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but recent the thing hath been done

but recent the thing hath been done
thorough" ~
The Prince de Cont sat back in his
chair and drew long breath. IF these
things be true" said he, sthen this
Monsieur Las is not so bad leader
to follow"
"But listenI" exclaimed Varenne
once more 81 have not even yet told
the most important thing, and this is
rumor which perhaps your grace has
caught 'Tis whispered that the bank
of the brothers Las is within fort
night to be changed"
What is that?" queried Fraslin,
quickly. "'Tis not to be abandoned ?"
by no means. Abandoned would be
quite the improper word. Ills to be
improved, expanded, increased, magni-
fed My lords, there is the opportu-
nifty of lifetime for every one of us
here!"
Say on, man, say ont" commanded
the prince, the covetousness of his
soul shining in his eyes as he leaned
forward.
81 mean to say this" and the spy
lowered his voice as he looked anxious
ly about "The regent hath taken a
fancy to be chief owner himself of an
enterprise so profitable. In fine, the
Banque Generate is to become the
BanQue Royale. His majesty of
France, represented by his grace the
regent, is to become the head banker
of France and Europe! Monsieur Las
is to be retained as director-general
of this Banque Royale. There are to
be branches fixed in different cities Of
the realm, at Lyons, at Tours, at
Amiens, at Rochelle, at Orleans-in
fact, all France is to go upon differ
ent footing"
The glances of the Prince de Cont
and the Austrian met each other. The
Jew drew long breath as he sat back
in his chair, his hands grasping at the
edge of the table. Try as he might, he
scarce could keep his chin from trem-
bling. He licked out his tongue to
moisten his lips.
There is so much" resumed Var
enne, that it's hard to tell it all. But
you must know that this Banque
Royale will be still more powerful than
the old one There will be incorporated
with it, not only the Company of the
West, but also the General Company
of the Indies, as you know, the most
considerable mercantile enterprise of
France Now listen! Within the first
year the Banque Royale will issue one
thousand million livres in notes. This
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Mncaulny,. Wonderful Energy.

No life was ever lived at higher pres
sure than that of Macaulay. He was
not only like book in breeshes," as
Sydney Smith said of him; he was also
like an intellectual steam engine. His
thirst for knowledge was only equaled
by his amazing capacity for retaining
knowledge and by his passionate in
terest in all the aspects of life. 81 wish
I knew as much of anything as Macau-
lay knows of everything" said Mel
bourne, and though the epigram may
have been intended as gibe, is ap-
proximated to the truth. To the av-
erage dullard of the world it must have
seemed that this tempestuous man was
literally omniscient He plunged into
Italian like boy rejoicing in new
toy; he took up Spanish with an appe-
tite growing by what it fed on, and
then he returned to Greek with a JOY
which he found indescribable. He
amused himself in going to India. by
learning German, and mitigated the
distress of a voyage across to Ireland
by committing Paradise Lost" to
memory, claiming, doubtless with
truth, that by any inconceivable mis-
chance the great epic were to be ut
terly destroyed he could from the tab
lets of his memory give it back to the
world.-London News.
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BEATING THE WIND.
On the Famous "Crestn" TOboEEan
Course Mt ST. MOritz,
Switzerland.

There are several other tracks at
Davos, such as the Clavadel and the
Schatzalp, but more interesting still is
the famous "Cresta" run at st. Moritz,
which is considered to be the most diff
ficult course of it's kind in the world,
and which is undoubtedly the most
carefully prepared course in Switzer-
land, writes A. Pitcairn Knowles; in
Outing. The run, from five to six feet
wide and 1900 yards long; with fall
of about $50 yards, is formed in the
shape of a grove. On either side the
snow is banked up, particular care be-
ing taken at the curves, where the
snow is raked at varying degrees, and
the banks thus built up resemble the
curve of a bicycle track. The entire
run is thus flanked by a wall of hard
frozen snow, which at some places is
nearly 20 feet high. Where road
crosses the track, the bank Is, Of
course, broken. With the assistance of
water and a sharp frost the track,
when thus prepared, is covered with a
coating of ice, and the great "Cresta''
is ready to receive the eager tobogan-
ers who have come from all parts OF
the world. 1t is, of course, neither pos
sible nor desirable to make the track
in one straight line; in fact, the great
number and the difficulty of the curves
form the chief attraction of the
"Cresta" to riders as we'll as specta-
tors.
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Not n Ghost.

