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look or say goodbye to me. He was
And this il where John made his
second mistake, for if he had turned
to look he would have seen hanson
cab tearing down the pier with two
women frantically waving their hand
kerchiefs. As it was he only turned
to wave goodbye when he had reached
the upper deck. Then his hand sud
denly dropped as he leaned over the
railing, gazing with a look of utter
and helpless establishment on Mrs
and Miss Ericsson, who were in vain
imploring every body around them to
stop the steamer that was now gliding
slowly out of it's berth into the river
with John and the baggage.
And so it happened that being left
behind with me they made the best
of it till the sailing of the next steam
er. with. the result that when John
received them ON the other side the
fair Marguerite wore a new ring as
splendid as 1 had been able to pur-
chase with the remainder of my vaca-
ton money.
I don't believe John ever forgave
me, for it was his firm conviction that
the failure of his fine scheme was
mainly my fault, and that I caused
him to lose this last chance in the
matrimonial lottery. as he was pleased
to call it.-Christopher Shadow in
New York Times.
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John Kingsland was a splendid en-
gineer. / say was" not that he Is
dead, but because somehow he has
dropped out of sight building that
across the Andes railroad. What l
was going to say was that if John
hal been as discerning and quick of
judgment when it came to women Is
he was when it came to gauging a
track, why then he probably would not
be where he is now.
Whether or not Johns great liking
for the girls was due to his lack of
knowledge of the female character |
amsnot going to discuss. Certain it is
that while l knew him his heart was
never disengaged for more than three
weeks running. In this way he nearly
exhausted every year the seasons
supply of debutantes that the small
town where we lived could furnish
without ever getting any nearer the
altar than the hangman does to the
. gallows. He kept this thing up for
some years till it became the
talk of the town, which did not
help his matrimonial aspirations In
the meantime he was not growing any
younger, and he finally took his sue
cessive failures so to heart that he
had to open the safety valve and take
some one into his confidence with
whom he could share his sorrows! AS
we were chums in those days he came
to me for sympathy, without, however.
getting much of it. One of these oc-
currences 1 remember perfectly.
''Teddie," he said dejectedly. Tied
die. old man, I'm in love-"
This beginning had become an old
story to ne. and so l answered with
as much of a sneer as l could COM
mand:
''What-again?
''Now, don't, Teddie," he pleaded
This time it's serious
''Who is it?" 1 asked, having made
a lightning calculation to see who was
left for him to fall in love with.
why, Miss Klemmeyer," he an
swered. You know that rich sloe
manufacturers daughter. I think she's
about the sweetest. loveliest girl"
Series 8, No. 16,' from me.
''Eh! what's that?" he growled.
ooh, I simply said sweet sixteen"
perhaps you think I'm too old for
her, but as a matter of fact she is sew
enteen years ten months and thirteen
days, her mother told me. Now 1 do
not think she would make a splendid
wife for any man except"
Except your"
mo, l did not mean that. Except
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CAUGHT IN A PATROL BOX.

