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The Press., 1902-06-12
The M0m ChasA.

A convict had broken bounds and the dogs were put on the trail, that was still warm. It was an exciting scene. No one was near except q few prison officials in charge of hundred desper- ate felons, and felt the exciting sense of a sentinel on a lonely outpost as the six bloodhounds bounded through tan gled forest, paying madly at every leap. Eager was my desire to see the finish. It came soon. The negro's force was spent, and he took to tree in his effort to save himself from the baying dogs. could not help thinking of the scene when a possum is treed. but l doubt whether the simile occurred to the wretched felon. He had broken off a branch and was desperately flashing Dynamite. one of the finest blood hounds in the state, whose mouth was only a foot or two below him. Dyna- mite has been known to climb trees and to make a spring of ten feet in get ting up to the first branches. Then the dogs were called off. and the negro, un- harmed, was taken back in less than an hour after he began his run for liberty. -Leslie's Magazine.
The Press., 1902-06-12
A Poets Little Story.

Magazine poetry" said a young Philadelphian who dabbles in verse, ''is always a source of wonder to me. For a long time I have read it and tried to understand it. but many of the poems I couldn't make head or tail of. For five years 1 have sent verses of my own to one magazine and always got them back, usually with a printed rejection slip, but occasionally with polite note from the editor explaining why the particular verse was not available One day it occurred to me that obscurity was the open sesame to the pages of this magazine. and. more in jest than anything else, I scribbled off a sonnet that meant absolutely nothing. My only thought was to string together a lot of meaningless words that would rhyme. I couldn't help laughing to myself when read it over. called it Oblivion and sent 1t off. After three months had gone by got check for 1t and letter from the editor compli- menting me upon having at length fath- omed the depths of true poetry. What humbug 1t all isv'-Philadelphia Rec ord
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BPd1am.

How many people use the expression. "a regular Bedlam" without knowing Bedlam's where or what" Bedlam was the popular corruption of Bethle- hem, the name of an insane asylum in London. first established in 1523. Ow- ing to the prevalent ignorance of that age. it was a place of chains and man. acles and stocks and finally became so filthy and loathsome that no man could enter it. It was rebuilt several times. but even as late as 1872 the institution was marked by it's cruelty to inmates. The poor lunatics were chained and fogged at certain stages of the moons age. Treacherous floors were arranged that, slipping suddenly. precipitated the unsuspecting ones into baths of SurpriSeH
The Press., 1902-06-12

READ IT IN HIS NEwsPAPER.-Georg Schaub, a well-known German citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio, Is constant reader of the Dayton Volkezeitung. He knows that this paper aims to advertise only t.le best in it's columns, and when he saw Chamberlain 8 Pain Balm advertised there in for lame back, he did not hesitate in buying bottle of 1t for his wife, who for eight weeks had suffered with the most terrible pains in her back and could get no relief. He says: "After using the Pain Balm for few days my wife said to me, I feel as though born anew,' and be- fore using the entire contents of the bot tle the unbearable pains had entirely van- ished and she could again take up her household duties." He is very thankful, and hopes that all suffering likewise will hear of her wonderful recovery. This valuable liniment Is
 For sale by E. K. Taft, H. F. Cady, Stafford; Gardiner Hall, IT,, $ Co., South Wilmington.
The Press., 1902-06-12
A Painters Troubles.

The desire of the Bank of England officials to discover forgers has some times led to curious mistakes. On one occasion the painter George Morland, in his eagerness to avoid his duns, re- tired to an obscure hiding place in Hackney, where his anxious looks and secluded manner of life induced some of his neighbors to believe him forger of notes then in existence.
 The directors, on being informed, dis patched some deXterous detectives to the residence, but Morland's suspicious Were aroused by their movements in front of the house and, thinking them bailiffs. escaped from the back to Lon- don.
 Mrs. Morland informed the visitors of her husbands name and showed them some unfinished pictures. The facts were reported to the directors, who presented Morland with two twen- ty pound notes by way of compensation for the alarm.
The Press., 1902-06-12
"Relieve fila Miss Kircdon ..,

