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To Go With President Roosevelt.

Austin, Texas. = Captain William
Mcdonald, e agent for Texas
and an ey-ranger, and John Aberna-
thy, United States Marshal for Okla
homa, accepted the invitation of
President Roosevelt to accompany
him on his African hunt.
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Reconciled.

Husband-"Well, darling, I've had
my life insured for 10000"
Wife-"How very sensible OF you!
Now I shan't have to keep telling you
to be so careful every place you go
o."-Kansas City Journal.
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Charges Against U. s. Attorney.

Honolulu, acknowledgements against
United States Attorney R. w. Brock
ems, preferred by the Rev. E. w,
Thwing and others, have been sent
to Acknowledgement Bonaparte. They
refer to both official and personal
conduct among the Oriental citizens
of the community.
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Steals a Steel Bridge.
BY CABLE.
italian Consul Appointed.

Rome, Italy.-Adalfo Rossi, for
merly Inspector of Italian Emigra'
ton, has been appointed Consul-Gen.
eral Of Italy at Denver. Signor Rossi
has made many journeys to the
United States.
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SYNONYMS.

"That walters an idiot"
whats the matter now?"
81 asked him to bring me a water
cracker"
"WelI?"
"And he brings me an ice pick
Cleveland Leader.
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Feline.

Miss Jenkins-"How do you like
my new motoring costume?"
Miss Wilkins-"I think it suits you
splendidly-especially the mask and
goggles. Chicago Journal.
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David b. Hill Returns.

Ex-senator David B. Hill said on
his return from Europe that he is out
of politics and would not take a NOM
ination for Governor of New York.
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PASTOR FOUND DEAL
Rev. O. B. Milligan, Athlete ard
Golfer, Victim of Suicide or Murder.

Cleveland, Ohio.-"Goldie, take
care of the children this afternoon; l
expect to go to the country club" said
the Rev. o. 3. Milligan, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, of Canton,
Ohio, to the housemaid. Two minutes
later the clergyman lay dead in his
study with a gashing wound just be-
low his heart from one barrel of the
shotgun found at his side.
Whether the deed was premedi-
tated, accidental or by the hand Of an
other, intimate friends cannot deter
mine.
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At the Church Fair.

Miss Gushing-"Oh, Mr.. Baldhead,
you'll surely take a chance with mel"
Baldhead (absently)--No. I've
been married twice."-Town Topics.
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LATEST NEWS
BY WIRE.
Big Drop in Revenue.

Washington, D. C.-The monthly
statement of collections of internal
revenue shows that the total for July,
1908, was s22,029,316, which is a
falling off Of $~2,899,50S as compared
with July, 1907. By far the larger
part of this decrease is in the colec-
tons from spirits.
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First Sewing Machine Man Dead.

Boston, Mass.-The death is an
-nounced at Brookline of John James
Greenough, inventor and former su-
perintendent of the Patent Office at
Washington, D. C. He was the first
to take out a patent on a sewing ma
chine, invented the first shoepegging
machine and assisted in the construc-
ton of the first electric locomotive
He was ninety-six years old.
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For Pam American Court.

Minister Calvo, of Costa Rica, had
a conferences with Acting Secretary
negie of 100000 for building the
Pan American Court House at Car
tago, the capital of Costa Rica. A
plan is being worked for transfer
ring the fund to trustees who will
apply it to the uses Mr.. Carnegie
prescribed in his gift.
Meat Consumption Increases.
The consumption of meat is on the
Increase in Germany,
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Captain Lorenzo D. Baker, a Cape
Cod native, who died in Boston, at
the age of sixty-eight, raised the ba-
mana from the position of a coastwise
luxury to that of a staple.
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Exnlosion ON a Danish Cruiser.

Copenhagen, Denmark.-Two men
were killed and six others dangerous
ly wounded ON board the Danish
cruiser Hekla by the premature ex-
plosion of a shell. The accident &C.
Cured at target practice at Aarhus
Ray.
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Every year Denmark sends a mill
ion dollars worth of poultry and
eggs to England.
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NUMBER g..

The origin Of the word Turing"
of the present day construction comes
from olden times, when animal skins
or furs were used on walls to keep
out the cold and wet.
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Kill Argentine Army Bill.

