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mean? Yes, we keep our account
there"
II didn't mean that; meant-in
the matter ola loan"
NO, not lately"
She looked the surprise which she
did not put into words.
But you did borrow money, didn't
your"
YES"
and you paid it back?"
81 did; OF rather, we did. MIR. Girls
void came into the firm just then.
and put in enough capital to pay us
out of debt"
She was twisting her handkerchief
around her fingers, and otherwise
displaying n degree of embarrass-
ment which was quite foreign to her.
or to l.aymer's knowledge of her.
Would you mind telling me how
much it WASP
+ Not at all; it was $95.O0o."
$50 much as that? Somehow,
have never thought of Mr.. Griswold
as IA capitalist. But it was a good
investment for him, wasn't it?'
1T would have been if we had not
had this strike"
She paused again, and again as
saulted as one who will not be daunt-
ed.
"How much has the strike cost you,
Mr.. Raymer?"
"a great deal more than it would
at almost any other time. We had n
&c 80
FIXTURES, and they have lapsed, of
course. One hundred thousand dol
lars wouldn't more than make us
whole again"
$50 much as that! All of Mr.. Girls
wold's money, and more" So much
she said, and then she was silent I'M
til her nervousness began to be con-
tagious to Raymer. At length she
said: You know Mr.. Griswold pref
ty well, and love him; and 1 know
him pretty well. too, and-and like
him. Did he ever tell you now he
came to have SO much money!"
"Why, no. In fact, 1 never thought
enough about it to be curious. From
the little he has told me about him
self 1 have gathered that he inherit
ed something from his father, and
that accounted sufficiently for his
means"
Now Griswold had been more con-
fidential with Margery than he had
ever been with his business partner.
so she knew the story of the slender
patrimony, and of its spending. But
what has here been written down of
Margery Grierson has been ill-written
if it has not shown her to be far
more discreet than her sex or her
! age would bespeak. And because she
was wiser than her generation, she
went swiftly aside from Griswold's
affair.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Wigg-"Yes; little Slimcus carried
off the honors at college" Wagg-
'.Iu bet the honors didn't weigh
much" -Philadelphia Record.
MAUD says she's wildly in love
with her new motor-car." Yes!
Another case where man is displaced
by hinery."-London Tit-Bits.
Wilson-"How is it that your feet
are never pointed toward the club
room nowadays?" Samsoh-"Guess
it's because I'm not club-footed."-
Boston Transcript.
Miss Minnie Millions Showing her
diamonds)-"Ill never want for bread
while L have these" Miss Caustique
(after looking at them)-"Or for pas
try, either, l imagine. "-Detroit Free
Press.
Young Architect-'Miss Sweet, I
must thank you for those specimens
of fine durable floor tile that you
sent me. They" Miss Sweet
"'riles? Why, those were Judges
that L made myself" -Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Towne-"There seems to be moth
Ing nc enjoys so muCn as the SOuuQ
Of his own voice" Browne-'That's
SO, and there's nothing annoys him
so much as the thought that he can't
hear himself when he talks in his
ep."-Philadelphia Press.
From the Law Courts.-Counsel
{cross-exa1nining witness)-"Is it not
the fact that the doctor, in order to
increase the amount of his bill, made
several visits after the patient was
quite out of danger?" Witness Gn-
nocently)-'I don't think so. I con-
sidered the patient was in danger
as long as the doctor continued his
visits. Judy.
A Great Cure.-The Doctor-"Yes;
understand what ails you. You
can't sleep. Take this prescription
to the druggist. Next day)-Good
morning; you look better to-day.
Have you slept well?" Petersen
Like top. 1 feel like a new man."
Doctor-"How many sleeping pow
ders did you take?" Petersen (sur-
prised)-''I didn't take any. 7 gave
a couple of them to the baby
Dagbladen.
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New EgE-TestinE Met cd.

A new method of testing eggs for
their freshness has been communi-
Gated to the Agricultural society, Of
Saxony. An egg plunged into water
tends to rise with more buoyancy
according to its age, owing to en-
largement of the empty space at the
thick end by evaporation of water
from the white. Hence the egg takes
a different position in the water.
Fresh eggs remain horizontal, an egg
three to five days old makes an an
gle of 90 degrees with the horizon,
one eight days gives an angle of over
As degrees, and at the end of IA days
the angle is 60 degrees. An egg
three weeks old lies at 20 degrees.
One three months old remains verti-
cal, and when 1t is older still II
foats.-London Globe.
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Deadly Illuminating Gas.

