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Max Nilliers crossed the great open
space OF Trafalgar square and turned
into thu Strand. a cutting east Wind
met hia, aud he sJuttoned his great
cost Stilk more .cfo<sely about him. \
couple of paor.. Ill-eladr hungry look
Ing children passed him. and he Owed
into his trousers pocket for a stray
siNpence. He knew it was there. for
his cash balance had now dwindled far
below the limits OF arithmetical calcu-
lation. Finding it. therefore. with very
little difficulty. he rendered it TO the
astonished urchins. and. mumbling
something about buns" and cakes.
hurried off az though the police were
on his track.
Poor little souls" he muttered. ITS
rough enough for Il a but it's worse
for kids"
He walked on a few PAGES. and a
smite-halt sad. half humorous
crossed his handsome. thoughtful face.
He turned into an a. B.. G. shop. and.
taking a seat at one of the tables, or
dered an exceedingly modest tea.
He was reused from his reverie by
n sound of voices at the adjoining
table. For the first time since he had
entered he became aware of the pres
ence OF the girl whose eyes had more
than once been attracted to his face.
She was in obvious embarrassment
ioN' tiOGSli NlllleFS WIS as Nct lgllOr-
ant OF its cause. and a waitress was
standing at her side. The girl was
fumbling n%ervously in her pocket. and
a very lender purse lay on the table
before her. There was a look of un-
belief on the face of the waitress.
which the girl was not SLOW to notice.
Her embarrassment increased each in
slant, and a look of utter hopelessness
crept into her face as her search re-
vealed nothing.
4 had a sovereign in my purse" she
said feebly. II can't think what has
become of it. Oh, dear. l hope / haven't
lost it. for l haven't enough change TO
pay you"
The Waitress preserved an uncom-
promising silence. and the girl grew
on, what shall l do" She said, al
most crying.
"PerhapGEou might leave something
instead. until o can get the money!"
suggested the waitress. IF a lady
forgets her money. She sometimes
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To Cut ~s.ndmich..

New York Times: Men who cut
sandwiches must have just as much
knack and experience in the business
as men who open oysters on the river
boats,' said a man who on one occa-
sion supplied $4,000 sandwiches at two
days, notice. 1T o seven men to
said. and they hadn't time to spare
at that. I paid them by the hundred,
the man who did the most work getting
the most pay. When they were all
through there was not enough scraps Of
bread and meat to fill a tin pail. That
is the secret Of cutting sandwiches
TO avoid waste. There is such compe-
tition in the business that we are OBJ
liged to work on low margins. We ar
range with a baker for a special loaf
in which there is little crust. Crusty
bread makes waste in sandwiches, be-
cause it breaks and crumbles when cut
in cross sections. There are ways of
cutting corned beef and ham, too, so
that there is little waste in them for
sandwiches. We buy particular joints
for that purpose. We never send out
a sandwich that has been cut more
than ~forty-eight hours"
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Swallowed UP by a Little Fa;lur.

Success: Some people get along
beautifully, for half n lifetime. per
haps. while everything goes; smoothly.
While they are accommodating proper
ty and gaining friends and reputation
their characters seem to be strong aud
Well balanced. but the moment there
is friction anywherc-the
trouble comes, a failure in business. j.
panic, or a great crisis in which they
lose their all-theY are overwhelmed.
They despair. lose heart, courage. faith.
nope and power to try again-every-
thing. Their very manhood or womau-
hood is swallowed up by a mere ma
terial loss.
This is failure. indeed. and there ia
small hope for anyone who falls to such
a depth OF despair. There is hope for
an ignorant man. who cannot write
his name, even, if he has and
backbone. There is hope for Il Grip
pie who has courage; there is hope for
a boy who has nerve and grit, even
though he so hemmed in tina he has
apparently no chance in the world, but
there is no hope for a man who cam
not or will not stand up after he falls.
but loses heart and lays down his arm.
after defeat.
Let everything else go, If you must.
but never lose your grip on yourself.
Do not let your manhood or woman
hood go. This is your priceless neart.
dearer to you than your breath. Cling
to it with all our might. Give up iit.
itself first.
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N.RAYs SHOULD BE PINK.
They Indicate a Good Life. Says o,
Hooker.

