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run to the fence and say: Good morn
ing! Good morning.
But one day Il very sad thing hap
pened. Alice and Bertha had Il quar-
rel.
Alice wanted to play that her house
was under the pink rose bush by tho
fountain. But Bertha wanted TO play
that her house was under the pink rose
BUSH by the fountain. So Alice said
that she wouldn't play n all. And
Bertha said neither would she. They
each walked around the garden alone.
1t was sad.
They thought the sun did not seem
bright. and they thought til" flowers
We're not pretty. and they did not Ike
the little fountain. and they Were very
miserable, and did not know; what to
do.
SO Alice walked back TO sec what
suppose that was:
Why, Bertha was walking back to
see what Alice WAS doing.
Just then Il little bird flew down and
took I. bath in the fountain. lie
splaShed and Splashcd aud Splashrd.
Alice clappod her hands and laughed.
And BcrthI did. too.
Alice and Bertha looked a each other
and kept right on laugniu:; and laugh
ing.
"Yon may have your house by tho
pink ros. bush. Bertha" said Alice.
"Oh. 80. You have yours there"
said Bertha.
Il tch you what" Alice said. We
will llava our house there together"
The dreadful quarrel WIS over at
last, ana the two little sisters were
happy again.
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A Maine Catfish Story.

A cat story comes from Maine. and
is one is inclined to disbelieve it. pussy
himself is TO be found at Bowdoin-
ham. This cat swimS like duck.
and is q fisher. A patient watcher from
the floating wharf. which he trequents
with praiseworthy persistency. this
businesslike swimmer waits his OppOr-
tunity, and when there comes a certain
ripple on the water. in he dives, soon
reappearing with good sized fish
which he proceeds to eat at his leisure
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\ CURIOUS PERCH.

pigeon rooSting on the minute
hand of the town clock in the CaSS
County Court House tower stopped
the clock at precisely 60. and caused
many people in LoganSport 10 be IN
hour late. says the Chicago Chronicle.
The electric light was turned on i'll
the tower. and although the dial was
suddenly illuminated, the pigeon was
not in the least disturbed. and refused
to move. A janitor was obliged to
climb the dizzy height and "shoo' the
bird away. 1t was T.15 o'clock when
the mechanism was again in notion
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For a Young Man with Money.

If were Il young man. with GER
tain amount of capital, and desirous to
increase it at the expense of fools, l
should become dealer in pictures
and in works of art. The prices paid
at auctions for such articles by Il few
dealers bidding against each other are
absurd. although vast number of
very wealthy fools who purchase them
from dealers are ready to pay still
higher. The mere fact that some arti-
Gle has been sold in an auction room at
a high price attracts them. and they
buy it from the dealer at higher one
in order to be able to point to it in
their houses, and to tell their friends
how much it cost them. The dealer
consequently makes much money by
hcting as middleman. Whether there
is any arrangement to run up the price
among dealers l do not know. But l
have always wondered whether this is
the case, and whether the original
hwner always gets the selling price at
the auctiOn.-LondOn Truth.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-11-03

proclamation" shouted Katherine.
Sentence her"
What is your name?" asked Paul
NazimOf1 in faint voice.
The girl said nothing. She seemed
to shrink still more.
Speak, Sirl-your name You are
that mans wife: do not deny it," said
katherine.
My name is
The vail fell. and the pale face was
exposed to the gaze of all present.
as Olga stood forth with trembling
form and fainting heart.
Olga"
Above the exclamation OF horror.
surprise and amazement with which
the name was spoken by all. there
rang out a wild shrek of anguish and
despair as Katherine Karsicheff rec
ogrized her daughter.
Olga
Again the shrek echoed until it
struck terror to all within hearing.
''Olga-my daughter-his wife
that mans wife-no, no. no. oh.
God, Count NaZimotf, You do not be-
iieve this. you cannot believe this.
My daughter, the atfianced wife of
your son-she herewith these
that mans wife, 1t is not sony
God, my God, swear it is not so Do
not sentence her! Spare her. Spare
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KINDNESS TO INSECTS.
Children, if you meet cricket.
Please remember not to kick 1t:
Net a youth whose natures sweetU
Strike ladybug or beetle.
ii daddy longlegs passes, 50 i'fs
Dc not slay it tas alas, is
Often done by wicked urchins.
Who deserve the soundest birchins).
When gnat-that lively hummer,
Which you'll hear when it is summer,
Comes a-buzZlng round your hat. 1t
Ia wrong to throw pebble at IT..
DO not think me sentimental
When ask you to be gentle
With the insect population
o. our free and glorious nation.
II you re kind in this partic' lar. ~,
They will buzz III your aurIc lar; -
Every child, OF course, can see
What pleasure that Will be.
London Globe
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The Latest Type Of Stein.

