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AN EXCITING ADVENTURE.

Black bears are nSa classed among
tree climbers. but one occasionally
runs across a bear which makes a
good bluff at it. And no matter how
strong a hand the man holds, he will
usually drop" or at least try to.
Jim Collier did in a two-handed ses-
sion down at Lobster Lake the other
day. says the Bangor (Me.) whig-
Courier
Jim is passing the winter at the
Northeast Carry. and is at present
employed by the pew telephone COM
pany. which proposes to string wires
from Kineo to Suncook. The other
day Jim was wandering along the
tote road south of Lobster Lake.
looking for trees which might make
good telephone poles, when he came
face to face with black bear.
The bear was a large one and evil
IDENTIFY looking for meat. Jim was
not. but he nevertheless pulled I'D
his 1885 and took a snap shot at the
bear. Jim hurried too much and the
bullet instead OF entering the breast
tore an ugly hole in the shoulder.
1t always makes a bear mad to be
shot at In the shoulder, and this one
was as mad as bear could well he.
He didn't stop at all. but lit for Jim
and Jim ingloriously threw down his
rife and took to- the nearest tree. II
was a birch and IL was slippery. but
Jim made good time and was astrida
the first limb justas the bear reached
the base.
Jim felt secure and commenced To
rail at the bear. But he changed his
tune when the brute reared up on his
hind legs, Rugged the trunk and
amid a cloud OF flying bark began 10
draw away from earth.
Jim was not prepared for this ue
could not believe his eyes. Amos,
paralyzed with astonisbment 60
which fear had not mingled. he sat
there regarding what he considered
an enormous blur on the part of the
bear. expecting each moment IN acc
the brute slide back TO the ground
But the bear went up. not down
and kept at IL. Soon a savage beaa
with fringe Of teeth and two v,cked
mt.ie eyes were on a level with the
limb on which the telephone map
trembled.
op-up came the bear and out
out on the limb went the man.
Jim stood IL until his wounded en-
envy had actually gained the limb and
tnen ne dropped to the ground and
ran Tor his rife. When he had
cooked the weapon and faced about
Ior shot the bear was gracefully
backing down the trunk of the birch.
Jim took plenty of time and placed
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CHEER UNKNOWN HERO.

Thousands on the board walk at
Atlantic City cheered when Ande
swanson. Swiss fisherman, was res
cued from drowning. His launch had
been swamped on the outer bar, a
mile on shore. For nearly an hour
he battled with the angry sea, and
then. as he neared the beach and was
about to sink. exhausted. he was
saved by an unknown hero.
swanson was the only fisherman
OF the inlet fleet bold enough to ven-
ture out in the nor'easter that has
been brewing for two days. He was
returning from the fishing grounds
in the late afternoon when a giant
wave broke over his boat and he was
swept overheard.
Heavy oilskins. besides his shoes
and other clothing. hampered him as
he struck out for shore. Many a
strong man would have gone under
in five minutes in the awful sea
breaking over the shoals. Not until
he was in the swirl of the inner bar
was he sighted from shore. Prom
enader Mined the board walk rails for
olocks watching his struggles and
amazed that human being could
Ave in such a sea.
Swanson had Just reached the in
ner channel at the inlet where the
water was calmer when he was heard
to cry piteously for help. Life guards
failed to note his struggles. and a
we'll dressed stranger. stepping from
the crowd. with the exclamation. "I
can't see a man with that pluck
drown" threw on his coat and shoes
and dived into the surf.
1t was only short swim out aud
back. but Swanson could never have
accomplished 1t alone. for he fell UNI
conscious on the beach as his rescuer
drew him ashore.
Before the hero's identity was dis.
covered he disappeared.
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JOHN TRUMsULL.
A. Man and Painter Deserving Of q
Niche in Posterity's Memory.

