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with his stature. filled the blackness.
rumbling away down the many arteries
leading from where We were standing
and coming back again from dozen
different directions. In answer to his
call there presently danced In the dark
void ahead Of us a couple Of lights.
They heralded the approach OF a
couple Of champlgnonnistes. who,
emerging from their habitual gloom.
disclosed themselves as short. dark
individuals. Of none too prepossessing
apDearance, attired. with but scant re-
gard for the temperature. In blue cot
ton trousers. blouses and wooden
shoes.
Provided with light-small round
COLA oil lamps fixed on the ends OF
sticks-and encumbered with the
Photographic materials. we moved for
ward, and then the real torture Of the
experience began.
We formed a weird and shostly pro-
cession as We moved forward through
only by our footsteps as we splashed
along through the puddles. the solemn
drip. drip OF water from the walls and
roof, an exclamation now and then
from myself as nearly tripped over
one of the mushroom beds. and strange
mutterings from the man who was to
work the camera.
The famous mushroom-beds were at
our feet. We were. in fact. walking
in the narrow space between them-a
path perhaps a foot in width. They
ran along the caves In rows. two
against the sides and pair down the
centre. They seemed to be banks OF
sand some two feet In height. and In
clining up from a two-foOt base to a
rounded top. The soil was clammy
and crumbling to the touch. and inlaid
with round white discs. varying In
circumference from the dimensions of
a shilling to a small-sized saucer-the
precious champignons.
"Is there much Of this?' asked OF
the farm, ,r leading US. who seemed
prepared to walk on forever.
"Seven or eight kilometres" he an
swered. unconcernedly.
We had arrived at q bend. How long
had been creeping onwards. bump.
ing now my head and now an arm,
stumbling. sprawling and saying
things, l know not; but my back ached
frightfully. and l appreciated more
than ever before the comforts Of being
a short man.
It seemed we had walked for ages.
I'VE will take a photograph here"
said. which brought the party to a
halt. A blue. binding glare went up,
Illumining the space around with such
a light as 1t had never seen before,
and showing up plainly the trio OF
champignopnistes crouched down as
they worked. and soaring a million
flies and spiders and goodness alone
knows what other insects and vermin
The light died down and went out
and again the lamps sprang into life
and shed their hickering. welcome
CLEANS around.
After securing some pictures We
gladly sought the upper world again
I had no ambition to explore the caves
in their entirety. but only to get my
cramped spine once more into Its nor
NAL position. to sit down and gather
mushroom knowledge from the lips OF
the grower himself. Fifty years be-
fore. he told me. these caves had been
open to the broad light Of day. They
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n0MESTIC.

In IN ARRAY over money at San
Francisco. Cal. one Japanese was
killed, two injured and Policeman
Akers badly shot.
Hesitating n moment before piung-
ing from Brooklyn Bridge Albert II.
Johnson. Of Boston. Mass. was caught
by policeman and arrested.
Infuriated at being elected from the
grounds. Jerry and Dangerfield Ware.
co!ored. emptled their revOlvers into
crowd OF dancers at Hopkinsville. NY.
killing one man and fatally injurinS
two. after which they escaped.
Murdered by robbers. the bodies of
Mr.. and Mrs. Britton Lewis were
found in their home at Gainesville,
Fla.
Much needed rains. the first In three
years, have saved Lower California
from becoming barren waste.
President Roosevelt delivered
speeches in Nashua. Manchester. The
Weirs and Concord. n. II.
Newport Or. ~ villas were damaged
by concussion from big gun target
practice ut Fort Adams.
Nebraska will fight the proposed beef
combination when 1t Is effected.
Ada Gray. we'll known for her long
Dotrayal Of the leading role In East
Lynne" died at New York City after u
long illness.
Senator Hanna said street railways
ought to pay dividends Of seven per
cent. and hold franchises In perpetuity.
Sergeant Coon. of Troop d. Thir.
teenth Cavalry. stationed at Fort
Keough. Mont. was drowned while at-
tempting to swim the Yellowstone
River.
Mrs. Marie A. Hopkins. widow OF the
American Minister to Argentina. was
instantly killed by n street car IN 81.
Louis. Mo.
After cutting his wife's throat with 4
razor at Phillipsburg. Kan. Chester
Westbrook killed himself.
The safe and vault In the court house
at Ipswich. Edmonds County. 8. D..
were robbed Of $27OO In gold. presuma-
bly, by some one familiar with the
office.
Governor Odell. In a speech In Low
willie. n. Y. declared his belief that q
reduction Of tariff duties would not
solve the trust problem.
President Burt. OF the Union Pacific.
was held In $4,000 bail for trial at
Omaha. Neb.. charged with restricting
the liberty Of strike leaders.
In q trolley car collision at Hubbard.
Ohio, Motorman Joseph Thomas was
killed and s. S. Bott fatally injured.
Burglars took $500 in stamps and
money from the postofiicc AZ Eidse:on.
Tenn.
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FOREIGN.