Believe tie, Miss Kingdom, I have done my best. The greatest lawyer in New York could do no more. Six hun dred and fifty is little enough to win from q corporation; but whether you have guessed it or not, you have won something more-the heart of your at torney. If you'll marry me, you-you won't have to worry about the street car company"
 She looked at him with brimming eyes. You are very good, MT. Pay ton." she said simply, "but could nev- CT permit you to make such a sacrifice. You have done as much for us as any man could do. Don't think that be- cause you failed to get more you must offer yourself in marriage"
 Payton was nonplused for a moment. "Sacri1ice!' he echoed. If you argue along those lines, you'll be accusing me in moment of marrying you for your money. Can't you realize that I've been interested In you more than year and that Ive loved you ever since you came into my officer"
 She looked up. smile breaking through the tears. "In that easel she said softly.
 "In that case," he retorted jubilantly, 'I think I'll take my fee." -
The Press., 1902-06-12
Warned I'm n Dream.

On the occasion of fatal accident to lift in Paris-I think at the Grand ho- tel-a number of years ago lady who was just going up in 1t started back, saying, ''Oh, there Is that dreadful man againw and tried to induce her hus- band to come off of it too, but he re fused and was among the killed.
 The dreadful man" to whom she re ferred she had seen in dream, which the niece of the friend who told me the story had heard her relate day ol two before the accident. It was of a funeral drawn up at her door. so pom pous as to produce great impression on her. presided over by a big. dark man in a strange sombrero hat. This man she saw, or believed she saw, In the lift, and the coincidence terrified her from going up in it.-Notes and Queries.
The Press., 1902-06-12

''THIs IS OUTRAGEOUS" SAID THE GIRL. cidentally turned over the bit of paste board between his fingers and with a gasp caught his retreating assistant by the coattails. '"Tell Miss Kingdom to come in," he commanded. "The case may be worth looking into." A moment later Maude Kingdom was seated by his desk.
 "They told me, MT. Payton," she said ! quietly, "that you take up only crim- inal cases, but I work for Massey & Keller on the same floor, and thought you might be-er-neighborly enough to consider my case"
 Payton bit his lips. Her eyes had said so plainly, And you don't seem to be very busy"
 "Quite right of you to come over. I'll be very glad to look into the matter. did start out with a sort of definite policy, and can afford to wait for something good"-
 Something in his tone offended the girl and she rose.
 ''In that case I beg pardon for my intrusion" she said jelly. Probably my suit would not appeal to you.' "Quite the contraryw he cried, alarm ed. "I am sure-er-that is to say, assure you I wasn't referring to your case'
 Half appeased, the girl sat down again.
 "It is comparatively simple matter While my mother was alighting from a car last night the conductor signaled the motorman to go ahead, and she was thrown heavily to the street. She fractured two ribs and was severely street car company pay the expense of her illness, for, to be frank, we can hardly afford to let the matter pass"
 Payton jumped up excitedly. "They ought to be made to pay punitive dam- ages. We'll sue them for $25,OOO."
 Miss Kingdom did not share his en- thusiasm. ''l should prefer" she said quietly, "to compromise the matter without resorting to the courts"
 It was finally agreed that Payton should see the claim aren't and en- deavor to rush the matter through as quickly as possible. This afforded him an excuse for a daily visit to Miss Kingdom, and the more he saw of her the more he was satisfied that she was the one woman who could make him happy. The claim progressed slowly, as claims always do, but finally he se- cured from the company an offer of $65O, the maximum payment in cases settled out of court.
 ''This is outrageous" said the girl when he communicated the decision. "They know we need the money and that we will have to take this rather than wait several years until the case has been finally settled on appeal"
 Something like sob ended the sen tence, and then she smiled bravely.
 You must not think me mercenary, Mir. Payton. but my salary is all we have. and mother has never been strong, and the hospital bills must be paid"
 The office was empty, and Payton's sympathetic brown eyes looked straight into her own. She could stand any thing just then save sympathy. Two great, round tears rolled down her cheeks.
 Payton suppressed n wild inclination to kiss away the tears and took her hand gently In his.
The Press., 1902-06-12
ExncnAiYe SmnkinU

