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YOU didn't. expect he will be in soon, and then
Why, that must be Langdon now!"
1t might have been AK brigade from the dis
trict attorneys Office, or hook and ladder COM
pany by the sound l didn't know whether he was
comm through the doors or bringn 'em in with
him. AS squints around l sees the egg eyed butler
get shouldered into the hall rack; I judges that
Langdon must be in something of hurry.
He gets over it, though, for he stamps into the
middle of the room, plants his feet wide apart,
throws his leather cap with the goggles on into a
chair and chucks of them greasy bootleg gloves
into the middle of the tea tray.
Hello, maw" he growls. Hello, Fatty! You
here again."
Playful little cuss, Langdon He's about
five feet nine, short necked, and broad across the
chest. But he's got nice face-for masked
bal-eyes the color of purple writin ink, hair of
lovely ripe tomato shade CROWN down to peak
in front and standn up stiff and bristly; CORFU
gated brow, like washboard and undershot
jaw sames bull terrier. Oh, yes, he was dear
boy, all right In his leggins and leather coat he
looks too cute for any
Who's this?" says he, gettn' sight of me sittin'
sideways the stuffed chair
Why, Langdon DEAR says NAV, "ths is Pro-
fessor McCabe. l was speaking to you of him, you
know
He looks over as friendly as if was some yegg
that had been hauled out of the coal cellar.
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bein anything nearer years ago, but was still anx-
ious to try again But it didn't look like there'd
be any weddin' bells for him until Langdon either
got his neck broke put away for life. Pemby
want soured, though. He talked real nice about
it. He said he could see how much NAV thought
of Langdon and it showed what good stuff she
made of, her stickn' to the boy until he'd settled
something, something had settled on him.
Course, he thought it was about time she had
let up and was treated white for awhile. Accordin'
to the hints he dropped, suspicious that Penn
broke would have ranked her Al in the queen
Glass; and gathers that the size of her bank account
don't cut any ice in this DEAL him havin more or
less of surplus himself. guess he been patient
waiter; but he'd set his hopes hard on engagin the
bridal state room for spring trip to Europe
1t all comes back, though, to what could be done
with Langdon and that was where the form sheet
want any help. There's million or SO left in trust
for him; but he don't get it until he's twenty five.
Meantime, it was question of how you're goin' to
handle youngster that's inherited the instincts of
truck driver and the income of bank president.
Its pity too" says Pembroke. 6 He hasn't
any vicious habits, he's rather bright, and if he
could be started right he would make quite man,
even now. He needs to be Gagged up somewhere long
enough to have of the bully knocked out of him.
I'm hoping you can do little along that line. p"
TOO big contract" says l. "All l want is
to make his ears buzz little, just as a come
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By Sc w ELL FORD

