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hands ef Others to the sccomyani ul.s a.
OF the droninx voices of suctioseeFs
II - said that the countess owes
about eleo. ."sse although the fagre bas
not been authoritsfively announced
some years Axo Miss Julia Davidson
the present countess. entered the esa
ploy of Ms John O. DosneF as maid
The lonBers had a daughter named
Elsie. and Miss Davidson cared Tor the
child
About six years ago Mrs IhoaBer
died and Ik,Hner married Miss David
son. Immediately the house became
the center of social life aaoBg the
wealthy people oi the district Serv-
ants seemed every~ here and the new
Mrs. Bonner began to enjoy life 10 the
utmost
Her millionaire husband was devoi.
ed to her and his affection was re
turned Elsie. Llonners daughter. still
lived oR the estate
After nonBers death fve wears age
Mrs. Bonner came into the great for
tune. She went to Washington and
mingled with the fashionable set there.
meeting the count. who captured her
heart. She soon sQuandered her
money
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WEAKNESS OF GREAT STRENGTH
Perfect heaith Not Consistent with
High Muscular Development.

II Is curious fact that perfect
health Is not consistent with high mus
cular development Professional ath-
letes and all men who acquire phe-
nomenal strength seem TO lose In
length a life and ACTIVITY what they
gain for a few years of record-breAk-
ing powers. was privileged TO see.
on several occasions. Louis Cyr. the
Canadian giant. who broke all weight
lifting records. He weighed go
pounds. and was all solid bone and
muscle. ] saw him hold his wife out
at arms length with one hand I saw
him raise s0o-pound barrel from the
floor TO his shoulder. using only one
hand and arm. | saw him get down
on all fours under a platform bearing
1000 pounds of big men selected from
the audience. and he raised the plat
form with his mighty back Yet this
remarkable man was muscle bound
and crippled at 81, when he should
have been at the height Of his wonder
full powers.
Kennedy. the oarsmsn. who won a
diamond belt for lifting with his hands
from the floor. absolutely without ap-
paratus. l 600 pound weight. was used
up and crippled before he was 40. Dowd.
professional strong man and teacher
III athletics. wore himself out and died
at E--Metropolitan Magazine.
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I should have shown his utter un
fitness for o0se
Il should have proved that his elec
tton would ruin the country.
4 should have advanced statistics
To chill the blood.
4 should have appealed to my hear
ers not to bring about a state of an.
archy and bankruptcy.
4 should have summoned every
patriot in the audience to 60 to the
polls early and die for American lib.
erty.
Il should have trotted ont Bunker
Hin. the American eagle and the star
spaneied banner and waved them
around until men would have busted /.
lung in cheering for them.
As l said. this was only a cbe,r
enort-a few remarks for SIS. but II
they have pleased you and strength.
ened your belief in our cause. why-
why"
And they drank together and fig.
ured out that the country was saved
asaia.-Ciacin.ati Enquirer.
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Leper to Have Home with Hs Family