Some men smoke pipe for the sake of economy, because they can't afford a good cigar, and other men indulge in the meerschaum and brier because they claim it is the only way to get the full enjoyment out of tobacco. The ques- tion of economy doesn't enter into the scheme of the latter class.
 A Walnut street manufacturer of Turkish cigarettes sells at $4.5O a pound a considerable quantity of im- ported tobacco. His customers are con- noisseurs, and they are men who can amply afford to pay this exorbitant price and say the goods are worth it. Some of them, to be sure, make 1t last longer by mixing it with Virginia long cut, for the Turkish tobacco is exceed ingly pungent, and a little of it will flavor an equal quantity of the cheaper weed. A novice who was pricing this tobacco expressed some surprise that 1t should be so expensive.
 'That isn't expensive" replied the tobacconist. '"There are Turkish tobac- cos that, with the duty added, would cost as much as $6O pound in this country."- Philadelphia Record.
The Press., 1902-06-12
, EXPECTING A A SETTLEMENT By Frank s. Chiswick
Copyright. 1902, by the


 When Orrin Payton left the law school, he decided that he would con- fine himself to criminal cases as offer ing better pay and greater credit than the usual work which falls to the lot of the beginner. An ample fortune en- abled him to decline cases which less fortunate young lawyers might have been glad to take up.
 He had already figured in one or two trials of considerable importance, but his practice was not large, and his principal occupation consisted in won- dering about the pretty girl in the of flee across the court. By a judicious expenditure of tips among the elevator boys, who in turn questioned the letter carrier, ne finally discovered that her name was Maude Kingdom and that she was stenographer for Massey X Keller, architects.
 This information, while of interest, did not materially aid him in forming her acquaintance. He could think of no excuse for intruding on the archi, tects, and Miss Kingdom was not the sort of girl one could get acquainted with in the elevator. Both dress and manner indicated an amount of refine ment and acquaintance with social customs that necessitated formal in troductiOn.
 Payton moved in good society, but he had acquired an intense dislike for the girls with whom he came in contact and whose god was Mammon, not Gu pid. The little typewriter across the light shaft was of far greater interest to him, and her apparent inaccessible ity made him the more eager to form her acquaintance. Once he met Mas sey in company with business friend and exultingly told himself that this would at least afford him an entrance to the office. But even this hope was dashed to the ground when in saying goodby Massey expressed desire to meet him on returning from business trip that would occupy several months.
 He had about given up all hope when one afternoon the young clerk who formed his entire office staff broke in on his solitude.
 ''There's a lady outside" he said, handing Payton a card, "who wants to see you about taking up a claim against the street car company"
 '"Tell her." said his employer, "that we don't take up damage suits." And then as the clerk turned to go he ac-
The Press., 1902-06-12
A Mawn fflNQnf V@aaa1

In 268 B. C.. Archimedes devised marvellous ship for Hiero of Syracuse. Her three lofty masts had been brought from Britain, whereas our ships masts are of iron or obtained from New Zealand or from Vancouver island. Luxuriously fitted sleeping apartments abounded. and one of her banqueting halls was paved with agate and costly Sicilian stone. Other floors were cunningly inlaid with scenes from the "Iliad." Stables for many horses, ponds stocked with live fish. gardens watered by artificial rivulets and hot baths were provided for use or amuse- ment.-Chambers' Journal,
The Press., 1902-06-12
&1OO Reward $1OO.

The reader of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been unable to cure in all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the med fcal fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing it's work. The proprietors have so much faith In it's curative powers that they Offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
 Address; F. j. CHENEY CO.,, Toledo, O.
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 Halps Family Pills arc the best. 2s
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Saved From An Awful Fate.

"Everybody said had consumption, i" wlites Mrs. A. M. Shields, of Chambers burg, Pa., II was so low after six months and Asthma, that few thought I could get we'll, but learned of the marvellous merit of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, used it, and was complete ly cured" For desperate Throat and Lung Diseases 1t Is the safest cure in the world, and Is infallible for Coughs, Colds and Bronchial Affections. Guaranteed bottles 5Oc and $1. Trial bottles free at Eaton's drug store, Stafford Springs, and w. P. Fuller's store, Somers.
The Press., 1902-06-12
The Dinner Horn.

