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cANNIsALIsm is STILL ALIVE.
Evidently Work Remains for Mission.
aries In Africa.

You may be interested to know"
says J. J. Reynard OF the Cape-to-Cairo
telegraph construction staff that can
nibalism still survives and is. to my
knowledge. practiced by the Chlkanda
dwelling along the Zambezi and Shire
rivers. A case came to my notice last
year. The body Of a celebrated hunter.
who had succumbed to fever, was eS-
humed and devoured. At one impor-
tant center of the Shire the cemetery
has to be guarded to prevent the ma
tives devouring the newly buried
bodies.
AS far as | know. cannibalism Is
not practiced openly by tribes in the
country with which | am acquainted.
The natives who devour our dead be-
lieve that II they eat the body OF a
European they will acquire his intelli-
gence. just as they eat the heart of q
lion because they believe they win
gain the courage of the lion.
THE Mambwe. of the Tanganyika.
regard the lion as sacred. and believ-
Ing implicitly in the transmigration
OF the soul. hold that the spirit of q
dead chief enters into the body OF .
lion or python. Those animals are
therefore taboo. unless they kill man.
when the taboo is withdrawn"
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Boone Would Be No Boon,

Before the House committee on
counties and county lines Walt Whit.
man took a hit at the new county Of
Boone, proposed to be erected out OF
FL Paso and Douglas. He said he lived
in the territory affected and he knew
of only two people there who favored
it-one who hoped TO start saloon
and one who expected to drink In that
saloon. Cole Briscoe Of Douglas coun.
ty also took occasion to rap a tune
o: two against Boone county. The ques.
ton was not up at the time and those
favorinS the new county will have a
hearing.
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Irritation Measures.

rbera ar. three important irrigation
Mills before the Legislature, introauceu
nv Senator CarrinEer and Representa-
,iyas Clark and Weiser, Senator Car
psnter of the agriculture ana hrie".
lion committee called a meeting Vi
those Interested In irrigation, at whicn
meeting counsel for the various nrisa
tion districts agreed TO submit their
written opinions to the committee on
the IcruI phase of the bills ana the
raIatiy. merits. These opinions VIII
aid the committee greatly IN cohsiue''
ing which bill to advocate. The three
hills under consideration OF the COM
mittar greatly concern farmers ana the
state as we'll
II f. proposed to allow the entrance
Of state lands into irrigation districts
in TWO OF the bills and in the third TO
allow owners OF desert and homestead
government lands To come in under the
benefit OF irrigation districts. while
having for their lands. The irrigation
districts favor the bills because 1t
would give a more compact acreage To
the districts.
The Carring"r bill relates to the en-
trance Of stat" lands into irrigation
districts. 1t is backed by the Land
board. which In one county has lO,OOo
acres Of land entered. The value oil
the land 10 the stat" is increased be
cause the lands come under the bene
lit. Of the districts water system
The bill allows the district to tax the
land just as 1t would tax any other
land held by a member Of the district
thereby adding to the revenue OF the
district The Clark bill! permits the
state 10 come In under the district, al
though no, becoming member upon
the same footing as other members o'
the district
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Got the Letters Mixed.

A young American. who Is particular
about his washing. the other day wrote
a note to his laundress and one TO his
sweetheart. and by strange fatality,
put the wrong address on each envel-
ope and sent them on. The wash.
woman was delighted at an invitation
to take a ride the next day. but when
the young lady read. III you tumble up
my shirt bosom any more as you did
the last time. will go somewhere
else" she cried all the evening and
again
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Tree Death Trap for Birds.

