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DEATH BY. Lightning.

More than. 700 persons were killed
by lightning: in the United States in
1893 i: A writer in the. Boston Tran
Script says: '''East of the Tooth mer-
idian. thunder storms occur all over
the country. but west of it, except. in
the Rocky Mountains. the frequency
of storms diminishes until on the Pa
cific Coast there are practically none.
The greatest number of storms occurs
ia Florida. in the Middle Mississippi
Valley and the Middle Missouri VAL
ley. The greatest number of deaths
in any single State 1s96-1900) was
1S6-in Pennsylvania. Ohio came
next with 135, Indiana and Illinois and
New York having 124 each. AS to the
city and country, the more dense the
population the smaller the rate to the
100000 Of population. Besides this
the. metal roofs, telegraph wires, ETC.,
of the cities serve as conductors.
Lightning rods, as usually put UP, are
Of no use. A tin roof with gutter
spouts leading to the ground is much
more effective. Barns with green hav
seem to invite lightning.
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The Race.

1t fell out in a. certain year Of grace,
An elephant and donkey ran a race
The people gathered there, from far, and
near,
A few to bet, but more to see and cheer.
An odd race, truly For the larger beast
Outweighed the other nifty times at least.
But what Of that? The. donkey, said the
wise:
Makes up in. swiftness what he lacks in
The elephant both bulk and strength
combines,
But isn't built on strictly racing. lines.
The denkey's friends thus figured on the
dope,
grounds for hope.
After much 1ockeying the race began.
The elephant quite clearly in the van.
He kept his lead. He 'ambled round the
Nor wasted any time in looking back
And thus to the tfree-duarter post he
A dozen eIephantine lengths. ahead.
When, feeling that there was no further
He slackened up trihe in his speed
Go it. you Donkey" yelled his friends.
He's. beat!
Now crowd him. Put more ginger in
The donkey heard. He made a final
His flying hoofs now fairly spurned the
Along the homestretch now. without a
He sped. and. soon the two were neck and
They neared the wire: Then. mid deaf
ening cheers,
The donkey suddenly thrust out his ears.
But that blamed elephant. with all his
Shot out his trunk and. beat him by
length. Chicago Tribune.
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II. Mercenary Soldier.


The Chinaman is the embodiment of
the business spirit, and the established
principles of traffic permeate even the
soldier ranks. The secret Of China's
inglorious military career in. recent
years is that the rank and file had not
been paid. The Chinaman's ruling pas
sion for business displayed itself in the
war with Japan. A general in the jap
anese army told me that after the first
fire from his regiment of infantry the
Chinese troops arrayed against him
disappeared: like a mist Not long
thereafter they reappeared in the rear
Of his army, retailing vegetables to his
soldiers. Nevertheless, he was conf
dent. there was no lack of bravery
among these thrifty deserters. INQUIRY
developed that they had not been paid
their wages, and that they lived in no
expectation that their miserable. cash
allotment as heroes would ever come
their way. When they could coin an
opportunity into profit, the alternative
-of ingloriously facing the firing line
without pay-naturally failed to kindle
martialv lvzeal.-Harold Bolce in the July
Bookloyers' Magazine.
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been made aware OF a rather remarka-
BILE editorial article, admittedly written
by the Prince, in which. commenting on
the recent meeting Of Prince Ferdinand
Of Bulgaria and King Peter Of Servia-
he expresses his approval thereof, de-
claring il to be "the first step toward
the only rational and only safe Balkan
pOlicy-namely, the formation Of FED
Grafton of the Balkan states under the
protectorate OF Russia At the same
time the article reminds the world. and
more particularly the King Of Servia
and the Prince of Bulgaria, That Mon
tenegro was the first standard-bearer
of liberty in the Balkans. leaving them
to draw the logical conclusions con-
oerning the Princes claims to the lead.
ership. %
This idea Of Prince Nikita OF Monte
negro is likewise the policy OF the Gov
erpment and people in Russia. They
ali aim at a Balkan federation under
Russian protectorate Thus the Fan
Slavist Society of Russia, which, bear
ing the title of the Slav Benevolent So
ciety, is in reality one OF the most In
auential political organizations In Eus
rope, has just elected. King Peter OF
Servia to be. an honorary member, pro-
claiming him as one Of the pillars OF
the movement for the unifcation Of all
the Slavic races.
But. to return to. the Prince OF Mon.
tenegro, he is the only ruler who can
be described as a newspaper man, and,
Of course, he enjoys all sorts of ad-
vaqtages over his fellow editors, pub
fishers and leader writer's in other
Countries. since he is not subject to
any press lows and has no fear OF libel
suits before his eyes. AS he Is a hard
dr1nker, his utterances in his newspa-
per are often characterized by a great
deal Of vigor,. making up in that re-
pect, in fact, for what they lack in
logic and sequence. The paper fre-
qOently contains poems written by the
Ktng's second and 'favorite son, AIfrlxo
who is a poet and composer Of merit.
1t has. however. no comic supplement:
at any rate. not in the Western sense
OF the word, for the MOntenegrin con-
eeption of humor is somewhat grim.
1t Is great pity. that the Prince
could not have been invited to the. in
teFnatiOnal press parliament at St.
Louis He would cert 80 y have proved
one OF It's most picturesque figures. and.
aside from anything else. would have
commanded attention and good win
owing. to the enthusiastic admiration
Professed by the. 1ate Mr.. Gladstone for
bis literary abilities.-La Maroulse de-
Fontenoy:
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Beat Him to 1t.

