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=: :. . zTUJaele william, papa said a. nice
thing about YOU Yesterday, :., -.
x did he; Alice? That was clever q
him: What did: he say? = 81: :
- Mamma said It was a pity you were
SO fat, but papasafd Eitswas q blessing
IN disguise, because youwere.sp the
unhappiness of seeing how poorly your
trousers always fitted. Chicago 4Trib-:
une.
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a, Deep-Laid scheme. ::

First Roomer Say, :aresyou in love
with our landlady.s daughter? So 81 y:
B, Second Robme r--1nd eed, I'm not 81
en- why. do you sit il the. parlor
every night and keep her playing Oh
that piano 81 i. H ],
a sa ! eas'at 81 Ii n
hopes shell bEea IT. =
3 GhahkS e y .aazt s;fss
s e.ratussd him seight tines baefoFe.
finally sazing xesss ss ssr
ny did she change her mind p
She didn't She was merely learn
ing Il .he would change his u Puck
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Hustle.

What's the use of viewing matters
En- apessimist tic mood?
If your doll is stuffed with sawdust.~
Turn it into breakfast food.
Brooklyn Life.
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= ~ 1-t 80 p .Ts5} W. V - $"sit y .,
Her Devontest Hope.

A professor was explaining to--.ths.
top class at the girls high school the
,ltkep1t AtcondIng sto whaeh the humane
frame is completely renewed every seven
Iears. and addressing one Of his pupils
he said: I'LL :..:. = : r.. -. -. !. ). Y
! q; ,;F ]: M; M;3 1K,ka5A(K943a,,
: : i devoutly hope that may be So" said
:ess ss13s@Gelstk ,sslf "'1ff3n.11'af down
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. I'm on the ragged edge," he said.

:. I'm on the ragged edge," he said,
despairipgly- $500. 49,.
::The ragged edge Of what?" =. 49,.
'The ragged edge Of my collar. he
replied, and the way he WINGED when
he tried to- move his head showed her
that he spoke truly. So, being d wise
woman, she changed ,laundries.-Chi
cagO Post. a, - -. --- ,
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The Fate of the Flirt.1-: +:
She watched 1.-The. gaHants come and go. ~
She flirted 50 with every beau.
:. Now, when she'd have one come and stay.
They merely come-and go::...,s - go
Post. re t., :: .,:' 81.
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No Chance to Read,.

!: l.: 8; /; 4: :''('|! | :!||:! | /
sonaSdevil?" :
w DEAR" was the, confident reply
I've $always had supreme faith in
your: y silt 1. 70 ~ ~ - s s.
Ane then he said he'd bettef7he pfng
,for was ten minutes late anyhow
Atlapsa Constitution. :.
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Her Trim.

HeF TIP.
She took a little trip, but It, -
Was not for rest or air.
She didn't think of taking it
She tripped upon'1hekstAiT r
Cincinnati COMMERCIAL Tribune.
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or YOU.

