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S3,ooO.OOO FOR A HOSPITAL.
Armour's Gift of Gratitude for His
ChiId's

Chicago Special TO The Baltimore Sum-
AS a monument OF gratitude that his
daughter has been reclaimed from a
life of helplessness and given one OF ac-
tivity. ]. Ogden Armour. millionaire
now turned philanthropist like his
father, has begun plans for the Lolita
Armour Institute of Bloodless Surgery.
which is To be endowed with s.. 900. GOO
The first active step in this direction
was taken today at Mr.. Armour's
home, while the packer. his wife and
daughter were entertaining Prof. Adolf
Lorenz n DR.. Fredlich Mueller, both
of the University Of Vienna, Mr.. Ar
mour' child. little Lolita. whom DR..
Lorenz and DR.. Mueller had treated for
~congcnital hip d~islocation, was brought
into the room and I'll across the
floor as spryly as any child.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armour locked at each
other and both turned to DR.. Mueller.
Il know said the millionaire. that
Professor LorenZ could not be nduceo
to accept the invitation / am going 10.
extend To you. | cannot lind expires
sion for my gratitude that my daugh-
ter IS healed. Mrs. Armour and l have
discussed time and again the best
way Of commemorative the seeming
miracle. l intend to establish a hospi-
tad or institute for our school or sur
gerry" he said. You must be at the
cad OF ii. II makes no difference What
the cost may be: my daughter has
practically been given back 20 me. and
/ n my wife are grateful. For the
first time since Lolita was born We arc
happy.
Other parents are joylcas becausc
their children are afflicted with the
same trouble. They cannot afford to
employ you and you cannot afford %
come from Vienna every time n needs
you. Stay here. Make Chicago youl.
home and wou viii not regret it."
Shall II" asked DR.. Mueller. of the
famous chief and patron.
Almost / envy you the opportunity"
was the reply.
Then two men. one an American and
another OF the TeCtonic race. both seal
ed the agreement IN a grasp OF hands.
and the bloodless surgery hospital BE-
came all but a fact.
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DUDE WHO DESCENDED.
when He Did. There Was Lofs &C
Trouble For the Other Youth

"In my younger days when I was
living on the farm with the old folks
said a Detroit groce the other day. Il
had certain ambitions. and one OF them
was TO be able 10 put mp my dukes with
the best OF them. l had 4 chance TO
put on the gloves with the hired man
and several country boys. and in time /
came out on top in I'VE Or three scraps
In the village. / learned just enough.
Of the art to swell my head. and the
day came when | fairly ached TO knock
some one into the middle OF next week.
"One day the old folks went TO town.
and left me alone. and By and by. as l
was working nea the highway. n dude
OF n chap came along in 4 buggy and
called out:
My deah fellah, can you tell me.
how fab is it to WILLIAMSON?
1T is nine miles-ah.' l replied in
knocking tones.
"Deah me, but you don't seem to
like my way of talking he continued.
Nav, l dawn't, doncher knaw,'
says l.
ALL AAAAor ANA&IANN ~ ot.~~A1
and castigate you-ah.'
Come down with you and I'll give
you a spanking-ahp
He came down." said the grocer.
Yes, to my surprise and delight he
came down. and 1 squared off to tap
his claret. If any one had told me that
L couldn't lick six such dandies with
n hand tied behind me. l would have
called him a liar. | think | led for him
with my left, but have never been sure
about it."
why haven't you been sure?" was
asked.
Because it was two hours later
when n neighbor found me in a fence
corner, and | had a broken nose and
two black eyes, and my ambition had
departed forever. Whether the little
dude landed on me once or twenty
times l can't say. but to this day my
old dad believes that | was attacked
by a stray bull and tossed in the air
and left for dead. occasionally carry
in the morning ice or go down cellar
after a scuttle of coal to keep my mus
Giles up TO the mark, but the very sight
of a pair Of boxing gloves brings out
the goose flesh and makes me seasick."
Detroit Free Press.
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!. &c &c &. . Is {