- 1 am about sizn folks up on first
~ view. 1 used to think there
only two classes, them that my
kind and them that want; but I've got over that.
l don't try to grade em up any more; for theyr
built on many different plans it would take card
index the size of a fiat buildin to keep EN- all on
file. All can make out is that there's some good
points about the worst of em, and some of the
best has their streak of yellow.
Anyway, I'm glad 1 amt called on to write
tag for Langdon. First news [ had of him was
what took for inside information bein' it
handed by his nav. When gets the note
askn me to call up in the 7o's between five and six
l don't know whether it's bid to tea fest or
bait for an auction. The stationery real swell,
though, and the writn this up and down
kind that goes with the gilt crest What could
puzzle out of the name, though, want familiar
So about five-thirty I'm standin' outside the
glass doors pushin the bell butler with boiled
egg eyes looks me over real frosty from behind the
lace curtains but the minute 1 says I'm Shorty
McCabe he takes off the tramp chain and says,
Yes sir This way, sir" I'm towed in over the
Persian hall to the back parlor where there's
lady and gent sittin opposite sides of the coal
CRATE, with a tea tray between EN-
I'll be drinkn that stuff yet, if 1 amt careful
thinks l.
But didn't have to duck. The lady
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- deal like that.
Say, as rule 1 amt anxious to take
on new people, and it's gettin SO lately that
we turn away two or three week; but it didn't
take me long to make up my mind that 1 could
find time for session with Langdon if he wanted it.
Your NAV says you do little boxin'?" says
I, smooth and soothin'
what of it?" says he.
well" says 1, down to my studio we juggle
the kid pillows once in: awhile ourselves, when
amt doin' the wand drill, or playin' bean bag"
"Huh" says he once more
For parlor conversationalist Langdon was a
frost, and he has that would turn a subway
guard green; But NAV jumps in with enough
buttered talk for both, and pretty she tells
me that Langdon's perfectly delighted and will be
down next day
"Me and Mr.. Gallagher'll be the spot" says I.
GOOD evenin', ma am
At that Pembroke jumps up, makes quick
break away, and trails along too, so does a
promenade together down West End-ave.
Charming young fellow, chr" says Pembroke.
"Sure!" says 1. - But he hides it we'll"
you think Langdonlneeds exercse?" says he.
Never anyone that needed it much worse,
says l.
lust my notion" says he. "In fact am so
interested in seeing that Langdon gets it that
quite willing to pay something extra for"
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at first though. But he's dear boy; isn't he,
Pembroke?"
This was Pembroke,s cue for fair, It's up to him
to do the boost act But all he produces is double
barreed blink from behind the glasses He's
of these chubby chaps, Pembroke is, especially
around the belt. He has pink cheeks, and nice
white forehead that almost meets the back of his
collar. But he knows when to let things slide with
a blink.
Il guess some ones been givin' you the wrong
steer" says 1. Il amt started any kindergarten
class yet; The Y; M. c. A: does that sort Of"
oh, dear! but Langdon isn't child you know +"
says the lady. He's great big fellow, almost
twenty-five. Yes, really. And 1 know you'll get
to be awfully fond of him. Won't he Pembroke?"
"We-e-e-ell-" says Pembroke
''Oh, he's bound to-" says She "Of course
Langdon doesn't always make friends easily. He
is so apt to be misunderstood. Why, they treated
him perfectly horrid at prep school, and even
at college. A lot of the fellows and, actually,
some of the professors, were rude to him that
Langdon said he just wouldn't stay another day 1
told him didn't blame him bit. So he came
home. But it's awful1y dull for a young man like
Langdon here in New York. you know"
Crippled, or blind, something, is her" says l.
Who; Langdon! Why, he's perfect-absolutely
perfect!' says she.
oh, that accounts for it, says I, and Pembroke
went through some motions with his cheeks like
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~ - NSAA y AASA - W.
says l. I'm almost willin,
to do the payin' myself"
That pleases Pembroke
so much he has to stop
right in his tracks and
shake hands. Funny, amt
it, how you can get to be
such good friends with
anyone so sudden? We
walks thirty blocks, chin
min like brothers, and
when we stops on the
corner of 42d I've got the
whole story of NAV and
Langdon, with some of
Pembroke's hist 'ry thrown
in.
1t was just a plain case
of mother bein' used as a
doormat by her dear, dar-
ling boy. She was more
or less broke in to it, for
it seems that the late de-
parted had been a good
deal of a rough houser in
his day, havin' been about
as gentle in his ways as
a 'Leventh-ave. barten-
der entertainin' the Gas
House Gang. He hadn't
much more'n quit the
game, though, before
Langdon got big enough
to carry out the pro-
gram, and he'd been at
it ever since.
AS near as Icould figure,
Pembroke was a boy
hood friend of maw's.
He'd missed his chance of
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~ AY, the longer 1 knocks around, and
- the more kinds 1 meet the slower
l am about szin' folks UP on first
~ view 1 used to think there was
ONLY two classes them that was my
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HUH" says he. I've heard freight engines
coughin' up a grade make noise a good
deal like that
Say, as a rule 1 amt anxious to take
~, -,oo-1o r,o++;o, on 1o+e1,,
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so ANXIOUS to get to talk1n
that she forgot to shove
the cups at me, and the
gent didn't act like it was
his say. 1t was hard to
tell, the way she has the
lights fixed, whether she
was twenty-five or fifty.
Anyway, she hadn't got
past the kittenish stage.
Some of 'em never does
She don't overdo the thing.
but just gushes natural;
usin' her eyes, and eye
brows, and the end of her
nose, and the tip of her
chin when she spoke, as
we'll as THROWN in a few
shoulder lifts once in
awhile.
It's so good of you
to come up, professor
says she. Isn't it, Penn
broker"
Pembroke - he's the
gent on the other side of
the tray-starts to say
that it was, but she don't
give him a chance. She
blazes right ahead, tellin'
how she's heard of me and
my studio through friends,
and the minute she hears
she knows that nothing
would suit Langdon bet
ter. "Langdon's my son,
you know" says she.
Honest?" says L.
"Te-he!" says she.
"How sweet of you!
Hardly anyone believes it
at first, though. But hi
Pembroke?
This was Pembroke's Gu
to do the boost act. But
barreled blink from behi]
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ELEVEN KNOWN DEAD
Explosion Of Gas Occurs In a
West Virginia Mine.
CAGES BLOWN FROM SHAFT