Queensland, Australia, has a curious
tree which ensnares and kills insect
life and sometimes birds also. A
traveller says of It: The seed vessels
of the Queensland upas tree. 'Ahmoo'
OF the blacks (Pisonia Brunoniana), ,
which are produced on spreading leaf
less panicles. exude n remarkably Wis
cid substance approaching birdlime in
consistency and evil effect Sad 10 the
fato OF any bird which, laundering in
its flight happens to strike against any
OF the many traps which the tree in
unconscious malignity hangs out ON
every side. In such event the seed
clings to the feathers, the wings be.
come fixed to the sides. the haplesa
bird falls to the ground and as II
struggles heedlessly gathers more Of
the seeds, to which leaves and twigs
adhere. until by aggregation 1t 10 in.
closed in a mass OF vegetable debris q
firmly a. mummy in its clothes"
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TH.. story opens iu New lnrh. I.uN Car
druIur Tho. stUrN-iullUr Iusp-t Ting "a
gur.r reptile owned hy GrHfs'. 'iudfr'.E ~
rIuanE'- Roy and Barris and Ii~rP"n'
TWO friends depart uU u hunting frlp In
Cardinal Woods rather nn-,ur, lu,HI-
iry. Earris revealed mo. fr.l '.H. u" 'nl
1Oiurd fIat secret service Tor '.s THrrns'
oT running down "A gang uf EraI makers
Prot l-t'iTAnEr. Un ul..'..'."E IL"
gang. FORMULA had n,a-u u.. -r- rinH~e
Killed Earrls received lr''sr.-| of H.-
struvr!urs H., and I1"rpnr' ~'f .HT Go
locate tE. gold makIuE EHuG EH.'' Pc
ported s",!uE 20 pGr-'r tN.utNtH BOO '!"
supposedly unIruantvd woods H.. went
hunting. lie fell asleep lU % ''r. ON
awakening l' hrh"Id h"Huuf' Et-. 'i q,
small lake \ hir'EmaTh. resembling "a
dragons claw. ON Euv.s forehead hft a.
mysterious effect upuu f.H Elr. wHH said
her name was NSDDd" Sn.drD'F she dis
nppanrsd. FIsplng IU t.rrur iiuE .H'... .'Ii
a horrible Chiursr HlsHg" p."riHE nl H.i,
from fut. woods BHTrlz and fIrrVnu' re-
turned RarrlS exhibited rrU'lr. IKE
that owned ly 'ipdfrrH. haII ~ -Ig-
posed gold. h. held. suddenly br'HW"
1IIvr H.s told Of the EI"H-Nuiu '"i-
ra-r nation Of sury"rtrS. numbering l'-
80 CO.. and NpiaIn-i that tE" Moon Ma
kar in"ir ruler. who's" crescent symbol
was o. dragon claw. was supposed Co EuN"
recently returned 10 earth. Barrls Pi'r-
pont and Roy failed 60 md N-nntr.s dell
Later. Roy. hunting. cam" 20 ilr hs.HIii-
fuI su0t whsrts Do" found is0Ud' 81"
told him how her ~i"pfIiN"r. evidently %
Culuamau. made gold and uf rls fr' ~'"Ti-
Gus actions
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prakc prainaae Bill.