-been-looIing-- over pictures which,
when we've strulled out together,
We have taken Of familiar soenes and
ragged bits of heather:
And one is Of a valley, and shallow river
flows :
Like q ribbon through its windings. and
10 9bs tssss sa.sk sses| ss:s {ssa: az
&aEives back the turquoise blue
OF skies that arch above it end one
s,a'biceHre is 81 you4 NI III
wes3wo wandered far and careless on
Nahat day chat you'llvscall.
:: - s; ;;i;;;;2||.b! 4
An44hwe took old eerie hollows, where
Sssdeep shadows lay. and dark
.Anestwe took the c1ifrs high scarpment
SM!0utlined against the blue;
Buts1 took another picture and that pic
*ture was Of you!
Yo1mre standing by highway stopped
SHto pluck a marguerite :. ~ r
AnAMthe eager blooms 'are rushing In
aWhite tbillowsIt to yopn fset,E n
And he country road goes winding out
HsHDf sight around the base
of.fhe mighty hill behind you; and the
NfMowers touch your face.
WITH sweet caress, and gentle; and a
srt as F. fn IN y4nn Ay2 morning shines
ANSttle blue and dew-drenched sky!
Ta{Amay rob me Of the pictures of each
N4ern-clad slope and brake,
OF 4ke tall elms, and the: river that goes
x4babbling to the lake:
OF ax&e quaint old inn we dined at with
ys4ts ancient inglenook;
EvesSthing from hills high summit II y TO
And may send me- empty-handed. far
S.1rom scenes I loved and knew;
But my heart will hold forever that one
sYficture, dear, of you. - T.
-J,sN. Lewis, in Houston Post: r..
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EHe1lj anu WOQlQ nave answered thai
E4etf Ger; but / df1dn It know how :. I
1ouidn 't:spelFsmuch more than my own ~, j
Ename these days.s-2s-s zaeasss n Dc so
E Stephen theught4nf hiseowias spelling
endr blushed. He remembered :aneasuyz
E8h at be- had written notes to- soma. of
She high-school girls in the pas, and
<hat Bessie = Smith 49, had n:s gt l eyeI
FL Did Stephen Write this asked /, Mr. II :
holding up a'sheet,6f paper that
He had found on=his5 mothers table:
Zone day, whi4fe-44oo4ae looking n e. for q magae
|8ine. asahu.ss. ss,nsssaJ bsas s.ssssss
r. eyes," said Grandma Ward. :
''Why, that better business letter jf
|Shan-T can Ytrrate to-day: His teachers
ehust :haxet been: mistaken ab6uts him. IS
81 "Ohs nossthey4 weren't t., =; said Grand
Elnass Ward with astwinkle Tin her sYye:
tHe:s improved lately; He is now my
Eriyate, secretary -. +,,r,5 .,rf+,
q Your what?'' g,a:sped' Mr.. Ward. - 49, :,
S my private secretary. rye started
81 business college for His benefit,
e you! h1.= >:'- y -; - s*-'s H. 49, ::
|kk "Yesy Robert. Common sense makes
ZIP for theslack of education sometimes,
although I wouldn't admit that to:
Stephen" =. >, * -, :i-~y...
81 He ought TO he in school,: said,Mr:
!. Never you rnind~ about that that said
Grandma Ward. ''You won't Be able
[tb keep him out of school by this time
Epext year. Letter-writing isn't tho
:anly thing I'm teaching him: y .: VI
s Il won't interfere" said NM. Ward
fsbut l have -my doubts about: his: ever:
Estiking school" 49,, &c. ~: =. r.
E*: There were times when Grandma
Ward, too, had doubts If Stephen
Had not been genuinely fond Of his
sFandmother, the good won1an, sshrewd1
EAs she' was, would have failed fnihers
curious undertaking. LAS lit Mas;;;;
sHephen swelled with. pride -whens.he
k6ought how Indispensable, he was to,
LIS poor, dependent grandmother. mo
One else: had ever made him feel that
sbe was Indispensable, and he thor
oughly enjoyed the novel sensation. :
Grandma Ward continued to lie
awake at night to c0ncUct business Tor
Stephen to: attend to aA4he.xda4dm4.
She saw with delight that when a par,
tfularly' knotty problem came up
Stephen turned, as last resort, to bis.
hated: textbooks for The Solution OF
the difficulty: :. &T = =,
with infinite tact. she made him feel
at every: turn: how. poorly he. was.
equipped for any. sort, of a business;
career. :. ). =,
."Grandmaa," said Stephen, LOOKING;
uS from the dictionary one winter
night, you can keep a secret, know.
for you never told anyone about that
awful pipe. Don't say: a word about
THIS to others until I'm safe out of the
: house: but I've made up my mind to
60 back to school in the. morning.
There's a lot of things I've just got to
KAow more about. l believe some part
Of my brain has been taking nap.
Things seem more interesting than
tNfy used to. I believe + could catch
un with the .class if igtried.. ., -s:a s15,s::t
And he caught up before the next
tdEm ended.-Youth's Companion.
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! Distinguished 4Amateur-Now zther,
boy, run away-there's nothing for you
to- see here.
ss-Boy-You're right, maisterI don't
think there is. ALLY Sloper.A -~,3=;;--
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1T possible he might shine in the
kinder farten department" was the
tteache8s reply, "for found q kinds of
leaves in his desk the other day. But
seriou ", Mrs. Ward, I'm Ffaid ste
phen \ II never get out Qf1AeI res ban.
class. He seems to BIZ anchored Right
s tssrs st.: so Tszi bAs e fta Ek(2
et"f as ~s III pda e'1oaaa .pee,a, ar
ranger pnt,':. said Mrs. Ward. "Profes-
sor Pa kins thought it might be bet
ter fol ~ ~ A. 49, N ol!5 "a ll! 81 1lll0
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4 V6heHocal J. q. Mr.: E B: Con agreeTtl
J 0)IjD1f &; 4 ! /:

