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OMEN assumed the right 20
~ change their minds back
ia the days Of mythology.

OMEN assumed the right 20
~ change their minds back
Y IN the days Of mythology
They have been doing II
ever since. Even IN affairs OF the
hsar- they have played one man
against HIS rivals until. they made
their choice OF husbands. Then in an
lnsnnt they have tossed reasons aside
and changed their minds
The world seldom sees the secrets
q a woman's heart and mind u
ruesses and gosslps OF them some
times. hut it rarely gels to know the
weird tricks that are played upon man
through the love Of q woman when
pestered by little Dan Cupid
Like Miss Rosetta ID. Brfce. the
wash!netau actress talented and
bsautifuI some OF the women don't
change ~hs.r minds until they have
takcr pho world into their confidence
wher aIfe= Price let It be known that
srs VS. 20 e.va up her theatrical ca
rsar 81 Marry Horace Carpenter Hurl-
h--- fr the world approved. And
now sat Mss BrIce has changed her
01o aad has already become Mrs.
r-ar 4. LaGorre the WORKS also ap-
~ gves H-t r. easps a little at the
t6rr change of mind ana heart
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Tilted One is Best Man.

When Llewellyn returned with the
document he found his future mother
inIaw bad already explained tbs plan
to Woodward who. now that he faced
the humiliation squareIy. saw in the
wild Joke the only escape that would
not forever render him ridiculous.
wi.h the courage Of desperation he
smothered any show Of grief and
walked into the drawing room ten min
utes later, not as a bridegroom. but as
best man.
Not a word was said 10 the sur
prised guests until the ceremony was
completed and the bridal pair had Iert
the room TO make ready for the honey
moon trip And then as the parents
and the best man, Woodward. advanc-
ed to meet the storm of curious ques-
tlons they were usrving themselves TO
answer. there broke upon them P Hood
Of queries that took them what seem
ed hours to answer with nIrpant
laughs which Woodward sometia,.
made dangerously near bitterness.
2Isny miles away 5n The wes1uou. i
express the best-msn- that-was-to-
have-been and the bride who changed
her choice OF husbands while changing
her gown, looked into each Others
eyes for g while.
Mrs Llewollyn guessed the question
in her husbands mind and ans0-. GO
it. Charlie" she said, I just eaaag-
ed my mind. but I'm never gci1- To
change II again.
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IN ALL the strange tales Of
lope that Cupid tHowS, he
81 usually sees a reason for
things that happen, The
world sees only the results. But
sometimes the stories of womeas
hearts and the freak events that
are caused BY those hearts. crop
out above the sa-farr OF sasidI
life and shock the timld HL5 5.5-
ing "THat couldn't be so"
Queer people are mated through
lore and lore makes some DO
queer things. But quceret of all
are the tales Of hearts that are
broken ana fpes that are changed
in a moment BY the antics Of
Cupid wheH he changes the mind
Of a W0HaH in lore.
EpeH if the best stories are
beper told in real life, the ones
that do become public so startle
the mind that it is nell that
stranger ones are not revealed.
People would HeUer believe them.
When a man hesHates between
tpo women he's subject to cen
sure, but he's quite outdoHe in
Hgiuness Of heart rvheH after a
womau has chosen her lover she
trades him for another, waiting
one time to make the trade at the
eltaT.
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AT Details Arranged.

