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The progress., 1904-05-14

He must 90 away somewhere: any.
where. But how? He had little money.
He--
A sudden thought came to him, and a.
It throbbed through his brain he paused
on corner and stood rigid, pale, tremb-
ling. His blood seemed frozen In his
veins
A hundred people surged past him, but
he saw no one. A constant din Of traf1c
surrounded him, but he heard nothing.
He was thinking NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Then q smile-a smile Of desperate
etermination-curved the lines of his
mouth and smoothed the wrinkles be-
tween his eyebrows.
II must go-go-go!" he cried to him
self. "As for the money-God forgive
me. I cannot help it,"
Arousing himself with a start, he
boarded a car and was carried rapidly.
away IN the direction of the bank.
No one was to be seen in the massive
granite building when he alighted at the
corner.
With psss key he let himself in, and
noticed that the dusk was rapidly thick
ening in the rooms. Making his way
through the corridors, he stood at last
in front of the vault. The heavy door
was closed and locked. But he knew the
combination-and there were piles Of
coin and currency behind the inner bar
riers. ~@
For moment he hesitated Perhaps
the thought Of his long years of faithful
service, Of his good name, of the i'm
plicit confidence imposed in him by her
father made him pause. But-he was
coward
Glancing carefully around the apart
ment to make sure there as none to see.
he placed his hand upon the metal knob
that worked the combination. A few
slow, deliberate movements and he
heard the click that told the lock was
sprung.
Again he hesitated, the cold sweat
pouring from his forehead, and wild,
unnatural CLEAN in his eyes. Then,
throwing his weight upon the handle,
he threw back the bolt and swung open
the door.
Instantly he shrank back and put
hand to his eyes. For, just within the
open vault, Mildred stood, her features
The progress., 1904-05-14
SNOW AS AN OBSTACLE
In the Cities It Is Always Source of
Great Expense to the Mu-
inequalities.

How diverse are the interests of men
and yet how closely the fortunes or hap
piness of all are linked to nature, has
appeared with unusual clearness during
the past winter. The weather is always
to conversation what bread is to life;
and the uncommon severity of the win
ter, together with the excess of snow
which fell in the northern and eastern
part of the country, has made easy sled
ding of even the heaviest conversational
burden, says Youths Companion.
But how various have been the COM
ments! To the ordinary city man the
frequent and heavy falls of snow have
meant bad walking, delayed transporta-
tion and general discomfort. To the rail-
roads and the trolley-lines the snow ia
always an enemy, that must be fought,
and can be conquered only at heavy ex-
pense-an enemy, too, that never knows
when he is beaten, but returns undaunt-
ed the day after he is put to fight.
In the cities snow is source Of
great expense to the municipality. The
cost of clearing the streets after single
heavy storm often reaches, in the larger
cities, into the hundreds of thousands of
dollars. But, on the other hand, the
money goes into the pockets of an army
of laborers, most of whom have no reg
ular work. To them the snow is real
blessing.
1t is to the country, however, that one
must go for general appreciation of
snowy winter. The farmer finds
the great white carpet his easiest high
way, over which he can draw much
heavier load than over bare ground; and
he knows that his plants will be bet
ter next summer for having been well
covered. In the woods snow is absolute
ly necessary to the lumberman for haul
ing both his supplies and his logs, and
heavy fall gives him the assurance
which he needs that there will be wa
ter enough in the spring to float his cut.
Nor should the pleasures of the snow
be forgotten. They are wholesome
and attractive, and conduce to the hap
piness of several million people-mosto Of
whom, however, are under Is years old.
One might say other good words for
the snow, but in the general rejoicing
at the disappearance of the last of it
they would be unheeded. So unreason-
able is man!
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DOG SAVES WHOLE FAMILY.
Brooklyn Fox Terriers Intelligence
Prevents Asphyxiation of En-
tire Household.

