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4 Eioht In the Aiy.

W. K. Webb, the author of Buffalo
 Land tells this cat story:
 The chicken hawk of the west is a savage and dangerous enemy, but once
 one of these air pirates got worstcd l was sitting in front of the doctors Of
 hce when hawk shot down with won
 derful rapidity of wing-so fast that
 its shadow seemed hardly to reach the
 earth before it's body. It bounced upon
 the doctors favorite kitten, which lay
 asleep on the grass, and made off with
 1t. At an elevation of about fifty feet pusS recovered from its surprise and
 went to work for liberty Its feline mind was exercised to astonishmen,
 and wrath. Twisting like a weasel US claws came uppermost, and to my
 straining gaze a sight presented itself much like q feather bed being rip,be open in midair The amazed ha awk received new light on the subject of prey, let go and made off like bad Y plucked goose, but the cat came safely to earth-on it's feet.
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Vhe Origin of 2 Great trxe,.;.,,

oh one of the Gaiiy trips of vounx westinghouse from Schenectady to the foundry at Troy lis train WIS hold ,, oy bad wreck Two rrcfahts r,,, come together in a h"ad-nr collision o1, piece of straight track. The eugi- neers had seen the danger plainly. bm Dy the time the hand brakes were brought into play 1t was too late. The young man allowed these facts to sink into his mind. Then lie said to one of the train hands:
 IT the engineers had been able to control their trains from the cabs. the wreck could have been prevented, 'ouldn't i1E
 "Control 'em how?"
 Brake them'
 les. They had lots of tme.'
 That was enough. The air brake wac conceived. Amid the piled up wreck. age the thing that was to make the name of Westinghouse familiar to ev. cry schoolboy the world over was call. ed Into being. It did not come in it's perfected form, but the idea itself had standardization Latzke in Every. body's.
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StraicfJse Out th4 9tandOe.

Beef was very scarce in l.adysmfth during the siege, but General Sir Ian Hamilton. then a colonel. insisted that horse Is not half bad when properly cooked and when olp is used t0 Il In fact" he said. concluding q discus sion, Il have q joint cooked tonight which l hope you will all sample. or cry one at the table preferred the beef with the exception of ColoLels W"r'' and Ian Hamilton, who ostentatiouSl carved generous slices from the "horse flesh" The dinner was nearly ove' when one of the servants whisper ed 2 communication to Ward. Up he sprans 'T'm distressed, gentlemen. he an nounced to the startled company. "A silly mistake has been made. Those joints were mixed up somehow, and you have been eating the horse. Tn really annoyed. But hope you'll be convinced now that the meat is splen. did eating. I'm sure you all seemed to enjoy It." Chances were exchanged mustaches were twirled Nobody seem d ready with a response Then . voice from the bottom of the table piped up: "Oh. don't distress yourself Ward! I thought some mistake had been made. so l just changed those dishes as they stood on the sideboard It was you and Hamilton who had tho horseflesh all rightl'
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The Onion podoe.

Incredible as it may seem.' said the detective. ''therc are many shoplifters , who steal by the agency of the onion These men. before setting out upon their contemplated crimes, eat of raw onions abundantly. Then they stroll Into the silversmth's or the haberdash CTS or the jewellers that they propose to rob.
 Show me those large solitaires sui. rounded with pigeon blood rnbies, please says the jewel thief.
 "The clerk brings forth the tray of gems and, bending over 1t. the thief sighs with admiration. His face close to the clerk be sighs again. And .he clerks nostrils quiver. and be turns away his head. The inspection Of the { diamonds continues for some minutes. Throughout 1t the thief keeps breath
 ing hard. the clerk keeps turning his head away and hence it is no wonder, at the days end. that a couple of costly
 rings are missing New York Press.
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Nobody Ever "at" london.

