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A Puzzle to the Athletic World.

Tom Longboat, Canada's long DIG
lance runner, and probably the most
feared man in the Olympic Marathon,
is puzzle to the athletic world. Two
years ago he was unknown. On
Thanksgiving day, 1906, long. gaunt
redskin, clad in grotesquely barred
bathing suit, flashed first past the
post in field of thirty of the best
distance runners on the American
continent. The betting was 100 to 1
against him, and the very fact that
an obscure Indian, with practically
no training, won the race, which was
a classic event, made the country sit
up and take notice. Since that day
the Indian has won race after race
with !consummate ease, his most re-
markable feat being when last spring
he ran in the Boston Marathon race.
twenty-five mile American road fix.
ture. There he met lis United states
and Canadian runners, and won BY
nearly a mile. The most remarkable
fact concerning Longboat is that he
runs hat-footed, smokes continually
and trains only In : sDasmodia man.
uer. Sgs5s is .,53 ;8}.
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CHAPTER XIII.
Between Two Fires.

All Russia lay painting and swelter-
ing beneath the waves of her hot sum-
mer sun that day toward the end of
July when Mary Sisterson and Chris
label Joyce landed at Odessa, the port
nearest Sulja. Mary had intended to
leave England Immediately after her
fathers death, but was unable to
start as soon as she had expected,
and three weeks had passed before
she reached the Russian city. During
most of the journey her health had
steadily improved, but toward it's end
the tropical heat of the Mediterrane-
an at that time of the year had told
upon her, and both she and Christabel
were glad when the voyage was over.
Katia Anatovitch was on the quay
to meet them-a small, plump figure
of a woman, with hair turning gray,
and bright, shrewd eyes, quick-glanc-
ing like those of a bird. She was
dressed in airy white garments whose
pattern was plainly that of Paris; her
hat, parasol, gloves, and shoes were
as Enthusiastically from the center of
the worlds fashion, and it was in
French that she conversed with Mary.
Her attire was twenty years too
young for her, and her manner was
somewhat kittenish-but these are un-
gallant details which her friends over
looked, as she had a good heart and
an equitable temper.
She gushed over Mary, and anxious
ly inquired how she was She was
desolated to hear that Mary was still
far from well, but hoped that Sulja
would benefit her. Then she apologize
ed for the absence Of her brother
Dmitri, explaining that he had been
detained by some tiresome affair at
the works, some stupid trouble among
the workmen, who were ridiculous
enough to want better wages or short.
er hours. oh, 1t was nothing, nothing
at all, she said, but there 1t was.
Dmitri was always SO wrapped up in
his works, SO careful, so devoted to
business. On, the other hand, he had
been absent q good deal during the
past.mohtlna&&HadEom sulja; there
had been his two visits to England
close upon each other, and these had
been followed by . week in Odessa.
Here Katla looked very knowing,
shaking her head several times and
laughing % Il she could my some.
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progeny attain the type, character
quality and valuable attributes of the
pure breed.
This grading-up process everywhere
should be patiently and persistently
followed in practice, the males being
each time castrated for the work
horse market and the females re-.
tanned for the furtherauce of the i'm.
proved horse-breeding operations.
The grade stallion may be. ana
sometimes is, good locker" and pos.
sessed of superior vigor, by reason Of
hard work in harness, but there is lit.
tie If any breed prepotency back of his
good looks. His pleasing appearance
often is like the thin layer of silver
that gives plated article it's look of
reality, but merely covers base metal;
and as the base material predominates
in the makeup of both, so in the scrub
and low-grade horse the prepotency
comes from the predominant elements
which were derived from scrub ances.
tors and merely gives the owner the
power Of transmitting like undesirable
elements. He may be stronger than
many a pampered pdre-bred SO far as
begetting numerous rugged offspring
is concerned, but he stamps all of
them indelibly with the seal of the
scrub. There is much need of making
some of our pampered pure-bred stall
lions more vigorous and virile by work,
exercise and sensible feeding, that
their colts may be more numerous and
robust, but the unnecessary weakness
of some pure-bred stations is an insult
ficient argument for the general use
of grades throughout the state.
Water cannot rise above its level;
neither can the grade or scrub stallion,
however muscular and hardy, raise
the "blood level" of his progeny above
that of his own veins in quality. The
use of such sires, therefore, usually
means no progress, no grading-up and
on, but mere maintenance of a dead
level with possibility of retrogres.
sion where unsound, unfit horses are
employed.
DIR. A. 8. ALEXANDER,
Veterinarian. Wisconsin,
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thing about the week IN Odessa, but
would keep 1t for some other time.
THEN she turned to Christabel and
bowed. smiling pleasantly
you are Ma-ree's'nurse,' she said,
in English. "Ma-ree wrote that she
bring you with her. That is ve.ree
nice. l speak not your Eng-leesh we'll,
but Dmitri, my brother, he speak it
ve-ree WE'LL"
Eyes, he does," said Christabel. II
met him at Hans Square. But we can
speak in French If you prefer it."
THAT is good" said katia in that
language. "You know Dmitri? He
did not tell me that he had met you;
but he does not tell me everything,
that bad one!" she added, with a
laugh.
Then the three ladies' and Mary's
maid got into carriage and drove to
the station, where special train was
awaiting them. Three hours later
they were at Sulja, where Dmitri re.
ceiyed them, bidding both Mary and
Christabel hearty welcome.
During the course of the short rail
way journey from Odessa Chistabel
had sat by herself away from Mary
and Katia, as she thought they might
like to be together for awhile. And
Katia had talked necessarily in tones
now low, now shrill and always with
much laughter. Mary was silent and
thong it was that she
was tired. But Katia had evidently
impaired one special piece of news to
her, for she said to Dmitri, after they
he'd shaken hands, "Katia has told me
Of your betrothal to Anna Melikoff.
and I congratulate YOU
Dmitri bowed, smiled, and thanked
her. but his manner was hardly that
of happy lover.
81 regret that I was unable to meet
You at the steamer to-day. as I should
like to have done" he said.
'Katia told me there was soma
trouble at the works which prevented
you from coming" said Mary, "but
hoEe it is not serious. though fear it
is. perhaps. Katia has way of laugh
ing at everything. She is always SO
gay. But as YOU did not come I was
afraid it might be something worse
, than she said'
81 dare say that it will blow over.
but there was some talk of a strike,
and l wished to nip it in the bud
that was ALL"
Mary understood from his way OF
speaking that he thought he had
nirred the strike in the bud.
And now everything is all right"
she asked.
yes" he said. with decision. "You
see" he went on, 1--WE are so near
Odessa, and that has always been a
center of disaffection. Men cone and
talk to our workmen and fill their
heads with all sorts of nonsense. But
1 think the trouble is practically over,
and you need not feel disturbed in the
least Welcome again to Sulja!"
This brief conversation took place
on the platform of the station at Sui
ia; thereafter the party drove to the
residence of the Anatovitches, which
was about mile away.
Ito Be continued.)
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| The Honor of
| Nurse Joyce


