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Pointed Satire.

The late Henry Clay Miner, theater
owner, patent medicine manufacturer
and congressman from New York city,
once registered in this fashion in the
leading hotel of Syracuse: "Hon. Har-
ry Miner and valet" A delegate to
the convention that accounted for
Miners presence there was Daniel
Donegan, a big man in the Tammany
wigwam. He followed Miner to the
desk, looked at the, register and, with
a grumbled comment as to the exces.
sive tone and formality observed in
fashionable hotels, wrote: Hon. Dan
Donegan and valise.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-12
The Greatest Oil Well.

The greatest oil spouter of the Rus
sian petroleum district was struck a
few months ago about eight miles
southwest of Baku. The well was
bored to a depth of 1900 feet before
oil was reached. Then, for nearly
three days it sent out oil at the rate
of 1900 barrels day, and continued
thereafter to flow at a diminishing
rate until it had produced over 2,000,-
900 barrels. The owners lost money,
for the well could not be controlled,
much adjacent property being dam
aged by the oil that escaped.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-12
Deadlier Than the Fer-De-Lance.

One who has been over the world
says; Your Martinique friend fer
defiance is not to be compared with
the dukite snake of Australia. 1t is
like the pictures you have seen of sin,
a long, red snake, with eyes the liv-
ing embodiment of evil. The dukites
never go alone. If you are unfortun-
ate enough to kill one without killing
its mate the latter will follow your
trail remorselessly. like death, or fate,
and though you camp twenty miles
from the spot it will kill you as sure
as you killed its partner"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-12

John Mitchell, president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, is
leader. who has the confidence of every
member of the organization. Active
Efforts are being put forward to end
the present costly strike, and it is be-
lieved a plan of arbitration will be
agreed to soon and that a million men,
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-07-12

women and children will be relieved
from the imminent danger of starva-
ton which they now face. The pro-
posals for peace have been Inspired by
business sentiment, and the appoint
ment of board of conciliation Is i'm.
minent. All parties are tired of the
costly struggle.
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Hia Iadv,a Tresnea

Sarah, the first duchess of Marlbor.
ough, whose tempestuous character
lacked many Of the ordinary graces of
womanliness, was yet sincerely loved
by the two persons who knew her
best-her husband, the Duke of Marl-
borough, and the good" Queen Anne.
Among the many pictures which Mr..
Fitzgerald Molloy. the biographer of
the duchess. Incorporated in his Life
is one which is not only lively, but
charming:
On the death of the duke the duchess
found, in cabinet where he kept all
that he most valued, a mass of her
hair. Years before when he had
thwarted her in something she resolv-
ed to mortify him, and, knowing that
her beautiful and abundant hair was a
source of pride and delight to him, she
had 1t cut off.
The shorn tresses were left in a room
through which the duke must pass and
in a place where he must see them, for
whatever Marlborough's lady did she
did thoroughly. But he came and went,
saw and spoke to her and showed nei-
Their anger, sorrow nor surprise.
When he next quilted the house, she
ran to see her tresses, but they had
disappeared, and on consulting her
looking glass she saw how foolish a
thing she bad done. But she said moth
ing about her shorn locks, nor did the
duke. She never knew what had be-
come of them until, after the death Of
the duke, she found them among those
things which he had held most pre-
oioIIe
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Among the Cubans who were ready
to receive the munitions Of war as the
steamer was backed In little cove at
midnight after successfully lodging
the Spanish gunboats was the outcast.
He was an American and, though In
ragged uniform and having a disrep-
utable look, was evidently much re-
spected by the rebels. He was In
charge of the party unloading the
arms and had the energy OF six ordi-
nary men. When the boxes were safe
~ ashore, he said to the five of us who
had volunteered for the Cuban service:
Nov, boys, come ahead. If you had
known what you We're going into, you
wouldn't be here. AS it Is, you'll have
to make the best of it. The Cubans
want help, but they won't give an out
slider a fair show, and If any of you
happens to be taken prisoner I'll guar
antee that you won't live ten minutes.
There's some little patriotism about it,
enough to make you want to shoot
straight, but the whole thing is a FAM
lily row and one can't say enough bad
things about either side. My names
Chips, just Chips, and 1 came over
here simply to get shot"
Chips was scout, a spy and a sharp
shooter and had little to do with the
rank and file. He could have given
any Cuban general spades and cards
on how to conduct campaign. He
was thoroughly disgusted with the
style Of fighting and the cruelty prac-
ticed on prisoners, but he offered no
criticisms
1t was a month before got his story.
We had had two or three skirmishes
with the Spanish and had been amazed
at the reckless manner In which he ex.
posed his life. He was a dead shot
and perfectly Indifferent to the enc
my's bullets, and honestly believe that
in the year he was with the Cubans
he inflicted at least half the loss suf-
fered by the Spanish. / had heard him
coughing at night in a way to make
me wonder If consumption had not
taken firm hold on him, and I
couldn't help but notice how thin he
was and how little appetite he had 1t
was one day while we were scouting
within mile of the Spanish lines and
were lying in a thicket, with the land
crabs nipplng at our clothing and the
mosquitoes lowering about us In
clouds, that he said:
'Yes, there's story behind all this,
but ! don't care to rake it up. You can
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AN EXPRESS PACKAGE.


