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e1ILETED By MsrALfMENTs.
lie 1,houeht His Bones Were to De
Taken fren Hin Rit 1t
q Time. :s.e.s

e At the Royal national hospital, Ventnor,
recently patient found very small piece
of splintered bone work out through his
skin. Next day he happened to be called
up for medical examination, with some four
or five other patients. In the consulting
room he told the physician Of the proceed
ing days incident, relates the Philadelphia
Inquirer.
''Can you produce the piece Of bone?''
said the latter. Whereupon the fellow care
fully unwrapped little piece of paper and
made some remarks about its chemical ma
lure, and passed it on to the resident med
ical officers for further scrutiny.
The. patient was then dismissed, and in
the next room caused some amusement
among the few fellow sufferers present by
the remark: THAT'S all right. amt it, I
wonder what he'll do next. He's started
sneakn' my confounded skeleton. and says
how very interestin' it isl"
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.NoRrH COAST L1n1rED..
Every pay 10 the Yer.

Every LAY IN tho xoots
The Northern Pacific Railway take plsas.
ure in announcing that their popular over.
land train, the ''North Coast Limited, y
will be continued during the winter.
This broad vestibuled, steam heated,
electric lighted train, with its model OBJ
servation car, equipped with the most mod
ern conveniences, such as parlor, reading
and writing rooms, library Of choice books,
supplemented with the latest magazines
and illustrated papers, buffet, bath room.
barber shop, and card rooms; with stand
ard Pullman and tourist sleeping cars (ths
former with two berth lights in each sec
tion), as well 40 handsome day coaches,
guarantees the travelling public service BE-
tween st. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and
Fargo, Butte, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma
and Portland absolutely unrivaled.
Two through trains daily between Ct.
Paul and Portland, supplemented BY the
Clearinghouse Special, running daily be-
tween Kansas City and Seattle, via Bill
lings, is the most complete transcontinsntal
passenger service now offered the travelling
public Chas 8. Fee, GenY Passenger and
Ticket Agent. st. Paul. Mimi.
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listers wife does her own work. so
of course we want them and the
dear children: and met the sweet.
two lovely children. Her hus-
band died a year ago, and
she finds she, cannot stand
sewing in shop to support
them, so she has come to her girl
hood home to see what, she can do
here. saw her yesterday. and I
Worlned out of her that she was liv-
ing in two rooms and hadn't gotten
'p srhas i So .. g. used a Sc, Matte
Clark. Her father did Aotasave his
money, you see."
$50 you will help his poor daugh-
ter" spoke up Jessie. THANK you; and
Nancy said she'd admire to get din
ner for. her preacher and his folks
6nct.''
f "Nancy is the best church MEM
Der in the family. But what more
do you want for ChristmasseA Do you
think I have a Fortunatus' purse?''
"No; but o. big neart flengthens
any pocketbook; so ] guess you
might give me five dollars to get
presents for these five children. Jake
said he could find me a little tree
out in the woods, and we'll be all
right. suppose you'll get Nancy
O dress: saw warm pretty brown
one downtown yesterday. And
Jake?" :Y teRsisf5fsassf
81 always give Nancy a dollar, but
Jake doesn't earn more than his
wages" .s. 6. j. i,
.He has sick mother:@ but you
know that, Of course; you dear old
fellow. You look sick yourself, and
I'm going to bed and let you rest,
said Jessie, dropping kiss on the
|sbald spot on her uncle's head.
/ II can stand it once" he groaned
f4when he was alone. but before the
week was out he began TO feel the
"more blessedness," and surprised
