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in himself and her and pay for their
one room under the roof.
This night, as he leaned over the
river wall, the moo was at the full,
strange attraction for him as 1t flowed
toward the weir rejecting the long
double lines Of lamps. He came away
from it reluctantly, not to b. scolded
by the person Of the house for being
out too late.
The garnet which he and the old
woman rented was a mere nook under
the Of an old house. AS he drew
near 1t, on the moonlit flags of the old
street he saw an object shining: his
feet touched it, he picked it up; it was
a little bag Of golden chainwork with
q gold snap; he opened it; he saw it
was full of coins-such coins as he
had never seen in his life, except in
little bowls in money changers win
dows. The Madonna or Mamma Rosa
had bent it. Nothing else occurred to
him. 1t was a miracle! An answer to
his prayer
He slipped his hand, which had
took his homeward way, his ears sing
ing and his brain turning and his
heart throbbing in his persuasion that
some n In heaven, some one had
heard n answered his prayer! Sure
ly it vas Mamma Rosa, sitting now
OCSlSc liz V1duOlll1d.
Mamma Rosa had always taught
him, indeed, that what was other peo-
pies property he must never touch or
take, but this thing was no ones; it
was lying in his path; it was plainly
put there by some merciful hand; it
was a miraculous gift, a gift Of the
heavenly host, who were so much
kinder han these on earth.
He climbed the steep stone stairs,
ninety-three from the basement to the
attic, dark, slippery, foul-smelling, full
of dust n mud and cobwebs; he
Rugged the little purse in his breast,
he smiled to himself radiantly as he
climbed up h steps one by one with
tired, aching feet. He opened the
wooden door by its latch and gently
entered the room, for Norma might be
asleep, n it would harm her to star
tie her, ever to tell her such good It'd
ings.
Noiselessly he ran across the brick
floor aud sat down on his w bit of
sacking and began to think. Now he
had all this money it would be easy
to move his Norma out of the city and
carry her up, up, along the green and
gracious ascent Of the hills, and never
stop until she could be set down I'M
der the peach boughs and the walnut
leaves where the little trimming brooks
were running amidst the grass.
He opened the pretty bag again and
poured the gold coins out upon the
sacking. The 400 rays shone also
upon them. There were twenty. What
they were worth he did not know; hut
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Tho speedv pat.

Two Irishmen, just over from the old
country, Joined the army. One day they
were cleaning the cannon n Mike said:
Pat, let's see how this shoots. You
stand in front and catch the ball whin
it comes out and we can put it back.
and nobody Will iver know we fired at
ALL"
So Pat stood in front at the mouth and
Mike fired the cannon
When the officers heard the report h
came running to see what the disturbance
was about. Mix told them he and Pat
Just fired the cannon to see how it work
ed. and they asked where Pat was, to
which he replied:
If he comes back as quick as he wlnt,
he'll be here Directly
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M|SF|TS VIA DAKOTA
JOLLIFY AT Dinner
Unique Meeting Of Divorces
Is Held in Gay New
York.
THEY ORGANIZE A CLUB
Mrs. Sophia Florence piesenser Is tho
Guest Of Honor-She Is About to
Be Remarked to a
Tenor.

New York special: Out of the d.
vorce dinner given by Mrs. Sophia
Florence Diesenger to celebrate the
awarding of the decree which sepa,
rates her permanently from Albert
Diesenger, a Wal street broker, has
grown the Broken Wedding Bell assoc
citation. Mrs. Diesenger's guests were.
so delighted with the dinner and the
entertainment that they are determined
to have a permanent organization.
Mrs. Diesenger's dinner was unique
and 1T was not ended until early In the
morning. Nearly all the guests had
undergone experiences similar to those
of the hostess and many We're the sad
"monsters," "fiends in human shape,'
"deceiving w~retches' and "heartless.
beauty"
James P. McQuade. father of the hos
tess, who himself went through the
courts successfully, was a happy guest.
but feared he would become ineligible
to membership, as he contemplated an
other experiment in matrimony.
Statisticians at the dinner said aft
erward that South Dakota and Rhode
Island We're about evenly represented.
while Pittsburg appeared to lead in,
point of nativity.
Menu Cards Appropriate.
At half past ten the guests had all
arrived, and an hour later they tooh
their places at the supper table. AT
familiar look to most Of the guests.
1t was the menu written on the inside
of the sheet which vas folded and re-
sembled a court document. This was
the menu, apart from the wines:
Lobster a la South Dakota.
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Seven Cities.