Ingenious manufacturers have in re-
cent years brought out music boxes
concealed IN variety of receptacles
other than the prosaic case of fancy
wood. Thus we have had alubums.
clocks. jewel cases. etc. within which
was secrcted the necessary mechan-
ism for the rendering of one or more
familiar airs-some too familiar, as
many a weary listener can testify.
New comes the musical stein. for this
favorte ornament of the erillroom or
bachelors den has been pressed into
service by the enterprising manufac-
turer of the music box. There is moth
ing about the exterior of the musical
stein to indicate that it is other than
the ordinary variety and one is of
heavy ware sort in green and russet
tones with windmill decoration on
one side. Those who like music boxes
and at the same time are partial to
stems for decorative use will doubt
less approve of this newest DEVICE
Brooklyn Eagle.
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ers of the Nihilstic conspiracy. His
majesty, l had hoped. would have rec
rognized my services in different
way" he said with bitter smile.
but his majesty knows best. 1t is
my last duty to prove my loyalty by
sentencing the enemies of my sover-
eign and I shall do it to the end" He
paused.
Katherine was furious She deter.
mined to take matters into her own
hand. General Karsichef.' she said
to the count ''is still minister"
Until twelve O'clock" replied the
count; 'it still wants a few minutes
of the hour"
Then bring in the prisoners and
let the general finish his work" said
katherine, looking toward Radaioff.
The latter opened the door and
with file of four soldiers guarding
him another prisoner was brought in
and placed in position before the min.
lister of police. Count Nazimoff took
a seat by the side of Karsicheff and
gazed curiously at the scene.
This is another of the vile gang
of conspirators captured this morn.
ing" said karsicheff to the count. and
then, turning to the prisoner, whose
face was concealed by .he hood OF
his grealcoat, he ass.,Ied tone OF
judicial severity. az. said: Drop
your hood, prisoner. What IS your
name?"
The prisoner dropped the hood and
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it will spread out beneath it. allowing
you to look down the space in the mid
die. The reason is that the wire car
ries the heat away so rapidly that the
flame is put out This principle is used
in the miners safety lamp.
For your second experiment let the
candle burn until the wick is quite
long. having placed it where there is
10 draught. Now blow the candle ont.
it. This smoke is the gas. the burning
of which makes the flame. To show
that it is gas put lighted match TO it
immediately after blowing out the can
die. and it will ignite and run down
and rclight the candle. The matcfN
should be held about half an inch
above the wick.
Again letting the candle burn Unit!
the wick is long. and quickly blowing
out the flame as before. hold the wire
gauZe down over the wick so that the
smoke will rise through the meshes.
Apply lighted match to the smoke
half an inch above the gauZe. and The
SaS VI W AICh llle SLiOhe IL 'Olilp'S''
will at once ignite. but the flame Will
not go below the gauZe. for the reason
that has already been given.
Still experimenting with that dark
spot in the middle of the candle flame.
take good match and thrust the head
of 1t into the spot. If you do it quickly,
enough the match will not ignite as II
enters the fame. and when it gets into
the dark spot the head will melt le
will not light because there is 10 air II!
the spot to make combustion.
Now get n plate and bring it quickly
down into the flame Of the candle. ana
then raise it again, being very careful
to keep 1t in Il straight line. up and
down. You will find on the bottom OF
the plate ring of spot, the centre be-
ing clear. because that par: of the
flame leaves no deposit of SCOT. ny
using lame plate and small candle
you may make the outlines of gro
tesque face with rings of SCOT. one FOR
each eye. and for nose and mouth,
with number of them crossed ard
entagled ut the top for the hair over
the forehead York Evening Mail.
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sc|ENi(E'aDYAg|cs
:.>

