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ALTOGETHER ON THE SQUARE.
Magistrate Gives Proof, at Least, Of
His Own Honesty.

II would like" said the new report.
er, ito ask you question, if I may"
"Go ahead" replied the old-time DO
lice magistrate.
"A great many of the people Who are
arrested give bail for their: appearance
in court, do they not?'
"Yes. Almost everyone who is ar
rested gives ball."
"And great many of these people
who are under bonds TO appear when
their trials are called run away, don't
they?'
, "Well, yes. A good many Of them
do so"
What becomes of the money that
their bondsmen pay in such cases?"
''Say, young man, don't get imperti-
nent.. The name of the bondsman is,
as rule, forgotten before the case is
called. Don't you dare to insinuate
in your scurrilous sheet that ever
took penny from poor, down-trod-
den bondsman and failed to properly
account for it,
"How much do you collect in the
way of forfeited bonds per annum?''
Nothing. We generally find that
the bondsmen are no good. I hope
you are satisfied now that am on the
square. Chicago Record-Herald.
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by shouting out fake orders for it.
I've: rung in fried fish every other
order for the last ten minutes. y
She sopped up little pool of wa
ter on the polished mahogany table
and with sweep of her hand cleared
it of plates and glasses. y
Fried fish one!': shouted a wait
ress. >y.sx@ e. -,; ,4...
Fried fish one!" came another call.
''F'ried fish one!" came third.
3 s'sYou see," the girl resumed, they
are taking notice. Them orders are
the real thing. When one is tackled
on the end the cook knows to send it
up. We make people eat here what
we want to getsrid of most" $.
She interrupted her conversation
with loud Fried eflsh,"' - - St =.
1T adn,t that there's anything
wrong with the fish that we're push
ing It, }" she resumed. But fish issone
OF them things It's hard to use over.
again, So It must co. After II o'clock
when the boss sawsthe: fish was hang
I'M ire he gave uss ltss of1cial tip to
!push IT, aand that means . rebate 81.
two cents on every order OF flsh ".
ring IN. Why don't you try it! No
body kicked about
Fried L fsh one.
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ODD FREAK OF NATURE.
Small Fish Taken from Oyster Lives
and Crows

A freak of nature is reported by Mr..
D. Fay, who conducts fish market
on Fulton street. near Ray street, Ja-
maica. About three weeks ago, while
he was opening some oysters, he OBJ
served tiny fish wriggling about un-
derneath the oyster in the deep part
of the shell. The little fellow was
very lively, and Mr.. Fay thought he
would try to keep him alive:
He put some oyster liquor and wa
ter in glass, and put the fish there
in, and the little minnow has grown
to double the size he was when first
found. -
80. Speaking of the curiosity to a re-
porter, Mr.. Fay said that he had not
heard of such a case in 80 years. He
had once heard of small fish being
found inside of an oyster she'll. but
1t, was about, dead. His little min
now ii very lively and is still grow.
ing. @s'St =
Mr.sFay states. that the oyster from
which he took the minnow had, been
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STRANGE Lakes,

Green lake, Colorado, is not only
noted as the highest lake in the
United States, being 10,252 feet above
the level of the sea, but also for the
fact that it's water has a peculiar
faculty for petrifying substances that
are placed in it. The water Of Medi-
cine lake. in the southern part of the
state of Washington, on the Columbia
plateau possesses such unusual quail
tiles that no vegetation ever grows on
or near its banks. Owens lake., in
Owen county, CAL, is so rich in soda
ash that 10000 tons were taken out
last year. The soda is taken from the
water by the process of evaporation.
This lake, like the great Salt lake, is
gradually disappearing
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Punishinq English SchooIboys.