The Drak" drainage bill was passed
for third reading In the Senate Friday
after sharp discussion. which rcvolvcd
upon the point OF whether or not. un-
der the bill drawn by Frank {. Gosdy
and presented by Senator Drake, drain
age districts could be formed on the
eastern slope to draw water from III"
western SLOPE h"adwaiers and divert
!, to the plains east and north of Den
Yer. The Drak" bill provides that
drainage districts may carry water
from one watershed to another. Sena'
tor Napier declared this would allow
the eastern slup" men TO steal water
from the western slope and introduced
an amendment, which he said WIS
written In the handwriting and bore
the signature Of the framer Of the bill,
Frank G. GOudy. which declared that
water could not be diverted from one
watershed TO another by drainage dis
triCts. Senator Nupicr's amendment
was lost by vote OF - to II and the
bill favorably recommended.
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luok as YOU do. He is old, very,very
old. He speaks sometimes as you do'
sometimes as they do in fian. speak
also in both manners,
Then speak as they do in Yian. |
urged. impatiently. speak as-why'
Ysonde, why are you crying? Have
| hurt you'll did not intend did
not dream OF your caring There
Ysonde, forgive me-see, | beg you on
NV knees here at your feet
stopped, my eyes fastened on a
small golden ball which hung from
her waist by golden chain. ! saw II
trembling against her thigh. | saw II
change color. now crimson. now pur'
pie. now flaming scarlet. II was the
symbol OF the kuen-Nuin.
She bent over me and laid her fin
gers gently on my arm.
Why do you ask me such things?
she said. while the tears glistened on
her lashes 1T hurts me here she
pressed her hand to her breast-"it
pains-I don't know why. All. now
Your eyes are hard and cold again;
YOU are looking at the golden globe
which hangs from my waist. Do you
wish TO know also what that is
Yes" | mutIered. my eyes fixed on
The informal color flames which sub
sided as spoke. leaving the ball a
pale Gilt again.
1t is the symbol OF the Kuen-Yuin. -
she said. in a trembling voice; why
do YOU ask"
Is it yours ."
Yves"
Where did You get it," l cried.
harshly
"My-my st"pfa-"
Then she pushed me away from her
with all the strength OF her slender
wrists and covered her face.
II slipped my arm about her and
drew her to mc-if | kissed away the
tears that fell slowly between her
finUers-if told her how | loved her
how It cut me- to the heart to see
her unhappy-aftcr all. that Is my own
business When she smiled through
her tears. the pure love and sweetness
in her eyes lifted my soul higher than
The high moon vaguely ElimmerinC
through the sunlit blue above. My
happiness was so sudden. so fierce
and overwhelming that | only kneIt
there. her fingers clasped in mine. my
eyes raised to the blue vault and the
glimmcriuG moon Then something
In the long grass beside me moved
close to my knees and a damp acrid
odor filled my nostrils.
"Ysondc," | cried but the touch OF
her hand was already gone and my
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WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE
NOW IN SESSION AT DENvn
Walden New County Ro,..

This is the way The Depvo'n
lican dishes up the Walden ps,
ty delegation:
walden wants n chunk IN,
North Park and Larimer con,,
be made into n county with WI
its county seat
Novel advertising Is beIpy -.
to by the Waldenites TO cop,,,
Legislature OF the justice Of M.
mands. They are dlstribu,
toons showing the hradshIns,,. \
to encounter In travelling IN r..
lins. the county seat OF LarIma,
ty. One is map which hasm,
Of the road to Fort Collins ii
miles In length, which can n
only four months In the yea, /
road that must be Travelled bv n. \
less Waldenltes the remaIpIn, J
months is 1876 miles long n.
mittee which has the towns I,,,1
In charge are J. T. Shlppey, \
Hunter and w. o. Musman"
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CHAPTER VII.

What the devils the matter with
him." muttered Pierpont lifting me
in his arms like a child; has he been
stabbed, Barris?'
In a few minutes was able to stand
and walk stifiy into my bedroom
where Hewlett had a hot bath ready
and "a hotter tumbler of Scotch. Pier
pOnt sponged the blood from my throat
where 1t had coagulated. The cut was
slight, almost invisible. a mere pune
ture from a thorn. A shampoo cleared
my mind, and cold plunge and alco-
hol friction did the rest.
Now" said Pierpont, swallow your
hot Scotch and lie down. Do you
want a broiled woodcock? Good, |
fancy you are coming about"
Barris and Pierpont watched me as
/ sat on the edge of the bed, solemnly
chewing on the woodcock's wishbone
and slipping my Bordeaux, very much
at my ease.
Pierpont sighed his relief
so" he said, pleasantly, 'Ht was a
mere case of ten dollars or ten days.
/ thought you had been stabbed"
Il was not intoxicated j replied
serenely picking up a bit of celery.
Only jagged?" inquired Pierpont
full Of sympathy.
Nonsense" said Barris, "let him
alone. Want some more celery, Roy
It will make you sleep"
II don't want to Sleep" answered
when are you and Pierpont going tc
catch your gold-maker?"
Barris looked at his watch and
| closed 1t with a snap.
In an hour; you don't propose to &C
with us?"
But do-toss me cup Of coffee
Pierpont, will you-that's Just what
propose to do. Hewlett, bring the new
box Of Pantella's-the mild imported
and leave the decanter. Now, Barris
] III be dressing. and you and Pisrponi
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To Aecep. carnesie's Money.

