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NEW JERSEY.
Atlantic City.

HOTEL SHOREIIAM.
Ocean end Virginia Elevator. Steam heat.
Sun parlor. Private baths. Open surroundings.
$40 up weekly. Booklet upon application.
mh2il-3Ot 3 W. b. GOTTEN.
TWO BED ROOMS. SITTING ROOM AND BATH;
private hall; central location: table board nearby.
NJ. WILSON,
States ave-, Atlantic City, y. ].
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GALEN HALL.
THE ST. CHARLES

Most Select Location the Ocean Front.
Distinctive for its elegance, exclusiyeness high
class patronage and liberal management; orchestra
Of soloists Sea water in all baths. Booklet rates
reservations etc Apply to Washington representa-
tive II. RALPH BURTON, Bond building. Phone
Main 200. NEWLlN HAINES.
se1I 2lNt. 10
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HOTEL PONCE DE LEON. VIRGINIA AVE. At
Beach. Modern In appointments. Capacity $50
First class cuisine and service. Special spring
rates Booklet.
fe2S- 3Ot-5 A. B. GRINDROD.
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LH]O17IE[l DENNIS,

ATLANTIC CITY, Nj
Occupies one-hah square OF
unobstTucted beach front.
uhI5- 26t, eSu WALTER ]. BUZBY.
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Maryland near beach. Under new manage
ment; convenient to piers and amusemcnts: ele
yator To street; suites with bath: parlOr;
spring rates. Booklet, .. c. MILLER.
NH ;Ut5
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body. Thereupon ensued a struggle that
caused the boys to throw off all assumption
of dignity. and even the chief forgot him
self. With shrieks of laughter he spurred
Billy on with shouts of Go it, Billy" as
that outraged animal backed and bucked
in his efforts to dislodge the defenseless
Chunk. who was clinging on with a grip
born of the determination not to be beaten
Finally. however, Billy succeeded in send
Ing the luckless Chunk sprawling. and fol-
lowed up his advantage by butting him into
corner. 1t was only then that the chief
condescended to interfere.
Enough! he cried. and the iilustrious
doorkeepcr was directed to take the goat
hack to his stall, while Chunk was dragged
from the corner and helped to his feet
Bring the candidate before me-
Chunk was assisted to the spot indicated
Are YOU DESTROYS of going with the
initiation or do you wish to withdraw"
demanded the chief
Chunk stood game. Withdraw, never,"
Bring forth the rope"
The rope was brought, and it was long
and strong. The chief given one end.
his lieutenant retained the other. and with
ii proceeded to bind Chunks hands be-
hind him. That being done. the chief
neck pace. pulling the luckless Chunk after
him. This worthy was, therefore, literally
dragged upstairs backward and forced to
follow, stumbling and humping at every
step. The other boys following closely
added materially to his discomfort by polk
Ing at him and pushing him from below.
lie reached the top breathleSSly and dizzy,
but no worse materially save for a rent
in his long suffering breeches and a few
splinters in the calves of his legs and was
ushered into the club room.
Here preparations for feast in the shape
OF apples chestnuts. cider and some doubt
full looking doughnuts stood waiting the
orgy that should follow these more intel
lectual proceedings.
The room used by the boys for their meet
ings was the old hayloft, and the large
door through which the hay used to be
pitched stood wide open. A new moon In
the western sky looked in upon the boys
as they took up their positions. A cool
wind blew freshly in and made the flame
in the kerosene bracket lamp flare up, and
made the gruesome shadows that lay in the
corners jerk and Jig. AS far as Chunk was
concerned, however, everything was in total
darkness
BY the chiefs orders the rope was I'M
tied and Chunk was led into the middle
of the room and placed facing the open
door,
Here he was ordered to "Undress to your
waist
Helped by three of the boys he Invested
himself of his upper clothing and stood
very erect and steadfast, though his little
naked chest shrunk from the cold
Bring forth the ink bottle" Numbered
the chief
The illustrious secretary and treasurer
also right honorable custodian OF the club
ink bottle, brought II forth from a dusty
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more slowly and solemnly than he yet had
spoken:
DO you. Chunk. having thus success
fully and with distinction to yourself passed
your initiation. swear by the great horn
spoon that You will keep secret all the
transactions of this club from now on and
forever, and never by word or by deed
let the meaning be known of the three
black and awful letters that decorate your
naked breast? If SO, raise your right hand
and solemnly say, L swear til! -
Chunk raised his meager right arm and
solemnly said:
Il swear 1t
This had been the signal agreed upon by
the boys Scarcely had the words left his
mouth when the boys. throwing off all as
sumption or dignity and emitting wild and
ear-splitting yells. pounced upon the help
less boy and thrust him bodily out through
the opening and into the chilly night.
WHAT his feelings We're as he plunged
through space to the soft mound of hay that
the boys had heaped upon the ground to
break his fall can better be imagined than