Heavy Charge Used In Blasting lgnitcd
the Accumulated Dust In the In
terIor of the coiIIery, Thereby caus
ino the Disaster.
Charleston, w. Va. May 3.-The
bodies OF eleven dead have been re
covered from the Whipple mine,
where nm explosion Of gas occurred
and this Is thought to be the full ex-
tent OF the fatalities. The number OF
injured is five. The mine was but
slightly damaged.
The explosion occurred In the main
return heading, 1900 feet from the
mouth OF the shaft. and is said to have
been caused by q heavy shot. which
ignited the accumulated dust. The In.
terror OF the mine was not damaged,
the force Of the explosion expending
at the top OF the shaft. The cages
were blown out and the tipple build
ings were wrecked. Six men who
were working tipple escaped unhurt,
although heavy timbers were hurled
In every direction.
There were no marks on the bodies
OF the dead. These men suffocated
from the afterdamp and could have
been rescued had they been reached
ten minutes sooner.
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"TIFF' FOR KOREAN IDOLS.
Formerly Worthless Product Of Mis-
souri Mines May Become Valuable.

Formerly Worthless Product Of Mis-
sourl Mines May Become Valuable.
Another use has been found for the
products Of the Missouri Kansas lead
and zinc mining district. j. Kava-
nnugh will use byproduct-tiff--in
making idols for the worship Of the
Koreans, says a special dispatch from
Joplin, Mo, to the st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Kavanaugh Is now in joplin secur-
tag carload OF the stuff that has been
the banc of mine operators for many
years. Tiff Is a mica-like formation,
sbaiy and somewhat inclined to splin-
ter and, It's specific gravity making 1t
difficult to separate from ores, has
worried operators greatly. How Kava-
naugh came to Joplin carries with 1t q
pretty satire. He was directed to this
field by woman missionary In Korea.
Herself teaching the Koreans to de-
sert tho worship Of hand made gods,
she unwittingly told Kavanaugh where
he could find the material he sought
for the purpose of commercinlizing the
god making business on an elaborate
scale.
This missionary is Miss Mary Ogles-
by, formerly of Kansas City, Mo-, and
whose brother Is roommate or
Charles Perry, employed In the Fred
Harvey house at the Kansas City un-
ion depot She gave Kavanaugh let
ter Of introduction to her brother, who
is also employed by Harvey, but Kava-
nnugh met Perry, who sent him to Jud-
son Jones at Webb City, and on Jones'
advice he went to Joplin, learning that
tiff is more plentiful In Joplin and
Galena (Kan) mines than in Webb
City.
Kavanaugh was located In Pingyang,
Korea, as the manager Of some coal
mines for the mikado. He saw the
great demand for idols and seals
among tho natives and concluded 1t
would be good thing to establish an
idol factory there. He learned that the
Koreans required gods and seals to
guard against Iii luck that were bright
and glittering, shapely and capable of
withstanding hard usage, as the Ko-
rean carries his god and lucky seal
around with him
Kavunaugh knew that tiff was found
In California, but that 1t was too brit
tie to stand grinding and shaping. The
Missouri product, he learned, was
amennble to such treatment and he
went directly to Joplin. He proposes
to ship a carload Of the stuff to Ping
yang, open an idol factory there In
competition with the native god max
ers and give the people idols and seals
more durable and less costly than the
article to which they are accustomed.
Should the venture prove successful
financially, and Kavanaugh believes 1t
will, he expects to make the shipment
Of tiff from Joplin to his Korean fac
tory a regular thing in the future and
thereby establish market for the now
urnrfhlnss hyproduct of the mines
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Heart Strength

