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His Wife and His Castle.

MRS. Cafne-graceful, petite, pretty
laughs merrily at this Jest at her do
mestfc economy, and sustains the repu-
tation It gives her frugaIity by telling
how she has with ..ar own hands spun
the material for several suits of the
novelist's clothes. That she is a
woman Of delightful taste as we'll as
economy is evident the moment one
steps into the Lindon house, at VIM
bledon, or into that baronial and wholly
charming home, Greeba Castle, on the
Isle of Man.
1t is there that Mr. Game spends bv
faf the most Of his time. He is a
Manx justice of the peace, he is n
landlord Of broad acres with splendid
morse flesh galore to carry him about
among his tenants, and the great honse
Is at the very foot OF the mountain
and mountain climbing is the mans
one notable hobby.
Yet ii was at Greeba. in the midst NJ
all that Mr.. CaiHa most loves that
there recently happened to him what
he calls lone of those horridest littlest
things that. for day at least, take all
the pleasure out OF life For there ar
rived at the castle a trunk, express col
lect 81, IS. The novelist authorized its
acceptance. and In person superintendent
the unpacking, only to find that 1t con-
tained wretchedly executed bust of
his Shakespearean self. From its nest
OF excelsior the pailid cartoon lay grin
ming emptily mp at him, while the man
who should have felt himself the proud
recipient OF the gift of some unknown
admirer, grew mad and madden. At las,
very score spoke out:
And paid one and four for THAR
was his only comment
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Murderers and Postage Stamps.

Game IS an energetic traveller, as well
as q busy author. He knows modern
Rome as did A. j. c. Hare himself, and
is so familiar with all main Travelled
roads that his trips of late have car
ried him into Poland and out-of-the-w y
Russia, down to Morocco and up to lee
land, that the man might find novelty
az well as local color. Thrice has he
visited the States'-in 1895, in 1893, and
again three years ago.
Just rs he was about 20 start for home
from that latest stay here, certain
murderer. on the eve of execution, wrote
"a him, saying that nc had been allowed
II read 1.-The Christian and would like
10 meet the author. The book had done
him a vast amount OF good, said he;
could not the writer give him some
words Of comfort during the last few
hours he had TO live?
Game went to him, OF course; talked
TO him, prayed with him. kissed him on
the forehead as he left-and two fully
illustrated pages of the happening ap-
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A Bit of Good ADVICE.

The man with the s'afd head snorted
You're q fool he said But I don't
suppose there's any use telling you II
never does anv good. Only, as YOU
haven't even got the lady picked out. 1
can give you one piece of good advice y
"Yes?" answered the man with the red
tie. questioningly.
Pick her out at summer resort. .
and the man with the bald spot settled
back with the air of one sno has done a
good deed.
The man with the red a., o-,e,,ed his
good humored eyes with aston shment.
Why. he cried. u tiluuehi mat was
the very worst place. | thought sum-
mer love affairs. and summer girls"
Funny paper yarns. = Interrupted the
man with the bald spot ,crseip -sIlon't
you believe EN-. See here I'll tell you
my reasons; and understand | speak
from experience. / never saw my wife
In the good old summer time till after
things had-weli, until 1t was too late
You want to find out before you marry
Just how much a girl expects to spend
on her vacation. Whether she wears or
candle or dimity-you don't know what
that means now, but you will-whether
she thinks she ought to have hats oil
different shades to match every dress, OF
whether she's satisfied with one white
and one black that.n go with everything
Then YOU want to find what she thinks
is a reasonable amount to pay for sum
mer board and whether she's hard t
suit in the eating line and whether she's
much of gossip and whether she likes
to kick on general principles, anc
whether
But the man with the red tie held VI
his hand to stem the torrent of iniunc
finrs
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Farmer Gets valise.

