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hind his chair. and he grinned from ear
to ear when he noticed the cadaverous
ones rigid attitude and his occasional
slinkful gaze toward the Illuminated SER
pent.
"Chaiuh ride, boss?" the rolling chair
pusher inquired of the shaky lean man.
Nope, no ride replied the lank one in
sort of hoarse whisper. But, say,
look a-here: | want to ask YOU some
thing. What dye call that thing there?"
pointing waving jerky finger at the
pickering green serpent with the vast
head.
The chair pusher gazed innocently in
the direction toward which the finger
pointed. and then he gaZed back at the
cadaverous man.
"Whut thing, boss ?" he asked, his eyes
wide.
"That-that snaky looking thing" said
the lank one. his eyes beginning. to bat
again.
The black man shook his head in a be-
maZed sort of way.
"Ah reckon uh chaiuh ride 'ud do you
good, boss he said. solicitously. They
amt nutin' theah. sub, that All kin
see. Yo' all kin git de aiuh in chaiuh,
sub, AM
Just then one of the Boardwalk cops
swung by. and the cadaverous man
lurched over to him and held him up.
Officer" he said in a quavering tone.
Il want the address of doctor.
There's something the matter with me
eyes We gone back on me. or some
thing. Know where l can find doc
tor?''
The cop pulled out a little book and
dug out the name of doctor. and he
gave the address to the cadaverous man.
who vanished from the Boardwalk at
Kentucky avenue, still jogging his head
from side to side and muttering worried
~ to himself
Yessiree. those snake signs on the Board
walk are sort o'-well sort o. nerve
touching and startling. as it wair. even
if you're leaning up against nothing more
noxious than chocolate ice cream sodas.
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and stood in the middle of the sidewalk
waiting The editor advanced upon him.
seemingly for the purpose of thanking
the Judge for his masnanimity in not
continuing TO fire. and of making up The
judge. seeing this. followed his enemy $
example and threw away his gun. in
which. as / say, two cartridges remained
So there he stood. entirely unarmed. AS
soon as Judge Bogart cast away his gun.
the editor. who had advanced close to
him. suddenly whipped out a bowie knife
from beneath the collar of his coat and
began to slash at the Judge. 1t was a
ours trick, and that editor never again
was permitted to hold up his head in
Texas.
Now, here. If not before, was the spot
for Judge Bogart to show his yellow
streak il he had one. The editor was
chopping away at him and the judge
didn't have much as pocketknife
on him. But the man who foolishly
ina sined himself to be coward was
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IMPERTINENT QUERY: Do women
ever by any chance see when the jokes
on them?
The question is submitted for this rea-
son: Along pretty late at night or in the
teeny-weeny hours of morning, at the
rousy-wousy cafes here where both sexes
sit around making rings on tables and
imagining they're having a very old dick
ens Of a time, the orchestras strike up,
as matter of course. MY Wife's in tbe
country-Hooray Hooray." Now. that's
real cute little song and all like thar
out IL Kind of an offside, upstage
"aiiop at the fair sex, too, because IT de-
hotes the JOY or perhaps the maybe-al-
ieseu JOY with which male spouses re-
gard the big getaway number of their
wives. 1t portrays 'em as being tickled
1ooilSh because they're alone and sucb
IKE, and wouldn't You naturally suppose.
that being the case, that the woman
would regard that song-which is a rave
everywhere-in a sort of a mfffy way.
ana refuse to sanction it. and turn up
their ~ powdered noses at it, and
SO on?
We'll, they don't. folks. they do not
On the contrary, when the orchestras of
the cafes reach that "Hooray" chorus
the women join in singing it with all of
the enthusiasm exhibited by the men,
They chant it and they hum 1t and they
intone it and they keep time to it with
their tootsies. and then seem, throughout
to be blsSfully unconscious of the song s
slam for their sex.
All of which is all right and perhaps
indicative that the sex is at length ap-
proxmating at least the fundamentals of
sense of humor; but just fawncy the
unusualness of it. now, just fawncy.
THE city council of this sea-laved mu,
an ordinance a while back. and the ordi-
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lincoln. one of Grant and so on-and
then. of a sudden, his fevered eyes rested
upon the mammoth coiled green boa con-
strictor.
4
His lank frame promptly became rigid
and he batted his eyes good many times
and joggled his head rapidly from side
to side Then he took another long look
at the coiled serpent of sand. Then his
law dropped, and he turned to fat man
standing alongside him by the rail-
Party said the cadaverous man to
the fat one, in IA sepulchral worried tone,
lis that thing there, or isn't it?'
What thing?" asked the fat man, his
eyes twinkling.
THAT snake yonder on the sand" said
the lank one. pointing to the coiled green
serpent.
The fat man. with the mischievous
twinkle still Pickering in his eyes. gazed
in the direction toward which the lean
one pointed. Then he shook his head
with great positiveness. following this UP