Why the shipper Would Not Desig-
nate Its Value.
what is the value?' asked an ex-
press agent in Broadway office of a
keen eyed customer who had handed
him a package to be sent to a western
city. The man addressed did not an
swer at once, but glanced at printed
card on the wall that reads, Always
state the value Of your shipment"
IF state the value, will your COM
pany pay me that amount in case the
package is lostT' asked the man in his
turn.
Certainly not, unless that is proved
TO be its value" answered the agent.
IF l state the value, can prove a
greater value If 1t is lostT'
''You will have to ask lawyer that
question" replied the agent.
THAT isn't necessary, for / happen to
know the law" said the shipper. your
company is trying to establish an un-
fair rule, because it works only one
way. You are right when you say that
my statement cannot bind you, for in
case of loss you can prove the value,
but my statement would bind me, for
the court would say that was 'estop-
ped by my declaration as to the value.
IF shipper should undervalue his
shipment, thinking that thereby he
would reduce the charges, he would
have to stand by his statement, and
your notice is calculated to make him
do that very thing. You can mark my
shipment No value stated and then If
we meet in the courts it will be on an
equal footing. York Herald.
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One Of the strange traits of little
children is their utter misunderstood
Ing of many simple things and the en-
durance of this misunderstanding with
chem through years and years. Thus,
there is a lawyer of this city who
thought until he was twenty or twenty
one years old that there was such
word as ''pard-narsens" in the Ian
guage. His father, a religious man,
had said grace always at the table. and
the boy had heard incuriously three
times a day ''pard-narsens" in the
grace without comprehending in. the
least that pardon our SINS were the
words his father actually had spoken.
This boy was always misapprehend-
ing religious things. The phrase for
what we may receive entered his
brain each Sunday as what Mary
Seeve," and he would wonder idly who
Mary Seeve might be. Even the first
line of his nightly prayer meant moth
ing to him. "Nowalaymy' he pro
nounced it in one swift word, and he
neither knew nor cared to know what
'nowalaymy'' meant. = Philadelphia
Record.
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A Barber and Poaf.

Jasmin, the Gascon poet, who was
also barber, had many strange adj
venture arising from the incongruity
of his two professions.
At one time when he was visiting
the mayor of a French town and had
promised to give an informal recitation
to the townspeople the hour arrived,
and his host did not appear. Several
important personages assembled to ac-
company them to the hall, but the
mayor remained invisible, busted with
his toilet
Finally, fearing the impotence of his
guests, he opened the door of his
chamber TO apologize and showed his
face covered with lather.
Just a moment" said he; Il am fin
fishing my shaving"
s'Oh," said Jasmin, 'let me help
you"
He at once doffed his coat, gave a
finishing touch to the razor and shaved
the mayor in twinkling with what
he called his "hand of velvet" In a
few minutes he was In the hall receiv-
Ing tumuItuous applause for his splen-
did recitations.
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The Miles We walk.

