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again; in fact, he pledged himself to resist 1t henceforth, and to be content with the woman he had chosen as his wife. And 1t goes without saying that the affinity disease will not spread in the neIghborhood of Kremmling. What ever may be the yearning toward af- flnities in that quarter 1t Is likely to be overcome by the memory of the horsewhipping endured in behalf of his ideal. by this minister. Society In kremmling does not pretend to be as far advanced as society In some of the older parts of the country, but. in a crude sort of way, 1t entertains cer- tain beliefs with regard to the morali- ties and the proprieties which might well be entertained In all communi. ties. We are very well aware that ad- yocates of complete liberty of action, such as Professor Heron and Maxim Gorky, and opponents of the marriage state generally, will regard the good people Of Kremmling as a lot of mar rowminded bigots, If not lot of bar. barians. Some of the advanced social istic playwrights and novellSts, the apologists for the Herrons and the Gorkys, may be e1ected when they hear of this case to inaugurate new literary crusade against the "Ameri- can hypocrites." This cannot be helped. nor can 1t be explained altogether to the satisfaction of our critics or our selves It is not necessary to go into 1t here Let it suffice that whether we are consistent or not, there is no con. fusion in the American mind with re gard to the proper classification of those who strive to excuse wife deser- ton and home dissertation on ths ground Of soul affinity. The American people may be far from being as moral as they might be. but they do not con- found idealism with dirt and when the libertine attempts to excuse himself on the ground that he Is simply search ing for kindred soul he is likely at any time to get what the erring preach CT got at Kremmling. Colo. Where we are weak in this matter-where we are lnexcusably weak-is that we do not as people apply the Kremmling meth cd to the solution of the affinity prob lem more freQcently. We could, If we would. by a wise application of a horsewhip, or a bed slat, prevent many a man and woman, and many q happy home, from going to ruin.
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Making the Proclamation.

There is a good deal of form and cere- mony about the making of the Thanksgiv- ing proclamation. It is composed by the President himself and in most instances written out in his own hand. When this is done the document goes to the State Department, where it is carefully copied in ornamental writing that is almost like engraving on the official blue paper of that department. The next thing needed on the document is the great seal Of the government. This seal is kept by the clerk of pardons and commissions, and Ii is very carefully guarded under lock and key. Its keeper will not produce it with out a special warrant signed by the Presi- dent, and an impression of the seal is quite a ceremony in itself. When the proclamation has been thus duly signed and sealed many copies are made of it by
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Another vessel of historic name and deeds has been stricken from the na- val register and will be sold. This is the old Saratoga, built at the navy yard at Kittery, Me. h 1s42. The vessel was named for the eighteen-gun sloop of war Saratoga, which served gallantly in the Revolution, and went down in a gale In 17s0. The new Sara toga, after serving as the flagship of 8 squadron engaged in suppresslng the slave-trade on the African coast, was sent to help blockade the eastern coast of Mexico during the Mexican War. But 1t was because of its part in a most important act of peace that the old vessel will be best remembered. The Saratoga was sent to the Orient after the Mexican War, and joined the fleet of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Per ry, who had gone to Japan to deliver the famous letter which opened Japan to the outside world. The vessel again returned to Japan In 1854, when he treaty of amlty and commerce was signed
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n''s<4at' z Ai AA'i'1

That's all very we'll" said the old man. Tt sounds pretty and 1t may go down with Mabel, but l want to tell you that 1t doesn't with me. My ex- per!ence has been that the men who ought to die for the sake of the women they love beat the record on longevity. If you make any sort of a husband you won't be required to die. You might insure your life, though. Do you think you could do that and cut out the cigars and the plaid socks to meet the installments on the furniture when they come due? How about it?"
 I'd do anything, sir replied the blushing youth.
 Certainly you would" said the old man, with a note of sarcasm in his voice. You'd brave any danger for her. make any sacrifice for her, wouldn't you? Let me tell you that you are running some little danger when you ask a girl like Mabel to cook for you. I know what I'm talking about. I'm suffering from chronic in- digestion now as a result of my diet during my early married life. and Ma bel's mother knew more about cookln in minute even then than her daugh- ter will know in twenty years. Of course, you hadn't thought of that?'
 T can't say that I have thought about the possible risks of indigestion" said the young man. And you know" he added, the health foods were not invented when you were first married. We could lay in supply of those and get along, perhaps
 'I don't know whether you are try Ing to be funny or not said the old man. "I know that you won't find It funny when you try 1t. It's all very well to talk about enduring hardships cheerfully, but I know from personal experience that the man who can sit down to dinner of bulet-hearted, lukewarm potatoes, soggy homemade bread or sawdusty bakers bread and burned gristly steak with a beaming countenance and then go whistling into the kitchen to help his wife wash the dishes Is the exception. You wouldn't dream of making a kick on anything that Mabel had prepared for you with her own fair hands, of course?"
 I'm quite sure l wouldn't" declar ed the sultor.
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If that's the case I ought to fall on your neck and give you my bless ing said the old man. If I hadn't a memory and 8 lick or two of cont mon sense I would. That's about the only thing that stands in the way of your happiness l guess I know. Do you think you are any more patient are any more mushy on the delicate subject we're discussing?"
 I'd rather not answer that question, If you don't mind,' said the young man, calmly.
 of course, you have an Idea that I'm a crank. I tell you, sir, that you ion't know what you've got before you and do There's poor cooking, there's house cleaning, there are irritating debts and the shoe question and the hat question and curl papers and wrap pers and headaches and carpet beating and furnace tending before you at least, and there may be more than that.
 
