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again with a deep layer of earth
Franklin, standing upon chair, put
mis- shoulders under the sagging beams
and lifted them and their load Of dis
arranged earth up to the proper level
on the top of the wall, while Buford
built under them with sods. 1t was
no small weight that he upheld AS
he stood he caught an upturned tell
tale glance, look of sheer feminine
admiration for strength, but of this
he could not be sure, for it passed
teetly as 1t came. He saw only the
look of unconcern and heard only the
conventional word of thanks.
AS Mary Ellen stepped into the
buggy for the return home her face
had lost its pink. One of the mys-
terious revulsions of femininity had
set in. Suddenly, it seemed to her,
she had caught herself upon the brink
of disaster. This tall and manly man,
she must not yield to this impulse to
listen to him. She must not sue
cumb to this wild temptation to put
her head upon a broad shoulder and
to let it lie there while she wept and
rested. To her the temptation meant
g personal shame. She resisted it with
all her strength. The struggle left
her pale and very calm. At last the
way of duty was clear. This day
should settle it once for all. There
must be no renewal of this mans suit.
He must go.
1t was Mary Ellen's wish to be
driven quickly to the house, but she
reckoned without the man. With a
sudden crunching of the wheels the
buggy turned and spun swiftly on.
headed directly away from home. 'I'll
Just take you turn around the hill, "
said Franklin, land then We'll go in"
1T isn't the way home" said Mary
Ellen.
Il cant help it," said Franklin.
You are my prisoner. | am going to
take you-to the end of the world"
ITS very noble of you to take me
this way" said the girl with scorn.
What will my people Think"
Let them think" exclaimed Frank
lin desperately. Its my only chance.
| can't do without you. It's right for
us both. You deserve better life
than this. You. a Beaut hamp, of the
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from New York he had no appetite
and no digestion. and now he can eag
anything and has splendid digestiors
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison have chill
dren in New York who were ready
to give them a home, and tried to
dissuade their parents from setting
out on their trip, but Mr.. Harrison
and his wife had their own ideas of
independence and decided that trip
to the south, travelling through the
country by easy stages, would be ben
efiCial, so they rigSed up their wagon
with a bed. chairs. cooking utensils,
and all necessary articles for rough
ing it comfortably, and drove ont of
New York on a bright day last Sep
tcmber with Atlanta as their destina-
tion and ready to spend a year in
travel They have averaged about
twenty-five miles a week.
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| old Virginia Beauchamps-goo God
1t breaks my heart"
you have answered yourself, sir, ;
said Mary Ellen, her voice rot steady
as she wished. Il live out here on
the prairies, far from home, but am
Beauchamp from old Virginia"
And them"
"And the Beauchamps kept their
promises, women and men-they al
ways kept them. They always will"
81 know" said Franklin gently. 81
would rely on your word forever. |
would risk my life and my honor in
your hands. | would believe in you
all my life. Can't you do as much for
me? There is no stain on my name.
| will love you till the end of the
world. Child-you don't know"
All you have your answer, Now,
listen to me, Mr.. Franklin. | shall
keep my promise as a Beauchamp
should-as Beauchamp shall. have
told you long ago what that promise
was. I promised to love, to marry
him-Mr. Henry Fairfax-years ago.
| promised never to love any one else
SO long as lived. He-he's keeping
his promise now-back therein old
Virginia, now. How would | be keep
ing m!ne-how am l keeping mine,
now, even listening to you SO long?
Take me back; take me home. I'm
going to-going to keep my promise,
sir! I'm going to keep it,"
Franklin sat cold and dumb at this,
all the world seeming to him to have
gone quite blank. He could not at
first grasp this sentence in its full
effect, it meant SO much to him. Yet,
after his fashion, he fought mute,
struggling for some time before he
Very well, he said. I'll not crawl
not for any woman on earth. It's
over. I'm sorry. Dear little woman,
/ wanted to be your friend. I wanted
to take care of you. | wanted to love
you and to see if l couldn't make a
future for us both"
MY future is done. Leave me.
Find some one else to love"
you were the only one" said
Franklin slowly, "and you always will
be the only one. Goodbye
1t seemed to him he heard a BREATH
whisper, a soft word that said good
bye" 1t had tenderness that set
lump in his throat, but it was fol-
lowed almost at once with a calmer
commonplace. I'VE must go back"
said Mary Ellen. 1T is growing
dark"
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called the block car, and contains a
small sized lumber yard. filled as it
is with pieces Of timber ranging from
wedges. TO be hammered under the
wheels or jacks, to square pine posts
Of various length used for propping
Since the invention Of the wrecking
crane hand tackle is not employed
as much as in former days. but hun
dreds of feet of rope. ranging from
sizes the thickness of ones finger To
cables two inches thick. are carried in
coils. with huge wooden pulleys. rs
are also chains. strong enough TO han!
a hundred tons. On the next car are
two or three sets of extra trucks with
wheels attached, to replace any that
might have been broken, for the low
cr part or gearing of rolling stock suf-
fers more in an accident than any
other portion. Sometimes l. is
Wrenched completely from the car
itself. the wheels broken of the aXlcs
or damaged in some other way. so
that it is fit only for scrap iron. Next
to the locomotive is the crane car on
which swings a great steel arm whose
muscles of chain will raise fifty tons
at a time, and swing it through the
air. doing the work of a hundred pairs
of hands.-Pearson's Magazine.
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EMPTY NOW.
How One Woman Quit Medicine.

