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ANCIENT
tie Grea. Wall Wa. One of the Won
dera Of Those DaYa.

y NsSoA Wole wal One OF tue WON
ders Of Those Days.
According to Herodotus, the ancient
city OF Babylon stood on a broad, level
plain and was an exact square of four
teen miles each way, making the entire
circuit Of the city tifty-six miles. 1t
was protected both by a wall and a
moat. the latter being broad and deep
and kept constantly filled with water.
But the wall was the wonder of won
ders, being SO l-3 feet in width and an
even 200 feet in height. This monster
barrier was provided with 100 gates,
all of solid brass, the lintels and side
pieces being in bronze. Cross walls
ran along the banks of the Euphrates.
each provided with twenty-five gates,
which corresponded to the number Of
streets running in each direction from
the river.
The most remarkable ediice inside
the wall was the temple of Bel. a pyrn-
mid of eight square stadia. On the
summit Of this pyramid stood a pure
gold image OF Bel forty feet high. tw
other smaller figures OF the same pr,
eious metal and a golden table forty feet
long and fifteen feet wide. This won.
derful city first came prominently into
the history of the world in the year 747
B. c., but since the time of Alexander
the Great 1t has been a ruin. the site
having at one time been entirely lost.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
Got the Dates Mixed.

Colonel Jack Flaherty. manager OF
the Majestic theater. recently engaged
q press agent who undertook to make
good" by securing the publication Of a
story regarding his employer. His first
effort concerned Colonel Flaherty's
e~ight-year-old son.
Colonel Flaherty read the story over
carefully.
How do you like it?" asked the new
press agent.
very good" was the answer, .but I
would like to make one change in it."
Colonel Flaherty took a pencil and
changed the age of the boy from eight
years to two months.
"But." iptelposed the press agent, "a
no,month-old baby can't talk"
Cant help it" said the colonel. "You
80 I was married. only a year ago."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05

The silver bOatswain's whistle with
which John Brown piped orders 10 HI
men while they were at Harpers Fer
~ has been discovered in Washington
by the officers of the Kansas Historical
society. An effort is making to secure
the instrument for the society's mo.
scum.
When John Brown gathered his msa
around Harpers Ferry and began pfsp-
arations for the seizure OF the ar.
senal he instructed them, according to
the story, TO hide themselves In the
mountain forests and to refrain from
being seen together. Then he gave
them instructions to listen each day
at sunrise and sunset for their orders,
which would be piped to them with
the boatswain's whistle.
These instructions were carried out
to the letter. and for some days pre-
ccding the attack on the arsenal the
people Of Harpers Ferry heard the
mysterious piping from Browns head.
quarters. The notes would be taken
up by the nearest of his followers and
sent on over the mountains until the
farthest distant OF his band had ~
ceived the word of the commander
Whea Brown was captured the whis.
tie was taken from him by Lieutenant
Stewart of the regular army, who aft.
erward became a lieutenant general In
the Confederacy. Stewart finally gave
It to Colonel Washington. who In turn
presented it to John Cassin. thensaw well
known lawyer in this city. Theswhis.
tie is now in possession Of Mrs.s Mary
A. Cassin. who lives in Georgetown. It
u about nine inches long and In an ex.
eellent state IL preservation.
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Retected WIN scora.

a certain social organization called
the Young Woman's club found itself
In difficulties after the lapse Of some
twenty years. The young" women
were no longer rightly named. Mr..
William n. Crane, the actor, was once
consulted by some charming girls in
regard to the name Of their prospective
club. Their object. they wrote, was the
building Of character. They wished
that to be suggested in the title and
also the fact that they were unmar-
ried. Mr.. Crane replied that he had a
name for the club, the Building and
Lone association
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
The sense of Loss.

The late r. H. Stoddard was fond Of
contrasting the English and the French
%workingman. to the great advantage Of
the latter. One OF his comparisons
dealt with the death of Dickens.
"a short time after Dickens died. DO
would say. "a friend Of mine visited
the scene of his last hours and. In
search of Dickensiana. stopped In a
neighboring inn. He spoke OF the nov
elist's demise to the waiter. "A great
loss,' be said.
"a great loss indeed to US, SIR the
waiter agreed. He had all his ale sent
In from this house.
Contrast with that" Mr.. Stoddard
would exclaim, the answer Of a wait
ef to whom on the afternoon Of Mira
beau's death a guest said. "A 6ne day
"'Yes:' the waiter answered; 1t - q
- dag. but-Airabsau IL dead" .
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
conrsre Of a Hor.e.