Charles 3. Toll, IN American IN 'ne
British Army. was arrested In London
for 4 murder to which he confessed In
letter to the Kansas City chief OF po-
lice.
A dispatch from Tromsoe states that
Mr.. Zicgler's second ship. the Firth
jof. was spoken on August IA. and she
reported ice very bad in the Arctic
Ocean.
The German customs authorities in
their new rule regarding the origin OF
grain shipments seek to establish re-
taliatory tariff against Canada.
At tile autumn review Of the Guard
Corps near Berlin Emperor Willinm
paii special attention to the visiting
American generals.
Twcnty.three persons We're injured
in n collision Of passenger trains at
Glasgow. Scotland.
The Beers are negotiating for an
agricultural concession on the Frcarh
island OF Madagascar.
The likin stations throughout 'h.n;l
hav" been abolished 10y an imperial
decree. The export and import taxes
will he increased.
The foreign legations at frKih.
China. are receiving. reports from
SZechuan Province that the rebeitioh
there Is constantly spreading. and that
foreigners arr in great danger.
Sir Thomas Lipton's third challenge
for the Amcrica's Cup will be issued IL
September.
Members Of the Cuban House OF Rep
resentatves. rescnting the granting OF
the Cascaneda franchise. are urging
the Impeachment Of President Palma.
Yuan Shih Kai Is reported to have
memorialized the Chinese throne to
keep Wu Ting-fang in Washington an.
other term.
The King Of Italy. as the guest OF
Emperor William. entered the city OF
Berlin in state: subsequently. at 4 ban.
auet, speeches renewing the pledges OF
the Tripl Alliance were made By the
Emperor and the King.
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rr rITH most cities life begins
\ NJ at the ground door cellars.
N sewers and electric tubes al

" rITH most cities life begins
At the ground door cellars.
NV sewers and electric tubes al
W ways excepted and ends at
the top story. but in Paris. while busi'
ness Ia being prohtably conducted IN
the bright sunshine Of the ioftiest
etase, It IL also being as proftably
pursued In the darkness OF the depths
below. far beneath even the sewers
and the famous Metropolitan Railway
Of which the Parisians are so proud.
For Paris Is honeycombed with SUBJ
terranean vaults and passages. IL ts
literally built upon columns and walls,
and II one fine morning the world
awoke to learn that the bottom hac
fallen out Of the Gay Capital and It
had crumpled up like house OF cards
Il would be no surprising thing to those
familiar with the underground world
of Paris. 1t would seem as though
the former inhabitants had devoted
their efforts to hewing out q place
wherein they might seek refuge In
case Of dire necessity. for. though few
are aware OF the fact. the entire popu-
lation. Of Paris could hide itself be-
ueath the city.
e. To build the city We know 80 well
to-day past generations delved anu
dug beneath 1t for the coveted stone.
What then were quarries have now be-
come caves. portions Of which have
been converted into catacomhs Gud
contain the bones Of the dead. while
others are used for the very mundane
purpose Of growing mushrooms-those
sweet. tasty little champignons with.
ont which no ragout Is complete ana
which one never fails to find on a
French menu. The mushroom Is
comestible particularly favored by the
French. Wagon-loads from near and
far find their way into the central
markets Of the city every day In the
year. and the annual consumption BY
the Parisians of this vegetable repre-
sents q value Of over a quarter OF a
million sterling. Both beneath the
city itself and outside It these strange
mushroom-caves extend for miles In
all directions; and In them hundreds
Of men. who often never see daylight
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culprit was paraded round the town.
and perhaps chained to the market
cross to be scoffed ut by one and all.
The earliest mention Of the Drank
Is In 1867. and 1t was then used in
Edinburgh. The instrument here pic.
tured Is dated 1888. end being such q
rare and perfect specimen. it Is very
carefully preserved in the vestry Of the
parish church at Walton Thames.
Indeed, 1t Is the oldest example In ex-
istence at the present time.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
the VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