In Christiania the unvaccinated can
not vote.
In Southampton it is against the Law
to whistle in the streets on Sunday.
In Tokio every workman wears on
his back an inscription telling his trade.
and his employer.
Annoy (P~ackingtown excepted) Is the
sewage is thrown into the streets.
In Madrid Tuesday is deemed I'M
lucky, and for many years no one has
been married on that day.
In Paris nearly all cafes have tables
on the sidewalk. From these sidewalk
900.
Cannes, the perfume-making town Of.
southern France, smells SO powerfully
of flowers in the busy season that wis.,
tors are often afflicted with a fcweH
headache.
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Nothina R,t tha 1ruth

NotnTn9 GUT INC IFUth.
Her Father-What does that young
mar do who was in the parlor last
night?
Pretty Daughter-He's a gentleman
of leisure. papa. He lost his job last
Wee~
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Not Superstitiou.

Not Superstitious.
The lady looked at the Irish girl ana
said: II wouldn't mind giving you $l1
a month, but you are not superstitioua
are you?"
mot a bit, ma'am," answered tho
girl with a grin; wouldn't be afraid
to take s13."'
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Menu Cards Appropriate.
rrizzled Terrapin, Alimony Sauce.

tIlZZlGu 4Sl1oplll, fAllIllOlly CauSS.
Beef, Cold Shoulder, a la Counsel Fees.
Shrimp Salad, Lawyers Dressing.
Lemon Ice Cream. Interlocutory Cakes
Fruit, Assorted Nuts, Raisins.
Coffee. Cigarets.
There was amazement at first when
one of the two walters supplied by the
caterer brought ice cream and cigarets.
as the opening course. But everybody
laughed, thinking it a little joke of
the hostess. When. however, in the
mex minute the otner waiter, none too
steady on his feet, brought in coffee and
fruit. Mrs. Diesenger rushed for the
telephone. She called up the caterer
and demanded walters that were not
divorced from their wits. Presently two
sober ones arrived and the others re-
tired.
Mrs. Diesenger, who is beautiful and
vivacious, was the life of the party.
After the supper she entertained her
guests with the aid Of Heinrich a Great
Dane, and Gretchen, a dachshund. She.
has taught them to perform some re-
markable acrobatic feats.
The party was not only a festival to
celebrate the departure Of No. 1. but
2. Mrs. Diesenger announced tha O
she will become the bride of Francis J..
Tyler, a tenor singer, who is a member
Of the Madam Butterfly" company.
Mr.. Tyler is without experience as a.
principal in a divorce suit, but the
colony. at least that portion of it that
heard the announcement, regards the
match as a suitable one, and MANY
glasses were tinkled to the happy pair.
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Beef, Cold Shoulder, a la Counsel Fees.
Shrimp Salad, Lawyers Dressing.
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Coffee.

Ice Cream, 1nterlocutory Cakes,
Fruit, Assorted Nuts, Raisins.
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No 56pWz N0RENcE 6F5FNdR5 DM@TR TRE1 ToK1NJW REslPE1T5 50

Paris toughs have thrown round the
Moulin more or less protects the citi-
zens who dwell Immediately beside it;
While, for the rest, a blind terror of
cruel and lingering retaliation closes
pyory month
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YOUNGER MEN FOR PRESIDENTS
Roosevelt Broke Record for Youthful
ness with Grant Second.