by looking at the cadaverous man with
a searching and a sympathetic gaze.
Snake, hey" said the fat man, In a
marveling tone. Then he lowered his
voice. .'Old man. you don't honest think
you see snake there where you're
pointing. do your
The cadaverous one batted his eyes
and jogsled his head some more.
That he replied. hoarsey, lis what
I honest do. And it's not there at all
you're telling me?"
MY boy" said the fat man. in tone
of the greatest sincerity. there's moth
ing there hut sand: just wet sand. lev
eled down like pancake by the action
of the sea.
Then. said the lean one. taking a grin
on the rail. Il reckon / might well
make up my mind To il that I'm in
Dutch
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slant and the judge saw the editor adj
vancing upon him.
Both men drew and fired at the same
instant but both of them We're poor shots
AMI their bullets went wide. They con-
tinued to fire as they advanced upon each
other
We'll. there was nary a sign of weak
ness or crawl in Judge Bogart. On the
contrary he looked perfectly cool. He
was naturally handsome man and his
face looked transigured and fine in that
intense moment. There were only four
cartridges in the EDITORS gun and
lie fired all of them without making a
hit. When he had fired all four shots
he threw his gun on the ground to indi-
cate to his oppofent that lie was through
with firing: and that editor looked to me
like man ready to run. at that. Judge
Bc9art still had two cartridges left in
his gun. But when he saw his enemy
throw his pistol away. the big heart of
the man appeared. He lowered his gun
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at any rate take shot at the editor, or
get out of Texas
Judge BoSart came to me in his trou-
BILE.
4 feel as If I'm going to show the
white feather in this business he said
to me. You know what I've often told
you-1m a natural-born coward I've got
a yellow streak. Just now this yellow
streak is working this way: I'm more
afraid of killing that editor fellow than
/ am of getting killed myself. l hate
the business, and l hate to think that if
it comes to showdown I'll crawl
Three days after that the editor pub
lished another brOadside against Judge
Bogart and then we all knew it would
happen. The editor left his Office for his
home that afternoon. He hadn't taken
dozen steps before he caught sight of
Judge Bogart emerging from the post
Office about sixty yards down the street.
Somebody standing in a doorway called
out to Judge Freeman at the same in
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not only equal to the occa sion. but
rose nobly above it. He reached out
and grabbed the editor around the mid
die. and, being a powerful man, he threw
him to the ground. Then he planted a
foot upon the forearm of tire hand that
held the knife and wrenched the big
blade from the PROSTATE EDITORS hand.
Grasping the bowie, Judge Bogart bent
over his bitter enemy and put the blade
to the mans throat
Are you done? he asked the man
who was down.
I am if YOU are replied the editor.
All risht-get up. said the Judge,
and he stood up and threw the knife
ov"r the top of A store. And he could
have taken his enemys life as easily as
splitting the throat of a rabbit. The
editor got up and slouched away.
Well. you're 6 great coward, eho'
sail to the judge an hour or SO after
the encounter. His reply was curious.
1 reckon | am-just as much a cow
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"Guv'nor'' said he to the lank one.
you amt givin' yourself chance, and
that's fact. Not cnance How long
you been at it ~
willing to reveal any condolences of that
sort. Anyhow, probably he was too wor-
ried.
And so there isn't any snake up there
full young man.
Nothing that looks any more like a
snake than | do like diplodocus, what
ever that is. replied the gay young man.
Tell YOU what you neeu. sport: Rest and
a hull lot of it. Just hit the shucks as
soon you can and stick around in EN-
till you feel better. 1t oughtn't to take
you more than three OF four days to come
around. But you'll have to cut out the
hard stuff, and
: The rest of it was wasted upon the briny
air, for the cadaVerous man, again Shak-
ing his head in puzzled way and talk
ing TO himself, had once more joined the
slowly moving crowd.
When "Old Vienna was reached there
was Il halt in the line and the lean man
with the fevered eyes turned there to
glance back at a bunch of young fellerS
who were advancing from behind and
singing, My Wife's Gone to the Coun-
try Hooray. HoOray."
AS he glanced back his eye fell upon
the tremendous forty-foot long green cleo
trical snake, with the green light flicker
ing constantly from tail to head, that is
strung alongside the wall of 'Old Vienna
This time he became as suddenly rigid
as if he'd touched a live wire, aud. car
lying himself stiffiy as an ossitied
man he to:tered toward the nearest wall
and leaned against it his eyes blinking
rapidly as he stole furtive chances at the
ever Pickering green electrical serpent
A blue uniformed rolling chair pusher,
a black man with<a keen eye for Board
walk manifestations, was standing be-
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E ard now as ever / was he said.