In English schools for boys the pun.
ishment is inflicted for the most part
by the students. By way of example.
the cricket captain or the football cap
tain can give SO many cuts with the
cane to player who has not done his
duty.
A we'll known English authority on
educational matters called attention to
the strange fact that "an heir to a
dukedom, or actually duke himself,
may be thrashed at Elton by an an
noyed monitor, who is only a school
fellow after ALL and nobody make the
slightest remonstrance'
On the other hand, "the son of vii.
lage cobbler cannot be given even one
stroke by the headmaster of the vii.
lage school for outrageous conduct
without also seeing enough stir made in
the village to incline one to think that
the constitution had come to an end"
American Boy
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RRQE N2ZME7cy EARZHQGAhE. GZYT2OWAT
SRZDE./ ISLE /OF WIGHT - -.

ternationals Seismological association
was. recently held at Rome. under the
presidency of Prof. Luigi Palazzo, of
the university of that city, delegates
attending from Great Britain, France.
Germany, the United States, Russia.
Japan, Spain, the Netherlands, Rou-
mania, and other constituent states.
The representatives of the British
government was Prof Arthur Schus-
ter, F. r. S., of Victoria university,
Manchester. It was decided that the
first general assembly of the whole
body forming the association should
be held at The Hague about the mid
die of September next. A president
will then be elected, who will hold Of
foa for four years. The smaller per-
manent commission referred to above
is to meet biennially. 1t is perhaps
necessary to say that the financial
support of the association rests on the
basis of fixed contributions from the
governments of the countries who
have signified adhesion to the scheme
AS the result of discussions. it was
decided, among other matters, that it
would be desirable for seismological
stations to deposit seismograph rec
ords of earthquakes with the central
bureau at S2assburg, as we'll as to
make provision for the inter-distribu-
tion of such data. The determination
to establish seismic service in the
Arctic regions was, too, an interest
n
of competition for the construction
OF seismometer which shall record
the movements of the soil during
earthquakes which have their origin
near the place of observation. For this
latter, prizes are offered of the ap-
proximate value of $3.50, SITS, 1925
and $75 respectively, perhaps the
most novel form Of competition which
science has ever indulged in. The in
struments are to be exhibited at The
Hague in September
Apart from theories dealing with
the behavior of our planet and it's in
ternal constitution, there is practical
side to sustained chronological investi-
cation. Earthquake destructivity, says
Professor Milne, can~be expressed in
mechanical units, hence structures can
be designed to resist known forces.
Records of the unfelt movements of
earthquakes-that is to say those that
are not sensibly felt by man-indicate
the time, the position, and the cause
OF certain cable Interruptions. Again,
the localisation of the origins of world
shaking manifestations, besides indi-
eating sub-oceanic sites of geological
activity, denote positions where the
photographer may expect to find I'M
usual depths; and they have also
shown routes to be avoided by those
who lay cables
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Art Of Dyeinq Due to a Doq.

A dog gave us the art of dyeing
cloth. One afternoon, so many years
ago that the date is of small conse-
quence, a noted man and his sweet:
heart went for walk along the sands
of the seashore in; far-off country.
A little dog trailed along at their
heels, and, becoming weary of much
love-making, finally ran ahead and,
went fishing among the rocks One
particular shellflsh, which he cap
tured and devoured, exuded a fluid
which dyed the hair about his mouth
a pretty purple. Investigation of this
incident founded the science of dye
ing cloth, which now. gives a happy.
feminine world the pleasure of flaunt-
ing so many brilliant colors in it's at
tire.
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Considered It Extremely Rude.

Considered 1t Extremely Rude.
Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma tells
with great glee of conversation that
took place between a Boston woman
and an Oklahoma man, with reference
to things western.
II take it, ma'am," said the Okla
homan, that you've travelled consider
able in these parts.''
"Quite a good DEAL" answered the
Bostonian. "As far west as California
and Nevada, and I've spent some time
in Arizona"
Have you ever seen the Cherokee
Strip?' suddenly asked the Oklahoma
person.
Thereupon ensued a painful silence.
1t was plainly to be seen that the
Boston woman was much embarrass-
ed. When she had in a manner re-
covered her composure she observed:
In the first place, sir, l consider
your query extremely rude, and in
the second place, you might have
been more refined in your language
by asking me if had seen the Chero-
kee disrobe. e.''-Lippincott's
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in his possession, with others, in bags,
for a week prior to the time it was
opened, and claims that the fish had
been living on the oyster liquor all
that time.
Mr.. Fay has purchased small fish
globe and placed the minnow in it
with placard over it, relating the cir.
cumstances.
The fish, when being held to the
sunlight, is transparent. It's head from
the side resembles that of a weak
fish, but in looking at it from the
front it appears to be broad and with
a fiat nose. 1t also had stripes and is
marked with brown spots:
Mr. Fay is endeavdring to ascertain
from fish specialists what kind. of a
fish it is.-Brooklyn Eagle ~
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WERE CREATING a DEMAND.
Snrewd Trick Of Walters in Quick
Lunch Restaurant.