london Cable to New York sun: The
Lancet publishes n letter from DR..
Hooker on the results OF three years
experiments with the Rlondlota N
rays emitted by the human body. Dr.
Hooker says he has established the fact
that these rays differ i'm color according
TO the character and temperament of II
person. and also that the rays are not
merely heat vibrations. as he proved
by passing the rays from his own hand
through the forearm. of Il corpse to u
showed increased luminosity. In ref
erence to the different coiors of the
rays, Dr.. Hooker says: .
Rays einunating from a very pas
sionate man lave a deep red hue. One
whose Keynote IN life is to be good AND
to do good throws off pink rays, an
ambitious nan etnitS orange rays y.
deep tninke. throws off deep blue: a.
lover of art and refined surroundings.
yellow. an anxious. depressed person.
gray; one who leads a low. debasei
life. muddy brown rays; Il devotional.
good meaning person, light blue, pro-
gressive minded, light green. and physi-
cally or mentally i'll person. dark greeu
rays"
DR.. Hooker admits that lis statement
may be received at first with n smile OF
incredulity, but he is confident it will
sooner or later be accepted as a fact.
He further say he has proved that
N-rayS are not given off by The human
body, but by objects which have beer
in contact Herewith. He obtained this
impression from . letter thirty years
old. which proved that the rays are
radioactive and retain their power on
the paper on which writing is made.
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' ""rteh i.ce NJ the giti all fis siis
=. took out her purse. and fr,,rn IA
inner conliartnsn drew out a sot-t-
eisa. She looked al 1t a mounss4l. mt
Then handed IL to hint
Il thtnk I ow, You this. sue sttl
shSlA l.tt me discharge the debt be-
fore ~ talk tpt,hei.s
Max Niiltcrs MAS ae&iidcrcd Hls
face flushed, and he rose rrouu his seat.
iiut Blsnchc ,osc also, and stood rac-
ina him. the aolt coin still In her hand.
II don't understand" Max fnlt-r.d
AZ last. You You owe me nothing
How could You | have never lent you
anything
II Was nearly two years ago. SAID
the girl steadily. You. and I we're in
an A. "a. &. shop in the strand. and
We We're both poor. lfhtd lost a SOY
ercisn, or | thought | had. and YOU
pretended To pick it up. No one knows
how grateful 1 felt 10 you, for that wua-
my last sovereign. But when l got
home | foundm my sovereign in the lin
ing of my dress. aud Their u ln'ier-
stood. l tried to find YOU. in order 10
return it ~ you. for-for-l thought
YOU might need il as much az l. But
l couldn't. And il WAS ouly when .
SAW YOU in The train tw" short weeks
ago that | recognized YOU. but you
We're prosperous then. and so 1 waite-t.t
Max Nilliers looked at the proTerei
sovereign in evident embarrassment.
There WAS IA long pause. and then
their eyes met. n great joy leapt into
Nilliei's heart. and lie grew holder thar
before.
What about the Interest,"" he asked.
taking the little hand. sovereign aud
all. into his strong grasp 1t accun-
mulates in two years, you'k know"
How much do you demand."' She
asked ur"hiy.
The biggest | can get he said.
Single or c~ompound"'' inquired tina
girl.
"A better than either was the an-
Swer.
And what interest may that be-"
she asked again.
Human interest" he said promptly.
II am IA novelist, YOU know. and tho
demand is therefore appropriate"
They both laughed. and looked deep
into each others eyes. Then Max Viii
Tiers drew the girl into his embrac.
and took the first kiss of love from
those ripe, sweet lips. For a M
o! two they stood thus in silence his
arms about her waist. her read rest
ing on his shoulder.
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them regarding their future relation
ship. And there was..in truth. ample
reasons for such predictions. For the
first time in his life. Max Nilliers had
yielded to an attraction so potent thai
1t ~subjugated every other consideration.
He was in love and he fully realized
il.
He had by this time learned who she
was. 1t was dropped out, piece by
piece. i'll their frequent conversations
of late. n Ma felt a growing sym
pathy with the girl whose early life
was an artist, but until the last two
years success had eluded her. And
then the turn of the tide had come,
and she. like himself, had taken it at
the flood. Steadily but surely she had
mounted the ladder of fame and now
stood not far from the topmost rung.
One brilliant masterpiece conception
of great originality and power-had eff
fected the change, and now her r
was easy n her name was we'll known
as one of the greatest living lady
artists. And then Max told her his
own story, SO like hers that it seemed
almost repetition.
farewell to the lovely Rutlandshire
scenery. But before they went away.
Ma Nilliers was determined to know
his fate. They had wandered out nto
the great shady park, and were sitting
in a little arbor hidden away beneath
the tall old el'ns. There was IA curious
note in the man voice that made the
girl look quickly w into his face. Then,
with a soft pink blush on her cheeks.
! she turned away her head, for she had
read his purpose.
Miss Tempest" he began. Il have
something to say to you which may
surprise you, but which L cannot put
off any longer. In three words.I love
you"
He paused. The girls eyes were on
the ground. But she was not angry,
he could see that, so he proceeded:
True, it is only a fortnight since I
first met you in the train on your way
here. but owe is not slow to grow when
lonce the seed Is sowli." ,."t7-s
! lie stopped and looked down at the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07
Cardinal RampolIa's Role.

