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Xxx.
The Last Interview.

The Last Interview.
For weeks, of late, Adair had been
scarcely aver at home. He break
tasted early by himself, and left the
house only to return to it after it's in
mates had retired to rest. Sometimes
he sent a telegram from his office:
Shall bring a friend this evening
who will dine alone with me-" Upon
the first occasion Sophy had under
stood this to mean that, though her
husband did not wish to see her at
table, he meant her to welcome their
guest in the drawing room. An IN
pleasant task enough, but n which,
however, she did not shrink from;
not from any notion of pleasing her
husband-for such an illusion had
long vanished-nor from any sense
of duty, o even from fear of him,
| but from a mere mechanical impulse
on which she now always acted ex-
| cept in matters which concerned her
child.
One morning, instead of leaving
home as usual, directly he had swal-
lowed his early meal, Adair sent for
| Sophy to the breakfast room. She
had not seen him for some days, and
even to her eyes Tin which there was
no wifely %interest) the change in. him
vas very remarkable. His face was
thinner and more haggard than she
had eve seen it; it looked pale and
anxious, but with a certain deter
mined ferocity about it like that of
some hunted wolf that listens for the
cry Of the hounds. He had a tele-
gram in his hand which he had just
received, and which he was turning
and twisting nervously. He glanced
up at her white, steadfast face as she
entered the room, and then walked
to the window, keeping his back to
her.
How is the child?" he said, in
hoarse, quick tones.
Better; I trust certainly better,
though she gains strength very slow
ly."
That's WELL" he said, with an un-
mistakable sigh of relief; I'VE must
leave home to-day"
Leave home! You have surely not
the doctors sanction for that?"
Il have" he answered, positively;
land If l had not, still we must leave
home. Please to give me your best
attention, madam, instead of asking
questions or making objections.
Something has gone wrong in the
city; it is useless to attempt to eX-
plain it-women know nothing of
such things-but it has become neces-
sary for me to go abroad until the
| thing has blown over. You need not
fear for the child, for she will travel
with the utmost comfort. Here is
some money" He thrust his hand
into his breast pocket. and pulling
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HEAVEN.