Details in regard to the manner in which meals were served during the dark ages do not abound. It is only to- ward the twelfth century that we be- gin to have a little light on this inter- es ng subject. When a meal was ready in the thirteenth century, the guests of a castle, with the vassals, were assem- bled to the sound Of a horn, method of summoning that appears to have been the privilege only of the greatest lords. Some hundreds of years later a bell was used for the purpose.
The Press., 1902-06-12
Filthy Temples i'm India.

Sacred COWS often defile Indian tenn pies, but worse yet is a body that's pol luted by constipation. Don't permit it.. Cleanse your system with Dr. Kings New Life Pills and avoid untold misery. They give lively flyers, active bowels, good di- gestion, fine appetite. Only 25c at Eaton's drug store, Stafford Springs, and w. P. Fuller's, Somers.
The Press., 1902-06-12
Longevity,

The span of life is gradually expand ing. We live longer and get more out of 1t than our grandfathers did. Wheth CT the cause of this is a better knowl- edge of natural law or more skillful surgery we will not undertake to say. At any rate. people think this pretty good world to live in and want to stay here as long as they can comfortably. The man with 100 birth anniversaries behind him is not such a remarkable fellow after all.-New York Herald.
The Press., 1902-06-12
Williams Root Beer

you will never be without some on the ice. The result will be so good on you and your family that you will delight to do your friends good by having it on tap for them. Think how much good you can do for cents quart. That's what it costs to make Williams Root Beer at home, as one bottle of Williams Ex- tract makes 5 gallons of Root Beer.
 WILLIAMS & CARLETON CO.,, Hartford. cenn.,
 Makers of Williams Flavoring Extracts.
The Press., 1902-06-12
Sir Boyle Roche's Famous ssBu11s."

Sir Boyle ROche's Famous "Bu11s."
 Sir Boyle Roche, too, whose bulls made him famous, on one occasion as sured a wonder stricken body of voters that if elected he would put stop to smuggling practices in the Shannon by having two frigates stationed on the opposite points at the mouth of the riv- CT, and there they should remain fixed. with strict orders not to stir, and so by cruising and cruising about they would be able to intercept everything that should attempt to pass between them"
 Another time when on the hustings he observed. England. it must be al- lowed. is the mother country. and therefore l would advise them (Eng land and lreland) to live in tilial affec ton together like sisters. as they are and ought to be-" This was only equal ed by his, when opposing his antimin- isterial motion, wishing the said mo- ton was at the bottom of the bottom less pit"
The Press., 1902-06-12
Would Accept Information GIadI,

Would Accept Information Gladly.
 Patronizing Hotel Clerk-And now. sir, if you hear any one inquire for a good hotel in this town
 Departing Guest (eagerly)-Yes, yes! Go on and tell me. Ever since I have been in this house I have been wonder ing what should say if any one asked me about a good hotel in your town Los Angeles Herald.
The Press., 1902-06-12
Wit I'm a Hospital.

There was witty fellow out in a Michigan hospital who had to be fed on daily diet of egg and sherry. His physician asked him how he liked it. ''It would be all right. doctor" he said, eff the egg was as new as the sherry and the sherry as old as the egg."- Washington Post.
The Press., 1902-06-12
Not Always Needed.

Daughter-I have an invitation to the theater and have no chaperon.
 Mother-You must have one, of course, or you shan't go. It's from MT. Slimpurse. l suppose.
 "No. it's from MT. Fatpurse."
 "Um-never mind about the chaper- On."-NeW York Weekly.
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They Did Agree With Him.

Although I feel that your parents and I will never agree"- he began. Really. MT. Gayley," she interrupted. But he continued, While know I am most unworthy of you"- "Well. papa and mamma agree with you there, MT. y."-Philadelphia Record.
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She Capitulated,

Maud-Do you mean to tell me that you and George are engaged at last? Mabel-Yes; he had quit spending money on me. and l thought I might as well let him ropose.-Chicago Trib-
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A Serious Impediment.

Teacher-Can you mention some great man who had an impeachment in his speech?
 Little Willy-Please, ma'am, George Washington did. He couldn't tell a liof--puck
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Cauae For Grievance.

