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sNORTH COAST LIMITED
Every Day In the Year.

Tho Northern Pacific Railway take pleas
ure in announcing that their popular over.
land train, the 'North Coast Limited, u
will be continued during the winter.
This broad vestibuled, steam heated,
electric lighted train, with it's model OBJ
servation car, equipped with the most mod.
ern conveniences, such as parlor, reading
and writing rooms, library Of choice books,
supplemented with the latest magazines
and illustrated papers, buffet, bath room,
barber shop, and card rooms with stand
ard Pullman and tourist sleeping cars (tha
former with two berth lights in each sec
tion), as well a. handsome day coaches,
guarantees the travelling public service b.
tween st. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and
Fargo, Butte, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma
and Portland absolutely unrivaled.
Two through trains daily between ct.
Paul and Portland, supplemented by the
''Burlington's" Special, running daily be-
tween Kansas City and Seattle, via Bill:
ings, is the most complete etranscontinental
passenger service now offered the travelling
public. Chas. s. Fee, Gen'l Passenger and
Ticket Agent. st. Paul. Mimi.
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wise: One day in April CHANGED to
meet a couple of urchins who had been
robhing and destroying crows nests,
thinking they were doing vast good
for the farmers by exterminating the
robbers Of their cornfields. Ihad long
believed that the crow was not SO
black as he was painted, and that for
every kernel of corn he stole he de-
stroyed many grubs and insects, which
would have injured the crops far more
than the bird could have done with all
Of bis depredations.
A sorrier object 1 never saw than
this poor kidnapped baby crow crouch
ing in the folds of ragged and tat
tered old hat. He was very ugly in his
half-fedged feathers, with large head
and long beak, but he looked so pitiful
that my heart went out to him at once.
We soon had made a bargain. The
boys then ran off with happy faces and
still happier hearts, clutching a few
dimes in their little fists, while I pro-
| ceeded homeward with my newly
found pet wrapped in my handker-
chief.
AS soon as I had reached home I
| placed him in a good-sized chicken
crate under large pine-tree in the
front yard, where I fed him bread and
milk, which he gulped down greedily,
and, like Oliver Twist, kept crying for
more, until I thought his appetite
never would be appeased.
Grips babyhood did not last long.
He grew so rapidly that in three weeks
he was full-fedged crow, with beau
tiful glossy black feathers, of which
he was very proud.
A large bed of pansies near the
house, which was my pride, was his es-
pecial delight. Every morning
would pluck the blossoms, which were
so like little faces that smiled up to
me. Grip was always on hand to assist
me; but he would ruin every flower
by shipping it off, and he did it so spite
fully, I knew that he was jealous of the
| flowers I loved.
go way, Grip, 60 way" would
| say to him, sometimes using little
switch to drive him off. The moment
was out of sight, however, down he
would swoop again into the pansybed.
and "snip, snip'' would go their heads.
At times Grip would be very loving.
Alighting on my shoulder, he would
cuddle down close to my face, utter
ing soft little croaking notes. Then
he would slyly pull the pin from my
collar, and begin snatching at the hair
pins in my braids. At other times,
when I called him, he would not come
10 me, but would alight near me, and
look at me so impishly while pleaded: {:
'Come here, Grip; come, Grippy, come
; here"
One day I was coaxing him thus as
he hoped along on the top board of
the fence. He put his head down and
seemed to be choking and swallowing.
After several such spasms he uttered
the words: ''Go way, Grip, go way"
very distinctly. l could hardly be-
lieve my ears. Grip my crow could
say three words: 'Go way, Grip"
For long time he had chattered and
made cultural noises. He would
scream and laugh like a young imp.
But now he could talk, and, aside from
being surprised, 1 was delighted He
soon learned to say: "Go, way, Grip
without effort, and not long after that
heard him say: "Come here, Grip:
come, Grippy, come here" in the same
coaXing tone used to him.
Rainy days were his delight. Then
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She Was Not Superstltious.

During a marriage ceremony at Northeast
Harbor, week ago, the long veil of the
loosened, and fell. A superstitious bride
would have been horror-stricken at such
an occurrence-perhap-w would have tainted,
perhaps postponed the event. Not 50 this
bride. She just stopped the proceedings
long enough to readjust the refractory
adornment, glanced smilingly at the groom,
and then, with Neutrality-suspicious. NOV"
look toward the minister, resumed her po.
sition at the altar. The reverend gentleman
an extra tug at the nuptial knot.-Kennebee
journal.
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Somewhat OF q RA d. is,x.

