
worm me Dress Goods and more
nave been coming cannot buv goods from
ash got them to SELL
we maven Tune to mention.
proun ae Ready Made Skirts
Lamps China Tnwa or ANYTHING - VIZ d
just ask Bobo if he hasn't ' - WY o"S'
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GR Q G. s!

"le' nave been telling Robos +L+
Oo pease you and make happy +on.
oo,ut, ooo' lou know Bobo sells tho
Coffee Ni0"'' oorh' bacon, Sugar and
ana must have few Steel Plows will get tbeo f. p
puHu Couon sfoes Cotton CadIes p
ooAarS ana Back Bands Well on giving nrces aa
many Things for sale but house will 90 70 Roh
and advise all my friends @ too " 81 " Dooo
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Veil, We'll, Don't Forget The Babv.

obo must have ought that there were lots Of babies in
on,on county WIFE his cellar is just literally packed and
many Go-cars and arriages The floor is piled up eve
avaabe space and then he has long tramway
advise all who expect to purchase anvthin
ron 1ns OSey ss to % g to o0 Wife don't forget
town in all from rs to $50 90 and o 1gs IN
Will not 90 to let YOU nice silk dress stay packed up in Your
you must get one Of those beautiful Wardrobes from
siooo 70 @z9oo each They beauties. You lust mn.
nave some new pictures Bob has just received bio LOT Of
new moulding, and Mr. Ray delights in making frames @
pictures. " Nins hanes lor
Dont forget your husband who wants YOU to have 50
many nice things Just get those nice od;ng t
to put my goods in Fo I" %lo.ooI
you must not forget those beautiful Cook for $3.50 We
Rnses 1 400 % i"nge Stove for 8oO others ask 500 $40 for
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Well wife, we have now come
to the Dry Goods Department,
where thousands of good people
81 San sSnM laying in their supply
" spring ana Ounu,,... Goods
on know we must have some
Shoesand Oxfords, and Bobo's IS
the place. He has Women cloth
top Dongola Shoes for 4Sc per
pair, and Mems Sunday Shoes
tor 9Sc, and you know that he
sells the Battle Axe Shoes,
which are the best medium
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remember we are in the swim. x,,e
nave the Goods, we want to sell them, we
must sell them. We wantyour.Casb am
Il Ialr deaIng will get it, Give usa a caI7 =