"When you refused me. you promised always to be my friend, and now you are as cold as an iceberg"
 "But l didn't think you were going to stop proposing."-Life.
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When you get tired of work, you will realize that you have reached the time of life when you have no place to play.-Atchison Globe.
The Press., 1902-06-12
His Cigar LiGhter.

Wigg-I saw Skinnum light a cigar with a twenty dollar bill.
 Wagg-I'n bet it wasn't receipted.- Philadelphia Record.
The Press., 1902-06-12

Some people are welcome to come over by the back way because you have seen their kitchen and know that 1t looks as bad as yours.-Atchison GlObe
The Press., 1902-06-12

Sir Andrew Clark was accustomed to define old age as the period of life at which man no longer adjusted him. self to his environment.
The Press., 1902-06-12

Take your thirst, no matter how ,rchd eyen IS d1i tSs old-fashioned root beer and you will be surprised and delighted. The old folks knew what they were about, and even now no new-fangled drink or anything else can compare with it. Like "oil on troubled waters it soothes and quiets the heated body, and like magic touches the very spot of thirst. If you will once
The Press., 1902-06-12

Don't think for a moment that you have met all the idiots there are in the world.-Chicago News.
The Press., 1902-06-12

An s5 pound nugget of gold, S3 per cent. pure, has been found in Devils Can- yon, near the old Spanish mines.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-11-22
JOHN J. McHALE,
Attorney for Petitioner.

PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Hennepin. Probate Court
In the Matter of Proving the Alleged Last
Will and Testament of John Hacking,
Deceased.
WHEREAS, Edgar F. Comstock, Of the
County of Hennepin and State of Mime
sofa, has delivered to the Probate Court
of the County Of Hennepin, an instru-
ment in writing, purporting to be the last
Will and Testament Of John Hacking,
late of said County and State, deceased,
and filed Herewith his petition to said
Probate Court praying that the said in
strument may be proved and admitted to
Probate, and that letters testamentary
he granted thereon to said petitioner,
IT IS ORDERED. That said petition be
heard and the proofs of said alleged Will
be taken at special term of this Court, to
be held at the Court House, in the City
Of Minneapolis in said County, on Mon
day, the 9Th day Of December, 1902, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon, when all per-
sons interested may appear for Or con-
test the probate of it; and that notice Of
such hearing be given to all persons in
terested. by publishing this order once in
each week for three successive weeks
prior to said day Of hearing, in the Irish
Standard a newspaper printed and pub
lished in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 18th day Of
November, 1902.
By the Court:
F. c. HARVEY,
Judge of Probate.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-11-22

fight as well. Then you are to mag
inc, if you find it possible, that her
speck of a conscience rose up in re-
bellion; that the father tried to bride
her to be loyal, and that she took the
bride and afterward went about de-
liberately to upset all his plans for
ruin-for getting the best of other
people. Don't you think such a
young woman would be an object of
contempt to any really good MANI"
There was not any of the hardness
with which she had lowered him in
her description in the eyes that met
hers. In the room of it, there was
something she did not understand.
at would depend somewhat upon
the man," he said, slowly; land much
more upon thing quite extrinsic to
all these conditions you have been
supposing for me-"
''Yes?" she said, and she could no
longer meet his gaze fairly.
Eyes. If the man, knowing all
these hard conditions, still loves you,
Margery-"
She interrupted him with a sudden,
fierce energy. "Oh, but he couldn't,
Mr.. Grisewold, indeed he couldn't!"
Her hand was on the low dividing
rail of the tete-a-tete, and he COW
cred it with his own.
1.-THE man loves you with all his
heart, Margery, and will always love
you, no matter what you tell him
about yourself or your past"
"Oh, Kenneth!-mayI call you Ken
neth?-If could only be sure Of
that!"
"You may be sure of it now and al
ways. But-but, Margery, dear, you
must cherish that speck of a con-
science, for l happen to know that
this mythical man sets great store by
conscience-willb be very unhappy if it
is lacking in the woman he loves"
She was standing before him now,
and her eyes were alight from with
in. But what she would have said is
not to be here written down. For
at that moment there was a heavy
step on the gravel and some one came
to interrupt. 1t was Andrew Gal
braith, calling with old-school pune
tilio to see if his hostess had suffered
in the accident on the lake.