One day recently when cupid
Danforth was reading the names OF
those to whom he had issued marriage
licenses to the newspaper reporters
according to his daily custom there
entered a soldier who expressed a
monial permit. Danforth asked the
newcomer to be seated until he got
through and then resumed his read
ing of the names.
All went well until Danforth read
the names John Selton-Mary
Sturgis,'' when the soldier arose and
said excited1y:
Il beg your pardon. Did 1 hear
you Alright? Was that license for
John Selton and Mary sturgis?"
Yes sir, those are the names" re-
piled Danforth.
We'll that's the limit said the sol
dier. Selton beat me to it all right.
Why, the girl promised to marry me
last night and told her would Sc
cure the marriage license to-day She
him, too, but I guess he did not stop
on the way to tell some Of his friends
all about it as I did"
We'll. you're in hard luck" said
Danforth as the soldier walked out
rather dejectedly. But I hope you
will call again soon."'
You just bet L will, but I will be
here when you open up your office
next time, said the soldier, as he
slammed the door.
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Il Royal Editor.

Europe has one reigning sovereign
who is not only the owner Of d news
paper. but likewise its ditor and prin-
opal editorial, or leader, writer. The
sovereign in question T. the reigning
Prince of Montenegro, and the. paper
which he owrr. and eGits, and in which
he writes. is the "Glas Cznogorca" (The
Voice of the Montenegro 1t is the
only newspaper published in Monte
negro, the Prince tolerating no com
peti n in this particular branch of
industry. and as it enjoys the monopolv
of advertisements as weH as of news
it is prolific source of revenue to the
Prince. It is carefully read by all the
f--eign dip mats .aecreditl, to the
Court of Cettinje. and. thanks in =
measure to them. the outer world has
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Death Folds the Secret.
Special Correspondence.


HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALL,
HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT
GARDEN, LONDON, June 16.-It is a
queer quest which Robert Shaw of
Grimsby has undertaken and which, by
advertisements in the newspapers of
this country. he beseeches ali and sun
dry who have any knowledge of the
matter to assist him. He wants to find
out who were. the parents of the little
girl with light blue eyes, light faxen
hair and a fair skin" who fifty-one
years ago was kidnapped from her home
near Manchester. His own particular
interest lies in the fact that this little
girl subsequently became his wife.
March she died. Now that he has lost
her Shaw has set himself the task Of
discovering who she was and establish
ing her identity. That there is some
romantic mystery connected with her
early life seems certain. but after such
a long lapse of time it is extremely
doubtful ii he viii succeed in unravel-
ing it,
When he first made her acquaintance
she was an attractive lass of II years
and living in Hull with a mature
widow, Mrs. Payne, whom she had been
taught to call "Grannie." Mrs. Payne
was strongly opposed to the girls mar
riage to young Shaw, limiting mystic
riously that if she came by her own
she might some day wed a lord. His
sweetheart told Shaw that she could
distinctly remember when she was a
very small child playing in a beautiful
garden in front of big house with
stone steps. Suddenly a dark woman
leaned over the wall and offered her
some candy. When she stretched out a
hand to take it the stranger grasped
her and pressed a handkerchief over
her face. The next thing she remem-
bered was heing in a train with Gran
ME-
After her protege's marriage to Shaw
"Grannie" relented and eventually
made her home with the young couple.
One day she met with a bad accident.
and fearing that she was going to die
called Mrs. Shaw to her bedside and
told her that she had a confession to
AAdht NHlCn tldQ lOnS AdlH NED w on u6T
conscience. She said that she had de-
ceiyed the girl as to their relationship
and was not her grandmother, or any
kin to her. Her father, she declared,
was a wealthy man and lived at Eccles
near Manchester Prior to his marriage
another woman who had abundance Of
money was deeply in love with hirh.
To be reXenged on him and her sue
-cessful rival she took. advantage of
their absence at the races to steal their
child. "You are that child said Mrs.
Payne. land the woman who stole you
gave me eeO0 TO carry you away and
bring you up"
Mrs. Payne did not die, however, un-
til long: years afterwafd, and meanwhile
Mrs. Shaw told her husband nothing of
the confession, fearing that it would
turn him against the old woman, to
whom she had become greatly at
:tached. It was not; in fact, until she
herself was near death that she repeat
ed the strange story to her husband.
Whatever others may think. of it, he is
convinced that it Isl true and is. leaving
no stone unturned to get at the facts
. of his dead wife's parehtage.
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He alone and poweress resist attack made by
dozen cowardy and brutal men who pounded him into
insensbility and broke his jaw No good citizen and
no decent man. fit to belong American
labor union, feel anything but detestaon for these
cowardly tactics If they continued may. be ex-
pected that some will defend himself and more
will be killed.
There is rising sentiment in the community that if
railroad company a stable owner surrender such
violence most damaging blow has been struck at de-
cent citizenship and law and order The law is for ALL
None are above it and below it. The who
desires to the his way to or from his law
tul occupation must be protected in that If he is
compelled to protect himself and does SO, efficiently and
WE'LL he deserves the support of the whole community
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01
MEN aza.MAa1ERS IN
THE F0RIIs lie World
MONEas

would restrain a novelist who was
assured Of the ultimate success of his
own work As matters stand at pres-
ent the publisher may quote him a bill
of s400 for. the production of a 81 so
novel. Supposing that 500 more were
to be added by. way of a tax. would
that prevent the publication of the
authors story? Not a bit OF it. The
$500 would be paid as cheerfully as the
800 by a writer who expects to get it
all back. and something more, when
the merits OF his novel have at last
dawned upon a generally undiscerning
public" HAYDEN CHURCH.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01

very natural inquiry has been made in reference
one of the demands, listed a necessity made by the
Federal Government for the proper of the Indians
now under the benign guiding influence of Uncle Sam.
The various reservations want ninety tons of soap for
Poor Lo. Our cursory contact with the noble red men
impes to suggest that their educators teach them
use soap externally not internally Anybody within the
distance of city block of Indian knows that if he
uses soap he eats it.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01

The splendid labor of the Pacific Commercial Museum
in exploiting and extolng the advantages of San Fran
cisco as great trading port for the entire Pacific is al
ready bearing good fruit Serious letters of inqry so
widely scattered to from Bolivia China New
Zealand and Japan, being received and begins TO
look as if reap that reward that comes to him
who looks out for himself A good beginning argues a
sterner chase for what is legtimately our own
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01

Caifornia's delegates to the Democratic National Con-
vention started their mission solemn silence Hand
icapped they they probably feel the awful respon
sbily of mnglng with the great representatives of
their party ST Louis and pleading for cause
lost The delegation, judging from its departure sho1d
be sight worth seeing on its return.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01

.CoLoRs OF THE F1.Ae-R. Nj
City. The meaning Of. the coIors OF
the American. flag are: Red, courage.
or daring; white, purity; blue. justice.
or fidelity Another explanation fs.
Red, love; white, purity. and blue.
truth.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01

..THE.PRESIDENT.--.subscriber. Ala.
media, Cal There is no law that pro-
hibits the President OF the United
States from leaving the territorial lin.
its Of the country during his term OF
office.
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BURIAL CALIFoRNIAN.-Mrs. NJ
b. Folsom, Cal The Rural Caiifor-
nian is published in Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01

WEDDING. ANNIvERsARY-o q
CITY. The fortieth anniversary OF a
wedding Is called the ruby wedding. .
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The first American warboat built in the Philippines
has been launched in Manila Bay, and will do patrol
duty on the rivers and inland of the islands
Let us hope that Uncle Sam may be compelled to
construct another and may he be ready soon to sell
this.
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A'ts7gerS to Queries.