Poem: Como Drink With Ne-Fsilscy cs
the Liquor ApoioRist's Stock Arru.
msnt That the Use Of "Miid" Intoxis
eauts Loads to National Temperance.
Bend low to where the bubbling spring
Layes soft the edge of emerald green;
Bend low till the waters sheen
Is Gods own image Drink and Hing
The pure. sweet water high In air
And watch the jewels as they sparkle thefe'
THIS Is MY TOAST.
To him who labors with his hand.
In every cline and every land.
To him whose hands are grim with toll,
Who loves Gods greatest gift-the soil.
To him who touched the arid plain
And hid its shame meath golden grain;
Who drove the wild beast from its lair
And built home, complete and fair.
To him who made the forest bend
And shelter. peace and comfort lend.
To him who made the lightning speak,
To him who laid the winding rail,
To him who built the ships that seek
The distant lands with hearty hail.
To all who labor. all who wait.
And who-with God-up-build, create;
Who make the earth with beauty TEEN
Beyond the widest hope or dream.
Drink deep to them. and TO the hour
When they shall rise IN mighty power,
And. heart to heart and hand to hand,
Shall stand-the toilers Of the land
A proud, unshaken, mighty band.
And other toasts: Let those who will
Drink deep from wIne.press. vat and stu.
Drink. till their drunken revels blind
And blur the soul and kill the mind.
Drink, till the deadly, fearful fire
Kill human love and proud desire.
Drink. till the blunted conscience heed
No moro the cries Of human need.
Till avarice, hate and greed supreme
Shall fill their souls, horrid dream.
Until Gods image, proud and fair,
Shall hidden be, meath grim despair.
For these care not. Drink with me,
Drink OF the sparkling water free;
Drink deep to those whose brain and hand
Make beautiful the whole broad land.
C. B. Morrell. in Rams Horn.
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II. Mushroom Caves Of Pdris.
By EdOuard Charles.

and reached the bottom the photog'
rapher followed him. When the prlm-
tive ladder oscAlated no longer be-
meath his weight went slowly and
silently down. landing safely In about
three inches Of mud.
II had been 10 degrees In the sun
above. for the day was particularly
fine. Down here 1t was cold. damp.
dark and uninvitlng: so cold that l
shivered In my shlrt-sleeves. for I had
left my coat above. Our guide shout
cd. and bis voice. being In keeping
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The Vino Cure Diseredited.

The testimony continues to pile up in
demonstration OF the utter fallacy OF tho
argument that used to be 50 persistently
and confidently urged, namely, that tho
use of mild liquors" s conducive to na.
tional temperance. Conditions IN France
aud Germany furnish almost weekly some
new proof of the truth that the use OF
wine and beer is the highway to national
drunkenness. Recently DR.; Grisel, In an
article which appears in L'Echo de Paris,
describes the situation in France, the
country where the "wine cure" has been
in operation for centuries, in the following
almost sensational language:
The consumption Of murderous liquids
has grown in such proportions, even
among women and children, that it has
become absolutely necessary to do some
thing to check the downward movement.
Even supposing that the state were com.
p!ete.y Indifferent. to the great interests OF
the health Of the race, and solely con.
cerned with budsetary considerations, the
time has arrived when we must ask our.
selves whether it would not be better to
| renounce the revenue resulting from the
sale of these alcoholic drinks-a revenue al
ready reduced By extensive fraud-than TO
see the profits 60 to the construction OF
asylums for the victims of alcoholic mad.
ness, of hospitals for diseases caused by
absinthe, and of prisons for the criminals
that it creates. And to this picture may
be added diminu;ion OF the birthrate, an
increased infant mortality and q swelling
Of the number of idiots and cripples, chill.
dren OF drunkards, wrecks OF the race, and
burdens on the community; the falling of
OF the nations wealth in its work people
! before the Iavases which alcoholism pro-
duces in the workshops; the growing de.
velopment OF consumption. OF which alco-
hol il one Of the principal factors"
Whichever way the situation is to be
looked at, that is to say, whether mild
drinks" are to be charged with the pro.
duction OF such state Of affairs or it is to
be conceded that an almost universal use
OF wine has no. prevented serious indul.
gence in stronger drink, in either event
there is mighty little comfort with the I'D.
vocate OF beer and wine in passage like
tha:-The Voice. q
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Nh SewsBnpers In Korea,