quire, as Sir Maxwell did not immedi-
ately continue.
What would you say. NJ Anato-
witch, if told you that the secret on
which our business and its success are
based are no longer secret? Imean
the secret-the great secret-that you
know and know, and few others"
You cannot mean that, Sir Max
we'll; surely you cannot!" exclaimed
the Russian. in sudden agitation.
Il do mean It," said Sir Maxwell,
with his face set and gaze fastened on
Anatoyitch.
Then all is lost!"
81 do not say that; but the thing is
deeply serious. There is one person
who knows our secret, but. only one.
What would you say should be done
with that persona"
Anatovitch's moustache seemed to
bristle fiercely, and his eyes were like
live Goals. His whole aspect showed
a primitive and savage access Of pas
sion and hate.
Il should say" he said, with some
thing of a snarl. that it was case Of
killing, no MURDER as you English
phrase isl
You would say that the person
should be done away WITH"
yes, should" answered Anato-
witch. But how came the secret to
lie known to this person? Who be-
trayed it,"
You can scarcely say that it was
betrayed" said Sir Maxwell, still
watching his man intently. ut YVES
through Sir john
"Sir john" cried the Russian. But
how?'
my father revealed it in his deliri-
um." explained Sir Maxwell. "The &C.
cident affected his brain in the strang-
est manner Sometimes he was as
clear in his mind as you or l, Anato-
witch. At other times he was quite
unconscious. And then, again, there
were times when he spoke without
knowing in the least what he said-he
was delirious And his delirious fits
came on nearly always about the
same time in the evening; never. in
the morning nor during the day, but
always in the evenings, and generally
between and 10 o'clock. 1t was while
in that state of delirium that he gave
the secret away"
81 understand" said Anatovitch.
| who was beginning to understand
something else, as Sir Maxwell, no
doubt, meant him to understand. 81
see how it was" he went on. And
! who was it that heard him." he ask
ed; but already he knew, and his face
took on the strangest expression.
TT was his nurse, the young lady
you have seen, the young lady who is
to accompany my sister to Sulja-
Nurse Joyce"
Nurse Joyce" said Anatovitch,
but his voice had dropped to wills.
per.
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AN ANNUAL WOLF HUNT.
Best Time of the Year to Get Rid Of
the Pest in Upper Michigan.