Trumbulls art was essentially diff
fersnt from Stuart's. Without being
technically miniature painter, at his
best he was painter in little Many
OF his small cabinet portraits. on pam
els. in the Yale school of fine arts.
are exceedingly beautiful, while I
know of but two life-size portraits
by him, the whole length OF George
Clinton and the full bust of Alexander
Hamilton. that are deserving of high
concentration. The nearly miniature
heads. in his small historical paint.
ings. are also extremely clever. while
the composition of these pictures is
almost faultless.
Trumbull suffers under the burden
OF being best known by his poorest
works. the four large historical paint.
ings in the Capitol at Washington.
which were painted late in life, and
are Of very mediocre quality Yet he
must be remembered gratefully for
his unselfish patriotism. as the first
American painter to paint American
historical subjects without promise OF
pecuniary reward. Indeed. so poorly
was he paid for his work that he gave
hts whole collection of paintings to
Yale College for an annuity Of $1,000.
upon which to exist. and in this col
lection alone can his ability be prop
erly measured. Trumbull had consid-
cradle originality of design. but was
very unequ;ll. thouxk oftentimes
very skiilfui. draughtsfnan. This in
equality in his drawing was doubtless
owing to the fact that he saw clearly
out OF but one eye. owing to an injury
his left eye sustained in childhood.
However. as man and as a painter
he deserves niche in the memory Of
posterity.-From Charles Henry Harris
Gilbert Stuart's Portraits of Men,"
In the Century.
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A Long Look Ahead.

Prof. Guenther. of Freiburg Univer-
slty. predicts that the time will come
when there will not be water enough
remaining on this globe to support
human life. We are left to suppose
that our shrinking sphere will form
caverns in its interior into which the
oceans will sink. For a similar rea-
son. as some astronomers believe.
there is no man in the moon. the
former waters on its surface. II there
ever were any. having retired into the
cavernous inteTior.-London Tele-
graph
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SAVED HIS COMPANION.

James Edward Burch, of st.
Mary's. Md. twenty years old, aud
Garfield Adams. fourteen, OF the
same place, were rescued from a des-
perate situation in the waters of the
lower Chesapeake. in which they had
been for seven hours. Adams had
been unconscious for three hours.
He was kept ahoat by Burch, who
desperately chung to a capsized dory,
while he held to the boy with the
other hand.
The dory and those who were de-
pendent on II for their lives were
bureted by high waves that repeated
squalls caused to rise. The steamer
washington arrived just az Burch's
strength was about exhausted. r.
ID. Ross, second mate of the steamer.
was on watch and heard Burch's cry.
II required hard work to resuscitate
Adams.
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BABY COVERED WITH SORES,
Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh In
less Hands Were Tird-"wouId Have
Died but For Cuticura"

My little son. when about year and
half old, began to have sores come out
on his face. had n physician treat him.
but the sores grew worse. Then they be.
gan to come on his arms. then on other
parts of his body. and then one came on
his chest, worse than the Others. Then +
called another ply stefan. Still he grew
worse. AT the end Of about a year and a
half Of suffering he grew so bad had to
tie his hands in cloths at night 10 keep
him from scratching the sore. and tearing
the flesh. He got to be a mere skeleton
and was hardly able to walk. NV aunt
advised me to try Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. L sent TO the drug store and got a
cake OF the Soap and a box OF the ONT
ment. and ut. the end Of about two months
the sores were all well. He has never had
any sores OF any kind since He il now
strong and healthy. and can sincerely
say that only for your most wonderful
remedies my precious child would have
died from those terrible sores. Mrs Egg
bert Sheldon. Il. F. ID, No. 1, woodvilIe.
Conn. April ~. 1905
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aboard the ship was washed up on the
beach and formed the most interest
ing object for the sightseers yester-
day. A quantity OF old iron pipe ana
part Of the vessels shaft were also
washed ashore as we'll as odd bits Of
hardware. including home made nails.
One OF the most interesting curios
picked up was an old and very rusty
carving knife
The safe is a very heavy one and
is very badly corrJied. II IL a COM
lination safe. though II was supposed
that the safe aboard was OF the old
fashioned lock and key type. The
safe was broken into. but contained
nothing save a small portion Of a gold
chain. The safe had evidently been
opened by the officers when IL was seen
that the ship could not be saved Only
part of the old hulk was torn apart
and washed ashore. as the greatest
portion still remains and looms up
plainly In sight OF those who peer
seward from the vicinity OF Lumina.
The Hebe and the Dee are said TO
have been exceedingly handsome boats
and daring blockade, runners. They
made their last stand calamity. but
the Federal boats forced them
aground and then poured shot and
shell into them for some time after
ward. Many Of the crew escaped by
making the beach safely. while others
were captured and some are supposed
to have been killed.-Charleston
Evening Post.
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WRECK OF BLOCKADE RUNNER.
Hebe, Sunk OF Carolina Coast. 6rok.
en- up and Washed Ashore.