How many miles a man walks In his
lifetime depends naturally upon how
much he walks day on the average,
but the man who walks the least COW
ers a vast number of miles before he
dies. Some men walk two miles a day,
some four or five and some as many as
ten. If man walks two miles a day
and lives to be thirty years old, he will
cover 21,900 miles. At the same age a
man who walks three miles a day will
have walked 32,850 miles. Almost ev-
cry man walks between two and three
miles day just in going about the
house, the Office, the shop and In going
to and from the cars, etc.
A man who walks five miles q day
finds that at the age of thirty he has
covered 4,750 miles and at the age of
sixty 109,500. From this should, strict
ly speaking, be subtracted the few
months or year when he was baby
unable to walk, but the result would
not be affected materially.
Now, the circumference of the earth
at the equator is only 24,S99 miles, so
therefore a man who at the age of six
ty has averaged five miles day since
he was able to walk has walked
enough miles to have encircled the
earth four times and have a good
many miles left over toward the fifth
Ian
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Speaking of wedding rings, we learn
that these important symbols have not
always been manufactured from the
precious metal gold. We are told that
in lieu Of ring the church key has
often been used. and Walpole tells Of
an instance where a curtain ring was
employed The Duke of Hamilton fell
SO violently In love with the younger OF
the celebrated Misses Cunning at a
party in Lord Chesterheld's house that
two days after he sent for a parson to
perform the marriage ceremony, but as
the duke had neither license nor ring
the clergyman refused to act.
Nothing daunted, Hamilton declared
he would send for the archbishop. at
last they were married with ring Of
the bed curtain at 1890 at night at
Mayfair chapel Forgetful bridegrooms
have been reduced to greater straits
than this even. In one instance q
leather ring had on the spur Of the
moment to be cut out of a piece Of kid
from the brides glove.-''F Finger Ring
Lore
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''Just got in from New York." was
the cheerful reply. Found your
mother on the Rue de Rivoli, so here l
am" And he took her unresisting
hand.
you don't say you're glad to see me.
That's rough when a chap comes SO
many miles to see you, dear"
The ''dear" acted like an electric
shock. Wrenching free her hand, she
faced him with blazing eyes.
''You know you ought not to be here.
You ought to be at Newport with
Maud
Jim seized both hands now. He had
forgotten the people, forgotten every
thing but the white. tense face of the
little American girl
Connie, dear. it's all dreadful mis-
take, and came over just as soon as
could arrange it to tell you the truth.
It's Cousin James from Colorado who
is engaged to Maud, and the stupid
newspaper made the error But new
er guessed you'd care SO much, dear
est
Mrs. Curwin found them at the PEN
sion sitting in the dusk. AS usual, her
arms were filled with bundles.
Connie" she cried triumphantly, Il
have found the greatest bargains for
your studio-a pair of bellows and a
leather cushion, and
"Studiop' Jim interrupted Some
how Connie had forgotten to tell him
about her winter plans
He listened to Mrs. Curwin's explana-
tions with smile.
Il guess we'll be making use of all
these things in New York, won't we,
Connie?"
And Connie smiled hack q eyes,
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At the X. quarter sessions a petty
case was being tried. A we'll known
criminal lawyer, who prides himself
upon his skill in cross examining a
witness, had an odd looking genius
upon whom to operate.
"You say, sir, that the prisoner is a
thiefY'
Eyes, sir; cause why-she confessed
it."
"And you also swear she was en-
ployed by you subsequent to the con-
fession2"
81 do, SIR
"Then" giving a sagacious look to
the COURT I'VE are to understand that
you employ dishonest people to work
for you even after their rascalities are
knownT
"Of course How else could l get
assistance from a lawyer"
The counsel only said, STAND down"
London Tit-Bits.
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Making Alloy. 1. an Art.