Roosevelt Broke Record for Youthful
ness with Grant Second.
For the near future, at least, each
of the great parties is likely to give
the preference to young men for
Presidents. Mr.. Roosevelt's expert
ence has settled this point. AS in
many other things, Mr.. Roosevelt
broke the record in youthfulness, be-
ing only 43 years of age when he
reached the presidency.
On entering the white house Lincoln
was 50, Johnson, 81; Grant, AZ; Hayes,
81; Garfield, 40; Arthur, 81; Cleve-
land, 4S; Harrison, 80, and Mckinley,
SO. This completes the list of Presi-
dents since the beginning Of the Re-
publican ascendency, says Leslie's
Weekly.
In the early days of the government
the average age OF the Presidents was
greater than it has been in the last
forty years. On going to the head of
the government Washington was 81,
Adams, O.; Jefferson, Madison and
50; Jackson, 81; Van Buren,, 30; VIII
liam Henry Harrison, 6S; Tyler, 81;
Polk, 80; Taylor, 60: Fillmore, so:
Pierce, 80, and Buchanan, &c.
The first Harrison was the oldest
Of all the Presidents on attaining Of
flee, and he died u month after his in
auguration. The next oldest was
Buchanan. Possibly had he been 46
or SO on attaining Office, instead Of Go,
he would have done more to uphold
the government in the days between
South Cardinals secession. in the lat
ter part of December, 1860, and his
own retirement two and half months
later, than he attempted. The next
oldest, Taylor, died when Il year and
third in office. Harrison and Taylor
We're the only Presidents who died nat
ural deaths during their terms.
Mr.. Roosevelt was the youngest Of
the country'S Presidents, and next to
him, in this order, stood Grant, Cleve-
land, Garfield and Pierce. Undoubted-
ly RoOsevelts youthfulness accounts
for much of the vigor, the promptness,
the initiative, the resourcefulness and
the dash of his administration. 1t ac-
counts also for much of his personal
popularity. There are days when
young men have the call on the big
prizes Of politics.
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Fairy Tales.

The fairy tales are the only true ac-
counts that man has ever given of his
destiny. Jack the Giant Killer" is the
embodiment Of the first of the three
great paradoxes by which men live. 1t
is the paradox of courage, the para
dox which says, You must defy the
thing that is terrifying you; unless you
are frightened you are not brave
cinderella" is the embodiment Of the
second Of the paradoxes by which men
live, the paradox Of humility, which
says, Look for the best in the thing
ignorant of its merit he that aliases
himself shall be exalted" And Beau
ty and the Beast is the embodiment
of the third of the paradoxes by which
men live, the paradox of faith, the alb
solutely necessary and wildly unreal
sonable maxim which says to every
mother with child or to every pa
triot with a country, You must love
the thing first and make it lovable af-
terward' These tales are far truer
than the rhinoceros at the zoo, for you
know what these mean And you can
guess what the rhinoceros means!-G.
X Chesterton.
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CHAPTER XVIII.

'It is very dreadful TO have to say it:
but | think l began to love you just
when it was wrong to do so-on the
day you came to tell me you had dis
covered your wife was living. Then
came that unhappy time, and the letters
written in jacks behalf really helped
yourself At last, when / saw you so i'll
and sorrowful looking, my heart went
out to you"
This will be an awful blow to Jackw
Never mind Jack now. Your kind
ness has made him think himself para
gon. 1 think it will do him good to find
out that he is not so irresistible as he
fancied himself"
Presently, after some conversation,
Ethel said:
Papa will wonder what has become
of us. We had better go and tell him
everything. He will be so pleased
do you think 500" Polling asked,
doubtfully; and Ethel throwing her arms
about his neck answered him with kisses.
OF course Sir Godfrey was delighted.
AS a man, he thought highly of Captain
Polling. Besides, he had undouhted ad-
vantages of birth and position, and
household when the present possessor
should have gone to rest.
Jack was inclined to be displeased at
first: but it was characteristic of the
facile nature of the man that he con-
scented to be corciliated, and stayed on
right into the summer making Mailing
ford his headquarters during his trips
into the surrounding country to touch up
from nature Lord Summers six pictures
And. as the days heightened to their
longest, Polling gradually recovered
much of his old brightness. Ethel was
devoted to him.
Sometimes people, looking at her ra-
diant young beauty and his grave ma
turity, wondered at the girls vncon-
cealed devotion and admiration. One
day some one ventured to say some
thing of the kind to her. Her eyes
flashed a little, as she answered.:
"You don't know him as he really is
ii you did, you would not be surprised"
Alec took her to Paris on their we'd
ding trip, aud amid the gayeties of the
city they did not forget one day to pay
visit to Pauline's grave. Ethel placed
large wreath of immortelles on the
resting place of her unfortunate cousin
and turned away with lump rising in
her throat. Husband and wife were
both very silent on the way back to their
hotel.
They received one visitor before they
passed on toward Italy--it was Babette.
now Nine. Couronne. Of the Boulevard
DIES Italiens. She had invested her five
thousand pounds judiciously, and was
already becoming rather celebrated as
one Of the leading modstes of the city.
She wished one place of news to be con
veyed to Sir Godfrey. Messrs. DAVIS &
Raven had made "a fash in the pan"
with their two thousand FIVE hundred
pounds; they had speculated through
man who was Hammered" the very next
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settling day, and so lost every penny.
and were in worse plight than ever.
'They wanted me to join in the same
speculation" added Nine Couronne,
with the money your father had been
SO so generous as TO insist upon my &C
cepting; but you have proverb, "A bird
in the hand is worth two in the bush,'
and / kept my money under my own
management, as madame sees, with good
result.
Erect, whise-haired Sir Godfrey is
never so happy as when he is walking
out with toddlipg Godfrey Mailing Pei
ling. who is to carry on the old family
name, by and by. Captain Polling is
everything that country gentleman
should be; and, in spite of the many calls
on him, he is always able to spend plenty
of time in his wife's society. The pleas
ure these two find in each others COM
pany is as strong to-day as it was on
their wedding tour, and it is likely to
Increase rather than diminish, for it is
union founded on the most lasting of
all foundations deep mutual respect
and an impregnable faith.
THE END.
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Measuring the wealthy Father.

