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gave her the big fellow. The little
snake is about three feet in length
and one of it's favorite positions is
coiled in its mistress hair. Here 1t
will remain perfectly quiet for hours
at. time, observing all that is going
on, however. The two snakes are
great friends. Billy receives as much
care as child.
Every morning the snake gets a
bath of new milk, the body afterward
being wiped quite dry The box occu-
pied by the snake, which was made for
his especial occupancy, is constructed
of polished woods and Is lined with
soft cloths. There are perches in the
box and long shelf that his snake
ship may stretch upon.
Il have always had a great liking
for snakes" said Miss Lambert. Afraid
of snakes? Well, | should say not.
For my part | can't see what there is
about a snake that a girl should be
afraid of. Now, some might say that
Billy is dangerous, but am not bit
afraid of the big fellow. It's true that
TIC has tut power uOW W hill d Hu'
man being by crushing, but | Know
that he won't hurt me, for thinl, he
loves me. He Is so nice and affection.
ate, running his head up on my face
and in way almost kissing my cheek
Why, III hate to part with Billy, and
don't intend to as long as l can keer
him"
One day, not long ago, the snake es
capped from it's box and invaded the
family pantry, Then there was a great
connection, for in his progress about
the place he tipped over many pieces
of china, and the resulting wreck was
something that the family may remem
Der for some time.
1t was on the same day when the big
fellow was making his way through
the parlor of the house in his course
of investigation that the family cat
espied the serpent. There was fran.
tic meow and the cat made her es
cape through a window Since that
day she has not returned, and it is
thought that the fright which the
feline experienced was so great that
she has gone to live with people who
have no snakes.
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Then I've the name OF the scar
faced gentleman, thank you" remarks
Burton. Now 1t is necessary you
come into this affair. Perrier. You've
got TO aid not only me, but two
women"
The answer that comes causes
Barnes to look aghast
81 dare not" answers Perrier, short
ly. THE fate of my poor friend EN-
DRY is too horrible"
"Fatel What fate?"
why, lie was to be here two days
ago, according to his letters to me,
to arrange for guarding your villa
He is not here even to-day. His last
note from st. Tropez indicated he was
close upon the track of those who
have sworn this blood feud against
you-and all who aid you. That letter
was written four days ago and--what
has become of Emory"
How can tell?" mutters the Amer
lean gloomily.
But can" answers the private de-
tective. Madame Blackwood, for
whom have executed some little com
missions, called on me two days ago
excitedly. 'Perrier' she said. in her
American abruptness, I want you TO
bring to justice some villains who
murdered a Yankee detective named
Emory, the other day near st. Tro-
pez.' You saw him killed. / asked
No, but I've got evidence-a few
words from she checked herself;
but added, I don't dare to tell Mr..
Ruggles of this; he's so impulsive
he'd spend his money and his blood,
too, to bring murderer of one of his
countrymen to justice. So you Just
go on and get the evidence against
these fellows and trot them to the
guillotine.' But the fate of Emory
warned me, ! determined to give up
the whole affair" adds Perrier.
THANK you again" sneers Barnes,
and coming out the American laughs
to himself But the mention of Ma
dame Blackwood reminds him of her
letter. by George, Sally's note hint
ed at grave danger to me. 1t must
be this Emory business!" and without
more ado Mr.. Barnes, hurriedly keep
ing his eyes alert for sudden daggers,
makes his way to the promenade, by
the sea and shortly after enters the
luxurious Hotel st. Petersburg.
1t is ten in the evening. He is
about TO send up his card to Madame
Blackwood and request an interview
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CHAPTER vI,I.-continued.

