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CAT RETRIEvES BIRDS.
His Master Considers Hob the Bright
est and Most Educated Feline
That Ever Lived.

Bob is a cat, and in St. Louis, where
he lives, he is heralded as the most
remarkable cat that ever lived. He
does so many queer things that his
owner, Mr.. Hezekiah Gregg, is con-
vinced that he is possessed of vein
of humorous intelligence.
This cat is II years old and nat
ural born aTistOcrat. He eats at a
table. and always washes his face be-
fore sitting down. He goes to bed
at nine p. IN. and sleeps y hours.
This is his unvarying rule. He goes
hunting with his master and retrieves
as satisfactorily as any dog ever did.
He can open doors by twisting the
knobs in his strong paws. and, strange
=. -=lata his Bosom frienA - -~--
sUant companion is dog.
Bob is a big, mOuse-colored fellow
and weighs IS pounds. He never in
dulges in nightly orgies, but instead
sleeps in a real bed. all covered up
while other common cats are singing
on alley fences and fighting. In the
morning he gets up without being,
called, and the first thing he does after
rolling out of his novel little bed IL
TO wash his face in a serious manner
with his front paws.
His breakfast consists of piece OF
beefsteak, some raw potatoes and
bread. He does not eat with his mouth
in the plate. but carefully lifts the
food in his paws and places it in his
mouth.
BOb's mother lived TO be IS years
old, and was also a wonder.
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in the cabin alone No dog lies on
her hearthstOne, no cat purrs about
her feet. not even the low of a COW,
the friendly grunt of / pig is heard
about the place. Forty years alone
in the stiffness and isolation of the
mountains!
Her neighbors, neighbOrs on Laurel
rarely ever live nearer than a mile,
kindly and hospitable mountain folk,
know that Miss Kizzie Shuns all hu-
manity, so they bring their gifts and
leave them OF the rock that Serves
IS her doorstep. Simple gifts to one
not so fortunate as they-one who, in
rheir own yernacular, is a leetle teched
in the head.
Many things are found on the old
woman's doorstep. \ turn from the
mill. a pitcher a. 'IaSSeS, a hunk o.
bacon, a dozen o. aiggs. Sometimes
linsey and cotton check goods are left
there. TO be converted into articles Of
wearing apparel.
The mountains. grim sentinels. are
tHT bHiN N4AiN~NS~ 10 tiiC tldsCAN VI
the lonely life and to the gifts left
on the rocks.
On Sunshiny days Miss Kizzie brings
her spinning wheel into the ward and
spins for her neighbOrs. She finds the
wool at her door, and there she leaves
the finished work. 4 step. any sudden
noise. sends her scuttling like fright
ened rabbit into the cabin. to leave the
wheel, if an inquisitive person should
linger so long. to be brought into the
cabin under cover of the friendly dark
ness.
In her youth Miss Kizzie was much
like other mountain women. A growth
on the back of her head. just behind
the right ear. follows the contour Of
her head and curves like rams horn
in reality it is a horn. bleached and
corrugated made the woman
shun all mankind and lead the life Of
a hermit.
For 20 years. on occasions that are
infreGuent. when Miss Kizzie has been
seen. her head has been jealousy
guarded by close-fitting cap.
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est in the fact that she had been dis-
inherited by her parents, and il seemed
unlikely that he ever would be permit
ted to enjoy the wealth to which she
was rightfully entitled. Matters went
along in this way for three years.
Willard then became finally convinced
tha his wife's relatives never would
relent. so one day he coolly abandoned
the wife, who had given up everything
in the world for him. and left a letter
saying that he had no fault to find
with her. but his salary was not suf-
ticient 10 keep both. and he had count
ed on his wife having a fortune. which
was not forthcoming. He wished her
luck and then returned to America.
BrOken-hearted the young woman
was set adrift on the world 10 make
her own way. She had never known
what work was in her childhood davs.
but being too proud to return to her
parents and seek help she obtained en-
ployment in various sweat shoDs sew
ing 10 support herself. For two years
she led this dreary life. earning bare
~ enough to live in cheap boarding
houses. Finally her nerves gave wav
under the strain and she fell sick.
Then ii was that the crowning misfor-
tune of her whole misguided career
came upon her.
No longer able TO earn the monay
with which to pay the rent for her
squalid little room she was driven into
the streets. She was too proud IN
beg or seek public assistance. so she
wandered the streets ceaseleSsIv for
two days without food. The poor. mis-
fortune-ridden girl was not allowed
even this liberty. She was arrested
by the police Of Paris for vagrancy.
Then when she was sick and weak
and all but dead. so that she couid
no longer resist. word was sent to her
parents, from whom she had been sen
srated for five years. They came TO
her post haste, but the poor. tired
young girl was worn out and delirious
when they found her. She could NOT
be moved, so the proud parents who
disinherited her for marrying against
their wishes were forced TO sit by the
side Of a narrow little cot in Paris
Jail and do what they could TO aIIay her
Eufferings.
They have forgiven her. and when
abe RECEIVERS sufficiently she will be
taken back 10 the home she left 10 he
come the bride Of the unfeeliDg bant
clerk.
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home. A FOX that had given him IA
lively chase ran down a steep hill
and dashed toward the Susquehanna
river. where a boat was lying on tht
shore. The force of the jump sen
the craft out in the stream, and when
Hudson came up the boat was in the
middle of the river, floating down
the current.
IN the boat, standing on the seat
in the stern. was the fox, gazing back
at his baffied Pursuer with consider
able satisfaction. Hudson discovered
another boat on shore, and quietly
pushing it of. padded after the boat
that was bearing the fox away. The
fox's b.,at was gradually being car
ried BY the current nearer the ODno-
site shore. and by the time the hunt
er in his boat was half way from
the starting point of the fox's boat
the latter was within a rod or two
Of the opposite shore.
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the white house. sought out an Ameri-
can acquaintance the same evening in
order TO relate his perplexities and
seek guidance. In broken English and
with facial expressions betOkening
great earnestness, he said that as he
had come from the presence of the
president a very stout man, the repre-
sentative Of one Of the Washington
newspapers, had asked him to tell
what be had said to the president and
what the president had said in reply.
The Chinese. says the Youths Com
panion, did not know what American
custom he was encOuntering. and re-
turned to consult the presidents secre-
taFy, Mr.. COTUelyOu. He was advised
TO regard what had been said as a pri-
yate conversation. and accordingly de-
clined to give the reporter any infor-
nation.
But that evening the oriental ex-
planned his feelings in this way:
u understand that the newspapers
are very powerful in this country; the
stout gentleman may perhaps injure
my cause if ! offend him. He seems TO
want To know all that was said. and
am troubled about deciding whether
to favor him or to take Mr.. COrtelyou's
advice"
He was surprised TO learn that no
one is obliged in America 30 tell things
TO the newspapers against ones in
clinatiOn.
On leaving the white house. every
important visitor is questioned as to
the nature Of his business. and until
recently even the cabinet officers
themselves were subjected, as they
walked down the stairs and out of the
door. to these interrogatOries. Now
the presidents secretary prepares a
statement at the close of each cabinet
meeting. in which he gives such infor-
nation as to the proceedings as is
proper.
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They Visited The South.