The House in committee OF the
whole Friday fayorably considered the
Senate resolution providing that the
University Of Colorado may take ad.
vantage OF the foundation established
by Mr. Carnegie for the purpose of
providing pensions for superannu'
ated colleg" professors. There are
several of these resolutions. each per.
mitting a state institution to receive
the benefits of the fund. and all went
through the Senate without opposi
tiOn. During the discussion. Mr.. Car.
ncgie and the steel trust were vigor,
ously denounced by Representative
Henahen and Mrs Lafferty, who would
have the state refuse to touch "taint
ed money"
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two clenched fists were cold and damp
with dew.
"Ysonde," called again. my tongue
stiff with fright-but called as one
awakening from 4 dream-a horrid
dream. for my nostrils quivered with
the damp acrid odor and | felt the
crab-reptile clinging to my knee. Why
had the night fallen so swiftly-and
where was l-where?-stiff chilled.
torn and bleeding. lying flung like a
corpse over my own threshold with
Noyou licking my face and Barris
STOPPING above me in the light of a
lamp that fared and smoked in the
night breeze like torch. Faugh. the
choking stencil OF the lamp aroused
me and | cried out:
"Ysonde,"
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Pinchot Invited to Talk,

BY unanimous vote Tuesday the Sen.
ate adopted the concurrent resolution
rassed by the house inviting Chief
Forester Clifford Pinchot and former
senator q. M. Ammons to discuss the
forestry question before both branches
OF the Legislature early next month.
Ihe resolution was brought to the Sen.
ate by Speaker Lubers of the House.
VINO introduced it in that body, and he
remained In the Senate chamber I'M
IL was adopted. A similar resolution
had once been defeated in the House.
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PRIZE FOOD
Palatable, Economical, Nourishina.

A Nebr. woman has outlined the
prize food in few words, and that
from personal experience. She writes:
After our long experience with
Grape-Nuts, / cannot say enough in its
favor. We have used this food almost
continually for seven years.
I'VE sometimes tried other adyer-
tised breakfast foods but we invariably
returned to Grape-Nuts as the most pal.
atable, economical and nourishing
OF all.
when I quit tea and coffee and be-
gan to use Postum and Grape-Nuts I
was a nervous wreck. l was 30 ir-
ritable I could not sleep nights, had
no interest in life.
After using Grape.Nuts n short time
I began to improve and all these all.
ments have disappeared and now I am
a well woman. My two children have
been almost raised on Grape-Nuts.
which they eat three times a day.
They are pictures Of health and
have never had the least symptom Of
stomach trouble, even through the
most severe siege Of whooping cough
they could retain Grape.Nuts when all
else failed.
"Grape-Nuts food has saved doctor
bills, and has been, therefore, . most
economical food for u.s."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well.
ville," In pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A .ev,
are ee.uins, true, anl fall q hu1sz
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keen still and listen 10 what ! have 70
say. Is that door shut tight?
Barris locked 1t and sat down.
Thanks" said L; "Barris, where Is
the city of Yian?"
An expression akin to terror hashed
into Barris eyes and | saw him stop
breathing for moment.
There Is no such city" he said AT
length. have | been talking in my
Sleep"
1T is city" | continued, calmly.
whose the river winds under the
thousand bridges, where the gardens
are sweet scented and the air is filled
with the music of silver bells"
"Stop," gasped Barris. and rose
trembling from his chair. He had
grown ten years older.
Roy" interpcsed Pierpont. coolly.
what the deuce are you harryins Bar
ris for"
| looked at Barris and he looked at
me After second or two he sat
| down again.
Go on, Roy" he said
Il must" answered for now | am
certain that | have not dreamed
told them everything: but. even as
told 1t. the whole thing seemed so
vague. so unreal. that at times |
stopped with the hot blood tingling in
ears. for 1t seemed impossible that
sensible men. in the year of our Lord
1896. could seriously discuss such mat
ters.
feared Pierpont. but he did not
even smile As for Barris. he sat
with his handsome head sunk on his
breast. his unlighted pipe Clasped
tight in both hands.
When had finished. PieTpont turned
slowly and looked at Barris. Twice he
moved his lips as If to ask something
and then remained mute.
"Ylan is city" said Barris. speak
ing dreamIly: was that what you
wished to know. Pierpont?"
He nodded silently
"Yian is a city" repeated Barris.
where the great river winds under
the thousand bridgcs-where the gar
dcns are sweet scented. and the air is
filled with the music OF silver bells"
My lips formed the question:
Where is this city"
1t lies" said Barris. almost querul-
ously. across the seven oceans and
the river which Is longer than from the
earth to the moon"
What do you mean" said Pier
pont.
All" said Barris. rousing himself
with an effort and raising his sunken
eyes. Il am using the allegories OF an
other land: let 1t pass. Have | not
told you of the Kuen-Yuin? Yian is
the center of the Kuen-Yuin. II lies
hidden in that gigantic shadow called
China. vague and vast as the midnight
heavens-a continent unknown. i'm.
penctrable."
'Impenetrable. repeated Plerpont.
below his breath
Il have seen It," said Barris. dream
lily. I have seen the dead plains of
. Black Cathay and have crossed the
mountains OF Death. whose SUBMITS
are above the atmosphere. have seen
the shadow of Xangi cast across Abad.
don. Better to die million miles
from Yezd and Alter Quedah than TO
have seen the white water.Iotus close
in the shadow of Xangi. | have slept
among the ruins of Xaindu. where the
winds never cease and the Wulwulleh
is walled by the dead"
And Yian." | urged. gently.
There was an unearthly look on his
. face as he turned slowly toward me.
CTO BE CONTINUED
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GOVERNMENT LAND oPeN'Ne
UNDER CAREY ACT.

