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ward, her guilty heart throbbing vio-
lently in superstitious fear, and
brushed close against the gorgeous
silk mantle that robed the statue, after
the custom of the Latin countries. 1t
was done in an instant, and when she
pushed onward in the crowd she held
her recovered treasure tight In her
hand. She had profaned the Holy
MadonnaI
In the thrill OF terror at the thought
she would have gone back to restore
the trinket, but she could not stem the
tide of humanity pouring down the
aisles, and just then a glimpse OF To-
MO siding up to Giulietta hardened her
toward any repentance.
Slipping from her mothers side she
elbowed her way unnoticed across to
corner they must pass on the way
out, and waited AS they went by. too
absorbed to see her, she slipped out.
pressed close behind the pair and with
deft, light fingers fastened the coral
pin In Giulietta's gay ribbon belt. The
deed was donel
1t was a week later. Tonic was very
lonesome. Giulietta was doing penance
for her supposed Wickedness. dfscoy-
cred the day Of the fiesta by the priest
In charge, who had recognized and re-
stored to the Madonna the coral pin
she was wearing, and despite her re-
fusal to confess and her protestations
Of innocence had imposed upon her a
months silence and solitude in her ten
ement room. Not even her mother was
allowed to speak to her. Wherefore To-
MO found time hanging heavily on his
hands.
His thoughts returned, like homing
birds, to Nita, whom he suddenly re-
membered he had neglected of late In
the glamour Of the newer attraction. 1t
was only a stolen kiss on the way home
from Coney Island, but now he remem-
bered it. He did not know how Nita's
loving little heart had gone into that
kiss. But 1t was rather pleasant, he re-
fected-Nita was a sweet girl anyway
-he would stroll over to see her in the
cool Of the evening.
He found her sitting on the stoop
watching with listless gaze a crowd OF
noisy children playing in the street.
AS he mounted the step ne saw tears
in her eyes-those big, soft eyes that
had looked love into his face that last
night on the boat. The sight moved
him strangely. He sat by her until twi-
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WE ALL EAT
TOOWUCH.

AS the result Of his exhaustive ex-
periments with a squad of United
States soldiers doing heavy gymnasium
work under restricted diet, Professor
Chittenden of Yale concludes that
most people eat too much says the New
York World.
The men were worked hard in the
gymnasium and gained steadily and
greatly in strength while they were
being fed far less than the average
diet
They were called the starvation
squad" but their photographs taken
at the close of the experiment do not
look like those of starving men, rather
like those of competent gymnasts.
Says Professor Chittenden in his re-
Gently published Physiological Econ
omy in Nutrition: "Our results
Justify the conviction that the minimal
protied requirements of the healthy
man under ordinary conditions of life
are far below the generally accepted
dietary standards, and far below the
amounts called for by the acquired
tastes of the generality of mankind.
The amount of proteid or albuminous
food needed daily for the actual phys
biological wants of the body is not
more than one-haf of the proteid
food ordinarily consumed by the aver
age man. Body weight (when once
adjusted to the new leveD, health,
strength, mental and physical vigor
and endurance can be maintained with
at least one-half of the proteid food
ordinarily consumed"
Proteids are the chemical elements
that most people get by a meat diet,
though beans, peas and some other
vegetables are also strong in proteids.
Eat less meat is the practical equiva-
lent of Professor Chittenden's advice.
1t has often been noticed by anna
teur mountaineers that Adirondack
guides and Swiss mountain men eat
less solid food than the average Wall
street broker, who does little physical
labor.
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Black FRIDAYS.