F. o. B.-Subscribers Oakland. TIE
initials =. o. B. Is a commercial term
for ''ffee on board
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special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men By the
FLess Chipping Bureau 6Allen's). 286 Cal-
norma street Telephone Main 10A2. s'
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MATTER. OF -studant
City. If you viii go to the Free Pub.
lie Library and spend a short tina
reading I'D the histories Of the United.
states you will find the information.
you desire about the settlement Of dr.
ferent States by whites. This depart-
ment cannot give space to the great
number Of questions asked on this sub
ject.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01

Iownsends California Glace fruits in
artistic hre-etched boxes. us Market 81. :
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INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES.-P
B. j., Oakland, Cal. This department.
has not been able to find any precedent
for an individual placing himself be-
fore the public as an independent can
didate for President of the United
States. II an individual wished to do
so he would undoubtedly have IN hs
guided BY the laws of each state =,
for instance in California he wouId have
to secure the names of a stated nuD,be.
OF the voters of the State before ~,
could get representation on the bauo+
WHITE SPOTS "A correspondant
who a few days since fead the an.vvs-
in this department about white snots
on finger nails writes from VisaIia =,
this subject: Having read your an
swer in The Gail about white sno,s On
the nails Of the hands I wish 40 80, -.
the readers OF the query column that.
the white spots stand for cold or in
famed lungs. If a person catches cold
and 1t locates in the throat. white snots
will appear high on the anoar
nails and stay there sntfl tba
nails grow out and the snot
Is removed by cutting. Such spots
on the left hand indicate an affection
or the left lung and on the right hand
OF the right lung. This is not suner-
stition; but can be verified by one af-
Iected with spots on the finger nails.
You are right, they cannot be removed
until they grow out"
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01

Cuthbert Hadden. the biographer,
writing ir the Fortnightly Review,
says he has heard many suggestions
that there should be tax on novels In
order to check the ever-increasing flood
of romantic rubbish that pours forth
here as persistently as it seems to in
the United States. Mr.. Hadden ex.
presses the opinion, however, that an
imposition Of this kind would be of
no service. mo tax" he asserts.
Svenska monitoren., 1904-09-30

80 Sa der - nu skall jag ga och alta.
Trots teet ar Jag hungrig. Och god
matt pa Stamina gang, Kristina! Jag
har annu mycket att CORA.
Men Kristina h0ll fast hans hand.
bet var henne nastan alltid om0jligt
att utan vidare lata n8gon Jenna hen
ne. Hon hade alltid annu flera 0nsk-
ningar och flera fragor att CORA.
- ON hon maste saga dig slit MANN,
sa fraga henne da sd gerna nu genast
vid qvallsvarden! bad hon. Da kan
du saga mig Diet strax | morgon bit
tida.
Men Diet wore ju ogrannlaga sd
strax efter ert samtal, SADIE han.
- ia, ia, Diet ar SAINT, Diet wore o
grannlaga. Hvad a Diet nu igen jag
tankte fraga dig ON mer...
Han gaf henne en- andra godnattkyss
pa pannan.
- Alltid skall du fraga och frags
mar man gar sin vag, bannade har
ONT. Jag har knappt It'd att alta er
munsbit och far lof att sitta uppe och
skrifva | flera timmar.
Men hon h0ll blot hans hand amt
fastare. Tryckande ned bakhufvudet
kuddarne vande hon slit ansigte nagot
mera at honom.
- Beratta bara hvilka ALA som kom
ma till Horstel / morgon.
Albrekt hade redan glomt bort Diet
Han visste endast att Roderich vol
Calatin skulle dit.
- Calatin naturligtvis. Och sa all;
grannarna, kan jag tro?
- Jag vet int.
= Talade hon int ON Diet for dig
Han nastan darrade af otalighet.
Karaste, SADIE han vanligt, ha
har du den tredje och sista godnatt
kyssen. Jag maste arbeta / qvall.
A, sa synd.
Inom sig tankte hon: Ma, | ofvermol
gon kommer Hartard. Da kan Albrek
ofverlemna en- hel del af slit arbet
at honom och vara mera hos mig.
The Yale expositor., 1904-08-19

S45-white, So in wide and 80 yds long
An unusually tasty curtain with a
pretty panel border. Narrow, fancy
edge and fine figured center on plain
net. Pair $500. Sale Price So. 20
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Shoes