All DEtullN Al I q EGtus
The wedding trip was planned by
the now much occupied best man,
Charles LIewenyn He saw to the
route for the trip out West. the buy
ing Of the uekets. the arr9neem, nts
for pleasant quarters at hotels. every
thing for the pleasure of his two best
friends, the bridal pair
AS best man LIewellyn made his
formal calls to arrange details o. tle
wedding ceremony with the bride and
her mother They saw little OF each
other during the last three weeks.
Neither had much -Ime &C. think OF
anything out the approaching we'd
ding.
When at last all was ready. when
even the stateroom on the wesJbound
mail train had been chosen by the best
man. and the clothes Of his principal
had been ordered and fitted. and his
own smart appearance for the wedding
had been thought of, when the carriage
trip from the rear OF the Humphrey
house had been arranged for the couple.
so as TO avoid the boisterous fun and
mischievous pranks of the many ac-
quaintances OF the bride and her fam
ily, then Charles IleweIlyn. best man,
rested from his labors to be fresh for
The great event
u uaz rha 1aet dow tef.r. .tl,. ...-z
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Mora. We mus; do something. The
drawn breath and anxious tone OF tie
frightened woman drew the girl OUT
% her FITS Of weeping and brooding.
Mother. YOU must send for Walter.
You tell him. 7 couldn't"
The girl sobbed while the mother
tried 70 cheer her. In desperation the
mother rushed downstairs to telephone
FOR the bridegroom. only 10 find him
already there. early in order 10 be
sure that everything was right
Walter. Walter come quickly.
There is something wrong with Mora
She won't 60 on with the wedding
She wants me to tell yc'. but I think
YOU better see her yourself
Hurrying up TO the brides room.
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shameful scene. but ] can't help 81.
IN sorTy. Good-by." The girl turEed
again to the window 20 hide her sobs
as she finished. woodward stood silent
for moment and then followed Jhs
reckoning mother into the hall
As the two stood at the head OF the
stairs. both groplng I'm a dazed way
for the right thing TO do and the right
word 70 say. LIeweHyn came bounding
I'd the steps. strong and smiling. But
before he could speak the cheerful
words on his lips the news was given
him By Woodward tn brief. 'It's
ali of. Mora baIks. SIC says she
doesn't love me. That it's"
Frightened. Mrs Humphrey put up
her hand suddenly and motioned 70
LleweIlyn- Come with me. Charles,
she said, and led the puzzled best man
back TO the stHl-dark room, where
the bride stood as if in strip r.
watching from the window the geusts
coming to attend a wedding thag
would not occur.
WHAT'S wrong. Mora asked Lew
sIiyn as he entered the room
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When the evening OF the wedding
came, and all the bridesmaids were
with Miss Humphrey, she began the
slow process that ell brides know. Her
gown was a woH1er OF dlny, creamy
SIX that foated as she moved about.
er splendid nut-browu hair. with
fust a tinge- Of copper in it, made her
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Mrs. Humphrey told Woodward.
meanwhile. what her daughter had
said. Surprised almost beyond belief
the intended bridegroom kept silence
too aEhast for words.
Mother and lover entered the room.
At the window. looking out upon the
courtyard where carriages were now
numerous stood the bride
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Mora, why is" began Wood
ward
Walter, its no use the girl in
corrupted, 81 can't marry YOU I
don't love you and you wouldn't want
me then. would you2 It's Charlie I
love It's cruel TO tell you like this
and It's terrible to create such a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-08

ing At the proper time. The crop IN
New Jersey Is far. Reports from Onto
give estimates ranging from 70 per
cent OF a full crop 20 IS per cent. II
being added that in most parts or the
State the yield is better than in 1907.
though the crop o. winter apples Is
light
The crop IN Michigan y estimated at
from less than % per cent 10 10 per
cent. according TO locality. Pennsyl-
vania's yield is short IN come districts,
folloWing 4 large cron IN most varlo-
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0Hf in West virginia.

happened in Wheeling. w Va.
.heu Miss Mora Humphrey. a belle
her set. was announced as engaged
~ waiter woodward who had wooed
rer long and ardently. society was
,atis--d and said. "Ot course. Every
,n, could see they were IN love with
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HEREDITY.

Knicker-Whom does the baby resem-
BILE?
Bocker-Its yell takes after its fathers
coliege.-New York Sun
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ties IN 1907. The growers expect TO
harvest a . per cent crop OF good
quality throughout the State Vil-
glnia and West Virginia each report
about q half crop. The quality IS
good and prices win be a shade higher
than last season.
Kansas has little better than a
third OF a crop, which Is reported 10
be better than IN 1907, while Kentucky
reports n tight yield. wEica. it is add
ed however. is better I'm N psf districts
than last seGsoU. The yild in Iowa
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NoVember s. 1908
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-06-16
Spring
TruantS
By w. F. BRYAN.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.
BY w. F. BRYAN.