Great art is requisite in making al
Toys. 1t is true that they are readily
formed by melting metals together in
a crucible or in properly constructed
furnaces, but it is necessary to insure
perfect fusion and to prevent loss.
Zinc is volatile, inflammable metal
and easily catches fire. Indeed it is not
at all uncommon to find that two al
Toys of exactly the same component
parts differ very materially in proper
ties in consequence Of a difference in
the mode of preparation or in the care
bestowed upon them.
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Far or on the distant marsh some
night fowl sent a quavering, anxious
cry across the lake, and the water lap
ped lazily among the reeds down near
the rickety old pier.
She sliivered and looked away from
the strong, athletic young figure lying
among the sword grasses at her feet.
If he had not been going away that
night! How long half a year seems
when one must be alone! But he was
such bOyi She turned and laid her
hand on his shoulder.
tom, don't do that" she said quick
~, little frown contracting her eye
brows. 81 didn't know. You always
acted as If it were half fun. Don't
you know you did? And Bob and Cliff
weren't in earnest. Boys aren't gener-
ally. They fall In love because-oh,
just becausel And l thought you were
the same. l didn't think you would
want it to be forever, the way men
do"
No response from the PROSTATE fig
ure. Her hand wandered to his hair.
1t was thick, wavy hair. She had low
ed to pull it back in the old days when
she had been angry with him. One
could get such splendid grip.
'.You never said you really wanted
me, you know, Tom" The words did
not come as easily now. ''Mr. Kerwin
proposed, really and truly, in the reg
ulation way, like a man. You never
even proposed"
The figure sat bolt upright.
What did he say?"
1.-THE boat has left the island"
How did he do it?'
They'll be here pretty soon"
Jean, look at me. Don't laugh"
After awhile, when they could hear
the slow. faint whistle of the boat and
walked down to the pier together
swinging hands, he asked suddenly:
did do it right?"
"Lovelyr'
"You dearl Better than KerwinT'
"Ask Eleanor!' she said.
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HUMAN HEAD HUNTERS.
The savages of Polynesia stilI Ply
This Horrible Trade.

