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Why Hewitt Did Not Retire.

The fact that some rich men, who
are amply able to retire from bust.
ness. remain In the harness simply be.
cause they can't get out was illus.
trated in the continuous business ca.
reer Of Abram S. Hewitt. why don't
you retire from active business?" he
was asked one day, This referred
more particularly to his lror inter.
ests. II can't get out" he answered.
AT least, can't get out on terms
which | feel It would be honorable to
accept. had chance some time ago
to sell out our Toronto works but the
condition was that they should be
closed down permanently. This would
have thrown about 500 of our men out
of work; peaple who had been with us
for years, and many OF whom bought
little homes in Trenton, I-could not
accept such terms, so here am, with
the harden yet on my shoulders, and |
suppose death alone will relieve me Of
lL"-Kansas City journal.
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SYMPATHY OUT OF PLACE
The only Way to Offer Help In Some
Instances ls to Buy a Pie.

Inc Oniy way 70 OHer help IN some
Instances ls to Buy a Pie.
"Out West, a few years aED. while
journeying around with friend o.
mine. | overheard conversation
which goes to show that sympathy is
often misplaced" said the rowing
man, "and the moral is not by any
means a bad one, The quick way in
which the man turned on his friend,
who had offered him an abundance OF
sympathy, so far as sympathy can be
extended by mere words. was very
amusing and showed that the fellow
was quick-witted and unusually bright.
despite the fact that he had fallen
into q rather rough road
"The young man had been out West
for some time. He had gone out there
with the idea that he could win for.
tune, but instead OF finding the way
to success smooth one, It was rather
rough and rocky, marred by thorns
to prick the feet, pitfalls and all that
kind Of thing. Put in plain. unpoetic
language he was run down at the heel
and bagging at the knee. In order
to make living he had been forced
to become a pie merchant on a small
scale. He was in this business when
we found him, and had small NOV.
able stand on the corner Of two
streets in we'll known mining town.
My friend recognized him at glance,
and rushed up to greet him. The fel.
low seemed to be just a little embar.
rassed and my friend thought II would
be the proper thing to do to offer a
little sympathy.
Sorry to see you situated as you
are, old fellow, and in this business,
said my friend foelingly.
D your sympathy. Buy pie,
was the quick rejolnder Of the yender.
and in a few moments we had left
him shrieking out his wares to men
who passed that way.
AT least he convinced my friend
that there are moments in a mans
life when the mere sympathy Of the
mouth, no matter how earnest or how
fervent the words, can not meet the
requirements Of the case, and that the
real and only way to offer help 10
such instances is to buy a pie
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Thieves made their presence felt in
that Sleepy Hollow of Canada. One
burglary followed another in rapid
succession. In every case the cracks.
men went about their work in a way
that proved they we're no novices.
OF all this Sam Augustus was in
profound ignorance He and Mrs. Sam
were now the only inhabitants Of Geor.
gina island, the half dozen other In
dans who comprised the normal pop.
ulation being away with some wild
west show. For many moons Sam had
remained at home with his wife, fight.
ing manfully against his lust for drink,
but at last day came when Sam de.
cided that he must yield or die. So
with the setting sun he strapped on
his skates and started over the ice to
Beaverton.
He was passing a little cove on that
side of the island fArthest from his
home when he noticed what looked
uncommonly like a boats said flap
ping in the wind. This impressed
Sam as being a bit ont Of the ordi.
nary for midwlnter, but what gave him
a distinct shock was seeing light in
a log cabin that to his knowledge had
been unoccupled for years.
There was enough OF his ancestors
blood In his veins to make him wary,
and he conjectured, not without rea.
son, that whoever was in the old cabin
had no right to be there. So he stoop.
ed down, uniastened his skates, and
slung them around his neck, and, swift
as a deer, ran to the shore of the
cove. Cautiously he crept over the
snow until he stood behind the cabin
and looked In through window.
Seated at little table were two
men, both keen.visaged, both well
dressed and both youthful. Overhead
hung dirty lantern. On the table
between them was spread out sheet
Of whlls paper. which they we're ex'
amIning with great interest
This" Sam heard one say, pointing
to a mark on the paper, '1s the veran'
da entrance ! was telling you about.
It leads straight into the old mans
room. aud they say he generally has
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An Indians Gratitude