Where are you going, BusterY Hal
word looked down upon the sturdy fig
ure of Dick Bennington, otherwise
Buster" with . twinkle in the kindly
gray eyes.
"Playin' hockey" explained Buster
promptly. "Wanter Gomez shin"
For a moment Brian Halvord re-
garded the boy with judicial gravity.
'You know very WELL" he began,
that after such a confession it Is my
bounden duty to see that you are de-
livered into the tender clutches of Miss
Spofford," he reminded. And yet here
l am seriously considering sharing in
your crimes and your pleasures, Bus
ter. It's not only schoolboys who play
hockey. l think 1 shall become your
accomplice and play hockey myself"
Buster looked up In surprise. Hal
word was grown mani Men did not
play hockey. Halvord read the ques-
ton in the big blue eyes.
There is report that should get
out today" he explained. "Not to full
fill business promises is playing hockey
Just the same as staying away from
school"
1.-The fish are bitin' fine. Jimmy Nor
row got 'leven yesterday" said Buster
Extensively II got two lines. l
brought one for Bud Schenck. but Bud
was 'fraid."
CLEARLY this is the intervention Of
Providence" declared Halvord laugh
ingly. Lead on. my youthful tempter!
But suppose we stop for lunch first"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-06-16
The Back
Number.
BY TEMPLE BAILEY.
Copyrighted, 1908. by Associated
Literary Press.

When the boys came back to college,
Catherine Newlands displayed rejuve-
mated charms The enforced quiet Of
the summer season in the dull old town
had rested her, had frightened her eye
and given tinge of color to her
cheeks.
AS she crossed the campus that first
morning in a scarlet sweater and white
linen skirt, with her tawny hair in &
big knot low on her neck, a half dozen
Of the freshmen turned to look after
her.
Catherine felt their admiration with
a thrill of qualification. For ten years
she had basked in the delight of max
ing that first impression on the new
boys. and 1t was like draft of old
wine to tippler.
Now and then in her triumphant
progress a junior or senior stopped
her and greeted her with frank friend
liness That was one Of the advan-
tages Of an affair with Catherine New
lands She knew how to shade love
affair off into good comradeship. and
the boys. who in their freshman years
had been her adorers, came for advice
in their later love affairs.
For Catherine would have none Of
them. She liked to bask in the sunlight
of their admiration, she liked to be the
queen of the junior promenade, she
liked the violets and the blue pennants
and the crowd of eager boys surround
ing her at the football game. She liked
to sing Down the Field" for them and
to have them cheer her at the end.
She liked to lead In their college yell,
and the roar of their young voices was
music In her ears. But that was all!
'You are too young" she would say
frankly as some stricken youth would
plead, "and, besides, if married you.
what would the other boys doP'
A lot of her old friends crowded
around her as she reached the library
steps, and there was a fringe of uncon-
quered freshmen in the background.
But when she presently detached her
self from the group it was one of the
faculty, Oswald Ware, who accompa-
MED her.
Dear old boy" she said as they
walked toward the great gate that led
out into the city street, Its so good to
have you back"
Don't call me old boy" he flung out
with a touch of irritation. Heaven
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-06-16
A Nature STUDY.

1 like to watch the old fool hen that's
tied beside my door. She has of little
chickens ten and thinks she has three
score OF all the blamed important
things that ever fused around she is
the worst All day she sings and
claws the dirt around She thinks she
has the only chicks, and so she clucks
and humps. All other chickens are
gold bricks; all other hens are chumps.
She sees q foe in every friend and
drives that friend away. Her feathers
always are on end; she's mad the live
long day. And so l watched the old
fool hen, and still she seems to me
like many chuckle headed men whom
every day | see. This life to them's
not worth cuss, no pleasure it affords,
because they fume and fret and fuss
about their little boards. with bile
and envy in their souls pursue their
narrow plan and ever guard their
dirty rolls and hate their fellow man.
Emporia Gazette.
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There was little doubt in the doctors
mind that Mr. Lambkin's recovery
from an attack of nervous exhaustion
would be more rapid if Mrs. Lambkin
were a less animated and constant
talker
Mrs Lambkin had never felt that her
husbands trouble was serious. Her
own health was in a far more preca-
rious condition than his, she felt sure.
1--WE didn't need to come to the coun-
try on his account any more than on
mine," she told the doctor on his third
visit "As say to Mr.. Lambkin day
after day, if he'd rise above his feel
ings. as ] do, and take an interest in
everything and ask questions and OBJ
serve and draw people out he'd forget
himself Now, | know perfectly well
that | have a high temperature this
morning, and l should like you to look
at my tongue"
She thrust out her long and lively
tongue for the doctors inspection and
waited for his answer.
81 see, madam" he said at last
gravely, chat 1t is sadly in need Of
exactly what / am prescribing for youi
husband-perfect rest and quiet for at
least six hours day for the next three
months"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-06-16