Of awe had begun to creep over him
again, and he was wondering If Mrs.
Bowser hadn't been hypnotized or gone
crazy.
The cook has given me notice" she
went on after a minute, land | shall
have 10 get a new one. You'll say it's
all my fault for treating her like a dog
instead of asking her to play the
piano and receive my callers. If you
ran the house, n servant would stay
for years and look upon the place as a
paradise. Go ahead With your usual
remarks"
Mr.. Bowser felt 4 sudden weakness
il his knees and sat down. he wanted
to thunder back and ~gesticulate and
pace up and down the floor, but some
how he hesitated to make a start.
And here's a butchers bill for So
cents" said Mrs. Bowser as she took
it off the mantel. Il don't remember
running in debt for meat, but 1 sup
pose it is all right. It's another argu-
ment for you about my reckless ca
trayagance, and I'm waiting for o to
begin. The wonder is that you haven't
been driven to bankruptcy years ago.
1 don't remember whether this was
porterhouse steak for an old tramp or
mutton for our own dinner, but you
car take your WI view of it."
Mr.. Bowser got up and sat down
again, and he choked and gasped and
turned red and white, but he couldn't
get out a word.
And while on this subject Of ex-
travagance let me say that your bill
for cigars last month was So. Dur
ing that same month gave me
money to buy two pairs of stockings
at Go cents per pair. Your club ex-
penses alone would dress me nicely,
but of course / can't find fault with
your extravagances. l am h n who
is g%alloping this family over the road
to the poorhouse."
"Womanw Mr.. Bowser managed to
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get out with a great effort. But while
he was waiting for something more to
come she said:
when l went upstairs after break
fast this morning, l found your clothes
scattered all over the room and every
thing topsy turvy. The next time
you do that l shall throw everything
out of the window. l don't propose
that you shall put al hours extra
work on me-"
such talk to me-to Bowser?' he
whispered as he looked at her.
ITO you and to no one else" she re-
piled. 81 want you to distinctly under
stand that there's a new deal On in
this house. If there is any more kick
ing. I'm going to do it myself. AS a
beginning / shall ask you not to inter
fere with the kitchen. | know how to
manage my help. while you know moth
ing about it. II you try to mix in.
you'll hear something drop"
And you-you are talking to me?'
he stammered. with a puzzled look.
"Yes. sir, and I want you TO remem-
Der every word l say. If you expect
~ DOdku hCIS hlS Al IcA VA NC
10 hogs or chickens for the back yard.
There will be no experimenting with
the gas meter or water pipes. You
will let the electric bells alone and
keep your hands off the piano. II you
bring home fire escapes. burglar
alarms. patent lamps. life RATS or fog
horns. they will go over the fence into
the alley. If you bring home hair
dyes, liver invigorators or lung pads,
they will go into the stove"
And she is talking to me-to Bow
ser" he murmured as he rubbed his
eyes and looked around the room.
"Yes. to you," she replied. land I am
not half through l will leave the rest
until tomorrow night, however. as /
am rather tired tonight. l am now
going upstairs. and you can sit here,
60 to your club or stand On your head
on the front steps. As for a divorce,
set about 1t as soon as you please.
Good night, Mr.. Bowser-good night"
"And she is Mrs. Bowser, and / am
Mr.. Rowser. and she talks that wayr'
he gasped after she had gone, and an
hour later when she came softly down
the stairs she found him asleep in his
rhair with a where am I at" express
hon extending from his chin clear over
his bald pate to the back Of his neck
III. QUAD.
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Prosecution of Elecffou oRe~rs
VIII Help Demoerafs-Charter ~
the stafe-The Methodist orpha.-
aGe.
Raleigh. ". C. December .

Raleigh. ". c.. December 2
1t is said by observant democrats tia.
as the arrests OF electica officers by re-
puolieans two years ago greatly aided
the democrats. just so will the cases
against election officers which District,
Attorney Holton Is pressing in The YVES
tern district be an aid and maxi very
plain sailing in 1904.
The state superintendent of puht,. q,
siruction was today teIegraphed nv n.
superintendent Of Alexander county
that the common schools had opsne.t
put that there were no text books on
hand The matter was at once laid be-
ioIe governor AycoCk- The commands
which have the contract for Furnishing
text books are required to keep them on
hand.
The finance committe Of ths
state boa-@ ~ agriculture met today.
nual session
Governor Aycock appoints J. &. Sea
gle, OF Lenoir. Caldwell county, a d.
rector or the state school for deaf-mutex
al Morganton. 10 succeed v. V. Rich
ardson. Of Columbus county. who died
recently.
The supreme court today heard argu-
AAC 2SNl aASiI4CI aIIleuk
the attorneys present are James IL.
Aerrimon j.. NJ. Gudger. Jr., congress
man-elecC: George -. Shuford. F'rana
carter and Thomas y. Jones.
A charter is granted by the state &C.
the southern DEVELOPMENT Company.
OF Salisbury, with Sl00. 600 capital. IL
VIII buy and develop real estate
The trustees OF the State University
VIII meet here Thursday. 1t is the an
nual meeting, at which the report to the
governor will ba made.
There was a great deal OF talk here
today about the removal OF assistant
postmaster Philip H Andrews OF thu
Raleigh ~postoffice because he voted the
democratic ticket. The surprise was
mainly that the republicans should
openly say that was the sole reason.
The Red Men here will have a bazaar
on a large scale.
There IS going TO be in the next few
days a lively fight for the postmaster
ship at Washington. y. 4. There are
three or four aspirants. one of whom
thinks he has a big political pull.
There has thus far been raised for
the orphanage here SIS. 900. Rev. J.. q.
Hurley, the agent, will make the report
to the Methodist conference at Will
mington. a great work fs being done.
In the spring the spacious main building
VIII be ready for occupancy.
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Declined With Thanks.