PIE strici isolation in bich John X
] Early has been kept by the disiric,
health officers is to be broken. Within
to live with his family
That Is. he will be allowed TO dwell
in the same house, but will not come
in direct contact with them He will
have his own sleeping apartment. bed
linen. towels. dishes and other domes-
tic appliances
This has been practically decided
upon by the health ohicials. The plan
will not be carried into effect until the
commissioners have received the re-
port from the solicitor of the treasury
as to whether or not the federal au-
thorities have power to transport the
leper to North Carolina, the latter's
home state. regardless of the fact
that that common nwealth has refused
to accept him.
Although the decision has not been
forwarded to the commissioners. It is
known that the solicitors opinion IL
adverse He has said that the federal
department Is pOwerless 10 act. and
has reported to the secretary Of the
treasury to that effect
The commissioners will take no ac-
ton until they have received the
opinion in ofiicial form from the latter.
That Early Is 10 be 4 permanent care
OF the district is the conviction OF the
ofYjcials
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es.sssassa 10 - & . x.sEEs=< es'
.ixsse But shsu ses o'ciaxx came
AEe still so vtncest ] u'~sf w to his
rosa. fo< thought he seoale ss az
and aospG on thss his last eay sf Gas
tie Wyckhoa ~hce be ~ss TO leave
for Le,uaoa On the 4 l5 train thai ssi
erSoon- ] sss he nos We" tor
Zen mors couhdea; OF uy success
~t-s Agatha sixth thai day thaH bad
done the eVeHinx before sad although Z
! had not yet had III. opportunity 10
pu' the sreas question ] fel' th~; d
VAS seTN Bossibis thai In the xu.ss O;
accepted iover I might not hss. 20
take the - thai afternoon
whea ! reached Ntnceuts room
Knocked twice. and. F.c.ivias no az
s~er entered. and ~ss somewhat
alarmed TO fnd thai he ~as nos there
thoash his bed had been slept In
AExious. without knowing why. l tor.
downstairs and called for Mrs. Armi
stead That good lady met ms NJ the
foui 81 the stairs in answer to my sum
mons. with an air as anxious as my
e~n.
Have yos see Lord Vincent !
asked her
Have you seen my Secretary she
replied. without answering my ques-
tiDn. shes not in her room. though
her bed has been slept IN. But she
hasn't had her breakfast. and ] can y
hnd her anywhere
You dont mean it, calculated
and a sickening fear turned me cold
Perhaps this has something 10 do
With It," said Mrs. Armistead 4
found it on the front hall table under
meath the mail bag
Her anxiety was apparently sincere.
and yet somehow It rang false to me
With impatient fingers I seized the
folded paper she drew from her reti-
cule. u read as follows.
Dear old Arch. Sorry "a deceive
Yea SO but I've gone and done u-that
rash. foolish thing you told me not 20
do. at least by the time you Ryt this
note the deed viii be done. And ! -
dreaded your rcproachos that ! never
50 much as asked YOU to be the best
man But couldn't help IT, Arch. hon
est ! couldn't Not TO save nay soul
she shouldn't have had eyes like stars
and hair like autumn leaves As for the
money. hang the stuny old millions I
say Every pound Of II Is so many
glass beads To me in comparison To
what | have this day gained wish
YOU Joy of them and of the Honorable
Agatha. Dear old hoy. forgive me %
you can. and " you want to do m. one
last favor come down TO the station
in time To meet the eleven seventeen
for London and hear my last inJunc-
tions. VINCENT"
When did You find this?" | gasped
But ! didn't wait to hear her reply.
for a glance at the hall clock told me
that il WAS nve minutes of eleven. Bare
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Welsh SINGER Refuse Prea;dent. Wine

SzHET thee behind me. Satan. is
~ what IS husky Welshmen
thought when offered some Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's sherry at the con
clusion OF a White House concert the
other evening. What each really said
Was:
No. thank you; none for me-"
The Nelshmen gave a private con
cert for the edification OF the White
House family. The event slid along
like = hunk Of tallow on a hot stove
pipe. The president nearly blistered
his hands applauding the Men Of Har-
lech." Mrs. Roosevelt's face was suf-
fused with pleasurable enjoyment at
the rendition of ''Old Black Joe"
The bad guess and its consequences
came as the last words Of the final
chorus drifted out of an open win
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ROUND THE CAPITAL
- oA~s = oeAt~
sqsaades $4,000, 900 i Five Ysar.

~ ~AStfINGTON- Countess JaHa "
~ l. ss-csendorf. u. aashing beau >
who rose from lsays 3 maid TO nsi-f r.ss
" millions of dollars. through which
she ran In tVe y.aFs. declares thai
she had no regrets because her Tor.
tune has been sGaana.rcd
The countess H. ROW said 10 be Al
least sl"o.voe In debt. and vas forced
to undergo the humiliation VI seeing
the last OF her property sold at q debt
sale
Il spent 1t when l had 81 ~ the beau.
tifW countess Is reported TO have re-
marked to friend
] haven't any regrets nov that it B.
gone. some people have money. but
they wont spend n Frankly. I can
not see what good II does them"
The career OF the countess. Who is
an American girl. Is as roaantically
interesting A. that Of any woman in
the world
Once the lavish entert amer Of cabi-
net members. ambas sadors. senators
and social lights In Washington. the
Countess SeckeBdOrf. who five years
ago fell heir TO the - ."oo 900 estate
OF her second spouse. gained q reputa-
tion as spender. tesrfully watched
her last possessions passing into the
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JUST 4 CHEAP ONE.
caVnpsiVN oOs,s0iW1sr csU,1 tssve
oo~s naoeh ostse~ ~ S2S.