Will that woman never let me
alone?" thinks the American, and
pushes the note back in his pocket.
IN forget Sally SPOTS forever by 60
ing and seeing the minister"
But at the entrance to the residence
of the divine a suspicion enters his
mind that he is being followed He
makes his interview with the minister
of the church of England a very short
one, and coming rapidly out of the
house, his quick eyes perceive two
men on the opposite side of the street.
These turn casually toward the traffic
station and are lost in the crowd from
an arriving train.
Now that his footsteps are being
logged, he thinks he had better see
Perrier, the French detective recon-
mended by the Pinkerton man. There
fore. keeping his eyes about him sharp
at any dark corners of the streets, he
walks to the Rue Palermo, and rings
the bell at the house mentioned in
Emory's letter
Here an old woman concierge in.
forms him that Monsieur Perrier's
room is number four on the second
floor.
Barnes, pushing his way to number
four on the second floor Is confronted
at the door of this apartment by a man
OF very brisk manner. sharp, penetrat-
ing eyes and nose whose peculiar
aquiline formation impresses itself on
Barnes memory
IN order to avoid any mistake"
whispers the American, q simply men
ton to you the word Vendetta"
And | simply reply 'Marseilles, +"
answers the man, but | don't wish to
have anything to do with the affair"
You are Monsieur Perrier?"
Yes, of course; you know by my re.
turning the word of recognition to
you, remarks the Frenchman.
81 must have a reason for your de-
clining to aid me. This matter is too
important for you not to listen to me-
Il have been informed" answers
Perrler by my poor friend Emory's
letters of this peculiar and most I'm
fortunate affair, but | do not wish to
engage in it,"
why not?" asks Barnes, shortly.
Don't you think have money to pay
Tor it?"
"Of course, | know Monsieur is
rich" answers the Frenchman, depre-
catingly. But my life is my only as
set. have wife and children. | saw
one vendetta in Corsica a few years
ago, and | don't want to set into an
other cat fight where cats are armed
with stilletos. Your enemies already
know your location at Villefranche,
Bernardo Salicei has come from Cor
sica hoping to win the election in his
island by vengeance upon you. He
and Enrico Danella, the dead Musso's
nephew, are in Nice"
Has Enrico a scar upon his fore
head over his yeft eyer" asks Barnes.
eagerly.
He has"
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About Happiness.

There Is no more beneficial tonic
than good, hearty laughter. 1t in
flates the lungs and has magic eff.
feet upon the system. Giggling is not
laughing, and 1t is habit that brings
wrinkles and soon spoils even pref
ty face. Why not laugh? 1t improves
the appearance and makes one popu-
lar There is nothing to be glum over.
and. If there is, being glum will not
help it. Be happy and bright and
everyone will wish to help you. The
girl who wants to be beautiful must
sleep with fresh air. plenty OF it, in
her room. She must go out and revel
In the sunshine. She must find plenty
OF laughter in her daily life. That Is
the only true way to live and the only
way capable of bringing beauty.
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TEARS OF THE CROCODILE.
Belief Said to Have Origin In an
Ancient Fsb,c.

The phrase crocodile tears" owes
its origin to the imagination of some
of the old travellers, who invented the
fable that the crocodile weeps over its
prey One of the earliest English
globe-trotters to mention this fiction
was Sir John Vaudeville, who in his
Travels" G499, speaking OF "Aethi-
OPP" 'Ynde" and an lyle clept Silla, -
says: That Lond is full of Serpents
and Of Cokadrilles. THESE Cokadrilles
ben a manner of Long Serpents. "a.
lowe and rayed aboven, and had
Feete and schorte Thyes. and CRETE
Nayles as Clees or Tallonns and
there ben sumo that had Fadme in
length; and sumo of six and a halfen.
day. And in the night thei dwellen in
the Water. and on the Day won upon
the Lond. THESE Serpentes slue men,
and thei eten hem wepynge; and when
thei eten thei moyen the over Jowe,
and noughte the neither Jowe, and thei
have no Tonge Montreal Standard.
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Legal Amenities,

Several decades ago there lived In
Charleston, w, Va, Judge noted for
his boorish manners. very finical
lawyer whom he especially disliked
was once trying a case before him, and
all the while the barrister spoke the
judge sat with his feet elevated on
the railing in front of him hiding his
face.
Exasperated by this the lawyer
Queried:
May | ask which end of your honor
! am TO address,"
Whichever you choose" drawled
the Judge.
Wei" was the retort Il suppose
there is as much law in one end as
the other
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Big TEN-FOOT PYTHON
( IS GIRLS QUEER PET
CHILLY" GETS A MILK BATH DAILY
AND is HOUSED IN LUX
uRIoUs QUARTERS.