sAnd ho>s do you intend to support my
daughter" asked the merchant of the
poor but proud young man who had just
asked the fair maids hand.
II intend to work, SIR" he answered,
his tone as naughty and confident as the
merchants own.
''At what do you propose to work?'
sneered the angry father.
ANY graft, sir, that is good enough
to work and not bad enough to be found
out" replied the intrepid youth.
Touched to the heart, the merchant
impulsively held out his hand to the
young man. "She is yours, my boy" he
cried in trembling tones.-Baltimor
American
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OR A BITTER RECkONIN
BY CHARLOTTE M. BRAEN

ITO be sure she answered, without
any sign beyond a slight increase of color
that the memory was disquieting one
How much has happened since then
that | could wish undonev'
"And !, Slso."
DO you mean thatT
why should / say it unless / did,?
Jack looked excited. 1t was an awk-
ward place to make an avowal of love,
certainly, but he would not lose the op-
portunity she had given him. He leaned
forward and pointed out some flaw in
n picture before them, without in the
least knowing what he was saying, then
whispered close to her ear:
And do you really love me still? And
may l try TO redeem my past folly by
loving you more than eyer?"
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I used to have such pain in my back
THAT once ] tainted. The kidney secre-
tons were much disordered, and was
SO far gone that 1 was thought to be
at deaths door. Since DOan's Kidney
Pills cured me 1 feel as if l had been
pulled back from the tomb"
SOLD by all dealers. 90 cents a box.
Foster Mllburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
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fire. Then he went on: "Once on time
two men loved one woman. They both
loved her dearly, but, of course, they
could not both marry her. Now it hap
pened that the one she loved offended
her very grievously, and the one she did
not love trici to ingratiate himself
through the favored ones offense. But
the cause of offense was suddenly remov-
ed, and then the unloved one said to
himself, Her heart is bound up in this
man; she will never know happiness, but
as his wife; she does not love me. will
devote my life to making her happy by
bringing them together Well, he did.
He helped the favored man to make him
more worthy of her. 1t was the one
dream, the one ambition of his life, to
see them united. OF course there were
times when he felt still that he could
never know happiness without her HIM
self. He was a selfish beggar at the
best; but he really did do ali he could
for the man she loved. Imagine then
his establishment when the man whom
he had thought she loved came to him
one day and said, 1T has been all
mistake on your part; she does not care
for me at ALL Think what disappoint-
ment it was TO the poor wretch who had
been working to bring them together at
the sacrifice Of his own feelings! When
he had recovered from the first pang of
disappointment, he began to wonder
what her refusal meant, and a sudden
mad thought came into his head. 1t
was a wild, improbable, unreasonable
thought. There were no grounds for 1t
in fact, all things seemed to point In
an opposite direction. Still the thought
was in his mnd. Shall tell you what
that thought wasp He paused for
moment at tbs point, and then, moving
nearer TO her, went on. He thought
that, perhaps, in the great tenderness OF
her heart, this woman had at first pitied
him for a certain unhappiness that cloud
ed his life for a time, that possibly she
had overrated his efforts on her behalf,
and that, between her feelings and pity
and gratitude, she was carried little
out of herself and imagined she ought,
as a matter of duty, you know, to marry
the man she did not really love. Then
he said, This must not be; l will go and
set her mind at rest, and tell her not to
worry about me. / shall be all right by
and by, and learn in time to be content
Cd without her."
and did he go?'
Yes, he went"
And what did the woman say?'
"Ah, that is more than | can tell at
present. / have come to ask you to
finish the story for me-"
II see," with a smile. This is how
should finish it. The Undetermined
man, who did not think it possible that
he could be loved for himself alone, went
to the woman and told her he should
learn to be content without her in time,
upon which the woman rose up and held
out her hands, saying. But l can never
learn to be contented without you, Alec,
for / love you very, very dearly""
A faint little whisper that sounded
like my own, own love-" hoated through
the room, and Captain Polling and Ethel
Mailing were locked in close embrace.
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after day, don't wor-
ry. Doan's Kidney
Pills have cured
thousands Of women
in the same cendi-
ton. Mrs. A. Hell
man of saltwater,
Mimi, says: But
for Doan's Kidney
Pills l would not be
living now. They
cured me in 1899
I've been we'll since.
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What's the Use?