It Is amusing to see how easy it
is fjr democrats TO hood wink re-
publicans sn the negro question.
Representative Thompson of Ala
bama, invited Cor ain republicans,
at his expense, to visit the South
and look at the condition of negro
es IN cert in sections and see if it
!s Ossibis for them to accord to
the cOlOred man EQUAL and exact
justice. These republican congress
men were rried to certain negro
pan atiOns and given hn OPT Ortun
lty to wiz esq certain negroes in a
nude cOndi ion and allowed sor .
Of THESE ign 'rant negroes to give
an exhibition Of before the war
tactics.
They visited the Tuskegee list -
tute, the home of The National
ApOtOgist aud Trimmer aud now
these repu hIican c 'ngre5smen must
f1rm an opini III aud satisfy them
selves rh,t thy have s,en aud
visl ed the best negroes South.
Such dem 'gOgury and hypOcracy
the c1lored I eople rrpudiae.
Why III mt Mr.. Thompson pre-
sent the republican delegation to
the intelligent and educated negro
Is S puth, who will compare favOra-
oily with any member Of the com
mlt'ee, Mr.. Thompson Included?
We shall wait with pie, sure the
EXPRESSED opinion Of Mr.. Crum
,'acEe and others.
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IN ROMANCE.
The Sad Fate CT a Girl Who Loved
a Fortune Hunter.
MArried a Poor American Clerk In
Paris, Was DIsinherIted and
Then Deserted by Him
Driven 40 sweat shops.