Old blockade runners in Charleston
VIII be interested in the report from
wilmington OF the washing ashore
on Wrightsyille beach OF the wreck OF
the noted runner Hebe. which was
sunk by the Federal fleet during the
latter part Of the Civil war.
Wilmington was probably next tn
charleston as a favorite port for the
trade OF the blockade runners. and
the vessels frequently took IL By
terms as TO which port they woulI
enter. the presence OF the Federal
Meet and other conditions frequently
determining the port OF entry. On ac-
count a the valuable stores which the
blockade boats brought and the means
OF communication with the outside
world which these boats provided. the
entrance of the daring craft always
proved most acceptable to- the people
OF the ports. and a friendly welcome
awaited the runners. wherever and
whenever they called.
me blockade runners consequently
felt at home at whatever port along
the coast they made. and the gallant
crews OF their vessels soon became
well known az all the ports. and the
memory of these vessels and interest
Ing "reminiscences o. their trips are
stili told by the, rarpily thinning ranks
OF az brave and daring a set Of men
as the South has produced.
The beach was strewn with wreck
age OF the old hulk that has been
ashore on Lumina since the Civil
war. This hulk represents all that
remains OF the blockade runner Hebe.
that piled between Wilmington and
the West Indies. The storm OF
Thursday night tore into the wreck
and tossed great amount OF debris
upon the shore. so powerful was the
raging sea that the old iron safe
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Trouble Is simply the confusion
which results from misdirected en-
ergy.
The great mass Of people never
touch the real reason for living: they
exist In the froth instead of in the
real substance of life and in the sci
nsh Tuning which results from surface
contact: they misuse their energies.
and the reaction is what they call
trouble:
Sorrow is a different thing alto
Sether. Sorrow may come into a per-
sons life without that person being
directly responsible but he can Use
or misuse his sorrow. He can make
1t holy thing and transform il by
the force of his constructive thought
or he can render IL hideous by antag.
Onfzing IL and barring il TO an un-
sympathetic world.
All soul experience is sacred and
should be shielded in love: il may
be raised in its vibration by construc-
ton or distorted by condemnation
and fear: sorrow is a soul experience
and must be regarded with love and
recognized in its true and dignified
. light.
Trouble is entirely unnecessary and
Is merely mental attribute; IL Is as
easily overcome as IL is easily at
tracted. and II rests entirely with the
individual whether he will overcome
his trouble or whether he will allow
1t to overcome him.
There never was time of such OBJ
portunity as now. and how do We re-
gard 1t? Are We willing to recognize
and accept our share in the response
bility Of that opportunity?
There Is certain tone in an indiv-
idual who appreciates and uses his op-
portunity-you may call ii up to
dateness" or any other convenient
term, but IL Is distant quality which
comes from the best use of the daily
opportunity-and those are the people
who have very little time TO entertain
trouble
That is the point: daily usefulness.
So many of us seem TO abide in an at
mosphere of expectations; We are
counting on future things. future
work. and future fulflment. and We
forget today and so ignore present OBJ
that We weaken, the whole
future work.
There is no tomorrow: we can only
express ourselves in the work of to
day, and today Is no time for trouble
because there is so much work and so
many beautiful things for the present
hour. We want to nourish the pres
ent opportunity with all the energy
and force which we can bring to IL,
then the present of tomorrow will be
strong vital results instead of disap-
pointment.
People who are occupied with the
work Of the world have no recognition
for trouble; their minds are so filled
with the strengthening process that
the negative idea never enters and
this thing called trouble Is about the
most distracting and negative thing
in the world.
Another thing which We are very apt
TO forget sometimes is that every ac-
ton in life brings its own reward: II
Is IL constructive action the result will
be constructive, and IL IL Is destructive
IL Is bound to bring the destructive
force. So whether We work for reward
o. not, the reward Is inevitable. al.
though IL may not be just the reward
We are looking for
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LAX: cHAMPLAIN TRIPS.
Central Vermont Railway Makes Low
Price to Famous Resort.