Policeman Was Too Fat to Perform a
Part of His Duty.
Stout policemen have their troubles
not the worst of which is running af
ter small boys. Policeman James
Treston of police station No. last
night wished he was several pounds
lighter When he made his usual call
to the station-house at $3.50 o'clock he
entered the call box at Highland and
Penn avenue. He opened the door and
then stepped inside. Mr.. Treston has
somewhat more than his share of
avoirdupois and he comfortably filed
the box.
The telephone hung on the wall di.
rectly opposite the door and when
Treston was busily engaged in telling
the house sergeant that all was well
on his beat he did not see the wind
close the door on him. He heard the
click of the lock, however, and then
turned or rather tried to turn-to see
what had happened. But he could not
get around, the door was securely
locked and he fitted the box like the
proverbial sardine.
What was to be done? He couldn't
turn around to open the door, SO he
pounded against the tin wall of the
box. This drew a crowd of spectators,
but they were powerless to assist him.
They had no key. Then a happy
thought struck Treston. He rang up
the station-house again and explained
his predieament. Amid the hearty
laughter of the house sergeant he
asked that a man be sent down with
key to let him out. Fifteen minutes
later he stepped from the box in the
middle of a crowd of laughing men,
women and children. He was hot, per-
spring and angry, but he went back
to his DISTINGUISHING Gazette
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rags and started out.
ment in the society columns Of the
local paper announcing the engage
ment of Miss Klemmeyer to Mr.. Larry
Jenkins, son of the millionaire lumber
merchant, thus bringing these big for
tunes and first families in still closer
touch, etc. Poor John came home
with his heart apparently blown to
bits, only to begin again a few weeks
later to cast his eyes around for
some one to solder the pieces of his
heart together
So it went on until one day his skill,
his engineering skill, was rewarded.
and he was sent to Europe on a big
and important mission. 1t was when
he was about to engage his passage
that brilliant idea struck him. 1t
made him so excited that he could
hardly refrain from telling me, but
he did not-then, and for once was
at sea, unable to make heads or tails
of him. In the evening he got into
his glad rags and started out, saying
that he was going to call at the Eric
sons, who had a fine house on Peak
avenue.
The upshot of it was that not many
days later the society columns an
announced that Mrs. Ericsson, with her
charming daughter Marguerite, who
had made her debut that winter, would
go abroad on the Auguste Victoria
Just below it was stated that Mr..
John hingsland had also booked pas
sage on that steamer. Then it sudden
ly dawned on me what Johns scheme
was With the charming Marguerite
all to himself on shipboard no rivals
near, and the mother agreeable, he
would WOO and win her then and
there, and perhaps marry her before
they returned home
The time came for the departure,
and as l had a vacation just then I
decided to see John on though / am
afraid that he was not overjoyed to
have me along We met Mrs. Ericsson
and her fair daughter in New York,
and while John attended to the tick
cts and the baggage l took the ladies
to see few of the sights.
The night before the sailing John
impressed his travelling companions
with the necessity of being on hand
bright and early at O'Clock, as the
steamer was due to sail at 10 a. m
Right here is where John made his
first mistake He had made his cal
cuiations carelessly, and an error had
sneaked in, for as we found out later
the steamer did not sail at 10 o'clock,
bC. at g. When we got to the dock
just minute or two after O'Clock
they had put the last piece of baggage
on board, and John, for fear of being
left behind. and have his fair Marguer-
! tie sail away without him. ran up the
gangplank without even turning 70
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Where People Refuse to Die.

Probably the healthiest place in the
world is the district of Santa Cruz, in
the mountains of Jamaica. Centena-
rians are as common as skyscrapers
in New York, and the solitary doctor
ekes out an impecunious existence by
mending broken legs and attending
hypochondriacs.
i've only nine patients just now,
he told a tourist recently. Their
combined ages amount to 761 years.
Not one of them is really i'll, but they
all fancy they are, and, of course, /
don't discourage the delusion- I'm
fortunately, people can't get ill here.
no matter how hard they try. They
can only die of old age or a broken
neck. The climate Is perfect"
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Why He Wanted Four Tracks.

Not long since two newly arrived
Irishmen were in New York City bound
for the west They had several rail-
road time tables and were looking
them over for the purpose of select
ing route thither. They finally dis
covered that some lines had more
tracks than others and they concluded
very innocently to take the one which
had the greatest number of tracks.
But their decision was based not
upon the fact. but the fancy in the
premises. Said Mulligan to Pat: pat,
we'n be afther takin' the four-tracker,
for If she leps one track she lands on
wan iv the athers an loses no time,
but If it's a one or two trucker they'd
heft to slow up and put on the brakes
an lift err back on an we'd be . day
late"
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Could Afford = Better One.

