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An End Missing

An Irishman who served on board
q man-of-war was selected by one of
the officers to haul In towline of con-
siderable length that was towing over
the tatfrail. After pulling in 40 or so
fathoms, which had put his patience
severely to proof. as well as every
muscle of his arms. he muttered to
himself:
Surely it's as long as to-day and to-
morrow. It's good weeks work for
any i've in the ship. Bad luck to the
leg or the arm it'll leave at last. What.
more of 1t yet? Och, murder! The
says mighty deep, to be sure!"
After continuing In a similar strain
and conceiving there was little prob
ability of the completion of his labor.
he suddenly stopped short, and. adj
dressing the officer of the watch. ex.
claimed: bad manners to me, sir. IL
l don't think somebody's cut on the
other end of 1.-THE Pathfinder.
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''Wait q mint and let me tell you
about it. Set down." and the old man
showed the editor back into his chair.
and l do reckon had some of the
best sparrar grass that ever crowd
outen the ground, and these little
brownish redishes that look like
rusty-coat apple. Haungry! Why,
colonel, never was haungryer in my
life And Susan, my wife, she kept of
sayin', DO have another help to the
pig and-well, l eat enough to last
me for a week. reckon you are that
way, too. Folks must bring you thou
sands Of things-these here women
that write; don't care much for suthin'
to eat themselves and fetch 1t to you.
You may not make as much money as
county jedge, but take 1t you live
off'n the fat Of the land. So you think
that IL this here prime preacher re-
signs"
Prime minister" muttered the
editor.
"Ah, hah. And you think II he re-
signs and the emperor ketches cold
and sneezes before breakfast there's
likely to be rain in northwest town
ship, range east Looks that way to
me, too; and I reckon I'll have to
make my PREPARATIONS accordin'. But,
speakin' of breakfast there amt
nothin' nicer, to my notion, than q
piece of roasted pig, with the brown
crust on It, Drilled on the Goals. Oh,
hear of folks that for breakfast eat
hot milk and doll stufin', but that
don't touch the spot where live. Now
a right nice yaller-leg chicken, a
leetle more than half grown, snatched
off'n the face of the earth and fried
before he knows what's the matter
with him-he's some, want to tell
you. Made up your mind yit "a to
who is to be the next president? But
reckon you've been so busy you
hain't paid much attention to it. This
here social life, too, keeps you on the
| ners, too; you have to go to them;
and they eat dinners now in the night,
I'm told. / like 'em best when the
sun gifts jest about as high as it kin,
but the time don't make SO much DIFF
ference as what they have to eat.
Sorry my wife amt at home. She
could skeer up a bite for you. She
got my dinner as quick as she could
and hurried over to one of the neigh
bors, where the old maid school teach.
er amt expected to live till shutdown.
Nearly all the women folks in the
neighborhood are flockin' over there.
and l reckon they'll have a good time.
The old maid was engaged to be mar
ried and that makes her death all the
more interestin'. Don't ricollect when
old Dorb Server died, do you? ] set
up with him the night afterward, and
along about IL o'clock old Aunt Judy.
that worked there, skeered us up
about as good a snack as / ever eat.
Some seem to forgit that folks get
hungry, but old Aunt Judy want one
O. that kind. She had q way of fryin'
hominy In ham gravy that would
make q saint pop his mouth like a bull
whip. eat and eat-well, jest eat
] Till forgot all about old Dorb in the
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couIdnr Spare o'conneII.

Daniel O'Connell had got man on
at one time for highway robbery and
at another for burglary; but on the
third occasion, for stealing coasting
brig. the task of hoodwinking the jury
seemed too great for even his powers
of cajolery. However, he made out
that the crime was committed on the
high seas and obtained an acquittal.
The prisoner lifted up his hands and
eyes to heaven and exclaimed: May
the Lord long spare you. Mr.. O'Connell
Ito mel"
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AVE you ev er
heard about that
business man who
in advertising his
particular brand
of breakfast fod-
der increased the
circulation of the
paper in which he
advertised q hun
dred-fold?
Well, 1t was
t this way. His
name was Wise,
and he had I'M
limited money to
spend. He had
formerly owned .
sawmill and he
naturally had a
large quantity of
sawdust on hand.
II sfruck him that
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both faculty fill the
United States
the from which
medal the the disk
prevail" The
recipient The medal takes
the
religion humanity 4
Notre Dame May IL
medal
Bourke William
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LOST $500.
Buying Medicine When Right Food
Was Needed.