Said Sir Greatheart to his angel, "Acan dig
and cleave and hew,
Build me navies, cities, Kingdoms, ~ :
will;
Yon dominion lost in Eden now Is we'll
nigh won anew,
And I hold the earth and sea my yassals
still.
@Yet thou whisp'rest me of Heaven, with
it's music and its peace
What have these to do with men at
changing noon?
Let the psalms be for the weary, for the
beaten, battles cease, &
But for me thy summons cometh over
soon. "
with my works I praise my Maker, ships
and bridges are my soEg,
And for harps, a thousand Thousand en-
gines beat,
As I hang mine iron highways in the
: clouds the cliffs along,
Or let in on bison-ranges seas OF wheat
AYE, and give me but tomorrow, and Tdb
shout back from the pole,
One tomorrow, and I'll faunt me high
: in air
Till the eagle lsgs below e,and the thunss
der-wheels that roll ~
Now but ruin. through the skies my
ships shall bear.
But what's left to venture yonder, IN that
finished world and fine,
What's to win that still may challenge
courage stern?
Do, they take their manhood with them
who this leap-ife resign?
Heaven? Yes; but not at noonSswes
thither turn"
And the angel said: HAt bedtime pleads
the child among his blocks,
Wait a bit. I build a castle tall and
strong!'
Thou bridge.builder, whom the spider mid
his flying cables mocks,
Think not thy Heaven is only rest ardc
1T is writ Gods servants serve Hin,
p there as here. The Morning Star
Waits a ruler who shall be o. yAdazn'st
And when Emmanuel rideth forth 70.
.~mageddon's war,
Mightier powers than earth can muster
march behind.
"Fear not thou. If doing please the, there
are deeds beyond the sun,
High adventures that shall long 6outlast.
. his light,
And this truth shall settle In thee, ere thy
Heaven is well begun, Rs&3f
That up there, and here, and always
right is might"
William Hervey Woods, j Youths Com
panlop.
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| out a green s5eaf of bank notes.
| threw one of them toward her with.
| out looking at it.. You may take an
| invalid carriage for her, if you please.
but you will go by the 2 o'clock train
to Gravesend, and wait at the Green
Dragon Hotel for my arrival. jean
| cite will, of course, accompany you.
Do you understand"
She did not reply, and he wheeled
| round and confronted her inpatient
! ly. His brow was knit, his features
| were working convulsively; he looked
| anxious, yet furious, like a gambler
| who is watching his last stroke.
John Adair had never been good
looking, but it was curious how every
| trace of youth and culture had by
| this time gone out Of him, leaving
only the desperate.
do you understand me, madam"
he repeated.
"Yes," she answered firmly, Il un-
| derstand you very well.'
There was no satire in her tone,
| but the simple truth she spoke had
a far worse sting than any satire.
Then you know that I will be
| obeyed. You and Jeanette can pack
10 all that is necessary in a couple
| of hours, I suppose. In order that
there shall be no excuse, however,
you shall have four"
1T shall be as you please"
This submission was too prompt,
| too easy, and it excited his suspic-
ions; his mind was like a sentinel
| who has outstayed his watch and lost
his nerve. Every sound suggested
an alarm, and even the absence Of
| sound. He. thought that she was only
promising to obey him to gain time.
Mind you" he said, in a.menac-
ing voice, Il shall be here myself to
| see that all is ready. In the mean
| time, l will order the invalid carriage
for the two o'clock train. Though
I shall not accompany you, I shall be
sure to be at the Green Dragon. You
may not see me, perhaps, tonight,
for I shall arrive late by water. You
need say nothing of that to anybody,
but I wish to repose confidence in
you"
Across sophy's face fitted the dis
torted shadow of a smile. He noticed
it and frowned heavily.
I'VE are man and wife," he said,
land must sink or swim together.
Things have gone badly here, but
they will go better elsewhere. We
must roost elsewhere, but our nest
will be feathered for u.s." and he
tapped his breast pocket exultingly.
Where we are going the child will
recover more quickly. 1t is the very
climate which the doctor recon-
mends."
If he expected her to ask where
this salubrious spot was situated, he
al mistaken.
Her manner vas anything but in
different. 1t was plain that she was
paying attention to every word he
said, but her face vas cold and stiff
as a stone.
Have you any further COM
mands?" she inquired. Patient
Griselda could have said no more,
but her tone Jared on hts ear.
t"You speak like an automaton,"
he answered, angrily." mo, l have
nothing more to say; it will be the
easier to remember. At one o'clock
/ will be here with a large carriage,
so that the child can lie at length.
You will be sure to be ready. by that
time?"
II shall be ready
He went out without another word.
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LIVE WIRES KILL FOUR.
Boiler They Were Moving Touched
Strands and Was Charged.

New York City.-Four men we're
killed and several injured at the
Proctor & Gamble soap works at
Western avenue and Richmond ter
race, Mariners Harbor, Staten Isl
and, when a live electric wire came
in contact, with O boiler that was
being moved out of the works on a
fiat car.
A donkey boiler and a hosting en-
CINE which have been used were load
ed on a fat car to be sent to the
Milliken Iron Works owe the Balti-
more and Ohio tracks. A number Of
men we're pushing the fiat car out
into Western avenue. The boiler is
seventeen feet high, and when the
car rolled into the street it was 60
ing at a good rate of speed with
the men pushing behind. The smoke.
stack struck the wires. The current
passed down the boiler and caught
the men, throwing them more than
viii William Corey and his son, Will
liam, Jr., were killed instantly, as
we're two Italians. Patrick Bradley,
of West Brighton, and several ltal-
ians were injured.
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Big Meal Burst Stomach.