Horses painfully contend on the race
track for victory out Of their own ma
tive courage and ambition-not under
punishment, for, as a rule. the coura-
.geous horse will "stop" or shut up" as
the technical phrase is. when whipped
or spurred at the finish Of a a In
California some years ago a running
horse broke nj of the bones in a fore
leg near the close of a heat. perhaps
seventy yards from the wire. He
faltered for a moment and then, re.
covering himself by a mighty effort,
struggled On and won the heat prac-
hcally on three le~gs.-Country Life In
America.
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sure" said the actor. You must have
waited GU me somewhere"
Eyes, sir; ! cid. sir" admitted the
gentleman of the cloth smilingly,
"And where was it?'
"In 'Divorcons.' sir. L was entaks6
by Mrs. Fiske when you were her
Ing man. Cir, to take part In the rdilnsr
scene. sir. 1t was a number q yeals
ago. sir" rs - 49,. ..w.t
1t was afterward explained that ~
professional waiter was engaged -
lend realism to the e on the occa-
sion mentioned and that on several
occasions since he has ''supported''
Mrs. Fiske in her REVEALS Of The
French comedy.-New York Times.
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"JLh GIVE YOU A DOLLAR FOR your
nOO.rs ~

round. Oliver took Atchison, Amalga
mated, Union Pacidc-in fact, every.
thing. The bear trading weakened
gradually. The selling movement was
entirely checked. Oliver stood in the
middle of the crowd, cool and collected
as ever. Picking Il the chief seller
OF stocks, he asked:
Haven't you anything else to sell?'
"Not now said the other.
"IIl give you a dollar for your bootsy"
said Oliver.-New York Times.
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Four Kind. Of Liars.

The late Sir Frederick Bramwell was,
famous both as a witness and arbi-
traitor in engineering disputes. II is re.
called that his brother. the late Lord
Justice Bramwell, on giving advice to
a young barrister told him to be care
full of four kinds of witnesses-frst,
of the liar: second, Of the liar who.
could only be adequately described by
the aid Of a powerful adjective; third,
Of the expert witness, and, finally, Of
my brother Fred"
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Likely to Do So,

I'VE had known each other slightly"
said Miss Envy Waite, "but never to
speak to until one day while out skat-
ing l fell down quite near him, and"-
"Ah. yes" replied Miss Pepprey.
that broke the ice, of coursc."-Phila-
delphia Press.
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The Buyinx Eexer-

Billy Oliver. one of the Waldorf
crowd. stood on the floor of the Stock
Exchange the other day after the
Heinzc decisions apparently prepared
to take everything offered. For half
an hour everything came his way. One
broker in particular sold the list all
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
No Great Difference.

Bilker-My sakes! Here's a story Of
q nan going to marry a woman he
doesn't know! Enpeck-That's moth
Ing. The only difference between him
and the others who marry is that this
fellow isn't deceived to the point of
thinking he knows her. = Baltimore
American
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His c. O. d. Delivery

"You delivered your speech in a man.
ner that was most timely and effective"
"Yes," answered the political orator;
II had to be particular about the de.
livery Of that speech. 1t was a c. o. D.
Star.
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The Matinee Girl.

The matinee girl existed as early as
the eighteenth century. In Japan girls
&c those days used to throw their fans
and purses at the feet Of the leading
man" as he minced along 1.-The flower
walk" to the stage. Pictures of these
"heroes" were an early product OF jap
anese wood engraving, and these por-
traits were secret treasures Of many
maidens.
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Would win Either way.

sWould you still want me to be your
wife II my father was a poor MANI"
asked the beautiful heiress.
EYES," the duke replied after a little
pause. I'm that case l would be
enough Of a curiosity to get rich ex.
hibiting myself."-Chicago Record-Her.
aid.
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hts Face Wa. F..m,.r.

James Neil and his wife tRdyth
Chapman were in Chicago not soaver1
long ago, and while there Mr.. Neilj
thought he recognized a waiter n the
hotel dining room.
Where have you waited on me BE-
fore, my good man1" he asked. I'm
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Spokane
OF Denver" s~aii@,a
"I've never been west Of Chscaeo.
sir" was the answer.
But your face is very familiar, Tn
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
The win wn. There.