A fox terrier named Beauty is cred
tied by George Bourtinenon, a barber,
who lives with his wife and three
daughters in Brooklyn, N. Y, with
having saved them all from asphyxia-
ton. When the Bourtinenon family
retired the other night the gas was
left burning in the kitchen, the Jet
turned very low During the night,
the pressure having been reduced, the
light went out. A little. later the gas
was passing through the pipes again
and filing the Bourtinenon fiat from
the open cock in the kitchen.
Beauty. who was awake and prowl-
ing about the place, had his suspicious
aroused by the increasing odor. He ran
to his masters bedside and awakened
him. The matter was speedily recti-
fed, and the family then realized the
hidden danger that had been upon 1t.
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HER ACE WAS HER sEcaErJ


sTrust : woman to foil ! woman" ssid
the receiving teller of an uptown bank
much phtronizsd BY women who draw their
own checks, relates the New York Times.
Zone morning when was trying to get
nd Of long line Of them there came
along q woman who wanted to open an
account. knew her BY reputation a. an
actress at one time popular in New York.
but who Of late years had been leading
: more or less retired life. could see that
most of the other women recognized her,
too.
"'Your age, please!' I inquired.
Is that necessaryf she asked, some
what sharply.
'ssIt is.
.Ehe hesitatsd . moment and glanced
down that line. Every woman was rub.
bering' to catch her reply, but, taking
silver pencil case from her wrist bag, she
asked me for piece Of paper. Having
written her age upon it, she gave me tbs
slip, saying:
H.Hand that back to me, please, whsa
YOU have made the necessary entry
81 did 30 and she walked down the line
of women with smile Of disdain that e
was worth days work to see. All of tho
others looked foolish.
"The strange part of it is that she
should have been SO reticent. She is IL
years younger than thought she was."
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QUERY.

when comp'ny comes to visit u
We allus makes a lot o russ, -.
An use our besteS china set L
An solid-silver forks. you pet!
An nothing is too nice to bake
Not custard pie nor angel CAKE:
It's Jest becuz they're round! But say
why amt we jes' as good as they!
Ma she puts on her rustly dress,
An pa shaves twict a day, ] guess.
An shines his shoes, an mus wear
Nv Sunday red tie everywhere!
We're all polite as we can be.
An no ones cross er putcheky.
It's diff'rent when they've gone away
But amt we jes as good as they!
I don't see why the compny Is
So better'n We ourselves-gee wnizs!
Err why we have to go an treat
Them with a lot O. stuff to eat
That we don't have when they ain here'
What makes us save 1t up-oh, dear!
Why don't we allus live that way?
Amt we worth things as much as they!
Edwin L. Sabin in Woman's Home COM
nil
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LANDLUBBERs ABOARD SHIP
The Funny Remarks Made by Persons
Unfamiliar with Gunboat
Appointments.

When the United States monitor Ar
kansas anchored off Memphis on it's trip
up the Mississippi river a year ago, a
family-father, mother and seven chill
dren-went on board the queer steel YES
sci. The father, the New York Sun
says, held two of his boys by the hands,
and as they were shown about by one
of the apprentice seamen he pointed out
objects of interest.
THAT thar is the turtle, Johnny" ne
said, pointing to the big turret with the
12-inch guns sticking out.
Goodness, paw!" said Johnny. "Jes'
look what long front legs it's got!'
"They call hit turtle, Jimmy" paw"
explained, because it can turn clean
over on its back an go after the enemy
all spraddled out, reckon"
At Paducah, KY, countryman board
ed the Arkansas with aknowing air. He
walked round for some time, going over
the ship three or four times, but look
ing mostly at the fighting top. His eyes
seemed fascinated by that part of the
vessel, and the seamen noticed that he
looked expectant, as if he thought some
thing was going to happen there. FINAL
ly he turned to one of them.
"Pardner." said he, when do they call
time neX'?"
The sailor did not understand him,
and said so.
"Hain't that the fightin' top?" he in
quired
"Yes." replied the sailor.
"Wall," said the Kentuckian, "then
hain't you-all goin' to give us few
rounds?"
What do you mean?" the sailor
asked, supposing the visitor wanted
them to fire the big guns for him.
II mean come on this here steamboat
to see fight" said he, zen wanted to
see hit I've heerd tell whole lot about
the way you fellers fight with the mitts
on, an I want to see hit done. So l
reckon as how it's about time you-all
was a-givin' us few rounds"
Then the sailor understood. The Wis
itor thought the fighting top was the
ring where the ships men boxed.
whats this here thing?" asked
boy, pointing to the winch used for
hosting the boats. A seaman told him
what it was.
"My stars!" he exclaimed. "Do you
lift the enemy's boats clean outen the
water SOS to get a good alma 'em?"
Don't you have any ramrods to them
gun-barrels?" was the question of an
other Kentuckian, as he inspected the
big 12-inch guns.
One of the ships iokers gravely told
him that they pulled out the mainmast
when they needed ramrod, and that the
last time they used it the gun went off
accidentally and blew the mainmast into
Posey county. Ind, which explained |
why the ship had no mainmast then.
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pallid with fright, her lips trembling but
speechless.
AS the door was opened she raised one
hand, palm outward, to shield her blind
ed eyes from the bright light of day.
But to the man covering before her
she stood in the attitude of one barring
the way of thief, who sought the
wealth Of which her father was GUS
todian. With warning hand uplifted,
she seemed to command: "Stand back!"
In a moment the woman's eyes became
accustomed to the light, and she stepped
lightly out of her prison and stood be-
side the man she loved.
'ItSwas kind of you to come back
after me-" she said. "They must not
have known was in there, for they locked
the door and I could not make them
hear me. l was afraid must remain
there until morning, and l felt sure
would smother"
She shivered and crept closer to the
other.
Il am glad came" he faltered, realiz-
ing that she did not guess the truth. II
was thinking you might have been
locked in, and when found you were
| was startled"
1t was a lie-a poor, weak lie. But it
saved his soul.
Walter" she said, softly, and he be-
held the old-time love light in her eyes,
"how foolish it was in us to quarrel.
have not been quite happy-a single
moment-since, Walter"
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THE BROADER LIFE.