 you are not rich. I know blamed well you're not. There wasn't any need of telling me that. The question Is whether you will fool away what money you do make on yourself and grouch when Mabel wants a new hat or something, or whether you'll be kind to her and thrifty and lndustri- ous. I tell you frankly right now that you haven't entirely settled that doubt In my mind as yet.'
 T don't suppose that anybody could entirely settle such doubts as that" said the young man.
 'I don't suppose so either" said the father.
 At the same tlme," said the young man, T feel sure that I can stand the test of all that"
 You feel sure, but you can't tell," said the old man.
 Only by trying 1t, sir. It's the only way I know of"
 "I wish you'd try 1t with some oth- CT mans daughter. But I guess its no use proposing that?"
 No, sir"
 The old man sighed. That's the dickens of .' he said. "You see, you can never be sure."-Chicago Daily News.
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Gray Horses in Maine.

After a disquisition on the value ot gray horses, as compared with horses of other colors, writer sagely notes ::
 You may change a farmers religion or politics, make him think he Is rich and handsome, coax his wife to run away with you, or sell him a dog, but you will never make him think a gray horse is not a jewel. I read some where recently that gray horses were not up to the standard, or words to that effect. l never was 30 astonished in my life. I have always thought, and do now, that gray or white horses were the handsomest, toughest breed on the planet.
 The celebrated Arabian horses are white or dapple gray. Famous gen. erals In all wars have ridden white or iron gray chargers. Circus men select gray horses to draw the band wagons in street parades. great packing company always selects Percheron horses, not so much for the color, but because their feet will stand travelling on the payements better than any other draught breed. It is said that Joan or Arc rode a milk-white horse, and St. John, the reyelator, saw a white horse in heaven Revelations 6: p. Half of the draught horses In Aroos- took are white or gray, and another decade will See 90 per cent of them of that color. Lewiston Journal.
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my might, in the hope that. perchance, he mlsht take warning in time. Twas scarce a second after that ere I was over borne by one of the Ted men, and when at last l buried my knife in his side I was only in time to rescue Silas here from another. Then We ran hither with all speed, and. as you know, gained the house with scarce a hundred yards to spare.'
 T fear me greatly that our poor, dear, brave Amos has been cut of We must watch all night. lest he have escaped and suddenly appear before the door,
 Ii was long and weary night. Twice before dawn the savages made sudden at tacks but each time the three watchers drove them of by well-directed fire.
 They were received with such a hail of swift fire that four lay dead on the snow before the others broke and ran.
 Slowly dawn came, and the three de- lenders could see the dead men plainly and the ring of the woods around them. They heard a moan. and looking in the di- rection of the sound perceived q painted man trying to raise himsaf on his elbow.
 Poor creature ,' said the old Puritan. He must be suffering terribly
 T almost feel as if We should 20 out and carry him into shelter, murderer and enemy though he is.' said Isaac.
 That is true said the old man. Tt behooves us as Christians to be merciful 1; and it is in my mind that to-day there is to be service of the giving of thanks in the settlement. 'Twere an unchristian thing to know that the prayers are aris- ing there while we here listen with un-
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touched hearts to the agony of fellow. man."
 You are right, father" said Isaac. II will run out and drag him in, for he seems a slight lad, if you will cover my path with the guns"
 May God uphold thee" said the old man. Without further words the door was unbarred and the young man rushed out. Quickly he stopped and seized the lad, and even as the forms of the say ages appeared among the tree. and the ar rows began to fly, he won back to shelter unharmed.
 He let the wounded man slide to the ground and the next moment the three Puritans were amazed at hearing the words, Father. Brothers" come from his lips.
 Amos p cried the father.
 "Yes, it is l." said Amos, smiling weak ly.
 as a savage It is simple enough. When I found myself cut of, lay in the woods last night and crept close enough to the savage camp to steal some paint. Later stripped one of the Indians who fell in the first night attack. My plan was to try to work through their lines in the night and make the settlement, and I trusted to my disguise to help me through. But when the Indians made the second at- tack the idea struck me that I might be able to rush close to the door in the dark
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GOOD Short
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A young man who had prolonged his call on his sweetheart a few nights ago was surprised when a window in an upper story was raised as he left the house, and the voice of the mis- tress called out: Leave an extra quart this morning, please"
 One morning Douglas Jerrold and Compton proceeded together to view the pictures in the Gallery of Illustra- ton. On entering the ante-room they found themselves opposite to a number of long mirrors. Look at that pie ture," said Compton, pointing to his own reflection. "Very fine" said Jer- rold, regarding 1t intently; wants hanging, though"
 In Tennessee court an old colored woman was put on the witness stand to tell what she knew about the anni- hilation of hog by railroad locomo- tive. Being sworn, she was asked if she had seen the train kill the hog In question. "Yessah, I seed It. Then" said counsel, tell the court In as few words as possible just how 1t occurred" ]" "Yo' honah," responded the old lady, q shore kin tell yo in few words. It jest footed an tuck him."
 The late Bishop James Newbury Fitzgerald, in an address in St. Louis, once declared that sympathy, far more than eloquence or learning, made for success in the ministry. "Too many of us, through lack of sympathy" he said, "say the worst, the most inap- proprlate things. Thus young Bap- tist friend of mine, condoling with a housebreaker in a jail, droned: 'Ah, my friend, let us remember that we are here to-day and gone tomorrow You may be; ain't,' the housebreaker answered shortly"
 Mark Twain tells a story of the ap- pearance of Sarah Bernhardt at Hart ford, at a time when he was a citizen of that town. Theater tickets were three dollars apiece-and a widow and her daughter, delightful and kind. hearted folk. were keenly desirous of seeing the great French actress, but feared that 1t was not quite right to spend six dollars on a one-night theat- rical treat when there were poor and hungry people in the town. ' So they took the six dollars and sent 1t to poor family whom we may term the Smiths. "Whereupon the Smiths con cluded the story, took the money and bought tickets to see Sarah Bern hardt!'
 In a western Kentucky town Ben Watson had saved the life of Myra Underhill. She had fallen into river, and as she was sinking for the third time, her rescuer reached and saved her. Aunt Tabby Wilson, the oldest worlan in the village, was loud in
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Getting an Opening.