The reader for the publishing house
was doing a little marketing, and the
grocer had handed him in change q
suspicious looking dollar bill.
He looked at it absentmindedly and
handed it back.
81 find myself unable to use this"
he said, land herewith return it. You
are not to understand, however, that
it is declined on account of a lack of
merit, but because for my particular
purpose it is Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
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the dinner over and turned up his nose
and was about to ask if it came from
a penny restaurant when Mrs. Bowser
pointed her finger at him and said:
mot a word, sir! It's the best !
could do and plenty good enough"
by thunder, woman, is this my
house or some nj else's?" he ex-
claimed as the red came to his face.
THAT'S q question to be settled later
on. Meanwhile / want no more pro-
family at my table"
She spoke SO quietly, but earnestly,
that he was awed. and. though he lost
something of his appetite, he neverthe-
less found no fault with any Of the
dishes set before him. He had never
seen Mrs. Bowser exactly like this be-
fore. and he was puzzled to make her
out. During the last FIVE minutes of
dinner he decided tina his old way was
the best. and they had only passed
into the sitting room when he said:
Nov. woman, are you ready to apol-
ogize to m for your language7"
mo. man. l am not" she replied As
she turned on him. If there are any
apologies coming, you will make
them"
"You know whom you are talking
to, do your
81 do. Your name is Bowser."
"Yes. my name Is Bowser. and I'm
not used to being talked to like a hired
man. Both our lawyers al be reached
by telephone. and In case
"Yes. ! know all about our lawyers,
divorce. alimon; and all that, and we
can settle things in an hour. Here is
the gas bill for last month. 1t is 60
cents more than for the month before.
OF course you'll say that l sold or gave
away the gas or burned it in the day
time to spite you. That's an old trick
of yours, and l have got tired Of it.
II there Is any gas wasted in this
house. you waste it Only two nights
ago you left two burners in this room
going all night"
holy smoke, woman" he began as
his throat choked up On him. and she
cut in or him with:
mo loaferish language in my pres
ence. sir! l had to order coa today.
The price was SIC per ton. You win
say. of course. that my extravaganza
will land o in the poorhouse. Go
ahead and have it Owe with, for I
have more to say"
MI. Bowser was silent. That feeling
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He Starts Ont With
Bounding Spirits,
but Meets a Check
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Album" he sighed as we cut for
deal and 1 got it.
Album | replied as l dealt of the
cards and found 1 had two pairs wait
in for me.
He drew three and did not help his
pair, and l took in the pot. After that
he said little. Down in our heart of
hearts we wished virtue to triumph
over vice in every nook and corner of
the land, but when you are playin'
poker it is better to think than to talk.
The venerable old pilgrim lured me on
by lettin' me win the first four or five
pots, but when the time came that he
found three jacks in his hand and 50
in the pot he set out to work my down
fall. l had two pairs and went in, and
with a guileless expression on each
c~ountenance we saw and raised until
the sum amounted to $50. Then l
grew weary and called to be scoOped,
and when l realized that 1 had been
shorn | precipitated myself upon him
and clutched his throat in an effort to
make him cough up. IT'S not the game
itself, but the results, that produce evil.
The struggle was brief, but fierce. |
BACKED one eye for the venerable man,
but he BACKED two for me in return.
I inflicted a scratch on his cheek, but
he bit my ear till his teeth met in the
flesh.
When he had made me boiler for
mercy and let up, l limped over to my
wagon and climbed upon it n roGe
off, and when / had left him behind he
mounted lis mule and pursued his
way. l do not think he went to camp
meetin', while On my side my happy
speerits were 10 longer boundin'. We
had descended to wickedness, and
wickedness leaves its sting behind.
NJ. QUAD.
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~ Il. BIZ SER Q3Q rp3c0eu LIE
H Office to discover that the
NA ends of his shirt collar were
frayed. He had selected that
collar from the dozen beside ii, and he
alone was to blame, but Of course he
Laid it to Mrs. Bowser. Three or four
unpleasant things occurred in the Of
fee, and while she was two miles away
and in no way accountable it was only
natural that he should lay them up
against her. His luncheon wasn't as
good as usual for another thing, and
during the afternoon 4 tramp who was
refused aims called him a baldheaded
old miser. 1t was therefore with q
sort of satisfaction that Mr.. Bowser
locked the doc and took the car for
home. He'd make it hot for Mrs.
Bowser to even up things.
She saw him as he got off the street
car. His shoulders were bumped up,
his head down, and he was drawing his
feet She hadn't lived with him for
twenty years to mistake those signs.
He kicked open the gate as he reached
it, and il the door hadn't been opened
for him he would have kicked that as
well. Just what he was to find fault
with and begin a row he hadn't
planned, but he was "yanking'' off his
fall overcoat with a scowl On his face
when Mrs. Bowser quietly observed:
Dinner is all ready, and as 500 as
you have eaten / want to have a talk
with you. Things can't go on this way
much longer"
"You want to have a talk with me?'
he Queried in some establishment as he
picked up the hat he had flung down.
eyes, sir; | do"
II suppose the cook has quit or q
water pipe burst?
you'll find out in due time"
As he seated himself at the table
Mr.. Bowser suddenly remembered that
he had planned revenge, and be looked
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Had the Same Effect.