A man in Butler, Okla, who has followed
pumpkip @ eontroversy M 'inA in the Star, Whites writes
to tell about his giant radish. '.It is a
black Spanish winter radish," this vera
cious correspondent writes, "just commenc-
ing its winter growth. It has leaves a.
long as a Missouri fence rail; it is larger
at the top than that Kansas pumpkin, and
has sapped my well Of all its water. II
looks like q steam merry-go-round and j,
still growing. Grasshoppers fatte1ed on
its leaves now weigh 40 pounds. ."-Kansas
City Star.
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EVANSTON Chicago Record Herald boasts of et
~ anomaly in of
the with hen and her nine chicks.
peculiar Madame Cat
frequently of the chicken that she
unfounded
chicken
which had arranged for
selected the occupied where large had
had established her
attitude of the ca-ond'ng the itts
aHecionatey
in relieved the
y of the
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A Night Ride
with Witches

THERE was lull in the conversa-
lrtion, and then the thin man who
was AFRAID to go home at night after a
certain nour said:
81 see by the papers that they be-
ginia."
That's nothing" abruptly declared
the Missouri colonel; $50 do l."
"Straight?" said the man who lived
at the club. ''Get@put!"
The thin man shiEered and the others
laughed.
,,sp A'sStraight," said the colonel, "that's
Ne word for it. If any man on earth
4hanx right to believe in witches I
RidsYou ever see witch?" inter-
L0 the little fat stock broker.
did I ever see witch ?" replied the
colonel, disdailfully. "Dozens of them.
That's not all; I've kept company with
them" -
"Here, here!" broke in the clubnan.
''Why," continued the colonel, "when
Twas lad on my daddy's farm witches
were thick everywhere. They were in
the house nearly every night, especial
ly if the night was windy and dark,
and sometimes they cut up high jinks.
We boys often woke up on cold nights
shivering and sneezing to find every
last thread of the cover off on the
floor. Many time the witches ate
every pie in the'cupboard and all the
cake and jelly. I remember once l
-rdr1l pair of new trousers and I was so
proud I couldn't stand still in them.
Well, sir, I wore them one day, and
when took them off that night I
carefully hung them on the back of
a chair by my bed. When I went to
put them on the next morning they
were snagged and ripped. Awitch had
worn them.
1.-THE witches would ride the horses
and cows and even the hogs. 1t was a
common thing to get up in the morn
ing and find the horses tired and hum
gry and their tails muddy. We could
tell when they'd been ridden from the
witch stirrups in their name. FIRE.
ouently the COWS would be so tired
they couldn't give milk, and more than
once was kept awake all night by the
hogs squealing and trying to get away
from the witches.
"At last they got so bothersome l
had to turn detective and make study
of them. Once our COWS stopped CIV
ing milk. We turned them in the
glover field and fed them bran and re-
sorted to all known tricks to keep a
milch cow in good humor, but not a
drop could we get. They were be-
witched.
"One day followed the COWS to the
pasture and it turned out just as l
expected. Directly an old woman
came along. and as soon as I saw her
darted behind tree. She stopped in
front of the cows and, taking out a
piece of broken blue bottle glass.
looked at them through it, all the time
mumbling to herself.
81 followed the old hag home, and,
waiting for a good chance, I slipped in
on her unexpectedly and made the sign
of the cross, which renders a witch
powerless while you are in its pres.
ence. I hit the nail on the head that
time, In the corner of her rickety old
shanty hung long towel from which
milk was dripping. dripping constantly
into a big churn beneath. That was
where our milk was going.
'"I rushed at the old woman and
marked a cross on her with the fore.
finger of my left hand, which broke
the spell on our CO ss. Then 1 ran OK,
of the door and ul the road. Looking
back I saw her pulling her hair and
jumping up and down in rage. That
night our cows gave nearly two gal
Ions Of milk each"
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The Brave. Hunfer

Five hundred have been shot to
death in the Adirondacks this year.
Yet people sometimes wonder, says
the Chicago Record-Herald, at the
bravery of men who go to war.
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PrenAred.