Bangor, Me.-Miss Myrtle Lembert
of Strong has strange pet in a ten
foot python, brought from Asia and
presented by a friend. Miss Lambert
has developed passion for snakes
and the python is her household pet
1t belongs to the boa constructor va
riety and eventually is expected to
reach length of % to so feet
The python, which its owner has
named Billy, is very fastidlous as tic
its food, and 1t insists on having nice
fat chickens for it's meals. Miss Lam
bert has another snake of the "coraI'
variety that she prizes highly. 1t was
given her by the same person who
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There more Caarrh IN this section OF the country
than all sther diseases put together and until the last
lew years was supposed to be incurable For great
many years doctors pronounced II local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing
10 cure with local treatment. pronounced II inctrabe
Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional dis
ease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by r. j. Cheney
Cos Toledo Ohio Il the only Constitutional cure on
the market II is taken internally in doses from 10
drops TO teaspoonul II acts directly ON The blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer one
Cor circulars and testimonials
Address; + ]. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consultation
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Clock Made of Straw.

shoemaker named Wegner, living
In Strasburg, has clock of the grand.
father shape. nearly six feet high.
made entirely of straw. The wheels.
pointers, case and every detail are
Exclusively of straw. Wegner has
taken 10 years to construct this
strange piece Of mechanism. 1t keeps
perfect time.
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Elks' Excursion to California.

Via Salt Lake Route, February C.
Thirty days, SO dollars, 80 scenes. II
interested, see any Salt Lake Route
agent, or write to A. w. Raybould,
Secretary, Salt Lake City. Boating.
bathing, orange grove trips.
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Would sen Hla chance.

Patriotic Gentleman--My lad, every
American boy has the chance of be.
coming president. just as every Eng.
fish boy has the opportunity of being
prime minister.
Small Boy (thoughtfully) I'll
sell my chance for a dollar.
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INSTANT RELIEF FROM ITCH
The Itch Gone, the Skin Soothed and
Refreshed--ImpIrdiateIy.

Instant Relief from that itch.
A few drops of soothing liquid.
And the itch is gone as IL by magic.
Can you imagine how 1t will feel
that itching agony swept away in mo-
ment? Just drop or two on the skin
and no more of that torturing. endless,
nerve racking itch.
You can know the relief If you just
try the simple remedy-simplest of ex-
ternal liquid remedies-oll of winter
green as compounded in ID. ID. d. Pre-
scription.
d. ID. ID. Prescription Is recommended
by druggists everywhere.
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Essence OF Culture.

The very essence of culture Is shak.
ing off the nightmare of selfconscious-
ness and self'absorption and attaining
a sort of Christian Nirvana-lost in
the great whole OF humanity. thinking
OF others, caring for others, admiring
and loving others.-E II. Sill.
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Success and Business.

Il suppose 1t is necessary that bust.
ness should be transacted, though the
amount of business that does not con.
tribute to anybody's comfort or i'm
provement suggests the query
whether ii is not oyerdone. know
that unremitting attention to business
is the price of success. but | don't
know what success is. There is a
man. who we all know, who built a
house that cost 4 million dollars,
and furnished 1t for another like sum,
who does not know anything more
about architecture, or painting, or
books, or history, than he cares for
the rights of those who have not so
much money as he has.-Charles
Dudley Warner.
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The Favorite.

Millions of suffering eyes have found
IN DR.. Mitchell's famous salye a real
blessing Reject the offer OF any dealer
TO sell drug for your eye. DR.. Mitch
ellis Eye Salve is simple, healthy
remedy to be applied to the lids. 1t
cures without entering the eye. Sold
eYeryWhere Price 25 cents.
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The Law Of Speculation.

Big men are given to taking profits,
while smaller men are laying a basis
for profits that may or may not be
shown. The law of the fishes in the
sea applies in speculation The big
and the little fish have their respec.
tive missions, and the small ones are
safe when the large ones are not
hungry.
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Law Hold o, the Common Good.

