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first time. Let me conduct you TO
my dressing groom. where you will
find all that is necessary for your
makeup"
lie thereupon showed me to a
room leading out of that in which we
had hitherto been sitting, IL was
very small. and lighted by means of
a skylight. Indeed. 1t was that very
skylight. so he always declared, thst
induced him TO take the fat.
"If this room looked ont over che
back, or front, il would have been
necessary for me either to have cur
tains, which | abominate, or to run
the risk of being observed, which
would have been far worse" he had
remarked to me once. Needless to
say there are times when | find il
most necessary that my preparations
should not be suspected"
Taken altogether, il was a room
that had a strange fascination for
me. had been in il many times be-
fore, but was always able to discov-
err something new in it. IL was a
conglomeration of cupboards and
shelves. A large variety of costumes
hung upon the pegs in the walls.
ranging from soldiers uniforms to
beggar's rags. There were wigs Of
all sorts and descriptions on blocks,
pads OF every possible order and for
every part of the body, humps for
hunchbacks, wooden legs, boots rang
ing from the patent leather of the
dandy to the toeless foot-covering of
the beggar. There were hats in
abundance. from the spotless silk to
the most miserable head coverings,
some of which looked as If they had
been pieksd up from the rubbish
heap. There were peddlers' trays tit
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A HAREM-SCARUM TIME.
Experience OF . GeS
man Duchess In n Family Circle
of Tunisian Ladies'.

Ladies contempla ting a visit to the
Barbary States would do well TO in
form themselves by reading a recent
book, "Tunisia and the Modern Bar.
barry Pirates" by Herbert Vivian, NJ
A., 20 which Mrs. Vivian has contrib
uted chapter describing those seclud.
ed parts of oriental dwellings which nc
masculine visitor is permitted 10 en-.
ter, and the etiquette prevailing there
In a harem, as In occidental centeri
of femininity, the costume Of a lady
visitor is a source OF interest and curl.
osity. When Mrs Vivian paid calls the
whole family would gather round an6
pluck at her things. but on the whole
she came of very well. the Tunisian la.
dies contenting themselves with pok.
ing and patting her gently and discus
sing her raiment--cost, cut and cloror
with each other.
SO exalted a parsonage as the Ouch.
ess of Saxe-COburg-Gotha was less
fortunate. The gentleman who ar.
ranged for the duchess visit 10 the ha.
rem OF an old Arabian friend said to
the man:
"The lady who is coming 10 see yol
Is the daughter of the emperor Of all
the Russias, and has married the SIN
Of the English queen"
The old man was too polite to show
incredibly; but when he saw a little
lady dressed in ordinary English
clothes. he was quite convinced that
he had been hoaxed.
"a great princess" he said to him.
self, could not possibly 60 about ex.
cept attended by larger suite and att
tired in brocade or cloth Of gold"
The ladies Of his household were APP
parently of the same opinion, for the
duchess came out OF the house terri.
bly, disheveled; they had pulled her
hair about, taken the combs out 10
look at them; tugged at her dress to
see how strong the material was, and
even attempted TO undo it 10 see what
she wore beneath
The duchess was immensely amused.
But" she declared, "now that have
seen one harem, | am quite satisfied,
and have no desire ever to visit an
other"
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MODERN CATECHISM.
Regarding the Purpose of the
Whizx-wRgon.

What was that just whizzed past u.s."
asked one pedestrian Of another, according
TO the Ohio State Journal.
That was an automobile"
And what is an automoble|
1T is something which has been invent
ed TO increase the mortality rate
Has it been successful in doing this"
Yes, indeed; il has surpassed the fond
est expectations"
What would have happened if we had
not got out of the way Of the automobileT'
Two funerals"
"Who is the man who is running the au-
tomobie"
Gle is called a chauffeur"
Us that the only name be has"
NO; people often call him many other
names"
What would he do if he we're to run over
some one?"
'He would smile"
"Would he stop?"
81 should say not"
"What would the police do"
They would arrest him"
what them
Gle would be fined and discharged"
That would reform him, would it notP'
"No; he doesn't mind being fined, be-
cause he has lots of money"
How fast Is that automobile golngF
about 80 miles an hour"
as not that very FAST"
"Not for an automobile"
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when Endurance Rebeiied.

