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in the center of the mob stopped
often TO the ground as he urged the
blockaders 10 move on.
The Margrave saw at a glance that
here was food for his hunger after
knowledge concerning abnormal
workings of the human heart He
made his way swiftly 10 the young
mans side and took his arm. Come
with me at once he said. in the low
but commanding voice that his wait
ers had learned to fear.
"Pinched," remarked the young
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Caliph's heart-it may be forgiven
him if his head fell short of the
measure of Haroun Al Raschid's
Perhaps some of the gold pieces IN
Bagdad had put less warmth and
hope into the compartments among
the bazaars than had Quigg's beef
stew among the fishermen and one
eyed calendars of Manhattan.
Continuing his progress in search
of romance to divert him. or of dis
tress that he might aid, Quigg be-
came aware of a fast gathering
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my pleasure and distraction to inter-
est myself in the peculiar and COM
plicated misfortunes that life in a
great city visits upon my fellow-men.
You may be familiar with the history
of that glorious and immortal ruler,
the Caliph Haroun al Raschid,
whose wise and benefcent excursions
among his people in the city of Bag
dad secured him the privilege of re-
lieving SO much of their distress.
In my humble way | walk in his
footsteps. / seek for romance and
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the Middle of the Street.

know what evil had come upon the
other, disturbing his soul and driv-
ing him to such il-considered and
ruinous waste of his substance and
stores
Il was doing the Efonte CriSto act
as adapted by Pompton, n j., wasn't
I?'' asked the young man.
You were throwing small coins
into the street for. the people TO
scramble after" said the Margrave
That's right. You buy all the
beer you can hold, and then you
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COuSi17 Elmer. WizzA
Something IS OWW
|GearMH HeRe-
sent MyGlzIM<eH.

siises OF homemade bred with appel
butter betwene EN- and butter: three
red appels, 3 Cucumber pickles. a
chiken-leg and a peace of py While
we eet at noon Eve had already eat
the appels at resess) we would chaw
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adventure in the city streetsAnot I'm
the ruined castles or in crt.mbling
palaces. To me the greatest raaryels
of magic are those that takeaplace
in mems hearts when acted tupon
by the curious and diverse forbes of
a crowded population. In Sour
strange behavior this evening | far
cy story turks. / read in your act
something deeper than the wantAn
wastefulness of spendthrift. OH
serve in your countenance the Ger
tain traces of consuming grief or de
spair. 1 repeat invite your con-
fidence. l am not without some|
power TO alleviate and advise. VIII
you not trust me?"
Gee, how you talk" exclaimed
the young man, CLEAN of admira-
ton supplanting Cor a moment the
dull sadness of his eyes. You've
got the Astor Library skinned to a
synopsis OF preceding chapters
mind that old Turk you speak of. l
read The Arabian Nights when
was kid. He was kind of Bill
Devery and Charlie Schwab rolled
into one But, say, you might wave
enchanted dishrags and make copper
bottles smoke up coon giants all
night without ever touching me- Ny
case won't yield to that kind of
treatment"
If l could hear your story" said
the Margrave, with his lofty, serious
smile
''I'll spiel il in about nine Words
said the young man, with a deep
sigh, but l don't think you can help
me any. Unless you're a peach at
guessing it's back TO the Bosphorus
for you on YOU magic linoleum
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horses. The nttel ones was setting OPP
posite each other as orderly as peese
in pod. each one keTrying his lunch
in meet littel basket This eevening
the saim Vaughn will go back with the
saim two orderly rose OF children with
the same meet lunch baskits oanly mty.
You no line not much for sentimunt.
cussin. but when l sean them littei kids
setting thare so quite and mise riding
10 school ] had a lump in my throte
biggern a fat-Dutch cabbage-hed. /
wanted TO sea two Of them boise get out
OF that waggin and throe stoans at one
enuther and call Mains
Not that line in favior Of Whence as
pass time. for l lurnt urly that these
lEttel hands was newer maid to skratcn
eech-" that's as far / ever lurnt.
for I Murdered if people with the eech
wasn't To si1ratch with their hands
or what they was TO skratch with when
they eeched.
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Sept. 10.
AR CUSSlN: Today az |
set on the Tense after
having had breakfast
and done the milking, j
saw the lettel children
going by TO school in n
LIZ. M os I L., fa
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The Story of the Young Man and tbs
Harness. Makers Riddle.