himself by going around whistline
Hike boy and handing out nickels
to school children. winding up will
giving each of his bank employees 1
check Christmas eve. Not satisfied
he sent oranges to the Sunday schoo
tree and to his sister Mary ten dol
lars.
4 He smiled with real pleasure whel
he saw the five heavy baskets. Jak
!. was to take around Christmas eve
\ He hung around living over. hey
hood memories; while Nancy stuhe'
1.-The big turkey and Jessie mad
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'.Why, the list Of what y0u are 60
ingl ito do Tor Santa Cla M He prob
ably has exchanged his sleigh for IN
automobile this year and will visit
more people. Seriously, 1 mean, un-
Gle, it is hard to plan to make lot
of people happy on Christmas, you
know"
He did not know. for he had not
triea it. He had long ago made the
holy Christ-time an ordinary day.
Jessie went right on as if he had
been enthusiastic.
ut is thank-offering year, you
know, and we must do more than
usual. The children have been maxi
ing scrap books and fixing up old
toys for months, and I've knit NIT
tens at night, and mamma earned
five dollars for the poor
""How?" asked the uncle.
.sMollie wanted two weeks of, and
mamma had that money. She has
SO much sewing and church work she
couldn't stand it all alone, even with
our help. but she said a little back
ache for Christmas was q pleasure.
She sent warm dress tpaa preach
er's wife out west. Papa wore
patched fannels ana sent five dol
lars to India for an extra dinner
among some famine orphans. OF
course, there are some poor people
for us to have for dinner, or we send
it. How many family oAnners have
you on your list, uncle, dear?"
Nancy attends to the dinners her
SELF" answered Uncle John. a little
stifay.
''Oh, can help her and order what
I want at the grocery? I suppose
in town IKE this there are many
who look to you for their Christmas
turkey" said Jessie, brightly.
''Do as you think BEST" answered
the uncle. with that inward pang
some people have when parting with
r,oney.
"And can I help invite the guests
for our own home dinner? The min
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candy. and popcorn balls. He even
fell ssto stoning raisins for the plum
pudding and a.was rewarded BY .
piece Of Nancy's sample pie"
sYou haven't asked for anything
for yourself, chick" he said to his
niece.
Tears came to the young girls
eyes. ut il enough to have such .
kind, generous uncle" she answered.
"And, uncle. I don't believe people
understand how noble-hearted you
are" .
Evidently not. for that evening
the banker had overheard one Of his
clerks say, This is the first time we
have gotten what we did not slave
for. Is he going crazy?" and Nancy
had remarked to Jake, in tones over
heard in the next room: HE won't
be long with us. Folks often change
in nature fore they're, struck with
DEATH"
In the morning Uncle John found
a pair of mittens at his plate from
Nancy and several pretty but useful
things, the handiwork of his niece.
Nancy was radiant over the new
wool dress and Jake grinning over q
two-dollar bill, while Jessie danced
with Joy over q pretty gold pin set
in pearls, having few ornaments dear
to girls heart.
The dinner was q great success and
the little widow and her children
thought they were in paradise. The
third minister's wife forgot her wor-
ries and let Jessie fill her children
with cake and candy almost beyond
the rescuing power of any remedy.
After dinner the banker called
Nancy aside and asked if the widow
and her children could stay until she
could find work, if extra help were
hired, and Nancy, overshadowed by
Christmas angels, consented.
If you have never devoured mans
best viands in powerful frame Of
mind you do not know how the min
lister felt. He had for a long time
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18