An Irish friend insisted that q
Scotchman should stay at his housed in
stead of hotel. and kept him there 70.
a month, playing the host in detail,
even to treating him to all places OF
amusement, paying all the cab fares
and the rest. When the visitor was
returning 10 Dublin the Irishman saw
him down to the steamer, and they
went together to have last cigar.
Now, look here" said the man from
Dunedin. "l'll haze nae mair O. this.
Here we've been keepin' me at your
hoose for month, an payin' for n
the amusements, and cabs and so on
l tell you I'll stan nae mair oft! Wen
just hae toss for this one!"-Scots.
man.
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CHAPTER TX.

At the moment that | saw Havlc
enter my room, you might, as the
saying goes, have knocked me down
with n feather. OF all that could
possibly have happened, this was
surely the most unexpected The
man had endeavored to get me out
OF his way in London, he had played
all sorts of tricks upon me in order
20 put me off the scent, he had bolt
ed from England because he knew
was searching for him, yet here he
was deliberately seeking me out, and
of his own free will putting his head
into the lions mouth. 1t was as
astonishing as IL was inexplicable.
Good morning. Mr.. Fairfax" he
said, bowling most politely to me as
he spoke. 81 hope you win forgive
this early call. l only discovered
your address an hour ago, and, as
did not wish TO run the risk of losing
you, l came on at once"
you appeared TO be fairly desir-
Gus OF doing so last week." | said.
What has occurred to make you
Jun AiAho ~
"A variety of circumstances have
conspired to bring such result
about" he answered. 81 have been
thinking the matter over. and not
being able to determine the benefit
of this hole-and-corner sort of game,
| have made up my mind to settle il
once and for ALL"
81 am glad you have come to that
way of thinking" | said. at will
save us both an infinity of trouble.
You understand, of course, that | rep
resent Messrs. Kitwater and Codd."
81 am well aware of it," he replied,
land In common fairness to myself,
! can only say that / am sorry to
hear it,"
May ! ask why you are sorry?"
Because you have the honor to
represent the biggest pair of scoun-
drels unhung," he answered. "And in
saying this / pledge you my word
that | am 10y no means overstepping
the mark. | have known them both
for n great many years, and can,
speak from experience"
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OF II, IL is hard 10 come TO the gull.
lotine for a diamond that never ex-
listed, is IL note"
! agreed with him, and then sug-
gested that we should amuse our
selves by endeavoring to find out
how the dinner at the Cafe des Am
bassadeurs was progressing.
They will proceed TO a thcater
afterwards, you may be sure" my
companion said. ain that case IL YOU
like We could catch glimpse OF them
as they come out. What do you
say?"
answered that had not the least
objection
zone night does not make much
difference. Tomorrow morning I
shall make point OF meeting him
face to face"
SHOULD you require any assist
ance then, / shall be most pleased to
give IL TO YOU" my companion re-
piled.
thanked him for his offer, and
then we left the restaurant together.
hailed n cab. and drove TO his fat.
It consisted OF four rooms situated
at the top OF a lofty block OF build
ings near the river. From his win
dows he could look out over Paris.
and ne was wont to declare that the
view he received in exchange was the
most beautiful in the world. Fine
as IL was. | was scarcely so enthus-
iastic in my praise.
Among other things they were re-
markable for the simplicity OF their
furniture, and also for the fact that
In the sitting-room there was moth
ing to reveal the occupation of their
owner. His clever old servant,
Susanna, Of whom twas said she
would. did she but choose. make as
clever n detective as her master (she
had served him for more than 40
years., brought us coffee so quickly
that IL would almost seem as II she
had been aware that we should reach
the house At that particular moment.
ave have plenty OF time TO spare"
said my host. "In the meantime Il
will be necessary for us to find out
what they are doing. IL you will
wait | will dispatch messenger.
who will procure us the informa-
ton
He wrote something on half
sheet OF note-psper, rang the bell.
and handed IL 10 Susanna.
Give that 20 Leon" he said. land
tell him 10 be of with IL at once"
The woman disappeared, and when
she had gone We resumed our con-
versation. Had he not had the good
fortune 90 be such a great success in
his own profession, what an admir-
able actor the man would have madel
His power OF facial contortion was
extraordinary. and / believe that on
demand he could have initiated al
most any face that struck his fancy.
And now with regard 10 our lit
tie excursion" he said. what would
you like 10 be2 As you are aware,
/ can Offer you varied selection.
VIII you be a workman, a peddler, an
elderly gentleman from the prov
inces. or a street beggar?"
81 think the elderly gentleman
from the provinces would suit me
best" | answered, while IL will not
nccessitatc "A change OF dress"
Very good, then, so it shall be-"
he replied. "We1l bc couple OF
elderly gentlemen in Paris for the
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Too Had, Too Rad.

