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"enl- Was Out of the Smoke.

In tae vicinity OF Paris Hill, Me-. 3.
generation or thcreabout ago lived u
man manner William Young. who was
known as "Bili" Young. Although 1t
was conceded he was hardly upto par
intellectually. and was accordingly
the butt of jokes, his replies were nj.
ways witty and sure TO provoke laugh.
FER.
ON one occasion. in celebrating n
presidential election. IL is said, the
boys decided to put up a poke on the
old man. They had an old "muzzle-
loader" which they filed nearly half.
tull OF black powder, wads. etc. and
informed him he must fire It, "Bnl'
demurrcd. on the ground that tho
charge was too heavy. but on beins
told II was the only way he could
show his loyalty to the Republican
party he consented.
Taking the gun somewhat ging.riy.
nc fred, and was. OF course. boys;ed
over and over by the recoil of the
ncavy musket
One of the boys, safe disrance
away. and doubled up with laughter.
managed to gasp: Say, BIZ. what
are you down there for?"
Huh. To get out tn smoke" re-
torted "Bill." slowly and painfully
picking himself up out OF the dirt.
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His Commitment.

A New York publisher has a repu,a-
tion for employing the homliest stem
ographers and typewriters In the city.
Efficiency rather than beauty is what
he wants, and he knows the prettiest
ones are not the most efficient. Just
the same, 1t is said Of him. that he
doesn't know pretty woman when he
sees one. Still his wife is an unusual.
ly handsome woman.
Not long ago she came into his Of.
fice, where she appears only at rare
intervals. and only when it is abso.
lutely necessary. She was met by an
office boy, bright Irish lad, who had
never seSn her. She asked for Mr..
Blank.
Who shall l say wants to see him
mem?" he inquired.
His wife" she replied.
He looked at her In open-eyed sur
prise and genuine admiration.
Sure. mem. and I'll tell him." he
said. starting on. land bad cess te
thin that says he has no taste in Ia
dies. num-"
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cnpt. q. G. xivers ls now aeppauts
ruler Of the Island Of orchiils. n ~
caribbean sea, says tho Baltimore 6uA.
| He threw out his lines and made fast
there twelve years ago. and Will prob.
ably mako It bis harbor the rest Of
his life--this though no 10 the only
whitc man on the island. and though
he has seen tho members Of his family.
who 1.-Two ut 210s Cough street. only
twice In fifteen years
Capt. Rivers Is king and cabinet
combined, and not one OF his thirty
West Indian negroes under his sway
dares question his rule. but when he
leaves Orchilla he leaves his royalty
behind.
The captain is not comic-Opera
king. He doesn't wear birds OF para
disc plumes when he's on the throne.
but down there In that lonely little
SPOT. with the blue Caribbean about
him and the tropical nights above. he
srperintends the gathering OF qua
no from the coral reefs. which the seq
10 eternally uncovering. Boston cnpi-
talists first bought the product OF Or
chIlia. They secured Capt. Rivers
services fifteen years ago. The island
is now owned by company OF Balti-
more. Other islands are to be nc
quired by the company, and tho cap
tain is hero loking for viceroy TO aid
him in the management OF his king
dom.
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Allene was not a debutante. but this
was the eve OF her comingout party
After she had been graduated from
the fashionable finishing school she
had spent two years abroad with her
aunt and cousins as travelling COM
panions. So she had mingled but little
ia the society OF her home city since
she was school girl.
During these last four years, her
heart had futtered In many ways but
flown In none. and she was still heart
whole. though not exactly fancy free'
and she was looking forward with
some curiosity as TO the men she
would meet tonight
Among the many offerings OF How
eSs she had received in honor OF the
coming event. three boxes had partic-
ularly attracted her interest. One held
the conventional. glorious American
beauties. longstemmed and full bios
somed. The box was accompanied
by the visiting card. correct in every
detail, Of Mr.. Schuyler Elton Van
Rensler, whom she had first met
while at school in New York. He had
Joined her aunt's party once or twice
in their travels. and by invitation he
was to be present at her homecoming
party.
"The flowers and card are like him"
she thought-'the very best to be had
-faultlessly faultless. American beau
ties are, OF course, beyond criticism.
but dead perfection bores me-some
times"
The next box held her favor!te flow.
or, violets. Instead of card. n note
met her eye as she lifted the cover.
She recognized the boyish scrawl with
= little thrill of pleasure. Ned
Holmes, four years her senior. had been
her attendant back In the high school
days. How proud she had been to re-
ceive letters from student, and a
Junior at that. She had been to his
college town TO see him play football.
and had in consequence been the envy
Of her classmates.
You see have not forgotten your
favorite flower" he wrote. Il trust
that you are still loyal to your choice;
also that you have not forgotten your
friend OF schooiday times"
1t gave her pleasure now to recall
those days. and of course. It was fat
tering to have her tastes so well re-
membered. The third box! what
blissful day was recalled by the deli
cate odor OF the large bunch of wake
robins reposing on their bed of moss,
II was like the donor. she reflected.
to enclose neither note nor card
simply message from the woods
the reminder OF one perfect, never-to-
be-forgotten day.
1t had been during a brief visit
home In the spring Of her last year at
the city school when she was but eigh-
teen. aud her head was filled with
dreams Of ideals. All her favorite
heroes she likened unto Kenneth AL
len, tile son Of their family physician.
She had been called home on account
At ths illness of her mother. DIR.
Alisn. senior, was away from home.
and his son. Kenneth. who had been
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TEACHING THE y0VNc CHIMES