A case of irregularity occurs in . cablegran that announces from New York the residence of certain ac cused person at London You will perceive at once the absurdity of those words-"at London A New Yorker may want to get at London, but those who live there live 'in London" And 1t is one of the triumphs of London and language uhough most irregular, that no one is ever "at" London. You can drop off "at' Paris CD the way to anywhere. and you may spend the win' ter "at" St. Petersburg or "at' New York. You may change cars "at' Chl cago. But there comes moment when the English language gets irregular. Is 1t when the fifth million is passed? Nc Epslishman was ever "at' London. Il would be as irregular as being 'at Asia or "at' heaven.-London Stand ard
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TScthpickA

Toothpicks were n common use .n ancient Rome. Sometimes they were made of cu.lls, but preferably of the wood of the inastc or lentisk tree, whose astringent and aromatic gum is known to modern dentistry. Martiars epigrams frequently mention the den. dscalpium. or toothpick, and recon mend the wooden kind aEnve the quill. The toothpck was taken 10 England by travellers from Italy and France.
 As Mares says, The using Of it in public was long deemed an affected mark of gentility." Shakespeare takes this view when he makes one of the characters in King John remark:
 Now, your traveller
 He and his toothpck at my worsh.pa
 mess.
 And when my knightly stomach is suf-
 feed,
 Why, then l suck my teeth and catecl!se My picked man of countries.
 The most fantastic use to which the toothpick has ever been put WAS the sixteenth and seventeenth century fash lon of wearing 1t in the hat as @ ho- phy or an ornament
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TA Mystery of Death.

death. how bitter Is the though bee! How speedy thy approach
 stealthy thy steps. How unceg thy hour. How universal tn |! The powerful cannot escape the wise know not how to avoH the strong have no strength ' De thee; the rich cannot brih' with their treasure. Thou art :; her that always strikes. a swo;f ps never dull, net into which :,' Ia prison into which all must ell sea on which all must venture. |: )ty which all must suffer, a uil'
 which all must pay. Oh, death }. Implacable enemy to the hl
 race. Why didst thou enter into de Granada.
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The Force of Habit.

xno I spore%' said the fat commer> ], drummer. II should say SO That's {%s can't use an alarm clock. cant .sr lem. My snore drowns the best of And, speaking of the force of .h,t-I put up once at a crowded s,ntry hotel where 1 had to double up ,th an acquaintance. l told hiiu l ared a few, but he didn't mind, he I'd because his wife was star in sat line, and he had a system to eat it. "I,ll just tap you on the Shcul@cl .orv time you begin to snore. he eA- .Ined. 'That'll stop you without ~.ing you, and after little I'll droi
 myself
 IT worked like d charm. l felt his . for a time. but finally off went
 g dream of $1O,OOO salary and lr cont commission. Well, sir, when ,ore in the morning there was tha. ssn tapping away at my shoulder reg sr as clockwork. and he sound asleep, .on At it all night don't you sec! orce of habit"
 And be beamed indulgently on the Ieut party.--New York Globe.
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jt the Tree Falls, What of the lvyf

t the Tree FaIIs, What of the lvyf
 We hear a great deal about the mod. exn girl developing mannishness, inde- pendence and losing her femininity. 4 great many people are much alarmed becs use girls are not trained, as for merly, in womanly gentleness. It ii . beautiful figure of speech to describe the feminine character ss the ivy which clings to the masculine oak foI support and in return covers and beau tides its hideous knots and scars.
 But if the oak falls what becomes of the ivy7
 There is too much of this ivy clinging and beautify1ng Idea in training girls They should be taught that 1t is just as necessary to be independent, to be self supporting. as to be able to cling and beautify. Tn other words, they ought to be able to stand alone If the tree falls and not go down with it. Success Magazine.
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lnaitatlon 0; EbonY.