Laura de Nerneuil has been arrested
by the police of Paris and locked in
cold, damp, dismal cell, because she
was a vagrant. When she was arrest
ed she had been wandering the streets
for TWO days without food. She had
been kicked from her boarding house,
because she could no longer pay the
rent, and when the police took her into
custody stood face TO face with staTya
tion.
Laura de Verneuil was not always
yagrant. Once she was an heiress.
She is the only daughter Of an aristo-
cratic family in France. and until she
detied the wishes of her parents and
married against their will she stood
TO inherit a vast estate. But she loved
a mana clerk named Willard. earn
ing a modest salary in one of the Amer
lean banks in Paris. He was an Amer
lean. and the unfortunate girl gave up
her home. her wealth and her family
in order To marry him. That is why
she was arrested for vagrancy. She
WIS EF~tIltt bN the HhSDdliu Nh0I II
became evident that her parents had
actually deserted her and none of their
money would be his.
The story of this young French
woman. who now is but "a years old,
is full of pathOs. When the bank clerk
met her she occupied a prominent po-
sition in the world. She had wealth.
position. and. what is more. prospects.
She was courted by men of rank and
title. but she spurned all offers and
gave her heart to Willard. He was
making only a meager living keeping
books in a bank. His salary was small.
The young girl knew it. yet she did not
falter in her choice Of a husband.
But the courageous girl who had
given up everything in the world for
a man was doomed 10 a bitter fate.
No sooner was she the wife Of Willard
than he began to show unusual inter
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THE MOUNTAIN HERMIT.
lonely Life Led by Miss KiE.Ie, the
Horned Woman RecIuse of
North Carolina.

In lonely spot in Madison county,
among the mountains of North Caro-
lima, there lives one of the strangest
women in the country.
The mountain lad going a-sparkin'
with a bottle OF cinnamon drops in his
pocket to perfume his lassie's 'ker-
chief, a tack of snuff, which he gives
as fashionable youths give flowers and
bonbons, finds the whistle hushed on
his lips is he passes Miss Kizzie's lone
ly little cabin.
For 40 years Miss Eizzie-she is
known by no other name-haS lived
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MARY LEES CAREER
L Is as Full Of Romance as NJ.
Is Of Meat.
HOVy . New York GrOcer's Dsvvh
Became = German Princess m.
Afterward the Wife of Field
Marshal Won WaIderse.

Mary Lee, the American girl n.
strict stickler for the observance f,L'
Sabbath-the deyout church membs.
the Sunday schOol-teaeher-tb
Paris art student. the friend Of n.
young Princess Won Schleswig-Ho.
stein-the wife Of the young princes,
father-the charming widow-thewff.
of Count Won WaldeTsee-the friend ~
Prince Bismarck, the great diplomat
the one American woman who can
claim the attention and the ear" -
Kaiser Wilhelm.
This, says the New York World E..
in brief the life record Of the woma7
who is TO visit us soon in companvwf,5
her husband. Count Won WaIder,e-
vino commanded the allied armir, in
China.
Al o. she has been termed the won.
an Roosevelt" She is a believer in m.
strenuous life"
\ widow with immense wealth ar b..
command she chose a husband
first a pawn, now a gallant knight
whom she could move forward aIor,
the chessboard of life. That she has
made her moves wisely may be Judged
by the fact that Count Won Waldarsz.
is now one of the most trusted and
most prominent officers in the entira
German empire.
Through the influence Of his wife
Mary Lee, he arose, it is said. TO the
command of the first division Of The
German army.
Through his wife he was appointed
TO the chief command of the allied
armies in China.
Many years before the young En-.
perOr William mounted the ancjeB,
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the burden is not nearly so onerous as
1t seems to be, since it is so poised
that its weight rests as lightly as pos
sIble on the mans back and shoulders.
The man who is carrying il is Mex
lean. who for years has worked in the
mines of that country. Like other
wOrkmen similarly employed it is
often his duty to carry ponderous
logs of timber from one part of the
mine to another, and long experience
has taught him how TO place the tim
Der on his back so that it will not prove
an excessive burden.
At the best. however, says the Louis
Vile COurier-Journal. il is not an agree
able task. and many of those who have
seen Mexican wOrkmen with these
loads on their backs have wondered
why mules and donkeys were not en-
ployed in their stead.
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throne of the Hohenzollerns Countess
Naldersee was known a. Mary Lee
She was born in New York Her ia.
ther was a wholesale grocer, man
who weighed cheese and coffee. just as
his brilliant daughter afterwari
weighed pros and cons in the German
court.
But eventually Daniel Lee died, !ea7'
ing a wife and four children, and q
great deal Of money.
The widow took the numerous
progeny to Paris. Here her eldest
daughter married Baron Won WachteF
In 1864 the second daughter married
a captain in her maje.ty's East Indian
army.
Mary Lee became acquainted with q
daughter OF Princess Won Schleswig'
Holstein. She was invited TO The
Schleswig- -HoIstein house in Paris
where she became acquainted with t1s
father of the princess.
He was a strict Lutheran. she
Presbyterian. After short courtshlp
Mary Lee and the prince were mar
ried, but not morga ma ticalIy. This vas
sine qua non of Mary Lee, She MADE
the prince renOunCe his title of "serens
highness." She induced the Austrian
emperor to name him Count Won No''
and she took the title Of countess.
They were welded much as Senator
Chauncey Depew was married recently.
They were united first al the United
States legation, and then in the Ora
tory. a Protestant temple opposite
the Louvre. From the church me!
rode out to the Bois with orange bios
SONS on horses, brides. buttonb9'
bouquets on ooachmen's coats and al
that sort Of thing.
In the following year Prince FREQ
erick died of apoplexy. and pref!
Mary Lee found herself a widow at ne
age of p. with $4,000. 900 at her con-
mand.
In deep mourning she went 70 Nlss'
baden. Here she met Count Won "1
dersee. a member of one Of the o.cs''
families in Germany and disil'
guished officer on the German en-
perOr's staff.
The following year he married MAJ!
Lee, the widow Of Prince Won sch.r''
wig-Hofstein. and they went to II's|
Berlin.
Here the diplomatic game began.
Here the young American widow brs-o
to disclose those strenuous tram
which have gone so far toward the o-'
eial success Of her usband.
She became acquainted with the SI. .-
perOr and with Count Bismarck. S-'
became one Of the most in portant pr
sonages of the Prussian capital.
Her Influence with Bismarck W.
only second TO that of the emP5'"
himself
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WATCH WHITE HOUSE.
Executive MsaEisa h UndeE tAe COn-
stEAt Supervision Of . Corps Of
Bright Reporters.