It is asserted by writer in an
American medical weekly that cases
of poisoning by Illuminating gas are
on the increase, and he attributes this
to the use of the so-called water gas,
which contains a high percentage of
the deadly gas called carbon monox-
ide. In Massachusetts,, law so limit
ing the proportion of this substance
as practically to exclude water gas
from use, was repealed about13 years
ago. Since that time. there have been
45e deaths from inhalation of gas,
while in period of equal length pre-
ceding the repeal of the law there
were only eight deaths from this
cause. Carbon monoxide Is not only
fatal in large quantities. but it pro-
duces a general condition of ill-heaIth
in very slight proportions. and the
writer believes that many pulling
cases of decline in physical vigor are
to be attributed TO almost inappreci
able gas-leaks.-Success.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Texas shipped 5,657 carloads of fruit
last year.
The expectation of cattle from Cuba
is prohibited.
France is a larger importing nation
than the United States.
Sweden sent three-quarters of the
100000 gross boxes of matches i'm.
ported into England last year.
More than 80 great manufacturing
companies of the United States are
establishing factories in Canada.
The Grecian government has or
dered it's annual supply of refined pc
troleum, 100000 gallons, in ten-gai-
lon cans, from the United States.
A man in South Bethlehem, Pa. re.
Gently fell from the inside of a 1885,
foot smokestack, and landed on hard
floor with only leg and arm broken.
Wages of the working people of the
United Kingdom, according to official
statistics, showed a decrease of ST.
100000 last year compared with the
preceding year.
Electrically operated shears, guided
by hand, clip the fleece from an aver
age sheep in three minutes. The fast
est operators with hand-power shears
require eight minutes to the sheep.
The electrical clippers has the form Of
the BARRIERS clipper.
Charles L. Murray, a. San Francisco
fireman, has claim against the city
for the use of draught-regulating de-
vice for use on vehicles which are
drawn by three horses. The city at
torney has rendered a decision sup
porting his demand for remuneration.
The apparatus is in general use in that
city.
The patent Office has decided that
President Roosevelt's name should not
be used as an advertising trademark.
In the opinion of the commissioner Of
patents a living celebrity is entitled to
protection from the use of his name
for the purposes of trade by others.
and this is specially true in the case
of the president of the United States.
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Proof Of the Lords Kindness.

As one of the great Atlantic liners
was nearing the end of it's voyage re-
Gently a wealthy passenger on board
gave a champagne supper to the other
male passengers. Each one of those
invited was to render payment by
singing song, dancing a jig or tell
ing a story. Among those on board
was one person who had won a repu-
tation for mOroseness, for in spite Of
the constant stream of moss-grown
tales which one is forced to listen to
on shipboard he had never tried to
revenge himself by telling one of his
own. Accordingly when his turn
came to speak everyone listened
eagerly.
Gentlemen" said he as he rose to
his feet. 81 can't sing a song or t." \
story and I have never danced a jig,
so 1 can only offer a conundrun. IN
what way is the Lord kinder to a
turkey than to man?"
Of course everyone gave it up.
Because" came the answer. "he
doesn't allow it to be stuffed with
chestnuts till after it is dead."-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
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mean? Yes, we keep our account
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COMRAO-RY.