He-So your husband has given up
smoking? 1t requires a pretty strong
will to accomplish that. She-Well,
I'd have you understand that I have
a strong will!-New Yorker.
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People grow old by thinking; them
selves old. AS surely ms they think
this 1t will come true. for thpueht b
sreeNvs.
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The Lawyer-I'm afraid I'm going
blind. The Friend--Never mind, old
man. So long as you retain your sense
Of touch you'll he all right.-Judge.
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An Appeal.

The Owner-See here! That trunk
never did you any harm, did it?
Tue Porter-Any harm? OF course
rot
Tue ownsr-well. then, don't trsat II
. 3 II d1d.-DseoklyH Lafs.
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Probably There now.

Bobby-Pa. did you ever see an arm
Of the sea7
Father-Yes.
'sWhere was it,"
cit was hugging the shore the last
saw OF it."-Smart Set.
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The Surgeon. Charges.

II hear you're dissatisfied with your
doctor's BILL
Yes. don't think he's entitled to
$3.50 for that operation"
"Why not:"
Because if he was he'd claim upsre.r
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Worry. whatever its source. weakens,
tD1o away courage and shortsns life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28
Christians In Official Japan.

Many of the prominent men of Japan
are Christians. To this creed belong
one mCmher of the imperial cabinet,
two judges of the supreme court, two
presidents of the lower house of parlia-
m"nt, three vice ministers of state,
not to mention n host of officials in
the lower ranks. In the present paria-
mcnt the president and thirteen mem
bcrS in total membership of 500 are
Christians. In the army there are 100
Christian officers. o. , per cent of all
and the two largest battlc>hips are
commanded by Christians. In Tokyo
three of the great daily papers have
Christian editors
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28
COULDN'T SMtGGLl;.

TWO Y ntlcman oE AN ocean liner com
ing into New York harbor after win
ter abroad, after having made their dec
laratiOnS, mot on deck
ION, yes, was the response. II can t
smuggl"; YOU know I'm a protoctionist.
Eut how about you? Did you declare
cvcrythlng?'
''Io be sure said tho other. ct won t
do for me to snusglc; I'm "a froctrador.'
Century.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28
THE WORLDS TRYST.

We fain would walk abroad with Spring
impatient to begin it;
Like other fair ones sweet. she calls.
"I'm ready in a minute
We fret ana fuss, and watch the clock,
The minutes larger looming,
Spring dons a robe of tender green,
a dash Of faint perftming.
And when at last she comes TO us,
SO fair do we behold her;
SO radiant and beautiful,
We have no heart to scold her.
Pink
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28
Toe GrnspinW.

II had great dream the other night.
dreamed | met man who offered 10
cut me pound slice Of radun.'
"Whew It's worth more'n million
IN ounce"
That's right. Want slicc| he
says to me. Yes answered him.
But was too prasp!ng."
"iiOw was that
Il woke up just rs asked him to
cut il Thick cleveland Plain Dealer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28