'Of course you have a genealogical
tree?" suggested the caller
.-Oh, yes replied the hostess, care
Iessly. But we don't think much of
it
You don't care much for such
things, perhaps?"
"Oh, it isn't that, but this don't
seem to be much good
Not complete enough, possibly %
1T goes pretty near back to Adam,
If that's what you mean" returned
the hostess, -sbut there amt enough
kings and queens in it to suit me-
Why, on.y this morning told John
to take it BACK and tell the man that
got it up that we can afford q whole
lot heuer one than that"-Brooklyn
Eagle
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Not content with selling worthless
shares. ill-conducted horses, impure
wines and unsmokable cigars the
ladies" and gentlemen" of the day
apparently sell each other to middle
class aspirants for social distinction
and to tradesmen. They complain
that their servants receive commits
sions, and accept commissions them
selves. Our selling society is comh1-
nation of touts for all the trades
London Truth.
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When l received the
sample of Doan's
Kidney Pills 1 was
suffering terribly with
my back, was sick and
unfit to do anything.
The several remedies
I had used, though
highly recommended.
did no good, but
rather irritated tn e
trouble and made me
worse. Before / had
used up the sample I
was feeling SO much
better that I got more
from the drug store.
I could not sleep at
night. Had to get up
six or eight times, and
the urine was so red,
would almost think
it was part blood
there was athick sand,
like brick-dust sedi-
ment. I cannot tell
one-half that / suf-
fered, nor how good
I feel now that / am
cured by Doan's Kid
ney Pills I; but here I
am, sixty-six years
old, able to do my
own work, feeling
well as I did twenty
years ago, for which I
thank Doan's Kidney
Pills ten thousand
times Mrs. e. T.
GOULD, 914 w. Lake
Street. Doan's Pills
cure when OF b ere
fail.
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Except

her parents. l am afraid I could not
stand her parents.
What have they got to do with it
except to give their blessing2"
There's just the rub. i don't think
they could say it dramatically. You
see, the old man was nothing but an
ordinary cobbler, and | don't believe
he can sign his name to his checks"
.sOh, see-of course that is an OBJ
lection. But why not make him give
you CASH.
Now don't be an ass What I'm
afraid of is that they will jar on
everybody / know, and. well, you
know what that would mean"
Then the only advice | can give
u dpn's marry her. ! replied rather
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The Oldest steam Erolne.

The oldest steam engine in the
world is said to be an old beam enginS
in one of the mills OF Charles Clifford
& Sons OF Birmingham. The engine
was started in 1767 and was put to-
gether by man named James Pick
ard. The beam was made Of oak and
was % feet long. feet deep and 3
feet wide It was as hard as iron,
and had been working continuously
Tor las years In Birmingham.
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His Last Chance"

testify. Besides, are you sure she
would have you?"
At this last shot of mine John seem
ed insulted, mumbled something about
idiots and blockheads-which /. had
thought of saying, but was too kind to
and went off to drown his sorrow in
a glass of soda water at the fashion
able drug store where he would be
sure to meet some of the girls. A few
days later there was a big announce
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Growing Pacific Coast Trade.

There are few more striking facts
than the growing Importance of Puget
sound customs districts. In the year
that has just closed all the. customs
districts of the United States showed
a decline of exports and grain prod
ucts except the Pacific coast ports, the
shipments from Puget sound ports in
creasing As per cent
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Deaths from Plague in india.

Throughout India there were over a
hundred thousand deaths from plague
during the past month. The Punjab,
Bombay. and the united provinces
were the worst affected. The disease
is everywhere confined to the natives.
Preventive measures have failed, but
it is hoped that the approaching fierce
heat will, as usual, reduce the NOR
tally.
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Our Burden-Rearer.

The little sharp vexations,
And the briars that catch and fret.
Why not take all to the Helper
Who never has failed us yet?
Tell Him about the heartache,
And tell Him the longings, too;
Tell Him the baffied purpose
When we scarce know what to do.
Then. leaving all our weakness
With the One divinely strong,
Forget that we bore the burden,
And carry away the song
Phillips Brooks
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A Grateful Tribute

Col Joe Hickey, inventor of the gin
and whisky rickey. is dead, but his
memory will long be revered by his
fellow countrymen. He was not so
great an inventor as Edison. but his
inventions were much more palatable.
They were not SO costly as radium.
but they were better to have early in
the morning.-New York Commercial
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Every one who uses Doan's Kidney
Pills free trial has a good word
to say for them that's
why they are most
prominent in the
public eye.

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick-dust sedi-
ment high colored excessive, pain in pass
ing, dribEling, frequency, bed wetting.
Doan's Kidney Pills dissolve and remove
calculi and gravel. Relieve heart palpita-
ton, sleeplessness, headache, nervousness.
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What Everybody Says.