A young woman at country houss
party one Christmas had been thrilled
with delicious horrors by tales Of
ghosts and hobgoblins told by certain
of her fellow guests about generous
fire just before they separated for the
night The next morning she appeared
at the breakfast table ready for de,
parture, and, when pressed to explain
her reason for going. finally confessed
that she was afraid to sleep under
that roof another night. She said thai
about midnight she was awakened b.
a stealthy step. and to her horror saw
a spectre, all in white, at the foot Of
her bed, and it raised its clawlikt
hands and actually drew the covers of
the bed There was no hallucinatiol
about 1t, for the coverlid was gone!
While the interest was at its height
a belated breakfaster appeared and re;
marked genially: How cold 1t was
last night! Knowing that the room
next to mine was unoccupied, tool
the liberty of helping myself to an
extra covering from there!"-CounU
Life in America
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THE WILD HORSE RACE.
Mad Mix-Up Of Men and Horses,
Ropes and Saddles When the
Fun Begins.

In the track before the grand stand
the ten riders, each with his saddle
upon the ground and hackamore in hand,
and each accompanied by the one helper
allowed him, wait in picturesque groups
for the horses which are presently be-
ing dragged across the field through
haze of dust, each animal holding back
on the rope, kicking, striking. fighting
for freedom every inch of the way, says
Leslie's Monthly Not until he is blind
ed by handkerchief or bit of gunny
sackfng can he be held still at all, and
then only by tremulous uncertainty
that turns to frenzy of bucking the
instant the saddle touches his back. In
the mad mix-up of men and horses, ropes
and saddles, presently developed, the
wonder is that anything can be accom-
plished. But sooner than would have
seemed possible one is in the sad
dle-or. to speak with accuracy, more or
less in the air above it; another follows
and then another, the horses all buck
ing. rearing and pitching more wildly
than ever. Then one has somehow
worked his way through the milling"
mass: others are fast after him, the
riders. permitted only hackamore bri-
dies. that scarce may guide the crazed
animals at all, triumphantly waving
hats and quirts as they make of by such
eccentric sequence of bone racking
jumps, pitches and "crow-hopping,"
that no wonder some have to pull leath-
err while others come to grief upon
he ground
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embodiment of the Compagnie Generate
of the Indies will warrant, as 1 know
by the secret plans of the bank, the
issue of notes amounting to two billion
livres. Therefore, as Monsieur de
la Chaise signifies, he who is lucky
enough to-day to own few actions
of the Banque Royale, or even the
old actions of Monsieur Las bank,
which will be redeemed by its sue
cessor, is in way to gain greater sums
than we're ever seen on the face of
the world until to-day! Now, as was
about to ask of you, Monsieur Fras-
lin"
The speaker turned in his chair to
where Fraslin had been but a moment
before The chair was empty.
"Our friend stepped to the door but
on the instant" said De la Chaise.
He is perhaps"
THAT he has," cried Varenne. HE
is the first of us to profit! Monsieur
lie Prince, in virtue of what have said
to you, if you could favor me with an
advance of few hundred louis, could
assure my family of independence.
Monsieur lie Prince! Monsieur lie
Prince"
Monsieur lie Prince, however, was
not so far behind the Austrian! Var
enne followed him, Juggling at his coat
but Cont shook him OF, sprang into
his carriage and was away.
ITO the Place Vendome." he cried
to his coachman, land hasten!"
De la Chaise, aristocratic, handsome
and thick-witted, remained alone al
the table, wondering what was the
cause of this sudden connection. Var
enne reappeared at the door wringine
| his hands.
What is 1t, my friend?" asked De
la Chaise "Why all this haste? Why
this confusion?'
'Nothingi" exclaimed Varenne, bit
terly, except that every minute Of
this day is worth a million francs
Man, do you know?"-and in his frenzy
he caught De la Chaise by the collar
| and half shook him out of his usua
| calm-"man, can you not see that JeaI
Las has brought revolution into Paris
Obi This Las, this devil of Las
A thousand louis, my friend, a hun
dred, ten-give me but ten louis, and
1 will make you rich! A day of miracles
is herei"
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haps? What folly for you to speak
thus. France hath swiftly grown so
strong that she can never again be
ruined. What ais my magician. my
Prince Of 'Golconda, this morning?
France bankrupt! Even were it so,
does that relieve me of this begging of
De Prize, of Parabere, and all the 9th
ers? My God, Monsieur Las, they are
like leeches. They think me made of
money"
"And your grace thinks France made
of money"
NAY; only think my director-gen-
eral is made of money, or can make it
as he likes"
And this was ever the end of Laws
reproaches and his expostulations.
This, then, was to be the end of his
glorious enterprises, thought he, as he
sat one morning, staring out of the
window when left alone. This sordid
love for money for its own sake-this
was to be the limit of an ambition
which dealt in theories, in men, in ma
tions, and not in livres and louis d'ori
Law smiled bitterly. For an instant
he was not the confident man of action
and of affairs, not the man claiming
with assurance the perpetual protec-
ton of good fortune. He sat there,
alone, feeling nothing but the great
human craving for sympathy and trust.
A line of carriages swept back across
the street at his window, and streams
of mobiles besought entrance at his
door. And the man who had called out
all these, the man for whose friendship
all Europe clamored-that man sat
with aching heart, longing, craving,
begging now of fortune only the one
thing-a friend!
At last he arose, his face showing
lean and haggard. He passed into
another room.
"Will," said he, 81 am at place
where 1 am dizzy and need hand.
You know what hand it means for me-
Can you go-will you take her, as you
did once before for me, a message?
cannot 60 l cannot venture into her
presence. Will you go? Tell her it is
the last time! Tell her it is the last!"
ITO Be Continued.1
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THE oesTINAcY OF eeoTlsM.