81 hear that Jacks fiancee has made
him promise to stop smoking"
That so? Well. mine has not said
a word about giving up the weed, but
our engagement has just the same eff
feet"
How so?'
Every time ! call all the cigars in
my vest pocket manage to get crushed,
and of course | don't smoke them
Baltimore Herald.
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copyright, 1907, by o. 3. Warner.1
= LEFT the thrivin' town OF Last
Hope as the risin' sun gilded the
- treetops and the birds had begun
to sing their songs, and as 1 rode
toward Mount Misery my heart was
light and my speerits was gay. I had
figured up and found / had much &c
rejoice oyer-namely:
First.-I was a pilgrim travelin'
about I'D speakin' words of conso-
lashur I'D cheer and maxim the world
better.
Second had a tintype outfit and
business was good.
Third.-My pain aIleviator, at 2 shil-
Inns a bottle. was a boon to sufferin'
humanity. while my certain cure for
asthma had aided tens of thousands 10
get their lost breath back.
Fourth.-My old boss was good for a
2:4O clip in a scrub race any day in the
week. and my fghtin' dog had n sure
thing zine times out Of ten.
AS I thought Of all these blessin's
and realized that members of the beef
trust might be sufferin' for the actual
necessities OF life l broke into song
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Vote Tariff giII ms 81 whole.