Foreign travellers who visit the
United States are often greatly sur
prised by the free methods of our
newspaper press, and the important
part which the modern journal plays
in our political system. An eminent
Englishman who called on the presi-
dent not long ago, and described his
visit afterward in British review, told
in detail of the corps of reporters
whom he found keeping vigil 1t the
white house. Few things in America
had interested him more.
A cultivated Chinese, who was sim
ilarly impressed on a business visit to
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~unmryinE for Africa.

4 young minister of Plainfield, Nj.
was recently ordained. He was going
along the street one day when large
man stepped up and struck him in the
ear. The minister laid down a mum.
ber of packages he was carving.
turned back his cuffs and gave the
other man one of the neatest lick
ings" ever seen in Jersey. Then he
turned down his cuffs and moved on.
What is the matter?" asked a friend
"Oh. he was angry" replied the minis.
ter, because / saved a seat for lady
that he wanted for himself" Don't
you think this will hurt you in Plain
feld?' snxiously queried his friend.
"Oh, don't know" was the calm an
zwer; ''it may. but il will help me as
little preliminary for Africa, where l
am TO be sent to preach. Detroit
Free Press.
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Reduction of Justices

Th re Is every reason 10 belieV-
that there will be a reduction in
the Justices of the ? aca from ten
to four. The amend II ents to the
District Code have been s'nt to a
cOnfere zee Committee AID quite
likely t. e e will be Il compromise
on the part Of the ,nferees Of the
Senate and the House. II the re-
ductiOn N lds in the II ruse should
stand, there Is every reAs n To b.
lieve that only one colored justice
will be retained, and he will be
Prof. Terrell whe has given entire
satisfaC ion.
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The PrIce o. or go.

A resourceful humOrist got SO, 50
IN New York street car ~ ieii'T7 n
the other passengers that he had s'ils., ,,
pOx. But he was quarantinru -
awhile and later was required 70
bond 10 abstain from disOrdeTiy ''-
duct in the future.
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ola Laesmstivs RzEiHser.

John McCurdy recently completed
his hftieth year as engineer on the
Michigan Central railroad, and al
though 20 years of age, makes daily
rips between Michigan City and Jack
SDn. l53 miieA
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ExoIosions Now in Ora.r

A father in Norfolk, Va, is evi
IDENTIFY proud Of his connection with
an explosive family. He has named
three"f his children Alice May Burst
James Wood Burst and Henry Will
Burst.
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CARRY HEAVY BURDENS.
How the Poems of Mexico Manage 20
Transport Heavy Loads with
Comparative Ease.