If men hate the presumption of those
who claim reputation to which they
have no right. they equally condemn
the faint-heartedness of those who fall
below the glory which is their own.
Lose. then. the sense of your private
sorrows and lay hold If the common
d!-Demosthenes.
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Some HeavY sMeIls.

Society is like wave" comments
contemporary. He then explains
why, but misses the main point, which
Is that there are some heavy sweIla
San Antonio Express.
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Imnortant to Mothera.

Nearly every man, when he reads
a good joke and remembers and tells
it well, thinks to himself afterward;
What witty fellow / am getting to
BET"
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A SPEEDY ONE.

Miss Tapps-Of course. some type
writer's are extremely expert.
Clerk--Oh, yes. / know of one who
married rich employer in less than
three months.
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When a young man tells a girl that
he'll love her forever and ever no
doubt he believes he is telling the
truth all the time.
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Wedding Notes.

The Bride-Just think OF 1t, dearest.
81 years from yesterday will be our
golden anniversary.
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The Best Laxative--Gartield Tea! Com.
posed of Herbs, it exerts beneficial effect
upon the entire system, regulating liver,
kidneys, stomach and bowels.
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A mans wife never thinks his i'll
ness is serious until he quits using Ian
guage that wouldn't look we'll in .priut
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More potatoes are eaten in Belgium
than In Ireland.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-24
No Iims For Retreat.

|
 In an Irish garrison town a theatrical company was giving performances, and soLle soldiers rom the local barracks wese engaged to net as supers. Their duties included the raging ot fierce fight f1 which, ssser stirring strug- gl- ons army v-ah Stefsar.d on a given signal from the ;ronlpter. For a few Gignts all went ssau. hut on the Friday evening a sper.a performance of the pi.ce ~-as to be given under the patron Age of the colone- and other officers of the garrison. The TWO armies met as usual at the end of the second act, when they fought and fought and kept on fighting, regardless of the agonized glare in the eye of their (actor) gen cral, who hoarsely ordered the proper aruny to Retreat, confound you" But the fight still went on. and soon the horri1ed manager saw the wrorg army being driven slowly off the stage. still fighting desperately. Down came the curtain amid roars of laughter, and the fuminS manager hastened to ask the delinquents why they had failed to retreat on hearing the signal.
 "Rckraite," roared a burly fusilcer whose visage had been badly battered, '.and is it retraite ye'd have us, wid the colone; and all the officers in the boxes?'-London Scraps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-24
pieksns' Characters.

Dickens bestowed many of his ficti- tious names on real flesh and blood personages. says an admirer of the fa- nous novelist. Indeed he and David Copperfleld were not far apart, so far as salient features were concerned. Tracy Tupman was the happy counter felt of man named Winters. who at the present day would be pounded or arrested for what Is known in slang as s'mashing." Paul Dombey was an .in- valid nephew of the author, his right name being Harry Burnett. Dora Cop perfield was a Miss Beadwe1l. with whom Dickens was in love at the early nge of eighteen. Mrs. BardelI, who gave Pickwfck the worst time in his life. was a scheming boarding house widow named Ann Ellis. Tommy Trad dles was Colonel Froom Talfourd, for meriy superintendent of Indian affairs In Canada. Miss Mowcher was Miss Wilkes, Mrs. Skewton a Mrs. Camp bell; the abominable Squeers was Will liam Shaw; the lovely Cheeryble broth CTS were cotton spinners and merchants of Manchester; the fat boy was true to life character. and so was Captain Cuttle, one of the most attractive of all.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-24
Receipt That Cures
 Weak men--Free
send Name and Address Today-You Can Have It F rec and Be
 Strong and Vigorous.