The flicker sometimes noticed in
| lightning proves 10 be due TO the fact
that several tiashes-sometimes five or
six-follOw one path too rapidly TO be
separated by the eye. The trails
| shown in photographs of very bright
flashes are caused by incandescence
produced in the air for Il very brief
period.
The new petroleum fuel reported
from Switzerland is in the form of
brquettes containing four parts of
petroleum to one part of secret mate
rial. At fifteen cents per gallon for
oil. the cost of each briquette was
about two and one-fOurth cents, but
on a large scale would be much less
-Four briquettes under boiler having
heating surface of AGO square feet ig
nited the coal in fifteen minutes, the
briquettes themselves burning forty
five minutes.
The rare popularity known MS haem-
Ophily. or '.bleeding sickness" has
been brought to notice anew by DIR.
Boehme. a German physician. 1t con-
tinues for generation after generation
in certain families. and is character
lied by an extraordinary tendency to
hcmorrhagc. making the extraction of
a tooth Il dangerous operation. while
even a pin-prick my lead to severe or
fatal bleeding. The cause seems to eX-
ist in an unexplained failure of the
blood TO coagulate like normal blood.
The loss of energy in generating cleo
tricity and converting it into heat
makes electric heating very costly for
most purposes. In electric cooking,
however. this waste is offset by Il
greatly increased efficiency of applica-
tion. \ recent determination shows
that only two per cent. of the total
heat of the ordinary kitchen range is
used for cooking the food. twelve per
cent being wasted in obtaining IL glow
ing fire. seventy per cent. going up the
chimney and sixteen per cent. being
radiated into the room.
The curious dread of cats that has
been studied Tor three years Dy l)r.
S. Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia, may
open up a wide field for investigation.
An advertisement brought l59 replies
from different cOuntries-includinC
Germany. Egypt and India-and about
two-thirds of them mentioned aSes of
fear of cats, the others referring to
asthma from cats. This asthma. due
to odors. may be excited by the pres
ence Of horses, dogs. cats or sheep. or
even of roses, apples, oranges or ban
anaS.
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her. Here on my knees at your feet,
| beg. | implore you. by the love you
bore your dead wife, have mercy on
her. on me-on all-have mercy, have
mercy
Count Nazimoff raised his head.
You have urged my duty well, ma
dame, | must perform it."
Mercy, mercy, mercy screamed
Katherine, fairly groveling at his
feet.
Il sentence her." said Count Nazi-
moff, Ito Siberia-with her parentsi"
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CHAPTER xiii.-Continued.

He turned to Radalof and was
about to speak when a servant ap'
feared An imperial messenger
minister of police
Karsicheff turned pale.
Nicholas, deeply agitated. placed
his hand on his mothers arm.
Katherine. with an underlined dread
of something. breathed heavily in con.
vulsive gasps.
Another second and the imperial
messenger entered the room. Going
directly TO General Karsicheff. he
handed him a large envelope OF an
ominously official appearance.
The minister. taking the envelope,
tore it open with feverish anxiety, and
with sinking heart and burning eyes
read the following:
ITO Constantine Karsicheff. Minis
ter of Police
Sir: His Imperial Majesty has
been graciously pleased to make the
following orders:
Il. Constantine Karscheff is here
by removed as Minister of Police and
deposed from all other authority here
totore vested in him as such Minister.
I'll Paul. the Count Nazimoff, is
hereby appointed Minister of Police to
succeed karsicheff. dcposed, and will
take possession of the official seal
and assume all powers of such mir
istry at twelve o'clock this day, pre-
cisely.
Ill Constantine Karsicheff will
where he will act as civil and mill
tary governor of the province of To-
bolsk during his Imperial Majestys
pleasure.
Given under the great seal of the
Chancellorie, Gortschalloff,
prime Minister"
With deep groan, Karsicheff
dropped the paper.
Good God. it is the blow feared"
and he sank back in his chair.
Nicholas picked up the paper.
Give it to me-" said the countess. as
she almost snatched the document
from his hand. A glance told her its
contents. She looked at the clock.
1t wanted but ten minutes Of the
time-of the hour of noon.
His eXcellency. Paul. Count NaZim-
Off announced a servant. Katherine
stood erect in moment. She would
give no sign of her bitterness of
heart, however deeply she felt the
blow.
Count Nazimoff entered the room.
He was dressed in full uniform
Karischeff half arose and then sat
back.
Count Nazimoff approached and eX-
tended his hand. Believe me, my
dear Karsicheff," he said. Il was not
desirous of this position. But his
majesty having sent for me and hav-
ing proffered the honor. it was not to
be refused
The suggestion of smile passed
over the pale face of the deposed min
lister. Il am quite sure the position
cannot be in better hands, he said.
Katherine looked at the clock. 1t
was within five minutes of noon.
She looked at her husband and he
understood the meaning.
Il have finished my work." said
Karsicheff. turning to Count Nazimoff
again, for, as you doubtless know. |
have succeeded in capturing the lead
The Grit-advocate., 1905-11-03
WHEN THEY QUARRELED.