81 work in Hildebrants saddle and
harness shop down in Grand street.
I've worked there five years. l get
s18 week. That's enough TO marry
on, amt il? Well, I'm not going TO
get married. Old Hildebrant is one
of these funny Dutchmen-you know
the kind-always getting off bum
jokes He's got about million rid
dies and things that he faxed from
Rogers Brothers great grandfather.
Bill Watson works there, too Me
and Bill have to stand for them
chestnuts day after day Why do
we do it? Well, jobs amt to be
picked every Anheuser bush
And then there's Laura
What? The old mans daughter
Comes in the shop every day. About
nineteen, and the picture of the
blonde that sits on the palisades Of
the Rhine and charms the clam-dig-
gers into the surf. Hair the color of
straw mating, and eyes as black and
shiny as the best harness backing
think of that,
''Me?- Well, it's either me or Bill
Watson She treats US both equal.
Bill is all to the psychopathic about
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When Boys and Girls Drank From One

And inside evry littel lunch" box
If youde peak-Ime talking about the
bois and gurls 1 saw in the Vaughn.
now-youde sea a littel drinking cup
that nobody but the boy or girl owning
IL must use. That assent just exactly
like old times, is il, Ell? Member the
old school tin-cup, with the rust on
the botem and around the handel?
Sumtimes thare was one tin for the
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Well. sir, you'd a dide to see dad and

Well, sir, you'd dide to see dad and
Leopold make rush for that SWIM
ming place. The king put his hand in
the water, and said it was fine, and be-
gan to peel his clothes off. and dad
took of his clothes, and the king made
jump and went in all over, and came
up with his eyes full Of water, strang-
ling because he did not hold his nose.
and then dad made leap and splashed
the water like an elephant had fallen
in, and there those two old men were
in the lake, just like kids.
III swim you a match to the other
side,' said the king. Its a CO." said
dad, and they started porpoising across
the little lake, and then thought it was
time there was something doing. so I
got busy and tied their clothes in knots
so tight you couldn't get them united
without an act of parliament. They
went ashore on the opposite side of the
lake, cause some women were driving
through the grounds, and then found
a flock Of goats grazing on the lawn,
and the dog and 1 drove them to where
the clothes were tied in knots, and
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The Barber County Index.
PAINTER 4 HERR. Publishers.
MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS
Makes for Good Roads.
KANSAS

the browning glory of automobile
touring, however, lies in the demand
1t has created in all parts of the world
where motor cars are being used for
pleasure or business purposes for good
roads. Here in America the good roads
movement within recent years has be-
come a question of national impor-
lance. With the exception of a few
states, notably New Jersey and Mas
sachusetts, says the Outing Magazine,
the subject of better roads was the last
thought that gave the legislators the
least particle Of trouble. The Auto
mobile Club of America in it's younger
days expended tremendous amount Of
argumentative energy in endeavoring
to convince the lawmakers of New
York that money expended on good
roads was good business investment
Their appeals brought out a few thou
sand dollars, somewhat grudgingly
given. Finally the generous sum of
100000 was appropriated, and at the
amendment will be presented to the
voters providing that the state may
bond itself for 100000 for ten years
for the building of improved wagon
roads. Agitation has been productive
OF similar good results in other states.
Gov. Dineen of Illinois gave marked
Illustration of the growing demand for
better roads in the west when, in his
last message, he made strong plea
for the expenditure of more money
and careful thought upon road build
ing. His statement that barely two
per cent. of the Illinois roads were
suitable for traffic at all periods of the
year was no exaggeration, and scores
of other states could show no higher
average. Departments of highways
have been established in California,
Idaho. Minnesota, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Oregon, Tennessee, North Caro-
INA, Nebraska and in several of the
eastern states in which the good roads
movement has languished. Florida re-
Gently appropriated 100000 for good
roads, and it is confidently predicted
that within short time there will not
be state in the union that will not
manifest just pride in the increasing
mileage of its serviceable roads, good
all the year round
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Clothes and the Man.

