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Lord Salisbury Wished SiEnbOard
Pointing to His Retreat
Done Away With.

The chateau of Lord Salisbury was
at Beaulieu, France, and that he
might have peace and rest there he
once made quaint request of the
mayor of Villefranche. The house
stood on high, well-wooded ground
and was approached by carriage from
the old Corniche road. The inaccessi-
bility of the position and consequent
quiet and peace pleased the premier
greatly. The gardens were so large
and the gate kept by a Cerberus SO
stern that the most enterprising Brit
ish or American tourist found little to
repay his curiosity after his climb.
When Lord Salisbury first took possess
sion of La Bastide the maire of WILLIE
franche, NJ. BallonaiS, called upon him
to bid him welcome and Hospitality
assured him that any wish his lord
ship might express would, if possible,
be instantly gratifed by himself and
his councillors.
Then | will take you at your word, .
replied the premier. Il wish much
that the new signboard you have put
up on the road leading here, marked
Avenue Salisbury be taken away"
But we put it up" stammered the
MARIE, lin order to let people find their
way to your villa
''Ah!" sighed Lord Salisbury, 81 see
so many people at home and should
like most of them to lose their way
TO La Bastide.'
The hint was taken.
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TALKS WITHOUT TONGUE.
Robbed Of Organ by Surgical Opera
ton, New Jersey Man Articulates
Better Than Before.

Tongueless, yet able to talk better
than when in possession of his organ
of speech-that is the remarkable con-
dition Of William Bunting, wealthy
bachelor of Elmer, N. j., who received
treatment recently in Philadelphia
Mr.. Bunting came to the Hahnemann
hospital to have his throat treated for
what he believed to be Inflammation.
caused by a severe cold. Upon investi-
cation the doctors found the disease to.
be much more serious than the patient
had suspected, and that in order to.
save his life his tongue must be re-
moved. 1t was swollen to twice itn
normal size, so that Mr.. Bunting waD
unable to articulate plainly.
After the operation the first words
the patient spoke, as it all over?''
were the plainest he had spoken since
his trouble began, several years ago.
Those in attendance were able to un-
derstand everything he said.
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California Missions.

In the beginning Of things in Cali
fornia, the padres built their missions
after this style-low, plastered, tile
rooted and buff-colored. with arched
doorways and long arcades, and per-
haps At one corner belfry with one
or more bells. They adapted th.ir
Spanish ideas to the meager materials,
unskilled labor, and the needs Of a
newly discovered country. Perhaps
they builded wiser and better than
they knew, for, after more than a CEN
fury, many of the missions stand in a
fair state of preservation. AS the
padres built, SO built the Spanish set
tiers that came after them, and as late
as so years ago the pueblo of Los An
geles squatted in adobe simplicity UNI
der its palms and pepper trees.-From
Mission Architecture" by Bertha
Smith, in Four-Track News.
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CHAPTER w.
THE MYSTERY OF THE WILDER
NESS