Berlin, December after IN embit-
tered political and personal debate to-
day the Reichstag declared by i98 to
As votes tina Baron S,u Kar.'oTs mo-
ton TO vote the tariff hal as q whole
was admissible unde- the rdles. The
socialists abstained frUIn voting. Herr
Singer remarked that me yhoIe pro
ceeding was a breach Of the uies and
of the constitution for which he was
called to order.
The discussion OF the k2rdon motion
itself the began.
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Washington. Dec. 2.-Rrp-c sentative
Dalzell OF Pennsylvania has Withdrawn
from the contest for su.sakefsLip OF the
house OF representatives IN the 18Th
congress in favor Of REPRESENTATIVE
Cannon. of Illinois. who has been
dorsed for that office by the Penn.
sylvania delegation In tle house This
practically assures Mr. canron a unan-
imous vote for speake- IN the repub-
lIcan caucuse6-
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THE STRUGGLE WAS BRIEF, BUT FIERCE
and felt so good natured that l would
have paid double admission fee to a
circus and taken a back seat besides.
In the midst Of my rejOicin' l met an
old man on a mule. He was % venera-
BILE old %critter, with long. yaller whisk-
ers and milky eyes, but | thought /
saw guile in him while he was yet ten
rods away. l did not pass him by on
this account, however. - we me- |
stopped my Quit and said:
Hail. Teller pilgrim. and may it be
well with thee"
Hail to thee" ne replied, "and I
may say that l have nuthin' in per
ticker to complain about, though 1
could wish that the world was less
wicked. It's a dreadful thing to feel
that nine-tenths of your Teller critters
are ~travelin' the broad road that leads
down to perdition."
Yea. it's truly so. May l ask if you
have Il mission on this airth?"
You may"
as it to make mankind better?"
That's it to j dot, and I've been at
II lhCSS lhSAlA1 JOh-S. -hSOOC " =
in the same liner
Exactly. I'm sympathizin', con-
doIin', advisin' and arcusin', and l
sort of calkerlate I've been of more Or
less help TO about a million people.
I'm carryin' a few things as a side
line. as you may have observed, but it
is only to divert my mind when the
wickedness of the world makes me
too melancholy. Whittier goest thou
on thy mule this day"
ITO the camp meCtin' at Dog Creek"
he replied as he fondled bis whiskers
in a loyin' way. Yea, l go to help in
the fight ag'in evil, and l shall grid on
my armor and strike for the right.
Mebbe l could indooce you to come
along?"
Not skassly. thankee. as I have
three or four dates ahead. but l shall
be present in the speerit and wish you
we'll"
l was gatherin' up the lines to drive
on, thinkin' there was no more to be
said, when the venerable pilgrim raised
his hand in gentle protest and said:
"I take it that we both have the in
terests of our Teller critters at hearth"
I'VE surely do" answered.
I'VE would make any sacrifice to
see the world become betterT"
"You bet!"
I'VE are Striyin' to be livin' exam
pies OF virtue in the sight of mankind,
but there are occasions when-when"-
Occasions like the present" l said,
when we might indulge il a game of
poker and the world be none the worse
for it. Is that what you was tryin' to
git around to, Teller toiler?"
YEA, 1t was, and may l take it that
you are I'm accord with me?'
"You may. In other words. my
speerit flies out to greet your'n."
The old man was tickled all over,
and / saw the light of craft and
avariee in his eyes as we got down
and spread a blanket on the grass.
There was, no question but that he
took me for a tenderfoot and intended
TO wax fat on my ducats.
"How noble is Natur' at homer" he
said as we made a dollar jack pot.
And he shuffied the cards and looked
away over the prairie.
"She is truly So" I replied as 1
watched his fingers, "and therein lies
the sadness of mans wickedness. With
such a mother as Natur' mankind
ought to harbor no evil in his soul"
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Gold for south Africa.

New York, Dec. 2-The sum of
$500. 900 gold will be shipped to South
America tomorrow. Ses-ru oanks are
interested in the shipment VII ich,is aid
To be for account OF Argenfine wheat
london for eoId butt this latter e
Il made here because Of the soWerfrate
A Geographic transts. OF s30e.0oo IN
gold TO San Francisco was made by
the sub-treasurytodaF.
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Suggestive.

CheSty, the baker. and Jimmie, the
dago. had q hot argument a few days
ago. 1t "a nip and tuck for a long
time. but finally Jimmie exclaimed.
with infinite scoTn and that lofty mien
which he assume on occasions: Me
no here for steala da chick. Me here
for killa da two Il poop" That settled
Chesty.-S.ng Sing Star OF Hope.
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W.
If yesterdays were tomorrows,
How easy this life would bel
Their we never need make
The slight mistake
That STILES in voice of Glee.
And the past voulc he all unnoted.
And wed smile in the face of fate.
And we never need .iZh
As j day sped by.
81 have learned: but. alas. too Later
Washington Star.
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The FOriorn Rhinoceros.

A rhinoceros young and forlorn
To Professor Lyre-Bird went one morn
And. bowling low, cried,
I'll give you my hide
If you'll teach me to play on my horn"
The professor stopped stunning his
Tyre
A moment or so to inquire,
o course, l suppose
You'll blow through your nose,
And in that case the charge will be
higher"
New York Times.
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Rhode Island GeneraI bly, Re
eonyeueH.

Providence. r. l., December z.-The
general assembly Of Rhoc- Island. re-
convened today. In the senste d bill
was introduced 10 pros.fe fCr a monu-
ment at Andersonville Ca. as q me-
mortal To the Rhode island soldiers
who died there - -1Iros-
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Invocation
You shouldn't run DOWN at the foot of the
hill
And sQuingle and jingle and then stand
stock still!
You ought TO go on and not squingle and
squeal,
You ought to,
You ought to,
You automobiles!
-Harper's Bazaar.