Money spent for "tonics" and ''brac-
ers" to relieve indigestion, while the
poor old stomach Is loaded with pas
try and pork, Is worse than losing 3
pocketbook containing the money.
II the money only Is lost it's bad
enough, but with lost health from
wrong eating. 1t IL hard to make the
money back.
A Mich. young lady lost money on
drugs but is thankful she found .
way to get back her health by proper
food. She writes.
II had been victim Of nervous dys-
pepsia for six years and spent three
hundred dollars for treatment In the
attempt to get we'll. None Of 1t did
me any good.
Finally tried Grape-Nuts food.
and the results were such that, IL II
cost dollar package, would rot
be without 1t. My trouble had been
caused by eating rich food such az
pastry and pork.
"The most wonderful thing that
ever happened to me, am sure, was
the change In my condition after /
began to eat Grape-Nuts. / began to
improve at once and the first week
gained four pounds.
II feel that l cannot express my
self In terms that are worthy OF the
beneat Grape-Nuts has brought to
me, and you are perfectly free to
publish this letter II 1t will send some
poor sufferer relief, such as has come
to me-"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read. THE Road to Well,
vilIe.' In pkss. There's . Reason /
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When he left college straight practice of
1886,
only years political
a
brought about his resignation
which ONCE
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BRITAIN'S NEW PREMIER

The Right Honorable H. H. Asquith, the new
British premier, appointed to succeed Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman, who resigned on account
of Ill health, was born in Yorkshire of nom
conformist family His father died when the fut-
ure premier was only six years old, and the
boys life was guided by his mother, strict
Puritan. His first schooling was received at the
Moravian school at Funeck where the home H.
fuences were reinforced by the religious atmos-
phere of the Moravian community. Leaving Full
neck, young Asquth went to the City Of Lon
don school, where he was a brilliant pupil. Then
he went up to Oxford and won the Balliol scholar
ship.
At Balliol he fell under the influence of
Iewett The late master of Ralliol had many
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lions. which contained sediment. MY
husband urged me to try Doan's KID
ney Pills, and at last did SO. Tney
did me much good, and ! used IN all
eight boxes which restored me to per-
feet health"
Sold by all dealers, 30 cents q boz.
Vbster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. !.
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT
WINS LAETARE MEDAL.