london Express: Paris.-The pope's
great age and feebleness. together
with certain recent happenings in
France, have raised serious questions
at the Vatican.
AS a matter of fact. Leo XIII. is now
very much in the hands of Cardinal
Rampolla. and the cardinals policy has
never been more subservient to French
policy than during the present time of
stress for the religious orders.
One Of the cardinals, tells me that the
majority of members OF the Sacred COL
lege are indignant at what is taking
place. No official protest has been heard
against the dispersion OF the conRre-
cations. and the diplomacy OF the Va
tican. formerly regarded as one OF the
most fa.seeing in Europe, has complete
ly failed.
FAnothsr CARDINAL whom 1 have seen
confrmS the. sta{snmept az his colleague.
When: The p.3pe IS gone, Cardinal Ran.
polla wil, IN al. probability ..be ppEfrbipga-
nently shelyed. "
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! Messrs. caxton and Wall present their
commitments tn Mi. Niiliers. and re-
quest h favor of an early interview in
order 10 arrange preliminaries regard
ing the publication of rhe novel now
n their hands. Both rhe partners Will
be in tomorrow morning. II that suit
Mr.. N%illierS' onvcnience."
Nearly two Years had sped by since
MaN NlllierS' first book had taken the
world by storm. and its author found
himself fainous. n second book had
Just been published and the avidity
with which it had already been read
promised we'll for its success. The old
time poverty was almost forgotten. 1t
was early autumn. and he had accepted
the invitation of a wealthy book lover
to spend Il few weeks at his eStat in
~Rutlandshire. He had To catch Il local
train at a sleepy country junction. and
he was directed TO take his seat in the
front part of the train. He settled him
self comfortably In a corner of the
compartment and waited for the train
to start. Presently he heard the voice
of the guard
"Front of the train. miss. This way,
piease!,"
There We're footsteps on the platform,
and a later the guard flung
a young lady. pretty and Well dressed.
entered. She started at sight of Max
Nilliers. but took her seat with appar-
ent u%uconcern.
straight through for Magden Park"
said guard. as he slammed the
door.
He was going TO Masden Park. AS
soon as the train moved out of the
station. she picked up a book she had
brought NTH her. INC opening it half
way. began to read.
There was a light in Max Villiers'
aN.aC nc ha .nr0ot,ipnI y ~, I;, ~,,. -.
cent production. The girl was deep in
her book. and Max Villiers' thoughts
We're divided between his newspaper
and various speculations as to his fair
companions opinion of. his w WORK.
\ fortnight had slipped by and most
of the guests i'm the big modern man
sion at Magden Park had taken their
departure. Man Nilliers n his fair
travelling companion of two short weeks
e We're among the few who still re-
maine and more than one was heard
to whisper Il prediction concerning
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Ills a common courtesy. and you
could not we'll refuse, I love you none
the. less for paying yoNr, debts; even
tain ~, '"
like little enough the manner of Its
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ieaNes her watch or ring, and sends for
1t later on
The girl shook her head.
Il ave neither she said, and the
waitress shifted significantly.
Poor little thing" he said to him
self. But what can 1 do? 1t wasn't
so difficult with the kids. out a SOW
ereign' is different. And Their there's
Mrs. nks! Again he looked at the
poor, troubled face of the girl, and he
ground his teeth.
"Confound Mrs. Jinks." he muttered
to himself.
Secretly extracting his last gold coin
from its receptacle, he stopped sudden
~, noisily jerking the table as he did
so. A later he arose and ex-
tended his hand to the girl at the ad-
joining table. Retween the finger and
thumb was a sovereign.
rs this what you lost?" he said
steadily. 1T was on the floor"
%, thank YOU" she said gratefully.
1T must have droI ped out of nv
purse
A few moments later and she was
gone. and Max. again tightening his
pocket by the sum of sixpence, went
out into the Strand II turned down
a sid street in the direction of the
Embankment.
expensive outing" he said COM
fcally, as he mounted the narrow stairs
to his attic.
Mrs. Jinks. hearing him enter, came
out of her sitting room to meet
him.
1.-Two letters for you. sir she said,
and looked at him Significantly. II
'ope as ON it's good noos, sir. for your
bills runnun up and Tn only a poor
wilder, sir. and moneys shocking tight,
and the butcher he do say"
She stopped. Max Villiers had torn
open n OF the envelopes and the
pink flush of a check caught her watch
full eye. She fastened to apologize.
I'm sure l means no %offense, SIR"
II know. l know" said Max hastily.
Mrs. Jinks reiterated with a satisfied
sigh, and Max. left to himself, tore
open the second envelope. One glance
and the color leapsdd to, his face. and
All" he said. its come at last:
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Amus Findin' Fault.