Beryl-So Ethel's parents have purchased
an automobile?
Sibyl-Yes; they think that she will be
able to run across" some eligible young
man that way.-Baltimore Herald.
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We are none of US either as foolish or as
smart as some people think We are.-1ndian-
apolis News.
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Stops the Cough
and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price Is cents.
Williston graphic., 1903-01-15

Many of US might be happy if we did not
suffer from disorders of the liver. Then we
Drops, which cure the disorders and bring
the whole system to healthy condition.
Williston graphic., 1903-01-15

Dicer-'They tell me Fred has been play
ing the races" Knickleby-'s thought
he was; but it turned out that the fellows
at the races were working Fred.
Transcript.
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Southwest Coloni.t Excursions.

Low one-way and round trip rates to Kan
sas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas,
on the lst and Sd Tuesdays of each month.
Write for particulars and litera lure. James
Barker, Genl Pass. Agent, M. K. l. T. Ry.,
5Ol Wainwright Bldg, St. Louis.
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"De man dat's allus tryin' to git sumpin'
foh nufin'," said Uncle Eben, "is purity
li'ble to wind up by bein' one @ de people
dat gifts muffin fob sumpin'. '."-Wash1ngton
Williston graphic., 1903-01-15

Iowa Farms - Per Acre Cash,
bal. 11crop till paid. Mulhall, Sioux City, II
Williston graphic., 1903-01-15

ing all Inflammation and discharges wonderful
as a cleansing vaginal douche, for sore throa:.
nasal catarrh rs mouth wash. and to remov
tartar and whiten the teeth. Send to-day; .
postal card will do. -
Sold by drugGlsts sent Id by ua, SO
cents, large box. Satisfaction guaranteed.
THE h. PAXTON CO., FOL Columbus Az.
HOst0n, M
Williston graphic., 1903-01-15

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
ble MEDICINE foE coughs and r e9lds-M; ~ W.
Williston graphic., 1903-01-15

She-"Cholly is always running after an
heiress He has a passion for gold" He.
"He inherited it. His father died Of yel-
low fever."-Indianapo News.
Williston graphic., 1903-01-15

Life is made up Of events and recurrence!
Chicago Daily News.
Williston graphic., 1903-01-15

Self-trust il the essence of heroism.-
Errarson
Williston graphic., 1903-01-15

Carpets can be colored on the floor with
Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
Williston graphic., 1903-01-15

A clean youth makes clear old age
Rams Horn.
Williston graphic., 1903-01-15

Sixteen per 1000 of the British army
are Mehammedans, Hindus or Jews.
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Expressions that we use nowadays
metaphorically were used in their real
sense in bygone days. For instance, we
speak about beating Il retreat" forget
ting perhaps that the phrase comes
from the fact that in war time when
retreat was ordered the drums were
beaten in particular manner, just as
today it is sounded on the bugle. Then
again one speaks of going Off bag and
baggage" How many know what the
baggage" was? The general idea is
that 1t was part of the soldiers kit. In
point of fact the bag" was originally
the soldiers haversaek; the baggage"
was his wife. The familiar phrase "to
give the cold shoulder" originated IN
France, where II was the custom to
serve with cold shoulder OF mutton in
stead of hot meat Il guest who had out
stayed his welcome. "A feather In his
cap comes from Hungary. 1t being for
merly the custom for the Hungarians
TO put feather in their caps for ev-
cry Turk they killed, The word dead
head Is, according TO some authorities,
one of great antiquity. 1t Is said that
"deadhead' was in Pompeii an indi-
vidual who gained admission TO an en-
tertalnment free of charge by means of
n pass in the form of small ivory
deaths head.
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Her Makeshift Rivets,

The following sequel 10 naval
launch In England was not communi-
Gated to the press; Some years ago n
ship which was To be christcned by an
illustrlous parsonage got behind in con
struction. The parsonage was sure TO
be ready In time and could not be put
Off but not SO the ship. As a last re-
sort some portions of the supcrstruct,ire
were partly made fast with leaden
rlNets In place of steel ones, the launch
took place, and the situation was say.
ed. When the vessel came TO be com.
plcted for sea no one remembered
about the rivets, and after coat or
two OF paint they looked for all the
world like the real article and behaved
like II until the ship got into n heavy
sea, and the process known to Mr..
kipling as finding herself" began. II
was then discovered that defect in
machinery or other euphonlsm nccessl-
tated hurried return to a dockyard,
where matters We're hastily put right.
London Truth
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DETECTIVE INSTINCT.
Civilians Frequently Are better
SIeuths Than Professionals.