Il hung the jury" said the man.
And / was only one.
But few of us there are who can
Thus boast of what we've done
cat first the other side had nine,
And we were only three;
The nine did stubbornly decline
To let the man go free.
II never saw such mulishness
AS those nine men displayed;
] pointed out their fooliShneSS,
But still could not persuade.
Then one deserted us, despite
The fact I surely knew
That 1 am always in the right
So then we were but two.
1.-The other bowed to arguments
That I refused to hear;
That I alone have common sense
To me is very clear.
ELEVEN most pig-headed men
They showed themselves to be;
This fact was proved quite clearly when
They would not bow to me.
'sBut now my bosom swells with pride,
For when I walk the street
My vanity is gratified
BY all L chance to meet.
ST note that I am pointed out
BY nine men out of ten;
Their comments show, without a doubt
I'm worth eleven men,"
Chicago Evening Post.
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Luminous Tree

A remarkable tree grows in Nevada
1t is called by the superstitious In.
dams the witch tree. 1t grows to a
height of six feet or seven feet, and
it's trunk at the base is about three
times the size of an ordinary man..
wrist. The wonderful characteristic
of the tree is its luminosity, which is
so great that on the darkest night IL
can be seen plainly at least a mile
away. A person standing near could
read the finest print by its light
Chicago Journal.
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All Mothers Fault.

Her head rested on his shoulder. ana
her little hand lay confidingly in his.
Tell me. Alfred" said the happv
maiden. "how you ever came to pich
me out as the girl you wanted to mar.
ry?"
We'll. Dora replied the ecstatie
young man In gush of confidence. 81
was mother that put me up 90 it,
STRAY Stories s
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Beauty That Paws.

"Jove!" exclaimed the close friend,
"your cashier is the most beautiful
young girl I ever saw suppose her
beauty is worth money to YOU"
well. should say" replied the pro-
prietor of the restaurant. She's a
shortchange artist and my customers
are so blinded by her beauty that they
never suspect. "-Philadelphia Press.
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CHAPTER xxxvI.
!THE GREATEsT NEED.

There sprang now with incredible
swiftness upward and outward an
Aladdin edifice of illusion. 1t was as
though indeed this genius who had
waved his wand and hidden this fairy
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STRATEGY THAT SUCCEEDED
Her Hat Off in a
Theater.'

