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DREAM SERVED AS A WARNING.
Premoniticn of Danger Undoubtedly
Saved Life

one OF the most striking instances
OF warning dream vas the story mar
rated of the late Lord Dufferin, which
Is, TO the best of our knowledge, quite
well authenticated.
LORD Duferin was staying at a coun-
try house in Ireland; and early one
morning he heard. or dreamed he
heard, sound of wheels approaching
The main entrance. He naturally hur-
ried to the window to see what was
afoot; and was not unnaturally sur
prised to see hearse drawn up be-
lore the door of the mansion. He
especially noted the drivers face,
very unpleasant one of a smooth pasty
complexion. He concluded that ser
want must have died suddenly and
that the coffin was being removed at
this unusual hour in order to cause no
shock to any of the guests in the
house.
AS nothing was said about the mat
ter in the morning. he made up his
mind that he had dreamed the whole
affair. as was probably the case. Lord
Dutferln naturally thought no more
of the matter until one day, during
his residence in Paris, when he had
occasion to visit friend in one of the
large hotels, and approached the ele-
vator to be conveyed to his friends
landing.
What was his horror on recognz-
ing in the elevator attendant the
hearse driver of his vivid dream! De.
clining to use the elevator, he left the
hotel and shortly afterwards he heard
that the same day the elevator had
broken down, and the sinister attend
ant was among the killed. Subse-
quent inquiries revealed the fact that
there had certainly been 10 nocturnal
visit of hcarse to the Irish mansion.
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Say Jewels Have Life

speak without shudder. 1t was an
evil stone and brought misfortune.
The stone was really a drop of water
from the dews of heaven, hardened
by the rays of the morning, and inside
it was a malevolent influence.
Never wear opals. Never run the
risk-it is too great said the prin-
cess.
Every one had his or her own par.
ticular jewel, and it was a grave thing
to disregard its significance.
"How could one find out ones own
jewel?" the princess was asked.
by wearing each of the seven pre-
ciouS stones for one whole week and
keeping a record of the emotions and
seven weeks comparing them" was
the reply.
If her hearers had been interested
in the princess talk of precious
stones, they were reduced to wonder
when she proceeded to eXpound the
past and future of the ladies in her
audience from their jewelry, to in
terpret their emotions, and to give
them warning and advice.
Each lady placed favorite trnket
to the little pile of jewelry in front
of the clairvoyant. With closed eyes
she lifted up the rings and bracelets
and necklaces, one at Il time, with her
left hand. for that was the one nearest
the current of life, the heart. explain
ed the princess.-London Express.
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A Persian princess is now demon
strating the occult sciences of the
East in the drawing rooms of the
West End of London.
AT house in Mayfair recently this
dark-eyei sibyl lifted corner of the
curtain which holds the magic and the
mystery Of the Oriental from English
eyes.
Clad in a loose hame.colored gown
with jewels entwined in her dusky
hair, and precious stones glittering in
baybarc array on her corsage, the
princess succeeded in completely mys-
tifying her audience Of ladies'.
She declared that only the Eastern
mind could understand the deep, all
absorbing passionate devotion of
woman for her jewels. The Eastern
woman adored her jewels. The life
that was within them responded to
that love- and they shone with added
luster. Precious stones had all life
within them.
Stones had sex. continued the sibyl,
and If the male and female were
placed together in the wrong way the
beauty of the stones would be dimn-
ished. Place male and female dia-
mond. however, in a tightly closed
hoX and at the end of few years the
diamonds would give off little crystals.
For this same reason jewelers. learned
in the lore of the East massed their
diamonds together.
OF the opal the princess could not
The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-22
John L. Their Idol

found that was an American they
all asked for John l..
Some Of them knew who was rrcs-
ident Of the United States. though
most of them who had any ideas on
the subject thought ii was Cleveland
But every one thought he Iincw wLu
was champion cf the world. In sever
al native huts | found little old-fa 5h-
ioned prints OF the Boston boy.
1T appears that the Americans first
began to come in numbers to the isl
ands about the time when John l..
was supposed to be unbeatable. These
Americans introduced the boxing
game.
1T was great hit Every native
wanted to learn. And when The
Americans told of their great cham
pion the natives took it all in and
made him tribal tradition.
