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THE OLDEST DOLL IN AMERICA.

Brought to This Country in 1929,
when Williamb Game Over i'm the
Good Ship Canterbury.
In 1899, when William Penn sailed
from England in the good ship Canter-'
bury for his second visit to the Alneri-
can colony, of which, SO far, scant no
tice has been taken, he brought with
him an English doll, believed to be to-
day the sole surviving representative Of
that voyage across the Atlantic. This
doll, selected by William PENIS daugh-
ter, Lelitia. was sent by her tola little
Miss Rankin Of Philadelphia, and, after
200 eventfur years, it still retains, In a
marked degree, much Of the brightness
and beauty of those early days, when
she was the pet of one little Quakeress
after another. Her dress, not being
changed with the changing fashions, is
the court dress of that period, and is of
and velvet; the skirt is very full. and
is distended over an hoop.
She is twenty inches in height, and her
figure is long-waisted n slender, AS
are the pictures Of court beauties in
those days. The full basque spreading
out from the belt over the skirt, en-
hances the slender effect. The hair is
rolled away from the face, much in the
fashion of to-day. She now lives in
Montgomery county, Maryland. in the
retirement her great age demands, only
being removed from her careful wrap
pings when strangers, whom her quiet
fame has reached, come to make close
acquaintance with this. the oldest doll
in America.-l.adies' Home Journal.
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1nau.noe Of Rainfall.

MI. Clayton Of the Blue Hili. OBJ
servatory. has ! suggestive paper in
the Popular Science Monthly on, the in
auence Of rainfall on commercial and
political affairs. Every severe finan-
cial panic in the United States has
been closely associated with q %protract-
ed season Of deficient rainfall. The
outbreak Of the boxer. war in: China
was at least partially due to the i'm
poverishment of the people, by drought.
A severe winter precipitated the
French revolution. The Russians say
ing that January and, February are
two invincible generals was exempli-
fed by the disastrous Moscow cam
paign Of 1872. In the. year 81 b. G..
Caesars legions in Gaul were defeat
ed on: account Of their scattered sta.
TONS. and the stations were, placed.
wide apart because q scanty harvest
had made this disposition. a necessity.
These are only q few of many ex-
amples that might be, cited.
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olothine . Rom.

." OAVSAMAO AVA1s w. .
An: old hen, belonging to, Mrs. M. A.
Stormont began laying late. In the fall.
and was SO persistent that she laid
eggs before she concluded
to stop. During all this time she had
neglected her moulting, and; when she
finally got ready to shed her feathers
it was in the middle Of winter, but the
old ones had lost their life. and were
dry and harsh, consequently there was
other way but to make. the change.
In a short time she was almost bare
and suffering from the cold.
The Misses Stormont, seeing her. pre-.
dicament and approaching the value
Of her service rendered, determined! to
come to her rescue. They accordingly
took the old hen into the house, took
her measurements, made a suit Of fan
nels to at, and then released her. Her
ladyship took the matter very philos-
ophically, and hustled OF to hey, COM
panions, apparently very comfortable
in her new suit.-Kirkwood; (ll.),
Leader.
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A autck-w,tted nelpm.te.

The Rev. Clinton Locke, who was for
nearly half a century rector at Grace
Episcopal church. Chicago. was the Inn
mediate predecessor Of Ernest M. Stires.
recently called to New York. DR..
Locke tells the story Of how his quick
witted wife once saved him from an
awkward situation. One afternoon,
while enjoying a good book in the par
lor, his wife noticed a woman coming
up the front steps whom he particular
ly detested. The doctor fled percipi-
lately, leaving his wife to meet the call
er. After a half-hour had passed, DR..
Locke came out Of his study, and list
ened at the head Of the stairs. Hearing
nothing below, he called down to his
wife:
Has that horrible old bore gone
yet?r
The caller was still there. Mrs.
Locke was equal to the emergency.
however, and she called back:
Eyes, dear: she went nearly an hour
ago. Mrs. A. is here now" Rochester
Post Express.
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European, Arshitsoturs In, JApsu.