A lady writing in a daily paper at
lacks man for a weakness which he
has hitherto considered the peculiar
afftiction of the other sex. He is much
given, according to this lady, ito find
ing food for thought and a target for
ridicule in contemplation of the doings
Of that mysterious entity which &c
cides upon the changes in feminine
fashions" Whereas all the time it
Is jealousy which prompts his gibes
The fact is that he would really like
to change his own fashions as fire.
Quently, only he is not allowed to do
so by some unwritten law. And this
is pathos. He may try to conceal
the fact, but, says our authority, "ever
he yearns in secret for the golden days
OF masculine dress, when fortunate
man basked in the sunshine of velvet
and fine lace" 1t is quite true. The
secret is out at last. We can no longer
keep up pretense of being satisfied
WITH life. Why should we go about
making the world hideous with our
black coats and corrugated trousers?
Why should we not look noble and
dashlDg? For over a quarter of a
century man has had no change of
costume, in a manner of speaking
Always the same dull, monotonous
round of blacks and grays. Why does
u IL
In a mauve frock coat or a crimson
lounge suit? At present it is only in
our sportive moments, at golf or crick-
ct. that we can escape from the tram
mels. Why should we not wear striped
blazers in ordinary life?
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RUSSIANS LIVING HIGH.
Aristocrats of st. Petersburg Spend
Much Time Over Pleasures
of the Table

War or no war, the aristocratic Rus.
sian pursues his pleasures with an
abandonment that speaks of unlimited
resources or unlimited recklessness,
says the Pail Mall Gazette. The pleas.
ures of the table are protracted to an
inordinate degree. A lunch, in which
the. courses are plentifully watered
with champagne, will spread itself
through the afternoon. You may bare
ly escape at five o'clock, though you be-
gin to eat at one. The host never sits
down, plying his guests with success
sion of good things liquid and solid.
Even the afternoon tea in middle-class
circles is a very formidable undertake
ing. 1t includes dishes of various sorts,
in which meat will certainly figure,
and Russian tea, served in glass with
lemon, is but the pale comparison to
sparkling champagne. The appearance
of the streets tells of wealth, too No
finer eouipages exist anywhere than
those which, horsed with coal-black
steeds, dash at full speed, in lofty dis
regard for the mere foot passenger,
down the central strip of wood pave.
meat in the principal prospects" as
the wider streets are denominated,
Holding the reins in his two hands,
with arms outstretched, the driver.
medieval in dress, has the summary
methods of a Roman charioteer In
deed, there is something of imperial
Rene in this second capital of the
car.
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he had a pond in the palace grounds,
stocked with old fashioned fish, and
every day he took off his shoes and
rolled up his pants, and with nothing
on but shirt, and pants held up by
one suspender of striped bed ticking, he
went out in boat and fished as he did
when boy, with bent pin for hook,
and he was never so happy as when so
engaged, and they could all have their
grand functions and balls and dinners
and Turkish baths, if they wanted
them, but give him the old swimming
hole
ME, too" said dad, and as dad looked
down into the park he saw little lake,
and dad held up two fingers. just as boys
do when they mean to say, Come on,
let's go in swimming" and the king
said, I'll go you,' and they locked arms
and started through the woods to the
little lake, and the dog and followed.
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THE KING GAVE THE GRAND HAIL
ING SIGN.
when the goats began to chew the
clothes took the dog and went back
to the entrance of the park, and dad
and the king swan back to where the
clothes and the goats were. and when
they drove the goats away and couldn't
unite the knots, the king gave the
grand hailing sign of distress, or some
thing, and the guards of the palace and
some cavalry came on the run, and the
park seemed filed with an army, and
bid the dog good-by and went back to
the hotel alone, and waited for dad
Dad didn't get back till after dark,
and when he came he had on suit of
the kings clothes, too tight around the
stomach and too long in the legs. cause
dad is pussy, and the king is long
geared
Did you have good time, dad?" says
l, and he said, Haven't you got any
respect for age, condemn you. The
king has ordered that you be fed to the
animals in the zoo.''
told him that didn't care what they
did with me, had been brought I'D to
tie knots in clothes when l saw people
IN swimming, and I didn't care whether
they were crowned heads or just plain
dubs, and l asked dad how they got
along when their clothes were chewed
up. He said the soldiers covered them
with ponchos and got them to the
palace. and they had supper, he and the
king, and the servants brought out a
lot Of clothes and he got the best fit he
could.
l asked him if the king was actually
mad, and he said no, that he always
enjoyed such things. and wanted dad
and 1 to come the next day and go fish
ing with him, barefooted. Say, dad
can go, but wouldn't be caught by that
king. on bet. He would get even. sure,
cause he has look in his eye like they
have in sanitarium Not any king
business for your little
HENNERV
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The Bad Boy Goes to Belgium-Dad
Buys Fake Souvenirs at Waterloo
lie Goes Swimming with King
Leopold and the Bad Boy Ties Up
Their Clothes.
by HON GEoRGEW PECK.