such circumstance as these.
School lasts usually from ID
in the morning Till sunset, Ssa ;
hours break for the midday Z
Chinese boys have no Sunday. ~
the way to and from school hs,)
as much rushing about and ~.
as with our schoolboys at home =
the primer and the slate. WAYS
n cloth. are quickly laid "
ground when IL is the time to 9.
cuff or blow. We see boys q
ing the games OF ball. blind
bun. soldiers. robbers or
where the pigtail serves as res
ing kites and many other weir
games.
Girls as n rule are not -
school: the mother superiuteno
training In housework. Al
the girls are old enough ~
taught to cook. sew. make ana
clothes and indeed to do all -
work. But the enlightened
sends his daughter TO school ~
nearness OF a mission or some
school gives him an oppor''n's'
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Bad Company.

A Glasgow holiday-maker was
brought up on charge of drunk and
disoi derly.
What have you got to say for your.
self?' said the magistrate. "You look
respectable and ought to be ashamec
to stand there"
I'm vera sorry. sir. but came u ,
in bad company from Glesca." humbl.,
replied the prisoner.
What sort Of company"
"A lot Of teetotalers.' was the
startling response.
What. sir!' cried the bail.e "a tee.
tc.aler, in rage. do you mean to say
that sbstainers are bad company
I think they are the best OF company
for such as you. SIR
"Begsin' your pardon" answered
the pri'Ioner. "ye're wrang. for I had a
hale mitchkin Of whusky an had to
drisk Il a. misel. Post.
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Upset Clerical Dignity.

The minister who had the reputation
of never relaxing from his dignity was
trying to prove to few congeptal
friends that the reputation was aot
deserved. why. one day laughed
right out in the pulpit" he said. "and
dii not get over the disgrace OF Il
for several weeks. But 1t was one of
those times when my sense OF hunor
got the better OF my ministerial cplia
1T was one hot summer day. and
my church was very close 10 n house.
The windows OF the church were open.
and VIC could hear distinctly the mur.
muir OF voices next door. had Just
offered prayer. and there was the in.
tense silence which always follows
an invocation. In the solemn silence
woman's harsh voice screamed:
"'Iohn. where are the nails?' And
a gun voice answered:
"'In the coffee pot. you fool You
put them there youself'"
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To start a s.Iky Horse.