European, Azchltscturo In. JApon..
European architecture is gradually
gaining q footholh in Japan. and must
sooner. or later dominate. just aa En-
ropean styles, Of dress are soon to, DOM
inats.. in thu big cities. In TOXIC. and
other large canters Of population. all
the new husiness-houses are built on
European plans They are found to
be. more practicable. The residences
are still Of the Japanese style. Soma
Of the larger and finer Residences in
the cities are built like American
houses, bnk most stick to the old ems
toms: The eovernment does not own
it's buildings, but rents them and
these, without exception. are OF Euro,
pear design The Europeans and
Americas never stop 1t the Japanese
hotels. because they cannot d with
ont chairs. The hotels have nokAing
hat coaches.
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br In the woman. "But I do know
that your pursuit of this girl9t Is useless,
and that she knows her former lover to
b.. alive. Do you imagine for a mo-
ment tbat-mad or not-she would turn
to any other man and call him Gilbert
Rickerby?"
IT believe the woman's right" NUT
tered Cornelius. There's somethin'
'ere we don't understand"
Nugent Leathwood paced the room
for a moment or two in silence, and
broke out at last into muttered words.
"Giltert Rickerby not dead-yet@IH
swear he was dead enough when Il"
There came another knock at the
door, and Jemima entered. Apparently
seeing nothing as usual. she said. In the
calmest fashion:
There's a party here Of the name OF
Reeks as wants to see you, Mr.. Leath-
wood"
"All right, I'll see him in a moment.
By the way, Jemima"-he turned quick
ly to her as she was going out of the
rccm; there was a new thought In his
mind-t.this dead Gilbert Rickerby-you
remember him as a boy?"
''If I don't rem smber my boy, I don't
know who Should" replied he old Wo-
man with a smile.
'Can' you-can you describe him?"
asked Nugent, hesitatingly. "I-In never
saw him, o know-except when he
was dead-at the hospital. I wonder"
he laughed and nodded reassuringly to
herr wonder If your memory b
good?"
"I seem to see i'm now" said the olt
woman. with her eyes raised upwards.
"a tall, fair lad, with the 'andsomest.
brightest face in ths world. It wasn't
even spoilt-not in my eyes-by that cut
across is cheek bone"
Nugent Leathwood sank into a chair
and gazed blankly around the room; he
seemed unconscious of the fact that he
was not alone. ~
"Good heavens!" he whispered; what
man'have I killed."
CTo De Continually
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vindicated.

He was an untidy looking man. with
4 ere than the average coating of
crime on his face, hands and clothes.
and the charge against him was that of
chasing the plaintiff round and round
the bar parlor OF a public house. slash
ing at him furiously all the while with
a very clumsy pocket knife.
'What time did you say I ran you
around that psrlor?" he demanded,
with all 3 tigers fury, of the plaintiff.
Eat . o'clock in the morning" tremu-
ously replied the man with the band
aged head.
..There, gentlemen, that shows he's
te1nng lies. 2 bawled the prisoner to the
bench. How could Il have been stab
bin. him in 4 public house at the time
he names. when at Z o'clock every
morning, rs regularly as clock-work-
here he looked around like n confident
Of acquittal-..I teke my bath?'---Cas-
isell,s Journal. S
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wELL wEarEo RETMBurloN.

Two Unpleasant Nsval OmcerD VIII Cos
WHIST They Deserved.
Captain J. j. Hunker,' commanding
the naval station at Newport, is long.
slab-sided and lanky, and his cheet
looks caved in. You would have 10
jostle him for fear he would. fall apart
in a hundred pieces. He is the
strongest man in the navy. and can
whip his weight. in wildcats. In a
wardroom mess with Hunker once was
n Of the worst DULLES who ever dis
graced the American navy. He was 6
feet tall, q Hercules in build, and could
put q longboat on his back and pack
it ashore. For the first week that he
Joined the ship he made it a hell for
everybody on her. On the seventh day,
when breakfast was over and he got
up to go out Of the wardroom, Hunker
asked him to sit down again. He re-
quested all the other officers Of the
mess to 90 on deck and stay there till
he sent for them. They could e in
his eye what he intended to do, and
it was a pity; he was thin as a rail
and experimentation as IL with
3 cough. But they went out and left
him with the giant. Ten minutes Later.
Hunker invited them in again, The
bully looked as If he had been through
a meat chopper. He went to bed and
stayed there for three weeks. To this
day he is an angel Of grace and cour-
Ssesy.
It will not do to mention this Of
acer's name, but in the navy there is
2 commander who thought it part Of
bis duty to play the sneak act. When
the men were in their hammocks he
used to- creep in ON them in stocking
feet to see II they were talking o.
otherwise infringing orders after taps.
One night q sailor reached up from
his hammock and smashed in his face
with a hammock hook. The officers
Of the ship, sitting Is a court on the
sailor, acquitted him on his defense
that he thought the catlike intruder
was a thief trying to rob him. Off
GERS and men will have mo- sneak bus.
mess in the navy.
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CHAPTER XVII. Continually


