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their kites in the wheat pit these days,
and they-the kites-are soaring pref
ty high and seem to maintain the dizzy
attitudes to which they have been
blown, and display 8 tendency to so
still higher. The fever for speculation
has spread outside Of the regular grain
circles and the man of speculative
tastes with spare dollar to risk has
placed it on wheat. By leaps and
bounds the prices have kept going up
and nearly everybody is on the bull
side of the market and buying wheat.
Never was kite flying contest in China
more exciting and interesting than the
fguratiye kite flying contest INDUCED
in by the Chicago grain operators.
Each is seeing who can send his kite
of prices the highest and if the bear
operator can succeed in cutting the
string of his opponent and bringing
down the prices he will do it. It takes
q good, strong, steady gale to fly kite
successfully, and the bull kite flyer
liking. From the northwest has come
a perfect gale OF bad reports TO SEND
up the kites and keep them up. Here
are some OF the blasts which have not
yet lost their strength and power:
"TWo-thirds of the Manitoba crop is
threatened by rust and a very large
acreage is already affected In a
drive Of so miles from Fergus to Alex
andria the wheat failure is absolutely
complete, with not pint Of grain to
the shock, and not a hundred bushels
of plump wheat to a thousand acres"
Chicago spectators are scouting the
northwest and closely investigating
conditions and these reports are the
result. A pretty good evidence that
they are reasonably correct is that at
Minneapolis, a point nearest the grain
country, prices have made the greatest
advances, and the trade there Is said
to be on the verge Of g panic.
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Chinese Woman Declares It Is Doma
inant Trait OF the
Americans
Americans

Nine. Wong Kai kah. the wife Of the
Chinese commissioner to the St. Louis
fair. was asked the other day if she liked
America.
4 like it well, she answered, so well
in fact, that I have bought a large tract
Of land in the west.
What appears to you to be the DOM
inant American trait?" was asked her.
"sHopefu1ness, she answered; "A
cheerful perseverance, an industrious
optimism This trait governed yourg
man whom l met the other night at q
dinner party He was medical student.
and some one said to him:
n Don't you despair Of ever building
up a practice in incidence
Indeed. no. he answered.
" But you will admit that the profes-
sion is already oyercrowded?
Oh. perhaps It is. said the young
man. And then, With laugh, he added:
But propose to graduate in medicine,
just the same. and those who are already
IN the profession will have to take the.P
chances. z
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CONDEMN ABBREvlATloN.
Physicians Dislike the Too-Common
Practice OF People Calling
Them sDoc."

1.-THE st. Louis physicians who are
making a crusade on the abbreviation
Doc now in such common use, are do
ing good thing" said an old physician,
aand | hope the thing will spread to
other sections of the country. Doc, >
for doctor, has been in use a good long
time and has enjoyed a good run in the
popular estimate. It is much easier to
say doc than doctor, and I suppose
IN this age. when time counts for so
much, the difference in the time re-
CURED to roll the two expressions from
the tongue amounts to something,
though I am not advised that the st.
Louis physicians have objected TO the
use Of doc on the ground of the time
wasted in saying doctor
The main objection seems to be on
the idea that doc. is lacking in dignity
Doctor is more dignifed than doc
from the standpoint Of the profession
al man. Besides. doctor is the correct
word. Why should men call a doctor
fdoe?' We might as well speak Of the
professor as prof or say pres for
president sec for secretary and so
on in an indefinite number of other in
stances. Physicians do not like to be
addressed as doc They have objected
to the word from the very beginning of
its use. and they viii continue to object
to It as long as its use is continued.
THE crusade begun in ST. Louis
against doc is a good one, and it ought
to spread to every section of the country
where physicians exist. We are doc
tors if anything. and the term doc
is. not only a misft, but it is offensive.
I sincerely hope it's use will soon be dis
continued
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BEARD CAUSE oFPRoMoTloN
University Graduate Held Down 81
youthful Appearance Hirsute
Appendage Has Telling Effect.