Buenos Ayres, Argentine Rep, via
Galveston, Texas.-The Senate passed
to a committee the bill for ornaments
voted by the Chamber, thus putting
an end to the matter. If it had re-
iected the bill the Chamber could en-
act a law approving it by ~two-thirds
majority.
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New York City's Bronx geological
park has a larger collection of ami
mails than any other geological gar
den in the world. Some others have
a larger collection of a certain spe-
cies, but the grand total gives the
lead to the Bronx.
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Where the Kissing is Done.

Patience-"What is the limousine?"
Particularly, the limousine is
the conservatory of an automobile"
-Yonkers Statesman.
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Sad Words.

OF all sad words
These are the worst:
"Back to the bench
You're out on first"
Washington Star.
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When New York City gets its water
from the Catskills, the longest flow
will be from a point 100 miles from
the City Hall.
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Holland May Ask Aid.

London, England.-The Standards
Rome correspondent says that the
Dutch Government has opened nego-
tiations to ascertain what diplomatic
or other assistance Italy will render
her in connection with the dispute
with Venezuela. The correspondent
adds that similar steps will be taken
with London and Berlin.
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There are only three horses in
Broadway where there were five four
years ago.
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Porto Rican Mayor Held For Arson.

San Juan, Porto Rico.4Heraclio
Mendoza, Mayor of Cayey, was ar
rested, charged with arson. II is al
legged that a recent fire at Cayey. in
which many buildings were destroyY6,
vas caused by Mendoza,
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The Roasting Grocer.

Notice in a grocer's shop: sour
Cheese is Unapproachable. london
lobe.
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ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
Directions For Dry Cleaning Dsliests
Lsees-pomcstie Gossip.

Delicate or fine old laces may be
dry cleaned at home if they have
not been allowed to get too soiled
by means Of breadcrumbs or a mix
ture of equal parts OF -four and mag
nesia. When using bread, rub the
'rumbs in with a soft cloth, chang
ng crumbs and cloth directly they
look soiled. In the method of using
flour and magnesia rub the mixture
well in with cloths and allow the
lace to stay a few hours before shak-
ing and brushing it. Pull into shape.
tack down on piece of white paper
and leave under a weight.
Lace hardkerchiefs may be finish
ed successfully on the window pane.
Pull into shape and lay on the glass,
pressing out every. wrinkle. They
will dry smooth and ready for use.
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eeeret Of Happiness.

We each of us possess within our
selves the true source of happiness,
Enjoyment is contained in our i'm
agination, not in the book we read
in our appreciation Of beauty, not
in the picture; our musical culture,
not in the instrument played. Our
enjoyment of nature does not de-
pend upon the charm of our sur
roundings, but upon ourselves.
Some men will find more JOY in the
prairie than others in the Alps
some more JOY in the desert than
others in the flowers and forests of
fertile lands. Is it the rich, the
powerful, the popular that obtain
the greatest happiness We look
about us and we know that this is
not true, though we act as if it were.
Blessed are the poor in spirit. This
we know is true, though we act as if
1t were not. No one is truly happy
who has not happiness as a we'll Of
water springing up within himself
into everlasting life.
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Renovatina Ostrich plumes.

The whole secret in renovating
.eathers is starch, raw, not boiled,
as that would act like glue. Take
three tablespoonfuls of raw starch
10 one pint Of cold water, into which
put the feathers. After they have
been washed and rinsed press in a
ry cloth with the hands, squeezing
5 dry as possible, then hang in a
draft to dry. When quite dry, shake
thoroughly. AS the starch flies of
in cloud every fue will rise, and
the plume will be just as full and
rich as when new. Hang over steam
Of a boiling kettle. Do not curl
near the stem, as it gets too narrow
that way. When curling have the
forefnger Of the left hand parallel
with the stem.
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Training a Naval Gunner.

1t takes an English bluejacke'
four months and two weeks soliC
hard work to become a gunlayer
and during that period the natior
spends something between $3.50
and $4,000 on his education. 81,
weeks of this time is occupied IL
passing out for seaman gunner, anC
if he is successful in this he goes to
sea again and serves a commission
afloat. He then goes through an
ether three months course in in
struction, at the end of which he
must know every gun in the service
how il is made and how it is
mounted. When it is remembered
that there are twenty-six different
types Of guns in use in the navy il
will be seen that this is no small
matter, for to be successful he must
get IS per cent of marks in every
subject and IS per cent of hits in
his trial firing.
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A John o. Rockefeller Yam.

