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Did a Friendly Turn.

Booth Harrington was talking about
Burns, whose poetry he admires.
In a beer hall. one night" he said,
Il saw bust of Burns.
Il turned 70 young man and said:
WHO is that?
Burns he answered, without hesita-
ton.
" And what said l. did Burns do to
enttle him to a bustT
Why, he--he-oh, he died. said the
young man, yawning.
But his companion was a Scot. This
Scot, as he filed his whisky glass,
sneered and said:
sufhced for his commemoration in bronze
and marble. Burns was a poet, gentle
men. Furthermore, he was good fell
low Let me tell you something that
should endear him to such minds as
yours
"'Once in Dumfries, Burns had the
job of gauger. He went about from
public house to public house, seeing that
good, pure grade of whisky was
served. And he was supposed. too, TO
keep his eye open for unlicensed houses
to see that 10 speak easies," as we
call them, tlourished in Dumfries.
And did he do it? Did he. indeed :?
There's a fond Dumfries tradition that,
sneaking hurriedly into the back door
of prosperous speak easy" one after
noon, Burns whispered excitedly to the
owner, widow:
Kate, woman, are ye mad? The
supervisor and me will be raidin' We in
half an hour" New York Tribune.
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Fond OF Horses,

ut is not generally known" said tho
driver OF patrol wagon. that many Of
the residents living near patrol and
fire stations take as great an interest
in the horses as we do, and | think il
will be conceded that we all love our
horses. Prominent men ana women
bring all kinds of fruits and delicacies
for the horses. Very soon the horses
come to know them, and about the hour
they are in the habit of calling thd
horses are on the lookout. Horses ard
very fond of apples and loaf sugar. A
physician living adjacent to our sta1
ton has for several years called at the
stable and brought big apple for
each horse. He calls about O'Clock
each morning, and if he chances ia
be few minutes late the horses neigh
and become restless. If we are out on
Il trip at the time the doctor calls nd
leaves the apples, and although they
are beauties, there is not man in tbe
station who would eat one of them. en-
anxious is everyone that the horses
should not be deprived of their fruit.
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ways in which Mr.. Flagg has amassed
comfortable fortune. lie is proud OF
having been successful, and believes
that one of the most vital character
istics of n man is his method of max
ing money. SO, briefly, he will inform
the world about himself when he dies.
How did | happen to erect such a
monunentE' he repeated, in reply to a
question put to him. wei, I'll tell
you. Ever since | vas knee high to a
grasshopper' I've been going through
cemeteries looking at the tombstones.
l used to like to read the inscriptions,
and then wonder about the men. On
most of them there wasn't much but
Here lies Tom Grant or Here lies
jim smith Now, that doesn't tell
fellow much. What did | know of the
man when l got through reading that?
| could have hunted up some of their
friends and found out, probably, but
that isn't the point. Here was |. ~
stranger, just passing through. and nat
uraly curious to know something
about the fellows who had done theiH
work and retired.
THE more | got to thinking about
this, the more | made up my mind
that when it came my turn | wouldn't
leave anybody who happened to pass
by my tombstone in the same quan5
dairy If put on just Here lies George
A. Flagg' they wouldn't know me from
John Smith. SO | said: I'll tell 'em
something about George A. Flagg and
how he made his money And I've
done IL.
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TEST OF AERIAL TORPEDO.