been trying to get up his courage to
talk to his richest and stingiest mem
Der about starting the new church
building, and. with the aid Of the
Christmas angels, the minister Sc
cured a promise that the rich man
would bear half the expense Of the
new building and think about the
new organ.
That night the man sat alone after
the house was still. If he had had
a keener sense of hearing he would
have heard the Christmas angels
singing. song of thanksgiving near
him, but he only heard his own soul
speaking in the night: John Kings
ley, there has been a mistake. You
have been thought selfish and cold
toward God and man. But you are
fond of folks and Of doing good with
your money! real John, mean.
The old, lonely, selfish man is dead,
John. 1 am going, with Gods help,
to make myself present of noble,
generous soul" 49,,
Inner happy girlhood sleep Jessie
was5 smiling as If she beard thu
Christmas angels rejoicing, saying:
blessed are they who show soul.
the ##sbles sedness of giving. 4 ";
Christian yocat Il s III;
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she Wa. Not superstitiou,.

During marriage ceremony at Northeast
Harbor, week ago, the long veil Of the
bride in some unaccountable way became
looseened, and fell. A superstitious bride
an occurrence-perh would have tainted,
perhaps nostponed the event. Not so this
bride. She just stopped the proceedings
long enough to readjust the refractory
adornment, glanced smilingly at the groom,
and then with. q .letithe-procession- move
look toward the minister, resumed her po-
sition at the altar. The reverend gentleman
an extra tug at the nuptial not-Kennebec
Journal -ei,
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Their notes proclaiming, far and near.
The birthday Of our King.
AKing, indeed. the Son of Heaven.
Whose coming down to earth
Placed upon man the signet true
OF his Immortal birth.
The starift heavens in beauty shone
As Christ. the child. appeared;
And shepherds, gazing on the scene.
Beheld, adOredl and feared.
Brightest among the starryiorbs.
The star of Bethlehem
Shot forth its fairest. purest rays,
As Il g beckon them
To tarry not. but seek the spot
Where In the manager lay
The heavenly babe, the one foretold.
To Do aaKing Away.
Aye. Sovereign of a world redeemed.
or man from sin made free,
Though humble. lowly as babe.
Yetsstilla Prince was He.
One universal song should rise
This Christmastide on high,
Earth'A millions sing as angels sang
Whens Christ to earth drew nigh.
Good Will to Men, and Peace on Earth.
Sang the angelic choir.
And through the centuries these words
Have failed not to inspire.
Their meaning sinking deep within
The hearts of all mankind.
From thence producing grand results.
Which souls together bind
Good will to men the infant Christ
Brought from His home above;
And this rich gift He freely gives
Is filed with purest love.
The Christ-child and the risen Christ
Should claim our thoughts to-day,
OF Immortality.
Ring loudly, then. We Christmas bells.
Until the charmed air
Shall YIbrate with melody
Whose music all may share.
j. M. Thompson. in Boston Budget
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ent, and the .all man found himself
imprisoned by pair Of warm arms,
whilefa sweet young face was held
upto his own.
"Gladi to see you, Puss. You look
as your ma did at your age. 1t was
kind Of you to give up city holidays
and come into country village in
the dead of winter"
"Oh,isI came to visit you, and you
are not dead nor cold" laughed Jes-
sic, merrily.
A thrill of new life went through
the old bachelors heirt. Then his
sistershad not let her children know
whatza selfish old fellow he was. y
The large Kingsley family had
scattered east and west. all except
the eldest, John. When the town
took in the old homestead he was
able to start bank in the village.
The more he enlarged in his worldly
possessions the more contracted be-
came his heart. He lived In the old
brick homestead alone, except for
the presence of faithful old do
nestle and the hired man. He did
not often visit his relatives or ask
them to visit him, but Mary was a
minister's wife and her husband had
lately been sent to .onefof the small
churches in the large city near, and
thessister determined TORY to win
the lonely man back to himself.
II am alraio you will find this
dark house very STILL" said the uncle.
ooh, we'll throw up the shades and
let in all the light, and Wisconsin has
the brightest winter sunshine in the
world While I'm here we will have
in all of your old friends. Ny head
is tired from studying, but my hands
are all right, and I'll help cook and
work s.se 3it' }}5s ,s s..
Nancy is a Tartar;. you had bet
tersskeep out of her kitchen" warned
the uncle. D"I do not dare give too
many orders" But Jessie went in
and. conquered at once. She always
expected the very best of everyone,
and. in hunting for the rose side of
every nature she, some way.4 got
around the thorns without bringing
them to the surface.
Uncle John could hardly believe he
was in his own house when he. saw
it all open. warm and light. with
flowers in tn windows. and Nancy
looking kind instead of naughty and
severe. He heard such merry peals
ofslaughter from the kitchen he ven.
tured into those sacred precincts to
1relp pop corn and crack hickory
rlts. Man is a domestic animal, and
the odor of frying doughnuts and
the sight Of the raisins being stoned
and eggs growing. into snow white
foam, bring up pleasant sensations
Jessie had pleasant way of going
toameet her uncle. and It quickened
his, old heart to see the bright face
under the red cap coming his way
After supper she brought his slip
pers and put the table near the glow
ing crate, for she insisted that ther,
was nothing, poetical in heat coming
out offthe ac and then would 81
down and talk. One ,eysningg sh,
said: w. fs
81 ehope youa haven't made all o
your Christmas plans. It would b
such ...1 fun TO help you MAZE out you
my what?" asked the uncle. il
surprise.
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Oddittes OF Memory.