Il will reverse the question. Mr.
Leathwood." replied the other. VIVA
are you doing here at this hour Of thu
night in the dark? Are there more In
nocent lives to be sacrificed? Are mo-
you hands red erough?"
Lcathwood made a rush at the strang'
Or, but was caught suddenly in a pow
srful grip and held at arms length
"stay where you are. 1 am not to BIZ
hurt by such as you. Hear my mes
sage: You will go back to Rickerby's
Tolly-Because Gilbert Rickerby awaits
you there!"
Nugent Leathwood fell back and
laughed softly; he could afford to laugh
at such a suggestion. Colbert Kicker
by! Gilbert Rickerby will never val
for anyone again in this world. Why
where have o been, not to know tina
Gilbert Rickerby Is dead?"
II know nothing of that" replied the
stranger. 'Only. for your sake. re-
member what I say. This young girl Is
protected, as you never dreamed she
could be protected; you will fail in this,
as you have failed in all else. One 9TH
er word. Slip out of the house in the
darkness, as you slipped into 1T; get
DICK 10 TtlCheI ny . tohJ, oAN AoN
Gilbert Rickerby there"
Nugent I.eathwood heard a faint
sound, as of someone moving near him;
stretched out his hand again and
touched only the blank wall. Shaken
and terrified beyond measure, he SUNK
away down the corridor TO the room ne
had left, opened the door and plungeo
into it: Cornelius still lay asleep, with
bis head on the table.
Nugent Leathwood hurried across the
room to him and shook him to his Feet.
..Come out. come out!' he cried. Il
won't stay in this house another min
ute: w had enough of it. Come out
side!"
The old man staggered to his feet'
blinked his eyes at the light, and strove
to moisten his lips with his tongue. Nu-
gent Leathwod got him by the arm, and
took him out and down the stairs;
slipped the bolt at the back door n
passed with him out into the night. the
chill gray lawn was coming up-a mere
taint streak-over the housetops.
You're in a mighty 'urry," grumbled
Cornelius, shaking himself and pulling
his coat collar about his ears.
che matter now?'
II ont We loSI IouSil "
things," replied Nugent, in a low voice.
i''I've met that fellow who has hung
about so mysteriously since the night
Gilbert Rickerby came to his 1atners
house. He bids me get back to Kicker
by's Folly-says that I shall meet Gill
bert Rickerby."
$50 you will-so you Will" laughed
Cornelius. swaying about and clinging
IL the others arm. you'll meet him,
dead, my boy; and you'll ave to get rid
Of i'm, somehow"
1T wonder If he could ave meant
&hat?" muttered Leathwood to himself.
IT wonder If this nan knows the secret
too?" He puzzled about it for some
time, and at last there flashed upon MN
q most Illuminating suggestion. He
stopped in the street and faced Corne-
Illus, and gave voice to it in a startled
whisper:
by Jove-I know who he is! 1t IS
that servant of whom Reeks spoke, and
who disappeared sc mysteriously! Cor
nelius, the net has closed In"
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CHAPTER XVIII.
.swhat Man Have I Killeds"

SSvNhnt MAN nave i AkA1C0S
! Leathwood was torn by a hundred
doubts and fears and t%errore; he saw in
every circumstance something to be
afraid of-some other strand of that net
which he knew was closing about him.
It was evident that the girl, Olive, was
hedged about and protected In a way he
had never imagined; it was more evil
dent still that his secret regarding the
murdered man was no longer safe. AL
ready Anthony Taggett-whether by
accident or design-had blundered upon
che story; and now this mysterious
stranger had urged him to return TO
Rickerby's Folly because Of something
he had hidden there. The wretched
man was torn in two directions; fear
urged him to put as great a distance as
possible between the dark rouse In ST.
John's Wood and himself; fear, too.
urged him back to 1t. to cover his deed,
af that were possible-or. at all events,
20 assure himself that his secret was
still safe.
So he blundered along in the growing
dawn, dragging Cornelius with him. n
cursing the old mans slow steps. Com
ing at last to the station. he came upon
struggling workingmen, making their
way to it in time for the early trains to
dondon; fell in with them n took q
couple of tickets. He arrived at Kings
Cross. with Cornelius, who was still half
asleep and in a mood to grumble at ev-
~srything, just as London was waking up
and beginning q new day. But here q
new fear assailed him-the fear that
Rickerby's Folly might be watched!
81 won't go there yet" he announced
90 Cornelius. Its quite possible that
they may be looking for me-; II so, I'll
disapr oint them. You can go at once
20 the house; set to work, cautiously. to
md cut from your wife IL anyone has
been there, or IL any inquiries have been
made, I'll be there tonight after dark.
Find out particularly whether that Eel
Tow, Reeks has been there with the pa
pers: If he comes, tell him I shall be
there tonight, and that he shall have
his price; he shan't have 1t, but you
need not tell him that. II we once get
him into the house we can get papers OF
anything else out of him without much
trouble. Now. go; expect me about
nightfall."
Cornelius Viewers. g%rnlnbling still. set
on for Rickerby's Folly, leaving htt
master to get rid Of the day the best ne
could. Truth to tell, Nugent found tn
time hang heavily on his hands; saw II
every lace that glanced into his IN tn
streets or In restaurants where he took
his meals, suspicion and distrust; feared
20 find In every paper be looked at some
~ 80 49, GL#EF-T.
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AnAaassdors H.v. s,n.c.rss.