He had made a fair speech in favor
Of his political candidate for governor
and against the other. and when he
had finished friend stepped forward
and shook hands with him and said
Il want to compliment you on your
effort. 1t was great"
Then you liked my remarks, eh -
They were bang-up. ! didn't know
it was in you TO crate the way you
did
%, I did fairly well. guess But
yoa must remember At the same time
that this Was only q cheap speech
The regular orator failed them, and
they rung me in for SIS. Of course, l
could not spread myself for that Say,
I wish I lad been making . regular
8zs speech. II I had been l should
have called the opposition candidate
Q HAr."
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Plans for Early's future care and
treatment have been discussed by
Health OAicer Woodward and DR. vii
liam Fowler. chief Of the contagious
disease service. 1t is settled between
them that the strict isolation of the ~
ficted man In to be broken.
II is considered likely that some old
building belonging to the district will
be turned over TO the leper aud his
family for habitstion and he will he In
structed to provide for himself and
keep his own quarantine.
In the event that this building cannot
he procured II may be- that Early will
be permitted to live In the house near
the asylum grounds now occupied by
his wife and child. On the other
hand. II may be suggested TO him
that he buy q small place In the sub
urbs
Physicians in charge Of Early are
considering . plan to inoculste him
with the leprOsy bacilli, which cOnsti-
tutes the recently discovered Nastin
cure u the halady. This method is
said to have cured the disease In sew.
eral instances. when used while the
disease was in its early stage. as in
the case Of Early.
Early clings to the faint belief that
his disease is not leprosy. and that
the physicians have made a mistake
in diagnosing his case. He does not
favor this new treatment.
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dow. An attendant came into the
room niftily juggling an enormous
tray containing 25 glasses OF sherry.
He rendered a glass to the FIRST man
at the end of the line with black
clothes and . white chOker. He de-
clined with thanks.
The next three men also refused.
The other 2l had their mouths open
ready to make similar announcement.
The waiter likewise opened his
moWh. but in astonishment. He rea-
lized that IN awful blunder had been
made somewhere. In 4 daxed manner
he waved the tray until II was again
waving around his head and hastily
plunged from the room. Every men,
Der Of tn, Mountain Ash choir is q
total abstainer
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SYNOPSIS

lord Nufred vincent and Archibald
Terhune are introduced ID she opening %
tns story. lr Euzisud. ths hitisr r-laf iris
the tale Ih. pair on az 0utiuE miss
their truln ana sees iuz recreation meet
The itouuI ahle Asa aa " gckhpf
=. hos. hand g. much sought after. be
Causs nf her wealth. tfve other Agatha
yckhur- sre introduced The derea s.sdi
sieufsther. ln an eccentric moment. made
his viii 80 that the real Agatha. haireSs
% bis fortune and the castle at N We
England. miznt wed her AFFINITY. Thus
Srs. Arsisteat chapefon. Was in dufy
bound 20 keep tine real Agatha Identity
unknown. An attempt b. TeruHne 90
gather a cisu from the chap.run fails
Tsrhune nnds old books containing pic-
trre u former baroness Wyckhor
Vhich l. exactly like Agatha sixth. whom
he u courtinE Agatha Firth confesses her
love for Vincent and also that she IL the
real hesress He spurns her proposal
MANY ciews 10 identity of the real
Agatha prove fruifless Agatha Flfth
later confesses she Is not the heiress
More apparently uufailiug Ciews material
IN Vincent COufesscs love for Mrs
Armisteads secretary. Miss Marsh, who
tdid Terhune she is married Miss Marsh
then discloSes startling Information that
Agatha Sixth H. the real h.iress How
ever. Vincent, determined TO marry Miss
Marsh is partly persuaded by Terhupe
20 desist In his c0urtship because of All
ference IN their stations
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headed rushed around to the stables
and fortunately found Christopher just
putting the mare into the doscart
Get in" yelled. "and drive like sin,'
Sin, sir? Where sir" asked Chris
topher.
The station." | cried. jumping VI
beside him: and we new down tho
winding drive at a pace that would
not think Of attempting in cold blood
Through Mrs. Armisteads crimina'
delay in handing me the note many
valuable minutes had been wasted. vel
| thought I should still be In time per
haps to save Vincent from CARRYING
out the last fatal step of his incred ible
folly. II might not be too late to pari
them. for in spite of what he had said
in his note could not believe that the
worst had actually happened. As We
approached the last strip of woods be
fore We reached the station 1 caught
sight Of a pun of white smoke down
the track. A moment later. when We
drew up at the platform. the greai
locomotive Numbered into the station
and there. at the other end OF the plat
form, l saw them. There was Vim
cent. clad in the things he had worn
on the train when We had FIRST come
through the fields of Wye. and with
him was remarkably pretty girl with
beautiful wavy red hair. in a gray
tailor suit and a smart black hat. OF
course 1t was the secretary.
waved at them frantically and they
waved in return. and l could see Vim
cent smiling happily at me as they
entered one of the carriages. As
came up with their carriage vincen,
opened the window wide and thrust
his head out. oh. Vincent was all
said; am l too late?"
Not at all" he said. geniajly-
you're Just in time to congratulate
me. But what l wanted of you, Arch
and he leaned toward me and low
cred his voice-"was to ask YOU TO
break it to my father
Then it's t-ue." 1 said. not onite
able to believe it, even yet.
Yes. it's true" he said aloud. and
with . radiant smile he drew back a
little 30 that could see the erstvbiIe
Miss Marsh. It's true that I've mar.
ried the SecretAry-
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Civil War Veteran Returns Pension