The sensational discovery of buried
Spanish treasure of gold and jewels on
the foreshore at Paradelha reminds one
of the romantic discovery Of the ia
nous treasure of GuarraZar under con-
ditions almost Identical, says the West
minister Gazette. Some peasants trav-
cling near Toledo one day in 1858 no
ticed objects of gold and jewel work
which had been exposed to view by the
heavy rains. The peasants. ignorant
Of its value, sold their treasure trove
for a trifiing sum to a local resident
who fed with it to Paris and disposed
Of it to the authorities Of the Musee
Cluny. The objects proved to be OF
rare antiquarian as well as intrinsic
value. They were. in fact, eleven
crowns which had been worn by Visi
gothic kings who had ruled Spain 1,20C
years previously The largest Of these
crowns. beautiful piece of workman
ship, has thirty large sapphires and as
many pearls. of great size. Below II
hangs a cross set with similar precious
stones, from which hang jeweled pend
UNITS
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The Opium Habit.

In an article on Robert Louis Steven
sons horror of the opium habit the
Rev. w. E. Clarke In the chronicle of
the London Missionary society gives a
letter which the novelist sent when on
the island to the native king of Samoa
on the subject, in which he said:
Nothing is more quickly learned than
the opium habit. 1t passes from one to
another like song. Nothing is so
pernicious; it feeds upon unaccustomed
races like fire upon dry wood. And
l assure your majesty no race appears
less able to stand the results of this
drug than that to which your majesty
belongs and over so great portion of
which your majesty is called upon to
rule"
Stevenson concludes long letter by
suggesting to the king that 'any for
dgner other than a doctor or mis-
sionary acting as doctor who shall
be found to have distributed the drug
either for money or as gift should
at once be deported from the islands.
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Sinclair's
Strategy.
By HENRY HAVEN.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.

Our dance, l believe, Miss Trent.
Dick Underby whisked Myra away,
and to Fred Sinclair, with declara-
ton of love trembling upon his tongue,
1t seemed that Myra went with Ill
omened eagerness. Underby hurried
Myra off to the dancing floor, but Sin
clair remained in the conservatory and
made rude remarks to the tiny foun-
tain playing in the fern lined basin.
All the season it had been race be-
tween himself and Underby for Myra's
favor, and now the season was closing
with the Dagmar dance, yet neither Of
the two men had been skillful enough
to evade Myra's innocent stratagems
and make his avowal of love.
Both had come to the dance deter
on the morrow Myra was to leave town
for a long visit to distant relatives
Perhaps had there been but one sutton
his persistence might have been re-
warded by opportunity, but Underby
and Sinclair unconsciously aided Myra
in her evasions by interrupting the 9th
err at crucial moments. When the last
dance had been played and the guests
were departing Sinclair realized, with
sinking heart, that his opportunity was
lost
Underby, too, was heart heavy with
disappointment, and chagrin still show
ed in his face when he came to the
station the following afternoon to see
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False hair was FIST regularly worn
in England by Queen Elizabeth. who
had upward of fifty wigs of different
kinds for her private use. After her
death a few women adopted the
French fashion of wearing wigs. but it
was not until the restoration that
wigs. or. more correctly speaking. perl
wigs, came to be extensively worn by
the sterner sex These were intro
duced in the court of Louis XIV,
where a natural head of hair was not
considered sufficiently luxuriant for
the artificial tastes of the times. The
term .'periwig'' is a corruption of the
French perruque Wigs were original
Iy adopted not as a remedy for bald
ness, but in the interest of personal
cleanliness. The laws of ancient Egypt
compelled all males to shave the head
and beard This explains why turbans
were not worn by the Egyptians. the
bushy artificial hair being regarded as
a sufficient protection against the heat
of the sun. The Romans. on the con-
trary, wore wigs because they were
naturally bald.-St Louis Republic.
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Afraid OF Safety Pins.