Washington Star: DE man dat,s
allus fndin' fault" said Uncle Eben.
has picked out one of de easies' hut
at the same time one o. de poorest-paid
jobs a is
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At the question an overwhelming
sense Of my sorry case grappled
me. Fifteen years before. l had left
Appleby Hundred and my native prov
ince as we'll b%efriended as the son OF
Roger Ireton was sure to be. And
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He swore again at that: and here.
lest l should draw my loyal Richard
as he was not. let me gay. once for all,
that his oaths were but the outgush-
ings of a warm and impulsive heart,
rarely bitter, and never. as / believe.
backed by surly rancor or conscious
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-05
Great, But Absent-Mlnded.

1t is not disgrace, even for a fam.
Gus man, to lose an umbrella, so the
New York Times tells with evident
delight of celebrated lawyer who
darted into a furnishing goods store
on recent rainy Friday, purchased
an umbrella, and carried it as far as
the door.
There he stopped to make note in
memorandum book. He left the
umbrella leaning against the wall
while he wrote, and when he finished
the writing he started out without
thought of the umbrella.
Within a minute he rushed into the
other door of the same shop. He
wanted to buy an umbrella.
Il thought had one with me when
l left nome" he said. in semi-apolo-
getic way, "but guess l must have
forgotten to take it."
A second salesman sold Aim an
other umbrella. AS he started to
carry it from the shop, the first sales
man confronted him
you left your umbrella, SIR" the
clerk said, as he held up the original
purchase.
Bless me, SO l did" cried the law.
yer. "and suppose was going of
with some other man's!"
He pushed the second purcltse
into the hands of the surprised clerk,
seized the first one. and dashed into
the storm again with his umbrella
under his arm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-05
Wise and Foolish pair,men,


