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The Washington herald., 1909-02-20

The son Of our janitoT. who is adept at
roller skating backward is paying for a
grocery window on the installment plan.
Tag Day in Alexandria. says news
item Always knew they were good sports
down there. Got TO go some to beat
Alexandra for live, up-fo-date sports.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-12-01
FINLAND SUMMERS.
Effect of the Famous white Nights"
Upon Vegetation.

The famous white nights" OF the
north are IA most surprising phenome-
non to the visitor from southern cIimes
1t IL II weird experience, declares A.
NJ. Scott In Through Finland" To sit
for the first time upon II feranda At
midnight and read "a newspaper or 10
walk home from II restaurant at
O'Clock in the morning aud 10 see PEG
pie still gosSiping at the street corners
or strolling along The promenades un.
der bright. clear sky.
spirit Of rest aud peace is over all
the earth. The sky X bright. not with
the fiery brilliancy Of noon. but with
tender gentle radiance. The colors of
the landscape have become softened.
but not blended. There are no shad-
ows save for Il week or two In June.
when the bright northern sky at mid
night projects faint. ghostlike shadows
toward the south The sun Just dips
below he horizon and no more There
Is no division between the sunset and
the dawn. The same rosy flush serves
for both
SummeS In Finland Is. In fact. one
long day. Never star Is to be seen.
and when he first faint star glimmers
in the south II Is II sign that the sum
mer il past and that the autumn frosts
have arrived.
The long light has a marvellous effect
upon vegetation. forcing It's growth at
dollhouse pace. The white nights" ac
count both for the suddenness Of the
burgeoning and for the intensity of
the heat. Land and water have no
time 10 cool. One cannot fail 10 be
struck with the enormous size OF the
foliage upon the oak and ha wthorn
trees rs compared to that TO which we
are accustomed. Botanists have ex-
planned this as being due 10 the larger
supply Of light. II has sometimes been
suggested that we may hasten the har-
vests by the use OF artificial lights.
Nature herself does this for the Fin
nish farmer
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In parts of Abyssinh and Yemen
the natives use n plant called kat
Catha edulsl. the effects Of which are
similar to those of the Peruvian coca.
The freshly cut teayeS have n rather
pleasant taste and produce a kind of
iutoXication of long duration. with
none ef The disagreeabe TEXTURES Of
ordinary inrbriety Messengers and
soldiers are enabled by chewing the
lcnVes Ia 20 without food tor Il mum.
Der OF days Among those who ABUSE
the habit the body tends 10 dry. the
visage Incomes enaetated. aud uerv-
Gus trouble follows. the most usual
being Il trembling OF The llnibs. btlt
these easeS are rare Al times n too
coplous absorption OF KAT produces Il
state Of drunkenness. particularly
when the largc lehves are employed =
New Norl, Post.
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RELIEVED HER MIND.
Mr.. Terry Upheld His Better Hail In
the Umbrella Matter.

Mr.. Terry Upheld His Better Hat in
the Umbrella Matter,
Mercy me-" said Mrs Ferry Your
fathers lcfl ms umbrella! Here, Willie.
run qniel, aud catch nm before his
car comes She thrust an elegant
gold handled umbrella INTO Nt'ies
hands. and he RACED OUT after ms IA
in time To see his pouderouS figure
swing itself up the steps. Aud the
car moved on
As Willie stood there man mp.
preached
Whats the matter. SOM" he IN.
quired Willie etHeidated
We'll. said the man. chats easy
I'm going downtown ON the next car.
aud I'll take IL to him
When Willie returned without tie
umbrella his mother reioicrd
You caught INN. did you?" she
smiled Willie shook ms head.
hui | did the neNt best thing.
mother. he said 4 gave it TO II nun
who WAS going downtown 10 give II
TO him Mrs Terry stared Mt him
Who WIS the man. she asked
Willie looked foolish.
Il don't know he said at last But
lie looked honest"
That umbrella cost ST." said Mrs
Terry sternly. Come here TO me .
Aud shortly thereafter people passtug
wondered who WIS being slain
That evening Mr. Ferry returned
bearing the umbrella Mrs ferry gazed
nj II, fascinated
Where did you rel IL" she asked
Why" said Mr. Ferry. our neigh.
hor Mr. Wilkins brought II TO me
said You seat IT,"
And To think" said Mrs. Terry. 1
whipped Willie for giving ii 10 n
stranee MAN.
Well said MIR. Terry judicially. 1
don't think IL VIII hurt him. True he
gave IL 10 the right INN. but he didn't
know that "
"That's right, sud Mrs Terry with
relief.-GalveSton News
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FLYING ANIMALS.
The Bodies of All of Them Are Com.
paratively Small.