Very heavy is the beam of timber
panying picture is carrying, and yet
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Cnrrted Her on n. Freight

A West Virginia man eloped with
hefty bride the other day. Her weight
is 432 pounds, and it is supposed they
journeyed to Pittsburg on a freight
train.
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Emigration from Ireland

Emigration from Ireland has de-
creased Last year there were 80 $40
Irish emigrants. a decrease OF 1927 as
compared with 1900. OF the total p. =
627 were females. and over 50 per cent.
vent to the United States.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The Irony of Fate"

oar notice the Otner day Wp6'e q
eolOred gentleman advertised pro-
nosals for the construction Of a
ten-room brick residence, here in
our city. A mum er of bids Were
received one of which was accepta-
bIs in some respects but no; so In
Others. The gentleman wanted the
brick work, plas eriug and ctrpen-
tering done in as far as p 'ssible 10y
the aid Of colored mechanics, leav-
iug the plumbing and certain otner
work to be performed by such
persons as the contractor might
choose. TnsOwnsr hal already spOk
en- to a number of colorsd mt tch n
les of superior order and had OBJ
aained their promise TO Work on the
building. Imagine his surprise
and disgust when he was told by
the contractor that the house could
MT be built in Washington, If the
services Of cOlored mechanics were
insisted upSn. In the discussion
which followed it was Threatened
that if the owner succeeded IN Sc
curing cO.ore / mechanics 10 10 the
hrick-laying, plaster ng and car
pentering, il would be impos iblr
for him to secure white mechanics
TO perform the remaining necessary
work. Confronted with this diem
mi,, the gentleman failed to build
his house aud is now ruminating
upon the justice of a prejudice
which will snackle labor when per
formed by lortd peope.
Yet we hear on every hand the
cha &c that our lsople are lndo-
lent. and will not work ! Here l.
an iLs.auce vile a cOlored man Of
means is desIrOus of building a
beautiful home, where he desires
and secures the services of col
,ored mechanics and set because
these skilled mechanics are &C l.
-ored he can not have his hOus'
Built without humiliation and the
scolored mechanics are forced out
,of a %! What magnsnimity I!
Wbst cons stencY!! We did not
learn wheih this was the dictium
OF the Trades Union Of this city.
We Opine that such is the case for
the system of discrimination ls
quite as senseless and relentless.
These organizations would no doubt
shave Willingly consented TO have
allowed the very poorest Of its me-
eehanirs 10 have dons ths eOlOrrd
unan's work, at first class mechan
Gc's wages, provided al Of the resl
of the lab n was performed bY
whites, 1t does not guarantee
eirst class labor but it PROT s
poor mechanics who ars whlts and
disc ,rds colored mechanics who
are the mOst skillful. The tyrany
of the Trades Union is not its
weakest point. II shOu d Do able
10 certify to tue honesty an skill
of it's members. The principal
pretexJ upon which discrimination
IS made against co 'ored mechanics
Gs that as class they are not edu-
Gated and Skillful aud yet they
recognlz d equality among all of
the White mech mics when it is
known tlat numbers Of them At,
EgnOrans rs dirt aud ss uuskill
Sul as they could be without being
absolutely unSk.lled. If these
anio s adopted 3 test, however
ealffi ult, if fair, the cOIOred mechsn
&c would be willing to take his
chances and abide the const-
eauences without complaint. But
TO accept every iguOrAnt half-skil
ed mechanic upon equali y with
ats best aud 20 ign IRE most skill fuI
and educated cOIored mechanics ls
"A seecics of injuitics and m -snsss
which is absolutely without justif-
cation.
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Russian EKEn iA England.
Eggs to the value Of $15,OOO,OOO are
annually sent to England from Russia.
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SAGACITY OF A FOX.
ReyRArd Made Good Use of a Boat and
TrIumphantIy Escaped from
Mad Hunter.

Farmer Hudson. of Ararat. Pa, had
a queer experience while hunting red
foxes on the mountain above his
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GOOD TO REMEMBER.

Anger curdles the milk Of human
kindness.
It is = wise baldheaded man that can
fool q horseny.
Facts form the soil from which fan
Giles are grown.
Prayer is only efncacious vhsu
backed with good credentials.
Flowers in graveyards are the kinds
thoughts of those who lie buried.
Murder will out unleas the offends,
Is Gin" with the powers that be-
When the sun shines brightly and
the wind blows free most Of US are
gypsies or tramps at heart
The most valuable Of all metals Il
xinc-pray excuse us! This punnina
habit IL dreadful-what we mean n
ink.
Burns would have had no reason Il
write. "Oh, wad power tn gifte gle
US tae see ourseps as ithers see US.
II he had subscribed to clipping
bureau.
When We are once persuaded that
our work is play how easy the daily
stunt becomes! But few Of US an
blest with the requisite amount q
Imagination.