ANAaaesdors sHave 6lnocnres.
For several years the ambassadors
from European powers to the Holy SEQ
have enjoyed sinecures. The Russian
and German ministers are seldom
there. They go to Rome to attend for
NAL ceremonies at which their pres
ence Is required by the etiquette OF the
Vatican, but return at once to their
homes as soon as these duties : per-
formed. The Spanish. Austrian and
Belgian ambassadors are the only ones
that regard their positions seriously.
and even they have nothing to do but
attend dinners and receptions given "
the princes Of the BLACK, party
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Rest.

eyes, sir.,' said the landlady, Sour
boarding house ID one Of the best We
give you all the comforts Of home
."'Ah!!n' exclaimed the erstwhiles house
keeper. ..butS what we're looktngSforpar-'
ticularly is a place that 9 none q the
idiscomforts % Notwithstanding Stand
ard andssTimes: & Ns
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Quite the Contrary.

Hicks-Huggins has got I o be very #.
regular In his habits, hasn't he?
Wicks-Oh, Not at all. n
Hicks-Why, 4 understood he was
drinking pretty hard.
Wicks--But man who gets drunk
regularly every night can hardly be said
to be irregular in his habits.-Cathoatc9
Standard and Times. S
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Herl1iatalte.

sa.Ands she didn't think she wouldslike
rolf Ak 4elll?s
sNo. she 4 strsnssidea that
splaids would not become heT:'s--iRuck..
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You can measure mans title to
heaven BY his deeds on earth.
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Our thoughts are the pigment With
which we color life.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-01-14

NADIA mas haFnoso mas sublime, que las
ysFdadsras demoatrscionsB del gentimisnto que
inspfFa & Ia m fsr ell amor & Ia PAtEia.
Luchsry morlr por ma idea que encsFns
L. diguid&d 1e IN pueblo sus legftimos dare
chosI euando esA Idea yive Sc sgfganta ell
eoraz6n de Ea mujsr = Sc da q conoceF Ell su
bslisfBo gem blante, So manifesto como dig
no eismpIsP en- tpdss sus actos, es una gloria
incompatible, fnAnits gloria cuya maa.nf-
Acencia epRrandees ell alma y le haee sentis Ia
dules satisfacsi6rI que experimental les stres
dobIemente heroes.
81 Ia mujer, desde So primitive origen, hu.
blese eontraldo la eostumbre de MP infuir en-
NADIA y por nada, en- las lides de los ideales pc
ntieos que s3stiene ds6elde el h0mbrs, as
tas hOraa no habrEan heroes, no h&bisndo he
roes, no hahrfan Ap6stoss de To- libertad 40
habiando ap6stoles 90 ID llbertad, 10 hsbFfan
pushlos libEes, no hsbisndo pueblos Hires
que nos dlsssn s eiempio de 10 que vale y
pusde y sIgpiscA oil patFiotismo, no habrfa re-
dsnei6n, no habria Patria....
Los grandSs triunfos lie Ia ibsrtsd, s,l lie
eeben In poderO0a ipnueneis qns ejeres Ia
mu1sr en- la mayor paFte de los actvs de Is VI
da social pOlftiGA del hombre.
I'm la mule estan vine uladas nnestras as
piraefonss para el porVeniR, nuestFAs conQtlis-
las dc Gloria, nusbtra fslicIdad nuestras es-
psranzas de KeiiulAr Ia P&tria, que colo ooF
la maiery para u. mujsr, deseamos verls liors
fsliz.
La Patrsa con oil rscuerdo de Ia rnujsr, 10
es todo, sin eI recusYdo de la mujer, ss Ia fni-
tad, pusds decirsa, De las mas sagradas afsc-
Para los glAGiadores da 10 idea, tanto 81 ell
periodismo destruyendo con la piuma los al.
ekzaFss de la tlrsElfa, como los campos de
bataIls combatiendo CON el piomo & los enemi-
gos de 10 iioartadi oil metor alietente, cuRlldo
Sc dnda Sc vaeila, es Ia unisr.
La PstFia 10 Elace Ia mujsr y la epgranie-
60 oil hombra.
Cnando lcB d&bpotAs pFetenden humiIlgr Ia
dIguidad dc In Patria pisotsar aus dsrectios,
Ia mujer, do ADRsl de paz, SO transforma en-
Abnegada sublime heFoins, para ST es es.eo
90, despedir & su Inardo con IN AbrRzo de-
sirle Va 8 defender el honor de ~ PAtfia,
cue sl honor &c va hogsr si es madre IS
treehaF sobre su cprazon su idolatrado hijo
anAF0 lSgrimas 1Ollozos Aconsejarle que
porte hien en- al frHgor ds NA lucAa, para cue
pueda ostantag con orgclo, oil tfEuio de aoldsdo
dc k PAtrlR sf eE novia protestarle su 10.
lidaA constancia ell predlecto do su alma,
cfleei9 adoie CUE sla pensauliento sstara STEM
pre- con 81 para fpfGndirie valor para que re-
gKese digno de ellis, de 81 Pstria.
Toaos los puettos del naundo, registrar en
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-01-14
PONCE
NaDTTCIA9 DIRECT 49,