described But | never heard of any broken
bones resulting from this enforced leap for
the boys were very careful, and the men,
DRY of the experience was not sufficiently
terrifying to prevent any of the initiated
from taking whole-hearted satisfaction
in the ceremony of admitting a new can
ddate.
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was out of sight. Peter opened the ehae6g
dish. n
Well. he said. FIN glad you lily my
cooking"
It's grand" said Teddy "Yqf don't
mind If we eat some. do your"
Not Bit said Peter. Help your
selves" So Teddy and Cheddy had a SPLEEN
did meal and felt much better.
They stayed with Peter all night, and
in the morning, when Teddy finished the
delicious seaweed cereal he had for break
fact, he said. Now, dear Peter, think I'd
better go home
Then Peter, who was thoughtfully sip
ping seaweed coffee, put down his cup.
That's just what I'm thinking about"
he said. 'Of course. you want to 60 home,
but how are you to do it?'
Teddy looked around on all sides. II
never thought of that" he said.
I'VE haven't any boats.'' Peter went on.
And then he sighed again, II could only
fly"
why can't you?" asked Teddy Haven't
you any wings?"
NO" said Peter sadly. "And I can
never leave this island"
Teddy looked UP at the magnafolia tree.
spreading its huge leaves above him, and
he had bright thought.
"I'll tell you,' he said. "Pick two Of
those great big leaves and III tie them on
you with the long pink ribbon, and then
you'll have splendid pair Of wings!,
Peter jumped with Joy: .'rll try IT," he
said. So they plucked the leaves and
Teddy tied them firmly to Peters back
! with the long pink ribbon.
| Now for d try" said Peter, and he
| tapped the leaves. Immediately he rose
| in the air and went circling toward the
! sky. And you have no idea how lovely he
| looked with his blue feathers and the green
| leaves and the pink ribbon.
| Beautiful" he cried, as he slowly came
| back to the island. This Is better than
my happiest dreams. Now get on my back
| you and Cheddy and the tub. That's it.
| Hold fast!'
! In less than an hour they reached land
| and there was Teddys house and Teddy s
| mother standing at the door. He waved to
her from Peters back. and she was as
! glad you can possibly think.
In little while Peter said Good bye
! and flew happily back to his island.
| Then Teddy sat down on the door step
| and ate gingerbread.
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news she knew he liked to hear and bring
papers to read. LongtaiI admired Mrs. Joe
very much: he listened while she talked to
Bob. aud made bis mother miserable when
she was gone by fretting to 20 10 the city
and be somebody--------.
One day Mr.. Newcome came to the barn
Bob, 1 am going to send a barrel of ap-
pies to Mrs. Joe. Get the barrel ready as
soon as you can he said.
Old Bob was always pleased TO do any,
thing for Mrs. Joe, and set to work a once
talking to himself all the time.
Longtail, tr., watched old Bob put in the
apples. and when the barrel was full the
old man turned to get the canvas cover and
Longtail tr... jumped in. He did not tell his
mother and sisters. because he knew that
they would not LET him go. He very easily
hid himself In the barrel and was quite COM
Portable until the depot was reached. Then
as the barrel was rolled on the train he
was shaken and bounced about until he
nearly died of fright. Oh. II he had only
stayed at home! But Ii was too late now
and the shaking and humping and roaring
went on for some time.
Poor Longtail, jr.. was almost dead when
at last there was stiffness for few min
utes. then Mrs. Joe's voice-'A barrel from
home. l can not wait for any one to open
1t for me-" and she took off the cover out
crawfed poor Longtafi. jr., more dead than
alive.
Dear met" exclaimed Mrs Joe. "Old
Bob has shut mouse in the barrel Norah,
Norah! help catch this mouse. and she
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shelf In the corner. 1t was a partly used
pint bottle of Carriers black letter ink, and
instead of cork from, it's open neck pro-
truded the handle of a large paint brush.
At sign from the chief the illustrtous
secretary proceeded with this brush to
paint with ink on Chunks little naked blue
breast the three initials that stood for the
clubs name, T. u. G.
When the cold ink touched his skin and
trickled down on to his stomach, Chunk
could not forbear slight grunt, and his
little body involuntarily shrunk together.
At an exclamation from the secretary,
however. he bit his lips and Strengthened
his small back. and from then till the Sec
retarys work was done to his satisfaction
sound escaped him. When the secre-
tary finally thrust his paint brush back
into the ink the chief demanded:
is 1t done?"
ut is done!" answered the right honor
able custodian of the CLUB ink bottle, and
proceeded to put 1t away.
Let the candidate advance three steps!'
Chunk advanced three steps.
Haiti commanded the chief.
Chunk halted
Let the candidate advance one more
step and remain standing!'
Chunk advanced one more step and re-
manned standing.
He now stood tive feet or more back Of
the gaping door which opened into space,
ten feet above the ground. Said the chief,
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A NEW GAME.
CABLE DISPATCHES

