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pryness of City Air.

It might be supposed that the heat
Of large towns would hasten eyapora-
ton and make their air moister, but
recent observations abroad indicate
the reverse. In northern Germany
city air exceeds country air in relative
humidity by six to nine per cent, &C
cording to season. This diminution in
moisture is most marked in the eve
ming and is more evident in summer
than in winter, so that it can hardly
be due to fires or to the condensation
by smoke or vapors. The primary
cause would appear to be the general
drainage of the ground in cities. In
he hot summer of 1904 country and
town moisture were practically equal,
a result probably due 10 the excessive
driving of the soil in both city and
country by the long drought.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-12-12
The Shirt
of Mail
BY Dom Mark Lemon.

copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Col
Twice in the month Of September
Howard Thornton was approached to
betray the interests of the Golden
Gulch Mining Company.
First, one Solomon Peters ap-
preached the young superintendent
with an offer of certain valuable col
laterals If the latter would misrepre-
sent to his employers the value Of the
Golden Gulch holdings. Later, one
Dick Cummings had doubled tho col
laterals
Thornton's answer was as clean cut
and polished as dynamite cap, and
the two scoundrels hastily withdrew.
Then one night a fourth party was
added to the dramatis personae. This
fourth party was Chinaman. He bore
the name of Chew Lung, and stood
nearly seven feet In his huge mining
boots.
No man knew from where Chew
Lung had come, but there were sew
eral who believed they knew precise
Iy where he was going. Only Thornton
had dared openly to express this be,
lief. He had caught the giant heath
en- one night on forbidden ground, and
showing a revolver in his face had
commanded: Right about to HI"
Chew. Lung remembered the incl
dent very well, and patiently yet not
less bloodily he had bided his time for
revenge. That time had now come on
golden wings.
Concealing in his ample blouse the
heavy sack of yellow dust that Peters
and Cummings had handed over to
him, he returned to his quarters.
As certain as the yellow dragon flew
over the imperial palace in the land
of his ancestors. he would kill How
ard Thornton. He had sworn it: half
the blood-dust had been paid him; he
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-12-12
Medals for Canal Workers.

Medals of bronze manufactured
from the old scrap left by Ferdinand
de Lesseps in his unsuccessful efforts
to dig a canal across the Isthmus of
Panama are soon to be struck in the
Philadelphia mint. to be presented TO
all American workmen on the present
canal operations who can show serv.
ice record extending over two years.
Correspondence toward this end has
been conducted for some time, and it
is expected the medals of honor will
be ready for presentation in 1909. The
idea originated with President Roose'
Welt on his visit to the canal zone.
Large quantities of copper and tin
have been collected from the useless
French machinery for the purpose
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-12-12
Meeting Mr..
|
Brown
BY v. Topper.
Copyright, by Ford Pub. Coz

copyright, by Ford Pup. Coz
1t has never been my brother
Ralph's habit to be very extravagaht
when it came to spending money On
me, so l was rather surprised when,
one morning before going downtown,
he asked me if l would go to the Hip
podrome, and. at first, | thought ne
was only joking.
81 can see that you must think theTe
is something under this, Grace, ana
so there is. 1t is like this: You re-
member Charlie Brown have spoken
off,"
Yes, but don't quite see
We'll. Charlie is coming to New
York tonight and | want to give nun
good time, and as he has always
sbeen particularly anxious to meet you
/ thought, it good idea to take yeu
along to entertain him"
Il am sure,I shall enjoy it"
We'll, now you leave here ON tfe
6:36, that will take you to Grand Ces-
trail at 7:05, and | will meet you there
and we will both wait for Charlie, WHO
will be on the Boston express, which
gets in at 1920 We will then have
just about an hour to get dinner at
the Manhattan and get to the Hippo.
drome in time for the show at $3.50.
But now l must be off to catch my
train. Do not forget-Grand Central
at 7:O5"
That afternoon l got q telegram
from Ralph. 1t read:
will be detained by business. Can.
not make Grand Central. You meet
Charlie; take him to dinner. ! will De
at entrance of Hippodrome at $780,.
At first | was rather put out. The
idea that should go and meet man
whom | had never seen and take him
out for dinner seemed rather out-of:;
the-way thing for young girl inclined
to be bashful, but after awhile the
thing began to appeal to my sense OF
fun, so $50 found me on board the
train for the city, but did not arrive
until 1928 as my train was belated.
The Boston express had been on
time, however, and all the passengers
had gone when I ran up to the pl
form. No, not all-there was d1e
young man walking up and down as
If waiting for somebody.
Surely that must be Charlie Brown
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-12-12
LIVING ON ONES FRIENDS.
Tho Social Crater Solves the Problem
of Existing on Nothing.