The Savages of Polynesia SttI PLY
This Horrible Trade.
In the scarce known islands Of the
Ceram, Gilolo and others too numer-
GUS to mention-man still exists in the
primeval state, and that most horrible
of practices. head hunting, is still in
dulged in in spite of all efforts of vari-
Gus governments and missions as well
as philanthropic societies who have
come in contact with the people
Just as the scalp lock on the belt Of
the young buck Indian was token of
manhood, so the CORY head impaled on
tall pole over the hut of the would be
young warrior, Papuan or Dayak, pro-
claims to all the prowess of the youth,
henceforth man and eligible for the
council and the wooing of the maidens.
1t is immaterial how the trophy be OBJ
tanned, whether by ambuscade or in
fair battle. Generally it is the former.
The candidate for martial honors sim
ply waits his chance by night in some
neighboring village as craftily and pa
tiently as leopard on the prowl, the
kris or poisoned arrow does the work
swiftly and silently, and the severed
head has ample time to cool before the
deed is discovered and calls for retri-
button.
Thus an incessant vendetta and car
mage go on, and only by living in in
accessible forests and strongly stock
AIDED places is it possible at all for
the tribes to save themselves from an
initiation. OF the vast island cont
nent Of New Guinea the western or
Dutch part is the worst looked after,
and it often happens that numerous
raiding parties in their great war ca
noes come swooping down the coast
before the northwest monsoon and
carry death and desolation into the
comparatively quiet British portion
around the mighty Fly river, opposite
Torres strait. By the time the news
is carried to Thursday island and the
gunboat starts away in pursuit it is
generally too late, and the marauders
have vanished.
The writer was present once at the
capture of war party, and forty
eight heads were taken from the ca
noes. Hanging and deportation to pc
nal servitude seem to be but a slight
deterrent, for the terror recurs almost
as regularly as a plague of locusts.
These Papuans are a hardy, warlike
people and expert bowmen, and they
rely on their skill with this potent
weapon solely, using their clubs for
the dispatch of wounded foes.
The Dayaks of BorneO and their
neighbors, on the other hand, are In
favor of the "sumpitan" or blowpipe,
shooting little diminutive but very cum
ningly poisoned arrows. The 'sumpi-
tan" has often spear head attached
to the outer end, like bayonet on a
musket. For close fighting they rely
on the dreaded "parang," a heavy, hol-
low ground broadsword about two feet
long, with the handle often carved Of
ivory and ornamented with gold and
pearls, the wooden scabbard covered
with human skin and hair
They count him a poor warrior who
cannot sever head clean with one
blow delivered backhanded. Even in
mountainous part of the Malay PENN
sula, north of Malacca, in the Dind-
ings and Hegri Sembilan, there is to
this day a remnant tribe of head hunt
ers called the Sa-Ki.
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The Eskimo dog is derived from the
wolf. Doubtless the first dogs which
were trained to serve mankind were
the jackals Of Asia, which are to this
day very intelligent and docile when
tanned. There was a kind of dog kept
by the ancient Egyptians which was
evidently obtained by breeding from
slenderly built species that is wild in
Africa at the present time.
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been hoping to. won't last long, Of
course, but I'll get two or three more
of them"
One of the two remaining Cubans
was taken, and as he entered the house
with prayer on his lips Chips con-
tinued:
STEADY, now, and don't miss a word.
Nobody is to follow me. There on the
right flank their line is the thinnest
and the jungle thickest. As 1 make
my rush for the captain you rush for
the flank, break through and take to
cover in the jungle. You'll all get
away. Get readyr'
But we began. when he inter-
rupted me with:
silence, fool! Haven't / told you
want to die? There is no use throwing
other lives away. If one of you dares
to follow me, I'll turn the sword on
him instead of the captain. They. are
coming for the last Cuban now. Fetch
long breath and when you move
make a regular football rush of 1t.
Now, then, hurrahp
ChlpS sprang forward, and we wheel
ed to the right and made our rush. It
was complete success. Before the
soldiers at parade rest could bring
up their muskets we were upon and
over them, and, though a shower of
bullets followed us into the jungle, no
one was hit
Even as we rushed we knew that
Chips had won his first stroke, for the
officer screamed out as the steel was
wrenched from his hand and found his
heart.
It was months later before we knew
all, before it was told us that our COM
rade stood with his back to the tree
and laid about him till he had killed
two others and wounded four. He
was fairly riddled with bullets before
he went down and the cheer on his
lips turned to a death rattle in his
throat Could his weeping mother and
stern hearted father but know they
would say that the outcast son had re-
habilitated himself.
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BOYS ?,
y lola
LOVE Forester
Copyright. 1901, by Izola Forester
Observation-Disclosures

care you cold2' He asked the ques-
ton politely, but not solicitously.
Each time he had walked to the top of
the little sand dune and back again to
the lone figure sitting in silent dignity
among the straggly sword grasses and
sand cherries he had asked the same
question with the same result
Thanks; not at ALL" said Jeanette
without removing her gaze from the
blot of ink splashed on the lakes sum
set stained breast far to the westward
that represented Macatawa island.
"Are you hungry?"
mo"
The other times he had gone sway to
his solitary lookout point when she had
uttered that frozen negative. Now he
paused and took another look at her.
She was cold. She must be cold in
that lacy, foolish, exquisite excuse for
rational garment which she wore. 1t
was nearly Z. and there had sprung up
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From Medicine to the Drama.


The earlier part Of Victorien Sar-
dou's career was beset with many
trials and difficulties. His parents
wished him to take up a medical ca
reer, and he began his studies with
eome zeal. The love of the drama,
however, was far greater than the
love of the pill box, and in the inter-
val of the other work Sardou was
busy upon play. Life was a struggle
for him, for he had little money,
though he managed to get journalistic
work to supplement his more slender
income. His first play was a failure,
and Sardou rushed from the theater
vowing never to enter one again. He
fell seriously i'll, was nursed back to
health by Mile. de Brecourt, an ac-
tress who lived on a floor below, and
from that time his fortune was made.
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Cholly-When he told you, deah boy.
you hadn't sense enough to pound sand
in a rat hole, what did you do?
Fweddy-I told him, baw Jove, l
hoped l had too much sense to pound
sand in a wat holel Why should any
body do so widiculous thing as that,
don't you know 7-ExchanRe.