She sailed down the aisle just before the
curtain rose for the matinee, an elegantly
dressed woman of middle age and more,
wearing a broad, black hat with long,
:urving feather on it. She took a seat in
'front.' of two young women and gave no.
the slightest intimation- of removing that
marvellous tower of headgea-, relates the
Pardon me, but would you mind re-
moving your hat?' -. :. ,>r-~
This request apparently made not the
slghtest impression on the owner of the
handsome plume, and a flew i.minutes
.ater the second young woman asked, in
= tone somewhat louder than that of her
companion:
Would you please be SO kind as to take
off your hat!"
The offender moved her head slightly,
but otherwise gave no response. ,
The victims of fashion were silent for a
lew minutes and then one. of them was
heard to say very distinctly to her friend:
,,"Oh, well, perhaps she is a little bald.
That, of course, explains it. Don't think
of asking her again.
The woman with the hat started, and
before the speaker had finished the Of
'ense was removed.
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RECEIVED COLD TREATMENT
Make of Embryotic Melo-
drama.

asked to speak ,on success, relates Success.
Il suppose that failure is moue familiar
Lhan success to all of u.s." he said. We
work away. Four things fail. The fifth
dining succeeds. The hardest workers have
4he most failures, but then they have the
most successes, too
tOne of my early failures was a melo-
lrama that | travelled all the way from
chicago to New York to sell to manager.
This was in my youth, when had conf
NY melodrama. He said he didn't care
or it.
Il pointed out the merits in it which he
had overlooked. l proved that he would
make a great mistake if he should not
accept this work. But he shook his head.
Can't you use it at all?' asked, des-
,erately.
Well he said, i might grind it up
and use it for a snowstorm.'
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HAS TRIED BOTH.
Travel for Health VS.. Dieting.

A man who was sent to Europe fol
nis health and finally found cure in .
little change in his diet says:
81 was troubled with dyspepsia fol-
Eve years and two doctors here in Ke-
nosha that treated me for over a year
both told me there was no help fol
me. Then 1 had an expert from Chi.
eago, but still received no relief; ther
followed another expert from Chicago
who came to our house two times g
month for four months. He gave me
Up like all the others and told me tt
take a trip across the ocean, which
did in the year 1899 and came home
about as bad as when I started. The
doctors told me my stomach lining wal
full of sores. Then I began to study
my own case and learned Of the diet
recommended by the Postum Cerea
Co., so gave up coffee, pork and ali
greasy foods and began using Postum
Food Coffee. Gradually got better and
better until I am well now as I even
was in my younger days, have no trou.
BILE and eat anything at to eat.
Sometimes away from home I am
persuaded to drink coffee, but I only
take a sip of If, for it tastes bitter and
dlsagreeable to me, but the longer use
Postum the better I like it and the
better feel i could say great deal
more OF my experience with Postum,
but think this will give everyone a
good idea of what leaving on coffee
and using Postum can do" Name
81 veYrr NV Pocf,ir,, -. 10 snSffIA rsre<1~-
Loslx An every pkg. for the famous
little book. - Road to Wellvills."
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EatarTh Of the Kidneys a Common Dis
ease-Kidney Trouble Often Fails to
Be Regarded as ,Catarrh by Physi-
clans.
Catarrh of the kidneys is very COM
mon indeed. It is a pity this fact is not
better known 90 the physicians as well
rs the people,
:. People have kidney disease. They
take some diuretic, hoping to get better.
They never once think of catarrh. Kid
ney disease and catarrh are seldom
associated in the minds of the people,
and, alas, it is not very often associated
In the minds of the physicians. Too
few physicians recognize catarrh of the
Kidneys. They doctor for something
else. They try this remedy and that
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Elegant Train Service of the Nickel
Plate Road.