Dr. James Charles Monaghan, well known as
lecturer in Catholic circles, has been chosen as
the recipient for 1908 of the Laetare medal, award
ed annually by Notre Dame university to some
prominent Roman Catholic layman as a mark OF
honor
Dr. Monaghan was born in Boston in 1857.
He acted as consul to Mannheim, Germany, from
1885 to 1885, and. as consul to Chemnitz from 1893
to 1897. In 1899 he was delegate to the world g
commercial congress and in 1903 editor Of the
reports of the bureau of foreign commerce in the
department of commerce and labor.
AS an educator Dr. Monaghan has been in
structor at both Wisconsin and Notre Dame.
From September to December, 1907, he was dean
Of the conrsa of history and economics at the
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next room. He was mighty fond OF
cards, and Bill Atcherson lowed that
he was lynn there waitin' for the
last trump. Now, Bill, he's monst'us
fond Of good things to eat. luther
day he brought me about as fine
mess Of young squirrels as Il ever set
down to. Fried 'em in the lard out OF
a mast-fed hog. And that reminds me.
Is there anything sweeter than .
chinkapin ham? Jest take and bill 1t
In cider about four days old and
tell you, then you've got suthin' to
smack your mouth over"
The editor got out of his chair. "Mr.
Jucklin, I've stayed too long already.
and must CO."
Don't you do IT. My works putty
well up and I've got nothin' to do but
to sit here and talk. And as for you
You don't need to look at watch
nor the sun when it's slantin' toward
the west. They say that time was
made for slaves, and IL you ever was
slave you were set free long ago.
Sit down-just mint. I'll give you
a piece of news you can print in your
paper"
And forcing the editor to sit down.
he continued: II reckon you hearn
Of what happened over at old Grog-
gins. Well, Groggin's daughter, lilly.
az likely a girl as you'd meet in .
days travel, of Sunday when folks
are goin' to church, took up a notion
that she was in love with long, lank
Teller that come down the river on .
raft and stopped at Moseley's place.
Now whuther or not the logs belonged
to him don't enter into the story. At
any rate, he sold 'em and the first
thing he done was to give dinner In
the woods, and the most urgent invite
was sent to lilly Groggin. He had
seen her somewhere, no matter where.
and SO, along with number Of others.
she went. And 1t was barbecue,
mind you. They roasted sheep whole
and-wait q minit-and ducks, too;
and he had about two barrel Of shell
oysters that were brought in right
fresh, and they roasted them on the
hot Goals. and"
But what happened? I'm in q
hurry"
Happened? You Jest wait a mint.
BY the time dinner was ready every
body was haungry, and the long, lank
Teller, he takes up Q knife about as
long as a scythe and begins to carve
a mutton, and the brown juice began
to run out and"
Turn me loose" exclaimed the
hungry man. I've got to go. I tell
you"
And Just at that moment old Mrs.
Jucklin appeared at the door.
why, howdy do, Col Mowlett,
When Limuel seen you . comm he
told me not to have dinner till he said
so. and l don't know what he meant
by It unless it was one of his own sort
Of jokes. but as you must be hungry
by this time you'll please walk ort.
The colonel looked ut Linn and the
old man shouted, and the old lady
said: "Limuel, you ought to b
ashamed of yourself"
(Copyrisht, by Opie Read,
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last Spring and as !
did not know what
was the matter l
kept going down
and down until ]
was a physical wreck.
I had smothering
spells, flashes OF
heat over the kid
neys and pain in pass
ing the kidney secre-
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portfolio
this
charming
little
his his family breeding
three the
to
own a.s1
kofa
~ ate onsen Victoria, considerable delicacy 80
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which inhabited counties Of the
plainly
Mehds faith For both the
the of Bishop Asbury.
Like few who reach hono
had
until William Stokes Farmers Alliance
of
Enough Stokes ed the
and has been twice reelected since s.
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THAT OFFICE YARN.

Mrs. Al think offices are horrid.
NV husband II out all day and says
he is looking for an once.
Mrs. Z.-How funny! Nine 10 out
late nights and says he Is detained ct
the of1ce.
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VICTIM OF KAIsER's TONGUE

Lord Esher, to whom Kaiser Wilhelm re-
ferred SO contemptuously in his private letter
to Lord Tweedmouth the letter that raised
hornet nest about the ears of the British govern
ment, is person of considerable ability. He is
not by any means a politician; far from It, he
was pressed to enter the cabinet as secretary Of
war, but refused in order that he might be left
free to effect thorough sanitary reform Of
Windsor castle, OF which he was deputy governor
1t is to this the kaiser referred when he said
that Esher should stick to drain pipes and keep
his hands off the navy.
If Lord Esther had had political ambitions
he might have been prime minister today for he
has considerable tact and great family influence
in addition to his peculiar abilities But he ia
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MISSED SENATORIAL ToGA

Congressman Asbury Francis Lever of Lex
ington, s. c., who was mentioned as possible
successor to the late Senator Latimer but failed
to land, is now serving his fourth term in the
lower house He is SO prominent in working for
the Appalachian forest reserve and in other mat
tiers that he is no longer mistaken for one of the
floor messengers In his first term his boyish
and unaffected look and his small, wiry figure
made many of his colleagues take him for page.
He was asked by them to take these papers to
the desk" He took the treatment with great
humor and the embarrassment was all with the
others when they found they had asked fellow
member of congress to wait on them.
Mr. Lever is descended from the South Caro-
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sPalNa KIDNEY rRousLE.
ylvIdIy Described by One Who Has
suffered from II.