Sam Augustus was of the Algonquin
tribe, typical Indian Of these days Of
reservatlons-lazy, shiftless and ad
dlcted to strong drink. As an Indian
he was more or less despised by the
white men with whom he came in
contact, but was much too easy.going
to be disturbed by that. The possessor
OF a small farm on Georgina Island
he was so far true to the traditions OF
his ancestors as to allow Mrs. Sam Au
gustus to earn his living for him,
which she cheerfully did, reaping har-
vest in the summer time by weaving
baskets Of sweet grass and reeds for
the holiday seekers who annually Wis
tied Beaverton.
Beaverton was the most picturesque
spot on the shores Of Lake Simcoe.
but Sam Augustus, on the occasions
OF his periodical visits to the main
land, never stopped to contemplate its
various points of interest. There was
but one attraction in the place for
him, and that. 1t must be confessed
with shame, was the barroom OF the
Alexandra house
Sans visits to Beaverton, or, to be
more exact, to the Alexandra house,
usually terminated In his crawling in.
TO the loft Of the hotel stable, there
TO sleep off the effects OF the potent
fire water he had imbjbed. But on a
Saturday night In June he enjoyed n
novel experience.
Paul Wilson had come to the mill
that day with a load of grain and had
converted the grain not into -four, but
into greasy bits Of paper which he
deemed far more useful. Then, as he
was consumed with a great thirst, and,
moreover. had the wherewithal to
slake II, he naturally turned his team
toward the Alexandra house. Matters
following in logical sequence, Paul
Wilson developed ere night into a
drunken bully, with Sam Augustus the
especial object OF his hectoring. Sam,
indeed, was In fair way to get the
beating Of his life when Ed Daletou
interfered.
Daleton interfered to such an ex.
tent that Paul was escorted to the vii.
lage hospital. while Sam Augustus,
ready by that time to consent to any
proposal, acceded to Daleton's request
to go home with him and in the morn.
ing join the haymakers on the Daleton
estate.
An hour later found Sam tucked in.
to the most comfortable bed he had
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Seeing a Ghost.

When you think you see ghost
how can you tell whether It really is
a ghost or not? A recent writer gives
the following scientific method: we
assume that person sees an appari.
tion; II may be objective q. e., hav.
ing existence outside the observers
mind, or merely creature OF a dis.
ordered brain (subjective). The seer,
while looking at the vision with both
his eyes, gently depresses one eyeball
with his forehnger, from outside the
top eyelld ESQ causing a squint). II
objective whether bogus or mott two
outlines Of the ghost will be seen
but one (of course) II 1t he subjective.
One may prove this by trial, any time,
with any object, near or far | men.
tion this because of the many nervous
and braln-wearied people who see
spooks. and to whom it would be bet.
ter that they should know that the
trouble is within themselves, and so
seek a capable doctor, than continue
to be haunted as they believe, by the
supernatural"
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BANK, OFFICE, BAR %. Snd STORE GI,,i s, Fixtures.
hAnisls, eie Wrts j. ~ Aulson. 1881 waKos, Dsnyst
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cHlNAMEN IN THE STATES.
There Is a Considerable Army Of Al.
mond-Eyed Celestials in America.

mond-Eyed celestials in America.
II is estimated that there are about
100000 Cinnamon in the United
States and that 10000 of them are in
San Francisco. There is a consider.
able Chinese colony in New York and
there are small colonies in Philadel.
phia, Boston and Chicago, Taough
they do not belong to the educated
classes, 80 per cent oil them can read
and write. A daily paper in the Chi.
nese language is published in San
Francisco and another In New York
Nearly all the Cninamen in the
United States come from the single
province Of KwongTung, the most pop.
ulous of the eighteen provinces of the
Chinese empire. Its capital Is Can.
ton. Six countries OF this province
send out most Of the emigrants to the
United States. The inhabitants of this
province have for centuries been more
adventurous and founder Of travelling
than the rest Of taeir fellow country.
men and they are always ready to face
danger II there is a good chance OF
proft.-Leslie's Monthly.
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Senator George c. Perkins Of Cali
fornia has some unusual ideas regard
ing the election Of United States
Senators, and on account of these he
refused to listen to the appeals OF his
friends to go to California during the
recent senatorial fight there.
81 regard the members Of the leg.
islature," said he, "as the jury Of the
people, so far as the election Of sena.
tors is concerned. Before the elec.
ton Of the legislature | made a cam
palgn which extended the length and
breadth of my state. ! told the people
that was candidate for reelection
and | made my promises to them
They elected Republican legislature
and by so doing made that legislature
their jury. When opposition appeared
to my reelection my friends urged me
to leave Washington and personally
conduct my case before the leglsla.
ture, but | do not think II is right for
senators to try to inhuence the action
Of legislatures, so remained in
Washington. In ether words, | re
fused to tamper with the jury"
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THINKS TRuNKs, TRUSKs. Write for NJ.
'uSNhO CatAlog. The A. r.. MEEK TRUNK
BAG CO.. 18th and Lawrence tts. Denver Colo
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must have felt at least half way CRATE.
full.
The summer davs passed away and
the autumn shadows heightened into
the blackness Of winter, but Sam Au.
gustus had not once appeared at the
Alexandra house since that night in
June. Whatever conjectures the
habitues of the place might have hnz.
arded concerning his absence were
driven out Of mind, however, by a
series of occurrences which gave the
villagers ample reason for not only
much gossip, but also much alarm.
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Many Miles Of New Railroad.