It's study in the growth OF
legend. If they aren't killed off by
clothes and consumption, suppose
they'll have him kind of on Odin
some day.
when an American beachcomber
strikes those shores, he has to put on
the gloves with the natives. Ii he
can't beat them, they've no use for
him.
Luckily, the natives are about as
poor with the gloves as they make
EN-. It doesn't take much of beach
comber to whip the champion of Ia
hit. That fact saves the faces OF our
countrymen."
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When | first went to Tahiti said
a traveller from the South Seas, Il
landed on one of the remote islands.
The first night | went in state to visit
the chief.
He was fine old fellow, fully 6
feet in height, and a man every inch
OF him. | happened to know people
who had lived on his island for a
time. Through an Interpreter he
them-if they were well, if their hair
was getting gray, how much money
they had. etc. Then conversation
languished.
AT length | heard him repeating to
the interpreter a word that sounded
like 'YOnelsulwan.' The interpreter
seemed to catch it finally. He said:
He wants to know how is John
l.. Sullivan? Is he fighting as hard as
eyer?'"
"'Oh. no. said truthfully. John
l.. Sullivan isn't champion any more.
He was beaten by a big man from the
West, and a man from the Big islands
DbdL tlldl man, anu anOlHpT Dig man
from the West beat him
When this was told to the chief he
looked me all over and said something
in a very positive tone.
"He tells me- said the interpre-
ter, that he doesn't believe you. He
thinks you don't like John l.. Sulli-
van
Everywhere I went on the islands
it was the same story. When they
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throbs in change
a b @ weather.
Urinary troubles
add to your mis-
cry. No rest. no
comfort, until the
X i d L e y S are
v ell. Cure them
with Doan S Kid
ney pills.
Mrs. w. NJ. Dau-
scher, OF 25 Wa
ter St, Bradford.
Pa. says: Il had
an almost con-
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\ cat near Dusseldorf in Germany,
drove sitting hen from her nest. sat
on the eggs and hatched them, and is
now caring for the young brood. Posi-.
bly, pussy has started in the poultry
business because she is fond of spring
chicken
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A grouchy and crotchety. fussy old man.
Whose stick on the walk beats a rat
a-tat-tat,
The cut of his coat on an old ia shioned
plan,
A shiny. red nose and worn beaver
hat,
A blare of defiance. he trumpets his nose.
He clears his hOarse throat with a he
hehe hem!
But the girl on his arm, she's as fair As
rose.
How grew such flower on such
gnarled stem.
He bushes his eyebrows and scowls upon
me,
His stick with a click beats the walk
as we pass.
His scowl wastes the bloom OF smile
that l see
And freezes it stifr on the As OF the
lass.
He raises his hat with Chesterfield air.
The sweep OF his arm is chill courtesy's
But his eyes pass me by with an unseeing
stare.
II blood were for spiling he'd dabble in
.~.~o~~~~~~e~.~~~
coffins as Presents.
When Chinese parents arrive at
about the age Of So their affectionate
sons and daughters club together and
give them each a coffin, and wish
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THE WEAK SPOT.

4 weak. aching back tells of sicl;
kidneys II aches when you work.
1t aches when you try to rest. 1t
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iren,arkable relish q human lie and the
workings out Of human destiny
But remember there IS III ever, any story
In the accepted sense no plot. no COM
.pllcatiuns, things just happenS'hs they do
lii real llfe,sand many readers have not
the power OF appreciation To- Keep their
Interest conferred on such$a story. Z
{ I own that Romance 2is Just bit toe
descriptive for me. but vet II is & fine
thing. : But don't 90 TO Conrad for a
story Or you Willie disappointed Go to
hin TOR Siortfaits OF life and pictures Of
the sea anda you will get .Whnt you are
after as YOU can get it from no other F.;
author alive. III K; 4 *
l1t liz curious. too. that this man Is 81
Pole. that he Is self-educated and that
ten years ago he knew English very I'M
perfectly n
u Nov he ia one Of tho purest. most
Scholarly of our$writers The summer
girl ought to know hmSi she Is 70 keep
@o with the company OF people who
read sf;s
Those girls who like something very
light and gossipyi will take kindly to Her
Infinite Variety" by Whitock. a ro-i
nance OF love and politics. and must be
confessed not much OF o. story.