Mr.. Rockefeller is something Of q
dialect expert, and some Of the sto-
ries he resaled us with were of the
Hibernian, German and southern
type, writes Victor A. Watson in
the New York American. One OF
the former was:
"An old lady went to a haber-
dashery ard called for a 'craveit'
(cravat). The clerk said he thought
she meant a Eoktie and directed
her to the next counter.
"'Oi want craveit for me hus-
band said she to the second clerk.
Don't you res- a necktie !?
"'Sure, an ts.-s phwat 0i scd.'
We'll, III recommend this beau
tiful green one for you. Your hus-
band will like it,
Sure, an me husband will have
no choice i tn matther. He's a
rorpse.'"
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Buffalo Robes Scarce.

Buffalo robes will soon be q
thing of TIE past" said a local deal
er, who has had six robes on sale
the past winter, the property of n
citizen who could not afford to kcer
the precious skins longer. Five OF
them have been sold, and while $500
has been offered for the last of the
lot, the dealer IS holding it for 5000,
the price demanded by the owner.
The robes are not unusually large
either Imagine a carriage beine
driven about town, a 5000 robe
thrown carelessly over the seat
while the owner stepped into a bust
ness house for a few moments
Few people would recognize the
robes as valuable, however, as they
have no more style than the or
dinary fur robe sold at $50 or so.
But the value is there, as the pur-
chaser will learn who pines for the
skin Of a real buffalo.
Il remember well enough seeing
buffalo robes sell here for SO
apiece thirty years ago." said an
old timer.-Kansas City Star.
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A LITTLE HONS :NsE.
Story Of a Sl5ur5znts Who Feroot
What He FORGET.

wait a minute" said the subur.
banite. I've forgotten something
" hat = asked the man who was
generally his running mate.
i forgot what I've forgotten"
That's plain enough"
"Too bad | can't remember IL"
"My dear fellow, can't you see
how impossible il is to remember
what We forget or what we forget
we've forgotten;"
That's all right, but whatll nv
wife say when | tell her / forgot to
get what she told me to- And she'll
be still sorer if / tell her / didn't
forget TO get it, but that | had for
gotten what | was to get. / can't
tell her knew / had forgotten to
get what had forgotten, but that
/ remembered / forgot, can II
She'll tell me | should have forgot
ten to forget it,"
"Oh, come on. Forget it,"
you mean | should forget that
| forgot what I had forgotten.
But just then the car came along,
and as he took his seat near the
stove he remarked to his neighbor,
81 remember now"
Remember whats"
81 remember what I've forgot
ten"
look at the impossibility Of that
proposition. How can you remem-
Der what you have forgotten any
more than you can forget what you
"But ! do remember. 1t was cof-
fee. Can't you see how I've forgot
ten what | remember2 And ! re-
what / forgot too. And |
what | had forgotten I
lad forgotten. Chicago Journal.
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THE RUBY'S SECRET.

From Berlin the news is cabled
that chemist there has just discov-
cred how TO manufacture rubies SO
perfectly that it is impossible to
distinguish them from natural ones.
The chief material used is said to
be thermite, which is composed
largely Of aluminium. How to
make rubies, however-stones that
not only look like rubies, but which,
when subjected to chemical analy
Sis, actually respond with all tn
constituents Of the real ruby-wa-
actually discovered some little time
ago, and the manufacture has al
ready become an industry in Paris.
The French maker begins with a
solution of common alum, to which
a trace of chrome alum is added as
the ultimate coloring constituent
Ammonia is added, and there re-
suits gelatinous precipitate of the
hydrates of aluminium and chro-
MUM.
So complete is the similarity be
tween the manufactured rubies and
the genuine that pawnbrokers Of
European cities have already begur
TO refuse t. make loans on rubies
for they frankly admit that they
cannot differentate the true from
the false.-Harper's Magazine.
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card. A very young man appeared.
who Immediately produced for
midable looking notebook and PEN
Gil.
you are from Ohio?" he said
briskly. Mr.. Foraker admitted the
charge.
"Your name, please" Then, upon
being told, he added, ''How do you
spell it?"
The Ohio senator smiled q weary
smile, but patiently spelled out his
name.
"Mr. Foraker" said the scribe,
"who is 0hic's candidate for vice
PRESIDENT"
young man." was the reply,
"0hio has no candidate for vice
president. We have candidate for
president, William Mckinley by
name, and we expect to see him
nominated. The constitution, you
know, says that the president and
vice president must not be from the
same state"
"0h."
II will give you the names Of the
members Of our party" Mr.. Foraker
resumed YEARLY.
"Charles Emory Smith"
"Who is hep"
"You ought to know him. He Is
the editor Of the Philadelphia Press,
the leading Republican newspaper
of the east" said the Ohio senator.
Next pat down Murat Halstead
of Cincinnati"
"Who is Halstead?"
This was the last straw. "Oh,
he's bricklayer," said Mr.. Foraker
in disgust. "Young man, ! am 60
ing to bed. Good night."-Wash-
ington Post. ,
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The Lost Pass.