THE MYSTERY OF THE WILDER
NESS.
Martins first impulse had been to
pursue and solve the identity of this
half-human, half-brute creature who
had peeped into their campfire circle;
the next, and kindlier one, to avoid
alarming the timid doctor and pay no
heed to it, but go on as planned. But
resolving and doing are wide-apart
impulses, not always reconciled, and
although Martin was not one whose
mind turned like a weather-vane, yet
while he was cheerfully deceiving DR..
Sol, his thoughts were away in the
shadowy forest, pursuing an ogreish
creature. Neither did his will Danish
this mystery in the least, for when
breakfast was disposed of, tent struck.
canoes loaded, and they padded away
up the Moosehorn, it's clutch was still
upon him. All that bright morning,
while they pushed up the winding and
almost currentless stream, now shad-
owed by spruce and then broadening
into long and narrow lakelets, family
rippled and sparkling in the sunlight.
its spectral hand reached out from
every shadowy opening. Over and over
again had he and Levi discussed this
strange visitor, only to fail of reach
ing any tangible solution or solve any
rart Of the mystery, and when noon
came, and they halted where short
rapid compelled a carry, Martin had
hard work to keep from making a
clean breast to the doctor of all he had
seen and imagined. Then, as if to
drive him to confession, here at this
landing he came upon two more mystic
rious discoveries.
They had decided to cook dinner
here, and as usual, while the guides
prepared it, Martin and the doctor
tried for trout. Both made a few
casts in the same pool below the
| rapids, and then Martin, leaving his
| friend. started up the path that led
around the rapids to try in another
| pool With more thought for tracks
| than trout he walked slowly, hall
STOPPING and scanning every spot where
| one might show. None we're found IN
! TIL the path ended at the stream once
more, and here, on a bit of sandy
| margin, and as if the creature had
| stepped out of the water, were the
same broad and well-marked claw
prints. Then, turning back, now that
he had found the trail, and, with hunt
er's cunning, locating a dozen others
though so family defined that only the
prints of sharp claws were visible in
the hard soil, or bit of moss scratch ed
from stone showed where the animal
had stepped All pointed downstream
and were made as the others were-by
a creature walking upright!
Then. leaving the path and crowdins
through the underground to an eddy.
ing pool in the rapids, Martin made :
cast It scored. and then another and
stiH another speckled beauty wa,
hooked and reeled in, and the keer
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doctor had stood and fished. Here. I'M
observed at first, and distinct in the
| doctors tracks, Martin found the claw
prints again.
Once again he listened long. looking
all about and half expecting to see
that face in the dense underground.
Then, as the intangible menace grew
upon him, he turned and almost ran
down the bushy path to the camp.
Levi only was up, and he was Just
starting fire. Without a word Mar
tin beckoned him to follow, and to-
eether they returned to the puzzling
tracks. Like an Indian trailing his
enemy in the painless forest, so did
Levi now follow and examine those
footprints. All about where the doctor
stood he traced them, then back and
up the old wood road to where a fallen
tree blocked the way, while Martin
watched his every motion. And here
that keen wOodsman, peering into
these interlacing boughs, suddenly
reached up to one, and, detaching
something, held it up to the light. It
was long. white HART
With intense interest Martin looked
at that somewhat curly token of HUI
man scalp which his guide held aloft
taking it between thumb and finger.
quietly wound it into tiny coil and
placed it in his pocket-book.
We'll" he said at last, what is it?"
Its a critter that walks on two
legs, responded Levi, slowly shaking
his head, but them tracks is GURUS.
never knowed an Injun with white
hair, either"
To Martin this was a new posi-
bility.
HE come down this path" con-
tinued Levi, as he slowly led the way
back, half STOPPING, the better to
watch for tracks, on he went back the
same way, steppin' strong, n on his
hind legs"
Its human being, then" put in
Martin, as they reached the stream
again and halted
YES" it's a human, mebbe." adj
mitted Levi once more, shaking his
head, "Only them tracks amt"
For a moment Martin pondered.
And in that instant a dilemma con-
fronted him. To obey his keen hunt
er's instinct and follow this strange
creature into the wilderness, he could
not with timid DR.. Sol on his hands:
neither did he dare even to let his
old-time friend know what a strange
creature had watched them. And sup
pose he were alone, with his trusted
and faithful guide, and they should
follow and come upon this mysterious
animal-this possible beast or posi-
BILE man-what then?
Levi" he said suddenly, his mind
made up, 1--WE must get out of here as
soon as we can pack and start. And
mind you, not one word or hint to
Jean or the DOCTOR"
Jean was busy cooking breakfast.
and DR.. Sol watching and shifting the
pleasant odor of the frying ham, when
Martin and Levi reached camp.
We'll, did you see the wild MANI"
queried the doctor.
NO" answered Martin, smiling,
"but We saw the big gray rock that
scared you, and found your rod where
you dropped it. think mink carried
your trout off-that is, if you caught
any"
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IN GRANDMA's DAY.

Grandna shakes her head and says
Things are really something shocking,
In these awful modern days
Girls can hardly darn a stocking.
While her knitting needles fly
She will tell US how she hung
All the washing out to dry
Washed it, too-when she was young.
Grandma signs and says a girl
Nowadays is always fading,
Only happy i'll a whirl
Here and there forever gadding.
No piano did she play,
But about her work she sung
Took her exercise that way,
In the days when she was young.
Grandma says that furbelows
Girls In her time weren't inclined to,
Thought of something else than beaus,
Things worth while they gave thei1
mind to.
Grandpa laughs and just makes game
Well says he, II was among
Them myself. They're much the same
Now as when we both were young"
Chicago Daily News.
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Clever Western Cattle.