Mrs. H. Mutzabaugh, Of Duneannon.
Pa. says: IT was sick and miserable All
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-09
President Doesn't
Want Platt's Job

WASHINGTON, Nov. s.--Wm. l.,
Ward. New York member OF the Re-
publican national committee, arrived
in Washington and had long confer
ence with the president. Rep. Calder.
Of Brooklyn. was another visitor, but
he said his mission here did not relate
TO the New York senatorship. Mr..
Calder returned to New York accom-
panied by Rep. Bennett, who has been
here several days.
Mr.. Bennett was asked IL President
Roosevelt's name was likely TO be con-
sidered by the Republican legislative
caucus for United States senator.
THE president does not desire to be
named as successor to Senator Plat
and 1t Is my opinion that he will not
permit his name to go before the eau
GUS" replied Mr.. Bennett.
Rep. Parsons said he could net
speak authoritatively, but said II was
his opinion that President Roosevelt
dould not allow his name to be used
for the seantorship.
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s350,000,000 BEING
SPENT BIEhGLAND
ON NAVY
PLANS TO HAVE NAVY STRONG
Err THAN ANY TWO NATIONS
IN THE WoRLD-AWFUL BUR-
DEN OF TAX.

LONDON, Nov. The naval pro-
gram Of the British admiralty is bas.
ed upon the theory that. to maintain
its supremacy upon the sea. the Brit
ish fleet must be twice as strong as
that of Germany and equal to that OF
Germany and France, or any other
two nations combined. To carry out
this program, whenever Germany lays
the keel OF a battle ship or a cruiser
Great Britain lays the keels OF two
and in doubling the construction plano
of Germany will be involved In an
expenditure Of $350,000.000 or more
for new ships during the next few
years and an indefinite sum In addi-
ton to provide the stores, the sup
plies and the men that this scheme OF
naval expansion will necessarily re-
quire. This is what the British adj
miralty calls the "two-power stand
ard" and II means that the navy must
be maintained OF size and strength
that will enable II to conquer the
next two strongest powers in the
world combined.
In view OF the fact that Germany
has laid the keels or ordered the con-
struction Of ten armored ships of the
largest size and most powerful arma-
ment, the British government has un.
der construction or has ordered "a
battleships and cruisers of the Dread
nought and Indomitable classes, which
all naval experts concede are the most
formidable fighting machines that hu-
man genius has ever designed. On
the tenth Of September the eighth bat
tie, ship OF this class took to the wa
ter at Portsmouth. II was christened
the st. Vincent, and two more. the
Collingwood at Davenport, and the
Vanguard at Barrow, almost exactly
duplicates. will be launched during
the next few weeks, making ten bat
tie ships of the Dreadnought type al
ready afioat in British waters.
The keel of the Foudroyant was
laid down on the stocks at Ports
mouth as soon as the st. Vincent left
them, and will be ready for launching
In October, 1909. The st. Vincent will
be ready for commission In about a
year. II was year and day on the
stocks.
The St Vincent Is considerably
ahead of the Dreadnought, and The
Foudroyant will be considerably in
advance OF the st. Vincent. having e
greater displacement. a greater speed.
more powerful turbine engines and a
heavier armament
Each of the three vessels win be
armed with ten Pinch guns. but those
now under consideration for the Foud-
royant will be five feet longer than
those which are being mounted upon
the st. Vincent. The Dreadnought has
three 12-pounders in addition, the St
Vincent will have four 25-pounders and
the Foudroyant will have 10 25-pound
ers besides certain newly devised pro
lection against. the attacks of torpe
does
The British navy has adopted new
type of gun which is being mounted
upon the st. Vincent. Since the adOp-
ton Of the breech-loading principle
! the admiralty has had built no guns
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JAP WOMAN SLAIN;
HUSBAND ARRESTED