::: ;,:::::Jt


ard now as ever ] was he said.
How do you make that out" / asked
him
why. this way he replied. 1 wasn't
myself at all when | had the run-in
with that fellow, ! was somebody else.
Otherwise | never could have got through
with the proceedings l hardly remem
Der anything that happened, because. YOU
see. the spirit of the coura geous chap
wen, out of me as soon as the thing
was over. I'm gutter and a runaway
all right enough
But | only laughed at him, of course.
His case. and great many other cases
that / know about, proves that there Is
many a merely timid man walking up
and down the world who ima-ines him
self to be coward simply because OF
his natural timidity. but who. as
straightout matter of fact, hasn't got
cowardly drop of blood in his body.
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VIII be unable TO get his aHairs In North
Africa settled before the early autumn.
and will not take up his work here until
about October ]. The countess with her
sons, will arrive in the late summer and
will spend the interim with Gen. and
Mrs. Story at their fine country seat.
Whitehall. on st. Margaret bay, near
Annapolis.
Countess de Buisserets return to her
former home under such pleasant aus
pices is source of deep pleasure to
her scores of friends. As Miss Caroline
Story she reigned belle. and the quail
ties which endeare6 her in those early
days have been ampliied In the larger
experience of her life. She will be a
most acceptable addition to the Amer
lean chatelaines of foreign homes, and
her kinship with some notable families
of Washington lends Importance to her
presence AS in the case of the Ger
man embassy, the Belgion legation lost
an American hostess. TO be replaced
with another. The wife of Baron Mon
eieur was Miss Clayton of Arkansas.
and during her regime she was consid-
cred the leader of certain coterie OF
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OF long ago a po-
litical adversary of
a certain southern
senator said of
him.
"All you've got to
do to that fellow
to make him jump
into the river is to
point a corncob
pipe at him.
A few. evenings
before the adjourn
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ELL, these electri-
cal snake 0igno-a0
vertising signs that
glow O. nights on
the B o a r d " a | k
down ilere-are con-
fusing. and some
times a little terri
flying, even to the
temperate. That is
what they sure are.
But their effect
upon the abnorm-
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ment of the special session some men of
prominence we're tanning over that phrase
al Washington hotel. They all agreed
that they'd hate to have such remark
made about them.
I'm my opinion. all the same. that re-
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ELL. we're going
TO typcwrite d little
stuph now about
that getting home
from your vacation
thing.
Gloomy subject,
did YOU say? Meb-
be so. mebbe SO.
Some folks hate
to get back from
their vacations al
most as much as
20. ~ Start off on
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III. you've been to
the dentists again,
eh -" said Mr..
Grump to Mrs.
Grump. Huh.
You've worn a
pretty good path to
that d G mt | S is,
haven't you? Seems
To me you spend
about half your
time getting your
teeth fixed up. 1t S
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CUNT G. y r A D
JOSEPH DE b.
ISSERET. for sew
erai years minister
of Belgium 10 Tan
gier, Morocco. has
been recently trans
ferred from that
post to Washing
ton, NC C e e ding
Baron de Moncheur.
who is now in
Brussels. The count
40 - a
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
ATLANTIC CITY. August Is, 1876!
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If You mean by that" said the f;
one, that it's time you were naggir
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lincoln. one of Grant and so on-and
then. of sudden, his fevered eyes rested
upon the mammoth coiled green boa con-
strictUr.
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Tee Ranlx.

