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why He Wasn't Happy.

J. w Storer, ffer at the Leavenworth
Soldiers Home, was in Kansas City Wed.
nesday buying d new fife. He il an
old soldier. Before returning to the
home he viii visit in Osborne county,
Kansas. Storer is II years old and has
played the fife since he was II.
During the war;, said Storer, Il was
fifer with the 62nd Ohio Regiment. |
had fine silver fife then which | priced
highly. In fact, / thought more of that
fife than I did Of anything else I pos
|sessed. was with the Union Army at
Appomatox Court House the day Lee
surrendered
II suppose you fifers we're 50 happy
when the Confederates gave up that day
that you played. and played, didn't you Y
Storer was asked.
"The others did but I didn't. II was
a happy day for the North, but not for
me-
.Why notfn
Somebody had stolen my silver fife
the night before said the old soldier
sadly.kansas City Times.
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Troublesome Name.

w. A. Wheeler, publisher and editor
|of the Pacific Oddfellow, living on Grand
avenue, in Holiday Addition, has q
Troublesome name. It so happens that
he has namesalSe with the same mi.
tials who is mixed up with the land
fraud cases, and Editor Wheeler has had
a hard time to keep out of the clutches
of the sheriffs from the different coun.
ties in which his namesake has operated.
A short time ago the sheriff OF Clatsop
county called at his Office and informed
Editor Wheeler that he had a warrant
for his arrest, and suggested that 1t
would be better for him to go right along
and make no trouble After consider
able argument Mr.. Wheeler convinced
him that he was after the wrong man.
That was one case among several In
which he narrowly escaped arrest for
having the name Wheeler. Yesterday
he was notified by Attorney Robert Mil
ler that his trial had been set for hear.
ing and that he had better come and see
about the matter 70 that he would be
prepared to meet any emergency that
might come up. And SO it goes. Editor
Wheeler, who was born in Oregon and
has lived here nearly fifty years, thinks
he Is best entitled to that name. He
would prefer the other man should
change his 10 Smith, or Jones, or ang
uncommon name, and he says he is will
ing to pay the cost Of the change. Port
land 0regonian.
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WOULD KILL AUroIsTs.
Priest Upholds Such Extreme Penalty
for Man Slayers.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 16.-The Rev. P.
%. Mcdonnell Of local Roman Catholic
<ehurch, ended an appeal for the most
stringent action against automobile
$criminals" made to the West Park board
Tuesday, by declaring that a man would
*be justified in killing the criminal au-
ztoist who would crush out his life.
Mr. McDonnell's appeal was made when
he headed delegation of church mem
#bers, property owners and aldermen, who
appeared before the park board and pre-
scented petition in which demands were
made that radical action be taken
against autoists.
eThat is strong doctrine to preach,
ebut radical action is needed in dealing
with these criminals" said FIR. McDon-
nell. "We are here to say that there
is a power in this community which
is not dependent on mere suffrage, and
that it Is every mans right to act in
elf.defense. Let us hope that nothing
of this sort will become necessary, but
unless unusual means Of dealing with
these offenders are devised, this strong
action may be resorted to-
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The largest mass Of pure rock salt
in the world lies under the province Of
Galicia, Hungary. It is known to be
$50 miles long, twenty broad, and twenty
feet in thickness.
Ii q ton of coal is placed on the ground
and left there, and another ton is placed
under shed, the latter loses about ri
per cent of its heating power, the for
mer about AZ per cent.
The longest lived trees in northern
Europe are the pines Of Norway and
Sweden, but $40 years is their greatest
period. Germany's oldest oaks live only
little more than 800 years.
Mrs. Mary S. Cobb OF northampton,
Mass, has presented Smith college with
her magnificent estate III the suburbs
Of her city.
In the matter of automobile exports
to Germany, this country stands second
to France, leading Great Britain by a
comfortable majority.
Rider Haggard, the English novelist,
Travelled about 1000 miles in his tour
of this country, trying to find loca-
ton for colonies for his countrynen.
Statistics compiled by the various au-
tomobile trade associations show that
there are about $1,000 motor cars in
use in this country, the first cost of
which aggregated $40 100000.
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is SHORT
OF MEN.
$50 Reports General Mills of
the Coast Defenses.
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
OF the 1875 Companies Of Coast Artillery
AZ Are Without Captains and 81
Without the Prescribed Two
Lieutenants.