!. The thorough development and main
tenance of the up-to-date passenger sery-
ice of the Nickel Plate Road leaves moth
ing to- be desired by people who travel.
Ladies travelling alone or accompanied by
children will appreciate the clean and
we'll lighted Coaches, made so by the corps
of, colored Porters in uniform who attend
the wants of both first and second-class
passengers without extra charge. The din
ing car service of the Nickel Plate Road
has become very popular with the patrons
on the line and one of pride to the man
agement. This service is conducted I'M
der the system of individual club meals
Carefully prepared menus are compiled
into booklets, containing suggestions for
breakfast, luncheon or supper that will
not cost you more than thirty-fve cents
and on up to one. dollar, which is the,
limit, hence the disbursement may wait
for the appetite. Meals are also served
"a la Carte!e As no excess fare is charged
on any train, twill be to your advantage
TO purchase your tickets via the Nickel
Plate Route, where rates are lower than
via any other hne.~' -
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San Bernardine, Calf, says: -"For Is
years my kidneys were not performing
their functions. properly. There was
some backache, and the kidney secre-
tions were profuse, containing also
considerable sediment, Finally the
doctors said I-had diabetes: Doan's
Kidney Pills wrought a great change
in my conditionr and now I sleep and
feel well again. ~
A FREE TRIk of this great kidney
medicine whichs;csEed: gqdges FeiteE
will be mailed To- any part of the
Omitted States. Address Eos ter Nil burn
Co. Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by al dealers.
Price 50 cents per box
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TIL the admoni-
ton of the Psalm
list to "sing unto
the Lord a new
song" the ques-
ton n a t u T a II Y
arises: Does God
get tired of the old
song? Does He
weary of hearing
the song of our
Christian expert
ence which we
learned so long
ago? Would the
sweet Drattle of
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remedy. The trouble may be catarrh
all the time A few bottles of Peruna
would cure them.
Pe.ru-na Removes the Cause Of the
Kidney Trouble.
Peruna strikes at the very centre of
the difficulty, by eradicating the catarrh
from thelxidneys. Catarrh is the cause
of kidney difficulty. Remove the cause
and you remove the effect. With
unerring accuracy Peruna goes right to
the spot. The kidneys are soon doing
their work with perfect regularity.
Thousands Of Testimonials.
Thousands of testimonials from people
who have had kidney disease which had
gone beyond the control of the ply
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AO~
for it is the
Kidneys that
remove the
poisons and
waste from
the body.
Learning this
simple lesson
h a S m a d e
many sick
men.and wom-
en- well.
Judge A. J.
Felter of 31s
Soufh r St
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Thousands Of Testimonials.
The Most Elusive.

Flooding Investigator-It is one of my
hobbies that everything of calamitous
nature is caused by microbe, and / am
trying to locate and classify the strike
mfcfobe. -, = ,-e~"
Man About Town-You won't find him,
professor. He's the critter that draws
the salary and keeps out of sight.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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Old Soldiers Story.

Sonoma, Mich, June l3.-That even n
han bullets is the experience of Delos
Hutchins, of this place. Mr.. Hutchinss'
Is Union Soldier saw three years OF
,eryice under Butler Barke in the LOUIS,
ANA swamps, and as result got crippled
With Rheumatism so that his hands ana
he suffered only Rheumatic Will ever
know.
For twenty-five years he was in misery,
then one lucky day his druggist advlsed'
him to use Dodd's Kidney Pills. VI the
result Mr.. Hutchins says:
much, but got two more, and before l
rot them used up L was great, deal bet
:er. 1 kept on taking, them, and now my
pains are all gone and feel better than
| have in years. 1 know Dodds Kidney
Pills will cure Rheumatism"
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''If some men would try to be as i'm
portant as dey thinks dey is" said Uncle
Eben, std O. jes' takin' it fob granted,
dar,d be heap mo- business done in dis
world. "-Washington Star.
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Pe.ru.na Cures Kidney Disease.

reason it cures kidney disea Sc is because
it cures catarrh. Catarrh of the kidneys
is the cause of most kidney disease.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever it hap
pens to be located. 1t rarely fails.
If you do not derive prompt and satie-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, ..
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Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle q
reatise DR.. Kline, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
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"Lake Shore, Summer Tours.

Where are you going to spend this years
vacation? The Lake Shore Railways book
of Summer Tours to Mountains, Lakes
and Seashore" will help you to decide.
1t will be sent on application to G. +.
DAILY, Chief Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Chicago.
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as the summer approaches scientists
will, of course, offer the customary re-
'lninders that kissing and ice water are
dangerous. 1t is safe to say that ice water
will nevertheless receive appreciative at
tentlon, as usual.-Washington Star.
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Oriental Pun.

'1s pour name Hi LIP asked the for.
signer, brusquely.
Yes, sir answered the Korean en-
feror; Il am Hi Ii by: name, but by ma
lure l Lie Lew "-Washington Star.