Alice and Bertha played in the same
garden. because they We're little sisters
relates st. Nicholas.
They were always playing in the gar
den. and everybody who passed by
would say, Hello, Alice" and Hello.
Bertha!' and the little sisters would
The Grit-advocate., 1905-11-03
An Amendment,

All men, shouts the impa ssioned
orator, ARE created free and equal!
Who can add anything to rhis noble
sentiment which has come resounding
down the long avenues of our his
tory? Who can make it more i'm
pressive? Who can"
Il can,' cries little man with wor-
ried eyes, who bobs up at the edge of
the audience. "All men are created
free and equal and then they get
married"
AT this point sturdy feminine
hand, wearing plain gold ring. is
seen to grip the little mans ear and
bring him back to his place.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-11-03
BEEHIVE IN HER PARLOR

In the heart of London over half a
hundredweight of honeycomb has just
been gathered, says the Montreal Her
aid. The bees responsible for this rich
harvest belong to Miss Baden Powell.
sister of the hero Of Mafeking.
These wonderful bees are the sub
iects of an interesting experiments.
They had been removed from an old
residence in Piccadilly to Miss Baden
Powelrs new home at Princes Gate.
During their fifteen years in their old
quarters the bees never failed to store
up large quantities of honey. and We're
quite content to live in the drawing
room where their specially constructed
hive. invented by Miss -'adenPowell
stood on a table near the window
"The mystery is where they fed in
order to make honey SO excellent and
in such quantities. said Miss Baden
Powell. ''for there was no garden at
tached to the house." In their new
home at Princes Gate the bees come
and go through passage in the wall
as before, and Miss Baden-Powell is
watching anXiously for signs of dis
content which she hopes will not be
shown.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-11-03
HOW SWALLOWS DRINK.

OF course we know that swallows
drink as they skim over the surface of
water. We have seen how here and
there the water ripples on pond
when swallows are gracefully skim
ming to and fro. One day l sat down
beside Il small pond where. every eve
ming, many barn swallows came to
bathe and drink on the surface of the
CLASSY water. With sketch book and
pencil in hand. I closely watched the
birds; and you may igamine my de-
light to see just how they managed to
touch and dip up the water as they
came within a few steps of me. You
see. the swallow takes up water in its
lower bill. just as you would dip up
a little water in Il spoon or in the hol-
low of your hand while you glided
over the surface in Il boat. Only the
under half of the open bill touches
the water; if the upper half We're also
to touch, the water would be forced
out on either side instead of being
scooped up into the bill.-St Nicholas.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-11-03
Playwright Quits Americz

Augustus Thomas. playwright. has
decided TO settle permanently in s.u-
roSe.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-11-03

The cost of the French Army u Sl340
100000 per annum.
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8cfanntmadnHsen
WerHeoelte 0orberuna .Mnoebote, /