Carl Schuster, a young German,
reached Indianapolis, Ind, from
Canton, O., and he brought with him
such a ravenous appetite that he
literally ate himself to death. Al
ter a tremendous meal, he COM
planned of intense pains in his ston-
ach and a physician was hastily sum-
moned, but in a few moments he
died. An autopsy on the theory
that Schuster might have eaten
something poisoned, was held by the
Coroner, but, instead, he found a
long rupture Of the stomach, which
had caused death. The organ was
in a perfectly healthy condition, and
the Coroner found that the deceased
had eaten SO heartily that his stom-
ach had burst.
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nv account. I cannot ask you to Tor
get me, because every hour must
bring to you some bitter reminder
of the wrong I have done you; but
think Of me as dead, as having died
wears ago, when your Robert was my
playfellow. Alas! what evil may
not have done to him also-sundered
him, perhaps, from his promised
bride; destroyed his prospects! 1t is
terrible to think that not only here
at home am I justly condemned and
despised, but that across the ocean,
thousands of miles away, my name
must needs be held in adherence.
Oh, if l could be once again as / was
when Robert left you! There is
nothing, alas! the same with me now;
even my love for you, though 1t will
cease but with my latest breath, is
something different. I feel unworthy
to entertain it. 1t seems blasphemy
to take your name within my lips
even in my prayers.
You will wonder perhaps when
you have read the record of my life
that such a one as I should dare to
pray. But then, dear guardian, there
is little Willie; when I sit by her
bedside with her thin, small hand in
mine, I still seem to have some link
with Heaven. 1t is scarcely credible,
considering her tender years, but
there is nothing her mother can teach
which my little darling cannot under
stand. I say it is scarcely credible,
but she has been made aware that
she has been the pretext for her god
fathers ruin. She clings to her fra
gile life, and believes that she will
live to put things, right. She has
questioned me a hundred times, and
when I come of age,' she says (Which
she will never live to do, and If she
did, it would be too late), I will pay
all their money back to godpapa and
Aunt Maria When DR.. Newton came
to see her, her chief anxiety was to
learn whether she would live to be
twenty-one. I suppose the good doc
tor thought the dear child's mind was
wandering, but it was as bright and
clear as it is pure. We have no Sc
crets from one another, Willie and /.
1 have told you one of the reasons
for my writing to you, but the chief
is after all a selfish one-to bespeak,
should anything happen to me, your
sympathies for my innocent child. I
know you will never visit upon her
ever in your thoughts the sins of her
parent, but I beseech you to try to
love her for her own sake; she is as
worthy of your love as her mother
has proved herself unworthy. What
higher eulogium, alas! can I pass up
on her? Henry will take car of her,
I know, if permitted to do so. But
the law-there is no one, alas! who
has better cause to know it than
yourself-is hard and cruel. Dear
guardian, I would rather see Willie
dead at my feet than trust her to the
hands in which the law would place
her. I will say no more upon this
matter, for that way madness les
only if anything should happen which
should sink me still lower in your
disesteem, do not judge me too hast
lily. I am in such straits as you can
not guess.
you will show to Aunt Maria
what I have written; I do not ask you
to plead with her for me. I trust to
that tender heart of hers, whose trust
I have so shamefully abused, for
charity and pardon. ~
your Loving and Penitent Ward"
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Growth Through Resistance.

We cannot explain fully the use OF
temptation and trial. But We do
know this, that the strongest and
sweetest Christian characters have
come to be what they are through
great t%ribulations. The oak tree,
when storm comes, only clings the
tighter to the earth-sends its roots
down deeper and lifts up itself to-
a larger growth. The storms did not
make the tree do this, but the tree
did it to resist the storms.
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Salmon Still Premier Fish.

Salmon continues to be the pre-
mier fish industry Of British Column
bia. In 1905 the output was 1,167,-
400 cases, valued at s0,750,000.
Over 100000 salmon we're re-
quired to fill the 100000 cans,
and it is estimated that an equal dis
tribution among the entire popula-
ton would have supplied zoo cans
for every man, woman and child in
the province. go
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Germany Leases Kentucky Farm.

The farm Of William Fields. near
Lexington, KY, containing 140 acres,
has been leased with option to pur-
chase in n year by Dr.. Arnold
Frank. representative the German
Government, and horses bought in
various parts of the country will be
trained and thoroughly equipped for
army service before being shipped to
Germany.
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The World Of Sport.

The New York City government
is paying 100000 a year for tele-
phone bills.
Joe Walcott, the colored welter-
weight, has come out Of retirement
and agreed to fight.
In a special trial W. T. Coholan
broke Yale's 440-yard record. He
ran the distance in 0.49 Id.
The work of the Pennsylvania
crews at Poughkeepsie was a sur
prise to the coaches Of the other
crews.
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His New Study.

Mr.. Jecklyns had just received
from his youngest son, who was in
his first year at college, a telegram
to this effect: Dear Father: I am
about to take up a new study. Please
send me s25 to pay for the outfit"
He answered it at once in this
wise: Dear John: What is tho
study?"
To the query came this r%ejoinder:
Dear Father: 1t is golf."-Youth's
Companion.
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Slaves of Circumstance.