The account OF drivers brutality
to baking horse in recent issue
leads ne to write you the following:
Some years ago in Cincinnati, dur
ing the noon hour In one OF the busi,
est streets, q horse attached to an ex-
press wagon became balky. Many
remedies were tried without effect.
Presently one OF Cincinnati's best
known horsemen came along. When
he saw the trouble he smilingly ask
ed for stone. which was given to
him. Then he asked the driver to
lift up one foot OF the horse and with
the stone he struck the shoe mum.
Der of times.
Now he said to the driver, "get
up on your seat and drive on"
This the driver did. amid cheers of
the bystanders. The horseman said
he had no Idea why this made a balky
horse go. but he had found 1t an un.
falling remedy.-Letter in New York
Times.
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had said wistfully. as they were part.
ing
His eyes grew darker. but he had
only bIdden her n conventional good.
bye.
Il hope Kenneth isn't In love with
Allene." she had overheard her moth
er say to her father that night
"Allene is n child" had been the re-
assuring reply. and Kenneth is too
proud TO tell rich mans daughter of
his love"
Her heart had only been touched.
not stirred. Many times during her
prolonged absence she had thouyht of
him. but now the flowers had smote
the chord OF memory sharply and she
yividly recalled that summer after.
noon.
Which flowers shall | carry to-
night?" She debated. the roses are
really the most appropriate. but don't
want to encourage Schuyler yet. I
love violets, but II carry them 1t will
be retuff TO Schuyler and-the wild
flowers, well, They are out of the
question. They would wilt instantly,
and it would be cruel to kill their love-
liness in a ballroom"
When Kenneth Allen was vending
his unwonted way to the party, all his
thoughts were of Allene.
Il almost dread to see her." he
mused. will she be as lovely and
unspoiled as she was then, and will
she have remembered me? I am in a
position now where II would not be
so presuming to win her love as 1t
would have been then. wonder
whose flowers she will carry to-
| night?"
| He had been at the express ofiice
when Van Rensler had called to see ii
his roses had arrived. and he had also
chanced in at the florists when Ned
was ordering the violets.
| Anyway. she wouldn't carry those
wild flowers. and did not mean she
should. l wonder il she will know
| who sent them?"
He came into the reception room
and again the fairest face in the world
was raised to his. She gave him a
cordial greeting. but his jealous eyes
could detect no difference IN her man
ner OF meeting others present. She
carried no flowers. He saw the roses
in vase and the violets In a bowl. hui
no wake robins were in sight, nor die
she refer to them in any way. He SO
cured q dance with her, but not q
word was spoken. Then followed Z
moment or two In the conservatory
but she did not allude to the flower,
nor former days, and he was tot
proud to do anything but follow he
lead.
She was surrounded by a little knu
Of friends throughout the evening an,
he did not see her again until he wen
to bid her good night. She drew hin
one side.
II found little picture in ono o
the studios in Paris that l know 70,
will like" she Eaid. "At what hou
tomorrow can y0u come and ~ Il I
i Any hour the ear1iast you can Il
ceivs me- X. & & Z.
-nleves e'cIpsk NJ, Z. ~ said.
i \ H. sWset IN ~ 1oerb ~
I ~ Z ~ 4 y
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NO REAL REASON FOR WORRY
philosopher Was Making Deductions
Without the Facts.