@erieecfte 1procrunaesMuacbcic in boppeI.
ier gu5feriigultg pcrhelt his sum o. Gitober
1905. gadmiiiagS 3 llbr. i'm Ifilia RS 8iiredh
bes .WlurbIanos SnitiiIt5. Rihnlqlo Wnrft
6nle. cnieeaen Gcnpmiien lnh %io6aHit G!eotinet
fir ate glrbciien, ole I'M Gonirutt gtr. 2 tlirs Die
@rridbiung mo ScrtipiteuunN oeS 1enen @ebdil'
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gloc. uHo qunpnIesStr. ct1hcQrtlieil mo,
9opie'n Der Seifnulaen mo Spejitifailollel
f1uncn I'M Vilrcui oes pIliIrnldlo SrliitniS"
mo i'm Riircnu Der strditcitcn Vel d Sorbett,
Hr. 81. llnionsSuuurc, yiclps gori, am lilto nab
Wlputn9, ben IS. Sepicmbcr. ctn9clebe1 ooer
fonnen nuf NInfud)en BON irgeno ctiter Der OBJ
gen Eurtctcu erl11Qi pcroetl.
3eictnIInaen mo Spe5ifiiuiionen fornen eRs
gcn 9cSablnng pnn $500 crlnngt neroet'
$1,000 lperoen bon oieicm Eetruqc illrlid9epez
ben, penn hefugte Seihnnlgen unn 5pcjttlfns
tiuncu in 9utcm 3ufintoe 5uriid9eltclcrt pers
ben.
0us NnusGointie bebdli ii6 oGs Hcdt oor,
irgeuo lueIdc uhcr ale Hngcbote 8I ocrlpCrlell.
ufio irqeno melcbe Snfurmuliidten in irgcIto CT
mem 9tngebpi bel Sciic 81 icteH.
Subn VI. Garter,
(25Q.G2D Norltbct.
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SdJnl Nnseigcn.
MnrDlano Snititnt.

STUNT 9epGriement t3agihule liuo MilcGart
Sfulntirs Shulc) bcainftt I'M .. Situber. 3eidl.
neu IN allen icileu Sddern. ltuh Mtuoelcn mo
ocrr Gcbcr. Sntpiirten. Wlaieu IN Nuiicrs mo
Sclinrhcu uln i'm Mioocutreu. Sumitugsa 2luf.
fen beginucr am Z .Sttpber. Snbuitrics Scpnrtcs
ment (Nbcnoihule), Sreibauos. ncbutiidcs II.
orbiiclicniibcs 3eibucH begiunt an III. Sftu.
Der.
vile lGgfhulcu. Htinebarts mo Sumiidpss
HbCfo a%itlniier. Die geiammten SrcibGnos lno
urdbitCttouiihcn etbthetIuli9el uno bic mebuni
idcIt NIuIicn hea oierter itno oriiicn S1brce
fiuocn in ocr RibulunosYinrfi 53uuc. Soipnro.
Siruhc. itntt.
ten SabrcS lpcrocH In Der 0uttros llurtt 1ulIc.
Eurrulltuls NbenIic. qebulien.
@iliam y. Sanbe, Ioritbcr
Oco 6ontite's fir Nnlits itno 3cidienibnlc.
MniuIoge fonnet int Sn%iiitit ooer onrdD ole
Futi erlunqi mcrocn.
Aiuu %uorcifire; 5homas 9. Gueriit. 9lftuur.
(ScptI6i.Su ID, SiSp-t9SfD
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qua miro nnd)gcbcn, ipcnn Elm onlc
ritoniihcS aricgSihiii cilcn ioniten
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mir %Iolltcn CS MIR gum Hod)gcbcn
bcltimmcn, mcnll c2 9cicbIid in I'm,
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iob, bob Mtodt iibcr Gcd)t gcbt.
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Sic %crtbcncrnng Der gcbcnsbultnng.

So
Sub oic Soften Der SebenSboltling
in 0cn lcbtcn &obren ltetig III Die
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Giclc Wtilbc ninlmt ibncn SOS Stoti,
itilhc Nnlt ocS Irbeitas Bureaus ab.
Go3 lcbtc Bulletin beiduitigt iid) NIT
ben Erciaitcigcrlmoen lcit 1890, olio
Der lcbtcn 10 Sabre, mo Itcllt nuf
8rlln0 ocS ltotiltiid)en WtnteriolS felt,
Dab Die ourdld)nittlid)en NllSgnben
ciler Somilie iiir ibre ScbenSboItltn1
IN Der 3eit bon 1890 bis 1905 INN %
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NrbcitSlobnc bubcn III oerleIben 3cit
Die glcidc Stcigerllng nid)t mltacs
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Tcrtbeucrlm9 Der SolSbaltungSr0c-
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Scr mcnigcr Observation-Disclosures
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Sabre 1890 fir 6nrmproouftc 22.2
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