That there Is . startling df0DaAse
bstvGa ths temper q To risi0G
geasration and that OF ths yonta
whose young ideas shot up accord
ing to the teachings Of Mrs. Hannah.
More has recently been pDved by
a little seven-year-old girl who was
laboriously spelling her way through
reading lesson.
always speak the truth" she
said, "and obey your parents.
"Be gentle and quiet. Never slam
the door and shout and scream about
the house.
eat the table eat slowly; not In
greedy manner like a pig"
Suddenly the little girl shut the
book with a portentous bang and an
nocnced with firmness and decision:
I'm not going to let any old third
reader boss me like that!"-Phila'
delphia Ledger.
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Gates Games.

3tis story is being told OF John w.
m: His varied financial interests
a1led him to a Texas city and
ms of his arrival was bruited
w. 1efore the event.
god livers OF the city assem-
n order to inaugurate a poker
After much energy and dis
n : fund Of $4,000 was gath
The plan was to invite Gates
y s1me. The Texans felt that
~ ! very large, not to say an
= capital. A committee watt
a. hnancier to inform him
- 4 game was in progress and
y we're ready for him.
Qe1nsD.' said he, II have no
urged with great eloquence
aeury. Of $4,000 was in per-
4! l1ess. Again Gates refused
80 the urging was resumed.
afes lost patience. He pro-
m darter. Gentlemen" he
loss ycu for the $4,000
eommittee melted away
lfhia Record.
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otsdam vs.. Berlin.

h y strictly business to the
Ollerns; but they do rot let
ID afair spoil the sweetness of
The people seem human
annette, the martial statuary
amateurish after the feroc-
IN Even the four Romans
al g the fountains who are
evay with the four sabines
3 Ike gentlemen, and the
~ adde's are palpably as
! non and a tiger, both on
e plrring. watch you as
Inward an arch surmounted
GENIAL eagle in the world.
main fountain there is a
II - snying a little javelin.
= wolf is joyously on the
tfleve 1t, and you fancy
- OF might is about to
ercury, who is placidly
.lnsed shoes over beyond
-, and at Diana, who is
uish ride on an inimitable
nooert Haven Schauf1ler's
Playground of the
sls, in the Century.
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Why Didn't she2

z boy Of i've years. playing
s'.ter one day, leaned too
!. me second-story window,
nee and fell into the yard
ss Z mlraculously he escaped
reg. and his parents and
90 delighted that they
s.le q number Of pennies,
DAY, after he recovered
aock Of the fall. he was
ID. money. and on seeing his
enter the room, e..
wee, Gladys, look at ali
!. sot Tor falling out of the
10y don't you try it?.D-
fUxD
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Mr.. Isaac Brock, Of McLeanan county,
Tex, is an ardent friend to Peruna and
speaks Of II in the following terms:
DIR Hartman's remedy, Peruna I have
found to Ne the best, il not the only relia,
Bile remedy for COUGHS. COLDS, CA
TARRH and diarrhea.
"Pern',a has been ~ y sta nd by for
many gears. and attribute my good
health aud my extreme age to this
remedy. 1t eractIy ~ &c t. all my re-
QuireMeHfS.
II have come to rely upon it almost
entirely for the many little things for
which / need medicine l believe it to be
especially valuable to old people"
Isaac Brock.
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STATE OF ONO. CITY OF TOLEDO .