I'll is instanced as one 81 thleessccaurios-
tiles Of the memory that people who
know long pieces Of versesby heart
frequently cannot remember their
telephone number
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". deer They tell me Fred has been play
ing the races" Knickleby--" He thought
he was; but it turned out that the fellows
at the races were working Fred. Boston
Transcripts. as -,t,f.:f sg1si ...:s4.s.zsss.
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{ Many of us might be happy if we did not
suffer from disorders Of the liver. Then we
ought to use DR.. August koenig's Hamburg
the whole system to healthy condition. {
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Z ODE man OATS allus tryin' to git sumpin'
fob muffin said. Uncle Eben, "is purity
li'ble to wind up by bein' one 9, de people
dat gifts muffin fob sumpin'. "-Washingto
Star. q tig:sR 1t-
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She" Cholly is always running after an
aheiress. He has passion for gold" He
,"He inherited it. His father died Of vel.
low fever."-Indianapoli News.
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Mrs. Jiggs-l'm sorry, my man, but
I can't give you anything to-day.
Drowsy Dunton-Dat amt wat ).
want, Teddy. I jes called t see could
youse darn me stockin' so 1 cud hang
ST up for Christmas Chicago Daily
News. 'g''ss
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Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
Samuel, Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. II, 1900.
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Southwest Colonist Excur

Southwest Colonist Excursions.
Low one-way and round trip rates to Kan
sas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas,
e the Il. LIST and Sd Tuesdays Of eesh month:
Barker, Gent Pass. Agent, NJ. Z. & T. Ry..,
sol Wainwright Bldg, st. Louis.
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We are none of us either as foolish or as
smart as some people think we are.-Indian-
apolis News. -.
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4 Life is made up Of events and occurrences.
Daily News.
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Prepared,

Berylso Ethel's parents have purchased
an automobile?
sibyl-Yes; they think that she will be
able to run across" some eligible young
man that way.-Baltimore Herald. - +
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Self-trust is the essence Of heroism.-
Emerson. sF,.s ig,a ,sss Il : s. Is
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18

Carpets can be colored on the floor with
Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
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lows Farms ~ Per Acre Cash,
bal. 33lcrop tillpaid. Mulhall, Sioux City, Ia.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18
stops the Cough

and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price Is cents..
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A clean youth makes clear old age
RAMS Horn. is, % Fa
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-10-25

1t is not always because a cigar is
badly made that the wrapper curls up
and works of, says the Tobacco Work
er. 1t is often because a right handed
man is smoking left handed cigar. A
cleft handed cigar" Is one rolled by the
makers left hand, for all cigar makers
must be ambidextrOus. A piece Of to-
bacco for the wrapper is cut on the
bias and Is rolled from left to right on
the filler. The other piece for reasons
Of economy is then used and must be
rolled the opposite way by the opera
tors other hand. Hence a smoker who
holds cigar in his right hand, some
times twisting 1t about, rubs the wrap
per the wrong way and loosens it.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-10-25
American IIum0r.

Rev. DR.. Hills of Brooklyn, with
many other American scholars, attend
ed an educational conference at Edin-
burgh last summer and sat at dinner
beside u Scotch professor.
IL have had some correspondence
with Professor b. OF Chicago" began
the Scotchman. rs there any posi-
bility Of your knowing him."
Very WELL" was the cordial reply,
"and he happens to be sitting at the
next table, the third man from the
end"
Indeed replied the astOnished
Scotchman. Il have also had some let
tiers from Professor o. OF the Univer.
sity of Michigan. Probably you know
nothing Of him."
ION the contrary, l know him very
well. There he sits, near the corner
of the room. the man with whiskers
and gold spectacles."
This was too much of a coincidence
for the nettled metaphysician, who re-
garded it merely as American humor;
but he went on stittly:
well, sir, have had relations with
another American, Il minister near
New York, one Dr. Hills
"Oh," laughed back the other. tap
ping himself on the breast. Il am he"
With a snort of Indignation the
Scotchman fled the room. AS the New
York Tribune explains. american hui
NOR had been carried too far"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-10-25
Catching book Titles.