Broken lots are hard to list as some
sizes are nearly always lacking. When
you visit our store we will have them
piled out and tagged ready for your
inspection. If we have your size we
have a bargain for you. Here's few
for you. just to show how they run.
Misses New Reliable, to III, were
$l25, now......................... soc
Same shoe, sizes 12l to II, $1.35
sale price..............................$1.09
Misses glazed lace Shoes, sizes 49,
2,$l.00 for......................... soc
Same shoe, smaller sizes.................79c
We haye some broken lots in our
celebrated Buckeye Shoes at reduced
prices. AS long as they last as follows:
S2.UO klnd.......... .89
Sl.'o KIM. ......................Sl.o
Sl.oO Klnh .............. ..........."S1.39
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An Exceptional
Handkerchief Bargain

We have about one gross of la
dies fine fancy broidered Handker-
chiefs in pretty variety of patterns.
Bought to sell for 15c, but they will Or
move quickly in this sale at each....o0
The Yale expositor., 1904-08-19

7O0-white, Al in. wide and 81 yards
long. About same quality as No. $50,
sold well at Sl.25. The balance though
The Yale expositor., 1904-08-19
Lace Curtains.

6l0-white, SO inches wide, 21S yds long
s in. panel border with small figure in
net center. Strong mesh and strong
overlook patent edge. Per pair 70 cts.
Sale Price. ..........................5 soc
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COrSetS.
You are acquainted with our line of
corsets, it beng composed of some of
the very best makes.
Puritan COrSets
Cresco CorSetS

Vt " 81 TT 81
For every half dollar bought in corsets
during this sale we will give you back
sc, making the best soc corset in the
village cost you Ale, and your choice of
the best dollar goods on the market, SIC
All sizes from IS to 80 and brand new
stuff.
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The Reason for this Sale

possible dollars goods season
fall selling
clearing This clean and
and
that will bring the
flor themw could not be satisfied Come
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6S0-white-width 40 in. 3 yds. long
with deep, heavy scroll border and plain
net center. Pretty corner piece with
scalloped and overlooked corded edge
Per pair Sl.25. Sale price............ooc
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625-white, "a in. wide, pleasing Dor.
der, heavily worked with bow knot de-
sign on edge. Finished same as above.
75c per pair. Sale price.
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60 and 655-both white, good width in
pleasing designs. Were cheap at S1.OO
SAFE Prlce.................... ....79c
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735-white, Sc inches wide, 325 yds long
Good net with very pretty insert
border. They were the best we had at
$3.50 per pair. Sale price......,..."Sl.I9
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Quilts

Ladies' Wrappers.
The price is advancing on these goods
but to close out we put our assortment
in two lots at these prices:
70 and eco.
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GO in. wide and 81 yds long.
An exceptionally pretty floral border.
Net center paneled with sprays, $3.50
per pair. Sale price. go
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PLACE TRADE
PALMER BROS & 60.
"THRD ANNUAL NINE SALE.
Saturday, Sale Closes
This Clearance is our House Cleaning

has
wmanysm of uchandse
beer through the
prices that shamefuly the value
cleaning ford
the
The Yale expositor., 1904-08-19

We have number of odd lots at
reduced prices. See if we have your
size.
The Yale expositor., 1904-08-19
Ladies' OxfordS
at Nine Sale Prices.

We have mems Asco Calf Bal.
London toe and solid all through. Sale
price.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-11
Oontor Was Arrastad


DR.. Gray Merrit,a a prominent physi-
clan of Mehoopany, was arrested on
the charge OF arson at Berwick Mon.
day night and held under 81. 500 bail,
in default of which he was sent to
Jail.
A house belonging to Mrs. Merritt
caught fire OH April 18th. but was
quickly extinguished by the firemen
Upon Investigation of the origin large
quantities of excelsior soaked in oil
were found in several of the rooms
The house was built shortly before the
depression of the Berwick car works
and as the house has never been Oc-
cupied and is heavily insured it is
thought that DR.. Merritt wished to get
rid of it.
At the time of tho fire Edward Bar
guson, who had been hired to paint
the building, was under suspicion and
when arrested admitted some very
damaging facts concerning DR.. Mer-
rit. The company has conducted a
quiet Investigation and waited until
they had secured enough evidence to
convict the guilty parties. AS soon as
DR.. Merritt arrived in Berwick NJ on
day afternoon he was arrested and tax
en- before Justice Beishline. where he
asked postponement of his trial until
he could procure counsel. He was held
in 81 500 bail for court.