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A DEFECTIVE BATTLESHlP.
Germany's Kaiser Frederick III. Has
Some Faults That Are Difficult
to Remedy.

That naval experts are not all per"
feet has been abundantly shown time
and again by critics of naval war wcap-
ons. Even the best and most COM
plete ships have their faults. For
instance, the German battleship Kai-
ser Frederick ILL.,, the original stand
ard ship of the German navy, COM
pleted in 1898, which has recently un-
dergone many alterations, it is assert
ed, retains some faults in spite of
those changes, reports the New York
Tribune. She is sister ship of Fred
crick der Crosse, and is of 1870 tons
displacement. Her chief faults, it is
asserted, are with armament. One of
the defects is said to be in the inge-
NOUS cnd-on fire, as when fired the
gun does something more than project
shcll-it also projects volume of
flame, and causes what is known as
the "blast." The largest guns have a
tremendous 'blast," and while inside
the easement man is largely protect
ed from the concussion, the back fire
can get at him through the port;
while if outside and directly below the
gun when it is fired, there would be
considerable difficulty in collecting
enough of him for Identification. Ac.
cidents of this kind have occurred be-
fore now, and that on the English war
ship Sanspareil, with it's 11O-ton gun,
when the deck was stove in and man
sleeping below was killed, may be re-
called.
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MAMMOTH PERFORMANCE.
Housed md Cared For in South
ern California;.

Situated at the sharp angle where
the Arroyo Seco, or dry ditch "a
ravinc that extends from Los An
geles to the Sierra Madre mountains
some II miles away, and the Los
Angeles river lat this point IS miles
from the sea) meet, is one of the
most curious exhibits of pigeon life
ever presented to the eye. Here TO-
900 pigeons, mostly light in color,
are found perchcd upon the roofs
of eight frame sheds. The walls of
these sheds are composed of hum
dreds of empty gasoline cans, with
one of the ends taken out and wood
en- boards with apertures large
enough for pigeons substituted, and
thousands of wooden fruit boxes fur
nished with square oDenlngs. The
ground is generally covered with
pigeons until stranger arrives,
when there is a great whirring noise.
the air is full of wings and thou
sands of pigeons return to their
brethren on the roofs of the sheds,
says Pearson's.
This institution belongs to one of
Los Angeles enterprising citizens
and forms a great attraction to Wis.,
itors from all the country round, az
well as to numerous colored thieves.
who make n continual practice OF
robbing this vast aggregation of
pigeon roosts. Two large dogs prop
erly qualified to bark and bite are
located at each end of the grounds,
about 200 feet from each other.
These are secured safely by long
chains to spikes in the ground.
But these, fierce as they are. do
not represent the entire force for
the defense from thieves of the 1O,-
600 pigeons; two young dogs, trained
to bark and not to bite, are on duty
also all the time; these are more
slecpless and it is the uproar they
make upon which the owner so much
depends for the discovery of the col
ored thieves. Disease and rats take
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Eighteenth Century Curates.

When one learns that curates arc
increasing so much more rapidly than
benefices, wonder is excited as to the
condition of affairs in the eighteenth
century, when cntcrprising women Of
fered livings to clergymen willing to
marry them. An advertisement to this
effect appeared in the London Chron-
icle in March, 1858. The woman was
rather particular, too; the curate was
to be young, have a small fortune, be
we'll recommended as to morals and
good temper, land be firmly attached
to the present happy establishment"
The living was not rich-below E1Oo
a year-but the fair one was young
and agreeable. There seems touch
of humility in the direction that an
swers "may be left at the bar of the
Union Coffee House, Strand, directed
to Y. T." Confidence was created by
the assurance that 'thc utmost Sc
crecy and honor may be depended
upon."-London Chronicle.
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GOOD NIGHT.
BY i ovrRso,