1t Is not easy to realize the bondage
to fear under which barbarous people
live on account Of their superstitious
ignorance Mrs. Theodore Bent tells
in her book, Southern Arabia" how
she tried to make present of safety
pin to a native woman and what
storm of indignation was occasioned
by her act On our arrival at our
camping ground and while we were
waiting for our tents to be ready was
surrounded by women all masked
They seemed highly astonished at a
safety pin which was taking out, so
/ gave or, rather, offered it to an old
woman near me. She wanted to take
the pin, but several men rushed be-
tween us and reared at us both and
prevented my giving 1t to her. | stood
there holding it out and she stretching
out her hand, and one or two men then
asked me for it for her. put it down
on stone, and she took it away and
seemed pleased, but a man soon
brought it back to me on the end of a.
stick, saying they did not know these
things and were afraid of them.
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One youigster ran back.
"You won't mind" he said boyishly
I'VE want to show her things"
Catherine shook her head.
NO" she said slowly; II dom
mind"
But when he had gone she went out
of the big gate with tagging steps and
dropping head.
Late that afternoon Oswald Ware
bending over a pile Of papers in the
fusty, musty study, saw vision OF
light as Catherine in filmy Powered
gown came in.
She sat down on the other side Of his
desk.
Oswald" she said, 1.-The queen is
dead Long live the queen"
what do you meany' he asked.
II am a back mum ber," she said visit
fully. II heard a boy say it. And
Oracle Allendale has developed into q
little beauty, and they are focking to
her"
"She will never be as beautiful as
you," he said Indignantly.
"Ah, but she has youth" The girl
was silent for a moment; then, "Just
think Of it." she said, Il am twenty
eight"
you are mere child" he stormed
why, II am almost forty. You are q
mere child"
A smile broke the corners of her
mouth.
"TIow nice it sounds to hear you say
it. You are such a comfort, Oswald"
81 wish you would let me show you
what there Is in life for you, dear
heart; such big things as compared to
the little life of the campus"
"Ah, but youth is there" And her
eyes wandered out to the sunlighted
space under the elms.
"And love Is here" he said.
Then her eyes came back to him.
THAT is why came" she said trem-
uIously-"t is why I came to you,
Oswald"
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1t is certain that the ancients had a
knowledge of dentistry, but it Is diff
hcult to determine when or by whom
the use Of artificial teeth was intro
duced Herodotus says that the Egyp-
tians had dentists for the teeth" In
the British museum there are various
dental instruments which had been
found in the ruins of Pompeii. and
Galen in the second century describes
the method Of extracting teeth by
means of forceps. Belzoni says that
artificial teeth were In use In antiquity,
since he found some specimens in the
catacombs.
Modern dentistry admits that the
first to teach how to make artificial
teeth was the Arabian Albucasis, and
In his work "Al Tariff" are drawings
of instruments used for this purpose.
The earliest known allusion to artifi-
cial teeth Is by Martialis in the first
century:
You use without blush false teeth and
hair,
But, Laelia. your squirt is past repair.
Minneapolis Journal.
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ESTABLISHED 1875

She remembered how Nancy Bald
win had been the belle of one season
and during the next had been almost
completely monopolized by Ben Trayer.
Myra had planned to have another year
Of freedom before she should be led
captive by Cupid.
But in the end an amused smile play
ed about her lips as she thought of
Sinclair's strategy, and when the porter
came through the car to light the gas
she procured telegraph blank and
wrote out one word message, eyes"
Her uncle was at the station the next
morning to greet her and to hand her
yellow envelope.
This came just as was leaving the
house," he said. 81 hope that it does
not contain bad news"
Myra tore open the envelope and read
the short message.
81 am coming on Sinclair wired,
ito tell it over again in English and
pantomime."
ITS good news-very good news"
said Myra, smiling softly, as she looked
up into her uncle's anxious face, for.
after all, pantomime, not Esperanto. If
properly expressed. is the universal
language of love.