There are two processes, says the Carriace Monthly. in use in the inits ton of ebony. Take fire srai.ze0 piece of wood, use French black pc ish, made black with fire coioring na' ter, or good air drying black varIiSh may be applied. This. however, s:Yt, only a superficial coloring, and whc ! the edges wear of the light coiorc,t wood shows The other method is ,u wash three or four times any dense wood with boiling connection of loc wood. allowing 1t 10 dry between eae.3 application Then wash with so}n tion of acetate of iron, which is mace by dissolving iron filings in vinegat. This stain is very black and penetrates into the wood so that ordinary wear and chipping will not show the original color
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Iceland From a Lava Wall

The general impression that Iceland Is a cold country IS false one. says a writer in Travel Magazine. In Reyk' javik, the capital of the island, one day perche'l myself on one of the lava walls and looked at scene of summer warmth aud beauty. Familiar cows and cats and hens were busy in the sunshine. Children, thinly clad, were playing about with shouts of merri' ment. Potatoes were in full blossom and cabbage and various vegetables added to the sense of homelike comfort But such days are oases in vast deserts of rain, for if Iceland ,n summer Is not cold it is not comfortable.
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Are Women's Watches Inferior7

"Yes, madam" said the jeweler. slowing watches to woman custom CT, "this is a sixteen point action, the best that is ever put in lady's watch"
 "Don't you put just as good works in . ladys watch as in gentleman'sT P asked the woman.
 "Why. no. not at all, madam. La dies do not need such good watch. Most always they wind up their watch once in awhile, and then they let it be for week or two without using It. This is as good as any lady needs"
 The woman explained that she was a business woman and just as depend. ent on trains and boats as a man. but the jeweler remained unmoved in the conviction that sixteen point was all any woman needed.--San Francisco Gall.
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Great Pigeon cities In the Swarps.

Each spring in May all the rosy gulls of wide region somehow agree to re- sort to particular one of various marshy lakes for the purpose of rear Ing their young. Just how they decide the important question is not for us hu mans to know. At any rate, what the, do select is a great area of grass, reeds or rushes growing out of the water and there, out of the abundance of dry stems, each pair builds partly float ing nest, side by side with others thousands upon thousands of them These great "cities" of the prairie pl eeon present one of the most dramatic spectacular sights in the bird life ol this continent. comparable in way te the former breeding "roosts'' of tht real wild pigeon.-Herbert K. Job II Outing Magazine.
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Ants the Ideal Communist.

It would perhaps be pushing meta phors to an unwarranted extreme !" speak of dignity Cf labor" in connee ton with the occupations of ants. Fn, if by the phrase we mean that lab"' is the honorable lot of i'll citizens, and that all labors of whatever sort as" upon the same level of respectab!itN then we might venture to apply 1he saving even to the labors of an an hill. For therein all are workers, from the newly fledged cal!ow to the ve'er.sF of second sumrner.-Henry Mct t@'E In Harper's.
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cre.ter Than the Nation,

here is d certain cons"cssm W II, ktever authority he may hold F councils of state, is Ot conpal. by minor importance ill H. ""1 kebol,.. Indeed t h.,s been Un Rly !ut.lAatcd that his wife iS 'tl.' ] le thing ln tlia.r e,l.!llishmr.. resentAtivc and Mrs Blank l.
 to Baltimore one aftelllou. kn they left the train st Wa>,i,I;' on their return Mrs. Blank dis red that her umbrella, which hat
 intrusted to the care of her hue was missing.
 There's my umbrella ?? she d, ded.
 m afraid I've forgotten #. H.. meekly answered the congress
 Tt must still be in the train.
 the train.' snorted the lady
 to think that the affairs of tl, bn are intrusted to man wht h't know enough to take care of ! ans umbrella"- Success.
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s.ssHK. Bachelor Maids Keys.

-Oo enjoy the freedom of latch lvr, exclaimed the bachelor maid bi; c,v. Look at that bunch''-hold ng oft a ring full of keys. Fifteen, a;nl have to carry all of them all ih, oa This one is the key to the s,n'l., I,lding, this to my own studio, this so club, this to my hamper at lle |b. this to my desk, this 10 the se drawer of the desk, this to !. nk. this to another, this to my le, box, this to my sewing machine yes, the woman who comes to clean studio would do her annual sewm- re if didn't-this to my box in tIi' ety deposit. this to the plano-t t' ln the woman from using it, "' rse-this-positively l forget w!la' for, but I know l need 1t oflcH
 simply worn out lugging around ; st bag big enough to hold them d.. sure you, my dear, that if you eve
 I have committed matrimony yot
 tell all my friends I needed :;
 to carry my keys for me. Ike" Sun
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E!iea.