zIlttle boy sweetheart, with eyes that shine
n Blue as the skies on summer morn.
Lips that are wreathed in smile divine.
sVelvety cheek that Is pressed to mine.
B 4 Life has seemed fairer since sou were
born;
y Yold 10 your petals. my rosebud white
Good night. MY baby, good night.
Good night
Little boy sweetheart, I love you so!
How deep that love you Will never know.
Night after night when my work Is
through, All
Worn out and weary come to you.
Bend DER your couch till upon my ear
Falls a faint music / yearn to hear.
Made by your breathing SO soft and light.
Good night. my baby. good night.
Good night.
Then BY your side as nightly kneel
To the All-Father make appeal,
\ That He will guide you and guard and
Touch you with love and unselfshness.
Mold you and lead you Hfe's path along.
That you grow manly and true and strong.
That He may grant you future bright
Good night, my baby. good night.
Good night.
Sometimes IN days that are yet to be.
In the last hours you shall come to me.
You who shall stand at your LIES proud
/ whose head shall be touched with rime.
There shall we part for the last sad time
Then, as the world recedes from view.
On your dear face ] will turn my sight
And out Of death will call to you.
Good night, my baby, good night,
Good night.
Denver News.
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UNAPPRECIATED TALENT.
asw the. spirit OF Commercialisn,
Prevented the Publication Of =
Popular Song.

The ambitious young newspaper
poet with q. marketable reputation
paused ins the midst of few illusions
that he was about to ''dash off, upon
the spur Of the moment and looked
out upon the clouded sky for inspira-
ton. An idea was just floating into his
pipe when in rushed wild-eyed man
with four columns of musical notes, for
which he wanted an appropriate sup
ply of words. The notes were high
sounding enough, but the composer
wanted the words upon the well-worn
subject Of war.
The poet stroked his long chestnut
locks rehectively and went into a few
Mathematical calculations, says the
Detroit Ffee PrSs&
~ r taklsif 6 IL week of awful eff
INT ~ 9tfn 81 lch an awful out.
sus hd In 4 take me to fur
q y q N ! pirate rotteness,'
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dry voice, said: Leon, please give me
q definition of law"
pondered long, tried to scratch the
definition from my scalp, failed, and
said, desperately: 'Well, er-w'y-er
wy law is law, of course"
THAT will do, young man; I'll ex-
anime you no further. I've been pre-
pared for this. saw some love stories
in your handwriting yesterday. 1t
confirmed my suspicious that when
the Lord was cutting out lawyers, he
ran out of cloth when he came to you.
4 Let the law alone. You are my own
Sesb and blood, and shan't torture
ION. Go on with your love stories.
I've heard Of people making money by
writing them. but I'm not sure it's
true. But drop the law. You are my
only child. I have money enough to
leave you to keep you from want, and
I'm leave it in trust for you so that
Edesigning men shall not take it from
sHyou when I'm gone
was full of romantic ideas. Iknew
WAS too broad of mind to fit the
narrow, legal groove. My Imagination
rioted in heroic deeds. Caesar was not
4 = lawyer, but he WAS an orator, poet
and hero. Iwould be hero. At that
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principally from olive and lemon
groves. says a Los Angeles report.
The central Dunkard town is
Lordsburg, village of 1000 people,
with trim but very plain houses,
neatly kept streets fanked by shade
trees, large college building and a
church, about which the whole col
ony rotates. One can scarcely imag-
inc more decorous, solemn CONF
munity than Lordsburg.
The whole population arises at
dawn, is industsiously busy all day
long, never speaking on any subject
but those concerning the colony
thrift, the manifestation of the di-
vine will, the extension of the sect's
influence and the Interpretation of
Scriptural passages. At sunset there
are brief devotional services in every
Dunkard home, and when the meal
is over, each household gathers
about It's head FOR Bible reading end
religious contemplation. Seldom i
a light seen in home in Lordsburg
after nine o'clock at night.
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THREW HIS CANES AWAY.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, March 24th.
Mr.. C. L. Smith Of 800 Anne ST., the
Sec'y. of the Trades Council has writ
ten this startling statement for pub
lication.
81 feel it my duty to make public
the facts of my recent illness and re-
covcry. was very sick and sore, and
had to walk with the aid Of two
canes. 1t was a very painful attack,
but don't know what it was. Some
said it was Lumbago, and others that
it was Sciatica or rheumatism.
II was told to take Dodd's Kidney
Pills, and began a treatment. After
I had used one box could walk with
one cane, and after two boxes were
used I could walk without any help.
I kept on and three boxes cured me
completely.
II am now we'll and happy without
pain or an ache and I can very truly
say that Dodd's Kidney Pills are
worthy of my greatest praise"
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BARRED FROM UNIVERSITIES.
Gcrmouv willing a. mn Expcrlm mt
However, to Admit Girls 70
Attend Gymnasiums.