man had story about a gun which he delivered himself of upon all occasions. At dinner party enc even- Ing he writhed In his chair for over an hour, waiting for chance to introduce his story, but no opportunity presented itself Finally he slipped a coin into the hand of waiter and whispered
 When you leave the room again. slam the door,"
 The waiter slammed the door as di. rected, and the man sprang to his feet with the exclamation:
 Whats that nolse-a gum"
 "Oh, mo-" resumed his host. Tt was only the door,"
 "Ah. I see. Well, speaking of guns reminds me of little story" etc. Liverpool Mercury.
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praise of the herolsm of the young man, and at once declared that Ben and Myra must get married. But Ben demurred. The arrangement did not suit him. Why not marry Myra, Benz said the old lady. "She's a nice girl, and we'll have a fine wedding" "She is a nice girl, all right" replied Ben, but I don't think we oughter marry. Seems to me- he went on, "I have done enough for Myry."
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IL Is pleasing as well as encourag- ing to read of the prompt and effective manner in which the good people of Kremmling, Colo, have solved the af- fnity problem, 50 far as they have come In contact with 1t up to this date. Recently a delegation of Kremmling citizens waited upon a certain clergy. man, who at the time was dwelling with a woman not his wife, dragged him outdoors, horsewhipped him until he begged for mercy, and then led him to his home mile away, where he was told to remain with his wife and two children under pain of more sum- mary punishment. It is safe to say that this particular gentleman will not be troubled with the affinity mania
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ness and gain admittance. I tried this,

ness and gain admittance. tried this, but one of your bullets struck me-
 The old Puritan sank on his knees. "Humbly thank thee, o Lord" he pray ed, that thou didst not permit us to harden our hearts" And his three sons. sinking on their knees with him, looked upward humby and said "Amen.' to what was surely the most grateful Thanksgiving prayer uttered in all New England that day.-Portland 0regonian.
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Thanksgiving of the Revelation.

