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REFUSE EIGHT.HOUR DEMAND.

Chicago, Ger. l3.-The general man. agers of the railroads in Chicago, who recently received demands from the union switchmen on their lines that an ei&ht-hour day and other conces- sion# be grante ed, have decided to re- fuse lhe demand of the men,
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THOUSAND BALES
 OF COTTON BURN ON SHIP.

Bremen, Germany, Oct. r.. Three thousand bales of cotton which arriv- cd here from Savannah, October 8, on the British steamer Turkestan, were destroyed by fire today.
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DlikE " Al'TO RINS
 DOWN WNRkINGMAN.

LancE. France, Oct 133.-The duke of NOnTppelier, grandson of Louis Philippe and brother of the duke of bile near here today, struck a railway workm@n named Rheil. The duke lifted the dying man into the &utomo- the city
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SHAW AT LOUISVILLE.

Louisville, Ky, Oct. 13.--IIon. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, addressed 20 Kentucky bankers and their guests, who assembled in the parlors of the Galt house for their an nual convention.
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BANK LOSES $500. .OGO BY THEFT.

Mexico City, Oct. 13.--The Jalisco bank of Guadalajara will lose $500, 900 as a result of the peculations Of it's recent manager. It is alleged that the books have been falsely entered
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INV ORLEANS. AFTER
 1SS YEARS. HAS EWERS.
dern Sanitary and Underground System. Which CGst S24.D60.G00 Put Into Operation.

IFEs
 low Orleans, Oct. l3.-For the first
 es since this city was founded, lSS IS ago, modern sanitary and un- ground sewage system was put in liberation last night. ne pipes connected are part O1 ,oO, 000 sewage drainage and water
 1em, building of which began eight
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TERMINAL COMPANY ELECTION

Nashville Tenn., Oct 1l-At metng of the Nashville Terminal con- pany today C. II. Ackel WIS elected president and w. J. Harahan vice pres ident
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FATAL CASES OF CHOLERA.

Paris. Oct. 13-A dispatch to the Eclair from Rotterdam announces two fatal cases of cholera at Bloeteu dual and Oranjewoud.
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Of a Young Divine and His New Practitioners

THE half BREED" calculated Her
kamer; forgetting to shut the door in
his CONSERVATION. What's up, Bap-
tiste? Where's Seth ~
Busted" responded Baptiste, throw
ing out his arms dramatically; tree
fall on shanty, break trou. Seth bust
ed, me-Ba' tiste-busted too. Come for
help. ed'cine-rub CT
Not dead" gasped Mrs. Herkamer.
her face whitening Seth amt dead?
This brought the half breed to his
senses.
Non, ony jes' busted, he treasured
her Leg hurt so amt walk. Me
tistc-busted, too; finger broke.
Come for ne|'cine rub o.. Amt bust
ed bad, non"
With trembling hands Mrs. Herkamer
produced some bottles and bandages
from the cupboard: her husband reach
ed for his greatcoat.
I'VE must hurry back TO him. he
cried. IF his legs broke it must be
attended to at once You'll have to ex-
cuse me- to his guests.
Baptiste raised his squatty figure to
it's full height.
mo good you co. he declared
sturdily. bad way trou' ravine.
Fo'teen mile me come, all time fallin'
an climbin'; take five, six hour. You
no strong like young man. Better me
go lone. Go two time quick. Leg
broke, want look out for soon. Me fix
him, den we stay two tree day an
come home all right Bes' way
The half breeds right said DR..
Brown; IF the legs broken it needs
looking after at once and Baptiste is
just as good at that work as I am.
Two old fellows like US, Herkamer.
would only be a drag on Baptiste's
progress
But old Herkamer paid not the least
notice. He was resolutely humping his
shoulders into his greatcoat when he
felt a light touch upon his arm.
You had better stay here. Mr.. Her
kamer," the young minister said quiet
ly Your son is in need OF help which
possible. I am used to this sort of
sides I have some little knowledge of
medicine. Mr.. Baptiste and 1 can do
all that is necessary He buttoned
his coat and turned to the half breed,
who had been listening with open de-
rision. But somehow, when Baptiste
met the straight gaze of this young
fellow, the contempt faded from his
face. Like those who live close to ma
ture. he was accustomed to look into
eyes, and these eyes were strangely
legible
Wen. I guess mebbe you go long"
he acquiesced graciously. dat is. if
you t'ink you good for tough job
Old Herkamer stared That soft
handed boy used to this sort of
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A DESPERATE FIGHT.