A certain man went to Europe, leaving
his family at home. He was either too in
dolent or too busy to write often. But he
could not afford to cable lengthy dispatch
es, so he wrote his wife that he would con-
dense each cablesram into a single word by
using only initial letters The first mes
sage he sent was ROW N. While he
was congratulating himself upon outwit-
ting the cable company by sending five
words in one, the family at home were
distracted over their varying interpreta-
tons of the message. His daughter thought
it meant Bought ring on Wednesday
night and began guessing just what kind
of ring it was. His wife in her anxiety,
read it: big rain--out-wet-neuralgi -
Other guesses at the intended meaning diff
fered quite as widely.
In playing the game any word may be
used instead of Brown" Let the leader.
who Is supposed to be the traveller. an
nounce the word. keeping the meaning to
himself, and let each player write his guess
of the intended meaning on a slip of paper,
If there are prizes the one who offers the
nearest guess wins. The game NAV be
varied by supposing that the message is
sent to mother or son. or to wife. or to
business partner. or from some particular
city, as London. Rome or Jerusalem
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TRUE TALE OF L0NGTAlL
GRAYBAcK, JR.
BY s. I. COAT.

For many years the family of Graybacks
had lived in peace and plenty in the Rev.
Mr.. Newcomes barn. They had plenty to
eat and good beds of hay and straw and
feathers. There was no one to modest
them, for Mr.. Newcome was kind to all
creatures. and so was old Bob. the man
who MIXED the COW and cared for the horse
Charley. There were pigs and chickens.
too, and so there was plenty OF corn and
oats and juicy apples. Bob sept in the
barn and often ate his supper there to be
out of reach of old Janet, the cooks sharp
tongue. Then the Graybacks had a fine
feast as old Bob dropped a good many
crumbs of cheese and bread. But Mrs.
Grayback had one trial and that was her
son. Longtail, jr Her other children were
girls. all contented and happy. They never
teased to go out or to have other people s
children come In. but wove straw and
feathers into bed covering and laid up
stores of walnuts and corn. Mrs Gray
backs days might have been very peaceful
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CHUNKS INITIATION.
"a True Story in Two Parts.)
BY E. E. ROWLAND.

, When the boys recovered their breath
fthe chief commanded:
Prepare to ride the goati
Chunk slraightened his slim figure, while
the iilustrious doorkeeper, at a sign from
his superior. went to the stall where the
goat was kept and led m forth protesting
vigorously.
The chief thereupon was given the end
Of the rope to which the goat was tied
land the three lesser lights advanced and.
grasping the candidate by his body and
legs, placed him upon the goats back.
Billy Butter was a stout and strong goat,
with equally well-developed pair Of
horns and sense of dignity. When, there
fore. he felt the unaccustomed weight on
his shoulders he promptly showed his re-
sentiment by lowering his forebody and
trying to shake 1t off. Chunk, to save him.
sSelf instinctively flung his arms around
Biiiys neck and clinched his feet under his
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The Dogs Complaint.