Good comrade mine, do not care
Along what path our feet shall fare,
So be We toss our burdens by,
And wander free bereath the sky.
kfale brethren of the sun and air.
Zoe morn awaits us. and the noon:
Aye. even till the peer OF moon.
With fern ard flower, with bird and bee,
with reed and vine, with grass and tree,
Ofar spirits shall be close in.tune.
And well know that we shall bring
Haek from our outlard gypsying
"A Largess captured from the mirth
AND iovingEess of mother-earth
Whose soul Is ever Ike the spring.
Then grip the pilgrim STAFF. Afar
Ehe bills and hermit hoilows are;
The sun pours round us virgin gold.
And from yon violet height, behold,
The unknown beckons like star!
--<1fnton Scotland. In N. Y. Independent.
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indeed, and went about TO explain
that the Bayou bank was his bank.
Griswold listened respectfully, said
"Ah? it must nave been a thrilling
experience" and said no more. And
if he had been from his earliest child
hood the closest student of the va
rious methods of averting a crisis he
could not have done better.
A little interval of smokers silence
interviewed, and Griswold was the
first to break it. The thing he had
come to say admitted no preface, SO
he began in the midst.
what / came here this morning to
tell you, Mr.. Galbraith, may strike
you as an odd thing with which to be-
gin an acquaintance; but as we have
no mutual friends, and as common
Justice is, or should be, more far
reaching than mere acquaintance,
felt it my duty to come. l happened
to hear the other day that you were
likely to become interested with Mr..
Grierson in the Red Lake pine lands.
Was my information correct?"
Andrew Galbraith's eyes looked
their shrewdest at this, but he an
swered in the affirmative, and Girls
void went on.
Pardon me If seem impairment,
but is the transaction concluded"
The banker said it was, in effect;
that it wanted but the passing of a
check to it's conclusion.
1T involves a good bit Of money,
doesn't it?"
ut does that, but it's fine chance
to make money"
MAY 1 ask upon what you base
that statement"
"Why, my dear sir! upon the stand
ing pine, to be sure. At the present
rate of consumption. a five-year held
ing of good-sized bit of virgin pine
land will treble it's value"
'Of virgin forest-exactly. But
this particular tract you are buying
has been culled and re-culled for ten
years or more"
"Wha-what's that you're saying?"
Andrew Galbraith staggered up out
of his chair heavily, and Griswold
saw again the terrified president OF
the Bayou bank as he had seen him
on that momentous morning in the
private office in New Orleans. But
this time the start was only momen-
tary. Mr.. Galbraith sat down again.
and picked up the cigar he had
dropped in the shock of it; picked it
up and wiped it carefully with true
Scottish canniness.
Il think you must be mistaken, Mr..
Griswold," he went on. 81 have file
of expert reports thick enough to
make a book!"
Griswold rose and held out his
hand.
81 have done what 1 conceived to
be my duty, Mr.. Galbraith-a rather
disagreeable duty at that-and 1
hope you'll pardon me if I have
seemed unwarrantably meddlesome.
But also hope you will send an ex-
perienced land locker whom you can
TRUST absolutely before you let that
check pass. Good morning"
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CHAPTER XVIII.

In the matter of the arnistice
Margery was as good as her word
and a little better. She did not go
over to the enemy promptly upon its
expiration, as she had said she would
Instead, she gave her father another
and a final warning.
"Oh, pshaw! what can you do?"
was his rather contemptuous rejoin-
der when she reminded him that the
peace protocol had expired by linn
itation.
THAT is neither here nor there"
she returned, coolly. "You will find
out what can do if you drive me to
it,
BAIL" said the man, "to do you've
got to know. You don't know any
thing about my business"
This is your last word, is itP"
you can call it anything you like.
Go ahead with your pigeon shooting
any time you're ready ---.-~-.
Margery bit her lip. gave little
sigh, which might have been Of dis
appointment or Of remuneration, and
said no more.
|. But the following morning, after a
call upon some newly come guests at
the resort hotel, she made it point
to stumble upon Mr.. Andrew Gal
braith, who was smoking a peaceful
cigar on the veranda. The purpose
of the stumbling was meant to be
very obvious; was obvious, since she
made it the occasion of inviting the
I'm nGar IN fofn tho ~ ~, ha
launch for an afternoon on the lake.
But after she had given the invita-
ton and had left him, she went back
to say:
"Oh, by the way, Mr.. Galbraith. i
think papa has heard something
more about those pine lands-up at
Red Lake, you know. They are not
worth nearly as much as he thought
they were. 1 think he is trying very
hard not to believe it, but
She stopped abruptly, not because
of any maidenly embarrassment, but
because she had the rare faculty of
knowing when she had said enough
Mr.. Andrew Galbraith's smile was
shrewdly inscrutable, and what he
said touched upon the pine land mat
ter only as it might be doubr en-
| tendre.
II thank you, Miss Margery.
shall be very happy to join your
launch party"
From the summer resort hotel on
the lake edge, Miss Grierson drove
to the telegraph Office and sent q
brief message to PARKWAY mining
camp in the Rockies. What she wrote
on the square of yellow paper was
well within the ten-word limit, but i,
was fraught with consequences to Jas
per Grierson out of all proportion
to its brevity. HE has broken faith
and you may come" was the message
licked of by the wires into western
space. And when she had paid fol
it, and had seen it shot bulIet-wiss
up the pneumatic tube to the oper
ating room. she sighed again. 1t wa.
another bridge burned; bridge o.
price to young person whose am
oitions were chiefly social.
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A Classical DipIOmntfsf.