Tho astonishing abundance of flies during the latter part of the summer h accounted for by the estimate made by an eminent entomologist that the progeny of single house fly in the course of one summer will number 2,0S0.32O If 1t were not for the in- numerabie enemies provided by nature tcr the destruction of the fly. the whole cir would be filled by the end of An gust w5,h swarms of flies, which would t0ndey H.e insupporta hle
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Room Doors on the Stage.

ln real life room doors always open in toward the room itself. On the stage however. room doors. as rule open outward. or away from the room Exits are one of the most difficult parts of the actors art, and if he or she had to tumble with the handle, pull the door toward them, step round 1t ano pass through they would probably make a clumsy dodge of 1t. That is why, as a rule doors are constructed to open outward at push.
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ltaiy's Leaning Towers.

Most gleaners of the wonderful con Gider the leaning tower of Pisa to be something unique in architecture. This l. an error, however, for there are two others in Italy and several in other European cities. The two at Bologna are the most remarkable. One of them is 821 feet in height and leans over six and half feet from the perpendic- ular and the other is 161 feet high and has "a lean" of over nine feet The oldest of these two remarkable structures WAS built in the year 1110
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.lnteilicen. Strencth.

If is known that tbe largest churcn bells may be SC! T! Inction pv nah or even a boy wbo pulls the ropes a! tsched to them at i'roper and feguia' intervals. eve,, when their weight of metal is so yYea. that fbe SUonscS man could scarcely move ibeH! sehsi'Ha if he did nGt apply bis strength lli ut ..r,,,t,e+o neriootc:i intervals Helm hOltZ.
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The Doctors Aim.

|e frivolous person has remaTE'H hess Was like a struggle between |eopleMnd that the doctor reS''M
 deFthird man, who intervencI ') te them with club. Sometime the disease on the head "ht'
 mes the patient.-Hospital.
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Chinese Troop. Good Runners.

In the drilling of recruits for thr Chinese army each man is required to carry sand in his knapsack. For the first day he carries two ounces; on each succeeding day he increases this amount by two ounces until at last he is carrying sixteen pounds. These men can run at dog trot for ten consecu' tive hours and arrive at the end O that time in a ft condition for fighting
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)ll you risk her wi anitber an'
One Rino and Another,

wonder when 'tI.e ring first '"
 connected with 6ghting? r"l' blower of pugilism. "Oh, replrd etk, Il suppose it dates back r beginning of the Christian 'c.i
 Whats thati What has pug 10 do with religion?' "Oh. 7 ht you were speaking of the wed ring."- ."-Philadelphia Press.
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Rett\ss Gift.

A Lancashire vicar was asked by the cho,r to call upon old Betty, who was deaf. but who insisaed in joining In tLt solo of the anthem. and to ask he. only to sing in the hymns. He shouted into her ear. Betty, I've been request cd to speak to you about your sing ing" At last she caught the wolt singing and replied: Not to me bs the praise. sir. It's . gift"-PaA Nal Gazette,
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No. I;tsrst.

"Papa. this pnr"l says JOY e1 Me' ,r ott,ce had tleir beads cut Od. Did they cut then If with an aA
 "No, my boy with sharp move Baltimore American.
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Why ha Baked.

Ars. Shurtcommons-Hav some more q the lamb, MT. Wisenham. MT. Wis. enham- No; l can't bear to eat 1t Ii was somebody's pet lamb once. Mrs 6hortcommons-How do you know Ar. Wisenham-Because they must have waited years and years before they had the heart to kill it-Cleveland Leader.
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An Epitarh.