The American Black Friday was Sep
tember "a, 1869, when Jay Gould and
James Fiske Jr. attempted to create a
corner in the gold market. The whole
country was in ferment for several
days, but the day was saved by the
report that Secretary Boutwell, had
thrown 100000 on the market. The
English Black Fridays are two-one
the Friday on which the news reached
London that the young pretender.
Charles Edward, had arrived at Derby;
the second, May IL, 1866, when the fail
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Miss Marjorie Josselyn entertained
several Of her young friends at tea
yesterday. She will be the guest OF
honor at a large dinner to be given on
December IA by Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam B. Brown.
A very pretty tea was given yes
terday by Mrs. Henry Sears Bates on
Broadway. The house, which was
richly decorated in red and pink,
looked most attractive; red berries
were generously used and. mingled
with roses and chrysanthemums, the
effect was festive.
Mrs. Bates was assisted in receiving
by Mrs. Benjamin Thomas. Mrs.
James Bishop, Mrs. Norris Davis,
Mrs. Merrill, Miss Castle, Miss Ethel
Dean, Miss Molly Dutton. Miss Ger
trude Dutton. Miss Ella Morgan, Miss
Alice Palmer and Miss Paula Violin.
Lieutenant Rockwell Of the Tenth
Infantry will leave the Preside in
about month for Washington, where
he will be stationed.
Miss Mabel Gum leaves New York
to-day for San Juan.
Mrs. J. L. Berry will give tea to-
day in honor of her daughter. Miss
Edith Berry, who will be formally
presented to society. Since her return
from abroad Miss Berry has not been
in good health. but Is able now to
look forward to the winter gayeties.
Guests will be received this afternoon
from to at the Berry home, 2S70
Washington street
Mrs. Lucy Otis was the honored
guest at a luncheon given yesterday
by Mrs. James Otis.
Mrs. William Benton Wiltshire and
Miss Jane Wiltshire held a very pleas
ant "at home yesterday at their Baker
street residence.
Miss Charlotte Wilson was enter
talned at dinner last evening by Mrs.
Chauncey Rose Winslow. Miss Wilson
will be the honored guest at a tea Civ
en- by Mrs. Alexander Keyes on De-
cember Is.
Miss Marie Wells will be the guest
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A PRESENT FROM CALIFORNIA.

HE approach of Christmas and the interchange of
Calfornians opportunity
interests OF their they hasten to avail
themselves There very few families without relatives friends
in the East elsewhere throughout the Union
be acceptable than dstincvey Californian in
or
Hunap careessy underrate
which familiar, and it sufficiently
realize the interest which almost universally by objects
which peculiarly of California tey relate
her fascinating history her products her
people To civilization large California romance
well the garden of the world and selecting Christmas
fering which essentially Californian shall
enhance the pleasure which the gift will but repay to
the debt for health happiness and
ndubitably TO her.
Individual Cafornans have the
much greater they usually SIM
Here of the which that power exercised
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1.-THE SMART SET;
BY SALLY SHARP.