"The annual wolf drive or hunt of
the Houghton county trappers and
hunters will be the chief subject for
discussion in the extreme upper penin-
sula for the next three weeks" said J.
A. Wright of Houghton, Mich. This
hunt will take place in about two
weeks and will start from little town
named Aston, station on the Min
eral Range railroad. Over seventy
dogs already been secured, and it is
expected that 1875 hunters will take
part.
'The hunters congregate at Aston.
while the men who handle the dogs
distribute themselves along the rail.
road tracks in preparation for the
drive. At signal given, which is
passed along the line by gunshots, all
the dogs are taken into the woods
and started and the hunt is on. Soon
dog scares up wolf and chases him
in toward the Sturgeon river, where
he cannot run any further, and then
the sounds of barking all along the
line tell how first one and the another
animal is making for the river.
1.-THE hunters are following the dogs
and the game is plentiful enough, so
that forty or fifty wolves are killed
annually. At this time of the year the
wolf is tanner than at any other sea-
son, and can be hunted with greater
ease. This ordinarily cunning animal
seems to lose good share of his craft
in the late spring.
"The profits of this hunt besides
the general good that it does the
farmer and cattle owner in the vicinity
are great, as the bounty on wolves in
Houghton county. including fees from,
the state, is about $685."
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- - y r.
r had eczema for over, two years.
{ had two. physicians. but they only
gave me relief for q short time and I
cannot ienumerates the ointments and
lotions I used to no purpose. My ank-
les were one mass Of sores. The itch.
ing and burning were so intense that
I could not sleep. could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my hus.
band said had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three
times had the best nights rest in
months unless I took an opiate. ]
used one set Of Cuticura Soap, ONT
ment, and Pills, and my ankles healed
in short time. It is now q year since
I used Cuticura, and there has been no
return Of the eczema. Mrs. David
Brown. Locke, Ark, May IS and July
IL, 1907"
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Ugh!

Very commendable is the zeal dis.
played in recent years in the effort to
put and end to the obnoxious habit Of
expectorating in places .frequented by
the public. Still, the offense would
probably be classed under the head OF
"venial"-and 1t might be we'll to ad.
Just the punishment to the crime.
After crossing on one Of the ferry
lines that convey passengers over tho
North river to New Jersey points.
and carefully considering the possible
logical connection between the two
parts Of the r'Notice to Passengers"
hanging in conspicuous place, one
wonders If perhaps the reforming zeal
Of the ferry company may not have
:arried it too far.
The signs read: Splitting on the
floor is prohibited. Life preservers
are provided for all passengers"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-14
Pulpit Houre!a.....