Probably the greatest sufferer
from the stoppage of free passes
is the Pullman company. Very few
Of the thousands who receive free
railway transportation enjoyed any
fayors at the hands Of the Pull
mans. They paid for their berths
like other passengers. Riding with
out cost, they generally felt able to
indulge in the luxury Of a bed. Cut
ting Off the bulk Of this travel has
cut of many thousands of the Pull
mans revenue. In fact, hundreds
of sleeping cars are hauled back
and forth low that are little moro
than so many empties. Any COM
mercial traveller will bear witness to
this.-kansas City Journal.
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TIME
'o pivlslbiilty and Its Relation 10 ths
Speed Of the Planets.

Napoleon, who knew the value OF
time, remarked that it was the quar-
ter hours that won battles. The
value Of minutes has been often rec
ognized, and any person watching
a railway clerk handing out tickets
and change during the last few min
utes available must have been struck
with how much could be done in
those short portions Of time.
AT the appointed hour the train
starts and ~ and BY is carrying pas
sengers al the II &c Of sixty miles an
hour. In a second you are carried
twenty-nine yards. In one twenty
ninth Of a second YOU pass over one
yard. Now, one yard is quite an
sppreciable distance, but one TWEEN
ty-ninth Of a second Is a period
which cannot be appreciated.
Yet it is when we come to plane
tary and stellar motions that the
notion Of the infinite divisibiiity Of
time dawns upon US in a new light
1t would seem that no portion Of
time, however microscopic, is una
vailable. Nature can perform prod
igies not certainly in less than no
time. but in portions OF it so mi
mute as to be altogether inconceiya-
bic. The earth revolves on her axis
In twenty-four hours. At the equa-
tor her circumference is $4,000
miles; hence in that part of the
earth person is being carried east
ward at the rate Of 500 yards per
second-that is, he is moving over
yard, whose length is conceivable
In the period Of one fve-hundred
part of a second, Of which
We can have no conception at all.
But more, the orbital motion Of
the earth around he sun causes the
former TO perform a revolution Of
nearly 600, 100000 miles in a wear.
or somewhat less than 10000 miles
IN hour, which is more than 1000
miles a minute. Here, then, om
'ccond carries US the long distance
of about nineteen miles. The
mighty ball thus flies about a mile
n the nineteenth part Of q second
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New york.s gx,r. Bachelors.

There are in New York at the
present time 75,6S0smore bachelors
than spinsters Of twenty years and
over. In the population of the city
there are, Of css-s from twenty up,
357,9s6 single men, 626,603 mar
ried men, 4s,272 widowers and 1,lss
divorced men. OF women Of like age
there are 2s2 ,306 spinsters, 6lo,321
wives, 147,3s6 widows and 2,040 di-
vorced. Pearson's estimates that
the widows and widowers alone OF
the metropolis would make a city
bigger than Providence, K /.
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Cust,ro Cp.

"ArcLibald is so delightfully."- &C.
centric" confessed the pretty girl,
blushing deeply. "Why, after he
had been calling for some time he
used to cut little notch in the old
sofa every time he kissed ms. Then
at the end of each month / used to
count them"
"And you count them now'" ask.
ed her chum.
ooh, dear, mol There-there
isn't any sofa. Chicago News.
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Freekls Remover.