Of honor at a luncheon to-day. Miss
Margaret Hanford is to be hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Castle of Homo
lulu were entertained at dinner on
Thursday evening by Mr.. and Mrs.
Mansfield Lowell. The guests were: Mr.
and Mrs w. r. Castle, General and
Mrs. Charles Woodruff, DR.. and Mrs.
Manley Simons. Miss Anna Gray, Mr.
and Mrs. James Tucker.
Several well known army people,
among whom were Admiral and Mrs
Charles ]. Barclay. Major and Mrs c.
G. Long, Colonel and Mrs. Gardner and
Mrs. Herman Hall. went to Del Monte.
last week to participate in the opening
Of the new clubhouse at the Monte
rey Presidio. the army people there
giving a dance
Jacob Riis, known by his books and
reform work, will arrive soon on a lee
ture tour. The Commonwealth Club
will give a dinner In his honor at the
Palace Hotel on January T. Governor
Pardee, President Benjamin Ide Wheel
er and Henry Weinstock, president OF
the Commonwealth Club. will speak,
and Jacob Riis will give an address
The staff Of the San Francisco Pub
lie Library gave a reception to the
chief librarian, George 7. Clark. on
Wednesday evening. The catalogue
room had been beautifully decorated
for the occasion. Miss Wade and Miss
Goldman Of the library using a guam
tity Of roses. chrysanthemums, tOyon
berries and smilax sent from Stockton
for the event. Librarian Clark has Just
returned from an Eastern trip and this
affair celebrated the tenth anniversary
Of his incumbency, and also his birth
day. The entire library staff was pres
ent, the only outsiders being Mrs.
George T. Clark and Mrs. Joy Lchten-
stein. Miss Emily Wade was toastmis-
tress and toasts were given by Miss
Weed and Miss Sawyer, with remarks
by Librarian Clark concerning his trip.
A reception will be given this after
noon and tonight by the Catholic La
dies Aid Society for the benefit Of the
Girls Home. 1t will be held at the
new home. 1905 Cough street A good
programme OF music and sketches has
been arranged.
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more boldly, now that she was listen
Ing. you could pin it on Giulietta' s
dress in the crowd and the priest will
think she took it-and the curse of
sacrilege will be upon heri"
Nita heard no more of the long
mass. Not one of the high, intoned
Latin words, nor a note of the beau
tjful chants reached her ears-she was
leagued with the tempter. When the peo-
pie were streaming out of the church
and the famous statue was being lifted
down from its niche in the wall, ready
for its triumphal afternoon procession
toward the park. Nita pressed for
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Ii Little Italy" was in a fer
~ ment of excitement. From
tenement to tenement ran the
fire of loud comment, chatter
ing voices, accompanied by the
animated gesticulation which
is part and parcel Of the Latins
language. Fathers could be seen
shaving, washing and even dress
ing through open doors or on the
doorsteps or the fire escape balconies,
those summer homes Of the slums.
Mothers were busy with refractory
children to whom unwonted scrubbings
and clean clothes were a novelty not
altogether pleasant, but to be endured
because of the great event that was
to follow, and for which all this fuss
was preparatory.
It was a great day. At last, in this
new country beyond the seas from SUM-
ny Italy, had been granted a great
honor by the Holy Father, Pope
Pius-no less than the coronation in a
public park of the famous statue of
"Our Lady of Mt. Carmel" with all the
pomp and ceremonial. the procession OF
priests and prelates. so dear to the
Italian heart.
"Nita! Nitai Make haste!" called a
shrill voice in strenuous Italian up a
flight Of rickety stairs while the moth
er's fingers flew in and out of the half
braided strands of her own oily black
hair, High mass begins at IL and 1t is
now the half hour after 10. Father
Dolan will be ill-pleased to see us enter
late on this day of all days. Make haste
with those tangled curls and ribbons Of
yours-your father has already gone
with the little Pietro."
A girlish figure in a half-soiled wrap
per, her riotous brown tresses still un-
touched by brush or comb, appeared at
the top Of the stairway. Her big black
eyes were suspiciously red Of lid and
heavy, as though burdened with sleep,
yet held in wakefulness by the rest
less fire beneath.
II don't want to go, madre mia, -
she SAID pleadingly, yet with an in
stinctive bracing of herself for opposi-
tion- 1t came with the rapidity of a
catapult ball.
What" shrieked her mother WIG
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Importance of Punctuation.

At one of the schools the inspector
began to examine the pupils in punctu-
alton, but was told by the Mayor, I'VE
don't bother about commas and such
like" The inspector made no reply,
but merely told one of the boys to write
on the blackboard the following words:
THE Mayor says the inspector is an
ass" Now" he continued put a
comma after Mayor and another after
inspector" The boy did so, and the
Mayor changed his mind about the i'm
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Gevle
Warwick London
other boy
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be he
is and
position
by
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ure of Overend, Gurney & Co., London,
the day before. was followed by wide
spread financial ruin.
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Townsend's California Glace fruits IN
artistic fre-etched boxes. It's Market 81
/ and Wakelee's Drug Store.
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

THE OFFICIAL VOTE. G. A,
Fresno, Cal. The official vote of the
State of California at the election held
during the early part of November.
1904, will be published in The Call as
soon as the Secretary Of State makes
the official announcement
ARTICLES OF WAR;, Fruitvale,
Cal. The articles of war of the
United States have the following sec
tions in regard to officers or men who
misbehave:
Article 20. Any officer or soldier
who behaves with disrespect toward
his commanding officer shall be pun
ished as a court-martiaI may direct.
Article 21. Any officer or soldier
who, on any pretense whatsoever.
strikes his superior officer or draws
or lifts up any weapon, or offers any
violence against him, being in the
execution Of his office, or disobeys any
lawful command of his superior Off
Ger. shall suffer death or such other
punishment as a court-martial may
direct.
The articles further provide that II
ANY soldier thinks himself wronged
by any officer he may complain to the
commanding officer OF his regiment,
who shall summon a regimental court
martial for the doing Of Justice to the
complainant" The army provides a
remedy for every wrong, but does not
permit any officer or soldier to take
the law into his own hands for the
purpose Of furnishing for an actual or
fancied wrong.
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Special information supplied daily To
business houses and public men by ths
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's 81, 30 Cali
fornta street Telephone Main 1oA1
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Charles-Oh! Madge, will you be
mine? My heart is in my mouth lest
you refuse me.
Madge-No, Charles; I can never
marry man whose heart isn't in the
right place.
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I'd

Knicker-I lent him a book severa
weeks ago. I wonder why he doesn'1
send 1t back.
Bocker-You mustn't expect him tc
return It. He's a bookkeeper.
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THE PRESS OF THE NATION.