DO you ever get discourage 2"
asked the intimate friend.
NO." answered Mr. Comstock, 81
don't / know that if it comes to the
worst l can let my hair grow long,
show band Of religious enthusiasts
the SLY true path to heaven, and live
without work in the finest house in the
colony. detroit News.
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MANAGERIAL JOYS.

Opposing Captain-Why don't you fire
Smithers? He can't bat, he can't run
AND he can't catch.
Manager Home Team--No; but every
other member Of the nine owes hin
money .-Puck.
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Robbed In Church.

Just think what an outrage it is to
be robbed of all the benefits of the
services by continuous coughing
throughout the congregation, when
Anti-Gripine is guaranteed to cure:
Sold everywhere, % cents. r. w. Die
mer, NJ. d., Manufacturer, Spring.
field, Mo.
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Runs in All Direction

THAT fellow Burroughs is the queer
est runner | ever saw"
1--WE only noticed that he's forever
running into debt"
Eyes, and at the same time running
away from the people to whom he is
in debt "-PhiIalelph Ledger.
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Preparing for the Wedding.

II suppose" said the facetious
stranger, watching a workman spread
carpet from the church to the curb,
that's the high road to heaven you're
fixing there?'
NO" replied the man, "this IL mere
ly bridal path. philadelphia
Press.
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Make Money First.

But" protested the plain citizen
"don't you consider honesty good
thing"
"SHre," replied the politician; ''but it's
like all other good things-you've got tc
make money before you can afford it."
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DON'T DESPAIR.

Read the Experience of n Minnesota
Woman and Take Heart.
If your back aches, and you feel
sick, Ianguid, weak and miserable day
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Hn0 Ii Rirhf.

Tarrier-Pwhat fer is thin dagoes
so ALFRED mad about, l dunno?
FOreman-That'S ii.
Tarrier-Pwhat'S it?
FGreman-They'r all fired.-Cleye-
land Leader.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-01-10

Mrs. winslow,s SOOTHING s1nu9 for Chtldrcp
tDethiug poftens the gums, reduces inflammation AZ
Cys pa1h cures wind ooHe. IS cents o bottle.
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A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorized to refund money II
PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in q TO Il
says SOC.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-01-10

Alaska's canned salmon output
estimated this year at $10,OOO,O0O.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-04
POINTED PARAGR GRAPHS.

When you are in hurry for thing
how slow it travels
An excuse never aecomplsls.hs ~ Il
is expected to accomplish.
II you want people ito like yea dent
know anything ION" them
Ever notice this! If one thing goes
right with YOU something else goes
wrong.
Every one owes something to himself
except the father He owes it all to his
family.
When you see two people who dislike
you whispering together, doesn't 1t give
you funny feeling:
About the easiest thing In the world
that we know anything about is to find
the bright side for somebody, else
They speak of it as ''life's ftfu! fe-
ver," but most of us have such hair
raising experiences that it Is more like
chills.-Atchison Globe