While coffee user my stomach
troubled me for years" says lady of
Columbus, O.. "and had to take medi-
cine all the time. had what thought
was the best stomach medicine | could
get. had to keep getting it filed all
the time at 40 cents bottle. did
not know what the cause OF my trou-
bic was but just dragged along from
day to day, suffering and taking med-
cine all the time.
About six months ago I quit tea
and coffee and began drinking Postum
and | have not had my prescription
filled since which is a great surprise
to me for it proves that coffee was the
cause Of all my trouble although | nev-
er suspected ii.
when my friends ask me how l
feel since | have been taking Postum
| say, TO tell the truth | don't feel
at all only that | get hungry and eat
everything want and lots of 1t and it
never hurts me and | am happy and
well and contented all the time
Il could not get my family to drink
Postum for while until | mixed it in
little coffee and kept on reducing tho
amount Of coffee until got ii all Pos
tum. Now they all like 1t and they
never belch it up like coffee.
We all know that Postum is a sun
shine maker. ! flnd it helps one great
ly for we do not have to think OF aches
and pains al the time and can use
our minds for other things" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek.
Mich.
The one who has to bother with
coffee aches and pains is badly handi-
capped in the race for fame and for
tune, Postum Is wonderful rebuild
er There's a reason.
Look in each package for the fam
Gus little book. The Road to Well
VILE"
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Lot of Russian Peasant

The truth is that the Russian peas
ant, 1000, 900 of him, is. under pres
ent conditions, slowly starving to
death. His average earnings in the
central provinces are II and IS ko-
PEGS (S to 9 cents) per day through
out the year; during the busiest har-
vest time they rise to an average of
y to SO kopecs 03 to 1G ccnts) a
day; during the whole winter he and
mis- family earn nothing. His diet con
ststs of meal, flour and grits, cabbage
qnd potatoes; no meat. excepting
three times a year. His diet is insult
fcient, and is less than in any civil
iZed country. The hovel he lives in is
TWO and a half yards long and one
and one-half yards high. harbOring
the whole family and whatever cat
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On the WreCking Train

/ the great railroad systems the
WI aE train is as carefully ar
RAJ as the apparatus in a fire com
pa. house. ready to go into action
Us ."l as the message is licked upon
inc 'Iuiar in the dispatcher's Office.
20 together. the cars stand upon
'a.. H.ent switch track that is
aI"..r connected to the main line. No
"'l..i ears are allowed to be placed
W his switch at any time. Some
CO... ,.aIrs reserve one of the fastest
lo' .'iErs purposely to haul the
W ..-aG train. and keep the engine
III .0 ruuudhouse with fire continu
an n the iireboX. prepared to steam
ul '. moments notice. The train is
ma ~ OF four, sometimes five cars,
IN ar one being occupied by the
ol... and wrcckcrs, with a portion
'''H lor the rope and chain which
ar always taken along. The officials
RAJ "A sitting room" with table and
b'H'-'S, where they can consult on
III mr. way to the scene of the accident
Al. mems quarters are furnished with
1t jess stools and bunk for each
INA -o that if called during the night,
tn may have a chance to take a nap
"n Tie way. The next car in front is
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Track of Bank Robbers

resent robberies in banks that are not
members of this association. Each
flag is inscribed with the details Of
the robbery it represents.
THE map is corrected from day to
day, and it gives us pretty fair idea
Of the general situation at glance
We keep it hanging on the wall there
throughout the bank robbery season."
THE bank robbery season."
Yes. That begins about Sept j.,
when the nights begin to get long
There's comparatively little safe
cracking out of season, when the
nights are short A job of that kind
takes time"
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Make Trip for Health