The BODIES OF All of Them Are Com
paratiVely Small.
When you Increase greatly the size
and the weight OF any moving body.
whether IL be travelling on the ground,
lloalng through the air or swimming
under The water. You alter In II most
serious way the preportionate effect on
the moving body Of what is called
friction
II Is Il noteworthy fact that there
afe no large dying animals large. That
IL to say. rs tmiHals 70. II Is rue
that there is n great range In the size
OF diving animals, from the minatest
files up to The condor yulturc aud the
albaiross l,ut The bodies of those
birds are small, not larger ilmn that
Of an ordinary dog. and the stretch Of
the wings Is only about ten feet. while
their weight in proportion To size Is
reduced by great Internal air saca.
which extend even into the bones.
Even when we examine the records
of extinct monsters" among which
are SOME huge creatures M big In body
as the biggest elephants of today and
longer by reason of their great lizard
like tails, we find no instances of very
big flying creatures. The extinct group
Of the dying reptiles-callcd ptcrodac
tyles because the wing WIS supported
by an enormously elongated tiuger-are
mostly small creatures, not bigger than
eagles aud usuaIy OF less size. The
largest known had an eXpAnse of wing
giving eighteen feet from the Tip of
one wing to the tip of the other. but
lis body was a little thing. not bigger
than that OF II SWAN This Is the lar
gest pair Of wings known. and we
must remember that in these target
pterodactylcs and birds the bones are
thin walled hollow cylinders filed
with air. So that these creatures are
not only small. but have n small spe
citie gravity Sir Ray Lancaster in
London Telegraph
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BY FRANK II. SWEET.

NrpN ilknta l9Uf. pN American ireSA
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sab" CneIe Nose was wont TO plead
Has les, nroiectin, Rays viii nra
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,.,
'S Wy ~
hV''S, ueh icy S''",ileS aoWh an 'hcNs
derc cuds an puts deere loads an
ketches deere mice jcs lak 'sponsible
Thugs mus. Wash he ain nary bad
spot in him. sab. lie don't I inl, dof'S
all u,..= Ill. ho,ls iii ,it,.,t, s,.,a,.
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""' III si''t' ~ '"c f"'5 "'"e 'Npet
tHllolS al h'lc Mose. VINO Was hol
NaSh's aaete. At all. hut his GRANDPA
Their. the boy continued To "proicc" lie
WAS NOW fourteen. and his chief labor
seemed Ia consist in .invisinq x,vs of
.,,J;,,, .b..r.., and ..Ia.J and i,..r
..,.,s. ~. -, -.
s"'''N''7' "'''' ''''"s Us 'sN'
da'''" ieidtcSSN ai'a MS nioueh
hr"adened into almost perpetual mer
rimcnt. he sought rather the solitary
paths of the pine woods aud Suwanee
banks thah the more populouS lanes
ana roads OF his .nhtive Ellaville.
There he WIS apt Ia he reminded of
unfuliiiled contracts, stolen melons,
decorated doors and fences aud of
many other matters Which he prefer
red to let sink Into forgetfnlness. OF
his own family Uncle Nose was the
only one With whom he condcscended
To fraternize. aud this concession was
due as much to the fact that the old
man cXcciicd him in his own chosen
pursuits OF trapping and fishing ms to
his Icing openly sympathetic.
There were few spots inside radius
of ten miles with which Uncle Nose
WAS moi familiar. and this familiarity
WINS especially comprehensive in re
gard to the fishing holes of the Suwn
nee FIFTY Years before he had been n
slave hoy on a ueighboring plantation.
stealing off 10 the river on every pos
sible occasion. and this love for the
sport had been the one great pleasure
of his life. interrupted only through
the score Of years which followed his
emancipation, during which time he
was working hard to provide himself
with home aud 10 Ill his children Tor
Il future which should be worthy OF
them as free citizens
But rs they grew up ana branched
out for themselves he returned more
ANA more 10 the pleasure oil MS enid
hood untii now there was scarcely an
afternoon which was not spent IN part
upon the Snwnhee hunks And with
acculhuIa'lhg years ana s'iHchihs
Joints his early wnhderiiigs up ana
down The river hau narrowed down to
n bank benentli II wide spreading moss
grown Tree. from Whieh ne could Gust
Il me INTO wafer when experience nad
taught MN WAS coheehtal 10 ish'
Here ailef Tue sun hhu begun 10 throw
shadows 10 the east ne eoaid sencrhiis
ID" iouno etnet aiohe OF III 'o'i'l"hN
WIN Nasli.
Ills son LINK was oi aiHereht M
lure lie was hardworkihs' snreWu'
more tolerant OF taults ihih oi ifiNoi'
lily or chfeIesshcss' "b'e 10 rehu II h'e'e
ana subNfibiiiS Tor seNefa' po'ilich' pa
pers. narrow III ms Politles hnu party
ana Noilhs NJ every opportunity "no
Oh every possible prcteAt. ne was M
example Of strong, AMBITIOUS lnnhHooH
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-12-01