See here. I really don't like 20 be
carrying this stuff around. and I want
you to take this vaIise and lock It up
until I return. I have money enough
in my vest pocket 10 last me until !
get back
Only too glad OF the opportunity, the
farmer did as requested, when once
again the insurance man babe them an
other good-by, and started off.
The farmer. now absolutely sure ef
making the deal, Immediately hitehed up
his best team and drove peII-melI to
Aurora, where he found the general
agent in his room at the hotel. in bust
ness up TO his ears. There were before
him charts and letters galore, from all
sections Of the country. some wanting
one county. some another, and all in des-
perate straits for more or less territory
Under much excitement, the farmer ex-
planned that he wanted twenty counties
at once. and produced a slip Of paper
with the names of those desired
After coolly looking over the list, and
then going over the State map. the
general agent remarked that he was
sorry, bat he had received q letter that
very morning from two men IN Gales
| burg. who wanted ten OF those very
counties, together with twenty others,
and were ready with the cash TO take
them.
But" protested the farmer. 'syo.,
agreed that I should have all the eotft-
| ties I wanted at 800 each. These men.
| who made you this offer. are d long dis
lance from mere, while 1 am on the spot.
and mean business.
| Have you the cash to pay for them?
| asked the general agent.
II can get it within twenty minutes"
gasped the farmer.
WELL replied the general agent II
| hate to do it. because am certain it
will spoil the other deal; but go ahead.
get your money right away, and l Will
make out your papers, and have them
ready on your return
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A Chat With the Famous
Manxnan, Fifty-two
Years Old Today.

~ 1CTA of the sort shown in the
accompanying extracts from
his latest interviews. unusual
enough 10 amount 10 the
startling, come naturally from
man who is decidedly a thinker,
little of a humbug. and altogether
one of the most talked about Characters
IN the present-day literature Thomas
Henry Hall Game is his name and the
Isle OF Man his home. Fifty-two years
old today. he believes thoroughly that
he has message for his fellows and
Tejoices that his books rank with the
.-best sellers mainly in that so he sees
q wider acceptance of that message He
has such faith in himself and his err
rand here, that once upon a time he
voluntarily asked for a reduction in sal
airy that he might feel free 20 take
more time from his regular employ
menJ TO put into novel writing lie has
such faith in himself that he is pleased
rather than surprised that people should
have found him TO resemble in features
the immortal Shakespeare II is rot
unnatural that such man should be q
0ebatable subject
In the Isle of Man. natural history
tells US the cats are born without tails,
but the little Manxman. who arrived In
the world On May il, 1853, has never get
lacked tale. He was educated how
evsr, for architecture net storytelling
and found his proper work merely be-
cause his writings on architectural sub
3ects fer teehnica! reviews and naonthiies
guided him into the field of Journalism,
where he served for six years on the
staff OF the Mercury OF Liverpool.
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Dickered Along Until Morning.

The insurance man thought he price
rather high. and dickered along until
about 8 o'clock in the morning. when
he made the farmer a point-blauk offer
of $50 a county for the twenty coun-
ties. He said. as he did so, that he
had formerly been Il school teacher
in a place several miles south. which
point he was making for. as he wanted
TO collect some money due him. He ex-
planned that, as the farmer would have
to procure papers from the general
agent, before he could deed them to
him, he would return in three days. or
four at the outside, and receive the
deeds and settle in full for them. And
as evidence of good faith, he brought
out his valise, and unlocking it, took out
d large roll of bills with four or five
s1G0 wrappers. and said:
To show you that I mean business. !
will deposit 500 with you, and when
return, and you have the deeds ready
will pay the balance
Then placing the roll of money back
In the valise. he locked IL. and was ap-
parently ready to start, when the farm
er's wife remarked that she should
think he would be afraid TO carry SC
much money around in that way
Yes" he re.iied: "but 7 am more
afraid of banks, and for that reason,
l want to invest in something that will
make me a good paying business
At this juncture, a young man rap
ped at the door, and when admitted,
began Introducing wall bracket. in
which to place newspapers, etc. He
explained that he Travelled with a horse
and buggy, and was taking orders, to
be delivered inside CO thirty days, where
upon the insurance man asked him in
which direction he was going The
bracket man, pointing south. said:
This way
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ST Told You so.n