Central Vermont Railway Makes Low
Price to Famous Resort.
The sail by steamer from Burlington.
on the Vermont shore. down Lake Cham
plain TO old Fort Tic onderoga, or north
ward among the beautiful North
Islands" TO North Hero or St. Adams Bay.
IL without question one of the most fas-
cinating water trips in America. From
end TO end Lake Champlain is historically
interesting and Of its scenery there Is at
this late day nothing new to be said.
Each new traveller has given a description
of its manifold beauties. but no description
has yet been an adequate de scription. One
must see Lake Champlain for himself to
thoroughly appreciate IL.
With the end in view of making IL posi-
bic for all classes to visit this great in
land sea. the Central Vermont Ry.
offers from now until Sept. 20, special
round trip rates TO Lake Cham plain from
Boston and all the principal New England
cities. These tickets are good returning
until Oct. 81 and afford the opportunity of
lifetime. The cost of a trip from any
point outside OF Vermont will be promptly
furnished on application to T. H. Haniey.
Central Vermont Ry.. 80 Washington
ST., Boston, who vi also send handsomely
illustrated booklet on Lake Champlain and
Vermont for 2-cent stamp.
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What
is
Trouble :?
Grace M. Brown
Grace M. Brown

People who work for reward, who
live in expectation do not always rs.
alize what an unsatisfactory plane 1t
Is until IL results in disappointment
and then they call IL trouble and weep
and wall over illusions which are the
result OF their own failure to material
lie forces which they have generated
in their minds without having cult
waited the strength To materalize their
dreams.
When men can master their own
little emotions. they will soon master
their conditions and environment, and
the thing We call trouble will be I'M
known: trouble belongs to the emo
lions and >, succumbs, to polarized
thought.
Work is the mighty strengthened.
the most accurate medicine, the great
beautifier and the sure panacea for all
ills.
Work so fills the life that there Is
no room for any other thing but its
accompanying element of joy.
OF course IL one wishes to change
his work into. labor and make drudg.
cry out Of 1t, he can very easily do so
and such mental attitude creates an
atmosphere which is most harmonious
to trouble: but IL you work holding the
attitude of love toward your work.
you will soon hold an attitude of love
toward all life and trouble does not
exist in the atmosphere OF love.
1t is a wonderful thing to be able
to attend to ones own affairs and
leave other people alone; it is some
thing We must learn If we want to
keep ourselves distinct from trouble
n
and nothing outside Of ourselves ex-
cept as all men are universally and
unitedly one. but individually man is a
distinct being, separate and apart from
other men. and must rely upon himself
Tor his life energy. as he is respon-
sible to himself for his use of il.
Too many people are parasites upon
each other. and that is the greatest
cause for trouble in the world-each
man must do his share in the great
work. and IL he is deprived of his
privilege he will suffer quite as much
as the person does who deprived him
of that right. ----- - -----.- -----
Lack Of justice Is the great founJa-
ton stone for trouble: IL you have
trouble you can almost always trace 1t
to your injustice to yourself or to
someone else. and IL Is often more diff.
cult to be just to ones self than just
to other people.
But so surely as trouble exists. the
person with whom IL abides creates
IL and shelters IL and gives IL his at
tention. or 1t could not have being and
existence.
Trouble. like everything else. must
have recognition to have activity;
without recognition any thing will dis
solve. so IL you really wish to get rid
OF your troubles. simply ignore them
and realize that you are too big to-
have any room for them. You will
soon notice them shrinking under the
process. and then you will fill the
space they formerly occupied with I'M
selfish thoughts which will become IN
selfish activities. and in such an en-
vironment troubles have no place
How beautifully the white light
Of free understanding dispels all
shadow and with IL the shadow of
trouble.
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Pluck and 9 o
o o Rdventure.
BEARS TREED BY WOMAN.