II WITS NJ the etin pwcIlcrs. chlea-
go's literary club, aud one OF the mem
bers had just made terrible, irremedi-
able break nboul another made ii in
his presence and thai of several other
members
What ought | to do now asked the
breakmakcr. much embarrassed
If | were Yan. suggested Fred
Richardson. he artist. who had heard
The whole proceeding. Il should 20 Out
aud wlgglc my ears and eat another
thistle - Success Magazine.
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100 Much Lie Work.

The happy mother OF u seven months
old baby. Whose chief business seems
10 be making n noise in the world. was
paving her sister visit. aud the other
evening young Master Harry. aged
seven years. WAS Delegated To care Tor
the baby white his elders were NJ
dinner. so he wheeled II back ana
forth. forth aud back. the length OF
the library, giving vent to his seuti.
tnents by singing. much 10 the amuse-
meDt OF he family:
Gee phiz. IN glad I'm free!
No wedding bells TOR me-"
Ladies Home Journal
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Originality.

t'Why did you accept GeorgeE'
Gle was so much more original than
the other fellows
in what way"
Tile was the one that asked me II
be his wife. Puck
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Flaw. huw. | sec that old Jones has
been swindlcd out of roo"
Anything funny about that 2"
why. yes, Jones Is an Old friend Of
mine, london Scraps
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imperfect.

She You love me like . novice
Ue-D0 ~ Then we are both i'm.
perfect. should know more aud you
shouldn't know NO much Boston
Transcript
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Goods
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Sucrene Dairy Feed Bran Peanut The
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The ElmStury
Ghost
1t Appeared In Person to Mr..
Ebenezer Pollock
By CLARISSA MACKIE

Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-12-01

Going once. Going twice. Going
three tinles and sold TO Mr. Ebenezer
Pollock fer Sl.9eU."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-11-25
Copyright, 1909, by Stanley J. weyman.
CHAPTER XI1-(Continued).

1.-THE Evil Ones spawnl" cried Sir
Denny, rising in his place, and speaking
under the influence Of great excitement.
1T you're for dealing with them, I'm
riding! No Protestants! I'd as soon
wear sword again as wear 1t in
their company"
You're not meaning It., Sir Donnyi"
Uncle Ulick said.
Faith, but IL he's not. I ami" cried
old Tim Burke, rising and banging the
table with his fist. Tits what I'm
meaning, and not a bit OF mistakel
Just thati"
Another backed him with 30 much
violence hat the most moderate and
sensible looked serious I'M 1t needed
the bishops interference to calm the
storm. w need not decide n way
or the other" he said, until they come
In" Probably he thought hat an I'M
likely contingency. There are argu-
mefts on both Sides" he continued,
blandly. But of this at another time.
] think we must be moving, gentlemen.
It grows late"
While the gentry talked thus at
table, the courtyard and the space be-
tween the house and the lake began
to present, where the mist allowed them
to be seen, the lively and animated ap-
p~earance which h Irish ever lovers Of
q crowd, admire. Food n drink were
tilcIe SeISeu 10 Tie DaTeIOOt, SHOCK
headed boys drawn up In bodies under
their priests, or unde the great mems
agents; n when these matters lac
been consumed one band after another
moved off in the direction OF the rem
devious This was at the Carraghalin,
a name long given to the ruins of an
abbey situated in an upland valley
above the waterfall.
The orders for all were to take their
In an orderly fashion and in a
nightly semicircle about a well-known
situate a hundred yards from the
abbey. Tradition reported that in old
days this rock had been a pulpit. and
that thence the Irish Apostle had
preached to the heather. The turb
about 1t was dry sweet and sheep
bitten: on either side 1t sloped gently
to the rock. while a sentry posted on
Of the two low hills which banked
the vale was a sufficient surety against
surprise.
1t was not until the last Of peasants
had filed off that the gentry began to
make their way In the same direction.
The buckeens were the first to go, while
the last to leave were the admiral and
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-11-25
ETHE WILD GEESEA
tx BY Stanley J. Meyman. ~