| Washington, ID. O., Nov. 16.--Gen.
Samuel NJ. Mills, chief OF artillery. says
that for manning the coast defences of
the United States force of 1,754 officers
and 41,S33 men is needed, while the
corps has at present any SIS officers and
1874 men. He also estimates the cost
Of the installation of fire control equip
ment for coast artillery at $7,o00,000.
Following the advice in q letter Of
President Roosevelt to the secretary of
war, last March, in which the President
designated nine specific subjects relative
to the organization and training of the
artillery arm OF the Service, the annual
report Of Gen. Mills makes the following
Irecomme ndations:
The separation of the coast and field
ARTILLERY; provision for submarine mine
defense; an increase Of the coast artil-
I ery for gun defense; the proper organ
ization of the coast artillery; adequate
pay for technically skilled enlisted men
Iof the artillery; an increase of the field
artillery: the proper organization Of the
field artillery; examination for promo
ton of artillery officers Of all grades;
increased appropriations for target prac-
tice by both branches OF the artillery.
Gen. Mills says that Of the 126 COM
panies OF coast artillery al are without
captains and 81 without the prescribed
two iieutenants. These officers are alb
sent on various duties. He says that it
Iis important that the coast artillery
companies should be commanded by cap
tains.
Inc general refers to the joint exer-
cises of the army and navy in Ghesa-
peake bay last summer, and SAYS that
the value and interest was greatly I'M
creased by reason OF the fact that they
gave an opportunity to test the methods
|of fire control and other systems adopt
led for 1907, because such exercises afford
the only opportunity that the artillery
has for drilling and practising with
complete units" higher than a battery
The point exercises, he says, empha-
sized the appropriateness OF the pres
emit company organization Of the coast
artillery, and he recommends that the
present company organization be aboi-
ished and the present coast artillery
be made to consist OF specified officers
and enlisted men. He also recommends
the separation Of the field artillery from
the coast artillery, and that the field
artillery be organized In regiments of
six batteries each, with On increase of
|1s in the present number Of field bat
teries.
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Troublesome Tunes.

Mark Twain's story about the infer
nal rhyme Of the blue trip slip for a
6-eent fare and SO on, which keeps
running through the heads Of people
who ought to be thinking Of something
else, was written as funny story,
but really had heap Of unfortunate
truth in it, said nervous man in
Chestnut street cigar store yester,
day.
There are other songs and rhymes
which have the same effect as the punch
In the presence of the passeniaire' atroc-
ity. The one that seems to have caught
the people and it certainly caught me
lis that unmusical and nerve-raoking
alleged song, Everybody Works but
Father On the street we hear the
messenger boys and newsboys whistling
it and respectable people pass BY hurn-
ming II. He sits round all day jumps
into your mind when you try to read
the paper When | attempt to sleep at
night / cant think of nothing but the
rhymes about mother taking in washing
and father smoking his pipe Of clay
It's no Joke. Philadelphia Record.
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Changed His Order.

The young man was from the coun-
try. and, while he was mighty nice, be
wasn't what might be cal led sophistieat-
ed. He had been to q hospital to see
d friend who was lit, and she looked SO
pale and wan that the young man was
imbued with the greatest sympathy for
her.
"What sort Of flowers do You like
bestga he asked, as he made ready to 60,
his tone pregnant with meaning.
orchids" replied the ii woman, faint
III.
The young man only knew about or
chids in general way, and no good an
rel warned him, so he said goodby cheer
ily and went at once from the hospital
to a florists.
eGot any orchids ~ he asked the for
list, indignantly.
i eve haven't any on hand. responded
that merchant but we can get you
some
II wish you would, said the misguid-
|ed youth. aGet me two dozen, will You
and send them to Miss Blank, at the
Hogarth Hospital. Send me the bill
when the things the delivered, and III
stop by and pay You.
The florist looked dubious and aequies-
ced to this arrangement, but slowly. His
hesitancy caused the young man q
burst Of caution eBy the way" said
he, s'how much will they be II
SWELL, you see We have to send Il
New York for them, and would not
I be surprised II they cost Sc apiece, bui
lIlI try to get them for S1.50 for you.'
say said the youth from the coun
TRY. Il won't give you all that trouble
| lust send dozen American Beauties tc
the hospital, will you2 and I'll pay you
now And lie walked out, wiser and
uladder man.. Baltimore News.
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7be Times Daily Short Story.