have in my possession prescrip-
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 weakened manhood. failing memory
 and lame back brought on by ex-
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 and nervous men right in tlieir own
 homes-without any additional help or nedicine-that I think every man who
 wishes to regain his manly power and
 yirility, quickly and quietly, should have a copy. So, I have determined
 to send copy of the prescription, free
 of charge, in a plain. ordinary sealed
 envelope, to any man who will write
 me for it.
 This prescription comes from a pfny- sician who has made a special study of men, and I am convinced it is the surest-acting comhination for the cure of deficient manhood and vigor-failure ever put together.
 think I owe it to my fellow man to send them copy in confidence, so that any man, anywhere who is weak and discouraged with repeated failares may stop drugging himself with harm full patent medicines, secure what believe, is the quickest-acting,. restor- ative, upbuilding. SPOT-TOUCHING remedy ever devised and so. cure him. self at home quietly and quickly. Just drop me a line like this: Dr. A. E. Robinson, 4125 Luck Bldg, Detroit Mich, and I will send you a copy of this splendid receipt, in a plain, ordin- I ary sealed envelope. free of charge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-24
Il VALUABLE WEED.
The Te.esi That Is Used to Raise ths Nan on Cloth

The Tsaeei That Is Used to Raise tho
 Nap on Cloth.
 Our readers who never saw teasel (spelled also teazel and teazle and even tasseD can imagine fir cone or s4swamp cattan," set all over with lit tie stin hooks. It is the bur Cor tas- sel or flower head or thistle top of the plant dipsacus, and so identified is 1t with cloth dressing that this use of 1t gave it It's botanical name. Dipsacus fullonum, or fuller's teasel.
 However familiar to people who live in lands where the teasel is extensive ly grown the fact may be that the prickly heads of that plant are univer- sally used to raise the nap on cloth, a multitude of persons in his country probably never heard of 1t and will be astonished to learn in what enormous quantities the plant is raised
 In France alone several thousand acres of land are exclusively devoted to the cultivation of the teasel. French manufacturers use many thousand dol lars worth of the pr1ckly heads and export thousands of tons of them, val Ued at perhaps millions of dollars. Hundreds Of tons are produced in Aus tfta. England. Belgium. Poland and the Crimea-
 The prickles of the teasel have q small knob at the end, and this, mount ed on an elastic stem and set with gredt precision on the central spindle. affords little brush, such, 1t is said. as the utmost mechanical skill has never been able to rival, at all events at the same price.-New York Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-24
A LOST MINE.
Tha Tragic Legend That Ia Associated
 With Bald Mountain.

Tha Tragic Legend That Ia Associated
 With Bald Mountain.
 Tho legend of . lost mine has given to Bald mountain. in Placer county, Colo, fascinating interest for pros pectors. Tradition is that early in the ffties of the last century three men disappeared from an immigrant party going over the old Gap trail. Search for them was without avail. and they were finally Reported dead by the searchers.
 Where or how they wintered no one knows, but the following spring, rag ged, shoeIess and demoraIized, they nled into Michigan Bluf. Their blan- kets were converted into sacks, and with them they brought gold dust to the amount of $10.000 or $15,O00.
 Spending but single night within the confines of civilization and giving no Information as to the location of their large claim, they were followed on their return trip, and a few weeks later their murdered bodies were found in one of the dreary canyons that scar the face of the desolate peak
 Since then many q man has sought this lost mine. but apparently it's i'm munity is as certain as that of the treasure of Captain Kidd.-Philadel- Al1ia North American
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-24
pidn't imprss. Him.

Shortly after his rise to the bench Judge Coleman had occasion to pro nounce life sentence upon a notori- ous offender. In the course of his re- marks the judge spoke with so much feeling and eloquence that many of the listeners were deeply affected. The prisoner, on the other hand. seemed to be quite tndirerent. looking at the cell ing and apparently giving no attention whatever to what was being said. After he had been remanded to jail one of the young lawyers had gone into the cell, curious to know how the criminal had felt when his honor was passing sGUfence upon him.
 "What do you mean ]" asked the con- victed one.
 'I mean when the judge was telling you you must go to prison for life."
 You mean when he was talking to me?''
 "Yes."
 'tOh. never paid no attention to Dick Coleman. He ain't no public speaker nehowl"-Ar&onaut