It is generally considered that the
accomplished social CRATER, who has
successfully solved the problem of
how to live well on nothing year,
is limited to large cities. But if you
will stop to think a moment, you
will be able to recall from your own
experience that there is no town 80
small, no farming district even, which
does not boast man who is always
wanting pocketful of nails OF a
woman who wants cup of sugar and
a pinch of tea, which never by any
chance are returned.
This is, of course, its crudest form.
In towns 1t runs more to copying the
clothes and hats of those fortunate
enough to get their fashions from oc-
casional trips to the city; to borrow
ing the new songs and stealing new
ideas, until it must be more of bur-
den than a Joy to be prominent in a
town where such liberties are taken.
with or without permission.
But for the highest exemplification
of real social graft, commend me to
the persons who, either from motives
Of thrift or stern necessity. must get
the bulk of their living out of their
friends. In the dear old-fashioned hos
pitality, where the latchstring always
hangs out to friends, we are some
times compelled to entertain uAwel-
come guests and make the best of it.
There are few of us so poor spirited
that we would grudge a meal or two
even to people we don't like
But the form of social graft most
in vogue at present is the polite but
firm pressure which compels US to
pay for small luxuries for persons we
care nothing about; pressure which
We can i'll afford and which robs the
act of all the graciousness it might
possess, if ours were voluntary
generosity. For the friends of So
cial CRATER are literally held up
This is not an exchange of courte-
sizes. 1t is petty larceny.-Smart Set.
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asked but day and night to fulfill the
compact of his oath
Peters and Cummings were jubilant.
With Thornton removed. they felt that
they would have but little difficulty in
gaining a controlling interest In the
/. which lived thousands of miles away.
The INSCRIPTIONS pair would freely
handle bloody money, but would leave
others to handle bloody weapons.
THE Chinaman will dirk him." med
itated Peters.
Cummings gnawed his finger nails.
Hell make no noise, which way he
does it."
Chew Lung, in his narrow quarters,
spoke neither to others nor to him
self. He buried the heavy sack of geld
dust beneath his mattress, and van
ished into the night, leaving a three
bellied wooden god grinning on the
shelf over his bunk
Up at the Golden Gulch mill, by the
light of a single incandescent, Thorn
ton was engaged at an assay. He
chose to work secretly, as the speci-
mems being tested were remarkably
rich, and until the interests he repre-
scented were better informed, he did
not wish for any publicity. Then, too,
certain wealthy investors would be
down the following month, and he
was anxious to lay before them pal
pable evidence of the richness of the
Golden Gulch claims.
With fortunes golden chariot rolling
nearer and nearer every hour, and
each successful days work bringing
him one step closer to Her, natures
call to food and sleep had again and
again been disregarded, but not until
the fine young fellow actually stag
gered at his labor did he realize that
it was long past midnight and he was
dizzy and exhausted.
Suddenly some seventh sense
something finer than the licensed
sixth sense, an intuition as subtle as
indefnable, informed him that he was
being watched. Somewhere there was
a face peering at him!
Giving no sign of this discovery, but
yawning drowsily, he brought his hand
up until it came in contact with the in
candescent's key. Another moment
and he had shut off the light that ex-
posed the rich samples of ore and
sprang aside. alert and angry.
This movement changed instant
death into terrific battle. Out of the
darkness there sprang upon him the
huge form of Chew Lung, the giant
Chinaman, and red silver of fame
pierced his shoulder ere he eoald
grasp the hand that clutched q muir
derous dirk.
One touch of the yellow skin mad
informed Thornton of his assailaut's
identity, and the young fellow knew
that the odds of battle were heavily
against him. He was outmatched n
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-12-12
ooh, That Is All Right, | Am Grace
Warburton."