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin. Former Edf-
tor of "Pecks Sum-" Author Of "Peck's
Bad Boy" Etc)
Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)
Brussels, Belgium.-Dear Old Skate:
What is the matter with our going to
Belgium" said dad to me, as we were
escaping from Germany.
We'll, what in thunder do we want
to go to Belgium for?" said 1 to dad
Il do not want to go to country that
has no visible means of support, except
raising Belgian hares, to sell to cranks
in America l couldn't eat rabbits with
out thinking l was chewing a piece of
house cat, and rabbits is the chief food
of the people. l have eaten horse and
mule in Paris, and wormy figs in Turkey,
and embalmed beef fried in candle
grease in Russia. and sausage in Ger
many, imported from the Leutgard
sausage factory in Chicago, and stuff III
Egypt with ground mummy for curry
powder, but l draw the line on Belgian
hares. and l strike right here, and shall
have the international Union of Anal
gamated Tourists declare boycott on
Belgium" said just like that. bristling
up to dad real spunky.
You are going to Belgium, all right"
said dad, as he took hold of my thumb
in a jiu jitsu fashion. and twisted it
backward until l fairly penuked, and
held it, while he said he should never
dare go home without visiting King
Leopold's kingdom, and having a talk
with an SO-yearold male flirt, who had
a thousand chorus girls on bis staff and
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PASSING PERSONALS.