uESPASIAN WARNER. commission
v er Of pensions. told President
Roosevelt the other day OF a remark
able case Of stricken conscience Some
time ago the commissioner received q
letter from 4 pensioner OF the civil
war surrendering his certificate and
enclosing two e500 coupon bonds Of
the United States and . draft for 9172,
thereby making full restitution to the
government OF all money he had re-
ceived On account Of the certificate of
pensioas.
Commissioner Warner refused to
give the name Of the soldier and de-
clareA be had not disclosed 1t to the
treasurer Of the United States, to
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whom Was turned over the conscience
money.
When the conscience contribution
hrst arrived the commissioner caused
an examination to he made Of the rec
Ords in the case. On the showing the
veteran was entitled to his pension
beyond . question. A special exam
liner was sent out TO make - investi-
CATION on the theory that The soldier
might be mentaliy irresponsibls.
The conscfence stricken naA was
found to Be In excellent health and
of sound mind. Thereupoa the &C.
closed and the bonds and noaey
were turned into the miscellaneous
receipts q the treasury departnent.
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AoroNioNe0 vs~G oocyoR
osd ls1y ost we'll wsaA eAsese G
e0oA.

great scientist has sail We can put
on oA age" IL We can oaly nourish the
body properly.
To DO this the right kisl of food. OF
cosrsa. 10 necessary. he boAy manu-
fsctsres poisons in the sAsnsch and
tntestfnes from certain kinls II food
stuRs and unless suficient a the right
kind 10 used. the injurious elements
overcome the good.
NY grandmother, II years old"
writes q n. T. lady. lad been an in
valid for IS years frun VIA. was
called consumption Of the stsmsch and
bowels. The doctor had givea her up
to die.
Il saw 10 much aADue Qsape- Nuts
that I persuaded GrssasfRAer 70 try
H. She could not keeo 1ayelieg On her
stomach for more than . few minutes
She began Grape-Nuts with only a
teaspconful. As that did rot distrezs
hef and As she could retain II. she took
little more until she cculA take all of
= teaspoonfuls at q meal.
Then she began to gain and grow
strong and her trouble in the stomach
was gone entirely. She got - entoy
good health for one - saa and we
kDow Grape-Nuts saved ~ ~
The doctor was astoaisased that in
stead Of dying she got ven. and with
out q drop Of medicine after she began
the Grape-Nuts." There's . Reason
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read The Road TO Well
virIe.- in pkgs.
tvsr res1 tsse a6s~e lsster! A new
- aepsssS ssOw tis,e - tiWse. rsey
80 SesusaWo, tvWe, sN6 NsN - hSran
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CNAPTEN vI.-Contirusa.


I'm awfully sorry. Arch" he said
that ! vas such a beast last night
III never forgive myself for trying to
strike you. Only. You see. l lost my
head. and ! didn't know quite what
| was doing" "Of course" I said Il
understand" But he would not let
me stem the tide Of his remorse. And
then, yos know. what you said vas
NS,y hard to bear. and you see, after
all. II wasn't true. She told me 1t
wssat. Dad you hear herr"
Yes" I assented, and l believe she
tod yOs the truth"
OF course; but then you're always
right, Archibald, always right When
! go away from here and never see
her any more"-his lips quivered un-
controllabiy-'1 may be able to forget
het."
''Of course YOU will" ! assured
him, cheerily, though there was a lump
in my throat. Men have died but
not for love. Many have been as hard
hit as you and have recovered"
''Oh, yes" agreed my patient, but
without enthusiasm; but at any rate
hSh bdiutu pVIut, anu vincent
had agreed with me that marriage
with the secretary was too rash and
foolish for him to contemplate.
'By-theby. Arch" he said. careless
iy. as We still sat before the fire try
ing to make believe that the incident
OF the secretary was closed, Il have
something to tell you. The secretary
told me outright which one Of the
six girls really is the daughter of
Fletcher Boyd"
looked at him in utter astonish-
mept What" ] said. excitedly: do
you mean to say she deliberately gave
away the secret Which one is II. for
Heavens sake, And why did she
do it,"
It's Agatha Sixth. You were right
all along. As for the reason. ] dom
enow what she did 1t for. unless-un-
less" he hesitated. She's such an
honorable little thing think she felt
that the marriage would displease my
family. 40 she wanted to turn me
from what she saw was coming and
use1 the disclosure OF the Honorable
Agatha's identity for bait. Come on
to bed" he acded. weh = little return
Of his old spirit: you'd better get
rested for your last try for the TWEEN
ty MILLIONS. II you make up for past
aee 'sct you ought TO win Agatha
Six'A hands down"
Then you don't mean to try"
His face clouded again Il don't
Aesn to try" ne said and We went up
to our rooms in silence
And no We came to the last four
days Of our stay At Castle WyckhofY.
and began subtly and by degrees to
win back my former place in the re
gara Of Agatha Sixth, and with every
inca Of ground gained in my pursuit
OF the Honorable Agatha l thought OF
Vincent with a fresh pity.
] he evening before the last day of
ouf stay We all spent together in the
usic room. We were very jolly, and
yet underneath il all think the girls
were a little saddened by our ap-
pro aching departure. and wilfred and
felt . certain regret that the end
OF our delightful visit had come
though of course | had fully deter
yained TO propose TO Agatha Sixth on
the morrow l was rather surprised.
Therefore, when Vincent suddenly
complained Of headache and, excusine
himself, went up TO his room When
l went up to my own room 1 raped
O his door. but he made no answer
AD1 I concluded that he musf be
asleep The nett morning. mucn to
ny astonishment. he did not saunter
- anA out Of ny room - - was &C.
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NOT w 70 rvs aGcoao.
~ s>s1, q lsess o~es osse lsrpsr
es6sI erteossitiss.