PEELED by Internal Motoi
Mai. lingo Of the Swedish army has
invented comparatively novel projuc.
tile, which hr thinks might hc yama1t.
for coast dofeuse. lie calls it an arr,a
torpedo Like the Whitehead device. Is
carries a charge of gun cotton ia its
head, and IN the body are provided means
for automatic propulsion. The latter
differ from those employed with submd-
rlue torpcdOes. Mai tugc substitutes
for compressed air composition con-
siSting mainly of gunpowdcr. The gases
Of combustion do not escape directly, as
they do from a rocket, bat actuate n
tiny engine in the rear part of the she'll
and, though IT is pot SO asserted in the
current accounts, the motor probably
causes a propeller wheel outside the cas-.
ing TO reyUlyc. The inventor proposes to
have three sizes. their diamctcrs being
1, and y inches, respectively, and their
charge OF guncottOn varying from 10
100 pounds.
Tests were made OF the two smaller
sizes n short time ago ON the ordnance
proving grounds of the Swedish govern
ment, and a number of foreign officer,
were permitted 10 witness them. Ae-
Cording To correspondent of the Lon
don Times, the performance was highly
instructive. The turpcdues We're dis
fldFSfu from Sktltion lNDtN set UP Il
what was considered the most suitable
angle, the only impetus given to the tor
pedoes being that afforded 10y the burn.
ing of the composition which they CON
| tanned What impressed SOME observers
as the most remarkable feature OF the
| trial was the fact that the course of the
| pruicctiles did not alter \ perfect aim
| seemed 10 be feasible. although the
| mounting was makeshift,
l. fprnpIIgs NpIpl 81 q
| mile and a quarter t22o0 yards and the
| S-inch torpcdnes nearly three miles. The
| range Of the largest size was not ascer-
| tanned. but il could hardly have heeu less
| than five miles, and it might well hay,
been greater.
inasmuch MS proiectiles of correspond.
| Ing calibers fired from rited guns woulG
| 20 farther than Mai. Unge's torpcdoeS
| one might he tempted To question thu
| value II the latter. especially for driv.
| ing on war vessels which are threaten
| iug to attack 4 fortified spot. The plan
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The Bishop and the Druggist

One day a bishop Glanced into the
shop of a druggist who was very fond of
Il ioke-on somebody else. The drug
gist, wishing to have a joke at the bish-
ops expense, asked
Bishop, can you tell me the differ
encc between an ass and Il bishop"
The bishop could not.
We'll" said the druggist, smiling all
over. IAN ass carries its cross (burden)
upon its back, but Il bishop carries his
cross (of goldl on his breast"
VERY good" replied the bishop, and
can you tell the difference between an
ass and n druggisty'
After some hesitation the druggist an
swered: mo, sir, | can't"
Neither can L. rotOrtcd the bishop
rs he walked out. New York Evening
Mail
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UEKPERS r .MfriE PE OPP


lake such that it decided to burn It.
When this done, and when the insane ideas regarding
the impossible Of the deposits had been shaken
sufficiently the began hopes Of dividends
Considered geoogically, nearly all the great oil feds
United within belt that starts in New
York and rendng southwest angle Of As degrees,
takes in Pennsylvania West Virginia. Kentucky and Ten
The Kansas belt starts the city Of Chanute
in that State and along line at the angle southwest
southwestern fields the Indian Territory
and the Texas fields
There who have made more money in oil within
two than they made in mercantile and financial
lures in quarter of century AS to how much money
thousands Of young pungers have lost in the aggregate
that tme-that is altogether another story But it Is
largely their fault they plunge in without
rence careful thought.
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just Wonderful.

Vestry, Miss, Jan. 1st (SpacaN--
The case of Mrs. C. w. Pearson, who
resides here is particularly interest
ing one. Here is the story told by
Mr.. Pearson, her husband, in his own
words. He says:
MY wife's health was bad for n
long time. Last July she was taken
terrible bad with spasms. | sent for
the doctor, and after making thor
ough examination Of her, he said I'M
doubtedly the cause of her trouble was
disordered state of the Kidneys,
His medicine didn't seem to be doins
her much good, so as | heard about
Dodd's Kidney Pills, got her box
just to give them a trial. Wei. the
effect was just wonderful | saw that
they We're the right medicine ana |
got two more boxes. When she had
taken these she was so much better
that she had increased thirty pounds
in weight She is now quite well, and
we owe it all TO Dodd'S Kidney Pills"
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JAMES j. HILL TO
RETIRE NEW YEARS.
President of Great Northern Railroad
Will Quit Active Railroad Work
Son Succeeds Father.