STATE OF ONO. CITY OF TOLEDO
Lucas COUNTY. 3d.
FRANK j. CHESRY makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of +. J. CHENEY b
Co.. doing business IL tho City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid. and that said
firm will pay The sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF CA-ARRH
that cannot be cured ',y the Use Of HALLS
CArARRH CURE. FRANK }. CHENEY.
sworn to before me and su oscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d. +,
1856. A. W. GLEASON,
lsEAL.) Notary Public
.iai'sCatarnh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood ard mucous sur
faces Of the system. send for testimonials,
Tree. F. j: CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, Q.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Many ChflA1en Az 0t11y.
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children
used by Mother Gray, nar<.o in CAilaxea's
Home, n. Y. cure FeveriShness, CoastsPA-
ton, Stomach Troubles, T~ethiHG Dser-
ders Destroys Worms. All D1uxgists', "a
Sample FREE A. S. Oimsted. LIE Roy, n. Y
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The FavWfN.

Millions Of suRsrfax eyes have
found In DR.. MitsAelrs famous selve
q real blessing. ROGET the ofsr of
any dealer to sell . drug for your
eye. Dr.. MiteAell's Eye Salve u a
simple. healthy remedy 10 BE- applied
to the lids. 1t cures without entering
the eye. Sold everywhere. Price csc
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1t may be possible for a man to
write a sensible love letter, but he
never does
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-04-17

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma.
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Singers and Speakers use Browns
! Bronchial Troches for Hoarseness and
Throat Troubles. They give instant relief
In boxes rs cents. Samples mailed free
John l. Brown & Son. Boston. Mass
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Unsasety.

Eph Green-"Ah desires to pur-
chase ali rasxer.''
Clerk-"Safety?"
Eph Green-''No, sab; dis am TO-
social usage. Harper Weekly.
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The mere fact that a man doesn't
pay his bills is no sign that he owns
an automobile.
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Your bottom dollar is always a
sound financial basis
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-04-17

Among other pipe lines are thos'
written in favor Of smoking.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-04-17

1t sometimes happens that a man
is as vain Of his wife's actions as he
is ashamed of his own.
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Man doubles his evils by broodin,
over them.
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BROOKLYN. N, Y.

Address the Garfield Tea Co. as abov
when writing for free samples of Garfielt
Tea, the true remedy for constipation.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-04-17

If women were mind readers, tlc
wOuldn'. speak to some men.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-04-17

Old age comes in a canter to the
man who goes the pace.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-04-17

A man may think he is killing
time, but sooner or later time puts
him out of the running.
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For COLDS ana GRIP.
Hicks CAPUDINB IL the best remedy
relieves the aching and fevesishnoss-cures
the Cold and restores normal conditions. It's
li0uid-efects Immediately. 10c., Csc and
Soc, at drug stores.
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The overthrow Of n&4y 4 man may
be traced to a slip Of q girl.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-04-17
About ~ ~

Nra Ss0eAA-''I see that soap
~ dlsu~opa Over 5000 years ago"
Ma 9s.enm-"And how long after
thu did woman discover the wrap.
pers were valuable.'-Puck
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-04-17

A Domestic Eye Remedy
Conps.ndsl by Experienced Physicians
Confosne to Pure Fsod and Drugs Laws
Wins Frien2s Wherever Used. Ask Drug
gists for Murine Eye Remedy Try Murine
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Itch cured IN . KAaatD b. WsS0s4r
Sauitarv Lotiea Nev~ hsih. A. Aruuxiisss
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Look on the bright side of every.
thing.