A lotion of one part good Jamaica
rrm to two parts lemon juice and a
little glycerin is one recipe for re-
moving freckles. Another one,
which is prepared easily, requires
one ounce of alum, one ounce Of
lemon juice and one pint Of rose
water. Rose water and lemon juice
are excellent for removing tan-one
spoonful of lemon juice in q half
pint Of rose water.
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The Deepest Gold Mine.

Australia now possesses the deep.
est gold mine in the world. The
shafts at the New Chum railway al
Bendigo, Victoria, have been sunk
to a depth Of over 1900 feet, and
the quartz there tapped has been
sampled and crushed, with the re-
suit that yield of gold equal to an
ounce per ton has been obtained.
The operations in the mine have
been tested by government officials
in view of the fact that never before
in the worlds history has gold been
obtained from so low a depth as
three quarters of a mile.
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To Remove MeIss.

Moles must be very carefully
touched. They are apt TO turn into
troublesome sores il tampered with.
Mix equal parts of white vaseline
and salicylic acid and apply to them
at night. In few days they viii be-
come little sore and in time drop
of. If very prominent, tie bit Of
white silk thread tightly around
close to the face. This takes all
punishment from the mole, and ii
sill dry up and drop of. Do this only
ore at time. Be careful not to
pick them.
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Beat Him One WAY.

As Mark Twain and a friend were
chatting at the summer home OF the
humorist, Quarry farm, near FL
mira, n. u, the conversation turn
ed to the wealth Of John d. Rookie
feller.
"Just think Of it, SAM" said the
guest, che has more dollars than
there are hairs in that vigorous old
thatch Of yoursw
That's nothing" replied Mr..
Clemens. Il have more dollars than
he has hairs in his head."-Success
Magazine.
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CONDENSED STORIES.


Senator Joseph Benson Foraker
of Ohio, who is very much in the
limelight just now, is noted for his
courteous treatment of newspaper
men. He is particularly kind to
young reporters and often puts him
self out to assist them in obtaining
material for copy" Out at the
Republican national convention at
st. Louis in 1896, however, the SEN
ior Ohio senator had his patience
sorely tried by an unusually raw re-
porter.
The senator and the members Of
his party reached the Mound City
late at night and went to their
rooms Immediately upon their ar
rival at the hotel. They were all
hot, dirty and tired and consequent
ly not in the best Of humor, but new
ertheless Mr.. Foraker consented to
receive q reporter who sent up his
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Modern Forestry.

l One of the curiosities Of moderr
forestry is the care Of beautiful ole
shade trees. The amputation Of
diseased or dead limbs is as careful.
ly performed to prevent further de.
cay from the elements as in sur.
gical operations on human beings
Decaying cavities are cleaned and
filled with a preserving cement, as is
done by the modern dentist. And
the latest advance is to build a tin
roof along the upper surface Of wide
spreading branches, where little
hollows might hold dampness and
promote decay. Some handsome
patriarchs veil deserve it.
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AIR SICKNESS.

Accidents apart, travelling oy
aeroplane is calculated in some di-
rections TO be a healthy mode Of
getting about from place to place.
The vehicle will rise above the i'm
prrities contained in the air Of the
streets and may even reach a level
far removed from the madding
crowd OF microbes. The aeroplane.
ii may be assumed, Will soar. il need
not be at q very great height, vet
nevertheless into regions Of the air
purified by light, ozone and the
process Of scdimentat,on. All this
sounds ideal; but, on the other
hand, there will be a diminution Of
pressure which NAV unfavorably af-
feet the hearts action, for the pulse
rate increases az the atmosphere
pressure is withdrawn. Secretions
are diminished, while evaporation
from the skin and the lungs Is de-
cidedly augmented. At extreme
heights there are swcllings Of the
veins and bleeding from the nose,
and there is sense Of being unable
to use the legs and arms. The dis
tressing symptoms Of mountain
sickness NAV even be simulated dur
ing a journey in an aeroplane.
Doubtless. however, all these evils
could be avoided by keeping the
aeroplane at the proper level
London Ian t.
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before lonafcIIoNr Died.

The breeziest reminiscence OF
Longfellow is this extract from one
of the poets letters which his
grandson has been reading in pub
lie:
GAS / was standing at my front
door this morning a lady in black
came up and asked, rs this the
house where Longfellow was born? p
no, he was not born here
"'Did he die here?'
"sNot yet
care you LongfellowY
az am
81 thought you died two years
ago. "--Boston Herald.