Most readers would be at a loss to
discover the source of some book titles
and would forget If they ever knew
that "The World Well Lost" is Dor
rowed from Dryden, that "a Dream
and a Forgetting" is Wordsworth's
phrase and that 1t was Othello who
loved mot Wisely, but Too Well" We
might add that in spite Of the famili-
arity Of the famous "Elegy" not one
reader In ten will trace Mr.. Hardy's
Ear From the Madding Crowd" to
Gray or will connect Zone of Three"
with the mariner who held the we'd
ding guest with his glittering eye. Mr..
Hardy's titles. like Howells, are al
most Invariably attractive. "a Pair Of
Blue Eyes" 1.-TWO on a Tower" and
1.-THE Return of the Native" stimulate
curiosity.
Often a proverb or any other famil-
lar phrase is as good as a recognized
quotation. Put Yourself In His Place"
and ut Is Never Too Late to Mend"
were strokes of genius on the part Of
Charles Reade, and Second Thoughts"
dead Mems Shoes" and THE Root Of
All Evil' are hardly less inviting
Blackwood's Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-10-25

Where is the exact boundary be-
tween life and death? Up to within a
few years it was supposed that a hui
man being was really dead a few mo-
ments after breathing ceased, but DR..
Laborde, director Of physiological work
In the faculty Of medicine in Paris,
has proved that life may linger In the
body hours after all signs of respira-
ton have ceased to be observable. In
all cases of suffocation. asphyxiation,
narcotic poisoning, drowning and the
like DR.. LabOrde moved the tongue Of
the patient back and forth in regular
cadence instead Of employing the usu-
al means of raising and lowering the
arms. The doctor has made what he
calls a llngual tractor. machine
which moves the tongue back and
forth q fixed distance and with exact
rhythm. BY its use persons have been
revived who had apparently been dead
for three hours. The doctor calls at
tentiOn to the fact that a majority Of
persons who meet death in the water
are killed by heart disease and not by
suffOcation, which accounts for many
failures in attempting resuscitation.
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Thought Il Cnme In april.

Thanksgiving day belongs TO the east
The Thanksgiving dinner occurs only
sporadcally in some places, as the fol
lowing experience of Boston lady on
her way to visit her son In California
will show. She had Intended to take
Thanksgiving dinner with her son, but
unexpected delays caused her to land
on that holiday at small Arizona
town. She went to her eating house
dinner OF fried beefstcak and bitter
bread with bad grace and with little
Of the Thanksgiving spirit.
AS she was returning to her place In
the train she met man who had been
in her husbands employ twenty years
before. He was l,umging about the
platform. with his hands In his peck
cts.
isn't your name DrewT asked the
old lady. stopping and looking at him
through her spectacles.
Eyes. Mrs Putnam; much obliged to
you for remembering me. I'm sur
prised to see you away out here"
"I'm surprised to see myself on
Thanksgiving day. Such a dinnerw
she returned.
Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving
day" repeated the man muslngly.
"Well. now you speak Of 1t. do re-
member some sort of day like that
when | was young. but should have
said 1t came along some time in April"
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Arctic Exploration,

The history of arctic exploration has
been an umbroken chronicle Of scandal
and disaster ever since the abhorrent
craze first found lodgment in the mind
Of man. Some Of the chapters are too
frightful 10 even think about, much
less discuss. All of them are testimo-
mails OF failure, tragedy, often horror
and disgrace. The record is without a
redeem;ng feature so far as concerns
the happiness OF mankind or the in
crease OF human knowledge. Untold
thousands of money have been ex-
pended in this crazy quest. innumera-
BILE hundreds of lives have been vainly
sacrificed. scandals. hatredS. ami
mosities without number have been
spawned; but the world is no wiser,
no better no more prosperous In con.
eequence.-WashingtOn Post.
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Hot Air In Boston.

Little Emerson-Mamma, l find NJ
marginal note in elucidation of thi:
expression, which l observe frequently
to occur In my volume Of Fairy Tale
Classics bated breath" What
is the proper Interpretation Of the
phrase?
Mamma-"With bated BREATH" my
son, commonly occurs in fairy tales
Your father often returns from psca-
torial excursions with bated breath.
The phrase in such instances, howev-
er, has no significance as applying to
the bait employed to allure the fish,
but is merely an elastic term Of du-
bious meaning and suspicious origin.
utilized, as | have already minated,
simply because of the sanction which
1t has gained by customary usage in
fairy tales generally. Do you compre-
bend, Emerson?
Little Emerson-Perfectly, mamma