ltlLIL ! IN bD'Ds \ y
years he committed suicide, and this
Ia the letter be wrote on the night of
his self murder: Dear Mother This
Is the last letter you VIII ever receive
from mo. ] have broken your heart,
hut try TO forget and forgive. IT
there IL no hell. as jim says. this
world Is he'll enough for me. From
your dsgraced and dying boy I)id
You do all thatT eyes he answered.
well, my friend. know not how
God will forgive. but he can and he
will. The blood of Jesus Christ will
cvcn cleanse you. If you will only ask
Tor Christs forgiveness. whatsoever.
An. that is the word. whatsoever.
whatsoever" That means you. Yes, II
means you. Though your sins be as
scarlet they shall he as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson. they
Shall be as wool
Christ is ready to forgive also the
,ncrciless thicf's sins, even as he for
gave the thief upon the cross. He
ia ready to forgive the theirs sins,
whether you have by evil Jealousy
stolen away mans good reputation
or have riilcd a widows pocketbook;
whether YOU have stolen good meme
or Il financial income.
Man, you know that was desper-
atcly mean act for you TO circulate
that evil report about that physician's
life You know that there never was
a sqlIarer. trllor man than he, yet you
lid it in order to ruin his practice
aye. and you have succeeded, From n
worldly standpoint you can never make
atoncmont for that damage. But God
will forgive you, even You, If you Will
come and ask for his pardon. Woman,
that was nm awful statement you made
about the character of that sister. You
say that you are sorry, that YOU did
not look into the facts before the evil
vas done. and she died of n broken
heart. 1t is now too late to bring her
back to life. But God will forgive you.
Yes. whether we are thieves who have
robbed men and women of their good
nance, God will forgive us if we only
repent "Ihough your sins be as scar
let That means YOU: that means you
Az the Divine Mercy.
"But." you say. this appalling emu
ineraton Of crime has no applicability
TO me. have neither robbed nor Sian
dorcd nor slain. nor am | either drunl,
ard or gambler" Assurcdly not; but
though by divine grace you have beer
mercifully kept from such depths OF
human iniainy and degradation. youl
heart must still tell you that you are
4 sinner in need of a pardoning God
And if he stands ready to forgive tho
greatest Of criminals and to wash away
their scarlet sins how much more l.
he willing. . man, Q woman. to give
60 your soul pardon for penitcnce ant
to welcome you into the gospel sheep
/ fold,
/ Paul, the greatest of the apostles. II
his AMUSEMENT called himself the chic
Of sinners. Like him. by Gods grace
/ you may become more honored spritu
silly than ever You have been in nj
/ your past life. After Marshal lame
on account of INSTRUMENTATION haC
, been deprived Of his command Napo
/ leon EOnaparte declared he should ncV
or be allowed again to draw his swor,
~ 'iio ser 'r VI i'"HN'' u"t Wv
'"'iil''S ,'"' INA he ~ o,'' ~ '''c '''l'
my VIZ nv ~ nn".'',." mus
h'u anu S"'u w 'iiiI9''' II '"i'''
draw sword for my own country
can at least fire privatc's gun
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28
Pardon For AL.

Christ is ready TO forgive the muir
derers sins by that do | mean that
he is ready TO forgive tho highwaNman
who with lifted gun. shoots down the
Innocent pedestrian: by that Go mean
that Christ is ready 10 forgive the
ficnd who poiSons the helpless child or
who in the dark night drives tie knife
into the heart of his sleeping advcr-
sary: Yes. Jesus is ready to forgive
tie convicted murderer though hn
may be standing upon the scalIold un-
der the han.man' moose. about TO OK
plate his awful crime 'rardon for
all is the meaning Of my text par
don and peace ani etornal life for ali
no matter bow vi!c ii in sincere re
Ncntancc they will come to him ami
plead for his mercy through his atom
ing socTitir,.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28

Fail ana the parrot will say | toll
eou so. Win and the parrot will say
ne deserves credit. We are, uncon-
sciously, most of us, parrots School
master
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28