Western cattle raisers have noticed
in recent years a wonderful illustration
of animal intelligence and instinct.
The cattle of former days were Of the
long-horned kind, and when a herd
was threatened with an attack by
wolves, the calves were placed in the
middle of the bunch and the older ones
formed themselves into a circle, all
facing outward. Now that the cattle
are mostly hornless, they place the
calves in the middle. as In old times.
but face inward themselves. thus PR
senting their hoofs to the wolves
N. z. Times.
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Zest OF time. place and sport had, for
the moment, obliterated all other
thought, when, in stepping from one
| rock to another above, he saw. wedged
between them, a curious bit of drift
| wood, one end of which seemed to
| grin at him. 1t was that that caught
his eye, and STOPPING, he pulled 1t
from between the rocks and found It
| to be the handle of broken paddle,
with the knob carved into semblanca
| of human skull. So realistic had this
| unknown artist tried to be, that he had
| inserted row of small, catlike teeth
| in the skulls mouth and dyed the eye
and nose sockets red. The sun and
rain had almost removed this, but the
| teeth still held in place. 1t was a Gu
rlous bit of dotsam, evidently tossed
up and caught between the rocks Dur
ing some freshet, and then left to
bleach in sun and storm. 1t had SEEM
lnSly been so exposed for more than
enc year, for it was almost white. It
| Gid not appeal to Martin as having any
connection with the mystery he had
come upon, but merely as the long-ago
| handiwork of some eccentric trapper
or hunter thus killing time 1t was a
curio, but when he returned to the ca
noes at call to dinner, he said moth
ing, but quietly tucked it into the bow
| of his canoe.
When dinner was over, the doctor.
who wanted to fish most of the time.
| returned to his pool, Jean began wash
ing the dishes, and then a look and
nod from Martin to Levi were enough.
and together they walked up the path.
Our friend Of last night came down
this way not long ago." asserted Mar
tin. quietly, pointing to the best-defined
tracks on the streams bank, land now
can you tell me when?"
Levi kneeled and studied them well.
Then glancing up to the sun, and back
to where one track just emerged from
the shadow of an outgrowing spruce
bOugh, he moved up to that and again
bent low.
Yesterday; n late in the afternoon
at that" he answered.
And it was fully ten miles of almost
impossible wilderness-that is, by
land-to where they had encamped the
night before!
For few moments Martin looked
at his guide, and then at those tracks
in silence.
Its beyond me-" he said at last;
and the temptation to tell the doctor
all, and then return to where they had
camped and pursue this strange crea-
ture, was strong upon him.
IF it's sane human being" he con-
tinued, 'he would have made himself
known to us last night; if some half
insane old hermit or trapper, even then
l think he would. Even if it was
wild man, the sight of us and our fire
would also have drawn some cry or ex-
preston of human kinship from him.
But to look at us in grim silence from
out the darkness, and then steal away
like some hunted animal, was-un-
canny"
FTr-
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of the stream, alert and keen lest any
sound escape them. At last Martin
spoke.
Levi" he said, Eve have spent
many weeks in this wilderness to-
gether, and l know l can trust you.
What saw is mystery, and we may
solve it and we may not, but until we
do, neither the doctor nor Jean must
know we have been watched by this
strange creature. AS 1 told you, it's
my friends first visit to the woods,
and timid as he is, if once he learned
what l saw, no power could keep him
here longer than it would take to get
out. l shall try to convince him that
he saw a rock or stump, and you must
help do it." Levi nodded
Il think I'll turn in now" continued
Martin, land you may as we'll"
But his faithful guide only put more
fuel on the fire and, taking Martins
rifle, sat down beside it.
I'll keep watch SPELL" he said;
Its just as we'll"
When Martin, awakened by the first
notes of the inevitable bird concert,
emerged from the tent, the fire was
still smouldering, and Levi rolled in
his blanket fast asleep beside it.
Without awakening him he picked up
the rifle and carefully entered the old
log road. Step by step he followed it,
slowly and like true woodsman, ever
watching for signs of man or beast.
The doctors tracks, both going and
coming, were plain, and when the path
turned down to the stream, his rod
was found; but although Martin
looked we'll about, not solitary one
could be found Of the dozen or more
| trout claimed to have been caught.
Martin saw the stump back of which
the doctor had thrown them, saw his
! pied, bushes broken-and that was all
Then he looked across the stream, and
there, too, was the boulder from be-
| hind which this wild man had glared.
Cautiously, and peering often up-and
| down the stream and into the thick
| forest, now gray with morning light.
he crossed, stepping from rock to rock
| just out of the water. Back of the
boulder the rotting leaves showed
! fresh disturbance. and from its side
| bits OF damp moss had been Scraped.
Then he noted the faint forest sign of
leaves that had been trodden upon or
turned over, leading up the brook and
beneath the overhanging frs. Only a
few rods he followed them, for the
underground was more than dense,
and then he returned to the crossing.
Here, on bit Of sandy bank, washed
up by the spring freshet, he saw that
same footprint once more-a huge,
horrible track, half brute, half human,
with the heel mark of a mans foot
round and deep. and the toe mark OF
a panther's claws! Involuntarily he
cooked his rife, looked about, and lis
tened.
Only the morning light, now bright
and clear, the low>not of the stream
at his feet, the song OF birds!
He stopped and measured those claw
prints with twig as Levi had A full
inch in depth they were, with a spread
OF at least i've inches-wider than the
largest human foot.
i Then he turned back to where tbs
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Wrong Department.