I thought and ran up to him, calling
out: Mr.. Brown"
The agility with which he turned
around proved his identity. He
looked at me in surprise.
THAT is my name, but I do not
have the pleasure"
ooh, that is all right, 1 am Grace
Warburton, Ralph's sister, and l want
to take you with me to dinner, as
Ralph was delayed and will meet US
later Now we must go and have
something to eat in hurry, as we
have not very much time
He tried to say something, and
looked so bewildered that l could
hardly help laughing when l looked
at the queer expression in his face,
but would not listen to him, and we
were soon seated in a restaurant op-
posite the depot, as the state of my
finances would not allow me to take
him to the Manhattan.
He insisted that he was not hungry,
but l put this down to bashfulness,
and insisted on ordering steak for
each of us By sly motion to the
waitress ! succeeded in getting hold
of the bill, and when he wanted to
pay assured him that was altogether
out of the question.
But / insist
q shall not allow anything of the
kind. Ralph would never forgive me
if did" He laid his hand gently on
my arm.
q should feel like criminal if al
lowed you to pay for me-"
My dear Mr. Brown, really don't
see"
We'll. you would if you knew every
thing. | am here under false pre-
lenses | am not the man you sup
posed me to be-"
81 haven't really had time to sup
pose anything about you"
Please listen to me moment then.
[ have not the slightest idea who you
are or who Ralph Is, and | have been
wanting all the time to tell you that /
am not the man you expected to meet
at the Grand Central"
Then you are not Charlie Brown
from Boston7"
"No. my name is Arthur Sidney
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Brown, and I have always lived in

Brown, and I have always lived in
New York"
1 was dumfounded and blurted out:
But why are you here, them"
We'll, l must really ask you; you
simply did not give me, chance to
explain or get away, and you must for
give; I thought at first you were q
girl out for a good time"
"Oh, how could you?"
1T was only for a second. l soon
saw that you had made mistake and
my love of fun prevented me from set
ting you right. l simply could not
help coming with you to see what
would happen. Please forgive me!
I'll bid you good night, Miss"
"Warburton," replied with rather
faint smile.
Why, the name is familiar. Oh, l
know. | was at Yale with fellow Of
that name''
my brother Ralph is Yale man."
BY George! Then I know him after
all, though l have not met him for
years. What a strange coincidence"
well, in that case you had better
come along. Ralph is waiting outside
the Hippodrome. =
When we reached there we found
Ralph waiting with an insignificant
looking little fellow with glasses,
whom he introduced to me as Charlie
Brown. He looked rather unpleasant
ly at my companion, who hurried to
explain matters.
Il see you do not. recognize me,
Ralph. must have changed quite a
little since we were at Yale together.
am Arthur Sidney Brown, and many
a battle we have fought when l was
a freshman and you sophomore. l
met your sister by accident tonight,
and she"
There is no more OF this story ex.
cept that agreed to become Mrs. Ar
thur Brown in June.
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According to Contract.

House Owner.-You failed to pay
your rent last month. What are you
going to do about it?
Tenant-Oh. ! suppose I'll do as you
said when | rented it.
House Owner-What did | say?
Tenant-You said must pay In
advance or not Ut all.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-12-12
Rx an irresponsible Person.

AN authority on style attempts to
tell how some fashions started"
81 think some of them must have
been started in the dark.-Birmingham
AGe.Herald.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-11-28
WHAT THE TEACHER DID.
Part Of Programme Embarrassing to
Bashful Young Man.

Here is a story that is being told on
nice young man who teaches Sun.
day school class in North Baltimore.
1t has been told on other young men
before. and there Is strong probabil.
ity that II never happened at all to this
particular young man, but his friends
have attached the story to him, and,
~uch to his discontinue, he must bear
il. In the first place, he is very bash.
full, and the request made by the Sun.
day school superintendent that he
take class OF young ladies', who had
Just lost their previous teacher, was
disturbing enough. The previous teach.
er had been Il charming woman and
her loss was due to marriage with a
Washington man The class of ten
charming young ladies waited while
the young man was being brought
from the other side Of the room, where
he had been the presiding genius OF
a class of small boys This is Mr.. r.,
ladies'" announced the superintend.
ent. He has consented to become your
teacher, and | am sure he will find
the position most delightful one"
Surely, surely" gushed Mr.. T. Il
shall be charmed, perfectly charmed"
and then as the superintendent moved
away, leaving him bashful, not to say
scared, he rushed into his duties at
once-"and now, ladies, If you will
tell me what your former teacher al
ways did first we will try carrying out
the same program" There was few
nom ent's silence, then a pert-looking
young miss, casting down her glances
most effectively, purred: We'll, II you
really want to do that way, Miss Grace
always kissed us good morning" This
may or may not be true, but the
young man declares the people who
are telling il are mean.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-11-28
Copyright, 1907. Dodd Mead s Co.. n, 2.
SYNOPSIS.