her to a VISIT, and Cynthia gladly ac-
cepted the Invitation. I wrote Irving
while she was away that he might
come to see me. The truth Ii. Cynthia
was 50 full OF witchery and withal was
so much younger than that ! feared
to have him come while she was at
home. was disappointed TO learn
from him that special project would
prevent his coming till about the time
Cynthia would return.
When Cynthia was fifteen she had
discovered the secret Of my promise.
We slept together, and | talked In my
sleep had never told her. fearing
that she might feel constrained to mar
~ on my account. But I did not know
her. Realizing that looked to each
OF her love affairs to release me, she
seemed to take malicious pleasure In
tantalizing me. | wrote Irving Of this,
and / should not have done SO, for II
made him furious.
One morning | received letter from
Cynthia. and, to my great delight, II
told me that she had met q man whom
she fancied she could love. She had
not thought to give me his name. but
this was Of little consequence TO ME.
for I would not know him. Her next
letter, written two weeks later. an
nounced her engagement, which meant
that at last / was free. Before finish
ing reading her letter | threw It down
and took up my pen to write Irving
announcing the good news. but, turn
ing TO the letter again for the name Of
Cynthfa's fiance. the room swan. and
fell In d swoon. The name was Irv-
Ing Peck.
What strange coincidence had brought
these two together? Did Cynthia
know that her lover had been my low
er? Did Irving know that Cynthia was
the girl who had stood between us?
Cynthia could not know the truth UNI
less he told her Irving might and
might not know her He had not seen
her before since she was little girl.
but he must surely know her by name.
Another week passed. and nothing
iFgHH 1I# luE. IuEI 0t@C ltVIllllH G1AT
riage drove up to the door, and man
alighted knew at once that 1t was
Irving. lie came to the door with d
quick step. pulled the bell and without
waiting for it to be answered strobe
into the house On seeing me he step
ped forward to take me IN his arms. I /
drew back.
1--WE are free.a be said Cynthia II
engaged"
what Is our freedom worth since
you are engaged as well2n
Your promise was to remain single
It'll Cynthia should become engaged.
With her engagement you are free.
She Is engaged or was engaged to me.
have broken the engagement"
"What for?''
ssTo marry you"
/ saw 1T all. He had duped Cynthia
to absolve me from the letter OF my
promise.
Did she deserve thiss Was I-ving
justified IN It? / do not know, IN 4
year after TINT she married. and them
! accepted MY freedom.
LENA NJ. BROOKS.
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My Promise

IOrlginaLl
When Irving Peck came to Hildreth
and joined our social circle my foster
mother had just died and left me the
care Of her daughter Cynthia, eight
years old.
Margaret said our mother the day
before she died. won know what !
have done for your
Indeed do" | replied.
Now is your opportunity to make a
return. Cynthia has no kith or kin to
rely on. without your care / know
not what will become OF her. Promise
me that you will be a mother to her"
II will"
70 do that you must not have chill
dren Of your own. know woman's
nature. We will never permit any
child's interest to stand In the way Of
our own. Promise me that you will
not marry until Cynthia comes of age
| was silent.
AT least until she has married.
Again made no reply.
..Will you not promise me this Y
II promise you that will not lnarry
till Cynthia has love of her own--un-
til she Is engaged
My foster mother sighed and turned
away. SHE knew she had no right to
ask such d sacrifice. What had prom.
ised was equivalent almost to not mar
rying at all. Eight Dc nine years al
least must pass before Cynthia would
love. and she might never love at all.
Had | not met Irving Peck would
have promised my aunt all she asked
without hesitation. | had only known
him q little while, but 1t was long
enough to tell me that bud met my
fate. The truest love, to my thinking,
il that which comes upon both the
man and the woman from the moment
they meet Irving Peck and | each
recognized in the other d mate, and d
month after my foster mothers death
he asked re to be his wife. When
told HIN C 1ay promise lie did not ask
re to break It; indeed. he told me that
il did BE would not respect me. He
said that be would marry Ito other wo.
man, and Il Cynthia stood always In
our way be would never marry. We
did not think 1t best that we should
remain near each other. and Irving
went away.
I neither saw nor heard from him
till Cynthia was seventeen; then be
wrote me that since she was Of mar
riageabIe age we might meet again. |
replied that Cynthia promised to be a
coquette. and there would be little
hope Of her choosing husband |
continued after this to hear from him
occasionally, but could give him no
hope. At nineteen Cynthia had flirted
with every young man ID the village
md like Alexander, there were no
more conqnests for her TO make Az
this time d friend IN Caldwell invited
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BAD NEWS FOR BOSTON.
The Bean Crop This Year Is Partial
Failure.