Kidney Pills and after had used thre&l
boxes was all right. I am as well 40 ever,
$Rd keaaastspraiss Doda!slK Pills to-,
Fl hare gE@ thesqthg1thses:b boxes to
some M friends Of 9ipee who had found out .
what it MaA5 h4ts adkuredx me- sd:satisfac-
s@ dd'af kSf P fiHtt ~ 1t nsx
No one disputes this unanimous verdict.
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Finally, ! saw. DQan's Kidney Pills I'D.
vertised and got a bo4sg1After few
doses I told my hus tand that I was
feeling much better am That the pills
were doing me good. When finished
that box I3eltlike different woman
I didn't stop at that, though. con-
tinued the treatment until Il had taken
Eve boxes. There was no recurrence
until a week ago, when II began to feel
miserable again. l bought another
box and three. days. t5eatment restored
me to kea lth. q p oan y K idne1y PPi Ills aet
very effectively, very promptly, relieve
the aching pains add al other. annoy
ing difficulties. I have commended
them TO many people and VIII do 50
Zhsn . opp ptY present. FF s them ST
a Free Trial Of this great kidney
medicine, which .e,aEed , AEsstp, Bfuazels
will be mailed to any. part 81 the United
Issates on applit aastita T Address roster.
Milburn Coz Buffalo lon. =. FEof sale,
by All druggists, price SO cents per box. I
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=. -
Tlhe Diplomacy:
xtOf Grandma.
c.o.e.aooaoaoacaoatopDo0oa
-
II CARROLL WATSON RANKIN,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