/ will not let you say womaGs part
Must be to give exclusive love alone:
Dearest, although l love you SO. my heart
Answers a Thousand claims besides your
own.
/ Iove-what do I love?-earth and air
Find space within my heart. and myriad
things
You would not deign to heed are cherished
there.
And vibrate on its very inmost strings.
love the summer with her ebb and flow.
OF light and warmth. and music, that
have hurst
Her tender buds to blossoms-and you
know
1t was in summer that I saw you first
I love the winter dearly, too-but then,
/ owe 1t so much; on a winters day.
Bleak. cold and stormy, you returned
again,
When you had been those weary months
away.
love the stars like friends; so many nights
/ gazed at them when you were far from
me,
Till l grew blind with tears-thoss far off
Could watch you, whom longed in vain
to see.
/ love the flowers: happy times lie
Shut up within their petals close and last;
You may have forgotten. dear. but they
and
keep every fragment of the golden past.
1 love all good and noble souls-1 heard
One speak of you but lately. and for days.
Only TO think of IT, my soul was stirred
In the tender memory of such generous
praise.
I love all those 10 hom you owe
Comfort and Joy: and / can find regret
Even for those poorer hearts who once
could know
And once could love you. and now forget
Well Is my heart SO narrow-1 who spare
Love for all these? Do not even hold
A thousand trifies IN special tender care
And prize them as a miser does his gold?
Will you be jealous? Did you guess before
1 loved so many .hings? Still. you the
best-
Dearest remember that love you more.
oh, a thousand. thousand times. than all
the rest.
Grace E. Dunning. in Uhca On. " Press.
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fasten them in a nearly upright posi-
ton in each of the forward ends of
your sticks. say these should be
nearly upright. but. as a matter OF
fact, If you place them perfectly per-
pendicular and then tip them slightly
forYard, all in the same direction.
you will come very near to havina
them arranged properly.
II properly made your toy will he.
gin TO revolve as soon as it floats on
water. If. however, it should not
bend all the paper little more slight
ly forward. when you will be sure 10
meet with success. Much better re-
suits are obtained when this trick ,s
performed in quite cool room.
Those who would succeed in max
ing the top so far may advance to the
next step. Cut out small figures Of
very thin cardboard and fasten these
with sealing wax to the ends of the
sticks in place of the paper before
used.
Do not forsst 5ss1s of the u.uo.t
shoul4 - pef1lc(k = 16,ne>d. = -
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A TRICK WITH DoMINoEs.
It Is Jolly and Perplexing and Yet
So Simple That Any Boy or
Girl Can Learn It.

Here's jolly trick you can play with
dominoes, boys and girls.
Place 12 of them in circle (see pic
ture) and tell one of the players that
you can point out any domino he thinks
Of
= This is the way to do It: Tell him you
will count around the circle, touching
various dominoes each touch counting
one. He must count your touches and
when the number of touches plus the
number of spots on the domino which
he has thought of equals 20 he must say
"Stop." The domino last touched is sure
to be the one he had in mind.
Here is an example. Suppose he Sc
lects the double two. You begin touch
ing various dominoes with your finger,
silently counting 1, 2, 8, 4. s. 6, Z, as you
go. When you come to "S" be sure to
touch the double-six domino, and then
count to the right without skipping a
single domino.
The six-five domino will be "9" you
understand; the double-five no." the
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Lowndes, Mo-, April 4th.-Mrs. H. G,
Harty, of this place, says:
-"For years l was in very bad health.
Every spring 1 would get SO low that I
was unable to do my own work.
seemed to be worse in the spring than
any other time of the year. was very
weak and miserable and had much pain
in my back and head. I saw Dodd's Kid
ney Pills advertised last spring and be-
gan treatment of them and they have
certainly done me more good than any
thing l have ever used.
Il was all right last spring and felt bet
ter than have for over ten years. l am
fifty years of age and am stronger to;
day than I have been for many years and
give Dodd's Kidney Pills credit for the
wonderful improvement"
The statement of Mrs. Harty is only
one of great many where Dodd's Kid
ney Pills have proven themselves to. be
the very best spring medicine. They
are unsurpassed as a tonic and are the
only medicine used in thousands of fam
i1;oc
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Scale on Ferns.