ST. PAUL Mimi. Dec. cot is an
nounced that James j. Hill, president of
the Great Northern railroad, would re-
tire from active railroad work on Sat
urday next and that he would be sue
ceeded by one son, Louis w. Hill, while
another son, NJ. j. n. Hill, would sue
coed his brother Louis as first vice presl-
dent and that other official changes
would be made public next week.
James j. Hill has during the past two
weeks spent the greater part of the time
at the Minnesota club, and has even in
vaded the billiard rooms, something he
has not done for years. Mr.. Hill said
last week that he intended to drop rail-
road work and seek pleasure, and that
the only reason he had not done so be-
fore was that conditions had constantly
arisen that required his personal atten-
ton.
Louis w. Hill while the official head
of the Great Northern railway system
will have the assistance of his father.
Mr.. Hill was born in Guelph, Ontario,
September 16, 1888. He began in the
transportation business after leaving the
farm in St. Paul, in 1856. In 1870 he
established the Red River Transporta-
ton company. In 1878 he syndicated
the st. Paul & Pacific railway and
made it the Minneapolis & Manitoba.
He became president when this system
became the Great Northern. He was the
chief promoter of the Northern Securt-
ties company.
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which has just been tested i'm Sweden.
though, has two or three uuigUe merits.
Not only is the tube from which thr pro-
iectiloS are fired immensely cheaper than
the coast defense gun and mount, but IL
is also light enough to be readily moved
from one spot to another, The outfit
which the London Times correspondent
Saw-probably that which was suited to
the discharge of an S-inch torpedo
weighed only zoe pounds \ battery of
such tubes co&id be shifted with the
same ease as light artillery and concen-
traton at a given poiut on short notice
would be entirely practicable. or course
the apparatus and the torpedoes would
also be serviceable in field work Amer
lean military officers will undoubtedly
await further information about the
system, and particularly in regard TO the
behavior of Maj. Un&e's l2-nch tor
pcdo. with something more than curios-
ity-Ncw York Tribune.
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So -. - =. g.
PoPul s:<1'; 5ieraoe'


one of the most powerful causes Of
disease in London, says Prof. Mac
Hayden, is the inhalation of dust. The
constant inhalation OF particles of
dust, particularly at times of fog, has
delcterious effect on the respiratory
functions, producing bronchitis, pneu-
monia and kindred diseases.
\ shrinkage in the worlds water
supply is predicted by NJ. Martel, the
French explorer of caves. Through
the erosion and corrosion Of the
earth's surface, he says, the water
level is being continually lowered,
and, unless measures for preventing
this are adopted, a large part of the
world will, few centuries hence, die
of thirst.
Helium proves to be the one per
manent gas. Prof Olszewski has
suddenly released it from Il pressure
of $50 atmOspheres at the temporal
ture where hydrogen is about to solid
ify, but there was no sign of liquefy-
ing, although the temperature devel-
oped was estimated at 271 degrees
below zero Cent. This temperature is
within two degrees of absolute zero.
A step toward the adoption of the
decimal system of weights and meas
ures in Great Britain was taken by
the board of trade a few months ago.
1t was decided to authorize the prep
aration of standard weights of 20
pounds, 10 pounds and pounds each.
There is at present a 50-pound weight
in use, and the success of this as n
time and labor saver has contributed
toward the decision in favor of the
new weights above named.
In spectacular geology the Vayau
volcano in Samoa seems to have n
place by itself. The crater is seven
miles inland. and il forms lava noun
tains that are slowly carried great
distances by the molten sea beneath.
as many as five or six of these shift
ing mountain chains seeming TO he
now in existence. The mountains NAV
have a length of four or five mi es
with width of quarter of a mile
in places, and height Of two hun
dred feet.
Noting the rapid change in motive
power, Sir Alfred Hickman states
that in his own works twenty four
valuable steam engines have been re-
placed within few years b. electric
motors driven by gas engines. This
is estimated to have brought saving
in fuel alone Of S31500 a year. If
the future motors are to be driven by
explosion. he suggests the use of
powder or dynamite. and predicts
fame and fortune to the man harness
Ing dynamite for power.
In order to protect the interior Of
ships from the humidity caused by
condensation upon the metallic walls
during sudden changes of tempera-
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DIES IN TENEMENT FIRE.
Che Dead and Nearly Twenty
Injured in Minneapolis.
OIL STOVE BLOWN UP
Woman Who Attempted to Light It
Meets Death-Many Daring
Rescues Are Made.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. CO.
One person is dead, two seriously burned
and fifteen or more injured or overcome
by smoke, is the result Of the destruction
by fire today of the Higgins tenements,
Sl7-S29 Minnehaha avenue.
Fires Spread Overpowering.
The fire started in the apartments of
Mrs. Lorraine Buckliff, S23 AIinnehaha
avenue, in the middle of the big tene.
ment, and spread with great rapidity.
Twenty-seven families were routed from,
their beds and sent shivering and half
smothered into the 10 above zero ut.
mosphere. The dead:
BUCKLIFF, MRS. LORRAINE, aged go
years.
The seriously injured:
Stephen Lewis, barber.
Mrs. Mary Foley, aged 49, both badly
burned.
Daring Re5cues Are Mace.
Mrs. Foley may not recover. Lewis
was injured while trying to rescue per.
sons in the building. A. V Wells of 800
Minnehaha avenue was burned while res
cuing three children of Mrs. Schwartz, a
widow, whom he found almost smothered
by smoke in their beds.
Mrs. Buckliffe was burned to death be.
fore she could be taken from the kitchen.
Oil Stove Is Beginning.
Mrs. Foley, who slept with Mrs Buck
lift, arose at 80 this morning to start a
fire in an oil stove. As soon as she
lighted a match the oil exploded Mrs.
Buckliff was standing nearby and in q
moment her clothes were mass of
flames which soon spread throughout the
building.
The twenty-sevcn families made home.
less lost everything they possessed.
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Solitary Tren in Ocnan.