It's very hard to suffer and be STILL
Our names applied to eg'ry human I'll.
/ wonder why-I really long to know.
And 80 do dogs of high degree and low.
A doggerefs' a rhyme that's very bad
Indeed, the very worst that's to be had
book is dog cared when it's been abused
Alas! think we're very hardly used.
mans dog because he won't behave
Ut almost makes an honest doggie rave.
puppy Is fellow most uncouth,
A sur upon the flower of our youth.
A hound "a villain Of the deepest dye.
An insult to his dogdoms majesty.
cur. Of course. is not shining light,
Yet even he is called TO bear the slight
To dog ones footsteps is. 1 really think
A dreadful thing FROM which we dogs would shrink
A dogma is hard religious school
''dogged person always plays the fool
And dog days find us painting with the heat;
We scarce can blink our eyes or lift feet.
Why. why throw mud upon noble name?
dogs a dog, through all the world the same.
We do not mock our masters--we are true
Pray, what then. is honest dog to do?
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and the cook caught Longtail, IT., without
much trouble and put him I'm a trap. After
while he was given to Bob the grocers
boy, and he has not been out of his trap
since. All the exercise he gets is in running
around little wheel in his cage. Thus
ended Longtafl, jr.'s, bright dream of fame.
His mother and sisters missed his fretting,
fault-finding ways little at first: but IL the
truth must be told, they were happier with
out him.an lived to good old age In COM
fort and peace.
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WORD SQUARE.
l. holiday. 3 Above B. Noisy. 4. Term-
mates.
DIAMOND.
1. A consonant. 2. An article. 3. Part OF the
body. T. A town In England. 5. girls name
6. First syllable Of a donkey's cry. Z. eonsonant
CURTAILINGS.
Curtail: 1. A vessel and leave a tppet. 2. To
descend and leave evil 3. An animal and leave a
verb. L. liquor and leave to gain.
BEHEADISGS.
Behead: /. To entreat and leave a boys name,
2. To buster and leave coating Of metal. 3. To
choose and leave to allude. 4. To and
leave a grain.
WORDS WITHIN WORDS.
I. The name of the mother Of mankind within Q
word meaning even. 2 An obligation within q tall
ediice. 8. line of figures within a sign OF
dignity.
ENIGMA.
First Is in cat, but not in dog;
Seconds in hen, but not in frog;
Third is in nine, but not In three;
Fourth is In nest, but not I'm tree.
Fifth Is in frOlic, but not in play;
Sixth is In grass, but not in hay;
My whole is q game played every day.
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Conclusive Evidence.
From Judge

FrOEn Judge.
you threw a stone at the constable
TT shows more than that, year honor It
shows that OF hit him."
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If sin had done as much to hurt busi-
ness as Righteousness has done, 1t would
have been abolished long ago, and that's
something to our credit.-Puck.
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indeed but for Longtail, jr He wanted to
see the world; there was nothing worth
while In this stupid place-this dull hole, he
called it.
His mother actually gasped as she heard
him. He was meant for something better
and higher; he wanted to go to the city. he
said. Mr.. Newcome's daughter who lived
In Hartford came to visit her father some
times and always paid a visit to the barn
to see the animals, and to bring old Bob
some nice presents. She would tell him the
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Right Of Sanctuary.

From the Academy.
1t Is curious to reflect that the right of
sanctuary still exists for four miles round
Holyrood.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-06-26
LONG VIGIL FOR LOVER
'FIanee Waited Day and Night In Sta
ton, but He Came at Last.