The quick lunch restaurant resound-
ed with a rapid succession of shrill
calls down the speaking tube for
fried fish" -,......,. ,.>.. ......,.a .
A clerk studying the menu was
about to give his order to the wait
ress when he hesitated and in
quired: -
!, els the fried fish extra fine today?
Everybody seems to be taking it." !, !
'Them calls for fried fish is fakesjy
said the girl. We've our orders to
push the fish to-day. The boss calcu-
lated that, being Lent and a Friday
at that, we'd have a rush on for fish.
But our trade don't run much to the
religious, It seems. I haven't sold but
two fried fish all day. So now we are
pushing y < So. :.: s
How 5 that &" { j ]
81 Wei, you see, the bos1 can't have
ali that Ash left on his hands and We
know how to get rid Of It all right
Weswakes up the customers to the fish
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JNW SRRLVGNNENSEy

goods. The stripes in this dress are
black on a gray ground; and the
stripes are sufficient trimming to the
plain skirt, except in front, where
there are two panels. cut so that the
stripes are horizontal, running from
waist to hem, narrow at the waist
and wide at the feet, and held here
and there by groups of three fat sill
yer buttons. The charming little
coat is tight-fitting, with short
basoues, which start at either side
from the pointed fronts, cut horizon
tally, which continue the panels of
the skirt, and are similarly adorned
with groups of three buttons Tiny
white satin revers break the line, and
accentuate the contrast Of color with
the royal blue" velvet waistcoat.
which is delicately braided with sill
yer cord at the edge. The coat-shaped
sleeves have band of the horizontal
stripes running from shoulder to waist
on the outside of the arm; and the
cuffs also show the same disposition
A shirt with a linen collar and a
white satin tie gives a smartly mas
culine touch; and the dress is hap.
PLY completed by toque of "royal
blue velvet with mass of cocks
plumes
On looking over number of exclu.
sive and very costly models for early
spring wear have been struck by the
presence in number of cases of tight
Goat sleeves This was notably the
case in connection with some extra
long afternoon coats. The sleeves of
which am speaking are fashioned
like those of mans coat, and reach
just below the elbow. At the shoul-
der they are almost entirely fiat and
the effect is wonderfully neat and sub.
dued. I think they used to wear lust
such sleeves as these in the year 1882
or 1888
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Great Men Of French Blood.

The greatest French inventor was
Thomas Blanchard, who discovered
new principle of motion called the
Eccentric" His first invention was
a. machine for heading tacks, and it
was SO successful that it turned them
out faster than the tick of a watch.
John. James Audubon, whose ,tireless
labors in behalf Of birds inspired. ali
Americans to: emulate, his kindness.
was "a sHuguenot, and both Henry w:
LLongfellows and; John Greenleaf Whit
tier; bad French blood. ]: Mai: Charles
Pierre. L'Enfant designed the. city .of
Washington, and i. q portion Of his
Qlans are still to be carried out :
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THE SKIN PURSE
By LUCY A. DREW
Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Coz