The overworked and sufferers from
nervous prostration will lind real
haven Of rest in Korea. says the Lon.
don Express. There Is no such thing
as a novel or newspaper in the land.
No regular story-writer Is known to
have lived there for 1000 years. Edu.
cation consists in a knowledge Of the
immortal Chinese classics. So sacred
are printed books to the Koreans that
they cannot be tossed about or trodden
UPON without offending the gods.
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A Noble Ruling.

The Colorado Supreme Court has decided
that women may not be permitted to en-.
ter wine rooms or saloons, Unrestricted, on
tn. ground that it would resu. in injury
to public morality. The Herald and Pres.
byter. commenting on this action. says:
THE court is undoubtedly right. and its
decision will be applauded by all we'll dis.
posed people everywhere. We wish now
that the court would decide that men
should no, be permitted to frequent such
places. in the interest OF public morality.
Still it il something to have the women
and the children kept out"
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Wan, sober Men 70 Fight Fires.

Mayor Mccormick, in enforcing the rules
iorbiid.ng the use OF intoxicating liquors
il the engine houses OF Harrisburg. Pa,
sentenced one fireman 10 twenty days i'm
pri.onmeut and fined another for drunken.
ness The Mayor said: We want sober
men 10 fight tires There is too much val.
uabe property at stake in this city 10 a.,
lew drinking and carousing about tbs en-.
ciue houses"
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A Ready Financier.

Release me-" exclaimed the Amer
lean woman.
1T wouldn't Ue business" answered
the European outlaw. gently. but
firmly.
But you are wasting your time. l
have no rich relatives who can pay my
ransom"
THAT Is all right. III keep you In
captivity long enough TO secure sur
ficient measure Of publicity. and then
take a mortgage on the receipts OF
your lecture tour
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WORK.

were the scene Of great activity. re-
sounding continually with the explo-
sions Of gunpowder. for there men
were Quarrying the stone that helped
to build Paris. Later on they had been
abandoned and covered in. to be finally
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The Mother Os Emotions. q.

Where can he found IN all Ch-istenion,
. sIck.ier. saddcr sight than lot o: wise
men in their cups slohbcring over cach
other, boohooing like infants. forgIvins
each others sins and bubbcrIng eternal
friendship This state OF maudlIn emo.
tionaism is followed by a condition oi
shame and stccing OF heart against heart
until the next succeeding drunk. when emo.
tiona!sm resumes sway. Men are but
Monkeys OF u degenerate growth. - New
York Press.
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M More Drlnks For women.

The Minnesota Club, in St. Paul, wills
serve no drinks to women hereafter with.
out meals. This decision was due to ex-
ces..ve drinking among the women who
visited the club house.
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Should the Pope live till 1908 he will
celebrate his diamond jubilee as
Bishop. his golden jubilee as Car.
dinal and his silver jubilee as a Pope.
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Expsriepcs tho Teacher. .

She-"There's really no reason for
married folks to quarrel
He-"NO: except that they generally
need a few quarrels to fnd that ou' "
Brooklyn Life.
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He Dlsin't &c

Ethel" he whispered. will y''.
marry me?"
Il don't know. Charles" she replied.
coyly.
We'll. when you find out" he said.
rising. send me word. will you: |
shall be at Mabel Hicks until 10
o'clock. II I don't hear from YOU hy
10 am going TO ask her.
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Likea and Dislikes.