According to the Railroad Gazette,
6,O26 miles Of new steam railroad
were built in the United States dur.
ing 1902. The figures are exclusive OF
second track, sIdlngs and all electric
lines Rebuilt mileage is also ex.
cluded, except where the work in.
volved such extensive changes in
alignment that new route was estab'
llshed.
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a tidy sum around. farther along here
is a window to one Of the guest chan.
bers. and we may pick up a sparkle or
two In that room, for big house party
is on at simcoe Lodge just now, and
the wealthy Mrs. Vineland is one Of
the guests. Then wen back to our
iceboat and be under cover again be-
fore they knew we've paid 'em a
visit"
Sam opened those little eyes OF his
wider. He was rot overglfted with an
active brain, but the reference to Sim.
coe Lodge had sharpened his intellect,
for slmcoe Lodge was the home Of
Ed Daleton, and had not Ed Dale.
tom Well. Sam Augustus drew
closer to the cabin window.
Sam waited to hear no more. The
men were thieves, and they Intended
robblng the home of the only white
man who had ever befriended him.
Oh, lazy shIftless Sam Augustus, why
do you hurry so?
For he was skating across the lake
as he had never skated before. Twenty
miles stretched between him and that
part Of the mainland where Simcoe
Lodge stood and he must be fleet in.
deed to arrive before the boat.
On, on through the night he raced.
In his face blew the first gusts of a
storm, but he plunged through the
crystal flakes his sinewy legs fairly
flying over the level surface. Now he
could see lights twinkllng in the dis.
tance, and his Indian instinct told him
they were from a farmhouse not far
from the Daleton estate Not a light
could be seen from Slmcoe Lodge t..
self, for huge row OF fir trees. wind
breakers, screened the house from the
lake blasts.
Sam swung along buoyantly. The
next moment kissing, whistling sound
came to his ears, and he saw a fash
Of white glide past him, to be swal.
lowed up in the darkness.
II was the boat. They would beat
him yet. He dug his skates into the
ice despairingly and hurled himself
forward. But in a minute or two he
became hopeful again. 1t was yet too
early for the burglars to begin work.
He could easily arrive in time to warn
the household.
Not pausing to seek the gate into
the Daleton grounds, he eaped the
high fence that paralleled the FIR trees
only to alight upon a human body.
Next moment he was grasped by no
tender hands.
Here. what's this?" he heard a
voice exclaim. Turn yer glim on,
Rats. Here's a nice kind O. a party
that comes tumblin onto man with.
out so much as a beg pardin."
Sam Augustus writhed desperately,
but another pair OF brawny hands
seized him, and he was helpless. yet
he kept up the struggle, and as he
fought, shouted with all the strength
Of his red mans lungs;
"Thieves.'
Blast It, stop that" commanded
the voice. "Ye won't, eh? Then
There was a click and report. Sam
gave a groan and staggered back.
Spud let him slip to the ground.
I thought Id stop ye," he muttered.
Say, Rats, T.
Something bright flashed through
the night. The Indian had risen to his
knees. Spud fell, with the toe OF o
skate In is brain.
Thieves" shouted Sam.
In a yard of the old Free kirk at
Beaverton is plain white shaft With
this Inscription:
] ..
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Financial Contract Security Co.
We pay per cent interest DEPOSIT BY MAIL
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VI0l INC SEND for LIST OF SECONDHAND
NISGINOi INSTRUMENT ~ II vii pay Tou
l.. hUscHENBEhG a ~. 81 10Th st., Denver, oo.
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They cost you nothing for oHAmina
ing for va; eJ double team harness
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MOTORS AND FAMILY STEED.