Heart Strength. or Heart Weakness, means Nerve
Strength, or Nerve Misunderstanding more. Pos
itiyely. not one weak heart In hundred Is, in IL
self. actually diseased. II is almost always o
hidden tiny little nerve that really Is all at fault
This obscure nerve--the Cardiac or Heart Nerve
simply needs. and must have, more power more
stability. moro controlling more governing
strength. Without that the Heart must continue
to fail and the stomach and kidneys also have
these same controlling nerves
This clearly explains why, as medicine. DR..
Ghoop's Restorative has In the past done so much
for weak and ailing Hearts DR.. Shoop first sought
the cause Of all this painful palpitating suocat-
ing heart distress DR. Shops Restorative-this
popular prescription--is alone directed to these
weak and wasting nerve centers. It builds;
it-strengthens; 1t offers rcal genuine heart help.
If you would have strong Hearts, strong di-
gestion, strengthen these NERVES re-establish
them as needed with
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The vote on United States senator
for Wisconsin remains unchanged.
The Italian government has present
ed bill to parliament providing for
stricter emigration regulations.
J. Henry Middlckarp, a seventeen.
year-oid youth, shot and killed his
father In their home at Catonsville,
Md, In defense, 1t is alleged, OF his
mothers life.
The Russian council Of ministers
has decided to double track the Sibe-
rian railroad. The section from At
chinsk to Irkutsk will be double
tracked this year.
The German reichstag has passed
the first reading Of the Kiel canal bill,
which provides for s3,750,000 as the
first installment Of the amount to be
expended In widening the Kiel ship
canal
General Won Deimling, commanding
the German troops In German South
west Africa, has arrived in Germany.
His return signifies the end Of the
outbreak and the pacification Of the
colony.
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AFLoAr IN LEAKING BOAT
eIxteen ahipwrecked Men Picked Up
at Sea.

Norfolk, Va, May 8.-Captain da
Rochel, fourteen seamcn and negro
boy stowaway. survivors of the Span
ish bark Orlente. which stranded off
Nags Head lifesaving station, on the
North Carolina coast. last Saturday
night. have arrived here. having been
picked up by the fishing smack Lila
b. Fernald OF New York. They were
rescued thirty miles north OF Cape
Hatteras after they had been afloat In
q small and leaking boat for fourteen
hours.
The lives Of the rescued men were
In great peril from the time the bark
stranded 500 yards OF shore In dense
fog and rough sea until they were
taken on board the Fernald.
The Fernald herself carried crew
of seventeen men and there were not
sufficient accommodations and food
aboard for all hands. so her captain
abandoned his fishing expedition and
brought his charges here and they are
being cared for by the Portuguese
consular agent.
The Oriente and her cargo OF phos-
phate IL q total loss. The vessel was
bound from barbados to New York.
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FUEL FAMINE SERIOUS.
Western Canada suffsrIng Because Of
Miners Strike.

Winnipeg, Man.. May 3.-The fuel
famine is assuming serious proper
tions. hardly a town In Western Can
ada having enough fuel to last for a
week. Near the mines where the min
ers are out the condition Is becoming
most serious. At Calgary hundreds Of
people are down to their last pound
of coal and many industries have been
obliged to close down and there Is no
relief In sight. At Brandon green
tamarack wood Is practically unob-
tainable at 81 per cord and not a
pound OF coal can be had at any price.
All towns In Western Canada are In
practically the same condition and
even Winnipeg is beginning to suffer
for want of fuel. Some 1000 cars are
tied up on the Canadian Northern be-
tween Winnipeg and Fort Frances, the
company being unable to bring them
In owing to shortage of engines.
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ANIMAL DINNER A SURPRISE.
Novel Birthday Feast Given to New
Yorker,


A masquerade dinner, with the guests
appearing In costumes representing va
rious animals, was feature of q re-
cent evenings social doings, says the
New York Times. 1t was a birthday
surprise dinner given to Lehman
Strauss, the horseman, and his friends
at his home, O04 West One Hundred
and Fifteenth street, New York. The
guests were asked to gather In the
afternoon. They were all at table
when Mr.. Strauss arrived, and their
animal costumes completely hid their
identity.
The decorations We're oil typical OF
animal life, the horse predominating
About the room were whips, spurs,
saddles and other trappings Of the
horse. About the table, arranged taste
fully amid floral designs, We're large
and small animals of various types.
In the center Of the table was a hay
stack, and under 1t was pair OF
horses wearing the blue ribbon which
Mr.. Strauss pair of harness horses,
Delight and Delightful won at the last
national horse show.
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Wonderful Eczema Cure

Our little boy had eczema for five years,
writes N. A. Adams, Henrietta Pa."Two
OF our home doctors said the case was
hopeless, his lungs being effected. We
then employed other doctors, but no ben
eft. resulted By chance we read about
Electric Bitter, bought bottle and soon
noticed improvement. We continued
THE medicine until several bottles were
used, when our boy cured was completely
cured" Best of all blood medicines
and body building health tonics. Guar
anteed at Sohutz & Ketcham Drug store
90 cents
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NV Best Friend