Il should like TO 90 TO my mother-ih.
Jaws funeral this afternoon. sir" said
the book keeper to the proprietor.
80 should L. replied the proprietor.
as he turned to his desk again.-Tit-
Clt;.
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NJ we had reached our destination.
And we had been following the line
rf one Of the underground passages
the time! Opening q gate. the
Ter revealed q shaft. After our
had disappeared over the ledge
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Her idea OF II.

would you marry man whose wife
had secured a divorce from him for
cruelty?"
II could tell better after l saw the
woman."-ChlcagO Record-Herald.
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ExcuGest.

"Shc has just refused a nah wurlL
a million"
rs Ii possible? Any rational ex-
PLANTATION Of her act?'
"Oh. yes. She had just accepted
another man worth a million. Brook
lyn Life.
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Graft.

Mrs. CObwigger-"Why are you nj.
ways following that little boy
around?"
Freddy-"He's the only one OF the
fellers who knows how to beat the slot
machines. Puck.
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Young salmon spend the first year Of
their life In sweet water: then they
ive In the ocean three years before re.
turning to the sweet water to spawn.
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X-Rny Cure.

The Territorial Board Of Health Of
Hawaii Is to begin a series Of expert
ments to determine the value Of X-rays
in the treatment Of leprosy.
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Tines Changed

"But before We were married. she
complained you used to give me beau.
tiful presents"
"Yes. but dollar looked like dime
then, and now-er-a dime looks like
miracle. .'-BaltimOre News.
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roubly Appropriate.

Al! that has been said IN favor OF tenn
pcr1ncc and against strong alcoholic drinks
is douby appropriate during the very hot
weather
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What would thar lob be?"
An Impression

You say you are going to stop be-
ing rcfOrmer."
Yes"
But it must be n great and glorious
thing to expose the various frauds
1T used to be- But there Is too much
competition. 1t won't he long ill
there aren't enough frauds to 20
round"
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said to be good eating. the average
length being about eight inches. No
fish like 1t has ever been found in this
country. and the species Is said to be
scarce In the Philippines.
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OvR BUDGET
or HvMoR.
An Arboriculturist A .

An ArbortcuIturtst.
There was a social aspirant
And he was wondrous wise.
His entree IN the haut beau monde
Had caused a mild surprise.
And so he grew a family tree,
Aud grew it up so tall
No one could see where it began
And ended-that is all.
New York Herald.
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When They Faded.

"What has become Of all the joke,
we used to see about the selI-made
men,"
They went out about the same time
the self.made man did."-Baliimore
American
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At tho Livory Stable.

Papa sent me around 10 ask how
.ong horses should be allowed TO
feed"
Tell him. just the same way short
horses should be allowed to-
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An Easy Job.

II would he willing TO work. salh
Tyre Dout. III | could get the sort OF
job want"
What would that job be?"
We'll. wouldn't mind calling out
the stations on an Atlantic liner. New
York Sun.
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Local Option q state. Beneet.

Mississippi. one OF the strongest pronibi.
tion States Of the Union. thus year reports
q surplus Of 81, ,O00. 900 in its treasury
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SALES.
Price Far
Shares Paid. value.
TRADE AFFECTED BY WEATHER

Central Georgia and the whole list cased
Of August selling down to SS3. Trading
dragged considerably after II o'clock and
Few traders anticipated any material change
In prices ON the bureau report The lat
ter. hoWeN or, proved to be a most extra
ordinary statement and by many WAS dis
credited After giving the average condi-
ton Of the crop on June % as SAL or over
~ points decline from last mon h, the re-
port stated that the recent heavy rains IN
Texas had done the crop little IL any good
and that further deterioration may be
looked for unless rains fell before the lOth
Of this month Prices Immediately shot
up on active demand from both sides, led
by nervous bears For the balance Of the
session the market exhibited firm under
tone with shorts fearing the English mar
ket would show gains over our holiday
season Sentiment swung around strongly
to the hullish point of View. Frequent
hurries Of realizing by small holders caused
reactions from top, but the general tone
of the market remained bullsh
The close was very steady with prices
net points lower to If points higher.
Total sales were estimated at 115o01
bales.