Inoffensive Domestic Machines Are
Bound to Be Popular.
There are two ways by means Of
which the motor vehicle tends to SUI
persede the horse. It may scare him
off the road, and 1t may do his work
better, or cheaper, than he does 1t.
Any one who goes about In the coun-
try must notice this summer increas-
ing numbers Of motor vehicles, put to
strictly family use. A family may go
out in a devil wagon, but those con-
veyances smack incurably Of sport,
and the processes Of domeStication are
sluggish with them. They cost so
much, too, that they could never COM
pete with family horses. But the low
power vehicles that carry man and
| wife and a child are of quite differ
ent order. For one thing, they are in
offensive. They don't go faster than
the law allows, no reasonable horse
has any objection to them, and persons
who use them are not subject to the
disagreeable consciousness that the
average observer regards them as enc
mics Of the public peace. For an
other thing they are comparatively
cheap; cheap, that is, compared with
the big touring cars. -Four or five
hundred dollars will buy one. But,
alas! that Is not cheap compared with
the horse and buggy or two-seated
wagon Of familiar country use. Farm
ers and native villagers are not going
to have them yet while. The great
| advantage Of them at present to men
of moderate incomes Is that they can
| be kept in q small shed, and do not
absolutely necessitate the maintenance
Of hired man. They wear out and
they break down, b<e they don't eat,
| and when funds are low you can lock
them up in a~shed and wait, If neces-
sary, for pay day, without inhumanity
OK loss. And when winter comes there
| is no problem about wintering them.
Put them away; that is all.
The low-price and low-power vehi-
cles are sure to come into very wide
use My venerable friend, who shrinks
| from guiding q hired horse past
devil wagon, admired and praised the
| inoffensive domestic motor vehicle,
! writes Ward Sanford in the Illus
trated Sporting News. He would
gladly have one, 1 think, and would
| feel safe in it, for 1t doesn't get
scared, no matter what passes, nor
how fast. But the family motor wagon
must arrange to carry more children.
You take but one child what becomes
Of the rest? It must clear itself of\an
suspicion of being promoter of race
| suicide.
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a WEIRD RELIC,
History of the Skull Used by Edwin
Booth in "Ham1et."

Booth in "Ha inlet"
On a bracket in Edwin Booths bed
room at The Players-the apartment
remains as he left it that solemn April
day ten years ago-stands sadly di-
lapidated skull which the elder Booth,
and afterward his son Edwin, used
to soliloquize over in the graveyard at
Elsinore in the fifth act Of Ham
let"
In the early forties, while playing
an engagement somewhere In the wild
West, Junius Brutus Booth did Sc
ries Of kindnesses to particularly I'M
deserving fellow, the name Of him I'M
known to us. The man, as it seemed,
was a combination Of gambler, horse
stealer and highwayman-in brief, a
miscellaneous desperate, and precisely
the melodramatic sort Of person likely
to touch the sympathies Of the half
mad PLAYER. In the course Of nature
or the law, presumably the law, the
adventurer boldly disappeared one day,
and in time ceased to exist even as
Renaissance in the dorid mind of his
sometime benefactor.
AS the elder Booth was seated at
breakfast one morning in a hotel In
Louisville, Kentucky, a negro boy en-
tered the room bearing small osier
basket neatly covered with a snowy
napkin. It had the general aspect Of
a basket of fruit or flowers sent by
some admirer, and as such it figured
for a moment in Mr.. Booths conjec-
ture. On lifting the cloth the actor
started from the chair with genuine
expression on his features Of that ter
ror which he was used SO marvellous
~ TO simulate in Richard Ill" in the
midnight tent-scene, or as Macbeth
when the ghost Of Banquo usurped
his seat at table
In the pretty willowwoven basket
lay the head Of Booths old pensioner,
which head the old pensioner had be-
queathed in due legal form to the ira
gedian, begging him henceforth to
adopt 1t as one Of the necessary stage
Shakespeare's tragedy Of Hamlet"
''Take 1t away, you black lmpW thun-
dered the actor to the equally aghast
negro boy, whose curiosity had hap
PLY not prompted him to investigate
the dark nature of his burden.
Shortly afterward, however, the
horse-stealer's residuary legatee, re-
covering from the first shock Of his
surprise, fell into the grim humor of
the situation and proceeded to carry
out to the letter the testators whim-
steal request Thus it was that the
skull came to secure an engagement
to play the role Of poor Yorick in J. e.
Booths company of strolling players,
and to continue awhile longer to glim-
mer behind the footlights in the hands
of his famous son.-Century.
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he had to tell seemed too wonderful
to true, all the past years seemed
dreamlike and utterly unreal.
They were taking up the thread
Of life where they had dropped it,
where, indeed, it seemed that fate had
cut it; and she saw no change in
Guy Hale, nor he in he. When he
rose to go he said, half laughing:
''Is your namesake, old Stallabrass,
still parish clerk?'
Eyes. Why do you ask? He will be
at the Bell now"
oh, nothing particular" and he
kissed her again, only I have a
special license In my pocket, and it
has to be lodged with the authorities
day or so before the ceremony"
Once again Miss 10 stood at her
doorway watching the blinking lights
of the alehouse, the figure Of her lover
silhoutted now and again against
the red glow.
Then the door opened and he hest
tated for just one moment on the
threshold; then she heard the roar Of
voices from farm hands and lime
burners as Guy entered the sanded
parlor and took his accustomed seat.
But, rich or poor, married or sim
gle, Miss 10 will always retain the
pet name that has distinguished her.
She will never be called Mrs. Hale
in the village.
Miss 10" will always be Miss
Jo."-New York News.
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How Women Rest,