Butler adm one 1ou,s
world
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is to be lover
high art NewsTribune
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Adam may a black scientists
didn't under
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Ii Little Italy" was in a fer
ment of excitement. From
tenement to tenement ran the
fire of loud comment, chatter
ing voices, accompanied by the
animated gesticulation which
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Miss Marie Wells will be the guest
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robbed probably thought
fair play.'-Baltimore Sun.
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The December Smart Set.

The feature of the December Smart
Set is undoubtedly the novelette,
"Clavering and His Daughter" a
story of Washington life, by new
author, FOxcroft Davis, whose meteOric
entrance into the field of fiction is
likely to be the sensation of the sea-
son. Totally unknown, this writer's
first manuscript was not only accep-
ted on sight by one of the most
conservative publishing houses in
America, but two new books were
contracted for to form a series of
three, all on the national politics and
society centering at Washington.
Meanwhile The Smart Set has secured
the first work to be published under
the name of Foxcroft Davis-a story
of a remarkable man and a remark
able woman in the interesting setting
of life at the nations capital, which
no author has yet known so intimately
and vitality. The appearance of this
story is an event.
1t is a supreme test of the rest of
the December number that even
such a novel as "Clavering and His
Daughter" cannot overshadow the
merit of the excellent short stories
which follow it. Particularly does
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-12-01
CHARM OF VICTORIA FALLS.
Visitor Shows in What Way They Sur
pass Those of Niagara.

Visitor Shows in What Way They Sur
pass Those of Niagara.
How the Victoria falls impress a
visitor is recorded in Miss C. w.
Mackintosh's journal of a recent tour
in South Africa. Miss Macintosh
says: 1--WE perceived no hint Of the
falls, only seeing before us screen Of
rocky-based, bright green forest, ap-
parently closing in the river, like Z
lake. Ten minutes walk brought US
to the camp, on cliff which literally
overhung the gorge, and we saw the
cataract laundering down into the
Boiling Pot at our feet. The walls
of the chasm, 400 feet high, were
spanned by a rainbow. The charm Of
these falls lies not in the one over
whelming crash as at Niagara, but in
the cumulative effect of various
glimpses. the matchless beauty of the
surroundings and the strangeness Of
the whole setting, but chiefly in the
columns Of spray, called the thunder
ing smoke and in the ever-changing
rainbows. The mile-wide river sud-
denly drops into yawning crack in
the ground, stretching right across the
stream at right angles to the banks,
foaming trough, quite narrow, of
which the walls rose 400 feet above
the surface of the water"
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CLOSE CALL
Young August Larson Misses In
slant Death by Half an Inch.

On Friday last August Larson, son
of Anton Larson of this city, went
out a couple of miles in the country
to assist Arthur Lyman to bring in
load of straw.
After the loading was finished
young Larson threw his pitchfork to
the ground; it struck on the handle
and remained standing against the
stack, tines uppermost.
When the boy slid down the side of
the stack his left side came in contact
with fork tines that penetrated his left
side, injecting an ugly wound.
Under skillful treatment the boy is
now able to resume school. A half
an inch DETECTION of the fork tines
would have pierced the boys heart,
resulting in instant death.
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SWanVille.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Lewis of
Burtrum, visited their daughter,
Marie, in Swanville, last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Koenig are the
proud parents of baby girl which
arrived here Monday night.
Prof. G. D. Nelson of Burtrum,
dined with friends in town on Sun
day.
The youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Bosemann of Swanville town,
was badly cut by being kicked on the
head by horse, last Friday. He is
recovering from his injury.
Mr.. Frederic Teighe, a highly re-
spected old gentleman, died on Sun
day of cancer of the stomach, at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. G. F.
Schultz in Culdrum. The body was
taken for burial to Zumbrota, MINI.
Grandma Meyer, a much loved old
lady, died on the 18th inst. of heart
disease, at the residence of her son,
Gustav Meyer, in this village. Inter
ment was made at the German
Lutheran cemetery on Saturday.
Mrs. Champlain and Miss Lewis
called on Tuesday on Miss Mae Barber
of Pillsbury, who left on Wednesday
for Idaho, where she will spend the
| winter.
On Monday, Miss Eva Turner OF
Little Falls, was operated on here for
appendicitis by DR.. Corrigan of this
place, and DR.. Lewis of Sank Centre.
The operation was successful and
recovery is expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Turner oil
Little Falls, were in town on Monday
evening to spend short time with
their daughter, Eva, after the opera
| ton.
Grandma Page, who lives north Of
town, is very seriously ill at the
present time.
The members of Mrs. Henshaw's
music class are panied to hear of hel
serious and long illness, and they
trust it may be but short time unit
she may be able to resume her work
among them.
Mrs. Corrigan, Miss Olga Stems
and Miss Lewis visited the northern
part of Culdrum on Friday.
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The Youths Companio in 1905.