The money was forthcoming, ana tAa
deed duly executed and witnessed. and
the farmer fastened home to await the
reiurn of the insurance agent. AT the
expiration of four days there was anxs-
ETY. depicted on the face OF the farmer.
and an I told you so" look on the face
of the wife. Another day, and both
were walking the floor. Two days mora
and an excited visit was made upon
my farmer relatives, when the entfrs
transaction was fully narrated and dig
eussed.
The farmer knew that he had tbs
cash and possibly hundreds of dollars
if not thousands more than vas due
him, there in the house, locked I'D IN
that Yalise, but the question was, why
should the man stay away. and il
he dldn t return. what would be the
proper and legal procedure to take
Two days before my arrival the
farmer again visited Aurora, TO find that
his general agent had flown. He con-
suited a lawyer, who advised him 10 i'm
mediately return home. call in two or
three neighbors, as witnesses, and break
open the ya1ise.
His advice was followed, and when
opened the yalise was found 10 be filed
with three or four old shirts in which
were wrapped TWO or three bricks. The
balance Of the space was stuffed with
excelsior.
Tho reader will readily understand ths
state of mind my dear farmer relatives
were in. TO receive and entertain NE, 3
patent-right vender.
After q short visit with them I START
ed out with my patent, and d few weeks
later arrived 1T Bloomington. where
took quarters at a hotel.
While showing the invention I was
representing young man entered into
conversation with me and explained
that he was eanyassing for Il book. and
he then went on to tell me OF u brother
or his who was out with a gang OF pat
ent-right men. selling washing ma
chimes, and how he would drive ap TO
the farmers house in the morning with
horse and buggy. Under The scat Of
the buggy was an exact duplicate OF the
Valise III which the INSURANCE agent
carried his money. and this, OF course.
was the one the agent withdrew from
under the seat after discovering that
they were going the Wrong way,
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Qps1Ne NLe

The following morning the insurance
agent explained N WORKOUT. exhaust
ed manner, that he had not slept mo-
than an hour. and then had dreamed
Of selling washing machines galore, and
township and county rights by the
score.
While at the breakfast table. he ven
tured to ask the farmer what he could
sell him twenty counties for, and pro-
ducing State map, he selected the
counties he wanted. The farmer care
fully thought the matter over, ard al
though he thought $500 a county would
enable the insurance man to make plen-
ty Of money, by cutting tneH up into
township rights. still he would let him
have them Gf he took twenty eountiee)
at $500 each.
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peared in New York daily the next
morning The editor had employed the
murderer, who shortly before his exc
cution sent his wife a $1,000. check.
signed by well-known journalist
politician
Fame has brought him. too, that
other pest of the prominent, the auto
graph hend- 1t is utterly out of
the question for me 80 accede to all the
requests I receive he said recently
First, made 3 point of responding to
all who inclosed stamps When that
became impossible. those fearful
stamps weighed on my conscience.
could not use them, Of course, and SC
would throw them rather happily into
the waste paper basket, till the day
came when / discovered Mrs Caine
quite as happily sorting them out
again, and using them gleefully."
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Hall Game on Literature.

years year, quarter
literary life
in repeating assertion that Journalism
schools
Reviews the rhubarb pills
of
apologing
educator peacemaker
purifier,
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over, the request granted. the salary
cut in half, and then, oppressed by
many doubts 1.-The Shadow of a
Crime was begun
That gruesome tale appeared in 1885.
with "a Son of Hagar" following 1t a
twelvemonth later, and 1.-The Deem
ster" IN 1856. With that last came real
SUGGEST. The experiment had been jus
titled, and, with the Mercury left be-
hind forever, Hall Game Git was then he
dropped his first two names) started out
TO meet fame at least halfway.
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t-aGelloi Oh WeElly ears of HuS ling. :"
What Happened to Johnston" Etc.)
Copyright, 1865. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
~ NE of the first patent right
1 J buHeo schemes ever heard of
~ came under my observation
when 1 was about seventeen
years OF age. l had traded a $50 note
which / held against a farmer. living
near my home liz Ohio, for the rights
Tor the State of Illinois in a patent gate
ana door spring. and went to that
state: among relatives. to sell the spring
attachments and to dispose of the fer
Fieory. On arriving at the home of one
OF my farmer relatives / found them all
IN turmoil, and in a frame of mind To
lynch anyone in the patent right bust
ness.
a Few days before my arrival. very
Slick, weil-dressed gentleman had called
upon one OF their rich neighbors and
represented himself to be the general
agent OF a washing machine. He was
anxious to establish an agency for the
sale OF both the machine and county 81,
state rights. sand said to the farmer.
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just the Man.