Is ready to forgive those VINO nave I'm
morally broken up the sanctlty OF the
home. He forgave the sins of Nahab.
who concealed the Hebrew spies: he
forgave the sins of David, who stole
the poor mans eve; he forsave the
sins OF the dissolutc woman who talk
ed with him at the Samaritan well: he
forgave the sins of the woman de-
nounced by the scribcs. TO whom he
turned and said: woman, where are
thine acc,lscrs? Doth no man con-
denim thee? Neither do / condemn
thee. Go and sin no more" Christ is
ready 10 forgive the social outcast's
sins. as he was ready to forgive the
scarlet sins of the dying thief and the
murderer.
But, though the Bible declares there
Is but one objectionable sim and that
is the sin against the Holy Ghost, yet.
strange TO say. most people are not
willing to forgive the sins of libcrtin.
ism, especially If the social outcast be.
longs To the female sex Alas, alas.
Even the best of men, the leaders in
our churches and pulpits. are often
ready to look upon the breakers Of the
seventh commandment as moral de-
generates who have no chance for vi
innate rescue either in this world or
in the next. Many people are apt Ia
lock upon immoral ol;tcHsta In tho
same way that the stern old Scottish
elder looked upon the actions of his
hayward daughter in tho beautiful
story in IAN Maclarcns "Eonnic Hric5
Bush' He profosScd TO believe in the
unlimited power of ',nI's forgiveness
yet when his only daughter. his moth
crlcss girl. his one child. who was all
10 him, had been led into sin re turned
to the clerk of tn" village Kirk and
said: "Ayc, blot her name off The
books. she is my child but blot her
name off the books"
But. oil, my hroth"r ard sistnr
though man is hard upon fallen man
and woman especially hard upon fnllei
woman. yet cod today offers pardon
and peace for every pcnitent Magda
icnc. Though your sins against mo
rality may hc rs scarlet they shall l.,
st. Nitalis was u poor monk who II
the seventh century was supposed {,
haunt the evil resorts of the .\lcXan
drian capital. For many years the PEG
pie Thought lie was a hypOcritc and
lib"rtinc. ono early morning Vhcl
seen coming cut of n place of evil 70
sort he was fatally struck down hy
passerhy. with tie scathng words
"IIoW dare YOU, rascal how dare yol
outrage Christ by not mCnding YOU
wicked Ways But hardly had til,
breath left the body OF the humhl,
monk than it was found out ly tcsti
mony that for years h" had given hi
| hfe to saving social outcaStS. Villa
/ Christian women are doing for cX-cun
| ricts st. Nitalis was doing for fallcl
men and fallen women. At his funcra
those social outcaSts. whom he had h,
the power of the Holy Spirit rcscucd
marched in front of his bier. chantiu
| this cry: we have lost our dclivercl
! We have lost our Instructor, God hel,
US. God help u.s. Today Christ i
! willing TO 90 into the lowest brothe
and into the haunS OF the immorall
| vile and to say: come unto me and
! will make thee pure. Come every mar
! Come every woman. Though YOU
sins he as scarlet. they Shall b" n
white as tho driven snow; though the
be rec as crimson, they shall be a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28
No sinner Weed Dcspair.

But among the murdorers who are
to be pardonci | would also class
those who have slain their victims by
false signs. as well as by bullet or by
gun. lie is ready to forgive those
who have slain by tho lip as we'll as
by the hand. In o!!en times the pi-
rates along the coast OF England used
to change the positions of tn" lights
Then the sea captains. watching the
Deckonings Of the false lights. would
drive their boats upon the rocks and
lee wrecked. Tho pirates would rifle
tho drowned bodies rs they would be
noatcl upon thr shore, and gather to-
gothcr the wrecked cargGCs. They
were mUrdcrcrs lnurdCrerS whose
weapons were false lights. SO God
will forgive even those murderers who
have destroyed their fellow men hy
false examples as well as ne viii for
give those who have murdered them
with the dagger or the gun
what" some murderer says. par
don for my scarlet sins oh. no, II
cannot be true. Why, you do not know
what you are saying My sins are
worse than scarlet They are black
with the hopclcssncSS OF despair. There
can be no pardon for me. Let me tel
you ny awful story: When went tt
college, | was Il very wild boy. | had
there Il ruolAmatc who was the son OF
II minister. He was a ruddy faced lad
and as pure as little child. ! taught
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28
STATE OF VERMONT District OF CHI,

ESTATE or JOHANNA ENRIGHI or
SOUTH I'll itIINlNpN.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28
Ready to Forgive.

Prom that moment, sir, that young
fellow let loose all his evil desires
he seemed 10 leap into n very whirI-
pool of sin, Within "A few months lac
vas ryucllcd from college, Within two
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28
GREETING.

To all persons conc rucl n tho estate Of
JOhluiu Euriuht. late nl South Eurl ns-
tADt ~ L I II L - liz 1
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27
oirlish and Mannlsh America.

When II is here remarked that the
male American is declaring symptoms
of dawning eneminacy no occasion is
offered for indignant reprobation. The
average American has so much thor.
ough masculinity that he can spare
enough to dover a less vigorous peo-
pie. What is meant is that the nat
ural reaction to the paramountcy Of
the American girl has set in. As she
shares the pursuits, the pleasures and
the liberties of her brothers and i'm
poses her commands upon them she
becomes more masculine, they more
feminine; her shoulders SQUARE off,
theirs begin to slope. She dons the
sweater and the blazer and wears her
skirts shorter and shorter; they take
10 pink shirtwaists and clicked open
work stockings, and their ever bag
gier trousers, worn so long that they
have to be turned up at the bottom,
seem fashioned on a seraglio pattern.
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