El domingo toua6 posecf6n Ia nueva dirHs-
tiva de ala ni6n,0 sociedad de sahaqueros
sorcsdores.
Dicha Junta Ia forman los se6orss soeIos
siguientes Presidents, ID Gonzalez Tesore.
rsro jose Gonzalez I; Sscretario, Ffsneiaco
AIvarudo ; Yoeales, Rufo Roman. Cirflo DlaS
Eorique Ramirez sapientes, Eisdio Alvarez
jesse Ayot Pho Santos.
Las dsssames busn scierto.
So ha reunido Ia comisi6n de fssteios para
ceordlsar ell programa. Eats 80 pnslfcara
dentro de breves dfas.
Muy vsrisdo IS 81 sursido de sombreroa de
paia de asItre que So exhtben en- los apara-
doFes de &c LouYre1
Entrs sllos aggran los del esti.o Koosefvet
eegantss ssnciilos dfsz classes de ebombi-
t4s7, Ggursndo los eonoeidos con ei nonbra dc
xDuqns ds Yorks, tan en- mods bog sn EaFo-
pa los Estados Unidos.
Dou jose Rivera So ha aHIiadO a parsiiO
fsderai
EI Ianes eomenzd funeionar asta cNu-
dAd la Corte de circuito.
Para el Is del eorrlsnto Ne anunciA Junta
Gsnerat en- "l Casino, para dar eumpli iniento
al artfcuo s8 de estatutos Ieysndo la ME.
morla del sfio anterior.
20 al barrio2e SO verified un robo oil lu-
mes pOr la noche.
Han vuelto Ia Dbras del tranvfa el6c-
trico los hueig aistas.
Psrciben oil iornsi que COZ iusticia pedfan.
Las mujeTes que srabsian an Ii fAbrica de
tsbacOs eFin de SigloD So han decarado On
hns'gs. exigiendo mayor jornal del qua disfru-
tan
Migusl Tssgusda, sx gusrdia mupisipa,
fu6 agreiido Ii CAntsPa, fnRresando mas
tards en- al Hospissi donds la fas cura6a una
herfds. que reeibi6 en ID cabeza. :
En las oaclnas de <E Diario de ponceS Sc
vsnden algunos n6meros de GThs Puerto-Rfco
Heralr q 1s x ctvs, ejsmplar.
Ya han circalado las nvitasiOnss para el
bale de stiqueta que celebFark eli Casino ell
pr6xirno domingo 10.
IA aido nombrada PFesidenta honog&rls
de las Madrfnas de las destAs iA dissInRuldA
fespetabe seiora dofa FranciscA PaE de O.
brera.
El domingo sali6 para Gan Juan, de aIlf
embarcara hzcia los Estados UnIdcs. nuestKo
buen amigo don Juan AmergaSI, dueflo del
acreditad0 establecimieEto GEl Louvre.v
Fsiiz visjs y bnenos negocios ie deaeamos.
La rrimsra noeba De aeata ~ aue 50 iri-