when / came of age" said Mr..
Softleigh. ~ promised mother that I'd
never marry until l found the right
girl
Indeed" exclaimed Hiss Sharpe.
Eyes, and-er-you're the right
girl"
That's too bad, for you're this
wrong man."-Tit-Bits
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when Brsins Are Needed.

better at Greek than golf that after a round
on the links, in which he had fooled most
OF his shots he turned to his caddie for sd.
vice as to improving his play. The reply Of
the ruthless caddy was Eye see, cir, it's
easy 10 teach ladies Latin and Greek, but
IL needs q head for gowff "-Londop News
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willie Explained.

Mamma-Willie! What's the bah,
crying for?
Willie-Oh! he's ungrateful that'I
what he is.
"UngratefuI?"
"Yes'm. l jest showed him how u
eat his cake and he don't 'preciats it.
Press.
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The letters IN. s. B." embossed in gold,
appear on the stationery an Atchison won.
an uses in writing TO her friends. The WON
en- all thought they must stand for some
wayup Latin. but a near friend has given
the eecret away; IN. s. B." means mo
Spare Bedroom "--Atch ison Globe
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That" remarked the professor, cycling
with some diStrust the ragged and dirty
greenback the grocer had given him in
change, sis certainly a filthy locker. Chi
cago Tribune
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Teacher-You, Johnnie! What are you
laughing for!
Johnnie--I didn't laugh, mum; me face
clipped Chicago Journal.
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Ladies Can Wear shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating.
hot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25e. Ac'
Address A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infali
be remedy for coughs and colds:-N: w
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The great secret of success in life is to o
ready when your opportunity comes
Disraeli.
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and works off the cold Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price Is cents
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My Strangest Case
BY dUY BoOTnBy.
Author Of 'Dr. kIkoIs. {" The BesstffuI
White Devil. ." "Phsros. The
Egyptian" Ete-
CHAPTER vIn-CoNrrxurp.