1 C%ANDMA was person OF decided
u character. From the first Stephea
Ward had been her favorite grandchild.
and She had never taken any paias te
conceal her Partially for the sturdy
lad.*tsF1i sister Eleanor Was biz faT th{
pretasr bAbg, the nj ore attrabstve hs7
childS and tile gre4te~1re4it AtoAtht
family during her teens; but Stephen,
although the lad himself was slow t0
discover the fact. had found Ih1 some
whakaih1cult way fGhls AFrahGMother'
loyatheart. BY the time Stephen, was
II thstesat4 bs8frtbsnSs
ship between the bright Old lady and
the awKward~boy.~ ------.-----------.---
Mga >Wayd, >Stsphep .pethsA~Aad
had sseveral sisters, but no brothers
She had lost two little girls before
Stephens birth, and she had once bean
sirl} 't and S pFeEs7r13 tal% q 3Sgs sRs
was a sweet, tender-hearted, self-sacri==
tlcink mother, and vt coifse !sHS loved
Stephen; but she could not always see
things from the boys point Of view.
Try sas she might, she could not i'm
aging herself 17-year-old boy.
Grnndma Ward, on the other hand,
was the mother of a large family Of
boyse AS child she had had no play
mates but her own four brothers. With
thensshe had climbed trees, played ball,
piled wesd apd &ornahsr+a lethee1 +ana-
was none the XQrse for it in -her~old
age. Few women have It tn them to
undeyssxn
Ward.
1t WAS this sympathetic grandmother
who's caught Stephen prep&fing ito
smoke his first-and last-pipe. wisely
refraining from any reproaches, the
astute OLD ledys showed hin how td
lcally SAT- bestaghtp9 IN iheerseking att
mosphere of the barn, where the cpl
code took place, and remained with him
to thu bitter end! How jbitter.the. end
was only Stephen and his grandmother
ever 4 knew. From that time forth
Stephen trusted his grandmother with
secrets that another boy would have
kept hin@.his own
bosom.
The lad loved the woods and the
watera to very unusual degree. He
knew5Ithe habits of the birds; he could
swimlike fish in the waters of Lake
Superior; he could distinguish between
spruca and balsam, hemlock and jack
pine, Roft maple and hard maple.
Moneover, he was honest, sweet
tempefed and obliging. Butt spite OF
these sgood traits his parents and his
teachers found him at one time a diff
cult pfoblem.
STEPHEN hated school. His young
sister easily overlook him, logged
along beside him for week or two,
and then left him far behind on the
path q knowledge. : - : i:
Stephens only ambition. one of his
teachers reported, "is to escape with
the Others at four o'clock. When he
isn't iSoking out of the window he is
watching the clock, or drawing maps
of thequmber roads north of town."
"Isr4 there a single study that he
takes little interest in?" asked Mrs.
Ward
1T possible he might shine in the
kfndeI3 arten deDartment" WAS the
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r. "Ef some young men," said Uncle Eben.
was as industrious addin' up fggers in
policy slips, I reckons de d be savin' money
Washington Star.
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= = -. NOI AT THAT AKC Yef. .I4 n 49,
: This is my birthday.'' 17. II 7=1z
" \: Anil 1zzalbpdsa zy6ialnE
as -yolEever ~did2gY ~ ~ .rs=2.
!. / fdon,t believe TN quite
old enough yet to feel as young as.
ever DID. Town -and Country T.
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constantly t31fsstfag!a Hs hsysf '! }slf
that hisfown room was entirely safe
from invasion. THE housemaid's de-
Ssf}|tt{'tautysst3%f et ti n$) ss
had imphcttscenf1dence in his grand
moth sN aHFtjs 1chotFcest tteaeuHes occu-
pied the shelf over the CRATE, and no
enc knew how frequently she was
obliged to- disentangle her knitting
from the ribs of his precious, but evil
smelling, skeletonized trout. :.
Stephen, with ~noe>school work, to do.
fell into the habit of spending many
hsaftz.FGE: ~ wax afm6s5 d dtff y {vs
2elgek, an. the& bQxs usually saeaeae&.
home at that hour. He had always
been an-ob4iging youth, except in the
afen
his grandmother, whose eyes seemed
suddenly to have failed, asked him to
write spnf important business letters
forA her. INCOMPETENT Stephen COM
piled with the utmost cheerfulness. .,
THE .eQpeern with he oatsiae wdffd
fiat his gr4ndmotha seSne4 a1T az
dlce td posyeys eamahs soisjthhA on
a surprise to Stephen. He had had no
idea that the enterprising old lady
had so many and such varied inter-
ests.
e Stephen was required to order seeds
from the catalogues, to inquire into the
details of various projects advertised
'n1agaz1nesJ~to1sW write for infor=1
nation regarding certain stocks, bonds
and parcels of land that existed only
in his grandmother's vivid imagina-
ton. The unsuspicious boy never
knew how many of the laboriously
written letters were mailed, to quote
Grandma Wards quaint phrase, stup
the chimney to Santa Claus" Ste
phen wrote them all in good faith. He
patiently and conscientiously added up
long columns of figures, looked up in
the dictionary the words he was unable
to spel1-their number was truly ap-
palllng-and began, just as Grandma
Ward intended he should, to realize
his Limitations. Up to this point she
had said little, but finding her I'M
conscious pupil in receptive mood one
day.: she confided some of her troubles
to him.
You see," said she, alphabetically.
I'D write those letters myself, but it
isn't only my eyes that trouble me:
it's my lack of learning. Business let
tiers have to be done sort of particular.
ny writings .tergibly. pQor: I don't al.
how to spe1; I'm NOT sure
OF my grammar, and l never could
desea M FsbSlet TITS tut ~ s paine
right. ! didn't haYe q chance to learn
$ <4;t1I n1 s59s1 G!t" ve st;ss4s ne
they've made all through my life . ~,
Il: Hftt1hedy tha4H44a Hfa Fln'tl ~
anything. It's Surprising, when You
f TO Of to axa4 1sst i Y ssat!
Then there's grammar. If YOU don't
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IN A SAD PREDICAMENT..
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kkEll||i 3 |
, She Crew.