A recent graduate of one of the great
universities secured place with
well-known firm at a modest salary,
says the New York Sun He fulfilled ali
his duties satisfactorily, but there
seemed to be something lacking. Bust
ness callers did not seem to take him
seriously, and one would occasionally
inquire:
SAY, bub, where's the boss?"
The graduate finally decided to raise
= beard At the end OF a week his en-
mover came to him and said:
sTts a rather delicate subject, but
I'm glad that you have realized that
II is your youthful appearance that
has been keeping you back. You will
take charge of the shipping department
tomorrow t'And some people say
that appearances count for nothing"
remarked the graduate. It took me
four years to get = college education.
and in four weeks I'll have beard.
Z made ten dollars week on the
strength of the education, and got pro
moted the first week on the strength of
the beard.
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Highland Park and other villages adj
Joining the fort are to be considered,
Chicago is IN luck in not being any
nearer to the post than she is. The
matter of special interest at the pres
ent time in connection with this govern
ment military station is that it is to
be enlarged and made The largest and
best equipped fort in the eesntry. The
plans prepared contemplate an ex-
penditure Of nearly million dollars
One hundred and ten acres Of ground
lying southwest Of the reservation are
to be purchased as soon as the neees.
sary authorization can be made by
congress Among the buildings to be
erected by the government at the fort
are two sets of artillery barracks, each
to be a separate extension on the east
side Of the present large barracks The
buildings viii be detached from the
main structure, and each Of the new
barracks will be large enough to ac-
eommodate about 125 men Then. ON
the west side Of the present large bar
racks, will be erected two double sets
Of cavalry barracks which will each
hold about $50 men. There will also
be Is sets Of officers, quarters scat
tered throughout the present officers
loops. Other buildings to be erected
are two new stables. new quarternas-
ters' storehouse, and, most important
OF all, a large addition to the military
gardhouse, one which viii aeeommo-
date about SO men. The appropriation
authorized Tor the construction of
buildings is about s350,o00, and this
amount does not include one other ad
dition, which the post officers say in all
probability will be ordered, and which
they are working very hard for. name
~. new hospital.
Willis g. FDsoN
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faithful abigail is but a menlOry In.
stead there are two classes, the regular
servant Of high wages and exorbitant
demands and new CLASSIFYING up
from the same fields as the sales
ladies, namely, the lady help. A good
servont must work and keep her place.
AS 10 only too common nowadays,
though, such servants are scarce, and
for home in moderate circumstances
the wages are impossible.
For these there is the lady help.
These are ladies in reduced circum-
stances-fhat is always the first thing
you are given to understand-usually
working for pin money or for the COM
partnership.
In return for the services of the lady
help you pay her about half the wage
of the ordinary servant, and though
she expects to do your work, yet she
assumes the position of a relative or
visitor in the family. She prepares
the meals, but she also eats them with
the family. She answers the door
bell and probably takes a seat in the
parlor She viii bring in the afternoon
tea, but will sit down with you and
your guests and join in the social cup
and the conversation. Nothing is
sacred from her. She wants her
rights, and these rights consist Of a
finger in every pie. You can only
escape her or only have a private word
with your family by fleeing to the
uttermost chamber Of your home and
locking the door behind you, and then
you had better stuff the key hole.
Deliver us still from the blight OF
the lady help!
ANNA II. CLARK.
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and aristocracy look on while labor
puts it's hand to the gaVel. How it
will ultimately work out remains TO
De seen, for 1t is the opinion Of many
that in seeking to better their condi-
ton, the labor party is oyerreaehing
itself and the last proposition may be
worse than the first
A great part Of the income Of Aus
tralia has been from the vast sugar
plantations in the great hot country
OF upper Queensland. Here is an I'M
told wealth, for it has only been
opened up within the last Is or 80
years. The climate is so unbearable
that it Is almost impossible for white
man to work there. The ground is low
and tropical. Heavy rains and blind
ing sun.
For years the custom has been to
import labor from the outlying islands.
These islands are inhabited by q race
seemingly fitted for just such labor.
They are rather small, very dark and
capable Of enduring any extreme Of
heat. Their own home lying near the
equator Among these islands are
traders. They contract with the peo-
pie to work in the Queensland sugar
fields.
The contract is For three years. They
are then returned to their homes or
are at liberty to remain for another
three years.
OF course the wages paid these men
are infnitesimal compared with what
white Iaborers would receive. but it
seems sufficient to them Their wants
are few. In their native land wan
derer returned with a few dollars in
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Al ? = ia7A1sD Monroe street, IS a
Iuxuriously appointed fat-the only
fiat, by the way, on the loop-Mr.
George W Jackson lives with his fam
lily. Mr.. Jackson is the engineer who
IS SO successfully directing the forces
which, out of sight and out of sound
and all unknown to the majority OF
people, are boring the long system of
tunnels under Chicago's streets. No
man in Chicago is buster or more in
demand day and night than Mr.. Jack
done, for his activities extend all
through the "a hours of each day.
He could not get home to be with his
family, and so he brought his family
down town to be with him, and has
provided for them a fiat whose fittings
and furnishings are said to have cost
$4,000. The unique feature OF the ap-
pointments of the fat are the tele-
phones which bristIe on every hand.
Each room has it's phone, so that no
matter whether Mr.. Jackson is taking al
cat nap on the parlor divan, or indu1g-
ing IN good cigar in the smoking
room, or eating dinner with his family
in the pretty dining-room, or taking a
bath in the marble tiled bathroom, he
can instantly attend to the multitude Of
details of the work of digging tunnels.
Literally he has a telephone tagging
Dim around wherever he goes. And It
is because Mr.. Jackson Is ready, day
or night, TO solve problems and smooth
over difficulties which may arise in
connection with the underground work,
that his friends declare that he Is the
busiest man in Chicago.
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Jacks Fatal Oversight