81 thought your wife's name was
Eliza beth?"
80 it is"
'Then why do you call her Peggy %
short for Pegasa."
What has that to do with it?'
why, Pegasa is feminine for Pega-
sus."
"Well?"
"WeI, Pegasus is an immortal
steed."
What of that?"
Ssh! Not so loud She's in the next
room. You see, an immortal steed is
aD everlasting nag. and there you are"
Brooklyn Eagle.
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SUBDUING A BULLY.
How q Russian Lady Drought a Bru-
tai Manchu Noble to Her
Feet.

The Siberian railroad traverses the
greatest wilderness that steam has
ever been set to conquer. The tanning
of our western prairies and noun tains
was a small task compared to this sub
lection of the Siberian wastes. An eX-
perience on 4 train, related by a writer.
in a Vladivostok paper, reminds one
of the early stage coach days beyond
the Mississippi, and seems even more
violent because the participants in
the adventure were not rough plains
men and mOuntaineers, but a lady and
a nobleman, says the Youths Com.
parion.
When the train pulled upat Tsitsikar,
in Manchuria, a Manchu noble, who
had bullied all his fellow passengers,
alighted at the station restaurant, aft
er warning them that he would decapi-
tate any of them who took his seat.
During his absence a smartly dressed
young Russian lady entered the car,
and, despite the alarmed expostula-
tions of it's occupants, calmly appropri-
ated the seat.
When the noble returned he few
into a passion, and advanced threat
eningly with his curved saber drawn.
But the young woman coolly covered
him with q shining revolver.
DO you take US for a pack of cow
ardly mandarins?" she exclaimed, and
then, pointing to her feet, she re-
marked: Here is your place, my hero"
The Manchu noble surrendered, and
sat at her feet for the rest of the jour
new.
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AS Chicago Progresses
By FERNANDO JONES,
The City's "Oldest Inhabitant"

S HEN called before Judge Dunno the other day
Ia S tell what knew about Chicago 1897
EAAXSa mental Of conditions longer than
ESaM 20 years ago Did retire my pore over
dusty volumes? Or did I make volumnous notes and
carefully them my memory served me ght7
be those who
to know that refreshed by standing
Clark Streets studying the government building
you sayi Not bit
Instantly mind reverted the day bought block
I3own where the Polk station S18, and
the subsequent remark OF uncle Ben Jones' will buy
good block of land" He and $500 wa,
bid for block the site Of the great govern
men building. He bid sos for the block and got it.
After holding this block for several years. my uncle sold it to
Commodore Bgeow of the United States navy purchase price
plus and interest and 5000 profit Why deal was the
Nothing the sale If c;t
for ST inch generously
that real estate deal OF uncle The Commodore Beow
relative found the other
The subsequently bought the block Bgelo
My that building the attending thoot
1887 thought picture painted and ready
hbt the expect to painting though,
pictures of metropolis until years old
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Police Took His Teeth,

On being brought into court at Biz
mingham, England, a prisoner com
planned that he could not have any
breakfast because the police had taken
possession of his false teeth.-Detroit
Free Press.
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A Feat of Memory.
- + j.


Some light is thrown on the possibil-
ttes Of memory culture by an interest
ing recital contained in the autobiog-
raphy of Robert Houdin, the famous
conjurer. He taught his son to glance
at, say, shop window and to memo
rize accurately, as in a brain picture,
the windows contents. Then he would
ask him to describe the contents, check
ing and correcting him as he went on.
On one occasion Houdin was COM
manded to the Tuileries to give per-
formance before the French court. AS
he passed through an anteroom to the
saloon he bade his son note the arrange
ment of the rooms and the contents of
the bookcases. Then at the close of the
entertainment Houdin astonished his
audience by giving what he called a
second sight" test. Declaring his un-
familiarity with the Tuileries, Houdin,
blindfolding his son, asked him to send
his gaze through the wall Of the room
to the chamber beyond, to describe the
arrangement of the chamber and to
read the titles Of the volumes on the
shelves of the bookcases. This feat the
young lad accomplished, to the aston
ishment Of the court.
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MORA HOUSE.