A quaint couple drove into Augusta
Ga recently in long bodied one
horao wagon with a top, on the side
Of which in large letters are the words
"N.w lorl, to Atlanta" Potato peel
ers ten cents each
The occupants Of the wagon are Mr.
an Mrs. John w. Harrison of New
york.. aged G5 and G3 years, who are
travelling south for their health and
decided on this method of travel as
moro interesting, more economical
an more remuneratiye than riding in
a nalacc car.
dr. Harrison is short. stOcky man
Will white hair and beard apparently
in good health and spirits, who seems
10 have gotten what he was looking
for On this trip-health and enjoy
meDt, He says when he started out
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Japan's Sea Training.

In the eleventh or twelfth century
the Japanese were the most daShlhS
pirates of the East; in fact, we might
almost call them the vikings of the
East. They used junks-smalI ships
with scrap of sail, but the little YES
sells in which the Danes once raidcd
our own coasts, or as the craft which
'hc Penzance fishermen have to-day.
With these junks the Japanese roamed
ne seas, going everywhere along the
Chinese main, ravaging the coasts,
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Way of a Maid.

The Halfway House was an oasis in
the desert. To-day it was an oasis
and battle ground Franklin watched
Mary Ellen as she passed quietly
about the long, low room. engaged in
household duties which she performed
deity as any servant. He compared
these rude necessities with the asso-
Citations amid which he knew this girl
had been nurtured, and the thought
gave him nothing but dissatisfaction
and rebellion. Presently he rose and
eScusing himself. went out to join
Bu'ord at the corral.
Come" said the latter, "and I'll
show you around over our improve
ments while we are waitin' for bite
to eat. If ever this land comes to be
worth anything at all, we ought to
grow into something worth while"
Yes" said Franklin, lit will make
you rich,' and as they walked about
he pointed out with Western enthusi-
asm the merits of the country.
The bite to eat" was in time duly
announced by loud, sonorous note
that arose swelling upon the air. Aunt
Lucy appeared at the kitchen door,
her fat cheeks distended, blowing
conch as though this were Tidewater
over again.
The long table was spread in the
large room of general assembly, this
room being, as has been mentioned,
excavated from the earth, so that. as
they sat at table, their heads were
perhaps nearly level with the surface
Of the ground. The short side walls,
topped with heavy earthen roof,
made of this sort of abode domicile
rude and clumsy enough, but one not
lacking in certain comfort In the
winter it was naturally warm, and in
the summer it was cool, the air,
caught at either end by the gable of
the room, passing through and afford
ing freshness to the somewhat cellar
like interior. Cut off from the main
room were three smaller rooms, in
cluding the kitchen, from which Aunt
Lucy passed back and forth with mas
sve tread. The table was no polished
mahogany, but was built of rough pine
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boards, and along it stood long
benches instead of chairs.
You will oblige me, captain said
Buford as they rose from the table, eff
you will be SO good as to drive Miss
Beauchamp over to the claim shanty
after a while"
Franklin assented to this PROPOSE
ton with such eagerness that he
blushed as he saw how evident had
been his pleasure at this opportunity
for a moments speech alone with the
girl who sat so near but yet SO unap-
proachable. "I'll be delighted" said
he.
Mary Ellen said nothing. The pfrk
spot in her cheek was plainly deeper.
1t did not lessen as she stood watch
ing the struggle the two men had in
black horse. Seiging the tug with
one hard and the singletree with the
other, Franklin fairly swept the OBJ
durate beast off its balance as he
forced it to its place at the pole. His
strength was apparent
Are you afraid to ride behind that
horse?" asked he.
Il don't think So" she replied sim
ply, and her uncle helped her in, while
Franklin steadied the team. Yet how
Franklin hated the wild black horse
now. All the way across the prairie
during the short drive to the shanty
the beast gave him plenty to do to
keep it inside the harness, and he
had no time for a single word The
girl sat silent at his side, looking
straight ahead At the shanty he
helped her down. Ignorant, he saw
not the tale of bosom heaving, nor
read correctly the story of the pink
in the cheek He believed rather the
import of a face turned away, and OF
features set in mask OF repose.
There had as yet been no word.
The claim shanty was indeed in
some need of repair. One corner OF
the roof had fallen in, carrying with 1t
a portion of the sod wall that made
the inclosure, and spilling quantity
of earth in the bed customarily occu-
pied by Aunt Lucy when she resided"
here in company with her mistress in
their innocent process of acquiring
one hundred and sixty acres OF land
apiece by means of double dwelling
place.
In order to make the needed repairs
to the roof, it was necessary to lay
up again a part of the broken wall,
then to hoist the fallen rafters into
place prior to covering the whole
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Disease Caused by Sunlight.