The British steamer Lille has
just arrived at New York from Port
Maria and Port Antonio, Jamaica, with
a unique tale. On October u, twenty
five miles 10 the uorthward Of Cape
Maysi, at the eastern end Of Cuba, the
lookout reported what he took at first
to be an island. Capt. Durie was ruz-
lied, because there is no island there
ahouts. 1t appeared to be a very tiny
island and the Lille was almost upon
it. 1t had only one tree. Soon 1t re-
vealcd itself to be a solitary cocomut
tree standing upright in the water, rs
if an anchor held it balanced. The
branches were sixteen feet above the
water and supported ripe fruit.
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Horseback Ride of 500 Miles.

The most wonderful straight away
ride ever made Ivy Il man was the gallon
of Francis Xavicr Aubrcy-ci-dcvau
Canadian voyaEcur, and q famous Hany
Express rider-from Santa FC, y. NJ,
to Independence, Mo-. in 1868 500 miles
in days Is hours.
In 1852 he had covered the same dis.
lance in a little over eight days, and
his record was on the wager of $1,000
that he could do it in an even eight"
In the whole distance he did not stop to
rest and changed horses only with every
100 or 200 miles. He was n stocky
French Canadian. light hearted, genial,
adventurous, absolutely fearless.
For some time he was an overland
freighter; and he also made the enor.
mously difficult and dangerous drive OF
flock Of sheep from New Mexico 10
California across the deserts of the Col
orado. He was killed in Santa Fc--Mc-
Cures Magazine
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Taking Chances.

\ small boy had been punished. and in
consequence was feeling al eum:ty With
all the world, hut with his father IN par
ticuiar, When he came to say his prayers
ut night he gabblcd through them ut
il high rate OF speed. and while asking
FOR the customary blessing ON all the
other members of the family, including
the cat, he left ont his offending parent
His mother understood, bur thought it
best to appeal to his better self .
Harold" she said sweetly, what
about papa? You forgot dear"
Didn't Don't want papa blessed"
why, Harold, when you love him SOP
Just think, dear papa has gone down
town nov, aud how would you feel if
lie got lost or hurt because you hada't
prayed for him."
This rather worked ON the boys mind.
ana slowly he began 10 Chamber out OF
bed when. just as he got on his knees,
be heard the familiar click Of his fathers
key IN the lock. Il guess I'll risk IT."
he announced. and quick as a wink
jumped back into bed.-M. 4. niekerson
IN iippincotts.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Got Him Out of Scrapes.
SUE STORMS If HE STAYS.
Given Until Next Tuesday to
Quit by Gov. Hanly

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dee. 2S.-The
Star says: "Gov. Hanly has given
Daniel Il. Storms until next Tuesday to
hand in his resignati ton as secretary Of
state. If the secretary has not complied
with the governors demand by that time
the attorney general will proceed against
him in the courts. These proceedings
will be in the nature of n suit to Gust
Storms from office on the ground dat
he has misconducted the affairs of his Of
Go.
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DANTE'S HOUSE IS ROBBED
Daring Men Garry Off Several Relics and
Taunt Victims by Leaving an
Inscription.