The twenty-minute sermon Is a
purely modern invention, as is proved
by the number Of pulpit hourglasses
that are still to be found in many old
churches. In the register Of st. Cath
crimes, Aldgate, the following entry,
dated 1864, occurs: paid for an
hourglass that hanged by the pulpit,
where the preacher doth make SER
mon, that he may know how the hou.
passeth away, one shilling" A mod
ern pulpit glass-probably the only
one of its kinds to be found in the
Chapel Royal, Savoy. 1t is an
eighteen-minute glass, and was placed
in the chapel on its restoration In
1867.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-14

Put Your Whole Heart in ia
half-hearted effort will never bring sue.
cess in poultry-raising or any other
line of endeavor. II you expect to &C.
complish anything worth while you
will have to be an enthusiast and get
hustle on you. If we could raise
prize-winners or extra heavy layers
without giving any special thought to
mating or care in rearing the fowls.
what encouragement would there be
for the fellow who works hard?
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General Demand

Of the Well Informed Of the World has
always been for simple. pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy Of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to b
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, Ut
prompt in action.
In supplying that demand With its ex-
cellent combination Of Syrup Of Fig and
Elixir q senns, tho California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits Of the laxative for il remasb.
able success.
That u ono Of many reasons why,
Syrup q Fig and Elixir Of SIENNA i given
ths preference BY the Well-Informed.
TO get its beneficial effects always buy
ths genuine manufs stured BY tho Cali
sfornia Eis Syrup Co, only. and FOR 80
q g leading druggists. Price ~ esos
Hpsr bottls
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Wastes.-Two things cause expense
in the poultry. business. The first is
loss or waste; the second feed. Pre-
vent waste and make a pound of feed
produce the greatest possible gains and
you have solved the mystery of prof.
it's in the poultry business. Cleanli-
ness is more than half the battle in
preventing loss. Keep the lots, the
yards and the houses as clean as you
can and you will find that the losses
of last year will be reduced so per
cent,
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Keep Them from Getting sick.-Do
not waste too much time trying to
cure fowl afflicted with some disease
that you do not understand. Better
kill them at once unless they are valu
able exhibition specimens. Keep yo,s
fowls clean and dry and there will not
be much danger from disease.
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To Cure Insomnia.

To Cure Insomnia,
O'Brien-The doctor seq what I hev
is 'insommy."
O'Toole-Oh, shure. Owe had thot
throuble meself.' an there's only wan
cure fur it.
o'Brien-What's thot? What dye
do?
o'Toole-Jusht 60 to sleep an furgit
all about it.
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FITS. st. vitus Dance and Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free 500
trial bottle and treatise. Dr.. r. H. Kline.
Ld., 93l Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Late Hatch chickens.-With many
poultry raisers the chief objection to
late Matched chicks is their suscepti.
bility to the ravages of mice. lice and
chiggers.
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Recelvership Woes.

"Your honor" said the receiver, II
desire enlightenment from the court"
Estate your position"
Having wound up the affairs Of the
concern after week of arduous labor.
I find there is but 100000 left. To
what source am to look for the bal.
ance Of my fee?"
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Taking His Trousers or,

tdNNt0 rIIV tTVUSor6 On.
Little Jr., aged four. was playing out
In the yard, when suddenly he came
rushing into the house, crying out,
"Oh. mamma! come quick! Come
and see this bug; he is taking his
trousers Oft"
He had found locust coming out
of his she'll.
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From, Sisters vIsvypo ,nt.

UT all depends on the point OF view, =
remarked dispenser o. near-wisdom.
Lets have It. ~ IS ,8fs l ,ss
Spending 10 cents on your sister Il
4stinginess: spending the same amount
on another girl Is riotous extrava-
sEanca .ass II 3#9
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Quite Hopeless.

WE PAY TOP PRICES FOR CREAM.
MILLER & HOLMES. st. Paul. MINI,
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In slaeik. ana White.

.'Ir BRYAN IL electad. hs can't be
fooled as to his friendA."
Why not? Ss5.. I'll
! There's the subscription list 70 the
trommoner.'' 3;Y IS n. :tS5
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Parlous Times.

"A man has to draw 1t nne these
days"
what do you mean?'
Staying ten minutes after office
tours each day will probably make q
good impression, but staying fifteen is
liable to excite suspicion that you are
monkeying with your books"
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quito HoPeIeoS.
Mistress-Jane, saw the milkman
kiss you this morning. In the future
will take the milk in.
Jane-'Twouldn't be no use, mum.
He's promised never to kiss anybody
but me.
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quite 90.