At this season watch out" for scale
on ferns. This pest is found in the
shape of brown (when old) or gray
ish-white excrescence, generally on the
back of the ironds. The brown scales
are filled with a dry, powdery mass,
every atom of which will produce an
other scale. The brown tent-like COW
ering protects them from the ordi-
nary insecticide, and the best remedy
is hand-picking, continued until the
nuisance is exterminated. Never set
a scale-infested plant among others,
unless you wish to invite trouble = in
fact, the rule is good to isolate a plant
the moment you find it has insects of any
kind upon it.-Detroit Free Press.
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Wanted His Name Mentioned.

Mark Twain and W. d. HoYells were
one day lunching in a cafe in New
York Two overdressed young men
entered. and the first said in a loud
voice: Waiter. bring me some bisque
of lobster, a bottle Of wine and a chop.
Just mention my name to the cook, SO
that everything will be done to my
liking"
The second young man said: Bring
me some sole with peas. and tell the
cook who it's fofy -
Mr.. Twain gave Ms order a moment
lskrx He said in a loud voice:
Bring me a half dozen oysters. aud
mention my name to each Of them"
The progress., 1904-05-14
BALD HEADS COVERED
With Luxurinnt Hair, and scaly
Scalps CIeanscd and Purified
by Cutfcura Soap

Assisted by dressings of Cuticura, the
great skin cure. This treatment at once
stops falling hair, removes crusts, scales
and dandruff, destroys hair parasites,
soothes irritated, itching surfaces, stimu.
lates the hair follicles, loosens the scalp
skin, supplies the roots with energy and
nourishment, and makes the hair grow
upon a. sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp,
internal treatment for every humor, from
pimples to. scrofula, from infancy to age,
consisting of Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Pills, price $l.00. A single set is often suf.
fcent to cure.
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One Girls Wisdom.

Fond Mother-But, my dear, you should
not have accepted such an expensive pres
ent from Mr.. Gotrox.
Pretty Daughter-Why not, mammal
"Well, one can never tell what the ~
ture may bring forth"
"Oh, don't let that worry you, mamma,
dear; I'll take care of all the presents in
sight and the future can take care of it
self Chicago Daily News.
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ARRANGEMENT OF DoMlNoEs.

fve-four IL" and SO on until you reach
double-two. There you will be told to
STOP" for the number of times you have
touched the various dominoes Q6 times)
plus the number of spots on the double
two domino flour spots) equals 20, you
see
Now all you have to do is to say: This
(the double-two) is the domino you
thought Of"
He will say: you're right" and he
will wonder how you guessed it.
Be sure not to count aloud nor even
to look as if you were while you are do
ing the ouching-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The progress., 1904-05-14

THlS beautiful little toy can be
easily made and demonstrates the
power in Just ray of sunshine
1t is made as follows, says the Farm
ers' Review:
First empty an egg shell of its con-
tents, which may be done by boring
a small hole in each end of it and
then blowing out its contents with
your mouth. Afterward close up both
holes with sealing wax. While the
stick of wax is still soft place plenty
of it on the large end of the egg, and
before it hardens stick five pennies
into 1t and hold them there until
firmly fixed in position. Now cut out
two delicate sticks of wood-very deli
cate-each IL inches in length. and
fasten these to the small end of the
egg shell with sealing wax, and In DO
sition as shown in the picture. BE
sure to fssten these on in their ex-
act oenters, so that the whole will
balance perfectly when PLACED in the
water Afterward you may Gu, ou.
four pieces Of stik writi9e- paper ana
Il
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NOT A vEsTIoE.
Nothing in Sight, But Much Had Gone
the Way Of Extravagant
Living.