During the discussion of the educa-
tional estimates in the lower house of
the diet the other day, the minister OF
public instruction, DR.. Studt, an
nounced that the government was will
ing, as an experiment, to permit girls
to attend the existing gymnasiums
and also to establish girls gymnasi-
UNI, but declined all responsibility for
the outcome of the experiment. Re
garding the attendance of girls at the
universities, the minister said the gov
eminent. failed to see that there was
any universal need Of academic studies
for girls. Therefore it adhered to it's
decision that they should only be adj
mitted to universities as guests. The
government, however, was of the opin-
ion that, in order to maintIin the IDEAL
istic position of German women in the
home, the instruction oflgirls in the
high schools should accord 1pore close
II with the requirements Of the present
time l5s- +-sa=---
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FLIGHT OF A HAILSTONE.
Their Journey from the
Clouds to Earth.

The formation and growth of hail
stones during their fight from cloud to
earth is described in knowledge by Ar
thur II. Bell. He describes hailstone
as IAN aggregate of tiny crystals dis
posed in concentric rings or zones;"
and these zones tell the story of the
hailstone's journey to the earth. He
writes:
AT the heart of every hailstone is n
tiny atom of dust, which may be con-
sidered to be the very foundation of
the whole icy structure. These atoms
of dust pervade every part of the at
mosphere. Not only are they foundin
the lower strata of the air, but the
winds carry them far above the high
est mountains, and no matter wheth-
err samples of air obtained by balloon
lists of by mountain travellers are ex-
amined, minute PARTICLES of dust are
always everywhere to be found. In
deed, it is becoming understood that
without an atom of dust upon which
the moisture of the air could settle
there would be no raindrops, no snow,
no fog, no dew, clouds or hail. With
out these minute platforms, as they
may be called, upon which the moist
ure as it condenses could alight, rain
would be continually pouring down
upon the earth, and it is these notes
that keep the moisture buoyed up in
the atmosphere until such times as
circumstances compel them to yield up
the aqueous supplies which they so in
dustriously collect. Surprising. then,
that little vapor should happen to
condense on particle of dust floating
aimlessly through the air, there is n
beginning made of what. under favor
able conditions. may ultimately grow
to full-sized hailstone. .
Imagining now the journey to be we'll
started, it will at once be realized that
the travelling hailstone will pass
through strata of air that differ very
much as regards temperature and
moisture. Some of the air will be
above the freezing point and other lay
ers will be below it; while it will be
no uncommon episode for the dropping
hailstone to plunge sheer through Il
cloud that may be many thousands of
feet thick. The hailstone itself, with
it's heart of ice, is always below the
freezing point, so that any moisture
that settles on it is promptly frozen
and forms girdle of ice around the
central nucleus. An examination, in
deed, of any hailstone shows that these
icy girdles are it's most characteristic
feature. 1t will also be observed that
these girdles or zones are of two kinds.
and that they are alternately clear and
opaque. 1t is these zones that tell the
most concerning the incidents of 4
wonderful journey, for they are pro-
duced by the different strata of air
through which the hailstone passed.
each country. as it were, over which
the journey was made impressing it's
characteristics on the flying traveller"
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MISS ELIZABETH GAME.