-f**aSSSS:>
mo. doctor. you don't understand
You can't feel what | feel, and you
| can't see what I see-there is a fiend-
| ism, haunting presence that follows
| me day and night. Sometimes feel
the touch of cold. bony hand on my
shoulder and sometimes l see dim
| tigure-Oh, God! there it is now-be-
side you! 1t is making frightful
! grimaces at me! For Gods sake
| can't you see it. doctor:
Earney sank onto the bed. uncon-
| scious from fright.
AS soon as he became conscious the
doctor administered a sedative which
| put him into a sound sleep.
When he awoke his terror had left
him. He was in more nearly nor
NAL condition that he had been since
I had first known him.
Toward evening his eyes regaineG
their frightened glitter and he be-
gan that continuous peering around
the room.
He insisted upon my occupying his
bed with him that night and it was
not until after two o'clock that was
able to get to sleep. Varney had been
unusually talkative. but his conversa-
ton had taken such a morbid and de-
pressing turn that it was with diff
Guilty that I could quiet my nerves
enough to sleep. He had talked
chiefly OF death. the various ways Of
meeting it. and he had dwelt uron the
unusual and horrible.
At last fell asleep and it seemed
that I had only closed my eyes when
l was awakened by the sensation of
feeling that some one was in the
ROOM Near! Bending over the bed!
| sat up with start and looked
around. The room was dark
reached over to turn on the electric
light. AS | did this my other hand
pressed against Varney. How still
and cold he seemed Then l turned
the switch and flooded the room with
| light! Cod! the sight that met my
eyes! | can see it yet There lay
Jack Varney, dead His eyes were
wide open. glittering. awesome, hor-
iAOiC. LID features were ulSlOlLeu
| with terror. as if he died in mute
agony, his hands clenched.
AS if in trance, l threw back the
| covering on the bed, and examined the
| body. 1t was perfectly free from any
marks of violence, except that on the
left hip where the discolored spot had
been. the skin had been cut away,
neatly, as if with sharp instrument.
The skin around the spot had been
| left clean and white. Not drop Of
blood had been shed!
The room was undisturbed the
windows and doors locked as they had
been left the night before. The hands
Of the clock pointed to $3.50
Again I turned to the bed. but a
sense of giddiness filled my head, my
vision blurred-then-
The next thing that remember was
a hospital bed, and nurse bending
over me. l had been very i'll with
brain fever. for six weeks, she told
me.
In the meantime the mysterious
death or murder of Jack Varney had
been battling the keenest scientists
and the cleverest detectives of the
country; but the mystery has never
been solved and it never can be. 1t
! is beyond human. investigation.
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Diplomacy.

A collector stepped into an Office,
and, seeing the debtor talking to a
number. of lady friends, waited till he
had leisure. Whereupon the. debter
turned to the collector with very
pleasant manner and said: =.
II will lend you this dollar to-day.
Come again when you are hard up.'
and he smiled one Of those smiles that
crack aslooking glass; ;Ss s s.sss:s ~ p.
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quartos and sextos every night just as
We are doing Off into Sunderland.
Then we have to get up and throw
away household articles which we
really cannot afford to part with.
Think of throwing coal away at $7.75
per ton!
Let us have the cat cemetery.
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yFl FEN IN sllEAV VEN
LETTER HELD SACRED aY PENN.
e SYLVANIA GERMANS. sssssss3s ssss35
i. -. Il. Z
Belief in the HimmeIsbrief ls a Cen.
tury-old superstition--Wise Ad.
Vice for Rules OF Life in s.=,z
= %gSs Document. &=