IcOpJHshss-i. i,sl. By w.rd. Ioot a oo.I
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Il. Game was at decided Disadvantage.
because the next Author had to raise him
q few. The one who came in last of al
was sure TO- Joe the King Bee.
The Talk carnival opened with a brief
Session of the HOme-Seekers' Association.
after which they started in to tell how
they had =kuu the OlhCr Fellow at
Games of Chance. They hated to talk
about Themselves. but they had 10 90 it.
TIE average Poker story should run as
O Serial lt has a Preamble as long as
the Moral Law. The Man who is spin
ming IT, IN order to entertain himself. be-
gins by relating how he was on a Sleeper
between East ST. Louis and Ehingham.
lie tells the Name of the Book he was
reading. The Color Of the Pullman Con-
dIrfors Whiskers and the Speed at
which the Train was running. Having
settled these .mportaL- Details he slowly
approaches the Plot OF the Piece II
seems that Albert HieronomOus who used
90 travel for SkinStiue. WalruS 4 Co.,
asked him 10 come into the State-Room
and hold Cards so as to make it four
handed The Narrator explains that he
had mo- desire 10 Play. but he went just
20 obiige Al. Then he tells about meet
iZ Mining Expert from Colorado and
little Fat Man who owned Gents
Furnishing Store in st. joe lie gives
the Conversation in regard 10 fixing the
Ante and Limit and forgets who rad the
0Jt the first time around and made II q
Jack The St. Joe Man opened il and
To- DE Hero Of the Story. fingered on a
Psieoi sevens but kept One-Spotter on
ne SIDE and then picked up a Seven and
a. Ace and made q foxy Bet of Two Bits.
a7j 10 ON and SO pa When il came time
o. change at the Junction. ne had every
thing except tbei Clothes.
fle little Group IN the Hotel Office lis
toned On one Of these Typical Tales last
ms from $50 10 N.4J- The next Man was
reminded Of what happened to him in FL
Faso when h" sauntered into Cy Rydn's
and Tipped a big Iron Dollar OF the Sin
gle u. he caught Il and let IT lay for
g Repeater and then pushed the whole
Stack over on the Red and Red come.
Then DE sprnkled a few Yellow Boys on
the first II and couldn't 60 wrong. After
playing Is minutes and losing back y75
ne Was still 2.2j0 to the Good when he
,a-hei En-
70 seemed that No. s knew how to In
rae few. for he butted in with a Beaut
OF l0W no put a Crimp in a Faro Game
a. Seattle. He told another of the just
nappsne' -ir Kind He was idly snow
na.nnE he Layout while waiting for
Friend To- get through with a Game of
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Stua. he caught the Tray and began To
. .G iu. ne tray came right TOR him
- times nand-runuins and then me
Sto,i iei IN Fit and begged him 10
StscP, ne Went back to the Hotel with
Roll. Nii % tue bahA
a Clothing Salesman took the Floor
Hleu one OF those Justly celebrated Pipes
GIogttt, Just before the Fourth Race 4
Friend came 10 me and told me ~ get a
Titce or Money down on Lou Perkins .
~ seems that Lou Perkins was commonly
IesaIued as crippled Goat, and il was a
49, o. write you own Ticket, the Price
I1IInlng as Long as 275 to /
but the best / could get" saws the
- = Clothing Salesman. was 200
az He took $40 worth Of Lou Perkins at
~ 10 j and she came in sideways. nod
ding TO several Acquaintances in the
5Idnd stand. He had landed at the
Track with $500 and a Badge and went
pack with Two Thousand and then a Lot
m MS side Pockets that he didn't take
tie Trouble TO count
90 or three others who had put the
BOokles out OF Business and broken the
i1eal : OF professional Gamblers Clipped
L. ule symposium and at last it was
up 10 the old-ume Drummer who had
peen sitting back doing a Listen.
dOn Delong 20 this Bunch" said the
Yer. ! never caused a BoOk-Aaker 10
nlI me Crit can win more out OF an
i-t'~ -hN~rttAsAt OIi tue 4 ElU lndn 1 nave
made out OF the Picture Cards in 70
Years. The Fact is that I am Piker.
ANY time that ] stand to win or lose
more than Months Salary at a single
loss, ! get chilled below the Knees. That
Is When begin to think about that next
PAYMENT on The Building and Loan Stock
9omeumes am ashamed of myself for
nol oelng a keener Sport. / figure that the
Streak of Yellow in me must be Double
W ldth. or z inches. For Years / have
Deen up and down the road with YOU
BOYS VINO clean up the BOOk-Makers and
give the Limerick Knockout 10 every
Eoker Joint that you find The Easy
Money Talk that l have heard would fill
lne century Dictionary. I'll tell YOU that
nave been discouraged at times to think
that l had to get my Cash by such slow
and painful Methods while ali YOU had to
do any time you We're hard pushed. was
10 go out and shake down a Professional.
During all my time on the Road I never
met one OF you Fellows who wasn't ahead
OF the Game. ] can't understand what
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/ Why. Johnny. my son, they cOld-decked
l him. He didn't have. no more show agin
/ that sapg'n a railroad sandwich in d
/ Christian EndeavOr excursion. Son. they
I fairly et him up Hair and the Old
Sport swallowed his highball with d grace
/ born of long practice.
so YOU think the home talent was UP
agin the real thing when they cuts in
rubbing an imaginary drop of water of
Z the bar counter.
Now you're shown the first signs Of
almost human intelligence 1 has observed
emanatin' from your think foundry since
Z you was forced TO quit dlSpenSiu booze
( on the Sabbath. was the reply. TN
/ agin the real thing. hey? johnny they
was I'D agin il so strong you couldn't OF
pried EN- loose with a jimmy The
deck s so deru cold | wonders them that
handles il don't call for mittens- Cold?
/ Well. a pint of liquid air would Of looked
! like a cup of hot coffee along side of IT,
It's this way. After the games been
runnin along nice an quiet a good while.
| with the Ogden boys cOppin' nigh ali the
chips in the rack, our lads concludes
that its easy. They figgers it's a dern
shame for Ogden 20 be forced 10 tote
/ such a load of prosperity. an that it
/ amt nOthin' mOre'n neighbOTly 10 help
en- out. So they sends d telegram to the
game keeper. assuTin' him Of their ever
Z laStin good will. an SuggeStin that
they'd like TO set in.
ne WttES bdth ttiaL NJ il SllDIf nc 0f-
/ lighted to sell EN- ? few chips an they're
I as pleased as busted gambler that's
/ been staked to a meal ticket. They al
I lows there amt nothin' to II but chasin'
/ the checks an bankin the coin. II looks
so good they're nigh ashamed to take the
money. It's like WOrLin q ReUb with the
shells. only easier The game keeper
moves his outfit first TO Ogden where he
deals few hands Just for luck an
practice. At least that's what the boys
here seems to think.
They're gigglin' like school girls at q
candy pullin' when word comes that the
games TO be played right here after the
Ogden push gets through. Well. Jonn.
it's pulled off accOrdin' to scbed0ol- The
game keeper don't yawD until our boys IS
all In. They've give il out that Ogden s
got only four diamonds with the other
nine in the discard. They allows that If
the road is built across the north end
of the lake. like she's planned. the
waterll rise so high they'll have TO string
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YOU do with FL your Money Why is IT
that you, who have been picking up these
Vast Sums from time 10 time are over
drawn At the House. while /, with no way
OF getting it except by pinching the
Salary and swelling the Sundries. own a
Chunk of Suburban Real Estate?
There is something else I don't IN
derstand. continued the Vet. Il see
the BoOk-Makers wearing these $500
Sparks and eating at the Best Places. !
drop in at a Gambling Den and take
notice of the Wheel Inlaid with Pearl the
Rugs two inches thick and the free Tuc-
kew Sandwiches 1 judge that the Rent
and Lights amount to Considerable. How
can they keep going and lose Money all
the time? ] never meet anyone who ad-
mits that he is feeding his Income TO
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CRAZE IN HEALTH-FooD LINE.
Twenty-four Companies, With $50,
100000 Capital, in Michigan.
(ChicagO Inter Ocean.)
Battle Creek, Mich.-This city