eight months from suppressed men.
situation, and it effected my entire
system until I became weak and debil-
itated, and at times felt that I had a
hundred aches in as many places. I
only used the Compound for few
weeks, but it wrought a change in me
which felt from the very beginning.
I have been very regular since, have no
pains, and find that my entire body is
as if it was renewed I gladly recon-
mend Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to everybody
Miss ELIZABETH GAME, 60 w. Division
St., Fond du Lac, Wis.-$5000 forfeit II
above testimonial is not genuine.
At such a time the greatest aid to
nature is Lydia F.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. It prepares
the young system for the coming
change, and is the surcst reliance for
woman's ills of every nature.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all
young women who are Ill to
write her for free advice. ADJ
dress Lynn, Mass.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.

"Did You say" asked the authors
friend, that your hero. who is poor,
is to marry the rich heiress?" Yes,
that is the way he proves his hero
ism. indianapolis News. s
The usual order of things is re-
versed in matrimonial warfare. First
comes the surrender, then the engage
ment and last, but not least, the call
to arms.,-Chicagos Daily News.
Jimson-"He married a saleslady,
you know" Jameson-".Yes.'' jim
son-"Well, the very4ncxt day she be-
gan calling 'Ca-a-sh!' and She says
she has kept it up ever since
Somerville (Nass.) Journal.
Clerk-"Mr. Shipper was in while
you were out; he said he'd call again
tomorrow" Proprietor-"Very kind
of him." Clerk-''But he wanted to
collect a BILL Proprietor Every
kind to say when he would CALI
Boston Transcript.
His Classification. - "You played
nothing but tragedies said the
friend. "They were worse than
tragedies" answered Mr.. storming-
ton Barnes, as he stopped figuring
on his expense account. "They were
financial catastrophcs.' -Washington
Star.
Mr.. Nagget-"Oh, what's the mat
ter with you? You're forever finding
fault" Mrs. Naggctt (sweetly)-
"Well, that equalizes things; you're
forever losing one" Mr.. Nugget
Losing one?' Mrs. Naggct-"Yes,
your temper. Surely that's a fault
Catholic Standard and Times.
Mrs. Waldo (of Boston)-"I have a
letter from your Uncle James, Pen
elope, who wants us to spend the
summer on his farm" Penelope
(dubiously)-"Is there any society in
the neighborhood?" Mrs. Waldo
GIVE heard him speak of the Hol-
stems and Guernseys. I presume
they are pleasant people. Boston
Christian Register.
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he figured, and forthwith he produce,

he figured, and forthwith he produced
something fierce.
.How much?" asked the composer,
when he had done.
"Only five dollars" replied the poet,
modestly.
The composer swooned. When he
had revived sufficiently to realize that
he was living in commercial age he
murmured:
give dollars! And I was offered
only four dollars for the song in the
first placed"
And thus apopular song was lost tc
the world.
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The .Captor
Captured 4 *
BY j. NOEL JOHNSON.
ecopyrssassd s. Daiiy story Pub. Co,

vXTHENI was q boy, going to school
wv at Lexington, Ky, one evening
st a social party ] met Q young girl
Of singular beauty. Her name | did
not understand when introduced, but
her sweet face sank into my memory
like picture il, a locket.
/ had been = bashful boy. I had not
cared for girls. / was absorbed in
books, but thereafter, when I would
be reading duh scientific work, pho
tograph, by unseen hands, would be
slipped between my eyes and the page.
Then i would fling down the old book
and for q long, long time would gaze
upon the beautiful picture.
A few days after the party tried
to learn her name without revealing
my real feelings, but when Burtie
Stoker, q ,chum, put his finger in my
face and yelled: Yah, yah! You're
mashed are We, eh ?" got very hot in
the face and drew into my shell.
But my heart was still a locket, and
held beautiful picture which would
become more luminous rs, during the
black night, would lie in my bed and
gaze upon it.
After I was graduated went to
my fathers law Office and took from
the library shelf musty old calf
bound book which he said must read
and read again. believe it is called
Blackstone's Commentaries, but I'm
not quite sure. Ny eyes traced every
line Of the old book. but my memory
did not go along with the reading.
When had, in Q negative way, fin
ished the book, my father pulled his
chair toward mine and in strange,
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IN A WORK-A-DAY WORLD.