Boston, Nov. TO- Statistics from the
books of the Boston Chamber Of Conn
merce furnish figures which are START
ling to Bostonians, for they show that
the bean crop is not a success this year.
The New York crop is failure and
Boston is getting her supply from Mich
igan and California. In the last six
weeks the receipts have been only one-s
half what they were for a correspond
ing period last year. The total NUM-
Der of barrels Of beans received since
and including the week ending October
Z Is $3.50, compared with 1862 bar
rels for the corresponding period Of
1904. The total for the month Of 0cto-
Der was 1906 barrels, against S,72I
barrels a year ago.
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TO SEE EMPEROR.
Japanese Enjoys in Pekin Are Ready for
Negotiations.

Pekin, Nov. 16.-~The Japanese eny5ys
will be given an audience today, Nov
l6, by the emperor. The conference
viii open Friday next, Nov. IL, by
the exchange Of credentials.
The Chinese plenipotentiaries are
Prince Ching, Yuan Shat -Kai, viceroy of
the Chill province, and Chu Hum Ch1,
secretary of state.
The. greatest reticence il maintained
ON both sides, and even well informed
diplomats can only speculate on the
probable result of the conference.
The Yellow river bridge Of the Pekin-
Hankow railway was formally opened
on Monday last Many foreigners, IN
Guiding the Belgian minister, attended
the ceremony. The line was first opened
for traffic on January ?, 1897.
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No Cause for Alarm.

The silent partner was CHANGING over
q statement be had found on the CASH
ier's desk.
DO You mean to say this is all the
money we've made this year," he yelled.
why, there's been gross mismanage-
ment here and somebody's going to get
fred
Don't get excited, Bill said the
head Of the packing house, gently.
"That's Just little document we've
been getting up. There's an investiaat-
ing committee AROUND" louisville Cour-
ier-JournaI
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FRENCH STRIKERS WARNED.
Must Return to Work Today or Be
Stricken Of Rolls.

Paris, Nov. 16. Reports from the five
big naval ports show that 40 per cent OF
the employees of the arsenals are out.
The minister of marine has posted an
other circular at the ports, giving the
strikers until Thursday morning to re-
turn to work or be struck off the rolls.
This will either crush the movement or
cause d serious crisis.
The streets Of Brest are occupied by
troops, and slight ARRAY has occurred
there between the strikers and the sol-
ijers.
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st. Petersburg, Nov. 49,. The men in
all organized employments yesterday
obeyed the summons Of the council oi
workmen's delegates for a general strike
At noon the strike was complete through
out the empire. The evening newspapers
are not appearing and the railways have
stopped. Perfect order prevails.
1t has been ascertained beyond ques-
ton that among the organizers of the
strikes are former inspectors OF Govern
ment factories, who were appointed dur
ing Plehve's regime as Minister of the
Interior for the purpose of restraining
political agitation among the workmen,
but who themselves became Socialists,
They possess all the codes, statistics, &C.,
OF the Ministry Of the Interior, and have
formed species Of directorate, issuing
orders to workmen throughout the EN-
pire.
A Fight for Liberty.
The morning newspapers publish the
following resolution adopted BY the
Council of Workmen's delegates Monday.
eThe government of the Car CON
tinues to make its way over eorpses. 1t
sends brave soldiers and sailors, who rise
to defend their rights and national liber-
ty, before courts-martial It encircles
the neck Of oppressed Poland with the
moose of martial law.
"The Council Of Workmen's Delegates
calls on the revolutionary proletariat of
st. Petersburg to demonstrate by poll.
ticaI general strike, such as has already
shown their formidable power, and by
public meetings Of protest, their fra
ternal solidarity with the soldiers and
sailors of Cronstadt and the revolution
airy proietariat Of Poland.
Tomorrow, Nov. Is, at noon. the
workers Of ST. Petersburg will cease
work with the revolutionary war cries,
Down with courts marital, the death PEN
atty and the state of war in Poland and
throughout Russia'
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AGAINST BURTON.
Federal Judge overruIes Demurrer to
Indictment of Senator.