A pupil Of one Of the puaaac school.
In Chicago sends thts commsa1cation
Dear Sir In our school this morn
Ing an amusing diasoxSs tssa place
primary teacher q 0trago
Wishing TO impress On ker pupds the
necessity Of greater Qsse4. sail:
i an . great deal larger thsn any
OF you. yet ! don't make aay noise
when l walk around the rssa.'
Perhaps remarked httle seven
year-old Kenneth, 'yos cont wear
shoes
Oh. yes, ! do.' quickly replied the
teacher: Just look. DID you ever see
any larger than mine7'
kenneth surveyed then carefully
Yea. he replied. SLOWLY, 'soce-in
. show. ."-Waverly Magaaos.
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To Clean Dottle. and c.e,,,e,,.

To clean water bottles and decauters
m!x together half gill of vinegar and
handful of salt Shake well in the
decanters TO be cleaned. and no matter
how discolored. this treatment has
been tried and found successful
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Yhs otisi AaosW.

4 tourist in an Ost-Ofths- vay region
of England put up one a1GA4 4 IN
amiable old lsAy's cottage, ~ village
Inn being full.
Nov, the tourist Waa vorV Asaf.
whtcA fact ~ took pains y impress
upoa the old lady, toOethss vfA in
structions to wake him ~ . particular
hour in the morning
On waking . great AaAa hees than
the time appointed, he fOuaA hat the
amiable old lady. with . cOmmexdabl BILE
regard for prOpriety. he'd slipped IN
der bis door 4 slip Of paper - which
Vaa written:
Sir. 1t Is half past eigAt'"-Harp-
ers Weekly.
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~ " esst1 voA-

"This 10 . busy wire. ! tsa you"
sOared the excited Daa - ~ tele-
phone booth.
And from the other e0A q ~ wire
came this:
4 don't care, ! will talA."
Get OF the wire!" a1Uuool the
other, beside himself "vou osat ssnt
70 talk With me-"
But u was no use
I've paid ten coats to taik," came
the answer. and I'm SS1Ag - - H.
And talk he did. busy vtso or sOt.
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Tkerv p Nof~ Gsta-rh IN ~ ouuD - cpza.,y
than all oth~r dssrs~- put tQe1DoouB. - r - -
=. ...ey w. ,..,. -. ..,. .es,.rs to =
prs-crit-d hsca r.m~sis~. and - hSp.x
"a cur~ WITH oc~i tre~tueBt, psvsanu U~b~
se'easH ~ proven cst.rrh ~ ~ . Oa11lou11Aat
Mails tatsfrh Cure. manufactures ~ o J. Clen~,
o.. Ioiesio. ohio = the oay Ssmaonunnn - o.
the nsarket II r taken mtsvUaSsu u - - "
aros- Ia = t~s~poonfgi u srss AsuuoAg = ~ eAss
ssd mucous surfaces " tae sysegw. tAV sots
hundred dollars of = - = - ~.pa
W. circulars and testimonials
Aadr-- CHENEY = Cd. 1sanA OD
Sod by Drssnpt-. fss.
1nAs Halls amiy FNh ss es