You have seen on the leaves of plants
sometimes numbers of small green in
sects They are called aphides. or
plant lice. Aphides exude from their
bodies a sweet substance called honey
dew, which ants are so fond of eating
that they will capture aphide eggs,
hatch these carefully and rear them in
the ant colony. feeding them upon
leaves. When the aphides are grown
the ant strokes them with its antennae
and squeezes them gently to make them
press the honey dew from their
bodies. So that the aphide is really
and truly the ants COW. If ants find
a large number of aphides upon a
plant they run tiny tunnels up the
stalk of the plant. creep through these
tunnels and surround and pen in the
plant lice. There these are kept and
the ants milk them at pleasure.
Most tender and faithful mothers and
nurses are these wonderful ants. Ant
eggs have to be tended carefully be-
fore they are Matched. The ant nurses
lick the eggs often to keep them moist
So devoted indeed are the ant mothers
that before they lay their eggs they
tear off from their bodies the wings
which every ant has for awhile in the
spring. Near an anthill at the begin
ming of warm weather you will see
dozens of wings lying around. Then
after the baby ants are Matched they
have to be brushed and cleaned and
even taken for an airing.
1 am sorry to tell you anything bad
about these marvellous ants, but they
really have one unjust and wicked
custom. A whole army of them fire.
quently invade a neighboring colony
fight and kill off the grown ants there,
then tug home the pupae. or children
of the invaded colony. rear them and
make slaves of them, just as human
beings in the savage state have always
done among themselves.
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very severe have a hood which I can
draw over my head and shoulders.
Now, Baptiste, about the route. Is this
ravine you speak of a plain trail2
Would a greenhorn like me be likely
to lose his way?"
Mon; it be narrow, an dere be rocks
high on bot sides. an de camp be
right in de middle. 1t can't be miss il
one go dat fur. But we amt goin' in
De ravine no let out. mebbe. an
him berry dark now"
We'll, we must remember that a
man is waiting in urgent need Of help
and that a barrier is liable to block any
trail. We must take no chances. You
go round by the hill, and I will take
the ravine with a lantern. I am used
to climbing and can probably get
through without any trouble"
Baptiste raised his hands as though
to protest, but no words came from
his Fps. Those straight glances were
controlling him. and his hands fell to
his side. The minister was a leader; he
was to obey.
When they turned toward the door
the rest accompanied them. Baptiste
bent his head to the storm and plunged
stolidly away to the hill route: the
minister waited for a few directions
to the gathering darkness toward the
ravine.
DO you think there's any chance at
all Of his making it?" asked Her
kamer in a troubled voice as they
turned back into the cabin.
Chance" echoed the doctor. with a
curious ring in his voice; "of course 1
do. That young fellow is small only
in size. Why, he's climbed half the
mountains in Europe and likes moth
ing better than tough wrestle like
this to help somebody. It's the best
job 1 ever did for the neighborhood.
getting him here. 1 was afraid I
couldn't, for he has plenty of money
and only took to the ministry through
love for the work 1 thought he'd
want a softer place, but no, he actually
seemed pleased when I asked him to
come out to our wild country OF
course he'll make it
And he did but with sheer force Of
will that made it linger for many a
long year about the neighborhood fire.
sides as a story of pluck and endur-
ance, and when he stood in the pull
pit the next Sabbath, with one arm in
a sling and his face still pale from the
journey, there was not one in the
rough audience but listened with re-
spectful and earnest attention And
later when they crowded about him
to shake hands after service, 1t was
not an effeminate. boyish figure they
saw. but brave, strong man to whom
all were more than pleased to pay
homage
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center for the cord to work in. Then
take two sticks. each about eight inches
long and connect them by narrow rib
bon piece of hemp cord two and one
half feet long. Taking the sticks one
in each hand. so that the cord forms a
loop, place the humming ball in the
loop and raise first one and then the
other hand repeatedly, thus making the
ball spin. Keep this up and gradually
increase the speed until the ball is go
ing at a "humming' rate, when you may
toss it in the air with the cord, catch
it when it comes down and do a num-
Der of interesting tricks with it.
A real humming ball has holes bored
through the two lobes, which, as the
dumbbell-li6e instrument whirls, give
out curious humming sounds. A toy of
this sort may be made by joining two
small croquet balls on piece of broom
stick Have the balls not more than an
inch apart and bore "humming" hole
through each of them. Set your wits
to work and make one of these new
old toys. Then tell the other boys and
girls of your success.
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5TRUGTqON a}d AMUSEMENT FOR YOUNG qNIEI2IGA