Letters purporting to have been
written in Heaven and by God Him.
self and which are treasured as
charms against everything evil are
peddled daily in the rural districts of
York, Lebanon and Berks counties,
where the Pennsylvania Germans are
numerous.
These writings are called the Him.
melsbrief, meaning letter from heav-
en-: Throughout the counties men,
toned and in other parts of Pennsyl-
van1a they are framed and hung on
the walls and carefully preserved
-. Similar writings had a. wide circula-
tion in Germany more than century
ago. The tradition is that after the
letter was written by God it was
dropped from heaven at three places.
One of them fell on top of the Hartz
mountains in Germany. Another was
dropped on top of the Pyrenees in
Spain. Another was said to have fall
en- into the city of Magdeburg, Ger
many 1t is this letter which Is treas
ured among the Germans in Pennsyl.
Vania
Here is copy of the letter:
The man who works on Sunday is
cursed. l command that ye do not
work on Sunday but go to church. Do
not primp your hair nor wear false
hair, and you should not be proud
from your riches. Give to the poor
and fully believe that this was written
in my own hand and was sent by
Christ and that you will not do like
cattle.
You have six days in the week
wherein you shall do your work, but
the seventh day (namely, Sunday) you
shall keep holy. If you won't l will
send war, hunger and pestilence and a
lot of trouble and punishment. l COM
,mand that it be your way, young and
old, rich and poor, that you never
work on Sunday.
"You should confess your sins that
they may be forgiven you.
Wish not for silver and gold. Re-
member that 1 made you. Do not be
happy if your neighbor is poor and
needs help.
Honor your father and mother so
that you shall live long on earth.
"Who does not believe this is
damned.
II have written this with my own
hand. The person who speaks evil of
men shall not expect help of me. He
who has this letter and does not give
it to his neighbors is cursed from the
holy church. If you have many sins
and are sorry in your heart your sins
shall be forgiven. Who shall not be-:
lieve shall die and be thrown into
purgatory.
In the last days I will call for your
sins and you must answer.
Every person who carries this let
ter or has it in his house shall not be
struck by lightning, and he will surely
have abundance of water to drink
He who teaches: this letter to his chill
dren will receive his reward
Hold this, my letter which have
written, until the end of thy days.
Amen"
Immigrants from Germany say that
the letter was circulated in Germany
as it is here. Those who believe in it
recount the wonders it has worked in
the way of staving off lawsuits, sick
ness and death.
Men involved in lawsuits, many of
them farmers from remote country dis
tricts of the county, carry this letter
over their heart in the belief that thew
cannot lose their case
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Wisdom. Of Experience. =

g:sinsletonE1: haye an = ideal :, woman.
in my mind. '.:.::. :
- Wedderly-AAre you going to marry
her? .@s.. -. s1'-s
!. = singleton-Yes; il she'll have me. :
Wedderly Well, after the parson
says his say you'll ,still1 have an ideal
woman-in your mind. Chicago Daily,
NeWs. /. >s:z Ill 1.s - 8 {
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The popular stripes which fashion
has dictated come as a change from
the checks which have so long reign
ed, and are made up in attractive
designs which are appropriate both
for morning and afternoon wear. To
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An INGENIOUS Calendar.

BY committing to memory the fol-
lowing lines one Is provided with an
easy method of stating hand the
day of the week of any date in the
present year:
Jelly of my apple made. l joyful ate;
Sickish often; no delight!
The number Of letters in each word
represents the date of the first Satur-
day in the particular month to which
it corresponds. Thus Jelly" repre-
senting January, has five letters. so the
first Saturday in January is the fifth
of the month; "Of" representing Feb
ruary. has two letters. so the first Sat-
urday in February Is the second OF
that month. and so on through all the
twelve months.
Each word of the twelve, excepting
"of'' and a." has its first letter the
same as the month it represents, thus
Jelly" begins with - because jan
uary begins with a." my begin
with I'm" because March begins with
M" and so on all through, with the
above two exceptions.
Having thus ascertained the date OF
the first Saturday the date Of every
other Saturday in the month is got by
the addition of the necessary number
Of sevens, from which II is but a sim
pie step to any intermediate day. For
example to know the day on which
Christmas day falls this year, de
light" standing for December, has
seven letters, so the first Saturday In
December is the seventh Of the month,
the second Saturday the 14th. the third
the 21st: 25 being four days more
gives Wednesday, which Is four days
from Saturday, the 2lst.-Tit Bits.
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lent pitching of Smith of Begonia and
the safe hitting of the Begonia boys.
The score was 4 to l in favor OF BE-
gonia. Batteries: for Begonia-C.
Smith and Miller; for Clover-W.
Smith and Gaines. On September 1lth
the Begonia team will play on its own
ground a special team to be selected
by Mr.. Eli Lineberger, to be known as
I.ineberger's team. The event is look
ed forward to with pleasure. ...... The
board of county commissioners met In
regular monthly session yesterday.
The day was devoted to the regular
routine of business, many bills being
audited and ordered paid. Bills for
rock aggregating about $500 were au-
dited and ordered paid. The board de-
cided not to buy or pay for any more
rock placed on county roads that have
not as yet been graded and put in
shape to be macadamized. They will
continue. however, to buy and pay for
rock on those roads which have been
graded and which are ready to be mac
adamized. The county business was
all disposed of at yesterdays session