A prominent physician tells thia
story at the expense of the modern
craze for specialization in the medical
profession. A poor woman went to q
dispensary to ask for aid for her little
son, who had had one of his fingers
smashed. At the first room where she
applied she was told by a curt attend
ant that the boy could not be treated
there.
Wrong place." he explained, this
Is the eye and ear department"
We're is der thumb and finger de-
partment?" inquired the woman, sim.
ply.-Tit-Bits.
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CHAPTER III.
THE WILD MAN.

The wilderness has many moods
grave, gay, grand and mysterious.
The morning melody of the birds in
spring. the laughter of brooks deep
hidden in impossible thickets, the
loud-voiced rapids leaping down rock
walled gorges, the fir-clad mountains
that shut one in, the bending spruce
and cedar mirrored in placid lakes
each and all have their own mood and
leave their own particular impress on
9ne's feelings.
Full well Martin Frisbie knew all
wilderness moods, for he had met
them many times. Yet, at the mo-
nent he saw this vanishing appari-
tton, not to save all his wealth could
be have pursued it into the darkness
one rod But he had good command
Of himself, and. uttering not word,
he turned and heaped more fuel on
the fire. Then he sat down beside 1t
'sHThy don't you tu-C ~" exclaimed
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copyright, 1905, by Lee and shepard.)
CHAPTER IL CONTINUED.

Levi" he said, what do you say;
Is 1T go on, or stay?"
We've got to stay!" came the reso-
lutte answer; thar amt campin' spot
within five miles either up or down the
Moosehorn, and it's too late to cut one
Quit" And once more he began work.
AS for Martin, he was inwardly ner-
Vous but outwardly calm. He had not
quite recovered from the previous
nights experience and the queer foot
prints, however, and yet it did not
occur to him that that had any connec-
ton with the cause of the doctors
fright. And yet, it might have.
! Then another thought came, and it
added to his fears. They had started
early and padded good 20 miles up
an almost currentless stream; on either
pank lay an impossible wilderness.
much or 1t swampy. No hunter or
trapper stealing along ahead had been
sighted that day, and if this wild man
the doctor had seen was he who was
2rowltng around their tent the night
before, how had he reached this spot?
! But Martin had already decided upon
his own course ind though startled
somewhat by the doctors fright. he
now pulled himself together once mora
and attempted to calm his frightened
cOmrade.
1T may have been some hairy-faced,
Old trapper that you saw, doctor" he
SAID hnally, land they are harmless.
II 1t was, he will show up by and by,
and hang around till we offer him q
drink. I've met them many times
mere in the wilderness before, and a
little good rum secures their friend
ship for life, so don't worry" And
Martin resumed his cutting of bouebs
When supper was over and night
had quite shut them in about the
campfire, conversation was resumed.
Are there many Indians wild in
these woods?" queried the doctor.
elancing up to where the zone of fire.
light outlined the entrance to the old
tote-road; Il thought they were all
civilized"
$50 they are" replied Martin. not
waiting for Levi, land that's why
some of them adopt white mems
methods of getting what they want"
But the face | saw belonged to a
white man." interjected the doctor,
who had not recovered from it, land
1t wore most demoniac look, with
grizzly hair ell around and a mat Of
1t on top"
THAT may be-" returned Martin.
"and so would any old trapper look
when you saw him. They never shave
or get hair cut from one years end
to another, and all look alike-ragged.
hairy and dirty. I've met them often.
and, as l told you, they are all harm
less and love rum. If you saw one
which doubt-he is like all the rest.
and by now is fast asleep up back of
here in the bushes"
With that Martin arose. for it was
time to turn in, glanced first at the
starlit sky and then up at the open
Ing in the forest back of the tent. At
that moment Levi CHANGED to throw
handful of fir houghs on the dying
fire, and as the flames flashed in re-
Spouse and the zone of light widened.
Martin caught the full view of a
hideous human face peeping out from
behind stunted spruce.
One moment only he saw the gray
hairy visage the next it had disap-
reared.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-11-02