, @s*. s She Grew. I'll. a.sE
! --- - here goes that dashfng Moilie Flip.
pane. said the first gent ieman, as they
-satsat: the foot garden. Gracious! ]
knew that girl when she came here, be.
Tore she-was married: = 81 was averi-
table .hAysaed sthap ARd. RON inst look
how she has DEVELOPER 81. 4 !.
H. "'Yks," commented his friend. '''She's
q gr9ss iwfu0w now. anu that .Unsfds
erabs dfvYioohsdei from leea, 1at'
ps'f2t'1 ete1l~ fffei =,
~ No Chance to Read.
sunbuPs=ft.sE=ffu eae sswaxs.tAe.
s3norfahgl papers go atour station =
Citfnah-An SHIPPED SbsSsaoSe 700 soaa
get thera-ah :. =. :. -, :.
Su9bubs-Well, it's this way. If I
manage to get paper one of my neigh
bors1Ss bound to get into the seat be-
side ne and talk to me,aIlz the MAY into
{ town. If don't get paper my seats
Pouh9 to be Shared by'a stranger SgIiat: ::
Philadelphia Press.
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a. rleI$o1l14o1nh his pocket, R1ancelas
something in the way he did It that attrsctsds
his Mte,a attention. He meant that. if {.
should 1ays The Chicago Post.
wonder, : shs said g Sherse|f, what's
- y that letter! He certainly wa Nigh
disconcsrted when he took. It from ii
pocket :. - -:
! 11xter he changed his coat for 6is SmoE-
i sysa MS ~ icy aalt Z
Ested, and when he was out Of The room sha
Ivy A9Dytfdcteu tnt 3etteF from hue pocket.
ID meant hatshe should do. s. '.s
ME- flrid 5ty fa1{ atis6ed. It waiA Hlls..
fot 81 es4 gfwnl with comHenf a. b.;
to answer them, but che could not without
bone; 81 IT,.
bit She dared not show i. When he fe-4.
Iss2sS az haSta i 5I ghsfs sP fse E.
Such 4 snean ma -! =. IS
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Unavoidable Delay.