| Dancing school was out and Ms the
flashing lights OF glittering eQuipage'
blinked down one of the principal
thoroughfares. homeward beund. the
amateur philosopher standing on
corner. remarked 10 n friend:
After all. sometimes I'm glad my
brood is being reared In moderate
circumstances. Those little ones,
snuggled In those luxurious carriages
behind the proud. cold. aristocratic
coachmen. look very comfortable.
They're expensively and beautifully
dressed. but"
IF there are going 10 be many chap
ters OF this hope they'll end pleasant
ly." interrupted the friend. I've just
read n book In which the heroine.
after page on rage OF poignant. rest
less life. took choral. and I'm ner-
vous"
Il was going 10 say" continued the
philosopher. undisturbed. that one
night last winter ] was watching this
procession OF vanished vehicles. 1t
was wild tempestuous night: the
snow was caught up in gusets and
hurled against defenseless pedestri-
ans. Ahead OF me was n boy, poorly
clad, his hand in his fathers. beating
against the blast. At first the con-
trast between him and those sheltered
children pained me. Then | reflected
that they missed much In life that he
enjoyed. He could play In the dirt
and sand and romp with all kinds of
boys and girls. while they had to mind
their manners and their governesses
and could never soil their clothes"
You'd make me snuiiie IL you were
right" again broke in the mattcr-of-
fact friend. Those rich children can
have everything they want. II they
ask for ponies and automobiles they
get them: and II they cry for mud pies
they get mud pies. They're as happy
as larks. It's well enough to have
emotions: but when you let go Of
them you should chart out your course
properly and not drift around .aimless-
ly. You've been moulting and taking
on over nothing Providence Jour
nal
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CALL FOR AN EXPLANATION

was well awake the tone O !.
voice still fingered in his ~ .
For a moment he lay. u'ns
call the story. which on the e.
waking. had vanished from -
when suddenly David, ID ~
room, uttered loud laugh
turn, awoke him.
Zebulon hoped out of'pee
to David's room. .sns
what are you Laughing w.
ed.
"Did I laugh aloud!" p"
to know. II thought ! dic. r..
"You certainly did. WV
asleep?" =, -.
"Yes." said David; Il vo.s =.
laughing at, a funny stor! ~
telling me-" He then wen. .,a. :.
told the story, which zeo.'S
nized as the one he had
telling to David.
Now, then, ye psycholos's.. NJ
taphysicIans. get to work q
SEQ what you can make OF ~
lyn Eagle.
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~ qpea himf No; he si~,,ss ".
ne nen get out a, their
rise there are no wons"
lsland--snd that they kes. :. b. 4
sundown. save for the tv.S
at noon. Need an army ~
Justice! Tho captain sm,s..
course. there are tines -.
line must be enforced I'm, IN
knows how to do that. rs9
had not had twenty year. =,
Tor nothing before he toni ~
the island.
my greatest difficulty. ~
the fact that the men vii, -.
How do they get It? Easy - ~
emilia Is surrounded by a ,,s,.
smaller Islands. In the se,.,.. 4.
birds are there there arc NJ. .
hunting their eggs. Thsv =.
carry rum. Suddenly Won -
crew drunk on you. and 70, y
that somewhere out on thu ~
the egg h,nters. What 49," y"
have they? Sleep. Whe, n.
been working from sunrise IA J.
they want that.
"of course you can't keen n. ,
from their women and chlldr,, n
time. They come from Bonalr. 4
Dutch West Indies and ono, !.
six months I take the old cr.v \
footsteps OF the father and rupa
In the footsteps OF the son. m,
n quiet. easy lot
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practicing with his father for the past
two years, was called in. His treat
ment Of the case and her mothers
spsedy recovery mad shown that he
was . competent and skillful doctor.
Hitherto Allene had seen but little
of Kenneth. He had been away At
collsgs, year in . hospital in New
York and year In Berlin. He avoid
1G1 sociai functions and seemed shy
V5tH 0e0en. In her naether's sickroom,
1oNeyots thass had sprung up one Of
'tnooo ewf<k 1lro1g fStsudships srt
- - - eaeh ot1sf'b tAousAtu
II ~ cnoe 10 - lssS
@ III elEeElpn Wng quite 60
q! l| e :! - ls1ls.sl -
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young doctor out onto the porch one
day as he was departing.
My father returns to-day" he said
abruptly. "and l am going TO give my
self holiday
Where are you going?" she asked.
In the woods? VIII you go with
me? You need some outdoor life.
too
That afternoon in the beautiful
woods where they had gathered huge
handsful OF wake robins always stood
out as the threshold OF her maiden.
hood. His eyes had spoken though
his lips had been silent.
II return TO school tomorrow" she
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And Thaxer Get the Eox.