tiN1IluuS FeuutHliS arc hS'a'A
SIeuths Than Professionals.
The detective instinct is Unborn i'll
some people" observed an old detective,
and 1t is a rather curious thing when
YOU think about it. | have known good
detectives, naturally So, who were ncy-
er connected i'll any manner with the
service They possess all the mental
Qualities of a qulckness 10
grasp a situation, keen perception, "a
pfdity of thought, strongly developed
power of deduction and extreme merry
Gus activity. While 1t is true all great
detectives have acquired distinction
through hard work and unflagging ap-
plicaton. il is also true that many men
have the detective impulse so firmly
welded into their natures that it VIII
crop ont in spite Of themselves.
''And | may say in passing ii Is useful
10 them in many ways, for not only OPP
eraiiYes, but business men of every de
seripton. frequently need those pecul=
iar faculties which 20 to make up a
criminal chaser | once knew a man
WHO had the instinct 50 strongly do
veloped that he thought of nothing
else than the unraveing Of mysteries
and chasing clews. He found some
thing of interest In the slightest case Of
theft and would amuse himself by
working it out 1t became mania
with him, and he was Il source of much
amusement 10 the officers There was
never a murder day or night that lie
WIS not among The first on the scene,
and his peculiar talents frequently ena.
bled him To lend valuable assistance to
the regular force New Orleans Times
Democrat
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GROUSE ARE CLEVER.
FheS EVade the Hunter by Tricks
Tint Display Intelligence.


The grouse has n hundred tricks Of
defense. says Outing. 1t will lie still
until the hunter IS within n yard of
1t, then soar straight upward i'll his,
front, towering like woodcock; again,
il will rise forty yards away, and the
sound of its wings is his only notice of
its presence. 1t will cover upon a
branch under which he passes, and his
cap Will not be more than Il foot be
low it as he goes. and, though il has
seen him approaching, it Will remain
quiescent il frightful fear until his
back is turned 1t will rush then, and
when he has slowed himself hurriedly
around lie will catch only glimpse of
a brown, broad wing far away.
Wounded and falling in the open. it
will be found-if 1t IS found at all
with the telltale speekles of its breast
against the trunk of some brown tree
against which its feathers are indis-
tinguishable, and the black ruff about
the neck of the male will be laid
against the darkest spot of the bark.
Often ii will double like a fox; often
rs man draws near it will spring
hoiselessly into some spruce and hide
until he passes, dropping then to the
ground and continuing It's feeding; of
ten, too, it will decline to take wing,
though unhurt and will run fast for
half a mile-so fast that the most ex-
pert woodsman will be unable to keep
pace with it. This it will only do on
leafy ground and never when snow
would betrav its tracks.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox by cNfictael N. Y.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX AND HER WORK.

mighty influence
MILL No
Wheeler
filled with the sunshine
the hunger of struggling
plexites of daily life
teacher who had made and lost and was forced
TO in
Madison the of eight made her first onns to the muse era
in
periodicals
in of the &C n o
collection
book
known FROM IIarhor o Golden
unring loyalty dream her
and rdeUe.
to
being New York and her summer residence at
write rates from life the city
Copyright b. b. Hdnlln, Jr.
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WAS NEARLY CRAZY.