through a large fortune through intem.
perance had occasion to consult doctor
regarding supposed ailment in his throat.
The specialist made the usual examina-
tion with the laryngoscope, but failed to
discover anything amiss.
Don't you seen anything down there"
Nothing, absolutely nothing" replied
the doctor.
Immensely relieved, the spendthrift, q
wag in his way, gasped out
Nothing down there--nothing Why,
doctor, I've swallowed six houses in my
time. Isn't there as much as half brick
of 'em to be SEEM"
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That land" said the city nephew,
is valued at $500 frcrs foot"
"Thunderationi" exclaimed the old
farmer. hastily moving back on to the
sidewalk. AN stood on it most five
minutesi Do you reckon they'll
charge me rent?'-Chicaso Post
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A REMARKABLE HEN.
Laid Hard Boilei Eggs-Evidence Is
Prima Fncie and Folks Are
Astonished.

From an occurrence at Riverhead,
L. l., it would seem as though the
town had len that lays hard-boiled
eggs. This il a peculiar state of ef-
fairs that developed at "a local gro
Gerry. II seems hard TO believe. bu.
there is con siderable amount of truth
in the statement at least there seems
to be-
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Not EutirelH New

An erudits scientist arises to explain
that II woman's life is to be long. the
pulse must ben with full and normal
strokes" But, then, says the Los An
geles Times. this fact has beensuspected
for OF least several years.
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Mornvian Barley and speItz,

two great cereals, makes growing and
fattening hogs and cattle possible in OAK,
Mont, Ida., Colo, yes everywhere. and
add to above ,ys Saaer BSn Dollar Grass
fodder per acre, Salzer's Earliest Cane,
Salzer's 60 Day Oats and a hundred Of
other rare farm seeds that they offer.
JUST CUT THIS OUT AND RETURN IT
with l0c in stamps to the John A. Salzei
Seed Co.. La Crosse. Wis, and get their
big catalog and lots of farm seed sam
Piles. TX. IL
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moral makeup. But feel better about it.
dognnhe pulpit exhibition has satisfied me not to
wholly myself because tell how there
also throws radiant and informing light the
fact champion of old Sunday school could
every card the deck with equal and his close
friends will not "sit in with him at of poker.
On the other hand reminded that perhaps the pecocious child
has the scripture his finger tongue tip and who
words of praise and thanksgiving from his auditors by
reeng off of The Word be doing stunt like Fdo did
pulpit There must be trick well as trick dogs but think
should stick vaudeville The only good that preacher achieved
with his ecclesiastical canine the dogs human counter
parts unfavorabe with him.
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REACH THE SPOT.
T6 cure an ach'

~ cure an ach'
ing back,
The pains OF
rheumatism,
The tired.out
feelings,
You must reach
the spot-get at the
cause.
In most cases 'tis
the kidneys.
Doan's Kidn ey
Pills are for the
kidneys.
Charles Bierbach,
stone contractor,
livingat 2625 Chest
~.f ca E...a Do
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II DaudeviWe "61unt''
By HENRY BARRETT CHAMBERLIN
Editor Of ths Voter. Chicago.

HAT ingenious clergyman who introduced educated dog
into his pulpit for the purpose Of pleasing and edyng his
Sunday school, administered my somewhat caloused
sibty an awesoe and yet iuinativc shock In the far
time of youth apt emulate and admire the boys and
girls who rece whole chapters of Holy writ right off
by heart could do that could quite master
theystc numerals of the Bibe could keep from get
ting the apostles and disciples rretrievaby mixed used
to think with shame that something wrong with my
The progress., 1904-05-14
Helms Old Oil Lamrs

The efficiency Of an old lamp may
be improved 25 to 40 per cent. by sur
rounding the lower part of the fame
with copper ring. TO prevent loss OF
heat through convection
The progress., 1904-05-14

Up Against It.-"Russia will fight till
the skies fall!' "Oh, well, a good many OF
the '7-skies,' and also the -viches' and
the --skoffs, have already fallen
Puck
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rhe uulucky Num,er.- |.

Fourteen ships bombaIded Fort Are
thur. anu the Russians nov consider u
q much more unlucky number than u
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Wilfully Misunderstood.

Miss Butte-He said he knew I'd take
. lovely picture.
Miss Chelus-Of course. All you hava
to do is to pick out something nice to
snap and hold the camera steady.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The progress., 1904-05-14

Read Browns last novel YETI" "No;
Just conva!escing from his hrst!"-At.
lanta Constitution.
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A good memory often comes in handy
to forget wth.-Chicago DAILY News.
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