"Julius Caesar, young gentlemen, re-
formed the calendar. What may We
surmise from this?"
THAT he was good politician and
stuck to harmless issues" answer the
class as one man.
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important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Pensacola journal., 1908-12-27
rhe yewi.h New Year.

In striking opposition to the spirit OF
joy and happiness which pervaties
Christendom generally is the New
Year Of the Jews. With the Jews.
who also observe the New Year for
two days, the days are not days Of
feast;ng and enjoyment. but days Of
judgment. According to tine belief OF
every orthodox Jew. every member Of
the Jewish race is tried on the New
Year. The books kept I'm heaven are
opened on that day. The record Of each
man for the year just ending is looked
through and taken under advisement
for ten days On the tenth day, the
day of atonement. the fate of each
man for the coming year is drawn up,
whether he should live or die. prosper
or be poor. On the day of atonement
the fate is sealed and nothing kcan
change it any re.-Chicago Tribune.
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csae Eor : ouesn Dee.

When queen bee becomes unpro-
ductiye through old age it is necessary
for the bee keeper to supply the colony
of bees with new queen. This he
does in the following manner: The old
queen is removed from the hive and
the bees are left alone for about twelve
hours or longer. during which time
they find ont that they are queenless
The new queen is then put into cage
made Of wood and wire cloth. with an
opening through one end This open
ing is 6licd tight with a mixture Of
honey and sugar. The cage thus pre-
pared Is laid upon the tops Of the
frames In the hive. The bees soon dis
cover the new queen in the cage and
set to work upon the honey and sugar.
In the hive bees recognize friends and
strangers by their sense OF smell. and
strange queen entering hive would
be very quickly killed by the bees. BY
the time the queen Is liberated from
the cage she has acquired the scent of
the hive and is therefore no longer q
stranger.-London Globe
The Pensacola journal., 1908-12-27
In the prinkina DAYS.


A once well known Individual who
had lived every day of his life and
gained from it a great experience left
The following advice-and little else
to his sons: Drink slow: do not mix
your liquor: never sit with your backs
to the fire." 1t was an excellent pre-
cept for the era in which 1t was given
the times when the dining room door
was kept locked that there might be
no shiriling the cIaret and when the
only chance at the circuit mess Of es-
Gaping intoxication was TO drop under
the table like the rest as Lord Cock
burn tells us be did. and lie quiet
nay. even when our judges resented
that discredit should be brought on
drinking by misconduct. Everybody
drank. and much too much, in those
days. but especially the upper classes.
A well known politician discharged his
coachman for overturning him In bis
carriage. 81 had certainly drunk too
much. sir" urged the poor man. but
I was not very drunk. and gentlemen.
you know. sometimes get drunk Il
don't say you were very drunk for a
gentleman" returned his master. .'but
you were exceedingly drunk for
ccachman.-London Iiiurrsted News
The Pensacola journal., 1908-12-27
SOME DANCERS
THE PRESIDENT
MUST FACE
Famous Lion Trainer Points
Out What is Likely to
Happen Should Things
Go Wrong.
BY Associates rp..s.

London, Dec. 26.-Selous, the lion
killer, explains that while he has col
lected camp and other equipment for
Rcoseyelt's hunting expedition and
win go with him to Mombassa, they
viii not shoot together in East Afri-
ca and Uganda. Mr.. Selous points
out some of the dangers the presi-
dent will face in hunting, says he:
You 60 out on horseback early in
the morning on a high plateau in the
hope of catching lion which has de-
layed too long feeding and cannot get
back TO cover. When you are over
taking the beast he generally comes
to halt, growing
cat the first moment you slip on
your horse and shoot him.
Sometimes the liuon viii Charge
at yotA If he does, you gaiacp out of
the way and wait for another oppor-
trnity. If he charges while you are
of your horse and you fail to hit
him, Ii may be awarkward.
.When You wound an elephant 1t
often makes a savage rush ut you.
While you are shooting one of a herd
too, you may not notice another
among the trees which may make a
sudden DASH"