Alexander Benton, who liAes on Ru-
raj Route |, Fort Edward, N. T., says;
"Dr Kings New Discovery is my best
earthly friend. II cured me OF asthma
six years ago. 1t has also performed a
wonderful cure OF incident consumption
for my sons wife. The first bottle end
ed the terrible cough and this accom-
plished, the other symptoms left one by
one, until she was perfectly well. DIR
Kings New Discoverys power over
coughs and colds is simply marvellous .
No other remedy has ever equaled it.
Fully guaranteed by Schultz Il ketcham
Druggist. SOC & 81 .OO. Trial bottle free
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iRONwORKERs ON STRIKE.
Three Thousand Men Guilt Work at
San Francisco.

San Francisco. May 3.-Three thou
sand men engaged In the iron trades
In this city and around the bay walked
out OF tho shops because their employ
ers had refused an eight-hour day.
The Union iron works. the Risdon
iron works and twenty other shops
Gre completely tied up
Twenty-seven shops granted to the
men the eight-hour day for which the
fight Is being waged and 10 per cent
Of the men continued at work. An
arbitration proposal has been made by
the organization OF employers. but tho
men will stay out pending Its consid-
erAtiOn.
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,soUaSpuig honorary Member.

Washington, May 3. President
Roosevelt was made an honorary
member Of the Society Of the Army Of
the Potomac at its thirty-seventh an.
nual reunion at the Belasco theater in
this city. General n. NJ. Curtis Of Og
densburg, N Y, formerly member OF
congress, was elected president of the
society to succeed General Henry G.
Dwight.
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NEW HIGH RECORD.
Casualties on Railroads for Quarter
Ending Dec. 81.

Endtn1 peC. . /.
Washington, May 3.-The accident
bulletin issued by the interstate COM
merce commission for the three
months ending Dec. 81 shows that dur
ing that quarter casualties to railroad
passengers and to railroad employees
while on duty numbered 20,944, an in
crease of 1904 over those reported
during the preceding three months.
The number of passengers and en-
ployes killed In train accidents was
474 an increase Of 207 over the pre-
vious quarter The number of passen-
gers killed, 160, Is the largest on rec
ord except that for the quarter ending
Sept go 1904. Three accidents, two
collisions and one derailment, caused
143 deaths.
The number OF employees killed in
coupling ears aud engines was S4, as
against 81 the preceding quarter
The total number of collisions and
derailments was 1866 (2,226 collisions
and 1879 derailments), of which 291
collisions and 1870 derailments affected
passenger trains. The total damage
amounted to s3,099,228.
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t.iohwaymen Commit Murder.

Chicago. May 3.-The first murder
Of the prolonged holdup season is re-
ported from South Chicago. High
waymen shot and killed Charles Lind
ley. machinist, twenty-three years
old. Lindley was on his way home
when he was stopped by two men,
who were seen running away after
the shooting. II is supposed they
were robbers. as Lindley's coat pock-
ets were turned inside out.
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Rich Indian Allotment.

Application was recently made at
Muscogee, l. r.. by Dixie Colbert, a
Chickasaw Indian, to sell part Of his
own allotment and parts OF the allot-
ments Of five Of his children adjoining
the town site Of Sulphur, 734 acres In
all, for town site purposes, says Mus
cogee correspondent of the Kansas City
Times. In the application to make
the sale 1t Is set forth that Colbert
nnd his children are to receive $72,4cS
In cash for tho. la,nd they want to sell.
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Annual Pilgrimage of Afflicted.

Carey, O.. May s.-Hundreds Of
amioted people. many Of them Grip
pied, scores Of them blind and others
almost helpless from paralysis and
other diseases. are praying before the
holy relic ID the Church Of Our Lady
soe tho Consolation here. This II the
annual pilgrimage Of the afflicted from
yall over the country 70 the churon,
where they pseitien tx cure pf tbslF
$500 - 4 HiHi(M
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ST. Paul Union Stock Yards.

ST. Paul, May 2.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.5o@625; fair to good.
$4.00M5.00; good to choice cows and
heifers, $3.50@475; veals, $425m4.75.
Hogs-s6 20@6.321s. Sheep-Wethers,
$6.50@70o; good to prime lambs. $7.75
08.65.