We notwithstanding hustlers,
whether we happen to be slaves Of
social, or professional, o. business
duty, suffer individually and coll
lectively from the fact that tie cir
cumstances of the time compel us to
do too much and to think too little.
London World.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

: W. A. Jones, Bishop of Porto Rico,
has granted authority to the Spanish
colony, represented by CASTOR Els,
panol, to transfer the remains OF
Ponce de Leon, explorer and first
Governor of Porto Rico, from the
San Jose church to the cathedral. 7
The p~ostofice at the naval station
at Guantanamo, Cuba, has been Of
fcially named Bagley, after Ensign
Bagley, who was killed in the Span
ish-American War. P
Filipino newspapers at Manila are
discussing the imminence Of a JAP
anese war.
Emilio. Aguinaldo, the Filipino
military chieftain, is no longer un-
der surveillance. He is running a
shipyard near Manila. He employs
15G men and is getting rich. He is
only thirty-eight years old.
Orders have been received at Hon
olulu from the Quartermaster-Gen
erals Office, at Washington, to double
the capacity of the Army post.
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Obedience to the Uttermost.

Believe in God; trust God by obedi-
ence to the uttermost; trust Him for
a way when there is no way, for light
when there is no light, for Joy when
there is only sorrow, for life when
you are in the midst Of death, then
you will find at last that faith is not
only righteousness, but life and joy
and peace.-T. T. Munger.
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Complete Insulation.

The electrician cannot charge your
body with electricity while q single
thread connects you with the ground
and breaks the completeness of your
insulation. The Lord Jesus cannot
fully save you while there is one
point of controversy betweenfyou and
Him. Let Him have that one last
thing, the last barrier and film to Q
life of blessedpess, and glory. viii
come, filing your soul.-Rey. F. 3.
Meyer. -,
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Formulation of Egypt.

Census returns show that the to-
tai population of Egypt, exclusive
of nomad Bedouins, Is 11,206,S59, OF
whom 5,618,684 are males and
5,5S7,G75 females. There is an In
crease of nearly 100000 since
1897.
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Orchard Trial Adjourned.

Harry Orchard was taken from
Boise to Caldwell, Idaho, where his
trial for the actual murder of former
Governor Steunenberg was formally
adjourned until after the trials OF
Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone.
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BeIIoonist's Body Found.

The body of Lieutenant Caulfield,
ono of the officers who made a bal
loon ascension at Aldershot, Eng
land, on May rs, was found IN the
sea of Weymouth.
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BITS Or NEWS
WARRINGTON.

Louis H. Van Ripper testified in the
"cotton leak" trial in regard to ar
rangements made with e. S. Holmes
for furnishing advance information
of crop reports.
The State Department summoned
to Washington several diplomats
from Central American posts with the
idea of learning more about the pollt-
ical situation in those countries.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion will Investigate a report that
the railroads have agreed to discrim-
mate against the immigrants travel
ing westward.
The situation at Honduras is be-
ing handled at the State Department,
where results are locked for. .
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf en-
tertained at dinner complimentary to
Captain Oscar Dahl, commander OF
the Norwegian warship Harald Haar-
fagre. :
The American Railway Company
has filed suit to recover land set
aside by the Presidents proclamation
for the use of the Army and Navy. :
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Gods Recompense.

10 right and Gods recompense to
you will be the power Of doing more
right. Give, and Gods reward to
YOU will be the spirit of giving more
q blessed spirit, for 1t is the spirit
Of God Himself, whose life is the
b~lessedness of giving. Love and Goo
will pay you with the capacity OF
more love; for love is Heaven, love
is God within you.-F. W. Robert
son.
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II Rained Two Tons of Fish.

This weird story comes from indie
pendence. Mo-: about two tons
of fish fell during a heavy storm
here. They clogged the sewer catch.
basins, flooding the sidewalks"
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Why Cows Should Be Tested.

The Department of Agriculture an
nounced that a mich COW often gives
out 37,OO0,000 tuberculosis germs a
day and said all COWS should be
tested with t~uberculin.
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So1ace Of PRAYER.

Trouble and perplexity drive us to
prayer, and prayersdriveth away trou-
BILE and Observation-Disclosures.
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There are no paupers in the Gold
Coast Colony, and there is neither
lunatic asylum, reformatofy NOR
poorhouse.
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DANCING.