MAY 6, the State Land Commissioner
of wyoming will distribute "ooo acres
irrigated land at Cooper Lake, near
Laramie and Denver. on main line Oh
Union Pacific: so cents per acre. old'
est Reservoir and Direct Wafer hshIs'
s. an acre cash and 81 an acre an
nually for ten years. Free trip anu
two town lots to all who apply before
NAV /. Write for application and CIR
culars. Tallmadgc.Buntin Land Co.
Agents, End floor, Railway Exchahse'
Chicago. Agents wanted.
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Mrs. lafferty's Juvenile Bills.

The principal feature of the morn.
ing session of the House Wednesday
was consideration Of Mrs. Lafferty's
juvenile delinquency bills in committee
OF the whole and several members took
exception to sections incorporated in
these bills, which are being pushed by
Judge Lindsey. A satisfactory com.
promise was reached, however, and the
three measures in question passed on
second reading.
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FRS. Fahrenhei, Thermometer.

In the year l7li one Daniel Gabriel
Fahrenheit brought 10 the chancellor
OF the University OF Halle two ther.
mometers which agreed so perfectly
In registering temperatures that they
were considered marvels. All sCicn-
lists were amazed. His method is
now one OF the three accepted stand
ards Fahrenheit was by birth a
PrussIan. but after his fifteenth yea-
he lived a long life in Amsterdam. His
great skill in working in glass en-
abled him TO carry out his ideas. He
was an original thinker. but for com
uercial reasons kept secret his meth.
DDS OF manufacture for is years.
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Land Board Attorney

Warwick M. Downing, m.m ano
the Denver park board, was sp
attorney to the state land po s,.s.
governors choice for tne pa,sdj
George Thorne. but he was ~. NJ n
by the other members OF ~ ~
The governors wishes were e,nscItv
regarded in the matter Of !. : spssss ~
the amount Of time that w M a
should give to the duties Q. o..hiutia
the board voting down . res,sSN re,s III
quiring him to devote one-ns Ill
to the work. The salary -
month.
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primary Election Bill.