Miss Grace Barstow, of San Fran
cisco. is the only woman vio!in-maker
in the United States, and probably In
the world. Moreover, she is fine
performer on the instruments of her
own making. She is experimenting
with native redwood as a base bar
A famous Adirondack guide, in the
days when the mountain region was a
true wilderness. has just died at the
age OF 50. William Mclaughlin was
in the Adirondacks when there were
none but old Indian trails, and he
and ST. Regis Indians cut new ones "a
the region began to be visited.
Green McCurtain. governor of the
Choctaw nation. will take his place
among the milliOnaires ere long He
settled up the affairs of the tribe re-
Gently, involving the sale of coal lands
worth s40.00000O. Of this purchase
price Gov. McCurtain will receive ten
per cent. as commission, or $4,000, 900.
Mrs. w. S. Pratt, of Atlanta. Ca,
is sale to be the only woman south Of
Chicago in the lumber trade. When
the firm by whom she was employed
went out of business without losing a
day hunting a position she opened an
Office and began operations. To-Day
she is head of firm handling 100
cars Of lumber monthly.
Henniker Heaton, who has done SO
much for the cheapening of postal
communication in Great Britain, urges
the formation of a league to make the
penny post universal. 1t is, he says,
absurd to charge twopence-halfpenny
for letter to Calais or to New York,
when a letter to Canada can pass
through New York for a penny.
Mr.. Edison has but one speech to
his credit. He was to lecture on elcc-
tricity before a girls seminary, and
was to be assisted by friend name1
Adams to work the apparatus. He
was SO dazed when he arose that he
simply said: Ladies' Mr. Adams Will
now address you on electricity, and
will demonstrate what he has to say
with the apparatus"
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cold cream afterwards. A pimpiy kace
was treated to daily bathing with
the full suds, and promptly became
clear. Tartar on the teeth yielded TO
IL, and feet that had q tendency to.
wards hardening of the skin regained
their natural condition. till another
family had Joined the chorus or.
friendly acclaim. And SO 1t Is every.
where, those who know the "efder
brother" welcome the newcomer
for the sake of the first known,
and those who meet both for the first
time are plunged inf0 q whimsical
worry as to which they could better
spare If they had to make a choice.
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The progress toward perfect eQuali-
~ for women is more rapid than ap-
pears on the surface. The ladies.
bless EN-, are no longer standing back
in anything. They are in all lines
of industry, competing with the tyrant
man, and the university professors
and sociologists are beginning to take
notice and butchers and bakers and
candlestick-makers are on the run.
Man has no sure grip on the monopoly
Of anything any more. He dare not
let go to spit on his hands, lest his
place be taken by sister woman and
he lose his job. Heretofore the trou-
sered tyrant has had burglary and
stage-robbing to himself. but now he
is in danger of losing both. 1t is an
nounced from Oakland, Cal, that a
LADY" burglar is operating in that
town.
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could give the sultan of Turkey cards
and spades and little casino in the harem
game.
You will go along, won't you, bub?"
and he gave my thumb another twist,
and | said: You bet your life, but l
won't do thing to you and Leopold
before we get out of the Belgian hare
belt" and SO here we are, looking for
trouble.
1t is strange we never hear more about
Belgium in America, but actually, l
never heard of a Belgian settling in the
United States. There are Irish, and
Germans, and Norwegians, and Italians,
and men of all other countries, but !
never saw Belgian until to-day, and it
does you good to see people who don't
do anything but work. There is not a
loafer in Belgium, and every man has
smut on his nose, and his hands are
black with handling iron, or something.
There is no law against people going
away from Belgium. but they all like
it here, and seem to think there is no
other country, and they are happy and
work from choice.
l always knew the Belgian guns that
sell in America for Il shillings and kill
at both ends, but l never knew they
made things here that were worth any
thing, but dad says they are better fixed
here for making everything used by
civilized people than any country on
earth, and am glad to be here, cause
you get notice when you are going to be
be robbed. They ring bell here every
minute to give you notice that some
one is after the coin, so when you hear
a bell ring, if you hang on to your
pocketbook, you don't lose.
This is the place where There was
a sound of revelry at night, and Bel
GUMS capital had gathered there"
You remember the night before the bat
tie OF Waterloo, when Napoleon Bona
parte got his. You must remember
about 1t. old man, just when they were
rlght IN the midst of the dance. and
sort eyes looked love to eyes which
spake again. and they were taking a
champagne bath, inside and out. when
suddenly the opening guns of Waterloo.
Twelve miles away, began to boom. and
Tue poet, VINO was present, said, But
hush, hark,-a deep sound like a rising
kneIl, and everybody turned pale and
| began to stampede, when the floor man
ager said, TITS but the wind, or the
car on the stony street, on with the
dance; let joy be unconfined; no sleep
I'LL morn, when youth and pleasure
meet, to chase the glowing hours with
flying feet
! Well, sir, this is the place where that
/ call took place, which is described in
the peace used to speak in school. but
never thought would be here. right
where the dancers got it in the neck
When dad found that the battlefield of
Waterloo was only few miles away
ne hlred wagon and we went out.there
We'll, sir. of all the frauds we have
run across on this trip the battlefield of
waterloo is the worst. When the farm
ers who are raising barley and baled
nay on ths battlefield, saw us coming.
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Since the beginning of the war Japan
has increased her debt from about $780,.
oO0, 900 to 1891, O00, 900, but of this amount
she has on hand perhaps as much as
s175, 0OO, 900 unexpended. In the same
time Russias debt has increased from
50, 2S2 900 900 to $500. 100000. Japan
will probably receive about 100000, 900
from Russia in payment for the main
tenance of prisoners of war, and Rus
STA must also borrow money for her i'm
mediate Feeds at home. Japan, there
fore, seems to come out of the war in
better financial condition than Russia,
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An Exclamation.

Jeweler-Your watch Seems to be
magnetized. Have you been near a
dynamo lately?
Young Man-No; but I-er-called
on very attractive Young lady last
night.-Chicago Daily News.
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Of Some Use.

Ella-That fellows head isn't of much
use to him.
Stella-Well, suppose he feels that
he's got to have something to hang his
hat Judge.