Nors.-The following article has
been widely published and is one of
the most remarkable illustrations of the
value Of careful marshalling and analy-
sis Of facts in presenting a subject to the
public
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Where the Sin Lay.

A rather plain lady asked the opin-
ION Of her minister:
els it a sin to feel a tribe of vanity
when l am called handsome by a gen.
tleman?"
mot sin for you, my child, but q
terrible responsibility hangs upon the
gentleman. '-Tit-Bits.
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Not Too Fast.

Mrs. Weeds suppose the Law in THE
state gives the widow her third.
Lawyer-Oh! yes: but you've got -
get rid Of your second -Chicasa
Journal.
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Jewelers.
The Mission Of Whiskey, Tobacco and
Coffee.

The Creator made all things, we be-
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WANTED TO BE LET ALONE.

ITO Be Continued
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-11

There Is a disposition TO criticiss
Gov. Bailey for putting the new state
accountant 10 work on the books, ac-
counts and records Of Secretary Of
State Burrow and State Treasurer
Kelley, whereas nothing is heard Of
any Intended activity In the Office. for
instance, Of State Bank Commissioners
Albaugh. The Capital thinks that
after he has made sll the trouble
possible he will finally be put to work
on the books Of Allen. Albaugh & Co.
But he won't. He will find Secretary
Burrow and treasurer Kelley's &C.
count correct to . penny and Gov.
Bailey will be so disappointed that be
will tell him to quit.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-11

wealthy dupes to invest their money
in socialistic schemes which be con
trolled. He bought a town of 5000
Observation-Disclosures, Mo.-and ran
it as a socialistic model, He organ
lied cooperative stores throughout
the west. IN twenty years he gathered
and spent 10 million dollars. In the
end he married o millionaire wife and
lived q more or less tempestuous life,
wasting her money until she secured
o divorce from him. His schemes
failed. he became bankrupt. Ground
through the mills Of the courts, be
came out, broken in health and purse,
and retired to obscurity in the east,
where now it Is reported, he lies
dying. Dying old. broken. d~isgraced.
all at the age Of s5l Vrooman was
an orator Of remarkable abilities. He
had business talent Of 0 very high
Had he chosen any legitimate
field for the exercise Of his activities
no might have attained wealth and
long life and honor among his fellow
men and the happiness that comes
from oil Of these. Instead, he chose
to be . CRATER and preferred dis
honesty to honesty. preyed upon weak
men instead Of helping them, chose
The way q darkness rather than The
light.
''Hs has HE reward. To him his
has been 8 fierce tragedy. TO
he world u has been > iarce.comedy.
from either standpoint the end is
The moral Is plain, Let the
asst curtain fall on the farce tragedy
4 walter vrooman's liie.n
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RECLAIM GOLD VOTE.
bsnosratis National connitt.. ID
% Rstahiish active canpaisn
Bureau at Chicago. as

Chicago, Aug. io.-While there viii
be no general western democratic
headquarters established In Chicago,
National Chairman TAggart viii come
here for the purpose Of organizing two
q the most important d the campaign
bureaus .headquarters. both q. which
are located tSrSaj They afe ID. be he
German and the railway bureaus the
mission OF which Is I'd rsclatm
Ior the democrats the gold vote which
vent to the republicans four years ege.