NJ was pleased that DR.. Pierce answered nv
letter" writes Mrs. c. w. Young Of South
Regent Street (l.ec PARK, Wilkesbarre pcnna
and address, as l think il my duty 20 let lie
people know what a wonderful medicine YOU
have. When ! had those mishaps began to
think would never have children aud my
husband always said that II l would take your
medicine would soon be all right. MY back
used to almost break and would get sick at
my stomach and have such headaches ! did not
know what TO do; they used 10 set me nearly
crazy and used to dread TO get up, felt 50
bad; then l began taking your medicine
When baby was expected took IT all the time
was that way. felt fine all the time and /
never get those diary spells now. hardly ever
have nervous headache any more. ] have q
perfect fomp OF boy; he is the light Of our
home, am now twenty years old and my
baby Is almost eight months old now feel
well, and weigh $50 pounds, and the baby 75Is
your medicine did for us We are both healthy
thanks to DIR. Pierce's medicine
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AS one of the very few occasions
when the wit of Rufus Choate was
foiled an incident IS recalled when that
brilliant lawyer was examining one
Dick Barton. chief mate of the ship
Challenge Choate had cross examined
him for over an hour hurting ques-
tons with the speed Of rapid fire
gun.
WAS there moon that night?'
YES, sir
Did you see IT,"
Ne. sir"
"fhen how did you know there was
moonf'
The Nautical Almanac said so, and
I'll believe that sooner than any lawyer
In the world"
BE civil. sir. And now tell me In
what latitude and longitude you cross
cd the equator"
All, you are joking"
No, sir ! am in earnest, and de-
sire an answer"
That's more than can give"
Indeed. You chief mate and I'M
able TO answer So simple a question:
Yes, the simplest question ever
WIS asked thought even fool OF
lawyer knew there's no latitude at
the equator Success.
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y native woman living in old Cairo
was entering her house when. TO her
great terror, she perceived snake of
formidable dimensions, which had tax
en- possession of the hearth during the
womans absence. The woman fled,
leaving the door open. Her cat then
appeared on the scene, entered, saw
the cobra, put up it's back and tnll spat
and otherwise manifested It's hostility
and IN turn went out. \ few minutes
Nftcrward ii returned in company with
second eat. After similar cXhibi-
tien both Went out and returned with
Il third and similarly went away, re-.
turning finally with a fourth. Con
sidering that sufficient force had been
recruited 10 kill the snake, the four III
once fen on the reptile, and after Il
short but fierce struggle the latter was
literally torn 10 pieces. Egyptian Ga
Zettp
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Who Nero wns.

In the days when Sir Charles Gavan
Duffy was Il leading figure In Veto
rian politics there sat in the Melbourne
parliament wealthy but not well in
formed butcher The chief secretary
Of the day was deprecatng the atti-
tude of the leader of the opposition,
whose conduct was. he declared, worse
than Nero'S
Who was Nero?' interjected the
knight of the eleayer, with equal scorn
and sincerity.
who was Ncro?' replied the delight
ed chief secretary. THE honorable
gentleman ought To know. Nero was
d celebrated Roman butcher" London
NJ Al
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4 woninn's Wish,

Mrs. lIousekeep My husband has
been complaining good deal of late
because his dinner has not been served
ON time.
Mrs. Clubb Graciousl wish mine
would
Mrs. lIousekeep You do?
Mrs. Club Yes: because he'd have
10 come home earlier to do It. Phladcl-
phia Press
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\ tourist in the Welsh mountains
who had bees caught in storm and
who after much ditl4anlty had succeed
ed in making his way TO n solitary cot
taee congratulated himself on his good
fortune when he was asked to stay for
the night. After donning Il suit of his
hosts clothes, so that his own might be
dried, he proceeded downstairs and on
his way met the mistress with n big
Bible in her hand In the fading light
she mistook the stranger for her hus-
band and gave him a thump on the
head with II, rcmarking, That's for
asking the man TO stay all night"
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There is one pawnbroking establish
ment in connection with Goyent Gar
lien market that IS absolutely without a
rival. This pawnbroking license ena-
bles the holder To lend money on gar
den and other produce by special con-
tracts HAT only hold good for forty
eight hours rs the extreme limit. Many
Il good load of fruit. flowers or vegeta-
sles that may arrive late for one mar
ket or that may not be instantly sal
able is pledged. Next morning the stuff
can either be redeemed or sold by the
broker
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NnIlnIN Iniurcd.

A man came in the police court at
on his back. The judge said. What's
the trOuble?'
The man said: Judge, this man is n
friend Of mine, and his name is Gun
Now, judge, Gun Is loaded know
its against the law to carry a loaded
gun on the streets. SO brought him
here"
The judge said Gun, YOU are dis
charged And the next day the re-
port was in the papers.-Haworth Qll)
Natural Gas.
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He was trying 10 be dignificd, but
the Grange peel made n failure OF the
effort
He accepted the situation with be-
coming philosophy.
Il find" lie said. that man can't
stand on his dignity and the back Of
his neck at The same time. Chicago
Nrihnnc