While the rays of the sun possess a
stimulating ard beneficial effect in
disease and can be used with advant-
age as therapeutic agent. yet, ac-
cordng to recent Investigations, they
also may act injuriCusly and cause dis
ease. That there is a difference in the
therapeutic value between the actinic
rays, or those located at the violet end
OF the spectrum, and the red rays was
appreciated by Finsen, and the former
were used in the treatment of such
skin diseases as lupus vulgaris or tu-
bcrculOsis of the skin while the latter
were found effective in cases Of small
pOX. One Of the most recent re
searches in this department is by Pro
fessor Fermi, and is given in late
number of the Archiv fur Hygiene In
these experiments a large number OF
human subjects were exposed to direct
sunlight for varying periods, and in a
large percentage of cases it was found
that there resulted the following set
of symptoms: cephalagia theadache),
dryness of the nasal mucosa, snuffIing.
coryHa tcoid in the head, pharyngitis,
wearincss, slight conjunctivitis, dry
ness of the lips, fever, pseudo-inlu-
eI2a, constipation, insomnia, epistaXis
tnCse bleed. and various pains. From
this list Of symptoms experienced by
his patients and from the observed co
incidence Of certain diseases and met
geological conditions, Professor FermI
concludes that exposure to the suns
rays is a prediSpOsing factor in
coryZa, influenza. hay fever. and cpl
demic eningitis.-Harper's Weekly.
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If once at bay I touched a Grim"
ln boyhood, hot-hcad' needless time.
And all my neighbOrs rang the chime.
Wherever | might wander,
DO you believe | could Outlive
or that my neighbors would forgive
That stretching stain of slander?
no you believe that | could rise
And, by my doughty deeds and wise,
Wash out that blot, | wonder?
or. if l striving in doing good
And saving all the souls | could
Wherever ! might wander,
Would that one stain upon my name
outweigh my labor and my fame
Alas. you know It would!
Would all my struggles, all my tears,
+or days and nights. for months, io'
years.
Be ever undorstoOd'
My sorrow and my pitcOus prayer
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A visitor to the New York hcadquar-
tcrs of a detective agency noticed a
iarge map of the United States pro-
iusely decorated with little flags, a
i"w of them red, but most OF them
white.
Looks like war map" commented
he visitor. And most of the fight
.ng seems to he in the middle west
That's our bank robbery map cx-
Dlaned the head of that particular
department. ITS little scheme of
my own"
The red flags mark robberies in
hanks belonging to the association
tAat retains us. The white flags rep
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trading and bringing home priceless
works of art from China.
1t was not until long afterward that
the ruling authorities of Japan. under
the great Emperor Iideyoshi. decided
that it suited their purpose to shut
off communication with the outside
world and to live to themselves, trad
ing merely among their own islands.
The old japanese vikings were re.
duced to simple fishermen. and the
period OF internal feudatory wars be-
gan, for at that time at least Japan
ere would fight because they loved it
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Song of the Sinner

Might reach AlmiChty's gracious ear
But would my neigh5or hear?
O gentle kind o kind mankind
o thieves and liars. deaf and blind
Eut never. never dumb.
o beasts that drabble in your pen,
And beasts that wear the garb OF men
What honor to be one!
Could have hid that early crime
And tuned my syCophantiue chime
To key with pleasing lies.
And stuff beasts loathSoinc bclly-full
And pat his clephantine hull
Or please his amOruus eyes;
How good were l. How wise were T.
How well I'd live, How damned I'd die,
Richard Mansfield. In Philadelphia
Ledger.
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WAY TO ACQUIRE ELoQUENC=
Former Governor Black Did It Try
ing to Sell Scwinu Machines,