Burton IT, Barnes a wealthy American
touring Corsica, TcsCucs the young Eng
llsh lieutenant, Edward Gerard Anstruth-
or, and his Corsican bride, Marina,
daughter Of the PaOlis from the muir
dcrous vendetta, understanding that his
reward Is to be the hand of the girl he
loves, Enid Anstruthcr, sister of the Eng
lsh lieutenant. The four fly from AjaC-
clio to MarscillCs on board the French
steamer Constantine. The vendetta pur-
sues and as the quartet are about to
board the train for London at Marseilles,
Marina Is handed mysterious note
which causes her to collapse and neCessi-
tatcs pOstpOncmcnt Of the journey.
Barnes gets part of the mysterious note
and receives letters which inform him
that he Is marked by the vendetta. He
employs an American detective and plans
to beat the vendetta at their own game.
OF the women Barnes arrangcs to have
Lady Chartrls lease n secluded villa at
Nice to which the party Is to be taken
In yacht Suspicion Is created that
Marina Is In league with the CorslCans.
man, believed to be Corregio DaT>lla,
II seen passing the house and Marina is
thought to have given him a sign. Ma
rinp refuses to explain to Barnes which
fact adds to his latent suspicious, Barnes
plans for the safety of the party are
learned by the CorsiCans. The carriage
carrying their party to the local landing
s followed by two men
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-11-28

know, our friends-Mr Barnes of New
York and his party"
Not yet, Mademoiselle, though | be.
leve their carriage has returned"
Their carriage returned?" Maud
darts neryously to her mothers par.
lor
why are you rushing in upon me.
you horrid child?" cries her mother.
angry at being interrupted.
"Oh, ma, | thought you'd like to
know Miss Marston says had such
a good lesson in arithmetic"
Very well, tell Miss Marston to
give - another and longer one"
Yes. but it's too late now. It's ten
O'Clock and Mr. Barnes and Enid and
the rest haven't come back. When do
you expect them. MAJ"
Il don't expect them"
WHAT" Maud's eyes roll in dazed
way
They have gone away"
Where"
ITO London, | imagine"
Maud flies from the room and alone
in her own chamber sobs, groans and
rends her hair, muttering: oh, could
have sold Barnes the other part of Ma.
rina's letter for lots. and now he's
goge away and it amt worth tup-
pence
She is about to go despairingly to
bed when curiosity mingling with her
disappointment, she calculates: Il
wonder what II is, anyway and goes
TO studying the little quarter Of a sheet
of letter paper she las drawn from
the bosom of her frock.
1t is a mixture of French and Italian
She cannot entirely decipher the for
eign handwriting; indeed, she can
scarcely understand il.
But some passages in II produce
such terrible effect upon the childs
nerves that after she has gone to bed
she losses about and sleep will not
come 10 her Suddenly her very pig
tails seem to stiffen with terror; she
rises half out OF bed and mutters to
herself: oh what do they mean by
killing her II she does; and killing her
husband, II she doesnt?'
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-11-28