Ina little churcbyard nea! L]ar.m.' mech. Wales, is a tombstone with ti>tse tines upon it:
 Tn crossing OCT the fatal bridge
 John Morgan he WAS slain.
 Btt 1t was not hv mortal hand.
 But by 6 railway train. John Morgan was me DontSnan te the Tanatsitle barriers and pa,d 1he capital penalty fer taking short cut along the Cambrian fine.
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4 DIpIomat.

'J say, fathci." queried little John oy, whats dlplomatT'
 "A diplomat. m- son." replied the old man, "is a acrSul. who doesn't mean what be Leans others to think he means"
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lntermission.

yelled at the top of his voice f"r purs and then stopped. pl," said his mother, "are H"O Ito be good? Have you finish"''
 said Tommy. T have not t''' I'm only resting"
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Better Than His Pick.

A story is told of an Irishman who while walking with his friend. passed . Jewellers shop where there were ', lot of precious stones in the window.
 -Would you not like to have your plck?''
 ''Not me pick. but me shovel" said Mike
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Made Sure 1t Was Used.

old farmer and his wife, note' )heir niggardliness, had a cusioli owing the servant only one mal't iht the fire with each morning. morning the match failed to kih o the servant went to their be,
 door and asked for another one. whispered consultation was be ben the two. then audibly the wif'
 III you risk her wi anitber an'
 loot we'll hae tae r1sk her. Jane;,
 a John, but be sure an' seek
 O the ane she got last nscht. VI
 ow Times.
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Nerer Did.

Railroad SnporuleuGeDt-Ihaf De" engineer dotSu1 ust much eoai His A.sistart-i Rno~ I7a used !c be ianator. kEEie
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A man who makes two jobs grow where one grew before is about ths best working definition of patriot Nashville American.
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Forcirq Business.

Fr Irritable through lack
 Buy a box O cough ioZen:''S Ter! Bystander-I haven't gel " Coster Well, fight ne an "'s |tu6 far black eyes. kndon {
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So Sudden.

Carsone-W Would you like to own . puppy. Mss Cecelia3 Cecelia-Oh. Mr. Oarsope. this io e suddenL- YeUp6S 0Aea0nA
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A Damper.

Marion-I showei papa those verses you wrote me. and he seemed pleased. Harry-He I!d: Mnr,on-Yes He said he was so glad to see you were not poet,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-26
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DEAD BODY IN TRUNK
HOUSTON, TEX, SHOCKED By DIS
covERY OF ANOTHER BLOODY
mURDER MADE.

Houston, Tex, June 2j.-Another
trunk mystery developed here this
morning when a negro opened a trunk
found floating on the bayou and dis
covered the nude body Of white Wo.
man aged about thiry-fye years, with
the eyes bulg.ug out, the tongue hang
ing out three inches and marks OF fin.
ger prints on the throat 10 show she
met death by choking.
The garments and towel marked
E.ks Hotel gave the police a clue by
which they expect 10 speedily appre-
heud the murderer.
The trunk is known 10 have ben
shipped from Houston 70 Harrisburg
Tuesday morning, and was taken from
the station there by two men on pre-
-,uta,ion OF d check and sent 20 the
vaar,es on the bayou bank Another
negro found .r later and lied il 10 the
bank with a string until this morning
when it was opened.
Fragments of letters and other
things afford a clue to the identity OF
the murderer
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Badly spralned Ant'. Cured.

Three years ago ouf daughter
spraIned her ankle and had been sui.
'ering terribly for two days and
n nghts-had not slept a minute. Mr..
Stallings. OF Butler, Tenn, told us
OF Chamberlaln's Pain BALM. We
went 10 the store that night and got
a bottle Of Il and bathed her ankle
two or three times and she went TO
sleep and had a good nights rest
The next morning she was much bet
ter and In a short time could walk
around and had no more trouble with
her ankle.-E. NJ Brumitt, Hampton,
Tenn. 25 and 80 cents sizes for sale
by F. ]. Ramsey and Hoffman Drug
Co. vky
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