1t is impossible even to summarize
in single paragraph the many and
varied attractions which The Youths
Companion announces for the coming
year.
A series of articles planned to in
terest especially the forty-fve millions
of Americans who look directly to the
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New Fields for Young Farmers, )"
"The Sanitation of the Farm" "The
Future of American Cotton" Chow
Women Make Money on the Farm"
etc.
Seven serial stories and $50 short
stories by the most talented and
popular American writer's of fiction
will form part of the contents of the
new volume for 1905.
Full illustrated Announcement de-
scribing the principal features of The
Companions new volume for 1905 will
be sent with sample copies of the
paper to any address free.
The new subscriber who sends $1.75
now for years subscription to The
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of The Companion for the remaining
weeks of 1904, also The Companion
FORMATIONS" Calendar for 1905, litho.
graphed in twelve colors and gold.
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SAUk CENTRE. MIMI.

1.-THE End of the Story" by Emma
Wolf, stand out from the mass OF
midwinter tiction-an unusual story
of a unique situation, tragic in its
intensity, with climax whose
strength is equalled only by the
subtlety which leaves the reader with
the book in his hands, living it over
again and wondering.
The two words which epitomize the
whole number are Merit and Variety.
The poems have the excellence and
range always to be found in The
Smart Set, and in the stories are
hnmor, pathos, romance, tragedy,
comedy.
A hint at the subject-matter of some
of the stories proves their variety-a
life-mystery in India, very human
comedy among Western cowboys, a
manifestation of the subliminal self
which decides a naval battle, how
three people face an ethical problem
in their lives, a strange million-dollar
legacy, fanciful satire on realism
and idealism in life-views, a bit of
the supernatural in real life, On
women and wine, and-just love-
story.
Some of the names on the title
page are: William R. Lighton,
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WAS CLOSE TO
DEATHS DOOR
Young Thomas Barrett Narrowly
Escapes From Being Drowned
Sunday Morning
WHILE SKATING ON SAUK
LAKE NEAR THE CITY
Was Rescued by John Larson Who
Was Working Near by at
the Time.

About nine O'Clock Sunday morning
Tommy Barrett, the 11-year-old son
of T. H. Barrett OF this city, went
skating on the mil pond near the
Northern Pacific railroad bridge.
With the reckless abandon of boyhood
he skated out on the thin ice five or
six rods from the shore. The ice
crumbled beneath his feet and he was
precipitated into the icy waters. He
struggled like hero to regain the ice
but in vain and he sank for the third
time to the bottom. His little
companion, Carl Donart, rushed up
on the bank and shouted loudly for
assistance. Fortunately John Larson
was working on his ice boat in the
near vicinity and heard the cries.
Without thought Of his own danger
he secured piece of two by four and
pushed his way out over the ice which
threatened every moment to give way
beneath him, and reached the edge
where little Tommy's coat buoyed up
by the water was floating on the
surface. He grasped it and by super
human effort succeeded in raising
the boy out of the water and conveyed
him to the shore. The boy was taken
home and by skillful treatment and
loving care resuscitated. He was
confined to his bed for few days but
boyish vigor and strength triumphed
and he will soon be around and boy
like ready for another adventure.
Yet had it not been for the thought
fulness of ten-year-old Carl Donart
and the cool daring of John Larson
young Tommy Barrett would now be
in his grave instead of being ready
for mischief.