Scattered settlers about the Ciar-
fon head waters. in Pennsylvania.
are bothered by black bears. Among
these is John Stocum, who lives with
his wife on a small branch OF the Cla-
rion River. Farmer Stocum Is some
thing of bear hunter. One day he
went out after an old she bear and
her two cubs. to return home to find
the greatest surprise awaiting him
that ever confronted bear hunter.
The Stocum cornfield does not COW
er many acres, and it begins near the
house. Several trees are scattered
about in it. Just as dusk was falling
on the day her husband went out to
stop the bears Mrs. Stocum discov-
cred bears in the corn patch.
Her husband had the gun and the
bear dog. but for all that Mrs. Sto-
cum did not propose shutting herself
In the house or to stand mutely by
while the bear was gathering the
corn crop that her husband had
marched forth to protect from other
bears. She got the pitchfork. called
a little whippet dog that was part of
the clearing's- outfit. and started to
rout the trespassing bear out OF the
field. Hurrying along between two
rows OF corn. the pitchfork ready for
use and the whippet at her heels.
Mrs. Stocum came face to face with a
bear of formidable size. The bear
was taken by surprise. Rising on its
hind feet it assumed a most savage
front, growing fercely and swapping
its jaws in threatening manner.
Mrs. Stocum charged upon the
beast and jabbed it numerically
with the sharp tines of the pitchfork.
At the same time the dog attacked
the bear in the rear. Their COM
bined assault hurt and distracted the
bear so that it dropped on all tours
and started away. but was so har-
raised by the nippings OF the dog on
its TANKS that it kept turning to
charge on the dog. thus interfering
greatly with its retreat. The noise
made by this little battle in the corn
had the effect of bringing a surprise
to Mrs. Stocum. for from out of the
corn on one side Of the row another
bear stuck its head, and from the OPP
posite side a third bear made its
presence known These bears were
smaller ones, though, and Mrs. Sto-
cum did not change her tactics. She
continued to charge and prod the big
bear so persistently that the animal
at last took refuge in a chestnut tree.
Mrs. Stocum and the dog then took
up the cases Of the two smaller bears.
which had remained astonished spec
tators Of the fight, and charged upon.
them. Without any delay both bears
followed the old one up the tree.
Mrs. Stocum and the dog sat down
under the tree to keep watch Oh the
bears. They watched there until
morning. Six times the old bear at
tempted to get down out Of the tree
and each time it was met by Mrs.
Stocum and the pitchfork and sent
hurriedly bowling back out of reach
OF the determined wielder of the
sharp-tined weapon.
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frequently. and with a burning SEN
sation. They showed sediment. I
became discouraged. weak. languid
and depressed. so sick and weak that
4 could not keep up. As doctors did
not cure me I decided to try Doan's
Kidney Pills, and with such success
that my troubles were all gone after
using eight boxes, and my strength.
ambition and general health IL fine."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, NJ. Y.
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The Extremes

Its sometimes hard for a man to
believe his eyes" said the citizen.
That's right" answered another.
No man is as ugly as his caricatures
represent him. nor as handsome as
he Is portrayed by the fashionable
photographers" -Washington Star.
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Still Better.

Did you ever see this one?" in
CURED the tiresOme funny man You
can take two letters from money and
leave cnly one See how it's done?"
Yes" replied the postal clerk. land
I've known fellows to take money
from any number of letters and leave
absolutely nothing Catholic Stan
dard and Times.
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the bullet where 1t would do (him)
the most good.
The hide is up at the winnegar-
mock House and the tree still stands
by the shore Of Lobster Lake. and
one glance at the trunk will convince
the most skeptical that some sort of
critter has travelled up it.
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His Divinity.

This is the way a Colorado bachelor
POLITICALLY lays a bouquet at the feet
of his best girl: There is gladness
In her sladness when she's glad. there
is sadness in her sadness when she's
sad. But the gladness of her gladness
nor the sadness OF her sadness ia
nothing to her madness when she's
mad."-Harper's Weekly.
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torture Iwentthroush
now seems to have
been almost unbear-
able. I had backache.
pains In the side
and loins. dizzy spells
and hot. feverish
headaches. There
were bearing-down
pains. and the kidney
secretions passed too
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A miner who lost his life two thou
sand years ago has been taken from
a copper mine in Chile recently. Cop
per oxide hSd mummifed his whole
body. The mummy IL In q fine ststs
of preservation.
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II has been decided by the municipal
authorities Of Berlin to establish pub
lie sun and light baths" at which
nrst. second and third class fees will
be charged.