NOW sir. you have teen recommend
eo 10 ne as being just the man am
hooking Tor. and to starr with. I want n
assure you that l don't propose To rive
you penny of my money, nor do I asl,
LOT penny OF yours. don't propose 10
give you my signature, nor do I ask for
yours. 1 sinaly propose to appoint Won
cur agent. / will give Won 81 in cash
Tor every machine which you sell ami
VIII leave this sample with Won ebarg-
ing you nothing for 1t. And for each
county right you dispose of. I will allow
you all over 500 a county thar Won oct
FOR it, If you get $500 county. Won win
ii'ehe sioo pfoht II you sell a county
Tor s1aH, your profit viii be but $50 +
DO not limit you as to price on the conn
" rights. but the price of machines
must be no more nor less than s. each
AS shall be at the - hotel. at Aurora
Tor the next six weeks, should Won f7n5
customer, you may call on me there
and by paying the cash. you can nro-
cure any number of machines at q
each. or whatever counties Won want AT
$780," -
After bidding the whole family good
by. he took his departure.
Two days later. gentlemen OF fine adj
dress called. He was about thirty wears
CT age. wore a silk hat and q tailor
made suit of clothes. was glib of tongue
and carried fair-sized valise. He came
just at dusk, and introducing himself
as fire insurance agent explained that
he was travelling on foot, was somewhat
tired and weary. and wanted to procure
supper, lodging and breakfa for
which he would gladly paw Whatever the
farmer saw tit TO charge. He was wei
coined. and Immediately made himself
at nome, and exceedingly entertaining.
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off on foot Suddenly. however. re
turned about, and. in hesitating way.
scratched his head, then returning u
the gate. where the whole family was
still eongresated, he said:
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A Clever Bunco Scheme
Easily Worked on
a Farmer.
He Became Agent for a
Marvellous Washing
Machine.
An Enormous Fortune on
Paper That Did Not
Pan Out. =
By J. P. JOHNSTON.

tAGthor of Twenty Years of Hus-1ing,
w hat Happened to Johnston Etc.J
lCopyright. 1875 hx Insenh z Ro1uies
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OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT rnzs
once; CSC per hundred.
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OLD JAPANESE ARMORERS.
Strange Legends of the Temper and
Keenness of Their swords.