A member Of the Worcester (Mass.)
Fur Club once took the Hon. John r.
Thayer for days hunt. A fox was
readily started. Stopping at cross.
road. tie host told his guest to ride
on 20 certain tree at the bend OF the
roai. Mr.. Thayer started on, but
went TO a well known runway. He
and Reynard got there at the same
time. ami the latter was done for.
NE. Thayer then drove to the oak
tree. and was beginning to skin tho
fox. when the host came up and said: /:
We'll, we'll. never knew . for to run
theTc before"
Neither did H. blandiy .splted
Thayer.
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I think stood thus In that m,
seven times ar more,
And each time saw some cth.. :.
escort her from the door.
And every time that other chm -
that l could lick
1 ten you. men aud brethren. II ~,
mighty sick
Yes. could lick him. and I trsv l
name was While Drew,
And thrashcd him once wesk ~ !
year or two.
And 50 said; We'll. blame 1t al, n
has got n show.
1 guess that ] need only ask. ati / I
be n go.
IN ask her sure next Sunday n!rtt. :
run our schemes awry'
stood there like leaden ehrn, ,
saw the girls 80 by.
All. Time. thou art sullrn vka /
hecd our worst mahap;
Yet bring mo bnck thosc days arah {
''firc" that other chap.
Bring back sweet Mile. lei her "a
oft she used to do
But do not let her waste tho4 q
upon that Willie Drew.
Stiii as the weeks went drowsirg h.
moro In life To roam.
l vowed. and vowed again, that I u
ask In sc. her home
I never did: never daTed-conisnn
the thing
But. oil, III. years, the frcakbh n
some strange conditions brrs
For Mlllie married Will and uhea
church last week went |.
I saw the boys stand at the doos. VI
her girls 20 by.
"A. J. watcrhousc IN San Franetss q
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NOVELIST AS Il DETECTIVE

Scotland Yard would no doubt scorn
to take Sir Conan Doyle into its coun-
sells as an American detective consul
ted r. L. Stevenson. Arthur John
stons In his Stevenson in the Pa
cihc." tells the striking tale. AZ they
sat together one evening in the YER
unda Of an INN ut waikiki the do
tective confded to Stevenson . case
Of extreme dimculty he had In hand,
and also his theory OF It's solution.
A. Stsvenson hardly seemed to ~
tsn6. for be ~ looking dreamily u
~ -. ~ lstSotive ieft him u hsSx
4 chat NitA ~ lAsss respoanlyo aI2is
(! 81 II ~ 4 d I ~ X " Z Z! {
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"Miks's" Ability Questioned.

When Jim" Bresnahan was boss
on that section Of the Boston and
Maine railroad between Peabody ana
Salem he had in his employ his nep-
hew Nike" recent arrival from the
Emerald isle. One morning on 1oin.
ing his mem he remarked the absen0e
Of nike and, after inquiry, NJ
told that ~1asks" has gone 70 % -
hand-cAF. & ,sl:. Z. q ~ X "a. 4 AZ !,
yIkat5ati 49, = ~ h;7hssS y (; !.
exc1allM - 4 lkaa. ~ Z.
]
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Frsdsvicksbssr<

The increasing msoniisht drifts across
my bed.
II falls as white and noiseicssiy ms snow
Twas such u night two weary summers
fled;
The stars. as now. were waning overhead.
Listen! Again the shriii-iippcd busics
Where the swift currents of tho river now
Past Fredericksburg: far on the heavens
are red
with sudden confiagra tion: on yon height
Linstock In hand. the gunners hold their
breath.
filings Its spent stars upon the town De-
meath:
Hark,-the artillery massinR on the right.
Hark!-the black squadrons wheeling
down to death!
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your theory does not DO ., ~ =
il will never work out =
You my theory Of the ca, . /. !.
tell me what you think o. ot,s. Y I.
tective did not at first .1,s. . n. r
Of stevenson's theory o. ~ .s.sr
was daring even for : =. ~
dangerous to work II IL e,u ~
to come on. But on tn'nsi as,,is
over, With etevensons NJ. ~
nxed intsntly on his 49, +
sioualt began 70 belleyss ~
some Sk1ling II It. Wnen ~
~ sS1Sd lriumphantly
IN ~,
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Net Eneuah Present.