ton in England.
Andalusia's olive crop is 81 per cent.
larger than it was in the three years
past.
The olive oil product of the year in
Andalusia amounts to about 1880, 900
pounds.
Pennsylvania silk mills have been or
ganized with capital Of nearly So
100000.
New York state has 1881 labor or
carnations, with a total membe rshlp
of POI, 523 men and 14,61S women. OF
this total of 276,141 trade unionists
174,O22 are in the city OF New York.
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One Way Of puttinx Il.

The justice of the peace was per-
forming a marriage ceremony, and
he. was just naturally forgetful.
"Do you think" he asked, turning
to the bride. that you can give this
man fair and impartial trial?"
81 do answered the bride, ac-
cepting this as part Of the custom
airy form.
just then the clerk ioggled the
/ Justices elbow and whispered to
him.,
"Oh. yes, of course, quite forgot, y
said the justice, hastily; then he
aided solemrl,-. 'sv
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THE CALIFORNIA DUNKARDs.
A Sect That Strives to Live According
to the Teachings Of the New
TeHtament.

The Dunkards of southern Califor.
MIA live in one of the prettiest val.
leys in that part of the state at the
foot of the San Gabriel spur of the
Sierra Madres-3O miles east from
Los Angeles. They get their liveli.
hood from little fruit orchards AMI
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The s,r-Day wal;Slnr m.t I,

The last day. Of the recent six day walking
match found the men suffiring terribly from
exhaustion brought on bf their long strain.
loss of sleep and irregular meals. To be
strong and healthy, we 1nust axe good care
OF the stomach and sleep regularly. II YOU
cannot eat or sleep there is nothing in the
world Will DO YOU as much good as Hostel
tite, aids digestion and promotes sound
sleep. Try it.
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o,... AIexandra.s Lucky Shot.

Many years ago Queen Alexandra
visited Bisley, and was invited to try
her fortune at the targets at dis
lance of 600 yards. The rifle was
placed in position for her, and with
her first shot she hit the bull's-eye.
This rifle is now one of her most
treasured possessions, and is pre-
served in q glass caoe in one of her
private. rooms at Sandringham.-
London Standard
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C.up,nx IN the Reckiee.

Camping in the Rocky mountains is
to be one 81 the inducements offered
Colorado and Utah tourists this year.
The idea was suggested by the inabil-
ity of the Colorado resort hotels to
care for the business, and the popular
ity Of some experiments ,'r"a- - -
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ObllEinh

Guard-Now, then, miss, get in quick,
please. The train is just going to start!
Young Lady-But lwanttegive my sister
kiss.
Get in, I'll see to that. "-Tit-Bits.
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To Cure n Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund moneyifitfailsto cure. Csc
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EnrIic.t Rusxian aIiIlet.

VIII you be short Of hay? If SO plant .
plenty Of this prodigally prolific miliet
TO TONS OF RICH HAY PER ACRE.
Price SO lbs. 81. 30: 100 lbs. $500, low freights
John A. Salzcr Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-08

When passion is on the throne reason
is out Of doors.-M. Henry.
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away a great many of this multi
tudinous bird population; daily some
young pigeons will be found ON the
ground dead, having gone too 1ar
from the family nest.
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TO YOUNG LADIES.
From the Treasurer Of the
Young Peoples Christian Tenn
Derance Association, Elizabeth
Game, Fond du Lac, Wis.

"DrSR Mrs. P1NKHAM:-l want TO
tell you and I'll tbs tbs yo9ng ladies' OF me me
country, how grateful am Seyss29f 50
all the benefits I have received from
using Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. l suffered for