flung themselves on them from behind.
Ihey were seized, strong arms pintoned
them, knives were at their throats. In
q twinkling, and while they still expect
ed death, sacks were dragged over their
heads n down to their waists, and
they were helpless.
It was we'll. it was neatly done; and
completely done. with a single draw
back. The men had not seized Flavia,
and, white as paper, but with rage, not
fear, she screamed shriIly for help
screamed twice.
h would have screamed a third
time, but Colonel Sullivan, who knew
that they were scarcely two %furlongs
from the meeting place, and from some
hundreds of merciless foes. did the only
thing possible. He flung his arms
round her, pressed her face roughly
against his shoulder, smothered her
cries remorselessly. Then raising her,
bore her, vainly struggling-and, it
must be owned, scratching-after the
others out of the driftway.
The thing done, the %colonels little
band OF Frenchmen new that they had
cast the die and must now succeed or
perish. The girls screams, quickly
suppressed, might not have given the
alarm; but they had set nerves on edge.
The prick Of a knife was used-and
often-to apprize the blinded prisoners
that II they did not move they would
be piked. They were dragged, a sea-
man on either side OF eac captive. over
some hundred PAGES Of rough ground
through the stream, and 30 into a path
litter better han a sheep track which
ran round the farther side of the hill
Of the tower, n descended that way
to the more remot bank OF the lake.
1t was a rugged path. steep and slip
perry, dropping precipitously a couple of
feet in places, and more han once fol-
lowing the bed Of the stream. But it
was traceable yer in the mist. and the
party from the sloop, ono put on it,
could follow 1t.
II no late conner to the meeting n
ccuntered them. Colonel John, to whom
every foot OF the ground was familiar,
saw no reason, apart from the chances
of pursuit, why they should not convey
their prisoners to the sloop. All, how
ever, depended on time. II Flavia's
screams had not given the alarm, 1t
would soon be given by the absence OF
those whom the people had come to
meet. The missing leaders would be
sought, pursuit would be organized.
But with peril on every side Of them,
Flavia was still the main, the real diff
Guilty. Colonel Sullivan could not hope
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-11-25
the bishop, h%onorably escorted, as be-
came their rank, by their host and

CoAlS lAelr rank, by Ineir most ana
hostess.
Freed from the wrangling and CON
fusion which the presence of the others
bred. Flavia regained her serenity as
she walked. There was nothing, indeed,
In the face of nature, in the mist and
the dark day, and the moisture that
hung In beads on thorn furze, to
6 her. But she drew her spirits
from q higher source, and, sanguine and
self reliant, foreseeing naught but sue
cess. stepped proudly along beside the
bishop. who found, perhaps, in her pres
ence n her courage a make-weight
for the gloom of the day.
You are sure he said smiling, that
we shall not lose u way?'
"Ah, and ! am sure" she answered,
II could take you blindfold."
THE mist
IT stands, my lord, for the mist over
hanging this poor land, which our sun
shall dispense"
God grant It'll" he said. God grant
It, indeed, my daughter!!" But d. what
he would. he spoke without fervor.
They passed along the lake edge,
catching now and then the simmer OF
water on their right. Thence they
assembled the steep path that led up the
glen OF the waterfall to the level Of
h platform on which the old tower
stood. Leaving this on the right they
climbed yet a little higher and en-
tered a deep driftway that, at the sum-
NIT OF the gorge. Glove Its way between
he mound behind the tower and the
hill on their left. and 10 penetrated
presently to the valley OF the Carrag-
shalin. The mist was thinner here, the
nature Of the ground was more percep-
tible, and they had not proceeded 30
yards along the sunken way before
lCamn1ock, who was leading, IN the
company OF The McMurrough. halted.
IA ! place for a stand" he said,
looking about, him with a soldierly eye.
And better for an ambush. Especially
on such q morning as this. when you
canno see a man Ave PAGES away
r trust" the bishop answered, smil-
Ing, that we shall have no need to
make the Oh to fear the other"
could hold this" Flavia asked
eagerly. with such men as we have? ~
Against an army. Cammock an
swered.
Against mn army she murmured
a. her heart beating high with pride.
they resumed their way, Flayta and
the bishop In the yam. Against an
army she repeated fondly.
The words had 3 fully left her lips
When h recoiled. AT the same mo
ment the bishop uttered an exclama-
ton. Cammock swore and seized his
htlt. The McMurrough turned al if tc
nee. or on path close to them, fac
Ing them with q pistol IN hfs hand
stood Colonel Sullivan.
He leveled the pistol at the head Of
as nearest man, and. though Flavia,
~ up. the act helped little. BeforG Cam
mock could clear his blade. or his conn
Q9n10ne back up hin resistance. fourSOz
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-11-25
CHAPTER XIV.
THE TERMS.