the junction where he was employed at
$40. The express train was due to
pass at that. time but John noticed
with apprehension that she did not ap-
pear.
She was still invisible at O'Clock.
and John began to worry about her.
When she was half an hour late he
could control his anxiety no longer and
walked along the track in the direction
in which the train was to come as fast
as he could.
The express was now flying along at
an unusual speed. She had been de-
layed by a trihing wreck, and the
driver was making up for lost time.
Suddenly a lantern whirled in the
gloom far down the track. The driver c
face whitened; the brakes eripped the
wheels; the engine rocked and trem-
bled, and, with a hiss of air and steam.
the train stopped.
Dropping from his cab. the trembling
driver ran up to where John stood.
What = what's the matter?' he
gasped.
You're late" said John. What kept
YOU ?'
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apologetically The boy amt to blame
for what he is, an the doctor got him
here. An furder," still mellowing,
I'VE won't be hard on the doctor
either; he's our nearest neighEor and
gener'ly does things pretty sensible
We can pass over a slip now an then
An that reminds me- turning entirely
round, the doctor said he'd bring him
over this evenin' if it didn't storm too
hard an if it did they'd likely be
round tomorrer. The boy seemed spry
an good natered an said he wanted
to visit everybody an get acquainted
Wen treat him rights we can, for
he won't be here many days. Poor lit
tie fellerl He don't realize how soon
the boys'n run him out. You might
save the wild turkey / shot yesterday,
Liza. an thar'5 plenty of venison.
Wen treat him right.
Outside they could hear the sounds
of the approaching storm, and Her
kamer went to the windows and door
and fastened them more securely.
The doctor won't bring him out to-
night he said, as he re umed his
stool by the fire, AN I don't reckon
Seth an the half breed will come in
either. Leastwey, 1 hope not TIN be
safer in the gulch than finding ones
way through this snow"
But he was mistaken, for presently
there came a -lmping i'd stamping
outside. and as the cabin door was
thrown open a tall. white haired old
man stepped in. accompanied by a boy
ish figure of slight but compact build.
The old man was DR.. Brown, the
neighborhood autocrat, and in his
companion Herkamer recognized the
new minister But he was no longer
the fashionably dressed figure which
had alighted from the train at Minot,
but rather a trim frontiersman in ap-
propriate costume. Old Herkamer's
eyes darkened a little as they rested
upon him. He did not approve of min
listers in masquerade.
I hardly thought you'd get over to-
night he said rather shortly, the
storm
That's just why we came" the doc
tor interrupted genially. THE storm
is likely to be a long one, and we can
get back before it becomes severe. By
tomorrow even the mile between our
homes may be difficult to make. You
are one of our prominent members =
frankly. and I wanted you to see more
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Pens are made by machines which
seem almost to think. The steel is cut
into ribbons as wide as the length of
one pen, and these are fed to ma
chimes which cut out the blanks, then
stamp them, split the points and place
the makers name on the backs The
pens are now complete, save the an
healing, which is process of heating
the metal almost to the melting point
and then cooling it suddenly to render
it tough. After being annealedh~ the
pens are counted and placed in boxes.
machine has been invented for per
forming both these operations.
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Wonderful Ways Of
the Ant Family
BY ALBERTA PLATT