ST. Louis, Nov. 16.--United States
Circuit Judge Van Deyanter overruled
the demurrer filed Tuesday to the in
lietment Of United States Senator Bur
ton Of Kansas.
The trial of Burton on the charge Of
having used his influence before the
post Office department in behalf Of the
Rialto Grain and Securities company
Of st. Louis, to prevent the issuance
Of fraud order against the company,
il set for next Monday.
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WOMEN TO TAKE MEMS
PLACES, SAID REPORT
Officer Of Elevated, However, Says
Story as to Ticket Sellers
Is Inaccurate.

Boston, Nov. 16.--A report was in
circulation yesterday morning that be-
ginning next Monday the uniformed men
ticket sellers at the elevated railroad
stations would be replaced BY young
women.
When asked as to the report j. Har.
vey White OF the Boston Elevated said
that the officers Of the company had
nothing to say upon the matter except
that the report was inaccurate.
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His Little Ioke.

They had just moved into the house,
and, as is usually the case, the former
tenants had left much rubbish behind
them.
@Just look complained the little
woman, "here are three pals of ashes
in the yard
"Ah,y laughed the big husband, speak
of them with more reverence"
Reverence Why should -"
Because they are the ashes Of the
departed - Chicago News.
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Tracked by his wife, who turned de-
tective in her determination to punish
him, Charles G. Delano, q prominent
lawyer Of Northampton, known also in
New York and recently arrested in Pitts
field after having been a fugitive from
justice three years, was yesterday con-
victed of statutory affence by a jury in
the Superior Criminal Court and SEN
fenced by Judge Crosby to the House Of
Correction for year.-Boston Herald.
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TO GIVE LAND TO PEASANTS.
Gar to Turn Over a Large Part Of the
Imperial Domain.

ST. Petersburg, Nov. 16.-The Assoc
ciated Press il informed from high
source that a ukase was to be issued,
possibly last night, turning over to
the peasants d large portion Of the
imperial domain, which covers almost
a third Of European Russian, and which
ut present Ii the property OF the emf
peror and grand dukes.
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forms of Stomach Disorders once cared
in this way never returns
Pepsuids are sold ats drug stores at toe. q hottTa
on an absolute guarantee or money refunded
If Won have not used Pepsoids before.
we will send you 5o-cent bottle FREE
Send us your name and address and Won
will receive promptly. full sized bottle.
You do. not obIigate yourself to pay a eers~
All we ask, after pepsoids have cured or greatts
benefited you is, that YOU recommend PApsoids
To Your friends. Try Pepsoids to-day they wisk
cure you. The Vic Chemical Co.. Chicago. I'll. .
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germs of the stomach cannot resist pepsoids.
Your theory that most Stomach Diseases are
brought about biz multitudea of uefarious dis
ease-brBedEng germs must be correct, Judging
use of your Pepsoids.' / consider Pepsoidss the
best and most valuable remedy yet discovered.
for the treatment OF etubbornstonaacha ailments
Pepsoids cwre Dyspepsia and all
Stomach Diseases. in new way, by re-
pairing the wornout lining of the Stomach
and at the same time. destroy all disease
breeding germs. Dyspepsia and the worst
by z. A. Drown. Barre. VT, and e. r.
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GEORGE AT LUNCHEON.
King of Greece Guest of London Corpo-
ration Yesterday.

London, Nov, fixing George Of
Greece was welcomed to the city of
London yesterday by the lord mayor
and corporation. The usual address was
presented to his majesty in gold cas-
ket at the guild hall. A luncheon fol-
lowed.
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Taft Back in Washington.

Washington, Nov. TO- Secretary Taft
arrived in Washington from Hampton
Roads at o'clock yesterday morning.
Immediately after breakfast he called
at the executive office and saw the
president.
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Two of Them.

He's Just d week-old boy, and he
Is his grandfather's Joy;
He's like his grandfather, too, you see,
Who's Just weak old boy
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
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A Progressive Longing.

ssWhen was d boy, sighed Henpeck,
II Ionged TO become q hermit"
WAnd nowGs queried Mrs. Henpeck.
eThe longing seems to be growing with
the wears. Houston Post.