\, NJ .st""rillie"--there Is a novel the summer
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likely she rs to be "a success The old
game Of follow my leader Is the right
one to play. so to speak Tact and intnl "
tion Will do much to- help her, still It
rests chiefly An the power OF her lovers
own family to decide whether or no her
entry pto their midst shall s,,l BE- happy Gi
poiiteness where one hopes for love. a nd
br1de-elect may be put at a.disadvan,th,
the utmost courtesy and M with y 3punctillous
: il is Extremely bad form for a 1anceo
to make q display Of her power {. oyer y r
else Tor that matter. / especially as op-
posed e the g his r oMn peape
for hef to parade the fact that hence
forth they must TAKE secondaary III Il
sweetheart. They must OF course do so,
and il they are sensible, will be gracious u
about Ii; but one OF the pleasant fction
Of society ordains that the cedure is to
be of their own free Will. not Of, coercion.
bride-elcct, upon a visit to her lovers q
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girl will want to read. It IL a breaking
out In 81 new Professionalism rich and
strange--and II is a girls story. too, Il
ever there was one.
i II she hash read '1sebeodh' our young
reader Will want to put that naive little
creation OF Mrs. Wiggln's into her bag,
too.
All the girls who haven't read THE
Yvrglnian" Ought to read 1t this summer.
III is remarkable how that kno wing draw
ling Southern cowboy steals away with
the hearts OF meI, old and young ~ have
never heard a woman critIcise the book
or speak OF IL III anything but glowing
terms, though here and there ls a MAJ,
to whom the story makes no Appeal s.
Il There IL n neat little paper covered edi-
tcn OF THE yirginiaii' just out . Il
!, Lettl,er take along "To-morrqw's = an
gle,,.g by all means. for init she Will see
tho blithe Geraldine Bonner ut her best.
And dom let her forget to tuck IN Brftv !.
yer Kim's Baby.not becayse 1t Is much
of a story, but because Philips Mlghels
wrote IL, and wrote il on the lines of
,'The Motherhood Of Bcachy Daw," which
to know Is a delight 81 8 E{ ri
TO leave out Nfy Friend Prosperoo'
would BE a sort OF crime. This unfae-
gingly witty story has made more people
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wooilantiers" for so-called Objectionable
qualities. Let me add also that have
read no story q latter day ptodNsa ~
that ranks with either Of those novels
for art. And vet nearly all povels OF the
present day arc In atsense Objectionable
az reading mater FOR girls
& But they will have them, and plenty
I OF them. despite all parental dsstpproval,
so there! 5!}5
Among the most tinnocuous ofathe new
novels and one that ,l1ny be recommended
to the innocent summer glrl Is The ST.
lent Plnces," by stewart Edward White.
whose dissonant middle name should be
stricken QUE. Stewart White would make
a much better inouthftil. st.
'"rhe Silent Places takes you into tho
cool calming influences of the forest, and
while 1t may not have quite the quality
of the authors "Blazcd Trail" 1t is high
ly acceptable.
BY the way, Mr.. White is now one OF
us. lie was married In April and he viii
soon set up his household goods In Cali
fornla, near Santa Barbara. In house
Of which he was the architect, and for
which ne made all the furniture. lie has
given his home the freakish name OF
!. 4,he Jumping Off Place"
The outing girl who does not include
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sensible woman will readily understand
that, for her own sake MS we'll as for that
OF her fiance. It behooves her to do her!
utmost to gain the good will and respect,
II not the affection OF his relations, since
they, more than any one else excepting
her husband, can make or mar the happi--:.
ness Other married life. M
Making acquaintance with these future
relatives Is necessarily an ordeal for the
brlde-elect. She Is wise to endure 1T
possible, before marriage while she may Z a.s,
''inpossibe,.,lo or is made to realize that
they find sher SO. Even though people
may like a gir and approve of her; undie =.
other circumstances, they may not admire
herisufficiently TO welcome her as one 81
themselves She must face the fact that
they have not chosen her and the & more n !,
under the Inevitable criticism tho better.