EASTON, Pa, Nov, -9.=Tera Yano
Utsunomia, wife OF JOS. Utsunomia.
was found dead In the cellar OF the
residence OF Frank McKelvey, where
the woman and her japanese husband
had charge OF the house, There was a
deep cash Ia the right side of the
woman's neck and small knife.
smeared with blood, lay nearby. The
blade had severed the juAglar vein.
Coroner Fetherolf had the husband OF
the woman detained ~ police head
quarters until tho inquest,
Utsunomia and his wife had Just
returned from services at the First
Presbyterian church and were the
only persons In the house when the
crime was committed, The woman
was professional nurse when she
was married to Utaanomla. three
years ago, She was ~ years old, She
was To have Joined the Presbyterian
church sunday afternoon,
The authorities are at loss TO I'M
derstand what motive the woman's
husband had In killing her. n IL n a
case OF murder,
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LAST
MESSAGE BEING.
PREPARED
TWILL BE A MOST FAITHFUL
REAGIsTER OF THE AIMS AND
ccoMPLISHMENTs OF THE
PRESENT ADMINISTRATION.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9-President
Roosevelt's last annual message to con-
gress will be the nature OF classic
a document that may go down in his
tory as a faithful register or the ac-
complishments and aims OF the pres
ent administration.
One OF the most striking features OF
the message will be the recomme nda-
ton Of an amendment to the Sherman
antitrust law, recommending the ex-
emption Of labor from Its provisions.
Whether the president viii push his
fight for a larger navy by recon-
mending the annual construction OF
four monster ba<tiesiilps, has not been
decided. He will, at any rate, ask for
two.
Additional Notifications for the Phil
Ippines and for seseoast defenses will
be strongly urged.
Congress will be requested to broad
en- the powers of the Interstate oom-
merce commission In the supervision
OF rates before they become effective.
The postal savings bank project Will
receive hearty Endorsement.
The great growth OF prohibition SEN
timent will be touched on, and Mr..
Roosevelt will likely repeat his previ-
GUS recommendation for the enact.
ment of an inheritance and Income
tax, and will press for a federal In
corporation license and for the enact
ment Of a new employees liability
law.
The president will take advantage or
certain criticisms in the last congress
as to the ACCESSIBILITY Of sending the
Atlantic feet into Asiatic waters by
pointing out the feeling OF interna-
tional amity that followed its tri-
umphal progress.
statehood for New Mexico and Ari-
IONA will not be neglected, nor will
the demand for the creation OF an Ap-
palachian forest reserve. The placing
of dates on the labels OF packing
house products and the payment or
the cost of inspection by packers Is
another matter to which he will call
attention.
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fit by qualification and purpose to
do we'll In the great Office for
which he is q candidate; but you
are not entftled To know matters
which lie purely between himself
and his Maker.
III 1t is~proper or legitimate to
oppose man for being a Unitar-
ian, as was John Quincy Adams,
for instance, as is Rev. Edward
Everett Hale, at the present mo-
ment chaplain of the senate. then
IL would be equally proper to sup
port or oppose man because or
his views on Jurisdiction by faith,
or the method of administering
the sacrament. or the gospel OF
salvation by works.
So much for your objections to
Mr.. Taft because he Is q Unitar-
ian. Now. for your objections to
him because you think his wife
and brother to be Roman Cath
olics. Az 1t happens, they are
not; but IL they were. or II he
we're q Roman Catholic himself,
II ought not to affect In the slight
est degree any mans supporting
him for the position Of president.
You say that the mass Of the vot-
ers that are not Catholics will not
support man for any of1oe. es.
pecially for president of the Unit
ed States. who Is a Roman Cath.
Ole" believe that when you
say this you foully Islander your
fellow countrymen. do not for
one moment believe that the mass
of our fellow citizens. or that any
considerable number Of our fellow
citisens, can DO influenced by
suoh narrow bigotrty M to refuse
to vote for any thoroughly up
right and At tman because he hap
pens to have q particular religious
creed. Such q consideration
should never DO treated On q rea-
son for either supporting or OPP
posing q candidate for q political
office
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PATRICK CASE To
Be REC0NS|DERED
TODAY
MURDERER OF AGED MILLION
ARE AND HIS FRIENDS AS PER-
sEvERINo AS EVER IN TRYING
TO EvApE JUSTICE.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Albert T.
Patrick, convicted eight years ago, OF
the murder OF VIM. Marsh Rice. the
aged millionaire, and who appealed to
the supreme court OF the United
States, after getting life sentence,
will receive a consideration of his
case today.
Patrick contended the governor had
no legal right to commute his death
sentence over his protests, as 1t was
against the federal constitution. He
has maintained that the action being
illegal, there is nothing now in the
way Of his liberty but the setting aside
OF this sentence on constitutional
grounds.
This contention was raised in the
circuit court Of the United States and
denied by that body The case was