LOUISVILLE, Ky
For a year or re
/ have been suffering
with severe pains in
the small of my back
and kidneys /; had
tried a number of
remedies but without
relief. / decided to
try Doan's Kidney
Pills, and purchased
two boxes, and am
glad to state that
after taking the two
boxes of pills l was
relieved of all pains,
and have not been
troubled since. Prior
to taking these pills
it was impossible for
me to get a full
nights sleep, but l am
not experiencing any
difficulty in this re-
spect now. Tours
truly, JOHN E. KRA-
MER, 2423 w. Main
Sire e t .-(Foremau
American Tobacco
Coz
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ABERDEEN. WASH
I had q bad pain in
my back /; I could
hardly walk or sit
down. / could not
write for sample. but
got a fifty-cent box
Of druggist, and they
} have made me all
right. No other med
icine did me any
good. AUG. CARL
CON, IS LIST ST., East
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COlOniSt Rates
to California.

Tickets to Los Angercs, san DE-
ago, San Francisco, and numer.
Gus other points in California
will be on sale daily to and i'm
Guiding June Is, 1908, by the
Santa Fe at rate of S25 from
Kansas City. These tickets will
be good for stopovers at various
points in California en- route, and
will be honored on fast trains
carrying Free Chair Cars and
Pullman Tourist Sleepers.
The best line to California is tho
Santa Fe, road under one mani
agement, and operating trains
over its own rails.
Literature describing the route.
equipment and the state free by
app. ying to the undersigned.
Santa Fe-
GEO. w. HAGENBUCH.
GenI Agt. Pass. Dept, A. T. & S. r. BY.
Kansas CITY, Mo-
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Hur;sa At Winfield.

Bernice Mace returned from Kansas
City where be went with Joel Pugh,
who was called by the sudden death
Of Josl's father. John Pugh. Saturday.
rhs latter was employed BY the Price
Mercantile Co. and was burned to
death in an apartment house fire Sat
urday, being overcome BY smoke and
unable to escape. He was aged a
years. Joel is the only child. His
wife and be had lived apart many
years but she was At the funeral.
Joel went with the body to Winfield
where the intsrmsnt viii take place.
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School Report.

Report Of the Walnut Grove, school
district No. 70, for the month ending
April s: Number Of pupils enrolled
II; average daily attendance H.
Those neither absent nor tardy we're
Walter, Emma. Mable Brehm, Minnie
verbena Thorn, and Ruth VOlkman.
Those tardy but not absent, Minnie
Ollhoff.
Number Of visits from school officers
one, from coanty superintendent one
from others seven. Term closed
April Srd, 1908. Clara Day. teacher
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County High School.

A number Of trees have been
planted on the campus this week.
The high school grounds will soon be
one Of the prettie't parks in central
Kansas.
The base ball team is putting in an
hour every day now. Manager Holtz
and Captain Boles think they have
some good material and will arrange
q fine strictly high school team. The
first game is to be with the junction
City high school.
Forty-four applicants took the en-
trance examination at Chapman Sat-
urday, The prospect is that the d.
@. H. s. will be crowded next year.
Abram Brechbill attended the state
meeting Of Z. NJ. @. A. presidents al
Emporia last week.
The class in botany is now enth1'
siastically at work.
A number OF the students attended
the Messiah" at LindsbOrg.
Miss Lockwood came March S0tt
and at once entered upon her work
She seems very much at home in bel
work and will doubtless prove Q good
addition to the faculty.
The Seniors are busy with theil
: orations.
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THIRD CLASS CITIES.
Elections in Hope, Chapman, Enter
prise and Solomon.