again. Besides these, he has only a
walking cane to take with him. As
he picks his stick up, Miss Maud Char
iris flies in TO him, excitement and dis.
may on her face
What do you want--more marrons
glaces?" he asks, sayagely.
why, Marina and Enid say they
are only going out for a drive on the
Prado, and they have both got their
hand .satchels with them"
"To keep their iewelry safe from
bellbOys," mutters Barnes "Resides.
those satchels have powder puTs in
them, | imagine"
"Then-you're-you not going
away now" This last very neryously.
Does this look like it," says Bur
ton, tapping nonchalantly his boot
with his cane. Enquire at the office
and see If I've paid my hotel bill"
This Emory by arrangement will set
tie later.
"Oh-then It's all right" A great
She swishes her two blonde pigtails
merrily about.
Certainly, it's all right, Maudie.
Au revoir, till breakfast" and Mr..
Barnes goes away with Edwin to take
the ladies' down to the open barOuche
that Is awaiting them. At the hotel
entrance Edwin places both hrs bride
and his sister in the carriage and seats
himself in front of them, looking as
carefully to the rear as II he expected
white squall. Barnes springs into
the barouche, whispers some orders to
the driver and they roll away.
Gazing on the carriage as It rolls
away, Maud says contentedly to her
self: "Cracky, | was scared Burton
was going before ! told 1t to him."
then adds contentedly: Gee, I'm as
smart as diplomatst," as she fishes a
fourth piece of paper out OF the bosom
of her frock. "lf I'd sold all that let.
ter to Barnes at the first jump, I'd
have been out of stock in trade" SO
Miss Chartris goes up to a bread and
butter tea with her governess quite
contentedly and munches marrons
glaces surreptitiously over her lessons
for the two succeeding hours. Then
the carriage not returning with the
driving party, the intrigante grows
anxious. She sneaks down to the no.
tel office and whispers to the clerk:
Have they come back yet? You
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-11-28
The Care of Goldfish.

The secret of success In caring foi
goldfish is to keep the water they are
in fresh and sweet. Their globe
should be emptied and its water re-
newed as often as every second day.
Lift each fish out gently In glassful
of water, empty the globe, wash it
again. Clear, sweet rainwater should
be used, and it's temperature should
be raised to IS or 80 degrees by warm
ing a part of it. Sparkling well water
is too cold for the fish to thrive in,
and too pure, for the animalculae OF
rainwater forms an important part OF
the food of these fish, They need no
other sustenance than a very few
bread crumbs sprinkled in their water
daily, for overlooking will kill them
very quickly.-The Housekeeper.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-11-28
NEW LIFE
Found in Change to Right Food

After one suffers from acid dyspep
STA, sour stomach, for months and then
finds the remedy is in getting the right
kind of food II is something to speak
out about.
A n. Y. lady and her young son had
such an experience and she wants
others to know how to get relief She
writes:
For about fifteen months my little
boy and myself had suffered with sour
stomach. We We're unable to retain
much of anything we ate.
After suffering in this way for so
long | decided to consult a specialist
in stomach diseases. Instead of pre-.
scribing drugs, he put us both on
Grape-Nuts and we began to improve
Immediately.
1T was the key to a new life. |
found we had been eating too much
heavy food which we could not digest.
In few weeks after commencing
Grape'Nuts | was able to do my house
work. / wake In the morning with a
clear head and feel rested and have no
sour stomach. My boy sleeps well and
wakes with laugh.
I'VE have regained our lost weight
and continue to eat Grape,Nuts for
both the morning and evening meals.
We are well and happy and owe It to
Grape-Nuts." There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. new
one appears from time 90 time. They
ar. genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-11-28
The Youths Companion Calendar for
1909.

I'm Grandmother's Garden" is the
title OF the beautiful picture painted
by Charles G. Curran for The Youths
Companion panel calendar for 1909
II is printed on the finest finished
stock, by the most recent methods OF
photography. All the strength and
beauty of the original painting are
faithfully shown by employing thir
teen separate colors. This is the
largest calendar that The Companion
has ever issued, the picture alone
measuring s inches in width and "a
inches in length. Below the picture
are arranged the twelve months.
Great care has been taken to make
the date figures legible, and to insure
practical and useful, as well as an
artistic, calendar, The calendar Is
given to all those who pay their sub.
scriptions to The Companion for 1909.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-11-28
A MATTER OF HEaEoIrY.
Agnes Had Only Followed in the Foot
steps OF Her Mother.

Even II there had not been kernels
of rice on her hat and a glad light
OF love in her eye any bachelor could
have told that she was a bride And
the manner In which she spoke to her
husband showed they had not been
married long.
A man In the passing crowd spied
the couple, and rushed over to greet
the bride.
We'll. well. Agnes" he cried ex
tending his hand, you don't mean TO
say that you're married."
"Why-why. yes the girl STAN
mered, vivid color mounting to her
cheeks, as she tried to defend her
novel situation. "You-you know. II
runs in the family Mother was mar.
Iied, too"