QQnyoidable Delay.
The irate heirs called at the general office
Of the life insurance company.
.Mfe want tS R4oEw7S theyasaid, ",,why you
are 30 longin psying the $4,000 called for in
the policy our deceased relative carried in
thu company. He died three months ago,
lae3 thar dnv.O - :" :
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more Interested when he gets to the.
botany class, S$5s
y Hell never get there, 4 said the dis
ll y: & 9, i(:ll:', $
y Il gest 7 Il Il y =. he
mad Caught up to his hands and feet.
although there had been a time when
these growing members seemed all out
u proportion to hts body. : : = = T:
He grew sensitive as well as tall and
finally he announced that he would not
go to school another day = : : : : i
III IL. d. ri anything else Ee3., --YEant, me;
& 81; "a : S6as III
conclave with his disappointed par-N
ents; I'll 90 r. the copper country and,
JI&M t1l4eJh e,s or fll stay here and
work up from the bottom in one Of
the iron-mines.s III fire on a9repgine.
|EfH19g(tff1H:; s: !:
"But, Stephen" urged his mothers
E You cant do anXafthase 411inggsauc-
cessfully without an EDUCATION"
capt. Banks did" IL. I
do you want to be like Capt.
Banks!'.~ l<zl " sxcKt! -
=, ..Well, not just like, him. Stephens
admitted. f"f don't intend to drink or;
buster around the way he does; butt
he makes piles of money. He boasts(
that he never went to school a day I'M
his ,Hfe;l< ~ 3.
wen" said Mrs. Ward, mo one whol
hadtever listened for five minutes to hisi
conversation would think, of .disbeliev-,
mo him" Z ~. : :. = Z
{ His J inother coaxed,: his father
scelded, and Eleanor upbraided him,
but all to no purpose. Stephen started
esteAnsibiy for school; TO keep peace in
the. family, but in reality spent all;
school 1lotfrs in the woods. as he frank
! ly:confessed when he returned at night.
The boy had suddenly developed an!
obstinacX as appealing as 1T was. sur
prisjng., His PARENTS did not know
what to do. Stephen was too old for
corporal punishment, and he would not
listen to reason.
1t was at this juncture that Grand
ma Ward rose torthe occasion = :.
LET the lad alone" said she. you're
not using the right sort of bait. He's
got streak of his Grandfather Ward
in him. His grandfather was so OBJ
!stIj TIT tl%exG934ff1fzs:gl8ted us
had told him not to. 1t took me Is
years to learn to manage Alonzo Ward,
but when once learn thing I don't
forget -##tt-EeefvFett4fa tt=boy to me for
month; but whatever you do, don't let
-hfm .siisbect that I'm paying any extra
attention to him." ~~
Grandmf Awards roA4f as q the
ground h3 5fSof the ramAhtg, ole4faSh-
Toned house: She was too stout to
staira easily and*her thought
full daughter-in-law had made the large
rooA a very comfostanle9pqty
The elder Mrs. Ward nHver ohiec+ed
!s2,iss ~ !i|;'|:; ~
-ffunE1E-thgspEctm
agates and insects. that the lad was.
Te6hytaHt1ty S31fstt sting 8g he never ffef
that hisfown room was entirely safe
from invasion. THE housemaid's de-
K} |tt{itatSst3%t ft tnt$)ss
had imphcftsconfidence in his grand
moth .N aHEbjs 1chotF cest: ttea9unes occu-
pied the shelf over the CRATE, and no
enc knew how frequently she was
obliged to- disentangle her knitting
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Just MN me- ylfd.

] NThs great test eomedx u ever saw
was Inlet" 81:
80 Nonsense! You don't know what.
yon'r talking about z 80 =.
..Do1st I? Iaa- q: ne akput an1aam4
aterr 1erformance OF -it I saw once,
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any family, an offer that no family in the
land, no matter what theieeireumstances
be, or how small their income, reed be with
out the best cooking or heat livingstone made.
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Steel Range Offer.
nest big 500-pound steel
Rld, and are willing to
- own home on three
|dst cut this notice out
Roebuck & Co., Chicago,
; free by return mail .
steel range and many
heati0g stoves, you will
st nderful $l.00 steel
1r&&t places the best
. Ss6Ve in the home of
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lions. Many inc nv lust u ke ~
my mouth shut when Just sbdu1rst-
Ing to say sonnet ms, didn't halyo
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lme:" asked the pred-
in Louderschlagel."
reason, gentlemen" at.
Of the concern.
IT, easy name like David
son the matter would
Hl would have got
Tribune.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-12
JUDGE WYLY
is DEAD,
A Good Man he Was
Peace to His
Ashes.

Judge R. f. Wyly died at
Tahlequah Thursday morning
at FIVE o'clock. While deceased
has not been in good health for
for some time the announce
ment Of his death will be a sur
prise as we'll as a cause of
regret.
JudgeWyly was one of the last
OF the old school OF gentlemen ;
a man who would attract OBJ
servation and receive respectful
hearing in any company, He
differed from many OF the more
conspicuous personages of sim
liar capabilities in that there
was no touch of scandal attach
ed to his name.
Judge Wyly before moving
to Tahlequah resided on Beat
ties prairie, near Maysyille.
He held the Office of Judge of
Delaware district, was a mem
Der of the senate one or more
times, served as executive sec
retary and also represented the
nation in the accounting with
the government when four mil
lion dollars was found 70 be
due the Cherokees. He also
occupied many other positions
of trust, among them an impor-
tant position on one Of the last
Cherokee citizenship commits
sion. Judge WHY'S wife
was a sister Of Col. L. B. Bell
of this city. He leaves a num-
Der OF children, one of his
daughters being the wife Of Ex-
Chief G. ]. Harris.