SOLOMON, April THE city cleo
ton yesterday was victory for the
anti-prohibition administration that
has been in power for year. There
was no opposition to the ticket and
only 80 votes were cast. There was
some question about the construction
Of the election board, no member OF
the council being appointed as speci-
fed in the ordinances. The officers
elect are:
Mayor, W. T. Harris; councilmen,
H. Whitley, M. sias, J. B. Anderson
Geo. spaulding, J. A. Andrews; Po-
lice Judge, H. B. Aldrich.
FEW VOTES AT HOPE.
HOPE, April 7.-only about 90
votes we're cast here, the election be-
ing very quiet. This ticket wat
elected by over 2 to l: Mayor, J. z
Harrison; councilmen, J. M. Ketcher'
sid, j. S. Meek, DR.. Faraham, L. d.
Palmer, H. G. Gould; police judge
Joseph Hay.
RALPH HOFFMAN WON.
ENTERpR1sE, April Only a small
vote was polled here yesterday. The
following ticket was elected: Mayor
Ralph Hoffman; police judge, L. T.
Steigleman; councilmen, John Abram,
son, Oscar Latte. John Ostberg,. E.
F. Grosser, J. J. King. 1t is reported
that Mr.. Grosser will not qualify and
q special election will be called to
choose his successor.
oHAPMAN's PEACEFUL DAY.
CHAPMAN, April THE city cleo
ton yesterday resulted in the reelec'
ton of Mayor Seaman and Police
Judge Frost with the old council.
The councilmen are: P. F. White
hair, G. Louden, P. L. Jennings, Ed
Arnold, W. Fpx. The administration
Ia sswak.
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roy WAITED FOR CLOTHS.
Abilene Boy Served His Time at En-
uoria College,

Every freshman class at Emporia
college has It's troubles. Roy Cooper
got his share last week when the
freshman tried to have banquet.
The prep students who get no invita-
ton to the banquet, raised "Ned" and
kept the freshmen boys in state Of
nervous prostration all day. The
class president, John Bigger, was
harnessed up in hand-cuffs early In
the morning but broke loose and after
leading his pursuers q merry chase
eluded them by Drawing the 10y cur
rent Of the Neosho with his clothes
on. However the preparatory stu
dents got Humphreys, Blanchard
Laird, and Cooper and kept them IN
hiding all day. Cy Emery is PREF
and hs offered his bed room at biz
home in which to domicile the fresh
men. Cooper and Laird were stripped
OF their clothing by the ornery prep'
and put to bed where they had to
stay until the props brought back
their clothing. Late that night after
the props had their fun they permitted
the kidnapped freshmen to dress In
the Oldest clothes they could find AND
go to the banquet in shackles and .
hangman's rope around the neck o.
each. The stray ireshies Of course
are the heroes Of the class and fee
they are making up in honor what
they lost In banquet grub.
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FARM HANDS ORGANIZE.
Township Unions to Be Found in
Kansas.


The first organization Of farm hands
and renters has been formed for Kan
sas, President c. o. Ciemence Of the
labor union being the prime mover.
Two townships are already organized,
meetings being held Sunday and
every township in the county will be
in line in 80 days when a county
union will follow. 1t is called the
Farmers Protective Union and its OBJ
iect is the establishment of wages for
farm laborers. and the securing OF
better prices for crops raised by rent
ers. 1t is similar to the organizations
in Illinois and Indiana and is expect
ed to cut much figure in the coming
wheat harvest.
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ksaturday October at o'clock the weighing Will COM
and prizes No enter more than
lot of corn in this contest
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A. b Trumhn and his daughter
Leon, desire % express their heartfelt
thanks 70 their friends and nsighbOrs
for heir abundant and vAlnpbls aid
during he slokne., nnd death Of heir
tslsr.d uiis I'D noihsr.
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School Closing.

District No. 81 held Its closing ex'
ercises Friday, April ord. The teach
er, Miss Grace Monroe, was pleasantly
surprised by all the patrons coming
with well filed baskets. A very
pleasant noon hour was spent after
which an enjoyable program was rem
dered by the pupils.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS.
Annual Convention in Session at Her
ingtOn.

AA6SNArf saiH
| HER1NGToN, April THE lsth
annual Sunday school convention iol
Dickinson county opened in the
Baptist church. !.
G. G. Sherwood is president and q
G. Towner secretary.
This morning the reception was and
assignment Of delegates and the exc
cutive committee was In session
consisting Of 0. G. Sherwood. G. G.
Towner, W. H. Hoon, Mrs. M. D.
Harger. R. M. White, Fayette A.
Smith, Harvey Frey. Hiram Springer
Mrs. E. F. Kimmerly.
Then came the regular program.
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Wan. to Lindsborg.

About 40 Abilsneites went to Linds-
borg today to hear the "Messiah" and
will return on the special train to-
night. W. n. Anderson chaperoned
the crowd as far as salina. Many
others will 60 later in the week.