How differently men and women in
dulge themselves in what Is called a
resting spell. II guess I'll sit down
and mend those stockings and rest
awhile" but her husband throws him
SELF upon the easy lounge, or sits back
in his armchair, with hands at rest
and feet placed horizontally upon
another chair. The result Is that his
whole body gains full benefit Of the
half hour he allows himself from work,
and the wife only receives that indirect
help which comes from the change Of
occupation. A physician would tell
her that taking a ten minutes rest in
a horizontal position, as change from
standing or sitting at work, would
prove more beneficial to her than any
Of her makeshifts at resting. Busy
women have habit Of keeping on their
feet just as long as they can, in spite
Of backaches and warning pains. AS
they say, II used to think I must do
thus and so, but have grown wiser
and learned to slight things" The first
years of housekeeping are truly the
hardest. for untried and unfamiliar
cares are almost daily thrust upon the
mother and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Weekly.
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MANAGE the Kiel Canal.

Among the German naval strategists
who are interested in the British
scheme for a new naval base in the
Firth of Forth is Captain Reventlow,
a well-known writer on naval affairs.
In a recent article in Berlin period
zeal he asserts that the establishment
of a base and the presence Of a squad
ron in the Firth Of Forth will dimin-
ish enormously the strategic value Of
the Kiel canal, by enabling Great Brit
ain. in the event Of war with Ger
many, to deliver simultaneous attacks
In the Baltic and the North sea.
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shun the Boardins-House.

Young man, the time will soon come
when you will seriously entertain
thoughts of marriage. When the hap
py hour has arrived which makes you
a married man, at once resolve that
you win have a home Of your own.
Avoid a clearinghouse, unless as a
temporary abode. clearinghouse life
encourages laziness, and wives who
have ne regular duties soon learn to
gossip-at first to pass away the time
and afterward for pure love Of scan
dial. The woman who INDUCES in this
questionable pastime seems to forget
that when she is absent from the meet
ing Of the gossipers' club, that her
character and habits will be discussed
by her clearinghouse friends, and
certainly not to her credit, for scan-
dal-mongefs always have something
derogatory to say of the absent.
In a clearinghouse there are no
"home' attractions or duties, and the
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female occupants are forced to seeh
amusement elsewhere-sOme by con.
slant visiting among such gadabouts
as themselves, and others by shopping
excursions, without the least intent Of
purchasing. The shoppers roam from
store to store, examining the goods
here and there, and causing the clerks
useless and irritating trouble
A young wife who has spent one
year In clearinghouse has rendered
herself unfit to preside over a home.
She has become lazy, disconnected, and
has learned from her older associates
a great deal concerning matters Of
which good and true wife should be
Ignorant. Promiscuous association,
such as prevails in the average board
ing-house, should be avoided. 1t Ia
very apt to seriously affect even the
most conscientious of women, while to
the young wife who lacks stability Of
character, it is likely to work an ir-
reparable injury which leads to life
long ppiness.-Exchange