The decussion of the prina.
tion bill in both houses has ue.i
and acrimonious. The princ,p.
tention has been in regard 10 lns y.
ing of candidates at the pr'mTs Ms.
previous party conventions. ~.
OF the Australian ballot al ~ n
maries is also n much dispu'e'
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CHAPTER vI.-continued.

Where is this city" I asked.
family
"Yian7 | don't know. 1t is sweet
with perfume and the sound of silver
bells all day long Yesterday | carried
a blossom OF dried lotus buds from
Yian. In my breast. and all the woods
were fragrant. Did you smell it,"
Yes"
4 wondered. last night whether you
did. How beautiful your dog is: love
him. Yesterday | thought most about
your dog. but last night"
Last night" | repeated below my
breath.
Il thought of you. Why do you wear
the dragon-claw?"
! raised my hand impulsiyely TO my
forehead. covering the scar. What do
you know OF the dragon-claw?" / NUT
tered
1t is the symbol Of Yue-Laou. and
YueLaou rules the Kuen-Yuin, my
stepfather says. My stepfather tells
me everything that know. We lived
in Yian until was Is years old. I
am Is now: that is two years We have
lived in the forest. Look,-sec those
scarlet birds! What are they? There
are birds OF the same color in Yian."
Where is Yian. Ysonde7" | asked
with deadly calmness.
"Yian? I don't know"
But you have lived there"
Yes. very long time"
rs It across the ocean. Ysonde?"
l.
great river which is longer than from
the earth to the moon"
Who told you that"
Who? My stepfather: he tells me
everything"
"wnl you tell me his name,
Ysonde?"
81 don't know it, he is my stepfa-
ther that is all"
And what is your name"
You know It. Ysonde"
Yes, but what other name?"
THAT is all. Ysonde Have you two
names? Why do you look at me so
impatiently?"
Does your stepfsther make gold?
Have you seen him make it?"
"Oh. yes. He made It also in Yian.
and ! loved TO watch the sparks at
night whirling like golden bees. Yian
Is lovely-if It is all like our garden
and the gardens around. can see
the thousand bridges from my garden
and the white mountain beyond"
And the people-tell me Of the peo-
pie, Ysonde!" I urged. gently.
'"The people of Yian? I could see
them in swarms like ants-oh, many.
many millions crossing and recrossing
the thousand bridges"
But how did they look? Did they
dress as I do?"
II don't know. They were very far
away. moving specks on the thousand
bridges. For 16 years / saw them
every day from my garden, but l never
went out of my garden into the streets
OF Yian. for my stepfather forbade
me-"
You never saw living creature
near by in Yian?" ] asked in despair.
MY birds; oh, such tall, wise-look.
ing birds. all over gray and rose
color"
She leaned over the cleaning water
and drew her polished hand across the
surface.
why do you ask me these ques
tions," she murmured; ARE you dis
pleased"
Tell me about your stepfather," ]
insisted. Does he look as dot Does
he dress, does he speak as do? I,
he American?"
American? 1 don't know. He doss
not dress as you do and he does moi
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Sounded Funny.

The young man Is smitten with you.
jeanette. He says you radiate happi.
ness"
Gracious"
And he also said you radIate
beauty"
My"
And wisdom"
Dear me. how funny"
What's funny, DEAR"
Why. he must think am a radia.
tor"
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Not Worth eotherlna With.

Patient-Doctor, I've got pain GOV.
ering a spot just about as large as a
half dollar I should say, right under
my left shoulder blade.
Doctor-Humph! II the pain area is
no larger than that It isn't worth
bothering with. Walt until It gets
about the size OF two-dollar bill, then
come around and see me.-Illustrated
Sunday Magazine.
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Secret Ballot for Primaries

The House by vote of &c to "a de.
cided in favor of the Australian secret
ballot and cutting out party designa
tons at the primaries. The ballot
must be blanket ballot containing
the names of all candidates, with no
party designation whatever. These are
provisions of the amendment offered
by Mr.. Weiser.
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Election Bills.

In the House Monday the eo eso,ul
on elections gave favorable lv ,I.,se
three bills presented by MI. ~
amend the election laws, to pI..S pn.S
into conformity with the prop0
mary election law.