John Smith and Tom Jones are both
In dairying somewhat They don't
both dairy alike, although both seem
to be doing quite we'll Smith keeps
cows expressly for milk. He sells his
calves at 81 to SO per head, pours his
separted milk to his hogs and churns
his cream into butter, which he ships
to some Eastern market.
Jones doesn't sell his calves, but
buys Smiths calves. He doesn't feed
his separted milk to the hogs; he feeds
it to his calves, including what he
bought Of Smith and others till he
averages about two calves per COW.
He supplements it with oats, oil meal,
corn meal, etc, and the full after they
are yearlings they weigh 700 to 500
pounds, while he is churning and sell
ing his butter much after the manner
of Smith. Some may say this is a
dream, but Jones actually does 1t here
in Iowa, on land worth $35 per acre.
still thing that for most country
dairymen the dual purpose COW pays.
Even If she shouldn't much more than
pay her keep In butter, the calves at
an average of So or more per COW, with
about $40 of of feed, will figure the
balance on the right side. But little
pains will get herd Of cows that will
bring both milk and calves in paying
veins. Smith says it doesn't pay to
mise cows. He can buy good, young,
grade cows with calf at side for $50
to $50. What If one happens to prove
a poor mixer? He turns her dry and
converts her into another cow.-Ex-
change.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-05
WAYS OF THE BLuEBIRD.

The sweet disposition and gentle.
lovable ways of the bluebird are evil
dent even in captivity. In the sum-
mer of 1898 l had the pleasure of
carefully studying the habits of old
and young in that condition. The old
birds were kept in large bird room
with several other varieties of Ameri-
can birds. The bluebirds were models
of good behavior, not only among their
own kind, but in their relations with
other birds. The young birds were
kept in cages, and with a moderate
amount of care and attention became
very tame. 1t was amusing to see
them, about the usual feeding time,
arrange themselves on particular
perch. Each bird in order of prece-
dence would take the food from a
stick, and if one was purposely
omitted there was no futtering of
wings or selfish attempt to obtain the
morsel as it was offered to the next
bird.-St. Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-05
MulchiuR Tree, with Gr...

In some parts of the country or
chardists are following the practice of
leaving the orchard in sod and mulch
Ing with the grass that grows on the
sod. That ts, II the sod be blue grass
the grass is allowed to grow to Ger
tain height, say to a foot, and is then
cut and allowed to lie under the trees
and rot or dry up, as the case may be.
The Idea of the orchardist is to keen
all the fertility in the soil except what
the fruit takes out.
We fall to see the wisdom of follow
Ing this course. II the orchard is left
in sod and the grass moved why not
take the grass of and feed 1t to stock
and thus get the good of the carbon
that is In 1t. There are certain parts
of plants that do not get back into the
soil at all. The grass is worth more to
feed than for manure. II the grass
were made into hay and the hay sold
the price realized would bring back to
the orchard much greater bulk than
would the rotting Of the grass.
We have seen timothy growing In
orchards, and within mile timothy
hay was selling for $l2 ton. Barn
yard manure could be bought within
the same distance at dollar a load.
delivered. The yield of timothy in the
orchard was at least ton to the acre.
The farmer had his help, which
worked the year round, and the max
ing and marketing Of the hay would
cost no more than II 1t were not mar.
keted. In this case the farmer moved
his orchard. made the timothy into
hay. fed 1t to his cows and put the
manure back on his land. Another
year he did the same with the clover
that was growing on the same orchard
area. We are a little doubtful about
the expediency Of moving land
around the trees and letting the grass
rot.
In some cases, too, we have seen
trees SO far apart that the grass, in
stead of rottlng, would dry up and 20
into the air in large part during the
hot days of summer II there is any
good reason for following the practice
Of mulching with grass, as 1t is called,
We would like to hear from some Of
our readers on the matter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-05
HOOKS TO HOLD rh1 ROAST.
An Arrangement to Facilitate the
Operation Of Carving.

An Arrangement to Facilitate the
Operation Of Carving.
Until carving is taught in the public
schools as part of the general pro-
gram of education, the average man
will never become an artist as car
yer. There are very few people who
can develop system without having
foundation plan of some sort for a
guidance, and despite the universally
OF the COOK book In the modern home,
very few men ever reach that per-
fection in their allotted task that they
look for in the housewife in the Gull
mary department. However, the In
structions to cut along the line @ D
to the line A B, etc, are no longer as
cabalistic in significance as they once
were. True, the primitive appliances
for carving have for the most part
not improved much, except in the mat
ter Of form or shape; but this is all
to be changed in the near future, as a
Chicago inventor has devised carving
appliance that should make the task
almost mechanical This devise is a
meat holder for carving platters, the
general scheme of which can be seen