FLORENCE, Dec. 29.-Much excite
ment has been caused here by the daring
of thieves who seem to have organized
to steal art treasures.
They made hole in wall Of the
house of Dante, from which they sue.
ceeded in carrying OFF several relics of
the poet. Before leaving the thieves
wrote on one of the walls "You Floren-
tines are IDIOTS. You have saluble things
and don't know it."
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wants them in her workshop. l think men have
idea that complain great deal about their work
| don't know about that. l do know number Of lazy
women but idea about the matter is that the
jorty of do entirely too much without saying
word
When reach the complaining stage it is pretty
that the wonderful strength and force that has kept
up long is the A woman's complaint Of
overworl is nearly always a danger signa-women
often cruelty overworked without knowing it.
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the involved The bureau Of commerce has already
proved great assistance insurance companies trans
acting business in foreign countries and If its work should
in way bring about review Of the disputed ques-
tons with an affirmative result great and permanent
vice will have been rendered to insurance interests FED
regulation Of life could be made to secure
every policy holder all the benefits now secured by the
best State regulation of the business and without the
crudty expense involved in its reguS
ton by forty odd departments under our present
system.
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A Vegetarian Danger.

In some respects vcgetarians suffer
poisoning, seeing that beans, peas, lcntlls
aud peanuts contain twice ms much Of
the poison as meat. The natives of In
da Suffer greatly from uric acid dis
eases, owing to the quantity of dahl
QeutilS) they eat. Other natives who
avoid dahl are almost entirely free. DR..
IIaig in London Mail.
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FEDERAL SUPERVISION OF INSURANCE.
By John A. M'CaH, President New

On the subject OF FEDERAL regulation
Of life insurance companies in the
United States one might make the ref
erence as brief as the famous chapter
on snakes in Ireland by saying there
is no such thing as federal regulation
of life insurance in the United States,
but because such regulation is emil
nently desirable l am minded to say
a word with respect to it.
The act of the Fiftyseventh Con-
gress, authorizing the establishment Of
a department Of commerce and labor
,,,nxr o,,o., Tho nu Cor rnrnSnnt fi0n of
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A Choice Of Evils.

"Why did you ask that woman's
youngest child to recitef"
Because" answered Miss Cayenne.
1T was the only way to keep the cid
est child from playing the piano.
Washington Star.
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VARTCOCELE.
Varicoceie Ir,pairs Vitality

| want every man afflicted with Yari.
cocele Blood Poison, Nervo-Nital De.
bility, or allied troubles TO come 10 my
Office, where ] will explain to him my
method of curing these diseases. in
vite IN particular all men who have be.
come dissatisfied with treatment else.
where. | will explain TO you why you
have not been cured, and will demon.
strate to your entire satisfaction why |
can cure you safely, quickly, and per.
manently. MY COUNSEL WILL
COST YOU NOTHING, BUT MY
CHARGES FOR A PERFECT CURE
WILL BE REASONABLE AND NOT
MORE THAN YOU WILL BE WILL.
ING TO PAY lCR THE BENEFITS
CONFERRED. WILL DO BY YOU
AS | WOULD WANT YOU TO DO
BY ME- If OUR CASES WERE
REVERSED.
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| ANIES IF you are suffering from persistent
GTc'Lo Ueudache, Painful MenStruation
Uterine DIspacements Pains in Back and feel
rs If it were impossible for you to endure your
troubles and still be Obliged To attend 10 your
household and social obligations give the
Doctor call lie will cure you II you trust your
self TO his care. A great many have taken treat
meut OF this SPECIALIST, end he can refC- ~ to
those who b5 been Gu a by him.
Thousand C. rcd at home by correspc aaeIce
ltp secrecy I'M ,Il prrfpss Inn, dsa fip,ys - !.
u Scent stamp for list Of pestious and pam Dnlet.
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much ol' the first of Texas experiences The
flow of oil in the history of drilling from
we'll, which, from depth of 1925 feet threw oil
$50 the air. the rate of 10000 barrels in twenty
hours. lake of 100000 barrels formed from
unchecked overflow stretching mile more from the
derrick Crude oil dropped from 81 barrel to cent
barrel, while held strong at % cents barrel The
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ALL IN A DAYS WORK.
By Juliet Y. Strauss.

1t is marvellous that a woman's family will
work against her when they should see that she
is sacrificing herself on the altar of home. But
they will do it. Few families there are indeed
who do not tear down" what the mother has
with patience and fortitude built up.
Every housekeeper has certain little cranky
motions that there really is no use Of her holding
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Office hours to 4.
And Every Fourth Saturday Thereafter.

] Cure Nervous Debility, Blood
Poison, Rheumatism, Enlarged
Veins, Fistula, Piles and Other
Rectal Diseases, Kidney, Blad-
der and Lingering Iments.
| MAKE NO CHARGE FOR CONSULTA.
TON whether you take treatment 0y not