sHi. there. youss twols ysilsd the
steved0re; "haadis thAt Sunpcwdsr
!. 'swhyi = tsmssdsa ~ txo lssdlsss
- eAosnps q. sss u X. Il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-17

, mothers side, was for several years den & Kent, local wholesale hardware merchants. He was later treasurer of the Western Maryland railroad for many years.
 Many of his connections live in Fair fax county, Virginia, and he Is con- nected by blood and marriage with the old Virginia families of Montford, Ran dolph, Skipwith and Kennon His great grandfather, Commodore Sinclair, formed the first American naval school It was in December. 1921. on the old frigate Guierere which was captured from England in the war of 1912.
 One of MT. Sinclair's relatives living in this city is his grandmother, Mrs. Leila Sinclair, who is 93 years old. She is the widow of Capt. Arthur Sinclair.
 In order to secure material for his books, Upton Sinclair left Columbia university and lived in the submerged sections. He associated with tramps and persons of low social cast, and learned their ways At IF years he had written one book. novel of 80 900 words. He is now not quite 27 years old. But he was so young then that the publishers would not take him seri- ously One of his books, Prince Hagen" was first rejected by thirty seven publishers.
 He lived among the workmen of Pacxingtown for seven weeks. and was one year in writing "'The Jungle" It has startled America and Europe and has even penetrated Japan A list of the books he has written is: Spring time Harvest" 1901; King Midas" 1901 "The Journal of Arthur Stirling" 1903; Prince Hagen. a Phantasy," 1903: Manassas. a Novel of the War" 1904. "The Industrial Republic Series" 1904, and "The Jungle 1905.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-17

east side of the hotel we will go out the west door to the river bank and cut solah around the Presbyterian Mission and come back to the shop
 MT. Peasley did not know that Nah mould had organized all the hotel ser wants into a private detective agency. He must have known of our escape on the river side before we had gone a hundred feet from the hotel, for when, after executing our brilliant flank movement, we arrived at the shop of the antiquarian, Mahmoud and the pro prietor were sitting in the front room drinking Turkish coffee and waiting for the prey to wander into the trap. Mahmoud did not seem to be surprised to see us. He bade us welcome and said that his friend the dealer was an Psychologist whose guarantee was accepted by every museum in the world. and if we were in the market for antiques he would earnestly ad- yise us to seek no further. After this evidence of close and friendly un- derstanding between the dragoman and the dealer We had feeling that Nah mould would get his ten per cent, even if we succeeded in eluding him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-17

This same dragoman, or guide, or highbinder, or whatever you may choose to call him-and MT. Peasley called him nearly everything us a lot of cheerful entertainment during our four days in Luxor. MT. Peasley was in hot pursuit of guaranteed an tiquities. He said he had an old book case at home which he was going to convert in a curio cabinet. There is one dealer in Luxor who is said to be absolutely trustworthy He supplies museums and private collections throughout the world, and if you buy a scarab or carved image from him you know that you have something genuine and worth keeping MT Peas. ley in thoughtless moment requested the dragoman to conduct us to this shop. We went in and burrowed through the heaps of tempting rubbish and began to dicker for job lot of lit tie images, tear jars, amulets, etc, that are found in the mummy cases. That dragoman saw the covetous gleam in the Peasley eye and he knew that the man from Iowa intended loading up with antiques, and he also knew that MT. Peasley wished to do this purchasing