Thankssivings of the Revolution.
 There were eight Thanksgiving days appointed by the Continental Congress for observance among the colonies during the war of independence. After the one called for the purpose of celebrating the peace treaty, which was held in 17S4, the day was allowed to lapse until 17S9, when Washington took his seat as President The idea in these early days was to offer thanks on some special occasion. That our ancestors could find eight such occa- sions during the dark days of the Reyolu- tion shows that they were ready to be thankful on somewhat slim proyocation But it also shows that the gobblers shed their blood for the country as well as the men,
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THE THANKSGIVING REWARD.
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And ye did not see whether or nay the sayages caught your brother?"
 The speaker was a gray-headed but well-muscled man h Puritan garb, and his words were addressed to two young men, one not much more than 15. while the other was apparently + or 50. The three were gathered in the living room of a rude but stout log house, and the fire light shone on a great bar dropped across the door. and pile of muskets, pistols and swords lying on a bench near by.
 'Say," said the elder of the two. Brother was far from us, and when the aavaxss lsaped on us I shouted with all
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The Fool Hath Said in His Heart, There Is No God" Is the title of one of the new plays. We have been un- able to learn why the author left out the rest of the Bible.
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One of the ministers declares that 6 woman has no sense when she is in love. Of course man always retains full possession of his reasoning facul- ties when he has peco1ue convinced that some woman with an up-tilted nose and raspy voice Is an angel.
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An Eastern paper tells how five sharks lined up and chased a sturgeon Uhtll they were driven of by a color cd woman and her grandchildren who protected the fugitive in his retreat IL was a narrow escape for the stur- geon, and he must have reflected on it gratefully while he was being cooked and eaten by his dellyerers.
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When a Pennsylvania woman was told few days ago that her husband had committed suicide she exclaimed, 'Thank God" We take 1t for grant ed that she will not wear mourning. eveI If black is becoming to her.
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The slump In stocks is said to have made 1t necessary for a lot of New York mllllonaires to sell their autono- bilees. We haven't heard that 1t has been necessary for any of the Kansas farmers to pawn their touring cars. Hence there is no reason to be fright ened.
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President Castro of Venezuela, who has fined an asphalt company about q oCO,0D0 bolivars, may have an am- bliion to be the Kenesaw Mountain T-andis of South America.
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According to Sir James CT

According to Sir James Crichton- Browne the English people are threat ened with extinction because they do not eat enough. Nobody who has ever seen an average Englishman with a square meal in front Of him in this country will share Sir James fears on that score.
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Joe Akkiojoglau, a Turk. has had his name changed in New York to Joe White-White being the English Of Ak kiojoglau. Reasonable people will not be likely to blame Joe for his desire to save wear and tear.
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Not So ReliUiOun.

But If It is true that she had been attending church regularly, must you not admit that in the matter of religion she is a close observer"
 "Say, rather, clothes observer She simply goes to church to observe the clothes of the other women."- Philadelphia Press
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clerks, and one is sent to the Governor of every State in the Union. It is also given out then to the press agents. who telegraph it all over the United States Each Governor, as he receives it, issues one himself for bis State
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The transfer of the Congo from King Leopold to a soulless corporation Is generally looked upon as a change for the better.
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The Medical Journal says: Sur geons everywhere are declining to re- move the vermiform appendix" Why n,l be more specific: Where, for in- strncei
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There are s1,722 people in the prls- ons of the United States. Most of them are not gentlemen who took llb- critics with stock belonging to other
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The Seattle (Wash.) thief who was shot nine times by a detective Is now in a position to make a noise like a lePd mine
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Perhaps Q FreeEe-Out,

Did you see where some railroads are planning a refrigerator combina- tionI'
 That will mean a cold deal for somebody. y."-Baltimor American.
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The Salt Lake Tribune thinks "a real gentleman forgets the clothes he wears" The would-be gentleman, We suppose, merely forgets to pay for them.
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Thanksgiving

What though you have no earthly goods Nor laurel on your brow, If you have not malaria,
 Be thankful anyhow
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Riches do not always take wings snd f. away. Sometimes they take inis and lose themselves in water.
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The ModesI Carver

Henry, at our next little dinner we won't have any carving done on the table"
 Good. That's where generally do t."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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It appears that an automobile can run over a COW and turn turtle without even turning the COW.
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B asy Man.

Mrs. Church-Is your husband talk ing any part in the peace conference?
 Mrs. Gotham-No, he's at home fight ing the furnace.-Yonkers Statesman.
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The Washington St1te people seem to think the Hindoo is a Hoodoo.
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The success of a scheme depends largely upon the cleverness of the agents employed