Il
Strange Legends of the Temper and
Keenness of Their swords.
The era Of the sword In Japan has
given place to the rife, but long before
this period the exquisite art Of the orr
entail armorer was lost. We are told OF
a blade composed OF 4.1s4,304 layers
Of steel and polished so that the finest
European polishing pastes only serve to
scratch Il. Few people have any idea
Of the art used in fashioning these
weapons. They doubtless appreciate
the beauty OF the sheath, handle and
guards. but to them a sword is a piece
Of steel made to cut, and that Is all.
When the japanese armorer forged q
sword he did II as IL 1t were sacred
thing. and indeed 1t was in his eyes.
He forged the metal tenderly, with spe-
cial tools for each operation. He tenn
pered II with processes as secret as the
condolences Of the gods. He had his
methods Of securing in the metal most
marvellous color effects and Of produc-
ing markings from an imitation Of
which the most expert armorers Of Er-
rope would recoil in despair. Strange
legends are told Of these old japanese
armorers. Masa-Mune, gentle smith
of the fourteenth century. could let fall
q hair Of the hard shelled adzuki bean
across the edge of one of his swords,
and II would be split In two, or, like
Regin, he would stand the weapon up
right in a little stream OF water and
let the current carry along little scrap
Of paper, which. as 1t touched the edge
Of the blade, would float away In
halves.
OF a different character was the
fierce old Mura-Masa, who forged
swords to the cry Of "Tenka tairar'
(War to menD and quenched each one
in the warm blood Of fresh human
victim. This so inspired the steel with
endless thirst that 1t would cleave iron
like bronze and bronze like melon In
the search Of human life. II left too
long In its scabbard 1t possessed its
wearer with a fierce desire to kill, and
II drawn only for display 1t would hash
the fingers Of the one who welded 1t,
be he ever SO careful. So terrible was
the slaughter Of these semihuman
blades that their use was prohibited BY
one Of the Tokugawa shoguns, and
thereafter they were forced to languish
in the sword racks, Minor smiths were
content to pile up copper coins and
display an edge unruffied after cleav-
ing the stack or to cut through half
inch copper bar, but the great masters
smiled at such tests. The same blade
which in their case could split hair
or divide silk scarf which gentle
breeze waited against It could slice the
iron or bronze like cheese.
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superstition was that all who drank
OF the mixture there on that day would
be proof against illness and protected
from evil spirits for twelve months
Hone mentions similar custom beins
prevalent In Derbyshire on Easter Sun
day under the name Of sugar cup
ping"
Sugar tongs at meals came In during
the reign Of Queen Anne, and the use
OF them was long confined to British
households. Dr.. Johnson 10 commonly
supposed not to have been oyernice
about his table manners, but be pro
sbunced the French ian indelicate peo.
ple' because they knew not the article
when he visited Paris In 1775. The In.
cident that excited his disgust occur
red at party at Nine. Du Bocaze's.
The footman took the sugar In his fin-
gers and threw 1t into the doctors cof-
fee. Il was going to put II aside" !"
said the doctor; but, hearing II was
made on purpose for me, cen tasted
Toms fingers" A famous parliamen-
tary aDecdote hinges on sugar. Pitt
u1ord Chatham) when speaking, prob.
ably on the West Indian slave ques.
ton, began his speech. sugar, Mr..
Speaker" the peculiarity Of its com.
mencement eliciting roar Of laughter
from the house. Nothing daunted,
Pitt began, Sugar, Mr. Speaker The
laughter was renewed, but not 20 We
hemently. A third time the great or
ator reiterated the same formula in a
voice Of thunder, turning round about
with q look which effectively stopped
any further display Of risibility and
amid perfect silence continued his
speech.
All other sugars besides cane sugar
and sugar Of milk were unknown until
the year 1747. when German chemist
named Margraff first produced sugar
from white beet root. No practical use
was made OF the discovery during his
lifetime. However. In 1893 his pupil
and successor. Achard, established a
beet sugar factory In silesia, soon aft
er which the chemists Of France, at
the instance Of Napoleon, largely ex.
tracted sugar from the beet root. III
was not, however, till after 1880 that
the industry secured a firm footing,
but from 1910 onward It advanced with
giant strides London Globe.
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FOR RENT-FoUR, NICE SUNNY
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Mother Ito her daughter) VIII you
play that new sonata for the doctori
Daughter-But mamma, the doctor
has had SO much sorrow lately Doc.
tor-But my dear young lady, to heai
you play will not be pleasure.-Flie
gende Blatter.
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The Visitor-Your cook Is perfection
itself. How do you manage herr The
Hostess Easily. We learn what dishes
She likes best herself and then we have
tkose only.-puck.
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Miss de Muir Mr.. Foxey, am !
younger than look, or am l olderi
Mr.. Foxsy-All l know about that IA
that nobody could possibly be half as
young as you look. Chicago Tribune.
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at small expense and guarantee posi-
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Gratitude has a faithful memory and
q fluent tongue.
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FEDERATION OF CnURCHE!
SCHEME PREPARED FOR UNION
OF ALL PROTESTANT DE-
NOMINATIONS

New York, Nov. 20.-The business
committee of the Interchurch Confer
ence Federation has announced the
draft of a plan for church federation
at the conference in Carnegie hail. The
following are the chief points:
A federal council of Protestant
churches to meet every four years, the
first meeting to be held on Dec. J.
1908.
Each denomination to have -four
members In the council and one extra
member for each $4,000 communicates.
The council to act in the capacity
of an advisory board and to interfere
In no way with the autonomy Of In.
dividual denominations.
The object to be united action on
social and moral questions and to give
spiritual counsel and promote fellow
ship.
An executive committee to deal with
the business of the council in the in
tervals between meetings.
Thirty denominations are to be in
the federation at the outset and pro-
vision is made for the admission OF
others.