Another of the gentlemans camera
shots showed two ants in a terrific COM
bat, so savage that, with their fierce
jaws fixed in each others bodies it
was certain that one and probab ly both
would be left dead on the field of bat
tie. If man were as terrible a fighter
according to his size as the ant is. he
could whip a tiger or a gorilla by main
strength
Being the intelligent young people
you are you have of course heard
about cooperative labor-people work
ing together in a friendly way, joining
their interests and sharing the bene-
fits alike. Now many human CO.
operative colonies have been started,
but none has ever been so successful
as those are which have been conduct
ed through all the ages of history by
the tiny. seemingly almost brainless,
little ant tribe. They have a perfect
system of government, running far
more smoothly than any organized by
man. Their government officials are
honest, and all the ant people living in
one colony are treated fairly and are
never defrauded or robbed by the
others. There are different depart
Inents OF work. AGAIN, quite unlike the
human family. every member of an ant
colony must work and earn its living
Those ants that refuse to labor are de-
stroyed. If every human being who
does not work We're treated as the ants
treat a lazy member of their tribe
what a hustling there would be among
the human idlers to-get hold of some
kind of work quick
If one ant of a colony attempts a
job that proves too big for it. imme-
diately another one runs to the strug-
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LISTENED WITH RESPECTFUL
AND EARNEST ATTENTION.

safe. Go in .ravine, find snow tick,
mebbe no get t'rou'- Bes' go safe. But
no time wait for old peoples
Herkamer snorted. but slowly re-
moved his coat.
Wen, young feller." ignoring Bap-
Ciste and speaking to the minister,
you'd better put on my big coat an
all the other warm stuff we can scare
up. Better freeze comfortable longs
you're bound to freeze. An don't let
that half breed push you on too fast
We don't want no remains on our
hands even if Seth has broke his leg"
The young minister smiled.
This costume is all I need thank
you, Mr.. Herkamer," he said reas-
suringly. Il had it made especially
for this sort of work, and it is very
warm. I do not like heavy wraps for
hard walking; the exercise is better.
If the wind is hard or the cold becomes
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of Mr.. Irwin before hearing him in the
pulpit. We are apt to be prejudiced
against strangers
Herkamer's grimness increased. He
was not prejudiced he told himself,
only conservative and steadfast. The
man was all right. of course. but he
was in the wrong place. 1t was a
manifest duty to discountenance the
mistake.
And yet there was something in the
clear, earnest gaze of the young min
lister, in his frank smile and warm
sympathetic eyes. that somehow thrill
ed the cynical old heart. If only the
boy had been content with his pro-
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THE HUMMING BALL.

Here is a copy of a picture In an old,
old English book on games. The game
that it illustrates is so ancient. in fact,
that 1 doubt if any of you ever heard of
it. It consists IN keeping the numming
ball spinning as long as possible by
rolling it on the cord connecting the two
sticks held in the hands. You can make
one of the humming balls by winding
each end of a very large spool tightly
with Irvine. leaving clear space in the
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of the bioscope even to take photo
graphs Of tiny insects engaged in all
the operations of their daily life. A
gentleman named DIR. de Gaspary has
thus used the bioscope for making stu
dies OF that most interesting branch of
the insect Kingdom. the ant family
once DR.. de Gaspary snapshotted a
tiny ant washing its face and tdying
itself up just after it got out of bed
in the morning Ants are particularly
Clearly. much more careful about
washing their faces and brushing their
heads than some girls and especially
some boys are. Like the cat. the ant
ticks its legs with its tongue. by way
Of washing them. What is more. these
friendly little creatures help one an
other with the toilet operati In
the morning when they come out from
their nest IN numbers. one and another
viii stretch out their LEGS while a
friend ticks the extended limbs with
his tongue The friend also runs his
little tongue along the other ants
antennae- An antenna is one of the
seelers attached to an insects head
Antennae serve partly the purpose of
ingers The insect puts them out and
touches ana examines the objects it
encounter
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clothes, toys and other articles belong
ing to the little one to the cradle board
and carries it as she. originally did her
child.
The Ojibways cali these "unlucky
dolls,'' because they represent the dead,
but the Indian woman's idea is that the
little dead child is too small to find its
way to paradise and that by substitute
ing the doll she will assist it to get
there.
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The Metz, Minister