Cammock and the bishop, certain only
that they We're in hostile hands, and
hurried. blind and helpless. to an un-
Known doom, might have been par
doned had they succumbed to despair.
But they did not succumb. The habit
OF danger; and a hundred adventures
and escapes had hardened them; they
felt more rag than fear. Stunned for
q by the audacity Of the at
tack, they a not been dragged a hun
dred yards before they began to cal
culate the chances. If the purposes Of
those into whose hands they had fallen
were to murder them they would have
been ptked on the spot. On the other
hand, IL their captors' object was to
deliver them to English Justice, weeks.
IL not months, lust elapse before they
stood at the bar on a capital charge:
much water must flow under the
bridges. and many a thing might hap
pen, by force or fraud. In the interval.
So. half stthed and bitterly chagrined
strength in a vain resistance.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-11-25
His Luggage Leaked.

From the San Francisco Arsonaut.
An Aberdonian went to spend q few
days in London with his son. who had
done exceptionally well in the great me-
tropolis. After their first greetings at
Kings Cross station. the young fellow,
remarked: "Feyther, you are not lookin'
weel. Is there anything the matter?"
The old mar replied, AYE. Lad. I have
had quite an accident
What wal that, feyther?'
Mon" he said. ION this journey frae
bonnie Scotland I lost my luggage"
Dear. dear. that's too bad; 90 did It
h~appen?"
"Aweel." replied the A~merdonian, tho
cork cam oot."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-11-25
He Lsvened the Pistol :. the Head Of tn. Nearest Man.

to carry her far, even with the help Of
the man who fettered her feet, and bore
part of her weight. Twice she freed her
mouth and uttered a stif1ed cry. The
colonel only pressed her face more ruth
.lessiy to him-his mems lives depended
on her silence. But the sweat stood on
his brow; and, after carrying her no
more than 300 yards, he staggered I'M
der h unwilling burden. He was on
the path now and descending, and he
held out a little farther.
But presently. when he hoped that
h had swooned. she fell to struggling
more desperately. He thought, on this,
that he might be snothering her; and
he relaxed his old to allow her to
breathe. Fol reward she struck him
madly, furiously in the face, and he had
to stifie her again.
But his heart was sick. It was a
horrible, q brutal business, a thing he
had not foreseen on board the Cor
morant He had supposed that she
would faint at the first alarm; and his
courage. which would have faced al
most any event with GOODNESS, Quailed.
He could not murder the girl, and she
would not be silent. No she would
not be silent! Short OF setting her down
and binding her hand and foot, which
would take time, and was horrible to
imagine, he could not see what to do,
And the man with him. who saw the
rest OF the party o~utStripping them.
and as good as disappearing in the fog.
who fancied. with every step, that he
heard the feet of nerciless pursuers
overtaking them, was frantic with Inn
patience.
Then Colonel John, with the sweat
standing out on his brow did a thing
to which he afterward looked back
with great establishment.
Give me POUR knife he said, with
q groan, and hold her hands! We
must silence her. and there is only
one way!"
The man. terrined as he was, and
NOT
.Yes." Colonel John retorted aercely.
The knife!-the knife, mani And do
you hold her handsl.
With 3 jerk he lifted her face from
his breast-and this time she neither
struck him nor screamed. The man
k~colonel snatched 1t from him. Now
her hands!. he said. Hold her. fool!
I know where to strike!"
She opened her mouth to shrek, but
no sound came. She had heard, she
understood; and for q moment abe
could neither struggIe nor cry. That
terror which rage and an almost In
|domnltable spirit had kept at bay
seized her: the sight Il the CLAIMING
death poised above her paralyxed her
throat. Her mouth CAPPED, her y 3
I glared at the steel; then. with q queer
Isobbing sound. ahe tainted.
Thank God" the colonel cried. He
thrust the knife back Into man's
hands. and. raising the girl again ia
his arms, There's ! house alittle be-
low IA said. can leave her there!
Hurry, man-hurrys