The Elegance Of Which Wesiey
Wrote Has Long Departed.
John Wesley was the guest Of Lady
Moira at Moira House. Ushers island.
Dublin, in 1775. Writing Of the house.
the great Methodist said: II was
surprised to observe, though not a
more grand, yet a far more elegant
room than any I have ever seen In
England. 1t was an octagon bout 20
feet square and Is or 16 feet high, hav'
ing one window-the sides OF 1t ,inlatd
throughout with mother of pearl
reaching from the top Of the room.
The ceiling, sides, furniture OF the
room were equally elegant. And must
this, too, pass away like a dreamT
Half q century ago the elegance of
which Wesley wrote departed from
MORA House. The Mendicity tnstitu'
tion dismantled it, took down the inte
rior decorations and covered the gar
dens with Offices. It is today as dis
NAL looking a place as Is to be seen in
or around the Irish capital, which has
many reminders that it was once u
capital in deed as well as in name.
Among other notable visitors to Moira
House in the days Of its glories was
Charles James Fox, who there met
Henry Grattan. 1t was in Moira House.
too, that Pamela found refuge While
her husband, Lord Edward Fitzgerald.
was dying in Dublin Newgate not far
away across Ahe. river Lifey.
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Another ridiculous food tad has been
branded by the most competent authorities.
They have dispeiled the silly notion that
one kind of food is needed 70, brain, anoth-
er tor muscles, and still another for bones
A correct Diet will not only nourish a par
ticular part of the body, but it W Il sustain
ev> ,.ler pa1t. Yet however good y, ur
food may be, It's nutriment is destroyed by
indigestion or dyspepsia. You must prepare
for their appearance or prevent their COM
ing by taking regular doses of Green's
August Flower, the favorite medicine OF
the healthy millions. A few doses aids di-
gestlon, stimulates the liver to healthy
action, purihes the blood, and makes Won
feel buoyant and vigorous. You can get
DR.. G. G. Green's reliable remedies at
Hanson & Emerson. Get Green's Special
Almanac.
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California hotel keepers ale rub
bing their hands in gleeful anticipa-
ton of the most profitable season on
on the history of the state.
What might be called "strictly first
class" trayel to the Pacific Coast has
been a little backward but, since the
first of the year. the tide has turned
and all the limited trains crossing
the continent are taxed to the limit
Those running over the southern
routes have. of course, almost mo-
nopoly of California travel that r1oves
during the winter months.
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NEW ENGLAN
WATCHES

Are designed to conform to the re-
quirements of every one needing a
watch-We make all sizes and styles,
with castings of gold, silver, enamel,
gold filled, gun metal or nickel--Fully
guaranteed and exactly as represen-
ted, and at stated prices for
our booklets, which give full informa-
tion and illustration of onr various
styles. For sale by all jewelers.
The NEW ENGLAND WATCH Co.,
Manufacturers,
81 and 80 Maiden Lane, N. Y. l31 to
l37 Wabash Ave., Chicago. Spreck-
es' Bldg, San Francisco.
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Facts
About
Medicine

elf your Vinol is such wonder
full stuff, what's the need of harp
ing about it so much in the paper"
A remark heard in our store.
We answer: We advertise Vinol
because we have found it a good
thing.
We advertise Vinol under our
own name and with our own guar
antee, because it IS different from
the twenty medicines my friend
alluded to. For instance, it is not
a secret preparation. 1t is endorsed
by physicians. 1t has a surprising
record Of cures right here in town.
1t has our absolute guarantee of
money back if you are not helped.
We advertise Vinol to increaseits
usefulness. We may repeat, but
we remember that the great Sena-
tor Benton said, "Ding-dong is the
most effective argument" meaning
that you have to say thing good
many times before you can get
people to believe it.
Sowewant to sayonce more that
we believe Vinol will do effective
work in ninety-eight cases out of
one hundred of debility, nervous
ness, insomnia, bronchitis, hacking
cough, lung troubles, and the
obscure troubles of irritable and
fretful men and women.
For sale byHanson g. Emerson
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>z.s .:ett r.. Florida

+. -, - =. 81. :>,,i.Iar morning.
= :; ,-,>'- 6; to- e.:cvice for al
. a.,., .-::'::: ,:,. Big -Four Route
=, 3ix;, E:t,!l'nan drawing-room
}.ss.,. =: - !. p. m. train, daily
axcee es ;3m:cay. Chicago to st. Aug
ustip.,. .'l.;riL., via Indianapolis, Gin
c.rr.:: !. tianta, Macon and Jackson-
~:i:s LESS than 81 hours en- route.
Eh:s rain is known as the "Chicago
&D5 Florida Special' and is strictly
,7u to the Twentieth century mark.
.,ail on agents for rates and tickets
g.a Big Four-Q. & G. Route, or ad-
dress either Charles S. LaFollette,
n. P. A., or j. G. Tucker, General
Northern Agent, 234 Clark street,
Chicago, III.