Il Is fatal to make an apparent effo ri
show off. still worse to be aggressiye
Tho more modest and retiring a girl ap.
listens. and the less she says, the moro
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oeooooocoooooo
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"The Wings OF the Morning IN her lit.l
tie bag of books which she takes to the
country WILL let me as,lrc M have ca, u,a,
10 rregret unless, indeed, she has read the
book already. 3i,
III not she Will thank me furthe s,,g-
gestion that LOTUS lTracy's absorbing lit,
tic volume should be Slipped Into that
bar and that 1t should he tho FIRST book
takei, out OF It. Ia /.
p / have recommended this sloryFto about
a score of persons. who have read 1t, and
not ono Of them but enjoyed t,it hugely.
II a bet ter story has been Sprlnted this
year want somebody to tell me Of IT.
And, dear Summer Girl Sdon' 7 leave o,it!
Conrad. lie hns a now book called g Ro-
mance.'' written In collaboratlopWtth ii Ford
Maddox lleuffer. "Ronince's has more
action. than Mr., Conrad'ssother stories.'
1t is n buccaneerlng yarn, all about a
young English chap who is caught In the
tolls ana 3ots OF n Cuban pirate bnnu s
rho doughty Britislicrf falls In love with
n beautiful Spanish girl. who Is being
prosecuted bS. the nrate. chief. N The story
tells how the loving twain manage to es-
cape from the pirates and make their
way to England, &iI8 NJ a Al N 45s & 4. b
y There&is n world Of people, in III , book.
and uncommon people TOO. Conrad. as
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Z
Al IN $50
ooocpporooocpoY,oooo &
WHAT ARE YOl READlN(l SUMMER GIRL? By BAILEY nnLlAR

laugh than any other book since Mrs
Wigs, Besides, II ia q frst-rate story
and Introduces you to the Italy of your
dreams. II
There are many other books that might
be Recommended for the stin f1er girls
box, but that box must not be too big.
fur stories are read leis,lrtly In country
places, and four or five novels ought to
do for the whole season. i.s n Sc M
But am expecting getitle little notes
from IA Lady" telling me that she has
made the discovery that some OF the
stories I have recommended for the SUM
mgr girl are dul.e unfit. For example,
there Ia 1.-THE Wings OF the Morning"
1.-THE romance OF voting man and woman
alone On an Island Upon which they have
been cast by the sea.
My correspondent will be unhappy tii1 \.
tiisthe author changes that story 40 that
IL will include h sioat chaperon With q
pair of eyes like those of q pinkerton.
detective. But lam wiling to risk soma.
thing on the hazard that Of the Books
ihave mentioned IN ,1le foregoing scrappy
little list the sumner girl Will like better
than all the rest that same Wings OF
the Morning. She will ind Iris a per-
fectly proper heroine and Robert An.
lstr,lther the soul Of chivalry. rs
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S7AM US VIEWS OLA FIANCEE By HELEN oDFlELl

home, to devote herself principally, not
to say exclusively. to her lover, and
thereby fail In courtesy to lbs family or
their friends. She should be especially
careful to avoid all appearance OF any
desire to olst her lovers mother from
her place in his affections. Tho moro
pretty difference which she shows to that
slady.s the more she recognizes the bond
or union between them in their mutual
love for the same man, the moro likely
she /. to win the mothers heart. On the
other hand she is foolish e pro,en,d' that sa
lover, since iherllnve for him. and his for
her. is her claim to their. consid erationi
they must accept her for his sake or nos nos
at all. YES IA ~ y.
praise is often a heavier handicap than
too ttles sometimes even than blame. He
sings Il her praises In superlntlves, and
draws inyidious comparisons between her
aud his sisters. than which nothing is
surer TO make them disl Ike her. and 70
thus himself responsible for their Lack
c. affection for her. VI e tS$ i
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lovers engagement most keenly as a den
lection Is his mother. and, next to her,
his favorite sister. Tho old saying. "A
son is son till he gets him 9 WIFE.
might we'll be supplemented By the post.
we'd" Its truth is unfortunatelS, borne
out BY the experience OF many women
but, unless mothers and sisters nre .un-
reasonable, exacting and Jealous. 1t ought
never to bc true. A. mans own people
should be ready to admit that his first
duty is to his wife, and even before mar r,
}riage they ought to be willing to give him
up, in great measure, to-thc woman whom
he has chosen to share his life.