k,qts',siiiI,.siIIA Els come" said old
:: :: =: =: +: !: !: !
Ills.islil MI had brought from
the trading post ten
miles away. AN now I reckon the
next thing will be for him to go. We
amt waited five years for a meetin'
house jest 10 carry it on as a nursery
now we've got it. I don't see what DR..
Brown was thinkin' on"
rs he very young?'' asked Mrs Her
kamer transferring the packages to a
sman cupboard fastened against the
logs Of the cabin wall
Young" and old Herkamer's grim
lace seemed yet grimmer as it peered
out through the small triangle formed
by his down drawn cap and big. up
turned collar. Hes younger'n our
Seth. an he couldn't speak ten words
TO folks lookin' at him to save his
life What we want is a tough, hard
headed man who knows our ways an
can put up with EN-. This feller's
store made an soft 1 could see that
soon's the doctor introduced him
wouldn't be prised if he shaved every
day. an cleaned his nails. an bath
ed drawing out the word derisively.
HUH What can a feller like that do
with our young men? S'pose he had to
tramp ten miles through a Dakota
blizzard to say prar's over a remains;
s'pose he'd meet a fightin' grizzly in
the forest; s'pose some of our high
speerited boys got to chaf1n' him in
their bar cub wayi Say what'd he
do then?' and without waiting for
what he thought an impossible an
swer to his comments old Herkamer
turned back to care for his team and
TO hasten his evening chores in an
ticipation of a gathering storm.
When he again appeared and had
emerged from the depths of his great
coat. his mind still seemed to be bark
lnE beck to his days discomfort. for he
went on.
Amt oId's our Seth. no: an amt
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Cling little fellow and likewise takes hold
of the object the first is trying to move,
whatever it is. and tugs it away. In
the picture you see two ants side by
side showing a dead fly away from near
their home. The ant does not like Of
fensive things close to its house.
The strangest fact about ants. how
ever is that they actually keep GER
tain insects near their hills as human
dairymen keep cows. to furnish milk
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THE MIGHTY ExPLoaERs.

Dick and Tommy
One fine night in June
Walked out to see
T'othcr side Of the mOoni
They carried a bottle
OF milk apiece.
With figs from Naples
And currants from Greece
And fried potatoes
From Dublin town
And two nice sausages.
Long and brown.
Down through the orchard.
Out through the gate.
Not a word, Not "a soundl
1t was very late
Between a quarter
To eight and eight
They went along
Till they reached a brook.
Then Dicky whispered
To Tommy, Look"
There in the brook.
AS it sang its tune.
Was the glowing t'other
Side of the moon.
They planned, in bed,
Till the clock struck ten
How they'd look up Africa
When they were men!
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fessionaI costume, well. who knew but
in time But this outfit. so ridicu-
lousy new! Probably the boy had
never had on such clothes before in
his life. It was masquerading. trying
to appear what he was not.
At this moment came a stumbling
outside and an Intellectual cropping for
the latch string. then an %Open de do!
1 sa-say open de dO'!"
Herkamer sprang forward to conf
ply, and as the door swung back a
short, squatty figure half fell into the
room
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Pathetic Little Dolls.

Some of the Indian women have a
very pathetic custom. When an In
dian girl dies her mother often substi-
tutes a doll for the lost child. She fills
the empty cradle with feathers ar
ranged in the form of a child and car-
.ries this about as she did her child.
grooming to it and caressing it. Some
times. instead of doing this. she ties the
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Copyright. 1905. BY Frank H. Sweet

more'n five feet four; an has hands
sOfts a baby. HUH Our old min
lister where we come from had hands
like the bark of an old hick'ry an
could chaw terbaccy an wrestle with
grizzly an pitch a man through a win
der when he got sassed That's the
sort we need here. Hoss sense comes
fore book sense, an hard hands fore
p'liteness. That's my idee.''
He drew stool to the fireplace and
spread his hands out over the blaze
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She Saw Him.

Four year-old Marjory. the minister's
daughter. was confined to her room
with cold. She began to pine for
company.
81 want to see papa she said.
''Papa's busy, dear" said her mother.
Presently the pleading little voice was
raised again:
81 want to see my papa ever so much,
please, mammal"
mo. dear" was the answer; papa
cannot be disturbed"
Silence for a few moments and then
the four year-old parishioner rose -
a question of privilege.
Mamma she said insistently, 81 am
a sick woman, and I want to see my
minister"
And she did.
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why Tommy Marveled.

Tommy can count up to five on
my fingers, can't 1, ma?
Ma-Yes, Tommy. but don't boast.
saw a little boy no older than you to-
day who could count up to fifty.
Tommy-Where did he get all them
fingers from?