Il like you well enough. Mr. Uxmal, -
said the perpIexed young woman; cor,
at least, I'm not sure like you as well
as I do Jack Cawdrey, He says he
thinks Of me 365 days in the year. .
.'He wants one day off every four
years, does he?" exclaimed young TX
NAL, with indignant scorn. THAT kind
of devotion doesn't commend itself to
you, does it, Glarice?"
Jacks doom was sealed from that
moment-Chieago Tribune
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Gnp.dg Retreat.

The old gentleman was down IN The
furniture shop. by the way" he said,
just before leaving, my daughter has
just started TO nave a young man call
ing, and suppose ] should buy them
8 pretty sofa 10 make love on ?"
'.Yes, sir, q responded the suaye shop
man, 'tand here Is the very kind yoa
need. 1t is called Cupid's Retreat
HIM. What are the good points ~
Why, in Just one year the cover wears
OF, displaying a card: It's time to get
married. Tit Bits.
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enjoyed It, but 1t seems there were
some who did not. So when che agfta-
ton began this year FOR another earni-
val determined effort was made 20
give the street fair Knockout blow
before it could fairly make its bow 80
the public. But this effort failed and
dazzling lights and decorations greet
the eye from Oakley Boulevard 20
South Fortieth avenue. and almost
everything under che sun 20 amuse
anr entertain are now to be sound
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rank pfOIuSiOA1
and thereby hangs
a tale. and prob.
ably various law
suits. It is the
variety commonly
known as the Cam
ada thistle, and If
its name indicates
the place from
which it came it
cant get back
home too soon to
suit the residents
of the afflicted re-
gion. Thistles,
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interesting. Kite
flying in the GEN.
ter of the city
among the tall
S k Y S c z apers
would throw che
small boy into an
agony of despair.
He prefers the
open spaces on the
outskirts OF The
city for his sport.
But the bulls OF
the board OF trade
seem to find 40
IN
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S p e c u ! at1ng IN
grain or are stand
ing around watch
ing those who are.
In the very heart
of the city there
is at least one
man who is too
busy to know or
C a re W b e t h e r
wheat is up or
down. Away up in
the top Of the ILL
nois Tunnel com
ron-tr }111tT5ira~
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thistles, everywhere, and not a place
or anything that dresses in green and
belongs to respectable vegetable so
eiety. 1t is said that the thistles have
gained the upper hand to such an ex-
tent that the residents are in danger OF
actually being driven from their
homes. The proper authorities have
not prevented the dangerous weeds
from going to seed, and the result is
that the thistle down has been carried
far and near. and the aforesaid thistle
down displaying the disreputable tens
denotes of its degenerate species has
at once gotten busy and driven out all
tie more respectable and desirable
members of the vegetable kingdom.
The first of what promises to be long
series of suits has been begun against
the city, the action coming under the
law passed by the last state legisla-
ture providing for fine OF from $40
to 500 for permitting the thist1es to
bloom. George Sherman, the commits
sioner of Canada thistIes, Is the
plaintiff, and Mr.. Sherman says: The
whole southwest side is in danger. IT
the thistle comes to bloom and the wind
carries the seeds and deposits them
that means that the stalk will spring
up" Farmers who till the soil on the
outskirts of the city are greatly
alarmed and may become the most I'M
fortunate sufferers of the thistle pest.
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Motor Fishing Boats

Fishermen on the lake Of NeuchateI
are using automobile boats. They are
driven BY benzine motor and lighted
by electricity. They are t-bottomed,
glide noiseIessly ever the water, do not
frighten the fish and are a great sue
cess.
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gold, some fine mats. strings Of beads
and fancy trinkets. is man of wealth.
This is all to be changed, it seems.
II is now the plan Of the representa-
tfyes of the labor class. and that con-
stftutes majority, to do away entirely
with alien labor To send each and
every b1ackamoor back to his native
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Election a Misfortune.