1T is equally the duty of the lover to be
gentle and tender with his relatives-to
let them down easily and kindly rs 50 to
has made him the happiest OF men Is no
valid reason that he shall make ms
the fact that they arc no Longer nec Is
salx to him. 1t is hardE have the sweet see,
associations of ones whole; life .disar-
ranged by the advent q. e u, stranger.
There As rarely any excuse a$1ae ever any,
reason why a lover need be Ssunki Ind to
or willfully neglectful to- his own family
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ally one Of tentative objection to his
choice. The fact. that he has made his
selection without consulting them, SO far q.
from causing them to accept the situation y
phiiosophically. making the best Of It,
puts them upon the defensive, md ule
newcomer must fight, o I at leastbwi In her
way,Spinstead OF being welcomed warmly:
Many another woman since the day vs. Y 81
Rebekah hns found her life n6wcariness
to er IF ZANE dnos he q ess
because Nundeniuble. Yet every man has
the inalenable right, t. choose l as,5 own
lterfere, But the love Of wife and child,
SO far from weakening ought 70 slren NJ
than wat ter and there is no socie q, SO SC
happy and UNITED as the old pa1t ass e.
misfortune eoncerned when IN the TIES
AwIfe takes. her husbands name, and to
al! intents and purposes becomes one % O..
people. but she must adopt his II IS q !
common saying that "a man does not
marry his &wIfe's family, but q woman
marries her husband So Therefore. any
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Naturally. he must devote less time and
attention to them, but he will not tforego
ali afrectionate demonst,ra tionsi tol his
mother, iior6ignore altogether thefHlrsuits
which4hei has }hitherto shared With |, his NJ
sster;f and he willis sometimes lat least,
invite the latter 80 Join his swcethaar
ana himself inthor Engagements, l HIS
thoughts and time, ana he has mo excuse
FOR Stumbling. the small brother who asks s'i,s
him TO mend a broken toy at a moment
when he. desires to talk to Her, With,
capital II. There R Isl something wrong
with a love which can thus set aside prior.
relations and ignore all the claims IF
kith and kin. Those who do not hesitate
to break old ties can scarcely be counted
uptn to remain true the new IDOL when
the charm 70 fSnovelty is gone
The one thing whichEi never falls to re-
coheile to,tlle mar,fa &c or Pr he r
finger IN the people Ike to TO-, Play ,!i,,
the part OF deus OK mas hina, and the role
appeals with fespec ial s3power TO women omen
gWithga stranger there; is no such consa-
Slation for theirsvanity;athe man asserts
and their attitude isTin consequence u lEsl'
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against tho infallblc parental judgment
was undreamt of. b s5
The old system OF family life was un-,
sdoubtedly subsersive Of individual free
dom. If a girl, for instance, made no
success In the matrimonial line, the only
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.pcnsive place, o1'ss.,NI y (thc bcautyof the
family must have ball gowns. 81 because
If she presented a. good appearance a llus-
band was more likely to be secured. But
the first principles OF education had been
50 learned that all idea Of rebelltng
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Notwithstanding gold while the fathers
thoughts were occupied in getting the
boys on ,,i
And the pretty girls married and the
clever boys arrived; according to the law
Fuf the survival of the flttest But what
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duty that lay before her was not 70 be
heard Otto live an utterly uneyentful
and useless existence and to retire into
the background OF life with subservient
3alacrlty .,3 81 u IN x s.
Some years ago ! remember calling at 4 a
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about the ugly girls and the dull boys
They We're ooSoften sacrificed
8 How many girls who could have earned
a good living and led a happy, useful life,
received no education because Tom must
+ be sent to college, aud college is an ex-s
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HoFMANN's q CHRIST I'm THE TEMPLE"

types
scornfu sadducee keen philosophers mn o
young But the Divine Child hgnre ead N b
points passage book # asking Tor solution q IS meaning ms
with the searching look Of one wle ALREADY
of He facF
house there child to learn his Fathers Will And it. Is i spll,
Nazareth lives suec
to his parents. growing in favor with God and nan
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child from God uelohs loH ueh
child like nmnhons Pcrens
through the web old theology II this that the listeners wonasie' o'
excited sight on poSpi WE'VE
teaching his elders simplicity me te
searching intelligence OF his replies
Doctors expressed
art by admirable significant The deepest sense q me M
OF taken NE
Christ The and be found the dresden
gallery of academic tomahH ohe san e'