ing to Sell Sewing Machines.
Ex-Governor Frank S. Black became
governor of New York through his
eloquence. When he took the gayel
as temporary chairman of the repub-
lican state convention of 1896 his
name had not even been suggested
for the nomination. After his open
ing speech, however, the whisper
went around among the delegates.
whats the matter with Black for
gOvernOr?' The following day the
regular candidates were dropped and
Mr. Black was nominated. After the
convention Mr.. Black told some
friends how he acquired his elo-
quenae.
When | was young man." he said,
Il went down from Troy to New Eng
land to make my fortune | soon
found that fortune was not running
after me, and, when my funds ran
low, l took the only job in sight
that Of agent for sewing machine.
travelled through the country dis
tricts selling machines, and in that
way built up whatever eloquence |
possess. You have no idea how hard
it was to sell a machine in the back
woods in those days. Some of the
farmers thought they were inven-
tions of the devil, while others re
garded them as swindling devices.
Holding a convention spellbound is
cinch compared to the difficulty had
in convincing a farmer that a sewing
machine was good thing. g."-Success.
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Pa. says For two years | had kid
ney trouble and there was such
severe pain Trough my loins and
limbs that | could not stOop or
straighten up without great pain. had
difficulty In getting about and was
unable to rest al night arising in
the morning tired and worn out The
kidney eecrctions were irregular and
deposited a heavy sediment. Doctors
treated me Tor rheumatism, but failed
to help me. ! lost all confidence In
medicine and began to feel as If life
were not worth living. Doan's Kidney
Pills, however, relieved me so quickly
and so thoroughly that ! gladly made
a statement to that effect fer publica-
tion. This was in 1898, and during the
six years which have elapsed have
never known Deans Kidney Pills to
fail They cured my wife of a severe
case of backache in the same thor
oUgh manner"
a FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured MIR Bier
bach will be mailed on application to
fny part of the United States. Ad-
dress FosterMilburn Co, Buffalo. N.
Y. For sale by all druggists. price SO
cents per box.
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Distilled Spirits.

The spirits distilled in the United
States for the fiscal year amounted to
l4l 100000 gallons; an increase of 49,
100000 gallons over the previous year,
although the number of distilleries di-
minished 497.
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REACH THE SPOT.

/ o cure an aCus
ing back.
The pains OF
rheumatism.
The tire d out
feelings,
You must reach
the spot - get at
the cause.
In most cases It's
the kidneys.
d o a MS Kidney
Pills are for the
Kidneys.
Chas. BiCrbach,
to L e contractor,
liv in & at . Gas
Gbf-frta- Ct Eric
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-08
Mother Grny's Sweet Powders for Children

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray. nurse
in the Chi!drens S Home in New York euro
Constipation, I'everishncss, Bad Stomach,
TeethIng Disorders, move and regulate tho
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 80. 600
testimonials. AT all druggists. 25c Sample
FREE. Address A. s. Omsted, lie Roy. NY.
Hasn't young Binks become sud
denly religious? ! see him at church
every Sunday now" Yes. he's wear
ing his first silk hat"
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Don't you like parsOn Tenthly bet
ter since he quit humping the Bi-
ble?' Yes; | always liked an ex-
poundcr of the Gospel"
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Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed
with PUTNAM F'A DELESS DYES.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-06
THE FATAL PETITIONS.

Dey pray fer de rain on feel en- town
Dey des pray all about;
En- de rain, he come a-sloshin' down
En- drown de people out!
o, my chillun,
Look out what you do!
Summer, or snow,
You des don't know
De thing what good fer You!
Dey pray fer wind on de tlel' en- plain
Dey hoIlcred low en- high
En- a hurricane come, LAX a railroad
train,
En- bowed 'um Ter de sky!
o, my chillun.
Watch de way you go!
You des can't tell
Wen you dom well,
Summertime, or snow.
Dey prayed fer fire. sid O freezin' soul
Wen de ice, II crack de cup,
En- Satan come wild red-hot coal
En- burn de las one up!
o, my chillun,
Look ont what you do.
You shout en- pray
In de Providence way,
Twei de angels laugh at you!
Go long. go long, wild YOU sigh en-
song,
On de hilltops ep de plains,
Fer dis oil worP aia't gwine wrong
Whilst Providence hol' de retns!
o, my chillun,
Youll never know what's bts
'Twel you say goodby
Ter de WORT an sky,
En- de Lawd say Take you
resi-"
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Con-
stiution,