Mayors appear to have had their
troubles two centuries ago. At Belle
field, Germany, there is tombstone
with this inscription: Here lies Jo-
names Burggreve, who considered Dis
election as burgomaster Of this city the
greatest misfortune of his life
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True Ennuch-

Nov, then, children said the teach
er. what is it we want most in this
world to make US perfectly happy?"
de things we amt got" shouted the
bright boy in the back seat-Cathelic
Standard and Times.
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fact, big as Chi
cago is territorial
". the post is a
long way from the
northern boun-
Diary of the city
1T is alway vs.
thought OF as
being located al
Chicago.A And It
is near enough to
suit all parties
C nc ern e d. In
fact, the opin
ions of some peo-
n1a -rrhn live ~
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interest and at
tention Of the PEG
pie. A case OF
street fair aas
broken forth on
Madison stree
and FOR two weeks
It promises to be
the biggest thing
IN that section OF.
the city. This is
not the drst Of
Tense, for last
year che West
side enjoyed 6
similar affair. ~
gl mN
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Guarded Admission.

How delightful that ell be. You're
goiAg to take your wedding trip in an
automobile?s'
"Why-er-yes: we're going to make
the start n one.t-Chieago Tribune.
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AVID had what
may be called the
prayer habit. In
the text before us
we are given a
glimpse of his in
ner life. The Sc
eret of his close
fellowship wi t h
God, of his clear
understanding of
the deep things of
God. of his JOY in
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Breakfast STAPLE Ia austria,

Meat is seldom seen on the breakfast
table in Austria and Germany, nor ID
much use made of prepared cereals, SO
popular in America. Wheat rolls and
rye bread form the staple breakfast
food --
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His Faith

.Is your husband a faithful man?
tsWhat kind of faithful do you
mean? Faithful to God, to me, or to
mis- pipe r. Chicago Record-Hera!d-
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n,, Knnw Her

Patience-Ts she the kind of woman
who knows it aH2
Patriee-No; but she's the kind Of
woman who tells It ail.-yonkers States.
man.
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sne party leaders, if not to the work
sng man" himself That phrase has
aong been hone of contention, and in
view Of the Increased number Of
STRIKES about us the settlement has not
yet reached a perfect plane.
With our brothers over the seas,
however, the bone has proved the
strongest in the fight and now capital
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.DO|NCS At CHICAGO
IT rs .sKITE TIME" OH THE
BOARD OF TRAIE.
BUSIEST MAN IN CHICAGO
West Side OF the City in the Throes
Of Street Fair - obtrusive
Thistle Causing Trouble
Fort Sheridan Growing.

Chicago.-There is always something
doing in Chicago which IS exciting and
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Fort Sheridan to Be Enlarged.
While Fort Sheridan is not within
the corporate limits of Ghicago-in
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The morality of a corporation will be
no higher than the morality of the men
who compose it.
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tcopyrighs, 1894. by ]. II Edson.l

Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 4. 1904.
Text:-..E Evening, and morning. end at
noon will 1 pray, and cry aloud; and He
SEalI hear ny voice s,-Ps 5a:17..
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West Side Street Carnival.
On the West side Of the city It Is not
wheat or tunnels which is holding the
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chieago,s Busiest Man.

But we would not have the frnpres-
sion go out that all Chicago people are
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L case OF TOO Much Thistle.
In the southwest part of the city the
thistle is rearing his pricily head in
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FEW years ago the main
issue Of a great campaign
IN this country of ours was
.tthe full dinner pail" or
t h e ''work king mans
friend" This was settled
in a manner satisfactory to
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should realize his hearts desire. But
the prophet after an interview with
God must endure the humiliation of
going to the king and reversing his
Judgment and commentator and tell
she king that he could not build Gods
temple. And King David must go in
and sit before the Lord, and find as
he communed with Him that instead Of
a temple builder he was to be a Mes
s5ah giver.
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YTOW full the Scriptures are Of pre-
J. ! cept and example, enforcing the
Importance and necessity of prayer
How every great event and epoch re-
corded IN sacred history has come as
answer to prayer. OF the Cody line of
Seth it is testified that they began to
call upon the name Of the Lord" And
ever since that day there have been
God-fearing men and women who have
known and believed God. and who have
prevailed in prayer with Him. Abra-
nam, Isaac and Jacob, having received
the promise of God of posterisy and a
nation, obtained that promise through
faith, and through prayer, which was
an evidence and expression Of that
faith. Jacob in prayer prevails and Is
called a prince of God, because He
prayed the prayer Of faith and held on
to God until the prayer was answered
Moses. again and again, offers prayer
IN behalf Of Israel and obtains for them
forgiveness and blessing, where the
them for their disobedienee. Joshua
and the long line Of judges were men
of prayer, and through their prayers
OF faith God was able to send deliver
anee from enemies and to bless David,
In his prayerIess moments, planned TO
be a temple builder Of God, and the
prophet of God, ere he had talked the
matter over with God in prayer COM
mended the king for his worthy
ambition, and assured him that he
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OPTIMISM CHARACTERISTIC.

ANNA H. CLARK.