MISS COULTER. PROFESSOR OF DANCING;
private lessons, soc Ii you walk | can
teach you to waltz. POI Eye st. NV. Phone
NJ. 1893. Advanced classes Tues and Fri =
TO II. se.o-rf
THE WYNDIIAM. i3l nth ST. NV, EVERY
Tues, Thurs. and Sat. class. 100 pm: lady
assistant lesson, soc; six lessons 81 80; guar.
anteei to teach you. Prot. CHAS. WYNDHAAI
tv25-gOt
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CT ASSIFIED
ITS MEANING

To many classified advertising simply HELP ADS,
securing maids, Office boys and also securing Jobs
Classified advertising this 1t comprises all
classes OF 1t the looking for horse
business opening just we'll the looking for office
Did you that by placing your furniture for
which longer have sale in the Classified Ad col
that YOU might very readily dispose OF it, If not
a Classified reader.
Cultivate the acquaintance Of the "CLASSIFIED. You
will find index business opportunities bargains in horses,
vehicles furniture and host OF miscellaneous articles which
YOU likely to be interested
USE STAR WANT ADS
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THREE HANDSOME. MODERN ROOMS; LII
k. reasonable 10 careful tenants. NV. near
cars: ladies in office couple; references. Ad-
dress q. A n Star Office
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LEAVE WANT ADS" AT
STAR BRANCH OFFICES.

II not convenient 10 call at The
star Office. nth street and Penn
Nlvarta avenue. ,eave your afver-
I seTeDts az any of tn: following
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DOGS. PETS. ETC.
FOR SALE-FARMS.

4 SNAP GRASS FARM-l25 ACRES. About 3
miles beyond Congress Heights; two small
houses. two barns Outhuildings; half mile
frontage on public road, exceptionally easy
terms. Address Box 2ui. star ufhre. ocls-3f.
FOR SALE-EEAJTIFUL HOME AND 4 COOP
Investment; 20-a"re village Farm, bordcred 81
Itgollcy; especially equipped for poultry an!
trucking; good house and barn. OWNER 4sS
Maine ave. s.w. oclO-i0t'
MAGNIFICENT MARYLAND ESTATE on
Chesapeake bay; nearly 400 acres house 10
rooms: ami: all buildings new: farm paying
Investment: house fully furnished. farm stock
cd: fine social surroundings: must he sacrificed
anil at once. Half price 10 quick buyer. DR..
WILSON. 1909 NV. Wash. u. G. nca-tf .
WE MAKE FARMS AND COUNTRY HOMES IN
northern Virginia specially. Write or tele-
phone us when TO expect you. Z. d. BUELL. d
son. Herndoa. Va. sel2-9Ot,1
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1912 q N.W.-THREE LARGE ROOMS. LARGE
presses and bath: suitable light housekeeping
with heat. gas and " phone oc2O-2t'
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FOR RENT-OFFICES.

FOR RENT BEAUTIFUL DESK ROOM N
well furnished Office: every convenience; reA-
sonahlc. 3OT Bond building. ocia-3t
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IN CONVENIENT SECTION or COLUNIBIA
Heights, floor containing three rooms. IN Prl-
vate family. Address Box POS. star office.
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WANTED-HELP.
FEMALE.

WANTED - THOROUGHLY EXPERIENCED
coat. skirt and waist hands women's gar
ments Apply JULIUS GARFINkLE & CO.,
1926 T st. NV OclS-tf
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FOR RENT-STABLES.

FOR RENT-'rWU- STORY BRICK SrARIE NEAR
18th and Mass. II. w. four stalls: room for
five carriaZ yes; suite Of tiye rooms and bath on
second floor for coachman Rent, $50 per mo.
CHAS. 5. MUIR Il CO.. Inc
ori9-2t 1903 " Y ave
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WANTED-SALESMEN.

WANTED RELIABLE Statesmen: SPLENDID
line f1r retailers, h0iidag seu~ou on; worth
Letter than 500 monthly 10 Eustl"r>. Box
5I4 Dept. .. chicago, III.
NANTEI,-A LARGE A<D SUCCESSFUL. NEW
York corporation desires the services Of cu"r-
cetic and UI-tp-date salesman in this city; big
income f'r Hustiogs. Address. with references,
ESTATES. Box -. Star office.
WANTED s5oJvI WEEKLY EASILY MADE
writing contracts for free land given 10 de
N-lup country along new Union Central X. r.
iu east Texas. Box Isl. Dallas. Texas.