\CmCaSO inter Ocednl
Battle Creek, Mich-This city ap-
pears to have gone crazy over the sub
ject of health foods. The manufa cture
and sale of these preparations here is
as much of a mania as the oil fever in
Texas or the gold excitement in Alas
ka. There are today twenty-four in
cOrporated companies making health
foods out of cereals in this city. and
their combined capitalization is almost
S20,O0O0O0. Two of these corporation
have capital of s5,0000O0, and four
have capitals of 81 900, 900.
This business has all grown up with
in the last five years. About 1896 or
1897 a Mr.. Post came to the city for
treatment at the sanitarium. He was
broken in health, spirits, and nearly so
financially. He ate the Adventist
health foods and regained his health.
After his discharge from the sani-
tarium he began to make experiments
with cereals and soon had d patented
product to put on the market. Rumor
places the profits of Mr.. Post from this
article in the five years that he has
been making it at $4,000, 600.
That was the beginning and since
then Mr.. Post has had numerous imi-
tatOrs. As these various factories have
been started they have brought to the
city a chain of allied industries such
as paper box makers. machine shops.
foundries, etc, while paper mills and
other projects are under discussion by
capitalists.
The effect of all this has been to
boom the city, and il is now growing
like a. mushroom. Since the census of
1900, which gave Battle Creek a popu-
lation Of $4,000, it has grown to 24.00O. a
gain in two years of SO 1-3 per cent.
Building opera tons are brisk and
number of pretentious structures have
been erected. Contracts have also been
let for 1900 new houses, and work on
these viii begin as soon as the wea tn
or permits. The street car system has
been doubled and is being extended,
an interurban road is in opera ton to
Kalamazoo, another 70 Jackson Is
nearly finished. and franchises for
three others, to Lansing. TO Hastings,
and to COldwater. have been granted.
e During the day the streets of the
city are almost filed with big draws
that are carrying food preparations to
the shipping places. \ tDcaR brewery.
in order to be in line. advertises a
health" beer, another concern has a
health" baking powder while a cigar
manufacturer is advertising a health
cigar"