Springfield, Ill. June 21-Miss Re-
becca Noe, of Greensburg, KY, arrived
In the city on the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern road. expecting to be
met at the station by her iance, A..
8. Dodd, of Singleville, and to whom
she had been introduced by a letter
htrough Laomi man, formerly resi-
dent Of Greensburg, and who cores
ponds regularly with the Noe family.
The girl had never met Dodd, and
had only small tintype by which to
Identify him. She wore high bow of
blue satin ribbon at her breast, by
which Dodd was to identify her. Dodd
failed to put in an appearance at the
station, though he had sent her the
money with which to come to Spring
field, and told her he would meet her
at the station. But she waited all day
and all night. He came the next
morning accompanied by two women,
and the patience of Miss Noe was
rewarded. They were married soon
Rfterward by Rev. F. NJ. Rogers.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-06-26

st. Petersburg, June 17.-An imperi-
al ukase has been issued proroguing
the council Of the empire until Nov
10. This action follows the issuing
Of q manifesto early Sunday morning
dissolving the douma, the lower house
Of the Russian parliament. The inn
perial ukase abolishing the douma or
ders that the election of members to
It's successor, which is to meet Nov.
IA, be held under the new election law
that provides against the "submer
gence of the educated classes by the
uneducated masses"
This act constitutes a virtual coup
d'etat and overrides the specific pro-
visions of the fundamental laws of the
realm, solemnly proclaimed by his
majesty on the eve of the convocation
Of the first douma, which declare that
the electoral law could never be
changed without the consent of par
lament itself. This breach of the
constitution is justified by the great
law of necessity, the advisers of the
emperor holding it impossible, under
present conditions, to secure a parlia-
ment capable Of cooperating harmoni-
ously with the crown to rescue Russia
from anarchy and revolution.
The dissolution of the second dou-
ma was received throughout st. Pc
tersburg with perfect tranquility,
thanks to the precautionary measures,
and in no place in Russia. so far as
known, were there serious disturb
ances
Demonstrations among st. Peters
burg wOrkmen are anticipated, but the
authorities are not alarmed They
profess to be- chiefly apprehensive over
the possibility of rioting and racial
excuses in Odessa and Kiev and 9TH
er cities where party feeling runs
high. An outbreak Of agrarian disor-
ders in several regions of the empire
is anticipated later when the peas
antry learn of the dissolution. but a
spirit of quiet confidence in the abil-
lty Of the government to handle the
situation prevails in administrative
circles.
News of the dissolution reached the
st. Petersburg papers too late for their
last editions, but the public was quick
ly informed through extras Sunday
morning and great posters set out by
the police at all street corners con-
tanning the ukase announcing the dis
solution. and the imperial manifesto.
Little knots of readers clustered
around these the whole day, attentive
ly perusng the manifesto, the phras-
ing Of which was calculated to appeal
to the patriotism of the lower classes.
Little enthusiasm or excitement, how
ever, was evoked, and many of the
readers as they turned away, spat ST.
lently upon the ground as a sign of
their contempt.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-06-26
The Magic No. J.

Number three is wonderful mascot
for Geo. H. Paris, of Cedar Grove. Me
according to a letter which read !:
"After Suffering much with liver and
kidney trouble, and becoming great,
discouraged by the failure to find re-
lief, I tried Electric Bitters, and as
result I am a we'll man to-day. The
first bottle relieved and three bottles
completed the cure" Guaranteed best
remedy for stomach, liver and kidney
troubles, by Sewers Drug Company, soc.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-06-26
RocKEFELLER'S BIG SIGN.
Name Of Oil Kings Forest Hill Estate
Cut In the Ground.

Name Of Oil Kings Forest Hill Estate
Cut In the Ground.
John d. Rockefeller wants people to
know where he lives when he is In
Cleveland, o., says the New York
Times. Workmen a few days ago start
ed to make large sign on the grass at
Forest Hill, and now the words For
est Hill" in big letters can be seen
plainly from the street The work
hasn't progressed far enough to per
NIT any one to determine how It is
going to be finished. No one can get
into the estate to find out
The words Forest HIP are cut into
the grass about fifty feet from the en-
trance in a bare knoll, so they can be
seen easily from passing street cars.
Rockefeller is not believer in signs,
and the only one that he has ever toll
Grated is a board on the drive that en-
circles his house. 1t bears this modest
request, please do not drive around
the house" Not only has there never
been a sign showing the big parks
ownership, but there has not even been
q Keep out" or Keep or the grass"
sign.